The fifth anniversary of 9/11 is coming to a close, but I'd be remiss if I didn't pass along two pieces of pure patriotism to commemorate the event.
First of all, yet another incredible piece by Keith Olbermann. God bless him.
And second, this wonderful Driftglass post I found over in the comments at Sadly, No.
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Olbermann's so right on, I'm running out of superlatives.
After listening to this evening's opinion piece, I got to thinking how much better a U.S. Senate we would have if, say, Olbermann, Al Franken, Joe Wilson and Bill Maher were part of it.
I know it's never going to happen, but you've got to admit it's a wet toe in a hot socket of an idea.
Well, maybe not Maher. His personal life and his friendship with Ann Coulter would outweigh the straight talk.
But Sen. Olbermann? Sign me up.
Or barring that, can we get him to ghost-write some Democratic campaign speeches?
That was awesome. And how about the Twilight zone shout-out? Pretty sweet.
Yeah, that was exxcellent.
I thought for sure he was going for the "It's a Good Life" episode. You know, the one with little Anthony wishing naysayers into the cornfield or turing them into jack in the boxes...
Head over to Cole's place and give him what for—apparently Olbermann's out of line...
Jeez, he's getting slaughtered over there.
I can see my comment, but it says "Comment awaiting moderation," so I guess it's not up yet.
Grrrrr. Moderated comments.
The difference is that Moore's stuff is obviously his opinion. Plus, it's a movie you pay for and he was preaching to the choir.
ABC advertised their thing as "based on the 9/11 commission report," when there were a number of direct contradictions to it, and as showing "the truth about 9/11" when it contained a number of admitted fabrications, composite scenes, and dramatizations. Plus, it was put out there on the network for free and with the stamp of ABC behind it.
Sorry, but those aren't comparable at all.
Can you name something in F9/11 that was as obviously incorrect and 100% at odds with the factual record as the stuff in the ABC movie? I can't think of anything that comes close.
And i'm not sure what category he should've used for the film. There are four recognized by the industry -- musical, comedy, drama, and documentary. The films that use news footage generally get classified as the latter.
And Joe, ABC put a student guide out for their movie too. With the imprimatur of the 9/11 Commission on it, and distributed by Scholastic Books, a trusted leader in elementary school teaching tools.
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