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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sully- who wrote (65352)	4/4/2008 5:02:26 PM
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Toast Of Hollywood Does Love Them A Dictator By Dirty Harry on General Libertas From the department of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up comes this superb piece from Thor Halversson at Fox News (translation for you witty liberals: Faux Noise) about the toast of Hollywood’s abiding affection for all things Hugo Huggin’ Him Chavez: <<< I assumed [Sean] Penn was probably ignorant about the human rights record in Venezuela in that he broke off relations with the San Francisco Chronicle in mid-January calling them a “lamebrain paper” over their use of the word “dictator” to describe Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. On Oscar night Penn and I had an unpleasant exchange about the political prisoners of the Chavez government which he ended by walking away and repeating, like a mantra, the name of one of the evening’s Academy Award recipients, “Daniel Day-Lewis,” over and over again in what seemed like the equivalent of a child putting his hands over his ears and belting “la-la-la-la-la-la! I can’t hear you!” Undaunted, I scribbled a note inviting him to learn more about the appalling stories of Venezuelan dissidents in prison for doing nothing but criticizing the government. The invitation is still open. Penn isn’t alone in displaying ignorance or deception while defending the Venezuelan president. He joins an all-star cast of Chavez admirers including actors Danny Glover and Kevin Spacey, musician Harry Belafonte, supermodel Naomi Campbell, director Oliver Stone, activist Cindy Sheehan, and Princeton University Professor Cornel West. … Kevin Spacey kept a low profile regarding his three-hour visit but he was happy to enjoy a lengthy photo-op, and then tour a new film facility. Chavez told his supporters that Spacey had approved of the revolutionary process. Glover received a cash reward for his endorsement: $20 million in financing for two films now in development. It is a tragic irony that the man who portrayed Nelson Mandela in the HBO classic is celebrating and coddling Chavez as he dismantles democracy and persecutes dissenters. Naomi Campbell’s motorcade drove into Caracas as water cannons, tear gas, and bullets were used on students marching for equal rights. After spending some time with Chavez and shaking him down for a charitable contribution, she joyously described the “love and encouragement” she witnessed in the welfare programs of Venezuela. “Viva la Revolucion!” On December 30 Oliver Stone joined the chorus by announcing he was thinking of making a movie about the Chavez revolution. He said this and much more as he stood next to Chavez to celebrate a “humanitarian mission” to free hostages held by the FARC terrorist organization — a Marxist-Leninist organization that has terrorized Colombia with kidnappings and murder for decades while funding its operations from billions of dollars garnered from cocaine trafficking. The mission was a miserable failure and Stone went home without a minute of footage. >>> You can strip away civil rights and imprison all the innocent people you want … not a problem. Hate America and all’s forgiven. Hate Bush and you’re the toast of the town. Throw in socialized healthcare and you’ve hit the Hollywood Trifecta. libertyfilmfestival.com