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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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Has anyone read Michael Moore's new book titled "Dude where's my Country"?
I just picked it up last night at the Barn. I heard about it and since i read his previos book "Stupid white Men" I thought it would be good. He brings up alot of interesting points in the 25 or so pages that i've read. Like how suposely 19 members of the Bin Laden family were flown out of the US by private jets in the days following the 9/11 attacks when the FCC did not alot anything to be in the air. This with the approval of the US gov't and the FBI were not permited to intergate the #1 suspect's family. There were some other stuff to that is pretty interesting. Anyone else read up on him?
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 01:55 PM
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i couldn't get into it. you should try al franken's "lies and the lying liars who tell them" book if you like michael moore though.

moore's website is funny as hell too
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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yea i ocassionally look at the site. I like the dental record on the main page right now.
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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HAN is not a michael moore fan i see...interesting.
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 04:32 PM
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Heh... I'm a M. Moore fan... but I'm waiting for my mom to finish with the book before I'll start
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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I like Moore but I am in finishing up Watership Down still.
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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I'm a big fan of Mike Moore, I think he's a great guy and I have an immense amount of respect for the frank nature of his writing... I'm just a bit on the busy side right now, but I'll definitely be reading this work over the summer.
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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Don't care for Michael Moore. He tells half truths and bends it otherwise to make his point have more of an impact. I would say that his opponents do the same thing, but Michael Moore "defaces" this dishonesty in them. Shouldn't he trust his readers to come to their own decisions without having to embellish the facts to support his opinion?
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by redgoober4life
Don't care for Michael Moore. He tells half truths and bends it otherwise to make his point have more of an impact. I would say that his opponents do the same thing, but Michael Moore "defaces" this dishonesty in them. Shouldn't he trust his readers to come to their own decisions without having to embellish the facts to support his opinion?
I think you're a good guy, but I'm not gonna take that sitting down

Give me exact proof to a legal degree that he embellishes the truth, then I'll believe you.
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Epoch
I think you're a good guy, but I'm not gonna take that sitting down

Give me exact proof to a legal degree that he embellishes the truth, then I'll believe you.
I forget, I read it somewhere. It was pretty credable too.
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