Posted by
Ender on Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:55:19 PM
First, the disclaimer: The original 'news' item this is gleaned from was first published on the Huffington Post. I recognize the fact that this bit of information greatly enhances the chances that the information is, erm, 'differently factual' relative to reality. However, if true, it's a nice touch.
For the record, that title's not referring to the general turmoil of DC political theater. (Tragedy is theatrical, right?) This is a specific incident, reported by the Huffington Post (please read disclaimer above; you'll need to find your own salt licks to take), then rebroadcast on AOL.com's 'news' service - I picked it up from there, then went to verify at least the existence of the original. (I first saw it on April Fool's day.)
It seems Michael Moore has gone on a datafishing expedition again, this time tracking down lawmakers (and presumably Wall Street Executives) regarding the bailout. Given Mr. Moore's previous track record with his film projects, I'm sure we can trust him to maintain his standards for accuracy and decency in this newest work, which I'm sure the media will be hyping, er, discussing sometime in the near future. Anyway, supposedly, Moore has been walking the vicinity of Washington DC in the past week, attempting to find Lawmakers to speak with about the bailout. The original article mentioned by name and affiliation two who spoke with him (not surprisingly, both 'D'); no indication was given of how many refused to see him, or were not present when he attempted to track them down. While I'm sure we'll all soon be tired of hearing about how the 'R' faction was too scared to face Mr. Moore, there apparently was one minor bit of humor during this event: Supposedly, one of DC's avian residents did to Mr. Moore literally what he and those of like mind have been doing to this country metaphorically for years - fortunately for Mr. Moore, the target was his shoulder, and the payload easily disposed I'm not sue I approve of the animal's tactics, but I can't fault its taste.
In an earlier blog posting, I made a comparison between birds and liberals. It appears, in light of this incident, that I may owe the birds an apology. Anyone know how to say "I'm sorry, please forgive me" in pigeon?