Tired of Stupid Celebrities

[turboscott]

Hollywood Group at it Again
> >
> >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 with 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.
> >
> >Vice President **** Cheney: Earned a B. A. in 1965 and a M. A. in 1966,
> >both in political science.
> >
> >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. 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 of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: Attended Princeton University on
> >Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the U. S. Navy (1954-57) as a Naval
> >aviator.
> >
> >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
> >****inson 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.
> >
> >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).
> >
> >So who are these celebrities? What is their education? What is their
> >experience?
> >
> >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 of college mid-freshman year. Career: Acting
> >
> >Alec Baldwin: Dropped out of George Washington. 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 Garofalo: 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.

 

[gnXfan]

There are some nice extensions to that list:

From Grouchy Old Cripple

Barbra Streisand: Completed high school
Career: Singing and acting
If you can call it acting

Cher: Dropped out of school in 9th grade.
Career: Singing and acting
A 9th grade education and she's calling Bush, who has an MBA, dumb?

Martin Sheen Flunked exam to enter University of Dayton.
Career: Acting
University of Dayton? He flunked the entrance exam? What an idiot! He thinks Bush is dumb?

Jessica Lange Dropped out college mid-freshman year.
Career: Acting
Never really thought much of her. Only movie I saw that she was in was Tootsie.

Alec Baldwin Dropped out of George Washington U. after scandal
Career: Acting
And other than hosting Saturday Night Live his career seems to be over.

Julia Roberts Completed high school
Career: Acting
At least can read the dictionary since she said that Republican was in there between repugnant and reptile. Specializes in marriage and divorce.

Sean Penn Completed High school
Career: Acting
Good at punching out photographers and conducting weapons inspections.

Susan Sarandon Degree in Drama from Catholic University of America
in Washington, D.C.
Career: Acting
Loved her in Rocky Horror Picture Show.


Ed Asner Completed High school
Career: Acting
Grant Tinker said about Ed Asner, "Unfortunately, Ed Asner has the image of Lou Grant and the brain of Ed Asner."


George Clooney Dropped out of University of Kentucky
Career: Acting
And being a phony fkwd.

Michael Moore Dropped out first year University of Michigan.
Career: Movie Director
And being a fat, phony, commie bastard.

Sarah Jessica Parker: Completed High School
Career: Acting
She has a brain?

Jennifer Anniston: Completed High School
Career: Acting
Ditto

Mike Farrell Completed High school
Career: Acting
Does he still have a career?

Janeane Garofelo Dropped out of College.
Career: Stand up comedienne
And failed actress

Larry Hagman Attended Bard College for one year.
Career: Acting
He's still alive?

So these are the rocket scientists who think Bush is dumb. And where's Woody Harrelson?

Oh well, blogging time is over. Time to go back to watching Bombs Over Baghdad.



and from Hollywood Half Wits

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 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 Urban Legends.Com and see the truth.)

Vice President **** 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.

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 ****inson 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 AmericanAcademy 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 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. She resides in Washington, D.C.

 

[Lee_Burough]

Here, Here

As Donald Rumsfeld said, "The truth IS the truth".

 

[turboscott]

We also need to keep in mind that not only are these current people running the country educated, but Bush's father was also a president, a president who is even more educated, was in the CIA before being president, was the president during the start of the Gulf War and knows Saddam like the back of his hand. That is a valuable tool to the current president as well.

If I am not mistaken Bush's grandfather was a Senator in CT as well. There is a history here. Where is the history of some of these celebs?

Jennifer Anniston (who I like) would be nothing if she weren't smokin hot. Her dad is a Soap Opera actor on Days of Our Lives. Wow, that makes her real qualified to make judgements.

Matin Sheen PLAYS a president on TV so I guess he must now have some inside info we don't know about. And, he raises a couple of sons who can act, maybe. Charile Sheen, drug addict, and Emilio Estevez, he's a real susperstar?

The list can go on and on.

 

[gnXfan]

Originally posted by lburou
Here, Here

As Donald Rumsfeld said, "The truth IS the truth".

Depends on what your definition of is is ....

 

[gnXfan]

Originally posted by turboscott
We also need to keep in mind that not only are these current people running the country educated, but Bush's father was also a president, a president who is even more educated, was in the CIA before being president, was the president during the start of the Gulf War and knows Saddam like the back of his hand. That is a valuable tool to the current president as well.

Absolutely! Even if you do not agree with a policy of ANY of our past 10 Presidents - can't use education as the argument!

Matin Sheen PLAYS a president on TV so I guess he must now have some inside info we don't know about. And, he raises a couple of sons who can act, maybe. Charile Sheen, drug addict, and Emilio Estevez, he's a real susperstar?

I've been saying exactly the same thing. This dope can't run a family and he plays a president on tv. Like taking medicine from a person who isn't a doctor but who plays one on tv.

 

[turboscott]

More specifically, Bush Sr. went to Yale. He served in the military. He was Ambassador to the UN and Director of the CIA.


http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=40


Anyone out there think a former president who is also a former Director of the CIA doesn't still have connections? He may not be involved in the day to day running of the country but I am quite confident he knows the deal and gives his advice to his son.

These "STARS" think because they make a lot of money they know what they are talking about. Please. They are where they are because they have some talent but in most cases because they are good looking or got some lucky breaks. That's who I want making my decisions for me!!!!

 

[GN One Day...]

I don't know what gets to me the most. The actor's who think they know it all or the people who believe and listen to them. I don't want to hear of a famous actor "ashamed" to be an American. Think they'd make as much money in any other country? Nope. Not even in Europe. It's in the U.S. that their guild gets them the big bucks. If they're ashamed, let them go try to act in Iraq and make a few million per movie. They're actors. They are PAID to LIE for entertainment. That's fine, but don't expect intelligent people to care what they have to say or put more weight on their words than any other voter off the street.

Hypocrites drunk on their own fame.

 

[Lee_Burough]

Something I lerned in High School Speech class:

"An expert quoted out of their field is no longer an expert"

 

[rag93vette]

Where are the celebrities like Bob Hope and Jack Benny? That were behind our troops overseas. When i was in the Gulf i dont remember anything like that.

 

[GN One Day...]

I agree. That was a different generation. Most prefer controversy to patriotism. You get talked about more that way, which is what they want.

 

[striker_29]

These celebrities live in a world of their own, and they see the rest of us as simpletons, here for their benefit. They are both rich AND famous, so they tend to think highly of themselves. They dont buy their own groceries, pay their own bills, cook their own meals, or drive their own car. They live in a total fantasy land, with more money than they can spend, far removed from the rest of society. Its evident in their ideology, as everything is perfect for the beautiful people, and us the stupid people just simply do not matter to them. They can't understand (or better yet, don't care) that the rest of us dont have the outrageous luxuries they do, and don't agree with them on these issues. Its the ultimate power struggle for them, and they would prefer to be the top rulers, because after all they are rich, famous, and "important." If it were up to them, you and I would not even get to vote.

 

[turboscott]

First of all, a lot of the people on the list are has beens. Their careers are dead or dying. They are probably doing it for publicity to possibly get themselves another good job.

The other half are the "elite" of Hollywood as if that means anything to me. These people make $20 million a year or more and they have groups of people serve them and tell them how great they are so much that they start believing it. They somehow think that when they speak people listen and in some cases, people do listen. However, the people that listen often times are even less educated than the people speaking the words.

What these celebrities need to do is go back to work and focus on making a good movie since that is what they are paid to do. I can't remember the last time I saw a good movie (not including Tom Hanks, he rocks). I don't go to the movies anymore because I am not paying $9 to go see a crap movie to support these people and their idiotic opinons.

Now, the president of the US has all the tools and resources and EXPERTS available to him 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If he needs an answer people drop what they are doing to get him the answer. Do these morons (the real morons-the actors) think he did this without 12 years of information since the last war? Do they think he decided one day to say I am bored, let me put 300,000 of my citizens lives at risk without cause?

I didn't like Bush before the election. I didn't like Gore either so i didn't vote. I am so glad Bush got in and not Gore. If Gore got in I would probably be wearing a towel on my head right now and I wouldn't have the freedom to type this message. I think Bush has handled things very well since 9/11. Even if they don't find weapons of mass destruction while over there, and we know they will, I would still vote for him again. Saddam is a psycho. He is a modern day Hitler and needs to be removed. Even if he doesn't have the weapons he helped harbor and finance the 9/11 attacks and he needs to pay for that alone! I only wish we could get these messages to the celebs and tell them to go F off!

 

[turboscott]

By the way, I am sure people 200 years ago didn't believe in the Revolutionary War either. But, that war brought us where we are now. People died for that war but now look who our greatest allie is, England. Who is to say that 50 or 100 years from now Iraq qon't be our second biggest allie? The Iraqi people are attacking their own troops for Pete's sake, don't these celebs see that? They want to be free like we are.

 

[striker_29]

Originally posted by turboscott
The other half are the "elite" of Hollywood as if that means anything to me. These people make $20 million a year or more and they have groups of people serve them and tell them how great they are so much that they start believing it. They somehow think that when they speak people listen and in some cases, people do listen. However, the people that listen often times are even less educated than the people speaking the words.

A very good point, that I neglected to mention. Good thread, and very astute observations Scott

 

[GN One Day...]

This article is the best:
http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=6852

Maybe they'll blacklist some of these actors to bring them back down to Earth.


Hollywood Protest
By Paul Bond
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 25, 2003


Michael Moore was booed off the stage Sunday night while delivering his acceptance speech after winning an Oscar for his documentary film "Bowling For Columbine."

For those who missed Moore's tirade, it went something like this: "We live in fictitious times, and we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president that sends us to war for fictitious reasons."

Then Moore got a bit redundant.

"We are against this war, Mr. Bush! Shame on you, Mr. Bush! Shame on you, Mr. Bush! Shame on you, Mr. Bush! Shame on you!"

More surprising than Moore injecting his venomous brand of politics into the Oscar show was the negative reaction his behavior prompted from much of the audience. Perhaps Hollywood's elite have grown weary of knee-jerk applause any time one of their own spouts antiwar slogans. Or maybe they are finally aware that much of their audience looks at today's peace movement as a partisan sham.

Just outside the Kodak Theatre, in fact, as the Oscar show began, many of the 3,000 protesters were shouting invectives through a bullhorn at police officers while others held American flags that replaced the stars with Nazi swastikas. "Bush is Hitler" and "Bush is the Terrorist" were popular refrains, as was "All U.S. Soldiers Are Now War Criminals."

No doubt, then, antiwar celebrities might suddenly be mindful of who they are associating with. Even if for no other reason than it's a good business decision. A just-released study suggests that celebrity antiwar activists, in deed, do appear un-American or unpatriotic to about 43.5 percent of adult Americans.

And that's just one of a host of interesting findings from the study, which consists of a scientific poll from the firm e-Poll.

The 43.5% revelation should be of keen interest to Hollywood filmmakers and the marketers whose job it is to put as many butts in theater seats as possible. Especially since, according the report, an impressive 47.9 percent of Americans said they would be dissuaded from paying to see a movie that featured a celebrity activist whom they disagree with. Republicans (64.2 percent) were more likely to shun such a film than Democrats (41 percent).

Not surprisingly, Republicans, by a wide margin, were also quicker to dismiss as un-American the celebrity peace movement than Democrats were, 71 percent compared with 26 percent.

The poll also asked Americans which celebrity activists they admire and which ones they do not.

More than three decades after Jane Fonda climbed aboard a North Vietnamese tank and made nice with the enemy, her political activism apparently still bothers moviegoers. She finished first on the list of least admired celebrities, being named by 12.4 percent of the respondents.

Serial-protester Martin Sheen was next, followed by Barbra Streisand, Charlton Heston and Sean Penn. The survey was taken right around the time Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines made some career-jarring remarks in London. Caught up in a wave of European anti-Americanism, the Texan told an enthusiastic audience, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." Fittingly, then, the Dixie Chicks were sixth on e-Poll's list, which lumped all celebrities together, be they actors or musicians.

Topping the list of admired celebrity activists was Heston, followed by Sheen, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Susan Sarandon.

Even though the best-known celebrity antiwar activists obviously have their supporters, it's interesting to note that in every case they have more detractors. Sheen is admired by 8.6 percent of moviegoers, while he is not admired by 11.1 percent

With Sarandon it's 4.9 percent for her and 5.3 percent against her. For Penn, whose antiwar activism, as in the case of Ms Fonda, prompted him to visit the enemy, in this case Baghdad, the numbers were 1.5 percent positive and 9 percent negative. For the Dixie Chicks it was 1.4 percent positive and 7 percent negative. Janeane Garofalo was at 1.1 percent for and 2.4 percent against while Mike Farrell was at 0.9 percent for and 1.8 percent against. And so on and so forth.

Even Democrats don't like Hollywood's most vehement antiwar demonstrators. Sheen is the third most disliked celebrity activist among Democrats and Penn is sixth.

If this unique study sounds familiar, that's because e-Poll released one similar to this 10 months ago. That one has been cited many times on such cable news shows as "The O'Reilly Factor" and such nationally syndicated talk radio programs as "The Larry Elder Show" and "The Hugh Hewitt Show."

Since that first study, Alec Baldwin and Rosie O'Donnell have dropped off the top five list of least admired celebrity activists, replaced by Penn and Sheen, who have been waging much noisier peace campaigns.

And it appears American moviegoers are getting a bit less tolerant of celebrity activism. Ten months ago 44 percent said they wouldn't like to pay to see a movie featuring an activist they disagree with, compared with nearly 48 percent in the survey conducted last week.

 

[rhunt]

Celebs

Great group of posts. Let me say up front that the "celebs" are the lowest form of life on this planet next to the people in Congress. Can you imagine what the Al Gore admisitration would do? Sit on their butts with their thumbs------ their A$$e$. One thing about Chaney, he is a six time congressman and a former Sec. of Defense. These Hollywood people can only parrot lines written by someone else and walk around like they have accomplished something. Just because someone does not have a college degree doesn't make a person stupid or not, but the net brain power coming out of Hollywood wouldn't power a toaster. Just my opinion.

Roger

 

[turboscott]

I am not at all saying someone with no college degree is stupid. I am saying people who ACT for a living with no education should not be calling the people with education and all the resources available to them stupid or morons, etc... Bill Gates doesn't have a college degree but he clearly not stupid. But once someone with no education starts making stupid comments about things they know nothing about that makes them stupid, IMO anyway.

 

[tom h]

And I'm almost "ashamed" to admit I'm from Calif, because of these narcisistic, egotistical, simple minded, so-called "celebrities".

I wish they all would follow through on their shrill "threats" and really did move out of the country.

 

[GNX]

First off, let me say that no way do I back any of the Hollywood celebs. I back the President. I'll go even further and say that I think that anyone protesting should be fined, jailed or ??? None of this would have been acceptable during WW2.

That being said, I have to disagree that just because an ACTOR, director, producer, doesn't have a degree or only a high school education, means that what they say is unfounded or that they shouldn't be calling someone with a degree stupid . The STUPID person who wrote that "so and so actor only went to high school or left college after one year isn't credible" (I'm paraphrasing) made a way out of line generalization. I know MANY people who left college or didn't pursue college for either lack of funds, personal problems, having IQ's and more knowledge about a given field than their professors, or ADD. Would they be any less credible if they became actors? Don't think so!

Don't be fooled about the college VS high school BS. Sure there are actors and people in the entertainment business that may not be the most brilliant people in the world. But, there are many and I would say, in the majority, that are very brilliant in their particular creative area. Just because they call someone "stupid" and just because they don't have a Masters or P.H.D. and just because they are an ACTOR, doesn't mean that they aren't as intelligent as people with
the "SHEEPSKIN." They just may be talking out of their a$$es and not seeing the real picture. That I can go along with.

Steven Speilberg and Jack Nicholson are two that come to mind, that dropped out or only went to high school. Speilberg finally got his degree a couple of years ago...long after his unbelievable contribution to film.

Anyone who has been in the "working world" will tell you that after your second or third job a degree becomes less and less important, unless it's used for academia. PERFORMANCE, RESULTS, GOLF and sucking up to the bosses are what count. JMO