Check Out Fox News Story About Paul Newman Resolution

The United States House of Representatives honored the late actor Paul Newman’s “humanitarian works and incomparable talents have made him an American icon who will never be forgotten.”

This Fox News story was dated Feb. 25, 2009:

WASHINGTON — Paul Newman, the late actor and 10-time Academy Award nominee, has been honored by lawmakers as a screen legend and humanitarian.

Newman died Sept. 26, 2008, at age 83 after a long battle with cancer. The House on Tuesday night approved a resolution recognizing Newman’s achievements on and off screen.

The resolution said Newman’s “humanitarian works and incomparable talents have made him an American icon who will never be forgotten.”

The Hollywood star won one Oscar and took home two honorary ones, and had major roles in more than 50 motion pictures, including “Cool Hand Luke,” “Exodus,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Verdict,” “The Sting” and “Absence of Malice.”

Newman and his popular food company, Newman’s Own, have given more than $250 million to charity over the years. He also helped to start “Hole in the Wall” camps across the world for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Now that is interesting.

Here is what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said about a resolution honoring Michael Jackson that was brought up by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee:

“I don’t think it’s necessary for us to have a resolution,” Pelosi told reporters during her weekly press conference.

“In his case, if the idea is to praise the life and work, as I assume that resolution does, then why not do that?” she said. “A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to — that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different.”

Pelosi is probably correct that it would open matters up contrary views (particularly from haters like the less-than-noble Rep. Peter King), but is that enough to stop it when it seems the precedent already has been set?

I am not necessarily advocating resolutions of these times, but don’t act like this one for Michael Jackson is unprecedented. It is not unprecedented.

If Pelosi and/or others want to stop these types of resolutions, then fine by me. But, they need to be consistent. Or, at the very least, she and others need to make the case why this should be different.

Bizarre Anti-Michael Jackson Sentiment From Michelle Malkin Who Joins With Peter King to Sing “Smear The World”

Michelle Malkin, a highly-conservative blogger, has been on an attack against Sheila Jackson-Lee because of her desire to draft a resolution recognizing Michael Jackson for the works and dollars he devoted to humanitarian efforts during his lifetime.

Here is what Malkin wrote:

Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee drafted a 1,600-word congressional resolution that “recognizes Michael Jackson as a global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises; and celebrates Michael Jackson as an accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment, scientific advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and global food security.”

Jackson-Lee laundry-listed every charitable act and donation by Jackson in the House resolution – and would have included all the times he said “Thank you” and “God bless you” if there had been more room. Is it too much to ask our lawmakers to restrain themselves from acting like Entertainment Tonight spokesmodels and Tiger Beat correspondents?

I stand with GOP Rep. Peter King of New York, who rightly skewered these celebrity-worshiping warped priorities as “an orgy of glorification.”

So, donating millions of dollars and raising millions of dollars to help those in need around the world suffering from hunger, AIDS/HIV and more “warped priorities” to Malkin? Malkin’s second paragraph is hate on parade as she seems bitter that Jackson’s humanitarian works are being put on display so people will see that he was more than just the greatest entertainer of my lifetime.

Instead of recognizing the great deeds that Michael Jackson did to help others, Malkin spends time smearing the media, Jackson-Lee and anyone who thinks that those charitable works and the impact he had on people all over the world, as an entertainer and a humanitarian should go unrecognized.

The late Paul Newman was honored by the United States Congress according to this Reuters story. I didn’t even know about it because I don’t remember the haters bringing it up nor contesting it.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Paul Newman, who died last September of cancer, was given a posthumous honour on Tuesday as the U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution recognizing the iconic actor’s life and achievements.

Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, introduced the resolution honouring Newman on the House floor in Washington. Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from the actor’s native state of Ohio, was among the House members who spoke about Newman.

Were Michelle Malkin or Bill O’Reilly as angry about that?

I’m not necessarily advocating for this or other such resolutions, but I think people should be as consistent (that includes Malkin, O’Reilly and members of Congress) as possible.

Every day we do mourn our soldiers, from all across this great country, who died battle (and battled) to clean up a war in Iraq many people opposed and many people felt was founded on lies and distortions. However, that opposition does not prevent people from mourning in cities all over this nation as they thank our young men and women for their sacrifices.

Michelle Malkin Exemplifies What’s Wrong With Conservatives

Michelle Malkin is one of the biggest player haters out there in politics. But, her hate-producing skills are not limited to politics.

Check this garbage out as the wicked Malkin smears Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for no good reason on a day when most people (even those with differing views) recognize the time to pay respect to Michael Jackson:

Oh, no, she didn’t.

Oh, yes, she did.

Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee just pimped the stupidest House resolution ever on stage at the Jacko memorial at Staples Center. She held up a big, framed copy of it as the crowd cheered. That was after she extolled “The King,” painted him as the world’s greatest humanitarian, and demagogued the child molestation cases by proclaiming that members of Congress “understand the Constitution” and “we understand laws” and we know that “people are INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE!”

Yes, she did. Right there in front of Jacko’s three children.

I thought Al Sharpton’s memorial rant (“There was nothing strange about your daddy!”) was the low point for American culture.

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, you win.

This is the kind of heartless attitude that is far to prevalent on the far-right of the political spectrum and why conservatives are so out of touch and moving toward extinction in a world that is becoming increasingly multicultural and diverse. The close-minded society that is the Republican Party continues to show the kind of mean-spirited and hateful attitude that turns so many good Americans off.