These vapid, know-it-all celebrity types crack me up with the stupid things they come up with sometimes...Angelina Jolie says the U.S. government has "strange" priorities when it comes to spending money on war rather than on AIDS or refugees.
"Our priorities are quite strange," the 31-year-old actress said in an interview that aired Tuesday night on CNN.
Our spending priorities aren't half as strange as watching her french-kissing her brother on the red carpet at the Academy Awards a few years ago. Or how about the vial of Billy Bob Thornton's blood she used to wear as a necklace? Eeeeew!!!
Jolie said spending money on war rather than "dealing with situations that could end up in conflict if left unassisted" could prove costly in the end."We're missing a lot of opportunities (to do) a lot of good that America used to do and has a history of doing," said Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.'s refugee agency.
"dealing with situations (AIDS) that could end up in conflict if left unassisted"...what in the world does that mean? It's as if she misread some U.N. pamphlet on AIDS and then misquoted it as well.
AIDS is very simple to avoid...don't take drugs or have unprotected sex, or better yet...abstain altogether. As for the African children who have AIDS, I'll be willing to bet that no country gives more taxpayer money, provides more doctors, donates more medical supplies, and provides free drug treatment than the U.S. does to the victims of AIDS in underdeveloped countries.
Sure the war on terror is costly, but what's the alternative? Being nice to radical Muslims, and trying to treat the African AIDS epidemic, won't get them to stop trying to kill us. If we don't fight terrorism at it's roots (with war), we will be doomed to suffer dozens of 9/11's in the future.
If Angelina really wanted to do something to help prevent AIDS in children, she should start by doing something to overthrow the corrupt leaders of the nations who have stolen the country's wealth for their own. Doing something to foster free-enterprise, capitolist economies so that the financial boats of every citizen rises with the national economic tide. Doing something to end the reign's of terror foisted upon the people by tribal warfare and ruthless dictatorships.
Perhaps she should rethink spending hundreds of thousands in a posh Namibian resort avoiding the press, while trying to make Americans (the most generous people on Earth) feel guilty for not doing enough to prevent a disease which has many other preventions besides money.
Just shut-up and act!
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Angelina... Brad... Jennifer oh okay wrong topic.
Angelina, Brad, Tom, and Katie Holmes (is she related to Johnny THE WAD Holmes - the porn star). Stop ! All of you need to shut up. I don't care about your personal pet peeves. I don't want to hear your idiotic views on anything. The only redeeming factors you possess is your inate ability to act. I just wonder if you believe what you say, or if you are still acting out some paid role.
I do not want Scientology rammed down my throat. I used to think Tom was a good actor, I enjoyed some of his films, now hwowever I will not watch his films. Obviously, Katie is a complete imbecile, since she actually thinks he is the greatest man in the world. I give up. She needed some better role models to scale against, or did she just accept him because of his international status, ie big star great man. She obviously did not use John Wayne and Ronald Reagan as people like this,men of character and integrity, instead she used Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson. She forgot to look at Tom's shaky mindset and his anger management problems. How can anyone be considered intelligent when they espouse a religion formed from a science-fiction novel? Now she is allowing her kid to be brainwashed by this cultish society.
I applaud The Pitts for their passion for the poor African children and see many noble ideals in their adoption of same. However, I don't need to see it on every stinking magazine in the world. This woman is way out there in her beliefs. Blood in a vial, come on what is that about? Voodoo or doodoo? Who again cares, please do your thing, but do it without the glitz and glamour. Do it for the right reasons, do it because you are supposed to help the less fortunate ( oh sorry that comes from the Bible and they wouldn't understand that) I too have chosen too help poor and unfortunate children by participating in mission work, but have yet to see any of the group on TV. It isnt why we do what we do. See above, and yes we do our thing as we are supposed to.
I want bankers to bank, ditch diggers to dig and movie actors to act in MOVIES - ONLY!!
Just think, that if Ben Franklin had not been struck by lightning we might still be forced to actually talk to each other. I wonder then if idiots like these would be rich and famous, or still just plain idiots. I wsill now move on to rant on some other topic.
Nice take Reid.
You are generous to applaud the good that celebrities actually do accomplish. I failed to acknowledge them in my post for their service, such as it is.
But you are also correct in pointing out that they do their giving very publically so as to show everybody how socially concious they are. I guess if it draws attention to their cause that's OK, but don't try to use guilt as a means to raise funds for your cause.
I too applaud their generosity and I hope that these celebrities give, as they do, from a genuine place in their hearts (and I think that most do). I also think it may be difficult for a celebrity to act totally anonymously in their giving and for that we may need to blame the media. But I do have a problem with the ones who are hypocritical in their actions...carrying on about how much money we are "wasting" on the war when they spend more in one month than many of us will make in a lifetime.
I agree with Farp.(great call-sign by the way) I think most celebrities, at least the smug, self-righteous ones, think of themselves as the enlightened class and the rest of us as their subjects, the crude masses, the unsophisticated commoners, who should be told how to live since obviously we don't know, or we would be doing it already.
Ed: You must know that I wasn't trying to guilt anyone into anything, just trying to point out that people can and do accomplish things without the aid of the media. I have worked closely with celebrities who good because they can and want to, not because it gets them the cover of people. By the way when did AJ ever not look stunning as she diligently pushed for us to show our skirts to the Anti's. She may be becoming as bad as Hanoi-Jane.
Reid, I didn't mean you, or any of the very altruistic celebrities who do good for others out of genuine, heartfelt concern. I was addressing the celebs who tell us that we have too much as Americans and that we should feel guilty about it.
I don't have much, but I certainly am not going to be made to feel guilty for what I do have by some flighty, self-involved, superior elitist who is only trying to alleviate their own guilt by transferring it to me.
Ed: Sorry I misread your note. I know that you wouldn't say anything ill-spirited or mean. Lets move on to more topics. Iwant tocontinue the discussions. By the way I also love the name FARP. Wish I had a catchy codneame. Oh well I'll just be me. Reid
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