More hollyweird intelligentsia!

[RedRock]

The only reason I read this story was because I was hoping it was Sharon Stone and there was a picture with it!

So, in addition to no Citgo for my Ford, no Stone for my movie-going pleasure (not that his movies ever were a pleasure, mind you!).

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Stone Says Bush Set U.S. Back 10 Years

Sep 28, 8:34 PM (ET)

By CIARAN GILES

(AP) Image: U.S. film director Oliver Stone poses with a firefighters helmet during a photo-call at the San...


SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) - Filmmaker Oliver Stone blasted President Bush Thursday, saying he has "set America back 10 years." Stone added that he is "ashamed for my country" over the war in Iraq and the U.S. policies in response to the attacks of Sept. 11.
"We have destroyed the world in the name of security," Stone told journalists at the San Sebastian International Film Festival prior to a screening of his latest movie, "World Trade Center." The film tells the true story of the survival and rescue of two policemen who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after they went to help people escape.
"From Sept. 12 on, the incident (the attacks) was politicized and it has polarized the entire world," said Stone. "It is a shame because it is a waste of energy to see that the entire world five years later is still convulsed in the grip of 9/11.
"It's a waste of energy away from things that do matter which is poverty, death, disease, the planet itself and fixing things in our own homes rather than fighting wars with others. Mr. Bush has set America back 10 years, maybe more."

The director of blockbusters such as "Platoon," and "JFK" said the U.S. reaction to the attacks was out of proportion.
"If there had been a better sense of preparation, if we had a leadership that was more mature," he said. "We did not fight back in the same way that the British fought the IRA or the Spanish government fought the Basques here. Terrorism is a manageable action. It can be lived with," said Stone.
Stone rejected allegations that U.S. authorities may have known about the attacks in advance and said the real conspiracy came after.
"I think that conspiracy-mongering on 9/11 is a waste of time," he said. "The far greater conspiracy occurred after 9/11 when basically a neo-cabal inside our government hijacked policy and went to war. That was as broad a conspiracy as we can get and it was about 20, 30 people. That's all, they took over and all these books are coming out and they are pointing it out," said Stone.
"This war on Iraq is a disaster. I'm disgraced. I'm ashamed for my country," he said. "I'm also ashamed that America has attacked itself with its constitutional breakdowns. I'm deeply ashamed."
In the United States' favor, Stone posited that it's not responsible for all the world's problems.
"You can't see that the United States is responsible for all the evil in the world because you can see so many dictators and so many bestial acts all over the world now. .... There is something in the human heart, the international human heart, that is evil," said Stone.
"That's the evil that turns its mind and ears on humanity and is able to say 'I can kill a person in the name of God or religion.' This is not a human being, this a fanatic. And I fear that fanaticism is the result of our overreaction to 9/11," said Stone.

[Lamron]

Terrorism is a manageable action. It can be lived with," said Stone.

COWARD!

[RedRock]

admin said:

Terrorism is a manageable action. It can be lived with," said Stone.

COWARD!

Yessir! "Don't confront them, they might get mad at us and hurt us more!"

[BAT*21{usa}]

Terrorism is a manageable action. It can be lived with," said Stone.

tell that 2 the families of the victims of 9/11

[desmo2]

"It can be lived with" WTF!?! How does he propose to 'manage' it...by laying down and taking it when we are attacked?

He should be ashamed...for using his 'celebrity' status to obtain a world stage for his ramblings, which I believe are only motivated by his desire to say "LOOK AT ME! I'M OLIVER STONE!"

Doesn't he realize that 'hippy' went out with the 70's?

[vinsanity]

I can only say that at a cost of 2 Billion a day according to US Govt auditors (CBS Eve News - 9/28/06), this war has cost enough. That money could have been spent on domestic projects to secure our borders and for a LOT less money from the taxpayers. It is true that much of Stone's comments are off base, but there is validity in the comment..."I'm also ashamed that America has attacked itself with its constitutional breakdowns. I'm deeply ashamed."

[Lamron]

We've been discussing the cost of the war here, it might be easier to follow the topic if we keep it together in one thread. Feel free to add to this thread:

lpmembers.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=events&action=display&thread=1151382500


As far as the "America has attacked itself with its constitutional breakdowns" part, I think he's referring to the "domestic spying program" that the media/Dem's lie about every day. There's no such thing, they just want to stop the foreign surveillance of terrorists because its effective and they desperately want us to lose the war.

What are you reffering to when you say you find validity in the comment?

[RedRock]

vinsanity said:

...this war has cost enough. That money could have been spent on domestic projects to secure our borders and for a LOT less money from the taxpayers.....

Hah, as if taxes would ever be decreased without a strong conservative president and congress pushing it! Any "savings" from not attacking terrorism abroad would just be spent in ongoing or new "social" programs, or in supporting failing social security (instead of fixing it), and until we are ready to kick out illegals and shoot those trying to (re)enter, very little will change at the borders. And the only American constitutional breakdowns are the ones created by activist judges interpreting law based on their feelings, democratic supporters, and European cronies.

But thanks for posting your opinon!