Good morning from the Heartland.
Today's quote from the Left Coast
"George W Bush is like a bad comic
working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the
expression."
Martin Sheen
Instead of making a 'smartass'
comment on the above quote, I ask you to take 5 minutes and
read the following article:
Who's Smarter? by Cindy Osborne
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.
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:
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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, Al abama, she resides in Washington,
D.C.
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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:
Barbra Streisand : Completed high
school Career: Singing and acting
Cher: Dropped out of school in
9th grade. Career: Singing and acting
Martin Sheen: Flunked exam to
enter University of Dayton. Career: Acting
Jessica Lange: Dropped out
college mid-freshman year. Career: Acting
Alec Baldwin: Dropped out of
George Washington U. after scandal. Career: Acting
Julia Roberts: Completed high
school. Career: Acting
Sean Penn: Completed High school.
Career: Acting
Susan Sarandon: Degree in Drama
from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Career: Acting
Ed Asner; Completed High school.
Career: Acting
George Clooney: Dropped out of
University of Kentucky. Career: Acting
Michael Moore: Dropped out first
year University of Michigan. Career: Movie Director
Sarah Jessica Parker:
Completed High School. Career: Acting
Jennifer Anniston: Completed High
School. Career: Acting
Mike Farrell: Completed High
school. Career: Acting
Janeane Garofelo: Dropped out of
College. Career: Stand up comedienne
Larry Hagman: Attended Bard
College for one year. Career: Acting
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.
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.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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.