The French Can Keep Him

I guess...

Moore says Disney is blocking release of his movie

Heaven forbid Disney do the right thing and block what must be a typical hatchet job from Mr. Moore at least until after the election. Moore's lies should not be allowed to affect this election.

Speaking of Disney, I heard a report that Ron Jeremy was spotted signing autographs for little kids at good ol' Disney Land. How bout them apples.

I did a google search to figure out who Ron Jeremy was. I think I'll be in trouble tomorrow from the IT police.

I saw today where Disney said that they had said all along they were not going to allow this to be distributed by one of their companies, and someone speculted that Mr. Moore was claiming "censorship" to boost his propaganda film's chances at Cannes. (Like it needs any help from that crowd.)

Censorship? Mr. Moore knows nothing about free enterprise. He may be in for the fight of his life if the Disney owned company has the distribution rights and isn't going to distribute it.

Now here's something I'm sick of. People claiming censorship when there is none. If the government shuts you up, that's censorship. Businesses aren't going to put out propaganda that is going to cause them to lose money. All the Constitution guarantees is that the government can't shut you up.

Someone more literate should be able to answer this question. From what I recall, the title of Mr. Moore’s most recent movie is a take off on “Fahrenheit 451”. Most of what Mr. Moore proposes in his other works actually represents a much more restrictive form of government to cure our social ills. Is this irony on his part, or simply a small mind?

If I were Ray Bradbury (author of "Fahrenheit 451"), I would not be happy with Mr. Moore. I don't think Moore is as acquainted with irony as he is with vitriol. Irony gives you a sly punch in the ribs. His screeds are a whap upside the head. Which, in my mind at least, proves what I have often suspected: the cogency of one's argument is inversely proportional to the decibel level at which it is expressed.

I wish Mr. Moore would outsource himself--and take Molly Ivins with him.

Michael Moore is 2000 miles left of left.

He is a genious when it comes to marketing - he is actually promoting his movie free of charge by creating this storm in a tea cup.

If Disney does not want to release it, he can take it to anyone who will - no one is stopping him from doing so, but no - milk as much promotion as you can Mooooooooo.

Michael Mooooo needs to be treated for BSE - or be part of a pyramid in some jail somewhere

Questions:

Has Michael Moore ever actually made a movie? It seems that he just goes around and films himself and then edits it to suit his prejudices and his narrative.

Has Michael Moore actually ever worked a day in his life?

What was Michael Moore's response to 911? Seems that his response was to release a fake-u-mentary about the dangers of guns of any kind. Seems he'd have been more timely if he'd made a movie about the dangers of airliners in the hands of extremist Muslims. But I guess that would not fit his prejudices.

Oh - but lumping poor Molly Ivans into the same group - now even she is not that left.

Well - OK,you got me there, but you have to admit we do need varying opinions on the political direction of this country, otherwise we might as well live a dictatorship. As long as there are people and freedom, we should celebrate the fact that even people that we disagree with have the freedom to express their views. The fact that we disagree, or even disagree with their tactics, is a freedom in itself than many people are not allowed.

Randy, I fully agree with that statement. That's why I said I wish Moore would leave; I would never force him to leave.

People like him are so intransigent in their stance and so unwilling to engage in meaningful debate that you wonder if they actually contribute anything to the public discourse. It's difficult to have a battle of wits with someone who's unarmed.

Fahrenheit 451 is an anti-censorship book. It is perfectly logical, and even predictable, for a liberal like Moore to support civil liberties like free speech. Anyone that doesn't support the First Amendment isn't much of a liberal.

I don’t favor a constitutional amendment banning flag burning.
If you burn a flag in front of me, I may park my car on top of you.

I don’t own an SUV because I abhor the waste.
You, however, can drive whatever you want.

I will go to all lengths to protect the right of free speech.
March down my street in white hooded robes and I will throw bricks.

Mr. Moore can produce whatever he wants. His rights are worth fighting for.
His wrongs are a matter that can be dealt with monetarily.
I don’t have to buy anything from whoever sponsors his work.

On a side note, have you ever wondered why conservatives can’t figure out how to boycott?

Here is my thought on this:

I will go to all lengths to protect the right of free speech.
March down my street in white hooded robes and I will ignore you.


If the KKK did not get protesters and press every time they marched, maybe they would stop. (Just send someone from the FBI to take pictures of them when they take their hoods off and keep them in a file somewhere. You never know when it will come in handy. )

Below the Straka article is Michael Moore's arrogant response.

By Mike Straka (FOX News)
Michael Moore's publicity machine is at it again.


His "controversial" documentary "Fahrenheit 911" (search) won the (GASP) Palme d' Or at the annual gluttonfest Cannes Film Festival, where the Hollywood elite get to rub shoulders with their loving French counterparts — who, by the way, like to limit the number of American movies that are allowed into their country to "protect" the French film industry. Yet we flock there nonetheless.

Moore's theories on Big Bad America are so hypocritical I wish I didn't have to mention his name in my column. Look, "Bowling For Columbine" was a very well-made documentary, whether you agree with its message or not. And I'm pretty certain so is "Fahrenheit."

What Grrrs me is how Moore loves to point out how Big Bad America is nothing but a giant money machine, willing to sacrifice our childrens' lives to our "innocent" gun-toting killers because the gun industry stands to lose money with regulation. He then confronts Charlton Heston and Dick Clark and tries to invoke either an apology from them or to get them to help change America to match his view of how the country would be better. He goes on to sing the praises of Canada's non-violent society (anyone for a nice game of kick-the-crap-out-of-each- other — eh hum — I mean hockey?).

But one need only to look at the title of both of his "films" — which are at least partially shot on Sony digital cameras, actually — to see that he is profiting more than anybody else from the tragedies that have befallen our country. And he stands to profit more with his latest. Check out this quote from the "Crusader of the Little Man" Moore, on his booed Oscar speech two years ago:

"When everyone was saying that any person who criticized America at a time of war would be shunned and boycotted and ignored and vilified, the sales of my books and movies went through the roof."

Gee Michael, I'm so glad our nation's tragedies are so good for your career. Did you give any of that profit to the families of the kids who were killed at Columbine? Will you be donating money to 9-11 memorials or families?

Or are they just convenient, headline-grabbing titles for your own money making machine?

Hey, Michael, you have every right to make money. That's part of the freedom we're all privileged to have thanks to the thousands of lives sacrificed in the name of the United States of America. But let's call a spade a spade. We're not all "stupid white men," and neither are you.

Michael Moore's Response ... Grrr!

"A significant portion of the proceeds of "Fahrenheit 9/11" will go toward convincing every thinking American to turn off the Fox News Channel. This will be my contribution to making America a better place. I hope they enjoy this year, their last year with actual viewers." — Michael Moore

Now that statement is enough to make any "thinking" American go Grrr! Thanks for your response. Good luck with your film.

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As an aside, we must not mistake free speech for unfettered access to speech distribution systems or freedom to put out whatever you please through those systems.

I disagree, "free speech" is just that. Free. We can't dictate what will be "free speech" or how it will be communicated. It's contradicting.

I wouldn't consider that to be free speech. That would be lack of common sense and manners, unless of course there was a fire!