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I’d pay to see Michael Moore in a burnous

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I’d pay to see Michael Moore in a burnous

: When Michael Moore and Saudis fight, it’s hard to know whom to root for. Is it wrong to just stand back and let them beat each other up?

In the Telegraph, a Saudi diplomat slaps back at Moore:

‘Michael Moore made a request to visit Saudi Arabia and we granted him a visa, but he never came,’ said Prince Turki in an interview with The Telegraph. ‘He missed an important opportunity to find out key facts. In my opinion he should have made every effort to go to a country he has taken to task so heavily in his film.’

Oh, wouldn’t have that been fun: Moore stalking Saudi princes.

22 responses to “I’d pay to see Michael Moore in a burnous”

  1. Smitty Avatar
    Smitty

    Could the Saudis behead someone with no neck?

  2. onecent Avatar
    onecent

    Hum, maybe contract it out to a Japanese whaling firm.

  3. david Avatar
    david

    hmmm you are entitled to your opinion of course but Jeff I’d rather come down on the side of Satan before I stick up for the House Of Saud. COnsidering the likes of Prince Bandar have funded madrase’s (sp?) that teach hatred of the Jews, the Christian, the Hindus don’t you think the Saudi Royals should first clean up their own mess before they go accusing Moore of anything.
    For some reason you hate Michael Moore and once again you are entitled to your opinion but you really might want to think hard before jumping into bed with the Saudi Royals.
    my 2 cents.

  4. Franky Avatar
    Franky

    David,
    You misunderstand. Today is Michael Moore-Hate day. So there were 15 Saudis on the planes 9/11, and that’s what makes them just as bad as Michael Moore.

  5. Walter Wallis Avatar
    Walter Wallis

    I see nothing wrong with tying their tails together and throwing them over a clothes line.
    Do people today still say “clothes line”?

  6. jacksback Avatar
    jacksback

    Walt – Yes. As a matter of fact Barbra Streisand suggested that in order to conserve energy we should use clothes lines as opposed to dryers. Of course, her words were hard to hear due to the giant echo of her dictating to her staff in her 20,000 sq ft beachside mansion for her and her husband. Ah well…

  7. david Avatar
    david

    Frankly Franky every day is Michael Moore hate day for Mr. Jarvis. I just find it odd that he’d rather defend the Saudi Royals who are the reason for the rise and spread wahabism (sp?) all over the world, who also have telethons for suicide bombers, and treat their people almost as bad as Saddam did including forcing little girls back into a burning school…and these are the people Jeff would like to defend. More power to him it’s his blog he can do what he likes.

  8. Bombo Rivera Avatar
    Bombo Rivera

    Jeff-O has a big streak of envy for Moore that makes him irrational to the point where he cheers for the funders of 9/11 rather than a great American. Why do you hate America, Jeff?

  9. Andrea Harris Avatar
    Andrea Harris

    From david who takes Jeff’s “Is it wrong to just stand back and let them beat each other up?” as “defending” the Saudis to Bombo’s anencephalitic droolings, it’s clearly Stupid Troll Day on Buzzmachine!

  10. TC-LeatherPenguin Avatar
    TC-LeatherPenguin

    What Andrea said. What is it with the Cult of Moore? If someone does not go ga-ga over their boy it is automatically an attack?

  11. TC-LeatherPenguin Avatar
    TC-LeatherPenguin

    And david? There is a huge difference between contempt and “hatred.” And where the hell did Jeff jump into bed with anybody in that post?

  12. tom beta 2 Avatar
    tom beta 2

    That’s funny. Wonder why he wouldn’t go?
    David, Bombo, read the post. There’s no defense of the Saudis there.
    “COnsidering the likes of Prince Bandar have funded madrase’s (sp?) that teach hatred of the Jews, the Christian, the Hindus…”
    Come on, those madrasses, it’s all just propaganda. You know, a mixture of facts taken completely out of context, a few lies for good measure, some conspiracy theories about some enemy group that controls the US at the highest levels . . . No problem, right?
    Hey, seen Michael Moore’s movie yet? I hear it’s pretty good.

  13. Oliver Avatar
    Oliver

    Considering the Saudis have killed over 3,000 Americans I’d say they are a lot more odious than Michael Moore.

  14. Maura Avatar
    Maura

    When asked which side he wanted to prevail in the Iraq-Iran War, Henry Kissinger reportedly said, “Ideally, they’ll both lose.” That’s how I feel about Michael Moore vs. Saudi Arabia.

  15. onecent Avatar
    onecent

    Considering the Saudis have killed over 3,000 Americans I’d say they are a lot more odious than Michael Moore.
    Oliver, the Saudi government nor the Saudi people were the masterminds of 9/11. 19 Islamic terrorists of which 11 happended to be Saudis are responsible for 9/11. Extrapolating that they represented the Saudi government or populace is not correct. I’m not defending the poor choice the Saudis have made in appeasing rabid religious fundamentalists. You can’t paint all Saudis with one brushstroke as evil.

  16. david Avatar
    david

    >You can’t paint all Saudis with one brushstroke as evil.
    no one is accusing all Saudis of such things…only the ROYAL SCUMBAGS who will do anything to stay in power.

  17. onecent Avatar
    onecent

    Sometimes, David, the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t. Replacing the Saudi royals with fundamentalists, a very possible scenerio, isn’t in our or the world’s oil consumer’s best interests either.

  18. TC-LeatherPenguin Avatar
    TC-LeatherPenguin

    Oliver? You loved Bandar et al when they ran the Bubba rub.

  19. Angus Jung Avatar
    Angus Jung

    “Considering the Saudis have killed over 3,000 Americans I’d say they are a lot more odious than Michael Moore.”
    Be that as it may, it’s not like they were responsible for Canadian Bacon.

  20. Sortelli Avatar
    Sortelli

    Come on, those madrasses, it’s all just propaganda. You know, a mixture of facts taken completely out of context, a few lies for good measure, some conspiracy theories about some enemy group that controls the US at the highest levels . . . No problem, right?
    Hey, seen Michael Moore’s movie yet? I hear it’s pretty good.
    Sir, you rock.

  21. h0mi Avatar
    h0mi

    “But the Saudi Royal family and Bin Laden hate one another. They would never work together to attack the United States”

  22. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    “some reason you hate Michael Moore and once again you are entitled to your opinion but you really might want to think hard before jumping into bed with the Saudi Royals.”
    Hoping both groups destroy each other is hopping in bed with the Saudis?
    The supreme irony is Michael Moore would be first in line screaming Blood for Oil if we went after the Royal family. That’s the way shiftless anti-americanism works. It allows one to criticize all actions and make alternative suggestions that one would have criticized as well had the suggestion be taken up.