Oh, I don't know ;-)
Posted on 04/27/2006 5:13:30 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
April 27, 2006
You can't say Angela Jolie doesn't think big - with your tax dollars. In an interview aired on this morning's Today show, Jolie advocated applying the No Child Left Behind Program . . . to every child in the world, courtesy the American taxpayer.
Ann Curry, Today newsreader and NBC Dateline host, had interviewed Jolie during her recent trip to Africa to promote education. At one point, Curry made this somewhat surprising observation to the Hollywood star:
"There is another very famous person who talks about education. And you sound a lot like her: Laura Bush."
Jolie engaged in a, no pun intended, pregnant pause and a nervous chuckle. You could hear the gears grinding as she seemingly asked herself 'just how political can I get here?'
Curry nudged her: "Actually, she talks a lot about this issue, specifically educating girls."
Jolie: "She should nudge her husband."
Curry: "Well, I think she does."
Continued Curry in a surprising bit of fairness to the administration: "And I think it also could be said that the US does spend a considerable amount of money helping poor people get educated. So what's your message?"
That's when Jolie went global: "No child left behind means no child left behind. And that isn't [just] with what we feel we can give right now, but with whatever it takes. Britain gives three-times more than us right now. They are not richer than us. So I don't know what the great excuse is."
Back in the studio, Katie, Matt and Al had to restrain themselves from breaking into worshipful applause at Jolie's performance. Amidst expressing extensive concern about the intrusions of paparazzi , the crew offered up these nuggets of praise:
"She has done her homework. There are some celebrities who promote a cause and you feel they are there for a photo-op. But she's done the research."
"The real deal."
"A powerful girl."
"She's spent so much time there."
"She seems relaxed - I would be a nervous wreck."
A lot of us might be nervous wrecks - if Jolie and her friends ever got hold of Congress and the White House!
Today Show/NewsBusters Angela Jolie ping.
Today Show/NewsBusters Angela Jolie ping.
Instead of wasting money on "entertainers" such as Jolie and her latest boyfriend, that money could be donated to the poor.
oh good grief! She has been sniffin glue! lol...
Let Angelina pay for it.
I thought that "no child left behind" was a terrible failure.
???
Angelina Jolie - No whackjob male left behind.
This is about as likely as Angelina extending herself to me.
Oh yeah, cause it's working so well in our country...
Wait! NCLB could be the superweapon that finally defeats all of our enemies...
You mean, like we're extending to the children of Iraq? No, no, wait, that doesn't fit the template! LOL!
Where'd she come up with this number? I suspect that there's some major cherry picking, if not an outright misrepresentation of facts here.
I have yet to understand why some fall all over her
That's what I have been led to believe.
Actors: Is there anything they don't know?
Perhaps, they're falling over her inflated lips?
Oh, I don't know ;-)
What I wonder is if the Islamic revolution is a success and freedom as we know it is lost, will Jolie then have anything to say about educating the poor?
Will she be able to speak up her "educated" and "researched" little mind?
Will she have a job anymore?
First things first Angelina. Keep the world free and all else falls into place.
DUH!!!!
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