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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from do_it_to_it]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ok knuckleheads, you're not getting it. Ms Goop starts out as a hollywood/nyc brat with major connections and she works it. did I hear competitive spirit anyone? hollywood politics land her an oscar which she didn't deserve - look at her competition that year, makes you weep! motherhood  arrives which is way more satisfying to our miss p, but not wanting to give up the spotlight and the $, she maneouvers herself (and you dear public into buying it) into a lifestyle princess on track to become lifestyle queen. yep, she's gonna build a lifestyle $empire. you heard it here first. and the more we yack about her, the more press she receives. it's all about the $. she hasn't done any real acting since the oscar. a pleasant singing voice but not a real singer. the girl can't really move inspite of the workouts. BUT she can control her image and sell a lifestyle. amen!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from mazarlarry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I learned physics from a book written by the father of Joan Baez.  Paul Newman and many other famous celebrities had kids who were nothing but trouble and met an early demise.  For every successful progeny of successful parents there are probably 100's of successful children of mailmen, roofers, etc.  There's just not that much correlation with a single factor.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from schmoe90]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, Scott, it seems you're a racist:
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/dilbert-creator-defends-gwyneth-paltrow-huffpo-writer]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from esosagt]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I see people trying to say this article is &quot;racist&quot;, or &quot;poor-rich&quot;, or any other kind of labels.
I do not see it that way.
Why people should apply labels that quick just because one of the persons in the article has one skin color and another has another one, or because one person was born rich while the other was not.
It's like people is desperately looking for &quot;racist&quot;, &quot;poor-rich&quot;, etc. hints everywhere. Come on guys! Stop that attitude. If you were living here in Guatemala (where I live) I am very sure you would very quickly find labels according to our culture rather than seeing the events or ideas on their proper perspective.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from esosagt]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I totally agree with @gr8hands]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from tesmith]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ps i do not find her that attractive or hot]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from tesmith]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have been in N.Y. and i have been in L.A.,    a lot , and if you dont think that having superstar parents and relatives is not a gigantic advantage,  you are very naive, and or duplicitous.
this is not to say any particular actor has not worked hard, but for every one that is successful there are 100 that are just as good or better. so, just like professional ball players trying to get drafted, those who have the just right combination s at just the right time(including influential relatives or organizations)  get the spot and those who are just as good but dont have just the right combinations dont.  We all know that some people that are qualified dont even get in the door.
and from what I have seen coming out of hollywood one of the right combinations  is a white skin]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from RomanHans]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mr. Adams, I appreciate that you're well-spoken and intelligent.  Unfortunately, your argument is offensive.  Really, any black (or any person: I don't believe there's a racial motivation) who criticizes rich whites is ambitious and unscrupulous, &quot;cleverly&quot; picking a &quot;hot social theme&quot; to &quot;fatten up&quot; their credentials and &quot;take the next leap&quot; to internet success?  Couldn't they just be pissed off by someone's repeated, idiotic comments?

Plus, your logic doesn't hold water.  I appreciate the fact Gwyneth doesn't gloat.  But she shouldn't claim, as the saying goes, that she hit a home run after being born on third base.

[You did a good job discrediting the argument that has apparently been made by the imaginary person in your head. If you would like to comment on the viewpoints of any corporeal beings, that would be welcome. -- Scott]]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from brammage]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I think Goff actually did mean for people to be mad at Paltrow for working hard.  Working hard is a challenge and an unforgivable affront to the monobuttockal masses who are unable to apply themselves seriously to anything.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from SteveWB]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scott, you didn't mention Miss Goff's pandering to the inherent Bush hatred over at HP (don't poke me, I don't like him either, but that's unimportant) by implicitly equating Miss Paltrow with him.

It's really a cheap shot, and it makes me wonder how Miss Goff feels now that she has joined the likes of Rivera and O'Reilly in the smarm market.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from g8rbroncogb2]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As a fan of #15(UF and Broncos) my guess is that she did not &quot;Thank God.&quot; I a liberal progressive and hard core believer am also a fan of free speech....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from sjd0218]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, for the record, I didn't know Paltrow was the child of a stars or related to Spielberg.  On the other hand I never heard of this silly controversy either.  

So many important issues of the day and Huff Post makes a sensation out of ....Paltrow's lack of humility.  Why, because its the only issue that will garner enough comments.   The readers enjoy what they publish, the HP isn't anymore evil than the readers who read it.  Its just a business, using a business model that works.  

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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ECaruthers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I saw Gweneth Paltrow interviewed on PBS a few years ago.  She said something like, &quot;There's always interest to see how the children of famous parents turn out.  When I was getting started, that got me some meetings...&quot;  You can watch the whole interview
http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/videos/gwyneth-paltrow

Many people attribute their success to their hard work and other's successes to good luck.  I was impressed that she recognized both in her life.  (Or maybe I was just impressed because I'd seen a lot of her in Shakespeare In Love.)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from brutlhonesty]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[i love it.  i just checked and the entire blogosphere is enraged.  one good comment was that putting a monkey on GW wasnt racist because GW wasnt black.  nevermind the fact that humanity in general evolved from a similar path, regardless of color.  all the people i read that disparage you seem to be focusing on the things that keep racism and bigotry alive (all of the Differences).  if you dont want racism, dont think about race, etc.  and to go a little on the edge here, most people who dont have anything feel like it isnt their fault.   BS.  i was born into dirt poor family with no education.  my parents didnt graduate high school.  i didnt let that stop me.  i studied, joined the military for the GI Bill, and graduated college.    

there is a way to get where you want from here, walk.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Fredrikson]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nice try, Scott.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from marcaxp]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I'm loving the &quot;media is an amplifier for stupidity theme&quot; you got going on.  It's !$%*!$%*!$ for me.  Keep it up.

One of my buddies in politics explained it best when he said &quot;the electorate is no deeper than a headline.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from tkwelge]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Paltrow's &quot;everything,&quot; not her &quot;anything.&quot;  Where the heck is that &quot;edit&quot; button?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from tkwelge]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@Break

I think that you and the author are taking Paltrow's &quot;anything&quot; a little too far.  I could be wrong, but I seriously doubt that was what she was saying.  We all make statements like that from time to time when we feel that we need not state the obvious that we all benefit from !$%*!$%*!$%*! time and time again. Just because somebody says, &quot;I've worked hard for everything that I have,&quot; that doesn't mean that they are implying that they were abandoned at birth and dumped out of a plane flying over the african plains forcing them to fend off lions and hyenas as a toddler.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from tkwelge]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This blog needs an &quot;edit&quot; button.  Darn weed and lack of sleep.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Jakester]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When Scott pointed out Goff's &quot;sleight of hand&quot; in equating working hard to gloating, it reminded me of an article I read long ago by Tom Wolfe, attacking an essay by an art critic. The art critic's essay began, &quot;Art is intellectual.&quot; Then it continued on, dealing with implications of that premise. Wolfe said if you want to slip something by a reader, assert it as a very short statement of fact. Don't say, for example, &quot;No one can dispute that art is intellectual.&quot; That will raise something of a red flag in the reader's mind, causing him to think about whether or not the statement is true.

Goff seems to have learned the lesson well.]]></description>
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