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DENZEL VISITS TROOPS AT BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER--Denzel Washington visits injured troops
frontpage magazine/horowitz ^ | June 6 | not stated: "war blog"

Posted on 06/06/2005 7:06:16 AM PDT by Mamzelle

Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas (BAMC) recently. This is where soldiers, especially burn victims, come to be hospitalized. The Center has buildings called Fisher Houses, which are hotels where soldiers' families can stay. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base but they are full most of the time. Denzel made "a substantial donation" to the Center's work.

Question: why do Alec Baldwin, Madonna, Sean Penn, and other Hollywood types make front page news with their anti-everything American tune and this doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of any newspaper -- except the base newspaper in San Antoni


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: denzel; denzelwashington; hollywood; washington
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There are photographs of Denzel's visits: I encourage readers to click to read... link
1 posted on 06/06/2005 7:06:17 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle

Good for him. BUMP


2 posted on 06/06/2005 7:11:58 AM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: Mamzelle

I have a lot of respect for Denzel Washington.

Halle Berry accepted her Oscar earlier that same night abd basically said she didn't deserve it, but was being given the award because of all these other actresses that didn't get one. It was a pathetic display, especially when you consider at that moment, she chose to identify more with the black father who beat and deserted her and her mom than her white mother who struggled to raise her all on her own.

Denzel (with the exception of the little joke he made when he arrived on stage, a spur of the moment thing I'm sure), made hardly a reference to his race and accepted his Oscar on the basis that he did indeed deserve it (and he did). Denzel is an amazing actor and at times can be an extremely serious man. He stared Hollywood in the fact that night and basically said, you gave me this because I deserved it, not because I'm black. It was the kind of look that had Hollywood been patronizing him, they would have buckled under from that powerful stare.


3 posted on 06/06/2005 7:14:20 AM PDT by BaBaStooey
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To: BaBaStooey

He's my favorite actor but he's so much more. Too bad there aren't more like him in Hollywood.


4 posted on 06/06/2005 7:18:38 AM PDT by mlc9852
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To: Mamzelle
Bottom line.........I hate the victim mentality.......
5 posted on 06/06/2005 7:25:09 AM PDT by marmar (Even though I may look different then you...my blood runs red, white and blue.....)
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To: truthkeeper

I think it's important to notice a Hollywood elite actually acting like a mensch.


6 posted on 06/06/2005 7:27:43 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle

I think we need to verify this "donation" before going any further with this. Can someone verify that he gave money?


7 posted on 06/06/2005 7:38:30 AM PDT by mayyah
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To: mayyah

Denzel Washington made good o his promise

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3207727


8 posted on 06/06/2005 7:41:22 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: All

Densel has a son in Bagdad. I am sure the MSM wouldn't want the public to know that. Mr. Washington is a proud American. This is one guy who doesn't lead with race....he knows hard work and the right attitude works.


9 posted on 06/06/2005 7:45:30 AM PDT by cousair
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To: mayyah

I've done some searches on FR and there are other accounts on this site and news sources that show a dignified behavior pattern on the part of D. Washington. I don't think there is anyone who despises celebrities more than I, and I am impressed.


10 posted on 06/06/2005 7:50:00 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Mamzelle

That is highly decent of Mr. Washington. You can bet our wounded troops appreciate his visit very much.


11 posted on 06/06/2005 8:01:21 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Mamzelle

There will always be a US military. There will always be people with the heart and sense to know how important the military is. Liberal hatred for the military in the US is so far institutionalized that anyone who supports the military is himself/herself a singular individual, even though that is something which should be natural to all Americans.


12 posted on 06/06/2005 8:28:07 AM PDT by SMARTY
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To: mayyah

Denzel apparently asked how much it cost to build one of the units at the facility. When he was told the amount, Denzel pulled out his checkbook and wrote the check for that amount on the spot.


13 posted on 06/06/2005 8:28:52 AM PDT by Axelsrd
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To: Mamzelle

Denzel is being the class act that he is. I first respected him when he refused to do love scenes in his films years ago. His wife is a lovely woman who I saw interviewed on television not long ago. She said she gladly cut-back on her singing career to have their first son.


14 posted on 06/06/2005 8:59:05 AM PDT by katieanna (My Redeemer Liveth!)
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To: Axelsrd
The pledge was captured — and convoluted — by the Internet rumor mill and within weeks a widely circulated e-mail, which was exchanged throughout the service ranks, erroneously stated Washington pulled out his checkbook at Brooke and made a huge donation on the spot.

The e-mail had a life of its own, said Fisher House officials, who were barraged with inquiries about the donation and how it would be spent. Efforts to clarify that the donation was promised and still pending often were ignored.

Weiskopf said the Washingtons' gift, received several weeks ago, was "undesignated," meaning the couple didn't specify how the money should be used. That decision will be made by the board, he said.


Stop reading those emails! :^)
15 posted on 06/06/2005 9:00:01 AM PDT by TheDon (Euthanasia is an atrocity.)
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To: cousair
This is one guy who doesn't lead with race...

Maybe not in real life, but he always seems to have roles acting the part of an angry racial. That being so, I haven't viewed a complete work he's done since St.Elsewhere.

16 posted on 06/06/2005 9:47:00 AM PDT by solitas (So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
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To: solitas

It may be most of his rolls are angry, but it is the story that sells if written properly. I do not belive Denzel is angry about anything, but working to have a career to be proud of. Most of his pictures I have seen are excellent...and full of action. As they say....that sells!


17 posted on 06/07/2005 7:21:33 AM PDT by cousair
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To: cousair

Angry, mouthy, ethnic portrayals don't 'work' for me.


18 posted on 06/07/2005 7:18:58 PM PDT by solitas (So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
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..he always seems to have roles acting the part of an angry racial..

Take a look at Man on Fire.

I'd have given him an Oscar for that role. His character had conflicts, but not racial. He is shown with a white old friend, and his main (key) connection is to a blond little girl to whom he is bodyguard.

19 posted on 06/07/2005 7:32:54 PM PDT by MrNatural (..".You want the truth?!"...)
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To: solitas

I don't blame an actor for the writing which portrays a character in a movie. Densel was really good in "Man On Fire". The man he characterizes is angry and ready to kill anyone associated with the crime. Densel is one actor that can do many things on film. He shows love, action, humor and anger....all on film and well done. The camera does love him.


20 posted on 06/08/2005 12:30:31 PM PDT by cousair
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