[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Oh, it gets better. Apparently the new film has its issues as well. A preview of what's to come: In making a big hullabaloo about Congressmen's relatives *not* being in Iraq, the big frumpy fatass actually LEFT OUT interviews where the Congressmen said "Well, actually, I *do* have relatives in Iraq." Apparently, as always, Moore liked the spin he thunked up (that our Congressmen's relatives don't get touched by their decisions) more than he liked the TRUTH, so he altered reality accordingly. And, that, my friends, is why he's so dangerous. Combine falsity with a faux image of veracity and you are in for trouble. It should not be allowed to be called a documentary. Maybe a "reality OpEd" or a "mockumentary" but not a "documentary."

LOLOLOLOL! [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] Early in this thread, another member called Moore's films "shock-umentaries", but I like "mock-umentary" better - although both are equally applicable. He is "mocking" the truth in order to achieve maximum "shock" value.

Also very early in this thread, I claimed to have "psychic powers" because I knew what Michael Moore was going to say before he said it (actually, it was just an educated guess based on his past performance, but it still looked impressive). And now I will give another prediction regarding the film.

Moore makes a big deal out of the "dealings" between the family of President Bush and Osama Bin Laden. These "dealings" will take one of two forms (and perhaps both). He will undoubtedly point out that Osama Bin Laden was supported by the U.S. Administration when he led the rebels against Russia in the invasion of Afghanistan. There is no denying that. I also expect that he will "tie" George W. Bush to Osama Bin Laden through dealings and accounts that occured when Bush was the head of one of the Savings and Loan institutes back in the late 80's - yeah, one of the ones that went "belly-up" during the Great S&L Scandal of the late 80's. Chances are, Osama had deposits at Bush's S&L or he funneled money through there. I'm sure Moore will make a big issue of how "nicey-nice" Dubya was to Osama at that time. Well, DUH! Show me ANY bank president that ISN'T "nicey nice" to someone depositing that kind of money in their bank.

The ONLY reason I'm stating this now is as a future defense against those that are critical of people that slam a film without seeing it. If my prognostications are correct, that will prove that I don't have to see Moore's film to know what he is going to say. If I'm wrong, then I guess I'll have egg on my face.

But the point I'm trying to make is that (a) the cooperation of past Administrations with Bin Laden is well known and documented, and (b) any dealings between Bin Laden and Dubya when he was the head of an S&L may be less known, but certainly is not as "secretive" as Moore is portraying it to be before the film comes out.

We will see how accurate my predictions are once the film comes out.