April 24, 2003, 14:12
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Americans! Madonna Thinks You're Superficial!
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I couldn't help but post the following Reuters article after seeing how Madonna slammed Americans for having the "wrong values":
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Madonna Slams American Values
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Apr 24 2003 10:41AM
LONDON — U.S. pop superstar Madonna, one of music's richest performers, has attacked her fellow Americans for being obsessed with the "wrong values" such as getting rich and looking good.
Madonna told the Radio Times that Americans had opportunities people in other countries did not have but got caught up in superficial dreams.
"We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values — looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous and successful or just being famous," Madonna told the television listings magazine.
"It's the most superficial part of the American dream and who would know better than me? The only thing that's going to bring you happiness is love and how you treat your fellow man and having compassion for one another."
The interview coincided with the release this week of Madonna's latest album "American Life."
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I know, I know. It's just a publicity stunt on Madonna's part to help generate word-of-mouth and sales for her new CD. But it's still ludicrous to read what she said.
Apparently she thinks a good deal of Americans live the way she and her fellow Hollywood types do — riches and excesses flowing. Well, lady, a number of us *don't* live the way you do. A lot of us struggle to keep a damn roof over our heads, food on the table and the family intact on less than $40,000 a year for a family of four. Looking good and keeping up with the latest trends? Yeah, we all know that the Wal-Marts and Targets of the world are just the "chic" places to go for that sort of style. Madonna would be in utter agony if she had to live in the reality a lot of Americans experience day in and day out.
Furthermore, her stereotype can be easily extended beyond American borders. But that wouldn't be politically correct, would it?
Anyway, the day Madonna *empties* her bank account, *sells* off most of her physical possessions and goes to Calcutta, India, to help the poor is the day I'll dignify her with something more substantial than a casual response.
I bet Hell freezes over first and Mother Teresa is reborn before that ever happens.
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April 24, 2003, 14:14
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**** Madonna and the horse she rode in on.
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April 24, 2003, 14:19
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LONDON — U.S. pop superstar Madonna, one of music's richest performers, has attacked her fellow Americans for being obsessed with the "wrong values" such as getting rich and looking good.
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 But it's Ok for her??
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April 24, 2003, 14:22
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Looks like shes batting 500. I'll give her rich, but as my friends say "She looks like she's been ridden hard and put away wet."
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April 24, 2003, 14:29
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Much worse things are said on this site about French people every day. What's the big deal?
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April 24, 2003, 14:30
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Madonna thinks Americans are superficial?
Well ****, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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April 24, 2003, 14:31
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**** the French, too . 
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April 24, 2003, 14:34
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Madonna is hardly one to be speaking........
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April 24, 2003, 14:45
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It took her this long to figure it out? Clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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April 24, 2003, 14:48
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The "Material Girl" says looks and getting rich are not what its about? Hmmm...She must be getting older and less in demand.
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April 24, 2003, 14:50
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Next, Jacko will say the Americans are just too damn weird.
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April 24, 2003, 14:54
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"Americans had opportunities people in other countries did not have"
This is key.
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April 24, 2003, 15:02
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She's right, but she couldn't be a bigger hypocrite in saying so.
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April 24, 2003, 15:04
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Originally posted by Stefu
Next, Jacko will say the Americans are just too damn weird.
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I love your avatar. Is that the head elf in santa's workshop?
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April 24, 2003, 15:11
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No, he's Tony Halme, a Finnish far-right politician. He looks adorable, doesn't he?
Incidentally, that's the official site.
What's your avatar, Don Rumsfeld?
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"That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world
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April 24, 2003, 15:11
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Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Yeah...
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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Originally posted by Stefu
What's your avatar, Don Rumsfeld?
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Cheney, actually. 
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April 24, 2003, 15:30
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Originally posted by Stefu
What's your avatar, Don Rumsfeld?
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Oh, and @ Madonna.
But Stefu's funnier.
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April 24, 2003, 15:37
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Americans! Madonna thinks you're superficial!
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Madonna! It seems that the Americans don't give a **** about your hypocritical speeches!
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The "Material Girl" says looks and getting rich are not what its about? Hmmm...She must be getting older and less in demand.
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Yup, so it seems.
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April 24, 2003, 15:38
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Is Madonna an American?
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April 24, 2003, 15:45
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Tell her you "discovered" kabala and she'll like you.
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April 24, 2003, 15:48
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I bet if I had 10 minutes with Madonna, private, I'd convince her to have sex with me.
But that aside, Yeah.. this is good example of irony. If Madonna is so worried about superficial valus like money etc. then why is she so angry at people who downloads her music, because they can't afford it (or some other reasons) ?
If she truly believes what she's saying, she should give all her money to poor people in some poor country, or poor people at the US, like homeless people. I bet she has few millions to spare and throw away.. or does she use it to buy good things like super expensive make ups and clothes? Nice one Madonna, but I'm not buying this!
She can only prove herself wrong to buy my university tuition fees because I can not afford it. So Madonna, if you're reading this, PM me so I can give you my bank account information.
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April 24, 2003, 15:51
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You don't want to do that, Pekka. She'd probably take you to the cleaners just for the fun of it.
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April 24, 2003, 15:55
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Pekka, you really don't want to have sex with Madonna. The question isn't "where has she been?" but "where HASN'T she been?"
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April 24, 2003, 16:09
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I'm only saying I'd make it
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April 24, 2003, 16:09
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Plus I figure that if she pays $30k a year for my tuition, the least thing I could do is introduce her to my beast.
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