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Hollywood anti-war set needs some new lines April 8, 2003 BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST TO: Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Sheryl Crow, David Duchovny, Janeane Garofalo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Woody Harrelson, Jessica Lange, Michael Moore, Edward Norton, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Eddie Vedder, et al. RE: Operation Iraqi Freedom Dear Celebrity Anti-War Activist: Over the last several weeks and months, you have used your status as a person of fame to tell the world you're against the war with Iraq, which you believe to be unwarranted, unethical, unconstitutional and un-American. Some of you have said you "hate"...

'Join the other superpower," said the bumper sticker on the back of the clapped out Chevy van on the ferry, "world opinion." How I wish I could. Just walk right into that ocean of warmly felt righteousness until the waves were over my head, then breathe. But that would mean I had an IQ of twelve. That would mean I conflated Bush and Saddam. That I was somehow convinced that Saddam, causing the death of an estimated 300,000 children, not to mention the brutal torture or murder of unnumbered Iraqi adults over the past 10 years, is somehow equal to...

<p>For a few days after the Dixie Chicks' lead singer, Natalie Maines, told a London audience, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas," there was not a ripple about the remark. The American ambassador to Britain, William Farish, was at the show and made it a point to greet the Texas trio at a reception afterward. Although six critics reviewed the March 10 concert, only one mentioned the comment in print.</p>

View it here! http://www.feministsforlife.org/taf/2001/spring/Spring01.pdf I always thought Sheen was pro choice. I even heard him on an interview saying he was an athiest who loved catholic traditions and ritual. Sheen can't be pro life - he is a prime supporter of Fidel Castro and communist Cuba. As you know, Cuba is a brutal dictatorship with one of the highest abortion rates in the world. In Sheen's Cuba, abortion is used as birth control. Sheen's name always appears as a sponsor on fliers and posters for events relating to communist Cuba. Someone should contact Fems for Life and tell them of...

WHEN DUCT –TAPE ISN’T ENOUGH By Lionel Swift March 28, 2003 This week, actor Martin Sheen attended an anti-war rally in downtown Los Angeles with the word "Peace" duct-taped over his mouth. Like many other Hollywood stars, Sheen is convinced that his views are being silenced in flagrant violation of his first amendment rights. So the cacophony of Hollywood condemnation of the war goes on, albeit with no discernible recognition that their words are, indeed, being heard. The actual problem is not auditory, however. The real problem is much more basic -- few agree with them. And such a reaction...

"Hey Martin Sheen, how does it feel to have this dedicated to you?"

Talk show hosts and right-wing websites have been leading the protests against those celebrities who have been most outspoken against the war in Iraq.At this year's Oscars, there were a number of protests against the war, most notably by Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Pedro Almodovar, and Barbra Streisand. That has infuriated conservative political activists who are now using the internet to organise protests, and in some case boycotts, of those who have spoken out against the war. Grassfire.net, one of the websites that has attacked celebrities for being anti-American, raised money to purchase a billboard opposite Hollywood's Kodak theatre to...

The war in Iraq -- or maybe just something in the Evian water -- put a lot of showbiz folks in a jittery mood last weekend and pushed a couple of Hollywood's leading lights over the edge. There was no shortage of unsettling news -- and ample opportunity to blame the messenger. In the wee hours yesterday at the post-Academy Awards party hosted by Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter, super-agent Ed Limato hurled his drink into the face of New York Post gossip Richard Johnson. Minutes later, actor-activist Tim Robbins threatened us with bodily injury.

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<p>COMMENTARY A Celebrity, but First a Citizen Being famous does not bar an American from speaking out against an unjust war. By Martin Sheen Martin Sheen plays the president in NBC's "West Wing." March 17, 2003 I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. For most of us in this country, citizenship is a birthright. However, this does not cloak the citizen with a life free of responsibility.</p>

<p>Martin Sheen's politicking against the war on terrorism may have cost him a lucrative endorsement contract.</p> <p>Sheen and his son Charlie starred in a spot for Visa's Check Card which was cited as one of the top TV commercials of 2002. But it was abruptly canceled last week.</p>

It's a place where the Clinton presidency lives on in the personage of Martin Sheen and where JFK is always a hero. It's where problems really can be fixed by throwing money at them and where the rest of the world wants peace, too. It's where death-row inmates have been "framed'' and pedophiles are victims under Megan's Law. It's where raising taxes improves an economy and where unlimited social programs still leave the budget balanced. In short, it's where liberal policies work, because what sounds good on paper and works in theory also works in the movies and on TV.

<p>MARTIN Sheen's politicking against the war on terrorism may have cost him a lucrative endorsement contract.</p> <p>Sheen and his son Charlie starred in a spot for Visa's Check Card which was cited as one of the top TV commercials of 2002. But it was abruptly canceled last week.</p>

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Now that we know what actors Martin Sheen and Sean Penn think about a possible war with Iraq, the burning question is what do their fellow celebrities Robert Blake and O.J. Simpson have to say about it? Given their high-profile status as Hollywood murder suspects, surely they would bring a unique Tinseltown perspective to the great debate over America's new hard-line foreign policy. That's certainly the case with Penn. No doubt his anti-war stance was forged and fashioned in the fires of his own violent behaviour over the years. This is the film star, after all, who long before he...

Long time Freeper, first time poster. Check out this PIC of what our military have done for Martin Sheen! http://www.right-thinking.com/comments.php?id=P649_0_1_0

Here's a list of The West Wing's Advertisers. Let them know that by lining Mr. Sheen's pockets with ad dollars they support his anti-American activities and views, and you won't be patronizing them anytime soon.

Pressure is growing for the president to lose his job because of his uncompromising stance on the war. That's President Bartlet, as played by Martin Sheen in the hit television series, The West Wing. Sheen has been a leading figure in the anti-war movement, addressing rallies and spearheading the "virtual march" on Washington last week in which legislators were deluged with a million emails, phone calls and faxes. NBC is under pressure to sack him from its show or face a boycott or withdrawal of advertising. Sheen said the channel's executives had indicated that his high profile could damage the...

Setting the Record Straight By Christopher Westland Those on the left insist they have the A.N.S.W.E.R. for all of us. But the veneer of their thought process has worn extremely thin, along with the patience of most rational minds. It's not an exaggeration to say that anti-Americanism has been the main marching tune of the modern left for decades. Almost uniformly, they insist that America, her competitive private corporations, and the capital system are evil. But the left has conveniently exempted the nationalized corporations of socialist states and third world dictators — the true monopolies of the world. Pretending...