Political: Fahrenehit 9/11
Aug. 2nd, 2004 12:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickSo I finally saw "Fahrenheit 9/11". I left... very angry.
Kristen and I have probably been talking politics nonstop since the DNC. We've discussed Kerry and Bush, we've discussed Iraq, we've discussed Israel and Palestine.
In alot of ways, how I feel about alot of issues sort of clicked into place in the middle of the movie and I left feeling really angry, really upset and ready to argue with Kristen about statements she'd made over the last week.
I know that some of you think that Michael Moore is just opinionated tripe (*eyes![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xb95*) and I will agree that I don't agree with every one of his points, with every way he connected the dots. But I don't think Mr. Moore is tripe at all. I think he's biased, but I think MOST of his points are very fair.
I have been against George W. Bush from Day 1, increasingly so as time has passed. I'll strongly argue against any conservative that that man has done more to harm this country than, in any way, to make it better. He's stripped us, the American people, of our rights, of our liberty and of our dignity. He's helped to turn us from otherwise normal people into little children, afraid of every sound, believing in every bullshit story we've heard. We're still victim to it. Just this morning, Kristen sends me an email that she's uncomfortable because now they're saying that THE TERRORISTS (Dun dun dun) are going to attack New York, DC or Newark (Dun dun dun). They don't know when, but they've got GOOD INTELLIGENCE that they plan to do this.. sometimes.. eventually.. probably.
You'll excuse me, but I'm sick of my strings being pulled. I don't buy it, Chicken Little. Do you know what Homeland Security has become? A joke. They're the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Oh no!
What 9/11 did to us is it forced us to the realization that terrorists could do the unthinkable.. on American soil. And now our imaginations have become our worst enemies. You know, says we... 9/11 was bad.. but a Nuclear bomb would be worse. You know, we say, we live near a Nuclear Power Plant. Are we in danger? You know, we say, we live near a chemical plant. We must be in danger too. You know, we say, there's been a bunch of random shootings in Washington. Maybe THAT'S the Terrorists too! Oh no! White powder in an envelope! I'm doooooomed!
My own mother, usually fairly well-thought out, actually thought Buffalo might be a good target because of Niagara Falls and the Power Plant.
Um. No.
You are in far more danger from cancer from cigarettes, from a drive by shooting, from a drunk driving accident than that THE TERRORISTS (dun dun dun) will actually come for you/your city.
I despise Herr Bush for the way he's lied to this county.. because as we were freaking out over all the What Ifs.. he actually managed to convince a pretty good portion of this country that IRAQ.. otherwise minding their business and not doing anything except for occasionally rattling the old saber... was involved with 9/11... and managed to switch, in our minds, Osama's face with Saddam's.
You know.. this kills me. SOME of you (and you know who you are) HATE Bill Clinton because Bill Clinton LIED to you. Because he told a lie and was immoral and we can't have a leader like that. But you SAME PEOPLE have no problem with George Bush lying to you and then letting.. what's the current count? EDIT:600 900 young men and women? And that's just the Americans.
Do you know the most ugly/moving part of the film. It's the part all you little warhawks out there want to forget. The cost of war. It's seeing the blood and the guts. It's seeing teenagers with half their faces melted off. It's seeing men frantically searching for survivors and finding a torso.. and then a head. And it's seeing an american soldier, our boys in blue, running into someone's house on CHRISTMAS EVE.. to arrest someone while the guy's mom/wife was shouting "What did he do? For god's sake, what did he do?!?"
Why is it that when the Israelis bring their tanks in and blow up the Palestinians, that what they do is wrong and shame on them.
But when we do the same, that's OK. Because we're LIBERATING THE IRAQI PEOPLE. And unlike the Israelis, the Iraqis never actually terrorized us.
Can you truly tell me that Billy was more sinful than George? Bill may have had his "moral compass" a little askew.. but when he lied about Monica, it didn't start a war.
How many American soldiers dead? How many will die before we leave?
Better yet, how many IRAQIs dead? How many of Saddams men? (Isn't it interesting how we have to come in guns blazing because Saddams men are EVIL and might kill us if we don't kill them first.) How many innocents?
How many Iraqi children died? How many are yet to die? How many didn't even get the chance to die, and will survive, disfigured or scarred, so they can always remember when the Americans came in to destroy their country.
Folks, I'm begging you to do the right thing this election season.
End the madness.
Vote Kerry in 2004.
... Still need to update this picture.
Kristen and I have probably been talking politics nonstop since the DNC. We've discussed Kerry and Bush, we've discussed Iraq, we've discussed Israel and Palestine.
In alot of ways, how I feel about alot of issues sort of clicked into place in the middle of the movie and I left feeling really angry, really upset and ready to argue with Kristen about statements she'd made over the last week.
I know that some of you think that Michael Moore is just opinionated tripe (*eyes
xb95*) and I will agree that I don't agree with every one of his points, with every way he connected the dots. But I don't think Mr. Moore is tripe at all. I think he's biased, but I think MOST of his points are very fair.I have been against George W. Bush from Day 1, increasingly so as time has passed. I'll strongly argue against any conservative that that man has done more to harm this country than, in any way, to make it better. He's stripped us, the American people, of our rights, of our liberty and of our dignity. He's helped to turn us from otherwise normal people into little children, afraid of every sound, believing in every bullshit story we've heard. We're still victim to it. Just this morning, Kristen sends me an email that she's uncomfortable because now they're saying that THE TERRORISTS (Dun dun dun) are going to attack New York, DC or Newark (Dun dun dun). They don't know when, but they've got GOOD INTELLIGENCE that they plan to do this.. sometimes.. eventually.. probably.
You'll excuse me, but I'm sick of my strings being pulled. I don't buy it, Chicken Little. Do you know what Homeland Security has become? A joke. They're the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Oh no!
What 9/11 did to us is it forced us to the realization that terrorists could do the unthinkable.. on American soil. And now our imaginations have become our worst enemies. You know, says we... 9/11 was bad.. but a Nuclear bomb would be worse. You know, we say, we live near a Nuclear Power Plant. Are we in danger? You know, we say, we live near a chemical plant. We must be in danger too. You know, we say, there's been a bunch of random shootings in Washington. Maybe THAT'S the Terrorists too! Oh no! White powder in an envelope! I'm doooooomed!
My own mother, usually fairly well-thought out, actually thought Buffalo might be a good target because of Niagara Falls and the Power Plant.
Um. No.
You are in far more danger from cancer from cigarettes, from a drive by shooting, from a drunk driving accident than that THE TERRORISTS (dun dun dun) will actually come for you/your city.
I despise Herr Bush for the way he's lied to this county.. because as we were freaking out over all the What Ifs.. he actually managed to convince a pretty good portion of this country that IRAQ.. otherwise minding their business and not doing anything except for occasionally rattling the old saber... was involved with 9/11... and managed to switch, in our minds, Osama's face with Saddam's.
You know.. this kills me. SOME of you (and you know who you are) HATE Bill Clinton because Bill Clinton LIED to you. Because he told a lie and was immoral and we can't have a leader like that. But you SAME PEOPLE have no problem with George Bush lying to you and then letting.. what's the current count? EDIT:
Do you know the most ugly/moving part of the film. It's the part all you little warhawks out there want to forget. The cost of war. It's seeing the blood and the guts. It's seeing teenagers with half their faces melted off. It's seeing men frantically searching for survivors and finding a torso.. and then a head. And it's seeing an american soldier, our boys in blue, running into someone's house on CHRISTMAS EVE.. to arrest someone while the guy's mom/wife was shouting "What did he do? For god's sake, what did he do?!?"
Why is it that when the Israelis bring their tanks in and blow up the Palestinians, that what they do is wrong and shame on them.
But when we do the same, that's OK. Because we're LIBERATING THE IRAQI PEOPLE. And unlike the Israelis, the Iraqis never actually terrorized us.
Can you truly tell me that Billy was more sinful than George? Bill may have had his "moral compass" a little askew.. but when he lied about Monica, it didn't start a war.
How many American soldiers dead? How many will die before we leave?
Better yet, how many IRAQIs dead? How many of Saddams men? (Isn't it interesting how we have to come in guns blazing because Saddams men are EVIL and might kill us if we don't kill them first.) How many innocents?
How many Iraqi children died? How many are yet to die? How many didn't even get the chance to die, and will survive, disfigured or scarred, so they can always remember when the Americans came in to destroy their country.
Folks, I'm begging you to do the right thing this election season.
End the madness.
Vote Kerry in 2004.
... Still need to update this picture.
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Date: 2004-08-02 12:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-02 01:05 pm (UTC)Should I clean up the language first? :)
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Date: 2004-08-02 01:34 pm (UTC)