So, there's this movie called Fahrenheit 9/11.
A short word of advice: In general, it's highly unwise to quote Orwell if you are already way out of your depth on the question of moral equivalence. It's also incautious to remind people of Orwell if you are engaged in a sophomoric celluloid rewriting of recent history.
Nasty.
Michael Moore is a filmmaker who produces "mockumentaries," films which purport to be factual, while actually presenting Moore's opinion and supporting it with "facts" which are often wrong, sometimes outright made up, and spun so heavily they're unrecognizeable even when they're accurate.
There's been a small furor over this movie, for no reason that I'm able to fathom. Disney, in a stroke of wisdom so rare amongst their recent decisions, decided not to carry it for U.S. distribution, because it would be contrary to their chosen corporate image. Predictably, Moore tried to use this as evidence that his movie was being "suppressed."
Reality check. No-one was oppressing you. It's just that they think you suck.
Moore's films cater heavily to the hyper-pacifistic left wing, but they require that even the most openly leftist liberal totally disregard common sense and logic, suspend any requirement for evidence, and mindlessly roll along with Moore's babbling rant. Sadly, unlike his previous film Bowling for Columbine, which was at least skillfully enough executed to seem believable, F-9/11 seems instead to have rolled off into the deep end entirely.
In other news, New York Senator Hillary Clinton is not only a communist, but convinced in advance that the Democrats have this election in the bag.
"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
Wow. Great stuff.
