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To: Mannie who wrote (12680)	2/12/2003 1:11:55 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Stars' Views Shouldn't Be So Easily Written Off by Laura Billings Published on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 by the St Paul Pioneer Press commondreams.org <<...After getting a lifetime achievement award in London, actor Dustin Hoffman said, "I believe — though I may be wrong because I am no expert — that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.… "I believe that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.'' Critics say a guy like him has no right to weigh in on the issues of the day; as he says, he's "no expert.'' But when it comes to understanding the spin doctoring and cynical manipulations that go on in D.C., Hoffman may have more expert standing than he lets on. Did you ever see him in "Wag the Dog"?...>>