Daily Gut: An Olympic Fail

So while chuckleheads like Jesse Jackson and Senator Roland Burris hilariously blame George Bush for Chicago losing the 2016 Olympics, whiny columnists like Mike Lupica are up in arms that conservatives might be gloating over President Obama’s big screw-up. Apparently laughing at all this is somehow anti-American, because Obama is our President, and he was doing this for all of us.

You know… kind of like when Bush was trying win a war in Iraq – and all those left wingers stood behind him.

And that’s my first point: The right has every right to gloat over Obama’s humiliation, because, thankfully, NO ONE DIED. Unlike, say during the Iraq war, where, whenever there was a roadside bombing, the progressives did their own special victory dance – using the consequences of war to gloat over an embattled president and an unpopular country. I didn’t hear much of the smarmy press calling them out. (more…)

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Tags: 2016 Olympics, chicago, Cuba, george bush, iran
Posted Oct 5th 2009 at 2:38 pm in Daily Gut, News, Politics | 241042114 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/10/05/daily-gut-an-olympic-fail/Daily+Gut%3A+An+Olympic+Fail2009-10-05+21%3A38%3A34Greg+Gutfeld

Compliant ‘L.A. Times’ Gives Stone Leftist Platform

“You do your homework, you do your research, we always did, whatever you think of my work. Even going back to ‘JFK,’ I’ve always done as much research as we could. And there’s mistakes made, but there’s a lot of truth, you know, as much as we can put into these movies.” – Oliver Stone, as quoted in the L.A. Times.

Irony is what happens when a Hollywood director (Oliver Stone) goes to Latin America, produces a film favorable to one of the most maniacal and politically obnoxious figures in the region (Hugo Chavez), and then returns to the States to tout what he sees as his own astounding “research” skills. In what world would legitimate research on Chavez result in any favorable representation in film or any other venue, for that matter? (more…)

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Tags: chavez, documentary, L.A. Times, Oliver Stone, Venezuela
Posted Sep 9th 2009 at 6:51 am in Entertainment, Media Criticism | 21858267 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bhallowell/2009/09/09/compliant-l-a-times-gives-stone-leftist-platform/Compliant+%27L.A.+Times%27+Gives+Stone+Leftist+Platform2009-09-09+13%3A51%3A53Billy+Hallowell

Oliver Stone ‘Warmly Embracing’ Hugo Chavez in Blame America Doc

In today’s L.A. Times director Oliver Stone discusses his upcoming documentary “South of the Border,” about the “warmhearted” Hugo Chavez. [emphasis added]:

Oliver Stone is shown warmly embracing Hugo Chávez, nibbling coca leaves with Evo Morales and gently teasing Cristina Elizabeth Fernández de Kirchner about how many pairs of shoes she owns. …

“I think he’s an extremely dynamic and charismatic figure. He’s open and warmhearted and big, and a fascinating character,” … ”But when I go back to the States I keep hearing these horror stories about ‘dictator,’ ‘bad guy,’ ‘menace to American society.’ I think the project started as something about the American media demonizing Latin leaders.

Guys like Stone are forced to rationalize that the American media is right-leaning in order to avoid their head exploding due to an acute case of FacingTheTruth-itosis. But maybe the doc will be more critical than we’re led to believe in this article. During their warm embrace, it’s possible Stone whispered hard-hitting questions in Hugo’s ear about reports such as this from the not-so-conservative Human Rights Watch. (more…)

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Tags: Bolivarian Movement, Hugo Chavez, L.A. Times, Oliver Stone, Tariq Ali
Posted Sep 1st 2009 at 10:22 am in Entertainment, Film, Politics | 21599066 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/09/01/oliver-stone-warmly-embracing-hugo-chavez-in-new-doc/Oliver+Stone+%27Warmly+Embracing%27+Hugo+Chavez+in+Blame+America+Doc2009-09-01+17%3A22%3A14John+Nolte

Spike Lee Slams America, Lays Off Hugo Chavez

Spike Lee … profile in courage: [emphasis added]

Filmmaker Spike Lee championed a free press Friday during a visit to Venezuela, where broadcasters are under pressure to avoid criticizing President Hugo Chavez’s leftist government.

The director didn’t directly refer to the dispute in Venezuela, but he said there are “no circumstances” under which news media should be silenced.

Lee’s never had a problem “directly referring” to America or Bush, so why do Venezuela and Hugo Chavez rate a pass?  (more…)

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Tags: Danny Glover, Hugo Chabez, Obama, sean penn, Spike Lee
Posted Jul 27th 2009 at 4:01 pm in Celebrity News, Politics | 19295476 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/07/27/in-venezuela-spike-lee-criticizes-america-but-wont-name-chavez/Spike+Lee+Slams+America%2C+Lays+Off+Hugo+Chavez2009-07-27+23%3A01%3A37John+Nolte

Tío Chano vs. ‘Transformers 2′

My Uncle Luciano (we call him Tío Chano) has been living with us for several months now and I’ve been worried about him. He spends all his time holed up in his room obsessing about politics and the state of the culture. I urged him recently to get out more, maybe see a movie or something. “What movie?” he asked. I answered offhandedly, “I don’t know, something escapist, like ‘Transformers 2.’” I lent him the keys to my car and off he went to the movies.

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Tags: Cuba, Honduras, Obama, shia labeouf, Transformers 2
Posted Jul 12th 2009 at 7:07 am in Featured Story, Political Humor, Video | 18003465 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jlima/2009/07/12/tio-chano-vs-transformers-2/T%C3%ADo+Chano+vs.+%27Transformers+2%272009-07-12+14%3A07%3A39Joe+Lima

Today, We Are All Hondurans

You all know the story to date. Former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was given the bum’s rush out of Tegucigalpa to Costa Rica by Honduras’ military on June 25th. In the days since, this apparent brutal seizure of power has received worldwide condemnation, most particularly by the Organization of American States, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega, the Castro brothers of Cuba and President Obama. Ya, I know. Bear with me. That’s just the setup.

Manuel Zelaya

July Fourth, the OAS ejected Honduras from its membership for refusing to reinstate Zelaya, but too late. The defiant interim Honduran government, now led by Roberto Micheletti, had already said in so many words, “you can’t fire me! I quit!” In short, the mouse gave the eagle the finger. I can appreciate that. At present, the possibility of sanctions is very real, a fact that could hurt the already hardscrabble nation very deeply, especially if the coffee trade is affected. (more…)

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Tags: Castro, chavez, clinton, Cuba, Honduras
Posted Jul 7th 2009 at 9:03 am in Politics | 177186178 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/07/07/today-we-are-all-hondurans/Today%2C+We+Are+All+Hondurans2009-07-07+16%3A03%3A32John+T.+Simpson

‘NewsBusted’ 6/12/09 — Fake News from the Right

In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: China, Venezuela, The Fairness Doctrine, General Motors, President Obama, Minnesota Voters, Climate Change, Al Gore, Bob Woodward, the NBA, and Britney Spears.

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Tags: "China", Al Gore, Bob Woodward, Britney Spears, climate change
Posted Jun 12th 2009 at 6:41 pm in Media Criticism, Video | 158790No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/newsbusters/2009/06/12/%e2%80%98newsbusted%e2%80%99-61209-%e2%80%94-fake-news-from-the-right/%E2%80%98NewsBusted%E2%80%99+6%2F12%2F09+%E2%80%94+Fake+News+from+the+Right2009-06-13+01%3A41%3A06NewsBusters

Adventures in the Scream Trade, Take One

If you’re wondering if I was about to opine on the craft of gut-twisting horror stories, you’d only be half right. I’m actually talking about real life here. As many of you may know from my earlier posts, I first flame-throwered onto the scene here at Big Hollywood about a month ago, on the occasion of Team Oscar’s could-not-be-more-ill-advised taking off for the unfriendly skies of Islamist Iran.

I knew they were going to get punked! They were going to Punkedville! In fact, I was so sure of it, I was the one who broke the story in the US off the French wires to Drudge and Nikki Finke.  One Hollywood Jihadi PR roadside bomb detonated. War Is Hell.

Look at their trip from my POV. I remember the whole balls-to-the-wall anti-Apartheid campaign from the mid-eighties. ‘I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City,’ remember? By the way, wasn’t Little Stevie great in that video? Love him! Point being, if the racist South African apartheid regime was unworthy of cultural exchange, why was the gay-hanging, women-stoning, child-executing, blogger-killing, hostage-taking fascist regime in Iran worthy of a gold-plated Academy PR kiss? (more…)

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Tags: AMPAS, Andrew Breitbart, angelina jolie, Annette Bening, ben stiller
Posted Apr 6th 2009 at 5:58 am in Celebrity News, Entertainment, News, Politics | 9749410 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/04/06/adventures-in-the-scream-trade-take-one/Adventures+in+the+Scream+Trade%2C+Take+One2009-04-06+12%3A58%3A54John+T.+Simpson