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elSicomoro · 03-25-2003, 07:57 PM

Did anyone see Michael Moore's Oscar speech Sunday night?

From the San Francisco Chronicle (note the bolded area):

"We live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts," Moore said.

I like Michael Moore...I agree with a lot of what he says.

But what the fuck was that first part about?

Newsflash to the bitter: Bush won. It's over. He won fair and square, under the conditions asked for by Gore. Bush got the most electoral votes. End of story. If you don't like it, vote him out next November.

Did you all know that Flipper is serving the US military proudly? God bless him!

With the pre-war talk of offering Saddam Hussein exile, CBC presents various leaders that have fled into exile. Surprising omissions: The Shah of Iran, Mobutu Sese Seko, Baby Doc. Interesting tidbit: Idi Amin is living happily in Saudi Arabia.

Uday Hussein a possible murderer? Liars! If indeed true, it's horrible, yet not surprising.

Talk radio host Michael Smerconish wrote an article in the Philadelphia Daily News on Friday, arguing that we should not be protesting against war b/c of its possible effects on the troops. Read the article.

I don't mind Smerconish sometimes, but other times, he just hits that crack pipe a bit too hard.

People have the right to protest, for freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment. Unless people have been living under rocks, it's been well-noted for some time that a war would not be favored by some of the population. Those going to battle most likely knew this. And with all the embedded press, I'm sure those soldiers now know that recent polls show strong support for the war. Furthermore, I think we learned a valuable lesson from Vietnam, and I don't honestly think we would treat Gulf War vets as we did Vietnam vets (if unsuccessful).

Lastly, Al-Jazeera has created a small English-language site. My recommendation: use ajeeb.com to translate the Arabic version.

03-25-2003, 07:57 PM	#20
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Did anyone see Michael Moore's Oscar speech Sunday night? From the San Francisco Chronicle (note the bolded area): "We live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man who's sending us to war for fictitious reasons, whether it's the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts," Moore said. I like Michael Moore...I agree with a lot of what he says. But what the fuck was that first part about? Newsflash to the bitter: Bush won. It's over. He won fair and square, under the conditions asked for by Gore. Bush got the most electoral votes. End of story. If you don't like it, vote him out next November. Did you all know that Flipper is serving the US military proudly? God bless him! With the pre-war talk of offering Saddam Hussein exile, CBC presents various leaders that have fled into exile. Surprising omissions: The Shah of Iran, Mobutu Sese Seko, Baby Doc. Interesting tidbit: Idi Amin is living happily in Saudi Arabia. Uday Hussein a possible murderer? Liars! If indeed true, it's horrible, yet not surprising. Talk radio host Michael Smerconish wrote an article in the Philadelphia Daily News on Friday, arguing that we should not be protesting against war b/c of its possible effects on the troops. Read the article. I don't mind Smerconish sometimes, but other times, he just hits that crack pipe a bit too hard. People have the right to protest, for freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment. Unless people have been living under rocks, it's been well-noted for some time that a war would not be favored by some of the population. Those going to battle most likely knew this. And with all the embedded press, I'm sure those soldiers now know that recent polls show strong support for the war. Furthermore, I think we learned a valuable lesson from Vietnam, and I don't honestly think we would treat Gulf War vets as we did Vietnam vets (if unsuccessful). Lastly, Al-Jazeera has created a small English-language site. My recommendation: use ajeeb.com to translate the Arabic version.