Although I carefully pasted it in at the top, Yahoo's editor chose to delete the headline, byline, intro, and source of this article. For the nitpickers, it's written by Michael Moore, and can be found at The Daily Beast. The photo of TM's poster boy was found by me.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/31/michael-moore-on-clint-\ eastwood-s-delusional-and-detached-from-reality-speech-at-the-republican\ -national-convention.html <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/31/michael-moore-on-clint\ -eastwood-s-delusional-and-detached-from-reality-speech-at-the-republica\ n-national-convention.html> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > Speaking to Invisible Obama last night, in a performance that seemed to > have been written by Timothy Leary and performed by Cheech & Chong, > Clint Eastwood > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/31/clint-eastwood-s-turn-\ \ > at-gop-convention-part-of-republicans-swooning-over-stars.html> was > able to drive home to tens of millions of viewers the central message > of this year's Republican National Convention: "We Are Delusional and > Detached from Reality. Vote for Us!" > > The footage of Eastwood > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2012/08/30/clint-eastwood-we-gotta-\ \ > let-him-go.html> rambling and mumbling to his "Harvey" - President > Obama - will be played to audiences a hundred years from now as the > Most Bizarre Convention Moment Ever. The people of the future will know > nothing about Dirty Harry or Josey Wales or a Million Dollar Baby. > They WILL know about the night a crazy old man hijacked a national > party's most important gathering so he could tell the President to > literally go do something to himself (i.e. fuck himself). In those few > moments (and these days, it only takes a few moments—see Anthony > Weiner), he completely upended and redefined how he'll be remembered by > younger and future generations. > > A few years ago, at the annual National Board of Review film awards > held at Tavern on the Green in New York, I was there to hand out one of > the honors. When it came time for Eastwood to accept his, he went up to > the microphone and growled to me in front of the audience, "If you ever > show up at my house with that camera, I'll shoot you on sight." The > audience laughed, I laughed, but the person who issued the threat > wasn't laughing. That creeped me out a bit. I made sure never to go > stand on Clint Eastwood's lawn. > > But as I said, the best outcome from the incident last night was that > it showed just how out of touch Republicans are these days. It's as if > they want a divorce from us, the American mainstream, so they can go > live in the land of legitimate rapes and ice caps that don't melt. Most > Americans don't live there on Planet Koo-koo, and I don't suspect many > will be visiting there any time soon. > > Thanks, Clint: you made our day! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > [AP, Fairfield, Iowa] In a move seen by many as a tribute to one of > the > > biggest TM heroes, Clint Eastwood, the organization that teaches > > Transcendental Meditation today announced a new "Advanced Technique." > > This technique is seen as an extension to the TM-Sidhi program, which > > was supposed to invoke "ritam" by delivering to people hopping around > on > > their butts all that they desire in life. > > > > Since, well over 35 years after the TM-Sidhi technique was introduced, > > it's been made abundantly clear that its practitioners have *not* > gotten > > all that they desire in life, the TM organization is addressing that > > issue directly, in the form of a new form of "fertilizer" to invoke > the > > mysterious power of "ritam" even further. > > > > The new Golden Throne Of Ritam technique aims at removing the > > *obstacles* to TM-Sidhi practitioners getting everything they desire. > > "Clearly," said Bevan Morris, Spokesbutt Emeritus for the > butt-bouncers, > > "something has been *preventing* the full flow of ritam. A negative > > force has been getting in the way of the powerful Waves Of Woo > generated > > by bouncing on our butts, and keeping our desires from being instantly > > fulfilled by ritam." > > > > Morris continued, "We now know who and what this negative force is. > It's > > a bunch of misguided souls -- many of them paid by the CIA or the > Dalai > > Lama or both -- who consistently thwart the awesome power of ritam by > > saying things about us that are...uh...true, but that we don't want > > said. The time has now come to act, and avoid the problem before it > > comes." > > > > Although actual details of the new Golden Throne Of Ritam technique > are > > a deep, dark secret, and no one is supposed to talk about them, AP has > > received information from a whistleblower who learned the new > technique > > last night and posted his impressions of it on WikiLeaks. > > > > He says, "It's basically a visualization technique. What you do is to > > imagine the person who you feel is an obstacle to you getting > everything > > you desire, and visualize them seated upon a golden throne. Then, > after > > forming a clear picture of the horrible enemy of all that is holy in > > your mind and yelling at them for a while, you mentally press the > button > > located on the top of the golden throne, chant the holy mantra "Make > my > > day!" and flush the person and his or her negativity away. I'm not > sure > > whether all of your desires are supposed to start becoming fulfilled > > after you mentally flush the TM critics away or when you sign the > check > > for the $10,000 the course costs -- all I can say is that like all TM > > courses that preceded it this new one didn't work as promised. Maybe > you > > have to be senile like Clint Eastwood for it to work. Anyway, I'm > doing > > what I should have done long ago and blowing the whistle and passing > > along not only this information but the visual aid given to me in my > > Golden Throne Of Ritam class that was supposed to help me envision the > > throne more accurately." > > > > [http://therealestatecoconut.com/files/2011/05/gold-toilet.jpg] >
