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NASCAR : GUNS, GOD & GAYS> Turkeys on the Moon... from Michael Moore |
Monday, December 8th, 2003
Turkeys on the Moon... from Michael Moore
http://abc.net.au/cnnnn/video/ep07_stupidyankees.ram
Dear Mr. Bush,
Well, it's going on two weeks now since your surprise visit to one of
the two countries you now run and, I have to say, I'm still warmed by
the gesture. Man, take me along next time! I understand only 13
members of the media went with you -- and it turns out only ONE of
them was an actual reporter for a newspaper. But you did take along
FIVE photographers (hey, I get it, screw the words, it's all about the
pictures!), a couple wire service guys, and a crew from the Fox News
Channel (fair and balanced!).
Then, I read in the paper this weekend that that big turkey you were
holding in Baghdad (you know, the picture that's supposed to replace
the now-embarrassing footage of you on that aircraft carrier with the
sign "Mission Accomplished") -- well, it turns out that big, beautiful
turkey of yours was never eaten by the troops! It wasn't eaten by
anyone! That's because it wasn't real! It was a STUNT turkey, brought
in to look like a real edible turkey for all those great camera
angles.
Now I know some people will say you are into props (like the one in
the lower extremities of your flyboy suit), but hey, I get it, this is
theater! So what if it was a bogus turkey? The whole trip was bogus,
all staged to look like "news." The fake honey glaze on that bird
wasn't much different from the fake honey glaze that covers this war.
And the fake stuffing in the fake bird was just the right symbol for
our country during these times. America loves fake honey glaze, it
loves to be stuffed, and, dammit, YOU knew that -- that's what makes
you so in touch with the people you lead!
http://abc.net.au/cnnnn/video/ep07_stupidyankees.ram
It was also a good idea that you made the "press" on that trip to
Baghdad pull the shades down on the plane. No one in the media
entourage complained. They like the shades pulled and they like to be
kept in the dark. It's more fun that way. And, when you made them take
the batteries out of their cell phones so they wouldn't be able to
call anyone, and they dutifully complied -- that was genius! I think
if you had told them to put their hands on their heads and touch their
noses with their tongues, they would have done that, too! That's how
much they like you. You could have played "Simon Says" the whole way
over there. It wouldn't have been that much different from "Karl
Says," a game they LOVE to play every day with Mr. Rove.
Michael Moore.
http://abc.net.au/cnnnn/video/ep07_stupidyankees.ram
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