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melissa: thank you both so much. you can catch me everyday every day at 5:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox business. money with melissa francis is my show. in the meante, have a greatlves. constitucy booby stars. [laughter] >>. >> to be a service to our president. >> they are eager to support their president how. >> they had no where to return until he rived. >> don't how how. >> is specially the egalitarian system, not to stop the violence.
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aren't they hypocrites? thwish somebody would confront them. it is horrible that you glamorized domestic terrorist. >> i speak for the entire world over. >> you cannot by eating more effective >> i am not a doctor but i play one on tv. our show. tonight. john: hollywood is undergoing mission creep not just to entertain us but fix the world. an actor can use his name, why not? it needs and fixing but the world office is more important. actors do public-service commercials. yasser arafat after he died richard gere did that get
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t the vote video that ray and in the west bank or palestine. >> i am richard gere and i speak for the entire world. john: the entire world? that seems pretty arrogant. he is a popular actor but what gives him the right to speak for the entire world? because they are portrayed as godlike. >> for centuries people have nowhere to turn, and tall he arrived to. >> as long as there were people crying for help there were those that would never rest. hercules. john: he is here actually it is the actor kevin sorbo who played "hercules" and pushes back againsthose in hollywood to say they know how to fix the world. do you have a problem with
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richard gere saying i speak for the entire world? >> he speaks for his own cause them that happens quite a bit. look at the actors that went crazy over bush with the war on iraq and the debut andy and then commercials but none of them spe out about bengha that is a huge scandal in my book. john: they are dishonest and hypocritical. >> hypocritical rules the day in that town and we can l be guilty here and there buit is amazing the people thatant to push their agenda just because they are a so-called super star. john: in hollywood they talk about power. >> but they don't have tolerance for anybody who disagrees also freedom of speech. they will push it until they die but if you disagree did not want to give it to you.
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lookuprue independence i votefor reagan and clinton obviously the best person running period but just to sa i'm an independent makes me lose work in the city. john: really? >> no question. it has come back to me trust me. i have spent on said i get tired of people's opinions i am not even a agree just point out where my viewpoints are different than that is the death to get people to tu off they get a green ian devotional. there is no facts only emotion. when i said i voted for rean i was in canada they said you are such an educated. >> i work with 12,000 kids the best after-school program in the state for inner-city kids 12,000 kids we have a 90 percent graduation rate.
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john: but because you vote a certain way? >> it the indoctrirination but i keep asking socialism? how does it work? >> in hollywood they don't carry about obamacare does not affect tem. john: the biggest cause is saving the eth and climate change. here is a commercialone by harrison ford. >> when rainforest are slashed and bned their releases tons of carbon into the air we breathe. the changes our climate. it hurts. every t of rain forest cut down over there really hurts us over here. john: what? waxing your chest hair and the of rain forests? it is a gimmick but i would not mind so much i would not
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mind if they were such a hypocrite but he owns seven airplanes. he admits he once flew the jet to get a cheeseburger. it makes you wish people would confront them. but this brings someone did. >> any other plans to get your chest waxed. are you stilflying to get a cheeseburger? i guess you drive the honda odyssey. owning seven aircraft is it still seven? how do you recommend americans keep up with your carbon footprint? author of the best-seller hollywood hypocrites' author jason mattera. harrison ford may be a hypocrite but you are obnoous you are rearered. >> i learned from the best i've followed your career at
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2020 defending people who were duplicitous. john: crooks and thieves this is just a poor actor. >> w has a lot of sway especially with young people unfortunately like better not young people take the cue from celebrities. being hip and cool means in favor of the conservationist policies that harrison ford got his chest waxed over but i don't care he owns seven airplanes. i would love to but do not lecture me or the rest of us that we are on the press of this of karmic added while you have a sasquatch sized car ben for prep. that is at i confronted him. >> the press treats actors fferently thepaparazzi annoy them but reporters to question them. . bill: exclusivity the interviews are patty cake
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they will not grow them on substantive policy positions that thects themselves have taken itis not out of the blue but somebody asked harrison ford is serious question about his own personal car been r a pram. we would have to walk around spraying aerosol cans all day long just toeep up with his carbon footprint. john: you are an independent voting for republicans and democrats but that makes him very unusual.@ overwhelmingly days of four liberal democrats and obama certainly and that led to another pledge. >> to be of service to barack obama. >> i pledged to be of service to our presidents. >> and all mankind. together became and. john: dunne guess we can campaign. my book is titled "no they
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can't." i have a problem they say yes wean meaning individuals but president and obama of the means government and that is a dangerous idea. and you are not allowed to say things like that in hollywood. >> not allowed to disagree with hollywood. it is mind-boggling that things that come out of people's mouths they pushing employers did everything they push for does not have the fact on them. i have called with the big names i say you can afford to be a socialist you are worth $100 billion. john: you said that? aughter] to george clooney. >> he says raise taxes. >> to drive a toyota petraeus to the ms -- jemmies but they have a private airplane and i wish i had a private airplane. >> many advate to raise taxes but well-connected
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celebrities are quick to use your tax dodges. >> owning acres of land in new jers but pays only $100 of state property tax because he raises honeybees' he qualifies for the honeybee subsidy. bruce springsteen owns hundreds of acres of land but pays little tax because a an organic farmer works his land his pour neighbors pay more. >> i don't get anybody trying to lower taxes but bonn jovi and springsteen publicly supporting for obama holding raies but then cry tax cuts for their riches and they robbed of poverty programs and a social contract with america being destroyed the middle-class is harmed but then you rob those anti-poverty programs by calling yourself a forme
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that is the hypocrisy that is frustrating to se why i wrote the book calling of these people on their duplicity. john: one final example some of the activists are so eager to promote anti- catalist they glamorize people like bill ears -- bill ayers they killed people and bombed buildings and obama held a fund-raiser in bill ayers living room so robert redford came out with a movie based on the weather underground that the terrorists are on the run. >> we'd never be trade any of us all these years. >> i saw an interview with him about this movie he is behind it wanted to% it was the good thing.
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what kind of statement is that somebody that was blowing up buildings a hurting hundreds of people? i don't know. its so screwed up a and sad to see what is going on it is strange to me. john: he invited me to sundance and he did not talk to me when i was there. [laughter] but he was there. there is a sliver of the open debate. >> just a sliver. john: and made me wish somebody would coront robert redford about this gimmick is a deplorable you a domesticthe weather terrorist? will you make a movie about theoston bomber's next? john: he never responded. >> no. his entourage surrounded me and would not let me get up close.
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but this goes beyond hypocrisy it is a human decency factor. it is one thing to make a movie about the weather underground terrorist but another thing to romanticize it to make get a heartfelt. a bank robbery that resulted in the murder of two police officers and a security guard and now redford will make a movie that is essentially one b tribute? it i remarkably deplorable even by hollywood standards. john: thank you jon and kevin. please go to facebook or twitter to keep the conversati going and use that #hollywood and let people know what you think. people know what you think. more celebrity hy this is the quicksilver cash back card from capione.
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many are clueless. leonardo to capriotes told a reporter he was to take a break from acting to fly around the world to being good for the environment. around the world? we just heard about harrison ford seven airplanes don't ey get that puts more carbon than 1,000 light bulbs? it is ifhey live in a separate stupid world called hollywood nation. that is the title of james hirsen bought. what is going? hollywood has embraced environmentalism as a religion they have a high priest the nobel laureate laureate, of the oscar winner of court you have to cepthat he says witha knife faith and without logic. >> but some blindness to the
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fact you mention al gore i was surprised to see build the monster homes while preaching? >> the hypocrisy is monumental the 19,000 square foot mansion in tennessee, a group could get a hold of his utilities was 20 times of the average american also mention at mont to cboe near zero pres house. john: are any of those environmental activist not hypocrites? to some live the life? >> ed begley, jr., a darrell ll and that, they actually live a lifestyle consistent with what they preach but that i rare. the vast majority of celebritiesake opulence to the highest level. john: ptt said turn your lights out but also he has
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big houses. reason to be combined his video. >> i pledge to turn the lights off i would leave them on but i will turn them off. >> is the unaware of the hypocrisy? >> i just think he goes out on tour and has a carbon footprint of a third-world nationith the idea that that will make a difference evenf you believe in the theory of man caused global warming seems licrous. john: keystone pipeline some actors made a short film that makes it seem like the in the deal horror movie the family plays -- buys a new home. >> how beautiful? what is the catch? >> it is near the keystone pipeline.
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we need to leave. it will be okay. it will be okay. john: but this bad science is pushed in video by talented people. >> with you do something i a narrative form or a recognizable actress with a clever theme as you have said that looks like a horror movie and it is very effective. the people that flash the environmental agenda have a tremendous resource with celebrities who e willing to do this kind of video. john: americc's biggest environmental success is tracking for natural gas.
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a day reduced america's cardinal put many celebrities like john lennon's wife and son trash it is don't frack my mother then the crowd follows. >> they do. powerful they sway natalie their follower like when george clooney stted off on global warming says something, it goes global. unlike the and on celebrities who cannot get the word out quite as effectively. they are a great power. john: james hirsen. by the way ed begley, jr. said he either does conservation from his conservative father it was wrong to waste any resource. we also reached out to every actor about the hypocrisy
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>> let's use the word capitalism. john: capitalism it is a curse the opinion of some local celebrities that hollywood does vilify capitalism and movies it creates killer viruses and they sacrifice people. they spread leukemia. pitalist chop down the last raid r stand poison people and hollywood thrives because of capitalism. they may sneer at profit but
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they chase it and to turn to someone who was interviewed and mocking celebtiesor years. kennedy the veejay fro mtv what is the contradiction? >> old as turkey and is so annoying. they start to base their lives through the box office no industry is more competitive than the film industry and they have to make money so then they can make more money but yet somehow it is sturdy and filthy if you call me a pitalist i am oay with that. perfectly acceptable. john: let's play more of that panel with c-span. >> of falls st. and rich thought it was bad they would get ridf it babied large, half the country living in anxiety and fear in the other half over here
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e the ones they will sell their goods to. john: it is insane. it makes no sense but the left also argues we have to have more handouts to buy stuff to help the whole economy. >> as long as the of foresees their movies are tching tv or to buy their stuff they are fine. john: russell brand known for flicks like forgetting meet sarah marshall had his own tv show was canceled and now he is developing a new show which is owned by fox. what are you thinking, fox? he objects to capitalism solid interview were said what would you replace it with? to make you talk vaguely about revolution what is it? >> the egalitariansystem with the heavy taxation corporations and massive responsibility for the energy company to exploit
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the environment. >> they get a little tin bit of knowledge did it become so watered down socialist dribble and he is the attenti horror like the paris hilton of film. john: he once a socialist egalitarian system. >>ppeals to people when they are very young and idealist and passionate and insane which is you are supposed to be but then we grow up and pay taxes. he is not relevant in entertainment so he has to say these things to get injured attention. john: what about george lucas? he has made billions to help create "star wars" or indiana jones. >> among the people who have known you as a billionaire that is not crazy about capitalism. >> that's true.
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i grew up in the '60s i am a patriot but i am also a believer in democracy not capitali democracy. i do n believe the rich should by the government and that is the way i feel. >> is that the amera you see? >> it has been that way for a long time. john: he does have a point that mitt rich people make contributions. >> it is frustrating for a lot of voters but it is also the unions. we live in the system paid for by the highest bidder. contributing thousands and thousands of dollars. but the reason the rich spend all this not because they are evil or change behavior but when government is that dick, people will spend to influence. >> he sold his company for
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over 4 billion. that is a tiny profit as a shrewd space. >> the most money comes from this stuff, the "star wars paraphernalia that he lls it has cotton rich spend as he was very shrewd with that deal for the action figures because he convinced spock nobody will buy the action figures boyce told by dolls. that is how he became the multimillionaire of. >>apitalist who doesn't like capitalismoming up more celebrities pushing for gun control. >> right now. >> right now. so many. which ones are hypocrites? next. [ me announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 06 35th street
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>> if we had just done something yesterday it is time. >> w can do better. john: ter every horrible mass shooting celebrities bush gun-control lots of celebrities and made the anti-gun commercial listings the past shooting. >>, . >> virginia tech. >> aurora. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> newtown. how many more? >> how many more will testify? >> it makes me want to say enough's. >> enough's. >> enough. >> the demand gun-control legislation. >> the man they plan now. >> demands stemming therefrom is to believe one
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more plan would take us safer but many are hypocrites from screenwriter michael medved. why? vivid because ey could demand something that the plan is to reduce the level of gun violence in the movies. but just since the year 2000 and has gone up 300%. do something about that. this industry has so many peopleho testified involved in the lavish the involved entertainment like the hunger games. john: i thought that was bow and arrows? >> a and everything else. the point is the general levels of violencethan specific level of gun violence has never been
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higher in hollywood pripet the self righteous hypocrites are testifying and demanding plan from the government. you can do a plan in your own life if you don't want toave guns, nobody forces you but they ar concerned with what other people do and take no responsibility for what they do themselves. john: for the record there is no evidence of violence and film leads to violence in real life there has been more in in films and video games but the real life it is dropping. >> it is true people contest the idea there is a relationship between violence on the screen in real life of more evidence of that association claus widespread gun ownership. >> after that psa there's someone read edited data commercial.
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[laughter] >> how many more classrooms? okay. >> how many more movie theaters? here is one more video jim carey calls people who make dozens the devils profitrs ♪ ♪ ♪ john: on twitter he said this video is about you heartless mother who will not been for the safety of our kids. >> unbelievable. the biggest difference between the of libertarian
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rights to a and the crazy laughed is for those of us on the right, i do care about a bunch of issues so my plan is to pick up litter they care abou what other people do. what is necessary as a message regarding gun violence is care about yourself andake the difference you can make faith and to compel other people t do at you want em to do. that desire is at the heart of the project to and i hate it. john: michael medved. thank you. let's play real or fake. we will test your knowledge of celebrity behavior for example of this actor has a compost the ball tennis
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%-like harrison ford waxingl his chest to save the rainforest. did you separate the real celebrity behavior from stuff that i made up? played their real or fake game with the libertarian battle. matt welch, a kennedy and kmele foster. first question. tor charlie sheen asked president obama to investigate whether 9/11 was instigated by george debut bush. real or fake? yes. a six minute video was made that osama bin audit and they have been working with the cia. bill gates offered one of the thousand dollars to the person to invent a more pleasurable condom fake?
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he did call the next generation condom challenge to promotregular use. [laughter] john: factor is evangeline auctioneddoff 60 edward to raise money for homeless kids. we have a picture. this does not surprise you? >> that is to random not to be real. john: by the cyprus played strip poker to raise money. [laughter] wait for the question to raise money for the children's charity? kennedy got a right. we made thatp. it sounded so real. since president obama islam ising gets 8 miles per gallon ed begley, jr.
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started a petition to trade in the limousine for the electric version? >> areat idea. you are wrong. mary tyler moore tried to pay a restaurant $1,000 to free one of the lobsters. yes. a really happened. a lobsr name despite. >> he was delicious by the way. john: and actor who has a and web site about environmentally, costabile tennis shoes. you are right to. imbedded in their tomds suggests buried them to watch the flowers bloom.
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what is wrong with that? >> it is a great ideas. >> every betty on the show entourage is known for their intellect. alyssa made a sexual tape for the conflict of syria. >> absolutely true. we canlay some of it here. >> nobody cares. [laughter] >> our nation is on t brink of another conflict. [laughter] john: d we're thinking of syria forit is time to name the winner we have accountants that say there was a tie. kennedy and kmele foster. matt, you lose. one last question.
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the three if you are abo to have your own television show? on fox business. >> the independence it will be 60 minutes of greatness. john: i am so glad. we need more talk shows it took me 20 years to understand but you are yogurt. how do you get it so quickly? matt you are theditor of a libertarian magazine but you went there because. >> but we got to see throughout the 1990's to existed in the shadow of central planning it is uniquely awful to see people liberated from that to create something new -- knew was an experience. >> i i had to read hydrated penn gillette taught me the importance to talk. >> also i have a really great college professor who
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gave me a copy of capitalism and freedom afr the introduction alone i was hooked. hn: by milton friedman. up xt celebrities who do get a right. [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreli down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had thpower to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours d in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪
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>> i pledged to be of service barack obama. >> i ge to be a servant to our president. john: they sure drink the kool-aid. but why do so many loved politicians to pushigger government? they are not all stupid? some are but part of it is alwayshe tendency to support what their peers support and hollywood supports liberalism but why did it becomes a leftist? i have some theories. because so many actors are good-looking men -- maybe the became famous through a lucky audition or a lucky break for good looks so government must intervene to make life re fair. no? how about this. since actors work for others they half to do with those government burden than those
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who really innovate like those to build a factory o nt apartment complex or jump through hoops to invent medicine. they collect a paycheck the agents handle details. i read an article about love line -- lifelong democrat rob schneider. he plays idiots in movies. he now has become a republican because he tried to run a business but california's regulation was so bad he moved out of california to changed political parties. tryingo start a business will camera. -- woke him up. final label one moreeason why hollywood is a leftist because acting is about connecting with people and emotionally.
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it is not about studying data from theiroz coming entitlement bigger see is a math problem just arithmetic. i can see disaster but the emotional actor says you want to limit the promise to entitlent? you want to killed grand by and do a commercial to detect paul ryan to push her off the cliff. they often wind through the emotional appeal spinet they relate to their emotions but scientific elanation but that is all i got. you have got better idea? tell us what you think on facebook or twitter. but end with a sliver of good news for those who are libertarian or a conservative like clint eastwood and tom selleck and kevin sorbo. i am told kurrussell and i
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am not sure i met him once in newt gingrich office he is not a libertarian that maye kurt russell is? are you? then the of comedy star vince vaughnn but now he has a radio show and said this. >> i very supportive of ron paul. as you get older you have less trust of the government running anytng likehat theonstitution the real purposis to protect the individual rights. john: yes. he said too many rules lead to government corruption and other unintended consequences he gets it maybe there are more libertarians in hollywooin the closet. for if y don't march in step with the other liberals you may not get work as
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kevin sorbo said earlier. >> just to say i'm an independent is enough to lo working in the city. john: that is why just well established stars who are willing to speak up and performers like drew carey who now works for reason tv. >> we don't need garett centralized government to tell us what color to paint our house. john: but maybe the entertainers cannot comprehend. t's close tt when they say government must act to protect privacy on the web? penn gillette said this beckett is n the governmentts business to protect your privacy from facebook. if facebook does things that people don't like everybody will leave facebook and a lot of business. all you need is free speech and free markets.
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