Demographics of cigarette smoking
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Filtering the wheat from the chaff. Exactly. I don't care if Belafonte wants to speak, I just wish people would think before they do. Case in point: Belafonte was the UN's goodwill ambassador. I'm not entirely sure how calling Bush a terrorist is spreading good will, but that's neither here nor there. Why didn't Belafonte challenge Chavez to do something more for his people? I've been to Venezuela when Chavez was president, and let me tell you, it wasn't pretty. He may be trying to change things, but it seems like he's just like politicians in our country - keep everything the same and make a lot of money. So the fact that Belafonte was cozying up to him while condemning Bush just didn't make sense.
I never like when people who aren't a little better versed in whatever they're commenting on open their mouths. I certainly wouldn't discuss physics, because I don't know much about it. I wouldn't expect politicians to speak about comic books, because that's not something they care about (unless it's there hobby). Yes, I know Belafonte worked in civil rights (I was just kidding with the "calypso singer" jibe, because I was aware of his work), but it seems like he was moving beyond his field of expertise in Venezuela. It also served no purpose whatsoever. Detractors of Bush are going to agree with him, but supporters of Bush are going to ignore whatever else he has to say about the situation between Venezuela and the U.S. because they think he's nuts.
Sorry for the rant. You asked for it!!!!
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