Why Do Actors Keep Becoming Presidents?

In summary, the conversation discusses various topics including the prevalence of archaic Christian superstition in the US, the reason for choosing actors as presidential candidates, the lack of response to a thread on plagiarism, and the perception of PF members as "losers" with girls. The conversation also touches on the behavior of cats and the belief in God. Some interesting points are made about the influence of media and the working population in the US, and the inherited habits of animals. However, it is mentioned that no one on PF actually thinks that believing in God is stupid.
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Ivan Seeking
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This is a thread to ask why.

Here's one on my mind lately considering Arnolds threat to run as President.

If conservatives hate liberal Hollywood types, then why do they keep making Presidents out of actors?
 
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A British survey of 103 Roman Catholic priests, Anglican bishops and Protestant ministers/pastors showed that:
97% do not believe the world was created in six days.
80% do not believe in the existence of Adam and Eve.

The percentage of adults who believe that "the Bible is the actual word of God and it is to be taken literally, word for word" is 5 times higher in the U.S. than in Britain.

Similarly, belief that "Human beings developed from earlier species of animals..." is much smaller in the United States (35%) than in other countries (as high as 82%).

So, why is it that in the US - which is a leader in technological and scientific progress - archaic Christian superstition is so prevalent ?
 
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Why has nobody responded to my thread on plagiarism? Doesn't anybody care about fair play any more? :cry:
 
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Why can people be pro-war but pro-life?
 
  • #5
Ivan Seeking said:
This is a thread to ask why.

Here's one on my mind lately considering Arnolds threat to run as President.

If conservatives hate liberal Hollywood types, then why do they keep making Presidents out of actors?


Cause we can pick winning candidates, unlike the democrats *cough*KERRY*cough*
 
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franznietzsche said:
Cause we can pick winning candidates, unlike the democrats *cough*KERRY*cough*

Which says absolutely nothing about why they keep choosing actors (whom they supposedly hate...) :rolleyes:
 
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Why ask why? :biggrin: :smile:
 
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Moonbear said:
Why ask why? :biggrin: :smile:

Why not? Why do you ask?
 
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Tsunami said:
Which says absolutely nothing about why they keep choosing actors (whom they supposedly hate...) :rolleyes:


Sure it does. Its a purely Machiavellian decision, actors can be very persuasive by nature. Arnold is not like most hollywood actors. He is not a social conservative, but unlike most actors, he is not a socialist.

And we don't hate all actors, just liberal ones, so 99% of them. Reagan was not liberal. Arnold is sufficiently conservative for my tastes, and just from ideological stand points, if he were on a national ballot he could win, being a republican who could easily take california, that would mean instant defeat for any democrat running against him. With out california the democrats go from being 10 electoral votes behind to 120 electoral votes behind. So yeah.

Also though this may be tangent i just thought of something:

Rich democrats got their money from inheritances, lawsuits, or illegal activites *cough*Kennedys*cough*(the family fortune having been based on bootlegging, though yes i'ms ure they've had legitimate income since then ).

Rich republicans get their money from their own business ventures.

Not a universal rule, but a general pattern. Rich people who had to work for their money are conservative, they want to keep what they earned. Rich people who didn't have to work particularly hard (actors) are typically more liberal, they have less understanding of the value of work vs the value of money.
 
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This thread is just for asking why. Please take your nonsense somewhere else.
 
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Why should i take my nonsense anywhere?
 
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Gokul43201 said:
So, why is it that in the US - which is a leader in technological and scientific progress - archaic Christian superstition is so prevalent ?

I like to call this 'The Gap', it's where a large fraction of the population is clever and knows stuff. And the rest of the population has been enthralled by the hollywood-media-culture and have resorted to being dumb because they don't know how to do anything else. You will notice this population makes up america's working corp and is(was?) invaluable to the american economy and is therefor kept dumb by the 3 true divisions of the government, which as I've said before, are Military, Corporate and Hollywood.


the number 42 said:
Why has nobody responded to my thread on plagiarism? Doesn't anybody care about fair play any more? :cry:
No.


Kerrie said:
Why can people be pro-war but pro-life?
Refer to #1, they'll be whatever CNN wants them to be.
 
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Why that girl who is seated just beyond me doesn't care nothing about me?

:cry:
 
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Why are we all guys in PF such loosers with girls ?
:-p
:cry: :cry: :cry:
 
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:confused: My question exactly.
 
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Polly said:
:confused: My question exactly.
Why do say that?
Do you ask yourself why guys on PF are such losers? :frown:
Or do you ask yourself how any girl could consider the guys on PF a loser? :biggrin:

(Better be careful how you answer that)
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Why not? Why do you ask?

Why do you want to know? :-p
 
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Moonbear said:
Why do you want to know? :-p

Why do you care? :-p

And while we're at it, why do cats have to think about everything so long before they finally do it? "I'll sit here, but first I'm going to walk around this spot for a couple of minutes..." "I'm going to drink from this cup, but first I'm going to do the paw thing and reposition myself a few dozen times". Why? What are they thinking about?
 
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In this case, cats share with dogs this "inherited habbit" : Some habbits in guarding living places while they were living wild life...

Ohhh... :rolleyes: so i want to ask now:

Why tons of people [sadly at PF] thinking that beleiving in God is stupid?
 
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as Skeeter would say...

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
(It ended when I lost your love).
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Why do you care? :-p

Why does it matter? :rolleyes:

Why does this all sound like a skit from "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
 
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Moses said:
In this case, cats share with dogs this "inherited habbit" : Some habbits in guarding living places while they were living wild life...

Ohhh... :rolleyes: so i want to ask now:

Why tons of people [sadly at PF] thinking that beleiving in God is stupid?
I highly doubt many people on PF think that believing in god is 'Stupid'
I certainly can't remember anyone saying that.
Speaking for myself, I think organized religion is foolish but as far as believing in a higher power goes - if you found a reason to believe that then go for it.
 
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Smurf said:
I highly doubt many people on PF think that believing in god is 'Stupid'
I certainly can't remember anyone saying that.
Speaking for myself, I think organized religion is foolish but as far as believing in a higher power goes - if you found a reason to believe that then go for it.

Why do people think this thread is about answers? Why isn't it obvious to all that this is a thread about asking "why?" with no answers required? :smile:
 
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Moonbear said:
Why do people think this thread is about answers? Why isn't it obvious to all that this is a thread about asking "why?" with no answers required? :smile:

Why do you expect people to think logically, especially now that they've been brita-ing their cheap grocery store alcohol ?
 
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Why does the Gold Star Heating and Cooling truck outside our future offices have a silver star on the side of the truck? :confused:

Does that mean we'll have heat in the summer and air conditioning in the winter? :frown:
 
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Why we are in this thread now [including me] if no answers required? :biggrin:

Why asking why without waiting why answer? [BTW:Who is Why?]
 
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Moses said:
[BTW:Who is Why?]

(Secret: It's the last letter of his name)

"Cee you real soon"
 
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Why do I often spell the word 'Physicist' wrong so often (It took 3 attempts here!)?
 
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And why do we redundantly use redundant words ?
 
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Why do most places provide stir sticks five inches long for cups of coffee six inches tall? If you use sugar - one or the two reasons for stirring - it will be at the bottom of the cup.

Why do people spend tens of thousands of dollars for a four wheel drive truck or SUV, fully loaded with all of the off-roading amenities, but then refuse to take the pig off-road.

Why do some guys still wear motorcycle helmets that look like half of a ping pong ball? Didn't these go out of fashion sometime around WWI?

Why does the person on the right have the right-of-way? Why not the left?

Why do so many small mountain towns have slow children? They even post signs warning of such. :confused:
 
  • #31
Why some guys made 9/11?

Why we really invade Iraq and killing the people thier...and killing our soldiers even there?!

Pissing me off so badly to the max
 
  • #32
Why do fun threads end up about politics so often??

Why is farting so funny? (In England it is anyway!)
 
  • #33
Why am I posting this post?
 
  • #34
Why life is too short for intellegent and wise people...?...?
 
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Why are fools so sure of themselves and the wise so full of doubts?
 

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