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Fifth Column

Harrison Ford slams Bush policy, guns

2003-08-28

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Another Hollywood asshat shoots off his mouth overseas
In an interview in Madrid, Harrison Ford became the latest Hollywood actor to criticize the Bush administration while on foreign soil. "Iâm very disturbed about the direction American foreign policy is going," said Ford, according to the Australian Associated Press. Ford, in Spain to promote his new release "Hollywood Homicide," noted U.S. post-war casualties have exceeded those during the actual conflict. "I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East," said the 62-year-old Ford, the Australian news wire reported.

I thought we were? Y'mean killing the bloodthirsty bastards doesn't count?

The worst part about these rants is that the perpetrator has such a shallow understanding of whatâs really happening, but because of their "stardom" think they have to spew. They would do much better studying the issue first, rather than after ten thousand disappointed fans chew their butts for their stuipdity, vis-a-vis the Dixie Chicks.
"I donât think military intervention is the correct solution," he said. "I regret what we as a country have done so far."

We shoulda sent hookers?

While Ford has starred in many shoot-âem-up thrillers, he said he abhors Americaâs liberal gun laws. "Iâm very troubled by the proliferation of arms, at the fact so many people in the United States carry guns," he said, according to the AAP. "It obviously contributes greatly to the crime problems we have. Iâm sure gun laws should be strengthened in the United States. I just donât know the correct mechanism."

There! Y'see? He's not a total idiot. I completely agree. I think that you should have to have a license for any weapon with a caliber of greater than 37mm. I mean, it's only common sense...

Posted by:Old Patriot

#13 I would have thought that making an entire nation line up and vote on a ballot with only one candidate with all the votes inspected immediately by a Baath Party member would have represented a form of disenfranchisement.

Posted by: Super Hose 2003-8-28 9:50:22 PM

#12 Hey, look! He's in Spain talking to Australians.
Don't worry, Harry. Nobody back in America will ever know.
To tell you the truth, the way his career's going lately ("Hollywood Homicide") there's not much more he could really do to damage it.

Posted by: tu3031 2003-8-28 9:28:05 PM

#11 What do you expect from someone who willingly kissed Anne Heche on the mouth? Tuna, anyone?

Posted by: Ned 2003-8-28 7:21:30 PM

#10 It looks like when you lay down with Callista Flockharts, you tend to get some crazy on you.

People who make their living pretending to be something they are not are not people I'm the slightest bit interested in listening to in regards to the future of civilization. If I want costume jewelry, pretentious dialog and loud incomprensible noise masqarading as substance and thought, I'll go to TGI Fridays for happy hour.

Id be more interested in his opinion if he stayed a carpenter.

Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-8-28 7:20:37 PM

#9 Lord have mercy!

I thought Ford was one of the saner celebs. Goofy me.

Posted by: badanov 2003-8-28 6:50:14 PM

"Iâm very troubled by the proliferation of arms, at the fact so many people in the United States carry guns," he said, according to the AAP.

Except, of course, when they happen to be on his bodyguard detail...

"It obviously contributes greatly to the crime problems we have.

Yeah.
Thanks to gun laws, criminals have more guns that citizens.

Iâm sure gun laws should be strengthened in the United States. I just donât know the correct mechanism."

I believe the mechanism you're looking for is the eradication of the Bill of Rights, you skeleton jockey.

Why, oh why, are the pretty ones always so dumb?

Posted by: Celissa 2003-8-28 5:25:23 PM

#7 It's really only surprising when one of these vastly wealthy, highly insulated celebrities isn't out of touch with most of us working stiffs. Being surprised at the attitudes of Ford, Geffen, Streisand, and the others is like being surprised at the attitudes of the railroad barons or British nobility in an earlier age...

Posted by: snellenr 2003-8-28 5:14:22 PM

#6 Actors are left-wing by inclination. I suspect, however, that a lack of patriotism is endemic only to actors in the Anglo-Saxon countries (the US, Britain, New Zealand & Australia). Joan Chen, a Chinese actress who's now based here, was quoted as saying that Tibet rightfully belongs to China. Her allegiances are pretty clear.

Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-28 5:10:18 PM

#5 Iâm very troubled by the proliferation of arms, at the fact so many people in the United States carry guns," he said, according to the AAP. "It obviously contributes greatly to the crime problems we have.
That's why crime is at a multiyear low ?

Posted by: Domingo 2003-8-28 4:49:45 PM

#4 I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East.

Sounds good to me--is Mr. Ford advocating we overthrow all of the Islamic-basket-case governments in one fell swoop or continue with our one-at-a-time strategy?

Posted by: Flaming Sword 2003-8-28 4:37:15 PM

#3 Apparently, senility has started to set in. Poor guy.

Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-8-28 4:34:38 PM

#2 Dammit!

Which hollywood 'star' has the brain today?

Posted by: GregJ 2003-8-28 4:08:20 PM

#1 I think something needs to be done to help alleviate the conditions which have created a disenfranchised and angry faction in the Middle East

The only way to do that is by turning the US into an Islamic state you douchebag.

Can somebody make sure that guy's toupe isn't on too tight

Posted by: g wiz 2003-8-28 3:35:26 PM

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