Tackling Bill Maher’s “NFL Is Socialist” Rant
January 31, 2011 at 9:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, Capitalism, Economics, Football, HBO, Hollywood, huffington post, NewsReal Blog, nfl, Real Time, Socialism, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
Americans must realize that what makes the NFL so great is socialism. Such is the thesis of Bill Maher’s most recent “New Rule” on HBO’s Real Time, and a companion column in the Huffington Post.
I can only imagine the delight with which Maher concocted this clever-sounding notion and unleashed it upon the world. It’s quintessential Maher, the kind of rhetorical titty-twister he regards as legitimate intellectual combat. Of course, as is so often the case with Maher’s superficially sound arguments, this latest exercise in carnival cognition unravels upon cursory examination.
It’s no surprise that some 100 million Americans will watch the Super Bowl next week… Because football is built on an economic model of fairness and opportunity, and baseball is built on a model where the rich almost always win and the poor usually have no chance…
Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…
The Top 5 of the Oscars’ Most Sanctimonious Political Speeches
January 30, 2011 at 9:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Anti-Semitism, Hollywood, Marion Cotillard, Michael Moore, NewsReal Blog, Oscar, Sean Penn, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
What is it about being an Oscar-winning actor that makes a person think their moment of professional recognition is a green-light to lecture the rest of society? I can’t think of a another profession that does this.
If my boss called my department into a room and presented me with a plague distinguishing me as Employee of the Year, I don’t think it would occur to me to address the socialist influences which have defined the Obama administration and how much I detest Nancy Pelosi. In fact, I’m pretty sure that, if I did, they would take the plaque back. Regardless of whether they agreed with my views or not, taking advantage of such a moment to espouse my views on unrelated topics would be highly inappropriate.
Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…
Joy Behar Asks Miss America: Would You Vote For An Atheist?
January 29, 2011 at 11:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: atheism, Carrie Prejean, Hollywood, Joy Behar, NewsReal Blog, Teresa Scanlan, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
Would the wrong answer have cost her the crown?
17-year-old Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, won the 2011 Miss America Crown(…)
Pageant judge Joy Behar asked the contestant whether she would vote for an atheist.
“Yes,” she answered.
She’s not old enough to vote yet, but when Scanlan is of age, her vote will be based on political policies, not on religion.
Scanlan’s response is in keeping with the ongoing results of an online poll at the website God Discussion, a site which deems itself “a place for seekers who do not want to go to church.” At the time of this writing, of 323 respondents, 93% agree with Scanlan. A mere 5% have said they would not vote for an atheist, with only 2% unsure.
Surely, this is not a scientific poll. However, there are more reliable statistics which prompted the question.
Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…
The Left Doesn’t Like the “Fairness Doctrine” When Applied to Michael Moore
January 28, 2011 at 11:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: censorship, Enfield, Fairness Doctrine, Hollywood, Michael Moore, NewsReal Blog, SiCKO, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
A town in Connecticut has backpedaled away from an attempt at censorship. The incident involved a public exhibition of the Michael Moore film SiCKO.
The town forced the Enfield Public Library to abandon a January screening of Moore’s documentary. Enfield Mayor Scott Kaupin told the Journal Inquirer that the film is a “poor choice” and that if the library didn’t reconsider it would face “repercussions” from the Enfield Town Council at budget time(…)
In the days since Enfield’s censorship of its library made national headlines, politicians in this community are shifting their argument… Their back-up argument is that the library needs to present balancing, opposing ideas.
That was the essence of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine,” a policy which has been ironically evoked here against the work of a prominent leftist. Typically, when we think of the “Fairness Doctrine,” we think of talk radio and opinion news programming, where the Left has had difficulty finding an audience and sought to impose themselves through legal mandate. However, this Enfield incident shows how the principle can be applied against the Left as easily as the Right.
Read on at David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog…
Giuliani: Some Tea Partiers Are “A Little Crazy”
January 27, 2011 at 12:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: NewsReal Blog, Piers Morgan, Rudy Giuliani, tea party, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, talked Tea Party… in a lively interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan that [aired] at 9 ET Monday night.
Overall, the Tea Party is a “good” movement, Giuliani said, but it has also attracted “a couple of people that are a little crazy … “
As an active member of the Tea Party movement in Minnesota, I may be expected to take issue with Giuliani’s assertion. However, one of the charms of the Tea Party is its defiance of expectation. I actually agree with the mayor.
There are, in fact, a couple people in the Tea Party that are a little crazy. There is a sound explanations for their presence, and for my ability as a Tea Party activist to acknowledge them.
Macy Gray Calls Israel “Disgusting,” Israelis Criticized for Being Offended
January 24, 2011 at 10:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Anti-Semitism, Hollywood, Israel, Macy Gray, Max Blumenthal, NewsReal Blog, Right to Exist, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Accusations of bigotry are far too common, and tend to be unsubstantiated. Playing the race card has proven an effective way to avoid arguing the merits of ideas.
That said, there is bigotry in the world, and it needs to be illuminated and condemned. One recent example comes from Max Blumenthal, described by NRB’s Matthew Vadum as “a soulless ultra-leftist propagandist who labors under the misapprehension that he is a journalist.” In a recent post on his website, Blumenthal condemns the Israeli response to an insult from singer Macy Gray.
The Israeli media is filled with reports about Macy Gray confirming her plans to perform in Tel Aviv in March. This should have been an occasion for Israelis to celebrate their continuing ability to behave as a normal society despite occupying millions of people, holding Gaza under siege, maintaining an apparatus of racism against its non-Jewish citizens. But in a poorly calculated stunt designed to wash her hands of human rights concerns, Gray had first asked her “fans” if she should perform despite what she called Israel’s “disgusting” treatment of the Palestinians. Within hours, thousands of people who had no prior interest in Gray or her music flocked to her Facebook page (they only had to “like” her page in order to post) to register their opinions. Gray, who appeared to have every intention of performing anyway, remarked after announcing her plan to go to Tel Aviv, that some of those urging her to boycott were “assholes(…)”
… However, her initial criticism of Israel’s occupation has invited a firestorm of racist, sexist and generally hateful diatribes from Israelis.
Your Mom Hates Conservatives
January 22, 2011 at 7:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | 2 CommentsTags: Dead Space 2, EA, Electronic Arts, Generation Gap, Generational Divide, Marketing, NewsReal Blog, social security, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Mammoth video game publisher Electronic Arts has a brilliant ad campaign going for their new survival horror title Dead Space 2. It is built around the generational divide between parents and children, and sons and mothers in particular.
A mom’s disapproval has always been an accurate barometer of what is cool. So Dead Space 2 was put to the test.
At an undisclosed focus group facility in the heart of conservative America, over 200 moms were recruited to participate in market research. Only, this wasn’t market research. The facility was rigged with hidden cameras, microphones, and a crew sitting behind the glass ready to document every single reaction, opinion, and emotion.
Upon arrival, the moms were individually ushered into a room and confronted with three massive monitors, a single chair, and a disembodied voice coming over the speaker system. They didn’t know what they were going to see. They were only instructed to be completely honest.
We then subjected each mom to the most action-packed, violent, disturbing footage Dead Space 2 has to offer. Continue Reading Your Mom Hates Conservatives…
Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher Sell Sex With “No Strings Attached”
January 20, 2011 at 12:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Ashton Kutcher, Casual Sex, family, Hollywood, love, marriage, Natalie Portman, NewsReal Blog, No Strings Attached, relationships, Romance, Romantic Comedy, sex, The Concession Stand
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
I think holding the door for the girl that you are having casual sex with is very romantic.
It should shock no one to hear such irreverent “wisdom” escape the lips of Ashton Kutcher. The comment is from a recent promotional interview for his forthcoming romantic comedy No Strings Attached. In it, he stars opposite Natalie Portman as life-long platonic friends who drop the platonic without adding love or commitment.
The calling card of “No Strings” is its cavalier attitude toward casual sex, and how members of the opposite sex have precious few boundaries talking about or engaging in the practice of making love. This isn’t “The Philadelphia Story,” where subtle references to sex were lightly bandied about by the likes of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Instead, screenwriter Elizabeth Meriweather talks frankly about physicality in the 21st century.
The times have changed, you see. As Portman tells Entertainment Weekly, it’s high time Hollywood‘s depictions of romance change as well.
“Twilight” Starlet Kristen Stewart Models How the Rich Serve Society
January 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: apitalism, Hollywood, Kristen Stewart, NewsReal Blog, Philanthropy, rich, The Concession Stand, Twilight, Wealth
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Though most recognizable for the role of Bella Swan in the ridiculously popular Twilight movies, it was another role which motivated red hot starlet Kristen Stewart toward philanthropy.
…the 20-year-old reveals her secret similarity to Charlie Sheen: she’s going to spend a fortune on hookers this year.
After researching teen sex workers for her role in Welcome To The Rileys, she was inspired to earmark a portion of her Twilight millions to establish a network of halfway houses that would help residents go straight. “That would be amazing,” she says. “Right now it’s the thing I feel most connected to.”
Stewart reveals her intent in the cover story of the February issue of Vogue. The other tidbit from the interview which entertainment blogs are latching onto is Stewart’s bemoaning a lack of privacy. The crux of the coverage is that someone who has met with so much success, and earned such a fortune, ought not complain about being recognized at the mall.
Be that as it may, there is a more instructive point to take from the Stewart interview. It is because of her success, and resulting fortune, that she has the opportunity to make a more meaningful contribution to society. Stewart’s plan is indicative of how the rich disproportionately serve others.
The Orwellian Doublespeak of Media Matters’ David Brock
January 17, 2011 at 9:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: 1984, David Brock, Doublespeak, Doublethink, Ed Schultz, Gabrielle Giffords, george orwell, glenn beck, Jared Loughner, media matters, NewsReal Blog, sarah palin, The Concession Stand, Tucson Shooting
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Doublespeak: The art of persuasively articulating nothing.
Winston sank his arms to his sides and slowly refilled his lungs with air. His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them…
George Orwell thus laid the groundwork for the coinage of doublespeak, at best a simple euphemism, sometimes mere ambiguity, and at worst deliberate deceit. The purpose of doublethink is to synthesize the irrational. The purpose of doublespeak is to propagate it.
Media Matters’ head honcho David Brock is a master of both. As he leads the leftist herd in advancing the meme of conservative rhetoric causing violence, he attempts to cloak his demagoguery in a false concession.
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