Since the entertainment insustry thinks we have idots in office

[neverteaseit]

here's some info they may not really shock anyone. some of these idiots who's acting careers are basically over and are looking for a little bit more camera time here is an interesting article. lets compare who knows more about policies and who is really the idiots here.


This is only sent for information, nothing more, nothing less
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 reelection 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 that 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 Capitol 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 was 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.

 

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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



Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge was 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 reelected 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, Alabama, she 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. 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. She resides in Washington, D.C.





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.

 

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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?



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.

 

[dr. freeze]

great post....post of the year:toast:

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

:clap:

and as far as the "mentally challenged" what about the lemmings that follow their agenda.

Case in point Women Org protesting against war with country where women are 2nd class citizens.
To be convicted of rape in Muslim society it has to be witnessed by no less than four males who testify in womans defense.
In a perfect world each of us would have to live with our convictions.

 

[Penguinfan]

"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. "

This man is obviously no idiot and none of it was handed to him given the fact he was raised in public housing in Erie PA! It is a damn shame that this guy worked so very hard to get where he is today and some skank in Hollywood is making 50 times the jack because seh gobbled the right knob one night.

Penguinfan

 

[ctownguy]

I'll second that for post of the year:drinky: :toast: :toast: