Are you a Right Wing Extremist?

Robert Stacy McCain of TheOtherMcCain fame gets running at at good clip at about the 1-min point. Via TheLibertyPapers.

LGF vs. Glen Beck

In case you have been following this inane "conflict" - I am unquestionably more of the Charles Johnson type than a Glenn Beck type, and as a matter of practice you can trust CJ's instincts more than not on most issues.

But you knew that, right?

Sunday Funnies

Goes nicely with this.

Skippy loves Fox News

Well, at least this episode of TheDailyGut.

Will "Hurt Locker" get it right?

As a movie buff, I am always trying to look for something out of Hollywood I can be proud of in this post-911 world, especially how it treats the men and women fighting this war.

Perhaps Kathryn Bigalow, the director of films including “K19: The Widowmaker,” “Point Break” and “Strange Days" will give us one.

Hat tip Tom.

What 'cha do'in in DC next month?

May 13-17 to be exact.

The GI Film Festival is not only the premiere film festival honoring America’s troops but also the most significant film festival in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. Major corporate sponsors for 2009 festival include among others: Target Corporation; TriWest Healthcare Alliance; America’s Huey 091 Foundation; Pence-Friedel Developers, Inc; USO International; MGM/UA; HBO, Inc.; American Military University, and Discovery Communications’ “The Military Channel.”

Highlights of the “Seven Days in May” event include:

* 48 documentary and narrative premiere films from the nation’s top independent and studio filmmakers, including active duty GIs and military veterans;
* Sixteen feature-length films: Perfect Valor; Lioness; The Way We Get By; Jerabek; Triangle of Death; Bedford: The Town They Left Behind; America’s Marine Aviators; Inheritance of War; The Divided; Seal Team VI; Everyman’s War; Warriors in their Own Words; Injury Slight…Please Advise; Art in the Face of War; My Vietnam, Your Iraq; The Lesson is Priceless;
* “Work in Progress” exclusive screening of the feature film Lt. DanBand: The Documentary, following actor Gary Sinise as he and his Lt. DanBand entertain our troops worldwide and the many incredible organizations that support our heroes and their families. The film is directed by military veteran and Hollywood filmmaker, Jonathan Flora;
* World Premiere of Citizens United Production’s Perfect Valor, featuring former Senator Fred Dalton Thompson; produced by David Bossie (Border Wars);
* GI Film Festival red carpet premiere of HBO’s Taking Chance, starring Kevin Bacon;
* GI Film Festival red carpet premiere for “Wounded Warriors” of MGM/UA’s Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise;
* World Premiere of the feature documentary America’s Marine Aviators;
* VIP reception featuring the launch of the new USO national publication, On Patrol;
* Special private screening for Members of Congress of the GI Film Festival’s 2008 “Best Feature Documentary,” Brothers at War;
* Presentation of the GI Film Festival’s “GI Spirit Award” to actress Karri Turner;
* A reception at the Russell Senate Caucus Room honoring military veterans in Congress featuring special guest Medal of Honor recipient Senator Daniel K. Inouye;
* VIP receptions featuring celebrities, top military leaders and warriors, and filmmakers.

More here on GIFilmFestival.

Hat tip BigHollywood.

Fullbore Friday

What could be more Fullbore than a fully searchable Medal of Honor database?

Thanks for our buds at MilitaryTimes, we now have it. Get a cup of coffee and ignore the inbox for a bit.

Here is one for Ernest Edwin "Chief" Evans, Commanding Officer of the USS JOHNSTON (DD-557) for an example.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. JOHNSTON (DD-557) in action against major units of the enemy Japanese fleet during the battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. The first to lay a smokescreen and to open fire as an enemy task force, vastly superior in number, firepower and armor, rapidly approached. Commander Evans gallantly diverted the powerful blasts of hostile guns from the lightly armed and armored carriers under his protection, launching the first torpedo attack when the Johnston came under straddling Japanese shellfire. Undaunted by damage sustained under the terrific volume of fire, he unhesitatingly joined others of his group to provide fire support during subsequent torpedo attacks against the Japanese and, out-shooting and outmaneuvering the enemy as he consistently interposed his vessel between the hostile fleet units and our carriers despite the crippling loss of engine power and communications with steering aft, shifted command to the fantail, shouted steering orders through an open hatch to men turning the rudder by hand and battled furiously until the Johnston, burning and shuddering from a mortal blow, lay dead in the water after three hours of fierce combat. Seriously wounded early in the engagement, Commander Evans, by his indomitable courage and brilliant professional skill, aided materially in turning back the enemy during a critical phase of the action. His valiant fighting spirit throughout this historic battle will venture as an inspiration to all who served with him.

Hat tip Phil.