Back of the BUS George, Back of the BUS!

I didn't want to watch the Oscars but there was nothing else on and we're down to only one TiVo'ed episode of 24. I usually watch the pre show and skip the Oscars because I do like to see the dresses. I was curious about Jon Stewart and how far he would go with the political humor. Unfortunately for me George Clooney's best supporting actor win occurred early in and I was subjected to his self righteous little speech. I can summarize his speech in one sentence. "Hollywood is out of step with America because we are better than America".

George Clooney is the male version of a "dumb blonde". He is so darn good looking that he never had a need to develop any brain power. Actors as a group emote for a living. Their stock in trade is emotions not thought. That they are exceptionally talented and endlessly celebrated causes them to be fooled into thinking that they are exceptional in other areas. Since everything they say is reported and repeated they mistakenly believe that what they say has some heft or value. They could not be more mistaken.

Barbara Strisand thinks she is an expert in, oh gosh, I guess just about everything. Ms Strisand can sing and act and has made millions using those God given talents. This blinds her to the reality that she knows nothing about how America should run our foreign or domestic policies. Even more hilarious than her attempts at stating her policy preferences, usually followed by blaming the multiple spelling errors on staff underlings, are her disparaging remarks about our President.

President Bush graduated from Yale and earned an MBA from Harvard. Ms Strisand has a high school diploma. George Clooney thinks blacks were forced to sit in the back of the theater and although at one time there were probably theaters with signs stating "Whites Only" it was the back of the bus George, the back of the bus. So collect your awards Hollywood, and pat yourselves on the back for being such great guys and gals. Those of us out here in America who buy the movie tickets, or more often than ever don't buy the movie tickets will continue to vote with our dollars. When the gross for all the best picture nominees totaled is a mere fraction of the gross for Chronicles of Narnia, who really got the last laugh?