Martin and I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 tonight. I'm not a huge Michael Moore fan, sort of lukewarm, but he does make some good points. I enjoyed Roger and Me tremendously. I really liked Bowling for Columbine. I'm not too hip on Fahrenheit just because it reminds me too much of JFK, the Oliver Stone film. Like if you didn't know anything about politics, it'd be a really skewered view.
It needs a disclaimer that this is one man's viewpoint. Still a movie worth watching.
Moore does make some very good points. Specifically, how the military recruits the kids who don't have a chance of going to college or learning a skill otherwise. They prey on them, to put not too fine a point on it. Dubya is way too far in bed with the oil business. Halliburton wins an inordinate amount of government contracts.
None of this is really news to anyone who follows politics.
Hey, I bill myself as Republican and I don't like Bush. I don't like Kerry, either.
If nothing else, Michael Moore makes you think. Who can argue with that?
We live in a country where you are allowed to make a film that questions the government in such a way. Who can argue with that freedom?
It gets people talking and isn't that where ideas and leadership come from? Who can argue with that?
Hey fellow citizens! You know what? We have a voice. We can use it. Let's all be thankful for that and exercise that right.