Gene Simmons 'Gets It'
Gomez
Legendary bassist Gene Simmons tells libs how it is...
http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/05/gene_simmons_interview_1.php
All Tongue
Gene Simmons opens wide on Iraq, racial profiling, and Hollywood
idiots
By Joel Keller
Gene Simmons is the kind of guy who does and says whatever he wants,
whenever he wants. Schedule an interview with him on Monday afternoon,
and he'll call you at 10 p.m. on Sunday. And when the legendary KISS
front man is ready to go, you'd better have your recorder handy,
because he's always got something incendiary to say.
The "king of all beasts" (his words) cannot be tamed—at least not by
anyone other than longtime girlfriend, former Playmate Shannon Tweed,
and their two children, Sophie, 14, and Nick, 18. Their efforts are
chronicled in the A&E reality series Gene Simmons Family Jewels,
currently in its second season. In honor of Memorial Day, Simmons
recently taped a special one-hour episode in which he and daughter
Sophie get a taste for basic training at Camp Pendleton in San Diego,
then visit wounded soldiers at a veterans hospital in Long Beach. The
experience inspired him to put on a subsequent concert for troops
about to ship off to Iraq.
On the phone to Radar from L.A., Simmons exercised his oversize tongue
on a range of issues, including the Iraq war, the need for racial
profiling, and the "enemy of Western civilization," Sean Penn.
RADAR: You seemed to have a deep respect for the soldiers you met at
Camp Pendleton. What did you come away with?
GENE SIMMONS: It is embarrassing what's happening to America nowadays.
I'm embarrassed. The same thing happened in Vietnam, and I lived
through that era. It was unbelievable. The answer seems to be, from
some political experts, just get up and leave and the bad guys will
decide, "Hey let's disarm and everything's going to be okay." I'm so
fucking sick and tired of such idiotic behavior.
I'm guessing you're not in favor of the Iraq troop withdrawal bills
being proposed right now in Congress.
It's not the policies and the bills; it's how we treat our military.
It's how we treat our young men or women who go out there, at 18 years
old, and risk their lives. There's no fame, they're certainly not
getting rich, and a lot of them are dying, simply for something they
believe. By the way, it's a volunteer army, all volunteer. The fact
that anybody would have a fucking thing to say about that is
astonishing. And the VA hospital that Sophie and I went to, it's about
an hour and a half down the road from Malibu. These morons can't get
up off their asses and out of their $10 million homes, get into their
SUVs, and drive down to the VA hospital just to say, "Hey, what you do
matters." Doesn't matter what they think of President Bush. It matters
that 18-year-olds are getting out there and risking their lives. I
didn't see a single person there. That's the most embarrassing thing.
I'm furious at Hollywood.
No visitors at all?
No. Of course, if it means getting on a jet and going to Washington,
D.C., to get in front of media, they're all there. But they won't get
into a car where there's no media and just go and shake the hand of a
vet. And we met, as you know, Vietnam vets and Korean vets and Iraqi
vets, and it just breaks your heart.
Do you think the troops in Iraq don't get the respect they deserve?
I think it's worse than ever. Because it's never talked about. It's
just never talked about. We used to have a dialogue. I mean, there
were peace marches, and people forget this, but the Vietnam vets that
came back were spat at. Now, it's just apathy.
But it seems like these people are protesting the war, not protesting
the troops.
I don't see the difference. Aid and comfort to the enemy is when you
do it through media and there are big headlines like "We've Lost the
War" and things like that. What makes you think that any graduate of
any madrassa in the Middle East doesn't blow that up? In other words,
make a big copy of it and show it to everybody.
So someone like Sean Penn for instance ... you don't support what he's
doing?
Oh, I think he's the enemy of Western civilization. I think he's a
terrific actor, but a political knucklehead. By the way, the
difference between the Warren Beattys and Sean Penns and perhaps the
Hannitys in the salons of the world is very little. The people who
hate you don't care what political side you're on. They make no
distinction between far left and far right. They just hate you. It's
so stupid. And the biggest problem, of course, is that media, no
matter what you say, is skewed a certain way.
Given your Israeli background, are you more sensitive to what's going
on in the Middle East?
No, actually, I'm an earthling more than that. I'm completely in favor
of a Palestinian state, and I'm completely against any other country
in the Middle East having nuclear weapons. I believe that, if allowed,
it would be the beginning of the end. Because once a graduate of any
madrassa in the Middle East straps on bombs that can take out cities,
you're done.
Sean Penn and I are exactly alike, we just see danger in different
degrees of distance. It's a distance philosophy, and it goes something
like this: If there's a guy with a gun a mile away, I think it's the
same thing as if that gun is pointed right at my head. We don't want
to die by some madman's hand. The difference is, I'm very proactive
and want to take that guy out before he becomes a menace. In other
words, I do think there's a military option with Iran.
I didn't know you were so political.
Oh I'm not shy. And by the way, I voted for Bill Clinton. But I also
voted for George Bush.
I believe that most people are like me, which is why sometimes
Republicans get in and sometimes Democrats. Very few people are either
like Hannity or Sean Penn. Most people are centrists, and by the way,
I get along with Hannity just fine. On political issues, foreign
policy specifically, O'Reilly and I get along just fine—we agree on
foreign policy. I think the war's been handled poorly, but there's no
choice. You gotta get there. The Second World War was handled terribly
until D-day.
In terms of this Republican administration, some views about stem cell
research, gay rights, separation of church and state, and on and on—I
don't agree with any of them. But you can worry about the trees and
the environment and gas emissions later. Right now there's a bigger
problem, and it's a guy who doesn't care if you're a Republican or a
Democrat; he wants to blow himself up and take you out. That's the
problem. I think racially profiling anybody from the Middle East ...
the Swiss have been good this year, and as an Israeli, I want you to
look at me first. I want you to search my anal cavity and look at my
tax records. I want you to look at me first, and then at every guy
named Muhammad.
So you have no problem with profiling? If you were at the airport, you
wouldn't mind being searched?
I'm volunteering. I'm volunteering to have less rights. This whole
notion that you can have all the rights in the world while there's an
emergency is nonsense. That's why there are emergency hours that are
given to law enforcement during times of war. And if the cop tells you
to move and you don't move, he'll bat you over the head. That's the
way it should be.
The Repair Guy
>
>Legendary bassist Gene Simmons
--snip--
In which alternate reality is Simmons a "legendary
bassist"? Jaco is a legendary bassist. Stanley
Clarke. Maybe Jack Bruce. Simmons??
The Repair Guy
http://repairguy1993.netfirms.com/
winnard
"Gomez" <gad...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Legendary bassist Gene Simmons tells libs how it is...
>
>
> http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/05/gene_simmons_interview_1.php
>
> All Tongue
> Gene Simmons opens wide on Iraq, racial profiling, and Hollywood
> idiots
> By Joel Keller
>
>
> Gene Simmons is the kind of guy who does and says whatever he wants,
> whenever he wants. Schedule an interview with him on Monday afternoon,
> and he'll call you at 10 p.m. on Sunday. And when the legendary KISS
> front man is ready to go, you'd better have your recorder handy,
> because he's always got something incendiary to say.
> foreign policy. I think the war's been handled poorly, but there's no
> choice. You gotta get there. The Second World War was handled terribly
> until D-day.
>
> In terms of this Republican administration, some views about stem cell
> don't agree with any of them. But you can worry about the trees and
> the environment and gas emissions later. Right now there's a bigger
> problem, and it's a guy who doesn't care if you're a Republican or a
> Democrat; he wants to blow himself up and take you out. That's the
> problem. I think racially profiling anybody from the Middle East ...
> the Swiss have been good this year, and as an Israeli, I want you to
> look at me first. I want you to search my anal cavity and look at my
> tax records. I want you to look at me first, and then at every guy
> named Muhammad.
>
> So you have no problem with profiling? If you were at the airport, you
> wouldn't mind being searched?
>
> I'm volunteering. I'm volunteering to have less rights. This whole
> notion that you can have all the rights in the world while there's an
> emergency is nonsense. That's why there are emergency hours that are
> given to law enforcement during times of war. And if the cop tells you
> to move and you don't move, he'll bat you over the head. That's the
> way it should be.
>
Ace Frehley rocks.
winnard
You Are a STUPID SHIT
"winnard" <8tr...@cox.net> wrote:
> Ace Frehley rocks.
You're an idiot.
Gomez
Simmons is more popular then all those combined.
His tongue itself is legendary.
Gomez
He also knows how to get smashed.
Rock on...
RichL
"So someone like Sean Penn for instance ... you don't support what he's
"doing?"
"Oh, I think he's the enemy of Western civilization. I think he's a
terrific actor, but a political knucklehead. By the way, the
difference between the Warren Beattys and Sean Penns and perhaps the
Hannitys in the salons of the world is very little."
Seems your hee-wo would classify Hannity as an "enemy of Western
civilization"? Very little difference?
Did you actually read this thing before you posted it?
Gomez
wrote:
Here's what shine boy cut out:
"and by the way, I get along with Hannity just fine. On political
issues, foreign policy specifically, O'Reilly and I get along just
fine—we agree on foreign policy."
Simmons was just on Hannity and Colmes last week. He's also a regular
on Cavuto. They get along great. Never seen him on MSNBC or CNN.
What about this gem, Sparky? Straight form the mouth of Hannity, as
said by Gene Simmons -
>But it seems like these people are protesting the war, not protesting
>the troops.
>
>I don't see the difference. Aid and comfort to the enemy is when you
>do it through media and there are big headlines like "We've Lost the
>War" and things like that. What makes you think that any graduate of
>any madrassa in the Middle East doesn't blow that up? In other words,
>make a big copy of it and show it to everybody.
BINGO!
How about this part you failed to read -
>I'm very proactive
>and want to take that guy out before he becomes a menace. In other
>words, I do think there's a military option with Iran.
BINGO!
...and this
>you can worry about the trees and
>the environment and gas emissions later. Right now there's a bigger
>problem, and it's a guy who doesn't care if you're a Republican or a
>Democrat; he wants to blow himself up and take you out. That's the
>problem.
BINGO!
...and this
>I'm volunteering. I'm volunteering to have less rights. This whole
>notion that you can have all the rights in the world while there's an
>emergency is nonsense.
99% of what he says is what Hannity says - Did YOU actually READ the
whole story, are just what you cherry picked, ala Timepix, and turned
into lib propaganda?
Nice try!
Next...
Rich Koerner
Now "that", is a bass player I agree with.
BTW.... more bass players get it, than guitar players.
Guitar players only get it, when a great bass player leaves the band.
Regards,
Rich Koerner,
Time Electronics.
http://www.timeelect.com
Specialists in Live Sound FOH Engineering,
Music & Studio Production,
Vintage Instruments, and Tube Amplifiers
Bruce Morgen
Simmons is to bass playing
as "Sanjaya" is to singing
-- he can get by just well
enough that multitides who
don't know any better will
pay to see him, but nobody
who takes music the least
bit seriously takes either
of those poseurs seriously.
Gomez
wrote:
...but gee, when Al Franken or Whoopi Goldberg says something you're
all ears.
LOL!
Elvis Kabong
And so are you, dickless loser!
You listen for *any* little mistake or try to find *any* way you can misconstrue
whatever they say so you can blow it out of your ass and way out of proportion
to get brownie points from Duhbya.
What a chump. LOL
Gomez
Wow, you smallest shit really sets you off, doesn't it?
And I thought DGDumbin was bad...
Hit by a Busch lite
> Ace Frehley rocks.
>
> winnard
"Waste Freely" . The Keefer of Metal?
VH1 have been playing a KISS show from Houston ... 197x era. It's
worth a laugh
and a flash back.
Elvis Kabong
Yeah right, I just step on maggots like you and move on.
V
>Legendary bassist Gene Simmons tells libs how it is...
Nice to see Gene Simmons take the time to complain about $10 million
dollar homes.
> I want you to
>look at me first. I want you to search my anal cavity...
This is not really about terrorism, is it Gene?
Nice to see you out of your closet, little buddy! Do you have a
battery-powered Gene Simmons tongue in your pants right now? I bet
you do.
Lost in the Wasteland
> Legendary bassist Gene Simmons tells libs how it is...
>
>
Next governor of nuts, fruits, and Lollywood ?
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Bruce Morgen
Yeah, like I'm the one posting
quotes from celebrities around
here -- and btw, Franken quite
famously humiliated Simmons at
raquetball after Simmons
taunteded him into playing by
repeatedly declaring "I'll
kick your ass!" Simmons
reportedly no longer frequents
the pricey NYC facility where
Franken so thoroughly crushed
his ludicrously swollen ego.
>LOL!
Indeed!
Stephen Cowell
"Bruce Morgen" <edi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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Simmons says now that 'I didn't know
how to play at the time', or somesuch
bullshit... he claims he's ready for him
now. You'd have thought that he was
ready back when he offered to kick
ass until after losing the first game 15-4.
This was back in 1982.
__
Steve
.
Gomez
<ampsc...@tuneland.com> wrote:
You move on alright... right on to Devin's dick for protection like a
good pussy.
Gomez
wrote:
LOL!
5 pages of Google of you quoting Al Franken.
You go girl!
>and btw, Franken quite
>famously humiliated Simmons at
Nowhere near the way O'Reilly humiliated Franken, who lost his
no-paying Air America gig.
Gene Simmons has his own TV show as well... poor poor Franken.
Elvis Kabong
Why would I want anything to do with Devin? He's your stalk target
since you have a fetish for licking his toes while yanking his crank.
LOL, you two perverted morons fondling each other in public is enough
to make one barf while laughing. LOL...blaaaattuuuuggggghaaahhh
Gomez
<ampsc...@tuneland.com> wrote:
Bwahahahahahahaha
Feeling 'used'?
Feeling 'abandoned'?
Feeling 'stupid'?
Just another day for Ed Blum...
Elvis Kabong
Ha ha ha looks like Davy gigaloser has assumed the position of bent over again.
Awww, Duhbya is too limp today to give you the reaming you desperately need?
Maybe Duhbya will give you some of his coke. (Ha ha ha, like that's gonna happen -
LOL - Duhbya's too greedy).
Poor poor Davy. Now he's all frustrated and all he can do is whine. boo hoo hoo
LOL!
Bruce Morgen
That's five pages of me
"mentioning" Franken, all
of it months ago and
therefore obviously not
in any recent thread --
iow, not "here."
>
>You go girl!
>
>
>>and btw, Franken quite
>>famously humiliated Simmons at
>
>Nowhere near the way O'Reilly humiliated Franken, who lost his
>no-paying Air America gig.
Franken hasn't "lost" the
gig, he quit it to run for
office -- the "gig" is
still there and Air America
has some big-time $$ behind
it now. Moreover, it was
Franken who humilated
Billious Orally by getting
the lawsuit he convinced
Faux Noise to file against
Franken duly literally
laughed out of court.
>
>Gene Simmons has his own TV show as well... poor poor Franken.
Simmons has a "reality"
show on which he humiliates
himself and his family week
after week without any help
whatsover from Franken -- a
laughingstock with money is
still a laughingstock, and
Simmons' show is on a par
with the previous ones
featuring show biz has-
beens like Danny Bonaduce,
"Hulk Hogan," and "Flavor
Flav."
Did I mention that Franken
is running for the U.S.
Senate?
Gomez
wrote:
Oh, since it happened months ago, it doesn't count. Just like you said
Bush was gonna lose in 2004, that doesn't count, either, since it was
"months ago"
Boy, you sure wanted us to know about his book excerpts:
>
>Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps
>From: Bruce Morgen <edi...@juno.com>
>Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:00:07 -0400
>Local: Fri, Aug 22 2003 12:00 pm
>Subject: OT: Franken book excerpt released
>
><http://www.al-franken.com/excerpt.html>
LOL!
>>Nowhere near the way O'Reilly humiliated Franken, who lost his
>>no-paying Air America gig.
>
>Franken hasn't "lost" the
>gig, he quit it to run for
>office -- the "gig" is
>still there and Air America
>has some big-time $$ behind
>it now.
Franken's "gig" was working for free. They couldn't even pay him.
Meanwhile Simmons and O'Reilly make millions.
>>
>>Gene Simmons has his own TV show as well... poor poor Franken.
>
>Simmons has a "reality"
>show on which he humiliates
>himself and his family week
>after week without any help
>whatsover from Franken -- a
>laughingstock with money is
>still a laughingstock,
And a laughingstock without money is still a laughingstock.
I know which one I would want to be...
>and
>Simmons' show is on a par
>with the previous ones
>featuring show biz has-
>beens like Danny Bonaduce,
>"Hulk Hogan," and "Flavor
>Flav."
>
And what has Al Franken ever been successful at? Seriously?
You mean that line "Hi, I'm Al Franken"?
That puts him up there with the "Where's the beef" lady.
>Did I mention that Franken
>is running for the U.S.
>Senate?
Did I mention Gary Coleman ran for Governor?
RichL
You're doing just fine, Ditz! Still, I can't help but feel you'd be a
happier laughingstock *with* the money.
Bruce Morgen
...and you know he wasn't
getting paid exactly how?
I know he was an investor
in the very early days and
probably lost that money
during the Chapter 11
period, but afaik he was
drawing a salary as long
as he was broadcasting.
>Meanwhile Simmons and O'Reilly make millions.
>
A rich asshole is still an
asshole -- money does not
vindicate assholedness.
>
>>>
>>>Gene Simmons has his own TV show as well... poor poor Franken.
>>
>>Simmons has a "reality"
>>show on which he humiliates
>>himself and his family week
>>after week without any help
>>whatsover from Franken -- a
>>laughingstock with money is
>>still a laughingstock,
>
>
>And a laughingstock without money is still a laughingstock.
>
>I know which one I would want to be...
>
Well, you've got half your
wish already -- no doubt
about it!
>
>
>>and
>>Simmons' show is on a par
>>with the previous ones
>>featuring show biz has-
>>beens like Danny Bonaduce,
>>"Hulk Hogan," and "Flavor
>>Flav."
>>
>
>
>And what has Al Franken ever been successful at? Seriously?
He's a multiple New York Times
best-selling author, a highly
in-demand script writer, and
one of the most highly-paid
speakers on the corporate
meeting circuit -- if money
motivated him, he'd be doing
all of the above, but he's
decided to do politics and
kick some GOP ass (named Norm
Coleman) in his home state.
<http://www.scribemedia.org/2006/11/23/al-franken/>
<http://imdb.com/name/nm0291253/>
<http://www.grabow.biz/Comedy_Magic/AlFranken.htm>
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/12/entertainment/main567800.shtml>
<http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2003/nf2003094_4876_db009.htm>
>
>You mean that line "Hi, I'm Al Franken"?
Nope.
>
>That puts him up there with the "Where's the beef" lady.
>
Well, if she were (a) alive,
(b) a best-selling author, (c) a
script writer, and (d) a highly-
paid public speaker, that might
be true.
>
>
>>Did I mention that Franken
>>is running for the U.S.
>>Senate?
>
>
>Did I mention Gary Coleman ran for Governor?
You're confused -- the loser
who Franken is running
against is named *Norm*
Coleman. We'll see the
result in November:
Gomez
wrote:
>>
>>>Did I mention that Franken
>>>is running for the U.S.
>>>Senate?
>>
>>
>>Did I mention Gary Coleman ran for Governor?
>
>You're confused -- the loser
>who Franken is running
>against is named *Norm*
>Coleman. We'll see the
>result in November:
>
You're confused. Coleman and a bunch of other celebrity whack jobs
lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger, hence the word "ran".
Anybody can run for anything, not a big deal.
Still stumping for celebrities I see...
Bruce Morgen
>On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:42:09 -0500, Bruce Morgen <edi...@juno.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>>>Did I mention that Franken
>>>>is running for the U.S.
>>>>Senate?
>>>
>>>
>>>Did I mention Gary Coleman ran for Governor?
>>
>>You're confused -- the loser
>>who Franken is running
>>against is named *Norm*
>>Coleman. We'll see the
>>result in November:
>>
>
>You're confused. Coleman and a bunch of other celebrity whack jobs
>lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger, hence the word "ran".
So, one celebrity whack
job defeated the others --
that's California forya!
Ahnold is a Dem with a GOP
label anyway.
>
>Anybody can run for anything, not a big deal.
>
>
>
>
>><http://alfranken.com>
>
>Still stumping for celebrities I see...
Nope, just trying to inform
an ignoramus of what's
going on with someone who
he clearly knows nothing
about -- a very, very large
category it seems. I'm
generous and patient by
nature, so no "big deal."