Strangechord

Last night, we saw “Fahrenheit 9/11″ with some friends. In case I’m not preaching to the choir, if you’re holding back, wondering if you should see the film, just go! It’s masterful.

In two hours, Moore manages to pack in a lot of the deception and inhumanity I’ve been reading about for the past few years around the administration and the 2000 election, 9/11, and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. It’s all in there - the illegitimate purging of the voter rolls in Florida, the Bush family’s close relationships with Saudi oil men (including the bin Ladens), the “tough guy” arrogance rhetoric coming from a man of exceeding privilege (no one but Bush could’ve made up those things coming out of his mouth in the film), the network news war machine propaganda, the Afghanistan pipeline project, Iraqi civilian casualties, the growing disillusionment of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and much more. There are many laughs as there always are in Moore’s films, but “Fahrenheit” is also pretty heavy… and absolutely necessary. People looked devastated filing out of the theater afterwards.

So yes, it’s an activist’s editorial (as Moore has said it is), and it is an editorial on facts. I can’t imagine knowing the truth about the Bushes and these wars and not coming to the same editorial conclusions as the film. So the whole “bias” charge leveled against Moore is irrelevant as far as I’m concerned. If you want to call it bias, it’s the most justified and humane bias I can think of. This film is not about partisan bickering, it’s about exposing an extremely corrupt presidential administration.

Go see it! Bring all your friends and family. Drive the distance if you have to (it’s only playing on 800-something screens - 1/3 the typical number). Let’s get in gear!