I Want to Have Michael Moore's Pudgy Baby!

As a deranged Bill O'Reilly recounts his tale of chasing down Michael Moore, who by all indications, is not difficult to catch, I am reminded of how much I respect Moore. I will be the first to admit that his opinions often border on Communist ideals even the Marx Brothers, who came up with them, would scoff at. Regardless, Moore represents the exercise of free speech in its purest form. He is what the media once was, before it got conglomerated and afraid to risk its billions in assets by asking hard questions or doing real investigative work.

Conservatives will talk your ears off about "liberal media", but the reality is that while many non-FOX journalists are liberal, they are often toothless and declawed by their corporate captors. In fact, Moore is one of the few people saying what is on his mind and confronting political taboos. Whether you agree with him or not, he does it all with a flair and sense of humor that even his opponents have no choice but to address his assertions. Without people like him, I'm sad to say our society will lose a critical "check and balance", leaving politicians and their corporate bedfellows to decide what's in our best interest.

If you don't think a call from a presidentially-appointed FCC chairman to the head of a major network can stop a program from airing, you'd be naive. Perfect example? Not a single major movie theater chain carried Fahrenheit 9/11, despite the fact that it made over $100M - more than any documentary ever. Guess what? Three of the big chains are major Republican contributors. Because of the geographic monopolies many chains have, there are entire parts of the country that did not get a chance to decide whether they would see the movie or not. In a free society, these companies have every right to make these kinds of decisions (and turn away big profits in the process), but shouldn't we as 'why?'. Are we so pacified and indifferent that we just don't care? I hope not.

PS - You should check out Moore's hilarious old TV shows - Awful Truth and TV Nation now on DVD. Haven't seen Roger & Me yet? ...and you call yourself a Communist

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