LA_MERC_Cowboy_From_Hell
March 24th, 2003, 08:55 AM
This is really long and a little too right wing for me in places but OMG does it make a great point. Thsi is what I was TRYING to say with my thread about Hollywood running their mouths. Sorry it has to be in two seperate posts but like I said....IT'S REALLY LONG.
>Who's Smarter? by Cindy Osborne
>
>The Hollywood group is at it again. Holding anti-war rallies,
screaming
>about the Bush Administration, running ads in major newspapers,
defaming
>the President and his Cabinet every chance they get, to anyone and
>everyone
>
>who will listen. They publicly defile them and call them names like
>"stupid"
>
>, "morons", and "idiots". Jessica Lange went so far as to tell a
crowd
>in
>
>Spain that she hates President Bush and is embarrassed to be an
American.
>
>So, just how ignorant are these people who are running the country?
Let's
>look at the biographies of these "stupid", "ignorant" , "moronic"
leaders,
>and then at the celebrities who are castigating them:
>
>President George W. Bush: Received a Bachelors Degree from Yale
University
>and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pilot
for
>the Texas Air National Guard. He began his career in the oil and gas
>business in Midland in 1975 and worked in the energy industry until
1986.
>He was elected Governor on November 8, 1994, with 53.5 percent of the
vote.
>In a historic re-election victory, he became the first Texas Governor
to be
>elected to consecutive four-year terms on November 3, 1998 winning
68.6
>percent of the vote. In 1998 Governor Bush won 49 percent of the
Hispanic
>vote, 27 percent of the African-American vote, 27 percent of Democrats
and
>65 percent of women. He won more Texas counties, 240 of 254, than any
>modern Republican other that Richard Nixon in 1972 and is the first
>Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the heavily Hispanic and
>Democratic border counties of El Paso, Cameron and Hidalgo. (Someone
began
>circulating a false story about his I.Q. being lower than any other
>President. If you believed it, you might want to go to
URBANLEGENDS.COM
>and see the truth.)
>
>Vice President **** Cheney earned a B.A. in 1965 and a M.A. in 1966,
both
>in political science. Two years later, he won an American Political
Science
>Association congressional fellowship. One of Vice President Cheney's
>primary duties is to share with individuals, members of Congress and
>foreign leaders, President Bush's vision to strengthen our economy,
secure
>our homeland and win the War on Terrorism. In his official role as
>President of the Senate, Vice President Cheney regularly goes to
Capital
>Hill to meet with Senators and members of the House of
Representatives to
>work on the Administration's legislative goals. In his travels as
Vice
>President, he has seen first hand the great demands the war on
terrorism
>is placing on the men and women of our military, and he is proud of
the
>tremendous job they are doing for the United States of America.
>
>Secretary of State Colin Powell was educated in the New York City
public
>schools, graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he
>earned a Bachelor's Degree in geology. He also participated in ROTC at
CCNY
> and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon
graduation in
> June 1958. His further academic achievements include a Master of
Business
> Administration Degree from George Washington University. Secretary
Powell
>is
>
>the recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign military awards and
decorations.
> Secretary Powell's civilian awards include two Presidential Medals
of
>Freedom, the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal,
the
>Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, and the Secretary of
Energy
> Distinguished Service Medal. Several schools and other institutions
have
>been named in his honor and he holds honorary degrees from
universities and
> colleges across the country.
>
>Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: attended Princeton University on
>Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as a
Naval
>aviator ; Congressional Assistant to Rep. Robert Griffin (R-MI),
1957-59;
>U.S. Representative, Illinois, 1962-69; Assistant to the President,
>Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Cost
of
>Living Council, 1969-74; U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973-74; head of
>Presidential Transition Team, 1974; Assistant to the President,
Director of
>White House Office of Operations, White House Chief of Staff, 1974-77;
>Secretary of Defense, 1975-77
>
>Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge was raised in a working class
>family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to
>Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year at The
>****inson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he
served
>as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for
>Valor. After returning to Pennsylvania, he earned his Law Degree
and was
>in private practice before becoming Assistant District Attorney in
Erie
>County. He was elected to Congress in 1982. He was the first enlisted
>Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was
overwhelmingly
>re-elected six times.
>
>National Security Advisor
>
>Condoleezza Rice earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science,
Cum
>Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her
>Master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from
the
>Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver
in
>1981.
>
>(Note: Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15,
>graduating at 19 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science (Cum
Laude).
>She earned a Master's Degree at the University of Notre Dame and a
>Doctorate from the University of Denver's Graduate School of
International
>Studies. Both of her advanced degrees are also in Political Science.)
>
> She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and
has
>been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the
>University of Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in
1995. At
> Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International
Security
>and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International
>Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her
books
>include Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip
Zelikow,
>The Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain
Allegiance:
>The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She also has
written
>numerous articles on Soviet and East European foreign and defense
policy,
>and has addressed audiences in settings ranging from the U.S.
Ambassador's
>Residence in Moscow to the Commonwealth Club to the 1992 and 2000
>Republican National Conventions. From 1989 through March 1991, the
period
>of German reunification and the final days of the Soviet Union, she
served
>in the Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of
Soviet
>and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a
Special
>Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1986,
while an
>international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, she
>served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
>In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender --
>Integrated Training in the Military. She was a member of the boards of
>directors for the Chevron Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation,
the
>William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the University of Notre Dame,
the
>International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan and the San Francisco
>Symphony Board of Governors. She was a Founding Board member of the
Center
>for a New Generation, an educational support fund for schools in East
Palo
>Alto and East Menlo Park, California and was Vice President of the
Boys and
>Girls Club of the Peninsula. In addition, her past board service has
>encompassed such organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett
>Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for
International
>Peace, The Rand Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East
>European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public
>broadcasting for San Francisco. Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham,
>Alabama, she earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum
laude
>and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her
Master's
>from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the
Graduate
>School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981.
She is
>a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been
awarded
>Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of
>Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. She resides
in
>Washington, D.C.
>
>
>Who's Smarter? by Cindy Osborne
>
>The Hollywood group is at it again. Holding anti-war rallies,
screaming
>about the Bush Administration, running ads in major newspapers,
defaming
>the President and his Cabinet every chance they get, to anyone and
>everyone
>
>who will listen. They publicly defile them and call them names like
>"stupid"
>
>, "morons", and "idiots". Jessica Lange went so far as to tell a
crowd
>in
>
>Spain that she hates President Bush and is embarrassed to be an
American.
>
>So, just how ignorant are these people who are running the country?
Let's
>look at the biographies of these "stupid", "ignorant" , "moronic"
leaders,
>and then at the celebrities who are castigating them:
>
>President George W. Bush: Received a Bachelors Degree from Yale
University
>and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pilot
for
>the Texas Air National Guard. He began his career in the oil and gas
>business in Midland in 1975 and worked in the energy industry until
1986.
>He was elected Governor on November 8, 1994, with 53.5 percent of the
vote.
>In a historic re-election victory, he became the first Texas Governor
to be
>elected to consecutive four-year terms on November 3, 1998 winning
68.6
>percent of the vote. In 1998 Governor Bush won 49 percent of the
Hispanic
>vote, 27 percent of the African-American vote, 27 percent of Democrats
and
>65 percent of women. He won more Texas counties, 240 of 254, than any
>modern Republican other that Richard Nixon in 1972 and is the first
>Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the heavily Hispanic and
>Democratic border counties of El Paso, Cameron and Hidalgo. (Someone
began
>circulating a false story about his I.Q. being lower than any other
>President. If you believed it, you might want to go to
URBANLEGENDS.COM
>and see the truth.)
>
>Vice President **** Cheney earned a B.A. in 1965 and a M.A. in 1966,
both
>in political science. Two years later, he won an American Political
Science
>Association congressional fellowship. One of Vice President Cheney's
>primary duties is to share with individuals, members of Congress and
>foreign leaders, President Bush's vision to strengthen our economy,
secure
>our homeland and win the War on Terrorism. In his official role as
>President of the Senate, Vice President Cheney regularly goes to
Capital
>Hill to meet with Senators and members of the House of
Representatives to
>work on the Administration's legislative goals. In his travels as
Vice
>President, he has seen first hand the great demands the war on
terrorism
>is placing on the men and women of our military, and he is proud of
the
>tremendous job they are doing for the United States of America.
>
>Secretary of State Colin Powell was educated in the New York City
public
>schools, graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he
>earned a Bachelor's Degree in geology. He also participated in ROTC at
CCNY
> and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon
graduation in
> June 1958. His further academic achievements include a Master of
Business
> Administration Degree from George Washington University. Secretary
Powell
>is
>
>the recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign military awards and
decorations.
> Secretary Powell's civilian awards include two Presidential Medals
of
>Freedom, the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal,
the
>Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, and the Secretary of
Energy
> Distinguished Service Medal. Several schools and other institutions
have
>been named in his honor and he holds honorary degrees from
universities and
> colleges across the country.
>
>Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: attended Princeton University on
>Scholarship (AB, 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as a
Naval
>aviator ; Congressional Assistant to Rep. Robert Griffin (R-MI),
1957-59;
>U.S. Representative, Illinois, 1962-69; Assistant to the President,
>Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Cost
of
>Living Council, 1969-74; U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1973-74; head of
>Presidential Transition Team, 1974; Assistant to the President,
Director of
>White House Office of Operations, White House Chief of Staff, 1974-77;
>Secretary of Defense, 1975-77
>
>Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge was raised in a working class
>family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to
>Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year at The
>****inson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he
served
>as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for
>Valor. After returning to Pennsylvania, he earned his Law Degree
and was
>in private practice before becoming Assistant District Attorney in
Erie
>County. He was elected to Congress in 1982. He was the first enlisted
>Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House, and was
overwhelmingly
>re-elected six times.
>
>National Security Advisor
>
>Condoleezza Rice earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science,
Cum
>Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her
>Master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from
the
>Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver
in
>1981.
>
>(Note: Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15,
>graduating at 19 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science (Cum
Laude).
>She earned a Master's Degree at the University of Notre Dame and a
>Doctorate from the University of Denver's Graduate School of
International
>Studies. Both of her advanced degrees are also in Political Science.)
>
> She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and
has
>been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the
>University of Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in
1995. At
> Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International
Security
>and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International
>Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her
books
>include Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip
Zelikow,
>The Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain
Allegiance:
>The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She also has
written
>numerous articles on Soviet and East European foreign and defense
policy,
>and has addressed audiences in settings ranging from the U.S.
Ambassador's
>Residence in Moscow to the Commonwealth Club to the 1992 and 2000
>Republican National Conventions. From 1989 through March 1991, the
period
>of German reunification and the final days of the Soviet Union, she
served
>in the Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of
Soviet
>and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a
Special
>Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1986,
while an
>international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, she
>served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
>In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender --
>Integrated Training in the Military. She was a member of the boards of
>directors for the Chevron Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation,
the
>William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the University of Notre Dame,
the
>International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan and the San Francisco
>Symphony Board of Governors. She was a Founding Board member of the
Center
>for a New Generation, an educational support fund for schools in East
Palo
>Alto and East Menlo Park, California and was Vice President of the
Boys and
>Girls Club of the Peninsula. In addition, her past board service has
>encompassed such organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett
>Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for
International
>Peace, The Rand Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East
>European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public
>broadcasting for San Francisco. Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham,
>Alabama, she earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum
laude
>and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her
Master's
>from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the
Graduate
>School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981.
She is
>a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been
awarded
>Honorary Doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of
>Alabama in 1994, and the University of Notre Dame in 1995. She resides
in
>Washington, D.C.
>
>