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Sam Neill blames Bush for disaster
Miami Herald ^ | 9/16/05

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.


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KEYWORDS: hollywoodidiot; hollywoodmoron; hollywoodpinhead; shutupandsing; whoisthisguy
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To: RikaStrom

Like your new tagline.


81 posted on 09/16/2005 2:46:10 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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To: kjo

He's done two good movies I can recall: Jurassic Park and Dead Calm.

I've never heard his off-screen stupidity before, though, and really wish I hadn't just now. I liked him a whole lot better before - now I will wince every time I spot him in a movie...

I hate that.


82 posted on 09/16/2005 2:50:44 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Just as long as you're sure.


83 posted on 09/16/2005 2:53:46 PM PDT by Hi Heels (Guns kill and cause crime? Dang, mine must be malfunctioning....)
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To: PhatHead

No kidding. JP is one of my all time favorite movies, and now it's just ruined.


84 posted on 09/16/2005 2:54:16 PM PDT by Hi Heels (Guns kill and cause crime? Dang, mine must be malfunctioning....)
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To: Hi Heels

It the voices were talking to him, he'd say things that made more sense.


85 posted on 09/16/2005 2:58:20 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

Who the hell is Sam Neill?


86 posted on 09/16/2005 2:58:31 PM PDT by Pete'sWife (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: Hi Heels

It sometimes makes me wonder if conservative actors' politics are less well-known not only because of fear of blacklisting, but simply because they have the class to keep it to themselves a bit more? (At least until they leave Hollywood for actual politics, putting their money where their mouths are...)


87 posted on 09/16/2005 3:00:03 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: Conspiracy Guy

That makes sense. But then it should given that you have the voices.....


88 posted on 09/16/2005 3:03:16 PM PDT by Hi Heels (Guns kill and cause crime? Dang, mine must be malfunctioning....)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
Further exposing his stupidity by having a vineyard on the South Island of New Zealand instead of the North. Of course, it's only a tax dodge, but still...
89 posted on 09/16/2005 3:08:29 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

Ho hum. Another useful idiot shilling for the anti-American muslim fanatics and/or leftists.

Or as Shakespear would say, "And all the fools have lighted way to dusty death.... They are blabbering idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." (or something like that. It's been a long time since high school)


90 posted on 09/16/2005 3:13:52 PM PDT by Edit35
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To: PhatHead

It's obvious to me that if you are of conservative ilk and make it known, you won't be known in Hollywood. The "hot" thing to be is anti-Bush VERY vocally. But absolutely NOTHING pi$$es me off more than some slime job like Sean Penn the GED choirboy trotting around the globe like he's fricking Shakespheare writing "stirring" novellas on his experiences in Iraq and shooting off his ignorant, uneducated, booze slurred, violent, illbred, woman beating, vulgar flapping jaws. I'm watching less and less movies, and as the box office money drops, these idiots are running around in circles going "what's wrong, what's wrong". Just SHUT UP and act. If I need some booze soaked whiny nail biting punk high school grad drama queen lover boy to tell me what to think, I'll send him a telegram. </ rant>


91 posted on 09/16/2005 3:14:57 PM PDT by Hi Heels (Guns kill and cause crime? Dang, mine must be malfunctioning....)
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To: Hi Heels

Nice rant!


92 posted on 09/16/2005 3:16:27 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: Tax-chick

um...can I be gorgeous and compelling too?


93 posted on 09/16/2005 3:17:21 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: Mears
Sam Neill blames Bush for disaster

That sentence should start, "Has been actor....

94 posted on 09/16/2005 3:19:09 PM PDT by CaptainK
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To: Artemis Webb

I don't see why not, offhand.


95 posted on 09/16/2005 3:19:51 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Start the revolution - I'll bring the tea and muffins!)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
''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.

And you dare to make your living here? Not anymore has been loser!

96 posted on 09/16/2005 3:22:55 PM PDT by Bommer
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To: manwiththehands
"Mr. Neil, after careful consideration, I've decided NOT to see any more of your movies."

Mr. Neil, after careful consideration, I've decided to continue to ignore your movie(s) as before.

The President doesn't tell actors how to act - and he should because many of them truly reek - so they should just STFU and leave the business of the country to the grown ups.
97 posted on 09/16/2005 3:23:00 PM PDT by Skywarner (The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
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To: VRWCmember

I blame Sam Neil for some really crappy movies.
Who's going to reimburse me for the time wasted watching that crap?!!!


98 posted on 09/16/2005 3:25:33 PM PDT by Muzzle_em (I'm an island awash in a sea of stupidity)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
''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.

Parsing.... Take a look at America now. The rich are certainly richer... yes, because they have money to invest. It's simple math, anything times zero equals zero. ...the economy is in the tank... no, actually it isn't ... a healthy surplus has been converted into a massive deficit... but it had nothing to do with the tax cuts what so ever, and to the surprise of idiots and socialists, the tax cuts are working to REDUCE our deficit faster than planned

...and the U.S. is a place that cannot even afford the basics... ...but we can still afford to pay the $10.75 per ticket to see the latest tripe starring you, Sam ...Like maintaining levees in low-lying Louisiana. Ask the NOLA levee board where they got the money for the Mardi-Gras fountain, the new casino, and the private jet. Ask Bill Clinton why HE cut funds to LA in the 90s ...Might I suggest that tax cuts led indirectly to the flooding of New Orleans? Neill added. You might, and you'd be shown to be an idiot Sam, you might as well go the extra mile and say it was global warming, racism, anti-women's rights, and homophobia that caused the flooding too.

99 posted on 09/16/2005 3:30:03 PM PDT by infidel29 ("By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

LOL

Thanks CG.

How are you doing?


100 posted on 09/16/2005 4:33:35 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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