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Cusack on Military-Industrial Complex: 'the gig's up'

rawstory.com — Cusack and Maher talk about Military-Industrial Complex. "right now, when you think that we've out sourced everything to interrogation, which means torture is a cost-plus enterprise, I think you can see a complete spiritual bankruptcy to this whole neo-con movement. It's a nightmare beyond anything you can really imagine."

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  • dinostabOMG, on 03/31/2008, -16/+68My respect for this dude just went way up.
    • flashboy131, on 03/31/2008, -16/+7for stating the obvious years later?
      • aliengoods, on 03/31/2008, -5/+14For intelligently and rationally discussing what led us to the place we're in right now. I'd like to hear his take on the whole sub-prime mortgage mess we're in.
        • Wargalas, on 03/31/2008, -2/+18I'll give you the situation in a nutshell. Idiot companies decide to squeeze more money out of the housing market and loan people who can't afford to repay large loans.

          Dumb people overextend themselves buying houses they cannot afford.

          Both parties whine when the bill comes due and they want a bailout by taxpayers who played it safe and bought homes they COULD afford.


          Both parties can go ***** themselves.

          Businesses can go bankrupt.

          Homeowners can sell it and move into an apartment, walk away from the home, or file bankruptcy.

          • BESTenemy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2The demand, for many years, had been inflated by speculators - people that take out loans on minimum downpayment, wait for the price to climb, sell, pay off loan, pump profits back into the same pyramid. The demand appeared to be there, but it was artificial.

            When credit based on fractional reserve is all that's backing the money, than every loan handed out produces liquidity. The risk of handing out a loan is low, and risk assessment is all that determines whether the credit issuer is willing to supply the funds. When mortgages started getting bundled into SIV's and re-rated as "guaranteed to grow" than the deal that was great to begin with, appeared to be even greater. Banks and credit unions were buying SIV's having no idea what was actually in them. They were swapping them like it was new legal tender. Many people were surprised to hear when their own banks took hits outside of US. They throught that the mortgage problem was localized, but it actually ended up being an exported debt. Everyone wanted to make a buck on the steadily increasing housing prices in the US and foreigners considered mortgage-tied SIV's a guaranteed return investment.

            What made the bubble burst? Many things. Runaway inflation caused by war spending, by elimination of USD foreign reserves by coutnries such as Iran, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela. At the same time, almost coinsidentially, people back home ran out of collateral. They mass that was supposed to counter-balance the speculation bubble was no longer able to make payments. They no longer had anything to sell and no new credit cards to pay off the old debts with. The national savings had went to negative. Sure, it's been reported only recently that the savings went to -0.5%, but that figure does not account for inflation. If it did, then the savings would've been negative sine about 2 years ago. Hello credit crunch!
      • CoolWind, on 03/31/2008, -3/+5The problem we have with corporations controlling society is far worse than I thought.
        • Jlaugh, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1The Fox has the keys to the hen house.
      • MammasMilk, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3how about for stating the obvious when politicians and our so called news outlets, by and large, do not. It's a shame it take Cusack and Maher to get this to "blip" on the media radar when others ought to have done so long ago.
      • Parapadrifter, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2***** Maher... he's covering his steps now that ***** hit the fan and Ron Paul is alot worse off... simply put .. he was pressured not to give Paul too much support until after the main primaries
    • jmpeagle, on 03/31/2008, -15/+7watch "Say Anything..."....your opinion will change
      • Waiting2awake, on 03/31/2008, -1/+6True - but "The Sure Thing" is absolute gold.

        Driving with a load not properly tied down......
        • jcaino, on 03/31/2008, -3/+4"High Fidelity" is nothing short of classic.
      • VinceNoir, on 03/31/2008, -3/+2What's wrong with Say Anything? It was soooo romantic. (Plus an easy way to get into someone's pants)
      • tellahoohooo, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2then watch "Better off Dead"..."It's a shame when people be throwin away a perfectly good white boy like that"

        Regardless of his movies, this is really him and he's speaking the utmost truth, I watched this live and was amazed at the way he spoke about it.
        • VinceNoir, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Cusack for president! I'd vote for him before I'd feel good about voting for any of the three monsters currently running. An actor for president? Nah... that could never happen.
    • InfamousAtheist, on 03/31/2008, -9/+18Mine too - I watched Real Time over the weekend and was very pleased to hear Cusack calmly and rationally explain that the Iraq war is really an experiment in free-market utopia riddled with war profiteering by the US Corporatocracy.
      The general public does not understand what's really going on here. If more people realized what our true goals in Iraq were, more might get angry enough to get off their asses and DO something about it.
      Bush, Cheney, and all the rest of their cronies deserve the worst our legal system can give them. Murdering countless innocent people in the name of almighty corporate profits is simply unforgivable.
      Worst. Administration. Ever.
      • positron, on 03/31/2008, -3/+15Fascism, not free-market. It's the very opposite of a free-market.
        • rficwizard, on 03/31/2008, -0/+6To expand on this point: whenever the force of government is used to benefit a specific corporation (or a specific industry, etc.) it upsets the free market. By taking away the ability of the consumer to choose, or by tilting the playing field through subsidies or taxes, the government creates an "un-free" market. Corporations that are backed by the force of government can (and eventually will) abuse consumers and workers. Corporations that are not backed by force can only abuse through fraud. If force and fraud are both disallowed, corporations must earn business. That is a free market. The failure of any other system is not the failure of the free market system, it is the expected failure of a system that can (and therefore eventually will) become abusive.
        • scottelloco, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1That won't happen until a unemployment reaches the double digits and inflation has wiped out a minority of American's savings, then you'll see some real positive-change for the long-term. But for the short-term things will probably be pretty bad. Even economic down-turn has it's upside, but it's a shame it needs to come to that before people become politically active.
      • InfamousAtheist, on 03/31/2008, -6/+6The Iraq invasion has opened up an experiment in free-market utopia - I don't disagree that we're moving towards a fascist state, but the war-profiteers (Halliburton, etc.) are the sole recipients of all the contracts for new business in Iraq. Everything from oil processing to food services in the green zone is done by US contractors, staffed almost exclusively by Americans - and ALL of the profit gets shipped out of Iraq back to the states.
        The term "free market" may not be entirely accurate in the traditional sense, but that's the neocon goal. See http://www.harpers.org/archive/2004/09/0080197 for more.
        • guntario, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2All they're doing is riding the back of a term that has good standing. A real free market would be a utopia. But I don't believe I'll ever live in a society with a free market, not as long as government exists.
      • petebot, on 03/31/2008, -8/+3Corporatocracy? Seriously?
    • boonesfarm, on 03/31/2008, -5/+3"It's a damn shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy!"
      Is anybody stunned by Hollywood ***** who buy into everything they read on inflammatory blogs? I would no sooner ask John for his opinion on foreign policy that I would turn to him for tax advice. I wish Bill would stop getting celebrities in over their heads.
      • randf, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2hollywood actors....SFTU and get back into the TV
    • MaceSoul, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2My respect would have gone up if he had known the difference between gig and jig.
  • felman87, on 03/31/2008, -22/+28Never underestimate American stupidity.
    • ElectroOverlord, on 03/31/2008, -3/+12Born on Third base and thinking they hit home runs.
    • CoolWind, on 03/31/2008, -5/+5Cause the rest of the world is so smart.
      • VinceNoir, on 03/31/2008, -4/+7Actually it is. The U.S. is steadily falling behind in every possible way. Meanwhile less developed countries have a lot more advantages going forward. In truth, the places that will fall like America are the places that have opened their arms to unbridled capitalism. Corporate fascism is the way of the west.
    • norman619, on 03/31/2008, -7/+2I'm not sure about Americans in general but I sure won't underestimate your stupidity.
    • CrazedLeper, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4"Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity--and I'm not sure about the universe." -- Albert Einstein.
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
      So the government is *that* corrupt and people are *that* stupid. Are you *sure* 9/11 wasn't an inside job? Really, are millions of people saying it was because they went "crazy". That's a fool's solution.
    • IslandDog, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2You mean people who read RawStory.com?
    • dildoolielly, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4Bush is a delusional, border-line retard, the perfect corporate puppet.

      But, NEVER forget who supported this failure, don't let them distance themselves from him. Whining about Libs and Dems and Clinton and Kerry and gay sex, while offering nothing of substance - and most notably - no defense for the lying little sack of ***** from Texas they shackled us with!

      America's enemy is the idiot who IGNORED that Bush lied to us about Iraq, IGNORED that Bush defends treason, IGNORED that Bush was asleep at the wheel on 9/11, IGNORED that Bush had already blundered our war effort in Iraq, IGNORED that Bush still tries to link Iraq and 911, IGNORED that Bush raped our treasury, IGNORED that Bush was going to run amok with our Constitution, IGNORED his continued policy that fuels extremist groups and floods intelligence agencies with "false positives" from illegal wiretapping operations—among other things and still voted to re-elect this miserable failure.

      The enemy from within has perpetuated this death and devastation. Don't forget it.

      It is because of a bush voter that the country is in the atrocious position it is in today.
      • IslandDog, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1Forget your tin foil hat today?
        • dildoolielly, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Your lack of a competent rebuttal to my original post speaks volumes. Why don't you piss off back to the conservative echo chamber you came from or I suggest you get your skul fvked head out of your poop shoot and wake up. Do some research, for about eight years then come back and post.
    • DonTazeMeBro, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Never overestimate American intelligence.
  • CSHYDRASHOK, on 03/31/2008, -2/+55Can we trust what politicians promise to do when there campaigns are funded by wealthy corporate entities ? I'm thinking not so much
    • ekso, on 03/31/2008, -3/+4Indeed. Democracy, specially how it's practiced in the USA, is just a façade for capital to exercise it's power over politics. Only when we get rid of politicians and turn to something more similar to a "Participative Democracy" that we will have true democracy.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_democra ...
      • BESTenemy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2 Democracy has many flaws. Apart from the famous quote of "2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner", it's a system that looses accountability with increased population.

        In a society people are encouraged to put up with the majority, however, when there are so many people, it is difficult, if not impossible to determine what the majority is. Since no individual is capable of finding out for himself what the majority wants, he relies on media to give him the representation. At the same time, media is able to twist and distort reality in order to produce compliance.

        We see a crowd and we think it's "everyone" when in reality it could be a minority, but a wealthy and powerful one. If an announcer then declares the will of that group and confirm that it is what "most people want", then the individual will be more willing to suppress his own ambitions and put up with whatever's given to him.

        There is no way to do the "show of hands" vote in a crowd the size of ours. Privacy of a vote has been invented so that the person voting would have no way of knowing whether his vote really represented the majority or a minority. It's something that brought less accountability to already unaccountable process.
    • ThrstForKnwldge, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7http://opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008

      That site shows which companies are the top contributors to the candidates.
      • WilliamDavis, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7Shhhh. If people see who contributes to Obama and try to imagine why that might be so, we'll start hearing heads exploding all over digg.
      • stonewaljacksn, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4No, if people on digg see who contributes to Obama they will bury the info like they buried you. The only thing worse than ignorance is self imposed ignorance.
      • pigtown, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1Perhaps I'm a ***** and a ninny, but when I looked at Obama's portion of that page, I saw everything listed as "individual donors". I know he doesn't take money from lobbyists and PAC's, and that site largely confirmed it. PLEASE, honestly, correct me if I'm wrong. I was under the impression all of his money came from individual donors, and your site seems to verify this.
  • DeviantDragon, on 03/31/2008, -9/+63"Oh *****, American actor John Cusack is on to us! The game's up, Cheney, get to the chopper!"
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/31/2008, -1/+10Cheney's got a helicopter umbrella.
      http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images ...
    • snotrokit, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10the sad part is that more "average" americans will listen to John Cusak then Kieth Oberman, and probably couldn't identify Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings out of a lineup.
      • Bamont, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4I dislike a lot of what Keith has to say - but even being considered (especially on Digg) on the other side of the fence, I respect intelligent people and their views (even if I do not agree).
      • jacobonline, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2True True. We probably get most of our news threw John Stewart and Southpark.
      • NJank, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1out of a lineup I could tell you "that guy is either Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings", but heck if I could tell you which :)
      • stonewaljacksn, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1something tells me you consider yourself one of the enlightened. people aren't stupid you know, but we're pretty damn quick to call someone who doesn't agree with us stupid.
  • whataboutdave, on 03/31/2008, -41/+17I'd prefer that actors stick to acting. I like Cusack much more riffing off Jack Black in an indie record store.
    • MadKennyP, on 03/31/2008, -5/+25I'm fine with any American stating their opinion. Whether that person is an actor, a truck driver, a waitress, a teacher, retired, or whatever.
      • mcquitty, on 03/31/2008, -4/+5And I don't want to hear performer's whine when people don't like their politics and decide to get entertainment elsewhere, be it Striesand or the Dixie Chick or Ron Silver.
      • norman619, on 03/31/2008, -3/+5I just wish people would take a closer look at the famous people they love to follow. They tend to argue based on emotion not on facts.
    • Semprini, on 03/31/2008, -7/+4Yeah, Cusack probably has a high school education at best. Another limosene liberal who knows nothing about the real world, yapping and pontificating about how terrible corporations (which made him rich and famous) are.

      John, go back to reading the words that writers write. You have the right to an opinion, but, you are just another dumbassed actor, you add nothing to the country except for a few chuckles on a Saturday night date.

      Get your PHD, do some time with the military, and publish peer review articles for a decade or two, then I might listen to you, till then, STFU.
      • MammasMilk, on 03/31/2008, -3/+8Yeah... unless the actor happens to be a republican.
        Sounds like Cusack knows more than you at any rate.
        • Semprini, on 03/31/2008, -3/+4Ah, accuse the poster of being dumb!

          Nice attempt at deflection, screaming "you too!" doesn't work Chumley
      • MadKennyP, on 03/31/2008, -3/+2Do you have a Ph.D.? Have you served in the military? Have you published peer reviewed articles? If not, then by your definition, I will not listen to you.
        • Semprini, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Don't.

          I'm also not on TV pontificating as an expert.

      • busket, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2Watch out John Cusack, some guy on the internet doubts your qualifications.

        I wish guys on the internet would just stick to looking at porn and playing fantasy football, I don't know why they expect to be taken seriously when they offer opinions that clearly fall outside the boundaries of their expertise.
      • BlacklabelSAR, on 03/31/2008, -2/+3So where are you on Ronald Reagan?
        BTW, instead of bolstering you arguement with "probably",
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cusack
        Besides that:
        http://www.college-startup.com/college/15-successf ...
        So please continue to tell us how intelligent you are:
        http://jovan.ru/pics/retard.gif
    • WhoismP, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2So I guess you also prefer the constitution to apply only to people who AREN'T famous? Come on now.
  • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 03/31/2008, -10/+3http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_jig%27s_up
    • jmpeagle, on 03/31/2008, -3/+2I was confused too....I was like...what gig? A music gig?
  • smacksaw, on 03/31/2008, -18/+31Rarely does an actor actually know anything beyond their craft. This is one of those rare occasions.
    • OriginalLucid1, on 03/31/2008, -3/+10Does he really? Or is it that you just happen to believe in the same things?
    • floppyparty, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7Rarely does an all-encompassing statement sound intelligent.
    • Chode2235, on 03/31/2008, -5/+2Actors and others in the entertainment industry seem to be pretty well informed as well as politically active. Have you ever heard of the Hollywood elite? No, its not Hulk Hogans new wrestling coalition.
      • loki49152, on 03/31/2008, -1/+0You can stop saying that. None of them will ever sleep with you, and you look foolish.
    • MammasMilk, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3If that's the case the same could be said for just about any of us, possibly including you. Anyone, including actors can keep abreast of politics and current events and have opinions. This is how our democracy works. Then we take this info, we discuss amongst ourselves, be we actors, IT professionals, sanitation workers, teachers, cooks, or whatever. We then use this info from what we read, investigate and discuss and we vote.

      This does not exclude actors. If we follow this flawed logic that actors shouldn't speak on anything aside from acting, then we should all shut up.

      The idea that people, any people, are confined, restrict, or can't speak beyond their profession is idiotic. People have interests beyond the confines of their own profession. It's a damn shame that so many Americans seem to have a complete lack of curiosity when it comes to the politics and anything related to it of their own country.

      Saying that people of "X" profession should shut up is not a solution, it promotes further ignorance and is a very UN-democratic sentiment.

      • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1its not that were excluding them, its more they play pretend all day because they have no actual usable skills in the workplace. i would care what a physicist has to say over the cusacks any day.
    • foofightrs777, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1I don't know about you but have you seen a Mel Gibson movie? Both Apocalyptico and the Passion were 100% historically accurate based on the "original" tapes in Mel's head.
  • Picaroon, on 03/31/2008, -21/+56"I don't think my opinion means jack *****, because I'm an actor. Why do actors think their opinions mean more because you act? You just caught a break as an actor. There are hundreds--thousands--of actors who are just as good as I am, and probably better." - Bruce Willis
    • chicofaraby, on 03/31/2008, -17/+24The fact that Cusak's an actor isn't important. He's an American citizen and he's expressing his political opinion. I think more Americans agree with him than agree with you and the rest of the RNC talking point facsimiles that post here every day.
      • Liam76, on 03/31/2008, -10/+13Fortunately you are wrong. Other wise we would have someone like Michael Moore as president.
      • OriginalLucid1, on 03/31/2008, -4/+13I for one don't think that more people agree with the likes of John Cusak or Harry Reid or any of the defeatists. Althought he mainstream media would have us believe that it is the case.I guess we will see after the election.
        • BoneheadFarker, on 03/31/2008, -8/+3So...anyone that doesn't agree with spending trillions on a war where there was little threat to the American people, these people are considered "defeatists".
          • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2no he meant more the people complaining about us "losing" and pulling out tommorow. some of us feel, while maybe not the best decision we've made, we need to finish the job we started. but that's thinking from an earlier time apparently.
          • BoneheadFarker, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1@Monk22

            It's a nice idea...but this "Stay The Course" mentality is what got you into the position you're in today. And calling people who disagree with the war doesn't make the "defeatists". It makes them logical...
          • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2so you seriously think the responsible thing to do is leave the country a complete ***** mess. how will that make things any better? it makes us look like even bigger dicks for ***** everything up then just saying ooops sorry about that, good luck?
    • SuperVepr308, on 03/31/2008, -4/+11Bruce Willis rocks.
    • WilliamDavis, on 03/31/2008, -12/+3I'm an actor, and I don't really care what Bruce Willis thinks. Between Cusack and myself, we're probably out-actoring Willis by a margin of 2-1. So, don't listen to Bruce.
      • haylel, on 03/31/2008, -2/+4In other words, John Cusack is out-actoring Bruce Willis by a margin of 2-1.
      • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3well I'm not an actor and i don't care what any of you dumb asses think.
    • MammasMilk, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2When do actors come out and say that their opinion matters more or that their opinions matter because they can act. Who said says that. I want the quote of the actor who says "I'm an actor and because I am, I know better"
      They simply make their opinion known and because we in America are fascinated, even addicted to anything fame related, actors' opinions get coverage. I don't necessarily thing it's good that one profession should get that kind of spotlight on their opinions. But saying that they should STFU because some media outlet said what do you think of such-and-such.
      Also, isn't it a bit ironic and maybe even idiotic that people who think actors should STFU are quoting the opinion of Bruce Willis, the actor. Does he think his statement means something because he can act. I know he doesn't think his opinion means jack-*****, but he gives it anyway. What's the deal with that? Maybe he should have turned down the interview or stipulated that it should only pertain to things directly related to his acting and his movie. Seems like something of a paradox here.
      • 2612, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3I don't think they're saying he should STFU because he's an actor, but because his opinion is worth no more than anyone off the street. Does he have any insight into the military or industry or the "military industrial complex"? He's got an opinion and he's got a right to voice it. And I have a right to say STFU.
    • MetadierollONE, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1I'm glad to know Bruce consider his opinion mean jack. Let's play " the best Bruce quote win" :
      * This is the war on terrorism; it's worth fighting for.
      o Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003.
      * I wanted to sign up and fight with you guys, but they told me I was too old
      o Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003.
      * If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein.
      o Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003.
      * This is the same fight the US fought 60 years ago
      o Referring to the War on Terror. On Rita Cosby’s Sunday MSNBC program, November 14, 2005.
      * The terrorists today are much the same as those we fought in WW II.
      o On Rita Cosby’s Sunday MSNBC program, November 14, 2005.
      • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2im glad you didnt understand what he meant by his statement at all.
      • unfairunbalance, on 04/01/2008, -1/+0Bruce Willis has now awoke from the matrix and is now a truther.
        Linklater said he had handed out DVD’s on set which carried claims that 9/11 was perpetrated by the US government to erect a police state to Bruce Willis, one of the stars of Linklater’s upcoming Fast Food Nation.

        “He said it put him in such a head space that he will be quiet on issues of national policy.”

        Linklater said Willis had told him in an e mail that the videos had changed his entire political paradigm.
        http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/1207 ...
    • busket, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0Wait, but if we agree with his opinion that actor's opinions are worthless, then we would have to reject his opinion, which would mean we would have to agree with it which would mean...
      What a tricky thing to say, it's almost like he has no ***** idea what he's talking about. Either that or he was trying to overload any malevolent robots who happened to be in the vicinity.
    • gypsi, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2reagan?
  • cheeseron, on 03/31/2008, -9/+17he needs to get a boombox and play in front of the white house some anti-war songs
    • kuj007, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4I got a question. If you guys know so much about politics, how come you're here at like the News 'n' Things on a Monday morning completely alone drinking coffee with no political scientists anywhere?
    • manstein01, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2pfffttt, and leave the comfort of Beverly Hills? Please. That would totally throw off the "armchair" part of being a Hollywood liberal.
  • fedupamerica, on 03/31/2008, -26/+5Morons
  • mavicyp, on 03/31/2008, -21/+6Military Industrial complex bad? Thanks Cusack, I never would have realized that without your vaguely informed opinions. It's not like some sort of outgoing president with decades of inside experience in politics and the military ever said something like this before being roundly ignored by everyone. It's cool though, the star of Better off Dead will save us from ourselves.
    • Nigmatic, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Awesome man...excellent comment. Go check out the movie "Why We Fight".
  • Liam76, on 03/31/2008, -26/+11For all you morons who are buying into this military industrial complex BS try doing a littler learning on your own.

    Halliburton is not making record profits. Nor is LM or Boeing or any of the other big defense companies. Take a look at SLB, has nothing to do with our govt isn't a military provider and they are doing better than any of the "military industrial complex" companies. If all cheney or bush wanted was more power/money there are better ways to get it.

    There wasn't a second shooter, the twin towers weren't controlled demolition, and corporations didn't push into war with Iraq.
    • aikidozen, on 03/31/2008, -5/+8I think you miss the point. The issue isn't some sort of grand conspiracy, it's that there is an group of men (mostly) for whom the political, financial/corporate, and military sectors do not have boundaries. When you come from the Defense Department, move to Haliburton, come back to the White House as VP, and push hard for war in Iraq, that's a HUGE problem. And that's just one example. The Bush White House has put the top echelon of the extractive resources (oil, timber, mining, etc.) industry and lobby in charge of policy in those sectors. It becomes very easy to actually believe you are doing the right thing when you and all your buddies stand to gain money, power, and influence over the decisions you make. For me, the military-industrial complex is not about oddball conspiracy theories, but rather about the sever clouding of judgement by an elite group of people who swim in the same circles and make major decisions that determine the course not only of OUR nation, but of the entire world.
      • Liam76, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Why should they have boundries. If you are highly talented and hardworking you shuold be able to excel in any field. Running a business requires leadership skills, skills that can be applied to politics. Should people who have had corporate experience be barred from public work? If Obama or Clinton wins the election would you object to them appointing AL Gore a position of power witht he administration since he is connected to companies that rpofit from green initiatives?

        Shouldn't someone in charge of policy for a particular sector have experience in that sector?

        If the goal of these people was more money there are easier ways to get it than to start wars.
    • sigg14, on 03/31/2008, -7/+7thanks for clearing that up for us Mrs. Cheney
      • norman619, on 03/31/2008, -4/+5How about trying to refute what he says? Oh wait you didn't have ***** so you just make a weak attempt at an insult. Nevermind. Go on about your business.
    • orangefly, on 03/31/2008, -7/+7get back to watching fox news....
    • Sean42, on 03/31/2008, -3/+5Have you heard of blackwater, you twit?
      • Liam76, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3I don't think you have a firm grasp on what the military industrial complex is. Blackwater is a bit player in the defense industry and has next to no power in washington.

        The Iraq war hasn't been that much of a boon to the big players. With the threat of N Korea, the re-militirization of Russia, China, and Iran saber rattling they were going to do fine. Halliburton as I mentioned earlier hasn't done any better than its big oilfield competitor (SLB) since the start of the Iraq war. If Iraq was such a windfall why are their profits not through the roof? Why aren;t they growing faster than companies who are on the outside of the "mil-ind" complex"?

        The reason that blackwater is protected from prosecution (which I don't agree with) isn't because they are politically connected, but because if they got in trouble it would make politicians who praised and used them look bad.
        • gofalcons, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3You're missing the point, the military shouldn't be privatized in the first place. They we're operating under any code of justice becuae they're a private company in a foreign country. They didn't have to go by Iraqi law, however they also didn't go under the UCMJ *that's the Uniformed Code of Military Justice in case you didn't know* because they aren't a part of the military.
          There is no reason to send private contractors to Iraq except to make money. Read War is A Racket by General Smedley Butler or even watch the movie Iraq for Sale and hear soldiers and Haliburton employees talk about their experiences first hand. War is the biggest money maker in history, especially when there is no oversight or checks on spending. Stop denying for two seconds and wake up and realize that not everyone in the world is looking out for your best intrest.
    • Chromatik, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2Damn right. And pay no attention to the man behind the curtain either.
    • pigtown, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1You should do some littler learning of your own out of a grammar text book and a dictionary.
      • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1you should realize were on the internet, digg much less and that no one cares.
  • 3tcp, on 03/31/2008, -10/+18He may sound good but his opinion doesn't matter any more than any other average joe's. Whether I agree with them or not, my opinion isn't going to be influenced by people who aren't any more educated on the issues than I am unless I have other reasons to respect their judgement and analytical sense. Hollywood types don't play devil's advocate to their own opinions very well anyway, they seem to be naturally drawn to the most dramatic positions for reasons other than logic. I'm sure there are thousands of more qualified, educated and interesting people on the internet who deserve to be paid attention over these issues before we find out what john ***** cusack thinks.
    • CoolWind, on 03/31/2008, -9/+3Jealous that somebody famous has more power to persuade than you do? Know why? Attitude issues.
  • suzywang3000, on 03/31/2008, -15/+18agree with the above - why do actors (whose opinions count probably LESS than anyone else's) think that they are important?
    • khail250, on 03/31/2008, -9/+4why did Heath Ledgers death get 14000+ diggs and 4,000 US soldiers dead get 3000?

      simple, Americans are idiots
      • OriginalLucid1, on 03/31/2008, -4/+8No America is just fine, thank you. What you should have said is that Digg users are idiots.
        • khail250, on 03/31/2008, -7/+4Just fine? do you own a house? do you own stocks? and have you been outside your holy land to see the world's opinion of us?
          • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2yes, yes, yes, and the rest of the world can kiss my ass. i dont see anyone else jumping into the sudan to help out, or N korea, or china. they need to clean up their own house before telling anyone else how to run thiers.
        • mmmmmbiscuits, on 03/31/2008, -2/+6"Just fine? do you own a house? do you own stocks? and have you been outside your holy land to see the world's opinion of us?"
          Two houses, my portfolio is bulging with stocks, and I'm pretty sure I've traveled the world more than you have. What are your questions?
          • khail250, on 03/31/2008, -7/+3you are wonderful. on the internet chat rooms i can time travel too and date britney spears! props to you
          • mmmmmbiscuits, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4You're the one who asked, genius. So, I'm guessing that means you have no actual questions?
    • juniorb, on 03/31/2008, -1/+5"(whose opinions count probably LESS than anyone else's)"

      Why is that?
    • sigg14, on 03/31/2008, -6/+2I agree actors and celebrities are the last people who's opinion we should care about. these people do not live in the real world as we do, the ***** going on in the world barely has any effect on their daily lives. But if it takes some actor to make the sheep of america aware of what is right in front of their eyes but they refuse to see past the entertainment on the idiot box, then so be it
      • mmmmmbiscuits, on 03/31/2008, -2/+4OH GREAT ENLIGHTENED ONE please tell me what I can do to achieve your nirvana-like level of super-aware awesomeness and stop being a sheep! BAAAAAAH!
      • sigg14, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2sorry, i did not mean to ***** on your moment of clarity courtesy of cusak
        • mmmmmbiscuits, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3I dugg you up. Seriously, Better Off Dead and Grosse Point Blank are two of my favorite movies of all time, but I believe John Cusack and everyone else in Hollywood would do better to shut up and "act" (such as they can.) Your "sheep" comment was just silly, though.
          • sigg14, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1silly? I think it is silly that most americans do not give a ***** about the problems in this country until some celebrity speaks out about the subject, but hey thats just me.
    • CoolWind, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2You say "all actors think they are important". Where did you get that baloney? And then you conclude that their opinions count LESS than anyone else's. Not too logical. For real.
    • MammasMilk, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Why does suzywang300 (whose opinions probably count LESS than anyone else's) think he/she is so important?
      • suzywang3000, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1i don't "think" i'm so important...
    • robbiemuffin, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1look everyone has their own personal sphere of influence. He's an actor, a writer, a director .. he thinks he can make a movie or two about it and.. well he did so it isn't really a matter of opinion.
      You're getting involved here in a different sort of argument... you don't say if he is right or wrong, you say "Why does society glorify some people, when we're all just .. people" and that's great and there's a good discussion on that topic in ethics classes in colleges all over the country and if you search really hard you might find a discussion on that here at digg ... but this isn't it.
  • wonky73, on 03/31/2008, -13/+3And I'd care what some actor babbles about something far too complex for his tiny brain to comprehend, because?

    OH wait this is digg where babbling things too complex for your tiny brains to understand is standard board of fare.
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    • mcquitty, on 03/31/2008, -3/+0Ah, to spew that is the same as saying Faux News.. Both are just as ignorant to dismiss a story simply based upon the source. I especially love it when someone posts something from foxnews.com which is really from one of the wire services and peoplespew how it is not real.
    • Delphium226, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3Nice to see your post being more self-descriptive than usual.
  • ColonelJessup, on 03/31/2008, -12/+6Because I value someone's opinion MORE if he is an actor. Because let's face it, actors are simply better people. They are better looking, have more money, and more friends. Because of this, I value their opinion much more than someone who actually knew what they were talking about.
    • juniorb, on 03/31/2008, -3/+6His voice has a much better chance of being heard, unlike yours, in the middle of a Digg comment page. You better hope that people with the venue and celebrity are willing and able to speak about these issues, because nobody's listening to you or me.
    • Xanrez, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1You forgot your /sarcasm tag....
  • worldinmyeyes, on 03/31/2008, -18/+44"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." - Dwight Eisenhower
    Wake up and rid yourself of the Matrix.

    - fingerprint scanning in major US airports to help fight "terrorism"
    - REAL ID scam (one step closer to what they really want - a microchipped population)
    - Comcast and other companies desiring to monitor you in your home 24/7 in the name of capitalism.
    - Telecoms in bed with the government, illegally spying on innocent Americans.
    - Poisons in our food (aspartame, hormones in milk, plus genetically modified foods)
    - Poisons in our water supply (fluoride, other chemicals and hormones)
    - Autism rates skyrocketing in past decades thanks to unsafe chemicals in immunization shots.
    - A "health care" system, obsessed with putting people on prescription drugs treating symptoms rather than dealing with the root causes of diseases.
    - Cancer rate went from 1 in 33 60 years ago in to 1 in 3 now.
    - Fraudulant War on Drugs putting harmless Americans in a for-profit prison system.
    - Fraudulant War on Terror, taking our freedoms away. Both wars can never be "won."
    - Per the NY Times (10/28/93) and CBS News, the FBI knew all about the plot in the 1993 WTC bombing (killing 6 people), and decided (by supervisors order) not to stop it.
    - The subsequent downing of WTC 1, 2, and 7 were an inside job. OKC bombing too.
    - Operation Northwoods proves the CIA would use false flag terrorist events inside the USA to justify war. Oh, and that was over 40 years ago.
    - Global Warming being used as an excuse to further tax and control people and nations. Look at who is creating the hysteria, drowning out dissent, and then ask why. Research.
    - A corporately owned, lying, manipulative mainstream media - willfully distracting Americans from most truth.
    - In the future, don't count on the Internet being as unregulated as it is today.
    - Bush's grandfather Prescott was a traitor to America and directly supported/funded Hitler. Bush (and others) are deliberately destroying our country - not out of stupidity as supposed, but by design of some very cunning handlers.
    - FEMA (concentration) camps being built by Halliburton for future use.
    - Political assassinations (JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X, and John Lenon) in the USA and abroad (by CIA)
    - A stupefying and deliberate attack on the American education system - dumbing people down, and failing to make them critcally think. This despite more and more money being spent. They know the education system sucks - it's what they want.
    - A Federal Reserve System that essentially controls the economy, conceived in subterfuge, desiring to bring us all into a cashless society where everything can be easily monitored. And how to do this? An economic collapse they helped cause, followed by their "solution."

    Alot to swallow? Sure it is. It took me a long time and countless hours of independent research (ongoing) to begin to understand that we have been lied to, presented a phony reality, and are being attacked on all fronts. You have to connect the dots and see how they are related. If you can't see it, you're blind. You can dismiss these. Otherwise you can wake up, take the red pill, educate others, and take action.
    • ColonelJessup, on 03/31/2008, -11/+5Dude, while I was reading your comment, I could have sworn I was hearing the theme music for The Twilight Zone somewhere way off in the background.
    • jacobonline, on 03/31/2008, -9/+5You know what is wrong with conspiracy theories? They break down very complex subjects into nice little packages to feed one's paranoia. What's up with the fluoride crap. It's not for mind control, just cavity reduction.
      • Jlaugh, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2So when the Nazi's used Fluoride in concentration camps to pacify the slave labor they did it to help fight tooth decay right?
    • Duositex, on 03/31/2008, -11/+5I think your tinfoil hat is cutting off the blood to your brain.
    • Haroshia, on 03/31/2008, -8/+4I wanted to Digg you, but you used a Matrix reference. I'm sorry but I can't digg up somebody who references a big budget Hollywood movie for a philosophical frame of reference.
      • worldinmyeyes, on 03/31/2008, -3/+3Ok, how about Orwell's 1984. "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

        We've been warned enough. It's time for all of us to wake up.

        BTW, our new Attorney General has a painting of Orwell in his office (per Reuters):

        - The top law enforcement official said on Friday he keeps in his office a portrait of George Orwell, whose book "1984" envisioned a futuristic technology security state overseen by a prying "Big Brother."
        http://snipurl.com/232rb
    • JustDino, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Hey you covered a lot of ground on that one--I have to agree with most of what you blog I have been watching
      and trying to educate as I can about all this as you are trying to do. We still have a Republican in this race that is the real cure---10 term Congressman with a 100% constitutional voting record. The true conservative and the only one I see in the race. This man does not just talk the talk he has walked the walk. Ron Paul would do the one thing that no other offers--Abolish the Federal Reserve --this is the most important thing if we want our country back. These Private bankers have printed us out of our freedoms and our property.

      There is no greater power than printing the countries money without accounting or backing they have no limits.
    • thedogfatherx, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Oh boy....
  • kylere, on 03/31/2008, -3/+22On January 17, 1961, Eisenhower gave his final televised Address to the Nation from the Oval Office and he warned the nation against "the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." he coined the phrase. 9 Presidents since failed to heed that warning and Congress went right along with them. Too bad the Christians effectively purchased the Republican party, because we will never see another leader like Eisenhower. Powell may have been the last chance, and thy ruined him.
    • strOphe, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1George Tenet ruined Powell by claiming that all of the evidence he was giving during his UN presentation was airtight. It wasn't something as nebulous as "Christians" or "Republicans." It was the Cheney-Rumsfeld-Tenet trifecta who made him the sincere face for the case for war.
  • brion182, on 03/31/2008, -7/+13This is something you NEVER hear: "Hey, did you watch Bill Maher last night?". I have never met anyone (and I live just outside of Philly and work and meet with and talk to a diverse group of people every day) who watches this show.
    • sparql, on 03/31/2008, -7/+3I hear it pretty often, actually. Of course nearly everyone I spend a reasonable amount of time watches it every week.
    • OriginalLucid1, on 03/31/2008, -6/+9Bill who?
    • SuperVepr308, on 03/31/2008, -5/+10I thought he was in rehab or something. Didn't know he still had a show...
    • Chode2235, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3Isn't PA still polling strong for Clinton? The correlation seems strong...

      Even though Maher is a big fan of Hillary.

      p.s. You can subscribe to the audio podcast of his show on iTunes. It is under the "most popular" section
  • RRJackson, on 03/31/2008, -8/+4It's odd how actors/musicians are so quick to assume that some huge change is just around the corner. It's like being clueless is part of their job description. "Yeah, but next year we're going to dismantle the military and start housing the poor instead."
  • wecaanation, on 03/31/2008, -16/+11Bill Maher is one of the worst interviewers on TV.
    • jezsik, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3I'm guessing you've never watched Bill O'Rielly in action?
  • longtalltexan, on 03/31/2008, -7/+4As for celebrities and there opinions who died and gave rush Limbaugh the authority on politics he was main fame is being born rich and announcing baseball games - o'rielly some fake reporter on a fake news magazine - personally cusack isn't telling me anything i didn't know - but ha ha - the winners are rich and the losers are poor and that's not going to change
  • BryanG412, on 03/31/2008, -4/+1It's a Trap
  • thelimopit, on 03/31/2008, -6/+4I loved him in American Beauty!
  • BannedTwice, on 03/31/2008, -17/+9Buried. Total BS. Torture for profit, you libs are in outer-space. How about torture to prevent terrorist attacks. I would trade the lives of a million foriegners for just one of you. What a bunch of cowards.
    • pkarpenko, on 03/31/2008, -4/+11Way to dehumanize 95% of the world's population, buddy.
    • Hetman, on 03/31/2008, -2/+7How about torture for no reason. Because you know it doesnt work, and it just makes america look like homicidal maniacs.
      • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1homicidal maniacs=someone who kills alot
        torture=not killing someone
        • alacrity2005, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1yeah, cuz torture NEVER ends in death.
          • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1not if the torture is executed correctly. it kind of defeats the point of torture if you kill them
          • alacrity2005, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Depends why they're being tortured.. and accidents happen.
    • ExRe, on 03/31/2008, -1/+11Torture to prevent terrorist attacks?

      Well, just you hope that they do not decide you might be a terrorist. They'll lock you up against your will in Gitmo, then torture you for years. Nobody will know what happened to you back here, you simply disappeared.
    • Di0genes, on 03/31/2008, -2/+5 Words have lost all meaning - as long as he is in tune with the zeitgeist, the logical validity of a person's claims is unimportant.
    • Delphium226, on 03/31/2008, -2/+7I would trade you for a million foreigners.
    • Sean42, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4You have failed in life.
      Please try again.
    • BEloftyIRONS, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2That is one helluva conversion rate. I may think highly of myself, but not that high. I have no problem being tough on the terrorists (I supported the attack on the Taliban In Afghanistan). But what you said was very evil.

      Does anyone know where I can download this episode i can't find it on any of the torrent sites?
  • Juicediggs, on 03/31/2008, -11/+7It's official. The stupidest people on the internet have taken over Digg.
    • JoeRW, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Well at least it's not been taken over by the specially manufactured opinion people sent to undermine popular thought. When that does happen, it will be a very sad day.
      Juicediggs, I dont mean you, but if anyone does post at the direction of some group they should know that that behavior is corrupt.
  • dexter411, on 03/31/2008, -11/+7John Cusack: American political theorist or self-righteous prick? You decide.
    • Troy64, on 03/31/2008, -5/+3I'll go with self-righteous prick.

      I don't know why these guys, whose livelihood depends on people spending money to see them, continue to spew out opinions that are just going to piss off half of their costumer base. Then they complain censorship when people don't spend money to see their movies.

      You will never see anyone in sales going around telling people their political opinions. It's not because there shallow, it's because it is bad for business.
      • dexter411, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1I don't even mind the fact that he has a moronic opinion; everyone has the right to that. But, like with musicians who release poliical albums, I don't understand why they think so highly of their opinion that they believe everyone else wants to know what they think. Surprisingly, its not his radical views that make anyone even know his name-- it's that he's good at pretending to be someone that's not him.
  • jplevel, on 03/31/2008, -6/+1John or Joan Cusack? TL:DR
  • tetsuo29, on 03/31/2008, -6/+9Why do people keep commenting on whether or not Cusack's opinion matters? I'm sorry, I missed the part where the entire film is his opinion. I somehow made the mistake of thinking that even if he is an actor, and even if he is using his cachet of fame and name recognition to promote this film that the film itself might contain factual information that could be viewed and ascertained on its own merit.
    • alacrity2005, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1WHAT!!! A reasoned argument and intelligent discourse... DAMN you, you rationalist. Reported as abuse.
  • Sean42, on 03/31/2008, -2/+11I support our troops, but this war-profiteering has got to stop. If anyone should make a buck on this war, it should be the troops themselves and not politically connected draft-dodging twits.
    • bubbadoo989, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4Well that just ain't goin' to happin' with Bush and Cheney. No way, no how.
  • SuperVepr308, on 03/31/2008, -8/+7While I like some of his work, I couldn't care less what Cusack's thoughts on the world are.
  • OC73, on 03/31/2008, -14/+7Cusack, stick to comedy.
    • Troy64, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1He seemed to be a little too angry for comedy.
      • alacrity2005, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1So you didn't watch it then. He didn't come off as angry at all. You couldn't even stretch it to that if you tried.
  • tufftugg, on 03/31/2008, -4/+8Yep for sure, the Neo-cons have gone from comical to paranoid wimps to Nazi ideology supporters. Their leaders have been caught in lies, and yet they support the liars. I guess when your watching Fox news and thinking your being informed of reality, your kinda messed anyway.
  • Roger_Ramjet, on 03/31/2008, -10/+5Well, if an actor says it, it must be true!

    GIVE ME A BREAK.
    • Hetman, on 03/31/2008, -3/+3I agree with you. I do not like Cusack, he seems like a huge Deuchbag, But anyway if you want a more reliable source how about Eisenhower and how about he was warning us about 30 years ago that we were going to have this problem. Secondly one of the reasons for the break down of the USSR is because they were incapable of allocating resources and ended up spending more on their military than they could possible afford.
  • snotrokit, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1Any time that there is an opportunity to profit, regardless of any questionable morals or ethics, no matter how severe, there will ALWAYS be a line out the door for people to take full advantage of it.
    This is the way of the world, $$ and/or power are their Gods.
  • Sean42, on 03/31/2008, -3/+8All hail the Defense Department fanboy bury brigade.
    Why don't diggers love America?
    I mean, what is more patriotic than a no-bid cost-plus contract that makes politically connected insiders A LOT of money?
    /sarcasm
  • Hetman, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4I agree we do have a problem with the Military industrial complex. Unfortunately this did not just happen overnight. Eisenhower warned us like 30 years ago about this. Their needs to be a clear separation of who gets contracts from the government and which politician eventually works for these companies. This is a huge conflict of interest.
  • URnotheonly1, on 03/31/2008, -6/+4You people are ***** idiots.
  • damienv5, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3Nobody who is commenting here can get on the Bill Maher show, can they? At least he's saying something on national television so the topic is discussed (even if it is mostly to promote his movie), just as it is now on Digg, so that those who are ignorant of these types of issues can start getting involved.
    • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2why would anyone waste their time going on mahers show?
      • alacrity2005, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Because it's funny, intelligent and entertaining... and most of all, because he lets both sides be represented. Something most conservative oriented shows don't do.
        • Monk22, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1not according to the ratings.
          • alacrity2005, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Yeah, cuz ratings are how we tell shows that are funny, intelligent and entertaining.
  • wookiecontrol, on 03/31/2008, -9/+2who cares what john cusack thinks.
    • willskillz, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2apparently a lot more ppl care what he thinks then what you think. self righteous douche bag.
  • mike17032, on 03/31/2008, -8/+6More quality "news" from rawstory.....

    Who gives a ***** what actors think about anything. Tom Cruise used to be an actor too, it doesnt mean he isnt ***** crazy.
    • lightningrod220, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2Comment of the day: "Tom Cruise used to be an actor too, it doesnt mean he isnt ***** crazy."
      Best laugh so far today.
  • johnnyfistfight, on 03/31/2008, -6/+1After a long string of flops the only gig that's up is Cusack's career.
  • WardofHarm, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4This effects everyone in ways you just can't yet imagine. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
  • PolishLogic, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2I still prefer the one where Keanu Reeves, Fran Drescher and Maher discussed the declining hegemony of the new globalist age.
  • mynameisrobert, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2I hate to break it to you, but this guys opinions, like all opinions of most celebs, does count more than mine or yours.

    If you want my opinion you either have to be within ear shot, or log on to digg.

    Also, just because he is a celeb doesn't mean he is an idiot. Some celebs actually do have a brain, some don't.

    Just like the diggnation.
  • Kewlduderules, on 03/31/2008, -2/+4$1000 says he does not mention the influence of AIPAC, ADL, and Israel in the movie.
    Can't do that, it would be anti-Semitic (sarcasm).

    • JointVenture, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3....and the NAACP is suing on behalf of a student who was told to pull his PANTS up because they think it is discriminatory.

      All special interest groups are out for themselves.
      • Kewlduderules, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Big difference between AIPAC and NAACP. AIPAC has lots of money to buy our politicians votes. Interesting to note too that there is hardly any decent in Congress over our middle east policy- Gee, I wonder why? (sarcasm). Where as racial issues (as it pertains to blacks and whites), there is plenty of disagreement in Congress. I don't think the NAACP has that much power.
    • EdKnowsAll, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0There are people who cry racism over anything, legitimate or not. If something doesn't go someone's way, cry discrimination.
  • lightningrod220, on 03/31/2008, -8/+2He's an actor. That makes him least-qualified to make a judgement on religion, politics, society, [insert topic here].
    There are dancing penguins that are far more intelligent than your average actor. Point in case: Robin Williams.
  • Hetman, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9For everyone who is saying he is an actor. Yea you guys are right. And highly intelligent for being able to point out the fact that yes he is an actor. And you guys are right and also highly intelligent about pointing out the fact that his opinions do not matter. You fail however to point out all of the other sources that have been complaining about the military industrial complex. Starting with Eisenhower since the 60s and also current authors such as Henry A. Giroux "as seen on Colbert or The daily show I can not remember which one." Not that current or historical facts matter to you guys because you hate celebrities even on the off occasion that they are right like Cusuack is about the military industrial complex.


  • EdKnowsAll, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1At least he knows the truth about what is going on in America. You can't call something opinion if it's backed by solid fact. You would think that John Cusack would be smart enough to support Ron Paul, the only candidate who undeniably knows how to fix what's wrong with this country. No more voting for the lesser of 2 evils. Listen to what the candidates have to say, look at their past record, and vote based 100% on that info. This is not a popularity contest, it's about picking the candidate that's best qualified, and Ron Paul's voting record of over 18 years in Congress is spotless. He will never violate his oath to defend and uphold the constitution. I guarantee Hillary, McCain and Obama will, and probably already have violated their oath, as almost every politician does.
    • Greyscale88, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Are you ***** kidding me man? RON PAUL IS OVER, DEAL WITH IT.
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