[mountaineer]

From the "blatherings of the young, stupid and marginally talented" file (NY Daily News):

Earnest actor Ethan Hawke hates puppet theater - and we don't mean "Avenue Q." The "Taking Lives" star is joining celebrity hecklers Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins in taking issue with President Bush's war on terrorism.

"We have a new definition of puppet," Uma Thurman's estranged spouse tells us. "I would love to see all of Bush's cabinet dismantled."

Hawke also wants to see campaign ads that don't exploit a national tragedy.

"It seems unnerving when somebody tries to use a tragedy for their own political gain," he rails, referring to Bush's controversial TV ads that incorporated images of 9/11.

"That tragedy belongs to all of America, regardless of party. I'm sure he's trying to draw attention to what he thinks was his finest moments of leadership, but I don't think he did anything remarkable as a leader during that period."

[SuziQ]

"That tragedy belongs to all of America, regardless of party. I'm sure he's trying to draw attention to what he thinks was his finest moments of leadership, but I don't think he did anything remarkable as a leader during that period."

A majority of Americans would disagree.