The Cooperstown Redemption

Thanks to Gary for telling me about this terrific speech given by Tim Robbins at the National Press Club on Tuesday. The liberal actor recently had his appearance at the Baseball Hall of Fame cancelled because of his anti-war views. My favorite excerpt of the speech is when he points out the hypocrisy of those who favored military action in Iraq but also rail against violence in the media:

"Unlike the rest of the world, our news coverage of this war remains sanitized, without a glimpse of the blood and gore inflicted upon our soldiers or the women and children in Iraq...As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news. We are told it would be pornographic. We want no part of reality in real life."

Cheers to you, Tim.