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  Sunday, 17 October 2004

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The World According to Bush review (2004) Monde Selon Bush - Qwipster's Movie Reviews
The story on William Karel's documentary, The World According to Bush, is that it was the alternate choice to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 to be entered in the Cannes Film Festival for 2004.  Both documentaries deal with similar subject matter, and discuss some of the same things about the man in the White House, his past ties, his current business interests, and his motivations for heading into war with Iraq.  While Fahrenheit 9/11 would probably get the nod in terms of entertainment value, as most Moore documentaries have a good deal of humor and bombastic dialogue, Karel's is actually the superior film in terms of content and expertise as far as how to make a quality documentary, and utilizes its source material (most of what is included in the movie came from the writings of Eric Laurent) quite well with video footage and interviews.

I'm beginning to resent Moore.

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Watching this now. This quote is from a page on the site of the company which made the film. You can watch a trailer for the film at this site. This is devestating stuff.

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"We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War of Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to be truly over," Judge Gerald Tjoflat wrote for the three-member court. "September 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be the day liberty perished in this country."

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(Thanks, Light!)
[Via Boing Boing]

The US is finally waking up from it's deep sleep.

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Unofficial results show that 55 per cent voted against Sunday shopping while 45 percent were in favour.

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Canada shuts out vaccine seekers

In a televised U.S. presidential debate on Wednesday, George W. Bush suggested that a Vancouver-based flu vaccine manufacturer, ID Biomedical, might assist with the U.S. shortage. U.S. Secretary of Health Tommy Thompson quickly played down the idea, saying that a manufacturer without a licence in the United States probably would not be allowed to ship its stockpiles south. [snip] "We don't normally get calls like this," Ms. Binette said. "We just say, look, the vaccine is for our citizens. I'm sorry."
[Via GAM-National]

Speak to your incompetent president.

< 2:33:35 AM >

Right on. The New York Times endorses Kerry. Let's get this mess over with an move back into the real world, one where extremists don't run the planet.

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I recommend it.