Jeff Bridges quote

[Playinghardball]

[tosh]

1. ...

[AnotherMcIntosh]

2. Surely the "centrists" would do something about this if they only knew.

Send money to the banksters? Check.

Send money to the war machine? Double-check.

Eradicate hunger in the United States with a portion of the squandered money? Not a chance.

Thank you, Jeff Bridges, for your active involvement.

[MannyGoldstein]

48. Personally, I think that massive austerity is needed

I guess we'll see if I'm right come January.

Regards,

Third-Way Manny

[flamingdem]

3. Jeff sticks his neck out for justice

Now I luv him even more than when I saw "Tron"

[hollysmom]

4. It is so hard to get people to understand this.

The food pantries are hurting, the people who think it should be done by churches forget how unevenly that is done, that sometimes it is a whole area where people are hungry, there are not always enough local rich or even stable workers who are willing or able to help

This is why we need government for all the people. not for corporations.

edited for typo

[southernyankeebelle]

14. At Krogers in our town they have bags of food you can buy for at least $5.00 and put them in another

box so they can deliver them to food pantries. I like doing it that way because once you put your name and contribute something they send you all kinds of requests and also you start getting phone calls at your house from all kinds of places. I am so sick of it. I like to contribute but I don't want my name out there.

One thing in the catholic church I attended and worked at on the military base was at the children's mass on Sunday mornings ask the children to bring can goods for the food pantries. They use a large cloths basket and the played some children's song and little kids bring up their can goods. I mean you would think kids were giving their hard earned money. They really get allot out of it. We always had food on hand for emergency. Lot of lower grade soldier who were married sometimes needed help. We helped anyone who needed it. We didn't ask what religion they were and we didn't press them to join the church.

[SheilaT]

18. A good example of what helping others should be.

I myself am not a believer, but I want to do things like help feed the homeless, which is often done through churches. I have some close friends affiliated with a Presbyterian church in my city, and they feed the homeless. I truly love helping out with them. It reminds me that I'm much, much luckier than I usually realize.

[southernyankeebelle]

28. When my husband was stationed at Ft Campbell, KY we use to go to the civilian catholic church. My

husband was a chaplains assistant so we decided to live off the post and we went to the local catholic church. A group of churchs of different faiths would take turns and serve meals at the soup kitchen. We should to go and help cook and serve. I really got alot of good out of that. I think it is a good project for young children to do to show how lucky they are because by the grace of god it could be you and your family. I felt good about doing it. Many people were working poor and homeless. What I was nice you always hear bad things about the poor. Yet here these people would come through the line and always said thank you. That makes you feel really good.

[hollysmom]

21. our shoprite lets you give $1, 2 and 5 coupons at the counter.

I give that way. The store than gives the food pantry on the food they buy with that money. They additionally donate any bruised fruit or vegetables or near expiration cans and bottles.

[Kali]

33. oh I like that

going to suggest it to my local store - thanks!

[southernyankeebelle]

35. That is wonderful. Your store won't be sorry either.

[sarge43]

5. The Dude abides

Had to be said. A brillant professional, a fine family man, speaks for those whose voices are never heard. A class act in every way.

[Initech]

7. Yup - the Dude most certainly abides.

[BrooklynBoy]

30. *Sigh*

Ya beat me to it.

I've always loved Jeff Bridges. Now I love him even more.

[Zorra]

8. LOL! The perfect reply.

He's my all time favorite male actor, and apparently, from everything I've read, a really awesome Dude in real life as well.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. I have to see that movie. nt

[TahitiNut]

43. Yup. "The Big Lebowski" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys" are both Jeff Bridges MUST-see movies.

While it's easy to see the more pronounced aspects of the performances, it's the SUBTLETIES that separates the "men from the boys" in acting ... and Jeff Bridges clears the "men" standard with ease and grace.

Dad Lloyd sure raised two excellent sons.

[avebury]

6. K&R nt

[joanbarnes]

9. And that is why he is The Dude.

[Enrique]

11. he is an anti-hunger activist

apparently since at least 1984

http://www.endhunger.com/network.html

[Flatpicker]

12. K&R

How much of our defense budget would it take to make his statement a non-issue?

Probably no more than 10% IMO.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. "We must all share in the sacrifice", especially the children, apparently

[kenny blankenship]

15. Eating an imaginary baby

corn-on-the-cob style.

[Blanks]

23. I guess he began the genius idea of the 'imaginary' person...

at the RNC.

Here we were giving all the credit to Clint.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

49. That was funnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee!

[Whisp]

19. ow. what a repulsive person.

[Blanks]

24. Its a little hard to resist.

[ann---]

41. hahahaha!

[TahitiNut]

44. Yeah... Gov. Krispy Kreme is surely the poster boy for "sacrifice."

Yup.

[tclambert]

16. How can I take a celebrity seriously if he's not talking to an empty chair?

Okay, I have to make an exception for The Dude.

[progressivebydesign]

17. Love Jeff Bridges!

Met him at a political event several years ago in Montecito, at a very swanky estate. He and his wife drive up in a Suburu. They are very dedicated to the issue of hunger, and they walk the talk. Super nice guy.. and ridiculously handsome IRL.

[Whisp]

20. I love that guy

just seem so natural and unphoney.

[Jennicut]

50. Lucky!

He seems very cool and down to earth, glad to see he is that way in real life.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

22. The Right thinks they're lazy and leeches.

Until they're the ones not knowing where there next meal is coming from. Then they deserve the hand up, because it's different somehow.

[patrice]

25. Yay!! Star Man! You're right. nt

[orpupilofnature57]

26. Coool

[mother earth]

27. Can't K & R this high enough! The truth wins every time & we need more of it!

[Beartracks]

29. GOP: "But they're Americans, so they're doing it to themsleves!" n/t

[onecent]

31. AMEN K & R

[Ken Burch]

32. Some things, the Dude does NOT abide!

Thanks, Jeff. Your dad(who almost got blacklisted back in the day), would surely approve.

[xxqqqzme]

34. Always the

Starman.

[jmondine]

36. Lightfoot's a lot more lucid than Thunderbolt

A high five to the first person who gets that obscure pop culture reference.

[bedazzled]

42. lightfoot's got great legs! loved jeff from that movie on

starman's my favorite, though. sigh.

[JDPriestly]

37. Big thank you to Jeff Bridges. Well said. And thank you too, Playinghardball

for posting this.

[donheld]

38. Palestine

[wake.up.america]

39. Believe me, I am all for helping these folks. I am also for changing the system that put

them there in the first place. Most of the time the cause can be traced back to greed.

[ann---]

40. He's right

Why isn't Obama talking more about the poor along with the middle class who have suffered under "trickle down" economics.

[BrainMann1]

45. Well said Jeff.

[Raffi Ella]

46. Exactly.

This oh so holier than thou so called christian nation should be ashamed of itself.

[coalition_unwilling]

47. Not to rain on the Jeff Bridges parade, but merely to point out that

U.S. sanctions on Iraq in the 90s may have killed upwards of 500,000 Iraqi children.

Madeleine Albright, Clinton's Secretary of State, said those sanctions were 'worth it.' Osama bin Laden declared the effects of the sanctions one justification for his fatwa against the United States.

Most of the Iraqi children died from dysentery and other preventable diseases and few from hunger.

But still, using Bridges' logic, Iraq would have had justified reason to use WMD against us (even though it had no WMD to use).

Now back to regular programming.

[Romulox]

51. Jeff Bridges: Americans are hurting; BUY A HYUNDAI! nt