Belzer's Morons

The American Spectator ^ | 3/21/2006 | Doug Powers

[elhombrelibre]

Belzer's Morons

By Doug Powers

On a regular basis, we hear people say how they "support the troops but are against the war." This has never made much sense to me, but then again, I'm not as smart as actors and comedians. Is there anything they don't know?

Richard Belzer helped hash this out recently. The Law & Order actor and long-time comedian let the cat out of the bag during an appearance on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher.

The bottom line for Belzer: The troops aren't the best qualified to comment on the war because they don't have time to read 20 newspapers a day, can't know the truth because too busy trying not to die, and are "19 and 20 year old kids who couldn't get a job." (Read the exchange or watch the video for yourself here.)

At least Belzer lets it fly unabashedly. Usually the left is a little more tactful in camouflaging the truth as it concerns their view of the troops.

The reason why they believe that the U.S. soldier is an empty-headed dupe isn't tough to figure out.

Consider Casey Sheehan, for example. He joined the military on his own accord, willingly re-enlisted during this conflict, and fought and died for something in which he believed. Casey's mother Cindy, founder of the Crawford KOA and rabid collector of frequent protester miles, has said he died "for nothing."

To use the deaths of U.S. soldiers who joined willingly as an anti-war statement is to discredit their beliefs and judgment, not to mention their intellect. These are all things that liberals do with artful virtuosity. They just don't usually come right out and say it, like Belzer.

Take Belzer and Sheehan out of the equation for a moment and look at some of the others who "care about the troops." Observe protests by the group called Code Pink. An organization so named, presumably, because of all the Pepto Bismol you have to drink to keep them from turning your stomach.

Code Pink members have hung around the Walter Reed Army Hospital, which houses many wounded soldiers, and waved signs such as "Maimed for Lies" and "Enlist here and die for Halliburton." This sounds like a bunch of people who obviously respect the soldiers, doesn't it?

You'd be hard pressed to find another group of people who are more abusive than those who seek peace for a living.

Adding fuel to the "they're so stupid" fire is the fact that these same morons in question are also overwhelmingly pro-Bush.

Much of the left views the U.S. soldier as having discovered an entirely new level of dim-wittedness -- a doofy outlook perhaps deserving of the mockery that has taken place at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, not to mention worthy of the applauded insults that rocketed from the moonscaped mug of Richard Belzer.

To be led into an unjust war by a moron is one thing, but for those same people to vote for that moron in droves makes the military reprehensibly imbecilic in leftist eyes.

For a moment, let's consider the people Belzer insults. Americans like these have helped put an end to slavery, oppression, genocide and all manner of craziness put forth by every spiral-eyed deranged dictator and tin-pot wanker on the planet.

The military can be sent to fight in some of the biggest dung-heap, dirt-bucket and generally scummy areas on the face of the earth -- places that make a septic tank look like the Presidential Suite at the Bellagio. They perform tasks -- from the incredibly dangerous to the intolerably mundane --without complaint or plea for recognition.

The military is often called upon to take on unhinged nut cases -- the aberrant likes of whom may make you long for the stability of Courtney Love. They volunteer to dive head first into a big bowl of "Crackpot Bouillabaisse" against knee-jerk fascists, totalitarian fist wavers, and mad men engaged in a fierce game of "Virgin-Quest."

All this is offset by the lousy pay.

What must make a soldier's job even more difficult is that, on top of all this, they hear entertainers who make a fortune on fiction telling them they have no idea what they're talking about because they didn't learn about their own missions in the biased mainstream press.

Sure -- and Neil Armstrong couldn't wait to get back to Earth so he could see the cover of the New York Times and learn all about what it was like to be on the moon.

Members of the U.S. military have fought and died so people like Belzer are free to sit in comfortable security and insult them. Hey, maybe that's why Richard thinks they're stupid.

In this one isolated instance, Belzer may have a point.

[Kozak]

Ah yes. Another stupid "meat puppet" with the intellect of a flea and the ego of an elephant.

[raccoonradio]

Laura Ingraham was talking about this yesterday and played the clip. As her most recent book starts off, "They (the
Hollywood/liberal elites) think you're stupid." Apparently
folks like "Belcher" think the soldiers are stupid, too.

From Wikipedia: "(Belzer) worked as a paperboy and became known for his uncontrollable wit, which caused him to be kicked out of every school he attended. After high school he was a reporter for the Bridgeport Post. He unsuccessfully attended junior college and later enlisted in the Army. He soon realized it was a mistake and tried to get out."

Genius.

[Echo Talon]

The reason why they believe that the U.S. soldier is an empty-headed dupe isn't tough to figure out.

Hollywood doesn't help did you see the movie "Jarhead"? I wouldn't recomend it.

[Pistolshot]

Those that can, do. Those that can't, complain.

God bless our troops in harm's way and our President for the faith in them and the course he has taken.

[Rastus]

I thought this guy was a jerk back in the '80s when he was constantly bashing Reagan in his standup routine. It turns out he's also a complete idiot. Check out this quote:

There was a time in journalism where a lot of liberal, so-called liberal people went into journalism. But today the so-called liberals like Dan Rather — is that a liberal? Is Sam Donaldson a liberal? Are these liberals? I mean, that's astounding to me. As Michael Moore said the other night, you know, most of the people in America are way to the left of all the Democratic candidates, 'cause any time you take a poll, they want a better environment. They want — the desire for the death penalty is going down. And, you know, people want health care. They will help the indigent. So, you know, the fact that our present government has been hijacked by several dozen white intellectual right-wing guys who, you know, have grants—

Yeah, Munch . . . the whole country's to the left of Kery and Gore. They're just too stupid to vote that way. By the way, your non-liberal buddies like Dan Rather are the ones asking the questions in those polls. Nut.

[raccoonradio]

>>Yeah, Munch . . . the whole country's to the left of Kery and Gore. They're just too stupid to vote that way

Flipped thru radio dial the other day and actually listened to a few seconds of Air SCAmerica (sounded like Ed Schulz):
(pompously)-- "So, the right-wing already controls the
government, they control the media--"

STOP THE TAPE! We control the media? CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS,
Boston Glob, NY Crimes, Washington Compost--all right wing
wackos! Start the tape again.

"...and now they want to control academia, too..."

But you libs have done such a good job with it! (See
books by David Horowitz, Laura I., Michelle Malkin,
David Limbaugh among others for good examples...)

[LeoWindhorse]

these people are all on drugs .
they have almost no self control and allow their own little ego's to rage wildly . The drugs allow them to spout out with whatever drifts through their shallow minds.

[jporcus]

Belzer is a weak coward. He thinks he's tough by shouting the F-word at a congress woman.

[Rastus]

That's the fantasy they have, that the MSM is conservatively biased. I don't think they actually believe it. They just float it out there to see if anyone will bite. Eric Alterman spews this garbage all the time and even has a "what liberal bias?" website.

[Rastus]

"Oh, fie!" Is that what that jerk yelled? ;)

[cincinnati65]

"As Michael Moore said the other night, you know, most of the people in America are way to the left of all the Democratic candidates, 'cause any time you take a poll, they want a better environment. They want — the desire for the death penalty is going down. And, you know, people want health care. They will help the indigent."

This is what they consider "way to the left of all the Democratic candidates"? I mean, I want a better environment, but I'm not willing to go back to the horse-and-buggy days to achieve it. I want health care, but I don't want the Federal Government having any part of it. And I'll happily help anyone that's attempting to help himself, but I don't want the Federal Government deciding who deserves the money I've earned that's been confiscated from my payroll check.

[elhombrelibre]

No, and I have no interest in seeing it. Hollywood's goal is to undermine our troops.

[Echo Talon]

I know, I rented it thinking it was going to be "good" I was wrong...
chalk one up to experience, read reviews before renting or buying a dvd.

[Rastus]

I think Jake Gyllenhaal did a followup called Grunt. Or maybe that's just what he did in Brokeback.

[Nathan Zachary]

Undermine hollywood in return. DON'T go to the movies. Don't support them in any way. If you want to see a movie, wait until it comes out as a rental, then buy a copy someone burned.
There's little worth watching anyways.

[driftless]

I'm sure Belzer is a political and military genius because he reads twenty far left rags a day (smirk). In fact most dailies that average Americans read are far left/liberal in their orientation. Just like my old rag (which my wife still subscribes to) The La Crosse (Wisc) Tribune. When I was growing up, the Tribune was very conservative. Now it is just a mouthpiece for the Donkey party and the wacko leftists. It recently printed a guest editorial by Howard Zinn.

I would venture that most American dailies have tilted sharply to the left in the last forty years. That is why many Americans think that corporations are evil, the rich pay no taxes, people are starving in the streets, and Hussein was no threat to us.

[sully777]

Belzer wasn't funny when he did drugs. He's less entertaining when he's sober. He was a has-been in the 1970's. Probably got work because he knew secrets about fellow entertainers, especially popular comics that were much more talented than himself when they suffered from typhoid and cholera on the same night. Hey Rich, okay, we're like laughing at you not with you--okay.~Imitating Belzer's comedic style. Wasn't that rip-roaring hilarious?

[driftless]

"a jerk"

This is the typical mind-set from what I have gathered reading various quotes over the years from many Hollyweird morons like Belzer. They believe that the country needs a lot more government despite all evidence to the contrary. Belzer's words are very revealing because they indicate that most weirdo celebs truly believe that average Americans are too stupid to run their lives without massive help from Big Gov. And with advice from "geniuses" like Belzer. In actuality they have total contempt for all average Americans and not just servicemen and women.

[Tennessee_Bob]

They perform tasks -- from the incredibly dangerous to the intolerably mundane --without complaint or plea for recognition.

I have to take issue with this statement. Anyone who makes this kind of comment has obviously never stood in front of his team and said, "Ok, guys - we need to police the area, and then go down to the flight line for a FOD walk." Or "The Lieutenant wants us to move the spare line to the north side of the shop, and the maintenance rails to the south side of the shop because it makes the hangar have more 'flow' to it."

Oh, yeah - they (me included) complain, but we got the work done while we did it.