Remember those commercials where the guy would say “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV?” I always thought that was funny. What they should have said was, “I don’t know crap about what I’m talking about, but listen to me anyway because I’m a great bull shitter.”
Film director Martin Scorsese took time out from promoting his latest movie “Gangs of New York” to add his voice to a growing list of celebrities opposing a possible United States-led war on Iraq. Is Martin Scorsese a complete and total moron? Despite what you may think, this isn’t a pro-war rant. It’s a “shut the hell up” rant.
What in the blue hell makes Martin Scorsese an expert on international diplomatic relations? There’s no difference between playing a doctor on TV and playing a diplomat on TV.
British singer George Michael made his opinion known last year with a video portraying President Bush as a cowboy. So because of his massive world touring with Wham!, he knows that war with Iraq is a bad idea. Wow, maybe all of America’s leaders should go on tour with Wham! so that they can be as enlightened as George Michael. Can’t you just see Colon Powell singing, “Wake me up before you go-go?”
Barbra Streisand also can’t seem to keep her nose in her own business. You sing overly cheesy love songs and that means we should listen to your opinion on world politics … that’s funny lady. I might be tempted if you sang songs akin to the Clash or Rage Against the Machine, not “Memories.” But Yentel, when John McCain went to town on you on Saturday Night Live, you had it coming.
Sean Penn went to Iraq; apparently he was searching for weapons of mass destruction himself. After not finding any he thinks there should be no bombs in Iraq and then he refused to allow the Iraqi release of “Shanghi Surprise.” What does Sean Penn know about American (or Iraqi) politics? I’m imagining him sitting over there eating dinner with Saddam and discussing American politics, “So what Jefferson was saying was, ‘Hey, you know, we left this England place because it was bogus. So if we don’t get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we’ll just be bogus too.”
Why would someone who isn’t a diplomatic or military expert go to a possibly hostile country? Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you’re doing? “Learning about Iraq, and having some food.”
Hey, Susan Sarandon, where did you get your diplomatic experience? Was it during the filming of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” or on the set of “Bull Durham?”
This may or may not be about oil, but one thing is for sure, it’s not a war over Lorenzo’s Oil! Damnit Janet, shut up and go away! Here’s an idea, in an act to protest the war, grab Babs and she can be Thelma and you can … well … you, and take a long drive off a tall cliff.
Do I know if war with Iraq is good or justified? No, I don’t. But that’s why we elect people who (in theory) dedicate their lives to answering tough questions like that. Actors are not politicians, except Ronald Reagan, and he couldn’t do both at the same time. When someone who has nothing to do with anything starts spouting off like they know what they’re talking about, while they may be right, I tend to believe the other guy.
Yet, I’m supposed to trust the judgment of someone who not only married Madonna, but also starred in a movie with her?
