Thu Jan 5, 2012, 10:14 AM

Salma Hayek gets knighted??? For WHAT? For marrying a mega-rich pal of right wingnut Sarkozy?

Clearly, knighting in France has just become one huge joke. With so many remarkable women in France, and this actress who has done nearly NOTHING gets KNIGHTED? No wonder the French are angry.

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Actress Salma Hayek gains French knighthood

Film actress Salma Hayek has been awarded one of France's top honours by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mexican-born Hayek will become a Knight of the Legion d'Honneur at a ceremony in Paris later this year.

The 45-year-old's businessman husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, is an associate of Mr Sarkozy, while his father was also honoured in the New Year's list.

Some readers of French newspaper L'Express have said honours should be awarded to worthier recipients.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16412686

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Salma Hayek gets knighted??? For WHAT? For marrying a mega-rich pal of right wingnut Sarkozy? (Original post)	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	OP
WTF do you care? nt	Dreamer Tatum	Jan 2012	#1
We already know what you think about most topics. All one has to do is do a search with your name	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#2
haha... good one	fascisthunter	Jan 2012	#38
:) nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#41
Is there an objective and peer-reviewed list of things we're supposed to care about...?	LanternWaste	Jan 2012	#55
Ah, well, she certainly looks decorative as well as being smart. n/t	Vogon_Glory	Jan 2012	#3
Decorative, yup. Smart? For marrying a mega-rich dude who got her knighted? nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#4
She's Not A Stupid Woman	Vogon_Glory	Jan 2012	#13
"Not being a stupid woman" is not a reason to knight someone. Knighting is for REMARKABLE women	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#15
A Mexican was knighted in France?	Iggo	Jan 2012	#5
"Only in America," as Yogi Berra would say....	msanthrope	Jan 2012	#8
LOL	Marrah_G	Jan 2012	#54
Someone who has done almost nothing in life was knighted in France, instead of a woman who has	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#12
Not that I'm a huge fan of her	Dorian Gray	Jan 2012	#103
You're talking to the wrong person. I'm Latin. Want a list of Latin women worthy of this award?	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#28
So? I'm Mexican-American. Big whoop.	Iggo	Jan 2012	#37
Well I'm not. I'm for the title going to a LATIN WOMAN that has done MUCH MORE. But the 1% awards	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#42
I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't clear.	Iggo	Jan 2012	#61
Sure, sure, right.	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#71
What the fuck are you talking about?	Iggo	Jan 2012	#76
Really? Re-read your posts. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#77
Oh the humanity!	HappyMe	Jan 2012	#6
Don't know what they use as standards, still I'd not say she's done nothing	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2012	#7
There are countless AMAZING women in France.	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#11
Did I say otherwise? No, I did not. I said she has done many things, you say 'nearly	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2012	#14
My point is that this is not a remarkable woman. There ARE MANY remarkable women on this planet	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#19
Yep	Dorian Gray	Jan 2012	#104
Money buys power, and titles.	liberalmuse	Jan 2012	#9
Money does buy power and titles, and rights. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#10
I think she's a "Dame"	Blue_Tires	Jan 2012	#58
That might be only in England. The "Dame" thing, that is.	Buns_of_Fire	Jan 2012	#87
how else could he get close to her without seeming obvious ???	madrchsod	Jan 2012	#16
How else could Sarkozy get friendlier with that mega-millionaire? :) nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#22
sounds like something out of the Onion. wow, thanks.	inna	Jan 2012	#17
It does! Unfortunately, it's true. More and more bs goes on. The world is sounding like The Onion	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#21
That's what I thought at first.	Catherina	Jan 2012	#92
I'd love to know what your aunt said! Sarkozy trips over his own feet worshipping billionaires	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#108
meta	Occulus	Jan 2012	#120
Seems like an awful lot of effort on Sarkozy's part	Codeine	Jan 2012	#18
lol Yes, and it's a waste of an award except for Sarkozy, who is now even tighter with her hubby	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#20
More evidence of the control wielded by the 1%.	snagglepuss	Jan 2012	#23
It is contemptible. And you're right, the 1% does it again. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#24
Activism	SaintPete	Jan 2012	#25
There are PLENTY of Latin women who do that precise thing and deserve this award FAR MORE than	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#29
Sounds like the problem	SaintPete	Jan 2012	#35
No. The problem is that knighting is something the 1% do for the 1%, no others need apply. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#36
OK. So what?	SaintPete	Jan 2012	#39
Thank for those facts.	JNelson6563	Jan 2012	#85
When France gets attacked by a dragon and Hayek armors up and kicks that dragon's ass...	Dr. Strange	Jan 2012	#26
LOL!! Yeah. :) nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#27
Ha ha ha ha ha	Dorian Gray	Jan 2012	#105
because you know no one has ever been knighted for totally stupid reasons	Johonny	Jan 2012	#30
Yeah I know. The 1% knight their own, and Salma Hayek became the 1% when she married that	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#31
somehow she couldn't possibly be in that 1% on her own	TorchTheWitch	Jan 2012	#98
+1	Dorian Gray	Jan 2012	#106
The fact is, her husband's father, a multi-billionaire, is going to be knighted as well. Her	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#107
Being named a Knight of the Legion d'Honneur is a minor honor	onenote	Jan 2012	#32
You're right. Someone else mentioned that. The 1% knight their own, and not because they're worthy	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#33
The Puss and Boots actress is not in the same league as DeNIro. Many in France	snagglepuss	Jan 2012	#34
Were they thrilled with Putin?	onenote	Jan 2012	#47
She is an activist and champian of human rights.	EC	Jan 2012	#40
But we know that's not why she received it. Many French women and men who've done much more	Catherina	Jan 2012	#84
It looks to me like she is using her good fortune	EC	Jan 2012	#88
So that's why she turned me down.	bikebloke	Jan 2012	#43
uh, have you seen the way that women looks. I would knight her in a	okieinpain	Jan 2012	#44
I have a list for you to knight. :) In fact, turn on the TV or watch any movie. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#52
I'm all for it....	DataException	Jan 2012	#45
That does it. I vote for you to knight all the Barbie females on TV and movies! :) nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#53
Come on, be honest....who HASN'T had fantasies of Salma in a suit of armor wielding a longsword?	tjwash	Jan 2012	#46
No, no it's not just you. n/t	A Simple Game	Jan 2012	#49
Well, why not knight the frikkin' Kardashians, while we're at it? :) It'd be just as good. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#51
There isn't a foundry in Europe worthy to make her breastplate, though	Blue_Tires	Jan 2012	#59
lots of celebrities get knighted	Motown_Johnny	Jan 2012	#48
That's true. BUT RONALD REAGAN WAS KNIGHTED? For what? For being an a-h??? nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#50
dunno, I just copied the whole list	Motown_Johnny	Jan 2012	#57
Scary if Raygun was knighted! nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#75
I like Salma Hayek	Cali_Democrat	Jan 2012	#56
Performers are usually made a knight in the Order of Arts and Letters, there.	Norrin Radd	Jan 2012	#60
Sure would've.	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#65
I thought knighting people went out with the revolution anyway.	dameocrat67	Jan 2012	#62
Apparently not. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#68
I promise, I'll be outraged next week.	tabasco	Jan 2012	#63
I'm going to make you outraged right now lol :) Read Salma's latest comment about her implants:	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#66
Looks like Jesus answered her prayers to me....lol (n/t)	EX500rider	Jan 2012	#94
Dr. Jesus :) nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#109
Well Jesus works in mysterious ways! lol (n/t)	EX500rider	Jan 2012	#112
Sure does! I wonder if Dr. Jesus has a website and offers financing for lipo. lol nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#113
I didn't see the interview in question	Dorian Gray	Jan 2012	#110
France no longer has a monarchy yet the titles still exist.	Dawson Leery	Jan 2012	#64
Yup. This award was not even given to her. It was given BECAUSE she married a multi-billionaire.	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#67
And here is an article from New Zealand on the issue...	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#69
That's disgusting but so is everything about Sarkozy.	Catherina	Jan 2012	#81
Yup. Sarkozy is right wing. They have no idea what meritorious means.	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#83
Imperial honors, titles of nobility and heredetary monarchies can fuck off.	Poll_Blind	Jan 2012	#70
It is. However, we DO have nobility. Occupy calls it the 1%. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#72
knights are different in France	Enrique	Jan 2012	#73
LOL! Knights in France have implants. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#74
You seem overly obsessed with this whole thing	Beaverhausen	Jan 2012	#78
Proof positive that Repukes read DU (or infiltrate it). My original post made it on a wingnut site	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#79
This message was self-deleted by its author	Obamanaut	Jan 2012	#80
Why shouldn't she be a French knight? She's already a Mayan Queen.	Monk06	Jan 2012	#82
She's friends to pythons .....	BOHICA12	Jan 2012	#91
Pythons need friends and she made Quentin Taratino suck beer off her toes.	Monk06	Jan 2012	#95
I'm too outraged at stuff in THIS country to worry about who France knights.	Bake	Jan 2012	#86
True. After the 3 decades of Repukes destroying our country, this is	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#89
Your dismissal would ring slightly more true had you not posted repeatedly to this thread ...	11 Bravo	Jan 2012	#116
Well ... For Dusk til Dawn ... enough said nt	BOHICA12	Jan 2012	#90
French Knights? Is no one going to say it?	FSogol	Jan 2012	#93
You silly English Kniggetts.........	Monk06	Jan 2012	#96
He's REPRESSING me! You saw it! n/t	eridani	Jan 2012	#101
She has magical boobies that can feed the world.	aikoaiko	Jan 2012	#97
That's easy for her to say....	FSogol	Jan 2012	#102
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2012	#99
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2012	#100
She deserves it for giving us 'Ugly Betty'.	roody	Jan 2012	#111
for some perspective	cemaphonic	Jan 2012	#114
Who the hell is that man??? nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#115
Elton John	cemaphonic	Jan 2012	#117
Good heavens! He looks utterly different! nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#118
look at it this way Sarah - if the aristocracy has respawned in France ....	marasinghe	Jan 2012	#119
lol Too true. nt	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#123
This thread is awesome.	flvegan	Jan 2012	#121
If she's an American she's in a lot of legal trouble.	Quartermass	Jan 2012	#122

Response to Sarah Ibarruri (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 10:17 AM

Dreamer Tatum (10,925 posts)

Salma Hayek gets knighted??? For WHAT? For marrying a mega-rich pal of right wingnut Sarkozy?

1. WTF do you care? nt

2. We already know what you think about most topics. All one has to do is do a search with your name

38. haha... good one

41. :) nt

55. Is there an objective and peer-reviewed list of things we're supposed to care about...?

3. Ah, well, she certainly looks decorative as well as being smart. n/t

4. Decorative, yup. Smart? For marrying a mega-rich dude who got her knighted? nt

13. She's Not A Stupid Woman

15. "Not being a stupid woman" is not a reason to knight someone. Knighting is for REMARKABLE women

5. A Mexican was knighted in France?

8. "Only in America," as Yogi Berra would say....

54. LOL

12. Someone who has done almost nothing in life was knighted in France, instead of a woman who has

103. Not that I'm a huge fan of her

28. You're talking to the wrong person. I'm Latin. Want a list of Latin women worthy of this award?

37. So? I'm Mexican-American. Big whoop.

42. Well I'm not. I'm for the title going to a LATIN WOMAN that has done MUCH MORE. But the 1% awards

61. I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't clear.

71. Sure, sure, right.

76. What the fuck are you talking about?

77. Really? Re-read your posts. nt

6. Oh the humanity!

7. Don't know what they use as standards, still I'd not say she's done nothing

11. There are countless AMAZING women in France.

14. Did I say otherwise? No, I did not. I said she has done many things, you say 'nearly

19. My point is that this is not a remarkable woman. There ARE MANY remarkable women on this planet

104. Yep

9. Money buys power, and titles.

10. Money does buy power and titles, and rights. nt

58. I think she's a "Dame"

87. That might be only in England. The "Dame" thing, that is.

16. how else could he get close to her without seeming obvious ???

22. How else could Sarkozy get friendlier with that mega-millionaire? :) nt

17. sounds like something out of the Onion. wow, thanks.

21. It does! Unfortunately, it's true. More and more bs goes on. The world is sounding like The Onion

92. That's what I thought at first.

108. I'd love to know what your aunt said! Sarkozy trips over his own feet worshipping billionaires

120. meta

18. Seems like an awful lot of effort on Sarkozy's part

20. lol Yes, and it's a waste of an award except for Sarkozy, who is now even tighter with her hubby

23. More evidence of the control wielded by the 1%.

24. It is contemptible. And you're right, the 1% does it again. nt

25. Activism

29. There are PLENTY of Latin women who do that precise thing and deserve this award FAR MORE than

35. Sounds like the problem

36. No. The problem is that knighting is something the 1% do for the 1%, no others need apply. nt

39. OK. So what?

85. Thank for those facts.

26. When France gets attacked by a dragon and Hayek armors up and kicks that dragon's ass...

27. LOL!! Yeah. :) nt

105. Ha ha ha ha ha

30. because you know no one has ever been knighted for totally stupid reasons

31. Yeah I know. The 1% knight their own, and Salma Hayek became the 1% when she married that

98. somehow she couldn't possibly be in that 1% on her own

106. +1

107. The fact is, her husband's father, a multi-billionaire, is going to be knighted as well. Her

32. Being named a Knight of the Legion d'Honneur is a minor honor

33. You're right. Someone else mentioned that. The 1% knight their own, and not because they're worthy

34. The Puss and Boots actress is not in the same league as DeNIro. Many in France

47. Were they thrilled with Putin?

40. She is an activist and champian of human rights.

84. But we know that's not why she received it. Many French women and men who've done much more

88. It looks to me like she is using her good fortune

43. So that's why she turned me down.

44. uh, have you seen the way that women looks. I would knight her in a

52. I have a list for you to knight. :) In fact, turn on the TV or watch any movie. nt

45. I'm all for it....

53. That does it. I vote for you to knight all the Barbie females on TV and movies! :) nt

46. Come on, be honest....who HASN'T had fantasies of Salma in a suit of armor wielding a longsword?

49. No, no it's not just you. n/t

51. Well, why not knight the frikkin' Kardashians, while we're at it? :) It'd be just as good. nt

59. There isn't a foundry in Europe worthy to make her breastplate, though

48. lots of celebrities get knighted

50. That's true. BUT RONALD REAGAN WAS KNIGHTED? For what? For being an a-h??? nt

57. dunno, I just copied the whole list

75. Scary if Raygun was knighted! nt

56. I like Salma Hayek

60. Performers are usually made a knight in the Order of Arts and Letters, there.

65. Sure would've.