Spielberg to give Obama 'ambassador to humanity' award

[Kevin_Kennedy]

President Obama will speak next month at a gala celebrating the 20th anniversary of a Holocaust history foundation established by director Steven Spielberg.

The USC Shoah Foundation, created by Spielberg after he completed the film Schindler's List, will honor Obama with its Ambassador to Humanity Award at an event in Los Angeles on May 7.

“President Obama's commitment to democracy and human rights has long been felt,” Spielberg said in a statement. “As a constitutional scholar and as president, his interest in expanding justice and opportunity and all is remarkably evident.”

Spielberg to give Obama 'ambassador to humanity' award | TheHill

That anybody could suggest that Obama be given a humanitarian award with a straight face is absolutely insane. Let's ask the families of those innocent civilians killed on Obama's orders, the ones his administration simply claims are "militants" with no evidence whatsoever, if they feel he's expanded justice or opportunity for them.

Spielberg should be ashamed of his willful ignorance.

 

[TakeAStepBack]

“President Obama's commitment to democracy and human rights has long been felt,”

No one has felt it more than the innocent civilians he's murdered with his drones policy. And there is nothing more democratic than a secret assassination list.

 

[R.C. Christian]

I'll never watch a movie that dirty Jew makes again.

 

[Steven_R]

I decided to quit watching Spielberg films after getting burned on Indy 4 and War of the Worlds. It's remarkable that when he has real constraints he makes stuff like Munich and Amistad, but when he has an open playground and the CGI to do anything, we get pure crap. I don't know if it's that he just ignores internal criticism or the studios give him free reign or nobody is brave enough to say no because of fear of never working again or what, but his mid-2000s work was just shit.

 

[Sherry]

Narcissist begat narcissist.

 

[Snouter]

Most overrated Hollywood hack in history. The cheesy adaptation of Peter Benchley's novel was entertaining, but the other crap was high level bogusness. I recall an interview when a real director first met him and kinda told him to continue pounding the pavement and get a job as a vacuum cleaner salesman or whatever his real talent may lie.

 

[Disir]

Spielberg. The man that butchered Munich.

Pfffftttt......that's rich.