I'm drinking tonight
June 25, 2004 
OK, I'm only having one, but I am having a drink. Not to celebrate. We just returned from seeing Fahrenheit 9/11. You have to see this movie!
Even with our prior knowledge of the connection between the Bush family and the Saudi royal family and the Binladens, our knowledge of the Bushes and The Carlyle Group, Cheney and Halliburton, the lies about WMD and Iraq, the lies about Sadam and al Qaeda ties, ...all the stuff that has made us sick about the Iraq war all along ...This movie made our feelings stronger.
I've read books by Michael Moore, Molly Ivans, and other anti-Bush folks, and have been reading the British and other foreign press for a long time to try and get a slant on the news other than what is served up in the US mainstream media. But the footage in this film of real people (American, Iraqi, and other) and how the Bush policies have affected their lives...it leaves one wondering how the hell George W Bush can sleep at night. How the hell can his wife stay by him? How the hell can anyone who cares about this country and who cares about humanity conceivably support the policies of George W Bush and his ilk?
There were scenes in the movie of various folks involved in businesses that stand to make a lot of money from Iraq. It was especially sickening to hear one of the businessmen stating that the war is "...good for business - bad for people, but good for business". And he said this with a grin on his greedy little face.
Come on folks! Wake up! How about a little - even a tiny bit of compassion!
Fact: There have been no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq.
Fact: There has been no connection found between Sadam and the events of Sept 11, 2001
Fact: Roughly 11,000 human lives have been lost in Iraq since we invaded
Fact: The Carlyle Group (George Bush Sr has worked for The Carlyle Group), Halliburton, and many other businesses are making millions of dollars from this war.
Halliburton runs an ad in which they talk about how they provide hot meals and communications services to the troops in Iraq. Yes, they do provide sell these services to the US government (to all of us who pay taxes). So what!?! If they want to make it sound like they are helping our troops, how about providing these services at cost, rather than making a profit from the war.
OK, I'm too angry and disgusted right now to write any more. Closing thoughts:
- See this movie
- Be responsible enough to educate yourself about what's going on in this country and in the world, and get your information from diverse sources. Remember, anyone can say anything (Bush does!), and it's even easier to spread falsehoods these days with the Internet. Do NOT believe everything you hear or read!
- Vote
Jews and Christians believe in the 10 Commandments. The 6th one is usually stated as "Thou shalt not kill". It does not include a clause stating that it is OK to kill if you might get some oil out of the deal. Killing is killing, and killing is wrong.
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See ya there! :-)
http://features.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/27/1315218&mode=thread&tid=149&tid=188&tid=97&tid=99
Not to say that one should believe everything in the movie 100% - rather, I hope that this encourages some curiousity and dialogue about what was presented in the movie. Unfortunately, all I've seen from the "Right" so far is a slew of attacks on style rather than substance.