Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!honnetnews!news.gw.fukushima-u.ac.jp!news.tains.tohoku.ac.jp!news-sv.sinet!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!news.moat.net!news.glorb.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!63.223.4.70!c01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!fe31.usenetserver.com.POSTED!6ed65d21!not-for-mail From: Raj Feridun Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Dubya's political funeral (was Reagan's funeral) Sender: Raj Feridun Message-ID: <5js3e0lg5dicnapac86l3lhh9f9huserlp@4ax.com> References: <130620040912085308%222ggg@spam.really.sucks> <40de9b47$0$1011$44c9b20d@news3.asahi-net.or.jp> <40DFCD52.90606@hotmail.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.646 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 52 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:02:59 EDT Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:04:10 +0900 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14936 On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:43:22 +0900, Ernest Schaal wrote: >Moore is the issue, the same way Limbaugh is the issue. They both give >slanted presentations that present distorted views of the world. His >distortions are the issue, in the same way Limbaugh's distortions are an >issue. Why do you keep dancing around the issue? You say "distortions", I say "lies", you say "to-MAY-to", I say "to-MAH-to", let's call the whole thing off. Let the Fahrenheit-bashers specifically and factually correct Moore where he has told untruths in his film. Is there any easier way for me to explain to you what my issue is here? I will help you out: Moore apparently added weekends into his figure for Dubya's record-breaking vacation time for his first year in office. Apparently weekends don't count as "vacation". The problem is even without the weekends he wins the all-time Presidential vacation record hands down. As nitpicky as that "error" may be I saw it listed in a negative review of the film. Seems a bit like reaching for straws. >By the way, I am not a Moore-hater, I simply don't think he is very good as >a film director, and I don't think he even tries have the objectivity of a >journalist. I don't hate Lambaugh either, but I don't he is very good >either. I don't hate Limbaugh either. I think he's a bit of a hypocrite since he's on record, for example, saying he promoted physically deporting illegal drug users out of America and it turns out he's an illegal pillpopper himself. I used to enjoy listening to his show back home in New Jersey even though I didn't often agree with him on a lot of political issues. >> I do not automatically believe everything anyone tells me, thank you. >> For my part I'm waiting for my DVD screener download to complete >> before finishing viewing since the cam is not particularly great >> quality. >You are using a bootlegged copy? That sounds neither legal nor moral. It isn't legal. If it's any comfort to you I promise to destroy my screening copy after watching it though and if I enjoy it fully intend to purchase it/ view it in the theater in the future. Unfortunately at the moment it is my only available option to see it. Raj