Johnny Depp is a moron (if you didn't already know that)

I would like to know where he pays his taxes.

 

I despise the bush administration and practically everything it's done in the past 3 years, and I speak my mind about it. And yes, I'm certainly patriotic. I just don't like our current leaders.

Must not have checked recently.

Polls for bush are 50/50, and when asking if you'd re-elect bush or someone else, it's 48-45, in favor of bush. The numbers have been dropping fast, especially with the economy and the iraq quagmire intertwining.

Depp doesn't force people to go see his movies. He's not paying them slave wages to be entertained by his talent. That's a pretty silly statement to make covermye.

 

First of all, the 2/3 of the US aid goes to Isreal and Egypt. The rest is spread in various places of interest of the US. There's no aid going to west-european countries or canada or other places like that from which most criticism comes from. Criticism from a country recieving aid is far from common.

As for your other point .. I don't see why he can't do business with the US and yet dislike the political climate? Do you like the political climate in China? Well, I don't, but I don't see that as a reason to stop doing business with them. And I seriously doubt Depp views China in more positive way than he views the US.

 

Can you say China (as Humus mentioned)? Saudi Arabia? Singapore?

What is the charge against Depp, that he accepts money from American corporations? Is that any better then money made by authors of “Everything is wrong with Americaâ€￾ books over the last decade?

 

well i don't do busniess with those countrys nor do i plan on doing it with them. Well i do buy gas so i guess you can say i do busniess with the saudi's .

Do you dispise the cliton administration for the wreck that is our economy .

 

Depp did more than disparage the Administration. He said he would never even take his kids to the US for more than a few days as if the people are so horrible.

It's one thing to disparage the government, but to stereotype 50 states and 280+ million people? Depp is a moron. I think I will boycott or pirate his future movies. I was gonna see pirates of the carribean, now I think I'll pass and wait for a DVD rip.

 

He wants to teach his kids to "...check it out, get this feeling, and then get out." Sounds like he's critical of more than just the Administration. He's an idiot.

 

That’s why I mentioned the tax issue before. If Mr. Depp is so displeased with the present administration and of the people who support it, he has the option to pay his taxes in France. This would certainly cost him dearly. I wonder if will put his money where his mouth is.

 

I'll bet he lives in Monaco. Many european celebrities choose to live there for tax reasons.

 

Or Cayman Islands.

 

What do you expect from someone as superficial as a hollywood star. I mean the guy is a good actor, but that's about it. As a human being he is an idiot beside being an alcoholic and a drug addict. One day he'll get bored of Vanessa, like he did with Kate and Wynona? And will say somekind of other stupidity. But who cares, really, I know of frenchmen who hates their own countries too

 

Zurich: Either extreme (liberal or conservative) can drive the country into the ground. We haven't gone there with either wing though, IMO.. and hopefully we won't.

BTW, you don't see the left complaining much when Clinton decides to drop a bomb in the Middle East.. just a thought.

 

I think I'll follow you on that one.

I really enjoyed POTC though. It's a must-have for me. That'll be the end though.

 

Well, you see, the standard retort of "Why don't you just move to France?" just can't be applied here, so they needed to resort to something else.

 

Wasn't Chaplin barred from reentry in the USA because he was an illegal?

 

Not at all. They weren't the ones who enacted over $2 trillion in tax cuts which has helped thrust us deeper into red ink with no ascertainable positive effect, came into office irresponsibly talking about deep recession in order to sell their politically driven tax cut package, wasted world wide good will towards our nation after one of the worst disasters in our history, started a war against another country without bullet proof facts about their weapons capabilities while ignoring a greater bonafide threat, held secret meetings with energy companies who turned out to be crooked to the core (for instance, the fleecing of California during the artificially created energy crisis of 2001) in order to form energy policy, spent much time attempting to open federally protected land in order to drill for oil, etc etc etc...

And now this little ditty.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/961134.asp?0cv=CA01

Considering the "misleading" of the public wrt Iraq's WMD, this frankly doesn't surprise me.

There are many more reasons that I haven't listed as to why I hope November 2004 brings about a change in the white house leadership.

 

That's because our interests overseas had been attacked and we had proof of who did it. If we had rock solid proof of Iraq's intentions, you would not have seen the mass protests against the war that you did.

And frankly every day that passes further validates those who opposed the war until we received more information about it.

 

It is? I'd really like to know a reason why. Just a single one.

 

Natoma: Good point. Different circumstances, of course.

It pretty much rides in the territory of the smoking gun POV. Some people want to wait until something bad happens before moving, others want to move before something bad happens and totally eliminate that threat. Bush and Clinton took different routes.

Which route is better? Depends on the situation. Personally, I support Bush but anybody can see that.. like you said.. there probably wasn't enough of a threat. And then you can factor in that we did liberate a nation.. a people. One down, #### to go?

But then again, it wasn't really executed in the best way possible. Iraq is in a state of chaos. Of course, like Bush said in a recent press release.. rebuilding takes time. Well, too bad that it takes a hell of a lot of money, too.. a big flaw. Obviously lives as well, but they died for the sake of freedom. In 10-20 years, if the US and their allies are successful in settling down Iraq.. perhaps everybody will finally fully reap what we've sown here. Iraq is going to have democracy. Iraqi descendants may someday be as common or more common than Lebanese or Indian peoples in America's streets, and Iraq will be as free as anything. I think that's a good future despite how rocky the road was getting there.

Going a little bit OT here of course, so I'll stop..

About boycotting Johnny Depp: Meh, despite that I disagree with him.. there's no way I'd boycott him. He's a great actor.. speaking of POTC he basically carried that film. I liked him in Edward Scissorhands too.