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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-07-14T13:32:59Z

MrLCharms:

There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs.

Here is our growing list:
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0heL2Czeraw I Am America] - Krista Branch - American [[Tea Party Movement]] song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM Amazing Grace] - A Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman [[John Newton]] (1725–1807), published in 1779.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o God's Gonna Cut You Down] - "Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down"
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI ''Wouldn't It Be Nice''] by the [[Beach Boys]] – Pro-marriage.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYY2FQHFwE Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard] - anti-drug and anti-hippie; A song about praising the traditional American values in Mid-America, was made in response to the Vietnam War protests and [[Counter-Culture]] movement.
#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI Fast Car]'', by Tracy Chapman. Self-help, free market, division of labor, and a criticism of alcohol. "I know things will get better/You'll find work and I'll get promoted/We'll move out of the shelter/Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs"
#''Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road'', by Elton John. The same message as the [[Prodigal Son]]: look objectively at our own lives, and realize that "I should have listened to my old man."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w ''You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)''] – Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and Phil Collins were popular.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU ''Have You Forgotten?''] by Darryl Worley – Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 ''Still the One''] by Orleans (1976) – A tribute to fidelity in relationships.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA ''Sweet Home Alabama''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young. "Well, I hope Neil Young will remember/A Southern man don't need him around anyhow."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I ''My Love''] by [[Petula Clark]] – Christian love in secular form.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)''] by The Crickets – Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo.
# ''Anything Goes'' by Guns N' Roses- A blatant message about the dangers of premarital sex.
# ''Seven Nation Army'' by the White Stripes- A song about the growing power of conservatism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew ''Stand By Your Man''] by [[Tammy Wynette]] – Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCqZ-9-lDEo "Lee Greenwood's rendition"] of ''[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]'' – "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g ''The Man Comes Around''] by [[Johnny Cash]].
# ''You Light Up My Life'' by Debbie Boone – One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0solnL1XY ''Free Bird''] by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Because [[Conservatives]] want a free country, and [[liberals]] are in love with [[communism]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= ''Jerusalem'']. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q ''Brothers In Arms''] by [[Dire Straits]] – We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 ''The Ascent of Stan''] by [[Ben Folds]] – Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
# ''Starting All Over Again'' by [[Petula Clark]] – Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
# ''Thank You My Lord'' by [[Petula Clark]] – The title says it all.
# ''Brick'' by Ben Folds Five – Shows the regret involved in abortion.
# ''Alive'' by P.O.D – About being thankful for the gift of life.
# [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html ''Gotta Serve Somebody''] by [[Bob Dylan]] – "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE ''Mine''] by Taylor Swift – Talks about how her parents stooped to [[liberal values]] and divorced, and how she doesn't want that to happen with the guy she meets, dates, and marries.
# ''Red Barchetta'' by [[Rush]] – Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
# ''Father of Mine'' by Everclear – A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM ''The Taxman''] by [[The Beatles]] – George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related ''Back in the U.S.A.''] by [[Chuck Berry]] – A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese''] by The Rainmakers – Humorous spoof of welfare.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k ''Angry Young Man''] by [[Billy Joel]] – The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg ''Gimme Back My Bullets''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – The name says it all.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ ''Spirit In The Sky''] by Norman Greenbaum.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun''] by Grand Funk Railroad – A father gives his son some sage advice.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk ''Something For Nothing''] by Rush – "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
# ''Neighborhood Bully'' by [[Bob Dylan]] – Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
# ''Get It Right the First Time'' by Louisiana's Le Roux – Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
# ''Wish You Were Here'' by Pink Floyd- A song about wishing that a conservative president would return back to office.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o ''Yours Is No Disgrace''] by [[Yes]] – Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
# ''Fair Exchange'' and ''Sparks of the Tempest'' by [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] – Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 80s material, which has Christian lyrics.
# ''In America'' by the [[Charlie Daniels]] Band – Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
# ''Storm the Embassy'' by the Stray Cats – Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis. "Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land/Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand..."
# ''We Must Take America Back'' by Steve Vaus – Became an underground country music hit in 1992 after RCA dropped him and took the album out of print due to the political lyrics.
# ''Renegade'' by [[Steppenwolf]] – [[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI ''Capitalism''] by Oingo Boingo – There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
# ''Unborn Child'' by Seals and Crofts – This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums.
# ''Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)'' by Steve Taylor – Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand".
# ''Last Kiss'' by Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders – "Oh where oh where can my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She's gone to heaven so I got to be good; So I can see my baby when."
# ''Love Me, I'm a Liberal'' by Phil Ochs – Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.
# ''America USA'' by Joey Sudyka – Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU ''Red White and Blue''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk ''Simple Man''] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A song about how drugs and poor politics are a result of people putting their bibles down. Also a strongly pro death penalty song.
# ''That Smell'' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
# Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially ''Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)''.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY ''Under God''] by [[Pat Boone]].
# ''Christmas Shoes'' by NewSons – A Christmas song by a Christian band.
# [http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA''] by Lee Greenwood.
# ''God Bless America'' by Irving Berlin.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU ''No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed''] by Yes – "...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g ''Supper's Ready''] by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] – ''There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, "This is the supper of the mighty one", Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem.''
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI ''Your Love Is Extravagant''] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 ''What If His People Prayed''] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 ''King Without a Crown''] by Matisyahu – A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat ask Hashem for mercy and He'll throw you a rope."
# ''Take Me Home, Country Roads'' by John Denver (and others) – Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
# ''Sin City'' by the Flying Burrito Brothers – Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
# ''I Saw the Light'' by Hank Williams (and numerous cover versions) – Redemption from sin through faith.
# ''No Son of Mine'' by Genesis.
# ''Don't Stop'' (Thinking About Tomorrow) by Fleetwood Mac – Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
# ''Lightning Crashes'' by Live – The joy and significance of childbirth.
# ''Takin' Care of Business'' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive – The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
# ''Cat's In The Cradle'' by Harry Chapin – The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.
# [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia''] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.
# ''Big Money'' by Rush - Pro-[[capitalism]]
# ''Real American'' by Rick Derringer – patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related ''Go Down Moses''] performed by [[Louis Armstrong]]; written by Sy (Arr) Oliver.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zEP4kvfnc ''Walking Contradiction''] by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]], here [[Green Day]] mocks the often self-contradictory and inconsistent [[liberal]] ideologies, hence the term "walking contradiction".
# ''God and Guns'' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
# ''Staying Alive'' by the Bee Gees – Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man."
# ''Sympathy for the Devil'' by the Rolling Stones – Reminds humanity that nobody is perfect and evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 ''All In''] by Lifehouse – Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''The Ballad of the Green Berets''] by Sergeant Barry Sadler – Pro-American and pro-military.
# ''Iraq No Phobia'' by Pro-Pain – It is a pro-American, pro-military heavy metal song about the first [[Gulf War]]: ''"Mohammed's no match for the great Uncle Sam."''
# ''Bus Stop'' by The Hollies – Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
# ''Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes'' by Kevin Ayers – Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes".
# ''Union Sundown'' by Bob Dylan – The title says it all.
# ''People Get Ready'' by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
# ''Get A Job'' by The Silhouettes – Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
# ''Pray'' by Justin Beiber- a song about supporting your country.
# ''Hypnotize'' by System of a Down – SOAD is a rather left-ish band although this song is about liberals believing anything they see or hear in the media.
# ''Gematria (The Killing Name)'' by Slipknot – This song is about what the liberals of America, who can get ''very'' annoying sometimes.
# ''Don't Tread on me'' by Metallica - Name says it all!
# ''Welcome to the Family'' by Avenged Sevenfold – A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
# ''Turn, Turn, Turn'' by The Byrds – An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
# ''Critical Acclaim'' by Avenged Sevenfold – Pro-America and pro-Military.
# ''The Star Spangled Banner'' – The American national anthem.
# ''YMCA'' by Village People – This song praises youth activities at the Young Men's Christian Association; one of the biggest hits of alltime.
# [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html ''Dissident''] by Pearl Jam – About a woman who engages in [[liberal values]] by being impregnated out of wedlock and having an abortion, but immediately regrets doing so.
# [http://www.justsomelyrics.com/767663/McCarthy-Keep-an-Open-Mind-or-Else-Lyrics ''Keep an open mind or else''] by McCarthy - about the conservative value of keeping an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]].
# ''Way Out Here''- Josh Thompson: "Our house is all protected by the good Lord and a Gun", and "We wont take a dime if we aint earned it, when it comes to weight, brother we pull our own". It is pro gun ownership, the Lord, and hard work. Also preaches the morals and ethics that are known from small towns.
# ''D-I-V-O-R-C-E'' - [[Tammy Wynette]] made this sad song a huge hit in 1968.
# ''Respect'' Aretha Franklin(1967)- This song is about respecting woman and their choices to be equal members in society.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cxwIWPJV0I ''A Better Tomorrow''] by Wu-Tang Clan - A rap song about staying away from liberal excess and illegal acts in order to be a positive influence for the next generation.
# ''God's Gonna Cut You Down'' - by Johnny Cash - Gives a clear message that you cannot lead a life of sin and you will one day have to face the consequences. "You can run on for a long time... Sooner or later God'll cut you down."
# ''Game of Love'' - by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - "The purpose of a man is to love a woman, and the purpose of a woman is to love a man... It started long ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam said to Eve 'Baby, you're for me.'"
# ''It's America'' by Rodney Atkins - Celebrates the American spirit and all the good things about the United States
# ''Warning'' by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]] and clearly supportive of [[liberal values]], here they once again challenge liberal values with this song that mocks the liberal [[Nanny-state]].
# ''The Fightin' Side of Me'' by Merle Haggard - A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].
# ''Liberalism is a Mental Disorder'' by The Infidel (Gregory Van Leer Jr.) with an opening from [[Michael Savage]] - Clearly attacks [[liberal values]].
# ''The River'' by [[Bruce Springsteen]]. Pre-marital sex and trade unionism punished by depression and redundancy.
# ''Lola'' by The Kinks. A sinful lifestyle of alcohol, nightclubbing and casual sex leads to an inevitable confrontation with [[transvestite|sexual deviancy]].
# [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sex+pistols''Bodies''] by The Sex Pistols. Profane but graphically anti-abortion.
# ''Sunny Afternoon'' by The Kinks - About a rich man trying to enjoy the simple things in life because the Nanny-state has nearly bankrupted him.
# ''2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)'' by Radiohead - A song chastising people for accepting the mainstream medias version of events and not paying attention.
# ''No Children'' by The Mountain Goats - A song about a marriage falling apart because the couple has no children to hold the family together.
# ''Okie from Muskogee'' by Merle Haggard - A song about the heartland and home-town [[conservative]] values.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuUmLIPSasI ''God Loves My Country''] by Balthrop, Alabama - A song that declares that God loves America most of all.

Please add your best conservative picks.

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User talk:MrLCharms

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MrLCharms:

{{welcome|sig=[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 10:22, 12 July 2011 (EDT)}}

Hello,

Just wanted to chime in and make sure that my edits thus far are acceptable. I look forward to adding more information about some of the more obscure parts of history and culture from a conservative point of view.

--[[User:MrLCharms|MrLCharms]] 15:59, 12 July 2011 (EDT)

== Thanks for your help ==

Sorry I wasn't on to block him sooner. I think between us we've cleaned up his mess. Thanks! --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 13:16, 13 July 2011 (EDT)

No problem. Happy to be of service!
--[[User:MrLCharms|MrLCharms]] 16:32, 13 July 2011 (EDT)

Singing

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'''Singing''' is the act of uttering words in accordance with a [[tune]] or [[melody]]. Those who sing professionally or for pleasure are known as singers.

[[Category:Musical terms]]

Coriolis effect

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The '''Coriolis effect''' is the way in which the [[rotation]] of the [[earth]] bends the path of [[wind]]s, [[sea]] currents, and objects that fly through different latitudes.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Physics]]

American History Homework Four Answers - Student Four

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Katie B

1. The Revolution of 1800 was the complete transition of power from one political party to the opposition. This was very significant because it was the first time in history that a total change in power by an election had ever been carried out peacefully.

: Excellent.

2. I would have. The Louisiana Purchase was not only a very good deal in price, but it also endowed us with very valuable land, something everyone wanted in that day and age. Also, if we had not purchased that land someone else would have, and, judging by all the violent disputes in Europe over the centuries, being extensively bordered by nations with completely opposite government as your own can lead to problems. Perhaps if we had not purchased that land we wouldn’t have expanded as we have, so we would have even less land then if we just discount what was included in Louisiana.

: Superb.

3. One cause was that British sailors would forcefully board and search American ships, with no authority to do so, and harass American sailors. This, obviously, was not something the Americans took kindly too. However, the war itself was more of a snowball effect of various unsettled arguments remaining after the Revolutionary War.

: Right.

4. What I liked most about the Monroe Administration is the relatively uneventful terms. Unlike some of his predecessors and quite a few of his successors, Monroe didn’t cripple the nation in almost unimaginable ways. Growing up in an America that is practically falling apart at the seams, the most inviting thing about his presidency would be the stable economy. An America with a flourishing economy is almost too good to be true.

: Excellent

5. Jacksonian Democracy refers to the lower and middle class voters influence on the outcome of elections, not just the more privileged citizens. It more specifically refers to the landslide victory of Jackson in 1828 with most of his support coming from the lower and middle classes.

: Excellent. Very well put!

6. The Marshall Court is known for the outrageous expansion of federal power. Almost every one of Chief Justice Marshall’s noteworthy decisions expanded the power of the federal government with no ‘check and balance’ exercised until the end of his thirty-five year service.

: Superb - will use as a model answer.

7. In the cartoon John Bull represents England, Mr. Bruin represents Russia, or perhaps more accurately the Czar at that time and Columbia represents America, illustrated by the fact that she’s holding an American Flag. An approximate date for this would be around 1813 since it was obviously drawn in response to the Treaty of Ghent. The cartoonist, William Charles, quite obviously though America was entirely in the right and that England had to beg us for mercy since Bull looks like a bumbling idiot. This is an example of bias in the media.

: Superb explanation, could add a bit more about the intent of the cartoonist.

H3. I don’t believe it’s wrong for politicians to make deals with one another. That’s one of the arts of politics and doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with corrupt people in our government. If a person strongly opposes a candidate of piece of legislation that much, a deal probably won’t change their mind so completely as to have them vote for instead of against. This would only work for people who were leaning in that direction anyway or were on the fence.

: Good.

H4. The North liked tariffs because it was mainly businesses and high tariffs meant less competition with their products from imports. The South disliked the tariffs because it was made up of farms and plantations and tariffs meant that they had to pay more money for materials and equipment and didn’t make it any easier for them to sell cotton.

: Excellent - will use as a model answer.

H5. Slavery affected freedom of speech because when people did speak their mind and express dislike they risked having to face undue consequences from people who didn’t want to hear it. This is like homosexuality today, because if Christians speak out against it they can be sued for hate speech even though all they were doing was exercising a constitutional right. It’s an unspoken rule that you can’t voice disagreement with anyone considered a ‘minority’ or they will lash back at you in any way possible with surprising strength considering their ‘small numbers’.

: Superb.

: Perfect paper! Score: 100/100.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:36, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
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Economics Terms P

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{{Economics Index}}

* [[Panic]]
* [[Pareto efficiency]]
* [[Penny Stock]]
* [[Perfect competition]]
* [[Perfectly contestable markets]]
* [[Phillips curve]]
* [[Poll tax]]
* [[Poverty]]
* [[Price ceiling]]
* [[Price Discrimination]]
* [[Price Elasticity of Demand]]
* [[Price fixing]]
* [[Price floor]]
* [[Price supports]]
* [[Privatization]]
* [[Production Possibility Curve]]
* [[Productivity]]
* [[Protectionism]]
* [[Public good]]

Ecumenical Patriarch

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The title '''Ecumenical Patriarch''' belongs exclusively to the [[Archbishop]] of [[Constantinople]], ([[Istanbul]]). The Church of St. George is home to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In 1991, Patriarch Bartholomew was elected the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople.

[[Category:Christian Rites]]

News Corporation

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[[File:NewsCorp Logo.jpg|right|300px]]

'''News Corporation''' is the parent holding company of many of the world's most ubiquitous brand names. Controlled by media baron Sir [[Rupert Murdoch]], it is presently the largest media holding company in the world.

The following are wholly owned or controlled by News Corp:

== '''Film Media/Entertainment''' ==
*[[20th Century Fox]]
*20th Century Fox Espanol
*20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
*20th Century Fox International
*Twentieth Television
A leader in the U.S. program production and distribution arena, Twentieth Television provides a wide array of first-run, network and off-network programming, as well as feature film packages, to the syndication and cable marketplaces. First-run programs distributed by Twentieth Television include the court shows ''Divorce Court'', ''Judge Alex'' and ''Cristina’s Court''. In addition to ''Temptation'', the company is distributing the daytime talk show, ''The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet'', hosted by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy. Twentieth Television also oversees the domestic sales of one of the most extensive libraries of off-net programming in the entertainment industry.
*Fox Searchlight Pictures
*Fox Studios Australia
*Fox Studios Baja
*Fox Studios LA
*Fox Television Studios
*Blue Sky Studios

== '''Television''' ==
*FOX Broadcasting Company
*FOX Sports Australia
*FOX Television Stations
Fox Television Stations is one of the nation's largest owned-and-operated network broadcast groups, comprising 27 stations in 18 markets and covering nearly 37.34% of television homes in the U.S. This includes six duopolies in the top 10 markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C. and Houston; as well as duopolies in Minneapolis, Phoenix and Orlando.
*FOXTEL
*MyNetworkTV
*STAR

== '''Cable''' ==
*Fox Cable Networks
Fox Cable Networks (FCN) includes 37 domestic programming services in which News Corporation holds interests. Together, these networks reach more than 550 million subscribing television homes and represent one of the media industry’s largest and most diverse programming groups. Fox Cable Networks span FX, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Fox Reality Channel, Fox Movie Channel, FUEL TV, FSN and 19 regional cable sports networks, SPEED, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox College Sports, Fox Sports en Español/FOX Deportes and Big Ten Network (co-venture with the Big Ten Conference). FCN also includes Fox Sports Enterprises, which manages interests in sports franchises and leading statistical information provider STATS, LLC.
*[[Fox News Channel]]
*Fox Business Network
FOX Business Network (FBN) is a 24-hour cable financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms impacting both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York City—the business capital of the world—FBN is available in more than 50 million homes in major markets across the United States with bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and London. Anchors include Neil Cavuto, Liz Claman, David Asman and Stuart Varney, as well as primetime personalities like John Stossel.
*Fox College Sports
*Fox Sports Enterprises
*Fox Sports En Espanol
*Fox Sports Net
*Fox Soccer Channel
*Fox Reality
*Fuel TV
*FX
*National Geographic Channel - United States
Based at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., the National Geographic Channel (NGC) is a joint venture between National Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F) and Fox Cable Networks (FCN). Since its launch in January 2001, NGC has earned some of the fastest distribution growth in the history of cable and, more recently, the fastest ratings growth in television. The network celebrated its fifth anniversary in January 2006 with the launch of NGC HD, which provides in stunning high definition the spectacular imagery for which National Geographic is known. NGC has carriage with all of the nation's major cable and satellite television providers, making it currently available to more than 66 million homes.
*National Geographic Channel Worldwide
*Speed
*Stats, Inc.

== '''Newspapers''' ==

=== Australasia ===
*''Daily Telegraph''
*''Fiji Times''
*''Gold Coast Bulletin''
*''Herald Sun''
*''Newsphotos''
*''Newspix''
*''Newstext''
*''NT News''
*''Post-Courier''
*''Sunday Herald Sun''
*''Sunday Mail''
*''Sunday Tasmanian''
*''Sunday Territorian''
*''Sunday Times''
*The ''Advertiser''
*The ''Australian''
*The ''Courier-Mail''
*The ''Mercury''
*The ''Sunday Mail''
*The ''Sunday Telegraph''
*''Weekly Times''

News Corporation's roots are in Australia, beginning with a single afternoon newspaper, ''The News'', and its Sunday counterpart in 1954. Newspapers remain News Limited's primary business, and the company publishes more than 100 metropolitan, regional and suburban titles, including the national daily, ''The Australian''. News Limited is also developing a range of new businesses, including online and data services (News Digital Media), pay-television (Foxtel), film and television production (Fox Studios Australia), magazine publishing (News Magazines), music and sports entertainment (National Rugby League; FoxSports Australia).

=== United Kingdom ===
*''News International''
*''[[The News Of The World|News of the World]]'' (Closed on July 11, 2011)
*''The Sun''
*The ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]''
*The ''[[The Times|Times]]''
*''Times Literary Supplement''

News International Limited is the main U.K. subsidiary of News Corp.

Times Newspapers Ltd. publishes The ''Times'' and The ''Sunday Times'' and News Group Newspapers Ltd. publishes The ''Sun'' and now defunct ''News of the World''.

The ''Times'' is one of the world’s most famous newspapers, renowned for its ability to deliver accurate, intelligent and engaging information. The ''Sunday Times'' is the largest circulation quality Sunday newspaper in the U.K., with more than 3.5 million readers each week; The ''Sun'' is the U.K.’s most read tabloid, with more than 7 million readers; and The ''News of the World'' was the U.K.’s bestselling tabloid on a Sunday.

NI also publishes the ''Times Literary Supplement'' and the group has investments in careers website Milkround.co.uk, the property search engine Globrix.com and the fashion e-tailer BrandaAlley.co.uk.

Newsprinters Ltd. prints all national titles and operates as a contract printing subsidiary for three state-of-the-art printing plants.

=== United States ===
*''[[New York Post]]''
In the United States, the ''New York Post'' is a mass circulation metropolitan morning newspaper in tabloid format. Since the company reacquired the paper in 1993 it has enjoyed unprecedented circulation growth making it America's fastest growing newspaper. Also America's oldest continuously published daily newspaper, The ''Post'' recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of its founding by [[Alexander Hamilton]] and is home to several powerful brands: PageSix, The Best Sports in Town and nypost.com.
*''[[Wall Street Journal]]''
The ''Wall Street Journal'' is the world's leading business publication with more than two million subscribers and is the largest U.S. newspaper by total paid circulation. The ''Wall Street Journal'' franchise, with a global audience of 3.6 million, also comprises The ''Wall Street Journal Asia'', The ''Wall Street Journal Europe'' and The ''Wall Street Journal Online'' at WSJ.com, the leading provider of business and financial news and analysis on the Web with more than one million subscribers and 23 million visitors per month. WSJ.com is the flagship site of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which also includes MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and AllThingsD.com. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news and information to more than 395 radio stations in the U.S. The Journal holds 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, and, in 2010, was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the 11th consecutive year.

== '''[[Direct broadcast satellite|Direct Broadcast Satellite]] Television''' ==

*[[BSkyB]] - U.K.
*Sky Italia - Italy

== '''Internet''' ==
*Hulu
Hulu is an online video service that offers a selection of hit shows, clips, movies, and more at Hulu.com and 35 destination sites online, including AOL, IMDb, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!. Hulu's selection of premium programming is provided by nearly 190 leading content companies, including FOX, NBC Universal, ABC, Comedy Central, Lionsgate, MGM, MTV Networks, National Geographic, Paramount, PBS, Sony Pictures Television, and Warner Bros. Television Group.

Founded in March 2007, Hulu is operated independently by a dedicated management team with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Beijing. NBC Universal, News Corp., The Walt Disney Company, Providence Equity Partners and the Hulu team share in the ownership stake of the company.

== Source ==
[http://www.newscorp.com/management/index.html News Corporation Website]

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[[category:Media]]
[[Category:Conservative Media]]

Marvel Comics

2011-07-12T20:01:39Z

MrLCharms:

'''Marvel Comics''' is a American [[comic book]] publisher. It was originally founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman. It is home to some of the most well known super heroes such as [[Spider-man]], the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men.
[[Category:Comic Books]]

User talk:MrLCharms

2011-07-12T19:59:56Z

MrLCharms:

User talk:MrLCharms

2011-07-12T19:54:36Z

MrLCharms:

Vegetarianism

2011-07-11T18:10:32Z

MrLCharms: /* Nutritional Issues */

[[Image:Fruits.jpg|right]]
'''Vegetarianism''' is the practice of abstaining from [[meat]] consumption. Somebody who practices vegetarianism is referred to as a ''vegetarian''.

==Reasons for Vegetarianism==

Vegetarianism is a common theme among the [[Dharmic religion]]s, such as [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Sikhism]] and [[Jainism]]. This stems from the belief that all higher animal life is sacred (in Jainism, ''all'' life is considered sacred), one of the core concepts of all of these religions. For more than 130 years Seventh-day Adventists (SDAs) have practiced a vegetarian dietary lifestyle because of their belief in the wholistic nature of people.<ref>[http://www.andrews.edu/NUFS/veggiediet.html Andrews University Nutrition Department]</ref> [[Pythagoras|Pythagoreanism]] also required its followers to abstain from meat, fish, and beans. It was also a central tenet of the [[Essene]] branch of Judaism.

Many people outside of these religions also choose to be vegetarians because of various other beliefs, such as abstinence from contributing to inhumane farming methods practiced by the meat production industry, or to lessen their environmental impact. Health is sometimes provided as another reason to adopt vegeterianism, though its health advantages are debatable. The section below provides more on the nutritional concerns.

Most non-religious vegetarians are [[college]] students or [[teenager]]s, for whom the vegeterianism is often a short-lived fad or mode of rebellion from their parents and other adults. Once their idealism becomes tempered with more experience (or they become tired of maintaining a vegetarian diet), they often return to eating meat. The major exception to this are teens who adopt vegetarianism as a personal form of animal activism. Lucy Watkins, editor of vegetarianteen.com, was interviewed on the matter:
{{cquote|Young people, especially girls, tend to be very loving and softhearted. [Lucy] Watkins says that, although sometimes teens become vegetarians because it's the latest fad, animal activism is often a spark for young people to become vegetarians. When it's done for "faddish" reasons, they usually don't stick with it. The animal rights kids tend to stay the course.<ref>http://www.preteenagerstoday.com/resources/articles/vegetarian.htm</ref>}}
Vegetarianism among teenage girls has troubled many [[dietitian]]s, because in their eagerness to adopt it, teenage girls often underestimate the responsibilities and consequences of a vegetarian lifestyle.<ref>[http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/feb2006pg58.shtml] "Most dietitians I spoke with who have teenage vegetarian clients agree that teens avoiding meat is becoming a trend or fad and that the vegetarian teenagers (mostly girls aged 14 to 17) they counsel usually come from meat-eating families."</ref><ref>[http://www.annecollins.com/teen-weight-loss-advice.htm] "Quite a few girls turn to vegetarian diets in their mid or late teens. As a way of eating, vegetarianism has a lot to recommend it. Trouble is, most teens don't realise that giving up meat makes it much more difficult to eat a healthy diet. The point is, meat is a very convenient source of important vitamins and minerals, especially iron. So if you stop eating meat, you need to eat a wide range of vegetarian foods to compensate for this deficiency. Unfortunately, vegetarian teenagers are not famous for doing this."</ref> In contrast, teenage boys, who have many exertions from [[sport]]s and other activities, need meat almost daily, so there are far fewer teenage boys than girls that have taken up the fad of vegetarianism. They also display rebellion in other ways and are not as soft-hearted towards animals.

==Forms of Vegetarianism==
*'''[[Vegan]]''' - A vegan diet excludes all food and ingredients that comes from animals. This excludes animal meat, animal products such as milk, cheese, eggs or honey, and byproducts such as gelatin. Effort is needed to make a vegan diet healthy.<ref>http://www.vegan.org/going_vegan/eating_vegan/index.html Vegan regimen</ref> "Vegan" can refer both to the diet and the dieter.
*'''Lactovegetarian''' - Someone who eats a plant-based diet but also eats animal produced foods (that do not result in the death of the animal) such as milk and cheese. Lacto vegetarians can relatively easily remain healthy.
*'''Ovo-lactovegetarian''' (or '''lacto-ovo-vegetarian''') - Similar to the Lactovegetarian but also consumes eggs.
*'''Pescatarian''' - This form of vegetarianism includes the consumption of [[fish]], but no other varieties of meat. [[Egg]]s and dairy may be part of this diet. Since fish are still living animals, stricter vegetarians (especially those who are vegetarians for moral reasons) are likely to feel that pescatarians are not true vegetarians.

==Nutritional Issues==

Some nutritionists have argued that vegetarianism is an unsustainable diet. It can be difficult to regularly get all of your daily required [[nutrient]]s without eating animal products every day. [[Soy]], [[nut]]s and [[bean]]s are often used as a source of protein and a substitute for meat, but nonetheless many vegetarians have to take vitamin supplements or eat enriched foods.<ref>According to Olivant, the most useful supplements for the vegetarians contain nutrients that may be limited in their diet, such as omega-3. [http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=65255-vegetarian-supplements]</ref> Nutrionist Dr. Ray Sahelian warns "Those who eat very little meat, fish and foul and ... may be missing, or getting very little, crucial nutrients for optimal health such as [[vitamin B12]], [[iron]], [[creatine]], [[carnitine]], and several other [[nutrient]]s"<ref>[http://www.raysahelian.com/vegetarian.html Dr. Ray Sahelian]</ref> Vegetarians suffer from higher rates of certain diseases, such as [[osteoporosis]], [[anemia]], [[bulimia]], and [[thyroid]] problems due to the lack of [[calcium]] and other nutrients in their diets. Recently, scientists discovered that a vegetable-heavy diet can actually cause [[brain]] shrinkage.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Eating_veggies_shrinks_the_brain/articleshow/3480629.cms Times of India] Eating Veggie Shrinks the Brain</ref>

Another danger of the vegetarian diet is an over reliance on highly processed soy products, which contain phytoestrogens (plant estrogens), impair proper thyroid functions and contain compounds that inhibit absorption of minerals and protein. Many people mistake the historic use of soy in Asian countries (with high life expectancies) as evidence that soy is healthy, however these cultures use different methods of preparing their soy foods, and consume far less than the average vegetarian. <ref>http://www.foodrenegade.com/dangers-of-soy/</ref>

In contrast, the American Dietetic Association and the Dietitians of Canada have taken the position that properly planned vegetarian diets can be nutritious, healthy, and provide benefits in helping prevent and treat some diseases, possibly with the help of nutritional supplements.<ref>[http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/advocacy_933_ENU_HTML.htm Vegetarian Diets]</ref> Also, in Daniel 1:4-15, Daniel and his companions declined to eat Babylonian royal food and instead requested fresh water and vegetables. At the end of ten days, they were healthier than those who ate the rich food.

==Famous Vegetarians==
[[Image:H G Wells 2.jpg|right|H G Wells, science fiction writer and vegetarian]]
*[[Adam and Eve]], at least while in Eden <ref>(Genesis 1:29)</ref>
*[[Bob Barker]] - Game Show Host, most notably [[The Price is Right]] <ref>Bob Barker [http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bobbarker179450.html]</ref>
*[[Albert Einstein]] - Scientist, famous for [[Theory of Relativity]]. He became a vegetarian a year before his death. <ref>History of Vegetarianism [http://www.ivu.org/history/northam20a/einstein.html]</ref>
*[[Thomas Edison]] - inventor <ref>History of Vegetarianism [http://www.ivu.org/history/northam20a/edison.html]</ref>
*[[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] - writer and philosopher in [[Transcendentalism]].
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - Statesman, scientist, author and diplomat. <ref>PBS.org [http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_wit_self.html]</ref>
*[[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] - activist and political leader
*[[Siddhartha Gautama]] - founder of [[Buddhism]]
*[[Adolf Hitler]] - dictator
*[[Henry Heimlich]] - Inventor of the [[Heimlich Maneuver]]<ref>www.famousveggie.com[http://www.famousveggie.com/peoplenew.cfm]</ref>
*[[Mahavira]]
*[[Paul McCartney]] - singer/bassist for [[The Beatles]]
*[[Shania Twain]] - country singer
*[[Henry A. Wallace]] - Vice President of the U.S. 1941-1945; Presidential candidate 1948
*[[H. G. Wells]] - Famous Science Fiction author, works include [[The War of Worlds]]
*[[John Wesley]] - Founder of [[Methodism]].

== Further reading ==
* Foer, Jonathan Safran. ''Eating Animals''. Little, Brown, 2009.

==References==
<references/>

== See also ==
*[[Naturopathy]]
*[[Adrian Vander]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/appendixC.htm USDA Dietary Guidelines]
* [http://www.vegsoc.org/ The Vegetarian Society ]
* [http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm 49 good reasons to be a vegetarian]
* [http://www.westonaprice.org/mythstruths/mtvegetarianism.html The Myths of Vegetarianism by Stephen Byrnes]

[[Category:Health]]
[[Category:Vegetarianism]]

Talk:Population control

2011-07-11T17:58:13Z

MrLCharms: /* Overcrowded? */

== Problems with bias in this page ==

Abortion is nowhere near the most important factor in controlling exponential population expansion. Resisting the natural impulse to have an excessive number of biological children in a family is. --[[User:Mert]]
:I agree with your comment to an extent, Mert, but many proponents of Abortion use population control as justification for their views. I'm not saying that overpopulation isn't an issue; any case of a species' population growing exponentially (by means of a j-curve) is great cause for environmental concern for the future. But Abortion, like other similar topics, is often supported out of context. --[[user:Reinfleche|Reinfleche]]

==Overcrowded?==

Not sure who Paul Ehrlich is or was, and there's no citation given for the statistic that humans occupy only 1 or 2% of the earth's surface, but assuming the figures aren't from as biased a source as the CIA, do we know how much of the earth's land surface CAN be occupied by humans? If the area that CAN'T be occupied by humans, because it's too hot/too cold/too dry etc., is say, for sake of arguement, 80% then the 1 or 2% figure takes on a whole new meaning. [[User:BetsyNewson|BetsyNewson]] 10:37, 8 January 2009 (EST)

I think the 1-2% statistic needs to be clarified? is it 1-2% if all humans were crowded together standing up? or is it 1-2% taking into account a minimum of space needed for one to live (for the sake of argument, lets assume a 4x7 room), or is it 1-2% after taking into consideration all of the space needed to produce food, energy and fresh water for each person?

==Liberal Socialist Myth==

Ignoring some of the other potential issues with this article, regarding the introduction ("Population control is the liberal socialist myth.."), is it really a "socialist" myth? I mean, I don't see anything in the article that suggests it's socialist in nature. Liberal, I'm okay with, but the two terms aren't interchangeable (even if they were, it would be redundant). [[User:Commodore Guff|KevinS]] 11:37, 8 January 2009 (EST)

== First paragraph revision ==

I changed the opening of the article to clarify that "population control" is not the myth - it's the concern about overpopulation that is. Population control is the reaction to the myth, not the myth itself. For the record, I don't consider the whole "liberal socialist myth" part to be true, but my fix is meant to be grammatical/contextual, not ideological. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 10:44, 9 January 2009 (EST)

== Eugenics? ==

Population control and eugenics are two different things: eugenics aims to interfere with with ''qualitative'' aspects of natural human reproduction, population control aims to interfere with its ''quantitative aspects''. Occasionaly the two overlap (as with the examples of mass sterilization of the poor) but I do think the distinction needs to be mentioned. [[User:JosephJackson|JosephJackson]] 22:09, 3 August 2009 (EDT)

:I suggest you book a flight to [[Liberal|Liberalville]], Joseph, or at least get out of the sun. How is it different, realistically? Abortion is baby killing, Eugenics might mean targeting only the retarded, or those with Downs Syndrome, or perhaps only Black babies or Hispanic ones, like [[Planned Parenthood]] does, which, as everyone knows, was founded by eugenicists and carries on in their despicable tradition today. --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 22:17, 3 August 2009 (EDT)

::Being in favor of aborting baby's of a specific ethnic (or whatever group) is indeed eugenic, but being in favor of abortion in general is not. I'm not saying non-eugenic abortion is acceptable - but most liberals just want to dispose themselves selfishly of their baby's, they obviously don't care about them and don't care whatever race it would have - but it's not the same thing. [[User:JosephJackson|JosephJackson]] 22:23, 3 August 2009 (EDT)

:::Look, its been a good day for me....and I don't want to spoil it now, arguing about this. If it makes you feel better, lessens some of your guilt, go for it....continue to think there is a difference. Murder is murder. --[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 22:32, 3 August 2009 (EDT)

Sarah Palin

2011-07-08T23:55:45Z

MrLCharms: /* Resignation */ removed a double word.

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'''Sarah Louise Heath Palin''' (pronounced pay'-lynn) (born February 11, 1964) is a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] who served as the 11th [[Governor]] of [[Alaska]] from 2006 through 2009. She is the youngest person to hold this office as well as the first woman to do so in the state's history. On July 3, 2009 Palin announced that she would resign as Governor of Alaska.<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/palin_not_running/2009/07/03/231789.html</ref> Executive power was transferred to [[Lieutenant Governor]] [[Sean Parnell]].

Palin came to national attention as Senator [[John McCain]]'s Vice Presidential running mate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]].<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/palins_vp_selection_speech.html Acceptance Speech by Palin]</ref> She was the first woman to appear on a Republican Presidential ticket. She brought a [[populism|populist]] image and a record of cutting wasteful spending and reforming government to McCain's ticket. In the summer of 2007, she was the most popular governor in America, having cut 13% of [[Alaska]]'s budget.<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/851orcjq.asp</ref> She is strongly [[pro-life]] and a prominent spokesperson for [[special needs]] children. In an appearance on August 30, 2008 in Washington, Pennsylvania, she was greeted by a surprisingly large crowd as she promoted the new McCain-Palin ticket. She favors more competition in health care and pushed for abolishing the [[certificate of need]] regulations that interfere with opening new medical clinics.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090403253.html?referrer=emailarticle</ref>

Palin and her husband [[Todd Palin|Todd]] have been married for 20 years. Todd was a member of the United Steelworkers Union, and their eldest son (of five children) is in the [[United States Army]], having served in [[Iraq]].

Her memoir ''[[Going Rogue]]'' was published in November 2009, with Palin drawing large crowds to book signing occasions around the country. She comments regularly on public affairs via her Facebook page, criticizing the "death panels" of the health care reform program and praising President Obama's pro-war speech upon his receiving the [[Nobel]] Peace prize in December 2009. She appears regularly on [[Fox News Channel]].<ref>http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/sarah-palin-to-contribute-to-fox-news/?scp=2&sq=Palin&st=cse</ref>

==Personal Background==
[[Image:Sarah Palin Todd Trig.jpg|thumb|right|250px|In this April 23, 2008 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, and her husband, Todd Palin, hold their baby boy Trig in Anchorage, Alaska. 
''Photo courtesy of Newsmax.com'']]

Palin arrived in Alaska with her family in 1964, when her parents came to teach school in Skagway. Palin attended Wasilla High School where her extracurricular activities included captaining the basketball team which went on to win the state championship.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122108935141721343.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Obama Can't Win Against Palin] Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2008</ref> After graduating in 1982, she went on to college, attending several institutions before she received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the [[University of Idaho]] in 1987. To earn money for college, Palin entered beauty pageants.

She worked in the media and the utility industry before beginning her career in public service 14 years ago.

Over the course of her 44 years in Alaska she has lived in Skagway, Eagle River and Wasilla.

She is married to [[Todd Palin]], part Yupik [[Eskimo]], who is a lifelong Alaskan. Todd formerly worked at a non-management union job in the oil industry, and also as a commercial salmon fisherman. He is a four-time champion of the Iron Dog, the world's longest snowmobile race.

Todd and Sarah have five children together: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig.

Sarah Palin is a [[Labor union|union]] member, a [[moose]] hunter and holds a membership in the [[NRA]].<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/mccain-to-name-running-mate-on-friday/ McCain Names Alaska Gov. Palin as Running Mate] Fox News, August 29, 2008</ref>

Palin has been widely praised among conservatives for acting on her [[pro-life]] beliefs in the case of her youngest son, Trig, who was diagnosed with [[Down syndrome]] in the fourth month of her pregnancy. After researching the condition, she and her husband agreed to continue to pregnancy:
: "[My husband Todd said,] we shouldn't be asking 'Why us?' We should be saying 'Well, why not us?' We've both been very vocal about being pro life. We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential. I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection. Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"<ref>http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/05/gov-sarah-palin.html</ref><ref>[http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=29242 Canadian Doctors 'Fear' Sarah Palin's Choice May Start a Trend] Catholic Online, September 11, 2008</ref>

Trig was born on April 18, 2008, four months before his mother was announced as the vice-presidential candidate. Palin wrote:
:"This new person in your life can help everyone put things in perspective and bind us together, and get everyone focused on what really matters ... Those who love him will think less about self and focus less on what the world tells [us] is 'normal' or 'perfect.'"<ref name="people">[[People magazine]]</ref>

:"It's a sign of the times to be able to do this," she said. "I can think of so many male candidates who watched a families grow while they were in office. There is no reason to believe a woman can't do it with a growing family. My baby will not be at all or in any sense neglected."<ref>Alaska governor balances newborn's needs, official duties [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-05-10-4082128881_x.htm]</ref>

Palin's older son, Track, serves in the U.S. Army, and was deployed to [[Iraq War|Iraq]] in September 2008. Palin says, "I'm proud of him but I worry."

In September of 2008, Palin announced that her daughter Bristol was five months pregnant. After having been given the choice, Bristol bravely chose to keep the child. Palin stated "We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_daughter Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant]</ref> Bristol has since gone on to promote abstinence as a realistic choice for teenagers, stating, "[A]bstinence is the only way you can effectively, 100% foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy."<ref>http://www.lifenews.com/nat5025.html</ref> On July 14, 2010 Bristol Palin announced that she and Levi Johnston had become re-engaged and wanted to be married as soon as possible. <ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/07/bristol-palin-levi-johnston-are-engaged/1 USA Today; Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston are engaged. Jul 14, 2010]</ref> Two weeks later Bristol said the reconciliation was over. <ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20407608,00.html People Magazine interview; August 3, 2010]</ref>

[[Image:Palin Family..jpg|thumb|left|Palin family members at the announcement of Palin's vice presidential selection, August 29, 2008. From left: Todd, Piper, Willow, Bristol, and Trig.]]

==Political Career==
Palin was elected to two terms on the Wasilla City Council, and then two terms as the Mayor / Manager of Alaska's fastest growing community (Population: 5400 in 2000)<ref>[http://wasilla.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm Wasilla Population and Demographics]</ref>. During her time as mayor, Palin hired a Washington lobbying firm to help secure $8 million in congressionally directed spending projects, otherwise known as earmarks.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-31-palin-bridge_N.htm Palin backed 'bridge to nowhere' in 2006]</ref> Ms. Palin's leadership qualities were recognized when she was elected as President of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. In 2002, she ran for Lieutenant Governor, but came in second in a four-way race. Later that year, when [[Frank Murkowski]] resigned his [[Senate]] seat to become [[governor]], she interviewed for the opening. Instead, Murkowski appointed his daughter to the seat. From there, she went on to run for governor and won, becoming the first female governor of Alaska and its youngest.

In 2003, then-Governor Mukowski appointed Palin to serve as Panel Ethics Commissioner of Alaska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's [[non-renewable energy|non-renewable]] resources: [[oil]] and [[gasoline|gas]]. She resigned in 2004 as a protest over the "lack of ethics" of fellow panelists who had ignored her complaints of legal violations and conflicts of interest. In a similar vein, Palin took a great political risk by revealing that Randy Reudrich, chairman of the state Republican party, was doing political business on state time. She did this to fulfil a [[conflict of interest]] statement that required her to report such things; to omit the revelation would have been dishonest. But it turned out that this action endeared her to the people of Alaska.<ref>[http://churchformen.blogspot.com/2008/09/people-around-world-are-asking-who-is.html Sarah Palin, a friend of mine]</ref>

To help cultivate influence and political clout in the state, Palin served from 2003 - June, 2005 as one of three directors of the "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc.", a 527 group that raised funds from corporate donors.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/01/palin_was_a_director_of_embatt.html#more Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Ted Stevens's 527 Group]</ref> The stated purpose of the group is, "To increase the number of Republican women in elected offices and in appointed governmental and political positions, including advisory and regulatory commissions through training and education."<ref>[http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/527/ted_stevens_excellence_in_public_service_inc.asp Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc.]</ref>

She ran for Governor in 2006 on a clean government platform, and accomplished a political rarity in defeating the incumbent Governor [[Frank Murkowski]] in his own Republican primary. Palin went on to defeat former Governor [[Tony Knowles]] in the general election.

She has also served on the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. She was named one of Alaska's "Top 40 Under 40", Alaska's Public Works "Person of the Year", and was recently inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society at Alaska Pacific University.

Palin has served on numerous boards and commissions throughout the State, and stays active as a marathon runner, sports team mom, hockey manager and school volunteer. A lifetime member of the [[NRA]], she enjoys hunting, fishing and Alaska history.<ref>http://gov.state.ak.us/bio.php Alaska Governor Sarah Palin</ref>

===Resignation===
In July of 2009, Governor Palin held a national press conference to announce that she would resign her office effective July 26, 2009. She explained:
{{Cquote|My choice is to take a stand and effect change – not hit our heads against the wall and watch valuable state time and money, millions of your dollars, go down the drain in this new environment. Rather, we know we can effect positive change outside government at this moment in time, on another scale, and actually make a difference for our priorities – and so we will, for Alaskans and for Americans.<ref>[http://www.gov.state.ak.us/exec-column.php Executive Column: Palin's resignation announcement]</ref>}}

That decision was based on the Democrat strategy of filing frivolous court grievances against the governor, more than 13 since November 2008, costing Alaska taxpayers over $1 million. She would be triumphant in all those legal battles not losing once. The [[liberal]] criticism strategy shifted to call her a quiter over her decision not to complete her term of office and for pursuing media and financial opportunities.

==Record as Governor==

===Highlights===

*With a budget surplus, Palin cut expenses of Alaska's government.
*Put in place government hiring freezes
*Palin championed the private sector
*Reduced earmarks by 86%
*Vetoed the largest amounts in Alaska state’s history

===Energy and Oil===

Palin spoke a great deal about harnessing [[oil]] and natural [[gas]] resources, Palin presented the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) in March 2007, which was intended to lead to the construction of a gasline. <ref>http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/29/palin-alaska-gasline-inducement-act-nears-completi/</ref> It received bipartisan support and was signed into law by Governor Palin in June. In August of 2008 she signed legislation giving state authority to award TransCanada Corp a license to build and operate a multibillion-dollar pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope. <ref>http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=2e84b1e8-9a4a-4558-ad05-21b517c50fae</ref> While this was intended to improve Alaska's economy it became merely a vehicle to pay $37 million to Transcanada with potential libailities for the state of up to half a billion dollars <ref>http://www.adn.com/2011/01/20/1659129/lawmakers-express-frustration.html</ref> all for a pipeline that will not be able to make money for 20 years based on natural gas forecasts <ref>http://www.adn.com/2010/12/22/1616472/report-leaves-pipeline-out-of.html</ref>. Alaska's law makers are currently looking for ways to exit the Palin plan for a gas line. <ref>http://www.adn.com/2011/02/04/1684449/alaska-lawmakers-propose-ditching.html</ref> As Governor, Palin created a new subcabinet that develops policies to reduce greenhouse gases and help the state adapt to [[climate change]]. She supports oil production in ANWR, connecting it with national security.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GE11URmmnc</ref>

In 2007 the [[housing bubble]] burst, which did not significantly affect Alaska. It did soften the dollar, which raised the dollar price of oil in the global market with out raising the costs of production, this lead to windfall profits. Over the objections of oil companies, Palin worked with the [[Democrats]] on the Alaska state legislature to approve a major increase in taxes on the oil industry.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008103325_alaskatax07.html Windfall tax lets Alaska rake in billions from Big Oil]</ref>"Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share" (ACES, Lapooned by the conservative talk radio media as Alaskans Clearly Entering Socialism<ref>Rick Rydell Radio Program, 650KENI.com, 2/8/2011, 8:43 AM Alaska Standard Time</ref>.) The state then gave Alaskans a $1200 check to pay for increased gas prices, using the increased revenues from the tax.<ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/11/palin-backed-alaskan-windfall-profits-tax/ Palin backed Alaskan windfalls-profit tax]</ref>

Palin also announced on May 21, 2008 that the state would challenge a recent listing of [[polar bears]] as a threatened species as she and other Alaska elected officials feared such a listing would cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off the state's northern and northwestern coasts. Palin's belief is that there is not enough evidence to support a listing, asserting that polar bears are well-managed and their population has dramatically increased over 30 years as a result of conservation.

As governor of Alaska in Jan. 2009, Palin announced support for [[Alternative energy]] programs as she proposed a statewide energy plan that called for 50% of Alaska's power to be generated by renewable resources by 2025.<ref> Dan Joling, "Palin unveils state energy goals," [http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/657216.html ''Anchorage Daily News'' Jan. 16, 2009]</ref>

====Reaction to Gulf of Mexico oil spill====

Palin has pointed out how environmentalists are responsible for locking up safer drilling areas on dry land, effectively forcing offshore drilling to become the preferred mode of acquiring oil, thus inviting crisis like the [[Gulf of Mexico oil spill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/editorials/sarah-palins-way-of-thinking/86988/|work=[[The New York Sun]]|format=HTML|title=Sarah Palin’s Way of Thinking|date=June 5th 2010|language=English|quote=Governor Palin’s point will, we predict, become only more logical in the face of the disaster of the Deepwater Horizon. And she will increasingly come to be seen as having a clear way of thinking. She thinks like an economist. She understands that policies have consequences. If one wants, as the environmentalists have been doing for a decade, to restrict onshore drilling, it is going to incent offshore drilling.}}</ref>

===State Economy===
[[Image:Govp_2008stos_large.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gov. Sarah Palin delivering her 2008 State of the State address]] At first, Palin supported the Gravina Island Bridge Project, otherwise known as the "Bridge to Nowhere". In September 2006, during a stop in [[Ketchikan]] as part of her gubernatorial campaign, Palin stated, "OK, you've got Valley trash standing here in the middle of nowhere," Palin said, according to an account in the Ketchikan Daily News. "I think we're going to make a good team as we progress that bridge project."<ref>[http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/511471.html Palin touts stance on 'Bridge to Nowhere']</ref> The $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island in southern southeast Alaska, to its airport on nearby Gravina island. The Anchorage Daily News also quoted her in an October, 2006 article as saying yes, she would continue state funding for the bridge because she wanted swift action on infrastructure projects. "The window is now while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist," she said.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080831/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_bridge_to_nowhere;_ylt=Am.NkRx1mLWk9A34FLhn8IADW7oF Critics: Palin used 'Bridge to Nowhere' for gain]</ref> Palin announced her opposition to the project in a 2007 press release.

She has stated her opposition arose because of the excessive amount of pork-barrel spending in the project, and that she would not fund the $329 million that was short for the budget.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/22/alaska.bridge.ap/</ref> This reversal cost her the support of prominent Alaskan Republicans like Former state House Speaker Gail Phillips, who said, "You don't tell a group of Alaskans you support something and then go to someplace else and say you oppose it". Palin instead said that the best option would be to upgrade the ferry system. However, the money that was retained from the earmark was not used for the ferry system, but was spent building a road on Gravina Island that links to the site of the canceled bridge.<ref name="bridge">http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN3125537020080901 Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans</ref>

Prominent Alaskan politicians criticized Palin for not "giving back" money earmarked for the project. These critics included her Republican campaign coordinator in Ketchikan, who stated that "She said 'thanks but no thanks,' but they kept the money".<ref name="bridge" /> However, state governments do not "give back" money in the manner proposed.

Three times during Palin's time as mayor, earmark funding for projects in Wasilla were noted in [[John McCain]]'s list of "objectionable" spending in 2001 and 2002. McCain's list of spending approved without normal budget scrutiny identified a $500,000 earmark for a public transportation project in the city and a $1 million earmark for an emergency communications center while $450,000 was set aside for an agricultural processing facility.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-earmarks3-2008sep03,0,6145252.story McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin]</ref> Palin, of course, as mayor of a small town had no ability to put these items in a Congressional bill, but her town did benefit from earmarked spending given to Alaska.

=== Foreign Policy ===
[[Image:Ftwainwright_govp_05s.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Governor Sarah Palin visits Strykers at Fort Wainwright, where she is briefed on how the troops are trained and what the training grounds provide.]]
Palin served as Commander in Chief of the Alaska Army [[National Guard]]. In 2007 she visited troops in [[Germany]] and [[Kuwait]]. According to Major General Craig E. Campbell, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard who commands the roughly 3,800 state militia members, the Alaskan governor is not in the site's chain of command and has no authority over its operations. He told the Associated Press on August 31st that he and Palin play no role in national defense activities, even when they involve the Alaska National Guard. He went on to state that the entire operation is under federal control.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/31/ap/politics/main4401854.shtml GOP Cites Palin's Skill, But How Relevant Is It?]</ref>

During her first major interview, with ABC's [[Charlie Gibson]], Gibson asked Palin if she agreed with the "[[Bush Doctrine]]". Palin responded, "In what respect, Charlie?" Gibson followed, "What do you interpret it to be?" Palin answered with another question, "His world view?" Gibson still refused to answer directly but instead stated it was the doctrine Bush had proposed in September of 2002, before the Iraq war. Palin gave a response concerning Bush's attempt to eradicate Islamic extremism. Gibson then explained that the Bush doctrine refers to the right of anticipatory defense, a right to a [[Preemptive war|preemptive]] strike against any country that we think is going to attack us. What Gibson did not point out is that he himself once gave a definition of the "Bush doctrine" (a concept made up by the press that has no clear definition) that was similar to Palin's answer. Indeed it has been pointed out since that there are actually four different versions of what the Bush doctrine is and the term and meaning changes over time and place.<ref>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/12/palins-definition-of-bush-doctrine-hits-the-gibson-mark/</ref>

===Legislature Investigation===
On July 11th Palin's chief of Staff fired Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan, she was heavily criticized for the action on the 12th in the state newspapers and on the 14th in the conservative talk radio media <ref>Rick Rydell, Mike Porcaro, and Eddy Burke, as well as Shannyn Moore the liberal</ref>, and on the Blog of prominent Alaskan Republican Andrew Halcro on the 17th, because Walt Monegan was a very popular administrator. The outrage was 1.5 months before she was announced for VP. On the 11th of August of 2008, the [[Alaska]] state legislature began an investigation of Palin and her staff for potential abuse of power in regards to a firing of Monegan, The vote to begin this action was held on July 28th, two weeks and two days after the firing. Legally, Palin could dismiss Monegan at any time as he serves at the pleasure of the governor. Monegan was dismissed from his position in July of 2008, which Palin's political opponents claim was due to Monegan's refusal to fire trooper Mike Wooten, Palin's former brother-in-law who had a history of complaints including tasering his 10 year old stepson.<ref name="pc">http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212168861.shtml</ref> Palin says she released Monegan due to differences on budgeting. In an interview Monegan said that he was never told specifically by Sarah Palin to fire the state trooper Mike Wooten.<ref name="pc" />

Palin has denied the charges and, as is customary, the State of Alaska has hired a lawyer to represent her office in the investigation. August 25th, the Legislative Council voted 12-0 to hire Democratic state senator Hollis French as the investigator.<ref>[http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=59d_1220063478 Investigation into Governor Sarah Palin's abuse of powers] CBS 11, August 30, 2008</ref> The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 and the House Judiciary Committee voted 7-0. The State's attorney released this statement:<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cvn_palin_troopergate Palin hires attorney for Troopergate investigation]</ref>

:The governor of every state gets legal counsel and this attorney is part of a weeks-old effort to provide this governor defense in a series of outlandish politically motivated charges. This legal defense is neither new nor uncommon nor at all political. It is a matter of her job and is not recent and it is not related to her selection on the McCain-Palin ticket.

The McCain campaign came out with a picture that includes three lead state Democratic legislators investigating the Branchflower probe, known as ‘Troopergate'. The photo shows the three of them at [[Obama]] headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska in July. The photo did not include any of the Republicans also calling for investigation. The McCain campaign said the whole investigation is politically tainted and compromised. Republican Rep. John Coghill of North Pole called on managing investigator, legislator French to step down from the probe, saying he no longer had confidence in his objectivity. "These statements cause me to think that the report is already written even though the investigation is only just begun and the most important witnesses have not even been interviewed,” Coghill wrote in a letter calling for French’s replacement. “The investigation appears to be lacking in fairness, neutrality and due process.”<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078644/posts McCain Camp has pictures of "troopergate" investigators at Obama Headquarters] FreeRepublic.com, September 9, 2008</ref> Democratic State Senator Kim Elton, head of the legislative council overseeing the investigation, said the decisions made by Sen. Hollis French "have been appropriate, bipartisan ... and unchallenged" and that French has called the comments he made last week "regrettable".<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/palin.investigation/ Head of Palin trooper probe will stay, lawmaker says]</ref> Lawyer Thomas Van Flein called the investigation "unlawful and unconstitutional" and said the man hired to run it, former prosecutor Stephen Branchflower, has a conflict of interest because he is a friend of the fired commissioner.<ref>[http://www.adn.com/troopergate/story/522488.html Palin's attorney calls investigator biased] Ap, September 11, 2008</ref>

The investigation issued its report for the Alaska State Legislative Council on October 10, 2008, concluding that Monegan's refusal to fire the trooper was not the sole reason he was dismissed, but was likely a contributing factor. The author of the report, Stephen Branchflower, focused on two questions of the inquiry: did Palin fire Walt Monegan improperly, and was the firing solely because of his refusal to fire her ex brother-in-law. "Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: to get Trooper Michael Wooten fired," Branchflower wrote.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4998X420081011</ref> Based on this, Branchflower claims that "I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/DOWNLOAD.pdf Page 8</ref>

In accordance with the second question the report focused on, Branchflower wrote, "I find that, although Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety," Branchflower wrote. The second finding of the report reads: "In spite of that, Governor Palin's firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads." Branchflower also dismissed the Palins' assertions that they were afraid of Wooten because of threats they said he made. "Such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins' real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family related reasons," he wrote.<ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10692757?source=most_viewed</ref>

A preemptive response to this report was issued by the McCain/Palin campaign on October 9th, in which the campaign's own investigation concluded that Palin "acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan".<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4998X420081011</ref>

In the end the "October Surprise" predicted by the head of the commission came to pass. Although the commission was asked not to release its findings until after the election to avoid political posturing, they refused to do so. Apart from tarring and feathering Palin, the report made no recommendations for any further inquiries or punishment, as it was understood that there was no case to do so. No direct reports of Sarah Palin abusing her power were ever produced or asking for the official to be fired were ever produced, but that didn't stop the report from drawing its conclusions based upon conjecture without evidence. Indeed, after the hoopla over the report subsided, the state personnel board released its finding that exonerated her of any wrongdoing.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_el_pr/palin_troopergate</ref>

==Vice Presidential Candidate==

On August 29, 2008, Palin was announced to be the Vice Presidential nominee for Republican Senator John McCain.<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/sarah_palin_vp/2008/08/29/126138.html</ref> The selection was a surprise, as those in the media were expecting [[Minnesota]] Governor [[Tim Pawlenty]] or former [[Massachusetts]]'s Governor [[Mitt Romney]]. Palin adds youth and executive experience to the ticket. She is the second female Vice Presidential candidate of a major party in U.S. history and the first one on a Republican ticket. The first was [[Geraldine Ferraro]], who the Democratic Party put on the ticket under [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984.

Palin's speech before the Republican convention on Wednesday, September 3rd was watched by over 40 million people. She had as many people turn in to see her as watched Obama's acceptance speech on the final day of the Democratic convention. Palin has also been attacked by the press on a level not seen since [[Dan Quayle]], although she ultimately handled it much better.
===Democrat Responses===
In a possible problem for the Democratic ticket, a majority of people believed that the press was trying to hurt Palin<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/story/rasmussen/20080904/pl_rasmussen/palinmedia20080904;_ylt=AqErk__wZIKdoVvqUXdr44Nh24cA</ref> and that type of unwarranted attack could have backfired into more support for the McCain/Palin ticket especially with unaffiliated voters believing the press is purposely attacking Palin by a 49% to 32% margin.

Many Democrats had advised the Obama campaign to ignore Palin, fearing that emphasis on her inexperience will backfire against Obama himself.<ref>[http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/capital/2008/09/05/tips-for-obama-ignore-palin-dis-mccain Matt Coopoer, "Tips for Obama: Ignore Palin, Dis McCain," Sept. 5, 2008, ''Conde-Nast Portfoloio.com'']</ref> She participated in a debate with the Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden on October 2, 2008, ending up being declared the winner by most credible news sources that are not influenced by liberal bias. Palin "kept Joe Biden on the defensive" and "ended up dominating [the debate]".<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14234.html</ref>

During a campaign event in [[Virginia]], Barack Obama said of the McCain/Palin ticket's similar policies, "...You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig."<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94481288</ref> Given the fact that she's stated "The difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull (is) lipstick" and the fact that only a female candidate would wear lipstick, the McCain camp released a web ad implying that the comment was targeting Governor Palin. The ad featured video clips of Gov. Palin convention speech, Obama's remarks at the campaign event, and a clip of Katie Couric commenting on pervasive sexism in the campaign. After extensive discussion in the news media, the ad was removed from McCain's website and other video sites following a copyright claim by CBS news.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/CBS_takes_down_McCain_webad_suggests_its_misleading.html?showall]</ref>

In what prosecutors described as an attempt to derail the campaign, Palin's private email account was hacked by a liberal activist and son of a Democratic lawmaker who was charged with four felonies carrying a maximum of 50 years for criminal privacy rights violations.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/18/palin_email_investigation_continues/</ref> The offender, a self described Obama supporter, was convicted and sentenced to one year.

Palin is a lightning rod to the established [[liberal]] women's movement. She, like many high profile conservative females, has taken much abuse from the left. Palin has been forced to set up a legal defense fund to help pay for fees related to an onslaught of ethic complaints, which are always frivolous.<ref>[http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/18738 Palin blasts Obama administration: Government wants to "control the people"] CNN</ref> Because she is retiring from being governor of Alaska, the anti-American liberals pat themselves on the back in glee. Liberals still fail to understand that she is ''the'' typical conservative that the majority of Americans identify with. Her principles and her outlook on Americanism is a model for all future leaders.

Palin said of the people who have filed the complaints:
{{cquote| '''Those are the folks who want to tell me, they want to tell you, to sit down and shut up. We will not do that. I just can't, because I love my state. I love my country.''' }}

===Impact on Ticket===

In the run-up to the Vice-Presidential debate on October 2, 2008, a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center attempted to measure the degree to which Palin impacted the GOP ticket positively or negatively in September.<ref>http://people-press.org/report/456/obama-regains-lead</ref> The survey compared the answers to two identical questions about her qualifications and overall favorable/unfavorable rating between polls taken in early and late September. The results show that public opinion of Palin has fallen significantly since the Republican convention, particularly in the public's opinion of her qualification to be Vice President. Faced with a barrage of negative press attacks after her nomination, some prominent Republicans like [[Mitt Romney]] believe that the isolation of Palin from the media in September was a mistake, and are calling for an increase in unscripted encounters with the press and public to counter that perception. According to Romney, "Holding Sarah Palin to just three interviews and microscopically focusing on each interview I think has been a mistake. I think they’d be a lot wiser to let Sarah Palin be Sarah Palin. Let her talk to the media, let her talk to people."<ref>http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/30/doubts-about-palin-grow-even-among-conservatives/</ref> Exit polling from the election itself had the final say on the matter of her impact on the ticket. For those who considered her nomination on the ticket to be unimportant, 57% voted for Obama. For those who considered her nomination to be important, 53% voted for Obama, thereby showing a positive overall impact on the ticket. Considering that exit polling tilts Democratic, the actual impact may have been greater.

When asked during an interview with liberal media pundit Katie Couric what newspapers and magazines Palin read (a classic [[Liberal trap]]), Palin fumbled and was unable to name any particular news source because of the side-swipe. This added fuel to charges that she was not qualified to run for Vice President, when in fact she was clearly qualified by her service as governor. Palin charges back at Couric and other liberal media attacks in her book [[Going Rogue]].

==Palin in 2012==
Palin has the support of a large, enthusiastic base on the right that is ready to work for her in Republican primaries. She has been coy about announcing plans for 2012, but she is well positioned for a presidential run. Given her personal charisma, dedication to American values, and Reagan-esque connection with average, conservative Americans, she may be able to pull off a resounding victory.<ref>[http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120308/new_363163237.shtml Sarah Palin hits Republican talking points while stumping in Georgia]</ref>

===Relaunching of Media Attacks===

Palin's is under global attack from left wing media. In June 2011 Palin expressed a desire to meet with Margaret Thatcher, one of Ronlad Reagan's staunchest international allies. There was a false report by the UK Guardian Newspaper that a Thatcher aid had belittled Palin calling her nuts: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-watt/2011/jun/07/margaretthatcher-sarahpalin]. However this was later proven to be false, as Margaret Thatcher's staff denied that any such words came from her office.<ref>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100092054/margaret-thatcher-did-not-‘snub’-sarah-palin-the-truth-about-the-iron-lady-and-the-former-governor-of-alaska/</ref>

A former Thatcher Aid who checked with her office confirmed

'''''"There was never any snub of Sarah Palin by Lady Thatcher’s office. However, there has been a great deal of mischief-making and unpleasantness from sections of the liberal press in a vain and futile attempt to use Margaret Thatcher’s name to smear a major US politician."'''''

The Guardian has a dedicated section to Sarah Palin, and participated with staff going to Alaska for the release of her emails and the enlisting of its readership to try and find any dirt. The Guardian starts most articles with simple errors such as "Ex Governor of the state with the smallest population ", a basic check would show that there are a number of states with smaller populations than Alaska including Vermont the source of 2 presidents. This is a small sample of the false information in all Guardian articles on Sarah Palin.

==SarahPAC==

On January 27, 2009 Palin formed the political action committee (PAC) SarahPAC. The organization supports "energy independence and reform" and will endorse candidates who "share Governor Palin’s ideas and goals."<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azCCxotgdG1E&refer=home</ref>

==Beliefs==
[[Image:Palin.JPG|right|150px]]
Palin believes in [[Real America]] and has referred to it often in her speeches.

Palin filled out a policy questionnaire for the Eagle Forum Alaska during her 2006 gubernatorial race. One question asked, "Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?" Palin responded, "Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support." Yet [[public schools]] still resist teaching abstinence and instead promote sexual behavior by teenagers.

Another question asked, "Are you offended by the phrase 'Under God' in the [[Pledge of Allegiance]]? Why or why not?" Palin replied, "Not on your life. '''If it was good enough for the Founding Fathers''', it's good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance."

Many liberals ignorant of the history of "under God" have tried to ridicule Palin's remark, even calling her an "idiot" for it.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2008/sep/01/week</ref><ref>The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892, and George Washington's phrase "under God" was added to it in June 1954.</ref> In fact, the origin of the phrase "under God" is the General Orders of [[George Washington]] on July 2 and 9, 1776: "The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army" (July 2); "the peace and safety of the Country now depends, under God, solely on the success of our arms" (July 9).<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/264xqezm.asp?pg=2</ref> George Washington was indeed a [[Founding Father]], and the Founding Fathers made no secret of their Christian faith and unfailing belief in God in the [[Declaration of Independence]] and later writings.

Palin also believes that students need to learn of the controversy surrounding the [[Theory of evolution|Theory of evolution]], and that discussing Creationism should not be banned from schools. During the 2006 campaign for the Alaskan Governorship, Palin was answering a question from the moderator near the conclusion of Wednesday night's televised debate on KAKM Channel 7 when she said, "Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both."<ref>http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/elections/story/8347904p-8243554c.html</ref> She later clarified her position by stating "I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum." She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state's required curriculum. As of September 2008 she has kept that pledge.

In an example of liberal mockery, the [[Huffington Post]] attempted to make light of Sarah Palin's creationist beliefs, highlighting the creationism belief that [[dinosaur|dinosaurs]] and man coexisted.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/28/palin-claimed-dinosaurs-a_n_130012.html</ref> [[Saturday Night Live]] likewise did a skit in which they had her refer to the Museum of Natural History as "that evolution museum".

==Church Life==

Sarah Palin was baptized as a [[Roman Catholic]] and, at age 12, she was rebaptized in the Wasilla Assembly of God church.<ref>{{cite web
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Palin attends the Wasilla Bible Church<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Pepper |title=Regarding Governor Palin: A Letter from Pastor David Pepper |url=http://churchontherockak.org/Regarding-Sarah-Palin.html |publisher=Church on the Rock |accessdate=2008-09-04}}</ref>, an independent congregation,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wasillabible.org/faq.htm |title=Wasilla Bible Church FAQ |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher= |date= }}</ref><ref name="miller">Lisa Miller and Amanda Coyne. "[http://www.newsweek.com/id/156679 A Visit to Palin's Church: Scripture and discretion on the program in Wasilla]." ''Newsweek''. Sept. 2, 2008.</ref> when at home and attended the Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau as governor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement Concerning Sarah Palin |url=http://www.jccalaska.com/images/10000/3000/582JU/user/palin.htm |publisher=Juneau Christian Center |date=2008-09-03 |accessdate=2008-09-04}}</ref>

In December of 2008, Palin's church was severely damaged by arson. Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $1 million, authorities said. No one was injured in the fire, which was set Friday night while a handful of people, including two children, were inside. <ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121302503.html Palin's Church Severely Damaged by Arson, WaPo, December 14, 2008]</ref> It is widely believed that leftist Palin-haters were responsible.

==Popularity==
Palin earned the highest TV ratings at the Republican convention when she spoke, even surpassing McCain's acceptance speech, and nearly matched Obama's acceptance speech<ref>http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/palin-triggers-rnc-ratings-spike/</ref>, gaining unprecedented attention. Likewise her Vice Presidential debate with [[Joe Biden]] had more viewers than any of the three debates between McCain and Obama.<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14201.html</ref> Also, her brief appearance on Saturday Night Live in October 2008 gave the show its highest ratings in 14 years, and was actually the third highest ranked show for the week based on the number of people who tuned in originally to watch her, 17 million, even though it ran at midnight in the East Coast Market.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/20/ustelevision-tvratings</ref>
'''Sarah Palin's Alaska''' her reality show on The Learning Channel (TLC) drew about 2.5 million viewers on premier Sunday night, dominating its time slot<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/25/sunday-1219-cable-ratings-sarah-palins-alaska-top-gear-ax-men-leverage-kendra-real-housewives-more/76555</ref> and breaking TLC records with 5 million viewers having tuned in to watch the first episode.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/15/sarah-palins-alaska-ratings-tlc_n_783740.html</ref>

==Media Disdain==
Since day one of her nomination as vice president, the [[mainstream media | liberal media]] has sought to demonize Palin. <ref>[http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/23/crucify-her-crucify-her-journalists-targeted-sarah-palin-in-non-official-campaign/ Crucify Her! Crucify Her! Journalists Targeted Sarah Palin in Non-Official campaign, Newsrealblog, July 23, 2010]</ref> former CBS anchor Katie Couric won a journalism award for her involvement in embarrassing Palin with questions related to sources she reads. This is the same media that passes on Obama's gaffes such as Obama's uncle liberated Auschwitz, a tornado in [[Kansas]] killed 10,000 people, his visit to the 57 states of America. Not much has changed in 3-years since becoming the VP nominee. Palin toured the country by bus and [[liberal]]s became infuriated while trying to cover her every move. They went as far as accusing her of causing a "rolling menace" in traffic. <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/06/05/politico-warns-palin-bus-tour-rolling-menace-traffic Politico Warns Palin Bus Tour Is a 'Rolling Menace' in Traffic, Newsbusters.org, June 5, 2011]</ref> Mainstream journalists have been repeating the lie by calling former Alaska governor Sarah Palin an idiot. Ailes marveled at the frenzy surrounding her tour of historic sites: “She’s so smart she’s got the press corps running up the whole East Coast behind her bus.”

==Sarah Palin The Movie==
A nearly two-hour long film, titled "The Undefeated," portrays Palin's time as Alaska's governor is set to be released in July 2011. Conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon created the film. Palin had no editorial role in the film. She reportedly saw a rough cut of the film and was blown away. <ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/164781-palin-on-the-big-screen Palin on the big screen, The Hill, June 5, 2011]</ref>

==Publications==
[[File:Palin Book2.jpg|right|125px]]
* '''''[[Going Rogue: An American Life]]''''', [[Memoir]], published by Harper-Collins:(November 2009) <ref>[http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2009/10/01/amazing-palin%E2%80%99s-book-number-one-on-both-amazon-and-barnes-unprecedented/ Amazing: Palin’s book number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller list, Audacity of Hypocrisy, October 1, 2009]</ref><ref>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_111709/content/01125120.guest.html Rush Interviews Governor Sarah Palin], ''RushLimbaugh.com'', November 17, 2009.</ref><ref>Robert Shaffer. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/17/ap-turns-heads-devoting-reporters-palin-book-fact-check/ AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact Check'], ''FOXNews.com'', November 17, 2009.</ref> was a record-breaking bestseller. It was the #1 bestseller in its first week<ref>http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/going-rogue-goes-to-top-of-book-sales-chart/</ref> and a million copies had sold by the end of the second week.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/print/main5851137.shtml</ref> Sales for the year topped two and a half million.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/print/main5851137.shtml</ref> Palin pledged to donate royalties from books sold during the day she visited Ft. Hood to families of victims of the Nov. 6, 2009 massacre, estimated to be about $10,000.<ref>http://www.kxxv.com/story/11625002/palins-fort-hood-visit-fun-for-troops?redirected=true</ref> ''"I'm joining the efforts of many others by donating my royalties from the book sales during our stop at Fort Hood to the families of the victims whose lives have been forever changed by the tragic events."''<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390058/posts</ref>

* '''''"America by Heart; Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag"''''', Harper-Collins, November 2010. "Palin delivers an intimate and personal look at the woman behind the public servant. In her #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Going Rogue—the bestselling nonfiction book of 2009—Palin gave readers a look at her upbringing, her dynamic career, and her candidacy next to John McCain for the Vice Presidency of the United States. In this inspirational follow-up, her reflections on faith, family, and patriotism will read like a bible of American virtues for anyone hoping to understand the truths that lie at the heart of the nation." <ref>[http://www.harpercollins.com/books/America-Heart-Sarah-Palin/?isbn=9780062010964?AA=index_authorIntro_36341 America by Heart; Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag - Harper Collins Website]</ref>

==References==

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==External Links==
*[http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ State of Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin Official Website]
*[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=864bb9006da3f010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governor's Association - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin]
*[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=27200 Project Vote Smart - Governor Sarah H. Palin]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm Sarah Palin On the issues]
*[http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/09/03/sarah-palin-mother-and-first-female-vice-president-pictures-children-parenting/ Sarah Palin: Mother and First Female Vice President], ''Parenting Freedom'', September 03, 2008
*[http://churchformen.blogspot.com/2008/09/people-around-world-are-asking-who-is.html Sarah Palin, a friend of mine]
*[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDE3MmE5MDVmMGM1YjQ2NmVhMjJkN2I2ZTcxMzhlNjU=&w=MA== I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin] National Review Online
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/256099/i-hate-you-bristol-palin-david-kahane?page=1 I Hate You, Bristol Palin] National Review Online
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/05/28/tantaros-schultz-ingraham-affair-hatred-towards-conservative-women-la Hatred Towards Conservative Women is Last Acceptable Misogyny in U.S.]

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Hollywood values

2011-07-08T22:23:24Z

MrLCharms: /* Deaths */

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'''Hollywood values''' are characterized by decadence, [[narcissism]], rampant [[drug|drug use]], [[adultery|extramarital sex]] leading to the spread of sexually-transmitted [[disease]], [[abortion]], lawlessness and the promotion of the [[homosexual agenda]]. Such values have a very negative influence on the life of individuals, and very often lead to death. A 2006 poll by MSNBC said that 60% of [[Americans]] agree that "Hollywood's values are not in line with the rest of America and that the quality of movies has diminished in recent years."<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11714540/</ref>

The lack of [[morals]] and [[values]] in [[Hollywood]] culture has been destroying the fabric of American culture, particularly the family.

There have been, however, a handful of prominent people whose work in Hollywood opposed these values. [[Ronald Reagan]], [[James Stewart]], [[Charlton Heston]], [[Pat Boone]], [[Paul Schofield]], [[Walt Disney]] and many others practiced conservative values while working in Hollywood and the productions of these and many others also reflect these values, irrespective of the star names associated with them: [[The Chronicles of Narnia]] and ''Independence Day'' (a movie about [[Independence Day]]) being recent examples.

Hollywood values include a flagrant disrespect and disregard for:

* [[marriage]] and [[abstinence]]
* [[patriotism]]
* [[religion]] and [[spirituality]] (Hollywood's profits depend on the [[advertising]] and sale of [[materialism|material goods]] and other superficial "solutions" to problems.)
* [[accountability]]
* the U.S. military<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/hollywood_gets_it_right_p4d84a9jyymsfLw0THb7EM Hollywood gets it right, New York Post, March 09, 2010]</ref>
* family responsibilities, like childrearing<ref>[[Britney Spears]] "doesn't want [her] kids back." [http://www.nypost.com/seven/02132008/news/nationalnews/brit_doesnt_want_her_kids__1st_ex_97425.htm]</ref>
* laws that apply to everyone else
* Commonly accepted behavioral boundaries and values of human decency
* hard work and humility

In addition, Hollywood portrays these values as rebellious and [[counterculture|countercultural]]. They portray religious and spiritual institutions as greedy, self-serving, sexually perverted, prejudiced, ignorant, and unscientific. When comparing the satisfaction brought about by faith, spirituality, family, and friendship, which may happen to include donations to a church or other organization, it is clear that the profits of Hollywood and the industries which rely upon Hollywood for profit are the true establishment - thus making traditional values truly rebellious and countercultural, and Hollywood values a lie.

==Deaths ==
Hollywood values are deadly. Tourists in Hollywood can visit over 30 sites of typically self-inflicted Hollywood celebrity deaths.<ref>http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/celebrity-death-sites.htm</ref> A sampling of deaths caused by Hollywood values include:<ref>http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4174733&page=1</ref><ref>http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/entertainment/news/article/20021--list-of-celebrities-taken-by-drug-use-tragic-and-growing</ref>
*[[John Barrymore]], 60, cirrhosis of the liver from heavy drinking
*[[John Belushi]], 33, was a repeated drug abuser who ultimately died of a lethal injection of cocaine and heroin
*[[Clara Blandick]], 81, suicide
*[[John Bonham]], 32, after too much drinking, asphyxiated on vomit
*[[Elisa Bridges]], 28, 'Playboy' magazine model, drug overdose combining heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs
*[[Joseph Brooks]], 73, Hollywood producer, composer, lyricist, and accused multiple rapist committed suicide.
*[[David Carradine]], 72, died from suffocation most likely suicide, had history of suicidal thoughts, alcohol and narcotics abuse <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525177,00.html Thai Police: Carradine Death May Be Accidental Suffocation] Fox News, June 05, 2009 </ref>
*[[Stephen Clark]], 30, Def Leppard guitarist, drug and alcohol overdose<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1108020/bio</ref>
*[[Lana Clarkson]], 40, actress and model murdered by [[Phil Spector]]
*[[Kurt Cobain]], 27, lead singer from the band Nirvana, a heroin addict who committed suicide with a shotgun blast to the head.
*[[Ray Combs]], 40, host of the TV game show Family Feud committed suicide by hanging himself in a psychiatric ward.
*[[Jeff Conaway]], 60, film and television actor died from a suspected overdose. He struggled with addictions to cocaine and alcohol.
*[[John Costelloe]], 47, actor from HBO's The Sopranos known as "Johnny Cakes", shot himself in the head. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,472864,00.html 'Sopranos' Actor Shocks Fans, Loved Ones With Holiday Suicide] NYPost, December 25, 2008</ref>
*[[Bob Crane]],49, the actor's success led to a bizarre life of sex addiction. He was bludgeoned to death.
*[[Karl Dane]], 47, suicide by gunshot
*[[James Dean]], 24, a notoriously reckless and frequently ticketed driver crashed fatally head-on into a car turning left in front of his Porsche (see also crime, below)
*[[Ryan Dunn]], 34, [[MTV]]'s reality star from the series "Jackass", died in a 3:00AM auto accident after a night of drinking. [http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/20/jackass-ryan-dunn-dies-dead-car-crash-accident-pennsylvania/]
*[[Eazy-E]], 31. [[AIDS]] contracted through drug use.
*[[Peg Entwistle]], 24, leaped to her death from atop the Hollywood sign.
*[[Brian Epstein]], 32, overdosed on sleeping pills and alcohol
*[[Chris Farley]], 33, overdose of morphine and cocaine
*[[Judy Garland]], 47, overdosed on sleeping pills
*[[Lucy Gordon]], 28, British actress from the movie Spiderman 3, hung herself <ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Movies/wireStory?id=7642829 Actress Lucy Gordon Found Dead at Age 28 in Paris, ABC News, May 21, 2009]</ref>
*[[Lee Grivas]], 26, the on-again, off-again boyfriend of actress Christina Applegate, 36, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose<ref>http://www.bloggernews.net/116552a</ref>
*Corey Haim, 38, teen idol who starred in many movies and then a reality show, died of a drug overdose.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8560246.stm</ref>
*[[Phil Hartman]], 49, murdered in his million-dollar house by his drug-addicted third wife Brynn Hartman
*[[Margaux Hemingway]], 42, suicide
*[[Jimi Hendrix]], 27, an enthusiastic abuser of illegal drugs, choked on his own vomit after overdose of sleeping pills.
*[[Rock Hudson]], 59, AIDS
*[[Michael Hutchence]], 37, asphyxiated during an auto-erotic act while alone in a Sydney hotel. His wife, Paula Yates (see below), also fell victim to Hollywood Values.
*[[Michael Jackson]], 51, cardiac arrest from a toxic mixture and abuse of prescription drugs, improperly prescribed by doctors.
*[[Richard Jeni]], 49, suicide<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258231,00.html</ref>
*[[Russell Tyrone Jones]] (a.k,a. "Old Dirty Bastard"), 35, musician, died of drug overdose two days before his 36th birthday
*[[Janis Joplin]], 27, heroin overdose
*[[Andrew Koenig]], 41, child actor in the TV series Growing Pains committed suicide. <ref>[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/andrew-koenigs-body-found-in-vancouver-park/36485?nc Andrew Koenig's Body Found in Vancouver Park, Yahoo News, February 25, 2010]</ref>
*[[Heath Ledger]], 28, found dead in his [[Manhattan]] apartment. "Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday." <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,328828,00.html</ref>
*[[Bruce Lee]] (Li Xiaolong), actor, 33, collapsed and died; trace amounts of cannabis found in bloodstream at postmortem; the official cause of death was acute cerebral edema (swelling of the brain) from hypersensitivity to aspirin.
*[[Stuart Lubbock]], 31, found dead in the swimming pool of popular TV entertainer [[Michael Barrymore]], having suffered severe anal trauma, after a drug-fueled party at the star's home
*[[Queen (band)|Freddie Mercury]], 45, born Farrokh Bulsara, lead singer of the band Queen, died from AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia.
*[[Sal Mineo]], 37, murdered under circumstances that suggested "a homosexual motive".
*[[Marilyn Monroe]], 36, overdosed on sleeping pills.
*[[Keith Moon]], drummer of [[The Who]], 32, overdose of Clomethiazole prescribed to treat his [[alcoholism]].
*[[Jim Morrison]], 27, died of an apparent heroin overdose.
*[[Brittany Murphy]], 32, motion picture film actress died of cardiac arrest from combining prescription drugs <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/02/27/brittany-murphy-taken-vicodin-days/ Brittany Murphy May Have Taken 109 Vicodin in 11 Days, Fox News, February 27, 2010]</ref> Official death from pneumonia and drug intoxication.
*[[Chris Penn]], 40, brother of [[Sean Penn]], "died accidentally from an enlarged heart and the effects of a mix of multiple medications".
*[[River Phoenix]], 23, died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin.
*[[Dana Plato]], 34, ''Diff'rent Strokes'' star, suicide by drugs overdose after posing for lesbian pornography.
*[[Elvis Presley]], 42, large drug intake causes a cardiac arrhythmia and rumored to have suffocated on the carpet when he collapsed from a drug overdose.
*[[Freddie Prinze]], 22, actor from Chico and the Man committed suicide by gunshot to the head.
*[[Richard Pryor]], 65, comedian with a history of smoking cocaine, died of a heart attack.
*[[Virginia Rappe]], 30, died of a ruptured bladder incurred at a party hosted by [[Roscoe Arbuckle]].
*[[Robert Reed]], 59, actor known as Mike Brady was a homosexual with AIDS, died from cancer in 1992. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2009/08/14/brady-bunch?slide=25 Robert Reed in 1990, Fox News]</ref>
*[[Brad Renfro]], 25, became addicted to heroin and was found dead after a night of drinking
*[[George Reeves]], 45, played Superman from the series Adventures of Superman, suicide by gunshot
*[[Jean Seberg]], 40, actress with clinic depression committed suicide by overdose of alcohol and barbiturates
*[[Anna Nicole Smith]], 39, accidental overdose on prescription drugs
*[[Dorothy Stratten]], 20, murdered by spouse after engaging in extramarital affair
*[[David Strickland]], 29, cast member of NBC's Suddenly Susan hung himself in a Las Vegas hotel.
*[[Sharon Tate]], 26, an actress with a [[hippie]] lifestyle who was murdered by followers of [[Charles Manson]], a [[Beatles]]-obsessed musician wannabee; Manson's followers murdered Tate, who was pregnant and only two weeks from birth, her unborn child, her prior lover, who was staying with her while her husband, movie producer [[Roman Polanski]] (see 'Crime', below), was away, and another unmarried couple staying in the house. (It is believed that Manson had actually intended his followers to kill the home's previous residents, [[Terry Melcher]] (son of [[Doris Day]]) and [[Candice Bergen]].) <ref>The Polanski Problem [http://moviegeeksclub.blogspot.com/2008/04/polanski-problem.html]</ref> <ref>Sharon Tate Official Site: Sharon's Biography [http://www.sharontate.net/bio4.html]</ref>
*[[Lou Tellegen]], 52, suicide
*[[Lupe Velez]], 36, suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills.
*[[Sid Vicious]], 21. [[Heroin]] overdose while awaiting trial for his girlfriend's murder.
*[[Herve Villechaize]], 50, actor who played Tattoo on the hit show Fantasy Island, committed suicide by self-inflicted gunshot.
*[[Kenneth Williams]], 62, overdose.
*[[Natalie Wood]], 43, drowned while intoxicated.
*[[Paula Yates]], 41, heroin overdose.
*[[Layne Staley]], 34, found dead in apartment two weeks after a drug overdose.<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/staley1.html</ref> Layne promoted the use of hard drugs in the 1992 [[Alice in Chains]] song "Junkhead"<ref>http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Junkhead-lyrics-Alice-In-Chains/3A665DABDFC00AD54825688F0010CD45</ref>
*[[Paul Gray]], 38, bassist of heavy metal band Slipknot, died of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl. <ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_en_mu/us_slipknot_bassist_autopsy</ref>

==Sexually Transmitted Diseases==
The loose sexual morals characteristic of the lifestyle defined by Hollywood Values often lead to sexually transmitted diseases. Examples include,

* [[Rock Hudson]] died of AIDS-related complications after contracting the disease through homosexual intercourse.
* Michael Jeter, who was homosexual, also died due to AIDS-related complications.
* Freddie Mercury of the rock group [[Queen (band)|Queen]], notorious for his flamboyant onstage presence, also contracted AIDS through his wildly promiscuous homosexual lifestyle, and subsequently perished of the self-inflicted condition.

== Crime ==
'''Hollywood values often include being arrested or convicted for a variety of crimes. Here are some examples:'''

* [[Paris Hilton]] was arrested in Las Vegas, 8/27/2010, for possession of a controlled substance, [[Cocaine]]. The hotel heiress was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police. The driver was arrested for DUI '''pertaining to drugs, not alcohol'''. Through further interaction between Hilton and authorities, it was discovered she was in possession of a controlled substance. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/28/paris-hilton-arrested-drug-possession/ Paris Hilton arrested in Las Vegas.]</ref>
* Actress Lori Petty, who was featured in "Free Willy" and "A League of their Own" and ran into a 14-year-old skateboarder and was arrested for felony drunk driving charges.<ref>http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015343906</ref>
* Craig Phillip Robinson, the actor famous for playing Darryl Philbin on NBC's "The Office," "was arrested on June 29, 2008, on suspicion of possessing MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and methamphetamine."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/15/office.actor.arrested.ap/index.html</ref>
* [[Winona Ryder]] was convicted of convicted of vandalism and grand theft for stealing designer merchandise worth $5,560.40.<ref>http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/</ref>
* [[O.J. Simpson]] is widely believed to have murdered his wife and her friend, and was found liable in a civil (but not criminal) trial. He has since been convicted of unrelated felonies.
* [[Paris Hilton]] was convicted of driving while intoxicated, and then violated the terms of her probation, leading to a 45-day prison sentence.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18472845/ Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail], MSNBC, May 4, 2007</ref>
*[[Hugh Grant]] was arrested in 1995 when found in a car with a prostitute.<ref>[http://www.mugshots.org/hollywood/hugh-grant.html]</ref>
*[[Stacy Keach]], movie actor, was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1984 after being arrested at [[London]] [[Heathrow Airport]] in possession of a large quantity of [[cocaine]].
*[[Kiefer Sutherland]] was given a 48-day sentence for DUI in 2007, an offense committed while still on probation following a 2004 conviction for DUI.<ref>Sutherland is released from jail [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7200633.stm BBC]</ref>
*[[George Michael]] was convicted of "committing a lewd act in public", having been arrested in a public restroom by a plain clothes police officer. Arrested in September 2008 in a [[London]] public lavatory, he was found in possession of crack cocaine and cannabis - but merely received a caution. <ref>http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKLL28201720080921</ref>
*[[Snoop Dogg]], a popular [[rap|rapper]], was arrested in 2006 for [[marijuana]] possession. He is a libertarian<ref>http://www.ucllibertarians.com/celebrities.html</ref> who advocates marijuana use.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/dailydish/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=21457</ref>
*[[Roman Polanski]], Polish-born film producer, is unable to return to Hollywood as he skipped bail and fled to [[France]] after being convicted in 1978 on charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year old girl.
* Rapper DMX (Earl Simmons) was caught on camera drag racing at a speed over 110 miles on a freeway, and then a SWAT team was used to arrest him three days later on drug and animal cruelty charges. "The Maricopa County sheriff's office says the 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, at first tried to barricade himself in his bedroom. He came out as a SWAT team entered during the early-morning raid Friday."<ref>http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/music-news-story/ar/_a/dmx-arrested-on-animal-cruelty-charges/20080509163709990001</ref>
*[[Martha Stewart]] was charged with illegal [[insider trading]] in 2003.<ref>[http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-69.htm SEC press release (SEC Charges Martha Stewart, Broker Peter Bacanovic with Illegal Insider Trading)]</ref>
*[[Tatum O'Neal]] arrested in 2008 for [[cocaine]] possession. <ref>
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361361,00.html Tatum O'Neal Released After Drug Arrest], [[Associated Press]], ''[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]'', June 02, 2008.</ref>
*[[James Dean]] displayed an unhealthy interest in a twelve-year-old boy. His former director Elia Kazan later commented: "I've known many actors who have been twisted up in their sex lives, but never anybody as sick and unhealthy as Dean was."
*Redmond O'Neal, son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, plead guilty to possessing heroine and methamphetamine as well as driving under the influence of drugs.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_en_ot/people_redmond_o_neal;_ylt=AiQCBwpJpxqBOFWVyqEycXsDW7oF Redmond O'Neal pleads guilty to drug charges</ref>
*[[Actor]] Nick Nolte was arrested for drunk driving in 2002<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/nolte1.html</ref>
*[[Sean Bean]] was arrested and spent the night in a cell after allegedly beating his wife.<ref>http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hR3pX0eEytJcMo7m5LRLHOYpasSA</ref>
*[[Shelley Malil]], 43, worked as an actor in [[movies]] and television. He is charged with causing great bodily injury and using a deadly weapon on Kendra Beebe, a 35-year-old [[mother]] of two. He appeared on the back patio of Kendra's house and stabbed her 20 times. Now held on a $10 million dollar bond. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Aug13/0,4670,ActorArrested,00.html 40-Year-Old Virgin' actor pleads not guilty] AP, August 13, 2008</ref>
*Former Power Rangers actor [[Skylar Deleon]], will have three separate trials for four murders. The first trial is set for the murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks, who were allegedly bound to the anchor of their yacht and tossed overboard. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433765,00.html 'Power Rangers' Actor Set to Stand Trial in Yacht Killings] AP, October 7, 2008</ref> he was sentenced to death for committing murder.<ref>http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=66850</ref>
*Musician George O'Dowd, better known by his stage name, [[Boy George]], has been convicted (and will likely go to prison) for handcuffing a male escort to a bed against his will and then beating him with a chain.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092168/Guilty-Boy-George-warned-judge-faces-jail-falsely-imprisoning-male-escort.html</ref> Earlier he had been convicted of cocaine possession.
*Dana Plato was arrested for armed robbery and prescription forgery.
*Todd Bridges assaulted a motorist and was repeatedly arrested for drug-related offenses.
*Gary Coleman was arrested for assaulting a woman by punching her in the face.
*Musician/Producer [[Phil Spector]] was found guilty of second-degree murder for the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. He was convicted of second-degree murder. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30194936/</ref>
*Kiefer Sutherland, Fox television's "24" star was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a nightclub. <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47880 ‘24’ Star Kiefer Sutherland Charged for Allegedly Head-Butting a Fashion Designer] Associated Press, May 8, 2009</ref>
*Actor Elmore "Rip" Torn was arrested for breaking into a bank and carrying a firearm while intoxicated. In 2009, he was given probation in a drunk-driving case. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/30/actor-rip-torn-arrested-allegedly-breaking-connecticut-bank/?test=latestnews Actor Rip Torn Arrested for Allegedly Breaking Into Connecticut Bank, Fox News, January 30, 2010]</ref>
*Former teen actor Leif Garrett was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. He has a number of former arrests including [[heroin]] possession. <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/03/crimesider/entry6170622.shtml Leif Garrett Arrested: Former Teen Idol Busted for Controlled Substance, CBS News, February 3, 2010]</ref>
*[[Sean Penn]] was charged with criminal battery and vandalism for attacking the paparazzi in October 2009. <ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/19/sean-penn-crime-battery-vandalism-prosecution-jail-paparazzi/ Sean Penn Charged With Crimes, TMZ, February 19, 2010]</ref>
*Comedian [[Andy Dick]] was arrested for groping an employee and a patron of a nightclub in West Virginia. <ref>[http://www.herald-dispatch.com/breaking/x818845820/Andy-Dick-arrested-by-HPD Andy Dick charged with felony, shows still on, Herald Dispatch, January 23, 2010]</ref>
*Actor Nicholas Brendon had been arrested March '10 in a drunken scuffle with police. He is charged with resisting arrest, two counts of battery against a police officer and felony vandalism. Brendon has a history of alcoholism. <ref>[http://www.popeater.com/2010/04/07/nicholas-brendon-arrested-charged/ 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Star Charged With Police Battery, Vandalism, PopEater.com, April 7, 2010]</ref>
*Hollywood television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman of CBS's "Survivor" series is arrested as the lead suspect in the murder of his wife. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/04/08/mexican-official-hollywood-tv-producer-suspect-wifes-death/?test=latestnews 'Survivor' Producer 'Suspected' in Wife's Death in Mexico, FOX News, April 8, 2010]</ref>
*Actor Chris Klein, star of the American Pie films, which glorify sex and alcohol abuse, was arrested for drunk driving in June 2010<ref>http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/16/american-pie-chris-klein-busted-for-dui-arrest/</ref>
*Actor Michael Brea played roles in Ugly Betty and Step Up 3D, kills his 55-year old mother with a sword while yelling Bible verses. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/24/ugly-betty-actor-allegedly-kills-mother-foot-sword-screaming-repent/ 'Ugly Betty' Actor Allegedly Kills Mother With 3-Foot Sword While Screaming 'Repent', FOX News, November 24, 2010]</ref>
*TV host and actor Gary Collins was arrested and charged with a felony for allegedly leaving a restaurant without paying his $59.35 tab. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/05/tv-host-gary-collins-arrested-skipping-restaurant/ TV Host Gary Collins Arrested for Skipping Out on $59 Restaurant Bill, FOXNews, January 5, 2011]</ref>
*Actress Jaime Pressly was arrested for driving under the influence. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/11/jaime-pressly-wasted-dui-arrest/ Jaime Pressly Blew Nearly Three Times Legal Limit on Breathalyzer Before Arrest, Fox News, January 11, 2011 ]</ref>
*Korey Rowe, producer of the 9/11 conspiracy film ''Loose Change'' is arrested for selling heroin. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/31/conspiracy-film-producer-arrested-drug-charges/?test=latestnews 9/11 Conspiracy Film Producer Arrested on Drug Charges, Fox News, January 31, 2011]</ref>
*Lindsay Lohan is facing felony grand theft charge, she was accused of stealing a $2500 necklace from a Venice boutique. <ref>[ttp://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/02/05/lindsay-lohan-facing-years-state-prison-jewelry-theft Lindsay Lohan Facing Three Years in State Prison, Fox News, February 5, 2011]</ref>
*Christina Aguilera arrested under the misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/01/christina-aguilera-arrested-public-intoxication-report-says/?test=faces Christina Aguilera Arrested for Public Intoxication, Fox News, March 1, 2011]

== Falsehoods ==
''See also: [[Essay:Worst Liberal Movies]]''

[[Hollywood values]] perpetuate [[liberal]]-driven [[Essay:Liberal Falsehoods|falsehoods]]:

*[[Inside Job]]
:A 2010 film by Democrat donor Charles Ferguson that blames the Great Recession on [[Wall Street]], deregulation, the [[Bush Administration]]. The film whitewashes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's role and claims the financial system corrupted politics. Capitalists are the bad guys.
*[[Fair Game]]
:Another Bush bash flick starring communist [[Sean Penn]]. 2010 film rehashes the lead up to the war in Iraq and [[Valerie Plame]]'s role. Typical un-American Hollywood film ''"The narrative that [[Karl Rove]] and Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff [[Scooter Libby]] were nefarious behind-the-scenes players intent on destroying innocent reputations while pushing the nation into war on false pretenses."'' <ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/10/hollywood-hit-job-fair-game-propagates-easily-disprovable-myths-about-lead-up-to-iraq-war/ Hollywood hit job: ‘Fair Game’ propagates easily disprovable myths about lead up to Iraq War http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/10/hollywood-hit-job-fair-game-propagates-easily-disprovable-myths-about-lead-up-to-iraq-war The Daily Caller, November 11, 2010]</ref>
*[[The Iron Lady]]
: Meryl Streep plays [[Margaret Thatcher]] in this gross mistake of a film. Liberals distort her triumphs and her low career points. Streep portrays Thatcher as a dementia-sufferer looking back at her life with sadness. The director defended the film as "a fictional film but it will be fair and accurate.” Thatcher's children Mark and Carol are appalled and say “They think it sounds like some Left-wing fantasy." <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7895160/Margaret-Thatchers-family-are-appalled-at-Meryl-Streep-film.html Margaret Thatcher's family are 'appalled' at Meryl Streep film, Telegraphe.co.uk, July 17, 2010]</ref>

*[[The Tillman Story]]
:A liberals view of the circumstances surrounding the death of football star and Army Ranger [[Pat Tillman]]. The film portrays each and every fact as sinister. Plus, each and every fact is evidence of a conspiracy. Typical Hollywood [[George W. Bush]] bashing flick. The bias was clear, make Tillman a liberal atheist anti-war hero that was cannon-fodder for the government. Tillman's actions speak louder than any twisted accusations presented in this documentary. <ref>[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/07/13/the-tillman-story-dont-let-the-facts-get-in-the-way-of-your-agenda/ FILM REVIEW: Absurd Conspiracy Theories Abound in Agenda-Driven ‘Tillman Story’, BigHollywood.com]</ref>

*[[Matthew Shepard Fallacy]]
:Adherents to Hollywood values "green-lighted a troika of [[Matthew Shepard]] movies after he was senselessly killed because it affirmed their gut feeling that a gay young man living in backward America is destined for death at the hands of hateful ultraconservatives. A street in West Hollywood still stands in his name despite ABC News reporting the story false: He was killed by crazed meth addicts for drugs and money -- not because he was gay. Isn't that tragic enough? Yet Shepard is still the icon of gay victims' rights, and the mistaken story of his 'fate' soon thereafter befell Jake Gyllenhaal's character in 'Brokeback Mountain.' The Oscar statuette stands as the exclamation point."<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup26sep26,0,1800794,full.story</ref>

*[[Inherit the Wind]]
:Hollywood perpetuated complete lies about the [[Scopes Trial]] in order to smear Christianity, including:

:*portraying [[William Jennings Bryan]] as being ignorant, harsh and punitive, based on a false portrayal of his actions and testimony

:*falsely claiming that at the end Bryan, in a senseless fit of madness, died in the courtroom amid caring and reasonable Darwinists

:*falsely portraying the Darwinists in a positive light and the Christians as deceitful

:In real life, Bryan and the Christians won the trial and were charitable to the end, while the Darwinist Darrow was deceitful in reneging on his deal to take the witness stand after Bryan did.

*[[U 571]]
:The 2000 film [[U 571]] had a plot which was based on the first capture of a German Enigma machine in [[World War 2]]. However, in the film the capture is made by Americans. In fact the first Enigma machine was captured by the British in 1941 prior to the Americans entering the war.

*[[Better This World]]
:2011 documentary "feature length lie" is a [[PBS]] film regarding the thwarted domestic terrorist attack at the 2008 [[Republican]] National Convention and [[liberal]]s attempt to re-write history. <ref>[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hgiles/2011/04/04/better-this-world-another-chapter-in-hollywoods-love-affair-with-terrorists/ ‘Better This World’: Another Chapter in Hollywood’s Love Affair With Terrorists]</ref>

*[[Recount-film]]
:The 2008 [[HBO]] movie on the 2000 Presidential elections and its aftermath in Florida. A look into how the [[Republicans]] stole the election and the role of its party members that made it happen. Republicans are portrayed as ghoulish and cited as manufacturing demonstrations. Both the real Warren Christopher and James Baker contend the film’s portrayal of the former is hopelessly untrue. <ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/hbos-recount-hanging-chads-and-black-humor/ HBO’s Recount: Hanging Chads, Black Humor] The Washington Times, May 4, 2008</ref>

*[[Winter Soldiers]]
:The 1972 film about U.S. troops from Vietnam put on record as baby killers, human rights violators, and general disservice to America. This myth was propagated by a few anti-war activist liberal actors that never did see combat in [[Vietnam]] and some were never in the country. The initial result was to hold hearings in Congress over the matter. All allegations were proven fabrications, falsehoods, and lies.

*[[An Inconvenient Truth]]
:The 2006 false documentary about man-made [[global warming]] created & hyped by [[Al Gore]]. A [[British]] court found the film contained at least [http://www.conservapedia.com/Global_warming#Al_Gore.27s_.22Inconvenient_Truth.22_Movie_Claims 11 material falsehoods]. The Science and Public Policy Institute has found 35 falsehoods associated with the film. <ref>[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths, Science and Public Policy Institute]</ref>

*[[Fahrenheit 911]]
:A [[Michael Moore]] film that was a false portrayal of why America fought a war against [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Iraq. The main theme was to attack [[George W. Bush]] during wartime.

*[[Sicko]]
:Another [[Michael Moore]] film which spread many falsehoods about American healthcare while unduly glorifying the so-called benefits of socialized healthcare. Memorably referred to Cuban healthcare as being better than American healthcare.

*[[Redacted]]
:Brian De Palma’s 2007 fictional anti-Iraq War film funded by [[Mark Cuban]]. The film is credited with inspiring a terrorist attack that killed two U.S. servicemen in [[Germany]]. <ref>[http://weaselzippers.us/2011/03/11/confirmed-german-authorities-say-de-palmas-anti-military-movie-redacted-motivated-frankfurt-jihadi-to-murder-american-airmen/ Confirmed: German Authorities Say De Palma’s Anti-Military Movie “Redacted” Motivated Frankfurt Jihadi to Murder American Airmen, March 11, 2011]</ref>

==Disrespect for marriage==

Many celebrities and other exponents of Hollywood Values have no respect for the sanctity of marriage - their own or anyone else's. This is manifested in a high rate of marriage breakdown, and by the home-wrecking activities of the promiscuous, whose moral outlooks have been distorted by Liberal and atheistic teachings.

*[[Elizabeth Taylor]] has been married eight (8) times, including a nearly 6-year marriage to [[John Warner|Senator John Warner]] (R-VA).<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/bio</ref>
*[[Valerie Bertinelli]] said her divorce from [[Eddie Van Halen]] was caused by infidelity and drug use - by her too. She said she was "destroying my body," trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332551,00.html Valerie Bertinelli About Divorce From Eddie Van Halen: 'I Wasn't An Angel Either'], [[Fox News Channel]], ''[[Associated Press]]'', February 26, 2008</ref>
*[[Zsa Zsa Gabor]] has been married nine (9) times. One of her marriages - to Felipe de Alba - was annulled after one day.
*[[Mickey Rooney]] has been married eight (8) times, but has been with his last wife for 30 years after embracing religion and abandoning his previous lifestyle.
*[[Charlie Chaplin]] married four (4) times, including his marriage at the age of 54 to an 18-year-old bride.
*[[Johnny Carson]] married four (4) times, and frequently made light of his having divorced three times, as if this were something funny.
*[[Meredith Baxter]] married and divorced four (4) times; she finally admitted in 2009 that she was a [[homosexual]].
*In 2009, the married [[David Letterman]] admitted to having had adulterous sexual relationships with multiple members of his staff; he had previously fathered a child out of wedlock.
*[[Jayne Mansfield]] was married three times and had numerous extramarital affairs. She appeared in the centerfold of the pornographic magazine Playboy, and died in an automobile accident.
*[[Britney Spears]]' 2004 marriage to Jason Alexander lasted 55 hours.
*Musicians [[Cher]] and [[Gregg Allman]] were married for eight days in 1975.
*[[Drew Barrymore]] has two of the shortest celebrity marriages on record, one of 30 days and a five-month marriage to notorious lowbrow comedian Tom Green. Barrymore is a poster child for Hollywood values, as a former child star who became an alcoholic and drug addict who also posed for pornographic magazines.
*[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], made public that he had an adulterous relationship and fathered a child with another women.

== Offensive Behavior/Moral depravity ==

* [[Charlie Sheen]] to Wife Brooke Mueller: "I'll Kill You." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/09/charlie-sheen-wife-brook-mueller-ill-kill-you/?test=latestnews Charlie Sheen to Wife Brooke Mueller: "I'll Kill You"]</ref>. Sheen was arrested on Christmas Day for domestic abuse of his current wife Brooke. He was booked for second-degree assault, menacing, and criminal mischief. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/12/25/actor-charlie-sheen-arrested-domestic-violence-charges/?test=faces Actor Charlie Sheen Released From Jail After Domestic Abuse Arrest, Fox News, December 25, 2009]</ref> Sheen has a history that includes assaults against girlfriends and his former wife. He is also infamous for drug/alcohol abuse, having tried (and failed) numerous attempts in rehab clinics. He was fired from the sitcom Two and A Half Men where, in true Hollywood hypocrisy, he played an "amusingly" alcohol-abusing ladies' man, except the lifestyle proves consequence-free. Sheen has become dangerously unhinged in recent weeks and has been making increasingly bizarre rants online. No one from Hollywood has yet to step in.
* Trashing hotel rooms is a favorite form of offensive behavior by Hollywood types. Many examples are readily available on the [[internet]].<ref>See, e.g., [http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101034.html]</ref>
*[[Mel Gibson]], who had started drinking again, was arrested after being stopped for driving at 84 mph in a 45 mph zone on a notoriously dangerous road in Malibu, California.<ref>''Mel Gibson apologizes after DUI arrest'' [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14080210/ Associated Press]</ref> A breathalyzer test confirmed he was drunk and next to him was an open bottle of Tequila; after being arrested he hurled Anti-Semitic abuse at a Jewish police officer.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2292336,00.html Mel Gibson rants against Jews in drink-drive arrest], Times Online, July 30, 2006</ref>
*The parents of [[Miley Cyrus]], just 15 years old, allowed [[Annie Liebowitz]] to pose the starlet without a shirt or bra (nominally [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless "topless"]) and with just a sheet covering her front for Vanity Fair magazine.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html?_r=1&oref=slogin</ref><ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20195785,00.html</ref><ref>http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23608789-5001026,00.html</ref> "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed," Cyrus said Sunday in a statement through her publicist. "I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about." <ref>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYLnT2kyPIgNUurQ71aNM3EJKpRAD90ARTGO0</ref>
:"... a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines," a network statement said. <ref>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYLnT2kyPIgNUurQ71aNM3EJKpRAD90ARTGO0</ref>
*Many Hollywood stars who have purposely sought fame have then turned upon photographers and fans. [[Sean Penn]] is well known to lash out at photographers.
*The parents of 16-year old Jamie Lynn Spears allowing her unwed pregnancy to be publicly portrayed as a normal act even though she is a role model for millions of underage teenagers. Mayor of Gloucester, Carolyn Kirk recently blamed the glamorizing of teen pregnancy by Jamie Lynn Spears for the 17 high school teenagers that got pregnant at the same time. <ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/06/gloucester_mayo.html Gloucester mayor rebuts report of teen pregnancy pact], June 23, 2008</ref>
*Despite an upcoming ballot initiative to remove gay marriage from California law, [[Ellen DeGeneres]] proudly displays her [[gay]] sexuality for all to see. On August 16, 2008, DeGeneres married Portia de Rossi in a small ceremony in Beverly Hills. Fox News called it "the biggest celebrity union since California legalized same-sex marriage." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405085,00.html Reports: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Wed] AP, August 17, 2008</ref> Now, her fans and millions of young girls can read about her gay marriage in magazines such as People and Us Magazine, hear about it on celebrity news television shows.
*Rapper [[Kanye West]] and bodyguard attacked the paparazzi at [[LAX]] airport and allegedly smashed a camera on the floor valued at $10,000. The pair were arrested for felony vandalism. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,420869,00.html Kanye West Arrested in Altercation With Paparazzi] Ap, September 11, 2008</ref>
*[[Heather Locklear]] was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance. The officer noticed Locklear's car parked on a state highway and blocking a lane in Montecito, Ca. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429388,00.html Heather Locklear Arrested on Suspicion of DUI] AP, September 29, 2008</ref>
*Celebrity of the moment [[Kourtney Kardashian]] gave a risque lingerie shoot while pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After birth, Mom and baby adorned magazine covers, highlighting the modern acceptance of single motherhood. The cover reads ''"Baby Mason will bring our family together,"'' obscuring the traditional meaning of family. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2009/10/16/kardashian-sisters?slide=2 The Kardashian Family, Fox News]</ref>
*Actor [[Jude Law]] had a sexual relationship with model Samantha Burke that produced a daughter. It is reported that Law finally went to visit his daughter for the first time, 5 months after she was born. <ref>[http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/jude-law-makes-first-visit-to-love-child-216056/ Jude Law Makes First Visit To Love Child, CelebrityGossip.net, March 1, 2010]</ref>
*Actor [[Tom Hanks]] called Mormons 'un-American' for their support of Proposition 8 in California. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/01/23/tom-hanks-apologizes-calling-mormon-supporters-proposition-american/ Tom Hanks Apologizes for Calling Mormon Supporters of Proposition 8 'Un-American', Fox News, January 23, 2009]</ref>
*[[Woody Allen]] seduced and took pornographic photographs of the youthful daughter of his then girlfriend [[Mia Farrow]].
*[[John Cusack]] calls for satanic death cult to descend on Fox News, Dick Armey, Newt Gingrich and GOP welfare freaks. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/31/actor-john-cusack-calls-satanic-death-fox-news-gop-leaders/?test=faces John Cusack Calls for 'Satanic Death' of Fox News, GOP Leaders, FOXNews, August 31, 2010]</ref>
*[[Brad Pitt]], appearing in a Spike Lee film announces his desire to see BP executives get the death penalty. <ref>[http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1008/pitt_death_penalty_for_bp.html Brad Pitt: Death Penalty For BP, Politico, August 23, 2010]</ref>

== Hollywood "humor" ==
Another manifestation of Hollywood's offensiveness and moral depravity is found in many of its "comedy" movies. More so than any other entertainment industry, many Hollywood productions rely on lowbrow, juvenile humor. Unlike more intelligent comedies of the early to mid-20th century (such as ''The Great Dictator'' or ''Arsenic and Old Lace''), many contemporary Hollywood comedies eschew intelligence, social commentary, wit or satire in favor of lower-hanging fruit, such as "toilet humor," nudity/sex, gratuitous violence and shock value. Examples of such films include:

*''American Pie'' - a long-running film franchise primarily dealing with teenage sex and alcohol, relies on jokes about sex and bodily functions
*''Jackass'' - essentially a montage of ridiculous stunts and pranks with no coherent story
*''South Park'' - uses constant iterations of urine, feces, farting and shock humor, such as jokes about abortion, rape and the Holocaust
*''There's Something About Mary'' - contains gratuitous sex and jokes about bodily functions
*''Family Guy'' - notorious for its shock tactics, this show routinely employs willful tastelessness for comedic shock value. Examples include one regular character who is a pedophile, as well as constant Hitler jokes

== Rehab ==
Hollywood values often result in [[Celebrity|celebrities]] going into rehab. Here are some examples:

*[[Kirsten Dunst]] checked into the [[Cirque Lodge]] treatment facility in [[Utah]] after a week of hard partying at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], according to a source at the lodge, although the lodge's director of operations denies this. <ref name = "foxkirsten">
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329545,00.html Reports Say Kirsten Dunst in Rehab; Rep for Facility Denies It], ''[[Fox News]]'', February 08, 2008</ref>

The following all checked into the above facility seeking treatment for various psychological problems:

*[[Lindsay Lohan]]<ref name = "foxkirsten"/>
*[[Eva Mendes]]<ref name = "foxkirsten"/>
*[[Mary-Kate Olsen]]<ref name = "foxkirsten"/>
*[[Robert Downey Jr.]]
*[[Courtney Love]]

*[[Heather Locklear]]<ref>"A spokeswoman for the 47-year-old star said: 'Heather has been dealing with anxiety and depression.'" She "checked into a clinic in [[Arizona]] that treats depression."[http://www.pnas.org/content/101/11/3721.full]</ref>

*[[David Arquette]], enters rehab for for treatment of alcohol abuse and depression. <ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/01/david-arquette-rehab-alcohol-courteney-cox-arquette.html David Arquette enters rehab; Courteney Cox supportive, L.A. Times, January 3, 2011]</ref>

*[[David Duchovny]], having boosted Hollywood Values through his role in a decadent television series, now finds himself trapped by the depravity that he promoted, and has had to enter rehab for his addiction to unchastity<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2835847820080829</ref>.

== Hypocrisy ==

Hollywood personalities often propose legislation such as outlawing private gun ownership, or speak out against things such as anti-gun laws, but have at the same time acted in movies contrary to their public opinions:

* [[George Clooney]] on hearing that fellow actor and gun-rights advocate, [[Charlton Heston]], suffers from Alzheimer's disease, said: ''"I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the [[National Rifle Association]]. He deserves whatever anyone says about him."''<ref>http://www.funnyreign.com/quotes-georgeclooney.shtml</ref> Clooney starred in the film ''The Peacemaker'', in which he played an American military man defending the country from a nuclear attack; scenes in the film showed him using a gun to defend himself and others.

* [[Mark Wahlberg]] upon meeting Charlton Heston on the set of the remake of ''Planet of the Apes'', Wahlberg rudely told Heston, "It was very disturbing meeting you." Later, Wahlberg would have this to say at the MTV Movie Awards: ''"I believe Charlton Heston is America's best villain because he loves guns so much. Maybe he should get the award for being president of the National Rifle Association."''<ref>http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=2360</ref> Wahlberg's character in ''Planet of the Apes'' uses a gun to defend himself and other humans from the apes who would rule over them.

* [[Helen Mirren]] played Queen Elizabeth II in a movie 'The Queen', but [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414361,00.html admits she used to use cocaine] as a result of her poor life choices as a younger woman.

==Using appearances to promote their [[liberal]] political views==
*Rapper Kanye West infamously went way off script during a live benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina, criticizing the media's treatment of images of black and white people and saying President [[George W. Bush]] "doesn't care about black people."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090300165.html</ref>
*During the live broadcast of the 2007 Emmy Awards, actress Sally Field went on a sputtering anti-war rant, eventually concluding by saying, "If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no g**d*** war in the first place." She received thunderous applause from the Hollywood audience for her vulgar remark.<ref>http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=3610891</ref>
*[[Michael Moore]] surprised no one by criticizing President Bush during his 2003 Oscar acceptance speech for "Bowling for Columbine," saying, "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts. We are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you."<ref>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20030323-2028-oscars-moore.html</ref>
*Actress Jessica Lange verbally attacked President Bush and the Iraq War during a 2008 commencement speech at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, stating, "We are living in an America that, in the last seven and a half years, has waged an unnecessary war, established prison camps, condoned torture, employed corporate armies, eliminated the right of habeas corpus, practiced extraordinary rendition, and believe me, this is only a partial list."<ref>http://cbs5.com/politics/Jessica.Lange.President.2.732264.html</ref>
*Actress Megan Fox was recently quoted by MSN in a piece entitled "The Wit and Wisdom of Megan Fox" discussing her new movie Transformers 2. She said "why not just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super Bible-beating people in Middle America?” <ref>[http://www.onenewsnow.com/Blog/Default.aspx?id=559876 Megan Fox would barter using ‘Bible-beating white trash’]OneNewsNow.com</ref>

==Vanity and [[Idol]] Worship==
[[Hollywood]] places a value on appearance and it is driven into the minds of those who they seek profits and adulation from. There is such the need to be rich and famous that anything goes. It may be glamorizing to reveal skin <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2009/07/15/lovely-talented-khloe-kardashian?test=faces The youngest of the Kardashian gals decided flashing photographers was the best way to get some attention, FOX News, April 1, 2010]</ref> or shamelessly being sex symbols to audiences. Pat-your-back awards ceremonies whereby we breathlessly await the ''Stars'' to arrive. Naturally, scandals make big headlines and these people are no stranger to controversy, for [[money]]. These fake [[Gods]] have captured the hearts of millions upon millions who follow their every move. Negative stereotypes poison the minds of their followers. Women feel less worthy due to the overwhelming influence touching every part of society. [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State's]] Media Research found the following regarding Women's magazines, "Past research indicates that exposure to thin models results in lower [[self-esteem]] and decreased weight satisfaction, and to increased depression, guilt, shame, [[stress]], insecurity and body dissatisfaction." <ref>[http://www.psu.edu/dept/medialab/research/selfworth.html Construction of Beauty as a Measure of Self-Worth] Penn State Media Research</ref>

[[File:Celebrity.jpg|right|250px]]

==Award Shows==
Fans of Hollywood are served copious amounts of vanity and glamour as celebrities are greeted on the red-carpet attending award events. Paparazzi snap pictures and the stars are rated for their appearance in various tabloids and entertainment television. Once the celebrities have arrived at the awards, television cameras capture for the masses acceptance speeches of their beloved stars. Once limited to couple of banquets such as the [[Emmy Award|Emmys]] or [[Golden Globe]]s, now some two-dozen award shows are vying for exposure. These new award shows offer glimpses into ego and moral depravity of Hollywood. It's not uncommon for the stars to act cool by cussing to the audience during acceptance speeches. These awards shows have become tawdry events that are marketed mostly to teens.

*Madonna engages in a lustful lesbian kiss onstage to [[Britney Spears]] at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards. <ref>[http://top40.about.com/od/britneyspears/ig/Britney-Spears-Photo-Biography/Britney-Spears-Kissing-Madonna.htm Britney Spears and Madonna Kiss, About.com, 2003]</ref>
*A notoriously self-serving [[Kanye West]] jumped onstage at the [[MTV Video Awards]] to interrupt an acceptance speech by [[Taylor Swift]]. <ref>[http://www.examiner.com/x-15972-Raleigh-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d14-MTV-Video-Music-Awards-inspire-annual-controversy MTV Video Music Awards inspire annual controversy, Examiner.com, September 14, 2009]</ref>
*[[Mariah Carey]] attended the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Her acceptance speech was made while completely drunk. <ref>[http://neonlimelight.com/2010/01/06/video-mariah-carey-accepts-film-festival-award-drunk/ Video: Mariah Carey Accepts Film Festival Award Drunk, Neonlimelight.com, January 6, 2010]</ref>
*[[Miley Cyrus]] performed at the [[Teen Choice Awards]] in August 2009. The 16-year old was dancing around on a stripper pole. <ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619183/20090820/cyrus__miley.jhtml Billy Ray Cyrus Defends Miley's Teen Choice Pole Dance, MTV.com, August 20, 2009]</ref>
*Actor [[Jack Black]] opened the 2009 MTV Video Awards by leading everyone in a prayer to [[satan]]. <ref>[http://christianpress.com/content/entertainment/11-lifestyle/360-jack-black-leads-a-prayer-to-the-devil-at-the-2009-mtv-awards satan Jack Black Leads A Prayer To The Devil At The 2009 MTV Awards, Christian Press, September 14, 2009 ]</ref>
*Adam Lambert’s [[American Music Awards]] performance received over 1500 complaints for flipping off the audience, kissing a male keyboard player, and fondling several of his backup dancers. <ref>[http://www.ecanadanow.com/entertainment/2009/11/28/did-you-find-adam-lamberts-american-music-awards-performance-offensive/comment-page-1/ Did You Find Adam Lambert’s American Music Awards Performance Offensive?, eCanadanow.com, November 28, 2009]</ref>

==Preying on Underage Stars==

Very many child actors and actresses have gone on to have damaged and tragically short lives as a result of early exposure to Hollywood Values.

Debbie Gibson reflects on her life as a sixteen-year-old teenage Pop star and her exposure to the very sinister side of show business. “It is very disheartening that there are so many older men that prey on young performers.” What is even more disturbing than dirty male fans would be older male record executives trying to take her to adult parties and corrupt her with alcohol. Even the way the paparazzi stalk the younger artists is very different from following around adults. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533542,00.html?test=faces Debbie Gibson Speaks Out About Pedophile Fans Wanting to 'Corrupt Little Girls' Fox News, July 17, 2009]</ref>

The father of teen idol Miley Cyrus said Disney destroyed their family. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/02/15/billy-ray-cyrus-scared-daughter-miley-says-hannah-montana-destroyed-family/#?test=faces Billy Ray Cyrus Scared For Daughter Miley, Says Hannah Montana 'Destroyed My Family', Fox News, February 15, 2011 </ref> Billy Ray Cyrus accuses Miley's 'handlers' (Disney Executives) of going too far to promote her and when she got bad press they made the father the scapegoat.

=== Reality Stars ===
[[MTV]] is notorious for filming underage reality stars. The pressure of instant fame with people in trying circumstances to begin with, the off camera news starts to creep more into the media. Arrests, suicide attempts, drugs and rehab are just some of the issues involving reality stars personal lives. Legal contracts with the network spell out MTV's rights to exploit their situations on the show. Psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere. “In this country the media rewards bad behavior with more attention, thus more bad behavior is manifested because it is reinforced and rewarded." <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/06/17/is-mtv-repsonsible-when-at-risk-girls-it-exploits-go-off-deep-end/#ixzz1PYwX10oc Is MTV Responsible When At-Risk Teens it Features Go Off the Deep End?, Fox News, June 17, 2011]</ref>

==Productions==
The diseased moral values of the Liberal-dominated entertainment industry are manifested all too clearly in many of the products of that industry - motion pictures and television programs that offer no edification or instruction to the viewer, but plumb a cesspit of license and depravity. Some recent examples include the television series ''Desperate Housewives'' and the TV series/movie ''[[Sex and the City]]''.

==Religion==
A short study of the ten most successful actors <ref>http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php 10 most successful actors] </ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values.

[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. Tom Cruise and John Travolta are perhaps the most well known Hollywood Scientologists.

==Books==
* ''Hollywood Against America''
* ''Hollywood Babylon'' (1965) by Kenneth Anger (US edition)
* ''Hollywood Babylon II'' (1984) by Kenneth Anger

==See also==
*[[Supermodel]]s
*[[Gallery of American Heroes]]
*[[World Famous Pictures]]

{{Liberalism}}
== References ==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External Links==
*[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ic_Q3agTpruvzoCJ5UxWaAqGJW3A Bush attacks 'Hollywood values'], ''AFP'', Oct 1, 2007
*[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/index.html Mug-shots of arrested Hollywood stars]
*[http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/news/articles/2010/mtvmovieawards.asp Parent's Television Council: MTV’s Movie Awards Will Honor Profanity]
*[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/vernon/100802 From Hollywood: to Hitler with love (Stalin, too)]
*[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/12/17/dumbest-things-celebs-said/?test=faces Ten Dumbest Things Celebs Said in 2010]
*[http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2011/01/04/foul-mouthed-celebs/?test=faces#slide=1 Foul Mouthed Celebrities]
*[http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2011/01/04/pop_culture_killing_classic_tr.html Pop Culture Killing Classic Traditions]
*[http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ Andrew Breitbart's BigHollywood.com]
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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2011-07-08T16:05:35Z

MrLCharms:

There are many brilliant—and popular—conservative songs.

Here is our growing list:
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI ''Wouldn't It Be Nice''] by the [[Beach Boys]] – Pro-marriage.
#''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI Fast Car]'', by Tracy Chapman. Self-help, free market, division of labor, and a criticism of alcohol. "I know things will get better/You'll find work and I'll get promoted/We'll move out of the shelter/Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs"
#''Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road'', by Elton John. The same message as the [[Prodigal Son]]: look objectively at our own lives, and realize that "I should have listened to my old man."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw5RkzbHb-w ''You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)''] – Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and Phil Collins were popular.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU ''Have You Forgotten?''] by Darryl Worley – Patriotic response to [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15568</ref>
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5aMMRes2u4 ''Still the One''] by Orleans (1976) – A tribute to fidelity in relationships.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA ''Sweet Home Alabama''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A response to hippie culture. Defends Southerners from stereotyped attacks by [[liberal]], Canadian rocker Neil Young. "Well, I hope Neil Young will remember/A Southern man don't need him around anyhow."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1_d6bbM1I ''My Love''] by [[Petula Clark]] – Christian love in secular form.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4 ''I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)''] by The Crickets – Its title says it all. The version by ''The Clash'' has a particularly good tempo.
# ''Anything Goes'' by Guns N' Roses- A blatant message about the dangers of premarital sex.
# ''Seven Nation Army'' by the White Stripes- A song about the growing power of conservatism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwBirf4BWew ''Stand By Your Man''] by [[Tammy Wynette]] – Don't expect [[feminists]] to like that one! Or [[Hillary Clinton]]!
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCqZ-9-lDEo "Lee Greenwood's rendition"] of ''[[Battle Hymn of the Republic]]'' – "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl9OHE-8g ''The Man Comes Around''] by [[Johnny Cash]].
# ''You Light Up My Life'' by Debbie Boone – One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0solnL1XY ''Free Bird''] by Lynyrd Skynyrd - Because [[Conservatives]] want a free country, and [[liberals]] are in love with [[communism]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= ''Jerusalem'']. Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q ''Brothers In Arms''] by [[Dire Straits]] – We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWZhuzFMM8 ''The Ascent of Stan''] by [[Ben Folds]] – Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
# ''Starting All Over Again'' by [[Petula Clark]] – Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
# ''Thank You My Lord'' by [[Petula Clark]] – The title says it all.
# ''Brick'' by Ben Folds Five – Shows the regret involved in abortion.
# ''Alive'' by P.O.D – About being thankful for the gift of life.
# [http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html ''Gotta Serve Somebody''] by [[Bob Dylan]] – "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU Jesus Take The Wheel]'', by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBwXKgDTdE ''Mine''] by Taylor Swift – Talks about how her parents stooped to [[liberal values]] and divorced, and how she doesn't want that to happen with the guy she meets, dates, and marries.
# ''Red Barchetta'' by [[Rush]] – Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
# ''Father of Mine'' by Everclear – A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood. At the end of the song, Alexakis promises to be a better father than his own had been.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM ''The Taxman''] by [[The Beatles]] – George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4eonyfRet8&feature=related ''Back in the U.S.A.''] by [[Chuck Berry]] – A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVPv9B-ZlM ''Government Cheese''] by The Rainmakers – Humorous spoof of welfare.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPywgiMb4k ''Angry Young Man''] by [[Billy Joel]] – The doctrinaire leftist radical with "his fist in the air and his head in the sand" comes in for biting criticism.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzU2iJ9qfXg ''Gimme Back My Bullets''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – The name says it all.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPPlGFh6OpQ ''Spirit In The Sky''] by Norman Greenbaum.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38oeBgvbMYA ''Don't Let 'Em Take Your Gun''] by Grand Funk Railroad – A father gives his son some sage advice.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=096LhjGNNCk ''Something For Nothing''] by Rush – "You can't get something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free."
# ''Neighborhood Bully'' by [[Bob Dylan]] – Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
# ''Get It Right the First Time'' by Louisiana's Le Roux – Wealthy Georgia politician is placed in high office and turns out to be a puppet with no ideas of his own. Released in 1980 when Jimmy Carter was up for re-election.
# ''Wish You Were Here'' by Pink Floyd- A song about wishing that a conservative president would return back to office.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UE5g72s0o ''Yours Is No Disgrace''] by [[Yes]] – Written to, and about, the troops headed for Vietnam.
# ''Fair Exchange'' and ''Sparks of the Tempest'' by [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] – Warnings about totalitarian governments who want to take away your freedom in the name of utopia. Also much of their early 80s material, which has Christian lyrics.
# ''In America'' by the [[Charlie Daniels]] Band – Patriotism makes a comeback in response to the Iran hostage crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
# ''Storm the Embassy'' by the Stray Cats – Another conservative song about the Iran hostage crisis. "Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land/Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand..."
# ''We Must Take America Back'' by Steve Vaus – Became an underground country music hit in 1992 after RCA dropped him and took the album out of print due to the political lyrics.
# ''Renegade'' by [[Steppenwolf]] – [[John Kay]]'s childhood escape from Communist [[East Germany]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqXAW2snGMI ''Capitalism''] by Oingo Boingo – There's nothing wrong with free enterprise.
# ''Unborn Child'' by Seals and Crofts – This pro-life song was a hit single in 1974, but for some reason gets left off the Seals and Crofts greatest hits albums.
# ''Bad Rap (Who You Tryin' To Kid, Kid?)'' by Steve Taylor – Takes aim at LA and NY hipsters, the Village Voice, abortion, and "the left-wing band with their head in the sand".
# ''Last Kiss'' by Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders – "Oh where oh where can my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She's gone to heaven so I got to be good; So I can see my baby when."
# ''Love Me, I'm a Liberal'' by Phil Ochs – Revealing Liberal hypocrisy for what it is.
# ''America USA'' by Joey Sudyka – Not very well known, perhaps, but a good patriotic song.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XZDb045xU ''Red White and Blue''] by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]].
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBohsCG8emk ''Simple Man''] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A song about how drugs and poor politics are a result of people putting their bibles down. Also a strongly pro death penalty song.
# ''That Smell'' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A very strong anti-drug use song by America's most well-known Southern rock band.
# Virtually anything by Toby Keith, but especially ''Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)''.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY ''Under God''] by [[Pat Boone]].
# ''Christmas Shoes'' by NewSons – A Christmas song by a Christian band.
# [http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/proudtobeamerican.html ''God Bless the USA''] by Lee Greenwood.
# ''God Bless America'' by Irving Berlin.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kZ0pA9REyU ''No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed''] by Yes – "...I know your cross is heavier With every step Every step But I know a man who'd walk miles for you..."
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXiuqJ1E6g ''Supper's Ready''] by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] – ''There's an angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice, "This is the supper of the mighty one", Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Has returned to lead his children home, To take them to the new Jerusalem.''
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaH0I9UwLI ''Your Love Is Extravagant''] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnhYE1DhC4 ''What If His People Prayed''] by Casting Crowns.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 ''King Without a Crown''] by Matisyahu – A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat ask Hashem for mercy and He'll throw you a rope."
# ''Take Me Home, Country Roads'' by John Denver (and others) – Celebrates Southern country landscape and traditions.
# ''Sin City'' by the Flying Burrito Brothers – Attacks modern decadence and predicts divine punishment for sin.
# ''I Saw the Light'' by Hank Williams (and numerous cover versions) – Redemption from sin through faith.
# ''No Son of Mine'' by Genesis.
# ''Don't Stop'' (Thinking About Tomorrow) by Fleetwood Mac – Used by Bill Clinton as his campaign theme song in 1992, but liberals often try to appeal to conservative themes for elections.
# ''Lightning Crashes'' by Live – The joy and significance of childbirth.
# ''Takin' Care of Business'' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive – The work ethic and promoting self-employment.
# ''Cat's In The Cradle'' by Harry Chapin – The importance of traditional families and responsible fatherhood.
# [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6547 ''The Devil Went Down To Georgia''] by [[Charlie Daniels]] – A deeper message here, as Daniels explains.
# ''Big Money'' by Rush - Pro-[[capitalism]]
# ''Real American'' by Rick Derringer – patriotic anthem, known as [[Hulk Hogan]]'s pre-match song
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lSMXE3W8w&feature=related ''Amazing Grace''] – A Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman [[John Newton]] (1725–1807), published in 1779.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related ''Go Down Moses''] performed by [[Louis Armstrong]]; written by Sy (Arr) Oliver.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zEP4kvfnc ''Walking Contradiction''] by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]], here [[Green Day]] mocks the often self-contradictory and inconsistent [[liberal]] ideologies, hence the term "walking contradiction".
# ''God and Guns'' by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] – A powerful new song that elaborates on the song title.
# ''Staying Alive'' by the Bee Gees – Pro-people and pro-staying alive, and this: "we can try to understand/the [[New York Times]]' effect on man."
# ''Sympathy for the Devil'' by the Rolling Stones – Reminds humanity that nobody is perfect and evil is present in the world and needs to be fought.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsZap7WBm8 ''All In''] by Lifehouse – Describes a relationship with God as being full of commitment and without reservations.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y5GDvN9_OE ''The Ballad of the Green Berets''] by Sergeant Barry Sadler – Pro-American and pro-military.
# ''Iraq No Phobia'' by Pro-Pain – It is a pro-American, pro-military heavy metal song about the first [[Gulf War]]: ''"Mohammed's no match for the great Uncle Sam."''
# ''Bus Stop'' by The Hollies – Pro-[[chivalry]], pro-romance and pro-marriage: "Someday my name and hers are going to be the same."
# ''Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes'' by Kevin Ayers – Defends the right of businessmen to choose their customers: "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes".
# ''Union Sundown'' by Bob Dylan – The title says it all.
# ''People Get Ready'' by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – An all-time classic song about the glory of the [[Lord]].
# ''Get A Job'' by The Silhouettes – Self-explanatory; a rebuke to lazy [[liberals]] who want to sit around and wait for government handouts.
# ''Pray'' by Justin Beiber- a song about supporting your country.
# ''Hypnotize'' by System of a Down – SOAD is a rather left-ish band although this song is about liberals believing anything they see or hear in the media.
# ''Gematria (The Killing Name)'' by Slipknot – This song is about what the liberals of America, who can get ''very'' annoying sometimes.
# ''Don't Tread on me'' by Metallica - Name says it all!
# ''Welcome to the Family'' by Avenged Sevenfold – A song about death row, although not anti-death penalty.
# ''Turn, Turn, Turn'' by The Byrds – An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically [[Ecclesiastes]], with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".
# ''Critical Acclaim'' by Avenged Sevenfold – Pro-America and pro-Military.
# ''The Star Spangled Banner'' – The American national anthem.
# ''YMCA'' by Village People – This song praises youth activities at the Young Men's Christian Association; one of the biggest hits of alltime.
# [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pearl+jam/dissident_20106414.html ''Dissident''] by Pearl Jam – About a woman who engages in [[liberal values]] by being impregnated out of wedlock and having an abortion, but immediately regrets doing so.
# [http://www.justsomelyrics.com/767663/McCarthy-Keep-an-Open-Mind-or-Else-Lyrics ''Keep an open mind or else''] by McCarthy - about the conservative value of keeping an [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|open mind]].
# ''Way Out Here''- Josh Thompson: "Our house is all protected by the good Lord and a Gun", and "We wont take a dime if we aint earned it, when it comes to weight, brother we pull our own". It is pro gun ownership, the Lord, and hard work. Also preaches the morals and ethics that are known from small towns.
# ''D-I-V-O-R-C-E'' - [[Tammy Wynette]] made this sad song a huge hit in 1968.
# ''Respect'' Aretha Franklin(1967)- This song is about respecting woman and their choices to be equal members in society.
# [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cxwIWPJV0I ''A Better Tomorrow''] by Wu-Tang Clan - A rap song about staying away from liberal excess and illegal acts in order to be a positive influence for the next generation.
# ''God's Gonna Cut You Down'' - by Johnny Cash - Gives a clear message that you cannot lead a life of sin and you will one day have to face the consequences. "You can run on for a long time... Sooner or later God'll cut you down."
# ''Game of Love'' - by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - "The purpose of a man is to love a woman, and the purpose of a woman is to love a man... It started long ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam said to Eve 'Baby, you're for me.'"
# ''It's America'' by Rodney Atkins - Celebrates the American spirit and all the good things about the United States
# ''Warning'' by [[Green Day]] – Though a vocal critic of the [[Bush Administration]] and clearly supportive of [[liberal values]], here they once again challenge liberal values with this song that mocks the liberal [[Nanny-state]].
# ''Okie From Muskogee'' by Merle Haggard - A song about praising the traditional American values in Mid-America, was made in response to the [[Vietnam War]] protests and [[Counter-Culture]] movement.
# ''The Fightin' Side of Me'' by Merle Haggard - A song about patriotism and standing up for [[America]].
# ''Liberalism is a Mental Disorder'' by The Infidel (Gregory Van Leer Jr.) with an opening from [[Michael Savage]] - Clearly attacks [[liberal values]].
# ''The River'' by [[Bruce Springsteen]]. Pre-marital sex and trade unionism punished by depression and redundancy.
# ''Lola'' by The Kinks. A sinful lifestyle of alcohol, nightclubbing and casual sex leads to an inevitable confrontation with [[transvestite|sexual deviancy]].
# [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sex+pistols''Bodies''] by The Sex Pistols. Profane but graphically anti-abortion.
# ''Sunny Afternoon'' by The Kinks - About a rich man trying to enjoy the simple things in life because the Nanny-state has nearly bankrupted him.
# ''2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)'' by Radiohead - A song chastising people for accepting the mainstream medias version of events and not paying attention.
# ''No Children'' by The Mountain Goats - A song about a marriage falling apart because the couple has no children to hold the family together.

Please add your best conservative picks.

== References ==

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Captain America

2011-07-06T14:07:40Z

MrLCharms:

'''Captain America''' is a famous [[superhero]] created by [[Joe Simon]] and [[Jack Kirby]] in 1941. He is published by [[Marvel Comics]].

He is the alter ego of Steve Rogers, a sickly young man who was enhanced to the peak of human potential by an experimental serum designed to help the war effort. Captain America wears a [[Stars and Stripes]] themed uniform and carries an indestructible shield with the Stars and Stripes design.

His main enemy is the '''[[Red Skull]]''', a [[Nazi]] terrorist with a deadly poison that leaves its victims with a "red skull" as a head.

After the Marvel Universe superhero civil war, Captain America was arrested for his opposition to the superhero registration act which would require all superheroes to register their real names to the government. On the way to trial Steve Rogers was assassinated by the Red Skull's operatives, at which point his former sidekick, Bucky took the mantle of Captain America to continue fighting for the American Way.

The Captain America cartoon character is a [[Protestant]]. [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html]

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Jedi

2011-07-01T16:53:37Z

MrLCharms: /* Star Wars */

== ''Star Wars'' ==
In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series, a ''Jedi'' is a Force-user aligned with the light side. The Force is a life-force that binds the universe together and may be used to change events in the world at large, by manipulating the underlying nature of life. In ''Star Wars'', the great power that this entails has divided Force-users diametrically: those who favor its use for good align with the Light, while those that seek to use their force powers for personal gain, inevitably are tempted by this slight variance to fall utterly to the Dark side. To walk in the Light, as a Jedi, is a strict way of life, and so is a challenge for those in the Star Wars universe to live up to.

Jedi use "[[lightsaber]]s," or swords emitting beams of pure light, to deflect energy weapon fire and as an offensive weapon. The lightsaber is a symbol of peace and refinement, according to Obi-Wan Kenobi, less casual and haphazard than traditional weapons, and implying a commitment to the finesse and perfect of form required by duelists and light Jedi alike.

== Effects on the Real World ==
The ''Jedi Way'' is a fictional religion/philosophy from the [[Star Wars]] movie series. In a recent census in [[Australia]], pranksters claimed "Jedi" as their religion in hope of getting it recognized as a legitimate faith.

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Talk:Thomas Edison

2011-06-29T15:15:33Z

MrLCharms: /* The Greatest Inventor in History */

I question that rollback by MountainDew, whom I rarely question. He's right that Edison professed at times to be agnostic, probably more so later in life. But consistent, dedicated, lifelong agnostics are rare. It wouldn't surprise me if Edison did credit God for his inventions earlier in life.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 23:04, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Possibly true, but is this "encyclopedia" a place for suppositions? Sadly, it seem it is.
-Gasmonkey

: Certainly not. But the rollback was not based on lack of citation, but on alleged falsity of the claim.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 23:11, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

::I didn't realize that Edison was not a lifelong agnostic and drop my objection. Maybe a cite would be even better. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 23:12, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

==Added Religious Viewpoints==
Added info regarding the Deistic religious beliefs of Thomas Edison.
[[User:Intranetusa|Intranetusa]] 13:39, 16 March 2008 (EDT)

==The Greatest Inventor in History==
Hello, 
I believe that the expression "The greatest/best _____ ever/in history" is not really encyclopaedic, as it states something which cannot be directly measured. I agree that Edison was probably the best inventor or at least in the top 5 of all time, but I suggest that we find a more "objective" way of saying it. If we cannot find such a way, we should at least clearly state the criteria by which we consider him to be "the greatest", making our claim less generic. We cannot claim he was the "most prolific", as in sheer number of patents he is surpassed by Kia Silverbrook and Shunpei Yamazaki - but of course Edison's inventions had a much greater impact on mankind. 
Anyway, to sum up my point - I agree with your assessment of Edison, but I believe that we should find, together, a more objective way of stating it, so that it sounds less "opinion" and more "fact". 
Best regards,
:[[User:LeonardO|Leo-from-UK]] 10:21, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

::Any reasonable objective measurement results in Edison being the greatest inventor ever. Who do you think possibly could have been better? One the benefits of ''Conservapedia'' is its straightforward candor about history.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:46, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

Edison invented the electric light and a bunch of amusing devices, but very little of substance, there is also a lot of speculation as to how much Edison actually invented himself and how many of his inventions were actually the work of his employees. Even though many consider him to have "invented" commercial electricity, his designs for the systems were flawed to the point that they were all but useless, and when Tesla implemented a system that worked, Edison tried to discredit it.

I'll agree that Edison was one of the greatest inventors, however his inventions are hardly world changing, especially considering that Tesla invented an electric grid that actually worked, and went on to lay the foundations of Robotics and Computers. If you want my honest assesment, Edison is the 3rd greatest American inventor, behind Tesla and Franklin.--[[User:MrLCharms|MrLCharms]] 11:15, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

Talk:Thomas Edison

2011-06-29T15:13:44Z

MrLCharms:

Thomas Edison

2011-06-29T05:01:30Z

MrLCharms: there is some debate about how many of Edisons inventions were actually created by others.

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'''Thomas Alva Edison''' is considered by many to be the greatest inventor in [[history]], and named by ''Life'' magazine as the most influential person of the second millennium. Some of Edison's best known inventions are the light bulb, the phonegraph, the mimeograph, the electric typewriter, and an improved stock ticker tape. His single most important invention was the central power station that provided electricity to multiple users, and became the foundation of his company, now known as [[General Electric]].

Perhaps his most important contribution was how "[h]e helped to create a new institution for invention—the [[industrial research laboratory]] ..."<ref>http://edison.rutgers.edu/inventions.htm</ref>

Edison patented over 1,000 inventions in his lifetime. His favorite invention was the [[phonograph]], who so astounded the world that he was nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park".<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/filmmore/transcript/index.html</ref>

==Childhood==
[[Image:Edison-dynamo.jpg|thumb|360px|right|Dynamo at Pearl Street power station, 1882]]

Thomas Alva Edison was born on Feb 11, 1847 in Milan, [[Ohio]]. His parents, Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. and Nancy Matthews Elliott, had seven children, Thomas was the youngest. Three of his siblings died in childhood.<ref>http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/home_family/fam_album.htm#sammy</ref>

In 1854, his family moved to Port Huron, [[Michigan]], where the family remained while Thomas was growing up.

Edison's mother, Nancy, was born in [[New York]] and raised in [[New England]]. Her family were [[Presbyterian]]s, her father was a minister in their church and deeply religious man. They stressed the importance of education to young Nancy, who went on to earn a teaching degree.

==Education==

At the age of 7 years, Edison was sent to the local public school, a one-room schoolhouse with 38 other students. Edison had some congenital hearing loss which became worse after a bout of scarlet fever, which hindered his being able to hear the teacher in the noisy classroom. The teacher became irritated by Edison's constant curiosity and questions, and annoyed by his not following directions due to his inability to hear them, and insisted he was incapable of learning.

Edison's mother did not accept the teacher's evaluation of her son, and after he had spent 3 months in the school, chose to remove him from public school and educate him at home.

She taught him to read from the [[Bible]], and his father encouraged him to read classical works. Edison was an avid reader and regularly frequented his local library. He took an interest in poetry, especially the works of [[Shakespeare]] and excelled in world history and English. Around the age of 12 he became exceedingly interested in [[Science]] and [[Chemistry]], especially the works of [[Isaac Newton]]. When he began to ask complex questions about [[Physics]] and Science concepts his parents decided to hire a tutor for him.

==Young Adulthood==

Edison was also an entrepreneur, and as a child made spending money by selling newspapers, candy, and fresh produce. As a teenager, in 1860, he decided to publish his own newspaper, ''"The Weekly Herald"'' which made a profit on its first edition and each one thereafter, and focused on political news and the United States Presidential debates between [[Abraham Lincoln]] and Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]]. Edison agreed with Lincoln's stance on emancipation, and volunteered to work for his campaign office, distributing campaign literature on his behalf.

Thomas was used to taking the initiative to learn on his own, and had a very inquisitive nature, a strong desire to learn, an excellent memory, and the ability to understand complex concepts. He considered his hearing loss to work in his favor, as he was not distracted by outside noises and able to concentrate on his own thoughts. His hearing loss increased over time, and in later years he lost all hearing in his left ear and about 80% of the hearing in his right ear.

At 15 years of age, Edison learned [[Morse Code]] and was hired as a telegraph operator in several telegraph offices, then took a job with the [[Western Union]] Company in Boston. He chose to move far from home as he felt Boston had a strong scientific community. He was known as a hard worker and routinely worked 12 hour days, 6 days a week. In the evenings after work, he developed his own inventions.

He obtained his first patent on his first "real" invention, an automatic vote-recording machine. However, as with many inventors first attempts, it was not well received and turned out to be unmarketable. This was not because it did not work; it worked well, it was because the market was not receptive to the invention. While in Boston, Edison attended several lectures at Boston Tech (MIT); in 1869 he relocated to New York City.

Due to his exceptional mechanical ability and knowledge he was able to find work as a repairman of automated devices for a financial firm. After hours, he continued to thinker and experiment with mechanical devices. He had some success and was able to sell some of his inventions. The most important and profitable was a stock ticker he named the "Universal Stock Printer", which he sold for $40,000.

With the profits he established a laboratory in Newark, [[New Jersey]], where he continued to develop his inventions. In his experiments, he always took a "hands-on" approach, and took nothing for granted, insisting on performing tests himself to compare his outcomes with previously recorded results.

He met and married Mary Stilwell, <ref>They were married on Christmas Day, 1871, when Mary was sixteen. [http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/edison/terms/char_6.html (Spark Notes)] </ref>
and they had three children, Marion Estelle, Thomas Alva Jr, and William. (Later after Mary's death in 1884, he remarried. He wed his 2nd wife Mina Miller in 1886, they had 3 children, Madelene, Charles and Theodore, and remained together until his death).

His first daughter was nicknamed "Dot", and his first son "Dash" (see [[Morse Code]]). <ref> [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edtime.html Edison: Timeline for Inventing Entertainment], Library of Congress </ref>
[[Image:Edison and phonograph.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Edison and his phonograph]]

===Menlo Park===
In 1876 Edison left his Newark lab and established a laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where he earned the nickname ''"The Wizard of Menlo Park"''. The following year, in 1877, he invented the first [[phonograph]]. The tin foil phonograph was the first machine that could record and reproduce sound. This invention brought him worldwide recognition and acclaim and he was invited to meet U.S. President [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] in the [[White House]].

In 1879, Edison developed the first working incandescent electric light bulb. The original idea for the light bulb had already been proposed, and different versions attempted, but no one had yet been able to develop an electric lighting system that was practical and economical enough for common use.
By 1882 Edison had established the first commercial power station, and began providing light and power to customers. from his revolutionary plant on Pearl Street in New York City; it was the first central electric light and power plant in the world. He also built and operated an experimental electric railroad and produced a superior storage battery of iron and nickel with an alkaline electrolyte.

In 1887 Edison moved his vast organization to West Orange, N.J., and thereafter devoted most of his time to its management. Along with a team of engineers he personally helped invent the first motion pictures. He concurrently worked on developing, then improving the phonograph, and recording equipment. In 1891 Edison patented the kinetoscope and the vitascope; having purchased the patent for a projector invented by Thomas Armat, he made the first commercial showing of motion pictures, at in New York City, on April 23, 1896. In 1913 he demonstrated the synchronization of moving pictures and sound, laying the foundation for the talking motion picture
[[Image:Phonograph-edison.jpg|thumb|280px|1889 phonograph; battery is on left]]
In 1878-81 Edison was at the peak of his intellectual powers. He sought solutions to technological problems through scientific investigations, experimented with multiple ways of technical problem solving, calculated costs and pricing, established methods of production, evaluated the character of potential business partners, negotiated contracts and business partnerships one day and raved back to the lab to scrutinize technical details the next.
===Generating electricity===
[[Image:Edison-pearl-street.jpg|thumb|330px|Model of Pearl Street generating plant]] Edison's development of central-station lighting systems for cities was one of the great achievements in world history because it brought electricity out of the laboratory into actual commercial use. His Pearl Street (New York City) electricity generating station introduced four key elements of a modern electric utility system: reliable central generation, efficient distribution, a successful end use (in 1882, the light bulb), and a competitive price. It was a model of efficiency for its time. At first it served 59 customers for about 24 cents per kilowatt hour. By the late 1880s, power demand for electric motors (especially for elevators and streetcars) brought the industry from mainly nighttime lighting to 24-hour service and dramatically raised electricity demand for transportation and industry needs. By the end of the 1880s, small central stations dotted many U.S. cities; each was limited to a few blocks area because of transmission inefficiencies of direct current (DC). Edison fought a mighty battle with [[George Westinghouse]], who developed a competing system based on alternating current (AC).

==Entrepreneur==
In the early 1880s Edison made the transition from entrepreneurial inventor to mass manufacturer and business entrepreneur.

Leaving the laboratory to demonstrate his electric lighting system in a “real world” context, Edison establish his system in Britain and in Europe. He delegated much of the work to his most trusted assistants and hired talented new associates. Edison steadily improved his business acumen, the court system (where many patent suits were decided), the media, and his judgment of people's character. As always he relied on his intuitive ability to solve technological problems one step at a time.

He moved various Edison factories to Schenectady, New York, and consolidated as the Edison General Electric Company; the new corporation manufactured many kinds of electrical equipment from lamps to electric streetcars and locomotives, making a leading industrial center. In 1892 Edison's company and the Thomson-Houston Company combined to form the [[General Electric]] Company, GE, which soon became (and still is) of the world's largest industrial companies.
[[Image:Dictaphone-edison.jpg|thumb|270px]]
===Team members===
Key members of Edison's team included Charles Batchelor, who supervised the construction of a highly visible exhibit at the Paris Exposition as well as several commercial installations on the Continent. Francis Upton, a university trained mathematician, managed the lamp production factory, where continuous improvement was required, first in Menlo Park and then the larger operation in Harrison, New Jersey. Francis Jehl, who began as a young lab assistant, first worked on the development of the electric meter and then oversaw the installation of Edison’s lighting system in Brunn, Austria, and started a lamp factory in the same town, all by the age of twenty-three. [[Samuel Insull]] was just twenty when he joined Edison in 1881 as private secretary and within the two years became Edison’s personal financial manager, a trusted advisor, and an officer of various Edison companies.

[[Image:Edison1925.jpg|thumb|320px|left]]

==Later years==
With the outbreak of World War I, Edison concentrated his laboratory on military projects, finding substitutes for drugs, dyes, and chemicals that had previously been imported from Germany. He developed a process for making synthetic carbolic acid, coal-tar products necessary for the manufacture of explosives, and many safety devices. He also served as head of the Navy Consulting Board. After the war Edison was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Edison gained worldwide acclaim for his inventions. He continued working even with advancing age and in frail health, amassing a total of 1093 patents, more than any other inventor at that time. His last patent was obtained at age 83. He died at age 84, Oct 18th, 1931 in New Jersey. Three days later on the night of October 21, as a national tribute proclaimed by President Herbert Hoover, millions of Americans turned out their lights to plunge the country into momentary darkness. His inventions live on in everyday use by millions of people worldwide. When someone called him a genius, Edison made the famous reply, "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."

==Religious Viewpoints==

Late in life Thomas Edison was heavily influenced by [[Thomas Paine]]'s ''Age of Reason,'' but despite attempts to describe him as an atheist he remained a believer in God and rejected claims to the contrary.<ref>Marshall, Edward. "'No Immorality of the Soul' Says Thomas A. Edison." ''The New York Times'', October 2, 1910. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903EEDC1F39E333A25751C0A9669D946196D6CF</ref>

Little is known about the religious beliefs of the young Thomas Edison, when he was most productive.

== See also ==
*[[Gallery of American Heroes]]
==Bibliography==
* Israel, Paul. ''Edison: A Life of Invention'' (2000), 552pp; the standard scholarly biography [http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Life-Invention-Paul-Israel/dp/0471362700/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229892178&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]
* Israel, Paul, and Robert Friedel,. ''Edison's Electric Light'' (1986), scholarly study
* Jones, Francis Arthur. ''Thomas Alva Edison: Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life‎'' (1908) 362 pages; [http://books.google.com/books?id=6pkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298&dq=intitle:thomas+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES full text online]
* Jones, Jill. ''Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World.'' (2003) 430pp
* McFee, Inez Nellie Canfield. ''The Story of Thomas A. Edison‎'' (1922) 182 pages; popular; [http://books.google.com/books?id=KqMDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:thomas+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES online edition]
* Millard, Andre. ''Edison and the Business of Innovation'' (1990), strong scholarly study
* Stross, Randall E. '' The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World‎'' (2007) 376 pages; a debunking account that says his inventions were exaggerated and that after 1882 Edison was mostly a PR genius
* Wasik, John F. ''The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis'' (2006) 280pp
===Primary sources===
* Israel, Paul W., ed. ''The Papers of Thomas A. Edison,'' (6 vol
** vol 2: ''From Workshop to Laboratory, June 1873-March 1876'' (1992)
** vol 3: ''Menlo Park: The Early Years, April 1876-December 1877'' (1995)
** vol 4: ''The Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878'' (1998), 996pp
** vol 5: ''The Papers of Thomas A. Edison: Research to Development at Menlo Park, January 1879-March 1881'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Papers-Thomas-Edison-Development-1879-March/dp/0801831040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229892178&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
** vol 6: '' Electrifying New York and Abroad, April 1881--March 1883'' (2007) 940pp

* Association of Edison Illuminating Companies. Committee on St. Louis Exposition. ''"Edisonia," a brief history of the early Edison electric lighting system'' (1904) [http://books.google.com/books?id=zA0LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=%22pearl+street%22+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA63-IA1,M1 complete text online], shows many of Edison's inventions
== External links ==
[[Image:Movie-edison.jpg|thumb|320px|Sound movies: 1913 Edison's Kinetophone. The viewer looks at film through the peep-hole while listening to the accompanying phonograph through two rubber ear tubes. The 1895 version worked poorly; this one was dropped because labor contracts required a union operator to be present.<ref> See [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison_kinetoscope.htm Kinetophones]</ref>]]

*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edbiohm.html Library of Congress]
* [http://edison.rutgers.edu/biogrphy.htm Rutgers University]
*:[http://edison.rutgers.edu/famchron.htm Chronology of Edison's Family]
* [http://www.projectshum.org/Edison/ Edison Project]
* [http://www.gelighting.com/na/home_lighting/gela/students/history_bio_edison.htm GE]
* [http://www.famous-inventors.com/thomas-edison-biography.html Famous Inventors]
* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia.htm National Park Service]
*[http://edison.rutgers.edu/patents.htm Edison’s Patents]
*[http://ariwatch.com/VS/TheDiaryOfThomasEdison.htm The Diary of Thomas Edison] – complete text, with explanatory footnotes.

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