Celebs want you to think they are smarter than you.

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
than 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 IQ being lower
than any other President. If you believed it, you might want to go to
www.urbanlegends.com and read the truth.
Vice President Dick Cheney: Earned a
BA in 1965 and a MA 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: 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 US 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.(Note: He retired as Four Star General in the United States
Army)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: Attended Princeton University on
Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the US Navy (1954-57) as a Naval aviator;
Congressional Assistant to Rep. Robert Griffin (R-MI), 1957-59; US
Representative, Illinois, 1962-69; Assistant to the President, Director of the
Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Cost of Living Council, 1969-74;
US 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 Dickinson School of Law, he was
drafted into the US 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 US 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 US 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, DC.
So who are
the celebrities and what is their background?
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, Catholic University of America in
Washington, DC 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 view 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 involved in combat
there? 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 "Kumbaya" 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 conference.
It ended with the strong belief of
President Ronald Reagan
PEACE through STRENGTH.