Silly Bush Administration. STUPID, Bush Administration. Why is no one
surprised?

And, why weren't those sick people given the medical care they needed?
Selfish,

uncaring Bush Administration. Sucko BushCo.

Bush Admin Creates Big Buzz for Michael Moore's New Film By Trying to Censor
It
Posted by Jon Ponder | May. 13, 2007, 8:09 am

charging he violated
the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba

Bush Admin Creates Big Buzz for Michael Moore's New Film By Trying to Censor
It
Posted by Jon Ponder | May. 13, 2007, 8:09 am
Just before Al Franken's book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A
Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," was ready for publication in 2003,
Bill O'Reilly became unhappy with the way he was portrayed in the book (even
though Franken based the material on direct quotes from O'Reilly himself),
and demanded that his employer, Fox News, sue Franken and the book's
publisher.

"The timing is amazing. You would think that we originated this. It reads
like a fiction best-seller," Weinstein said.
The lawsuit was ridiculous. It was also a magnificent backfire, generating
the sort of publicity that book publishers cannot buy - turning "Lies and
the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" into a bestseller, thereby simultaneously
exposing and underscoring O'Reilly's fatheadedness. If only he had followed
his own advice: Shut up!

The White House political office, having apparently found nothing
instructive in Fox's experience four years ago, is pursuing a nearly
identical strategy today. They are threatening serious civil sanctions
against Michael Moore, one of their fiercest critics, charging he violated
the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba when he filmed scenes from his new movie
there.

The Cuban segment of "Sicko," Moore's new critique of the American
healthcare industry, hits Bush hard and where it hurts. It follows a group
of emergency response workers who contracted respiratory and other illnesses
at the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks as they travel to Cuba
seeking medical attention that no one will provide them in the United
States. Ouch.

On the face of it, the government investigation appears to be naked
retaliation against Moore, with the clumsy tactical brutality and distinct
odor of authoritarianism that has become the Bushies' trademark. On the
bright side, the timing couldn't be better. The film debuts at the Cannes
film festival in about two weeks. Harvey Weinstein, the film's distributor,
can't believe his luck:

"The timing is amazing. You would think that we originated this. It reads
like a fiction best-seller," Weinstein said. Weinstein said the
investigation would only help publicize the film.

If it pursues the case against Moore, the Bush White House may well turn
"Sicko" into a bigger hit than "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore's skewering of Pres.
Bush's response to the terror attacks, or his Oscar-winning film, "Bowling
for Columbine."

Another unintended consequence of going after Moore on this issue is that it
could reawaken interest in companies with Republican ties that have done
business with embargoed countries. Particularly, when Vice Pres. Cheney was
CEO of Halliburton, one of its subsidiaries had dealings with Iran.

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Silly Bush Administration. STUPID, Bush Administration. Why is no one
surprised?

And, why weren't those sick people given the medical care they needed?
Selfish,

uncaring Bush Administration. Sucko BushCo.

The White House political office, having apparently found nothing
instructive in Fox's experience four years ago, is pursuing a nearly
identical strategy today. They are threatening serious civil sanctions
against Michael Moore, one of their fiercest critics, charging he violated
the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba when he filmed scenes from his new movie
there.