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TheWriter
09-14-2005, 10:47 PM
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050914/i/r2587077477.jpg

U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

RobinsontoDuncan
09-14-2005, 10:49 PM
That really isnt news. He always has been

TOP-CHERRY
09-14-2005, 10:49 PM
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25212

Yonivore
09-14-2005, 10:51 PM
What, Presidents don't pee?

Here's a dumb President for you... http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/BROWN/TEARS/clinton.gif

nkdlunch
09-14-2005, 11:04 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/nkdlunch/bushicopy.jpg

IcemanCometh
09-14-2005, 11:20 PM
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050914/i/r2742935828.jpg

I gotta go potty

TheWriter
09-14-2005, 11:28 PM
What, Presidents don't pee?

Here's a dumb President for you... http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/BROWN/TEARS/clinton.gif

Yeah, I guess all Presidents put a question mark when not asking a question.

I have to go pee?

Not even.. um... well.

Drachen
09-15-2005, 12:18 AM
Hey, maybe that was meant to begin the question that starts on the following line, you know like in spanish. :lol

Hey, I think he is a Jackass too, but everyone makes an honest mistake, and since this didnt affect me or kill anyone, Ill let this slide. Yall are just digging a little too deep here.

Nbadan
09-15-2005, 01:28 AM
If you ask me, I think there is something seriously wrong with him. I know he used to get blasted when he was younger on booze and coke. Maybe he blew a few too many brain cells? Sure would explain all the falls and choking on a pretzel.

Nbadan
09-15-2005, 02:33 AM
http://i.photos.reuters.com/Pictures/galleries/newspictures/2005-09-14T201816Z_01_UNS93D_RTRIDSP_2_SUMMIT-UN.jpg

1:00 PM: Bush jots down "I think I MAY NEED A BATHROOM break?" and passes it to Condi


http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050914/i/r3741771319.jpg

1:05 PM: Bush askes Condi: "Any word on my request?"

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050914/capt.xun13609141710.un_world_summit_bush_xun136.jp g

1:07 PM: Condi tells W he'll have to wait 15 more minutes

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20050915/capt.sge.hym13.150905020240.photo04.photo.default-380x271.jpg

1:10 PM: Bush takes a dump in his pants. Condi and Bolton respond is laughter as they are seated directly behind him.

jochhejaam
09-15-2005, 06:27 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/nkdlunch/bushicopy.jpg


http://www.starland.com/sf-sc/sf03/images/Dumb%20People.JPG

Bruce trying desperately to explain nbadan's and nkdlunch's mentality ^^^^^^

boutons
09-15-2005, 06:51 AM
"I think I MAY NEED A BATHROOM break?"

Just the right level of self-knowledge and decisiveness we expect in Macho-Man/Flyboy President. :lol

Marcus Bryant
09-15-2005, 07:53 AM
Looks photoshopped.

Mountain out of molehole.

Clandestino
09-15-2005, 08:05 AM
what would everyone say, if the president of the united states just got up and walked out of a meeting???

Yonivore
09-15-2005, 08:33 AM
Looks photoshopped.
Or contrived...I agree. But, who cares. I've done the same thing in meetings...particularly when they're boring.

Mountain out of molehole.
More like a molehill out of a grain of sand.

ChumpDumper
09-15-2005, 08:48 AM
It's not true!

Even if it is true it doesn't matter!

I've heard that before.

Clandestino
09-15-2005, 08:51 AM
maybe condi and bush are closer than we thought. maybe he likes the brown sugar..

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 08:52 AM
If that is real, having to use the restroom makes you dumb?

I don't know WTF you do in there that would lead you to believe that, but usually it just makes me feel better. I mean, I realize the actors on the Soaps you watch never seem to have normal bodily functions, but I assure you....everyone has to do it at some point or another.

:lol

Aggie Hoopsfan
09-15-2005, 09:01 AM
1. Looks photoshopped.

2. Don't see a question mark, I see a > (could be short hand for an arrow, etc.).

ChumpDumper
09-15-2005, 09:08 AM
You're better off sticking to the "who cares" angle.

The vast left-wing conspiracy would've come up with something funnier.

Ok, maybe not.

Useruser666
09-15-2005, 09:08 AM
http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/6551/crazynote1xu.jpg

This is a real note too.

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 09:13 AM
:lol

Spurminator
09-15-2005, 09:17 AM
I can't believe people are making a big deal out of this?

What's the big deal.

boutons
09-15-2005, 09:18 AM
"What's the big deal."

WGAF if it's true or not? it's funny. the object of ridicule is appropriate.

Spurminator
09-15-2005, 09:23 AM
I don't think boutons got my joke?

I'm guessing he wouldn't have caught the bathroom note mistake either if it hadn't been pointed out first?

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 09:24 AM
I don't think boutons got my joke?


I don't think so either?

boutons
09-15-2005, 09:33 AM
what's "this" ?

nkdlunch
09-15-2005, 09:42 AM
Bruce trying desperately to explain nbadan's and nkdlunch's mentality ^^^^^^

A Johnny Depp fan and Bush lover?? ...now I've seen it all :lol

Jelly
09-15-2005, 10:10 AM
I used to think the photo of Bush with the upside down children's book was funny too and even emailed it to a few people. Turns out that was a photoshop job as well(check it out on Snopes) but lots of people still use it to ridicule the president and simply ignore or are unaware of the existence of the original AP photo showing the book held correctly. To this day, I hear liberals using the book incident as evidence of the president's stupidity. These types of claims are lazy and pathetic and always discredit the person making them. There are plenty of ways to legitimately mock Bush without being so dishonest. I suspect this bathroom break issue is similarly dishonest.

Spurminator
09-15-2005, 10:13 AM
It's a Reuters photo... If it's fake they're toast. Not worth the risk.

Useruser666
09-15-2005, 10:27 AM
I found this photo of a something theWriter was jotting down at his computer!

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9838/writerblowup1nq.jpg

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 10:29 AM
:lmao

Spurminator
09-15-2005, 10:32 AM
This photo has Fark.com written all over it.

nkdlunch
09-15-2005, 10:43 AM
I used to think the photo of Bush with the upside down children's book was funny too and even emailed it to a few people. Turns out that was a photoshop job as well(check it out on Snopes) but lots of people still use it to ridicule the president and simply ignore or are unaware of the existence of the original AP photo showing the book held correctly. To this day, I hear liberals using the book incident as evidence of the president's stupidity. These types of claims are lazy and pathetic and always discredit the person making them. There are plenty of ways to legitimately mock Bush without being so dishonest. I suspect this bathroom break issue is similarly dishonest.

I agree, most of these photos are very funny but false. I beleive most proof of the president's stupidity comes from his own mouth.

Aggie Hoopsfan
09-15-2005, 10:49 AM
I found this photo of a something theWriter was jotting down at his computer!

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9838/writerblowup1nq.jpg



:lmao

Spurminator
09-15-2005, 11:28 AM
Hey, even Drudge messed it up...

The headline on his site: "PHOTO: President scribbling note to Condoleezza, who asks 'I may need a bathroom break'... "

boutons
09-15-2005, 01:36 PM
The note heard round the world:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249646.stm

Nbadan
09-15-2005, 03:46 PM
Don't blame the photographer.

That's the message from Gary Hershorn, a picture editor for Reuters, about the photo yesterday that shows President George W. Bush writing an all-too-human note during a UN meeting.

... Hershorn, Reuters' news editor for pictures for the Americas, says he's responsible for zooming in on the note and deciding to transmit the photo to Reuters clients. He says Wilking didn't know what the note said when he shot the picture.

"I'm so adamant that Rick has nothing to do with this. He was just the guy who pushed the button," Hershorn says.

In response to the attention the photo is getting, Reuters' spokeswoman in London released a two-sentence statement about the picture: "The photographer and editors on this story were looking for other angles in their coverage of this event, something that went beyond the stock pictures of talking heads that these kind of forums usually offer. This picture certainly does that."

PDN Online (http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642)

mookie2001
09-15-2005, 03:51 PM
I used to think the photo of Bush with the upside down children's book was funny too and even emailed it to a few people. Turns out that was a photoshop job as well(check it out on Snopes) but lots of people still use it to ridicule the president and simply ignore or are unaware of the existence of the original AP photo showing the book held correctly. To this day, I hear liberals using the book incident as evidence of the president's stupidity. These types of claims are lazy and pathetic and always discredit the person making them. There are plenty of ways to legitimately mock Bush without being so dishonest. I suspect this bathroom break issue is similarly dishonest.
sure

Yonivore
09-15-2005, 04:31 PM
I think the thread should have been called "Reuters is REALLY Dumb. No really, they are."

Reuters Explains Photo Of Bush Bathroom Note (http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642)

cheguevara
09-15-2005, 04:50 PM
World Leader Must ask Aide for Permission to Pee

:lmao

mookie2001
09-15-2005, 04:51 PM
oh come on!
i suppose thats Bush's fault?

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 04:59 PM
That he had to pee?


Yeah....he shouldn't have had that last cup of coffee.... :fro

mookie2001
09-15-2005, 05:01 PM
dam libs blame Bush for everything...

jochhejaam
09-15-2005, 05:03 PM
A Johnny Depp fan and Bush lover?? ...now I've seen it all :lol

And now you're good to go? May you rest in peace. :lol

jochhejaam
09-15-2005, 05:08 PM
It's a Reuters photo... If it's fake they're toast. Not worth the risk.

He should have text messaged her

mookie2001
09-15-2005, 05:17 PM
We need to quit playing the blame game

CharlieMac
09-15-2005, 05:22 PM
I think the thread should have been called "Reuters is REALLY Dumb. No really, they are."

Reuters Explains Photo Of Bush Bathroom Note (http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642)


What a scoop!!!

Reuters of all places.

Oscar DeLa
09-15-2005, 05:27 PM
I don't know what it is but Bush seems so dumb

Nbadan
09-15-2005, 05:32 PM
Here is what W was actually scribbling...

http://www.dubyad40.com/images/untitled1.jpg

Marcus Bryant
09-15-2005, 05:35 PM
Embarrassing? Yes.

Entertaining? Absolutely.

Material? Nope.

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 05:36 PM
Here is what W was actually scribbling...


:lol

Nbadan
09-15-2005, 05:43 PM
Hey W - We know what's on your mind...

http://www.dubyad40.com/images/untitled4.jpg

mookie2001
09-15-2005, 05:44 PM
I wonder if he has BMs with the same strength, conviction, faith and leadership he shows in other parts of his life

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 05:48 PM
Hey W - We know what's on your mind...

http://www.dubyad40.com/images/untitled4.jpg


That he's prairie doggin' it?

SpursWoman
09-15-2005, 05:53 PM
I'm just glad that Reuter's photographer was never sitting behind me in Intro to World Religions...

:nerd

Dos
09-16-2005, 11:28 AM
http://www.breskin.com/images/al_gore.jpg as opposed to these dummies...

MiNuS
09-16-2005, 12:34 PM
As scripted as this White House bunch is,can't they have all this planned out before hand!Have somehand signals,some secret codes for emergency situations or something!

Like "WMD" could be code meaning for "W" must dump.
or "SOS" could mean "shit ooooh shit"


can't these people get it together or does it have to go through Congress first!!!

Useruser666
09-16-2005, 03:48 PM
As scripted as this White House bunch is,can't they have all this planned out before hand!Have somehand signals,some secret codes for emergency situations or something!

Like "WMD" could be code meaning for "W" must dump.
or "SOS" could mean "shit ooooh shit"


can't these people get it together or does it have to go through Congress first!!!

Maybe the note was the message. Do you actually believe that he would expect it to have been seen by everyone?

mookie2001
09-16-2005, 03:50 PM
Maybe the note was the message.
are you in law enforcement?

Useruser666
09-16-2005, 04:00 PM
are you in law enforcement?

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642


The caption says that Bush was writing the note to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice; Hershorn says Wilking saw Bush write the note and hand the note to Rice.

Hershorn says heads of state seldom attend Security Council meetings, and it's possible that Bush was simply asking his secretary of state what the proper protocol was to be excused.

OH! NOOOO!!! That couldn't be it?! The ovbious reason is Bush is dumb!

mookie2001
09-16-2005, 04:01 PM
i was just kidding...
no matter if its a note, message, scribble, a joke, or a total hoax, Bush is still dumb as a sack of beans

Useruser666
09-16-2005, 04:08 PM
i was just kidding...
no matter if its a note, message, scribble, a joke, or a total hoax, Bush is still dumb as a sack of beans

Proof or opinion?

mookie2001
09-16-2005, 04:14 PM
well since he's not going to face me in the 2005 South Texas Knowledge Bowl, I'll have to go by quotes, the manner in which he speaks, his past actions, things I have read from my leftyleftistlib publications, and my overall general sense of people whom I do not know

Useruser666
09-16-2005, 04:16 PM
Hmmm.... Kind of like judging someone by the way they post in forum?

mookie2001
09-16-2005, 04:18 PM
yyyeaahhh....
kind...of...like...that...

SpursWoman
09-16-2005, 04:35 PM
Funny....Snopes did an educational and background comparison of Bush & his administration v. all the loud-mouthed celebrities who at one point or another referred to Bush as being somehow "dumber than a sack of beans".




The Hollywood group is at it again. Holding anti-war rallies, screaming about the Bush Administration, running ads in major newspapers, defaming the President and his Cabinet every chance they get, to anyone and everyone who will listen. They publicly defile them and call them names like "stupid," "morons," and "idiots." Jessica Lange went so far as to tell a crowd in Spain that she hates President Bush and is embarrassed to be an American.

So, just how ignorant are these people who are running the country? Let's look at the biographies of these "stupid," "ignorant," "moronic" leaders, and then at the celebrities who are castigating them:

President George W. Bush: Received a Bachelors Degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard. He began his career in the oil and gas business in Midland in 1975 and worked in the energy industry until 1986. He was elected Governor on November 8, 1994, with 53.5 percent of the vote. In a historic reelection victory, he became the first Texas Governor to be elected to consecutive four-year terms on November 3, 1998, winning 68.6 percent of the vote. In 1998 Governor Bush won 49 percent of the Hispanic vote, 27 percent of the African-American vote, 27 percent of Democrats and 65 percent of women. He won more Texas counties, 240 of 254, than any modern Republican other that Richard Nixon in 1972 and is the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the heavily Hispanic and Democratic border counties of El Paso, Cameron and Hidalgo.

Vice President Dick Cheney earned a B.A. in 1965 and a M.A. in 1966, both in political science. Two years later, he won an American Political Science Association congressional fellowship. One of Vice President Cheney's primary duties is to share with individuals, members of Congress and foreign leaders, President Bush's vision to strengthen our economy, secure our homeland and win the War on Terrorism. In his official role as President of the Senate, Vice President Cheney regularly goes to Capitol Hill to meet with Senators and members of the House of Representatives to work on the Administration's legislative goals. In his travels as Vice President, he has seen first hand the great demands the war on terrorism is placing on the men and women of our military, and he is proud of the tremendous job they are doing for the United States of America.

Secretary of State Colin Powell was educated in the New York City public schools, graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in geology. He also participated in ROTC at CCNY and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in June 1958. His further academic achievements include a Master of Business Administration Degree from George Washington University. Secretary Powell is the recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign military awards and decorations. Secretary Powell's civilian awards include two Presidential Medals of Freedom, the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal. Several schools and other institutions have been named in his honor and he holds honorary degrees from universities and colleges across the country.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: attended Princeton University on Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as a Naval aviator; Congressional Assistant to Rep. Robert Griffin (R-MI), 1957-59; U.S. Representative, Illinois, 1962-69; Assistant to the President, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Cost of Living Council, 1969-74; U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973-74; head of Presidential Transition Team, 1974; Assistant to the President, Director of White House Office of Operations, White House Chief of Staff, 1974-77; Secretary of Defense, 1975-77.

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge was raised in a working class family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year at The Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for Valor. After returning to Pennsylvania, he earned his Law Degree and was in private practice before becoming Assistant District Attorney in Erie County. He was elected to Congress in 1982. He was the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was overwhelmingly reelected six times.

National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her Master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981. (Note: Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15, graduating at 19 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science (Cum Laude). She earned a Master's Degree at the University of Notre Dame and a Doctorate from the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies. Both of her advanced degrees are also in Political Science.)

She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. At Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip Zelikow, The Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain Allegiance: The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She also has written numerous articles on Soviet and East European foreign and defense policy, and has addressed audiences in settings ranging from the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Moscow to the Commonwealth Club to the 1992 and 2000 Republican National Conventions. From 1989 through March 1991, the period of German reunification and the final days of the Soviet Union, she served in the Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, she served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender -- Integrated Training in the Military. She was a member of the boards of directors for the Chevron Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, the International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan and the San Francisco Symphony Board of Governors. She was a Founding Board member of the Center for a New Generation, an educational support fund for schools in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, California and was Vice President of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. In addition, her past board service has encompassed such organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Rand Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public broadcasting for San Francisco. Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama, she earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her Master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. She resides in Washington, D.C.

So who are these celebrities? What is their education? What is their experience in affairs of State or in National Security? While I will defend to the death their right to express their opinions, I think that if they are going to call into question the intelligence of our leaders, we should also have all the facts on their educations and background:

Barbra Streisand: Completed high school
Career: Singing and acting

Cher: Dropped out of school in 9th grade.
Career: Singing and acting

Martin Sheen: Flunked exam to enter University of Dayton.
Career: Acting

Jessica Lange: Dropped out college mid-freshman year.
Career: Acting

Alec Baldwin: Dropped out of George Washington U. after scandal
Career: Acting

Julia Roberts: Completed high school
Career: Acting

Sean Penn: Completed High school
Career: Acting

Susan Sarandon: Degree in Drama from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Career: Acting

Ed Asner: Completed High school
Career: Acting

George Clooney: Dropped out of University of Kentucky
Career: Acting

Michael Moore: Dropped out first year University of Michigan.
Career: Movie Director

Sarah Jessica Parker: Completed High School
Career: Acting

Jennifer Anniston: Completed High School
Career: Acting

Mike Farrell: Completed High school
Career: Acting

Janeane Garofelo: Dropped out of College.
Career: Stand up comedienne

Larry Hagman: Attended Bard College for one year.
Career: Acting

While comparing the education and experience of these two groups, we should also remember that President Bush and his cabinet are briefed daily, even hourly, on the War on Terror and threats to our security. They are privy to information gathered around the world concerning the Middle East, the threats to America, the intentions of terrorists and terrorist-supporting governments. They are in constant communication with the CIA, the FBI, Interpol, NATO, The United Nations, our own military, and that of our allies around the world. We cannot simply believe that we have full knowledge of the threats because we watch CNN!! We cannot believe that we are in any way as informed as our leaders.

These celebrities have no intelligence-gathering agents, no fact-finding groups, no insight into the minds of those who would destroy our country. They only have a deep seated hatred for all things Republican. By nature, and no one knows quite why, the Hollywood elitists detest Conservative views and anything that supports or uplifts the United States of America. The silence was deafening from the Left when Bill Clinton bombed a pharmaceutical factory outside of Khartoum, or when he attacked the Bosnian Serbs in 1995 and 1999. He bombed Serbia itself to get Slobodan Milosevic out of Kosovo, and not a single peace rally was held. When our Rangers were ambushed in Somalia and 18 young American lives were lost, not a peep was heard from Hollywood. Yet now, after our nation has been attacked on its own soil, after 3,000 Americans were killed by freedom-hating terrorists while going about their routine lives, they want to hold rallies against the war. Why the change? Because an honest, God-fearing Republican sits in the White House.

Another irony is that in 1987, when Ronald Reagan was in office, the Hollywood group aligned themselves with disarmament groups like SANE, FREEZE and PEACE ACTION, urging our own government to disarm and freeze the manufacturing of any further nuclear weapons, in order to promote world peace. It is curious that now, even after we have heard all the evidence that Saddam Hussein has chemical, biological and is very close to obtaining nuclear weapons, their is no cry from this group for HIM to disarm. They believe we should leave him alone in his quest for these weapons of mass destruction, even though it is certain that these deadly weapons will eventually be used against us in our own cities.

So why the hype out of Hollywood? Could these celebrities believe that since they draw such astronomical salaries, they are entitled to also determine the course of our Nation? That they can make viable decisions concerning war and peace? Did Michael Moore have the backing of the Nation when he recently thanked France, on our behalf, for being a "good enough friend to tell us we were wrong"? I know for certain he was not speaking for me. Does Sean Penn fancy himself a Diplomat, in going to Iraq when we are just weeks away from war? Does he believe that his High School Diploma gives him the knowledge (and the right) to go to a country that is controlled by a maniacal dictator, and speak on behalf of the American people? Or is it the fact that he pulls in more money per year than the average American worker will see in a lifetime? Does his bank account give him clout?

The ultimate irony is that many of these celebrities have made a shambles of their own lives, with drug abuse, alcoholism, numerous marriages and divorces, scrapes with the law, publicized temper tantrums, etc. How dare they pretend to know what is best for an entire nation! What is even more bizarre is how many people in this country will listen and accept their views, simply because they liked them in a certain movie, or have fond memories of an old television sitcom!

It is time for us, as citizens of the United States, to educate ourselves about the world around us. If future generations are going to enjoy the freedoms that our forefathers bequeathed us, if they are ever to know peace in their own country and their world, to live without fear of terrorism striking in their own cities, we must assure that this nation remains strong. We must make certain that those who would destroy us are made aware of the severe consequences that will befall them.

Yes, it is a wonderful dream to sit down with dictators and terrorists and join hands, singing Cumbaya and talking of world peace. But it is not real. We did not stop Adolf Hitler from taking over the entire continent of Europe by simply talking to him. We sent our best and brightest, with the strength and determination that this Country is known for, and defeated the Nazi regime. President John F. Kennedy did not stop the Soviet ships from unloading their nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962 with mere words. He stopped them with action, and threat of immediate war if the ships did not turn around. We did not end the Cold War with conferences. It ended with the strong belief of President Ronald Reagan... PEACE through STRENGTH.


This is from 2003 I think, but how do you measure up? :)

mookie2001
09-16-2005, 04:39 PM
YEAH, take that



Barbra Streisand

Cher

Martin Sheen

Jessica Lange

Alec Baldwin
Julia Roberts
Sean Penn

Susan Sarandon

Ed Asner

George Clooney

Michael Moore

Sarah Jessica Parker

Jennifer Anniston

Mike Farrell
Janeane Garofelo

SpursWoman
09-16-2005, 04:43 PM
It is what it is. Which is ironic.

Nbadan
09-17-2005, 01:13 AM
The Bush Apologist are having to work extra hard in this tread. W's not stupid, but let's face facts, he's not a Rhoades Scholar either. I mean, it's not like W worked while he was in college, all the he did was attend a couple of the best Ivy League schools in the country, thanks in large part to his dad, and he only average a C. Hell, I think even T-Park can pull that off.

After college, everything he touched turned to shit until he was ‘fortunate’ enough to get away with ‘alleged’ insider trading on some Harken stock he received as compensation. He used that money to invest in the Texas Rangers and thanks to some fat-cat Republicans who, ummm, were friends with President Daddy, they over-paid for the team about a year later, and W walked away a multi-millionaire.

Gee, I wish my daddy’s friends would funnel a few million to me.

SpursWoman
09-17-2005, 07:22 AM
Apologizing for Bush having to go to the bathroom? Everyone has to do that at some point or another, Dan. :lol

Hook Dem
09-17-2005, 09:16 AM
he's not dumb

he just had to go potty
First intellegent remark in this thread!