By Debbie Schlussel
. . . Airline pilots arming themselves with guns after 9/11?
Well, now the U.S. is asking foreign countries to allow pilots to carry guns in the cockpit when they fly overseas. Now, we’re makin’ progress.
Unfortunately, the wimpish, effeminate, and quickly-becoming-Islamic Sweden is resisting. Figures. Screw ’em.

By Debbie Schlussel
As you’ve probably heard, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is criticizing the General Motors Superbowl ad, in which a robot working on the assembly line loses everything for dropping a bolt and contemplates suicide.
The AFSP believes the ad may encourage others to consider suicide and is calling on GM to pull the ad. GM refuses and will be running it during the Academy Awards on February 25th.

A number of you cited that ad as one of your favorites from the Superbowl, and it scored high on USA Today’s Buzzmeter for Superbowl ads. As you probably noted, this ad was not on my list of favorites, but not because of the suicide stuff. When I saw the ad, I figured that groups like the AFSP would end up objecting, which they did.

But the reason I did not like the ad is something specific to living in Michigan, specifically near the Motor City. I remember as a kid, when robots were first replacing people’s jobs. If anything, they’re the ones who lost everything and contemplated suicide–the humans. I saw people in my parents’ synagogue lose their factories, their companies, everything they had because robots replaced humans. The same goes for autoworkers, many of whom were replaced by the electronic gadgets.
While I’m mostly a free marketeer, I’m also a “human-teer”, and I can’t help but lament the continued prospects of robots replacing humans. (And the Michigan economy–with so many lost auto-worker jobs–is already down in the dumps.) So, that’s why I didn’t like that ad, even though I agree that it was kind of funny (and sad).

By Debbie Schlussel
Two of the classiest people I know in commentary-dom and on the blogosphere, La Shawn Barber–blogger & speaker extraordinaire–and Robert Spencer–New York Times best-selling author, Islam expert, and Jihad Watch director and blogger, Robert Spencer, have given credit where credit is due regarding my original work (here and here)–repeatedly ripped off by Sean Hannity–on the Dems’ fave Imam, Husham Al-Husainy.
La Shawn–whose blog, La Shawn Barber’s Corner is among the most prominent conservative sites in the blogosphere–agrees with me that Sean Hannity clearly plagiarized my work. An excerpt:

La Shawn Barber & Robert Spencer

For the past couple of days, Sean Hannity has been talking about this issue [Imam Al-Husainy] on “Hannity & Colmes.” Debbie has accused Hannity of citing her work without giving her credit. Since some of her information is exclusive, it’s obvious where he’s getting his information. . . .
If he’s “reporting” on al-Husainy and lifting material from Debbie’s exclusives without citing her work, it’s plagiarism. . . .
I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to do all the leg work for a story, only to have someone, especially a fellow conservative, steal from you. . . .
Shame on you, Sean. But it’s not too late to make amends.

Read the whole thing. (I read La Shawn frequently. You should, too.)
Robert Spencer–all of whose books on Islam I always highly recommend–hosts today’s Hot Air/Jihad Watch video (which he hosts once a week). I also recommend Jihad Watch, which I read regularly. Robert’s expertise and mastery of Islam is so good that many CAIR officials are afraid to debate him.
In today’s video, Robert has a lot of very good points about Imam Al-Husainy, and you will learn something new from him. I certainly did and always do. Robert also cites my work on Imam Al-Husainy, and that is very much appreciated. I only expected a link from Robert, but he prominently cited me and showed a cut of my site in the video, which is very well done.
Watch the whole video. It’s only a few minutes and well worth it.
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Regarding the Hannity rip-off, I’m getting tons of mail on this, and the mail (with the exception of one letter) has been 100% anti-Hannity. And these are Sean’s listeners and viewers. Big mistake and no legitimate reason to rip me off, Sean.
A sample is Reader Chris, who writes:

Deb,
I live up in Saratoga Springs, and I listen to talk radio often. I’ve listened to Sean Hannity’s show many times, and I’ve heard him discuss the topics that he clipped from your work. It is a low point in radio commentary when the host has to take refuge in denying stealing someone else’s work so that they can appear to be significant in public.
Moreover, it appears that Sean Hannity’s corner he has sacrificed personal integrity for ratings. Self-importance has certainly trumped integrity, and vanity is more important than the bibliography.
Mirror-mirror-on-the-wall, Sean’s the smallest of them all.

By Debbie Schlussel
Reader Sean sent this awesome, 1-minute video, which is the best I’ve seen from our soldiers in Iraq (or Afghanistan or anywhere). The best part is the audio from these Marines. This should happen to all of America’s enemies. Sean writes:

Don’t forget the content warning:

This video is rated R for extremely effective violence followed by jubilant and intense profanity.

But, hey, at least, there’s no blood, gore, nudity, Snickers kissing, Rosie O’Donnell, or other unpalatable elements.

“Hell, Yeah, Bitches! See You in F–kin’ Hell, Dog.”

By Debbie Schlussel
At 11:05 a.m. Eastern, this morning, I will be on New York’s WABC-AM 770’s “John Gambling Show.” We will be talking about my work on the Democrats’ fave new Imam, Husham Al-Husainy. Listen Live.
Yes, unlike Sean Hannity, most other WABC talk show hosts give credit where credit is due (except Monica Crowley).

By Debbie Schlussel
**** UPDATE: Top Conservative Blogger Rips Sean Hannity’s Plagiarism of Schlussel on Al-Husainy; VIDEO: NYTimes Best-Selling Islam Expert Cites Schlussel on Al-Husainy ****
Below is the original, unabridged version of the column on Imam Husham Al-Husainy that ran in Tuesday’s New York Post. Readers of my work and of this site know that I risked my life to go undercover to Hezbollah events and rallies in Dearbornistan to bring you exclusive info on Al-Husainy, the man who delivered the invocation on Friday at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting. And that I’ve been writing about Al-Husainy since the beginning of year and before (in the Wall Street Journal).
Sean Hannity knows it, too. And so does his FOX News Channel executive producer, John Finley (direct line: (212) 301-3194).

Sean Hannity Rips Off My Work on Imam Husham Al-Husainy
Yet, while admittedly reading my exclusive work on Al-Husainy, they chose to deliberately steal my work on FOX News’ “Hannity & Colmes,” uncredited for two nights in a row. Tonight will make three. (See video from Nights One and Two of the Hannity Rip-off of Schlussel.)
They also chose not only to rip me off and use my work uncredited, but to repeatedly have on others who are clueless about the Imam to use my work, too. Last night, Mark Steyn ripped me off on the show. Thanks, Mark. If Sean, Alan Colmes or Finley were really truly interested in discussing this imam accurately and getting the message out about him, they’d have actually had someone who knows about him on the show–ME.
The first night, Tuesday Night, I contacted Sean on his cellphone. He was, as usual, “too busy” and couldn’t be bothered to do the right thing. He admitted he knew he used my work uncredited, and I managed to get him to promise to have me on to discuss my original work, he said, “if we talk about this again on the show.” I also suggested having Al-Husainy, himself, on along with myself, since I’m only the single commentator who actually knows something–actually, a lot–about him. Sean promised that if they had the imam on, he and John Finley would have me on, too.
But, as is usual for Sean these days, he did not keep his word. Last night, not only did they rip my work off again, but they questioned it (without mentioning my name or allowing me to be on to defend it). Suddenly, Hannity was saying Al-Husainy “reportedly” was at pro-Hezbollah rallies, and Colmes claimed, “We’ve been unable to confirm that,” and questioned my New York Post column’s accuracy.
Well, that’s interesting to me–they never attempted to “confirm” this in the least. Since I’m the source of the info–I WAS THERE AT THOSE RALLIES and wrote about it in the New York Post column they ripped off–why didn’t they contact me? I have pictures, etc. And why can’t they have me on instead of Steyn and another person who are clueless on this? And are they now questioning the accuracy of their fellow News Corp property, the New York Post? I’m sure Rupert Murdoch would love to know that Hannity & Colmes believe his other news property is an inaccurate news source.
Tonight, they are having Imam Al-Husainy on, without me, also contrary to Sean’s promise. Why can’t Sean Hannity keep his word? And why is he ripping off my work? I called him after last night’s show–the second time he deliberately ripped me off on this particular topic–and politely asked why he did not have me on to defend my exclusive work and/or give me credit. He did not answer. He just hung up. He just can’t be bothered.
Sean’s viewers and listeners are noting this deliberate rip-off of my work, as many have sent me and him e-mails about it. His current and former nationally syndicated radio show producers both e-mailed Sean with my work and asked him to give me credit and have me on. But he won’t listen to them either. For whatever illegitimate reason, Sean Hannity would rather rip me off and deny me what I rightfully deserve for my hard work.
That’s Sean Hannity for you. This is not the first time he’s done this to me, just the latest. Real conservatives believe in property rights, and they don’t steal from others. But those apparently aren’t the beliefs of Sean Hannity and his producer John Finley. And if I’m not good enough to have on the show anymore, then my work (uncredited) is not good enough either, and I’d appreciate it if they’d quit stealing from me. Conversely, if my work is good enough for their show (and we know that it is, or they wouldn’t keep ripping it off), then I should be good enough, too.
Sean was all over Jayson Blair when he plagiarized (and fabricated) at the New York Times. But when the shoe’s on the other foot . . . .
Call ((212) 301-3194) and E-mail John Finley (I have–he won’t return my calls; but continues to use my work), and ask him why they are deliberately ripping off my hard work. Call ((212) 301-3289) and E-mail FOX News Senior Vice President Bill Shine (Sean’s boss and good friend) and ask him why they are deliberately keeping me from getting credit for and defending my work. Neither Finley nor Shine has returned a single call or e-mail of mine regarding this, because they know they ripped me off. Otherwise, they’d deny it.
Fair and Balanced? In my case, it’s more like just plain Stolen.
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The Democrat’s Strange New Imam
By Debbie Schlussel
Is the Democratic National Committee’s chosen Islamic clergy an insight into the party’s direction?
If the use of extremist Imam Husham Al-Husainy to deliver the invocation at the DNC’s Winter Meeting Friday is any indication, it’s a frightening path.
Al-Husainy’s words asking God to “help us stop . . . occupation and oppression” were jarring enough, since his words likely refer to either American soldiers in Iraq or Jews in Israel, since in the past he’s referred to both as “occupiers” and “oppressors.” But his statements and activity since he’s been in the United States make those words even more ominous.
Al-Husainy heads the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, one of the three largest Shi’ite mosques in North America. He has a long record of support for prominent Islamists at war with the United States and Israel.
His ties to Iran are frightening. Al-Husainy was an advisor to the late Mohammed Bakr Al-Hakim, leader of the Iran-backed Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution.
Al-Husainy is also an open supporter of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, under whose hegemony American hostages were held for 444 days in Iran from 1979-1981. In 2004, upon the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Al-Husainy led a protest march through Dearborn memorializing him. At the march, Al-Husainy and his followers held posters bearing the enlarged photo of Khomeini.
An open supporter of Hezbollah, he led rallies last summer through Dearborn, arm in arm with his friend, Neturei Karta Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss. Swastikas and anti-American, anti-Semitic posters were displayed by protesters, many of whom were Al-Husainy’s congregants. Al-Husainy said of Weiss–who attended Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust denial conference–“We make a great team, don’t we?”
He asked that rhetorical question at an anti-Semitic rally of 3,000 Hezbollah supporters at Dearborn’s Bint Jebail Cultural Center, named for the Hezbollah stronghold in South Lebanon, from rockets rained on Israel. I was there and watched as Al-Husainy was among several who delivered hate-filled, anti-American rhetoric. I watched him cheer others on when they called for the hastened destruction of the Jews and when one speaker said Americans and Jews are “diseased.”
Then, there are Al-Husainy’s multiple anti-Semitic, anti-American conspiracy theories. In one interview, he said:

Saddam . . . he handed Iraq to the coalition. I believe he is an agent of America. . . . Saddam created a bunch of gangs who have no faith . . . . We also think some outsiders, with some Iraqis, and, by the way, I don’t want to exclude the Zionists. I think some extremists from the Mossad came in and took a chance to have some revenge, because we don’t know who killed [Imam Mohammed Bakr] Al-Hakim or Sergio Vieira De Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

In another interview quoted in the L.A. Times, Al-Husainy said that the current chaos in Iraq is the result of an intentional Jewish Zionist conspiracy theory:

the Zionist special group [opposes] the improvement of the relationship between Christians and Muslims.
America itself is a victim of a special-interest group that doesn’t want it to have a good relationship with the Muslim world.

While always an extremist, Al-Husainy was initially a supporter of America’s War in Iraq. He was photographed in Detroit papers being hugged by President Bush in Spring 2003. But by Summer 2004, he was protesting President Bush and demanding that U.S. troops pull out of Iraq. It was a time of heightened violence against Americans perpetrated by Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Jaish Al-Mahdi, with whom Al-Husainy and his congregants are sympathetic. By removing Saddam, America cleared the path for Al-Husainy’s extremist brand of Shi’ism to take over Iraq.
Conspiracy theories against America and the Jews, support for Ayatollah Khomeini and participants in a Holocaust conference–it used to be that these things would disqualify someone from a prominent role at Democratic Party events.
So what’s changed?
It appears to be the Democrats’ opposition to President Bush in Iraq. And with the choice of Al-Husainy to deliver their opening prayer, they apparently want America to lose at all cost.

By Debbie Schlussel
Last year, I was one of the first to write about the outrageous saga of the prosecution of Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos & Jose Compean (here and here).
Now serving sentences of at least 10 years each in federal prison because the Bush Administration wanted to make “examples” of them and aided and abetted a drug smuggler alien in the process, we’ve all read the stories, yesterday, about how they were put in prison facilities with illegal alien criminals, and violently attacked by them. Coincidence or deliberate? That’s very clear–It’s very predictable that if you put Border Patrol Agents in a prison with illegal alien criminals, they’ll certainly be attacked.
Today, the Department of Homeland Security “released” a 77-page “report” about the Office of the Inspector General investigation of the agents. It’s interesting that throughout the report, the illegal alien drug smuggler’s name is redacted and protected.

Traci Lembke: Woman Who Helped Imprison Border Patrol Agents, Shield Alien Drug Smuggler?
But more than that, it struck my attention that the name atop the investigation to whom it is written (See page 5 of the report) is the extremely disreputable and dishonest Traci Lembke a/k/a “The Cheater Chick.” Would love to know exactly what her role is in all of this. Clearly, she has some sort of involvement in this.
I’ve written about Ms. Lembke, who heads Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) OPR, on this site. The woman’s “investigations” are hardly that. She protects her friends and card-playing buddies and goes after her personal enemies with a vengeance.
And there are a lot of questions about improprieties and clear conflicts of interest regarding some of her “relationships” as they relate to ICE activities and outside business dealings. If anything, she’s the last woman who should be heading up OPR (and the first one OPR should be investigating), and that’s exactly why the incompetent ICE chieftess Julie L. Myers a/k/a “The ICE Princess” picked her and made job conditions and hours lax and “flexible” for her.
I’ve had my own experience with Ms. Lembke, as a complaint I filed against Michigan/Ohio ICE Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Moskowitz a/k/a “Abu Moskowitz” is allegedly still being “investigated,” but almost two years later, I–the complainant–have yet to be interviewed by the the agent Lembke assigned to the case, Michael Finnerty. Some investigation.
For some reason, Lembke was personally overseeing the investigation of Abu Moskowitz. And that has everything to do with the fact that Lembke is friends with Abu Moskowitz from their days in Arizona, a fact she denied to me on the phone. But, sorry, I’m not into buying the land from the desert, which she was trying to sell me. There was so much audio-fertilizer coming from her end of the phone, it would have made several lawns grow.
So this is the woman whose name appears atop the investigation of these two mal-treated Border Patrol agents, and to whom the memo is addressed. And look inside the report. It protects the drug smuggler. Almost everywhere in which names are redacted, it’s the illegal alien drug smuggler talking.
This is how we “investigate” Border Patrol agents risking their lives and trying to do the job. And this is how we protect and reward the illegal alien drug dealers out to get them.
Again, what is Lembke’s involvement in this?
And the woman doing it is the new GrrlPower BFF (Best Friend Forever) of The ICE Princess. Another reason why both of them need TO GO.

By Debbie Schlussel
Something happened over the last 24 hours. Beginning last night, my inbox became populated with vile hate-mail from atheists. No skin off my back.
But it is entertaining and amusing. It’s hard to believe their letters because they were all attacking me for my appearance on CNN’s “Paula Zahn Now,” a week ago, but coincidentally each letter claims the sender just watched me on CNN. First of all, the video of that segment appears nowhere on the net. Believe me, if it did, I’d link to it. Secondly, since I appeared on the show a week ago, that all these “seminar” e-mailers are now all e-mailing me the same basic hate message, populated with a diversity of obscene insults, it’s easier to believe that they were easily brainwashed into sending me the missives as a result of an atheist blog that just put up an attack on me, yesterday.
I’m surprised these atheists would be so obedient to a higher power that told them to e-mail me since, after all, the one thing they’re supposed to have in common is a lack of belief in a higher power. Well, no-one ever said atheists are consistent or immune from hypocrisy.
I don’t mind receiving the atheist hate mail, since I know that in a few years, many of these same people will either be Muslim extremists (redundant) or helping the country fall further in its fight against the creep of Islamic imposition on America . . . or both.
Look at famous atheists and what happened to them. Adam Gadahn a/k/a Azzam Al-Amriki–now a top Al-Qaeda video “personality”–was raised by his hippie Jewish father and equally bizarre gentile mother as an atheist. And look how he turned out. Ditto for hippie-spawn John Walker Lindh.
Those two people are enemies of America, and many of those who think like them are of equally weak mind. If you don’t believe in anything, you’ll easily fall for virtual nothings. That’s why Europe is so quickly turning Islamist–because atheism dominates and Christianity is rapidly dying there. Over there, the number one cause for which atheists are suddenly finding “god” is Islam.
Over here, as I pointed out on CNN, atheists are on the attack against religion and G-d only when Christians and Jews are involved, not when Muslims and Islam are. A Christian prayer at a public school graduation or football game? Send in the ACLU lawyers. A Muslim prayer at a high school football game in Dearbornistan? Suddenly, when the “Religion of Peace” is involved, atheists boast extreme tolerance and display ultimate deference. No lawsuits. Ever. And the Muslim prayers continue.
So to you hate-filled atheists a/k/a future Muslim extremists (redundant), your e-mails have no effect on me. Ditto for your creative obscenities which don’t impress upon me the civility of the atheo-fascisti set.
But thanks for the material for this post. And nice try, telling me you saw me on CNN, last night. That was a week ago. Last night, was when Sean Hannity deliberately plagiarized my work on Islamic imam Husham Al-Husainy on FOX News. Different network, different show, my name clearly not mentioned (just my work ripped off by Hannity; Thanks, Sean).

By Debbie Schlussel
Remember why our sanctions on Saddam’s Iraq never worked? It had something to do with loopholes for food, which turned into the infamous “Oil for Food” scandal. You don’t hurt an enemy when your “sanctions” have all sorts of loopholes for the very necessities that sustain that enemy.
That’s why it’s disturbing to note that both Pepsi and Coke (and all food vendors) are getting around the sanctions we have on Iran, through the “foodstuffs” loophole that the Bush Administration is allowing. Clinton started it, but Bush continues it, despite “Axis of Evil” language and impending Iranian nuclear capabilities. Because, as we all know, American cola is necessary for Iranians (who voted in droves for Ahmadinejad) to survive.

Have a Coke & A Smile:
New Axis of Evil–Coke, Pepsi, Ahmadinejad
Fortune has the complete story, excerpts of which are below. I note that the Iranians have adopted a PEPSI/Jewish/Israel conspiracy theory from American members of the Nation of Islam. In the poorly-done documentary, “Protocols of Zion,” Black Muslims in New York are shown saying that PEPSI stands for “Pay Every Penny to Save Israel” and that PEPSI gives five cents per bottle to Israel (NOT TRUE). (They’re also shown saying that Giuliani is a Jewish conspirator–“That’s why his name is ‘Jew-liani’,” they say on camera.)
The Fortune article demonstrates that anti-Semitic conspiracy theories travel fast among Muslims, and often begin here amidst our “moderate” Muslim community. The Iranians believe the PEPSI canard, and it’s why Coke is more popular (although there are the conspiracy theories that the Coca-Cola script spelled backwards means “No Mohammed, no Mecca“).

Muslim Coke Conspiracy Theory
The article tries to portray the presence of Coke and Pepsi as some sort of moderating force in Iraq. But that’s never the case. It’s a myth that Western culture and technology stop extremism. They just enable it to spread its message more effectively. In Saudi Arabia, for example, where Baskin Robbins and Levi’s are popular, they love Baskin Robbins and Levi’s, but hate Baskin, Robbins, and Levi Strauss–all of whom are evil “Zionists”. Plenty of consumers of BR ice cream and wearers of Levi’s duds still declare “Death to America”:

Lunchtime in Tehran’s tony northern suburbs . . . .
The only visual clues that these lunching ladies aren’t dining at some smart New York City eatery but in the heart of Washington’s Axis of Evil are the expensive Hermes scarves covering their blond-tipped hair in deference to the mullahs. And the drink of choice? This being revolutionary Iran, where alcohol is banned, the women are making do with Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola? Isn’t corporate America prohibited by Washington’s sanctions from doing business in Iran? Yes, for the most part, says U.S. Treasury spokeswoman Molly Millerwise. But Treasury has bent the rules for foodstuffs, a loophole through which American drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been able to pour thousands of gallons of concentrate into Iran via Irish subsidiaries.
And that has allowed these brands, so much a symbol of America . . . to open another front in their global cola war. After just a few years back in Iran, Coke and Pepsi have grabbed about half the national soft drink sales in what is one of the Middle East’s biggest drinks market. . . .
Hardliners like Mehdi Minai, a senior official of the Public Demands Council, frequently appear on state TV to denounce Coke and Pepsi, which he says stands for “Pay each penny to save Israel.” . . .
Coke and Pepsi shrug off the hardliner rhetoric and insist they are aren’t breaking any laws – American or Iranian – by licensing products in Iran through their concentrate subsidiaries in Ireland.
Says Pepsi spokesman Dick Detwiler: “PepsiCo has no equity investment in Sasan or any other enterprise in Iran and has no relationship with the government of Iran. We sell in strict accordance with all applicable U.S. laws and restrictions.”
Coke spokesman Charles Sutlive echoes Pepsi’s line, adding that Coke, which also licenses Fanta, Sprite and Dasani water through Khoshgovar, has “no tangible assets in Iran.”

Don’t you just love how both Coke and Pepsi are whoring themselves out for the Iran market share, but can’t admit it to Fortune–using a shell game to hide it? If it’s your strategy to do business with Iran while it gets nuclear, then own up to it. If you won’t, you’re clearly admitting you know you’re wrong.
And clearly, Coke and Pepsi know they are helping the evil Iran in exchange for the almighty dollar.
Over here in Detroit, on 8 Mile Road, we call that prostitution. Even though what Coke and Pepsi are doing is legal, doesn’t make it right.
Sanctions. Shmanctions. What would Mean Joe Green would think about this? . . .

By Debbie Schlussel
**** SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE ****
Unfortunately, Charlize Theron is yet another beautiful Hollywood actress with very ugly views.
She produced a documentary, “East of Havana,” about hip-hop in Cuba.

Commie Symp Actress Charlize Theron
Theron was interviewed about it in this month’s issue of the far-left fashionista mag with a clear agenda, Marie Claire. While Theron does denounce the lack of freedom of speech in Cuba, she seems to be pushing trade and “communication” with Cuba. It’s interesting that people gave their lives to try to depose the Fidel Castro regime and restore free speech. And, yet, this Hollywood airhead calls them “just . . . it’s like high school.” Huh?
Say Anything Blog reports that Theron made even more whacked out commie-symp statements on CNN. Hot Air has video.
Theron says her next “project” is “Battle in Seattle,” glorifying rioting, grungy, far-left protesters at the WTO meetings in Seattle, which is written by her boyfriend Stuart Townsend. She says it’s “incredibly important to the entire world.” You keep thinking that, Charlize. Sounds like a likely Academy Award nominee.
I’ve posted a scan of the Marie Claire interview, below, but here are a few excerpts, beginning with the good and ending with the airheaded ugly:

Theron: Let there be freedom of speech [in Cuba]. A lot of times, Americans will go, “Health care [in Cuba] is good, schooling is good; socially, everything is there for them.” That’s true. [DS: A lot of us would beg to differ.] But is it really any better to be literate but not be able to speak your mind?
Q: It looks like Castro will die of natural causes now, after all those assassination attempts. How do you think he stayed in power for so long?
Theron: Well that’s what happens with regimes. When we look back on Cuban history, I think the biggest thing we’ll feel is, it was just so unnecessary. The fact that there hasn’t been any kind of communication between America and Cuba after all these years, it’s just . . . it’s like high school.

Blah, blah, blah. I don’t know about Secondary School in her native South Africa, but the men in the Bay of Pigs and others who tried to depose and/or assassinate Castro were heroes, not “like high school.”

**** UPDATE: Reader Todd writes:

Debbie,
Here’s a site that Hollywood hasn’t seen or would care to: The Real Cuba.

Charlize Theron needs to have the contents of that site stamped into her very tiny brain. Ditto for Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and all the pro-Castro commie symps who are clueless on Cuba but spout off about it anyway.