Fahrenheit 9/11: An Ultra-Conservative Critique

Even the Wal-Mart Conservatives urge people to see the film.

I chatted with several other people as they left the theater, all of them roughly my age (early 40s) and of similar economic and cultural background. Each of them indicated that he or she would urge friends to see the film – which means that it will have "legs" even if the GOP and FEC were to choke off advertising somehow.

There were no screaming Bolsheviks (one viewer had an anti-animal rights T-shirt) or marijuana-scented bohemians in the crowd. This wasn't the sort of crowd you'd see at a Phish concert, or storming McDonald's at an anti-WTO rally. There were Wal-Mart customers, people who probably listen to country music (even Toby Keith), and even vote Republican. And they were PISSED – quietly, but palpably. As would-be political prisoner Martha Stewart would say, that's a good thing. And well overdue.

Mr. Nascar Urges Everyone To See Film

Verbatim from Chris Myers (Fox Sports announcer) on today's race at Pomona pre-race program..

"You think you know Dale Earnhardt Jr.? He advised his crew to go see the Michael Moore movie Farenheit 911. He said hey, it'll be a good bonding experience no matter what your political belief. It's a good thing as an American to go see... and it just shows you that Dale Earnhardt Jr. can reach far beyond the steering wheel."


Sung to the tune of Margaritaville:

Heads exploding off in Freeperville,
Looking for their lost Dale Earnhardt.
Some people claim that Michael Moore is to blame.
But I know, that it's George Bush's fault.

Don't know the reason
Bush's stayed here all season.
Nothin' to show but this brand new snafu.
It's a real cutie, an Iraqi beauty.
But how we got here, I haven't a clue.

Heads exploding off in Freeperville,
Looking for their lost Dale Earnhardt.
Some people claim that Michael Moore is to blame.
But I know, that it's George Bush's fault.

Bush blew out the surplus,
Hopped on a campaign bus,
Cut up his base, had to cruise on back home.
But there's booze in the blender,
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps him hang on.

Heads exploding off in Freeperville,
Looking for their lost Dale Earnhardt.
Some people claim that Michael Moore is to blame.
But I know, that it's George Bush's fault.
Hecate