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I have been patiently awaiting the release of F9/11 since I just can't be bothered to download movies at 6kbps from the usual places on the net. Given the choice of wading through my inbox or going to see the afternoon matinee of F9/11 there was no contest. Michael Moore is a difficult person to love given the sort of smug unctuosity he exudes at times. He infuses his movies with so much of his own personality that it's a challenge to love his movies if you don't have much fondness for the man behind the camera. However, this movie is bigger than him and bigger than his personality. I want to see it again and maybe even buy the DVD when it's released. It's more of an editorial movie than a documentary, but I found it a bit overwhelming and I'm unable to summarize it. He did a good job and I would have loved to drive the ice cream truck around Capitol Hill while he read the Patriot Act to Congress.

James Bamford's book, A Pretext for War : 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies, also discusses similar and, perhaps, even more damaging evidence pointing to the premeditated corruption of the Bush administration. I am not optimistic that Kerry will win in November and I'm not encouraged that a mere change of president will solve some of the most troubling problems in the US, but I'm glad that at least some people are willing to break from the ranks of those who cling to their safe silence to voice their opinions, to challenge the status quo, no matter what the risk may be. I have noticed a trend of Americans abroad wearing Kerry buttons as if to suggest that they're not one of those Americans, yet I wonder if they wear them back home.