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November 11th, 2004

"Do the people not think about people like him when they are voting?"

From: O.G. Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:17 AM To: soldiers@michaelmoore.com Subject: W. Hey now, Michael, I just read 17 pretty good reasons why I shouldn't slit my wrists. I want to say thank you man. This country has been done a great service by you and those like you ... continue reading

October 25th, 2004

VOTE!!!VOTE!!!VOTE!!! The New Yorker shreds Mr. Bush. Meanwhile, the editorial board at The American Conservative can't settle on one person and instead make a conservative case for each option, including John Kerry. The Detroit News, a paper that has never failed to endorse Republican presidential candidates, endorses no one and ... continue reading

October 23rd, 2004

VOTING IS FUN! Could George W. Bush have gotten into a little trouble back in 1973 that would have required him to do community service? Contrary to his political claims, George W. Bush has made paying taxes more complicated. The GOP has found a new democratic voice to be feared: ... continue reading

September 8th, 2004

In 1999, Bush spokesman Dan Bartlett told the Washington Post that Bush finished his six-year commitment at a Boston area Air Force Reserve unit after he left Houston. Not so, Bartlett now concedes. ''I must have misspoke..." The Pentagon and Bush's campaign have claimed for months that all records detailing ... continue reading

August 9th, 2004

Pakistan has protested to the United States over what it says was an FBI sting operation involving a fake plot to kill Pakistan's UN envoy. Passport ID Technology Has High Error Rate, but what the hell...the State Department is moving ahead with the plan anyway. Condi says that President Bush ... continue reading

August 4th, 2004

Pepper spray attacks, fingers in the eye, banging heads on the floor, kicked, punched, tied up like a beast, and head stuffed in the toilet by the "Extreme Reaction Force." Did somebody say Geneva Convention? Somebody? Anybody? Thank god for separation of church and state. Sounds like a plan but ... continue reading

July 20th, 2004

Fahrenheit 911 is Fair and Balanced

by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / Common Dreams We've come to expect poisonous and unbalanced attacks from the paid far right propagandists denouncing Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 911." But more disturbing are the scolds from tepid moderate mainstream journalists who often fail to read their own newspapers. New York ... continue reading

June 22nd, 2004

More myths on Bush's so-called "junk and frivolous" lawsuits. WAR IN IRAQ Four US Marines were killed in Ramadi. A US air strike kills 22 Iraqis in Falluja, victims include women and children. But don't worry, the US is definitely not in a quagmire. A lawyer wants Bush to take ... continue reading

April 7th, 2004

The Buck Does Not Stop Woman deported from US spends her first night back in a park. (CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ--A YEAR LATER: An aide to Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr claims that some US soldiers have been captured. A laser guided missile kills 40 in a Mosque. Photographs. Iraq unrest ... continue reading

March 29th, 2004

(CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ--A YEAR LATER: Iraqi detentions fuel anti-US sentiment. Huge protests follow America's closing of an Iraqi newspaper accused of spreading misinformation. An Iraqi minister escapes an assassination attempt. Undercover police in Grand Rapids, MI monitored anti-war rallies. 9/11, AFGHANISTAN & THE "WAR ON TERROR": Read the transcripts ... continue reading

March 28th, 2004

Has George W. Bush permanently damaged the military? (CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ--A YEAR LATER: A rocket attack on a local government building in Mosul leaves four Iraqis dead. In two days of bombings and shootings, 21 have died... make that 23. On top of that, as of Friday 37 troops ... continue reading

March 26th, 2004

Is the situation in the Middle East actually the beginning of World War III? Another leader of the Coalition of the Willing is gone. (CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ--A YEAR LATER: US army finally gets it together to do something about soldier suicides as a new report shows very low morale. ... continue reading

March 19th, 2004

TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SPAIN Spain to re-join 'Old Europe.' Don't call it appeasement... it's called democracy, and we could probably learn a thing or two. Bush officials say that the Spanish government "mishandled" early reports on the bombing by steering away from blaming al Qaeda. The group that claimed responsibility ... continue reading

March 14th, 2004

TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SPAIN Spain says al Qaeda claims responsibility in a videotape, and have arrested 3 Moroccans and 2 Indians as mass protests and demonstrations spread across the country. The US meanwhile, seems reluctant to pin the blame on Osama's boys. One of the suspects has been linked to ... continue reading

March 10th, 2004

(CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ: Two US civilians and an Iraqi are killed. Watch the CBC's story on AWOL soldiers in America. Spying on allies to bring about war. If the White House has its way, we'll never see photos of the human cost of war in Iraq. An "unknown soldier" ... continue reading

March 8th, 2004

(CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ: Selling death for fun and profit and the wrong way to sell democracy to the Arab world. As US detains Iraqis, families plead for news. Iraq wants to put Saddam on trial, despite America's plans--which include a team of 50 lawyers and investigators from the US ... continue reading

March 3rd, 2004

(CIVIL?) WAR IN IRAQ On a Shia holy day, bomb attacks massacre 271 civilians in Iraq. The Bush administration missed opportunities to deal with the alleged bombing mastermind. Deaths of US soldiers continue to rattle small towns back home. The reporter who was persistent enough and bold enough to expose ... continue reading

February 29th, 2004

HAITI Jean-Bertrand Aristide flees Haiti (more here and here). Was the Bush administration supporting the rebels? Where did the rebels get their weapons? Did US troops escort Aristide from the country? With Aristide gone, Bush sends in the Marines. Has Bush been short on empathy? IRAQ The Brits end a ... continue reading

February 25th, 2004

Think the war in Iraq is over? Then don't go to the prosthesis workshop in Baghdad. Two US crewmembers were killed in a helicopter crash. A new Iraqi children's hospital backed by Laura Bush and is linked to a Bush family friend becomes a symbol of the administration's empty plan ... continue reading

February 13th, 2004

"My son died for absolutely nothing, for President Bush's personal vendetta." Two US soldiers die in Baghdad. The true extent of US casualties in Iraq are still unknown--but Britain's Channel 4 tries to get answers. Since Bush wasn't going to do it, five lieutenant governors got together to begin protecting ... continue reading

January 31st, 2004

An explosion in Baghdad kills four people. US deaths rise in the wake of Saddam's capture. But who are we kidding... Bush doesn't care because war doesn't cost the moneyed. The Army's top general said US forces may stay in Iraq until 2006. Will America get caught between their allies ... continue reading

January 12th, 2004

The Army has a scathing new report criticizing Bush and his war on terror. Saddam Hussein was topic "A" 10 days after Bush's inauguration - eight months before 9/11 (more here and here and here, and Bush's cabinet strikes back). Angry Iraqis want their jobs back and don't like their ... continue reading

January 8th, 2004

An explosion in Afghanistan kills 12 including 8 children. A US raid on a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad sparks a large protest. The US military is split over Rumsfeld's "kick down the door" policies in the war on terror. Thirteen journalists have been killed covering the Iraq War. In ... continue reading

January 3rd, 2004

Our troops are old enough to die but they can't drink. Don't understand? Read Here. The administration can't keep track of the number of Iraqis killed in the war but also can't keep track of our nuclear weapons keys. A 9/11 investigator admits that the US classifies too much. Iraq ... continue reading

December 26th, 2003

Air France cancels flights amid terror warning. Soldiers hit the streets. Cash strapped cities grapple with security costs. 3 soldiers killed in Baghdad--joining these others. The Brits make no apologies for a soldier who was killed in Iraq after being forced to hand over his body armor by his superiors. ... continue reading

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I signed this full-page ad in the New York Times calling on President Obama to close Guantanamo now: http://t.co/PgP0tDDxgW #closegitmo

May 24th
10:58 AM
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ALL killing is wrong. Just sayin' let's not feign shock when those innocents we've massacred might know ppl who may want to kill u or I.

May 24th
4:15 AM
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I am outraged that we can't kill people in other counties without them trying to kill us! http://t.co/CaQrq7YEzO http://t.co/IaiXUaUQro

May 23rd
2:14 AM
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Major congrats to Tavis Smiley whose 2,000th show will air Friday night. Honored to have participated in one or two or ten of them! #Tavis10

May 22nd
5:47 PM
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Disaster Porn. That's what it is. TV, just admit that's what you're doing. This isn't news. It's lazy, it's a distraction & it's fake. Stop.

May 22nd
1:47 AM
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More commentary on the efforts to kill "Citizen Koch" by WNET/ITVS: http://t.co/zUMeCBoO46

May 21st
8:54 PM
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"Bring Back Ken Starr" And u said Bill Keller couldn't write anything stupider than his column backing the Iraq war: http://t.co/BWvZTqND5U

May 21st
5:49 PM
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More on the attempt to suppress my friends' Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's Koch Bros/Citizens United documentary: http://t.co/ZnxporOc7Y

May 21st
12:27 PM
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But, thanks to fear of the Koch Bros, YOU may never see it. At least not on PBS. This stuff goes on all the time, u just never hear about it

May 20th
10:30 PM
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They worked on BowlingForColumbine & Fahrenheit9/11 & made the Oscar-nom film Trouble the Water. I've seen their KochBros film & it's great!

May 20th
10:23 PM
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A stunning NewYorker piece today about my colleagues Tia Lessin & Carl Deal & how their KochBros film is being killed http://t.co/MtLpPoOGlu

May 20th
9:55 PM
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Right now on HuffPostLive: Carl Deal & Tia Lessin discuss how the film was killed by Koch Brothers http://t.co/cd8FRDZtuy

May 20th
4:30 PM
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Malcolm X's b-day. At 4yrs old, white supremacists in East Lansing, MI set his house on fire. FD, all white, just stood by & watched it burn

May 19th
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RT @wastedsummers: @MMFlint Lots of people assuming Kanye meant new in the sense of recent, he means new in the sense of post-legal America…

May 19th
4:34 AM
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"@Myrone07: Yes he did!! They'll be mad once they run the tape again. Watch & see." I agree. West Coast-u will not see(onTV)what we just saw

May 19th
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RT @marionbarryjr: @MMFlint Not "new". The slavery loophole has been active since the passage of 13th amend. We need to take profit out of …

May 19th
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RT @PleasureDanger: @MMFlint except...it's not new....the racist prison industrial complex has been locking up black/brown ppl in dispropor…

May 19th
12:52 AM
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Wow. Kanye! Did that just air on TV? Amazing. "We da new slave." #SNL (CCA = Correction Corporation of America - the private prison system)

May 19th
12:48 AM
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So it turns out the War on Terror is never going to end: http://t.co/SWMx4HKjmI Why? See Fahrenheit 9/11: http://t.co/3G3PqrrMNo

May 18th
4:06 PM
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Great time last night on Bill Maher (& @galifianakisz !). Sat next to good-looking brainiacs S.E Cupp & Andrew Ross Sorkin. May've worn off.

May 18th
4:04 PM
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Close Guantanamo Full Page Ad To Appear in New York Times ...by Emma Kaplan www.michaelmoore.com An irresistible and irrepressible demand must well up from...

May 23rd
1:29 PM
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Last night on the Colbert Report -- "I guess for a donation of $75 you get the PBS tote bag. And for $23 million, you get PBS's nut sack." May...

May 23rd
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I signed this ad about the Guatanamo hunger strikers and calling for the prison to be closed that will appear in the New York Times tomorrow: Our Message in...

May 22nd
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Statement about “A Word From Our Sponsor,” by Carl Deal & Tia Lessin www.citizenkoch.com We decided to go public with our experience hoping that, like the...

May 22nd
12:10 PM
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Problems at PBS, From Rose to Koch www.fair.org It is a fascinating and frightening look at how this kind of pressure works, where a public TV station is so...

May 21st
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Mass Rally for Bradley Manning! Ft. Meade, MD. June 1 | MichaelMoore.com www.michaelmoore.com Sponsored by the Bradley Manning Support Network and the...

May 21st
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How Far Did PBS Go To Placate Sponsor? - HuffPost Live live.huffingtonpost.com The Koch brothers are a frequent boogeyman for liberals due to their vast sums...

May 20th
5:20 PM
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Read this blockbuster New Yorker article about how public TV cowardice helped defang one documentary criticizing the Koch Brothers and then defund another...

May 20th
8:21 AM
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Tonight! It's yours truly and Zach Galifianakis on Bill Maher, 10 PM ET/PT (rerun at 11:30 PM ET/PT) on HBO. HBO: Real Time with Bill Maher: Homepage...

May 17th
6:59 PM
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ICYMI -- It's time to re-up our walks! Got the flu in March & that threw off my routine. Decided to get back at it. Join me! We're on twitter at...

May 16th
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The Deepening Shame of Guantanamo ...by Ray McGovern www.michaelmoore.com We have been spared hearings on how 86 of the remaining 166 prisoners at Guantanamo...

May 16th
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I just signed this, and hope you will too: Urge NYT Public Editor to Investigate Biased Reporting on Venezuela & Honduras | NYTimes eXaminer...

May 15th
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My Breasts and My Life Not as Valuable as Angelina's ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com What of the women like me who do not have insurance or enough...

May 14th
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Daily Kos: Thomas Friedman, private eye www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen

May 14th
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The first Mother's Day in 1870, proclaimed by Julia Ward Howe (author of Battle Hymn of the Republic), was a call for peace and disarmament: ...

May 12th
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The workers of Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors, seen during their 2008 sit down strike in 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' just opened a new...

May 12th
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It's time to re-up our walks! Got the flu in March & that threw off my routine. Decided to get back at it today. Join me! We're on twitter at...

May 11th
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Please check out this post from Cathy Youngblood, a housekeeper at the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood, and the campaign she's a part of, Hyatt Hurts:
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May 10th
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The workers of Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors, seen here during their 2008 sit down strike in 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' are opening a...

May 9th
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Michael Moore touts Mayor Bloomberg’s gun control campaign: ‘It’s wonderful!’ www.nydailynews.com Michael Moore isn't known for his high praise of...

May 8th
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Ribbon cut on new downtown movie theater www.amny.com Filmmakers Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock Tuesday welcomed the arrival of an all-documentary theater...

May 8th
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'And Then There Was One: Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth' ...by Tom Engelhardt www.michaelmoore.com

May 7th
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Reminder: The U.S. Government Lies About Who Uses Chemical Weapons in the Mideast ...by Jon Schwarz www.michaelmoore.com The State Department guy who lied in...

May 6th
6:22 PM
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From This Modern World: Daily Kos: Threat assessment www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen

May 6th
3:57 PM
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RootsAction | Nominees for Worst Government Official act.rootsaction.org Here come three new Obama nominees, and they could all be nominees in a contest for...

May 6th
2:36 PM
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Donna Smith, seen in 'SiCKO' and a contributor to MichaelMoore.com, has a new blog: Donna SiCKO's Blog donnasicko.blogspot.com

May 5th
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Bill Maher Slams Hype Over Boston Bombing Case Don't Let Terrorist 'F-ck-Ups' Scare Us Bill Maher closed out his show tonight with an appeal...

May 4th
4:13 PM
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Health Care Injustice in America – Painful Reality ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com So, how did I get myself to the place where I do not have coverage?

May 2nd
7:15 PM
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Top Economist Unloads On Wall Street & White House - HuffPost Live live.huffingtonpost.com Economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs...

May 2nd
12:13 PM
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The Pope Called One Of The Foundations Of The Global Capitalism System 'Slavery' www.businessinsider.com Pope Rips Bangladesh Slave Labor

May 2nd
10:58 AM
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