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____________________________________ CHUCK MUTH’S NEWS & VIEWS May 7, 2004 To view the HTML version of today’s News & Views, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsandviews/nv.cfm _____________________________________ ANTI-AMERICAN HATE SPEECH “Now it's official: American troops occupying Iraq have become virtually indistinguishable from the SS. Like the Germans during World War II, they cordon off and bomb civilian villages to retaliate for guerilla attacks on their convoys. Like the blackshirts who terrorized Europe, America's victims disappear into hellish prisons ruled by sadists and murderers. The U.S. military is short just one item to achieve moral parity with the Nazis: gas chambers.” - Cartoonist Ted Rall, 5/5/04 COULD YOU REMOVE THIS KNIFE FROM MY BACK, SENATOR? “The Senate rolled over the Bush Administration's new overtime rules yesterday... Senate Republicans, who've been blocked by 60-vote filibusters from passing any legal reform, proved unable to keep even their own members from defecting on this 50-vote referendum. Among the five GOP defectors was none other than Arlen Specter, who thus repaid the White House for its recent support in his cliffhanger Pennsylvania primary. Karl Rove can't say he wasn't warned.” - Wall Street Journal, 5/5/04 DISNEY PULLS PLUG ON MOORE’S HIT PIECE “Film producer and liberal political activist Michael Moore claims The Walt Disney Company is engaging in ‘censorship’ of his newest Bush-bashing documentary by preventing it from being distributed by Miramax. Moore's independent film entitled ‘Fahrenheit 911,’ which alleges there is a direct connection between President George W. Bush and al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden that has been ongoing for three decades, is strongly critical of the way Bush has led the country before and after September 11. . . . Disney has the ability to control the distribution of films through Miramax that they deem as inappropriate.” - Talon News, 5/6/04 WAAHHHH!!! “I would have hoped by now that I would be able to put my work out to the public without having to experience the profound censorship obstacles I often seem to encounter.” - Cry-baby Bush-whacker Michael Moore PUT UP OR SHUT UP, MOORE-ON “…(T)he NY Times is now reporting that the Walt Disney Company is blocking its Miramax division from distributing the new ‘documentary’ (“Fahrenheit 911”) by (Michael) Moore. Thank goodness. If Moore wants this film distributed, let him put his OWN money into it. Mel Gibson had to do it, why shouldn't he?” - Bill Greene, Conservative Alerts, 5/6/04 THIS WEEK’S “MUTH’S TRUTHS” The “film” is amateurish, second-rate, biased, boring, shallow, underhanded, disgusting, dishonest and nothing but pure warmed-over, bush-league, anti-business propaganda. But enough sugar-coating for Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me,” which opens in theaters today, let me tell you how I really feel. Check out this week’s Muth’s Truth’s column at www.citizenoutreach.com GREATEST GLUTTONY STORY EVER TOLD “(The film is) called ‘Supersize Me,’ and it may be the greatest gluttony story ever told.” - Diane De La Paz, wkkj.com A PIG’S LIFE “The essence of the movie (“Supersize Me”) is about one person's conscious decision to overeat. That's not what McDonald's is about." - McDonald’s spokesman Bill Whitman, Washington Post, 5/2/04 TWO THUMBS DOWN “(Morgan) Spurlock, whose debut effort (“Super Size Me”) won him the director's prize from jurors at this year's Sundance Film Festival, was apparently inspired by the lawsuits filed against McDonald's by two overweight girls, who were themselves apparently inspired by lawsuits against the tobacco industry. The first and most obvious question raised by such litigation is voiced by Spurlock himself: What about personal responsibility? he asks. Aren't we ultimately to blame for what crosses our lips and stays stuck to our hips? “He then promptly drops the subject. What I'm going to do, he tells us, is eat McDonald's food at various locations three times a day for 30 days and see what happens. At which point you realize you're in the presence of something less than genius, and that the movie you're watching has the suspicious odor of a week-old Filet-O-Fish. A scientific experiment devoid of science... “Maybe it's the director's inherently superior attitude that's makes the film so irritating: From his self-congratulatory physical - he's in great shape, he's told repeatedly - to the decidedly unwelcome shot of his rectal exam, to the repetitious, sneering shots of wide-bottomed Americans, we get the distinct impression that he's isn't in it for the pubic benefit.” - Columnist John Anderson, Newsday.com, 5/6/04 MISLEADING PERVERSION “The movie ‘Supersize Me’ is misleading and a perversion of healthful nutritional practices. The documentary follows star and director Morgan Spurlock as he overeats at McDonald's restaurants every day for one month. Although Spurlock attributes these effects specifically to the food he ate at McDonald's, the simple fact is that he consumed excessive calories and did not increase physical activity to burn them off. In fact, he reduced his exercise level for the month.” - American Council on Science and Health, 5/6/04 SUPER-SIZED CON JOB “The phoniness surrounding ‘Super Size Me,’ Morgan Spurlock's fake documentary on fast food, is beginning to reach super size proportions. This week, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) began desperately trying to piggyback the release of Spurlock's voyeur flick in an attempt to promote its animal rights agenda. PCRM president Neal Barnard, who refers to cheese as ‘morphine on a cracker’ and ‘dairy crack,’ makes a guest appearance in the film to push his food-is-addictive mantra. “But just as Spurlock's creation is nothing more than a sensationalistic reality show masquerading as a documentary (Spurlock's production company, after all, is aptly named "The Con"), PCRM dons its own disguise. The self-styled medical charity is really just an animal-rights front group (funded generously by PETA) with a vegetarian agenda. Now these two cons are teaming up to frighten Americans into accepting their dietary utopia.” - The Center for Consumer Freedom, 5/5/04 DEBUNKING SPURLOCK Her quest started as an attempt to show that Americans can eat fast food and maintain a healthy lifestyle, and Soso Whaley has accomplished her goal. She lost 10 pounds and lowered her cholesterol 40 points by making wise food choices and watching her caloric intake during her one-month diet of McDonald's food. “I knew I could do it,” says Whaley, an adjunct fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “I can't believe all the attention over Morgan Spurlock's 'Super Size Me' film. All he did was eat like a pig to make his point." IT’S CALLED PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY “When it comes right down to it, if you're trying to lose weight, it doesn't matter what kind of calories you put in, it's the number of calories. McDonald's is not to blame for the poor diets Americans have." - Soso Whaley’s doctor, Rayner Dickey, 5/4/04 TABOR TALES UPDATE Since this issue seems to be devoted to jerks and goofballs already, it only seems appropriate for a little update on congressional candidate Nathan Tabor. Theo Helm of the Winston Salem Journal did a story on Tuesday focusing on the business experience of the various candidates running in North Carolina’s 5th District. In it, Tabor pumps his business expertise, claiming to have created 130 jobs at his soy company while belittling two of his competitors whose companies suffered business failures in the past. One little problem: Revival Soy is not HIS company; it’s his BROTHER’S. Nate’s just a glorified salesman there. He’s never started, operated or owned his own business from scratch; preferring instead to leech off the risks and visions of family relatives. Big talk from a guy who’s only signed the BACKS of checks. Oh, yeah. And word is leaking out of the Tabor camp that Li’l Nate’s big, bad lawyer is preparing to sue me. Guess that’s the weasel way these days for snot-nosed kids who aren’t ready to play in the big leagues yet. Geez, Louise...if Nate can’t handle little ol’ ME, how in the world does the twerp think he’s man enough to handle Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters? They’ll have this kid for lunch. Unless, of course, NC-5 voters send an adult rather than a wet-behind-the-ears tot to Washington to represent ‘em. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chuck Muth’s News & Views is published by Citizen Outreach, a non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Citizen Outreach, its officers, directors or employees. 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