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It falls to Michael Moore’s empty stomach to help explain to me the difference between hope and optimism. “Right now, I’m hoping that somebody will feed me today,” he says. But that hope is passive. It may whet his appetite, but the disappointment will be all the more crushing if it isn’t satisfied. On the other hand, he explains, optimism is constructive, strategic. “I’m in a first world country, and somewhere I have a wallet with a credit card and some money in it. So the optimist in me has credibility, because it’s safe to say I will eat. Does...

Michael Moore today posted his "15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now" on his DailyKos diary. I'll analyze it here to spare you a visit to the Kos Kidz. Let's see what Mr. Moore wants us to do... You've Seen the Movie -- Now It's Time to ACT! Shock! Here comes Moore's real agenda which the MSM seems all too eager to ignore. 2. Congress must join the civilized world and expand Medicare For All Americans. A single, nonprofit source must run a universal health care system that covers everyone. No doubt Mr. Moore hopes Obama's "choice and competition"...

Michael Moore: Take All Your Money Out of Banks and Stocks By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-10-22 13:59 Schlockumentary producer Michael Moore Thursday advised his readers to take all their money out of banks that received bailout funds AND divest themselves completely of American stocks. Such lunacy was posted [1] at Moore's website as part of a list of things he recommends people do "to fight back and try to fix this very broken system." Moore began by listing five truly hysterical demands of the President and Congress: 1. Declare a moratorium on all home evictions. Not one more family should...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A film festival being organized by left-wing director Michael Moore has some right-wing competition. A local activist and a conservative group from Texas said Wednesday they were putting together an alternative to the Traverse City Film Festival, which Moore and residents of this Lake Michigan community are organizing. "People are fed up and tired with the extreme left-wing radical fringe — America haters, family haters, Christian haters," said Genie Aldrich, a resident of nearby Suttons Bay and founder of the Traverse Bay Freedom Film Festival. She tried unsuccessfully last month to dissuade the city commission from...

Oscar-winner Michael Moore has taken a veiled swipe at Mel Gibson's controversial movie The Passion Of The Christ - his revenge after Gibson refused to back Fahrenheit 9/11. Moore was disappointed when the Australian heart-throb actor pulled out his financial backing of his expose of George W. Bush's regime and his reaction to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Braveheart star then refused to join Moore for a joint discussion with Time Magazine's editors, who were considering them for a joint Man Of The Year award last year. On the subject of Gibson's biblical opus, Moore tells Vanity Fair, "If...

Democratic Party filmmaker Michael Moore is warning that the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy is trying to deny him an Oscar for his celebrated schlockumentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," complaining that "top Republicans" are trying to intimidate the Academy Awards with threats of a Hollywood boycott. "A group of top Republicans took out a full page ad in USA Today (and placed a similar one in the Hollywood trade magazine, Variety)," Moore noted last week in a message posted to his Web site. "The point of the ad was to say that while they, as right wing conservatives, were proud of getting rid of...

On November 2, 2004, over 59 million Americans voted for him (according to the media)...but NOT ME! * Over 59 million Americans voted to retain a President who was quoted as saying that Osama bin Laden (the mastermind behind the deaths of over 3000 people) is "not important"...but NOT ME! * Over 59 million Americans voted to approve the slaughter of American soldiers and innocent Iraqi men, women, and children over nonexistent weapons of mass destruction...but NOT ME! * Over 59 million Americans voted to approve the second class citizenship of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Americans...but NOT ME! *...

Dear Friends, We’ve only got two hours left on the East Coast! I am in Cleveland and the turnout is huge. It was the same this morning as we went to polling sites in Florida. People waited for three hours to vote, but no one was deterred. One man told me “I’d wait in this line three days if I had to.” It’s raining here in Ohio, we’ve got a big bus and we’re pulling people out of their homes (gently!) handing out free umbrellas, ponchos, and bottles of water (the last item being slightly unnecessary, considering how soaked all...

TAMPA - A political street theater scene with shouting matches between supporters of George W. Bush and John Kerry erupted near Hyde Park late Monday when filmmaker Michael Moore showed up for a speech. Moore, famous for his anti- Bush film ``Fahrenheit 9/11,'' accompanied by Roseanne Barr, spoke to volunteers for MoveOn.org. In the parking lot of a closed gas station surrounded by a chain-link fence on Azeele Street, he told a crowd of about 200 that he'll have hundreds of amateur and professional videographers on hand in Florida on Election Day to document voter complaints. ``The cameras will come...

Dear Friends, I had dinner recently with a well-known pollster who had often worked for Republicans. He told me that when he went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" he got so distraught he twice had to go out in the lobby and pace during the movie. "The Bush White House left open a huge void when it came to explaining the war to the American people," he told me. "And your film has filled that void -- and now there is no way to defeat it. It is the atomic bomb of this campaign." He told me how he had conducted...

Rarely do I do this, and I never thought I'd have to on this subject... My sister, who lives overseas, would like me to call her, prepared to talk about UnfairHate 7-11 (I refuse even to call it by its right name if I can avoid it). Do any of you have a favorite debunking site? I'm poking around on MooreWatch and coming up only with fragmentary reports, so far.

Open Letter from Michael Moore to President George W. Bush 8/27/2004 3:47:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Mark Benoit, 917-399-6953 or sachs@kensunshineconsultants.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is an open letter from Michael Moore to President George W. Bush: August 26, 2004 It Takes Real Courage to Desert Your Post and Then Attack a Wounded Vet Dear Mr. Bush, I know you and I have had our differences in the past, and I realize I am the one who started this whole mess about "who did what" during Vietnam when I brought up that "deserter" nonsense...

Moore's film has sparked controversy across the world Kuwait has banned Michael Moore's controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, calling the film insulting to the Saudi Arabian royal family. Authorities in Kuwait, a US ally, also objected to the film's criticism of America's invasion of Iraq. "We have a law that prohibits insulting friendly nations," said Abdul-Aziz Bou Dastour of the Information Ministry. The controversy over Fahrenheit 9/11 has helped it break box office records for a documentary. The film, which won the Cannes Film Festival, was the first documentary to make $100m (£54.5m) in North America. It criticises President George Bush...

Soldier Says "Young and Impressionable" Soldiers Just Returned from Iraq Deployments Are "Being Made to Feel Ashamed" of Their Service The National Center for Public Policy Research has posted online an e-mail received from a soldier, Spc. Joe Roche of the 1st Armored Division, who says Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 is "making the rounds" among soldiers at U.S. military bases overseas and is "shocking and crushing soldiers, making them feel ashamed" of their service in Iraq. The letter has been published online by The National Center without abridgment. The full text can be found here. Some excerpts: "Michael Moore's...

[excerpted] Moviemaker Michael Moore is entitled to his opinion. I even respect his audacity. I mean, come on? Who else has the guts to make up such garbage about any sitting president (unless you believe that former President Bill Clinton is innocent of sexual harassment — in which case Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Monica Lewinsky and Juanita Broaddrick are all just as audacious). I'm not going to sit here and point out the inaccuracies in Moore's film. You can get that on any number of Web sites or news stories. Look, "Fahrenheit 911" is an overwhelming success, considering the historical...

Visitors to Michael Moore's official website may soon be treated to what I consider an extremely a bizarre, grotesque, and outright tasteless series of images intended as a political attack upon President Bush. The images seem to be located in a hidden yet publicly available directory on Moore's website but, as far as I can tell from looking around the site and doing a google search, they aren't on any linked part of the page yet. The image features a "composite" poster made up of what appear to be several hundred photographs of deceased soldiers arranged to display a likeness...

Micheal moore does it again with this hit movie that exposes Bush and the Conservative (loser lobby) once again! It's the most unbiased and awesome movie I've ever seen! It's awesome and fantastic! Yes yes I know! You conservatives are all mad at him because he's excercising his freedom of speech which all of you hated since the days you imposed jim crow and mcarthyism. Dont cry babies! Your just mad because everything he said is right and everything you say is a lie. Boooooo hoooooo! Dont cry! You can always make up your own movie about bill Clinton or...

Here's my theory: I don't believe these people really are Republicans. They are just using a word they heard because the word was associated with tradition, common sense and saving money. So they stuck the label on themselves. After all, who was the first Republican you heard about in history class? Honest Abe Lincoln - the guy good enough to be on the penny and the five-dollar bill! These people are, in truth, Republican In Name Only - RINOs. Ask them a series of questions. Do you want a clean environment? Would you live in a neighbourhood with black people?...