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2006-03-20 Home Front: Culture Wars
Law & Order' actor: I know more about war than troops
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Posted by tipper 2006-03-20 11:24|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 *adds Belzer to list, just above Maher*
Posted by Spugum Sherens5365 2006-03-20 11:41||   2006-03-20 11:41|| Front Page Top

#2 For some reason I find it funny that a conspiracy theorist believes everything he reads in 20 papers. I guess if they regurgitate your world view.

I expected more from Belzer, I don't know why.
Posted by rjschwarz 2006-03-20 11:56||   2006-03-20 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe."

But it probably helps.

Posted by Dave D. 2006-03-20 11:57||   2006-03-20 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 ....Hell, it must be nice to have a job that is so undemanding that you have TIME to read 20 newspapers a day.
Reality check - he's still pissed because his career in standup never quite took off.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-03-20 12:40||   2006-03-20 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 career in standup
It would have helped if he were funny or even mildly amusing.
Posted by ed 2006-03-20 12:55||   2006-03-20 12:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe if he was forced to carry a large wooden cross through downtown Jerusalem while being scourged by Gilbert Gottfried, dressed as a Roman soldier.

I'm not saying it would do anything, just that it sounds like a good idea.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-20 13:03||   2006-03-20 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 ..Gilbert Gottfried as a Roman soldier...twisted, but funny.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-03-20 13:14||   2006-03-20 13:14|| Front Page Top

#8 According to Wikipedia, he got tossed out of every school he attended, supposedly because he was too funny. (uh huh) Unsuccessfully tried junior college, enlisted in the Army when he failed there, then tried to get out.

White, straight, Jewish, cousin of Henry Winkler. Married 3 times.

Yup, just the go-to guy for serious military analysis.
Posted by lotp 2006-03-20 13:47||   2006-03-20 13:47|| Front Page Top

#9 There would have to be another Roman guy, with a clipboard, asking:

Cake or Death?
Posted by Spugum Sherens5365 2006-03-20 14:05||   2006-03-20 14:05|| Front Page Top

#10 "enlisted in the Army when he failed there, then tried to get out"

Bingo. There's where the inadequacy and inferiority complexes originate regards the armed services.

He's a wimp and this is his defense.
Posted by Spugum Sherens5365 2006-03-20 14:11||   2006-03-20 14:11|| Front Page Top

#11 This exchange tells you everything you need to know about the left: They are smarter and know what is best for YOU. Obviously neither Bill nor Richard has met anyone currently in the military or they would not make such idiotic statements. I would make a blanket statement that ANYONE currently serving in the Military could land a good paying job in the private sector without too much difficulty. Further you can read tons of newspapers and still get it wrong. If you only read Pravda or any of the commie rags you would be mystified why communism failed.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-03-20 14:38||   2006-03-20 14:38|| Front Page Top

#12 Damn, another actor I will refuse to watch. The list is growing
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-03-20 14:56||   2006-03-20 14:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Belzer, a conspiracy theorist who once hosted several conspiracy-themed specials for the Sci-Fi Channel, is the author of the 1999 book, "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe."

Kinda says it all, don't it?
Posted by Mike 2006-03-20 15:01||   2006-03-20 15:01|| Front Page Top

#14 Belzer was funny as a snarky know-it-all talk show host on one of the National Lampoon LPs back in the '70's. That was 30 years ago.

Obviously, he still has an ax to grind with the military and just as obviously he doesn't know any active or recently active military.

May he rot in hell with his back broken.
Posted by JDB 2006-03-20 15:43||   2006-03-20 15:43|| Front Page Top

#15 May he rot in hell with his back broken.
A worse fate - may he be forgotten and ignored, even by his "friends" in Hollyweird. There is no greater punishment for these attention-hounds than to be ignored. May that be the fate of all of them, Hollyweird types,Cindy Sheehan types, and the rest of the looney left.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-03-20 16:59|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-03-20 16:59|| Front Page Top

#16 I saw comments somewhere lately that the military volunteers test in the upper third of physical and mental competence of the population as a whole.

I worked with Hollywood types for ten years in Beverly Hills. They are not in the upper third. They just believe their own BS and whatever words their agent puts in their mouths.
Posted by usmc6743 2006-03-20 20:07||   2006-03-20 20:07|| Front Page Top

#17 thanks Richard - you do a good job of reading words and emotions written by others. Your own work seems to have gotten you .....middle of nowhere. We should listen to you for advice? YJCMTSU
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-20 20:08||   2006-03-20 20:08|| Front Page Top

#18 I'm always stuck between amusement and anger at these high school dropouts who think they are qualified to pass judgement on foreign policy and military matters.

If the American public didn't over pay them and idolize them, their view of themselves might be a little more realistic.
Posted by lotp 2006-03-20 20:22||   2006-03-20 20:22|| Front Page Top

#19 Law and Order SUV drops from any viewing lists I had. Buh-bye
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-20 20:43||   2006-03-20 20:43|| Front Page Top

#20 Let me get this straight. Since *he* couldn't manage to cut it in the Army after failing in civilian life (sure, baby, you were too damn funnay and got kicked out of school for that....right) back in the 70's, he thinks *all* the current crop of soldiers are like him?

Talk about projection.
Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-03-20 21:14|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-03-20 21:14|| Front Page Top

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