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What an UGLY beast she is, and that's her "air-brushed" version!!!
took some vacation last week with some "sheeple" friends of mine, who are totally detached from the news and the reality of the security challenges facing this country in the post 9-11 world. one observation I make regarding this film - the sheeple think this is some kind of "Saving Private Ryan" regarding the iraqi war and the war on terror. they view it as entertainment, rather then political propaganda. that sentiment may result in this film doing better at the boxoffice then we might think.
USA Today's reviewer gave it 3 1/2 stars and was most impressed by Bush's "bewildered, dumbstruck" reaction to the attacks because he stayed in the classroom 7 minutes. No mention that after the big 7 minutes, Bush and Cheney took absolute control that day and promptly kicked butt in Afghanistan and Iraq despite all the naysayers. i'm glad the USA Today jerk knows what was going through Bush's mind during those 7 minutes. I'll reach my conclusions based on what he did immediately thereafter. I have never seen any report that Bush was other than decisive that day.
Wasn't Oliver Stone raked over the coals when he took liberties with history and sprinkled conspiracy theories on top? It seems liberals have had a change of heart since then, and now applaud taking liberties with the facts and shown disproven conspracy theories as if they are knoen facts.
The liberals want to simultaneously use Moore's propaganda movie as a recruiting tool and dissociate themselves from its pro-terrorist extremism. They've come up with a characteristic straddle on the order of "I oppose the war but support the troops". They deplore Lumpy personally, but find a lot of "food for thought" in his outright lies and cinematic manipulations. And they bravely defend his right to "speak out" against "right wing censorship". This stance is so predictable that the reviews pretty much write themselves.
Filmatic personal essay being a fancy film-critic term for "total bull****."
Overlooked Rex Reed in the NY Observer. He loved it. I was under the impression AIDS croaked him. Unfortunately, I was wrong. There is still tomorrow.
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That's fine with me. I respect them for admitting their bias, unlike the rest of the media.
Besides, any adult with half a brain can see Moore for what he is. The rest are too far gone anyway.
Not that this guy shouldn't be put out of business. Shame on anyone for seeing this movie and putting money in his pocket.
As someone suggested on another thread, someone should chase him around with a mic and camera shouting, "why haven't you located your company in Flint!"
I'd like to suggest shouting, "baby killer!" and holding up photos of aborted babies, since he is undoubtedly a supporter of murder rights.