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2004-06-27 Fifth Column

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-27 11:46:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred - Don't know what happened in the top line. Saw it in preview, but was afraid to mess with it - it looked OK on the initial page.

I put the link in the body because every time I put it in the line for the link and pressed "submit," I got a "page could not be displayed" screen. That seemed to be the only thing causing it (though I have no idea why). Hopefully you can get the link to where it goes.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-27 11:50:37 AM|| 2004-06-27 11:50:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The wheel is beginning to turn. Only about 500 morlocks turned up for a massively publicized pro-terrorist demo yesterday in Boston. See LGF. The organizers attribute this disappointing result to a feeling of hopelessness about "the occupation" but this subculture has never before shown an aversion to promoting hopeless causes like slavery reparations and a 12.50 minimum wage.

I think the real reason has to do with the recent beheadings and the widespread publicity surrounding Fahrenheit 911.
The beheadings were not just highly publicized atrocities that happened to be on video: the messsage is beginning to sink in that this is standard Muslim "freedom-fighter" practice.

The discussion of Moore's primitive screed, the film itself for those who have seen it, and its widespread endorsement by supposedly intelligent lefties serve only to expose the far Left's fantasy-conspiracist worldview for what is is: a great mass of Hollywood hype.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-06-27 1:10:48 PM|| 2004-06-27 1:10:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 If anyone could response, I'd be glad : how do you think "Fahrenheit 911" will play on the presidential race?
This plain boggles me; you've got that movie which is an ad nominem attack on one of the candidate and clearly intends to affect the vote, and apart from the banning of some ads counting from july, there doesn't seem to be a realization of how antidemocratic all this mess is. The goal of that movie is to alter the fairness of the election, this is plain propaganda, aided by the international left, endorsed by the elite of the Cannes festival (who made a travesty of that once respectable event... just kidding, it has been elitist and left-leaning from the start)... remember that post about the hizbollah giving it two thumbs up?

Posted by Anonymous5089 2004-06-27 6:17:58 PM|| 2004-06-27 6:17:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Personally, I think it plays well for Bush. Moore makes himself look like a complete wacko because all you see on the news are how he's being censored and Republicans are 'out' to get him, etc. And yet, you never see any of these supposed attacks on him really materialize. Plus, as they play more and more clips of his 'documentry', it shows the American people just how vile and disgusting he is.

Posted by Silentbrick 2004-06-27 6:40:22 PM|| 2004-06-27 6:40:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 the Kool-Aid drinkers on the left were never gonna vote for Bush, so I think it plays for Bush - he can motivate his base with this movie

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-27 6:43:27 PM|| 2004-06-27 6:43:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Now Frank G, do you really think Moore's going to Jim Jones on us? While that would be amusing and tarnish his name, it'd simply be far too deserving a fate for him, so it won't happen. I think he's more of the get drunk/stoned and either choke on his own vomit or drown in the toilet type.

Posted by Silentbrick 2004-06-27 8:09:47 PM|| 2004-06-27 8:09:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 kool-aid drinkers refers to the followers who unquestioningly swallow the poison delivered (see Fahrenheit 9/11). Nice thing is it's a self-limiting phenomenon...watch his box-office next weekend when another fictional movie, Spiderman 2, comes out. It's better, with more believable fiction, more action, and Sam Rahmi is a director you can like

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-27 8:22:08 PM|| 2004-06-27 8:22:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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