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From: "Glenn Meadows"
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Don't know if this was posted here, but I got this a month or two ago, =
and just ran across it again, and figured it would be nice to post here.
THE HOLLYWOOD MINDSET !=20
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Who's Smarter? =20
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The Hollywood group is at it again. Holding anti-war rallies, screaming =
about the Bush Administration, running ads in major newspapers, defaming =
the President and his Cabinet every chance they get, to anyone and =
everyone who will listen. They publicly defile them and call them names =
like "stupid" , "morons", and "idiots".
Jessica Lange went so far as =
to tell a crowd in Spain that she hates President Bush and is = embarrassed
to be an American.=20
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So, just how ignorant are these people who are running the country? = Let's
look at the biographies of these "stupid", "ignorant"
, "moronic" = leaders, and then at the celebrities who are
castigating them:=20
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President George W. Bush: Received a Bachelors Degree from Yale =
University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as an = F-102
pilot for the Texas Air National Guard. He began his career in the = oil
and gas business in Midland in 1975 and worked in the energy = industry
until 1986. He was elected Governor on November 8, 1994, with = 53.5
percent of the vote. In a historic re-election victory, he became = the
first Texas Governor to be elected to consecutive four-year terms on =
November 3, 1998 winning 68.6 percent of the vote. In 1998 Governor Bush =
won 49 percent of the Hispanic vote, 27 percent of the African-American =
vote, 27 percent of Democrats and 65 percent of women. He won more Texas =
counties, 240 of 254, than any modern Republican other than Richard = Nixon
in 1972 and is the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win = the
heavily Hispanic and Democratic border counties of El Paso, Cameron = and
Hidalgo. (Someone began circulating a false story about his I.Q. = being
lower than any other President. If you believed it, you might = want to go
to URBANLEGENDS.COM and see the truth.)
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Vice President Dick Cheney: Earned a B.A. in 1965 and a M.A. in 1966, =
both in political science. Two years later, he won an American Political =
Science Association congressional fellowship. One of Vice President =
Cheney's primary duties is to share with individuals, members of = Congress
and foreign leaders, President Bush's vision to strengthen our = economy,
secure our homeland and win the War on Terrorism. In his = official role as
President of the Senate, Vice President Cheney = regularly goes to Capital
Hill to meet with Senators and members of the = House of Representatives to
work on the Administration's legislative = goals. In his travels as Vice
President, he has seen first hand the = great demands the war on terrorism
is placing on the men and women of = our military, and he is proud of the
tremendous job they are doing for = the United States of America.=20
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Secretary of State Colin Powell: Educated in the New York City public =
schools, graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he =
earned a Bachelor's Degree in geology. He also participated in ROTC at =
CCNY and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon =
graduation in June 1958. His further academic achievements include a =
Master of Business Administration Degree from George Washington =
University. Secretary Powell is the recipient of numerous U.S. and =
foreign military awards and decorations. Secretary Powell's civilian =
awards include two Presidential Medals of Freedom, the President's =
Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Secretary of State =
Distinguished Service Medal, and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished =
Service Medal. Several schools and other institutions have been named in =
his honor and he holds honorary degrees from universities and colleges =
across the country. (Note: He retired as Four Star General in the = United
States Army)
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld : Attended Princeton University on =
Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as a Naval =
aviator; Congressional Assistant to Rep. Robert Griffin (R-MI), 1957-59; =
U.S. Representative, Illinois, 1962-69; Assistant to the President, =
Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Cost of =
Living Council, 1969-74; U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973-74; head of =
Presidential Transition Team, 1974; Assistant to the President, Director =
of White House Office of Operations, White House Chief of Staff, = 1974-77;
Secretary of Defense, 1975-77.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge: Raised in a working class =
family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to =
Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year at The =
Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he =
served as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star =
for Valor. After returning to Pennsylvania, he earned his Law Degree =
and was in private practice before becoming Assistant District Attorney =
in Erie County. He was elected to Congress in 1982. He was the first =
enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was =
overwhelmingly re-elected six times.=20
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National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice: Earned her Bachelor's Degree =
in Political Science, Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University =
of Denver in 1974; her Master's from the University of Notre Dame in =
1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at =
the University of Denver in 1981. (Note: Rice enrolled at the = University
of Denver at the age of 15, graduating at 19 with a = Bachelor's Degree in
Political Science (Cum Laude). She earned a = Master's Degree at the
University of Notre Dame and a Doctorate from the = University of Denver's
Graduate School of International Studies. Both of = her advanced degrees
are also in Political Science.) She is a Fellow =
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded =
Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of =
Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. At Stanford, =
she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms =
Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and =
a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include =
Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip Zelikow, The =
Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain Allegiance: = The
Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She also has written =
numerous articles on Soviet and East European foreign and defense = policy,
and has addressed audiences in settings ranging from the U.S. =
Ambassador's Residence in Moscow to the Commonwealth Club to the 1992 = and
2000 Republican National Conventions. From 1989 through March 1991, = the
period of German reunification and the final days of the Soviet = Union,
she served in the Bush Administration as Director, and then = Senior
Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National = Security
Council, and a Special Assistant to the President for National = Security
Affairs. In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the = Council on
Foreign Relations, she served as Special Assistant to the = Director of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1997, she served on the = Federal Advisory
Committee on Gender -- Integrated Training in the = Military. She was a
member of the boards of directors for the Chevron = Corporation, the
Charles Schwab Corporation, the William and Flora = Hewlett Foundation, the
University of Notre Dame, the International = Advisory Council of J.P.
Morgan and the San Francisco Symphony Board of = Governors. She was a
Founding Board member of the Center for a New = Generation, an educational
support fund for schools in East Palo Alto = and East Menlo Park,
California and was Vice President of the Boys and = Girls Club of the
Peninsula. In addition, her past board service has = encompassed such
organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett = Packard, the Carnegie
Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International = Peace, The Rand
Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East = European Studies,
the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public = broadcasting for San
Francisco. Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, = Alabama, she resides in
Washington, D.C.=20
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So who are these celebrities? What is their education? What is their =
experience in affairs of State or in National Security? While I will =
defend to the death their right to express their opinions, I think that =
if they are going to call into question the intelligence of our leaders, =
we should also have all the facts on their educations and background:
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Barbra Streisand : Completed high school Career: Singing and =
acting
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Cher: Dropped out of school in 9th grade. Career: Singing and =
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Martin Sheen: Flunked exam to enter University of Dayton. Career: =
Acting
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Jessica Lange: Dropped out college mid-freshman year. Career: =
Acting
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Alec Baldwin: Dropped out of George Washington U. after scandal. =
Career: Acting
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Julia Roberts: Completed high school. Career: Acting
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Sean Penn: Completed High school. Career: Acting
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Susan Sarandon: Degree in Drama, Catholic University of America, =
Washington, D.C. Career: Acting
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Ed Asner; Completed High school. Career: Acting
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George Clooney: Dropped out of University of Kentucky. Career: =
Acting
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Michael Moore: Dropped out first year University of Michigan. =
Career: Movie Director
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Sarah Jessica Parker: Completed High School. Career: Acting
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Jennifer Anniston: Completed High School. Career: Acting
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Mike Farrell: Completed High school. Career: Acting
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Janeane Garofelo: Dropped out of College. Career: Stand up =
comedienne
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Larry Hagman: Attended Bard College for one year. Career: Acting
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While comparing the education and experience of these two groups, we =
should also remember that President Bush and his cabinet are briefed =
daily, even hourly, on the War on Terror and threats to our security. =
They are privy to information gathered around the world concerning the =
Middle East, the threats to America, the intentions of terrorists and =
terrorist-supporting governments. They are in constant communication = with
the CIA, the FBI, Interpol, NATO, The United Nations, our own = military,
and that of our allies around the world. We cannot simply = believe that
we have full knowledge of the threats because we watch = CNN!! We cannot
believe that we are in any way as informed as our = leaders. =20
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These celebrities have no intelligence-gathering agents, no fact-finding =
groups, no insight into the minds of those who would destroy our = country.
They only have a deep seated hatred for all things Republican. = By nature,
and no one knows quite why, the Hollywood elitists detest = Conservative
views and anything that supports or uplifts the United = States of America.
The silence was deafening from the Left when Bill = Clinton bombed a
pharmaceutical factory outside of Khartoum, or when he = attacked the
Bosnian Serbs in 1995 and 1999. He bombed Serbia itself =
to get Slobodan Milosevic out of Kosovo, and not a single peace rally = was
held. When our Rangers were ambushed in Somalia and 18 young = American
lives were lost, not a peep was heard from Hollywood. Yet now, = after our
nation has been attacked on its own soil, after 3,000 = Americans were
killed, by freedom-hating terrorists, while going about = their routine
lives, they want to hold rallies against the war. Why =
the change? Because an honest, God-fearing Republican sits in the White =
House. =20
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Another irony is that in 1987, when Ronald Reagan was in office, the =
Hollywood group aligned themselves with disarmament groups like SANE, =
FREEZE and PEACE ACTION, urging our own government to disarm and freeze =
the manufacturing of any further nuclear weapons, in order to promote =
world peace. It is curious that now, even after we have heard all the =
evidence that Saddam Hussein has chemical, biological and is very close =
to obtaining nuclear weapons, their is no cry from this group for HIM to =
disarm. They believe we should leave him alone in his quest for these =
weapons of mass destruction, even though it is certain that these deadly =
weapons will eventually be used against us in our own cities.
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So why the hype out of Hollywood? Could these celebrities believe that =
since they draw such astronomical salaries, they are entitled to also =
determine the course of our Nation? That they can make viable decisions =
concerning war and peace? Did Michael Moore have the backing of the =
Nation when he recently thanked France, on our behalf, for being a =
"good enough friend to tell us we were wrong"? I know for
certain he =
was not speaking for me. Does Sean Penn fancy himself a Diplomat, in =
going to Iraq when we are just weeks away from war? Does he believe = that
his High School Diploma gives him the knowledge (and the right) to = go to
a country that is controlled by a maniacal dictator, and speak on = behalf
of the American people? Or is it the fact that he pulls in more = money
per year than the average American worker will see in a lifetime? = Does
his bank account give him clout?
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The ultimate irony is that many of these celebrities have made a = shambles
of their own lives, with drug abuse, alcoholism, numerous = marriages and
divorces, scrapes with the law, publicized temper = tantrums, etc. How
dare they pretend to know what is best for an =
entire nation! What is even more bizarre is how many people in this =
country will listen and accept their views, simply because they liked =
them in a certain movie, or have fond memories of an old television =
sitcom! =20
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It is time for us, as citizens of the United States, to educate = ourselves
about the world around us. If future generations are going to = enjoy the
freedoms that our forefathers bequeathed us, if they are ever = to know
peace in their own country and their world, to live without fear = of
terrorism striking in their own cities, we must assure that this = nation
remains strong. We must make certain that those who would = destroy us are
made aware of the severe consequences that will befall = them. =20
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Yes, it is a wonderful dream to sit down with dictators and terrorists =
and join hands, singing Cumbaya and talking of world peace. But it is =
not real. We did not stop Adolf Hitler from taking over the entire =
continent of Europe by simply talking to him. We sent our best and =
brightest, with the strength and determination that this Country is = known
for, and defeated the Nazi regime. President John F. Kennedy did = not
stop the Soviet ships from unloading their nuclear missiles in Cuba = in
1962 with mere words. He stopped them with action, and threat of =
immediate war if the ships did not turn around. We did not end the =
Cold War with conferences. It ended with the strong belief of =
President Ronald Reagan... PEACE through STRENGTH.
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Glenn M.
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just ran across it again, and figured it would be nice to post = here.
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HOLLYWOOD =20
MINDSET !
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