Tim Robbins opens his mouth, National Association of Broadcasters swoons
The mainstream media has a reputation for being incurably left-wing. Because the MSM is left-wing. So whom did the National Association of Broadcasters invite to keynote its annual convention in Las Vegas to help provide balance? Why, far Left activist actor Tim Robbins, of course!
After extending the invitation, someone apparently had second thoughts and asked him to ditch his prepared speech and sit for a question-and-answer session instead.
No go.
Robbins strutted up to the podium, took a vote on whether he should deliver his diatribe, and then, having won approval from the audience, indignantly excoriated the media masochists–the majority of whom cheered every profane, unhinged, Bush-bashing word.
The moderator of the Q&A session that never occurred has a post about Robbins’ triumph, which he praised as “important,” here. More here. TV Newser adds this:
The idea of an outspoken actor giving the keynote to the nation’s broadcasters was lost on many people, including Robbins himself. Speaking in the third person, he said “Mr. Robbins will speak about the challenges facing broadcasters and media delivery systems.” Adding, “I’m not sure what that fucking means.”
Variety swooned:
Addressing the kickoff of the National Assn. of Broadcasters confab in Las Vegas, Robbins at first hesitated over whether to deliver the speech he had prepared, thinking he might serve the audience better by submitting to a Q&A session with a moderator.
But after some back and forth with the audience, which encouraged him to go with the speech, Robbins obliged. He launched into an apology to conservative talkers Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly “and Laura whatshername,” noting that all had labeled him traitorous or unpatriotic for having called for more time to be given to U.N. weapons inspectors before deploying military force against Iraq.
“They said I was a dupe of left-wing appeasement … and how right they were,” Robbins quipped. “Had I known then of all the smiling faces” that now populate Iraq, “the wildfire of democracy that is spreading throughout the Middle East,” he would have not spoken as he did, he said.
He added that he can see now that his words were indeed “traitorous, unfounded and irresponsible, so I apologize to the talkradio geniuses.”
…The fun started to get uncomfortable when Robbins referred to both the Reagan and Clinton administrations having eased limitations on media ownership — all to the “benefit” of communities, which then no longer had to listen to diverse, complex opinions “or alternative rock.” NAB has supported relaxing ownership rules…
…”In all seriousness, folks,” Robbins said, dropping the good-natured satirical tone, “We’re at an abyss as an industry and a country.” He talked of pervasive cynicism in the country and added that “you, as broadcasters, have the power to turn the nation away from cynicism. Or you can hide behind the old adage, ‘I’m just a businessman, just providing what the audience wants.’ ”
Robbins urged the mass of broadcasters to join the relatively few, he said, that are trying to steer away from mindless sensationalism to “appeal to our better nature.” Who knows, he said — there might even be money in that. The audience laughed.
Laughed…because maybe they’ve read the stories about all those anti-war movies tanking at the box office.
Robbins forged ahead with his anti-Ayn Rand sermon:
“Now is the time to recognize that you are not just businessmen but guardians of the human spirit with a responsibility to the health of the nation.” Otherwise, Robbins warned, “The road we’re on is a corruption of our former selves.”
About two-thirds of the packed ballroom rose to a standing ovation.
Guess this all part of that crushing-of-dissent thing of which Robbins claims he is such a victim.
It is just so very, very damned difficult to speak your mind (such as it is) when you’re a Hollywood liberal in America, isn’t it?
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Flashback: Robbins slanders American troops.
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BARF
What a useless idiot. and his gf.
I don’t know why these hollywood liberals think that they have the answer to everything. They are so out of touch with the rest of the country and they just don’t see it.
I don’t see what he said that was so problematic. It wasn’t like he was wrong about Iraq. He didn’t even spare his own audience from his criticisms. Equal opportunity criticizer. What’s the issue here?
I don’t even know why anyone pays attention to tim robbins anymore. Hasn’t he been over for awhile now? Personally, I think we should ignore all of the Hollyweird left. Don’t patronize their movies, websites, or anything else they’ve got going for them. Of course, I think that’s what middle America is doing… hence the tanking box office sales and anti-war flops.
I think the biggest amount of cynicism comes from Hollywierd and he delivers a big part of it. I imagine the businessmen will stay with providing what the audience wants because they want to make money.
Tim “The Enchanter” Robbins is not a wizard in the thinking department.
(the picture is for the Python fans)
Why didn’t the National Association of Broadcasters invite a “distinguished journalist” like Keith Olbermann or Dan Rather? LOL!!! Next year I hear they will have a debate format between Michael Moore and Sean Penn. They are going to debate who their favorite straw man is, Dick Cheney or Karl Rove.
Of course the NAB had a second speaker after Robbins to provide a Conservative point of view to give balance the whole event, right?
(sarc off
Who do these people think they are? Seriously. They all have some delusion of grandeur happening on a hugely scary level. Do they honestly think that they are that drastically important to America and American people. If they all shut their traps tomorrow I guess the sky would fall and it would all be over. (insert me rolling my eyes wildly here…)
New here, hi! Thanks Michelle!
I have long ago ceased to attend movies that have flaming liberals in them or a liberal slant such as global warming, corporate coruption, anti-war, etc.
Mixer14 - I think they think Robbins IS the conservative… lol
I agree with all you said AA #8. These people think they are so important. The arrogance of their ilk knows no bounds.
I do my best to not support any of the nuts by not seeing anything they do. I know they will die without my money but hey it’s a start.
The Reverend Wrong (Tim Robbins) preaches to the choir. Nothing new here from Tim Robbins or Rusty.
The real story here is that yet again the left see themselves as the yardstick withwhich the world should be measured.
Sounds like he’s trying to peddle votes for Ralph Nader.
This is a perfect example of why we’re seeing the twilight of the establishment media and Hollyweird.
Another Hollyweird actor whose movies I will boycott!
Guess, that’s why I am here now & not watching television… oh wait I don’t have a television (maybe I should get one with my stimulus check?, naaaa).
MSM?, just say no. So much for incurable.
What the heck is that even supposed to mean? Good Grief, what an idiot!
Jim C
Mr. Robbins is the typical liberal….considers himself better educated and enlightened than anyone else, thus deserving of his self appointed post of “dictator of thought to the unwashed masses.” I can certainly understand how his acting career makes him an expert in diplomacy, military matters, geopolitics, and so forth…not! He’s probably in favor of the fairness doctrine, which loosely translates into freedom of speech for liberals AND NO ONE ELSE. Maybe he doesn’t understand that radio IS a business, driven by economics, and supported by advertising revenue, which frankly means if the people don’t like or approve of it, it shouldn’t be on. I’m not sure why he is complaining, when most of msm, taxpayer supported npr, and others give us an undiluted and constant stream of propaganda and misinformation, all of it well left of center…is he unhappy that alternative media and talk radio are increasing in numbers and circulation? Most people don’t like having ideas force fed to them, especially when the ideas are wrong. Lastly, I don’t know of anyone who has labelled him as unpatriotic…he has done that himself, we’ve merely noted his words, taken them at face value, and hold him responsible. In typical liberal fashion, he continues to find fault with much, has answers for none, and displays an arrogance worthy of a clinton, a reality base worthy of a sheehan, and the intregrity of a soros.
I used to love the movie, “Thelma and Louise” until the ugliness of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon bloomed for all to see.
Hollywood is dead, RIP.
Robbins has an Iraq War related movie coming out in October that’s surprisingly positive about the war. Probably because he didn’t write it.
Stop following me Mookie.
Tim Robbins is a self absorbed fool. He should stick to play acting and stop embarrassing himself by trying to speak about complex issues like freedom of speech. What does he want? That media owners pass a “Tim Robbins” Seal of Approval Test? What a FOOL.
Ahh yes, I miss watching Bull Durham too. Used to be a right of spring for me and my best friends to get some good home brewed Oregon beer, pizza and munchies and sit down to watch Major League and Bull Durham during the week of opening day of the MLB season. Ahhh, memories, good times, good stuff!
hitcharide re: “has answers for none, and displays an arrogance worthy of a clinton, a reality base worthy of a sheehan, and the intregrity of a soros.”
UHOH… I think you have just revealed the antichrist…
So, is he joking or what? I mean, no one promised a “wildfire of democracy spreading throughout the Middle East,” but there IS a stunning democratic fervor in Iraq. I guess he doesn’t remember - or wasn’t paying attention to - all those “purple fingers” that even the MSM had to publish.
And yes, there ARE “smiling faces” in Iraq, which the conservative bloggers are always happy to present.
But perhaps Mr. Robbins is far too occupied slinking around in the back-alleys to avoid the government agents trying to “repress” him, so he doesn’t have time to log on.
Tim Robbins is a tad toolish. But I’ll always be thankful for Andy Dufresne.(Thank you). His wife is still hot for her age. I’ll never forget her in White Palace. Their politics are a little too “lefty” for me, and Robbins lost me when he asked “why shouldn’t Iran have nukes….we have them.”
Timothy who? Can I go to bed now?
It’s been dead for years now. As for Tim Robbins, just another idiot who won’t keep his mouth shut and knows nothing about real issues in this country and world like the rest of Hollyweird.
I’m sick of them all.
He’s another Hollyrhoid dullard.
Did you all really expect anything more from a FILM school grad?
Cerebral, hardly.
Just another road apple. Sweep it aside and let’s get on with real life.
Robbins has said in the past he’s a victim of the “crushing of dissent”. That he and his wife (girlfriend? companion?) Susan Sarandon live a very wealthy lifestyle, can speak their minds and do what they please contradicts his assertion that he’s a victim of anything remotely resembling censorship.
And as one of those small-town folk who “clings” to “religion and guns”, I find it laughable that someone like Robbins would have the faintest clue about my life when he is so completely out of touch with 90% of America.
I quit caring what Hollywood had to say after I found out at around 10 years old that Bugs Bunny was actually a fellow named Mel Blanc. That goes double for Timmy
I suggest ignoring these people. They simply aren’t relevant.
I have long felt that, if I were ever trapped in an overcrowded liferaft that included Mr. Robbins, and we had to start eating people in order to stay alive……….
I’d fillet him first.
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
- Alfred Hitchcock
It’s a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two points of their IQ.
– Truman Capote
Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
– Walter Winchell
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
- Harry. M. Warner, founder of Warner Brothers, in 1927
#5 On April 14th, 2008 at 10:07 pm, Tennessee Dave said:
“Tim “The Enchanter” Robbins is not a wizard in the thinking department.
(the picture is for the Python fans)”
Tennessee Dave - thank you for that!
Much appreciated yucks!
“He who would cross this bridge must answer these questions three.” (A paraphrase, but close enough!)
Great. Just what the world needs: a self important drama queen, er, I mean major (UCLA) using his movie notoriety to spout his crackpot liberal ideas. At least he was brave enough to do it in front of a sympathetic audience!
Yeah, I can’t understand where that cynicism could come from, given the constant media drumbeat of a “failed Iraq war,” a country in recession, a “stolen” election and the world coming to an “man made” greenhouse gas induced end because of SUVs and economic prosperity in the U.S. (of course, you don’t hear that much about the role of China in pollution and world strife).
Josef Goebbels would be proud.
To wit: does any of this sound vaguely familiar with respect to liberal campaign techniques or criticisms of our soldiers in Iraq?
from “The German Propaganda Archive” http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/goeb59.htm
Why would anyone take what an actor says and consider it important? And since when did the world start worshiping their ideas instead of their work on film?
And frankly, why would anyone worship Robbins? He’s not even a very good actor.
What TV show does Tim Robbins come on?
To paraphrase a bumper sticker on my wife’s Jeep Liberty
“My Golden Retriever is smarter than Tim Robbins.”
Tim Robbins is one of the many reasons I don’t waste my time with the “entertainment” industry. I can’t see subjecting myself to the aggravation their idiocy causes. I don’t think I’m missing much.
And, who exactly is Tim Robbins? I have never heard of him.
On April 14th, 2008 at 11:11 pm, yeper said:
I quit caring what Hollywood had to say after I found out at around 10 years old that Bugs Bunny was actually a fellow named Mel Blanc.
And I weep to this very day !
Only vapid idiots would think vapid actors have anything relevant to say.
Oh wait….the liberal media is full of vapid idiots.
Utter liberal horsesh*t.
Media isn’t just for the indoctrination of us peons.
Us peons can decide if we want to be indoctrinated on our own just fine without authoritarian elites.
Obama just lost an election for this same kind of holier than thou back patting butt kiss for cash.
Robbins was the obvious choice for nine tenths of the network zombies he was sucking the butter out of, which just proves, the best way to save our nation is to have a network exec, for lunch.
Newspeople should just report the news, period. That means tell us what happened. We don’t care about your agenda or your silly opinions. We live our lives every day in the real world. Most of us have at least the same level of education as any journalist does, (and definitely are better educated than actors because you can’t even get a job as an administrative assistant without a college degree anywhere anymore.) The fact that they sought this guy - a guy who is a millionaire businessman himself; who plays make-believe for a living - says everything about what they, themselves are. They identify with this person. They identify with playing make-believe like children, and having an agenda. Plus they are star struck by a has-been like Tim Robbins. Only one word to describe: PATHETIC.
I sure am glad that I have Hollyweird to educate me on the politics of America since these people are so well versed in the subject. I wouldn’t know who to vote for or support if it weren’t for the brilliant guidance of Tim Robbins/Sean Penn/Pick any other looser Hollyweird activist and insert here/Etc…!
/sarc off
Who cares what Robbins or anyone in that crowd has to say. It makes one wonder who is more pathetic - the actor who actually thinks he/she has something relevant to say or the mindless morons who pretend to listen and comprehend, but are secretly relieved that they were able to read their ticket and find their seat on their own.
No offence to morons.
Wait, I stand corrected. The NAB convention is comprised of mostly sales people for broadcast media - not “journalists.” They are a disgruntled and suffering bunch right now. They are having a tough time competing against the CPP and advanced media opportunities that cable is delivering. Cable is cleaning up against them in advertising sales.
Tim Robbins is nothing more then a liberal mouthpiece. I refuse to watch any movie he or his live-in lover have done ever again. I may not agree with everything President Bush has done (for instance Terri Schaivo), but I do believe that if terrorism is not fought on other shores it will soon enough be fought on the streets of America. I believe that if Tim and Susan and the rest of Hollywood think that this is not true, they should try to “reason” with the terrorists and see just how quickly they end up in the place of Daniel Pearl!
…and that is why I take more credence in what Alex Ovechkin has to say about anything than Tim Robbins. His broken English makes more sense to me than some barely literate, ill-informed and ill-educated elitist idiot like Tim Robbins.
ahhh the good old days when you could go to a concert without being preached to by left wingers– no more concerts for me–and now i boycott hollywood lib films too–not missing much by either account
What does that even mean? Moron. Another leftie quote that sounds pretty, but doesn’t sit very well once you actually think about it.
I use to love the movies until the “actors” opened their mouths and we found out how stupid they are. Does he really think he sounds intellegent? There was a couple of statements that made absolutly no sense. Hey Tim! Shut your mouth and only speak the words coming off that piece of paper your paid to read and try and act out!
Notice what was missing from the story:
“After his speech, Robbins was whisked away by a heavily-armed security detail who travel with the actor as he moves from safe house to safe house; a virtual prisoner of conscience barely out of the reach of Bush Administration death squads acting on the President’s fatwah to summarily execute him for so-called ‘crimes against the state’.
Said Robbins, “Bushitler can’t stop the people and if he were to martyr me, a thousand more will rise to take my place and a thousand more will rise to take their places when they fall. Bush and his fascist cronies will never crush the people and we will live to see them hang!!!”
It’s really easy to be so “brave” and “outspoken” when the so-called powers arrayed against you wouldn’t even bother to pull your account for a cursory tax audit, much less “disappear” you.
It still amazes me that so many in Hollywood strongly support the idea of a far left government, which will slap controls on them and their work, as soon as it gets into power. I guess they think that everyone else will lose freedom of speech, but not them. Boy, are they in for a surprise if their dream government comes true!
As their fortunes and stock plummet they fall at the feet of this silly blowhard. Are they normal? Bitter?
Thanks for bringing all this out, Michelle.
It is because you are reading up on him and his kind and telling us about it that we do not have to waste our time reading up on them ourselves.
I already do not pay attention to this type as they are portrayed or depicted in media, so no loss for me.
Judging by the Newseum, which opened in D.C. last Friday, they’ve just arrived at the end of that road.
Had to look this guy up to remember him. Ah, yes…Shawshank Redemption. (yawn). I see he ranks “60″ on the alltime 100 top actors’ list. I guess that makes him an expert on everything. I have met politicians and actors and talked with them. They have good sides and bad sides, just like us; plus they put their pants on the same way I do, in the morning. No celeb worship here for him or his “partner”…Susan.
Typical Hollywood hypocrisy. Of course nobody will question his blatantly false assertion that he never insulted the troops, that would entail the kind of investigative journalism that only exists on the internet.
Sorry TR, wrong again. They are just business ‘people’; in the entertainment business, so just shut-up and entertain.
It’s time the circus put all the ‘clowns’ back in the little car.
4 1/2 years ago, I literally came within two strides of being face to face with Tim(othy) Robbins and Susan Sarawrap. What he did not know as he, with said whence on his arm, began to move towards me was my memory was fresh. While Tim(othy) is a bit taller and larger, I am not some reporter to be towered over and intimidated.
Yet discretion is the better part of valor.
In a voice loud for all near to hear and of certain tone, leaning forward, and my narrowing eyes staring into his, I made clear that he should come no closer. Suddenly, all was silent and all eyes wide.
Shocked, Tim(othy) and Sue scurried off; the sun came out, the sounds returned, and the day brightened.
Rusty,
IMHO, your problem is always, ‘you don’t see.’
FTA: “They said I was a dupe of left-wing appeasement … and how right they were,” Robbins quipped.
Shouldn’t that read “dope”?
I personally love the bit about media ownership in which he said: “Or you can hide behind the old adage, ‘I’m just a businessman, just providing what the audience wants.’ ” I thought that was the very essence of why a business exists. So he wants the select few to control the media? And I suppose that he and like thinkers (or non-thinkers) should control all media and dictate to the rest of us what we should see and hear? Rather frightening that his audience agrees with that. As for him, he’s beneath contempt.
The only redeeming value Timmy has is his wife used to be hot.
The more people like Robbins talk publicly, the more they expose their radical views. This is a good thing.
If Mr. Robbins wants to appeal to my better nature, he can stay out of politics, which he isn’t qualified to assess anyway, and do what he does best:
act.
Although, I have to admit, with the way Hollywood is going, the only people I’ll end up watching are John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.
It wasn’t like he was wrong about Iraq?
Like. Like. Heh?
The “truth” is somewhere in the middle between Bill Roggio and Michael Yon.
Read, cRusty. Drink deep. Get your ears candled (isnt that the Lefty Moon Loon trend these days?) and maybe that little Kos gremlin will fall out of your noggin.
Robbins is a liberal fascist buffoon who would set up a politburo style government in the USSA if he had the power to make it so.
UNfortunately for him, Soros and the rest of his Cabal have had their reactionary daze in the sun and are headed for the downspike… no matter how many globalist projects they have in the works- from border crashing to jihadi nesting in critial areas of the US government.
Mr. Robbins what makes you such an expert? Are you a military anaylyst because you like to say how terrible those who serve are? What sir are your qualifications to continue to give your opinions as fact? Besides why have you yet to marry your whore and make her an honest woman? Well, when you can present your credentials (besides having a small roll in Top Gun) of your knowledge of the military and foreign affairs (besides just playing roles or reading the newspaper) then I may listen to you for 5 seconds. Until then, sit down, shut up and do whatever your “craft” is and leave the policy notes to the experts.
Tim Robbins in 2004:
Tim Robbins in 2008:
Still stupid after all these years.
Just not vile tripe like this.
It was in Top Gun?
Oh, well, another movie I can no longer watch.
Yes Uplander he was in a very small role in the beginning and the end on the carrier.
True, but her looks began to fade during the Cleveland administration…but not until his second term.
I actually liked the movie Shawshank Redemption and his character Andy Dufresne. That could possibly be due to the fact that Andy gets the living crap kicked out of him on a regular basis for years and he is raped many times…..but that would be mean and nasty now wouldn’t it? And besides that, it is just play actin ain’t it? No these vapid namby-pambys deserve no accolades nor an audience for their diatribes. I vote at the box office. Bruce Willis gets my money but this fop will never get a dime. End of story.
Frankly none of these vapid lefties bother me when they stick to the scripts smarter people have written for them. It’s when they go off-script or attempt to express their own embryonic thoughts that they get in trouble.
Who’s Tim Robbins?
He’s a pretty good actor. But so what? It’s like they wound the key and pointed him to a podium. Same with Penn, Clooney, Baldwin, and Ed Asner back in the day. It’s like Rent-a-Rant.
Yes… it’s a good thing Tim Robbins is here to fight all the cynicism… ?!
Tim who?
Robbin’s position is that we’d be better off if Saddam was left in power.
W removed Saddam from power to prevent him from acquiring nuclear weapons.
It is safe to say, now, Saddam will never have a nuke wouldn’t you say Tim?
Robbins career is dead.
And it’s Robbins and his ilk that are about to push us over. These foul-mouthed Hollywood goons sit spew their junk and wonder why the rest of the country doenst take them seriously and then complain about speech restrictions. I’m all for free speech. Let these cretins remove all doubt about the fools they are.
guardians of the human spirit with a responsibility to the health of the nation
??? I don’t think so. Their job is to report the facts. WE are responsible for the health of the nation based on the facts.
I was going to say that Robbins should stick to making movies, but since he’s only made 1 good movie in his career maybe he should stick to being Mr. Susan Sarandon.
I am not to aware of the popular culture and media. I tend not to be interested and these celebrity types bug me. We try to watch the news and it starts with Paris and Britteny. So now Tim Robbins is important too? I always though Tim Robbins looked like Elton John in drag, or perhaps it is the other way around.
But I am a bitter, church going, gun totin Typical White Person so perhaps I should bow before Mr. Robbins, or Elton John, one of them. But these sissy boys, and they are sissies, demand to be important while dancing with glee over the death of Charlton Heston. Maybe the sissy will get AIDS and blame it on Ronald Reagan. They danced with glee at his death too.
I do not support Hollywood in any shape or form. I do not purchase movie tickets, I hardly see anything worth buying on DVD either. Hollywood is full of arrogant, shallow, pathetic individuals that believe they are actually valid. Tsk tsk tsk…Tim Robbins is a perfect example…why does anyone care what he thinks? What the heck has he done? Most “movie stars” today can’t even “act” their way out of a paper bag.
I wish Tim Robbins would shut his moronic, charlatan film school mouth. Please Mr. Robbins, stop ruining Bull Durham. Stop ruining The Shawshank Redemption and Hudsucker Proxy.
When you’re only in the news nowadays for your childish thoughts, and uneducated opinions it taints the actual work you’ve done.
UCLA is a good school. But film school? That means you’re good at pretending. You graduated in 1981 I might add, which leads me to question whether or not you’d even be admitted nowadays, as you’re too pale for UC’s admissions teams… If only that had been true, we would be spared your stupid thoughts, and even better the unholy non-union of you and Susan Sarandon.
Make a movie or something, but whatever you do, please just shut your pie hole.
Isn’t he lucky our troops put their lives on the line to defend his freedom of speech?
I never did think he was for a Safer , Stronger America . Demorats are still holding the border open . Thats your people T.Robbins , Not mine
Hollywood isn’t even part of America, they live in a bubble, with high priced food, cars, homes, clothing and the like. Who really cares what Robbins has to say? The only way to beat the liberal Hollywood types is in their wallets…don’t go to their movies people!
SnobRobbins!
That a republic has strong as ours has managed to thrive in the face of such unbridled and wholesale ignorance of what it takes to keep a nation and a people safe and free is an absolute miracle!
This tripe is exactly what certain media types and lots of Hollywood types truly believe about themselves - when the truth is they are simply people doing jobs, just like the rest of us, and nothing more.
And another thing: If Robbins hadn’t made a name for himself by saying such things as cited in the article, would anyone even know/remember who he is? I doubt it! With his lackluster personality (little screen presence), so-so/average looks, hit or miss acting abilities, and forgettable performances, Robbins has no choice but to bolster his sagging career with lame lines like those he spewed at the NAB event. It’s his shtick and means of retaining relevance and acceptance in Hollywood.
Lets see… What did Tim Robbins ever do that was impressive?!?!?
Made a movie wherein he is the prison “go to man” (so to speak)…. Married an ugly, second rate actress/lunatic…. gave hair brained speeches laced with profanity.
Another leftwing hero… fur shur!!!
Isn’t that the puppet from ‘Team America’ that gets beaten or blown up? What a doofus. That one & puppetMartin Sheen–’we’re guards!’–in the North Korean prison–cinema gold! Oh, he’s a puppet alright. Same stuffing in the head.
I won’t watch anything that Tim Robbins or his wife is in. I won’t even watch it on television, much less a new movie.
There are several others that get the same treatment from me. May do no good, but I feel better.
When I read this, I had trouble believing that Robbins actually believes this drivel or that he could keep a straight face while delivering his “sermon.”
The broadcast industry is in an abyss because all they offer up is crap. Broadcasters insert political dialogue and falsehoods into their news reporting that wouldn’t pass the basic truth test. The country is in an abyss because it’s been taken over by liberal feel good policies that advocate family fragmentation, lack of personal responsibility, a coarse culture, and tearing the country down so that it can be refashioned into some modern, Euro-socialist utopia.
There’s “pervasive cynicism” because many American consumers have figured out that journalists no longer care about integrity or truth. They’ve figured out that journalists have taken a side and stopped reporting the news that everyone consumes. The broadcasting biz appeals to the lowest common denominator that futher “dumbs down” an American public not interested in political statements like Robbins.’
Mr. Robbins is plainly stuck on stupid and his talents, like those of all the other partisan hacks of Hollywood, are no longer as highly prized as he once thought.
Man, the NAB must have been hard up to get this guy as its keynote speaker.
Radio & Tanya, he’s not married to the whore. They’ve been shacking since 1988 but can’t seem to find the time to get to the courthouse. I don’t understand why they don’t get married-same thing for Goldie & Kurt.
If I see either one of their mugs on tv I turn the station. I wanted to see Enchanted by saw that Saranwrap was playing the witch (truth in a movie perhaps?) but couldn’t bring myself to pay the money for me and my little daughter. Don’t see it being in the que anytime soon for netflix either. Like you, I just can’t stomach seeing either one of these or other so called actors for one minute.
Does anyone know if it is Angelina Jolie who is playing the lead in Atlas Shrugged? maybe she could school Robbins. Meanwhile back at the ranch where the adults are having a conversation.
http://imustimes.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/mccain-in-bust-a-move-moment-lays-it-out-for-imus/
Hey Meat! I guess you still have your girlfriends garter straps on backwards! Remember, the rose goes to the front.
I read those convoluted speech excerpts couple of times and after that decided that it was just too many words that added up to nothing except yadda, yadda!!!
Atlas Shrugged and Dagny just looked at Robbins and laughed. She knew what was going to happen to his ilk.
Mr Robbins is just illustrating the perfect liberal mind….
He’s so elite, above all us “little” people, and so smart that his use of four letter words demonstrates his absolute knowledge of the English language…
The idiots are coming out again. They think they are going to win the election and change the course of the USA.
Remember McGovern????
It’s going to be a repeat…….
Classy terrig, especially for someone who claims to be a Christian. It’s always impressive to refer to a woman with whom you disagree as a “whore”. As I’m sure you know, MM gets that quite a bit and probably really enjoys it.
Tim Robbins is a decent actor who’s been in 3 or 4 very good movies. He’s also a pretty smart guy, but comes off as a rambling buffoon much of the time. I don’t really listen to his takes on the issues of our times. Many on this site tend to go on and on with the demonization of the entertainment industry as sort of a Pavlovian response to any whiff of leftiness…it’s funny really. The truth is that Hollywood is very much hyper capitalistic. Dog eat dog. Survival of the fittest. Or any other cliche you can think of. It’s all about the green (and I don’t mean the environment). Ratings, box office receipts, etc. are all that matter in Hollywood. Forget the occasional “liberal” passion project by an actor or director with big enough juice to get it produced. If a love letter to GWB was guaranteed to generate a $30 million opening weekend, it would get green lit tomorrow and the sequel would begin production immediately.
Tim Robbins isn’t a liberal at all. He is a narcisstic oligarch. The elite class is loaded with this type of “citizen”. They are perfectly willing to legislate every detail of the little peoples lives while they seek sanctuary for their own against any intrusions.
Not one of us knows this Gift From God for who he really is. But we do have quite a bit to go on about what his politics are and his spite for common folk who are creating value in this country day in and day out.
Tim Robbins is a jerk.
Off.
Sounds like B. Hussein…
From a guy who has NO clue Who or What The Holy spirit IS wants to lecture the world on human spirit?
How much more deluded can they on the left get?
For Tim Robbins, my favorite Ayn Rand Quote:
“The question isn’t who is going to let me it is who is going to stop me”
Says it all doesn’t in a free country it isn’t up to the Collectivist to decide for all the Individuals..and boy they hate Individuals, unforunatley for them, that is what this country is made up of.
Tim Robbins is so five minutes ago
Can’t even watch Bull Durham anymore.
To the guy a few posts back, I used to think Hollywood was all about money too until they started rolling out one antiwar flop after another with more in the pipeline. Hollywood has become hyperideological over the past 20 years and while money remains important, power and prestige among themselves have superceded even financial concerns. Why? Ironically, conglomerate ownership of studios has allowed these people to do whatever they want. So what if the movie tanks, it’s just a tax writeoff. They can afford now to blow off talent on-screen and off for not being ideologically-correct.
Why did NAB invite Timmy-Poo anyway? He’s not in the broadcasting business. It may as well have invited a Vegas stripper to give the keynote. She might actually have given a better speech.
Seriously, there’s something very dark in Tim and Sue’s world. I didn’t know until recently, when I read a column by former Hollywood writer Burt Preslutsky, that the Dynamic Duo actually named their son after the murderer Norman Mailer campaigned to have sprung from jail. You know, the guy who got out and then killed a waiter? Even that was shocking to me.
Actually, while their “hate America, and it’s military” type movies may tank here, they make money overseas. So, the scumbags don’t lose money. They just don’t make as much…
” It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.” - Ayn Rand
I use this quote whenever I think of liberals, Democrats and collectivists. describes them to a “T”
Tim Robbins is no Charlton Heston. Mr. Heston was an icon, Robbins is just another Hollywood actor.
So Brenda (#2)…what is the rest of the country thinking??? you seem to know…enlighten us all with your brilliance…how dare Tim Robbins speak! geez, get over yourself…
Dakine-she is a whore, Michelle is not.
Sorry you didn’t like my Punahou comments. I apologized if you were offended because you said you lived at Barber’s Point. But that’s not good enough for you. Oh well, we all can spend what little money we have left over on whatever entertainment we want. If I don’t want to spend it on people with whom I disagree, that’s my right. And you’re seriously mistaken if you think I just love GWB but you’re mistaken about a lot of things.
name calling is always a good way to get your point across, ha!
Look it’s a Kos Kid named Scooter. How pleasant to have you aboard. Sorry, but women who shack up are considered whores by many people.
Thanks for the warm reception terrig!
so “shacking up” means having a long term relationship with one person? that makes a woman a whore…yikes! I better call Websters
No, but shacking without the benefit of marriage in some people’s minds (not mine) makes one a whore. I hope you enjoy your time here, it’s not the echo chamber you have at Kos.
so you don’t think she’s a whore, you’re just speaking on behalf of some other people who do? got it.
No, I’m just borrowing lgm’s method of some people say the troops are killers (not me).
Again cheers all around for all the kids from kos who made it in!
long day terrig? lol
terrig, like I said before, you are a classless lightweight. Normal, decent folks don’t refer to their fellow female human beings as “whores”. Sorry, you’re a typical far Christian right hypocrite. Save your apologies for someone who cares what you think about anything.
Dakine, I realize you believe you’re above all of us-I believe you said at one point you were an attorney? I may be a hypocrite in your eyes but as I said before I lose no sleep on what you think of me. I really doubt you lived at Barber’s Point or if you did you were in the elite quarters.
I find it funny that you accept the liberals calling people whores but not others. You are a good for a laugh but that’s all.
I hope that you have a wonderful day and that you can smile at the fact that you are so much better than the rest of us. Classless lightweight-you’re so clever.
…unless they’ve got a three-record deal with Death Row Records!
dakine:
You do have a point. Unless terrig can prove Susan Sarandon has been receiving cash for sex, SS may still retain her amateur status.
i wouldn’t hold your breath on that one Tex
I doubt we share political views :), and I can’t remember ever having seen him in anything, but his criticism of broadcasting in the quote above doesn’t seem that strange. Many of us here actually think the major broadcasters have waded into the shallow end intellectually, and most of the stuff on broadcast TV seems pretty low on quality. The News seems preposterous at times, and I personally think all the networks have someone who would broadcast literally anything for the right price. Putting that square in the laps of the broadcasters seems ok to me.
It’s Oscar night about fifteen years ago, Letterman is hosting and he introduces Robbins and Sarandon thus, “Pay attention: I’m sure they’re pissed off about something.”
Not much has changed in fifteen years.
terrig, when did I ever condone a “liberal” calling anyone a whore? What you believe about where I lived is of little consequence to me, but just to be clear, we lived in Ewa Beach navy housing while my submarine officer dad was stationed at Pearl. My dad was a career officer in the navy and my mom was a navy housewife. I attended Punahou on an academic scholarship. If all of that makes me an “elitist”, then so be it. As long as it separates me from the likes of you and your ilk.
TT, that was funny.
He is still acting? I thought his career was over after Howard the duck.
Mr. Robbins, you are a gifted actor. If only you had kept your ignorance and condescension to yourself so I could still watch movies with you or your significant other in them.
Shut up and act!!!
Why would broadcasters who you libs claim are not liberal, invite Tim Robbins to speak.
Then give him a standing ovation.
Answer: Because the left is so insane that they cannot smell their own stench any longer.
Tim Robbins is a nut.
Sure he was wrong, we would still be waiting for Saddam to obey UN sanctions if we listen to him. “Equal opportunity criticizer” , yea right, he is just chapped that nobody followed his stupid suggestions. If that knucklehead wants a say, he can run for office, until then his suggestgens are no more relevant then yours or mine. How’s that for a chilled wind?
Tim who?