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My cool new shoes!

yeah so I’m kind of a strange guy when it comes to shoes. I love a new pair of cool shoes and specially with the deal I got today. Normally $80… got them for $32 and the sales girl was cute so that’s a double score! Anyway these are some cool shoes I got!

Waiting for the train in Oxshott. We are going shopping today.

This was a post from my cell phone while we were in london that never got sent. I went ahead and sent it so you guys can see. Hope you enjoy!

650 miles on one tank of gas. That is 55 mpg!

I’ve never been a big fan of benefit concerts. I don’t really think they accomplish much. To prove my point take a look at this article from the BBC about the clean up after Live 8 in London. Then remember this concert was held in like 8 different cities around the world.

I never believe anything I hear or am told outright 100% without finding out for myself. That pretty much goes for everything, the good and the bad. I just finished watching the movie Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore. Notice I said movie and not documentary. This was on purpose and I will explain later.

I tried to be objective as possible while watching this movie even though going in to it I think Michael Moore is a selfish rich whitie that is no worse than those who he makes films about.

My first observation was how many of the quotes that were used in the movie were taken completely out of context or twisted around so that they would fit the message that Moore was trying to portray in his movie. I work in video and we do a lot of interviews and it is extremely easy to bend the words of someone. About 75% of the people that were interviewed by Moore came out and said that their words were misconstrued. I will give references later

Another point that Moore seemed to try and make was the Saudi people were our enemy, Iraq has never been a threat to the US, and that the Bush White House is responsible for all our problems.

The Saudi people have always seemed to be an ally from what I understand. Why shouldn’t they be…Americans make them rich. What doe the Saudi’s have to gain from the fall of American society? They probably have the most to lose. In the days after 9/11 travel plummeted. People stopped buying fuel, airplanes stopped flying (even less fuel used).

Another glaring omission from Moore’s movie were the 8 years of time between Bush Sr. and W’s presidency. There was zero mention of Clinton and what he did or didn’t do to stop terrorism. In the government report it was stated that the terrorist had been in the US for years and had been planning. Moore does nothing but implicate that Bush was solely responsible for the happenings of 9/11. In reality he had only been in office 8 months before the attacks took place. The planning had taken somewhere around 4 to 5 years. It could have taken even longer than that. Yet Moore does not even hint at Clinton, he doesn’t even acknowledge that those 8 years exist.

Moore mentions his “hometown” (he actually didn’t grow up there) of Flint MI. He focuses on the poverty and the jobless rate. I would like to know what he is doing to help those from his hometown. Did he employ any of them in the making of his film? Or does he just exploit the fact so he can make a point while he is taking the money from his movie back to his Hollywood mansion.

That also raises the question… What does Moore offer as solutions to the problems he raises? In his film…nothing. He seems the type of guy who as a kid would release a bee in a classroom and leave the room to watch the chaos ensue. Moore does not want order because order does not help him sell movies.

Moore’s movie was interesting to watch. I’m glad that I watched it but honestly it does nothing to further society. Moore did not make this film to point out injustice. He made the movie to make money plain and simple and when you watch the movie you have to keep that in mind. And that is why I call it a movie. Movies are entertainment and made from a business stand point to make money.

Now my sources. Most of them were news reports from all over the country but the most abundant source was from this website.

http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm

Go check it out. Again take it with the same grain of salt as you do when you watch Moore’s movie.

Being sick sucks. it’s hard type, sit, or even be awake. I’ve been wanting to write the essay I told you all about but I’m going to wait till I’m in a better state of mind. In the mean time I’m going to sit here and watch all the CSI I have recorded on my DVR.

in the mean time have a great 4th! I’ll post some pics from our family celebration

peace!