Denmark Vesey: Mia Farrow Offers To Trade Herself For Darfur Rebel

Monday, August 06, 2007

Mia Farrow Offers To Trade Herself For Darfur Rebel

Sudanese government replies: "Not your old ass, but we'll take Angelina Jolie".

5 comments:

Michael Fisher said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; Aug 6, 2007, 8:29:00 PM
Michael Fisher said...: Like I said over at the State Of...

It'd be interesting if they took her by her word, release the brother and then shoot her behind.

Betcha there'd be a whole lotta less white celebrities who are arrogant enough to believe that black folk in some African joint wouldn't dare kill their ass.

Then again, Brad Pitt could make a movie about heroic dead Mia and actually use a white girl to play a white girl. Guess everything would balance out at the end...; Aug 6, 2007, 8:29:00 PM
Intellectual Insurgent said...: Hilarious!; Aug 6, 2007, 8:46:00 PM
Michael Fisher said...: It wasn't meant to be funny, Skip. The woman wants to trade her life for a black man? Fine. I think that's great. And since they were gonna shot the brother, she should be shot instead.

Problem with that?; Aug 7, 2007, 5:27:00 PM
Denmark Vesey said...: I think it's funny. I crack up every time I see it.

I think the arrogantly ignorant self-righteous audacity of this woman to lecture the government of Sudan while playing out her fantasy of "White Man's Burden" deserves to be lampooned.

Why don't you trade yourself for the 380 women and children Israel holds in prison without charges?

-; Aug 7, 2007, 6:09:00 PM

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