Posted on 09/07/2005 11:26:24 PM PDT by Elyse
Edited on 09/07/2005 11:33:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The next time you go to the movies/concert or buy a cd/dvd take a moment to consider if you really should just skip the middle man and hand your money straight to your favorite liberal organization. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to say enough is enough. There are some that will accuse me of blacklisting or being Un-American. They will say that everyone has the right to express their political opinions and they shouldn't be penalized because they are a celebrity. Well, I've decided that I shouldn't be penalized BECAUSE they are a celebrity.
A long time ago I told myself I will never pay my money to support Barbara Streisand and Jane Fonda. I've remained faithful to that pledge. But, if I'm being truthful to myself, that was no big hardship. I've made excuses not to carry my personal campaign forward. I want to see that blockbuster movie that everyone is talking about. I want to buy that CD, so I can listen to that rock song I like. So, I continue to hand my money over to celebrities that use their spotlight as a platform to spread liberal messages that are usually radically counter to my beliefs.
I'm not going to be hard-nosed about this. I don't care if I find out a celebrity is a liberal. I don't care if they show up at every liberal fundraiser and political convention. I would still like to go see SOME movies and listen to SOME rock music. What matters to me is what they say when they have a camera stuck in their face or a reporter writing down the words of wisdom they want to convey to their fans.
I know these celebrities won't even feel the pinch when they don't benefit from my entertainment budget. It's just time that I stand up and put my money where MY mouth is and quit giving it to support a liberal's mouth.
--- Pierce Brosnan ---
"This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for," the former James Bond actor told reporters Saturday. "I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful."
--- Sean Penn ---
"There are people dying and (the US government are) not putting the ******* boats in the water, I think that`s criminal negligence.
"I don`t think anybody ever anticipated the criminal negligence of the Bush administration in this situation."
--- Kanye West ---
"They've given them permission to go down and shoot us."
"George Bush doesn't care about black people,"
--- Matt Damon ---
"I'm not a fan of (President Bush), so I let out a big cheer (over West's comments). So this guy with his moment on live TV made a statement that hopefully, now Bush will come out and address (the issue)."
--- David Banner ---
"I'm glad Kanye said what he said on NBC," Banner says in the upcoming issue of Ozone magazine. "The President never gave a damn about black folks."
--- Ray Davies, lead singer of the Kinks ---
Davies branded Mr Bush "an over-burdened, out-of-touch president" in an article in The Times newspaper, and complained that someone should have acted sooner.
"Why didn't the people who are supposed to be experts on this stuff react sooner? The problem we all know by now is money. Budgets. America's preoccupation with wars overseas. Nobody cares about the poor. Etc, etc," he said.
"It was clear to me ... that something disastrous was on the cards."
--- Celine Dion ---
"I open (sic) the television, there's people still there, waiting to be rescued, and for me it's not acceptable.
"I know there's reasons for it, I'm sorry to say, I'm being rude, but I don't want to hear those reasons."
Dion criticised authorities for arresting looters in New Orleans, Louisiana, saying they should make rescuing the stranded victims a priority.
She said: "Oh, they're stealing 20 pair of jeans or they're stealing television sets. Who cares? They're not going to go too far with it. Maybe those people are so poor, some of the people who do that they're so poor they've never touched anything in their lives. Let them touch those things for once."
"How come it's so easy to send planes in another country to kill everyone in a second, to destroy lives? We need to be there right now to rescue the rest of the people."
--- Colin Farrell ---
"If this had been a bunch of white people on the roofs of their houses I don't have any f***ing doubt there would have been every single helicopter, plane and means that the government has trying to help."
--- Anne Rice ---
"But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on us; you dismissed our victims; you dismissed us," Rice wrote. "You want our Jazz Fest, you want our Mardi Gras, you want our cooking and our music. Then when you saw us in real trouble, when you saw a tiny minority preying on the weak among us, you called us 'Sin City' and turned your backs."
Upon arriving to Venice to present Elizabethtown their newest movie actresses Kirsten Dust and Susan Sarandon expressed their disappointment with the Bush administration.
--- Kirsten Dunst ---
It's devastating and I'm ashamed of the way it's being handled and, when we get home, we'll be doing PSAs (public service announcements) and I want to help in whatever way I can because I'm embarrassed and I think it will hopefully change a lot of politics, Dunst said.
--- Susan Sarandon ---
" I'm heartbroken and outraged and can't wait to get home to see what's going on."
Who is David Banner?
BTW: When Anne Rice keeps saying "us" as if she is one of the victims, she wrote that from the comfort of La Jolla, Calif.
Hey, we all have to start somewhere. Very informative post.
Today's so-called "celebrities" and "entertainers" should, if they are able to read, study the history of their profession. For centuries, right up to the start of movie-making, entertainers were considered the scum of the earth. They existed to make people laugh, both the nobility and the common people. A ruler, because he was the ruler and he was usually rich, kept a stable of jesters, mimes, and people like that. "Stable" is the correct word. Just like the king's horse, when they were not doing what they were supposed to do, they were expected to keep quiet and out of sight. The king would never have his horse over to dinner, and neither would he ever entertain an actor.
Those actors, jesters, and mimes who entertained the common people had a somewhat tenuous existence, constantly traveling from town to town. They would set up a tent, hopefully draw a crowd, make some money, and then move on to the next town. Members of that profession were considered to be on the same level with prostitutes, who often accompanied the actors and did their own form of entertaining. No self-respecting citizen would ever be seen in the company of either an actor or a prostitute. Young ladies who took up acting as a career were in most cases disowned by their families and considered prostitutes.
My point? It's time to stop idolizing today's "celebrities" and "entertainers." It's time to remind them that they are merely prostitutes, who are paid to entertain us. And most of them aren't very good at it.
Gee, I wonder what Celine's views on music piracy are. As I recall one of her CDs had copy protection that caused PCs to freeze if you tried to play the CD on the computer.
Don't make him angry, you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
He's a rap crap singer.
Beautiful, . . . comrade.
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