Posts Tagged ‘Academy Awards’
Irony alert: Academy Awards protected by armed guards with assault rifles
While the smug elites lectured flyover state peons like you and me about the evil of guns at the Academy Awards, it turns out they were well fortified with assault rifles.
Why? Protection. Look at the photo above. They even have bomb sniffing bomb dogs at their beck and call.
Read MoreThe Academy Awards is the latest victim of the Left
By Tom Quiner As I wrote yesterday, I boycotted the Academy Awards again. I refuse to subject myself to the moral preening of these Leftists whose values are the antithesis of mine and the rest of the flyover states. I marvel at the track record of the Left. They have a gift for ruining everything…
Read MoreMy boycott of the Academy Awards continues
The Academy Awards was the only awards show I ever watched on a regular basis.
Johnny Carson and Billy Crystal were state-of-the-art MCs. They knew how to puncture egos, poke fun at politicians and the culture in a way that made everyone laugh, including the person who was the butt of the joke. Watch a couple of minutes of Carson above as a reminder of his unmatched timing.
Things changed during the Obama years.
Read MoreHollywood elites blow it again
Political grandstanding at the Oscars
“This study leads to the unambiguous conclusion that the differences in the compensation of men and women are the result of a multitude of factors and that the raw wage gap should not be used as the basis to justify corrective action. Indeed, there may be nothing to correct. The differences in raw wages may be almost entirely the result of the individual choices being made by both male and female workers.”
Read MoreAmazing: God's name used respectfully at Academy Awards
I can’t recall anyone waxing eloquent about the Almighty at the Oscars in recent years, until last night …
Read MoreHollywood’s balm for the economy
Oscar politics
I have a love/hate relationship with Hollywood. They are capable of creating exquisite works of art, such as Lincoln, Les Miz, and The Life of Pi. But be careful. They have an agenda, and they are sneaky. Their insidious brand of leftist politics can sneak its way into even the most innocuous film.
Read MoreEnjoy an Oscar nominated movie
Do you ever see the Academy Award nominated short films? I haven’t, until today. I just watched a delightful six minute short called “Paperman.”
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