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Obama's Hollywood Backers Have Outsourced Jobs? Damn those 1%

Another week, another Hollywood fundraiser for President Obama. And why not? From George Clooney's house in Los Angeles to Sarah Jessica Parker's townhouse in Manhattan,the Hollywood crowd has been a virtual ATM for the Obama campaign.

All that Hollywood cash has helped pay for ads hammering Mitt Romney for maximizing profits by shipping American jobs overseas during his time at the helm of Bain Capital. But Hollywood knows a thing or two about outsourcing too.

Movie-making is big business, of course. And, when it comes to maximizing profits, the President's top celebrity supporters have benefited from from outsourcing, Hollywood-Hypocrite-style.

Here's a fresh example: "The Dark Knight Rises," starring Morgan Freeman (who recently gave Priorities USA, the Obama SuperPAC, $1 million). There is no more quintessentially American city than Gotham. But where were half the Gotham scenes shot? In the United Kingdom and China. Going overseas have meant fewer jobs for American workers, but, presumably some tax breaks and fewer union rules...?

And then there's Hollywood legend Harvey Weinstein, who is hosting tonight's high-dollar fundraiser for President Obama. Mr. Weinstein's long list of movie credits includes many films that, that although set in the United States, were filmed primarily in foreign countries. Outsourcing, pure and simple.

Here are a sample of some of the movies set in U.S. locations, yet produced in foreign countries and how much they raised at the box office.

George Clooney A. "Insomnia" (producer) Released: 2002 B. Domestic Gross: $67,355,513C. 6 out of 9 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in Alaska

Harvey Weinstein A. "1408? (producer) Released: 2007 B. Domestic Gross: $71,985,628C. 5 of 9 locations foreign: U.K. D. Set in L.A. and New York

A. "Scary Movie 4? (producer) Released: 2006 B. Domestic Gross: $90,710,629 C. 2 of 3 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in U.S.

A. "Shall We Dance" (producer) Released: 2004 B. Domestic Gross: $57,890,460 C. 2 of 3 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in Chicago

A. "Scary Movie 3? (producer) Released: 2003 B. Domestic Gross: $95,636,509 C. 6 of 7 locations foreign: Canada D. Set in U.S.

A. "Chicago" (producer) Released: 2002 B. Domestic Gross: $170,687,518 C. 4 of 5 location foreign: Canada D. Set in Chicago

A. "Gangs of New York" (producer) Released: 2002 B. Domestic Gross: $77,812,000 C. 1 of 2 location foreign: Italy D. Set in New York

A. "The Lovely Bones" Released: 2009 B. Domestic Gross: $44,114,232 C. 3 of 14 locations foreign: New Zealand D. Set in Pennsylvania

A. "The Legend of Zorro" Released: 2005 B. Domestic Gross: $46,464,023 C. 5 out of 5 locations were foreign: Mexico, New Zealand D. Set in California

A. "The Terminal" Released: 2004 B. Domestic Gross: $77,872,883 C. 2 out of 6 locations were foreign: Canada D. Set at Kennedy Airport in New York

Will Smith

A. "I, Robot" Released: 2004 B. Domestic Gross: $144,801,023 C. 4 out of 5 locations were foreign: Canada D. Set in Chicago

Morgan Freeman

A. "The Dark Knight" Released 2008 B. Domestic Gross: $533,345,358 C. 21 of 38 locations were foreign: China & UK D. Chinese scenes are meant to take place in China, but scenes shot in U.K. were meant to be in the fictional city of Gotham (United States)

A. "The Dark Knight Rises" Released: 2012 B. Domestic Gross: $160,887,295 (as of Jul. 22) C.13 of 26 locations were foreign: China & UK D. Indian/Romanian scenes are meant to take place in the Middle East, but U.K. scenes are meant to take place in fictional city of Gotham (United States)

A. "Unforgiven" Released: 1992 B. Domestic Gross: $101,157,447 C. 6 of 7 locations were foreign: Canada D. Set in Wyoming

*No offense to the countries where the scenes were shot, or to the average Democrat that are fed lies during this campaign season*
Who would have thunk that Liberals were hypocrites? And to Hollywoodies, instead of calling for higher taxes, donate some of your fortune to a non-poiltical charity. Biden gave $100 bucks. Damn those 1%


Added: Aug-7-2012 Occurred On: Aug-6-2012
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  • Do you expect any less deception from an industry based around false perception? They can make Tom Cruise look straight and Sean Penn appear stoic.

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  • Libtards are exempt from their mandate.

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  • There may be more democrats than republicans in the top 1% financially.

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  • Classic. Hollywood, as I've always stated, needs to shut the FUCK up and just act and make movies. Most of these fucks are uneducated drops outs, can't understand economics 101, business 101, or life 101. They make hideous, jaw dropping amounts of money and feel like they can tell everyone with a business degree and a small business what to do, think, and say.

    Nice upload.

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    • @MrScabs Lemonade stand? Hmm, 4th grade. Whatever do you mean.

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    • @yorbaThank you. My point of posting this piece is because I am center-right, middle class Chicagoan and I am so F-ing tired of the negativity, always angry, far left Liberals and media taking cheap pot shots at the Republicans. US as the middle class are the heartbeat of our great Country. If Mr. Romney does not turn things around, then we will simply vote his ass out in '16.

      I also want to thank everyone who has commented on my post. Wether we agree or agree to disagree, most if not all are More..

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  • So who exactly are you trying to convert? Those on the left and right are set. The mushy middle will always be so, only a momentary victory. Try humor and a light spirit instead... it's more effective. Just my two cents of course. Fruitless ventures are just that.

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    • @TheHarvesterScout
      My point of posting this piece is because I am center-right, middle class Chicagoan and I am so F-ing tired of the negativity, always angry, far left Liberals and media taking cheap pot shots at the Republicans. US as the middle class are the heartbeat of our great Country. If Mr. Romney does not turn things around, then we will simply vote his ass out in '16.

      Thanks for commenting and your Monty Python avatar is hilarious..What's your favourite colour? ha!

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  • I have a new job the company I was working for doing Internet Support for is now in Manilla

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  • According to Harvey Weinstein Obama is quite the dude. Yep, you are all in some fucking twisted, moronic land of make believe:

    "Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein last night hosted a fundraiser for President Barack Obama at his Westport, Conn. home. He had nothing but praise for Obama.

    "You can make the case that a he's the Paul Newman of American presidents," Weinstein said of Obama while introducing him to other high-dollar Democratic donors."

    OK, Harvey. OK.

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    • @MrScabs Outsourcing is common and it's fine. It's an "issue" because Obama and the sheep on the left thinks it is. So when Hollywood LIberals do it en masse and Liberal corps like Apple as well it's rather hypocritical. Yes?

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  • @Just Wondering and anyone
    The point is that Obama is also a millionaire. Yes, he is. Hollywoody libs are also very rich too so they should donate some of their fortune to non-partisan charity, shut up and knock off the hypocritical negativity. D.C. works for US. At least they can afford paying, while the rest of us Middle Classer's struggle to pay for the simple things in life. Bill Clinton's welfare reform? Gone. There is the "Change" The White House, does not and never will, create More..

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  • shot in U.K. was meant to be in the fictional city of Gotham (United States)

    lol......

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  • LOL! Do you have even the slightest idea how many other movies were made between the earliest and latest dates cited above, and how many of those were made in the US?

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  • WE TALKING ABOUT ROMNEY WHO DID IT. DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN FAMILY'S WHILE MAKING HUNDREDS OF MILLION'S OF DOLLARS IN PROFIT'S OH WERE TALKING SOME ONE ELSE NOT OBAMA

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  • Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reading my long post and commenting. Conversation, banter and open minded debate is what makes free speech and the western world so great. Peace, LL' ers!

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  • I wouldn't necessarily include Unforgiven on the list. It's completely legit to point out Freeman's hypocrisy, but that movie was made by a Conservative.

    Eastwood had every reason to look for more business friendly environments to make that movie. If he were preaching high-taxes, and then dodging taxes (like Hollywood), he'd be a hypocrite.

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    • @ST0N3PONY

      Yet again we see how publicly you can ram your own pointy head up your ass: Eastwood is not a conservative.

      Please be less fucking stupid.

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    • @Tanngrisnir3 Actually he is. It's okay though feeb. Retarded liberals like you aren't held to adult standards. Nobody expects you to actually have a clue what you're talking about.

      Eastwood has attended fund raisers for Mitt, and he has endorsed Mitt. His politics have been known for a long time.

      Retard. Do yourself a favor and shut up.

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    • @ST0N3PONY

      Sorry, child, but I went to HS w/his kids and know the man. He's libertarian, if anything, and is for civil rights that cons are not for.

      That, and his own words speak for themselves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood#cite_note-usaweekend-251

      ""I don't see myself as conservative," Eastwood has stated, while noting in the same breath that he isn't "ultra-leftist," either"

      That, and he supported ultra-lefty Sam Farr, and helped support Gray More..

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    • @Tanngrisnir3 Libertarian is Conservative dipshit. But, again, nobody expects retarded liberals to know anything about anything.

      You keep telling yourself he's raising money to get rid of Obama, because he's not a Conservative. And I'll keep laughing at your stupidity.

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    • @ST0N3PONY

      LOL! No, libertarianism isn't conservative, you poor, Adderall-addicted, dropout.

      And keep telling yourself that a guy who describes himself as NOT being a conservative is actually a conservative.

      You make this far too easy, Princess Herpy Derpy Magic Pony.

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