Saturday, October 23, 2004
The election comes to me!So I didn't want to write anything about the election, OK? I mean, I can't even vote (not merely because I'm too incompetent to handle the ballot sheets and whatnot, but because I'm one of them Aliens with my very own Alien number). And so I decide that I shall partake of the excitement from a safe distance, and watch from the wings, as it were (or those very last seats near the back - hell, perhaps I'll just sit quietly in the aisle).
Seems fair. Well now, I just got a telephone call which I answered rapidly, listened to in disbelief, and then foolishly hung up on. But before I hung up I noticed a few things: 1) It was an unsolicited call. 1a) I am on the national do not call register, which imposes big fines on unsolicited calls (and works a treat, I have to say). 2) It was a comedy American bozo-announcer voice introducing himself and telling me he's President and CEO of such-and-such a company (at this point I was fuming because of 1a, yet simultaneously soiling myself on account of the made-up voice). 3) He was calling to tell me about Celsius 911, the "new blockbuster movie" which exposes all the fabrications and lies of Michael Moore's outrageous Fahrenheit 911. 4) IT WAS RECORDED! Just send me a fucking e-mail. Perhaps the old voters really are so lonely that they need a recording to listen to - I hope I don't grow old. Well, this seems like a cheap attempt to circumvent the exception to the Do Not Call register for political organizations and charities. I hung up then regretted it because now I want to know what this is all about. Is this some attempt by the Republicans to turn my opinion to exactly what it was beforehand on the execrable Mickey Moore and his even more revolting output, or is it an attempt to market a genuine blockbuster movie and get around having to pay the Do Not Call people some fines? Er.. Must be the former since this ain't no blockbuster, mammy (complete with excellent quotes: "They should set Moore on fire and feed him to the animals". Not even if they meant this instead. |
