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2004-08-26 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-26 6:50:50 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wow! Could there possibly be a more impressive list of "stars"!

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-26 8:13:05 AM|| 2004-08-26 8:13:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd like to bludgeon Moby to death with a stuffed cat. Sanctimonious git.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-08-26 8:35:55 AM|| 2004-08-26 8:35:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 What is it about fabulous wealth and Hollywood that turns people into complete asshats?
They are so insulated from normal American existence that they think us frightful proles actually can't wait for them to impart their wisdom.
So much self importance in one place.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-08-26 8:43:05 AM|| 2004-08-26 8:43:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Pity about Rebecca Romijn. Such Talent and Assets wasted.

JM, it's the Royalty Syndrome.

Posted by ed 2004-08-26 8:47:38 AM|| 2004-08-26 8:47:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "What is it about fabulous wealth and Hollywood that turns people into complete asshats?"

It didn't turn them into asshats; they started out that way. Remember in college, these were the fuckups who majored in Drama.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-08-26 8:48:28 AM|| 2004-08-26 8:48:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 dave d

Actually I think many, maybe most, of them did not major in drama.

However, they did discover along the way to fame that 'getting noticed' was the way to get high paying gigs. They also tend to believe that the 'wicked corporation; crusading liberal journalist' motifs in classic films are some sort of truth.

Interestingly enough, the camera staff, the set creation staff, the wardrobe staff, etc. are tending more and more Republican.

So there are (as Senator Edwards could but won't say) actually two hollywoods. One rich, empowered, fawned upon, favored and Democratic. The other, hard working, abused by celebrities, middle class and Republican.

Posted by mhw 2004-08-26 8:56:02 AM|| 2004-08-26 8:56:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 This article should've been called "Hollywood Fifth Column Clown-Fest in NYC".

Posted by Jarhead 2004-08-26 10:18:33 AM|| 2004-08-26 10:18:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Let's see....a bunch of Hollywierd fairies beating the Republicans with a feather boa? Some how I fail to see how a gaggle of faggy actors are gonna make much of a difference-lol

Posted by gawdamman 2004-08-26 11:15:14 AM|| 2004-08-26 11:15:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 To mis-quote Alice Cooper:

"If you're taking political advice from hollywood stars, you're a bigger moron than they are."

Posted by mojo 2004-08-26 11:18:48 AM|| 2004-08-26 11:18:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Huh... Kevin Bacon. He knows EVERYBODY.

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-26 12:00:10 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-08-26 12:00:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I wish these asshats would Shut up and Sing.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-08-26 12:06:30 PM|| 2004-08-26 12:06:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Kevin Bacon??? sigh...I used to like him. He seemed like he had a normal streak. Guess I was wrong.

Anyone else seen The Lovely? I thought it did a great job of portraying just how messed up, out of touch and narcissisistic the NYC/Hollyood types are.

It gave me insight into the mindset. They really see us as the clueless masses and themselves as the entitled simply assuming their rightful place in the world as the clever, witty, god-stars they (believe they) are.

Posted by B 2004-08-26 12:20:47 PM|| 2004-08-26 12:20:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I got an e-mail yesterday describing an interview that Katie Couric (ugh!) had with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep. The conversation turned to politics and Washington basically dueled it out with the two women. They were both steamed. When Katie (America's most loved TV dwarf - H. Simpson) said something like "That's always the way it is with you people" Denzel went off on her responding "You people!, You people!? Do you mean You People as in I'm a Christian or You People as in I'm a Republican? Didn't hear anything about it in the MSM? What a surprise.

Posted by remote man 2004-08-26 12:50:54 PM|| 2004-08-26 12:50:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Denzel is a Republican?? He's extra hot now!

Posted by anon chick 2004-08-26 1:17:49 PM|| 2004-08-26 1:17:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 When Katie (America's most loved TV dwarf - H. Simpson) said something like "That's always the way it is with you people" Denzel went off on her responding "You people!, You people!? Do you mean You People as in I'm a Christian or You People as in I'm a Republican?

Holy Lord!

Looks like I'll be spending a lot more money on Denzel Washington products. Manchurian Candidate here I come! ;o)

Posted by badanov 2004-08-26 2:00:57 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-08-26 2:00:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 When Katie (America's most loved TV dwarf - H. Simpson) said something like "That's always the way it is with you people" Denzel went off on her responding "You people!, You people!? Do you mean You People as in I'm a Christian or You People as in I'm a Republican?

Now if we could get only Samuel L. Jackson to wake his ass up...

Posted by badanov 2004-08-26 2:02:45 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-08-26 2:02:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 It is an accepted FACT, that anyone who claims to be a democrat is an idiot. They know nothing at all about the real world. How do people get to be so damn stupid, yet think they're so smart??

katie couric is a hemorrhoid on the asshole of America.

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-08-26 2:06:50 PM|| 2004-08-26 2:06:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#18
Sorry remote man that story isn't accurate thats why you didn't hear of it. Check out this link from snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/denzel.asp

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-08-26 2:08:31 PM|| 2004-08-26 2:08:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 I thought Denzel, sadly, was a LLL

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-26 2:31:45 PM|| 2004-08-26 2:31:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 This AM on Today Al Katie made an atypical asshole comment about Rulon Gardner whose wrestling career is now over after winning the bronze. She said in effect the "roof came falling in on him" with that open ended meaning of whatver that means. She has no style at all and is a perfectly clueless moron.

Rulon Gardner Achievements. I love this guy.!
2003
NYAC Christmas Tournament Champion
Sunkist International Tournament Champion
Pan American Games Silver Medal
USA Wrestling World Team Trials Champion
Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament Silver Medal
Kurt Angle Classic Champion
2001
James E. Sullivan Award - Amateur athlete of the year
USA Wrestling 2001 Male Wrestler of the Year
Gold Medal, World Wrestling Championships
Citizenship Through Sports Alliance, USOC Recipient
World Team Trials Champion, Greco-Roman
Jesse Owens Award
Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame - Athlete of the Year
USOC Sportsman of the Year, only second wrestler so honored
National Champion USA Wrestling 130 kg Greco-Roman
Senior Greco-Roman Championship Belt Series winner
Wins ESPY award for Male U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Year
Recipient of U.S. Olympic Spirit Award
Inducted into Ricks College Athletic Hall of Fame
USA Wrestling Man of the Year
Arete Award for "Superlative Performance"
2000
Olympic Champion, Sydney -- Defeated Aleksandr Karelin
USA Today`s Sports, Winner of "Best Original Score"
Flag Bearer at Closing Ceremonies, Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games, nominated and selected by peers
Named Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year
USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Wrestler of Year
AP Male Athlete of the Year, 6th place finish
The Sporting News "Top 100 Most Powerful" list in sports
1999
Winter Classic Champion
1998
Pan-American Champion
Vantaa Cup Champion, Finland
Senior Greco-Roman Championship Belt Series winner
1997
National Champion, Greco-Roman
World Championships, Greco-Roman, 5th Place, Poland
Senior Greco-Roman Championship Belt Series winner
1996
World Cup Champion, Greco-Roman
1995
National Champion, Greco-Roman
1993
National College Athletic Association Championships, 4th Place
1991
National Junior College Athletic Association Champion
1989
Wyoming State High School Champion, Heavyweight

Posted by Bill Nelson 2004-08-26 2:48:11 PM|| 2004-08-26 2:48:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 --"That's always the way it is with you people" Denzel went off on her responding "You people!, You people!? Do you mean You People as in I'm a Christian or You People as in I'm a Republican? Didn't hear anything about it in the MSM? What a surprise.--

You People - there is a 3rd possibility.

Posted by Anonymous6180 2004-08-26 3:01:57 PM|| 2004-08-26 3:01:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Already noted, Anonymous, see #18.

The current "Manchurian Candidate" is as remarkable and obvious an example of ideological projection as I have ever seen, retro-red commercial exploiters stealing a lurid conspiracy scenario wholesale from a lurid commie-conspiracy scenario of the Cold War.
It's ironic, but not at all surprising, that this film is, itself, the product of corporate conformist manipulation.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-26 4:02:17 PM|| 2004-08-26 4:02:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 The real exchange among Couric, Washtington, and Streep is pretty interesting in and of itself, with Streep setting off on a dogmatic religious tirade against GWB and Washington calling himself an ex-slave.
Washington, to his credit, tore Streep a new one over her simple-minded invocation of Jesus.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-26 4:25:48 PM|| 2004-08-26 4:25:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 An ex-slave? LOL!
I'm an ex-engineer!

Casey Jones was a proud white man!

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-26 5:14:17 PM|| 2004-08-26 5:14:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 My wife used to have Today on in the morning, but I hadn't seen Couric in about three years. Long hair? Short skirts?!? She is not going gently into that good night...

Posted by BH 2004-08-26 6:45:14 PM|| 2004-08-26 6:45:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 I accidently caught her on-screen colonoscopy while working at home one day...still surprised they didn't find her head...didn't go far enough is my guess

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-26 6:50:14 PM|| 2004-08-26 6:50:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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