Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. June 23-24, 2004

6-23-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear and Billie

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

I wasn't planning on going to the movie, my co-worker announced that she was...

[Argh]

Hah! No, it was a dumb old family joke. An aunt decades ago sent me a letter with several "Blech"'s scattered through it. Pretending to be as illiterate as the aunt always jokingly accused me of being, I asked her why she kept writing "Bleach" all over her letters to me, and the joke stuck. Some of us still say "Bleach" meaning "Blech" and chuckle about it. I was silly to post it here.

[OESY]

Kerry Ad: A Radical Life -- Too Radical For America

[OESY]

With the opening of "Fahrenheit 9/11", it's apropos to review some of Michael Moore's best quotes, per rightwingnews.com:

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"If someone did this [9/11] to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, D.C., and the planes' destination of California -- these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!" -- Michael Moore On 9/12/2001

"There is no terrorist threat in this country. This is a lie. This is the biggest lie we've been told." -- Michael Moore, October 2003

"In terms of marketing (Fahrenheit 9/11), Front Row is getting a boost from organisations related to Hezbollah which have rung up from Lebanon to ask if there is anything they can do to support the film. And although Chacra says he and his company feel strongly that Fahrenheit is not anti-American, but anti-Bush, 'we can’t go against these organisations as they could strongly boycott the film in Lebanon and Syria.'"

"I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a 'deserter.' What I meant to say is that George W. Bush is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate. And he poops his pants"

"Unfortunately, Bush and Co. are not through yet. This invasion and conquest will encourage them to do it again elsewhere. The real purpose of this war was to say to the rest of the world, "Don't Mess with Texas - If You Got What We Want, We're Coming to Get It!"

"(Americans) are possibly the dumbest people on the planet ... in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug pr*cks. We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don’t know about anything that’s happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.”

"DO YOU FEEL like you live in a nation of idiots? I used to console myself about the state of stupidity in this country by repeating this to myself: Even if there are two hundred million stone-cold idiots in this country, that leaves at least eighty million who will get what I'm saying..." -- P. 85 of "Stupid White Men"

"(T)he dumbest Brit here is smarter than the smartest American". -- Michael Moore At London’s Roundhouse Theater

"On his North American tour in support of Dude, Where’s My Country, Moore substituted Canadians for Britons, telling audiences that the “dumbest Canadian” in attendance could surely outwit 'the smartest American.'" -- Moorewatch

"There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them."

"I like America to some extent." -- Michael Moore's response after being asked "You do not seem to like the U.S., do you?"

"Moore wrote he'd once been "forced" to listen to my comments on a TV chat show, The McLaughlin Group. I had whined "on and on about the sorry state of American education," Moore said, and wound up by bellowing: "These kids don't even know what The Iliad and The Odyssey are!" Moore's interest was piqued, so the next day he said he called me. "Fred," he quoted himself as saying, "tell me what The Iliad and The Odyssey are." I started "hemming and hawing," Moore wrote. And then I said, according to Moore: "Well, they're . . . uh . . . you know . . . uh . . . okay, fine, you got me--I don't know what they're about. Happy now?" He'd smoked me out as a fraud, or maybe worse. The only problem is none of this is true. It never happened. Moore is a liar. He made it up. It's a fabrication on two levels. One, I've never met Moore or even talked to him on the phone. And, two, I read both The Iliad and The Odyssey in my first year at the University of Virginia. Just for the record, I'd learned what they were about even before college." -- Fred Barnes

"White people scare the crap out of me. … I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord … never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say, 'We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here - have a nice day!'"

"It was when Moore went into a rant about how the passengers on the planes on 11 September were scaredy-cats because they were mostly white. If the passengers had included black men, he claimed, those killers, with their puny bodies and unimpressive small knives, would have been crushed by the dudes, who as we all know take no disrespect from anybody." -- From an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown describing a Michael Moore show in London

"Since September 11, the Bush Administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly believe that [with] one or two September 11s martial law will be declared in our country and we're inching towards a police state."

"The Patriot Act is the first step. "Mein Kampf" -- "Mein Kampf" was written long before Hitler came to power. And if the people of Germany had done something early on to stop these early signs, when the right-wing, when the extremists such as yourself (Bob Novak), decide that this is the way to go, if people don't speak up against this, you end up with something like they had in Germany. I don't want to get to that point."

"The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich."

"I think (Bin Laden is under the protective watch of) the United States, I think our government knows where he is and I don't think we're going to be capturing him or killing him any time soon." -- Michael Moore in an interview with Bob Costas

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the link. I tried to look at the video but I'm having trouble with it.
Not sure if it's their website or my Windows Media Player. I think it's the latter.
(G-r-r-r!)

I'll try again later. Thanks ! :^)

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for those selected quotes from the Moron Moore. :^D
I may link to those in my Moron Moore posts in the future.

[Laura Earl]

That is SO cute!!!!! Looks like our LulaBelle when we get home in the evening.

[ST.LOUIE1]

HO BOY Look at that! I am going to be baking those this weekend...

Come back and pass 'em around when you're finished. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi, ((((Sis)))))

You've posted some funny stuff today. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Good! I didn't really think you'd waste your money. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

A deep thinker, huh? LOL

Can hardly wait 'til GW flattens Kerry. Although.....I do hate to see a grown man cry.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi, Victoria! : )

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening everybody.

LOL, that's a good list Tulip. I don't remember posting the Redneck Census Form.

  Last name: ________________  

First name: (Check appropriate box)

[_] Billy-Bob              [_] Bobby-Sue
[_] Billy-Joe              [_] Bobby-Jo
[_] Billy-Ray              [_] Bobby-Ann
[_] Billy-Sue              [_] Bobby-Lee
[_] Billy-Mae             [_] Bobby-Ellen
[_] Billy-Jack            [_] Bobby-Beth Ann Sue

Age: ____ (if unsure, guess)

Sex: ____ M _____ F _____ Not sure

Shoe Size: ____ Left ____ Right

Occupation:
[_] Farmer                       [_] Mechanic
[_] Hair Dresser             [_] Waitress
[_] Un-employed              [_] Dirty Politician

Spouse's Name: __________________________
2nd Spouse's Name: __________________________
3rd Spouse's Name: __________________________
Lover's Name: __________________________
2nd Lover's Name: __________________________

Mother's Name: _______________________

Father's Name: _______________________(If not sure, leave blank)

Education: 1 2 3 4 (Circle highest grade completed)

Do you [_] own or [_] rent your mobile home? (Check appropriate box)

Vehicles you own and where you keep them:
___ Total number of vehicles you own
___ Number of vehicles that still start
___ Number of vehicles in front yard
___ Number of vehicles in back yard
___ Number of vehicles on cement blocks

Firearms you own and where you keep them:
____ truck ____ kitchen
____ bedroom ____ bathroom
____ shed

Model and year of your pickup: _____________ 194____

Do you have a gun rack?
[_] Yes [_] No If no, please explain:

Newspapers/magazines you subscribe to:
[_] The National Enquirer             [_] The Globe
[_] TV Guide                        [_] Soap Opera Digest
[_] Rifle and Shotgun

___ Number of times you've seen a UFO
___ Number of times you've seen Elvis
___ Number of times you've seen Elvis in a UFO

How often do you bathe:
[_] Weekly
[_] Monthly
[_] Not Applicable

How many teeth? __________

Color of teeth:
[_] Green              [_] Brownish-Yellow
[_] Brown              [_] Black
[_] N/A

Brand of chewing tobacco you prefer:
[_] Red-Man

How far is your home from a paved road?
[_] 1 mile
[_] 2 miles
[_] don't know

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Louie, how are ya?

[The Mayor]

Do I have to fill that out now ?

[JustAmy]

Good evening, everyone.

I think I know why I'm having so much trouble posting.

It looks like my satellite transmission and reception is really slow. I will call them tomorrow to see if they can do anything. Last time this happened the weather in the east was causing the trouble.

It is almost impossible to post anything. Everything is so slow that I get timed out before the post can be made or the window can open.

I'll try again a little later to see if it improves. Sorry that I'm unable to answer everyone.

[Terabitten]

Hey I resemble that!

[tuliptree76]

LOL! The Redneck Census Form is funny!

[SAMWolf]

Hey! Who you calling a redneck?

[JustAmy]

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