There are many things in the world I thought would never occur. The Red Sox winning the World Series. Democratic governments in former Soviet states. A live action movie of the Transformers. And yet while these have all, indeed, recently taken place (or, in the Transformers case, soon to take place), nothing - nothing - could have prepared me for the shock of seeing what appeared in the news yesterday.
Ready? A host of Hollywood stars, including some names you'd never expect like Nicole Kidman, Michael Douglas, Don Johnson and Danny DeVito (plus some you would expect - Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, Dennis Hopper), took out a full-page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times supporting democracy and strongly condemning the terror organizations Hamas and Hezbollah.
Wow. Just wow. I'm still astounded. Even Hollywood is finally starting to get it. There's still a long way to go, of course, but this is quite a refreshing blast of air. If such a bastion of far-leftism can recognize the dangers of Islamic terrorism, then America's future looks a lot sunnier.
Now Tinseltown just needs to convince its comrades in the media, academia, and (especially) the judiciary to do the same thing. If that occurs, perhaps we won't even have to refer to them as comrades anymore.
It's about time!
Posted by: Mini Me | August 19, 2006 at 12:15 AM
Let's just hope they keep it up!
Posted by: Solid Surfer | August 24, 2006 at 10:43 PM