9
April 2003
Iraq
Liberation Day
"De
opresso liber"
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" eaders, 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 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 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 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.
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 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, Alabama. 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.
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.
A Message from the Editor of Chatmag.com
We have reprinted this piece by Cindy Osborne, however, she does not work for Chatmag.com. We've attempted to locate the author with no luck so far.
Updated Information.
It appears that the Iraqi Republican Guard and Fedeyeen Saddam have executed several American prisoners of war, in a clear violation of the treatment of POW's as set forth in the Geneva Convention.
We at Chatmag have decided not to accept any advertisments of the afore mentioned celebrities movies, television shows, etc. While they have the right to state their opinions, we who disagree with them do also, by boycotting their works. By protesting the war, these people unwittingly play into the hands of the people executing our Soldiers. This decision not to advertise the celebrities works will result in a substantial loss of revenue to Chatmag. Let's see what the war protestors are willing to give up for their cause.
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