Karl Rove: Shining a Light in the Wilderness

Last Tuesday evening I was privileged to attend a dinner at which Karl Rove was the keynote speaker.  The event was put on by the Heritage Foundation, the premiere conservative think tank of Washington, DC, of which I am proud to be a supporting member.  While Mr. Rove’s speech covered numerous topics, one point that he made has stuck with me and, I believe, should serve as a light for conservatives as we travel through the political wilderness. 

While Mr. Rove has been defined by the media and Hollywood elite as a partisan attack dog and nicknamed forebodingly as “The Architect,” he came off as anything but and emphasized that conservatives should be careful to work with our current president in a respectful manner.  When he mentioned President Obama’s name, a few overzealous members of the audience shouted out their less than positive feelings about the man; and Mr. Rove quickly and gently reminded them that our president has made some decisions that conservatives should applaud. From the surge in Afghanistan to military tribunals, Mr. Rove explained that President Obama has taken the right steps in regards to some very important issues that face our nation.   (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, Conservatives, Heritage Foundation, Karl Rove, political wilderness
Posted Jul 2nd 2009 at 9:17 am in Politics | 17348225 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smitchell/2009/07/02/karl-rove-shining-a-light-in-the-wilderness/Karl+Rove%3A+Shining+a+Light+in+the+Wilderness2009-07-02+16%3A17%3A42Seth+Mitchell

Lonewolf Diaries: “Violence Doesn’t Solve Problems…”

… Bull Crap. Listen, violence freed the slaves, took down the axis of evil and still manages to fix every remote control that I’ve ever owned. More recently, the use of force quickly brought an end to the escapades of a few Somali jackasses. Three shots fired, three men dead… And there was much rejoicing. To those of you still teaching the “violence doesn’t solve problems” myth to your kids… What are you thinking? Does anyone out there truly believe this insane rhetoric?

I find it funny that Hollywood leftists are the ones who’ve been pushing this ideal down our throats with one hand, while simultaneously producing the most brutally vile, “creative content” with the other. Libs love to paint Middle American conservatives as “Gun toting Neo-Cons with a thirst for violence,” yet more often than not, it’s those people who boycott their gratuitous, self-indulgent, crap-fests that they call films. Does anyone here honestly think that “Seung-Hi Choi” went on his Virginia-Tech shooting spree after getting fired up at an NRA rally? His pre-massacre phone-pictures showed him mimicking poses that he’d seen in “Tomb Raider” for crying out loud. Only in the United States could an entity such as Hollywood coin the term “Torture-Porn” for their content one moment, only to condemn a righteous war the next. (more…)

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Tags: bullies, kids, pirates, teachers, use of force
Posted Apr 14th 2009 at 6:09 pm in Lone Wolf Diaries | 1060704 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/04/14/lonewolf-diaries-violence-doesnt-solve-problems/Lonewolf+Diaries%3A+%22Violence+Doesn%27t+Solve+Problems...%222009-04-15+01%3A09%3A14Steven+Crowder

Independent Christian Film, Hollywood’s Best Investment in ‘08

Yes, The Dark Knight made more money in U.S. theaters than any film in history except Titanic (in nominal dollars, unadjusted for inflation), but in terms of sheer return on the investment dollar, you’d have been better off putting your cash into the teen vampire movie Twilight, the teen musical High School Musical 3: Senior Year, or Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert.

And you’d have been much, much smarter to invest in Kirk Cameron’s small, independent, Christian film Fireproof: it cost a half-million dollars to make and brought in $33.1 million, a return of more than sixty times its budget.

That’s the conclusion of an interesting article on E! Online about movie returns on investment. Of course, it’s not possible to predict precisely what films will have greatest audience appeal before they’re even made, but a few things are clear and have remained true for years:

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Posted Jan 11th 2009 at 10:22 am in Entertainment, Media Criticism | 1416936 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/11/independent-christian-film-was-hollywoods-best-investment-in-2008/Independent+Christian+Film%2C+Hollywood%27s+Best+Investment+in+%2708+2009-01-11+18%3A22%3A56S.T.+Karnick