Ron Silver gets a crony post?

[Tinksrival]

Ron Silver, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2009, vice Stephen D. Krasner, term expired.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051007-4.html

[SoCalDem]

1. Hey.. with the extra money, he can buy some better dentures

:)

[frogmarch]

11. Silver is a nutjob

I saw him on Bill Maher's RealTime some time back, and he was rabid in his pro-war, pro-Bush stance. He kept reading from some kind of freaky manifesto he'd prepared. Bill finally got fed up with him and pretty much told him to shut up.

I read somewhere online that Silver has been having trouble landing movie rolls because of his politics. I can't stand him and wouldn't watch a movie again with him in it even if I were paid to.

[dogday]

14. I saw that too and he is a war lover nt

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Ha! Good catch!

Ron Silver is an embarrassment - let the right have him!!!!:rofl:

[bluestateguy]

3. He changed parties on the West Wing too (Bruno Gianelli)

His character is based very much on Dick Morris.

[cmkramer]

25. You're partly right

He did switch parties, but not to the GOP. He's now officially registered as an Independent.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/20/entertainment1419EDT0254.DTL

[otohara]

4. Did Clinton Ever Appoint Hollywood Type to A Post?

cuz, if he did - the GOP would have had a shit fit.

[cmkramer]

22. Yes

Clinton appointed the actress Jane Alexander to head the National Endowment of the Arts in 1993.

[devilgrrl]

28. An actor the head of the NEA???? Nooo!!!!!

:sarcasm:

[ClintonTyree]

5. Institute for Peace?

that must be some war connected agency I'd imagine since everything in the bush administration is backasswards. I thought the Slugs HATED these Hollywood types? :shrug:
Must be two sets of rules for those "Hollywood types" as well, the Slugs have two sets of rules for everything. One for others and one for themselves because they certainly can't be held to th4 same standards as everyone else. :eyes:

[tulsakatz]

7. they only hate Hollywood types.....

....if they're criticizing them. Since Silver agrees with them, I'm sure they LOVE him!!!

[cmkramer]

24. Googled it

http://www.usip.org/aboutus/index.html

"The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. Established in 1984, the Institute meets its congressional mandate through an array of programs, including research grants, fellowships, professional training, education programs from high school through graduate school, conferences and workshops, library services, and publications. The Institute's Board of Directors is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.

Current Board of Directors:

J. Robinson West (Chair)
Chairman
PFC Energy
Washington, DC

María Otero (Vice Chair)
President
ACCION International
Boston, MA.

Betty F. Bumpers
Founder and former President
Peace Links
Washington, DC

Holly J. Burkhalter
Advocacy Director
Physicians for Human Rights
Washington, DC

Chester A. Crocker
James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Laurie S. Fulton
Williams and Connolly
Washington, DC

Charles Horner
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute
Washington, DC

Seymour Martin Lipset
Hazel Professor of Public Policy
George Mason University

Mora L. McLean
President
Africa-America Institute
New York, NY

Barbara W. Snelling
Former State Senator and former Lieutenant Governor
Shelburne, VT

Members ex officio

Michael M. Dunn
Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force
President, National Defense University

Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State

Peter W. Rodman
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Richard H. Solomon
President
United States Institute of Peace (nonvoting)

Executive Officers

[FlashHarry]

6. "All I want is peace!"

"...a little piece of Iraq, a little piece of Syria, a little piece of Iran..."

[Hobarticus]

8. I'm just glad that he's found work.

Working a night shift at Denny's sucks.

[Botany]

9. Please no,

to think of all that talent we are all loosing as an actor, director, and a writer.

Why movies, t.v., and plays might as well shut down until "they" figure
out how to fill the void his departure will cause.

:rofl:

[Mist]

17. Snark Attack!! LOL!

I will say Silver turned in a creditable performance in "Reversal of Fortune." Okay, that's my good deed for the day.

[Botany]

18. Please i am in mourning ......

Only Eastwood & Hanks come close to the man as an actor & director.

I mean who will get to play his role in crows scenes and late night
infomercials.

:bounce:

[blondeatlast]

27. Guess I'll have to let my ronsilver.com domain name go.

I was so counting on his appearance in "Home Alone 4" to help me retire.

Damn.

[Tinksrival]

10. One of the few Hollywood Bushies

This nut was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the bombing of Iraq.

I find it quite ironic that this knucklehead is appointed to an Institude of peace!

And how the hell would Bush define an institude of peace! AAAAhhhhhh!!!!

I'm loosin my mind with this shit!!

[stillcool]

12. Give him anything...

..just keep him off my television screen.

[NervousRex]

13. High Ho Silver....!

Keeerist! this guy is an asshole. Another scared middle-aged male drunk with a tiny weenie.

[bliss_eternal]

15. Um, I don't think of Ron Silver when I think of peace...

Hasn't he been vocally, very pro war?

Well, I guess while the boy king is giving out positions like candy, Ron may as well satisfy his sweet tooth, too.

:shrug:

...finally, he'll be employed. Maybe now we won't have to ever see him in film again!

[Cha]

26. What a laughingstock..

I'll be sure to boycott any movies he makes if he ever makes any.

[bliss_eternal]

30. I'll join you at that protest.

I'm hoping it doesn't come to that, though. Hopefully, no one would ever cast him in anything else EVER.

I've made the same promise in the event Schwarzennegger decides to come out of his movie career retirement to make a new flick. I'll be the first one there to protest!

[tanyev]

16. Great.

Maybe they'll get Patricia Heaton to replace Greenspan. She's going to need a paycheck now that her wretched sitcom has finally run its course. Those Albertson's commercials won't last forever.

[onenote]

19. makes perfect sense to me

Chimpy thinks peace is a joke. And Silver thinks he's a comedian.

onenote

[Tinksrival]

20. HAAAA HAAAA!!!!!

Best snark post!! :7

[gatorboy]

21. Ron Silver, Ronald Reagan, Schwarzenegger.....

What's this evil, liberal Hollywood I keep hearing about? :shrug:

[bluedog]

23. wasn't he dating Coulter?

[Rhiannon12866]

29. WTF?! He was all for the war... Jerk.

Talk about Orwellian...:crazy: