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    Mar 24, 2003#51

    I heard some people screaming that it wasnt the time for a slam on Bush. Which it was not, he could have blasted him later. I feel like it made him look pretty crappy.
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      Mar 24, 2003#52

      Yeah, I saw that on the news here in Australia. The awards just started here about 40min ago, so that part will come up later.
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        Mar 24, 2003#53

        Someone explain what happened for those of us that don't watch enough tv?
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          Mar 24, 2003#54

          I think the general gist of it was that Moore came up on stage and criticised Bush's handling of the situation, and the decision to go to war.
          But all I've seen of it was what they showed on the news. So I may be completely wrong.

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            Mar 24, 2003#55

            The funny thing is to shut him up they got the band to play real loud and they tried to do the same to somebody else who asked them to hear him out and he didnt get booed.
            I bet Moore is really wishing he hadn't done that at all.Damn it all to hell... I need to pay for a HTML sig?

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              Mar 24, 2003#56

              Moore definately has no regrets. He's the type who will speak his mind, as unpopular as it may be in a given time or place. He certainly got people's attention, for better or worse.
              I liken him to Bill Maher in that respect, who had his show on ABC cancelled due to some comments regarding the 9-11 hijackers. He also has no regrets about what he said, and continues to stick by his beliefs.

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                Mar 24, 2003#57

                What did he say?
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                  Mar 24, 2003#58

                  Quote:
                  On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this.
                  I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction.
                  We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times.
                  We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president.
                  We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.
                  Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush.
                  Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you.
                  And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.
                  Thank you very much.
                  After the show, it was:
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                  "I'm an American, and you don't leave your citizenship when you enter the doors of the Kodak Theatre. What's great about this country is that you can speak your mind. I showed how vital it is to have free speech in our country and all Americans have the right to stand up for what they believe in."

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                    Mar 25, 2003#59

                    Maher had a point. His comments didn't bother me, it was Ari Fleischer's response of "There are reminders to all Americans that they need to watch what they say, watch what they do," that did.---
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                      Mar 25, 2003#60

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                      Dolphins enlisted in war effort
                      UMM QASR, Iraq (Reuters) - Forget precision bombs, unmanned spy-planes and high-tech weaponry, the U.S. army is about to unveil its most unlikely mine detector -- all the way from San Diego, California, the Atlantic Bottle-Nosed Dolphin. At the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, secured by U.S and British forces after days of fighting, soldiers made last-minute preparations on Tuesday for the imminent arrival of a team of specially trained dolphins to help divers ensure the coastline is free of danger before humanitarian aid shipments can dock. U.S. Navy Captain Mike Tillotson told reporters that three or four dolphins would work from Umm Qasr, using their natural sonar abilities to seek out mines or other explosive devices which Iraqi forces may have planted on the seabed. "They were flown over on a military animal transporter in fleece-lined slings," Tillotson said. "We keep them in a certain amount of water. They travel very well." "They will be given restaurant quality food and vitamins, and they will work out of wells which we've set up here." Tillotson said the dolphins were trained not to swim up to mines, but to place a marker a small distance away, minimising any danger to themselves. Several mines were discovered last week on the back of ships along the Faw peninsula, but teams of divers searching around Umm Qasr port since Monday have not found any embedded mines.
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