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 from 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.
