Thu, 27 April 2006 at 12:00 am
Angelina Jolie on The Today Show
Ann Curry :: In what seems to be the middle of no where, on the edge of Namibia in Southern Africa. A very pregnant Angelina Jolie emerged from her private family vacation to speak on behalf of children in poor countries who don’t get to go to school. What is the worst, in your mind, of that?
Angelina Jolie :: God, there are just so many things. It’s really that thought of the potential of a human being. The lack of education causes death. More children die under the age of 5 when the parents aren’t educated. More people get AIDS when they haven’t had an education. Statistics prove that if every child was in school, every year, 700,000 less people would get AIDS.
AC :: It seems also, for you, kind of a personal thing. You have two children you’ve adopted. Both of you whom might have been in this same circumstance of not being able to get educated. And when you look at them and realize that…
AJ :: I look at them and just think, especially my daughter and how many millions of kids are out of school in her country. Especially girls. And I know how families with AIDS when parents die of AIDS, there’s no possible way that children can make a school fee. There’s no possible way she would have gone to school. And she is so smart and so strong. Her potential as a women one day is great. You multiply her by thousands and that is the thing that I can so clearly see when I look at her. Maddox — the amount of street children in his country… in all probability Maddox would have probably been one of the kids going the garbage picking in the streets. He would have been on his own.
AC :: It must mean much to you, as a human being, to be able to give them an opportunity they never would have gotten.
AJ :: I’m happy for them that they’re gonna have all this education and I hope, with it, they do some good things. That they’re good people. [giggles]
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Don’t hate me for saying this but do you think all of that giggling is good for Angelina? I mean she said it could go on for hours!!!. Is that normal in pregnancy? I have no clue. Do you?
LizExcept I am using some kind of mind control, voodoo thing, I can’t control anyone to do anything. They’ve have to tethering on the verge of insanity to be provoked into doing something they wouldn’t normally do. I believe that’s why the insanity plea was put in place. Now, if you’re an emotionally normal person…..No one, no matter how they try, will provoke you into doing anything. You are in control of what you feel, do or say. I am not volatile, just trying to show you the folly in your post but if you consider that volatile, it’s no wonder you are an advocate for the….ehmm "Provoked"We go way too far? Again, I ask which side of the planet are your from? How, dare I ask do we go "way too far". You must be very, very new to this blog….I am talking 30 mins new because there is no way, you’d read all that’s been written and tell us we are the ones going to far….oh wait, I forget, this is someone who considers a rational response volatile.Oh, if the day ever comes that I wish death on you or anyone else, or wish babies will be born stillborn, or that people die in planes crashes…..if that day ever comes Lizzy, please feel free to ask me if I AM NUTS…..No, don’t ask, Tell me I am Nuts, okay? I’m counting on you to do this for me.
Anyone who wishes death or injury to someone they don’t even know is pure evil.
okay so i just read the article on the net at people website about how aj and bp have helped tourism in namibia. And i saw this sentence which at first i didnt catch."It would be an honor for Namibia to become the birthplace of the Pitts’ first biological child," Iipinge saidNow when did these two get married or do they just like to be called mr. and mrs. any one have any ideas.
AG: Thank you for your kind thoughts. There are travelers and there are tourists. The difference is travelers integrate, while tourists dominate…my daughters told me many stories about arrogant Americans (and some British) who fail to really appreciate the cutures wherein they visit. AJ’s concept of world without borders is simply a way of thinking beyond nationalism and appreciating humanism. Maybe because my daughters were artists they could avoid the myopic character of "ugly americans". I appreciate your thoughts.
I at first didn’t care for AJ, but I’m starting to really like her. She’s not fake and she seems to really care for people. Not only is she beautiful on the outside she is beautiful on the inside. Maddox and Zahara and soon to be baby 3 are some very lucky kids. I still can’t stand BP though I never did. As for JA I still feel for her I think she’s having a hard time letting go of BP, IMO I don’t think she is playing the poor me pity. I guess if we were in her shoes it would be hard also. Keep up the good work Angie.
Phil Anthropist I’m sorry to read about your daughters too.
#281 JOHear this: if I was in Jen’s shoes I will have poped out a couple of kids maybe if not right after getting married but within 7 years, instead of letting BP get all teary eyes on public TV talking about how much he wanting to have a family,While her co workers on FRIENDS were having babies side by side.If I was in her shoes I will go away quietly after wasting his 7 years while I was pursuing a movie career that didn’t quite make it, while she gave up on her marriage, BP found someone who was willing to put her hot movie career on hold to give him the child that she so coldly refuse to produce!And right now ANGIE’s career is in high demand, you know babies bring good fortune tell her that!sorry I have no time for pity party there is child on the way to be born in NAMIBIA.
# 284 | **** off idiots |Please don’t forget to increase your Prozac medecine. I start to worry for you.
#284: I think the reason you are so upset is because the minorities that you speak of seem to be more educated and articulate than you will ever be.Talking about abomination, do you know that you are the personification of the word? Please don’t talk to us about human right violations. You already are a violation right there. You are befouling our beautiful world just with your existence and I pity the poor idiot who had spawned you.
Oh look, it’s a herd of wild Jolie groupies!! That’s hilarious!!
# 284 | Fcuk off idiot You better see your psychiatrist immediately. You need to go into anger management. You are so angry you need to calm down. Maybe ask your doctor to change your prozac to valium.
I’m so glad JJ deleted the original offensive post #284
284How ironic. You’re on a jolie interview thread.Mad at jolie because she granted an asian american tv reporter that elusive interview?Or because her children are both from minority race.?You need a lesson in humanities.Please don’t go visit miami ,l.a, or any of the cities. They are everywhere you know.Just in case you don’t know not all minorities are black,brown ,asian or latinos.There are also white , with heavy accented english. GEt real.
#74 was not written by me! just wanted to point that out! how sad the haters sign on as us now!i hope you guys realised that.
Apologies my good people,I see my patient has paid you a visit. I’m sorry for that, unfortunately, the wagon used to cart her to the Asylum was involved in an accident. She made her escapeMy name is Dr. Feel Good and “**** off Idiots” or Patient Alpha as she called at the institute, has been a patient of mine from the moment she was born. We have tried to help her but I have to say, we’ve been unsuccessful, the best we can ascertain is she suffers from Paranoid, Disorganized Schizophrenia with multiple personalities. This type of patient often has highly elaborate delusions of persecution or personal grandeur. However, the patient may appear rather normal until he or she becomes entangled in typical argumentativeness and suspiciousness, she is characterized by a disorganized behavior and disorganized speech. Her affect may be flat or inappropriate. When Confronted, Patient Alpha will typically emerge with another personality, a personality whose speech patterns are stilted but she believes she’s being witty(#286). Ordinarily this new personality is insane but on her lucid days, which are far between, she is stupid. Please be advised that engaging in any form of discussion with Patient Alpha can result into loud bouts of shrieking, use of obscene language and inappropriate discussions on things she can insert in her rear end. If you do come across patient Alpha, please stay clear of her and her other personalities. If you happen by a phone, please do o call me. Locking Patient Alpha up and throwing away the keys is a top priority for us. We can’t help her anymore; she’s too far gone for any hope of redemption.Once again, I apologize that you all were subjected to the ranting of an insane woman.
# 291 | Dr. Feel Good - Way to go, that was funny, thanks for the laugh
#275: Medulla, thanks for that report on JA/VV. If she’s not careful, VV whose career is taking off may leave hers in the dust. She’ll be reduced to another A-list actor with a B-list actress as his partner/wife. She’ll still get to walk the red carpet but they will tell her to please move aside so they can take a solo picture of the real star in the tandem. That’s why Stuart Townsend doesn’t walk the red carpet with Charlize Theron anymore. He got tired of being shunted aside when he was also a known actor in his own right.Maybe JA should have NBC develop another sitcom for her ala "Joey" or just create one like what Courtney and David Arquette are doing. She could showcase her talent as Rachel Green of course (is there anyone else?) and have full control of her career and her life. She should really just lay low when it comes to films for now. Her strength is not in the cinematic field but rather in the tube which sure makes her look fine. She’s not good enough to win an Oscar because she can’t twist her face to save her life. Her obsession with looking good in front of the camera by just letting them shoot at a better angle will keep her actions limited. She should just be content with being nominated for an Emmy or a Golden Globe.But if she still insists on swimming with the big fishies, she had better hold on to VV tight. Shemay be reduced to just following him about like a tame pet but she’ll still be in front of the shutterbugs and be talked about especially when a rumor of a third party or a fight is raised in the tabs.
FYI:OFF TOPICHow you can help with the situation in Darfur:Dining for DarfurPlease join us in Dining for Darfur on Sunday April 30th, as New Yorkers come together to make a difference and dine against genocide. Dining for Darfur is a charity Dine Out that will raise funds for humanitarian relief work in the war-ravaged state of Darfur. The fundraiser is organized by food writer Andrea Strong and will take place at restaurants around New York City (and beyond) on Sunday April 30th, coinciding with the Save Darfur rally in Washington DC.Participating restaurants have agreed to donate 5% of their gross sales for the evening of Sunday April 30th to the International Rescue Committee’s humanitarian relief efforts in Darfur and in the refugee camps in Chad. The Situation in Darfur Not since the Rwanda genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of slaughter, rape, starvation and displacement. Government-backed militias, known collectively as the Janjaweed, are systematically eliminating entire communities of African tribal farmers. Villages are being razed, women and girls are being gang-raped and branded, men and boys are being slaughtered, and food and water supplies targeted and destroyed. It is estimated that 400,000 people have already been killed in this genocide and that 2.5 million people have been displaced. The murders continue daily.Link:http://diningfordarfur.org/:
As a citizen of the USA, I just want to assure people on here that we didn’t all vote for George W. Bush in the last election, and looking at his current approval rating, there are many more who wish they hadn’t. And I think AJ makes a very valid point: As the richest country in the world, the USA has the money and resources to provide for all of its own citizens and also help other countries who don’t have as much and need the help. The problem is that the people who decide what to do with said resources do not always vote on distribution that would benefit the people who need it most. Where are these resources going? Where is the money going? I look at my paystub and say, "Where are my taxes going?" Citizens of the USA need to realize that we are the ones who put people in office to make these decisions for us, and they are supposed to vote based on what the majority wants. That is not happening. Therefore, it is our right to NOT elect the same people over and over again. But I think most citizens don’t educate themselves enough on politics to know that they are unwittingly supporting the decisions being made by NOT being vocal about what they want. There is a lot of controversy in our country right now, and I really hope something positive comes of all this. I DO NOT support war, have not since day one, and I can see how others would look at the USA as a big bully. I just want people out there to know that most of us don’t agree with what our government is doing and there ARE some of us trying to change things, but it’s very difficult because the people in power have a LOT of power, and those of us who don’t have power are all but invisible.Just had to get that off my chest.
Angelina giggling constantly means she’s going to have a happy baby. My guess is the baby is going to be a Girl and she will look just like Angelina.
# 291 | Dr. Feel Good |You’re killing me. Thanks for the laugh.
guli…yeah i had a really good night, i didnt get in till 3:45 am crazy, only problem, i had to get up at 7:15am, so hard! i di it tho, i cant remember much of this morning i was a zombie! my date was a gentleman, as much as we know each other he was very shy, which was very funny as im not! i tell it how it is, i was heck of a flurt, i do that well! its a watch this space date so here is too hope! ive had a thing for him for nearly 6 years, we got together back then but it didnt lasttoo long as i was not ready, i kicked myself for ages after. he treated me good, i was a fool. and just recently things seem interesting so wahoo!
To MGates BIG THANK YOU ;),Rizos
Thank you our good Dr. Feelgood. It’s good to know you are on the case. Have you perchance lost a few other patients this month? If you would instruct us how to care for them, we would do our best to see that they don’t hurt themselves or others until you come to retrieve them.
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