New and improved, now with 20 rules!
- Any mention of Little Jimmy Dickens
- Use of the “Conspiracy Music” drop
- Host says “true story”
- “War” said in a Ron Paul voice
- “Gold” said in G. Gordon Liddy voice
- Any use of the Breaking News music
- Host refers to audience as “kids”
- Use of Aaron Neville voice (drink twice)
- Sarah Rumpf says “whoo!”
- Host says “where can they find you…” after something shocking is said
- Any host reference to the chat room (sip)
- Any thong reference (other than a promo for the Snark Factor store)
- Host says “That’s uncalled for”
- Any f-bomb (drink twice)
- Duke rattling ice
- Any Star Trek references
- Any reference to seeing a band opening act
- Host says “tee hee”
- Use of the George Takei voice
- Any use of the sbug-eye emoticon by SmoosieQ in the chat room
Approved and endorsed by Fingers Tiberius Malloy himself.
Conservatives have lost a great warrior. Andrew Breitbart‘s death has hit me hard for many reasons. He was two years younger than me. He was a husband and a father of four. He exposed rampant governmental fraud and media bias. Love him or hate him, his actions made history and made America better.
Many words will be written, and as I’ve said many times “death brings out the best and worst in people.” Some on the left are surely dancing a happy jig over the loss of the most aggressive of their enemies, but I am thankful to see that the folks at Media Matters have posted a respectful statement.
I’m just a guy. I blog because I want to educate people and make the world a better place for my children. Breitbart was that at an exponentially greater degree. He had a deep understanding of politics, unquestionable bravado and the passion to pursue and expose fraud and lies at a level few have ever matched.
He was a pit bull, a tenacious patriot. But as famous as he had become, he was equally accessible. I’ve interviewed him and I’ve partied with him in groups large and small. He would talk to anyone willing to listen and he truly enjoyed taking on his political opponents. Unlike most liberals I have been exposed to, Breitbart willfully (and literally) walked into crowds of his polar opposites to engage and educate. When you truly believe in something you should be able to defend your position and you should welcome the chance to educate others. You do not try to stifle those with opposing viewpoints, you try to educate them.
I will write more later when I have more time and am able to focus better. Below is the interview I conducted with him at the 2010 SRLC in New Orleans. I can’t believe he is gone.
Update: A video reminder from Ace of Spades of how effective Brietbart was despite massive attacks from the left.
Update: Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) pays tribute to Andrew Breitbart on the House Floor:
“Act of Valor” debuted over the weekend and earned just under $25M, almost twice as much as it was expected to. Given that it is a pro-military movie lacking the standard Hollywood “big oil and big military are bad” bias, this is a great sign.
I’ve been on a military book kick lately having recently finished “American Sniper,” “Marine Sniper – 93 Confirmed Kills,” and Tom Clancy’s “Red Storm Rising” (my first Clancy novel). My desire to see the film was spontaneous, it was not based on any talk radio or blog related hype. In fact, I had seen the commercials a few times and was skeptical of the hype surrounding the use of actual Navy SEALs in the film. But with a rare free weekend afternoon the wife and I escaped from the kids for a couple of hours to the local theater.
I went in knowing that the main characters were SEALs, not actors, so I was not expecting much with regard to dialogue. Knowing that these guys are such bad-asses I was able to overlook some of the cheesy dialogue and delivery. I didn’t buy my ticket expecting Shakespeare, I wanted to see some kick ass military bravado, and the movie delivered. The plot is not based on an actual event, but the various scenarios that took place around the globe are quite plausible. What the movie lacks in quality acting is made up for with the “holy crap that could actually happen” factor.
I won’t give up any spoilers here. A CIA agent is kidnapped by a drug dealer who is friends with a radical Muslim convert. A plot to ship arms is discovered, then a secondary more dangerous plot is uncovered. The SEALs travel the globe tracking the situation in an attempt to stop the bad guys, Straightforward good versus evil.
Some of my favorite moments:
- The river extraction scene was awesome with respect to what our guys can do. The firepower in this scene had me giggling in awe.
- The submarine capabilities were equally impressive.
- The SEAL interrogation specialist was a riot, he reminded me a little bit of Andrew Breitbart.
- There were several moments when I found myself talking to the screen under my breath saying “get out of there!” and “get ‘em!’ I felt like a kid, which is a much needed mental escape for me these days.
The special effects were stellar, the director is obviously fond of the “one shot, one kill” concept, as it was displayed frequently. There was plenty of blood, and there were many shots of people being killed, so this is not a movie you want to take kids to.
I’m sure there was some technically inaccurate content added for visual effect (entering a night time extraction with red laser sights turned on comes to mind), but I went into this with the right expectations. I would love to hear what my military friends have to say about the film’s technical accuracy.
One blogger mentioned that the camera angles and focus gave him a headache, and I can understand that. Some people are more sensitive than others to unusual camera angles or too much movement of the camera. Another blogger brought up the idea that the film was antisemitic because one of the bad guys had a big nose and he supported a radical Muslim despite being Jewish. I disagree, I sensed no hint of antisemitism in the movie.
The movie is just under two hours long and I didn’t look at my watch once. My main takeaway was that it portrayed how awesome both our military people and technology are. It also showed how evil yet inventive the bad guys can be and how vulnerable America remains more than a decade after the 9/11 attacks. The ending of the movie was very moving, as a father and proud supporter of our troops I was hit hard by the last few minutes.
After the final scene the theater was silent. No clapping, no talking. My wife and I sat through all of the credits as we always do and left the theater with an even deeper appreciation of our military. We also felt a deeper concern for the future of our country and hope that our intelligence agencies are as capable as our special forces teams. I encourage everyone to watch this movie. It is based on a reality that more Americans need to be made aware of.
