Celebrities to Send Bush Anti-War Letter

AP ^ | 12/9/02

[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.

[X-USAF]

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!

[Cindy]

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[Lady GOP]

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.

[Sam Cree]

"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.

[demlosers]

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.

[MindBender26]

The Usual Suspects

[mathurine]

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.

[Retiredforever]

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.

[Paul Atreides]

Could we get some military tech to "accidentally" punch in Hollywood's coordinates into the missiles?

[Paul Atreides]

Remember when Ronald Reagan was sneeringly referred to as an "actor?" Now, you would think that Hollywood has a branch of Congress.

[Paul Atreides]

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?

[SerpentDove]

No Ed Ass-inine?

[NewsGal]

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.

[IronJack]

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!

[IronJack]

Here's a link to a piece from a month ago that says a lot of the same things.

[bigaln2]

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!

[desertcry]

So why should W waste reading a single word of the letter from these clinton democrat loving lefties.

[Maneuver Damage 1]

"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.

[freebilly]

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....

[Corporate Law]

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.