‘True Blood’ Creator Says Conservatives Are the Same as Vampires
When you’re producing the fifth season of a show notable mainly for bloody pornography, how do you keep viewers interest up? Evil conservatives!
That’s exactly what HBO’s filthy, sex-obsessed vampire series “True Blood” is doing for its June 10 premiere. Creator Alan Ball told TVLine.com to expect a "church and state" theme for the season.
“True Blood’s” new season features a vampire extremist group called “The Sanguinistas,” who derive their name from the Latin word for blood. They believe humans were created by God to be farmed like cattle, and exist only to serve as a vampire’s meal. Alan Ball said his inspiration for the group came from watching the "scary in their own right GOP primaries."
“My first instinct about going into religion and politics was from watching Michele Bachmann, who thinks she has a direct line to God. What would happen if she became president? A lot of right-wingers would like to see a theocracy in America. From there we thought, ‘What would a vampire theocracy be and how would you justify it? What kind of impact would it have on humans?’” Ball told Entertainment Weekly.
This isn’t the first time lefties have slandered the GOP with the word “vampire.” In a political attack ad the Obama campaign referred to Mitt Romney as a vampire. Obviously it backfired.
Of course, if Ball is looking for more believable example of violent parasites, he might try Occupy Wall Street for inspiration.
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Backwards, again
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:40pm.
Actually it is the left, the gays, the secularists, etc. who force their beliefs on the rest of us and want us to change to conform to their beliefs.
Well this should keep you
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:41pm.
Well this should keep you going for a few weeks.
As I'm sure you'll
Submitted by Lauren Thompson on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:48pm.
As I'm sure you'll delightfully keep trolling my stories. What a fascinating life you must lead!
Lauren
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:59pm.
It just shows you're hitting a nerve with bal. Keep going, your stories are great.
Don't worry Radical. I'll
Submitted by Lauren Thompson on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:03pm.
Don't worry Radical. I'll never stop fighting the good fight. In fact, trolls are a badge of honor in this business. It means you're doing your job!
Thank you for the complement. It is appreciated!
Yep.
Submitted by Rukus on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 8:05am.
You catch the most flack when you're on target. Keep up the good fight. ; )
It's a supply-and-demand kind
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:09pm.
It's a supply-and-demand kind of situation. As long as there are posts that demand a response, I'll respond.
Capitalism!
Well, at least bal and I can
Submitted by Lauren Thompson on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:12pm.
Well, at least bal and I can agree that capitalism rocks. That's progress.
Always been a fan of
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:16pm.
Always been a fan of capitalism. Anything that can cause a guy like Steve Jobs to go from his garage to the head of the Apple Empire, I'm in favor of.
There still might be hope for
Submitted by Lauren Thompson on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:18pm.
There still might be hope for you bal. Leave the dark side before it's too late.
Meh. There's no "dark side"
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:20pm.
Meh. There's no "dark side" -- with all due respect to Lucas. There's right, left, and extremes.
and we all know you reside in
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:28pm.
and we all know you reside in the extreme Left, as most Liberals today do.
Nah, bal, it's simpler than
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 6:03pm.
Nah, bal, it's simpler than that..............there's right, and then there's wrong. And in your case, your right brain gets nothing right, and your left brain has nothing left.
Lauren
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:36pm.
balboa will never see the light. As the old adage goes a stopped clock is right twice a day, and just because bal makes a correct statement every once in a while doesn't mean he'll ever grow any sense. I've argued with him on multiple occasions and watched others here do it more times than can be counted. I've likened it to arguing with a preschooler. Intellectually both balboa and the toddler will never get your point. You can give evidence why you're right, restate your position in numerous ways to either simplify or clarify, and he'll just come back with "I'm right because I say so".
BTW I'm sure he also holds a liberal's view of capitalism, which is cronyism, state control of major industries and paying lip service to, but in practice doing the opposite of, real free market trade. Just like Obama
We know that as long as you're here
Submitted by cocodrie on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:19pm.
We know that as long as you're here you'll provide stupidity on the site.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Here you go, Lauren
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:14pm.
The only useful response to Blaboa.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Aww...[blush]
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:17pm.
Aww...[blush]
Nothing but a bunch of spinning heads
Submitted by gopcongress on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:45pm.
They are nothing but a bunch of spinning heads trying to denounce conservatism. Wait until Obama is voted out, they will really start howling to the moon.
(NOTE: I will NOT mention the "spinning head" context here)
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
it is the progressives
Submitted by oldfart on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:45pm.
that are sucking people's finances into who knows what hair brained scheme.
Actually, liberals more
Submitted by golfer88 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:48pm.
Actually, liberals more accurately depict vampires - they suck the life blood out of the economy in order to kill it...
There you go
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:08pm.
A tight and coherent piece that belongs on Newsbusters and far more consistent with what you have produced in the past for this site.
Aw shucks, NYC, I don't know
Submitted by Lauren Thompson on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:15pm.
Aw shucks, NYC, I don't know what to say. I appreciate your praise. A writer always likes to see positive reactions to their product.
I still think I'll be taking my editorial cues from my boss though. Just sayin'.
That is never a problem
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:20pm.
I think your writing on the anti-religious bigotry in the media is generally quite good. And I don't attend church but I respect those who do and recognize that this country was founded on the (among a few other) general proposition one should be able to worship without government interference - hence I never comment on those.
I obviously took issue with your last piece, but this one I can sink my vampire teeth into.
NYCMiddle, My goodness are
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:33pm.
NYCMiddle,
My goodness are you the arrogant one.
Your patronizing comes across as egotistical and ridiculous.
Your issue with the last one was one of, "I have the right to watch what I please, when I please and curse you for making me think that you impled otherwise!!" You came across as your stereotypical spoiled brat American. yes and I say this as someone who is not a natural born citizen.
Thanks
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:42pm.
for your opinion.
It's great.
NYCMiddle, any time. Just
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:51pm.
NYCMiddle,
any time.
Just hoping to wash some of that patronizing arrogance from you.
.
Not quite
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:54pm.
but I do find it amusing that someone who can bemoan the lack of reading in America in lieu of watching television can spend so much time on the internet. :)
Have a lovely day.
NYCMiddle, So much time on
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:06pm.
NYCMiddle,
Well at least you don't deny that you are arrogant and patronizing Laura Thompson. :-) There may still be hope for you.
So much time on the internet? Do tell, how much time I spend on the internet. LOL This should be interesting. (do you have a clue how fast I read and type?) Maybe it takes you 10 minutes to read one of my posts and another 20 to type up a reply. I do both in less than 30 seconds.
I post here and there and some nights I spend a little more than others on NB and all of a sudden is equal to spending countless of hours infront of a television set?
But are you seriously comparing time reading on the internet and debating others on the web with the very passive, no need for brains watching of television? oh tell me you haven't sunk this low, have you?
Oh poor NYCMiddle, got burnt yesterday and is attempting to make up for his illogical and quite selfish arguments. LOL
You need to try harder. If you just turned off that television set for a few minutes, some of those burnt braincells may grow back. LOL
Yes, you too, have a great day.
You
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:09pm.
revel in personal attacks don't you?
NYCMiddle, HAHAHA!!! oh
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:15pm.
NYCMiddle,
HAHAHA!!! oh because you didn't level any upon me, right? hahaha!!!
Now you prove to be arrogant, condescending, patronizing and a hypocrite.
Just keep it coming.
Tell us again what articles adhere or don't adhere to NB's core mission? Did you call NB's owner and tell him how you fired him and made yourself boss of NB?
I invite
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:17pm.
you to find, post and link to a personal attack I made upon (1) you (2) your motives; or (3) your intelligence.
NYCMiddle, Oh because you
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:26pm.
NYCMiddle,
Oh because you were not leveling an attack when you said,
Not quite
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:54pm.
but I do find it amusing that someone who can bemoan the lack of reading in America in lieu of watching television can spend so much time on the internet. :)
Have a lovely day.
Nah, you were just playing nice, right? No way were you attempting to call me a hypocrite, right?
Now you have proven to be condescending, patronizing, hypocrite and a liar.
Keep it coming.
That's the problem with arrogant people, they think themselves to be way above us "poor simpletons".
NYCMiddle, you have been caught in your web of arrogance and condescension, but you are too wrapped up in yourself to realize this. LOL
Nothing on the news, eh? Who died and made you boss of NB writers?
Sarcasm pertaining to a stated
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:29pm.
position is not a personal attack
NYCMiddle,
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:34pm.
NYCMiddle,
BWAHAHAHAHAHA....if it helps you sleep at night to lie to me and claim you didn't level a personal attack me, go for it Mr. Arrogant. LOL
You are amusing. Yes, hide behind sarcasm.
Fine, I will play your game. But NYCMiddle, I was just using sarcasm against you pertaining to your stated positions when I called you arrogant and condescending and a hypocrite and a liar. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Get down from your arrogant New York life. My goodnes, you are so full of condescencions and arrogance you are completely blind to it.
Liberallies
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:30pm.
NYC is in his screen name. 'Nuff said. I think you have to take arrogant and condescending lessons before they allow you to take up residence there
As an amusing aside
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:35pm.
when I voted late in the evening in 2006 I was told by the person at the table where you sign in that I was only the second registered Republican to vote all day.
NYCMiddle, What you do not
Submitted by Liberallies on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 5:59pm.
NYCMiddle,
What you do not understand, Mr. Arrogant, is that so called Republicans of New York City, Boston and other major cities in the upper Eastern USA are quite Liberal individuals. You are a perfect example of it, Mr. Arrogant.
NYCMiddle, Have a great day
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:31pm.
NYCMiddle,
Have a great day and do attempt to tone down your arrogance and condescension. Not insulting you, just speaking facts of how your posts come across. Who knows, you maybe one of the few non-arrogant New Yorkers, but your writing style comes across as you are Mr. Know-it-all who is above us "simpletons".
I know, I know, you don't mean to, You just don't see it. Yes, most selfish people don't realize how incredibly arrogant they are.
Enjoy replying to me if you wish. Much better and way more interesting things to do.
Have a wonderful day.
Funny NYCMiddle
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:29pm.
but I'm on the internet and I'm reading at the same time, and learning a lot. Amazing how that works!
TempusFugit, Don't confuse
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:36pm.
TempusFugit,
Don't confuse poor NYCMiddle, to him reading articles on the web is the same as drooling and having your brain in passive mode while you watch a television show. LOL
But I enjoy confusing trolls
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:43pm.
It's funny. Like watching a dog chase its tail
Sir
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:31pm.
I don't disagree. It was the other poster, in the other thread who questioned the ability to do that. I pointed out to her that for someone who thought TV was so destructive she was spending a lot of time online.
NYC
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:43pm.
I think TV is destructive too, and I would have joined in that True Blood thread if I had seen it. I was troubleshooting my new computer and didn't get online for it.
I think you can learn a lot more from books and the internet than you can from TV. I've learned some amazing things just by reading Newsbusters.org. There are some incredibly intelligent people here, both writers and commenters, who blow the liberal stereotype of conservative, double digit IQ rednecks out of the water. Still there is plenty of educational TV out there. The Science Channel, History Channel (when they're not profiling historical figures such as ice road truckers) and National Geographic.
Just not sure what your point is when you imply it's hypocritical of someone to say TV sucks but spend a lot of time on the internet
Tempus
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:32pm.
Television and books are not mutually exclusive. It is entirely possible for a person to engage in both. I read the WSJ every day when I go to work. I read all throughout my day while I am at work. When I go home I enjoy unwinding with television.
You don't have to tell me that the idea that conservatives are not toothless rednecks without education. That is why in oral arguments liberals were so aghast that there actually is a legal and constitutional argument against Obamacare. We have authors that are geniuses that underpin our thought - they have nothing but more government subservience.
I would suggest that many of the people who would take aim at television as a time waster would do so towards the internet as well.
Cheers.
NYC
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:55pm.
Still not sure I get the internet/TV connection, but oh well. Good talking to you
Praise is arrogance?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:49pm.
Since when has praise become arrogance?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
CobraMan, After NYCMiddle
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:59pm.
CobraMan,
After NYCMiddle embarrassing tantrum in another one of Laura Thomposon's forums where NYC kept on claiming she had written things she never had and the poor sap would not accept her answers it is quite condescending for him to write this ridiculous line, "A tight and coherent piece that belongs on Newsbusters and far more consistent with what you have produced in the past for this site."
As he if he is some type of authority of what does or does not belong on Newsbusters for us the to read. LOL
Yes, arrogant, condescending, patronizing, take your pick.
The characterization
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:06pm.
of my criticism of Ms. Thompson's post is a tad inaccurate.
As I stated when I criticized her post and asked her questions (which in my opinion were never directly answered) I felt (1) her article was not consistent with the core mission of Newsbusters and (2) other pieces she wrote (including this one - now) are more in line with that mission.
Ms. Liberallies takes issues with critical thinking of that which is posted. Apparently challenging what is posted is verboten. I thought this was a good piece and after being critical of Ms. Thompson's post and agreeing with the content of this article I posted that I liked it.
I am not going to tell you what to think of me, Ms. Liberallies or either of our posts you, Sir, are free to come to whatever conclusions you wish.
NYCMiddle, Nah....99% of the
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:12pm.
NYCMiddle,
Nah....99% of the people that read your tantrum yesterday would agree, you are a spoiled brat who thinks freedom means doing as you please merely because you paid for something. You threw a tantrum. LOL
You may not want to tell me what to think of you, but yesterday you were certainly telling Ms. Thompson what she had written and what it ment despite the fact that she corrected you on more than one occassion. LOL
Just because in your opinion you do not believe that yesterday's piece is not consistent with the core mission of NB it doesn't make it so, my arrogant New Yorker.
Who the heck died and made you the decision maker of what adheres to NB's mission and what doesn't?
Reading your claim that you are not arrogant and in the same post read your claim that an article from an employee of NB belongs or does not belong on NB is quite amusing. I guess it is lost on you since you are so arrogant. LOL
You are arrogant and now quite amusing.
:)
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:14pm.
I think your post is its own best retort.
NYCMiddle, So nothing on
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:21pm.
NYCMiddle,
Hmmmm...and you aren't even witty.
Nope, nope. I wasn't the one who spent an afternoon questioning an NB's employee's motives. Poor NYCMiddle read too much into the article and believed the piece was calling for censorship.
So nothing on letting us in on the news on who died and made you the boss of NB. I mean since you seem to know so well what articles adhere to or do not adhere to NB's core mission.
LOL
Submitted by TempusFugit on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:38pm.
He's resorting to balboaisms ie one sentence retorts. balby's got a playmate!
There
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:29pm.
was no need to reply. The comments of the poster spoke for themselves. I believe that this forum has thoughtful people on it.
Sometimes allowing comments to stand without a response, is the best response.
Especially when....
Submitted by ckc1227 on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:10pm.
"Sometimes allowing comments to stand without a response, is the best response."
Especially when the poster making the comments in question is a so-called conservative who apparently thinks we have just too much freedom in this country, lol.
~There is no such thing as the 'freedom'' to enslave yourself
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:17pm.
.
ckc1227, You are a perfect
Submitted by Liberallies on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 5:57pm.
ckc1227,
You are a perfect example of what is wrong with so many Americans today!
No doubt you are one of those who will say, "I have the right to say what I want, when I went, to whom ever I want! It is my Freedom of speech and there is no such thing as too much Freedom of Speech!" WRONG!!!
Freedom doesn't mean doing as you please, when you please without regards to the consequences to yourself and others.
All Freedoms come with responsabilities. 8th grade Civics, if you would have bothered to pay attention, taught us this!
I am still waiting on your to explain your comment that I am Fidel Castro because I know that Freedom is taking responsability for all of our actions and NOT doing what we want, when we want as we please.
If you honestly believe Freedoms is doing what you want, when you want as you please you have the maturity of a 15 year old rebellious teenager.
"Hence I never comment on those."
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:35pm.
No kidding. You've only been registered here for 48 hours.
Of course
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 5:28pm.
because it is impossible to read these forums without being registered....and there was no need to register to comment before.
Middle*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 7:23pm.
...." and there was no need to register to comment before...."
Before what NYC Middle? What has occurred that now requires you to "comment" at NB?
I found
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 7:40pm.
the article written by Ms. Thompson about pay cable to be of poor quality.
You may not agree with my positions but I have expressed them civility. To put comment in quotes is really unnecessary.
Got it Middle*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 8:03pm.
So that implies that you comment frequently at other sites like Kos, Yahoo!, follow Clarence Page, Richard Reeves, Maureen Dowd, Cokie Roberts, etc, etc...
I certainly do not put Ms Thompson in the same category as Cokie Roberts and Maureen Dowd. I thought her article was not only well written and very clear in her thoughts but also she has the courage to come to NB and defend herself against trolls( those that come to NB to attack a particular blogger or subject)
Do you comment on sites that post articles by Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingram, Ann Coulter, Thomas Sowell, Walter E Williams????
BTW: It is polite here to put a " ..." or type in bold on a particular comment so there is no misunderstanding as to the subject of a reply.
Hello?
Submitted by Reaver on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 7:57pm.
You’ve never had to register to read the forums here but you’ve always had to register before you could post comments. Bassackwards much?
What a relief!
Submitted by Unsane on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 9:26pm.
I'm sure Lauren Thompson, the NB Staff, all of the MRC and the NB readership will be sleeping better at night seeing that you approve of this article.
I know I will.
It's NYCMiddle's world, and we merely live in it.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
C'mon, this isn't news media
Submitted by Texndoc on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:13pm.
It's some lib idiot with a vampire show on HBO. People can think what they want to. It's not as if you don't have to go looking for this tripe to find it. It's like The Simpsons (which it sounds like they're stealing from): the Republican gathering is always Mr. Burns, the rich Texan, Kent Brockman and Count Chocula, in a haunted castle.
So true, Tex
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:40pm.
As someone who cannot wait for Sunday's season premier of TB (or "hooked on the 'V' as they say in BonTemps), I really never see beyond the compelling characters and satiric storylines. Alan B. may think he's smarter than everyone else, but I know better and just enjoy.
That's been done.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:25pm.
"What would a vampire theocracy be and how would you justify it? What kind of impact would it have on humans?"
Ripping off the Blade trilogy, are we? Don't forget, the vampires in Blade had their own religion, complete with their own Bible, made from human skin, and their own God, La Magra, the Blood God. And we all know what impact THAT had on Humanity, we were being turned into chemically lobotomized food animals at blood farms.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Plus we had to live through
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:26pm.
Plus we had to live through Blade: Trinity. Yuck.
I iked it
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:28pm.
I like it. Well, I liked the first one and the last one, anyways. The second one, not so much.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Maybe I'm thinking of the
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:35pm.
Maybe I'm thinking of the second one.
Did anyone like the second one?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:40pm.
Did anyone like the second one?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
You
Submitted by NYCMiddle on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:29pm.
forget Jessica Biel was in that.
Plus didn't that worthless old fart Kris Kristofferson bite it?
Two good reasons it wasn't THAT bad.
He "bought it" in the first one
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:33pm.
He "bought it" in the first one. For some unknown reason, they brought him back in the second one, just to kill him off again in the third one. They should have struck to the old adage of "no, refunds, no returns."
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Vampires are Radicals
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 3:57pm.
To paraphrase the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, "Is the vampiric sucking of people's blood conservative behavior?"
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Good comic. Terrible movie.
Submitted by Lauren Thompson on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 4:28pm.
Good comic. Terrible movie. Haha.
LIBERALS=SCUM
Submitted by PVC1234 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:04pm.
and Liberals like Alan Ball are lower than whale $hit
"...A lot of right-wingers
Submitted by rbosque on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:20pm.
"...A lot of right-wingers would like to see a theocracy in America..."
A lot of stupid liberals say that because they actually think that since THEY would love a totalitarian state, we would like the opposite. But if they just used their three or four brain cells more effectively, they would see that a theology is something the founders and we would like to avoid. England has a state religion and we didn't want to repeat that.
I won't be surprised when Alan Ball shows up on Bill Maher
Submitted by JeffC... on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 6:30pm.
Want an invite to "Real Time with Bill Maher?"
Step 1: Get somewhat famous.
Step 2: Get on TV and trash Republicans.
Step 3: Sit by your phone and wait for Bill himself to call!
The last good thing to come out of HBO: "Taking Chance".
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 7:15pm.
We cut off HBO right after that because we stopped watching.
Any channel that anchors some of its programming with pond scum like Bill Maher or Bryant Gumbel isn't worth the waste of time or money.
I don't love Gumbel, but they
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 7:35pm.
I don't love Gumbel, but they do good stories on Real Sports. I don't know if the good balances out the extra cost, though. Is one of those channels that you don't notice it awhile lot when it's gone.
It's Bernie Goldberg who saves that show - not Bryant.
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 11:24pm.
Bryant is useless as certain appendages on a bull. It's only Bernie Goldberg's more insightful analysis that saves that show on HBO.
Even then, it's not enough to make a conservative willing to pay for HBO. Bernie Goldberg's website and his participation in Fox News has enough.
It's not worth, bal. I spend the money on better internet speed and my grandchildren.
Vampires
Submitted by 46Blitz on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 7:43pm.
I never watched that show but I get the gist. Thanks for the heads up, I won't be watching it. We get hammered with this stuff all the time. Even in commercials. Some stupid white guy is getting schooled. I hardly watch tv anymore.
I did start to watch a show called Supernatural on Netflix. It's a drama but funny in a black comedy sort of way. But I'm only in the 2nd season. I like Walking Dead, I admit.
Well...
Submitted by amyshulk on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 11:02pm.
I read the series and tried to watch the show. I;m surprised Charlaine Harris allowed them to distort her story.
Ronald Reagan
Irony
Submitted by Darks Shadow Show on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 1:54am.
So the liberals, who have been sucking the life out of the economy, moral values, the founding principles of America, and this country as a whole, are calling US vampires!? LMAO
A "church and state" theme?
Submitted by panzerakc on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 3:50am.
On a show about vampires???
I thought vampires couldn't go into churches.
Bye-bye Ball
Submitted by rammingspeed on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 12:11pm.
There you go, Alan Ball, you stupid piece of sh*t. Alienate potential viewers with insane, baseless insults. It isn't just religious people who'll be offended; intelligent people everywhere are sick of the hackneyed religion-is-evil garbage that these little forkfuls of the big Hollywood sh*t pie keep dumping onto them. Hollywood is losing viewers, ergo money, and the movers and shakers of the joint are unable to get it.
True Blood just got canned from my recording list
Submitted by trollsdad on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 1:50pm.
Why do these pinheads think they can insult so many people when they depend on viewers to stay in business?
I refuse to watch HBO with this drivel and that moron Bill Maher on it, if they had advertisers I would be also be boycotting their products.
Another example
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 06/09/2012 - 2:04pm.
of the Hollywood business model. Insult and denigrate that portion of your audience with the most disposable income to spend on your product.
DirecTV offered HBO/Cinemax free for this weekend, I called them and told them not to bother giving me access to it. The CSR I spoke with admitted that I wasn't the first to call with that message, carefully, of course, because calls are monitored for "quality control purposes".
The other week I gave you
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 3:57pm.
The other week I gave you (Thompson) a hard time with your article about violence/vulgarity/explicit sex in cable shows. I found your response a long time later and since the thread was old I didn't bother to reply, but I did reconsider what you were going at.
Whenever I see anyone complaining about those topics in fictional TV, it was always in conjunction with cries for the government to step in and ban the content. After reviewing your post you never did make a request for that, so I would like to apologize for my knees jerking that hard. It's not an issue that bothers me and since you knocked my favorite TV show, Dexter, in the process I became a bit of a loose cannon!
I eventually realized is that your post was identical to the conservative crusade against media bias: just swap the details: i.e. violence/vulgarity/explicit sex for pro-socialist lies, and the concepts are identical because both involve a disgust against a repeated message coming from the media that is perceived to be unwanted and destructive. I hate media bias, but I wouldn't want the government to come in and regulate the news. You hate violence/vulgarity/explicit sex, and likewise, that doesn't automatically mean you want the government to come in and regulate the airwaves. So again I apologize because I should have known better to make that assumption.
I found another poster's question valid and unanswered (something along the lines of "so if government censorship isn't the answer then what is?") and likewise the same could be said about complaints on media bias. If censorship is not the answer to stop it, then what is? I really don't know.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
~The answer
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 5:41pm.
The answer to every single human problem is the same. It is up to each of us to choose the right and to teach our children to do so. Turn off the lies, turn off the smut, and speak the truth. The creeping cultural evil that has overcome the media must be starved to death for lack of viewers.
"God grant us the wisdom to discover the right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure"
easy answer Rusty*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 5:26pm.
If you are consistent in your beliefs then the answer to this problem of vulgarity and porn on tv is the same as media bias. Take personal responsibility for your own actions. Teach your children morals and values, respect for others, establish personal boundaries so that the government is not necessary in order to create THEIR version of boundaries.
Same for media bias. Know that the liberal media is far more abundant than conservatives. So educate yourself. Do your own fact checking. Go to reputable bloggers and websites to help analyze the information you may not be overly familiar with due to its complexity. Check various sources and then make your own decisions. That is why I visit at NB. I have found the most objective studies of liberal bias here and referrals to sources for accurate fact checking that I can view on my own .
Personal responsibility is the answer and is the basis of conservatism because it is the basis of an orderly society.
~GMTA, cajun!
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 5:43pm.
I've had a reply window open for the last 20 minutes before I got around to posting it, only to discover you beat me to it. :-D
LOL Bru*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 5:49pm.
It is not just timing, you always say it so much prettier than me....;-)
the nuclear holocaust on personal responsibility
Submitted by Unsane on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 7:15pm.
Indeed, personal responsibility is key, period. It is required for the republic to endure. It is required for society to endure.
And, for all we hear from the media and the Left about the "war on women", the "war on the poor", the "war on (whoever the Leftists favored group is at the moment)", we NEVER, EVER hear about the nuclear holocaust on personal responsibility in this country!
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
I guess what I mean is, is
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:19am.
I guess what I mean is, is that there's no real quick and convenient answer. For as obvious as media bias and the socialist agenda is to the kinds of people on this site, there are millions and millions of gullible people who buy into this and vote. The "solution" as you've pointed out is depressing because it looks like it would take generations to take hold and we don't have the time to wait that long.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
~Cultural rot has taken generations to take hold
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:41pm.
Are we less patient and persevering than the workers of iniquity?
Things aren't as bad as they seem, culturally, or Hollywood and the old media would still be doing a booming business instead of losing money hand over fist as they have been for the past few years.
It's not just Maher
Submitted by RealVet on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:05pm.
HBO is obsessed with violence, homosexuality, hatred, anti-Americanism, radical feminism, profanity, Christian-bashing, and extremist left wing politics. A bonafide liberal cesspool, and the gay Alan Ball fits right in.
Peter Pan vs Dracula
Submitted by jmcenanly on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:17am.
I can see how conservatives can be compared to vampires, but not in the way that Mr. Ball thinks. A being who can live forever will have seen the ebb and flow of History, and will remember and learn from it. Conservatives see History clearly, and we learn from the mistakes made.
On the other hand, like J.M. Barrie's Boy Who Never Grew Up, Liberals seem to have memory problems. Their 'new' ideas have been tried before, with disastrous results