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December 19th, 2005

Park the Ride

From: Rick Lewis To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:45 AM Subject: Park The Ride Hello Mike, My name is Rick and I am a high school teacher in Michigan. This summer, like many of your supporters, I was fed up with what is going on in our country. ... continue reading

December 17th, 2005

To End the Suffering

From: "Nurse for Peace" To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Subject: wounded soldiers Date: 12/2/2005 Dear Michael, I am a nurse in the military and I recently went on an Aerovac from Germany to the states that had 60-plus wounded soldiers on it -- many of them critically injured. I used to be a ... continue reading

December 17th, 2005

I don't want to die in a fight that I don't believe in.

From: David Moronez To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Subject: Standing up Date: 12/2/2005 Dear Michael, I am going to make this brief because I simply do not have enough time right now. I am in the Marine Corps, and we had a formation in the morning. It was a formation just to make ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

Senator: What is the Noble Cause?

From: Cristy To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 6:01 PM Subject: Making a difference Today I made an appointment to meet with Republican Senator Gordon Smith's State Director on behalf of Cindy Sheehan and the Not One More campaign. (Couldn't get an appointment with the Senator himself but I ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

Founding the Action Caucus

From: Nicole Rivera To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: Founding the Action Caucus and Running for Congress by 2010 Hi Michael, I too am a big believer in standing up and taking a stand. Enough with the complaining! If "we" (progressives) want to change the Democratic ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

No Wal-Mart During My Watch

From: David Olsen To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: No Wal-Mart during my watch As a first term city council member in Jefferson, Wisconsin (a small town of 7,300 between Madison and Milwaukee) I voted against annexing land into the city for the purpose of building ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

I'm Lovin' It!

From: nate To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: my contribution Hi Mike. I was recently recalled back to the Army after serving 4 years on actve duty and 2 years reserve. I work for a large mobile communications corporation now, based out of Little Rock, Arkansas, ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

The 1,000th Execution in the US

From: renny cushing To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:53 PM Subject: Rosa Parks DayDear Michael Moore, On Rosa Parks Day I joined with 16 other people in a nonviolent effort to prevent the State of North Carolina from carrying out the 1000th execution in this country since 1977. ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

Imagine All the People

From: "Danny Moynahan" To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Subject: my Rosa Parks moment Date: 12/1/2005 Dear Michael Moore, At this time last year I had an experience at work that would turn your stomach and make your blood boil. I was a music teacher at a private elementary school in Pacific Palisades, California. ... continue reading

December 8th, 2005

A Wise Head on Young Shoulders

From: Fairlie Arthur To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 4:22 AM Subject: A wise head on young shoulders ! Hi, Just wanted to share this story... Yesterday in the playground at work (I work in a child care centre) I watched as a group of five children played a ... continue reading

December 7th, 2005

Cross Country Bike Ride for Medicinal Marijuana

From: Ken Locke To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:56 AM Subject: Testimony- you ask us to share with you :O) Good morning Mike, You ask in your web page for us to share what we are doing to bring positive/good changes to laws that are unfairly and unconstitutionally ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

I've filed to run for U.S. Congress

From: Stevan Thomas To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:32 AM Subject: 50 years ago... Hi Michael, I've been meaning to email you about this anyway. I've filed to run for U.S. Congress in California District 11 against Richard Pombo. Here is a link to my website. I'm a ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

You too can just go out in your community tomorrow

From: Wendy Fleet To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:14 AM Subject: Daily Protest .. Protest Between the Big Marches Dear Michael, Daily Protest .. Protest Between the Big Marches For 1149 days in a row I have walked downtown with my 16"x 18" Teach Peace sign on a ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Enough is Enough

From: Melissa C. To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:32 PM Subject: enough is enough Hi Michael, My name is Melissa. I had just started working in a law firm for my externship at school when the lawyer I worked for started to take advantage of the fact that ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Quick & Easy

From: Chet To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:37 PM Subject: Rosa Parks Day I joined wakeupwalmart.com, "adopted" the local Wal-Mart & invited friends & family to do the same. Chet Christian continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Saving the Urban Farm

From: Anna Kunkin To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Anti-Mall at the South Central Farm, pass it on I think that the group of 350 families fighting for their community farm in the middle of the most Industrial part of Los Angeles is an example of ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Getting Political

From: Dan To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:47 PM Subject: I spoke my mind for Rosa Parks Here is what I did to honor Rosa Parks on this fiftieth anniversary of her act of courage. I am an adult-education teacher. For personal and professional reasons, I am always ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

I Can Make a Positive Difference

From: Barb Schade To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:41 PM Subject: RE: Rosa Parks While I did this in October, it is still an example of how one person can make a difference. I drove my packed Chevy Malibu 1400 miles - from CT to MS - to ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Got Free Speech?

From: Sara To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: why my sister is a hero Dear Mr. Moore, My sister Katy is a senior at Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, Maryland. In her school, there is a strong element of prejudice against gays, and students are ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

When I Took Over My Precinct...

From: Shirley Bumbalough To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:51 AM Subject: I am Actively Supporting a Candidate for the Democratic Party County Chair To Replace The One We Have Dear Michael, We have had a county chair for 10 years here in Texas who has allowed the party ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Save Your Prayers

From: Erin To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:20 AM Subject: save your prayers Hi Michael, As a wife of a Kansas National Guard Member who was sent to Iraq less than one month ago, I am incensed by the well meaning comment from family and friends, "I'll pray ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Counter-Recruiting in New Jersey

From: Lisa Walsh To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: My contribution Last spring I found out that my daughter's high school cafeteria was host to military recruiters, setting up camp daily to recruit our young people into a war. After monitering this every day, I began ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Stand for the Rights of Pregnant Women

From: tamra walker To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Subject: standing alone Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 06:14:50 Michael, I write not about myself but about my daughter. Amber had the greatest job in the world (in her eyes!). She drove a Budweiser truck for Fred Nesbit Distribution out of Des Moines, Iowa. She ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Because Conscience Tells Him It Is Right

From: David Knopfler To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Subject: music Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 15:29:23 As founder member of the rock group Dire Straits, I get asked once in a while to speak to young, aspiring students about the music business... tonight being one of those rare times. Having just read your ... continue reading

December 6th, 2005

Getting Involved

From: Amy Hunt To: contributions@michaelmoore.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:17 AM Subject: here's what I did almost two years ago When it became obvious that the only way I could help put a stop to all the injustice was to get in the game myself, I became a Democratic ... 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
10:32 PM
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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
12:56 AM
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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
12:53 AM
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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
9:48 AM
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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
8:54 PM
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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
7:14 PM
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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
9:45 AM
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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
8:05 AM
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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
8:04 AM
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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
9:19 AM
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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
5:38 PM
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Daily Kos: Thomas Friedman, private eye www.dailykos.com Click to embiggen

May 14th
1:01 AM
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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
4:43 PM
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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
8:49 AM
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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
10:04 PM
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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
3:23 PM
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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
8:13 AM
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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
1:46 PM
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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
12:54 PM
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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
5:16 PM
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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
2:48 PM
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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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