Here are 10 things to consider when voicing an opinion on Iraq:
1) Out of President Bush and Saddam Hussein . . . Hussein is the bad guy.
2) If you have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, keep this in
mind, they have Libya heading the Committee on Human Rights and Iraq heading the Global Disarmament committee. Do your own math here.
3) If you use Google Search and type in "French Military Victories,"
your reply will be "Did you mean French Military Defeats?"
4) If your only anti-war slogan is "No War For Oil," sue your school
district for allowing you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the
education you deserve.
5) Saddam and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try
to kill us.
6) Despite common belief, Martin Sheen is not the President. He plays one on
TV.
7) Even if you are anti-war, you are still an "infidel" and bin Laden
wants you dead, too.
8) If you believe in a "vast right-wing conspiracy" but not in the
danger Hussein poses, quit hanging out with the Dell computer Dude.
9) We are not trying to kill Iraqi citizens. We are trying to liberate them.
10) Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women
overseas are fighting for us to defend our right to speak out. We all need to
support them without reservation.
Let’s Compare Hollywood’s Education Vs. our Current Administration
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 reelection
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.
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 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 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 reelected 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 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 in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. 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 GREAT PLAN
Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan . . . what we need
now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!)
I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of one plan for
peace. "Books, not Bombs" won't work. The head mullahs won't let
anyone read them. If they do, they poke their eyes out.
Here's the plan:
1) The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their
affairs, past &present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini and the rest of them
'good old boys'. We will never "interfere" again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our
borders. No more sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.
We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered
up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where they are. France would welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless
given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be allowed in. If
you don't like it there, change it yourself, don't hide here. Asylum would not
ever be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers.
5) No "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they
don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self sufficient energy wise. This
will include developing non-polluting sources of energy but will require a
temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to
cope for a while.
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their
oil. If they don't like it, we go someplace else.
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not
"interfere". They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain,
cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or
given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if any anyway.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an island some place. We don't need the spies
and fair weather friends here. Besides, it would make a good homeless shelter or
lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call
us "Ugly Americans" any longer.
Now, ain't that a winner of a plan ??
Alabama State Auditor Beth Chapman delivered a "Stand Up for America" speech
I’m here
tonight because men and women of the United States military have given their
lives for my freedom. I am not here tonight because Sheryl Crowe, Rosie
O'Donnell, Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, the Dixie Chicks, Barbra Streisand, the
Beastie Boys, George Clooney or Phil Donahue, sacrificed their lives for me.
If my memory serves me correctly, it was not movie stars or musicians, but the
United States Military who fought on the shores of Iwo Jima the jungles of Vietnam , and the beaches of Normandy .
Tonight, I say we should support the President of the United States and the U.S. military and tell the liberal, tree-hugging, hippy, Birkenstock wearing,
tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and music and whine somewhere else.
After all, if they lived in Iraq , they wouldn't be allowed the freedom of
speech they’re being given here today -- ironically, they would be put to death
at the hands of Sadam Husssein or Osama Bin Laden.
I want to know how the very people who are against war because of the loss of
life, can possibly be the same people who are for abortion?
They are the same people who are for animal rights but against the rights of
the unborn.
The movie stars say they want to go to Iraq and serve as human shields for the
Iraqis, I say let them buy a one-way ticket and go.
No one likes war, I hate war. But the one thing I hate more is the fact that
this country has been forced into war -- innocent people have lost their lives
-- and there but for the grace of God, it could have been my brother, my
husband, or even worse my own son.
On December 7, 1941 , there are no records of movie stars treading the blazing
waters of Pearl Harbor .
On September 11, 2001 ; there are no photos of movie stars standing as human
shields against the debris and falling bodies ascending from the World Trade Center . There were only policemen and firemen -- underpaid civil servants
who gave their all with nothing expected in return.
When the USS Cole was bombed, there were no movie stars guarding the ship --
where were the human shields then?
If America’s movie stars want to be human shields, let them shield the
gang-ridden streets of Los Angeles, or New York City, let them shield the lives
of the children of North Birmingham whose mothers lay them down to sleep on the
floor each night to shelter them from stray bullets.
If they want to be human shields, I say let them shield the men and women of
honesty and integrity who epitomize courage and embody the spirit of freedom by
wearing the proud uniforms of the United States Military. Those are the people
who have earned and deserve shielding.
Throughout the course of history, this country has remained free, not because
of movie stars and liberal activists but because of brave men and women who
hated war too -- but lay down their lives so that we all may live in freedom.
After all -- "What greater love hath no man, that he lay down his life for
his friend," but in this case a country.
We should give our military honor and acknowledgement and not let their lives
be in vain. If you want to see true human shields, walk through Arlington Cemetery . There lies human shields, heroes, and the BRAVE Americans who didn’t
get on television and talk about being a human shields, they were human
shields.
I thank God tonight for freedom -- those who bought and paid for it with their
lives in the past -- those who will protect it in the present and defend it in
the future.
America has remained silent too long. God-fearing people have remained silent
too long.
We must lift our voices united in a humble prayer to God for guidance and the
strength and courage to sustain us throughout whatever the future may hold.
After the tragic events of Sept. 11th, my then eleven-year-old son said
terrorism is a war against us and them and if you're not one of us, then you're
one of them.
So in closing tonight, let us be of one accord, let us stand proud, and let us
be the human shields of prayer, encouragement and support for the President,
our troops and their families and our country.
May God bless America , the land of the free, the home of the brave and the
greatest country on the face of this earth!
Charlie Daniels on Hollywood Elites
An Open Letter To The Hollywood Bunch
Ok let’s just say for a moment you
bunch of pampered, overpaid,
unrealistic children had your way and
the U.S.A. didn’t go into Iraq.
Let’s say that you really get your
way and we destroy all our nuclear
weapons and stick daisies in our gun
barrels and sit around with some
white wine and cheese and pat
ourselves on the back, so proud of what
we’ve done for world peace.
Let’s say that we cut the military
budget to just enough to keep the
National Guard on hand to help out
with floods and fires.
Let’s say that we close down our
military bases all over the world and
bring the troops home, increase our
foreign aid and drop all the trade
sanctions against everybody.
I suppose that in your fantasy
world this would create a utopian world
where everybody would live in peace.
After all, the great monster, the
United States of America, the cause of all the world’s trouble would
have disbanded it’s horrible military
and certainly all the other
countries of the world would follow
suit.
After all, they only arm themselves
to defend their countries from the
mean old U.S.A.
Why you bunch of pitiful,
hypocritical, idiotic, spoiled mugwumps.
get your head out of the sand and
smell the Trade Towers burning.
Do you think that a trip to Iraq by Sean Penn did anything but encourage
a wanton murderer to think that the
people of the U.S.A. didn’t have the
nerve or the guts to fight him?
Barbra Streisand’s fanatical and
hateful rantings about George Bush
makes about as much sense as Michael
Jackson hanging a baby over a
railing.
You people need to get out of Hollywood once in a while and get out into
the real world. You’d be surprised at
the hostility you would find out
here. Stop in at a truck stop and tell
an overworked, long distance truck
driver that you don’t think Saddam
Hussein is doing anything wrong.
Tell a farmer with a couple of sons
in the military that you think the
United States has no right to defend itself.
Go down to Baxley, Georgia and hold an anti-war rally and see what the
folks down there think about you.
You people are some of the most disgusting
examples of a waste of
protoplasm I’ve ever had the
displeasure to hear about.
Sean Penn, you’re a traitor to the United States of America. You gave
aid and comfort to the enemy. How many
American lives will your
little, ”fact finding trip“ to Iraq cost? You encouraged Saddam to
think that we didn’t have the stomach
for war.
You people protect one of the most
evil men on the face of this earth
and won’t lift a finger to save the
life of an unborn baby. Freedom of
choice you say?
Well I’m going to exercise some
freedom of choice of my own. If I see
any of your names on a marquee, I’m
going to boycott the movie. I will
completely stop going to movies if I
have to. In most cases it
certainly wouldn’t be much of a loss.
You scoff at our military whose
boots you’re not even worthy to shine.
They go to battle and risk their lives
so ingrates like you can live in
luxury.
The day of reckoning is coming when
you will be faced with the
undeniable truth that the war against
Saddam Hussein is the war on
terrorism.
America is in imminent danger. You’re either for her or
against her.
There is no middle ground.
I think we all know where you stand.
What do you think?
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels