http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/richanticapitalist/ en-us Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:42:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929490/posts DUBLIN, Ireland - Heather Mills McCartney, who is reportedly seeking millions of dollars in her breakup with Paul McCartney, denounced the world's rich as misers and snobs Wednesday. Mills McCartney delivered the critical comments during her 90-minute speech to the debating society of Trinity College Dublin. Former model Mills McCartney, 39, married the 65-year-old music legend in 2002 and gave birth to the couple's only child, Beatrice, a year later. But the couple separated last year, and McCartney filed for divorce alleging "unreasonable behavior" by his wife. Mills McCartney said she was reluctantly obliged to befriend the world's wealthy because... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929490/posts#comment Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:42:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1892207/posts So as you all know, it's the 9/11 anniversary next Tuesday. On Monday night (10th september) Channel 4 in the UK (one of the 5 main terrestrial tv networks) has decided to show fahrenheit 9/11. Isn't that a complete disgrace? Am I making something out of nothing or is this just a complete insult and exploitation as I believe it is. http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/TV/ Look for monday the 10th 9pm. I only know this in advance because they've been advertising it for ages including in the middle of a 9/11 documentary they just showed. I'd imagine if ANY of the major US... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1892207/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 21:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885808/posts In a variant of the Golden Rule, Kevin Leffler has recently done to Michael Moore what Michael Moore has done to so many others.  In Shooting Michael Moore Mr. Leffler produces a commendable documentary that shows Michael Moore to be something other than that self-anointed, compassionate advocate for the "little guy." Echoing the format of Moore's first documentary, Roger and Me, Mr. Leffler, a former schoolmate and friend of Michael Moore, seeks out the elusive Moore.  It is quickly evident that Moore (not unlike Al Gore) does not appreciate confrontation or having the truth or the effects of his body... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885808/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:35:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872310/posts You now have the opportunity to print and carry your very own "'SiCKO' Health Care Card." Playing the 'SiCKO' card has worked for a family in DeBary, Florida, whose daughter suffered profound hearing loss and was denied a cochlear implant. Her father sent a letter to Cigna asking, "has your CEO ever been in a film before?" Before he knew it, his daughter's denial was overturned. It also worked for a family in Flint, Michigan who was stuck with a $66,000 medical bill until they posted their healthcare horror story on YouTube. Click here to see what happened next. Download... Michael Moore dot com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872310/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:34:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870732/posts Sicko Propaganda Humberto Fontova Monday, July 23, 2007 "We cannot, for a second, abandon propaganda" wrote Castro in a letter to a revolutionary colleague in 1954. "Propaganda is vital — propaganda is the heart of all struggles." Michael Moore claims that Cuba's Stalinist regime played it as straight with him during the filming of Sicko as he plays it with its viewers. "I asked them to give us [the 9/11 workers featured in the documentary] the same care they give their own Cuban citizens," he assured us "No more, no less. And that's what they did." You cringe at having... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870732/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:57:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863250/posts Filmmaker Michael Moore went off on CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer during an interview Monday to promote his latest documentary 'Sicko'. Moore blasted the anchor and the network for not doing enough to stop the Iraq war and for doing a 'crap' report on his new film. Moore also mocked the pronunciation of chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Breitbart via Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863250/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:18:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861019/posts <p>On July 2, 2007, the Iranian news agency Mehr, reported that Michael Moore will be invited to Iran by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center for a screening of his new film "Sicko" at an Iranian festival for documentary films called Reality Cinema. The festival is set to take place in Tehran from October 15-19.</p> MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861019/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jul 2007 01:19:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831379/posts MAY 10--Director Michael Moore is being investigated by the Treasury Department for traveling to Cuba in violation of a U.S. trade embargo. In a May 2 letter, the Office of Foreign Assets Control informed Moore that he was the subject of a civil investigation stemming from the filmmaker's March trip to Cuba. Moore reportedly traveled there with 9/11 rescue workers who were seeking medical care. The trip was filmed as part of Moore's documentary "Sicko," which examines the U.S. health care industry (and premieres at the Cannes film festival on May 19). In the letter to Moore, a copy of... Smoking Gun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831379/posts#comment Thu, 10 May 2007 16:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789851/posts Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, and the Rest of the World Michael Shank | February 16, 2007Editor: John Feffer, IRC Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Venezuela. Along the way, Chomsky also commented on climate change, the World Social Forum, and why international relations are run like the mafia. Shank: With similar nuclear developments in North Korea and Iran, why has the United States pursued direct diplomacy with North Korea... Foreign Policy In Focus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789851/posts#comment Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:50:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712732/posts Speaking at a Washington symposium on the continuing threat posed by illegal drugs to American society, Calvina Fay of the Drug Free America Foundation declared billionaire George Soros to be an "extremely evil person" who wants to legalize dangerous mind-altering drugs. Sounding a battle cry as critical November elections approach, Fay told the assembled conservative activists that Soros, an atheist who is a major funder of the Democratic Party and liberal-left causes, is "our common enemy" and that he is determined to subvert traditional values and undermine America's families. Soros, convicted of insider trading in France, is a financial speculator... Media Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712732/posts#comment Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:03:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642076/posts Michael Moore tries to avoid photographers as he arrives at the Food Bank 'Can-Do' awards gala in New York April 25, 2006. A U.S. war veteran who lost both arms in Iraq has sued the Oscar-winning director for $85 million, saying television clips were used without his permission in the anti-war documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and gave a false impression that he opposed the war. (Chip East/Reuters) Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642076/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jun 2006 01:46:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586558/posts Self-proclaimed alternative energy proponent Sen. Ted Kennedy has strongly opposed an environmentally friendly "wind farm” off the coast of Massachusetts – and now it appears Kennedy will have his way. A proposal before Congress would limit the construction of wind turbines and most likely doom plans for the Cape Wind Project, the nation’s first offshore wind farm. [Editor’s Note: Read the book that first exposed Sen. Kennedy’s hypocrisy -- Go Here Now.] "This is a dire moment for us,” declared Mark Rodgers, a Cape Wind Associates spokesman, who said the proposal "would be totally fatal” for the project. The Cape... newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586558/posts#comment Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:17:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583973/posts A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy. Paul Trost, 20, a student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Mass., says he was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success. "Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch of bull," Trost said of the introduction, which occurred in the school's student center... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583973/posts#comment Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:13:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524600/posts Media mogul Ted Turner wants to turn the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas into a peace park and a U.N.-protected World Heritage Site to honor the thousands of young men who died during the Korean War. Turner first raised the idea of a peace park during a visit to the two Koreas this summer, and urged both sides to sign a peace treaty as a first step. North and South Korea technically remain at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a cease-fire instead of a peace treaty. But the CNN founder went further at a dinner Thursday... Newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524600/posts#comment Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:28:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483205/posts By Jeannette Walls MSNBC Updated: 9:30 a.m. ET May 6, 2004 Michael Moore is making headlines with his controversial documentary, but one group is targeting the filmmaker for his waistline. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has selected the gadfly filmmaker as one of its Flab Five; and is treating him to a Veg Eye for the Fat Guy makeover. Looks like the Downsize This author has been doing too much supersizing,notes PETA. We'll be sending him a nice little care package, a makeover kit filled with health and diet tips, PETA's vegetarian starter kit, and suggestions on how... msnbc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483205/posts#comment Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:51:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1482781/posts Controversial film-maker Michael Moore is planning to make a hard-hitting documentary based on US President George W. Bush's handling of the Hurricane Katrina rescue operation. Moore grabbed international acclaim with his scathing 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11, which studied Bush's handling of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Oscar winner is now "seriously considering" documenting the catastrophe in America's Gulf Coast region. He tells the New York Daily News, "There is much to be said and done about the man-made annihilation of New Orleans, caused not by a hurricane but by the very specific decisions made by the Bush administration in... IMDB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1482781/posts#comment Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:00:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1363574/posts What's fat and white and still doesn't know it's all over? Michael Moore. Yes, the hairy, four-eyed, film-hustling freak has yet to accept the will of the American people and President Bush's re-election. That's right; "Shamoo with a camera" is still out there bashing America and the War on Terrorism. His latest attempt: promoting a global day of protest on the two-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion. This time Michael Moore is eating (I mean, teaming) with an organization called United for Peace and Justice. The global day of protest is set for Saturday, March 19th and calls for vigils,... HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1363574/posts#comment Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1296766/posts © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Michael Moore (courtesy United Artists) Don't blame Hollywood for Sen. John Kerry's defeat in the presidential election last month, says filmmaker Michael Moore, who insists activist entertainers made the race closer than it would have been otherwise. Reacting to charges that his polarizing activism galvanized Republicans, Moore -- director of the provacative, anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit 9/11" -- contended Kerry lost the race simply because he was "not the best candidate." "For the last month, we've had to listen to a lot of conservative pundits talk about how Democrats need to run away from Hollywood," Moore told reporters before addressing... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1296766/posts#comment Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:56:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1292719/posts Broadcast airs Sunday, taped last night.. Associated Press Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1292719/posts#comment Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:11:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1256883/posts 9PM Rally at SeaGate Convention Center, downtown Toledo. Micheal Moore filled the house with 5000+ screaming, demented, mislead morons. Gloria Steinam's daughter first speaker: "Get your hands off my ovaries!" + other pab. Pitiful speaker. No presence, no power, no authority. Then Wade "Red" Kapsucavich - Marcy Kaptur's former intern (Socialist, Toledo). An unashamed Red. Politically very similar to Lenin. Has big boosters in the local Democratic machine- they have picked him for big things. Introduced Moore - lied about President Bush. Then the "Big Man" or BM as I call him - Michael Moore. What an imbecile. No script.... On Site Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1256883/posts#comment Tue, 26 Oct 2004 02:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205654/posts Who says that God doesn't have a sense of humor? My regular readers will remember that at the Democratic National Convention, I found myself sitting a few feet from filmmaker Michael Moore. I had been eager to talk with Moore about his positions on Israel, since I had read several negative comments attributed to him. I tried to speak with him, but he turned me away. But last night at the Republican National Convention, I was working on my laptop from one of the press desks when a Secret Service agent suddenly walked in and told me that the empty... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205654/posts#comment Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205381/posts HEWITT: Sitting across from me Terry McAuliffe. Strike me dead. It’s so good to see you here Mr. Chairman. It’s good to have you at the Democratic National Convention and at the Republican National Convention MCAULIFFE: Who would have thought that I’d be going around with a credential at the Republican Convention. HEWITT: Can you stay for a couple of hours? MCAULIFFE: Love to. Love it here. Everybody is being hospitable to me. HEWITT: I want to start with some very easy questions. MCAULIFFE: Yeah. HEWITT: Do you believe that John Kerry took a CIA man into Cambodia and kept... hughhewitt.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205381/posts#comment Thu, 2 Sep 2004 05:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1178960/posts USA Today is often dismissed by critics as the "McPaper"; it is apparently considered risible in some circles that, like McDonald's and unlike, say, the New York Times, a newspaper should serve up something that people across the country actually want. For those on the go, USA Today provides a concise and to-the-point approach to the news that its more prestigious competitors lack. (In last Friday's reports on the 9/11 panel, for example, USA Today got to the panel's most important recommendation, a new national intelligence director, in less than 80 words; it took the Times over 250.) So it's... TAS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1178960/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:44:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1176032/posts Australian government minister brands US moviemaker an ugly American Wed Jul 21, 4:24 PM ET Add Offbeat - AFP to My Yahoo! CANBERRA (AFP) - US filmmaker Michael Moore, whose anti-war documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, has been praised and savaged by critics around the world, was described by an Australian government minister Wednesday as "the quintessential ugly American." Moore's film, which won the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival (news - web sites), has attracted sell-out audiences in Australia where it has been viewed by some critics as a justified critique of US President George W. Bush (news -... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1176032/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jul 2004 02:55:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1161136/posts Scenes in Fahrenheit 911 of U.S. soldiers taunting and sexually humiliating Iraqi civilians following the successful invasion were shot by Urban Hamid, an embedded Swedish-Iraqi journalist who is presently a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado, the university's student newspaper Camera disclosed today (Tuesday). Moore has declined to respond to questions from interviewers about whether he resorted to subterfuge in order to embed photographers among U.S. forces and has been criticized for not showing footage of the abuses to U.S. military authorities earlier. But Camera reported that the controversial footage by Hamid was actually shown at a theater in... IMDB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1161136/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:50:33 GMT