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[lapsedmodernist]

For fuck's sake, our administration is a bunch of compulsive liars. The pilot spotting Air Force One mid-flight story was fake, and apparently so was the turkey "served" by The Shrub during his jaunt to Baghdad. And incidentally he kept implying all over the press that he was piloting Air Force One by throwing out otherwise inexplicable soundbites like "I was prepared to turn that baby around." I mean, it's pretty obvious that he just wants to be Harrison Ford in Air Force One real bad, and "Orceo" will be the mystery tape a la "Zardoz" in the dystopia scheduled in lieu of the November elections.

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[warpsmith.livejournal.com]

And here we have a brilliant piece of flawless Shrubian logic. Hurrah! (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20031204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/healthy_forests)

[(Anonymous)]

Not to mention that Dubya was "serving" up that bloated, chemical-basted turkey (http://www.slowfoodusa.org/nytarticle.html) to our grateful troops at six in the morning (http://www.counterpunch.com/madsen11282003.html)!

Jacob

classic

[(Anonymous)]

picture showing shrub getting applause: page A1

story describing lies in picture: page A33

thank you, w. post editorial board.

-mjm

p.s.,

story describing h. clinton's visit (which shrub&rove wanted to upstage) and serious proposal about what to do to help resolve the problem, materially improving the lives of the soldiers there: page A14

more lies

[(Anonymous)]

remember summer 2002? even before cheney made his speech in late august, there were many statements and claims about how hussein had WMD and had to be stopped. no evidence was ever shown but there was talk about how "we know, but we can't show you what we know -- nat'l security, you see". this went on, leading up to shrub's speech at the U.N. in october, which, we were told, would make the case for hussein's WMD clear. of course, all that was said by shrub was "do what we say, or else you're 'irrelevant'". "brilliant move!", the media declared. um, evidence?

they continue to bluff up until march, when shrub said "screw it, 'we' are going" ('we' meaning 'you' are going to kill others and die for my political cause). had they had any evidence, shrub or rumsfeld would have appeared in a picture on the front page of the w.post/nytimes, pointing at a picture or some artifact (as the misidentified aluminum "centrifuge" tubes did after powell's speech at the u.n.).

even something as trivial as a picture of shrub carrying a fake turkey makes front page news, if it benefits the shrub&co. had they had evidence of WMD, they would have screamed about it from the roof of the w. house, nat'l security be damned (see also, j. wilson's wife).

consider also that 2 years after picking up people from afghanistan and depositing them in g. bay, no one has been tried and convicted, even under the kangaroo court conditions they have set up. could it be that they have no case against these people, and don't want to reveal their incompetence? if they had evidence, there would be a front page picture of it.

-mjm

[(Anonymous)]

now that the "mission accomplished" PR has been ruined for campaign purposes by all of those inconvenient deaths since may 1, "dinner accomplished" will be inserted in its place:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/tolestom/?name=Toles&date=20031205

-mjm

for the real story

[pompomcito.livejournal.com]

read letter from bagdad in the nov 24th issue of the new yorker by george packer. its quite long and informative

Re: for the real story

[(Anonymous)]

if i recall correctly, that article ("letter" in newyorker parlance) wasn't available online, unfortunately.

-mjm

Michael Moore's comments

[(Anonymous)]

Turkeys on the Moon... from Michael Moore

December 8, 2003

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!

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.

Well, if you're planning any surprises for Christmas, don't forget to include me. When I heard last week that you wanted to send a man back to the moon, I thought, get the fake goose ready -- that's where ol' George is going for the holidays! I don't blame you, what with nearly 3 million jobs disappeared, and a $281 billion surplus disappeared, and the USA stuck in a war that will never end -- who wouldn't want to go to the moon! This time, take ALL the media with you! Embed them on the moon! They'll love it there! It looks just like Crawford! You can golf on the moon, too. You'll have so much fun up there, you might not want to come back. Better take Cheney with you, too. Pretend it's a medical experiment or something. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for every American who's sick and tired of all this crap."

Yours,

Michael Moore

mmflint@aol.com

www.michaelmoore.com

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Jacob

Re: Michael Moore's comments

[(Anonymous)]

moore's point about the "media" is well taken, but it does make sense that once they agreed to join the election campaign, they should not be calling and reporting on it when it wouldn't be safe to do that.

of course, they never should have gone in the first place. they should have said: "you want to go meet some troops for morale? great! please send our regards. what? you want us to provide you with a replacement photo for 'mission accomplished'? how is that news? it isn't? well, see you when you get back." and then the headline on friday should have been "shrub&rove attempt to get free campaign publicity. spend $4 million in gov't funds on campaign stop, after cutting veterans' benefits."

it still would've been "news" through the propaganda outlets: fox news and wash. times.

-mjm

Re: Michael Moore's comments

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha. that is awesome. i wish michael moore was my livejournal friend.