The actor, whose mother hailed from the Irish county of Tipperary, has been quoted as saying he wanted to finish his education when he retired from acting as he never got his high school diploma, according to media reports.
Last year NUI conferred an honorary degree on Sheen, real name Ramon Estevez, for both his acting and "his consistent and meaningful engagement with civil society".
A dedicated supporter of liberal causes, Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times for public protests.
You're all like a bunch of actors in a bad porno movie over there. Bush is running around bragging about the length of his war and how he's going to use it to continue screwing the country. Half the population is rocking back and forth, faking orgasms, and lying right back about what a great ruler he is.
President, conceding unpopularity, vows to stay the course in Iraq “If we lose our nerve and leave the Middle East before the job is finished, the world will be much worse off,”
Get a clue, you moron! The world is worse off. You accomplished exactly what you wanted to over there. You wanted chaos, death, and anarchy and that's exactly what you got.
Sectarian violence in Iraq has become the "core conflict" in Iraq and has created a security situation American military commanders believe is more complex than any they have faced at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a sober Pentagon report released today says.
The recent surge in bombings calls into question the long-term effectiveness of a joint American-Iraqi security offensive in Baghdad. The security measures are expected to contribute to a relatively low civilian death toll in August, but there are increasing questions about whether that can be sustained.
In a notably gloomy report to Congress, the Pentagon reported that illegal militias have become more entrenched, especially in Baghdad neighborhoods where they are seen as providers of both security and basic social services.
In response to the Pentagon's report Friday, the Senate's top Democrat, Harry Reid of Nevada, said it showed the Bush administration is "increasingly disconnected from the facts on the ground in Iraq."
Tony Snow was asked this afternoon if President Bush had any reaction to the death toll for U.S. troops in Iraq reaching 2,500. Snow responded: “It’s a number.”
