Comments on: Updated: Rest Assured; George Clooney Is On Board

By: Mari Tyers

Mari Tyers — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:56:02 +0000

Given the current (lack of) aesthetic taste in America, it's hard to tell the difference between the two. Both groups are paid to fake emotion and frequently appear in the tabloids.

By: Van Wijk

Van Wijk — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:58:55 +0000

The Romans had it right. Back then actors (and lawyers!) were one small step above whores on the social ladder.

[Keep them coming; your comments make my day.]

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:51:06 +0000

More intelligent, better looking, more articulate than the common people. You can be sure that when the tax man comes, he will come after the common man not the ones who think they are better because of their superiority.

How I wish that more people would read and understand Austrian economics, but we have fallen for the lie that government can provide for our well-being and security. We will have neither.

By: JP Strauss

JP Strauss — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:24:50 +0000

“…(S)he recommends eliminating “aid” to parasitic African “governments” (e.g. thugs) in favor of private economic investment.”

PRIVATE. ECONOMIC. INVESTMENT.
The difference is that you don’t give a hungry man a sack of flour, you give him a sack of seeds and teach him about agriculture. Next year he will have enough to eat and maybe even enough surplus to sell back to you at a good price.

But maybe liberals just love keeping Africans as pets.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:51:56 +0000

There was a very illuminating interview in (surprise) the New York Times (!!) with economist Dambisa Moyo whom they called “the Anti-Bono”. The very good but short interview can be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/magazine/22wwln-q4-t.html
— she was the only African at the Davos World Economic Forum and she recommends eliminating “aid” to parasitic African “governments” (e.g. thugs) in favor of private economic investment.

By: Roger Chaillet

Roger Chaillet — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:32:15 +0000

Politics is now entertainment.

A family member said this to me.

It’s true. The society pages feature Al Gore along with the gasbags from Hollywood.

And guess what?

They both have your money. Lots of it.

And they both think they’re your betters because of the money.

By: Steve Hogan

Steve Hogan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:51:16 +0000

I’ve never understood the influence actors and singers have when it comes to issues like this. How does appearing on the big screen give them special insight about the world?

I wonder if anyone has ever asked blowhards like Clooney and Bono whether it is morally right to take someone’s property at gunpoint and give it to someone else. I doubt it. And I’m tired of paying for the pet projects of self-absorbed, over-paid entertainers. If Clooney wants to help the people of Darfur, no one is stopping him.