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[changeyourstars8]

Found another article on George Clooney-- unfortunately, it's not about another go-around with Bill O'Reilly (those are always fun). ;-)

In 2003, a lot of us were saying, `Where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11?'" Clooney wrote. "We have to agree that it's not unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable and to speak out."

Agree or disagree with the guy, it's always nice to see a celebrity (aka-- person with a built-in very public soapbox in our culture) talking about things other than their new 20 million dollar car or the latest purse to keep their fashion-accessory dog in. Maybe I need to stop pausing at MTV to roll my eyes when I flip channels, though. Hee.

And speaking of Clooney, not sure if I want to see Syriana, but I'm definitely going to check out Good Night and Good Luck.

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[rosevaughn.livejournal.com]

Ah...so...just because he's an actor...he doesn't know anything about politics. How do you know he doesn't have any experience with politics. Did you grow up with him? Do you know him personally? Have you even been paying attention to Hollywood lately? It's a lot more political than you think.

Are you saying that he shouldn't state his opinion just because he's an actor? Because that's what it sounds like. He's a human just like the rest of us, and he has his rights too. That does include freedom of speech. If you're going to tell him to keep his opinions to himself, then you had better do that same thing.

They are role models. They *should* be speaking out. People listen to them. I'd rather listen to George Clooney go on about politics than listen to Jessica Simpson go on about her lame music.

((Most of them should just step back and shut up until they can say something beneficial.))

Wow. I guess it's a good thing that Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger did that, huh?