Susan Sarandon is a boob...two, actually
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Susan Sarandon is a boob...two, actually
I used to like Susan Sarandon the “Ac-TRESS.” You know, the serious “THES-pian” who did an amazing job as Sister Helen Prejean in “Dead Man Walking,” an interesting piece of propaganda against capital punishment (I didn’t appreciate the message, but she was grand, nonetheless.) She was also amazing in Bull Durham (both of her,) and nabbed a boyfriend of almost two decades in the process. And of course, I loved Rocky Horror Picture Show, where virginal Janet (boy was that not typecasting) sings and swings with the best of them.
But as a person, Sarandon never struck me as particularly intelligent. She said all of the right things for Hollywood (which of course were as far to the left as you could get,) and didn’t sound like a fill-in from Jersey Shore (not all Italian women think the plural of ‘you’ takes an ‘s’) but her ability to treat opposing views with respect was woefully lacking. That, to me, is a sign of stupidity.
(And yes, it’s not just a liberal flaw.)
But Susie Q took the cake when she called Pope Benedict a Nazi the other day. While it is true that the Catholic Prelate was, for a brief time as a child, a member of the Hitler Youth, it is also true that he soon left the group putting both himself and his devout Catholic family at great risk.
Calling anyone a “Nazi” says more about the slanderer than the target of their ire, but in the case of Sarandon, it’s particularly telling. This is a woman who waxes poetic about human rights, women’s rights, tree rights (that’s environmentalism, for those who were wondering) and tolerance of all God’s children. But she finds it acceptable to defame a good man, one who has done considerably more to promote world peace than an over-the-hill-actress who has a rather inflated (ahem) sense of self.
If you ask me, Tim Robbins is lucky to be rid of her.
PJ, my view of any document written in a different century from the one in which I am living is for it to be subject to interpretation. That goes for the Bible, the works of Shakespeare or the Constitution.
That is not because the document itself is mutable, but because language is living and changing, especially as circumstances change.
Ancient biblical language has been translated, for example, so many times and in so many ways that we have two ways to interpret the word "dominion" in the Genesis story where God gives Adam and Eve control of His creation. One interpretation is for humans to have power to exploit the earth while the second is to have stewardship over the earth and care for it.
— Magistra- Chris, looking forward to your piece and will of course join my "band of brothers" in responding in spite of the philistines. Ciao bella 8-)— Magistra
- Retour, the fact that you believe you are smart and good almost made me choke on my coffee. TPers people who love America? No way. They are grumpy reactionaries who want those less well off to simply suffer while they laugh and count their money. America's current low state of near-destruction was caused by them. They are the problem. They are, however, going the way of the dinosaur. Here's hoping you follow shortly.— 99%woman
- 99%GAL; You and your friends need to read this:
Zuccotti Park Area Residents Go Ballistic at Board Meeting: 'They Are Defecating On Our Doorsteps'
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2011/10/zuccotti-park-area-residents-go.html
P.S. Don't count on conservatives dying off and going the way of the dinosaurs. We just crushed you in the 2010 Congressional elections, which only energized us for 2012. It's time for you and your fellow FleaBaggers to go home, take a shower and go look for a job.
— retour - One wonders why 99% woman, who apparently is on the front lines for freedom from the evil capitalists, would invest in the technology that was made available only by the free market system. Then again, it's much easier to criticize than to create.— Christine
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