Archive for March, 2008

Moore Problems

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

It’s no secret I hate Michael Moore. He’s a douche that makes money doing something a 5 year old could do. Well, this sort of stuff doesn’t help.

Filmmaker Michael Moore said Friday he wasn’t sure he did the right thing by saving footage of U.S. American soldiers’ cruelty toward Iraqis for his controversial documentary, “Fahrenheit 9/11,” instead of releasing the evidence earlier when it might have helped halt such abuse.

“I had it months before the story broke on ‘60 Minutes,’ and I really struggled with what to do with it,” Moore said in a telephone interview with The Chronicle. “I wanted to come out with it sooner, but I thought I’d be accused of just putting this out for publicity for my movie. That prevented me from making maybe the right decision.” Guess what douchebag, that ‘evidence’ had already been turned over to the Pentagon before you shot your little ‘documentary’. In fact, since the story ‘broke’ in May, and you had it months before, I’m going to assume you got footage after January, which happens to be when the Pentagon was investigating what was going on. Stop attempting to publicize your fictional documentary.

Lest we forget, he’s a media darling of the left. Want proof? Try:

The film, which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival last month, became the center of a corporate spat between Disney and its subsidiary Miramax when Disney Chairman Michael Eisner said he wouldn’t allow the film to be distributed. Later, Disney sold the film to Miramax co-Chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein. The film is now being distributed by Lions Gate Films, IFC Films and the Fellowship Adventure Group, the latter specifically set up by the Weinsteins to handle Moore’s documentary. See the timeline? Notice that the ‘corporate spat’ with Disney came after he won the dubious Palm D’Or? Guess what folks, Moore has known for over a YEAR that his film would not be distributed by Disney. He merely used this non-subtle ruse to stir up yet more free publicity for his hit piece on Bush.

Wow, such amazing character. Can’t wait to read the lies contained within this POS movie. We all now how fun it was reading his lies in Bowling For Columbine.

Official Driveway work commences!

Friday, March 28th, 2008

To say I’m sick of cutting trees would be a vast understatment these days. It was at the end of my last day on the driveway this weekend that I realized that fact. I finished up after *only* about 5 hours straight of moving trees like this:

to create this:

At the beginning, I was very carefully tying down those logs on the 4-wheeler. Note that in the photo, there is no strapping. I realized it was MUCH quicker to pile the heavy ones on top and hope they all stay put. They did for the most part, and at only one time did I take a tree to my back and then briefly wonder if the dogs would be able to rescue me Lassie-style when I got pinned underneath trees and quads.

I guess my limit was reached at the end of the +20-something day (ugh!), as I was totally sweating, exhausted and sore, my chainsaw quit working then the pull cord broke. I was covered in twigs (one of which I pulled out of my pants a few hours later), spruce needles, bug spray, dirt was up my nose and my face looked like I’d eaten a shovelful of dirt (hey, this is bringing me back to my archaeology fieldwork days!). I had finally had enough! But I’m done, and it’s now time for the driveway guys to finish it up. It feels SO great to know the next time I go out there, the driveway will miraculously be done!

Here’s what they did the first day:

Oooh, the highway access!!!

My exciting culvert!!!

I was flippin’ excited to actually drive out of here on the weekend, instead of up the ditch.

I have a newfound love for dump trucks. They had THREE going that day, until one broke down…

Dirrrrrrt! And gravel.

The bobcat does it’s job.

I could really use a bobcat now that I think about it.

I would have been REALLY hesitant taking this project on knowing what was ahead of me. Oh, to be blissfully ignorant! It’s glorious. Thankfully I’ll stay that way until I have a house! (so be prepared for lots of “crap, this is a lot of work!” posts).

The dogs help pack down the road (actually, they were exhausted and hot by this point and merely just followed me back and forth, as I lay down logs).

The driveway and a hot Harris

Flowers in the meadow! It is littered with these blue little beauties. And note the two anthills - a common occurrence in the meadowy grassland I like to call my future home. :)

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

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