Fahrenheit 9/11

Yesterday I went to see Fahrenheit 9/11. It was pretty good. The fact that Moore actually managed to get it released before the next presidential election makes me hopeful that there is still a chance Bush won't be re-elected. The detractors seem to feel that it's just propoganda, but I see it as anti-propaganda. We already know the position of the Bush administration, but the mainstream media always seems to gloss over the really negative stuff.

What really made me happy was the scenes in Iraq. This is the first time, since the very beginning of our attacks on Iraq in 1990, that we have gotten to see a glimpse of the devastation. Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed there by us, and yet we never get to see the casualties. Whether or not their deaths are justified, it's reprehensible that they are never considered newsworthy. That by itself could have been a movie.

One interesting development since the movie came out is that it looks as though there is now a distinct possibility that Saddam was not responsible for gassing the Kurds and that the CIA has known this all along. (Also, Bush wants to force schoolchildren to take prescription drugs.)

Besides the movie, one other development makes me hopeful that Bush's career is at an end. It is this t-shirt. I mean, honestly, how many people in their right minds would vote for a candidate whose supporters basically admit that they are evil and have the t-shirt to prove it?

Comments

[Geoff]

I can't see how Bush could possibly win. No one I know is going to vote for him.

[Andrew]

"...but the mainstream media always seems to gloss over the really negative stuff."

WHAT??!! What mainstream media do you watch?

[receptionista]

that t-shirt really scared me. "freedom isn't free"?! um, what's next? war is peace?

[snozzle5]

bush is evil

[michael]

fahrenheit 9/11 also made me believe that bush will be defeated in november, it's not good that you too believe so, because now it's a trend. events swirl counter to trend, like water downstream of a rock in a fast stream, somehow the movie will help him. like jerry lewis getting the french legion of honor, we'll give him, bush (is jerry lewis dead?) the presidency, because, heck, say what you will, he's a lovable goofball.

[Tvindy]

Geoff, believe it or not, but here in the US Bush has many supporters. Add to that the fact that the democrats are going with Kerry, and Bush just might make it.

Andrew, my perception is that the media usually support the President. Even Clinton never got asked the really tough questions. (That whole Lewinsky thing doesn't count.) The worst thing the press did occurred after Nine Eleven when Bush went after Iraq and implied that it was responsible for the attack on the Twin Towers. He took us to war under false pretenses, because the media wasn't willing to cry foul.

Receptionista, did you happen to read the fine print at the very bottom of the shirt? There's this whole stereotype that liberals are a bunch of cowards, because they oppose the war. They actually believe they can intimidate the opposition by wearing "scary" t-shirts. I say let them wear their silly shirts and prance around in public, so we can be amused.

Snozzle, Bush is a chimp.

Michael, let's hope not. If Bush gets re-elected, that'll pretty much be the end of the country. If we re-elect him, we'll be demonstrating to the rest of the world that the US is a basket case. At that point, Europe will nuke us for sure.

[Lorika]

Hey, I like your blog and your weebles (I have fond memories from childhood). I came here from Reality Sandwich - do you know Tim? He's awesome, anyway, I also blogged about that lovely T-shirt and was curious how you found it? I was reading some right-wing hack's blog on a post about Michael Moore's supposed lies, when I saw an add for it in the side bar and my jaw hit the floor. While the T-shirt is laughable, the sentiment is not, and it disturbs me greatly that there are people out there who feel that way. I hope they are not the ones over in Iraq, but judging by the mess over there and the torture scandal, perhaps those sentiments are ruling the powers that be.
Regime change in '04!

[Tvindy]

Lorika, yes, I know Tim. I've even got him blogrolled. As for the shirt, I came across it on three unrelated occasions. I believe the first time was on your blog (sorry I forgot to cite you), then I saw it on Moorewatch, where I went to see if there was any intelligent criticism of Moore's movie. (There was not.) More recently, I came across it on your other blog (the main blogumentary site).

[Chuck]

Spreading hate is fun!!!