Exit, Stage Left ... Please!

Free Republic ^ | Oct. 16, 2002 | IronJack

[IronJack]

I've never understood the credibility assigned to people whose abilities don't justify it. Nowhere is this truer than in the front men for the Socialist Left. Maybe it's time we reserved our admiration for someone more deserving, such as the countless men and women who make our society work on a day-to-day basis. Or the khaki-clad heros who leave their homes to go in harm's way. Heck, the guy who sweeps up at the Barber College deserves more respect than toney phonies with perfumed toilet water.

[hfartalot]

Keep your entertainment day jobs, stay out of politics....

[IronJack]

Keep your entertainment day jobs

Doing card tricks at kids' parties ...

[Moleman]

here's a link to a site who equaly loathes these Hollywood morons. http://www.nomoreafleck.com

[hang 'em]

That was good. Give us more.

[IronJack]

I get "Page cannot be displayed."

[IronJack]

That was good. Give us more.

Thanks. I've got a few more simmering in the pot.

[Moleman]

Sorry, try this!!
http://www.nomoreaffleck.com/

[N. Theknow]

Hearty BUMP for "IronJack"!

Wordsmith extraordinaire!

[IronJack]

HAHAH! Great site! I highly recommend it. In fact, I offered this piece to the webmaster.

[IronJack]

Wordsmith extraordinaire!

Thanks for the compliment. But with these phony posers, the stuff writes itself.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I've always suspected the reason why so many in Hollywood lean towards socialism is due simply to the shallow nature and lack of intelligence of most actors and actresses. Once they get an initial amount of fame, their obsessive need to be recognized and revered does not allow them to be satisfied by being know simply for their acting. They want to be thought of as smart and compassionate too. Since socialism is much easier to understand, despite its complicated rhetoric and terminology, than the concept of a free market economics, the dumb, shallow Hollywood actor will naturally gravitate towards that line of thinking (much like naive college kids). It's always been my contention that it more important to these people to be famous than rich. That is why, despite having to give up a lot of their wealth under socialism, they would support it because they would still have a privileged position in society.

PS- Excellent article.

[Bigun]

Well done my friend! Well done indeed!

Glad to see you back!

[Moleman]

Glad you like it!!

[IronJack]

I've always suspected the reason why so many in Hollywood lean towards socialism is due simply to the shallow nature and lack of intelligence of most actors and actresses.

Let's face it, these people are NOT intellectual luminaries, by and large. Most of them are pretty faces, and not much more. Their profession makes no great demands on their brainpower. Thankfully.

Once they get an initial amount of fame, their obsessive need to be recognized and revered does not allow them to be satisfied by being know simply for their acting.

I think you've touched on an important aspect of their existence: guilt. They know that they are no better than anyone else, and that their elevated status is ill deserved. SO they try to prove their social worth by making inane comments on subjects about which they know nothing. That makes them easily maniuplated by the liberal power-brokers in Hollywood, and it validates their aggravated sense of ego. Just like the Kennedys, they know they don't deserve what they have, so they try to redeem their ill-gotten success by an inflated pretense of social conscience.

[IronJack]

Always good to hear from you, old-timer. You run those Dems outta Texas yet?

[Welsh Rabbit]

I think you've touched on an important aspect of their existence: guilt

Exactly. They make an obscene amount of money by doing what is essentially their hobby. They don't have a clue about making millions by working twenty hour days to launch a new business, or years of study and research to develop a revolutionary new concept that will improve life for all. And unlike professional athletes, there is no concrete scoring system to prove their worth (other than the box office, but that is fickle and fleeting, no matter what their acting abilities; they depend on others to choose their movies).

[glory]

Excellent and quite accurate! IronJack bump!

[IronJack]

Insightful analysis. Made even moreso by the fact that it concurs with my own! LOL!

[IronJack]

Thanks, glory. Whatever happened to "stars" who knew when to keep their mouths shut?