US Congressman Porter Goss, nominated to be the new director of the CIA, may be talking himself out of the job, according to film-maker Michael Moore.

Moore, who directed the film Fahrenheit 9/11, has released an interview with Mr Goss in which he says he lacks the qualifications for the top spy post.
“I couldn’t get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified,” Mr Goss told Moore’s production company in March.

The White House has dismissed the interview as “ridiculous hearsay”.
The interview did not make it into the final edit of the film, which criticises President George W Bush’s policy on Iraq.

But following Mr Goss’s nomination by the president, Moore has released the transcript and video excerpt on his website.

“I don’t have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We’re looking for Arabists today. I don’t have the cultural background probably,” Mr Goss says on the video.

“And I certainly don’t have the technical skills, as my children remind me every day: ‘Dad, you got to get better on your computer.’ So, the things that you need to have, I don’t have.”

Bush’s choice
Mr Goss, 65, is a former officer with US army intelligence and the CIA.
He represents a Florida district and has served in Congress since 1989.

Announcing the appointment on Tuesday, Mr Bush said Mr Goss was the “right man” to head the agency. “Porter Goss is a leader with strong experience in intelligence and in fighting against terrorism,” he said. Mr Goss is due to replace former director George Tenet, who stood down, citing personal reasons, before the commission investigating the 11 September 2001 attacks issued its report.

The bi-partisan panel blamed intelligence bodies, including the CIA, for failing to predict or avert the hijackings.

I can’t believe the amount of bullshit there is on the web about Fahrenheit 9/11. There are entire websites and right wing webrings dedicated to debunk F911 and the 9/11 Commission Report. Who are these nutheads and from what ranch did they escape from? Some of them openly admit not having seen the movie and claim the movie is all lies all in one breath.

Anyway, I’ll be checking out the movie either tomorrow when it opens here in Germany or on the weekend…Can’t wait to see !

Oh, and the first black president: Barack Obama fo’shizzle…i heard the man talk on TV here during the democratic convention…damn!! I must say was mightly impressed and even saw some people in the convention center crying. The man’s got a bright future in front of him. I stayed up the whole night watching the dem com coverage on MSNBC and I must say the dems have it easy this time around if at least 51% of those voters that are in possession of a brain vote. Only fools, the war loving right wing extremists, and religious nuts will vote republican this time around and by the pure logical deduction of survival of the fittest, those groups are slowly joining the Dodo and the Tasmanian Tiger. I really liked the message and their style of campaigning. Hesitant to even mention their opponent but sometime almost referring to him in reference of a character in America’s dark past and the main message being that it’s time to move on. A positive message of hope instead of one inciting fear in some and anger in others.

Oh, and I think Hillary Clinton may be in for a surprise if she decided to run in 2008…watch out, here come Theresa Heinz! At first i was pretty sceptic about her, but Theresa Heinz is actually quite likable…and she speaks one language more the I do!
As I watched her walk, something funny occurred to me…I have no clue what Bush’s wife is called! Does anyone know, really?

Well, i’m off to watch some more…