56 deceptions in Moore Film

[PABuck_HNTR]

The Independence Institute has found and refuted 56 separate deceptions in Michael Moore's film.

http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fift...enheit-911.htm

[PABuck_HNTR]

Here's what a person that worked at the twin towers thinks of Michael Moore's film.




September 11 Witness Says Moore`s Film Insults Victims Of Attacks


'From Here to Eternity." Tora, Tora, Tora." "In Harm's Way." These are three films made about Pearl Harbor. There have been more than 20 films made about Pearl Harbor, and over 200 films made about World War II. These films inspire patriotism, courage, and nationalism. They tell us about the honor and bravery of the soldiers and the nation that supported them. Two and a half years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the world watched American forces fight on D-Day. Two and a half years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the world is watching Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Moore's film is the first major motion picture about Sept. 11, 2001. This bears repeating. When future generations look back on the Sept. 11 massacre, their first impression, through the medium of film, will be a work in which the president and the government are blamed for the attacks, and the soldiers who are protecting this country are defamed. Instead of a film version of Lisa Beamer's book, "Let's Roll," or Richard Picciotto's "Last Man Down," we are presented with this fallacy. How could this happen?

It would be a colossal insult to insinuate that Franklin D. Roosevelt or the U.S. government were in any way responsible for the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Can you imagine the indignation of the men and women who lived during that period?

"Fahrenheit 9/11" is indicative of a nation that has become too apathetic, ignorant or deceived to face the enemy at the gate. America, where is your fury?

On Sept. 11, 2001, I stood across the Hudson River, watching the Twin Towers burn, knowing that if the plane had struck at 9:46 a.m. instead of 8:46 a.m., I would be dead. As a survivor and witness to the attack on the World Trade Center, I am more than insulted by this film. I am outraged. This film is based on conjecture, hearsay and propaganda. At a time when this country desperately needs to rally in support of our brave soldiers and our strong leaders, Moore is content to spread discord and divisiveness. The base of his argument is that the Bush administration had strong ties with the bin Laden family. However, sound facts are conspicuously absent from this "documentary."

The 9/11 commission did not indict President Bush. According to the report, the president's actions before, during and after the attacks are fully justified, including the military action in Iraq. The commission did not find a direct link between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A similar commission in the 1940s would not have found a direct link between Hitler's Germany and the attack on Pearl Harbor. In both instances, the threat was imminent; the president and the military acted decisively.

Could we have been more prepared for a terrorist attack on Sept. 10, 2001? Certainly. Could we have been more prepared for an attack on Dec. 6, 1941? Most definitely. In the weeks and months following Pearl Harbor, there were reports and criticisms that the government and military should have been more prepared. The difference is that the people of the nation did not waste a lot of time pointing fingers at each other. Rather, they unified and engaged the enemy head-on. I guess that is why we call them "The Greatest Generation." How will future generations refer to us?

So, how do we explain Moore's film to future generations? I wonder. More than that, I wonder how I would explain this film to Nancy D., Jerome N. or Heather H. I am sure you don't know their names, but their faces haunt me day and night. How would I explain to them that a film was made accusing the president and vilifying the soldiers, the same president and soldiers who are attempting to avenge their murders and protect other citizens. Moore has not only insulted the nation, he has insulted the victims of the terrorist attacks.

During his acceptance speech at the Oscars, Moore said, "Shame on you, Mr. Bush." Well, I say, "Shame on you, Michael Moore." Shame on everyone who supports this travesty of a film. Shame on a society that allows this sham of a film. You have weakened the nation.

[PABuck_HNTR]

ONE MORE TIDBIT FROM NEWSWEEK!




Newsweek: Moore Distorted Bush Saudi Ties
NewsMax Wires
Thursday, July 01, 2004
A central theme of Michael Moore"™s controversial documentary "œFahrenheit 9/11"� is a bare allegation that Saudi Arabian interests provided $1.4 billion to firms connected to the family and friends of President George W. Bush.


However, as a special Newsweek investigative report notes, there is really less "“ not more "“ than meets the eye re the dramatic Moore claim:

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Nearly 90 percent of that claimed amount, $1.18 billion, comes from contracts in the early to mid-1990"™s that the Saudi Arabian government awarded to a U.S. defense contractor, BDM, for training the country"™s military and National Guard. The "œBush"� connection: The firm at the time was owned by the Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm whose Asian-affiliate advisory board once included the president"™s father, George H.W. Bush.

But, points out Newsweek, former president Bush didn"™t join the Carlyle advisory board until April, 1998 -- five months after Carlyle had already sold BDM to another defense firm.

As for the sitting president"™s own Carlyle link, his service on the board ended when he quit to run for Texas governor -- a few months before the first of the Saudi contracts to the unrelated BDM firm was awarded.

The Carlyle Group is hardly a "œBush Inc,"� noted Newsweek "“ but rather features a roster of bipartisan Washington power figures. "œIts founding and still managing partner is Howard Rubenstein, a former top domestic policy advisor to Jimmy Carter. Among the firm"™s senior advisors is Thomas "œMack"� McLarty, Bill Clinton"™s former White House chief of staff, and Arthur Levitt, Clinton"™s former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. One of its other managing partners is William Cannard, Clinton"™s chairman of the Federal Communications Commission."�


According to the report, the movie neglects to offer any evidence that Bush White House intervened in any way to bolster the interests of the Carlyle Group. In fact, the one major Bush administration decision that most directly affected the company"™s interest was the cancellation of a $11 billion program for the Crusader rocket artillery system. The Crusader was manufactured by United Defense, which had been wholly owned by Carlyle until it spun the company off in a public offering in October, 2001. Carlyle still owned 47 percent of the shares in the defense company at the time that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld canceled the Crusader program the following year.


As Moore"™s dealings with the matter of the departing Saudis flown out of the United States in the days after the September 11 terror attacks, the 9/11 commission found that the FBI screened the Saudi passengers, ran their names through federal databases, interviewed 30 of them and asked many of them "œdetailed questions." "œNobody of interest to the FBI with regard to the 9/11 investigation was allowed to leave the country,"� the commission stated.

The entity in the White House that approved the flights wasn"™t the president, or the vice president -- it was Richard Clarke, the counter-terrorism czar who was a holdover from the Clinton administration. Clarke has testified that he gave the approval conditioned on FBI clearance

[Whitehorse]

Moore's movie is a propaganda piece that reminds one (if they have seen them) of Hitler's propaganda movies. Editing & twisting of events coupled with outright lies shouted to make them seem as fact. More democrats are coming out disputing & debunking the sputum in Moore's fecal movie.

[bob d]

anyone suprised

[mike bell]

[trapper T]

F4YG...thanks for the link...my Mother was up today and Hr and I go round and round on left verses right issues. She showed me a book she bought to read saying it will be a good read and that the Author is right on...the book...Stupid White men, by Big Mike Moore[:'(]

So I felt I'd print off that article you posted to give Her anothe view of Ol" Fat A$$'s view of the world

She one of those who tend to believe everything Dan Rather spews from his pie hole[>:]

[PABuck_HNTR]

She one of those who tend to believe everything Dan Rather spews from his pie hole

Sounds like you've got some work to do!

[j3k2c1]

I was just about to post this! Thanks Fight4!

[aunsaber]

It beyond belief that any one would watch anything of moore's for free. Yet people are lining up to pay to see this movie of one persons opinion and lies.