14 Principled Anti-War Celebrities We Fear May Have Been Kidnapped

buzzfeed ^ | 09/06/13 | JohnEkdahl

[barmag25]

Our government is yet again marching us towards a war of choice in the Middle East and our non-partisan, peace-loving celebrities have gone missing since late 2008. We fear the worst.

1. Sheryl Crow LAST KNOWN PRE-2009 COMMUNICATION: “I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.” — Sheryl Crow

2. Bruce Springsteen LAST KNOWN PRE-2009 COMMUNICATION: “War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” — Bruce Springsteen

[Cyber Liberty]

Cut ‘n’ Paste sometimes is not your friend...lol

[IronJack]

Babs should have known better.

All she's ever done is speak the words someone else put in her mouth. She wouldn't know Shakespeare from Shinola.

[AmusedBystander]

I think they are all still in mourning for Hugo Chavez.

[Political Junkie Too]

...come from someone who wrote exclusively in iambic pentameter.

Obama shouldn't fight a war in Syria because of saving face or reputation.

How'd I do?

-PJ

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Actually, Shakespeare generally reserves iambic pentameter (and heroic couplets) for emphasis. So not every line will has 10 syllables or iambic stress patterns.

[tophat9000]

But now there follower of the Great O-Bomb-em

[FlyingEagle]

us southern men don’t need him around anyhow

[goodwithagun]

Shakespeare did not write exclusively in iambic pentameter. His sonnets were of course written this way; however, in addition to iambic pentameter and blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) his plays do contain some prose.

[RC one]

[DemforBush]

Random thoughts about the list:

2. Bruce Springsteen: You ain’t got nothin’ on Edwin Starr, bro. (good gawd, y’all!)

4. Ed Asner: I thought you were dead?

8. Jackson Browne: Hit any defenseless women lately, dude?

9. Janeane Garofalo: I can’t believe I had a crush on you when I was in high school.

13. Danny Glover: I can honestly say I’ve never seen any of your movies. Don’t think I missed much.

[lbryce]

Ugh! Ed Asner. Hey, Kidnappers! We’ll Pay You Whatever You want as long as you keep them, not release them.

[45semi]

[dfwgator]

15. Matt Damon - “Matt Damon”

[dfwgator]

He was a supporter of Reagan and wrote "Let's Roll" in praise of the brave citizens aboard Flight 93.

Then he started hanging around David Crosby again.

[snarkybob]

“I got a good laugh out of this list. I can almost remember seeing every single one of these idiots on tv whining a few years ago.”

Well in the interest of even-handedness, almost everybody on this forum supported military intervention when it was our guy in charge.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Bruce Springsteen LAST KNOWN PRE-2009 COMMUNICATION: “War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.”...Excellent - but I thought the "War, what is it good for" line was from Seinfeld's Elaine - her alternate title for the novel "War and Peace"......

[Slings and Arrows]

[Slings and Arrows]

Thud, by Terry Pratchett
    Sergeant Fred Colon: War, Nobby. Huh! What is it good for?
   Corporal Nobby Nobs: Dunno, Sarge. Freeing slaves, maybe?
   S. Fred Colon: Absol -- well, okay.
   C. Nobby Nobs: Defending yourself against a totalitarian aggressor?
   S. Fred Colon: All right, I'll grant you that, but --
   C. Nobby Nobs: Saving civilization from a horde of --
   S. Fred Colon: It doesn't do any good in the long run is what I'm saying Nobby, if you'd listen for five seconds together.
   C. Nobby Nobs: Yeah, but in the long run, what does Sarge?

[Slings and Arrows]

I did not know about the aneurysm. I’ll cut Neil a little slack.

[Slings and Arrows]

"C'MON ICE CREAM!!!"