Remember "The Senate Is Missing" scene from Fahrenheit 411?

[bananas]

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sunnystarr (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-05-05 07:26 PM
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"The Senate Is Missing" and I just cried all over again.
I don't think I'll ever get over the shame of the 2000 election. Watching on C-Span3 right now is so emotional. To see our Black Caucus stand up is so courageous and such a blight on a once great country.

From another thread: "The most moving scene in F 9/11 for you?"

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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Sat Jun-26-04 11:08 AM

39. For me it was the scene with the CBC members, "The Senate is missing..."

I knew that this had happened, I had read about it. But actually watching it unfold on camera (I don't have cable, so I never had a chance to see this before) was absolutely gut-wrenching. I felt like I was watching the exact moment of the death of our republic. It totally tore me up, and I still feel enraged that not ONE Senator signed for the CBC!

I was thrilled to see the footage of the protestors at the inauguration. Again, I knew this had happened and had read about it, but SEEING it, and seeing how HUGE a protest it was, was actually wonderfully affirming.

I knew that the corporate media had gone to great lengths to hide this massive act of dissent from the American people -- now, at last, people can see what was deliberately hidden, and understand who it was that hid it. The government and the media work hand in hand to treat the public like mushrooms -- keep them in the dark and feed them bullshit.

I was moved to tears throughout the movie by MANY scenes -- one would have to have a heart of stone not to be. But I have to say that what utterly seared me to my core was that CBC scene.

Because THAT singular act of cowardice and capitulation is what made all the other heartbreaking horrors not only possible, but inevitable.

[pacalo]

1. That was gut-wrenching to see. The first time I'd seen it was in "Fahrenheit 9-11".

My mouth literally just dropped open when I saw it.

[sabrina 1]

2. I remember how I felt also, when I saw those scenes

If it were not for Michael Moore, we would never have known any of this history. It was shocking to watch it, it was like waiting for a hero, just one, and there were none. A tragedy for this country.

[pretzel4gore]

3. something doesn't add up...

and that's the truth. wasn't algore there? kerry? wellstone? Kucinich?

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Start with...Kucinich is not nor has never been in the Senate...

and go from there.

[pretzel4gore]

5. oh, great

the rightwing gets what it wants, i look like an idiot, bush the whelp will celebrate the 911 holiday in NY to huge crowds of well wishers cheering/standing ovations! Fascism is on the march, over the cliff into the sea, and here i am acting like an ass(et) on DU....
time to open that jug of whine

[bananas]

6. Ack, I forgot - the 911 anniversary is coming up

And now SS and Medicare are being dismantled.
edit to add: The terrorists won.