F 9/11 F-ing ruled

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Friday June 25, 2004 · 7:59 PM PDT

2004/06/25 · 19:59

Ok, I'm going to bend the no repetitive diaries rules just a bit and discuss Fahrenheit 9/11 (shocker)... with a twist in the review (maybe a bit gushing Harry Knowles-ish). First of all, I saw it at Regal South Beach 18 this afternoon and it was great (projector problems notwithstanding). I was anticipating this movie so much... it really only rivaled Star Wars Ep I...The Return of the King... or perhaps the 2nd Matrix in terms of high anticipation. This movie rocked even my expectations. That is exceptionally difficult to do for me.. nothing can ruin a movie like high expectations. I am going to take anyone I know that is even partially undecided to it.

(minor spoilers in this paragraph) Moore wasn't in the movie as much as his previous works. This is very effective to let the movie do the talking. Also he shed a lot of light on what happened in the Senate with all the African-Americans in the House protesting. I never heard about that in the mainstream news (gee that figures). The man is practically a genius in the way he combines images and facts. Fine he may make some inferences but most of the time it is pretty clear when he is taking some liberties. I experienced many many emotions in that movie from utter sadness to elation. A great film!

I will probably see it again next week... now that I have seen it, I would have driven a couple of hours to have seen it... so all those that aren't close... it is worth your while. It sure will increase those Kerry contributions as well!

Eric updated the title to reflect on Moore's movie, not the actual 9/11 (didn't even think of that yipes)

good news all around...Plus poll

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Thursday June 24, 2004 · 8:33 AM PDT

2004/06/24 · 08:33

The quick summary of today is that Kerry is leading in Pennsylvania and Ohio according to two recent polls (Nader excluded... I really don't think he will be a factor this year). A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll is due to be released this afternoon according to ABC's The Note. Will the good news continue? Best of all I am going to Fahrenheit 9/11 tomorrow afternoon. Could be a really good start to the weekend. Will there be a "Reagan bounce" as some pundits have surmised or Bush going to keep falling in approval? Take the poll...

F 9/11-- truth or fiction Moore quotes?

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Tuesday June 15, 2004 · 5:02 PM PDT

2004/06/15 · 17:02

On the Move America Forward Website:
http://www.moveamericaforward.com/NewsMax/

There are a host of quotes that are attributed to Michael Moore... some of which sound manufactured and/or taken out of context. Does anyone have the truth when it comes to quotes mentioned below? I sincerely doubt Moore said all of these things.. and if he did, there were some pretty heavy qualifiers attached that were conveniently forgotten. Read More

Bandar on MTP

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Sunday April 25, 2004 · 7:56 AM PDT

2004/04/25 · 07:56

What an incredible roasting Prince Bandar, the Saudi ambassador to the US, took on Meet the Press this morning. There were many damning statements, including "hate" language toward Christians and Jews in state-sponsored textbooks and a continued dragging of the feet on terror-fighting project. Bandar had no good answers for the charges brought up by Newsweek a couple of weeks ago about Saudi money funding terrorists. The worst moment was at the end when Russert asked Bandar who is more popular in the country, Osama bin Laden or George Bush... no answer was given, a lot of hemming & hawing but it was obvious what the answer truly was...

Anyone else see this?

Eric

WV poll ARG

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Thursday March 25, 2004 · 4:19 PM PST

2004/03/25 · 16:19

This is from American Research Group...

West Virginia
Likely Voters Mar 24

Bush 46%
Kerry 46%
Nader 2%
Undecided 6%
600 likely voters, March 23-24,
MOE ± 4 percentage points

http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/wv

(Edited by me -- kos)

9/11 timeline damns bush

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Thursday March 25, 2004 · 2:28 PM PST

2004/03/25 · 14:28

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/essayaninterestingday.html

This is an exceptional account of Bush's actions on 9/11... with all sorts of documentation and sources. It is a phenomenal read... it really does beg the question of what in the world was he doing on that day? There are no actions detailed here of a brave leader at all, like the press wants to make up.

This link has probably been mentioned before but I thought with the 9/11 stuff in the news some of us could use a refresher. Read More

rummy and iraq

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Saturday March 20, 2004 · 2:20 PM PST

2004/03/20 · 14:20

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10607-2004Mar20.html

I think I see a pattern here of lying. anyone else notice it? :) This story was released yesterday I think and the picture is forming... this another damning account of Bush' ineptitude toward terrorists.

Putting a few pieces together...
You have O'Neil the former treasury secretary saying Bush was looking for a way to invade Iraq in the first weeks after he took. Then you have Clarke in his new book saying Rummy wanted to hit Iraq after 9/11... what an incredibly stupid red-herring proposal. Now it would have taken some balls to have proposed Saudi Arabia since that's where most of the hijackers were from! How can people continue to have the wool rolled over their eyes?

I hope this story has some wheels to roll over any of the bad Kerry press that has hit last week.... oh and I love john mccain, the red-headed stepchild of the GOP :0

new hampshire poll...

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Friday March 19, 2004 · 7:08 PM PST

2004/03/19 · 19:08

http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/nhpoll/presballot/

things are very tight in new hampshire, as expected. with nader in the mix things get too close for comfort with nader taking 8% of the vote. It is incredible to me that Nader would pull so many votes, especially after the 2000 debacle.

bush 47 kerry 45 undecided 8
bush 45 kerry 39 nader 8

although the poll suggests that a larger percentage of republicans would vote for nader than dems...???

Kerry v Bush in TN new poll

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Wednesday March 10, 2004 · 2:22 PM PST

2004/03/10 · 14:22

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgif=/news/archive/2004/03/10/politics1047EST0574.DTL

48-44 Bush leading with 4% margin of error.

On another note... I can't believe Dean got less votes than Sharpton yesterday in Florida. I felt like with all the time and effort I needed to vote for Dean... but Kerry has my support for the rest of the campaign.

Historical Gallup Study

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Tuesday March 09, 2004 · 1:49 PM PST

2004/03/09 · 13:49

I have heard lots of GOPers say that the polls don't matter this early into the race and that there can be large changes. However I remember seeing a study from Gallup post-1950 mentioned that they had not polled an incumbent president this far behind in february. I have hunted for it but can't find it...does anyone have this link?

On a different matter... things look very good for Kerry right now. I am worried about the flip-flop charges but he has strong appeal among women. I know this is a general Dem characteristic but are there any theories on why his is so strong?

Hollywood FL Kerry town hall meeting

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Monday March 08, 2004 · 3:51 PM PST

2004/03/08 · 15:51

Good afternoon,

I attended the Kerry town hall meeting this morning and had some general comments/rants about it that I wanted to share with the group. First of all, the event was scheduled for 8 am... and he didn't begin speaking until 10:00 am. There was no organization in the morning-- no definition for any of the lines or who had tickets. It really was embarassing that whoever was in charge put on such a poor showing there. The Kerry email list did not mention anything about tickets and people were left wondering who had tickets, why weren't they covered in the email, as well as the odd parking arrangements.

Overall, I thought it was mostly a 4 hour waste of time, from when I got there at 7:15 to when I left at 11:15 am. However, Kerry did speak quite well answering questions and there is no doubt he has my vote. But the organization was so shoddy that I think it would implant seeds of doubt in the minds of undecided voters or the general public. I hope the Kerry campaign can clean up its act because that kind of wait is really unacceptable.

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