Hollyweird and Politics - Judical Activism

Shut Up and Sing: Celebrity and Politics Don't Mix

The last couple of weeks our friends over at the Drudge Report have highlighted stories on musicians taking on the Bush Administration over the war in Iraq. A week or so ago, Drudge highlighted Pink Floyd's Roger Waters' anti-Bush message painted on a flying pig and yesterday pushed the story about George Michael making some anti-Bush statements at a recent concert. Drudge smartly presents these items in a way that gets his readership, and allied media outlets, fired up and chatting about the appropriateness of celebrities speaking out on political issues.

http://www.tmz.com/2006/09/26/shut-up-and-sing-celebrity-and-politics-dont-mix/

John Stossel: Fabulously Rich Celebrities Celebrate Socialism

Famous actors recently made a commercial proclaiming that "democratic socialism" creates some of the best parts of America. It's "your kids' public school" (says Susan Sarandon), the "interstate highway system" (Rosario Dawson), "public libraries" (Jay Ferguson), "EMTs" (Ethan Embry), "workers who plow our streets" (Max Carver) and "scientists" (Danny DeVito).

Wow. I guess every popular thing government does is socialism.

The celebrities conclude: "We can do better when we do them together."

There is sometimes truth to that, but the movie stars don't know that America's first highways were built by capitalist contractors. They also probably didn't notice that the more popular parts of government — public schools, EMTs, snow plowing, libraries, etc. — are largely locally funded.

https://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/celebrities-endorse-socialism-john-tosses/

Canadian Armed Forces aims to fix its recruitment system to foster diversity

Canada’s military is going all out to erase its reputation for intolerance and misogyny, aiming to recast itself instead as welcoming to Canadians of all races, religions and sexual orientations.

The effort — driven by several factors, including a need to bolster its dwindli..