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Actor Val Kilmer apologizes for insulting Vets, New Mexico residents (Partial apology anyway)
American Thinker ^
| 06/24/2010
| David Paulin
Posted on 06/24/2010 8:32:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hollywood actor Val Kilmer on Wednesday gave a partial apology to New Mexico residents who
were outraged that he'd reportedly called them drunks and also disparaged Vietnam veterans. Among the magazines that allegedly misquoted the actor were
Rolling Stone and
Esquire. In a bizarre moment at the public hearing where Kilmer spoke, a Hispanic man suggested the actor was a racist businessman.
Kilmer, wearing a prominent pony tail, got the permits he was seeking from county commissioners to turn his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe into an upscale bed-and-breakfast. But resident Abran Tapia -- who together with other residents had opposed the permits because of Kilmer's alleged insults -- was not satisfied with what one
local TV station called Kilmer's "partial apology."
"It's the biggest piece of crap that I've ever heard, Tapia said of Kilmer, who has put on considerable weight since the height of his Hollywood days.
Tapia, rising another concern, also complained that Kilmer's bed-and-breakfast would be "racist" because Hispanics couldn't afford to stay there, according to one
news report. It was a puzzling remark, to be sure -- one that no doubt caught Kilmer off guard. No matter that it reflects a common sentiment among deep-thinking Hollywood liberals, members of ACORN, and perhaps even President Obama and his friends in Washington and Chicago.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apology; newmexico; valkilmer; veterans
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To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:35:00 AM PDT
by
McGavin999
(I'm sorry, your race card is overdrawn and no further charges can be accepted)
To: SeekAndFind
Among the magazines that allegedly misquoted the actor were Rolling Stone and Esquire. But McChrystal wasn't?...............
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:35:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
To: SeekAndFind
Like- “I apologize and veterans will get a discount at my B&B”?
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:35:43 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: SeekAndFind
Like- “I apologize and veterans will get a discount at my B&B”?
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:35:55 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: SeekAndFind
Tapia, rising another concern, also complained that Kilmer's bed-and-breakfast would be "racist" because Hispanics couldn't afford to stay there This is one of those situations where I'd tell both sides to blow it out their A.
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:36:13 AM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: SeekAndFind
"Tapia, rising another concern, also complained that Kilmer's bed-and-breakfast would be "racist" because Hispanics couldn't afford to stay there..." "For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.."
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:36:13 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: SeekAndFind
Will he apologize for a few of his movies as well?
To: McGavin999; SeekAndFind
...Kilmer's bed-and-breakfast would be "racist" because Hispanics couldn't afford to stay there,... So, this person is saying there are no wealthy Hispanics?..........That is soooooo bigoted, it's ludicrous..............
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:37:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
To: SeekAndFind
said of Kilmer, who has put on considerable weight since the height of his Hollywood days He was skinny until he starred in that movie with Marlon Brando.
To: I cannot think of a name
Will he apologize for a few of his movies as well?
Wonder why he had to insult veterans when he played one here :
VAL KILMER AS ICE IN TOP GUN
To: MarineBrat
Oh Val, in addition to veterans, please give a discount to J-Lo, Marc Antony, Selma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Ricky Martin, Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Antonio Banderas, George Lopez and Cameron Diaz too, will ya?
We bleed for the poor “hispanics” who need Santa Fe B&B rooms.....
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:41:23 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: Red Badger
Having said all that, we are missing the role of government.
We have far too much government control of land use, mortgage markets, banking and the like.
The government has decreed that Kilmer can’t operate his house as a guest ranch. What business is it of theirs what he does with his own property?
Please, Freepers, don’t buy the Statist argument that the land and land use belongs to “the people.” Therefore, you have to get permission.
While Kilmer is creepy in his reaction, the BIG point is that the government is at fault here. Not him.
To: Tijeras_Slim; martin_fierro
To: I cannot think of a name
Top gun he aint... for sure.
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:42:32 AM PDT
by
ketelone
To: SeekAndFind
“Tapia, rising another concern, also complained that Kilmer’s bed-and-breakfast would be “racist” because Hispanics couldn’t afford to stay there....”
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This got many readers....what a crock of TYPICAL PLAYBOOK LIBERAL HORSE CRAP!!!! I know many other groups of folks that could not afford to stay there either....what a bunch of whining scum. Go back across the border and stay there.
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:42:44 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Siena Dreaming
Val Kilmer has gone from this :
TO THIS :
Sad, real sad.
To: ketelone
whoa- the Ice Man became an IceBerg- with his own zip code
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:45:12 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: whitedog57
All land belongs to the king...................you just rent it with your taxes................
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posted on
06/24/2010 8:46:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
To: SeekAndFind
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