Michael Moore rules the world.
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docwebsterWhat follows is a transcription of Michael Moore's acceptance speech for the Oscar given him and his team for "Bowling For Columbine".
Note: Don't bother giving me a rough time over this, because I frankly don't care and will ignore it. No, what I'll do is give it the MST3K treatment like it deserves.
For the record: I support the troops, without reservation. But I do not support this war. There's a difference. I can't, in good conscience, and I won't. Period. If you want to support the war, bless ya. I don't.
Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much.
Note: Don't bother giving me a rough time over this, because I frankly don't care and will ignore it. No, what I'll do is give it the MST3K treatment like it deserves.
For the record: I support the troops, without reservation. But I do not support this war. There's a difference. I can't, in good conscience, and I won't. Period. If you want to support the war, bless ya. I don't.
Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much.
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Date: 2003-03-23 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-23 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-23 07:20 pm (UTC)"Write down everything we say."
Steve Martin
I promise to be different!
I promise to be unique!
I promise never to repeat things other people say!
-Steve Martin
So much for "The Non-Conformists Oath!".
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Date: 2003-03-23 05:53 pm (UTC)I love America.
Date: 2003-03-23 06:16 pm (UTC)I wonder how many Michael Moore's are in Iraq.
Well of course how many that are alive and not tossed in chipper shredders or had their brains blown out.
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Date: 2003-03-23 06:41 pm (UTC)no subject
those guys are just doing their jobs, protecting their counry
and i thought it was awesome when that guy said all that shit, took some balls.
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Date: 2003-03-23 07:36 pm (UTC)Now we have Repbulican Guards weing children as shields, making false surrenders, and travelling under false colors and dressing in civilians. They have guranteed more death, destruction and suffering. They're going die hard now.
What's happening here, is wer are actually seeing what happens. Not pretty, is it.
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Date: 2003-03-23 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-23 07:58 pm (UTC)I don't even know who he is, but good for him, making a stand for what the US and British people really think of this war!! :D
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Date: 2003-03-24 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-24 07:00 am (UTC)He's fabulous in person, too, just in case you ever get the chance to see him. He spoke at my sister's university last year.
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Date: 2003-03-24 08:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-24 03:05 am (UTC)I support Michael Moore's right to say what he feels. That is one of the reasons I served in the Army, I just feel that it was an inappropriate time and place. Gotta love Steve Matin's comments later on, "It was so sweet backstage. The teamsters are helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo"
Hell, even Susan Surandon just flashed a quick peace sign and Babs Streisand was pretty low key.
I prefer Adrien Brody's comments when he won Best Actor:
"Wait one second, one second, please, one second, cut it out...I've got one shot at this," Brody says, as the music dies down. "This fills me with great joy, but I'm also filled with great sadness tonight, because I'm accepting an award in such a strange time. My experiences making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people in times of war, and the repercussions of war.
"And whatever you believe in, whether it's God or Allah, may he watch over you, and let's pray for a peaceful and swift resolution," says a teary Brody to a standing ovation. "I have a friend from Queens, who's a soldier right now in Kuwait, Tommy Zarbinski, and I hope you and your boys make it back real soon. God bless you guys, and I love you."
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Date: 2003-03-24 03:22 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-24 03:27 am (UTC)the weather there sucks ass regardless....
at least at Ft. Leonardwood it does...
;)
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Date: 2003-03-24 04:03 am (UTC)Second of all, I'd like to go on record as haveing said "Mr. Moore....you're the man. You're the FUCKING man..."
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Date: 2003-03-24 09:00 am (UTC)But we shouldn't hurt anyone's feelings.
Well we tried then gave up, cause there was no such song.
But the trying was very revealing." .....
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Date: 2003-04-12 05:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-04-12 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-04-13 01:30 am (UTC)