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IRAQ ATTACK! Susan Sarandon Edition THE WORLD IS FULL OF PLOTS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DIG... Hola fellow writers, time for some Real World Horror to get your inspirational juices flowing and perhaps give your muse a swift kick in the ass! Long time Feo Fans know that I occasionally dip a toe into the political waters here at Feo Amante's Horror Thriller, when I feel I have to. I don't like harping on folks that originally made their name in Horror Thriller, but since Sarandon didn't keep that Horror thing going (though three classics in a row aint bad!), I guess this once won't hurt.
Poor baby! Susie thinks that, because she asks questions concerning Bush Jr.'s upcoming War on Iraq, we (I don't know who she's talking about: we, them, they, not me, maybe you?) have labeled her Anti-American. Relax Susan! We don't think you're anti-American: not all that bright, maybe even stupid! But stupid is not anti-American (unfortunately)! Most Americans welcome questions on Bush's policies concerning Iraq. What's more, many discuss and debate them. But nobody - at least in the public eye - is making the idiot statements you are making! Take this true tidbit of news - a typical piece of Sue's mind: "What's happened to Blair? I don't understand his reasoning or his logic. I don't understand his evolution. I can see him being seduced by Clinton but don't understand what he and Bush speak about." Personally I've yet to hear anyone ever say something like, "As reasonable as Susan Sarandon." or "As smart as Susan Sarandon." "Seduced" Sheesh! As of this writing, January 29, 2003: You know, to give you some idea of what she finds so seductive about Bill Clinton. 1. George Bush Jr. never bombed Iraq. Bill Clinton did - for nearly two straight years. I don't think Saddam Hussien was particularly enthralled with Bill the C. for doing so - even if Bill was a liberal Democrat. Funny how you missed that, Susie. It is such common knowledge that Saturday Night Live did at least one skit about it. South Park also made a joke about it. The Muslim and Arab world despised Bill Clinton for bombing Iraq so capriciously. That and starving MILLIONS of Iraqis to DEATH! How "seductive" was that? FUNNY how you missed it! The Midxle East press said that Bill was trying to turn attention away from his public affair with Monica Lewinsky by bombing Iraq under the guise of, chasing after Osama bin Laden. Many news reporters and critics made comparisons in Arab newspapers between a movie called WAG THE DOG (starred Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. NOT an obscure movie) and what Bill Clinton was doing. Saddam despised Bill Clinton for threatening him AND bombing Iraq. Many liberals have been goofing a whole lot of tripe about how they "feel" for the innocent people of Iraq who will suffer G. Bush Jr.'s U.S. bombs. How Pathetically, Hypocritically, Inhumanly two-faced silent you were over Bill Clinton actually, REALLY, dropping bombs on Iraq. I didn't hear much crying over the Iraqi people then. I'm sure that the "innocent Iraqi people" died happily in the knowledge that they were being blown to bits by an American Democrat. 2. Bill Clinton never asked for the U.N.'s permission to bomb Iraq. He just did it: Usually after a terrorist attack attributed to Osama bin Laden. There isn't any evidence that Bill Clinton ever bothered to see if maybe Osama was even living in Iraq at the time. Of course, that information all could be kept top secret and hush hush! What IS clear is that George Bush Jr. has called upon the U.N. to make inspections first. He waited months to be absolutely sure there are no mistakes. This, by the way, was in addition to the UN Sanctions that Clinton not only supported, not only implemented, but maintained long after its human toll was realized and the UN wanted to back off.
"What I said was totally stupid. I use it in my class as an example of how thinking through what you're going to say is important. I regret it. I have apologized for it I can't tell you how many times." So she says much later. But it was more than merely saying something stupid, as if her comment was an outliar. Because most of the Clinton admin continued to parrot Albright in thier own interviews: It was canon. President Clinton's U.S. Ambassador to the UN and Energy Secretary, Bill Richardson, remained on point nearly a decade after Albright's 1997 "gaff", in his 2005 interview on the most liberal propoganda and apologetic "news" source, Democracy NOW! Governor Richardson Calls for an Exit Strategy in Iraq and Stands by the Clinton-Era Sanctions AMY GOODMAN: But the U.N. sanctions, for example, the sanctions led to the deaths of more than a half a million children, not to mention more than a million Iraqis. GOVERNOR RICHARDSON: Well, I stand behind the sanctions. I believe that they successfully contained Saddam Hussein. I believe that the sanctions were an instrument of our policy. AMY GOODMAN: To ask a question that was asked of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Madeleine Albright, do you think the price was worth it, 500,000 children dead? GOVERNOR RICHARDSON: Well, I believe our policy was correct, yes. 3. Bill Clinton never made the effort to actually go after terrorists. He never cared, never bothered: no matter who was killed or how many. That's why the al Qaeda thrives today and attacks the U.S., on U.S. shores, killing thousands. George Bush Jr. on the other hand, waited months to gather intelligence on the situation, to be absolutely sure where those bombs dropped and the fighting was to take place in Afghanistan. "I'm not gonna fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt." 4. Unlike Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr. has never imprisoned people based on race, country, or potential for disease (YET! And don't get me started on Ashcroft!). Remember how Bill Clinton kept hundreds of Haitians suspected of having AIDS (or just being Haitian, which meant, to Bill, that they had AIDS) interned in Guantanamo Bay EVEN THOUGH he publically felt it was illegal to do so? Hey, Ms. Sarandon, Remember how, during his presidential campaign in 1992, Bill Clinton called the Guantanamo camp "inhumane" and "illegal", but once he was president, waffled and decided not to do a DAMN thing about it? You should, at the 1993 Academy Awards, you and Tim Robbins brought it to the public's attention. So that's why you're catching flack and why we think yer a dipshit, Susie. Not anti-American, just not very bright. Because all of this took place, everybody knows about it but you - and maybe kids under 12! And actually, you know it too. You could't keep yourself out of the press about your opinions. You're only pretending that Tony Blair is more daft and uninformed than you. After everything that has happened you are blithely wondering why Tony Blair was "seduced" by George Bush Jr. A capricious, bomb dropping, innocent slaying, mass killer of millions President like Bill Clinton you can understand, but not Bush Jr. Try to improve your mind, Susie: Read a book. Hell, read a couple of books - and don't be frightened to read books, newspapers, magazines and articles written by people you may not agree with. Open your mind. Expand your horizons, engage in active discourse and debate instead of single stripe salons and monologues. Your stunted capacity for reason and logic just might grow.
Loved your work in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE HUNGER, and THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, though! As an actress, you rock! UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2023 Over 20 years later and she never recovered from her blithe stupidity. Susan Sarandon Dropped by Talent Agency After Remarks on Gaza War
E.C. McMullen Jr. is the creator of Feo Amante's Horror Thriller, with work published by Easy Rider Magazine, Charles Scribner's Sons, Harker Press, Crystal Lake Publishing, and Feo Studios. |
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INTERVIEWS Matt Jarbo's interview with Feo Amante at The Zurvivalist. James Cheetham's Q&A with Feo Amante at Unconventional Interviews *. Megan Scudellari interviews Feo Amante and Kelly Parks (of THE SCIENCE MOMENT) in The Scientist Magazine. Check out our interview at The-Scientist.com. REFERENCES Researcher David Waldron, references my review of UNDERWORLD in the Spring 2005, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture entry, Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic (downloadable pdf). E.C. McMullen Jr.
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