Did Thelma and Louise use a road map? I wondered that when I read that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston are involved in an effort to bring peace to the middle east.
In the movie "Thelma and Louise" Brad Pitt played a low-life character named J.D., a hitch-hiking cowboy, who robbed either Thelma or Louise and helped put them onto a path that led to their driving off a cliff. But hey, that was just a movie. Let's get actors out of their cocoons and into the real world.
From Sky News.
The Hollywood actors are launching their very own Middle East peace mission, it is reported.The husband and wife team are among a group of movie stars hoping their fame will help stop decades of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians.
They have agreed to join £4m peace initiative, called One Voice, launched by Daniel Lubetzky, an American-Jewish businessman.
"The past few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred," reads a statement from the stars.
"We cannot allow that to happen."
It is not clear how the couple, who are being joined by the likes of Danny DeVito, will be able to succeed where some of the word's greatest leaders have failed.
'Ordinary folk'
The Daily Telegraph reported that they may appeal directly to "ordinary folk".
Here's a thought. Just Shut Up and Sing.
If Brad and Jennifer fail in the Mideast, maybe they can solve a problem in the Southwest. I've got some Brown Patch or something that I just can't seem to get rid of.
Posted by: Redman | October 27, 2003 at 01:37 PM
What a couple of retards. Im sure the naive Pitt Anniston duo can accomplish what no one has been able to do for 5000 years. The Jews and Arabs have been fighting for more than 5000 years and I think Pitt and Anniston should go back to Hollywood and leave tradition alone!
Posted by: joe | November 06, 2003 at 10:29 PM
Dearest Reader, before we get into this poem, I just
want to say that I think our current President has
done and is doing a great job. Maybe not perfect, but
he has sought out and routed the murdering thugs who
assaulted our shores and liberated multiple, millions
of people from the hands of dictators. So, with that
said, I give you, Spare Me.
Spare Me,
Spare me your frequent bowing and the prayers you
claim are for peace
While behind our backs you despise us and you dream of
revenge in your sleep
Spare me your Koran reading and your efforts to obey
the five pillars
For Allah has never been master of, those who hate and
murder
Spare me your frequent chanting and the wisdom you
claim brings peace
While your exalted state of mind allows you to commit
war crimes, with bodies littering the streets
Spare me your enlightenment and how you think you are
one with creation
For Shang-Ti called you to love, yet your deeds prove
your damnation
Spare me your chorus singing and the sermons that
speak of peace
While your prisons stay full from the vicims you kill
and survivors can only weep
Spare me your Holy Scriptures, for it has not changed
your ways
For Jehovah called you to love your neighbor, but this
you have never obeyed
Spare me your political speaches and the treaties you
claim produce peace
For the very same hands, push daggers in men, in order
to stop their heart beat
Spare me your laws and vast learning and how you think
it will make us unite
For peace will never be possible, when people desire
to fight
Spare me.....
By, William M. Cooper
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Posted by: william cooper | December 27, 2003 at 11:03 AM
That's a very nice poem, William. "For peace will never be possible, when people desire to fight" - sometimes it is necessary to fight in order to squelch the desire of the other side to fight.
You should consider starting your own weblog to publish your writings. Typepad makes it very easy.
Posted by: George | December 29, 2003 at 10:30 AM
F*** Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. I used to like Pitt.
Posted by: nate | April 15, 2004 at 06:43 AM