A little perspective on the Hollywood Elite, who, today, look pretty idiotic...
Judging from the amount of incorrect assumptions, observations and predictions coming from the crowd down in Tinsel Town, dumbness must be a prerequisite for stardom and notoriety.
Whether it is Janeane Garafolo or Mike Farrell telling all of the horrors that will befall America if we warred against Iraq, or the celebrities inability to at first acknowledge the righteousness of liberating the Iraqi people from a brutal dictator to the failure of the Left's elite to accept the cheering Iraqi's jubilation here and in Iraq to their liberation, Tinsel Town abounds in dumbness.
Of course, it has to be assumed that the celebrities are at worst useful idiots and have no ulterior motives to appreciate the unique qualities that must encompass the multi-faceted personality that can pretend to be anyone on stage or in front of a camera and at the same time, have enough gray cells left to attempt an opinion of their own.
Setting the stage. America is the world's sole superpower. America in the last 100 years has been involved in a couple of world wars and smaller conflicts and freed or kept from being enslaved 100's of millions of people. America removed by force Nazism, fascism and totalitarianism and America occupied a number of countries and after the U.S. left, Japan and Germany were thriving, independent democracies.
In the last 100 years or so, America never colonized, annexed or acquired a square inch of foreign soil in any of its military endeavors. America gives more in total dollars in foreign aid then any other country on earth. American advances in medicine and technology have helped save countless lives the world over and America is always the first on the scene to help any people across the world in the event of a catastrophe. Unlike virtually every other nation on earth, America's foreign policy is not just based on self interest, it is also based on what is right.
America was attacked on September 11, 2001 and thousands of Americans were murdered. America went to war in Afghanistan, took out the Taliban and decimated the terrorists there. America brought the beginnings of democracy to that once ruthlessly ruled land and is hanging around to ensure peace and self-rule prevail there.
The war in Iraq is ostensibly waged to eliminate a despot and his weapons of mass destruction. No one in recent history has caused more deaths and deprivation to the Muslim people than Saddam Hussein. It is reported that in just the Iran-Iraq war, started by Saddam, over 1 million people were killed. America has the support of 16 of 19 NATO nations and virtually all of Europe with the notable exceptions of France and Germany in its effort to liberate Iraq.
The Iraqi people have so far greeted the American liberators with joy and friendship. The search is now going on for the biological and chemical weapons believed to be hidden in Iraq.
Yet, for many across the world and for a certain intellectually challenged group here at home a different picture of America and its endeavors, was and is being drawn. Here is what the cream of the crop out in Tinsel town are saying:
Janeane Garafolo in the N.Y. Post on April 10, 2003: "I won't stick my head in the sand and have history roll right over me," she declared. "I refuse to allow my government and the mainstream media to bully me into accepting a war that is immoral and illegal. If it means people make fun of me or think I'm a jerk, or I lose a job here and there, that means nothing to me."
Good ole Jane Fonda: "What it's going to mean for [America's] stability as a nation, for terrorism, for the economy, I can't imagine," Fonda declared. "I think the entire world is going to be united against us. I don't know if a country where the people are so ignorant of reality and of history, if you can call that a free world."
Danny Glover from the Lethal Weapons movies and now promoting MCI: "One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country, whether it's been against Nicaragua or wherever...I've been an advocate for peace my whole life. But one of the main purveyors of violence in this world is this country."
Dave Mathews of the Dave Mathews Band fame: "the answer is not to bomb this great culture of Iraq out of existence to stop him ... It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way ... for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration."
Ed Asner, you remember "Lou Grant," was quoted in a San Bernardino Sun article as saying that he wanted the Los Angeles City Council to act: "I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy."
Spike Lee as reported in the BBC News: "The German and French governments should be commended," Adding, "America doesn't have the moral right to tell other people what to do. To say the whole world has to fall into line is you-know-what. I hope more people will rise up."
Actress Rosario Dawson following her triumphant role in "Josie and the Pussycats" and a couple of other memorable productions said, "It makes me upset. I'm embarrassed. It's my hope that Americans won't jump on anyone having a dissenting opinion."
Dustin Hoffman, remember who he played in "Rain Man"? "For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible. I believe, though I may wrong because I am no expert that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil."
Actor Ed Norton: "It's nice being in Europe this week. Almost everyone in Germany and France is in sync with the governments.., I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government." Adding, "It's dismaying to see the unilateralism the government is doing. There aren't enough rational steps."
Actor Gabriel Byrne, made famous from his roles in Enemy of the State and End of Days said, "Osama Bin Laden has a beard in a face, that's who we're supposed to be after, how do we explain this insanity to Iraqi mothers? Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so if we offer a hand of peace we get a hand of peace. This war is about fear and greed." Adding, "What's happening in American today is terrifying, for the world. People know that if you attack them then they will target you for attack, why not try negotiation? I believe in peace and non-violence. Why do we believe we think our society will last for ever, it didn't happen to the Greeks, the Romans, why us?"
Helena Bonham Carter, following her role in Live from Baghdad said, [There's] "a feeling of not really being convinced of any proper reason for going to war with Iraq, of all people."
Director Martin Scorsese: "It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."
Meryl Streep, famous for her roles in Death Becomes Her, She Devil, and Defending Your Life, said, "If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now."
Robin Williams, remember Mork? Anyway he said, "We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself." Adding, "America is broke, basically, but Bush wants to wage a war that costs pretty much a billion dollars a month."
There are many, many more, but there are also some exceptions to the rule and they include some very talented individuals.
Shirley Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dennis Miller, Ron Silver, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Kid Rock, and;
80% of the American people.
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