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 | | From: | Brian | | Subject: | Re: Michael Moore's Patriotism | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:52:49 -0500 |
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 | Funny i don't seem to be able to find anything about motorcycles in your
posting?
-Brian
02 SV650S
"beth" wrote in message
news:2tftstF1ve8duU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Michael Moore's work fits into my definition *real* patriotism. Rather
> than sucking up to the oligarchy who might or might not throw you a bone
> in the next 4 years, he has the courage to stand up for the little guy, to
> stick it to the ruling class. Here's just one regular dude who has made a
> difference, more difference than any one of you eediots (I'm including
> myself here as well) here on Reeky.
>
> That being said, if Kerry's elected, I hope he blasts the Kerry
> administration as much as he blasts Bush's.
>
> God bless Michael Moore, a true American hero.
>
> Michael Moore's Patriotism
> Editorial, Published on Saturday, October 16, 2004 by the Capital Times /
> Madison, Wisconsin
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> Filmmaker Michael Moore is a controversial figure. The left loves him for
> having the courage to shine the light of truth on the abuses of power and
> privilege that have defined the past 3 years of American history.
> For exactly the same reason, the right hates him. And most of America's
> elite media have a hard time figuring out what to do with him - they
> cannot dismiss the most successful documentary filmmaker in American
> history, yet they do not feel comfortable giving the man and his ideas the
> attention that is usually afforded so successful and broadly recognized a
> commentator on the Zeitgeist.
>
> When Moore appears in Madison tonight, for an 8 p.m. get-out-the-vote
> rally at the Memorial Union Terrace, all of the passions and conundrums
> associated with the man who made the film "Fahrenheit 9/11" will be on
> display. There will be fans, there will be protesters, and there will be
> folks trying to make sense of the phenomenon. And, as is the case
> everywhere that Moore goes, there will be passionate debate about not just
> the issues of this election but the direction of this country.
>
> Michael Moore tries hard to keep things light - and there is certainly a
> great deal of humor to be found in his films, books and public
> pronouncements. But he is not a joke. Indeed, the stir he has created
> nationally, and internationally, is worthy of note. In much of the world,
> Michael Moore is the best-known critic of the Bush administration's reign
> of error. And, frankly, we couldn't think of a better representative of
> American opposition to military adventurism, crony capitalism and
> democratic decay.
>
> Yes, of course, there are even some of the left who would prefer that
> Moore be a little more cautious in his comments, a little more mainstream
> in his critique. There are a lot of liberals who get scared when their
> tribunes start talking too much about issues of race, class and empire
> building.
>
> To our view, however, it is when Moore is blunt that he sounds most
> American.
>
> This country was not founded by polite people. The American revolution did
> not follow Robert's Rules of Order. The America experiment was launched in
> revolt against the existing order, against corrupt kings and their equally
> corrupt business partners. Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and their kind
> rejected the divine right of kings; they did not believe that power should
> pass from one King George to another. And the best of their number, Tom
> Paine, preached the healing power of revolution - not just for America but
> for the world.
>
> Fifty years after the minutemen of Lexington and Concord fired the shots
> heard 'round the world, Daniel Webster would look back at that event and
> suggest, "The great wheel of political revolution began to move in
> America."
>
> Reading the writings of the founders and their true descendants is a lot
> like watching a Michael Moore film. Often, Moore seems to channel the
> founders. When Moore speaks against military misadventures like the U.S.
> occupation of oil-rich lands such as Iraq, he echoes the stern warning of
> Thomas Jefferson that "if there be one principle more deeply written than
> any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing
> to do with conquest."
>
> And how similar are Moore's incitements against presidential war making to
> the observation of James Madison: "War is in fact the true nurse of
> executive aggrandizement. ... The strongest passions, and the most
> dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the
> honorable or venial love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire
> and duty of peace."
>
> Nothing would horrify Moore's critics more than the suggestion that he
> might well be the best upholder of the revolutionary spirit in the current
> day - and thus the greatest patriot. But, then, Moore's critics tend to
> confuse patriotism with blind obedience. And if Jefferson and Madison
> teach us anything, it is that the true patriot must always stand against
> King George.
>
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| | From: | bowman | | Subject: | Re: Michael Moore's Patriotism | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:29:39 -0700 |
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| Brian wrote:
> Funny i don't seem to be able to find anything about motorcycles in your
> posting?
>
1. Moore lookes like the Michelin Man.
2. Michelin makes motorcycle tires
3. Where the hell did you dredge up this thread? A time warp?
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