Mother of Pat Tillman, Michael Moore, speak out about Gen. McChrystal's appointment to teach at Yale
The mother of Pat Tillman and filmmaker Michael Moore have something to say about Yale University’s hiring of Gen. Stanley McChrystal.Mary Tillman, whose discovery that McChrystal orchestrated the cover-up of her son’s death by friendly fire in Afghanistan, is depicted in Amir Bar-Lev's documentary "The Tillman Story" tells us the ...
Review: 'The Tillman Story' hits with force
"The Tillman Story" is a story that won't go away, won't leave you alone, won't let you feel at ease. Intensely dramatic, filled with elevated heroism, crass self-interest and blatant stupidity, it's a paradigmatic narrative of our tendentious, turbulent times.It's also a mark of how remarkable the tale of Pat ...
Tillman's parents: Army still hasn't told the truth
(CNN) -- Six years removed from the death of their son -- former NFL star Pat Tillman -- in Afghanistan, Patrick and Mary Tillman say they haven't gotten the full truth from the U.S. Army and don't expect to. "No, we don't know the whole truth," Mary Tillman said on ...
"The Tillman Story" Is Heroic Filmmaking
William Tucumseh Sherman once said "War is Hell."In Amir Bar-Lev's skillfully composed documentary "The Tillman Story," the audience gets to see that war is also wasteful, heartbreaking, ruinous and shrouded in deceit.The film opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, with a wider release set for Sept. 3.There ...
VIDEO: Pat Tillman's Mom: McChrystal Helped in Cover-Up
(CBS) Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career with the Arizona Cardinals to join the U.S. Army Rangers after September 11. In 2004, Pat was shot and killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire. But the story told by the government was quite different. Mary Tillman, Pat's mother, documents her ...
VIDEO: Michael Moore Hosts 'The Tillman Story' Q&A at New York Premiere
Michael Moore discusses 'The Tillman Story' with (L-R) Actor Josh Brolin, former soldier Russell Baer, producer John Battsek and director Amir Bar-Lev following a special screening at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 on August 11, 2010 in New York City.Part 1:Part 2:Part 3:
There is one moment, in a film with many such moments, that just punches you in the gut. It was at the public memorial service held for Pat Tillman in early May 2004, a couple weeks after his death in Afghanistan. Government efforts to turn Tillman into a patriotic superhero ...
Pat Tillman's mother on Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I told you so
Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was forced to retire because of remarks he made to a Rolling Stone reporter. Having read the article that led to his departure, I feel strangely validated. "The Runaway General" described by journalist Michael Hastings is exactly the arrogant individual I believed him to be. ...
CA Dems to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan
The California Democratic Party just sent a loud message to President Obama, who is pondering the next U.S. move in Afghanistan: Get out.The state's Dems have gone on record with a Get Out message before -- like at their confab last summer. But this one is more specific. And bolder. ...
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan protests at McCain's office
By Javier Soto / 3TV PHOENIX -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who has been protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for years, was at the Phoenix office of Sen. John McCain Friday morning. Sheehan and other protesters are opposed to Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal being confirmed to lead U.S. ...
Tillman's parents want general's record reviewed
By Lara Jakes / Associated Press WASHINGTON – The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan. In a brief interview with The Associated ...
Tillmanâ??s Presence Is Still Strong
By Karen Crouse / New York Times TAMPA, Fla. — The most visible Cardinal has been dead nearly five years. Pat Tillman, the football player turned fallen soldier, is here, there and everywhere Arizona plays, the 2008 team embodying his selflessness and success against great odds. Until this season, Tillman ...
Pentagon documents sought in Pat Tillman probe
By Erica Werner / Associated Press WASHINGTON - A House committee chairman asked the Pentagon on Thursday to declassify some documents about the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, saying the public and Tillman's family should get to see them. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who chairs the House ...
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
Kucinich.House.gov Washington, Jun 10 - Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio In the United States House of Representatives Monday, June 9th, 2008 A Resolution INDEX Article I Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq. Article II Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the ...
After a suicide, military families wait — and wait — for answers
Associated Press WASHINGTON: It can take months — even years — for the families of troops who kill themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan to learn about the circumstances leading up to the death, including if their loved one left a suicide note. To obtain all investigative materials related to the ...
Father still waits for answers on son's death in Iraq
By Jane Holahan / LancasterOnline MILLERSVILLE, Pa - When President Bush came to town earlier this month, he accepted a letter from Millersville's Bill Adams, whose son Brent was killed in Ramadi, Iraq, on Dec. 1, 2005. In the letter, Adams asked if the president could get to the bottom ...
How Did Specialist Ciara Durkin Die?
Soldier In Finance Unit At Bagram Air Base Said To Have "Discovered Things" Is Found Dead (CBS/AP) Exactly how Ciara Durkin died remains a mystery. The Army National Guard soldier from Massachusetts was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in Afghanistan last week, and now her family ...
The Other War ...by Cindy Sheehan
I was sitting behind the stage at Union Square the other day when a young woman with a cameraman in tow approached me and asked me if she could ask me a "question." Seldom when I am approached to answer "a" question does it turn out to be just one ...
From a mother who lost a son in Iraq
Logan, Utah Herald Journal To the editor: Ruben Navarrette’s recent column on Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch sure brought life crashing towards me. As the mother of the last man to die after the Jan. 20, 2007, Karbala, Iraq, attack, I can say that having a son die in Iraq ...
Panel investigates Missourian’s death
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. William Lacy Clay said yesterday that a congressional panel has filed an urgent request for records related to the death of Army Pvt. LaVena Johnson, the first female soldier from Missouri to die in Iraq. The Missouri Democrat told Department of Defense officials the records are ...
Soldier: Army ordered me not to tell truth about Tillman
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The last soldier to see Army Ranger Pat Tillman alive, Spc. Bryan O'Neal, told lawmakers that he was warned by superiors not to divulge -- especially to the Tillman family -- that a fellow soldier killed Tillman. O'Neal particularly wanted to tell fellow soldier Kevin Tillman, who ...
'The Yellow Badge of Cowardice' ...by Cindy Sheehan
There was an unbelievable story in The Cove Herald last week that comes from near where George Bush and I own property: Copperas Cove, Texas. Apparently two residents: Bill and Georgia Thomas decided that the Resident in Chief deserved one of the three Purple Hearts that Bill earned in Vietnam ...
Tillman's brother blasts military
By Scott Lindlaw and Erica Werner / Associated Press WASHINGTON - Pat Tillman's brother accused the military Tuesday of "intentional falsehoods" and "deliberate and careful misrepresentations" in portraying the football star's death in Afghanistan as the result of heroic engagement with the enemy instead of friendly fire. "We believe this ...
Soldiers' mothers demand truth
Pat Tillman's mom to confront Congress By Julia Prodis Sulek / San Mateo County Times Three Northern California mothers are bonded together by death and deceit. Each was told by the military that her son died gloriously in battle — charging up a hill to confront the enemy, fighting off ...
After Tillman death, Army clamped down
By Scott Lindlaw / Associated Press Within hours of Pat Tillman's death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate, and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman's uniform. New Army investigative documents reviewed by ...
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January 17th, 2012
STOP SOPA: Why MichaelMoore.com Will Be Blacked Out Wednesday, January 18th
My websites MichaelMoore.com and Mike's High School Newspaper will both be going dark for 24 hours starting at midnight tonight in protest of the Stop ...
December 30th, 2011
75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy
On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took ...
December 28th, 2011
Click here to donate to the congressional campaign of Flint's own Dan Kildee I have many things I'm planning to do in the New Year ...
December 24th, 2011
A Little Christmas Gift for You to Download
Thanks for all the wonderful comments regarding the short story about my mom from HERE COMES TROUBLE that I sent you a few days ago. ...
December 20th, 2011
Here's a New Free Chapter from HERE COMES TROUBLE
Thank you to the tens of thousands of you who have read HERE COMES TROUBLE and helped to make it a New York Times bestseller ...
December 18th, 2011
LAST CALL: Signed First Editions Will Be Gone by Tomorrow! ORDER TODAY, RECEIVE BY XMAS
My publisher has informed me that they are down to their last crate of the first printing/first editions of HERE COMES TROUBLE -- the ones ...
December 17th, 2011
A Man in Tunisia, a Movement on Wall Street, and the Soldier Who Ignited the Fuse
It's Saturday night and I didn't want the day to end before I sent out this note to you. One year ago today (December 17th), ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah
Mike, was the triple overtime Outback Bowl come-from-behind win the greatest Spartans game ever?
Yes -- or at least it will be until their appearance in next year's Rose Bowl, a game which... Continue Reading
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