Posted on 09/16/2005 1:40:52 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
Posted on Fri, Sep. 16, 2005
Sam Neill blames Bush for disaster
Actor Sam Neill has blamed President Bush's economic policies for contributing to the disaster that engulfed Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina hit, reports The Associated Press.
In a speech Wednesday night attacking New Zealand opposition leader Don Brash ahead of the country's general elections on Saturday, Neill, a supporter of the ruling Labour Party, compared tax cuts proposed by Brash to Bush's election pledges in 2000.
'Perhaps we should look at somewhere else where they recently used the time-old bribe of tax cuts, and see how it worked. In 2000 George Bush, under the reasonable sounding `compassionate conservatism,' offered huge tax cuts. And he delivered,'' Neill told an audience in Oamaru, 200 miles east of his home and vineyard on New Zealand's South Island.
''Take a look at America now. The rich are certainly richer, but the economy is in the tank, a healthy surplus has been converted into a massive deficit, and the U.S. is a place that cannot even afford the basics. Like maintaining levees in low-lying Louisiana. Might I suggest that tax cuts led indirectly to the flooding of New Orleans?'' Neill added.
What's with all these actors and performers thinking that a little bit of fame makes them political experts?
Shut up and sing, already!
Really? I would like to know what Larry Storch thinks about how Bush handled Katrina. I would also like to know what Michael Richards thinks about our campaign in Afghanistan, etc.
Jurasic Park.
WHO CARES what Sam Neill thinks? I can personally think of at least 200,000 people whose opinion I respect more than his. Why is the media doing this...it's like...anyone who'll say something negative about Bush gets to have a forum. It's unprecedented.
Has it been that long? I'm just going by what I've heard, but if it's been longer, we need to know. Just further proof they can't fix diddly.
No Imodium
Sam Neill would do well to study the history of his profession.
Up until the twentieth century society usually held entertainers in very low esteem. Entertainers were mostly in two groups. The first group had steady jobs, because they worked for royalty and nobility, keeping the upper classes entertained. Mimes, jesters, and acrobats were considered part of the household help or beasts of burden in the stable. The king would not have dinner with his favorite horse, no matter how much he liked the horse, and neither would he have dinner with one of his entertainers.
Other entertainers traveled from town to town, putting on shows for the common people. They were not considered part of polite society. The jesters, mimes, and such put on their show, got their money and left. Women of loose morals often accompanied the troupe of entertainers and engaged in a different kind of entertaining behind the tent. The professions of prostitution and acting intertwined more often than not. Young ladies who became actresses were often disowned by their families and considered to be prostitutes.
Mr. Neill and his fellow actors are nothing more than prostitutes. We pay them money, they entertain us, and that is the end of our relationship. We would never associate with them in public, because they are not fit to be seen in polite society.
These show biz types with stagnating careers have learned that bashing Bush will get them headlines.
The economy is in the tank?
who's sam neil and who cares who he is or what he thinks, or even whether an as-hole is capable of thinking anyway?
What a disappointment.
I had always thought him intelligent.
Then he opened his mouth and proved otherwise.
mum is the word
We're doing great. Life is good. Work sux.
LOL
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