Celebrities read Constitution aloud

Boston Globe ^ | September 2, 2004 | Deepti Hajela, AP

[kcvl]

Betty Friedan is the foremost spokesperson for women's rights in the world. In 1963, the publication of her book, The Feminine Mystique. set off shock waves around the country and is now regarded as the catalytic work of the women's movement. She is also the author of The Second Stage and It Changed My Life. A founder of NOW, National Women's Political Caucus, and NARAL, she has traveled and lectured all over the world and has written for such diverse publications as McCall's, Harper's, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New Yorker. In more recent years, she has been a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California, New York University, and George Mason University. Her new book, The Fountain of Age, is based on 10 years of research on changing sex roles and the aging process. Currently she is an Adjunct Scholar at the Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian, and Distinguished Professor of Social Evolution at Mount Vernon College.

[kcvl]

For some time now, Mandy Patinkin has supported the work of Americans for Peace Now (and served on their Board of Directors). This is an organization dear to his heart, in that it promotes a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East. Click to read a letter from Mandy Patinkin regarding this organization and the urgent need for a genuine roadmap to peace in the Middle East. -- May 3

[OpusatFR]

That's nice. No one disputes their right to speak.

It is the absolute hubris these actors present as arbiters of public and societal conscience.

Liberals have created the myth that only they present compassion and relief, healing and outreach. It is a lie of monstrous proporation.

That he sits on the Board of Directors of this organization is admirable. I am also on the Board of a NGO that directs dialogue and outreach, legislation and aid.

However, I would not let myself be so intellectually deceived as to think that my personal persona would influence the electorate simply by the reading of a document that Constitutional scholars find daunting.

Bedsides, I'm much, much smarter than all of them. ( - :

And modest, too!

[nathanbedford]

Brilliant!

[Straight Vermonter]

The only parts libs really care about are parts of the 1st amendment and Article 1, Section 8 Clause 18:

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Which both parties interpret as: Congress can pass any damn thing it wishes as long as it is not expressly forbidden by the bill of right.

[M-cubed]

Celebrities read Constitution aloud
Boston Globe ^ | September 2, 2004 | Deepti Hajela, AP


I believe that headline should read: Celebrities recite Constitution....To read implies understanding

[Brilliant]

Even if they read it over and over, they won't find any reference to abortion. It's pretty hypocritical for leftwingers to harp on the Constitution when it doesn't say half of what they claim it says.

[NYCVirago]

Richard Gere said:

Referring to Bush, she added, "If he was my own personal representative, he would be fired."

Now that's a statement the Average Joe can relate to -- after all, he also has problems getting good help. Gimme a break.

[NYCVirago]

Typo: That should be Edie Falco, not Richard Gere.