Fw: WHO IS SMARTER AND BETTER QUALIFIED?

From: Tim (glengar@bellatlantic.net)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 05:50:20 PST


I don't know about you all, but I'm not watching W WING anymore
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Subject: WHO IS SMARTER AND BETTER QUALIFIED?

> TODAY'S QUOTE FROM THE LEFT COAST:
> > "George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a
> > moron, if you'll pardon the expression."
> > Martin Sheen
> >
> > Instead of making a 'smartass' comment on the above quote, I
> > ask you to take 5 minutes and read the following article:
> >
> > 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, Tx. 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 I.Q.
> being
> lower
> > than any other President. If you believed it, you might want to go
> to
> > urbanlegends.com and see the truth.
> >
> > 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 Capital 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 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. (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 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: 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
> > 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
> > 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, Al abama, 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.
>



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