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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    This round of Schadenfreude is on me, folks. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    This is kind of blowing my mind, since Michael Moore seems to be making fun of a socialist. I'm confused. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    #metahalloffame #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    Well, it is a matter of public record that Hess always claimed he spent the night before the 1923 Big Putsch in Munich teaching the funny little führer all the choruses to the Beer Hall Polka. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    Michael Moore irritates me like no other, but come on. It was clearly told for comedic purposes. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    What legitimate points? Aren't his documentaries mostly "gotcha" pieces?

    "Roger & Me's" popularized scene was him being moved past at the GM shareholder's meeting. "Bowling for Columbine" had the Heston interview where he said dumb, racist things. "Fahrenheit 9/11" is all about "My Pet Goat." "Sicko" had the guy who lost a finger. Admittedly I haven't seen "Capitalism: A Love Story" but apparently the big scene in that is him attempting to citizen's-arrest the directors of AIG.

    Where are the salient points? That's a bunch of attention-grabbing nonsensical bullshit, much like claiming that you got Hugo Chavez drunk by chance in the middle of the night and he formulated policy statements based on it. If Moore presents well-reasoned arguments, they're buried under the marketing strategy for his work: be the sociopolitical commentary equivalent of "The Tom Green Show." I have yet to hear policy recommendations in any of his films beyond a lot of wouldn't-it-be-nice hokum about how Canadians leave their doors unlocked and it's ironic to have a museum in Flint where animatronic car-building machines and hard-hatted workers sing together despite a population made redundant by said machines. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @Unsolicited Advice:
    Thank you.

    Of course, the world might a better place if Hugo Chavez knocked a few back, but such decisions are above my pay grade. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Here's a couple.

    First, Sicko may not have convinced me that Cuba's or France's healthcare systems are better than ours, but it did convince me that it's idiotic that we don't have universal healthcare. Americans accept "socialism" in other forms (e.g., Social Security, free education); why wouldn't they agree that healthcare is just as important a right as education? The fact is they do, despite the attempts by the insurance industry to change the subject. The film was very persuasive on that point.

    Second, in Bowling for Columbine, he made some very simple points about America's gun culture. Again, the fact that he can be misleading doesn't cancel out his point; for example, just because he lied about the timeline between applying for a bank account and getting a free gun, the point remains that IF YOU OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT YOU GET A FREE GUN. That is wack.

    I could go on and on.

    Fahrenheit 9/11 makes many, many points. I saw it with a Republican friend of mine, who was affected by it very much.

    He makes plenty of policy recommendations. Some I agree with, some I don't. But they're there -- in fact he beats you down with them. I'm frankly shocked that you claim to have not heard them. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Michael Moore Shamelessly Tells Exaggerated Anecdote On Late-Night Talk Show
    Maybe he just meant that he was drinking tequila, alone, in the vicinity of Hugo Chavez. In which case, he isn't a liar, just an alcoholic. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @goetz: Using this technique, I can say, with conscience 99% clear, that I have eaten with and slept with dozens of celebrities. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: The first two times I read this I thought you said the following: "I can say, with conscience 99% clear, that I have eaten and slept with dozens of celebrities." That one percent was still holding strong. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @goetz:

    Mickey Rourke? Ate him. Angelina Jolie? Tastes like chicken... #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: And how do you sleep at night? Aside from in a bed littered with the boiled bones of today's brightest stars. #michaelmoore
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    10/28/09

    @goetz: Geez, goetz, I was just kidding. I don't really eat them, I just play hooky, sneak into their closets and try on their outfits. #michaelmoore
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    08/28/09

    In reply to Venezuela Launches Imprudent Assault on Video Games
    Andrew, considering that at the start of Chavez's presidency he was briefly removed from power by a coup sponsored and implemented by the US, I kind of don't think that he would want US military forces in Venezuela.

    Also, as has been pointed out, you linked to an article about Columbia. And even in that article, Chavez opposed US military presence.
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    08/28/09

    In reply to Venezuela Launches Imprudent Assault on Video Games
    Or maybe its that Chavez is a megalomanical lunatic who just wants to control everything, and video games are fast becoming web-based and therefore a new communication/organizational tool, thus requiring him to quickly stamp them out in the name of 'violent content' before anyone realized their potential?
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    08/28/09

    @Thomas Paladino: Well, that's about the most fucking typical thing i've read all day. Do you just write down this shit verbatim from Bill O'Reily's show? Or do you scrawl this crap in a notebook while sitting on the can?
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    08/28/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: You sure showed him, Chavez.
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    08/28/09

    In reply to Venezuela Launches Imprudent Assault on Video Games
    In this case, as in so many others, it seems that politicians are blind to the difference between causation and correlation. It's really not a difficult concept...
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    08/12/09

    In reply to Commie Bastard Saves Nation From Golf
    My Spanish sucks (non-existent) and I love freedom, but I may move to Venezuela.
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    08/12/09

    In reply to Commie Bastard Saves Nation From Golf

    Country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate! - Al Czervik
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    08/12/09

    In reply to Commie Bastard Saves Nation From Golf
    Why not go with this picture?
    [www.noquarterusa.net]
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    Image of DaveCrabtree DaveCrabtree
    08/12/09

    @J. Henry Waugh: Or if not a picture of Obama, how about one of Bill Clinton? He loves the game, too.
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    08/12/09

    In reply to Commie Bastard Saves Nation From Golf
    See, Chavez has this all wrong. He needs to ask himself What Would Mugabe Do?
    He should confiscate the golf course from the rich, and presumably white, owners, and redistribute it to the poor mulatto families. Each course can be split up among 18 families.
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    08/12/09

    @Quake 'n' Shake: ...and then after they build their dwellings, he should show up with bulldozers and knock them all back down, re-appropriate the land, and then turn it back into golf courses for his own private use.
    He should also deny the existence of AIDS.
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    08/12/09

    In reply to Commie Bastard Saves Nation From Golf

    Mista Hugo needs a lesson in Famous Commie Hero Pasttimes, as his pal Castro and idol Che were big fans of the game...
    [amateureconblog.blogspot.com]
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    08/12/09

    @lobstr: I can't find a link, but there's a story about Che beating Castro in 1962, in response to which Castro (a notorious sore loser) closed and built over two Havana golf courses. Any chance that Sr. Chavez is reacting to a bad round of his own?
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