Ann Coulter Attacks 9/11 Widows

Tico, you have no basis to say I hate Ann Maggot Coulter. There is no reason to hate an entertainer -- the most she can do is injure a person's feelings. I probably do hate Bush for really hurting our country and most of its people. I hold him responsible, for example, for the tens of thousands of casualties in our war on Iraq.

Ticomaya wrote:

One can search google and find a plethora of descriptions of Michael ("I'm just a millionaire looking out for the little guy") Moore's lies, distortions, and instances of his hypocrisy. [Here's just one dealing only with the lies in "Fahrenheit 9/11."]

I started to compile a list, but the task proved too daunting because of the sheer volume of material involved.

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"You know in my town the small businesses that everyone wanted to protect? They were the people that supported all the right-wing groups. They were the Republicans in the town, they were in the Kiwanas, the Chamber of Commerce - people that kept the town all white. The small hardware salesman, the small clothing store salespersons, Jesse the Barber who signed his name three different times on three different petitions to recall me from the school board. F**k all these small businesses - f**k 'em all! Bring in the chains. The small business people are the rednecks that run the town and suppress the people. F**k 'em all. That's how I feel."

You're right, blatham ... Moore is shallow, hypocritical, hateful, and whiny. Not at all like Coulter.

Where is that quote from? If in the link you provided, could you note some location (eg... half way down page)

The quote was given to reporter Cory Ratzlaff in response to a question about why he wasn't speaking at independent bookstores rather than at corporate chains, and was published in the Arcata Eye (California) newspaper on March 12, 2002.

Unfortunately the link to the original story is no longer working. http://www.arcataeye.com/top/020312top02.shtml

Here are links to a few articles that discuss the story or the quote:

http://snipurl.com/Left_watch

http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_3_michael_moore.html

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003807

The "quote" you pasted is incomplete, according to your first link above.

The second and third links make no reference to it that I could find and are actually the same piece carried on two sites.

I can't credit this as a verbatim quote of something Moore said as there is no way to verify accuracy (another person present, for instance).

You hate Bush and Coulter.


Who do you hold responsible for cutting off Nick Berg's head?

The "quote" you pasted is incomplete, according to your first link above.

You mean its "incomplete" because the quote I pasted did not include the following at its beginning: "If the small businesses suck they'll be driven out of business. If they got a good restaurant, people will go there and eat. ..."

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The second and third links make no reference to it that I could find and are actually the same piece carried on two sites.

They are indeed the same piece, but they certainly do make reference to the quote.

I can't credit this as a verbatim quote of something Moore said as there is no way to verify accuracy (another person present, for instance).

Really? Unless there is a third-party witness, available for cross-examination, you distrust the veracity of every quote you read? Does this distrust of direct quotations extend to quotes of Bush, or just leftists you are trying to defend?

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You hate Bush and Coulter.


Who do you hold responsible for cutting off Nick Berg's head?

Given the limited choice between those two, I'd say Bush.

It is relevant to what follows, not discursive, so why edit it out? I mean, other than it being a statement of economic theory with which American conservatives might find clear agreement and empathy? And why edit without the proper protocol to make it clear there has been an excision? (Neither of the first two links work now, by the way)

For a prosecutor, that's a somewhat ingenuous response. Outside of some verification means or source, we grant credence to a second party's account through estimation of bias and motive, and through considering that party's track record on veracity, and through comparing what it is claimed was said by the first party with other statements made by him/her. And if we are going to pass such a statement on to others, then, if we have integrity, we acknowledge the uncertainty of the account's completeness or accuracy.

tico

ps....I know you'll be sitting down shortly to watch the game. My daughter is in town and the two of us are about to have a very good day (she fell in love with WC football when she was travelling in Germany four years ago). I wish the same for you and yours.

Hope you're enjoying the game. I am.

Joe Nation wrote:

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You hate Bush and Coulter.


Who do you hold responsible for cutting off Nick Berg's head?

Given the limited choice between those two, I'd say Bush.

For the record, I blame the terrorists who actually cut off his head.

I thought he might be asking the question badly, which he was.

Heh heh.

Joe(I have this little mean streak)Nation

Ticomaya wrote:

Hope you're enjoying the game. I am.

I'd thaught, blatham was talking about the football final.