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.
Another actor speaking his mind when no one wants to hear what he has to say.
Who gives a Rat's A$$?
You can suggest it but you are a total ass for trying to make the comparison.
Not only that, but when the power went out in New Orleans the raptors escaped from their cages.
"Reilly Ace of Spies" great actor. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085077/
"Take a look at America now. The rich are certainly richer, but the economy is in the tank.."
They never let the truth get in the way of a good Bush-bash.
Who is Sam Niell?
Who the heck is Sam Nell? If that is his picture above, I've never seen him, never heard of him, and who the hell cares what he thinks? Tell him to shut up and sing.
No. But you might suggest that pandering to environmentalists and corrupt local government led directly to the flooding of New Orleans.
Obviously he knows nothing about the state of the AMerican economy, or about economics in gneral. I love it. Letting people keep more of their own money is a bribe, but passing out goverment largesse to buy votes is statesmanship.
Somebody should tell him that Keynesianism was dumped on the ash heap of history back in the 70s.
What a toad.
There was never any actual surplus, only a projected surplus.
Sam Neill ? Never heard of him. Does he do Preparation H commercials?
You might suggest it, Sam. And it might illustrate that you know nothing about economics OR physics or meteorology, Sam. Maybe you need to get someone smarter to write your lines for you, Sam.
Jurassic Park
Mr. Neil, after careful consideration, I've decided NOT to see any more of your movies.
Every time I watch that now, I'll be rooting for the dinosaurs.
Sam, might I suggest you are a blithering idiot? Considering that your career is spent entertaining people by being chased by computer-generated dinosaurs does not provide convincing evidence of your intellectual acumen.
You're a decent actor in a society that gives waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy too much standing to entertainers and athletes. Be thankful for that, and stick to your day job.
Sam Neill ? Never heard of him. Does he do Preparation H commercials?
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Actually I think he was on a box of "Queerios". Just add milk and they eat each other.
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