-Caveat Lector- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Big-Medicine] They Chute Kubiaks, Don't They? From: Chris Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Or is that "kodiaks"? Big-Medicine's own David Kubiak is hoping that "as Maine goes, so goes the nation"... **************** GRASSROOTS Art imitates politics: Chute and Kubiak get reel By Jess Kilby There have been documentary films made about political campaigns before (The War Room, for example). There have been Hollywood productions that ape the process and its inherent moral ambiguity (Bulworth, The Candidate). But rarely (if ever) has a docu-drama been made about a real political campaign that was initiated for the sole purpose of making a movie about a political campaign. In short: Carolyn Chute is running for governor. This isn't exactly breaking news - hell, the Waterboro Public Library makes note of it on their website, and DC's Political Report dutifully lists Chute amongst the rest of the third-party candidates in Maine's 2002 gubernatorial race (following "pastor Steven Farssaci" [sic] as "author/militia member Carolyn Chute" and linking to a quaint 1996 Salon article for more information, rather than to an official campaign site.) What's news (or at least new) is the fact that Chute has a running mate, in fellow anti-corporate activist David Kubiak. And that the two are making a movie called Countercoup about their run as co-candidates for the highest office in the state, with (among other activities) mock town meetings in each county where residents will be asked to "pretend" to talk about their concerns for a common future. The whole thing is a bit tongue-in-cheek, you see - in that semi-serious, populist way for which Chute and Kubiak are known. As Kubiak explains via email, "all events are staged for the movie, but attract 'real' citizens, 'real' journalists, and 'real' public attention to [the campaign] issues (e.g., the corporate coup d'etat in Augusta and Washington, the corporate takeover of our mass media, and Maine's urgent need to secede from Corporate America's political control)." Chute and Kubiak will be attempting to collect enough signatures and $5 donations to qualify for Clean Election money, the better to "add more realism to the film." How they'll pull off a two-person ticket is a mystery, because, as Domna Gattis of the Secretary of State's office points out, you can't really do that. (Candidates can only put one name on each application for Clean Election funding; likewise for the rest of Maine's electoral paperwork.) Putting the question of whether Chute and Kubiak will succeed in flouting Maine's election laws aside, there's at least one good reason for catching Countercoup when (and if) it's released: our heroes are "strangely vindicated in an 11th month/11th hour surprise ending." Pass the popcorn. http://www.portlandphoenix.com/archive/features/02/01/25/tji/grassroots.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> "Let us lift our vision high enough to dominate the problem." - - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ********************************** If you find Big Medicine useful, please introduce your friends, and send them the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/big-medicine/join = = <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
