Same Stupid Methodology
When the fat
artist made his galvanizing film Fahrenheit 9/11, he revealed the one strategy that works for democratic operatives. Namely, the selective inclusion and omission of contextual information, thus misleading viewers with images that appear powerful, but fail to live up to any meritorious scrutiny. Of course many in the public are just mis--or plainly uninformed, resulting in the slob making millions and many in the public working up a frothy sweat.
Former VP, Al Gore's new movie, "
An Inconvenient Truth", follows Moore's playbook, and as a result is generating a lot of buzz. But how is the
scientific community reacting? Perhaps surprisingly, as the ones in the know haven't lined up with the solidarity that a truly inconvenient fact would warrant.
It has been alluded to on these pages before, but the scientific community is split on global warming. There are those that deny it's existence entirely, citing recurring climatological patterns; while many others debate warming as a phenomena and challenge each others' respective assertions as to the etiology of its occurrence.
Either way,
Inconvenient Truth, casts some very convenient aspersions, and summarily, the alarming evidence is no more than the same parlor tricks Moore's films are so cleverly and clearly constructed upon.
I'm relegating the science of this film to the same pop-science of "
What The Bleep" (for my review see 2005 archives). It could have been much more. No pun intended.
And The Ball Keeps Bouncing...
It's certainly shaping up to be a good week for the President.
Zarqawi's death is great news. The fact that he survived the initial blast for a
short while (52 minutes)--long enough to know that it was the American's who were responsible for facilitating his journey to the afterlife--is just beautiful. No explosive vest to blow himself up with--no "
infidels" to accompany him on his journey to hell. Best munchkin voice ...
ding dong the *&^%$#@* dead!Today, we learn that
Rove will not be charged in the leak case. Score number 2 for the White House. This of course drives
a certain element of the populace nuts--but hey
they were nuts already.
IF Fitzgerald actually
HAD a case against Rove, can there actually be a question as to whether or not he would prosecute?
Tropical storm Alberto. Score #3 for Bush. How so you ask? It seems to me, particularly in the aftermath of the Gore film on global warming, that the media is excited for the first hurricane of the season. Why? Because Bush in specific and republicans in general cause hurricanes
(see Clinton) of course. Last night, on my local news cast, they were calling the storm Hurricane Alberto. It was right there in bold type on the screen for all to see. I'm sure the disappointment is rampant, now that the storm is blowing through
with little damage.
Bush is in Iraq. Score #4 as this will obviously bring encouragement to our troops in harms way, as well as the
fledgling Iraqi parliament.
Hey, last I checked the market was up some 44 points after a 5 day slide. Let's hope the good fortune continues right on through to Chairman Bernanke's ego--leading to a no-move on June 29.
