Conservatism Sells

     I haven't seen the movie Avatar, and from what I have heard about it, I probably never will. I refuse to see a movie that puts our military in a bad light, period. More than one person has told me this movie portrays the military, particularly the Marines, as hired thugs that oppress native people for the purpose of exploitation by resource hungry Americans. I reject this premise and the people that made this movie. Our military is the best and most honorable in the history of the world and I refuse to hand my money over to see a movie that states or implies otherwise. I am so sick and tired of leftists telling lies about things they have no clue about. None of them have ever been in the military and none of them believe we have our freedoms because of the military. Evil from within, which are the leftists, must be defeated and their lies and insinuations like Avatar must be rebutted and not left to be undisputed. The movie from what I hear is a big hit but I believe that is due to the special effects and other aspects and not from it's underlying political message. Movies would be alot more fun for me if I were ignorant to the political jabs, but unfortunately I do not have the luxury of ignorant bliss. I can put up with some of that but I find myself less tolerant as time goes on. Hollywood keeps this up at it's own peril because sooner or later, like with leftist news, and alternative will emerge and crush them. I have a solution but not the means to accomplish it.

     Every Conservative I know can rattle off a list of actors that they will not pay to see because they are so blatantly anti-American. When I see American actors like Sean Penn and Danny Glover embracing leftist dictators like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro it instantly stops me from ever watching or paying to watch anything they are involved with artistically. It's not a boycott, it's simply funneling my discretionary entertainment money to actors that I believe are America lovers and not America haters. It's the same thing as if you had a bad experience with one car brand and a good experience with another. You are probably going to stick with the good experience and not go back to the bad. I wish I had the money and the know-how to create an alternative to Hollywood. What a success it would be. It would be a brand with a Conservative seal of approval that you could trust to be wholesome and fiercely loyal to God, Family, and America. Leftist Hollywood would wither and die with such an alternative. I propose a Conservative Hollywood if you will, located in a Conservative state, run and owned by Conservatives living the Conservative credo. Patriotic movies are what I want personally, and movies that are good for children and the whole family to see. Movies that point out American exceptionalism and promote it. Is that alot to ask for? I don't think it is. Most people do not want to see movies about people and their abhorrent lifestyles or anti-American movies or pot smoking movies. Very few of us want to see that, and no true Conservative wants to see that.

     It isn't just the movie business that the left has infiltrated and stained. Any venue or information source you can think of and the leftists are there trying to take over and turn them into outlets to convince people that Marxism re-labeled as "progressive" is the compassionate way to go. You name it, books, magazines, movies, television, newspapers, the internet, broadcast news, even school books are starting to spew their propaganda as fact. However, whenever there is a Conservative alternative, it destroys the leftist propaganda everytime. The FOXNews Channel is a shining example of this. I remember when FOXNews broadcast their first day because I was watching. It was incredible to finally get an alternative to all of the garbage that we all had been fed for decades. The cable news leader at the time was CNN and they were the Goliath to FOXNews' David. CNN is no longer the cable news leader, in fact some of FOX's one hour shows beat CNN's entire day for viewership. FOXNews is now rivaling the big three networks for news ratings. Something thought impossible not long ago. Ted Turner the former owner of CNN laughed when FOXNews was started and stated that CNN would crush them "like a bug". I guess he hasn't read the David and Goliath story. CNN is on it's death bed in the ratings and looking very much like the proverbial crushed bug. Rush Limbaugh is another shining, glorious example of how Conservatism sells.

     Rush Limbaugh entered talk radio post-Fairness Doctrine and has singlehandedly resurrected what was, for many years, a dead band of radio frequency. Not only did he revive talk radio but he created an entire wildly profitable industry that is absolutely dominated by Conservatives. Leftists have tried talk radio but have failed miserably. No one wants to hear that America sucks and class warfare is stylish. Rush on the other hand has millions listening to his show every day. He has a massive following that call themselves "Dittoheads" (ditto meaning Rush says what they are thinking and saying in their own lives). Rush has to be given credit for the radio careers of Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Roger Hedgecock, Rusty Humphries, Mike Gallagher and Laura Ingraham just to name a famous few, he created the genre. I personally listen to on average 5 to 7 hours of talk radio a day. My job allows for that of course. Talk radio and FOXNews have allowed for the Conservative point of view to be expressed in contrast to the leftist view and contrary to popular leftist belief and speak, Conservatives love to give leftists their say, so that you as the listener can compare the two. You'll never see that in a leftist controlled forum for obvious reasons. The media now has alternatives for Conservatives and of course they are under attack constantly but at least we have them. Thank God for Rush Limbaugh, Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes. Murdoch and Ailes are behind the creation of FOXNews.

     School books are what really disturb me. Revisionist history should be as criminal as lying to a Grand Jury. On top of that we are being forced to fund the leftist indoctrination of children and that makes me angrier than any of it. The destruction of federal control of education needs to happen. Most of the knowledge I have accumulated aside from advanced mathematics, has been self taught. Children would be better off being home schooled rather than be subjected to the public school bureaucracy and leftist indoctrination. Leftists cannot explain away the success of private and parochial schools in contrast to public schools in nearly every aspect. But then again they don't care about success they care about power. Education is the next mountain we must tackle. Vouchers and parental choice must be demanded. The Department of Education must be dissolved and the tax money we pay for that wasteful bureaucracy left in the states for local control. In spite of the government and the oppressive taxation we the people have created free market alternatives that destroy the public option in performance. Here in Nevada parochial and private schools are leaps and bounds above the performance of the public school system. If you pay for it for your family you are going to demand the best and expect the best. The government in Washington is the third party unaccounted for lead weight we have to drag around. They take our money before we see it then use it against us. We will win this battle too and not do it in secret but out in the open. It is the American way of freedom of choice and the triumph of our people over those that seek to rule us when they are supposed to represent us and look after our public assets.

     I am not Mormon but I love their commercials on television about family and the importance of being a good parent etc. Everytime I see one of them I think about an alternative to the entertainment industry that is full of sex, drugs and criminal violence and the glorification of them. I know something alternative and truly Conservative would be a hit. Look at the audience that FOXNews, Rush and Mel Gibson have tapped into. We are the majority in this country. It is incredible to me that a loud and aggressive few, the hard core leftists, have been able to hijack our country in nearly every aspect. Someone is going to tap into this market with an idea like this and become a billionaire. Think about Mel Gibson's "Passion Of The Christ". That movie was shunned by every major studio in California. Gibson then used his own money to finance the entire thing and a small distributor to distribute it. The movie ended up grossing more than 600 million worldwide when it was all said and done. Leftists hated it and did what they could to diminish it, but it's impact was huge. It was the 900 lb Gorilla in the room for them in 2004. We need more of that kind of movie, religious as well as true, non revisionist history movies. People would buy it just on the premise that it was certifiably clean family entertainment. Parents have too much to worry about in this world without having to screen entertainment or any other product for their family before consuming it. 

     I try not to buy from companies that are aligned with the left. But it would be nice to have a conservative seal of approval from a reliable source so as to not have to do research everytime you purchase something or see a movie etc. That is going to happen someday soon because there is a market for it in our free market. Conservatism sells and sells big. Think about it.

 

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  • 1/14/2010 4:26 PM Johnny wrote:
    Well Said ! Once again, The free market selects where the American peoples hearts and minds are at. The public schools need to be disolved along with the global warming crap my son is learning. Any thoughts about the tax payer funded nonsense on PBS and NPR ?
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    1. 1/18/2010 10:53 AM michael spence wrote:
      Thank you very much for the kind words. My opinion on PBS and NPR is that they are just another couple of leftist dominated outlets to indoctrinate people. These are another example of the federal government using taxpayer money for things that are not allowed for in the Constitution. It is up to us to absolutely demand that the federal government be returned to the parameters outlined in the Constitution.
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  • 1/14/2010 5:38 PM Ruth Anderson wrote:
    I did see Avatar...I'm glad to see that I am not the only one to be offended on
    the matter of our Military being shown
    with such disrespect.
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    1. 1/18/2010 10:56 AM michael spence wrote:

      Thank you. Military loving Americans need to consistently reject leftist anti-American movies or any other entertainment/information for sale. We can vote these people out of Hollywood with our wallets.


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  • 1/18/2010 11:37 AM Jay Gonsalves wrote:
    Michael, I appreciate your post. I am a retired Naval Officer and, like you, resent the ugly implications of evil intent and practice of our military so often swirling just beneath the surface of so many otherwise enjoyable movies. I see many of our youngsters, serving in today's military, being confused, disappointed and angered by the failure of leadership in the Obama administration. They serve willingly but often cannot understand the mixed message of "fight to preserve, protect and promote freedom" served up with the counter point of "America is guilty of mistakes, missteps and manipulation and we bring the hatred upon ourselves". I'm glad I'm retired! I am a conservative and I am proud to act like one!!
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    1. 1/21/2010 8:03 PM michael spence wrote:
      Thank you Jay for the comment. I agree, Hollywood is shameful. Worse yet is the current commander in chief. There is nothing more demoralizing to a service man or woman than weak and/or hostile leadership. I am a former Marine and I'll never forget what one old Gunnery Seargent told me. He said, "The Marine Corps is like a mean dog that will protect you with his life and love and lick you when there is no threat, but you have to feed him, give him a good home, give him encouragement, and treat him well or else he won't be as mean or as strong." We were in the Marine Corps during the early years of the Clinton adminstration and it was in reference to him and his anti-military slant. If they only knew what it does to the troops, the American people would never again elect a Democrat to be commander in chief. Hollywood has a loud voice but very few Americans hold Hollywood values. While that is no consolation to me I am encouraged to see Conservatives coming out of the woodwork and rejecting the domestic enemies of our country with their wallets. Americans have had enough of 60's era hippies and their ilk.
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  • 2/5/2010 5:28 AM Steve wrote:
    Great commentary. We appear to be on the same page. I wish we could get more representation in the media as a moral non-partisan majority. There is so much partisan bickering, we seem to have forgotten we're on the same team.
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    1. 2/5/2010 10:16 PM michael spence wrote:
      It would be nice if there were subtle compromises that could be made to make everything better to satisfy the majority of people in a bi-partisan spirit. However, the current situation is not a matter of two sides being on the same team. If two sides have the same goal but different ways of getting there that is one thing but the leftists want to fundamentally change the foundation of our country. When you have two sides that are striving for different ends you have enemies. That is what we are facing today. We are on the side of the Founding Fathers. The leftists are on the side of Marx, Engalls, and Sol Alinsky. We turn to the Constitution for answers. The leftists turn to The Communist Manifesto and Rules for Radicals.
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  • 2/16/2010 5:47 PM tony church wrote:
    hey great letter Mike. give me a call sometime lost your #.
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    1. 2/19/2010 3:57 PM michael spence wrote:
      will do
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