Hollywood Liberals ... in all their wisdom

[Rightlane]

AIM Report: The Hollywood Left and the Real Blacklist

By Wes Vernon

Hollywood's film colony has had a long romance with the Left. Today's Hollywood, with the help of the "mainstream" media, regularly savages those who stand up to America's enemies.

Hollywood's earnest belief appears to be that anyone who attains show-business celebrity—actor, producer, or writer—is automatically possessed of more political wisdom than the rest of us. Americans have come to resent it. Radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham has written a very good book on the subject titled "Shut Up and Sing."Â*Â*And when no Hollywood parlor politico is within earshot, some liberal politicians have whispered (likely with a smirk) their lack of respect for show business moneybags who open their wallets and purses to the coffers of liberal and pro-Democrat causes. In some insider liberal circles, spending time at a Barbra Streisand soiree in Malibu is necessary to keep the money flowing, but not a source of smart well-thought-out political strategy.

Today's Hollywood Left is more open in its distaste for Middle American values. Michael Moore is a prime example. He is a cruder and more outwardly hateful propagandist than the Hollywood left of earlier eras.

Americans often wonder exactly why so many of Hollywood's self-anointed political sages bash America, bash this country's traditions, bash Christians, bash Western Civilization, bash corporate America, bash traditional marriage, bash anti-communists (of course), and above all bash conservatives of every stripe (including free enterprise economic advocates whose offense seems to be in believing that even people not living in Beverly Hills mansions are entitled to realize the fruits of the American Dream).

http://www.aim.org/aim_report/4443_0_4_0_C/

[Rightlane]

Hollywood's earnest belief appears to be that anyone who attains show-business celebrity—actor, producer, or writer—is automatically possessed of more political wisdom than the rest of us.

Examples of said wisdom:

"I would think that if you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees, that we would someday become communists." -- Jane Fonda

"Bush stole the elections and since then we have all been suffering the consequences."Â*Â*-- Jessica Lange

"We need to change our ethic and aspire to be more Canadian-like." -- Michael Moore

http://www.boycottliberalism.com/uninspiring.htm


"I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies." -- Sheryl Crow

"(W)hen Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement." -- Janeane Garofalo

"It is an embarrassing time to be an American. It really is. It's humiliating." -- Jessica Lange

http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/celeb.php

:D

[PittsburghAfterDark]

What's so great about how stupid these performers are is most times they open their yap on a stage people boo.

No one paid to here Dave Matthews spout off about anything. Hell, this is the same band that literally craps on people in the Chicago river.

If the political BS wasn't bad enough now we have to hear it from the Scientologists. Tom Cruise STFU, I don't want to hear one damn thing you have to say coming from that empty space between your ears. The whole thing with Isaac Hayes and South Park was just disgraceful. Collect checks for 10 years making fun of Chinese, Mormons, Christians, Jesus, Mohammed, Jews, gays and who knows how many other groups, naming your one black kid "Token", cross the line and point out Scientologists are insane? OMG! WE R GONNA SUE!

Celebrity for one thing doesn't guarantee expertise in another, nor does it make your views any better or less accepted. STFU and sing is right.

[Old Corps Gunny]

Has anyone noticed that these Hollywood "hollowheads" seem to get more vocal the more they aren't getting roles?

[Rightlane]

Anti-war actor Tim Robbins: “I would suggest that we send some of those people over there [to Iraq]. I would love to see a Sergeant O'Reilly in the armed forces. And a Lieutenant Limbaugh. Lieutenant Limbaugh would be a beautiful thing to see...Most of these guys that were such advocates of this war had the opportunity during Vietnam to serve their country and pussied out, and here's a perfect opportunity for them to undo that shameful past and to enlist and go over and walk it like they talk it.�

HBO's Bill Maher: “So you want fat, middle-aged men fighting for America?�

Robbins: “Hey, you know, the police departments.�

Neither of these 2 could fight their way out of a paper bag.



Actor Martin Sheen: “I'm very fond of him [Arnold Schwarzenegger] but I don't think he's a public servant....Rob Reiner is really the only qualified guy in our profession to go into politics.�

I don't know who's the bigger Meathead, Sheen or Reiner?? They should castÂ*Â*Howard Dean, Sheen, and Meathead as the next three stooges. Dean would be Moe, Meathead would be Curly, and Sheen could be Larry! Nyuuck. Nyuuck, Nyuuck, Nyuuck!


http://www.museumofleftwinglunacy.com/celeblunacy.htm

[Rightlane]

"The Dixie Chicks said they were embarrassed he was from Texas. I’m embarrassed George Bush is from the United States. He’s an idiot. He’s enormously incompetent on both the domestic and international scenes."

Linda Ronstadt quoted during a 2006 concert tour in Canada.

http://leftwingrant.com/af.htmÂ*Â*Â*Â*(list of nutty quotes from famous liberal celebrities)

[Mayberry]

That's why I watch the Discovery Channel or the History Channel. Though I was disappointed at Discovery's recent global warming propaganda flick. I expected objectivity from them, but I guess everyone in TV suffers from the ratings war.

[Rightlane]

From the GAROFALO File:

"Being a liberal is one of the best things you can be."

"Well I don't know what the city of Hollywood knows about foreign policy, but do I know that a lot of people do learn and educate themselves about policy and I don't have to be a policy expert to know that this will be a disaster."


http://www.hard-talk.com/archives/2006/06/stupid_liberal.php



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[sbannon]

I'm not sure what the point of this thread is meant to be? Is anyone here suggesting that celebs shouldn't have the same rights to blog, write letters to the editor, discuss and debate politics as other Americans?

I get it that they have a larger venue than the average person does to speak from, but that's a circumstance of their stations in life and shouldn't suddenly negate their rights to free speech. If you don't like what they say, change the channel--it's how I deal with the divisive hate rhetoric on AM radio.

[T.J. Wolfe]

"I would think that if you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees, that we would someday become communists." -- Jane Fonda

'Tis true.

[Rightlane]

I'm not sure what the point of this thread is meant to be? Is anyone here suggesting that celebs shouldn't have the same rights to blog, write letters to the editor, discuss and debate politics as other Americans?

Of course they have the right to say whatever they want.Â*Â*And we have the right to mock/expose them.

They have free speech, we have free speech, everyone has free speech.

(And a lot of what they say is pretty funny, so why not laugh?)

[Rightlane]

By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com
Tuesday, Aug 29, 2006

The TV Emmy Awards were broadcast a few days ago and it was the usual: a bunch of smug, self-satisfied show biz types cloyingly parading their liberal views in front of an adoring Los Angeles audience. I mean, come on, you show biz people are supposed to be creative—how about something new and exciting: Maybe demonstrating to the country you might have a clue about what's going on in the world.

... some Americans are so fanatical about ideology that they have lost the ability to think. Many of those Hollywood types mugging to the camera the other night are in that category. Largely dressed in borrowed clothes and spouting borrowed ideas, these people constantly vilify conservatives as complete idiots. How irresponsibly condescending.

So let's be straight here. My money says Tina Fey doesn't know anything about the roots of terrorism or how to prevent the next terror attack. The woman can sneer all day long, but I'll put her on my TV program in a heartbeat if she wants to prove me wrong.

Neil Young can write all the mediocre music he wants about how evil the Bush administration is, but while he is rockin' in the free world, I know it wouldn't be free if Young were in charge. ... When George Clooney can explain exactly how the Pakistani secret police broke a captured al-Qaeda big shot who subsequently gave up the London terrorists arrested for planning an attack on American airliners, then I'll rent "Syriana."

http://billoreilly.com/currentarticle

[Rightlane]

Have you visited the Hall Of Shame?

http://www.lifeontheright.com/hall_of_shame.html

[sbannon]

Have you visited the Hall Of Shame?

http://www.lifeontheright.com/hall_of_shame.html
That's nice, their best wits are to call various celebs 'fat', 'dumb' and 'pig'. Real impressive. I hear better jabs being made in the neighborhood schoolyard by 1st graders on a daily basis.

If this was at-least funny I could respect that fact, but it's nothing more than an uncreative demonstration of the maturity level flies obtain in their short lives.

[Rightlane]

HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA

Rosie: Radical Christians pose Islamofascist threat

O'Donnell maintains on 'The View': 'We are bombing innocent people in other countries'

Rosie O'Donnell says "radical" Christians in America are just as much of a threat as the followers of radical Islam who piloted hijacked jetliners into New York's Twin Towers and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

"Iraq and Afghanistan never threatened to kill us," O'Donnell said.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51956

[Elrathin]

Has anyone noticed that these Hollywood "hollowheads" seem to get more vocal the more they aren't getting roles?


Has anyone noticed that conservatives are the ones that care more about these "hollowheads" and what they say. IT's called obsession, seek help. :D

[Rider]

Elrathin wrote- Has anyone noticed that conservatives are the ones that care more about these "hollowheads" and what they say. IT's called obsession, seek help.
Well duh. Why is it an obsession?

Isn't it just as obsessive for liberals to be so concerned over the Presidents policies in the war?

[Elrathin]

Isn't it just as obsessive for liberals to be so concerned over the Presidents policies in the war?


No, because the president's policies affect ME personally. I fail to see how a Hollywood actor/actress/movie is affecting you personally. You have the choice not to see them or the movie and not be affected.

If I ignore the president, his policies still affect me. IF you ignore Hollywood, nothing changes for you.

[Rider]

Sure, Hollywood has no effect on me or anyone else. That's why advertisers spend billions every year on advertising.

[Elrathin]

Sure, Hollywood has no effect on me or anyone else. That's why advertisers spend billions every year on advertising.


That is because YOU let it affect you. I can't believe you actually are comparing the two. Let's see:

Bush policies have out of control spending that affect the debt of this country.

Hollywood produces a movie that says conservatives suck.

Yep, that sure does affect you......riiiiiiiiiihhhhhht. :rolleyes:

There is a difference in things that WILL affect you and things YOU LET affect you.

Hollywood has NO control over your life, Bush policies DO.

[Rider]

Elrathin- If Hollywood changes the public's attitude toward issues of national security through the endless repitition of propaganda, it most certainly affects me.

[Elrathin]

Elrathin- If Hollywood changes the public's attitude toward issues of national security through the endless repitition of propaganda, it most certainly affects me.


Ok again, Hollywood doesn't make policies, the Bush administration does.

There is a difference.

Last I checked Hollywood doesn't start wars. (Well until they make a movie with Mohamad in it at least). :D

[Rider]

Oh, yeah,Â*Â*that's why 75% of college seniors polled said that Nixon got the US into the Vietnam war. Hollywood has tremendous influence over much of the population.
Ever heard of the China Syndrome? That movie helped stop nuclear reactor projects across the country.

After Hollywood got through with 20 years of Vietnam war movies, most Americans believe that our troops spent their time doing drugs and slaughtering civilians.

Hollywood fortunately went the other way with WWII. From cartoons to feature films and newsreels, Hollywood fueled the passionate hatred among the population for Germans and Japanese.

Do you think that Oliver Stone's JFK didn't convince thousands that JFK was assasinated by a conspiracy of government officials?

How many people who have never been taught to think critically or do any research on their own bought into F9/11?

What about Al Gore's recent movie on global warming?

You don't have to be a trivia expert on Hollywood to go on and on with examples. If you can't see this, you're deliberately blinding yourself.

[Elrathin]

You don't have to be a trivia expert on Hollywood to go on and on with examples. If you can't see this, you're deliberately blinding yourself.


So it's hollywood's fault because people believe in fiction? Sorry, not going to buy that. I know serveral people that believe Elvis is alive, I guess that is Hollywood's fault too. :rolleyes:

You want to blame stupid people for believing in stuff, fine, but that is not Hollywoods fault. That is peoples

Again, the Bush administration makes policies that affect the nation. Hollywood makes movies. If you believe that Hollywood CAUSES the effects, then sorry you are blinding yourself.

They are not comparable.

[Rider]

So, you deny that any of the examples listed above had any effect on public opinion in this country?

[Elrathin]

So, you deny that any of the examples listed above had any effect on public opinion in this country?


I deny that it is Hollywoods fault, whereas Bush's policies lie squarely on him.

[Rider]

This thread was never about Bush's policies. It was about Hollywood.

[AlonzoMourning23]

Oh, yeah,Â*Â*that's why 75% of college seniors polled said that Nixon got the US into the Vietnam war. Hollywood has tremendous influence over much of the population.
Ever heard of the China Syndrome? That movie helped stop nuclear reactor projects across the country.

After Hollywood got through with 20 years of Vietnam war movies, most Americans believe that our troops spent their time doing drugs and slaughtering civilians.

Hollywood fortunately went the other way with WWII. From cartoons to feature films and newsreels, Hollywood fueled the passionate hatred among the population for Germans and Japanese.

Do you think that Oliver Stone's JFK didn't convince thousands that JFK was assasinated by a conspiracy of government officials?

How many people who have never been taught to think critically or do any research on their own bought into F9/11?

What about Al Gore's recent movie on global warming?

You don't have to be a trivia expert on Hollywood to go on and on with examples. If you can't see this, you're deliberately blinding yourself.


Some other examples would include "Birth of a Nation", "Exodus", and Passion of the Christ. Plus the vast majority of old westerns and john wayne films, military movies etc.

[Elrathin]

This thread was never about Bush's policies. It was about Hollywood.


Then why did you bring it up here:

Isn't it just as obsessive for liberals to be so concerned over the Presidents policies in the war?

You are the one who went off topic first. I have only been obliging your erroneous comparison between Hollywood and Bush.

[Rider]

My abject appologies, kind sir.