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Celebrities to Send Bush Anti-War Letter
AP ^
| 12/9/02
Posted on 12/09/2002 1:45:11 PM PST by Brian Mosely
LOS ANGELES (AP)--Mike Farrell and Anjelica Huston will release a letter Tuesday signed by a hundred celebrities who want President Bush to stop his war rhetoric toward Iraq.
The letter reportedly is signed by stars including Kim Basinger, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Lange and Martin Sheen, publicists for the event said Monday.
Details of the letter weren't released.
Bush has threatened military force against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, saying the dictator has amassed weapons of mass destruction that pose a danger to the United States.
United Nations weapons inspectors are searching the Middle Eastern country for such devices but have turned up little so far.
Farrell, who plays a veterinarian on the NBC drama ``Providence,'' previously compiled a celebrity-endorsed letter in June asking U.S. senators to vote against a plan to bury the nation's nuclear power waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
Co-signers of that letter included Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand and Harry Belafonte.
On July 9, senators voted 60-39 in favor of the Yucca Mountain project.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; antiamericanwar; antibush; antiwar; barbrastreisand; protestletter
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To: khenrich
If I were to garner a list of 100 retirees in the community where I live, would that mean as much as 100 celebrities from Hollywood?Depending on the size of your community, I would think that it would be carry a lot of weight.
According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' website (www.ampas.org) the accademy has 5,607 voting members. This is just the motion picture industry, let alone TV and music.
100 out of an excess of five thousand, now you are talking a significant sum!
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posted on
12/09/2002 3:12:39 PM PST
by
X-USAF
To: Brian Mosely
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posted on
12/09/2002 3:15:49 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Brian Mosely
Co-signers of that letter included Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand and Harry Belafonte.
"I'm thinking to myself if we were in other countries, we would, all of us together, all of us together would go down to Washington and we would stone Henry Hyde to death!" "We would go to their homes, and we'd kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families."
Bunch of sick cookies. Hope the next batch of anthrax lands on your doorstep Alec.
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posted on
12/09/2002 3:16:03 PM PST
by
Lady GOP
To: khenrich
"If I were to garner a list of 100 retirees in the community where I live, would that mean as much as 100 celebrities from Hollywood?"
You are right, a letter signed by 100 retirees or farmers should mean more...Hollywood people clearly should be taken alot less seriously than everyday Americans.
I always wonder what it is about Hollywood types and artsy people in general that makes them so infatuated with totalitarian syle governing.
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posted on
12/09/2002 3:16:19 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
To: Brian Mosely
signed by a hundred celebrities Who calls these people "celebrities"? I sure don't.
That is a misnomer. They are actors and actresses because they ACT. I don't celebrate anyone from Hollywood just because they get their face on TV.
To: Brian Mosely
The Usual Suspects
To: Publius6961
If it is really signed by all those actors, I hope Bush puts it up for sale on e-bay and then gives the money to some cause that would freak that collection of assorted nuts a fit.
To: Brian Mosely
Isn't it amazing that the Hollywood folk are such brilliant experts on everything that there is to know. I recall when Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon were expounding on the dangers of nuclear power - at that time they were obviously experts in the field of nuclear physics! (sarcasm) I'm glad that we have the wisdom of Hollywood to help us when we need advice on any topic.
To: fish hawk
Could we get some military tech to "accidentally" punch in Hollywood's coordinates into the missiles?
To: Brian Mosely
Remember when Ronald Reagan was sneeringly referred to as an "actor?" Now, you would think that Hollywood has a branch of Congress.
To: Brian Mosely
Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand and Harry Belafonte.Among these overrated losers, I wonder which is higher; their bank accounts or their caloric intakes?
To: Brian Mosely
No Ed Ass-inine?
To: SerpentDove
This will not bother Bush one bit; he doesn't even know who most of the are and couldn't care less what they think.
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posted on
12/09/2002 3:59:14 PM PST
by
NewsGal
To: Brian Mosely
One more nail in Hollywood's coffin. There's very little reason to see movies today as it is. Eventually, I'll be able to save ALL my money to spend on guns!
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posted on
12/09/2002 4:26:43 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Brian Mosely
Here's a
link to a piece from a month ago that says a lot of the same things.
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posted on
12/09/2002 4:33:30 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack; All
I think now would be the perfect time to remind everybody of the "Send Them Packing" project that was featured on Fox and Friends earlier this year:
http://www.sendthempacking.com
Send your (least) favorite America-hating actor or actress away!
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posted on
12/09/2002 4:43:16 PM PST
by
bigaln2
To: Brian Mosely
So why should W waste reading a single word of the letter from these clinton democrat loving lefties.
To: Lady GOP
"I'm thinking to myself if we were in other countries, we would, all of us together, all of us together would go down to Washington and we would stone Henry Hyde to death!" "We would go to their homes, and we'd kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families."
I'm sure Alec would sing a different tune if that angry mob was coming for him and his family.
To: Brian Mosely
Yeah, Dubya is going to take seriously the opinions of people whose only talent is that they're good at simulating sex in front of cameras.
What a group of sh!theads....
To: Maneuver Damage 1
That is what I always have said. I imagine if you or I said such a thing about these Hollywood P.O.S., or Heaven forbid, the Sink Emporer, the feds would grab us and lock us quickly. It also has not dawned on these bright bulbs that their hero the Toon sold their hides when he gave away the technology to the ChiComs for missiles that can hit L.A. Idiots.
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