who's going?

Where at, when, what about and how much?

it's at the gaylord entertainment center

saturday, october 9th

screening of fahrenheit 9/11. and will give a speech, do Q&A with the audience and read letters from soldiers in Iraq.

and it's only $7.50

Let me guess: they'll also be registering people to vote?

oooh, sign me up! There's nothing I'd rather do than take 2 or 3 hours out of my life to hear a bunch of propaganda right before the election. I mean, its not like the media isn't already doing it, but to voluntarily pay for it? No thanks. I'd rather spend my $7.50 on a real movie and skip the "speech".

(Edited by joeywade at 12:08 pm on Sep. 30, 2004)

you are correct. it's actually for people that aren't registered to vote.


for answering correctly you win

an ice cream
to hopefully cheer you up because you're posts lately have been down.

Of course it is. More specifically, they will be registering people to vote, and then spending 3 hours telling them who to vote for. In reality, about 95 to 99% of people who pass through the turnstiles will have registered and made their minds up long ago. So it's really more like a rally. But it sounds alot more noble to call it a voter registration drive.

I'll definitely be watching the 10:00 news that night to see the footage of the fireworks outside the arena, because I have a feeling there might be a Republican or 50 there to "protest."

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 2:55 pm on Sep. 30, 2004)

Do you really think so? Yes, I'm sure they're all siding with the not-Bush ticket, but I would guess that the sad reality is many of those hippie hipsters still haven't registered to vote out of sheer laziness.

Hell, I probably wouldn't have re-registered if it weren't for that nice lady with the clipboard who manages to find me at every show I go to (including most recently the Features/KOL show). I just hope she's waiting outside my house with the car running when election day comes around.

Anything to make registering to vote easier (*coughonlinecough*) is fine by me.

Yes. I think that anyone willing to go to a Michael Moore event is probably at least somewhat politically active, which, I think, would include being registered to vote. Of course I could be wrong.

I do believe that this event is being held AFTER the deadline for voter registration in Tennessee.

Excellent point! You're right, it's not necessarily a registration drive (although I suppose he could claim that to be the case for the earlier dates). This is from the tennessean:


Translation: "If I could get these kids to vote, we could get Bush out of office and I could proclaim myself the man who single-handedly turned this country around".

(Edited by carligula at 5:44 pm on Sep. 30, 2004)

Quick question (because I'm too lazy to research it myself): When does one's voter registration expire? I registered a while back, but in my maiden name (does anybody know if that's a problem?) and just checked a few minutes ago to still see if I have my card, which I do. I think I registered 2 years ago. Is my registration still valid?

I, ashamedly, did not vote in the 2000 elections, so this will be my first time voting. I just don't want to show up and be turned down.

I am looking forward to the debate tonight. At least I think I am. I'm pretty sure it's at eight. If I was wrong and it's at seven, I'll feel dumb.

I won tickets from WLAC 1510.

i just looked... 9 eastern. so yeah, eight.

(Edited by dontstaylong at 9:00 am on Oct. 5, 2004)

hahaha... the Republican won tickets.

Uh, I think tonight's is too, so...thanks!

I bought tickets to the Moore thing today. I hope they're worth it as I've already seen the film. I'm just curious as to what the environment will be like in addition to seeing how big Michael is in real life.

Okay, that was totally mean and uncalled for.

I just want to see him live.

We went, and I really enjoyed it. However, 9/11 was not shown as I thought it would be. It was basically a long wait, a warm-up by a few musicians (Some guy named Monkeybowl, Steve Earle, and some recording of a song by "Honkeytonks for Truth") and then a long speech by Michael Moore. He was very entertaining, as always. I laughed a lot. Say what you will about Mike -- he knows how to work a crowd. I'm glad I went; it was energizing.

I got neither Ramen noodles nor free underwear. Bummer.

(Edited by Token at 6:48 pm on Oct. 12, 2004)

Monkeybowl opened with this song, called "Al Gore," which really cracked us up. (and that is actually Al Gore speaking at the end)

It really was an interesting experience overall.

(Edited by YaDaDaDa at 5:17 am on Oct. 12, 2004)

By the way, did anybody else here go? I didn't see anyone. I did see two of my students, though, which I felt was very encouraging, given they are so young.

I went

I finally saw Roger And Me today. Interesting stuff, even more so if you think about what he could have done with it if he was as powerful then as he is now. I haven't made up my mind how I felt about the movie, but yeah, interesting.