March 14, 2011
…e directed by Jay Roach. I’m not sure it is relevant, but I thought it important for everyone to know who these folks are making this pay television movie. Eric Kessler, Co-President of HBO – Gave $2,300 to Obama for America Richard Plepler, Co-President of HBO – Contributed over $15,000 to Democrats in 2008, including $2,300 to Obama for America and another $500 to Obama for America, on 7/31/08 (isn’t that more than the allowable campaign contr…
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February 6, 2012
…ee since they began voting in 1972 courtesy of the McGovern–Fraser Commission. Prior to 1972, only a handful of states selected the GOP nominee, and Florida was not one of them. Here is Florida’s 40 year track record: 1972: RICHARD NIXON (87%), John Ashbrook (9%) 1976: GERALD FORD (53%), Ronald Reagan (47%) 1980: RONALD REAGAN (56%), George H.W. Bush (30%), John Anderson (9%) 1984: RONALD REAGAN (100%) 1988: GEORGE G. W. BUSH (62%), Bob Dole (…
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May 19, 2011
… light and Democrats in a positive light before the election in 2012. And, of course, the Director and the Writer are both ardent Obama supporters. All those at HBO support Obama like Co-President Eric Kessler, Co-President Richard Plepler, President of HBO entertainment Sue Naegle, President of HBO Films Len Amato and Executive Producers Paula Weinstein, Carol Fenelon and Ezra Swerdlow. Even the Cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau and Casting D…
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November 30, 2011
…of the Obama Coalition”, Thomas Edsall, by pushing “takers” into a non-working, entitlement, nanny state, socialistic philosophical ideology. Republicanism is not lost but it is certainly a candidate for a “Progressive Lite” label….or what as “Congress is Useless” all about? http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/2011/11/congress-is-useless/ And all that is supported in academia today is under the myth of “academic freedom”. Collectivism and totalit…
Tags: First Amendment, Religion, Separation of Church and State
Posted in Domestic Policy, Guest Writer | 1 Comment »
October 30, 2011
… of these circumstances, the use of the word hero is trivialized. A deeper problem is that ides of myth, legend and story hold a society’s culture together. The concept of the hero is central to these. By misapplying the hero label and refraining from using it when needed takes our culture in the wrong direction. I hope we can recover the sense of propriety about who we call a hero and what they did to be considered brave before it’s too late. A …
Tags: " "Dancing with the Stars, Chaz Bono, Fini Goodman, JR Martinez
Posted in Entertainment, Fini Goodman | 3 Comments »
April 18, 2012
Legendary entertainer Dick Clark died today of a heart attack at the age of 82. Now the word “legendary” is used a lot today to describe people who have achieved much in their lifetime and a lot of them richly deserve the title but when speaking of the achievements of Dick Clark the title legendary fits as comfortably as an old shoe. Dick Clark was born Richard Wagstaff Clark in my hometown of Mount Vernon, NY in 1929. Then the city was scarce…
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Posted in Entertainment, Ira Schwartz | 1 Comment »
December 10, 2011
… that we passed put in place a consumer watchdog who is charged with protecting everyday Americans from being taken advantage of by mortgage lenders or payday lenders or debt collectors. And the man we nominated for the post, Richard Cordray, is a former attorney general of Ohio who has the support of most attorney generals, both Democrat and Republican, throughout the country. Nobody claims he’s not qualified. But the Republicans in the Senate r…
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Posted in Craig Covello, Domestic Policy, Economy | 6 Comments »
February 3, 2010
… that if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself. This runway is just the beginning of the first privately owned and run spaceport in the world. Backed by several entrepreneurs including “Virgin Galactic’s” Sir Richard Branson, Spaceport America plans to have ISS flights up and running by the end of 2012. And Virgin Galactic is not alone. According to the January issue of “Popular Science” there are at least 14 companies that hold …
Tags: Apollo, NASA, Space Program, Star Trek
Posted in Ira Schwartz | 4 Comments »
November 10, 2009
… Cox News – reported a memo written by a Phoenix FBI agent two months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks linked Arab flight students to a radical Islamic group in England that has ties to alleged “shoe-bomber” Richard Reid. And the list goes on. Now 8 years later it has happened again. Let’s check and see what piqued the FBI’s curiosity with Nidal Malik Hasan. Military officials told CNN that intelligence agencies intercepted c…
Tags: Ft. Hood, Nidal Malik Hasan
Posted in Ira Schwartz, Uncategorized | 11 Comments »
May 27, 2009
…king_chance.html that tells the story by the man who accompanied the fallen Marine home on his last journey. Reading this article brought tears to my eyes. I think you should all take the time to read it I would like to thank Richard Stoll from Orange County, California for bringing it to my attention. This is patriotism. In closing I would like to state that military intervention is not always the answer, but unless the opposing party believes …
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