Damn, those Hollywood liberal elitists are taking over the world! What should we do? ... Maybe another blog post ridiculing them will do the trick!?!

First of all, there must be something about the Hollywood air that turns people into morons. Secondly...thanks for being one of the few conservative blogs I could read yesterday and today which doesn't think the United States is doomed as we know it. I got so sick of the wailing yesterday regarding Bush's speech I just stopped reading and worked my tail off in my home business. Probably a good thing all the way around. :-) This is about the only stop I'm gonna make today, too. Maybe my other favorites will stop throwing a fit soon and get back to some constructive talk.

Good strategy, Matt. With news reports out this morning indicating that ordinary Americans, weary of the persistent fiscal flogging and incessant lying from the White House and GOP Congressional majority, are abandoning Republicans and all that they "stand for" in droves, you turn to matters of greater importance...Jodie Foster.

Keep it up, Matt. I understand that your strategy is to distract the mindless sycophants and self-deceiving dimwits that comprise your core audience from the truth about what the GOP is doing to them, their children and their grandchildren. I understand likewise that this task gets more difficult each day, and that turning to issues like Jodie Foster allows you to throw a bit of rancid red meat to the idiot faithful among your readership base.

Face it, though. The Bush ship of state is, blessedly, sinking. Your enthusiastic cheerleading and simplistic efforts at distracting your readers to the contrary, even the core GOP dopes are beginning to get it, Matt. You sound increasingly exhausted, desperate even. Perhaps you should take a break. I recommend that you take some time off, relax a bit, watch a movie. Best not make it a Jodie Foster movie, though. You would not want to become corrupted by her stunning intellectual power and political might.

Good luck!

I have a headace that seems to be nonstop. Why or why do people (liberals) say whatever they want and because THEY said it--it's true. Did you ever check the bibliography on their books. Paper thin!!! they have no alternatives for anything. They just bash Bush. That hate must get so heavy and it disrupts what little brain power they have. Dindy

First of all in order to survive all the rejection that an actor/actress gets to make it big they have to be narcissistic. It does not mean they are deep thinkers, or that their opinion is any better or more correct because they are famous. It’s the gullible that will give their opinions more weight than it deserves. Jodie Foster is just an actress and too many people will give too much weight to what she says because she’s famous, how foolish. Of course those who agree with her in the first place won’t see anything wrong with that. In my opinion liberals have been angry with Bush since he won the 2000 election and it’s only deepened with time. Many liberals seem to have lost any sensibility and will do foolish things in order to undermine Bush, even if it means hurting this country.

Hate to break it to ya, but a hell of a lot more people in hollywood are not happy with Bush than Jodie Foster.

Jodie Foster? Yep, just another dumb Yale graduate I guess.

Personally, I believe that commencement speeches should be non political. The day belongs to the graduates and not the speaker. Each graduate, regardless of their political leaning, should leave the ceremony with a feeling of accomplishment, confidence and joy. They should stick to the “words of wisdom” and the advice on how to succeed.

If Jodi wanted to make a statement; she should have done it on your own time.

Jennifer Crawford: Just wondering, did you used to participate at a Townhall forum on Compuserve? If not, never mind. I'm sure there are dozens of women with your name in the world. :)

Personally, I believe that commencement speeches should be non political.

What's happening to you, Barney? Did you stock your fridge with "Mellow Yellow"? You're starting to sound reasonable. Checked your temp lately? (heh)

Why Jodie Foster thinks that I really care about what her opinion is...anyway everything she said was just a mantra from what the left loonies say all the time...Katrina, etc. Because she is an actress does not mean that she has any intelligence. I mean aren't there better people to pick who have really do important things in their career.

spook, you know the saying about a broken clock?

Why or why do people (liberals) say whatever they want and because THEY said it--it's true. Did you ever check the bibliography on their books.

Well see we tend to refrence actual things in existence. An example would be evolution, We tend to base our thoughts on years and years and wharehouses and wharehouses of evidence. Thousands and Thousands of scientists have formally agreed with evolution and can demonstrate it with experimentation. You base your thoughts on the bible. While insane and illogical, you believe something replicated time and again is on the same level as heresay from thousands of years ago. FYI James Dobson, Pat Robertson, or the NRO are not on equal footing with University studies, the dictionary, and logic.

Keefer wrote, "… evolution … can demonstrate it with experimentation" uh, no ... it can't.
That's what a public school education gets us; people like Keefer who think cats can give birth to fish.
Evolution of one species to another has never been "(r)eplicated." You are buying into an non-provable theory. I guess that makes you an evolution zealot. Give us a call when you find reality. (It's "warehouse", btw)

winnowhead, you are a star!!!! I saw your comment on MSNBC! There was a segment where they discussed the blogosphere's reaction to Jodie Fosters rap.

Can I have your autograph?

So much for the evil liberal biased MSM.

think cats can give birth to fish

And this is more improbable than the earth is 5,000 years old? Is that what they taught you at your elite private school, bane?

Bane,

Am I really going to have to explain to you why giraffes have long necks?

Are you under the impression that we haven't tested species' adaptation to specific imposed environments? Also I'm not positive, I'll look it up, but I think there have been substantial advances in mapping the evolution of genes as well.

"Because she is an actress does not mean that she has any intelligence."

Not only that she graduated from Yale. Heck any yahoo with the price of tuition can graduate from there!

BTW She graduated with honors in English Literature.

While Fake Keefer indulges in Fake Debate on Fake Topics, the real one was why does anyone think that Jodie Foster, by dint of having made some movies, has any kind of intellectual or moral insight into anything? She can memorize lines written by others, and emote. Oh, that's it---the EMOTING. Because that is the essence of liberalism.

Oh, Ash---if graduating from Yale is proof of intelligence and the ability to lead, you must be thrilled to have a Yale grad as President.

Ooohhh!!! Honors in ENGLISH LITERATURE!!!!! NOW I'm impressed!! She can READ!!!!

Hey, Bruce Springsteen gave a commencement address. That's right, DUI Bruce.

It's just another example of the trivialization of education in this country.

These periodic public displays of Bush Bashing by the liberal elite in Hollywood are akin to loyalty oaths to reaffirm that they are still towing the party line. Its a ritual they must all perform if they are to continue to be gainfully employed in their craft.

"First off, why is Jodie Foster being invited to speak at a commencement,"

"To announce that there must be no critsism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is also considered to be morally treasonable to the American public."
-REPUBLICAN president Teddy Rosevelt

Sheesh...............................................

What is it with you guys and people who dare speak out against your idiot president? Hell, more people are against the Shrub, thanks in part to a disasterous foreign policy in Iraq, a record national deficit of about $8 trillion dollars, the flat out incopetent handeling of Hurricane Katrina and the laundry list of corruption in the Republican-led Congress................and yet, you still stand by the Shrub and his corrupt, dishonest base he calls the once great Republican Party.

Why you still stand by him, I will never know.

But i'm convinced that this freaky relationship is living proof of what Jack Twist said in Brokeback Mountain: it's a relationship you guys just don't know how to quit.

"What is it with you guys and people who dare speak out against your idiot president? Hell, more people are against the Shrub, thanks in part to a disasterous foreign policy in Iraq, a record national deficit of about $8 trillion dollars, the flat out incopetent handeling of Hurricane Katrina and the laundry list of corruption in the Republican-led Congress................and yet, you still stand by the Shrub and his corrupt, dishonest base he calls the once great Republican Party."

You're absoultely right, Teenage: We conservatives actually have a brain, and unlike you idiots who believe polls and the NY Times, we can actually think for ourselves. Oh, and we're going to squish you in November.

You people sound so suprised . . .
America has always been caught up in the cult of the celebrity. We mistake pizazz for profundity, fame for importance.
There are people out there who - seriously - want Martin Sheen to run for President. Because he played one on TV. They forget someone else wrote his wisdom for him, that he is just a really, really good player at make-believe.
Foster, Eminem, et al are not politicians. Their competence in entertainment does not transfer over, any more than your plumber's skills make him a Secretary of the Treasury.
Conservatives are not immune - I give you Ahnold as a good example. He got into power by A) giving a really good imitation of a robot, and B) giving a really good imitation of a Bush supporter.

It's time to recognize "celebrities" as what they are. Applaud their performances, and stop listening to their suggestions on foreign policy.

I actually graduated from Penn this year and sat through commencement, in the rain, with Ms. Foster. Truth be told, she was good. Her rap was kinda lame, and she didn't get much in the way of audience participation, but the woman gave a good speech (much better, incidentally, than the university president's). When she was talking about the country being worse off than 4 years ago, it was a really minor point, in the context of telling students it was up to them to decide what their path was going to be after graduation. And do notice she said 4 years -- the length of a typical undergraduate career -- not 6 years, the length of Bush's presidency. Her speech was about encouraging activism and for students to grow into the people they already are, not following dictated life plans. She confessed to spending the 6 months following her own graduation on the couch watching reruns, and then realizing that her contribution to the world was telling stories -- in her case, the stories of women who overcame adversity to thrive.

Also, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Yale, and she was valedictorian of her high school class. Certainly grade inflation and special celebrity admissions standards exist in the Ivies, but I'd wager that Foster also made it on her own merits.

I had thought it was pretty cheesy for Penn to select Foster as the speaker initially, but she did a great job. More embarassing was the honorary doctorate given to Mr. Winn of casino fame, who donated the Winn Commons to the campus...

Ooohhh!!! Honors in ENGLISH LITERATURE!!!!! NOW I'm impressed!! She can READ!!!!

Well as Jenny said, Magna Cum Laude (look it up in wikipedia alms) from Yale. Which would be the same Yale W. "graduated" from with a C average.

Hey, Bruce Springsteen gave a commencement address. That's right, DUI Bruce.

I was going to comment on this remark almiranta, but if you can't see the hilarity of deriding Springsteen for a DUI when your boy W. admitted binge drinking and cocaine use well....

What they both have in common is that they have become very successful in their professions and have insights that may help graduates in their quest to do the same.

I suppose they could have invited President Bush, yes the drunken coke sniffing president. But do we really want our graduates to think everything is going to be handed to them on a silver platter, no matter how badly they screw up?

There is one proof of actors being clueless - they upset half of their fan base who will no longer go out and see their movies.

Wife and I used to love George C>b>looney no more - You can bet in my company that we do not treat Liberals with disdain who are wanting to buy our products and services.

ators are dumber than a box of rocks

Ash, the President admitted to driving while intoxicated-----a long, long, time ago. He never admitted to cocaine use, and the only evidence that he ever did use cocaine was one anonymous person who claimed to have seen him using it.

If you want to play Hypocrisy, let's volley. If you are so offended by the idea that a 58-year-old man may have experimented with a drug forty years ago, then you are no doubt equally, or even more, offended by Al Gore spending his entire Viet Nam tour being baby-sat by soliders whose sole jobs were to keep him safe, out of trouble, and supplied with dope. You must be OUTRAGED to learn that Bill Clinton's convicted dope-dealing brother Roger is on tape telling a dope source that he is looking for blow for his brother, who has a "nose like a Hoover" when it comes to coke.

George W. Bush made a mistake in his youth---stop the presses for that one Ash, as you clearly have never heard of, or experienced, the kind of poor judgement young people can exhibit. However, it is documented and proved that as he grew up and matured, he determined to correct his earlier mistakes and became a sober, dedicated, man---a man who was an excellent governor and is an excellent, if not unflawed, President.

Bruce, on the other hand, is still an immature boozer, with recent proof of same, and has accomplished nothing more than being an entertainer. Wow.

The sad and scary thing is that to libs, being a celebrity is just as important and meaningful as being a leader. Which is why you have all these vapid starlet-types spouting off as if their opinion on anything but eyeshadow has any meaning at all.

Paul, you are so right. I simply quit seeing movies made by self-important liberal blowhards. Clooney used to be a favorite, but I can't stand to see his smug face any more, not after he started trashing his own country abroad.

Could anything be funnier, or stupider, than casting ALEC BALDWIN, for chrissakes, as a war hero? What more proof do we need of Hollywood's pathological stupidity than seeing Baldwin repeatedly presented as a submarine captain, Jimmy Doolittle, etc?

It goes beyond the actors, though. I liked all the actors in "Stealth" and I also like military action movies, but avoided it because of the left-wing propaganda in the script. I just won't see a movie that lectures me on the virtues of liberalism or the evils of conservatism.

I clicked off "ER" when a doctor expounded on how people tend to ignore black people in peril, such as the way blacks were treated in Hurrican Katrina. I click off as soon as any show starts making snide comments---"Law and Order" was an early casualty, with gang-banger Ice T smirking about conservatives---now THERE'S a role model for you!

I have a lot more time, I have a lot more money, and I don't miss a thing. Pop culture is so vapid anyway, I prefer spending my time and money on books----and fly rods.

Actually, Hick, I think Ahnold got into the governor's seat mostly by not being Grey Davis