Clooney...

[“The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing,” Clooney writes today on Huffingtonpost.com
— pumping up the volume after banging the drum of Hollywood liberalism in his Oscar acceptance speech.

“Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the runup to the war.
In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and Bin Laden?
What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bulls—.

“Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, ‘We were misled.’
It makes me want to shout, ‘F— you, you weren’t misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.’”

Clooney exhorts the lily-livered Dems to stop being cowards and put some steel in their spines.
“It’s not merely our right to question our government, it’s our duty. Whatever the consequences,” he lectures.

“We can’t demand freedom of speech, then turn around and say,
‘But please don’t say bad things about us.’ You gotta be a grownup and take your hits.”

The actor vents frustration that “liberal” has become a dirty word.
“Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you’d whisper, ‘I’m a Nazi.’”

But as for Clooney, “I am a liberal. Fire away,” he taunts....]

Money in the pocket....I don't think Clooney would be so secure with his freedom of speech without his well earned dough....maybe not, Hollywood is supposed to be left...maybe there's a cultural misunderstanding - Jimi Hendrix was a paratrooper...

How can you run for office as a normal middle class civilian?  If you can't - why don't more citizens view this as an issue.. is this.'soft monarchy'?

When was the last time you saw someone's success  like that in the press?

It's what we're sold, right?

Pissed off because you're a consumer?  Pissed off enough to stop consumption?

Merry thoughts, hmmm?

It's a conundrum and the Dem's are paralyzed - it's not healthy for the nation...or our bipartisan influence in the world...

Why isn't campaign finance reform a national referendum?  Why isn't there a national 'vote fuck you on item#2' campaign!?

Alright, I'm going to close my eyes, remember how cool I thought it was when Michael Anthony raised a fifth of Jack in front of the crowd...actually, no, that's wrong...I'm going to remember the wonder in my son's eyes when we stood on top of  a mountain after an hour's worth of hiking...sorry for the sentimentality...

this is mine and this is yours...I'm for ours.