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| James Lileks "Fisks" Michael Moore | |
| 2004-07-08 | |
Hello! Today will be gruesome for those on the F911 side of the audience, alas.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 What a great post. Michael Moore asks: âAre you proud that 40 million adult Americans are functional illiterates?â No, but Iâll bet Michael Moore's pretty glad about it--so he can shove his bullshit down their throats. This kills me: âAs a young boy, I loved the American flag. I'd lead my younger sisters in patriotic parades up and down the sidewalk, waving the flag, blowing a whistle and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance over and over (WTF? over and over? That's just wierd.) until my sisters begged (begged?) me to let them go back to their Easy-Bake Oven." I donât belive this for a minute (he's just writing to conjure up "images), but for the sake of argument: So he trapped his sisters into being his audience, his parade group (he was the leader) and made them do what he wanted, forcing them to listen to his endless nannering. Well! I guess nothingâs changed. BTW, this is silly writing. Completely fake. I can come up with stuff on a moment's notice. â . . . I won an essay contest on "What the Flag Means to Me." I decorated my bicycle with little American flags for a Fourth of July parade and won a prize for that too. He says in high school, things changed--that ânine boys from my school came back home from Vietnam in boxes.â Yeah, except that the writer at the link researched and found Mike was lying. No such people. âFor too long now we have abandoned our flag to those who see it as a symbol of war and dominance, as a way to crush dissent at home.â This is the beginning of the liberal âsell.â He goes on: â . . . flags are intended to send a message: "You're either with us or you're against us," "Bring it on!" or "Watch what you say, watch what you do." Poor, Poor, Paranoid Mikey. âThose who absconded with our flag (WTF? Absconded with the flag?) now use it as a weapon against those who question America's course.â The Dems were saying this more than two years ago. Mike is just saying it âbetter,â and to a larger audience--and is making quite a tidy little fortune doing it. "These so-called patriots hold the flag tightly in their grip and, in a threatening pose, demand that no one ask questions. Those who speak out find themselves (*this based on his extensive research): shunned at work harassed at school booed off Oscar stages (thereâs his real beef--remember, he wants to win) âThe flag has become a muzzle, a piece of cloth stuffed into the mouths of those who dare to ask questions.â Oh, please. What is he talking about? Anybody here stuff a flag in someone's mouth lately? âWe need to redefine what it means to be a proud American.â Well that sums up what he wants to do all right--thatâs his agenda in a nutshell. Deconstructionist tripe. The simple fact is, that Mike Moore has found what sells and what makes him popular. He likes the fact that he can use his skill to trick people into making him millions. He's found a way to "win." |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-07-08 4:11:45 PM |
| #7 Best Bleat Ever? Maybe, maybe not, but definitely in the top ten. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-07-08 2:54:24 PM |
| #6 There you have it. He wants the flag to stand for clean water. This from a man who waddles up to the deep well of American freedom, fumbles with his zipper, and pisses in it. Classic! And how true! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-08 2:20:00 PM |
| #5 I will smile in a big way when Michael Moore is slapped with a pedophile charge. Maybe animals would be better. Either that or the day he is found on the cold tiles of his bathroom floor awash in his own feces. He is vile. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-07-08 1:18:44 PM |
| #4 Nothing so brave as a man who pisses on his flag, knowing full well that nothing will happen to him, other than making a buck and being slobered on by like minded swillers of his piss. Thats what I call wrapping yourself in the flag. Ah the easy life. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-07-08 12:54:50 PM |
| #3 'cow-tipping' ha ha ha ha ha that's better than fisking i read it here first |
| Posted by: Rawsnacks 2004-07-08 12:34:25 PM |
| #2 It's all excellent, but the last paragraph is, for me, the definitive statement on Moore. After Lileks, nothing more needs to be said about Moore. |
| Posted by: Patrick Brown 2004-07-08 11:35:00 AM |
| #1 Lileks is exceptionally brilliant today. This is a must-read. It's the equivalent of cow-tipping, with Moore as the cow. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-07-08 11:28:10 AM |