Sunday, September 11, 2005

Current Kairos

I was just reading "Kairos and the Rhetorical Situation: Seizing the Moment," (another very long title) and was wondering if we are currently in a "kairos" moment. With hurricane Katrina blowing through the Gulf Coast and relief taking up to four days to arrive, I have seen an extensive amount of Bush bashing lately. (not saying i disagree). One particular is a letter to Bush from Michael Moore. If you haven't read it I would encourage you to check it out, http://seattle.craigslist.org/rnr/96399904.html, . Regardless of if what Moore is saying is factual or not, I think it's a great example of Kairos. It not only bashes Bush for late intervention to the hurricane, but also for various other topics such as: the war in Iraq, reducing Army Corps Engineering budgets, bush taking too much vacation time, bush ignoring a dead soldiers mother, you name it and it's probably there. I thought it was a pretty prime example of how moore seizes the moment to of the hurricane to promote his dislike towards bush.

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