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Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
Could it be that he sees errors in the way of the head-in-the-sand, superstitious, religious-right Republicans?
Topic: RE: What did you all think of Obama's speech last night?
I am so mad at myself. The one night I didn't sit down to the DNC was the night he spoke. I have heard and read a lot about him, and after that speech, he's ubiquitous! Anyone know where I can see the speech online?
Thanks,
Erin in Nashville
Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
HAVEN'T SEEN IT & DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.IT IS NOT FACTUAL & MICHAEL MOORE IS A JOKE! HE RECENTLY INVITED BUSH TO SEE HIS MOVIE THEN HE WOULD NOT ATTEND THE SHOWING IN TEXAS. I THNK GWB IS DOING A GREAT JOB AS PRESIDENT AND PLAN ON VOTING FOR HIM AGAIN. I DON'T AGREE WITH HIM ON ALL ISSUES, BUT I THINK HE IS A DECISIVE LEADER WHO DOESN'T FIP FLOP ON HIS DECISIONS EVEN WHEN THE MEDIA & POLLS ARE AGAIST HIM.IF HE DECEIVED US ON IRAQ & WMD, THEM CLINTON & CONGRESS DECEIVED US TOO. THE WORLD IS BETTER OFF WITHOUT SH & NO ONE CAN DENY IT. I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE LIKE KERRY WHO CHAGES HIS MIND FASTER THAN I CHANGE UNDERWEAR BASED ON WHETHER HIS SPECIFIC DECISION WILL HELP OR HINDER HIM.DID ANYONE SEE MSNBC'S SPECIAL ON KERRY TODAY? IT EXPOSED HIM FOR THE OPPORTUNIST THAT HE IS.WHY DO YOU THINK HE MARRIED TWICE TO VERY WEALTHY WOMEN?HE ONLY SPENT 4 MONTHS IN VIETNAM AND HASN'T ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING IN THE SENATE OR ANYWHERE ELSE.CHECK OUT HIS VOTING RECORD.AND BY THE WAY, SHAME ON RON REAGAN FOR USING HIS FATHER'S EULOGY TO MAKE A POLITICAL INUENDO.HIS FATHER AND HIM DISAGGREED ON EVERYTHING BUT HE'S USING HIS FATHER'S NAME NOW TO BASH BUSH &THE REPUBLIC PARTY. COULD IT BE THAT HE'S A LITTLE JEOLOUS OF ANOTHER SON OF A FORMER PRESIDENT?
Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
But they DID have a lot to do with terrorists. Hezbolah, al-Aksah and so forth. And virtually every other countries intelligence service (including France, Russa, Germany, etc) were saying the same thing. In fact, in todays Parade section they have a story on Tommy Franks, the commander of the army in both Afghanistan and Iraq and he said that both Jordan's King Abdullah and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak told him personally that Sadaam had chemical and biological weapons and that he would use them. So its not exactly like President Bush made this up out of thin air!
Actually, our income increased by about 15% in the last couple of years. Most of our neighbors & family are doing better as well. All the numbers point to an economic recovery.
Look, I'll admit President Bush does some things I don't like. He spends too much, the post-war in Iraq could have been handled better, to name a couple. But I certianly don't like Senator Kerry's voting record, voting against virtually every major defense bill, as well as bills increase funding to the intelligence services. I also don't like that he voted for the war and then agaisnt the funding. From talking to my Democratic friends I get the idea that they are more 'against' Bush than 'for' Kerry. In other words, they are not too wild about him either!
Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
GWB attacked a country that didn't even have anything to do with the terrorists. That's not what I call strong on terrorism. In fact, given that there was no Al Qaeda/Iraq link you can be sure that the invasion of Iraq did nothing more than make MORE terrorists. Now, in the eyes of Muslim extremists, we are a country that attacked a sovereign Muslim nation with no good reason.
I'm sorry, but I truly believe that Bush's actions have done more to stir up anti-American hate and more to further the cause and resolve of the terrorists.
And you know what? I'm not buying the bad intelligence story. Scott Ritter and Hans Blix were both saying, BEFORE THE INVASION, that Iraq didn't have anything serious enough to make them an imminent threat. Richard Clark and Paul O'Neil have both said that when it came to intelligence, Bush didn't want to hear anything that would weaken his case against Iraq.
So we invaded Iraq, who was not at all a threat, and we're stuck there. And our military resources are stretch to the limit. You mentioned Iran and North Korea. How are we going to be able to deal with them now that we're stuck in Iraq?
And as for the economic recovery..... did you notices that income has not increased at all. And jobs? We're still more than a million jobs down from when he took office. This "economic recovery" is a hard sell.
Topic: RE: What did you all think of Obama's speech last night?
It was very good! He is an awesome speaker.....powerful & charismatic without being arrogant or overbearing.
Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
I disagree. I am glad GWB was so strong and continues to be strong on terrorism, the economy is improving, my taxes are lower (and I am in the middle of the middle class as it is possible to be!) and I definetly don't want to kowtow to our supposed 'allies' France and Germany. France has been against virtually every U.S. position since WWII. They are not a serious world power.
But I have concerns about Iraq and how it was handled. And I don't think the current discussion and Fahrenheit 9-11 is even asking the right questions. If anything, it almost makes it too easy for Bush supporters becasue the movie is so obviously a distortion. The issue is not whether Bush lied - the issue is that we went to war based on bad intellegence! Thats bad enough! Not just our own but virtually every other nation's as well! There may very well be countries in the future that DO pose a serious threat (Iran, North Korea) but we will be constrained on dealing with them becasue of the bad intel on Iraq.
Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
I don't think that the movie is just about making a case against the war. I think it's about making a case against GWB--and I think Moore delivers on many levels.
And while there are some exaggerations, there is plenty of truth too.
Why this country, after all that has happened and all that is still going wrong, needs anyone to make a case against GWB is beyond me. GWB has made is own case of why you shouldn't vote for him. If you don't see it, you're not paying attention.
Topic: RE: Anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11?
Have not seen it (Not much of a movie goer) But my 14 year old son insisted on seeing it the first week it was out - I was so proud to see him take an interest in politics.
With all the clear evidence that Bush lied about WMD and so many other things, I fail to understand either how anyone could vote for him. Then again, this family is a Yellow Dog Democrat family (Ask me if you don't know what the term means!)
I say this country needs to Bush out of office. (And unfortunately back here to Texas!)