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Tonight I have sound bites, as promised.  I also have really crappy video, I apologize for the quality, but we took the video with Derek’s digital camera and then I just extracted the sound.  The first one is a discussion of the flu vaccine and how Canada’s a dirty whore one day, and our saviour the next.  We also have a fitting synopsis of Bush’s whole campaign.  There’s no water in the glass. That came from a discussion about how, during the debates, Bush drank from an empty glass, and kept drinking, as though we’d believe that there was water in the glass, like so many people believed there were WMD.  And the 3rd soundbite: flip flopper— or No. 1 liberal?

Alright, the event was awesome.  Chris arrived at my door at 9.15 to escort Derek and I to see Michael Moore at the Lane County Fairgrounds.  We stood in line from 9.30 until 11, right behind several Billionaires for Bush.  There was a free speech zone which Chris decided was a photo opportunity waiting to happen because no one used it.  He was the only person who even stepped into it.  When we got in to see the show, we got seats in the front row and had a discussion about reproductive rights and abortion.  When I asserted no one was going to tell me what I can and can’t do with my uterus, Chris joked “its an our-terus, not a you-terus, didn’t you know?”  And then we laughed.  

Moore had a lot of things to say, including telling us about his next film, which will go after healthcare, especially the pharmecutical industry.  In fact, he had a memo that was sent to Pfizer’s employee’s giving them a hotline to call if they saw someone of Moore’s description at the facility and advising them that perhaps they might not want to talk to him.  He also gave out underwear and ramen noodles, as door prizes, aimed at those who hadn’t voted last election (and were of age) who promised to vote this time…Mostly they just threw them into the crowd and one landed right behind me.

I sat next to a total chippy who was enthusiastically in support of Moore, apparently for social reasons as she had no idea about half of the things he mentioned (I had to listen to her say, “really???” about a million times).  Also, at one point, most of her breast was hanging out from her bad 80’s ripped sweater.  To add all to it, when there was a brief outburst from 2 Nader supporters (to which Moore responded: “didn’t your parents tell you five minutes of pleasure have a lifetime of consequences?”) she kept screaming at them to shut up, and get out with a lot of profanity.  I understand its her right, but it was their right to be at the event and voice their opinions.  At any rate, one of them walked up to the fence around the stage to confront Moore and the police escorted the two of them out.  Another noteable point in the event was Moore letting us know that he, himself, helped to get bootlegged copies of Farenheit 9/11 over to the troops, stating that he thinks material should be shared, and that some bands have got it wrong in trying to keep their music away from the people.  It was mostly a big, let’s vote, let’s get Bush out, hooray John Kerry event, which was nice, and Moore was funny, but there’s a little part of me that agrees with my boyfriend…Moore was more entertaining before he got so political.  Don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait for his next movie, I just miss the old brand of comedy and regret that we live in a world where he has to take the stance he does.