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Actor Matthew McConaughey Thanks God First For Oscar Win
Townhall.com ^ | March 3, 2014 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 03/03/2014 7:11:22 AM PST by Kaslin

In case you missed it last night, Matthew McConaughey won the Oscar for best actor as a result of his work in "Dallas Buyer's Club." To kick off his acceptance speech, McConaughey thanked God for the blessings in his life and then he thanked his family.

"First off I want to thank God, because he's the one I look up to, he's graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human kind. He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late (British actor) Charlie Laughton, who said, 'When you got God you got a friend and that friend is you.'"

Matthew McConaughey wins oscars 2014 - Acceptance Speech

Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett, who won for best actress, thanked pervert Woody Allen for her Oscar win.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christians; faith; god; gratitude; hollywood; matthewmcconaughey; oscars
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To: gibsonguy

What we really need are more movies about a gay AIDS victim and his transgender one-night stand

lol


81 posted on 03/03/2014 8:39:03 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

But was it?

Only you (and GOD) know for sure exactly what you meant by your statement.

But you and GOD *do* know.


82 posted on 03/03/2014 8:41:48 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Liz

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Ed McMahon, US Marines. Fighter Pilot. (Flew OE-1 Bird Dogs over Korea as well.)

Telly Savalas, US Army.

Walter Matthau, US Army Air Corps., B-24 Radioman/Gunner and cryptographer.

Steve Forrest, US Army. Wounded, Battle of the Bulge.

Jonathan Winters, USMC. Battleship USS Wisconsin and Carrier USS Bon Homme Richard. Anti-aircraft gunner, Battle of Okinawa.

Paul Newman, US Navy Rear seat gunner/radioman, torpedo bombers of USS Bunker Hill.

Kirk Douglas, US Navy. Sub-chaser in the Pacific. Wounded in action and medically discharged.

Robert Mitchum, US Army.

Dale Robertson, US Army. Tank Commander in North Africa under Patton. Wounded twice. Battlefield Commission.

Henry Fonda, US Navy. Destroyer USS Satterlee.

John Carroll, US Army Air Corps. Pilot in North Africa. Broke his back in a crash.

Lee Marvin US Marines. Sniper. Wounded in action on Saipan. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Sec. 7A next to Greg Boyington and Joe Louis.

Art Carney, US Army. Wounded on Normandy beach, D-Day. Limped for the rest of his life.

Wayne Morris, US Navy fighter pilot, USS Essex. Downed seven Japanese fighters.

Rod Steiger, US Navy. Was aboard one of the ships that launched the Doolittle Raid.

Tony Curtis, US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus. In Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan.

Larry Storch. US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus with Tony Curtis.

Forrest Tucker, US Army. Enlisted as a private, rose to Lieutenant.

Robert Montgomery, US Navy.

George Kennedy, US Army. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor, stayed in sixteen years.

Mickey Rooney, US Army under Patton. Bronze Star.

Denver Pyle, US Navy. Wounded in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Medically discharged.

Burgess Meredith, US Army Air Corps.

DeForest Kelley, US Army Air Corps.

Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Officer.

Neville Brand, US Army, Europe. Was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Tyrone Power, US Marines. Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater.

Charlton Heston, US Army Air Corps. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25, Aleutians.

Danny Aiello, US Army. Lied about his age to enlist at 16. Served three years.

James Arness, US Army. As an infantryman, he was severely wounded at Anzio, Italy.

Efram Zimbalist, Jr., US Army. Purple Heart for a severe wound received at Huertgen Forest.

Mickey Spillane, US Army Air Corps, Fighter Pilot and later Instructor Pilot.

Rod Serling. US Army. 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific. He jumped at Tagaytay in the Philippines and was later wounded in Manila.

Gene Autry, US Army Air Corps. Crewman on transports that ferried supplies over “The Hump” in the China-Burma-India Theater.

William Holden, US Army Air Corps.

Alan Hale Jr, US Coast Guard.

Harry Dean Stanton, US Navy. Battle of Okinawa.

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Tom Bosley, US Navy.

Claude Akins, US Army. Signal Corps., Burma and the Philippines.

Chuck Connors, US Army. Tank-warfare instructor.

Harry Carey Jr., US Navy.

Mel Brooks, US Army. Combat Engineer. Saw action in the Battle of the Bulge.

Robert Altman, US Army Air Corps. B-24 Co-Pilot.

Pat Hingle, US Navy. Destroyer USS Marshall

Fred Gwynne, US Navy. Radioman.

Karl Malden, US Army Air Corps. 8th Air Force, NCO.

Earl Holliman. US Navy. Lied about his age to enlist. Discharged after a year when they Navy found out.

Rock Hudson, US Navy. Aircraft mechanic, the Philippines.

Harvey Korman, US Navy.

Aldo Ray. US Navy. U.D.T. frogman, Okinawa.

Don Knotts, US Army, Pacific Theater.

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Harry Dean Stanton, US Navy. Served aboard an LST in the Battle of Okinawa.

Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Instructor.

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Lee Van Cleef, US Navy. Served aboard a sub chaser then a mine sweeper.

Clifton James, US Army, South Pacific. Was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.

Ted Knight, US Army, Combat Engineers.

Jack Warden, US Navy, 1938-1942, then US Army, 1942-1945. 101st Airborne Division.

Don Adams. US Marines. Wounded on Guadalcanal, then served as a Drill Instructor.

James Gregory, US Navy and US Marines.

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Fess Parker, US Navy and US Marines. Booted from pilot training for being too tall, joined Marines as a radio operator.

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Raymond Burr, US Navy. Shot in the stomach on Okinawa and medically discharged.

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Charles Bronson, US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner, wounded in action.

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Would someone please remind me again how many of today’s Hollywood elite put their careers on hold to enlist in Iraq or Afghanistan?

The only one who even comes close was Pat Tillman, who turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the US Army after September, 11, 2001 and serve as a Ranger in Afghanistan, where he died in 2004. But rather than being lauded for his choice and his decision to put his country before his career, he was mocked and derided by many of his peers and the Left.


83 posted on 03/03/2014 8:43:15 AM PST by Tugo (Pray)
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To: Kaslin
You never know who is God to many folks, could be Allah for all we know, or Buddha, or any of hundreds...

1 Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

84 posted on 03/03/2014 8:44:01 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: PoloSec
Did he acknowledge our Soldiers?
85 posted on 03/03/2014 8:46:09 AM PST by angcat
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To: Nervous Tick

He can go back to making movies about gay transexuals with AIDS smuggling drugs and showing off Terry Bradshaw’s butt and heckling Christian on TV shows.

As long as he said “God” on TV once, that makes it all better.


86 posted on 03/03/2014 8:46:54 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: KSCITYBOY

Next thing you know he’ll be playing St. Timothy next do Roma Downey on some crappy TV mini series...


87 posted on 03/03/2014 8:47:24 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin
I think the Hollywood Left is OK with Black awardees expressing religiosity. There, racial status trumps the transgression of mentioning God or Jesus.

McConaughey's violation was God-mentioning-while-White.

88 posted on 03/03/2014 8:50:16 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: Kaslin

I know nothing of this actor’s personal or political ideals. However, he is doing a terrific acting job in “True Detective” on HBO, albeit with Woody Harrelson as his ‘co-star’.


89 posted on 03/03/2014 8:51:31 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
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To: laweeks

Trust me there was little applause when he uttered the word God.


90 posted on 03/03/2014 8:52:35 AM PST by redangus
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To: GeronL

From the looks of the wife sitting next to him, who he also honored, I doubt that very much.


91 posted on 03/03/2014 8:57:12 AM PST by redangus
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To: redangus

Now he can go back to making movies that mock Christian values


92 posted on 03/03/2014 8:58:32 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL; Nervous Tick
"He might have,..."

So, "might have" now suffices as justification for slander on FR?

93 posted on 03/03/2014 9:03:20 AM PST by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: redangus
Trust me there was little applause when he uttered the word God.

Oh, I believe it. I'm surprised Ellen Degenerate didn't yank his mic away from him.

He ain't gonna' get no more OSCARS from that bunch no more.

94 posted on 03/03/2014 9:05:27 AM PST by laweeks
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To: TXnMA

Is it possible to slander a celebutard?


95 posted on 03/03/2014 9:12:24 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Kaslin

Kudos to the young man! He appears to be oriented in the correct directions.


96 posted on 03/03/2014 9:14:47 AM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Tugo

“And of course we have Audie Murphy, America’s most-decorated soldier, who became a Hollywood star as a result of his US Army service that included his being awarded the Medal of Honor.”

What I shall not forget is how the Hollyweird critics tried to verbally destroy/assassinate him for his supposed ‘lack of acting skills’.


97 posted on 03/03/2014 9:20:20 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
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To: Cementjungle

Lets see how Holywood reacts when he wins the Emmy for True Detective!


98 posted on 03/03/2014 9:26:01 AM PST by Republic Rocker
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To: GeronL
I am not one to pretend that someone has become a good person because they “thanked God” at a stupid awards show. 7 posted on Monday, March 03, 2014 9:16:17 AM by GeronL

If you were not referring to Matthew whatshisface, who were you referring to? This thread is about Matthew whatshisface.

99 posted on 03/03/2014 9:32:05 AM PST by Ray54
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To: Dagnabitt

I think the Hollywood Left is OK with Black awardees expressing religiosity.

Exactly. When blacks are religious they are spiritual and noble. If you are white you are a deluded fool or a hypocrite or both.


100 posted on 03/03/2014 9:32:07 AM PST by gibsonguy
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