They're Listening
The right can't seem to figure out if liberal Hollywood has a voice worth hearing or not. Interestingly though, it seems that conservatives pay very close attention to what Hollywood says or doesn't say, does or doesn't do. They claim that the "looney-left" doesn't say anything worth listening too. "Who cares what they have to say?", they say. "Who even listens to them?", they ask. Apparently, conservatives do.
A moment of silence was not observed for the troops during the 2006 Academy Awards telecast, and Ben Stein has got a bee in his bonnet about it. He used it as anti-liberal Hollywood fodder at a recent Republican fundraisier:
I wonder if he accused the NFL of also spitting in the face of Americans, when they too, overlooked a moment of silence for the troops during the Super Bowl this past February? I highly doubt it. I also imagine that the troops who are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and were able to get the chance, were more likely to be crowded around the television to watch the Super Bowl than they were to watch the Oscars. But Ben Stein couldn't very well insult the American institution that is football, now could he? That would be counter productive for his Republican fundraising mission...hating the left is great material for such a function. It always goes over well.
Link to Ben Stein
A moment of silence was not observed for the troops during the 2006 Academy Awards telecast, and Ben Stein has got a bee in his bonnet about it. He used it as anti-liberal Hollywood fodder at a recent Republican fundraisier:
Speaking Thursday at a Kent County Republican Party fundraising dinner, the conservative humorist, writer and political pundit said movie stars and film industry professionals failed to highlight the sacrifices of soldiers during the Academy Awards on March 5.
"Not one prayer or moment of silence for those who have given their lives," said Stein, who also has acted ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off") and hosted a game show ("Win Ben Stein's Money"). "And they complain about (falling box office numbers). Stop spitting in the face of Americans and maybe we will go to the movies."
He said the real stars aren't his Beverly Hills neighbors but the soldiers "wearing body armor in 130-degree heat, pulling 24-hour shifts" in the so-called Sunni triangle, the dangerous area of armed insurgents in Iraq.
I wonder if he accused the NFL of also spitting in the face of Americans, when they too, overlooked a moment of silence for the troops during the Super Bowl this past February? I highly doubt it. I also imagine that the troops who are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and were able to get the chance, were more likely to be crowded around the television to watch the Super Bowl than they were to watch the Oscars. But Ben Stein couldn't very well insult the American institution that is football, now could he? That would be counter productive for his Republican fundraising mission...hating the left is great material for such a function. It always goes over well.
Link to Ben Stein
posted by Tootsie Farklepants at 10:55 PM
2 Comments:
I don't think either event needs to honor the soldiers in Iraq. Both the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards are celebrating the best of their "industry". The war in Iraq has nothing to do with film making or football.
Why does Ben Stein think he has the right to tell organizations what how to run their shows?
I agree that neither is obligated too. Curious that he would single out one industry and not the other. Just another blatant attempt to divide rather than unite.
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