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Michael Moore's Radical Views (re: America and Israel)
Republican Jewish Coalition ^ | 7-9-04

Posted on 07/21/2004 7:44:39 AM PDT by veronica

Michael Moore is splashed across the media because of his new movie. The RJC has compiled an eye-opening fact sheet of his quotes about Israel and America.

Contact: RJC Press Office Friday, July 9, 2004

Michael Moore on Israel:

- Quotes from Michael Moore’s book, “Dude Where’s My Country?” (Warner Books, 2003) regarding the United States support for Israel:

• Moore dedicated his book, “Dude Where’s My Country?” to Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer who was killed March 16 when she climbed in front of a Caterpillar bulldozer that was destroying tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists to illegally smuggle weapons from Egypt into Gaza

• “Of course many Israeli children had died too, at the hands of the Palestinians. You would think that would make every Israeli want to wipe out the Arab world, but the average Israeli does not have that response. Why? Because IN THEIR HEARTS, THEY KNOW THEY ARE WRONG, AND THEY KNOW THEY WOULD BE DOING JUST WHAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE DOING IF THE SANDAL WERE ON THE OTHER FOOT.”

• “Hey, here’s a way to stop suicide bombings – give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel – four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians – they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone.”

• “Now I’m not just talking about your everyday anti-Semites. No, I’m talking about a perceived notion that we Americans are supporting Israel in its oppression of the Palestinian people. Now where did those Arabs come up with an idea like that? Maybe it was when the Palestinian child looked up in the air and saw and American Apache helicopter firing a missile into his baby sister’s bedroom just before she was blown into a hundred bits.”

- In 1987, Moore was honored by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for his “courageous efforts in journalism.” (ADC Times, January 1990, page 4) - In 1990, speaking before the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Moore announced that he would refuse to attend a screening of his movie, “Roger and Me,” which was being held in Jerusalem. He was quoted as saying that he would not attend until Israel ceased to occupy the West Bank and Gaza. (Arab American News, 1990)

- Moore attended and spoke at a June 5, 1990 demonstration protesting the continued Israeli occupation at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July, 2001)

- In October 2003, Moore was honored by the Muslim American Public Affairs Council (MPAC) with a media award. (www.mpac.org)

- In his book, “Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation,” Moore proposed that Congress give Israel 30 days to end the bloodshed taking place in its name, and if Israel does not do so, funding to Israel should be cut. He also noted that while individual terrorism is bad, state sponsored terrorism is truly evil. Moore also proposed that the Palestinians be given their statehood and receive twice as much economic assistance from the United States as Israel receives.

- “In Liverpool, [Moore] paused to contemplate the epicenters of evil in the modern world: “It’s all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton.” (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 26. 2004)

- Recently Moore had no comment when questioned about the rumor that members of Hezbollah had been involved in the distribution of Fahrenheit 9/11. (http://www.moorewatch.com)

- Moore tried to prevent Fahrenheit 9/11 from being shown in Israel. (New Yorker Magazine, February 16, 2004)

- Moore stated: “Anyway, the support Bush and the Republicans feign for Israel is because Israel is near our oil. If the oil wasn't there, I bet those same Republicans wouldn't [care] about Israel. " (Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2004)

Michael Moore on America:

- While promoting his book, “Dude Where’s My Country,” in Germany, Moore gave a speech in which he asserted that, “Americans are possibly the dumbest people on the planet….in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug pricks. We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don’t know about anything that’s happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.” (The Washington Dispatch, June 26, 2004)

- “I want Bush paraded in handcuffs outside of a police house as a common criminal because I don’t know if there’s a greater crime than taking people to war based on a lie. I’ve never seen anything like Bush and his people. They truly hate our Constitution, our rights and our liberties. They have no shame in fighting for their corporate sponsors.” (Quote from Moore in The Mirror, November 3, 2003)

- In his book, “Dude Where’s My Country,” Moore proposed that the Patriot Act is as un-American as “Mein Kampf.” He wrote, “The Patriot Act is the first step. ‘Mein Kampf’… ‘Mein Kampf’ was written long before Hitler came to power. And if the people of Germany had done something early on to stop these early signs, when the right-wing, when the extremists such as yourself, decide that this is the way to go, if people don’t speak up against this, you end up with something like what they had in Germany. I don’t want to get to that point.”

- In October of 2003, Moore was quoted in the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, as saying “there is no terrorist threat in this country. This is a lie. This is the biggest lie we’ve been told.”

- On his book tour to promote, “Dude Where’s My Country,” Moore stopped off in Cambridge, England, where he lamented before a large audience that, ‘You’re stuck with being connected to this country of mine, which is known for bringing sadness and misery to places around the globe.” (Newsmax.com, June 6, 2004)

- While on his recent book tour, Moore told a crowd in Berlin, “Don’t be like us. You’ve got to stand up, right? You’ve got to be brave.” (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 29, 2004)

- In an open letter to the German people in Die Zeit, Moore asked, “Should such an ignorant people [as the United States] lead the world? Don’t go the American way when it comes to economics, jobs and services for the poor and immigrants. It is the wrong way.” (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 30, 2004)


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1 posted on 07/21/2004 7:44:44 AM PDT by veronica
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To: veronica

If this were 1776 Moore would be the world's fatest Torry...his kind have always tried to sell out the America of our founders...


2 posted on 07/21/2004 7:52:02 AM PDT by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: veronica
The absolute ignorance of this fat little pig is astounding. The hate that is in his pea brain is comparable to a serious mental illness. He doesn't even have a clue as to why America will always (as long as Repubs are in charge)stand by Israel.

I truly believe he would really like to see Israel destroyed. I'm sure the Palies killing each other is a source of pain for him.After all if they are killing each other, they don't have time to kill Israeli's.

3 posted on 07/21/2004 7:55:02 AM PDT by marty60
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To: veronica

a thot that brings up a horrid vision... elton john dedicating 'candle in the wind' to michaelmoore


4 posted on 07/21/2004 7:55:54 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it)
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To: veronica
“Should such an ignorant people [as the United States] lead the world?"

If we're ignorant, how did we get to be the only superpower?

If we're ignorant, why do people prefer to be illegal aliens here rather than citizens in their own enlightened countries?

If we're ignorant, why do the lion's share of scientific advancements come from America?

People, as defined by their actions, think America has the best (now rapidly degrading) system.

If we did not, there would be no demand for black market American documents.

Why can a 30 year old man who is still in college see this and the elite cannot?

I weep for the future.
5 posted on 07/21/2004 7:58:57 AM PDT by Anvilhead (When danger reared its ugly head, Brave Sir Robin turned and fled)
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To: veronica
Everything that these leftist bastards believe is illogical and crazy. Including their support of the Palestinians.
6 posted on 07/21/2004 8:00:07 AM PDT by Jaysun (You can fool some of the people some of the time and that’s usually sufficient for Democrats.)
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To: Anvilhead; Grampa Dave; Cincinatus' Wife
Why can a 30 year old man who is still in college see this and the elite cannot?

Because the future is actually brighter than we think, and fools' ideas really can die with them. Every generation of Americans has to do as well or better than the previous. There's no other way. Taking seriously any concept of a "Greatest Generation" would doom us. This is your destiny. Take it. Live it. Don't look back.

7 posted on 07/21/2004 8:05:16 AM PDT by risk
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To: veronica
"- In October of 2003, Moore was quoted in the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, as saying “there is no terrorist threat in this country. This is a lie. This is the biggest lie we’ve been told.” "

And yet he made this huge movie about terrorists attacking our country....no threat - we're cool. What a moron....

8 posted on 07/21/2004 8:24:59 AM PDT by momfirst
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To: veronica
In 1987, Moore was honored by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for his “courageous efforts in journalism.”

Shouldn't that be the "Discriminating Arab Anti-American Committee?

Can anyone explain why Moore, after expressing such dislike for this country, would want to stay here and be associated with it? Certainly, France would take him, and he could move in with the waves of Muslim immigrants to that country.

It would save him from having to travel to get his next Palme d'or award for his next movie, "Why my crap looks like Bush" or whatever factually deprived equivalent movie he chooses to fabricate.

Is it just me, or is there an uncanny resemblance between Moore and Austin Powers' nemesis, Fat Bastard?

9 posted on 07/21/2004 8:28:29 AM PDT by SpinyNorman (Al Queda, Al Jazeera, Al Gore, Al Franken: the four horsemen of the Apocalypse)
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To: veronica

Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man
by David T. Hardy
and Jason Clarke

Moore: Americans are 'The Dumbest People on the Planet' Posted by kattracks


10 posted on 07/21/2004 8:46:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: veronica
“Hey, here’s a way to stop suicide bombings – give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel – four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians – they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone.”

I actually kind of like this idea. That place has been a political and religious hellhole for over two thousand years, and maybe this will finally finish it. If Iraq gets to be an established, stable democracy that's on good terms with us, then do we really need Israel?

11 posted on 07/21/2004 8:47:02 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: veronica

Michael Moore is that yucky scum that you wipe out of your tub after taking a shower.


12 posted on 07/21/2004 8:55:12 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
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To: antiRepublicrat
If Iraq gets to be an established, stable democracy that's on good terms with us, then do we really need Israel?

Even if Iraq becomes a stable democracy they will still need our money,weapons and most of all our TROOPS to survive. Israel on the other hand is a PROVEN stable democracy for the past 56 years, and doesnt need our Troops to protect herself. Unlike our "Muslim Allies" they are willing to sacrifice the lives of their own to protect Western Values, and they have a population that is very pro American. In Israel I dont see crowds of people screaming ALLAH AKBAR!!!!

As for the idea I also like it because the Israelis would win easily and the problem would be over.

13 posted on 07/21/2004 9:01:59 AM PDT by M 91 u2 K
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To: M 91 u2 K
, and they have a population that is very pro American.

Population, yes, in general. But the government treats us as an ally of convenience, and has done some pretty nasty stuff to us.

As for the idea I also like it because the Israelis would win easily and the problem would be over.

That would be my bet, too, since there's no way the militants could get organized for a modern war before they were massacred. Maybe Israel should just completely withdraw from all Palestinian areas, declare war on them (they're an external enemy now), and wipe them out.

14 posted on 07/21/2004 9:21:11 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: veronica

There is good in everyone, and I will show you how Michael Moore has at least hinted at some good. His "ideas" are so thoroughly fallacious and idiotic, that he becomes the test of intelligence; if you support Michael Moore, you possess none. And his final point, his exhortation to Germany NOT to follow the American way to success, can only further highlight the decrepit failure that is present day Germany's Social-Democratic political and economic system, and preclude any real economic competition from the EU.


15 posted on 07/21/2004 10:39:43 AM PDT by Richard Axtell
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To: risk
"Every generation of Americans has to do as well or better than the previous."


The fact that we do is one of the few things in this world that reveals the existence of the divine. Thanks for making me remember that.
16 posted on 07/22/2004 3:37:07 PM PDT by Anvilhead (When danger reared its ugly head, Brave Sir Robin turned and fled)
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