Does anyone really care what Gwenyth Paltrow really thinks???

[pooja]

She named her kid Apple, she's rich and has been since childhood. I really don't think she socializes much with middle class people's ... So, maybe she thinks the uppercrust of England has a few more brains than our Hollywood culture.. I don't know and I don't care.. Report the news people, what one woman said (who by the way I have never found attractive or an in-person to try to resemble), is like me saying something quick without really thinking about it.... Shit happens and it happens for everyone.

[Rockstone]

1. Nope

She's another "Hollywood Liberal" who "hates America"... :eyes:

[davidinalameda]

2. what are you referring to

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I'd rather hear from Gwynyth than say, any of the RW editorializing shills who

claim to be news journalists.

[Kerrytravelers]

4. Ok, I'll bite. What did the mother of Apple say?

As I recall, she's a pretty supportive lefty married to a lefty, so she ain't all bad!

[pooja]

9. she said she'd rather be in england because they are smarter

than Americans... I've seen this issue pop a couple of times today on the board.. but I didn't really pay any atten... then they had a specialist come in on MSNBC to analyze the short little bit about this phrase and then proceeded to compare her to the Dixie Chicks and then the MSNBC talking head said it was worse because she bi-partisanly slammed every American.

I say who cares? Do you know how many times I've said I prefer a European country to this one on this board... Anyone who has travelled usually does prefer Europe to America.. so I call b.s. and say something else really important is happening and they want the distraction with more bubble talk.

[Obamarama]

15. Actually, I think she's spot-on (as they would say in the UK)...

Did you just see/hear the news reports featuring on-the-street interviews with average Americans who couldn't answer basic questions about our country and form of government that are asked on the new citizenship test?
It's really appalling and embarassing and speaks volumes about where we put our priorities as a society.

[Kerrytravelers]

23. Sounds like she's a smart girl!

I work in Education. I'll be the first one to say that I really don't educate children as much as I am a police officer, social worker, referee for parents and general therapist. I can not believe that America cares so little for Education, but clearly, intelligence isn't rewarded- look at our "leader."

Often, when considering children, we've thought about leaving simply for the education level alone.

[Clark2008]

35. Stay here, fight for liberalism and supplement your children's

education.

That's what I do. I don't wait for the school to teach my son squat - because IF they do, it's generally from an imperical viewpoint, historically speaking. For example, he came home and told me his teacher said Texas was the largest state. I said that was WRONG - it was Alaska and I showed it to him on his Leap Frog map (that gives miles, etc.). They also call Native Americans, "Indians," which confuses my son as we have Indian (from India) friends.

How can a second-grade teacher not know that Alaska is the largest state or that, in a multi-cultural society, "Indian" for the Native Americans who dined with the Pilgrims isn't proper terminology anymore?

[Cleita]

30. I don't know if they are smarter but they are better read and informed.

I worked in a British pub in Southern California that was a hang out for ex-pat Brits, and Brit airplane crews on layover. The level of conversation was always witty, substantial and well informed, even from those with Cockney accents that would indicate a lower class. One of my favorite customers was an expert on Queen Victoria and he entertained me with stories about her that we didn't get in our history books.

In the other bars I worked in with an American clientele, the conversation was banal, usually about sports and I was amazed at the ignorance of current events. The joking was usually crude and not witty at all.

There is a difference.

[Obamarama]

31. They are smarter BECAUSE they are better read and informed...

I don't think Americans are inherently dumber than the British, or anyone else for that matter. I just think as a society we tend to be a LOT lazier in developing knowledge and intellect of the world around us. I think many Americans are all too content with being spoon fed 30-second sound byte tidbits of information. There's no in-depth exploration of ideas and issues. We are a society of lazy dullards (except, of course, those of us here at DU :-) ).

[Cleita]

32. This is true and it did come to mind that DU

is similar to a British Pub without the ale.

[Obamarama]

34. Or the fish and chips !

:-)

[marmar]

33. I don't know if "smarter" is the right term, but they're definitely better informed....

Even young people on the Tube in London read newspapers, and many of their newspapers actually have the cajones to take on their government.

[NC_Nurse]

36. I agree with her.

Get out much? Maybe it's just around here....
:silly:

[begin_within]

38. She's half right... they are smarter than half of America.

[Vidar]

40. From my esperience, she's right.

[Quantess]

5. Sorry, I'm not seeing a point to this.....

Not trying to be rude, but, is there a reason for this to be in GD?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. No

[blue cat]

7. I don't care what she thinks

but I tend to agree with her on some points. I think the British are able to discuss politics better than us in general.

[Horse with no Name]

8. Actually she is someone who moved out of the country

to protest the selection of Bush.
She is a lefty and her parents were good leftys as well.
So who gives two shits what she named her kid, or that she is rich, or who she socialized with?

[pooja]

12. I'm saying it isn't news... and who cares what she thinks... Hell, I

prefer Europe to America... but I don't think every European is necessarily smarter..

[Joe Chi Minh]

28. Precisely. If she's a lefty, I'll hang on her every syllable. You go girl!

[Obamarama]

10. Say whatever you will about Gweneth Paltrow, BUT......

I suspect if she were going to originate a similar thread, she would likely give one a tad bit more information with which to understand the point of her rant.

What has she "thought" that is so objectionable to you?

[pooja]

13. jist... British smarter than Americans.. I am not objecting to the statement

or her... I say who cares... its not news.

[seabeyond]

11. you want to come back on your thread and tell us what she said?

or os this it for everyone to wonder, ask and not get an answer

[H2O Man]

14. If one has their tv

on today, they would think she was the leading world figure. Pathetic.

[pooja]

16. oh jeez... and the little trio spears, lohan, hilton b.s. is also not news

[H2O Man]

18. About :45 minutes

per hour is focus on those three and Lindsey L. ..... then a thirty second human interest story on Iraq, a few commercials .... and back to the top of the hour.

[Horse with no Name]

22. Ahhh one doesn't.

Listening to some classic music on CD's today.:)

[H2O Man]

25. Good choice. n/t

[Horse with no Name]

29. My daughter made me this compilation. Should keep me entertained all day.

Best music ever.
Disc 1
Philadelphia--Neil Young
Tell Me Something Good--Chaka Khan
Can't Get Enough of Your Love--Barry White
Heaven Must be Missing an Angel--Tavares
Dig In--Lenny Kravitz
If you say my Eyes are Beautiful--Jermaine Jackson
Fly Away--Lenny Kravitz
What a Wonderful World--Louis Armstrong
TSOP--MFSB
Ribbon in the Sky--Stevie Wonder
Kiss and Say Goodbye--Barry White
Let's Get it On--Marvin Gaye
Love's Theme--Love Unlimited Orchestra
Low Rider--Barry White
The First Time--Roberta Flack
Rainy Night in Georgia
Overjoyed--Stevie Wonder

Disc 2
Fool in the Rain--Led Zeppelin
Turn the Page--Seger
Famous Final Scene--Seger
We've Got Tonight--Seger
Sunglasses at Night
Night Moves
Roll Me Away
Main Street
Layla
Head Games
All of my Love
Nights in White Satin
Carry on My Wayward Son
Bohemian Rhapsody

[graywarrior]

17. I say the more slams at Bush, the better

I agree with her.

[terrya]

19. Did she say something right wingish?

Well, that would be something I would disagree with. But she has the right to speak her mind.

The Dixie Chicks are celebrities. They speak out on various issues all the time. And they're lionized around here. Rightfully so.

One's right of freedom of speech doesn't automatically expire just because they win an Academy Award.

[twilight_sailing]

20. Why do I know anything at all about Brittany Spears?

I have no interest in her work. I have only heard one of her songs, "Whoops, I Did it Again."

I know all about her and I don't know why I do. I don't care about her. I didn't even get a woody when I saw her privates.

How is it that this stuff is so ubiquitous that even people who are not interested have this information?

[Lasthorseman]

21. Gweneth who?

Almost all of American TV makes me want to barf.

[graywarrior]

24. She's movies, not TV.

[LuckyTheDog]

26. See what the right has done?

They have managed to merge "Hollywood" and "Democratic" in the minds of many people. Thus, whenever a star says something stupid, they get to attack it as indicative of how the "liberal Democrats" think.

Of course, in reality, we don't know how Paltrow votes. And we DO know that she holds no position in the Democratic Party. But none of that matters to the "dittohead" crowd.

[graywarrior]

27. Yabut, they still go to movies. That's what cracks me up.

Then they criticize them. Like the dancing penguin movie.

[matcom]

37. if she thinks i'm naked man-candy and wants to enslave me then...

yes. i think i would care ;)

[petronius]

39. Exactly - I can't believe it took 35+ posts to get to the heart of the matter

What is this place coming to? :shrug:

[matcom]

41. it ain't the old days

THAT is for sure x(

[MichiganVote]

42. Well if they are so smart what did they waste all their time and money

on the Irish for anyway?

[pitohui]

43. she still alive? EOm

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