Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Threshold Editions (March 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451625618
ISBN-13: 978-1451625615
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
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To paraphrase Captain Louis Renault in the 1942 movie "Casablanca" "I'm shocked to find hypocrisy among the left-wingers of Hollywood!"Of course in December 1942 -- and early 1943 when the classic Warner Bros. movie went into wide release -- movies were worth seeing. They didn't feature gun-wielding characters like Matt Damon and Daniel Craig who take home tens of millions of dollars per movie starring in violent flicks like the "Bourne" trilogy (for Damon) and the James Bond flicks (for Craig) and attack the Second Amendment rights of ordinary people who have guns for protection and/or target shooting and hunting, writes Jason Mattera in "Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama' Biggest Backers/"Actually, I wasn't at all surprised -- or shocked -- about the hypocrisy of A-list celebrities like Sting, Madonna, Bono, Al Gore, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Cameron Diaz, Bruce Springsteen, and many, many more. They've always had a pious (Prius?) "Do as I say, not as I do" attitude that allows people like Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Penn to have gun-toting bodyguards -- in the case of Rosie -- and carry permits -- in the case of Sean Penn. The latter actor, friend of Hugo Chavez and an anti-gun person (except for his own shooting irons) had his car stolen outside a Berkeley (naturally) California restaurant, Mattera writes. In the trunk of this unspecified make and model car -- I'll bet it wasn't a Prius -- was a loaded .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver (probably like my .38 M&P) and a loaded 9 mm Glock semi-automatic. And Rosie had the unmitigated gall to attack (on her own show a dozen years ago) conservative actor Tom Selleck for defending gun rights.
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