That's for Ryan...

Maybe he'll stop "geeking out" now over "the good Colonel" and let the picture and the post fall to new topics and discussions.

(laugh)

I certainly can't argue with your summation of North's pro-military media efforts. He is, more than any other "celebrity" in the media today, working non-stop to show the effort and sacrifice that the service men and women are providing each and every day.

I keep comparing North's pride in his service with leading Democrat veterans (like John Kerry), who didn't take ANY pride in his service (according to his Congressional testimony upon his return to the US) until it was determined that it was something the DNC could count as "voter-friendly"... and by then it was too late.

On a side note... but kind of related topic... there is a rather "has-been" actor by the name of Peter Weller, who gained much fame and fortune through his sci-fi cult classic "Buckaroo Bonzai" and the Robocop series of movies. After his fall from the immediate lime-light spot, he took a position as a professor of history at Syracuse University (not all that far from where I am now, in fact). He hosts a History Channel series called Engineering an Empire and is a very good commentator on unique historical perspectives (I especially loved his commentary on the Byzantine Emperor Justinian's role in the "Nika" riots of the 6th Century... hehe). He hails from Stevens Point, WI (very close to my hometown) and has made some very acute observations about the historical necessity of our struggle against radical Islam in this country and across the world. I think his knowledge of the Byzantine Empire's struggle with Islam has given him a good view of just how pervasive the jihad-mentality can be to large segments of a population.

Celebrity support of our troops and of core Judeo-Christian values of family, life and liberty is a rare thing nowadays... North, Tom Selleck, Ron Silver, Ted Nugent, Robert Duvall, and the few others (it is a very short list) that support a moderate political view... not necessarily a conservative view even... are not given much of a voice in the modern media. On top of this... does anyone see something particular about the group I listed above? It truly is just about as full of a list as I can think of, off the top of my head, now that Heston is dead.

The people on my list are all of the "older" generation... probably not even of Ryan's generation. Jambo and I grew up with Magnum PI and "the Nuge" (I was particularly fond of Damn Yankees)... but for the younger crowd, I'm not sure there is a lot of connection from the celebrity world of Hollywood.

Can anyone think of current "under-30" celebrity that is actively pro-military or morally conservative in their political views?