Well I sure as all hell didn't vote for Bush but I read it. I enjoyed it too, I'm not a big fan of Michael Moore but I always enjoy reading something that talks realistically about Bush's idiocy.
Well the sad thing is even people who didn't vote for Bush hate MM almost as much. What they don't understand I think, is you don't have to take Moore literally. If you look beyond all the blatant shock-factors you can just read the underlying messages and that's good enough. Too many people take him literally and are offended by him. But personally I think he's got a sense of humor.
My wife an I met Michael Moore last year during the campaigning. We sat and talked to him for about a half hour. He doesn't live that far from us. He actually seems like a pretty regular person. He get very emotional about stuff and you can see it. This is a guy with a simple high school education. Of course he is going to write sensationalized stuff. He v truths like all the other media. The point is that people NEED to start taking ACTION. Enough banter. I have had so many people give me grieve over actions we have taken. At least I feel good that I did something. I had an ultra conservative goon approach me in a menacing way last year with the whole 'fucking bleeding heart liberal attitude". Two people helped him into his stupid pick up truck. Not ever person that is against Bush is some helpless geek. The rift between those that have and those that have nothing (or nothing to lose) grows continuously. Even in the journal you linked to, conservative views know the revolution is coming sooner or later. It has happened many times
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I just read Michael Moores latest letter and "reading between the lines" he is asking the same questions that people have been asking but in a very public way. You mention the "ultra conservative goon" who approached you and needed to be helped into his truck. Why is it some people feel that they need to resort to physical threats and violence when another individual like yourself has a different point of view? You did what you had to do to protect yourself, which I have had to do several times. What do some of these people think they will accomplish by attacking someone? Is it to prove to their buddies what "big men" they are? I quess that it is the way I was raised. I was taught that it was easier to walk away unless I was forced to defend myself when there was no other option.
America is so sprawled out and disconnected it seems most accountability has been lost in politics.
Honestly, I feel nothing for Bush or his immediate aids. Not even disgust. Those who rule often mask their wickedness, but this president is most peculiar in his ways; he seems to flaunt his care-free image. Was it decided he would be the fall guy figure head for a "greater cause?" He's such an easy target of attack it makes me wonder who's not really taking the heat over these administrative evils. It seems to me George is more than a puppet; he is acting as a tool of distraction and as a P.R. Shield for some type of Crusading Christian Big Money Black Ops.
We must aim our arrows of dissent past the scarecrows set before us. I often feel Bush, Cheney and Rice are nothing more than red herrings over which the media endlessly short-strokes. Their scandal, incompetence and idiocy only serve to fill up headlines and keep the status quo.
I agree with you. Although I think I truely hate the Bush-Cheney-Rice-Ashcroft, etc. group, I think the REAL evil is the CEO's and neo-political religious leaders that are in abound. I say this often within a closer circle of compatriots and friends that if there ever was to be a true revolution in this country, I would suggest them as targets long before the political icons that serve them. It is so funny to me that I could be interpreted as dangerous or evil. I am sure you have had that laid at your doorstep for various reasons. All because of our off center believes, lifestyles, etc. And yet when it comes to real human compassion the off center hold more of it then the much of the mainstream. I also think it will be up to those of us out of the normal life that will make a difference with the changes we initiate. Safe journeys to you!
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"Not that anybody who voted for Bush will either admit it"
I guess you're right.
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You mention the "ultra conservative goon" who approached you and needed to be helped into his truck. Why is it some people feel that they need to resort to physical threats and violence when another individual like yourself has a different point of view? You did what you had to do to protect yourself, which I have had to do several times. What do some of these people think they will accomplish by attacking someone? Is it to prove to their buddies what "big men" they are? I quess that it is the way I was raised. I was taught that it was easier to walk away unless I was forced to defend myself when there was no other option.
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America is so sprawled out and disconnected it seems most accountability has been lost in politics.
Honestly, I feel nothing for Bush or his immediate aids. Not even disgust. Those who rule often mask their wickedness, but this president is most peculiar in his ways; he seems to flaunt his care-free image. Was it decided he would be the fall guy figure head for a "greater cause?" He's such an easy target of attack it makes me wonder who's not really taking the heat over these administrative evils. It seems to me George is more than a puppet; he is acting as a tool of distraction and as a P.R. Shield for some type of Crusading Christian Big Money Black Ops.
We must aim our arrows of dissent past the scarecrows set before us. I often feel Bush, Cheney and Rice are nothing more than red herrings over which the media endlessly short-strokes. Their scandal, incompetence and idiocy only serve to fill up headlines and keep the status quo.
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It is so funny to me that I could be interpreted as dangerous or evil. I am sure you have had that laid at your doorstep for various reasons. All because of our off center believes, lifestyles, etc. And yet when it comes to real human compassion the off center hold more of it then the much of the mainstream. I also think it will be up to those of us out of the normal life that will make a difference with the changes we initiate. Safe journeys to you!
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