"I don't think hate speech is so free," Midler said. "I'm not for censorship. But I also feel like, be a human being."

Um, is that a "yes" for censorship, Bette?

“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)

She's still alive? And Behar is as dumb as a box of rocks, as evidenced by her continued befuddlement on The View.

"I think that the people who are educated to be civil are civil," Midler continued. "That's all there is to it. And people who are not educated in any way, who are just a little on the barbaric side, what can you do? But that's the fault of the education system, I think, and the way they're brought up."

In other words, the people on the left are uneducated, after all, they are the ones acting uncivil and barbaric! It is those of us on the right who are civil and, therefore the educated!

Way to go Miss Midler!

Is it me or are these show business people becoming more & more unhinged?

Projection is one of the lieberal's greatest skills, no matter how looney they sound, they can't keep it themselves. 

What I think most worries these lieberals, is that they find that Beck is making sense, and connecting with people and they are starting to listen and agree with him more and more.  The truth and the facts are like kryptonite to the lieberal.

So the only lieberal defence seems to be, attack, accuse, and project dire consequenses if they don't get their way.

That was painful to watch.    I don't know what was worse.   Beyhar sputtering concern about people being paid a gazillion dollars to rant and spew hyperbole or Midler trying to appear as if she is up on what goes on in the world by citing Rwanda from 16 years ago.    She couldn't come up with a more recent example of genocide or murder...?    She should stick to singing.

" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...."  -Sen. Jim DeMint

Who is Betty Miller and why should we care?

There goes another celebrity off of my very short list. I always sort of liked Bette, it's a shame that she felt the need to use her recognition to push politics.

Nothing personal Celebrities, but you are NOT the people I go to to get my ideals, morals and values. You are who I turn to to be entertained. (And that includes Chuck Norris and others on the conservative side.) 

I mean, come on - as a group celebrities are not the brightest bulbs in the candleabra, they are narcissists (no wonder they are libs, lol), and they are willing to live in the hedonistic cesspool of Hollywood - hardly the best of attributes for values.

"I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct" ~ My husband's T-Shirt

Whether you like Glenn Beck or not, you have to admit that he is doing a lot of research and presenting facts (how else could he draw all those charts on his blackboard?). 

The facts just happen to be inconvenient for the lefties who are trying to take absolute control in this country, now even going after kindergarten kids whit North Korean style song praising the Dear Leader.  That's why they hate him.

Two quick points:

1) Now that the right has begun to use Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" to great affect, it seems the left is going insane. They can't handle us dishing out to them, that which they've dished out to us in the past. Difference is, ours is based on historical fact, logic and research, and their's is based on feelings, celebrity and the ability to speak lucidly.

2) It keeps getting pointed out that the problem is with our education system. A system that has been started, grown and full of far-left progressive idiots for the past God-knows-how-many years. They're realizing the problem, but shifting the blame (as is normal for their ilk) to the wrong people. 

call it the "Anus Diatribe".

Anything that liberals do not like to hear they call "hate  speech". That the words and ideas are truthful is irrelevant, if it challenges their world view, they hate it.

If there is any violence, as the liberals increasingly allude to, perhaps it is them that should be fearful. What will happen when the impoverished inner-city poor Blacks, Browns and Whites realize that it was the  policies of liberal democrats that have institutionalized inner-city poverty and the dead-end condition they find themselves?

Liberals ameliorate their guilt by redistributing wealth through the force of government. That Glenn Beck points this out is only "hate speech" by those that  hate the truth.

"Rock stars, is there ANYTHING they don't know?"

Where is George Costanza when we need him?

Black people aren't much listening to Beck.

Explain how Glenn is going to cause America's blacks to take up machete's and hack each other up as happened in Rwanda.

America is already so riddled with Democrat-fostered black on black crime now that it's become another sacrament of the left.

She can't laugh at Glenn because no one has played "Tootsy" (Tutsis) with her "Whotoo" (Hutus)  in years... There is no way Glenn is "terrifying" ... couldn't be any more terrifying than looking in the mirror and seeing herself looking back!

But so can stealing other people's wealth so you can give it away ... Which is what I belive they did in Rwanda, and Zimbabwe, and Venezuela ... Tin-pot two-bit dictatrs seem to all have the same plans.

And it really doesn mean you do it directly by confiscation, or writing racism into the health care bills and redistributing wealth that way.

Who watches this creepy show anyway?

The only ones who have talked about political violence are the Leftists.  The only ones who have committed political violence and rights violations at the tea parties are Leftist Union and ACORN thugs.  The only ones who are loud and proud of being racists  and who express violent race-based intentions are Leftists.  These limo-liberals are letting American-Americans know that either we get in line with their Marxist Utopia and total power and shut up about it, or they are going to instigate race violence against us the way they did in the 60's and 70's. 

Y'know, it occurs to me that this viewpoint is actually very well-thought-out, once you warp your thinking into a full Garafolo Delusion.

Think about it.  Garafolo believes we're all racists.  Suspend your knowledge and ignore the entire history of the Republican party, just for the sake of that argument, just so we can make this argument work (snicker).

The Rwandan genocide was perpetrated by the radical Hutus (an ethnic group which was mainly relagated to being countrified, agragrian types) against moderate Hutus and the ruling Tutsis.  It was done by inflaming racial tensions between Hutus and Tutsis.  Assuming, against all evidence, that people who listen to Beck are racists to begin with, one can see how this conclusion might be drawn.

Except for a few important details.  The Hutus were essentially oppressed through a caste system; cutting off all hope of economic class mobility, and most hope of gaining political power.  They were literally second-rate citizens -- which shifted quickly in favor of the Hutus at the end of Belgian colonial rule.  And then, as happens often in depressed countries, a military general (and Hutu) overthrew the sitting Rwandan President (also a Hutu).  This instability led to worsening conditions within the country, and resulted in the new government using racial tensions to divide the country in their favor.

Hmm.  That doesn't sound like Beck.

Hutu Power, as it were, was an ideology that quickly gained sway within the Rwandan government.  The government used the state-owned and -operated media (radio and television) to broadcast this hatred in the name of the government.

Wait.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Obama Administration is essentially ignoring the existence of Fox News, with the notable exception of complaining about them whenever they're forced to fire someone like Van Jones.  That doesn't sound like government-sponsored hatred to me -- it sounds more like public vetting.  I will note, however, that the Obama Administration hasn't yet complained about CNN calling us "teabaggers."  They haven't complained about Ed Schultz saying that we want -- actually actively desire -- for people to die of a horribly painful, incurable disease.  And they haven't complained about Garafolo calling us racists.  Which we're not.  Nor should we ever be.

So now the line is more blurred.  Which of us are the Tutsis, and which are the Hutus?  We don't own the media.  We haven't said anything about liberals that they don't routinely say about us (and we routinely decline to respond in kind!).  This fearmongering is ridiculous.  Behar should be ashamed for not knowing this.  I, for one, resent being compared to the genocidal maniacs who destroyed Rwanda.

Actually, I am trying to form a new party in this country: 'The Educated Barbarians'  Our policy statement, if we were ever to utter that phrase, would be to stomp liberals to a fine grit. Of course all of this stomping would be done after several rounds of intelligent discourse with any and all Hollywood types to get their views on the stomping they are about to receive.  We may be Barbarians and all, but we are not meanies. All opposing views will be duly noted and disposed of as quickly as possible.  We only ask for the very same hearings that the liberal intelligencia currently gives us. Again, Barbarians, not meanies.  We intend to fully reciprocate all that we have received from the liberals.

Actually, this is completely unlikely because Americans don't use machetes as their weapon of choice; Americans don't belong to tribes; and furthermore, there is zero desire on the right to engage in mass butchery of mindless leftists (it would be wasting effort, not to mention good bullets). The only truth in what Midler said is that the left is by and large defenseless. That sort of thing happens when you foreswear self-defense, guys.   

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You know, hardly a day passes when I don't wonder: "What would Bette Midler think of this?"

/sarc

Well, let's see.  Bette graduated high school in Honolulu, according to Wikipedia.  She majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but only went there for three semesters.

That is the sum total of her education.  So I'm supposed to listen to her?  I don't think so.

The sad part is that the list of actors, singers, etc. who couldn't think their way out of paper bags and who think their fans are yahoos is growing.  Lots of my favorites have become people whose movies and albums I won't spend money on anymore.

And believe me, I will not. 

By the way, did you see the time slot they gave Belching Joy? Opposite Larry cadaver King and Hannity? I think Maddow is on MSNBC. She won't last long having mental midgets like Garafalo and Midler. she won't last long anyway. Who is running CNN? Are they just throwing poop on the wall to see if it sticks?

Is it just me, or have I been hearing more from the left about some kind of impending Civil War than from the right? 

I thought the right was supposed to be full of militiamen and extremists, making plans to overthrow the government and the left was all about hugs, rainbows, unicorns and Disney movies?

I guess I need to dig deeper and find these radical rightists and their insane plots to foment Civil War, and alert the authorities.  Or I could just let the left do that for me, since apparently they are up on this kind of thing.

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Citizen Commentators Unite!

Olberman devotes half his time discussing O'Reilly

Joey will devote her show to discussing Glenn Beck?  I will watch them myself.  Don't need a screener or review.

supposedly a comedian?  I don't find her funny so does Midler think Behar should shut up?

Is there really a public demand to know what Bette Midler, Janine Garofalo and other celebutards think about Glenn Beck, Tea Party Protests or anything beyond their upcoming theater engagements and television cameos?  With all the chirping they've been doing lately, they sure seem to believe that the public is interested in their political points-of-view.  Or is this the fault of the interviewers for asking them to weigh in on subjects they clearly have no competence in discussing?

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."  -George Best

But will Beck's civil war compare to Clinton's civil wars?

I think of the big one [DR Congo - 5 million died] that broke out next door to Rwanda - after Rwanda. Certainly President Clinton's effort here to prevent the civil war and numerous genocides and rape wars which followed paled in comparison to his admintted complacency in the deaths of 800,000 in Rwanda.  

And, there were plenty who suggested that his actions help lead to the conflict:

[Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D.] testified on Tuesday at the Audiencia Nacional [National Court of Spain] in the lawsuit initiated by the International Forum for Truth and Justice in Africa of the Great Lakes Region. “I accused his [Clinton] Administration of having acted as accomplices in the war crimes in Congo and instigating a genocide.”

“What my government wanted,” McKinney explained to La Vanguardia “wasn’t in the best interest of the Congolese people: Clinton kept me there because he wanted an African-American whom Kabila trusted. Even though Mobutu was, technically, the President of Congo, it was Kabila who was in charge of granting the mining concessions.”

When Clinton traveled to Rwanda and promised, "Never Again," as the much larger conflict on the border of Rwanda/DR Congo was raging, at his side was long time campaign contributor (and later to Hillary) and diamond mining tycoon and merchant, Maurice Templesman. The reward for Templesman, Chairman of Lazare Kaplan International Inc? In 1999, in a highly attended by Clinton senior administration officials affair, Templesman was elected Chairman of the Corporate Council on Africa.

Also, this should be an interesting read for Bette in-over-her-head Midler:

Genocide in the Congo (Zaire): In the Name of Bill Clinton

There is so much to be curious about  - but so little interest out there in MSM land.

(;~/ gary

Perhaps Bette's last facelift shut off blood circulation to her brain.  That would be an interesting paper on the adverse reactions to cosmetic surgery, and I am sure Bette has had enough stitches to form a few dozen quilts.

Bette Midler: Wind Beneath My Zings
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2009/09/joy-to-behold.html

What!? I thought Behar and Midler were the same person!

Reality is the good friend of the strong and perception is the cruel master of the weak.

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