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Cameron Diaz Apologizes for Maoist Bag (Shades Of "Che")
Breitbart.com ^ | June 24, 2007 | AP

Posted on 06/24/2007 8:50:58 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

Cameron Diaz Apologizes for Maoist Bag

Jun 24 09:52 PM US/Eastern

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Cameron Diaz apologized Sunday for wearing a bag with a political slogan that evoked painful memories in Peru.

The voice of Princess Fiona in the animated "Shrek" films visited the Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru's Andes on Friday wearing an olive green bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People" printed in Chinese, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong's most famous political slogan.

The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some world capitals, but in Peru the slogan evokes memories of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency that fought the government in the 1980s and early 1990s in a bloody conflict that left nearly 70,000 people dead.

"I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended. The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China and I did not realize the potentially hurtful nature of the slogan printed on it," Diaz said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press.

On Friday, one prominent Peruvian human rights activist said Diaz should have been a little more aware of local sensitivities when picking her accessories.

In Sunday's statement, the star of "There's Something About Mary" said the purpose of her visit was to participate in a television show that celebrates Peru's culture. The actress has been in Peru as part of "4 REAL," a Canadian TV production that focuses on young community leaders around the world.

"I'm sorry for any people's pain and suffering and it was certainly never my intention to reopen what I now know is a painful wound in this country's history and wish for their continued healing," she said.

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To: DogByte6RER
the only thing that ever effected her head.
41 posted on 06/25/2007 7:38:32 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Vaquero

lol

I suppose that we can infer that Cameron’s head has a higher sperm count compared to the total number of neurons within her hollowed out skull.


42 posted on 06/25/2007 7:58:20 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

I hear that next week she’ll be wearing Jackboots to a Bar Mitzvah…


43 posted on 06/25/2007 8:00:59 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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To: DogByte6RER

Perhaps she meant, “Serve the People” to show her solidarity with Aztec religious practices and rain forest cannibalism.


44 posted on 06/25/2007 8:17:41 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - Ann Coulter is My Press Secretary)
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To: DogByte6RER
[She had] an olive green bag emblazoned with a red star and the words "Serve the People" printed in Chinese, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong's most famous political slogan.

But what she didn't realize was that this was also Mao's favorite recipe.

45 posted on 06/25/2007 8:21:54 AM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: Sensei Ern
You mean like this? Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
46 posted on 06/25/2007 8:25:41 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: Redcloak
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
47 posted on 06/25/2007 8:28:31 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: Redcloak
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
48 posted on 06/25/2007 8:29:27 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: ConservativeMind

Bingo.


49 posted on 06/25/2007 8:33:21 AM PDT by Pharmboy ([She turned me into a] Newt! in '08)
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To: hellinahandcart

Oh come on! Olive drab looks good!


50 posted on 06/25/2007 8:38:44 AM PDT by sauropod ("An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools." Ernest Hemingway)
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To: DogByte6RER

I forgive her!


51 posted on 06/25/2007 8:40:11 AM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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To: DogByte6RER
I wouldn’t expect any more than a cummunist supporter from an Al Gore supporter, anyhow i.e. no surprise here.

http://www.liberalartists.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=52

There are MANY “useful idiots,” on the left and in America in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, the term “useful idiot” has also been used by some commentators to describe individuals said to take a softer line against Islamism and terrorism. For example, Anthony Browne wrote in the United Kingdom newspaper, The Times:[7]

“ Elements within the British establishment were notoriously sympathetic to Hitler. Today the Islamists enjoy similar support. In the 1930s it was Edward VIII, aristocrats and the Daily Mail; this time it is left-wing activists, The Guardian and sections of the BBC. They may not want a global theocracy, but they are like the West’s apologists for the Soviet Union — useful idiots. ”

Similarly, Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at Cal State Fresno wrote:[8]

“ Lenin called them “useful idiots,” those people living in liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement, reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam.

52 posted on 06/25/2007 9:38:50 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: PAR35

Although Mel Martinez is a multiculturalist, he is not a communist.


53 posted on 06/25/2007 9:46:11 AM PDT by Brakeman (America can do nothing for the Muslim world)
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To: redstates4ever
>I hear that next week she’ll be wearing Jackboots to a Bar Mitzvah…


54 posted on 06/25/2007 9:50:14 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: jacknhoo

I have met and listened to Bruce Thornton lecture before at a couple of ISI seminars.

http://www.isi.org/lectures/speaker_list.aspx#lstLecturers

I take anything Prof. Thornton writes or says with a lot of credibility. He is a great thinker.


55 posted on 06/25/2007 10:05:21 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

Those girls are hot; Cameron is not.


56 posted on 06/25/2007 10:07:09 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: DogByte6RER
Can’t wait for Michael Moore (food) to do a mocumentary on Cuba’s superior dental care.
57 posted on 06/25/2007 10:14:37 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Is that from the “How to serve man” episode?


58 posted on 06/25/2007 1:07:25 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: DogByte6RER

It said “Serve the People”

IT’S A COOKBOOK! IT’S A COOKBOOK!


59 posted on 06/25/2007 1:08:54 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: DogByte6RER
"Serve the People"

"It's a cookbook!"

60 posted on 06/25/2007 1:10:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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