Actors who get political
Really, I should not be writing this. I should be sleeping. Or working. Not this. But, after reading a little story about Alec Baldwin, I would like to talk about a topic I have been sitting on for a while. That topic is actors who make political statements are contributing to America’s ignorance.
Hear me out here. I could say anyone, who doesn’t present real evidence to back up their ridiculous claims. But actors and musicians are doing it in a different way. You see, they are using the fact that they are famous to rally support for their political beliefs. And it works. Look at Green Day or Eminem fans. They say ‘I hate Bush’ and magically, thousands of bush haters are created. But do they say why?? What does Eminem say in ‘Mosh’ and other songs?? “I hate bush” and “Fuck war”. And Green Day- don’t get me wrong. I like Green Day. But they are anti bush and don’t say why. But the fans buy into it. If Billy Joe says bush sucks, he must.
The same goes for actors, like Alec Baldwin, who like other liberals, is claiming Cheney was drunk. I would like to see one shred of evidence that Cheney might have been drunk. Just one little something. A beer can he drank with in the hour or something. By the way people on the news are doing it, anyone anywhere can make any claim and as long as enough people buy it, it’s true. And for the record Alec, Harry Whittington and Cheney are good friends, and if you watched his statement today, he said he hopes Cheney keeps visiting and he apologized for what the Cheneys are going through. So while you say “Harry Whittington is getting paid off”, maybe you should try watching the news once in a while. Educate yourself while you create an ignorant generation of teens who follow because they like you. Later
john x
February 18th, 2006/8:47 AM
then you should be outraged at arnold schwarzenegger and jesse ventura.
or are you just mad at actors who don’t support the conservative agenda?
john x
February 18th, 2006/11:44 AM
oh yeah, the actor who’s contributed most to America’s ignorance has got to be ronald reagan. yep i think i agree with this article.
Joe Casabona
February 18th, 2006/12:31 PM
No ‘John’, I just don’t support actors who give no reason for their stances. Clearly Arnold, Jesse, and especially Reagan made public their stances on issues and didn’t just say “Democrats are stupid”
john x
February 18th, 2006/3:19 PM
Alec Baldwin didn’t say anyone was stupid. and if you actually read the article and not just what some propagandist kid/teen posts on his website maybe you can see what he was saying. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/will-they-go-to-court_b_15875.html
he wrote an OPINION piece about how he feels cheney is involved in all of these scandals and wrong doings and never has to answer to them in court. that is the center point. i supposed he could have provided a better reference to back up every detail of his arguements. however, so could you in this opinion piece. after all you didn’t provide any evidence as to eninem or green day statements. you didn’t even provide evidence to you’re baldwin statements or anything to back it up. i’m not asking you to provide them either. i’m just saying that it’s hypocritical.
P.S. as for your evidence in the alcohol you have admission by cheney himself although he refutes that he was drunk.
P.S.S. I like how your comments have alternating colors.
Joe Casabona
February 18th, 2006/3:32 PM
It’s tough to provide evidence to something Green Day and Eminem ‘don’t do’, in not backing up their statements. As for where I have seen it? I went to a green day concert where Billy Joe mocks bush, and it’s clear with eminem.
And, as for the aticle, the site i reference quotes most of that directly. I did not say Balwin is just saying Cheney is stupid. I am saying he is wrong in saying Whittington is “the answer to America’s prayers” as Whittington recognizes it was an accident. Baldwin is even spreading a rumor (though he admits it) in the opinion piece.
PS- Cheney says he wasn’t drunk, though everyone on MSNBC and CNN is claiming he was, and did before he even made a statement. That is what is wrong.
PPS- Thanks! Word Press makes it easy to do, adding a little CSS. My author box was a little tougher though.
john x
February 18th, 2006/5:27 PM
i just realized that this site is actually just a personal site and mostly coding info at that. you should probably organized a seperate site if you want to get political. Also you seem like a reasonable person. i would suggest that you explore liberal blogs like crooksandliars.com as well as your conservative blogs. exploring both gives you a more broader view. i do both. the reason i suggest that is because there’s been a big deal where there was admission by armstrong as to beer being involved. this admission was early as this article posted it shortly after it hit main stream media. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11349649/ then they deleted the paragraph then they modified it again.
anyway, apparently media including msnbc knew about the peer.
Joe Casabona
February 18th, 2006/7:19 PM
John,
I do not always want to get political, and a new blog I feel is not necessary. I appriciate your concern (i guess?) about me getting an unbiased opinion, but rest assure, I do. If you look at my archives you will see that I did at one point support John Kerry, before that supporting Bush. This, however was due to the
liesstrong opinions I got from friends. After doing research, reading news sources, blogs, etc., as well as some thinking for myself, I came to the conclusion that I am in fact conservative, given 99% of the issues that come up. As for admitting beer being involved, sure, maybe there was. But some of your liberal blogs, as well as MSNBC and CNN are painting the picture that Cheney was incopacitated and should not have been carrying a gun. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Whittington should not have been standing where he was at the time. He came up on the 2 other people completly unannounced, (as reported by CNN) and based on the story and the scar in Mr. Whittington’s face, Mr. Whittington was not facing in front, front being the same way the gun is pointed, but was actually looking the other way.