Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Failure.

A couple of my friends have emailed me about this thing that has been going around the web, so I thought I should post it as thanks to both all the people who read my blog.

Go to Google. Type in "failure" in the search. Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

The result?... President Bush's official White House bio!

I've previously written about the President's less-than-stellar bio on that White House. Even then, they're still being too generous to him.

Anyway, this Google result is the result of people messing with Google enough to make it top catch. The details of how to do it are easy enough to explain, but I won't bother. And they've been working hard to keep it #1 (or else the "I'm Feeling Lucky" part doesn't work). The Bush bio has been the top pick for a while now. The conservatives, angered at this internet injustice, are trying to push another site to #1... Go to Google again. Type in "failure" in the search. This time, just hit the regular search button. See the #2 result?

MichaelMoore.com

Hahahaha! Get it? Because Michael Moore is a total failure! Take that, liberals!

Okay, I'm getting to the main point of posting it. I'm laying down an official ultimatum to Republicans. Let go of the obsession with Michael Moore. It's stupid and it makes you like dumbasses. A liberal says "I have major concerns about the war". Republicans go "OMG is Michael Moore still fat? Ok then! Bush rules, libs drool!". It's childish and a piss poor argument. Do you not like Michael Moore? Think he's an arrogant prick? Cool. Then don't watch his films and get over it already. Period. Oh wait! Conservatives don't watch his films... but they criticize them anyway ("OMG, I read on Free Republic that Fattie Moore said in his movie that military recruiters use overally agressive tactics!!! He's a lying fat fat!!!"). I at least watch all of the President's work in action (with great detail) to come to my conclusions on him.

I officially declare that insults about Michael Moore (especially when all one does is insult his weight) can no longer be used as counters in serious arguments about Republican policies and issues. He's a filmmaker, an influential one yes, who many take very seriously, but when all is said and done, the man just makes films.

The problem with using Mr. Moore (as opposed to say, Howard Dean or Hillary Clinton, you know people in actual power) as the Google counterattack to the President Bush pick is it once again shows that conservatives find the government almost irrelevant. Liberals, Hollywood, and the left-leaning media to them are the power elite, the ones who matter- not the President and his administration. Bernard Goldberg even put him as #1 in his book of people who are hurting America. #1. By the way, no Bush administration members in the book. Had to make room for Al Franken and Jimmy Carter. It is ridiculous and it needs to stop. Please. There is simply no equating the two. Michael Moore is a filmmaker and political activist. George W. Bush is.... THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD!!!!

President Bush's actions have serious consequences. Let's look at the comparison of 'failure' realistically:

If Michael Moore fails... awww, too bad, no Oscar this year.

if Bush fails... 2,000 people die.

But yes, I suppose they are comparable. Google away, everyone.

1 Comments:

At 5:43 PM, Blogger BlueDuck said...

Hi Armando.

The point I am making is that it depends on the scenario. The problem with the Moore insults are that they are being used as defensives when arguing with someone who hates Bush. A liberal says "I hate President Bush". The conservative then replies "Oh yea, so does Michael Moore and he's a fat loser, so you suck and President Bush rules". It's ridiculous. Especially because conservatives believe Bush to be on the same level of importance as Moore. Moore makes movies, Bush makes... wars.

So as for your examples... well if a conservative was like "I don't like Hillary Clinton" and a liberal replies "Oh yea, so does Rush Limbaugh and he's a fat loser, so you suck and Hillary rules", then that is equally stupid.

It's apples and oranges.

Now if someone says "Michael Moore is an asshole" and a liberal replies "Well at least he's not a hypocrite like pill-popping Rush or sexually-harrassing O'Reilly", then yes we're on the same page. That's apples and apples.

 

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