[Mb-civic] FW: re. Michael Moore

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FW: re. Michael Moore



Christopher Hitchens at his best.

LOL........

Isn't this the same guy that scathed Mel Gibson's film "The Passion" over 
the coals unmercifully using such words in the process as "Fascism? 
Probably"....?

Yes, yes it is.

I like some of Hitchens other works, but when he gets his head up his butt, 
it appears that he *really* gets his head up his butt.

And only the intellectual equivalent of LSD appears to be able to dislodge it.

It sounds like Hitchens, the guy who appears by his writings to desire to 
be seriously considered a character and credit reference for Chalabi (that 
wonderful "people person"), is just jealous that Moore's movie hit an 
all-time high that none of Hitchens will ever approach.

Unless one counts his film about Kissinger (aka Dr. Strangelove).

Or else he just sat on a broken coca cola bottle one day, refused to have 
it treated, and then mysteriously began to write "columns".

Hitchens *does* make some good points, but in his dissertation trying his 
best to discredit Moore's "misstatements and non-truths" inbetween heavy 
panting about "The Coalition did the right thing", he fails to even mildly 
approach any of the actual reasons as to why and how this entire "Middle 
East Thing" has blown to such "cataclysmic proportions".  Nor who was 
involved and why.  Nor the actual History that led up to it all (which is 
surprising since he's such a "History Buff").  Nor that "we" were after 
someone called "bin-Laden" before we blundered into Iraq.

Those, among other pertinent Facts, appear to be irrelevant for even mild 
consideration when "critiquing" someone else's movie that Hitchens wish he 
had made first.

As "world powers" (and their implications in the historical "contributions" 
each has set forth on the table) such as Saudi Arabia, America, Israel, 
Russia, England, France, Etc (the list is almost endless, isn't it..?) have 
brought us to this very precipice of Hell In Real-Time In The Middle East, 
Hitchens focuses his energy, intent, and malice on a movie's "lies", rather 
than the "world powers" the little movie sparsely attempts to vaguely 
challenge in the court of "world opinion".

Hitchen's stalwart support and praise of people like Chalabi, and his 
endless stance that "The Coalition did the right thing by invading Iraq", 
would almost seem more important to "critique", rather than the work of a 
movie maker, who unlike Hitchens, doesn't have his columns circling the 
globe in an endless stream of "triumphant intellectualism" which basically 
accomplishes about one-millionth of the task that "911" has so far.

Errors or no errors.

Hitchens appears to be so thoroughly immersed in "the disposal of Michael 
Moore's credibility" and with "defending the ultra-right new demigods from 
Moore's filmatic "mistakes" " (along with people like Chalabi "a really 
really nice guy..!!") that I seriously think Barbara Bush may have 
mystically invaded his body late one night after he dozed off to 
columnist-land.

It appears that Hitchens is of the ilk that believes that "we" have done 
the right thing by invading a country, Iraq, which we already had so sewn 
up with no-fly zones that a mosquito couldn't move without us noticing it, 
while bolstering al-Qaeda's and bin-Laden's worldwide credibility and 
prominence in the process as they sit in Pakistan under a tent with a cool 
breeze flowing through it sipping sweet tea.

It also appears that he considers "our" efforts of using "Diplomacy With A 
Bullet" to "Bring Democracy Firmly To The Middle East" are working and that 
we should just sweep across the entire Middle East and democratize 
"everybody" while we "have the chance".

And re-instate Chalabi as the leader of Iraq in the process.

Trust "us", Hitchens, the "chance" is always there.  We'll try not to 
disappoint you.


Poor Michael Moore.

With "enemies" like Hitchens, your success is guaranteed forever in the future.

Thanks again for making the movie, Mike, mistakes and all.

Something Hitchens will only dream about doing for some time to come......





Cheeseburger

- Where has the sparrow gone now that I need its song.

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