Does *anyone* wanna change seats?

Yahoo! News - Appeal by Pretty Woman Star Perplexes Palestinians:

Richard Gere has recorded a message of encouragement (on behalf of "the entire world", to boot - how thoughtful of him!) to the Palestinian people on the eve of their election. Sadly for Dick, the Palestinians don't seem to have a clue about who he is, and they kinda resent his imposition...

"'I don't even know who the candidates are other than Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), let alone this Gere,' Gaza soap factory worker Manar an-Najar told Reuters.

'We don't need the Americans' intervention. We know who to elect. Not like them -- they elected a moron.'"

Celebrity ego-deflation = global warming? I shudder to think of the state of the polar ice caps the day after Catherine Zeta-Jones finally gets hers...