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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

I'll be there on opening day!  Of course I'm a Bush fan but I'm intrigued.

  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> Of matusiak
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:58 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] *jaw hits floor*
> 
> On Jun 15, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Shea Tisdale wrote:
> > Matusiak wrote:
> >> view the classic Bush joke:
> >>    http://www.musicforamerica.org/bushjoke
> >
> > I thought the jokes were in poor taste given the situation.
> 
> I was playing upon the initial sentiment of Beth:
> 
> "If there was any doubt in your mind that Bush has no class, 
> taste, sensitivity, respect, or intelligence..."
> 
> So I figured readers would see the sarcasm in my commentary, 
> but obviously, that was missed.
> 
> >> another classic! Bush wipes glasses on woman's sweater video:
> >>    http://www.aspirin99.com/videos/Bush_Kleenex.htm
> >
> > I guess if you are a Bush hater, this is something to be concerned 
> > with.
> > What I see here is a clip taken out of context.  How do you 
> know that 
> > he didn't ask for something to clean his glasses on and that woman 
> > responded by saying to use her sweater?  How do you know anything 
> > about what is happening?  I clean my glasses on my shirt 
> all the time.  
> > And really, this is such a trivial and meaningless thing to 
> spend time 
> > on when everyday this administration shows it's disdain for the 
> > Constitution and for human rights...But hey, look at this 
> video of him 
> > cleaning his glasses on someones
> > sweater!!!   Sheesh.
> 
> Yes - you clean *your* glasses on *your* shirt.  I'm sure 
> once you start wiping garbage off on other people 
> (potentially without their permission), then you will have 
> your own spoof site.  Bush-hater or not, he shows very little 
> concern for "The Little People" here in America.  And with 
> comments like this "...everyday this administration shows 
> it's disdain for the Constitution and for human rights..." 
> how is it that you are not misconstrued as a Bush-hater?  Sheesh.
> 
> >> take a peek at Baghdad:
> >>    http://www.aboutbaghdad.com/
> >>    *** This film showing TONIGHT ONLY at 7:00 PM; Carolina 
> Theater in 
> >> Durham
> >>    http://www.movieminder.com/showtheater/?tcode=16
> >
> > I wish I could go see this one.  The clip was very 
> interesting, very 
> > well done and appeared very balanced.  It appears to be a 
> good inside 
> > look at the situation there.
> >
> > I wasn't for the war or what is happening now, but I can't help but 
> > think, as I heard this very western looking person ask 
> questions, that 
> > this movie wouldn't have been possible 2 years ago when 
> Saddam was in 
> > power.
> 
> You live in Durham.  The movie is in Durham.  Does it have to 
> play at your house?
> 
> >> and don't forget THE MOVIE OF THE SUMMER!!!!
> >>    http://www.fahrenheit911.com/
> >>   Opens in just 10 days!!  Buy your advance tickets now!!!  See 
> >> multiple shows!!!
> >
> > Can't wait for this one and I'm hoping he really does the 
> movie about 
> > Tony Blair that he has been talking about doing.
> 
> <mocking>
> "Oh gee!!  I love Michael Moore and all his great books and 
> films!!!   
> I certainly can't wait to see him skewer Bush in his new one, 
> Fahrenheit 9/11!!"
> </mocking>
> 
> Yeah, being tight with Big Man Moore certainly doesn't make 
> you look like a Bush-hater.  Instead, it makes you look like 
> a well-balanced, rational individual.
> 
> Also, most reports I've read include MM himself debunking 
> that "Blair film" myth.  He made an offhand comment at Cannes 
> and now the world expects him to make an anti-Blair film, as well.
> 
> >> and it looks like the neo-nazis are going to try to prevent 
> >> non-violent, civilian Americans from even SEEING this film.  Isn't 
> >> that what America was founded on?  Extreme ignorance, followed by 
> >> grotesque hatred and coupled with censorship?!?!
> >>
> >>    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1144334/posts
> >>    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1139072/posts
> >>    http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=4972
> >>    http://www.pabaah.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=469
> >>    http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1146799/posts
> >>
> >> funny how all the people calling for a boycott have not seen this 
> >> film and are promising to never see it.  what?  can't I make up my 
> >> own mind??  the French really seemed to like it!
> >
> > Wow, how different we see things.  I read nothing about neo-nazi's, 
> > nothing about hatred, nothing about censorship in any of 
> these that I 
> > looked at.
> 
> Dude, you obviously didn't read very far.  The Free Republic 
> extremists (FReePers or something) are trying to rally people 
> to go boycott the theaters and make it 
> difficult/uncomfortable/potentially threatening for anyone to 
> go see this film.  They have said everything under the sun, 
> including that Disney/Miramax should not be allowed to 
> distribute this film (dumbasses want to "boycott Miramax" 
> when in fact they passed on the option to put the film out) 
> and that they want to be out there to have a physical 
> presence so that Moore filmgoers "would see the anger of the 
> FReePers."  Doesn't that sound like intimidation to you?  
> or Censorship?
> 
> > As far as what America was founded upon, isn't this the 
> very core of 
> > it?
> 
> Yeah, but I don't want idiots hurling Coke cans at my head 
> because I choose to go see a movie they don't like.
> 
> > These citizens are choosing to express their opinion 
> against Michael 
> > Moore and in support of the current administration and its' 
> policies.  
> > They are exercising the right to protest, to campaign against 
> > something, and to boycott something.  Much the same as I 
> don't shop at 
> > Wal-Mart because I don't like their labor practices, their 
> political 
> > donations, or the effect they have on towns and cities.
> 
> Blah blah blah.  These "rights" you hold so dear only apply 
> to Americans when they are conducting themselves in a 
> non-violent, non-threatening way.  If they want to stand 
> there with signs and look like jackasses, then fine.  If they 
> want to come out to "show their anger" and attempt to prevent 
> access to the film, then I say "Let Mall Security club their 
> dumb asses."
> 
> > Why should they see the film if they don't want to?  I mean that is 
> > sort of like me saying you should shop at Wal-mart before 
> you complain 
> > about how they treat their employees or boycott them for using 
> > underpaid oversees labor.
> 
> I'm not saying ANYONE should HAVE to see the film.  What I AM 
> saying is that I would like free, unrestricted access to go 
> see this movie as if I were headed into The Lion King.  Also, 
> I was being critical of them for stating that this was an 
> Anti-American film and should be banned (along with all the 
> works of MM) BEFORE ANY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS SEEN THE FILM.
> 
> I don't know how to make my points any clearer than that.
> 
> >> dave m.
> >>
> >> On Mar 26, 2004, at 7:46 AM, Beth wrote:
> >>
> >>> If there was any doubt in your mind that Bush has no 
> class, taste, 
> >>> sensitivity, respect, or intelligence...
> >>>
> >>> Bush Pokes Some Fun During Media Dinner By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
> >>>
> >>> WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush poked fun at his staff, his 
> >>> Democratic challenger and himself Wednesday night at a black-tie 
> >>> dinner where he hobnobbed with the news media.
> >>>
> >>> Bush put on a slide show, calling it the ``White House 
> Election-Year 
> >>> Album'' at the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
> Association 60th 
> >>> annual dinner, showing himself and his staff in some decidedly 
> >>> unflattering poses.
> >>>
> >>> There was Bush looking under furniture in a fruitless, 
> frustrating 
> >>> search. ``Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be 
> >>> somewhere,'' he said.
> >>>
> >>> There was Vice President Dick Cheney, a frequent butt of 
> gentle Bush 
> >>> ribbing, holding his fingers a few inches apart. Bush said, 
> >>> ``Whenever you ask him a question, he replies, 'Let's see what my 
> >>> little friend says.'''
> >>>
> >>> And there was Bush again, in an odd contortion in front of his 
> >>> national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. He said he 
> was trying 
> >>> to explain to her the foreign policy of Democratic 
> challenger John 
> >>> Kerry.
> >>>
> >>> Bush showed himself playing cards on Air Force One and 
> cracked that 
> >>> he was on his way to an international summit and using a special 
> >>> deck to help him bone up on the names of the leaders he 
> was about to 
> >>> meet.
> >>>
> >>> His slide show segued into a somber ending, showing a group of 
> >>> special forces troops in Afghanistan at the site where 
> they buried a 
> >>> piece of the fallen World Trade Center in commemoration 
> of the dead 
> >>> from Sept.
> >>> 11.
> >>>
> >>> The late NBC News reporter David Bloom, who died in April from an 
> >>> apparent blood clot while covering the Iraq war, was 
> remembered. His 
> >>> wife, Melanie, talked of her husband's passion for journalism.
> >>>
> >>> About 1,500 guests attended the dinner.
> >>>
> 
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