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Subject: Fwd: [POLITICOS] Re: "Bowling for Columbine," Opens This Friday
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From: Ian Andrew Bell <fork@ianbell.com>
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 23:18:20 -0700
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Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Ian Andrew Bell <hello@ianbell.com>
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> Date: Wed Oct 9, 2002 11:16:09 PM US/Pacific
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> To: mike@michaelmoore.com
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> Cc: foib@ianbell.com
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> Subject: [POLITICOS] Re: "Bowling for Columbine," Opens This Friday
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>
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> Michael,
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>
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> Why is it that people who consider voting in an election an
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> inconvenience would go to see a movie to show support for its message?
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> Don't get me wrong -- I think this is the case. People will go to
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> see your movie as much to be entertained and informed as they will to
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> express their malice and discontent towards not only the present
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> regime in America, but also the corrupt, empty, shallow pantomime
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> which cast them into power.
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>
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> In reality, today the voting that takes place via the act of
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> consumption far outweighs the impact caused by people going to a booth
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> and dimpling the appropriate chad, or some other such convoluted act
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> of free democratic expression.
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>
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> Why? Because in America, they believe in dollars. Dollars don't lie.
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> In practise, they are the last frontier of truth in America,
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> universally accepted as expressions of fear, desire, passion, and
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> need. Compared to the swing of the almighty buck, and Jeb Bush knows
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> this, a hanging chad has only the nethermost meaning.
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>
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> Given that fact, I modestly propose an entirely new, though wholly
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> logical, extension to the current democratic system in place in
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> America:
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>
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> I propose we augment, and effectively replace, the electoral system
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> with a political stock market. We should accept that Politicians are
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> entrepreneurs just like any other businessperson in America, and
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> embrace this fact in building an economic system which truly reflects
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> their intent. A politician should issue a constant number of shares
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> dependent upon his tenure in government. Those shares should be
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> traded on an open exchange, say the G.R.E.E.D. (short, of course, for
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> the "Global Realists' Electoral Exchange -- Democratic"). Politicians
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> we believe in will see their stocks rise higher as faith in their
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> ability to maintain office grows. As the truth about their embezzling
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> campaign funds for weekend trips to Maui with their interns is
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> revealed, of course, their fortunes will fall.
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>
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> This represents an opportunity for the market forces -- those same
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> forces which you intend to harness to express your own personal
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> protest -- to voice their opinion on the quality of America's
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> governance during the intervening four years between elections.
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> Elections themselves will in effect become meaningless, as they are
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> now, since their outcome will be influenced by the stock price of each
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> and every congressman, senator, and presidential candidate.
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>
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> Just think of the coverage that could be given on MSNBC! "Strom
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> Thurman (STROM: news - quotes) was down 15% today on fears that his
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> latest heart operation will render him unable to attend Senate Armed
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> Services committee meetings until November.." This would provide
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> rejuvenating content to the econo-political news sector, which has
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> found post-economic-bubble coverage to be both tiresome and
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> deoressing. The establishment of this new stock exchange would of
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> course create jobs for newly unemployed (and governmentally retrained)
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> IT systems engineers who could, after passing the electoral securities
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> exam, become floor traders.
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>
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> This would also allow for a convenient and very public method by which
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> candidates could raise capital in the public markets to support their
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> multi-billion-dollar campaigns. The requirement for the support of
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> legions of spin doctors, permanent campaign managers, and investor
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> relations personnel would also create jobs -- perhaps even a new
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> practice for Ernst & Young, Arthur Anderson, et al. Insider trading
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> scandals and misleading revenue declarations would of course catch
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> Martha Stewart as an unwitting beneficiary, thus spreading her
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> influence to politics.
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>
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> Dividends, if there are any on record, at the close of a politician's
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> career could be paid to current shareholders based on the holdings.
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> Pensions funds could provide the institutional investment support
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> necessary to underpin even the biggest dogs among the Beltway set.
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> Union funds, brokerages, and even pump-and-dump houses could benefit
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> from meteoric rises in conservative candidates running in the
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> Southeast, and the Bush Governmet would be allowed to place Social
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> Security bets where they really mattered. investors who lose their
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> retirement, life savings, and support could rest assured that they
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> were indeed robbed by crooks rather than poor investors.
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>
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> Although there's no way to protect any of these for Worldcom-like
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> crashes, ambitious, inspired, District Attorneys could file criminal
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> suits against Candidates and Campaign Managers who underperform
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> expectations, thus assuring investors that their logic was not faulty
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> -- instead, they were merely defrauded by crooks and thieves.
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>
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> On the whole, I believe the system could work. I could certainly work
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> as well as our beloved securities trading industry and, given the
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> American electoral system's success at effectively expressing the will
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> of the people, it certainly couldn't do any worse...
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>
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> In the meantime, Mike, I think I'll go see your movie and try to
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> depose the President.
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>
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> -Ian.
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>
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>
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>
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> On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 03:53 PM, Michael Moore's Mailing
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> List wrote:
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>
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>> October 9, 2002
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>>
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>> My Film, "Bowling for Columbine," Opens This Friday
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>>
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>> Dear friends, fans, and fellow evildoers:
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>>
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>> I am very happy and excited to tell you that this Friday, October 11,
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>> my
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>> new
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>> film, "Bowling for Columbine," will open in New York and Los Angeles.
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>>
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>> It is, I promise, the last thing the Bushies want projected on the
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>> movie
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>> screens across America this week. The film is, first and foremost, a
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>> devastating indictment of the violence that is done in our name for
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>> profit
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>> and power -- and no one, in all the advance screenings I have
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>> attended, has
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>> left the theatre with anything short of rage. I truly believe this
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>> film has
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>> the potential to rock the nation and get people energized to do
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>> something.
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>>
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>> This is not good news for Junior and Company. Not when they are
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>> trying to
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>> drag us into another war. Not when a crazed sniper is exercising his
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>> constitutional right to own a high-powered rifle. Not when John
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>> Ashcroft is
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>> still prohibiting the FBI from looking through the gun background
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>> check
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>> files to see if any of the 19 hijackers or their associates purchased
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>> any
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>> weapons prior to 9/11 -- because THAT, we are told, would "violate"
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>> these
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>> terrorists' sacred Second Amendment rights!
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>>
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>> Yes, I believe this movie can create a lot of havoc -- but I will
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>> need ALL
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>> of you to help me do this. Are you game?
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>>
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>> Last February 5th, I wrote to tell you about a book I had written and
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>> how
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>> the publisher had decided to dump it because they were afraid to
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>> publish
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>> anything critical of Bush after 9/11. I appealed to you to save
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>> "Stupid
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>> White Men" from the shredder and to go out and buy it. I promised you
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>> would
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>> not regret it, and that the book would not only be a great read but an
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>> important organizing tool in gumming up the plans of George W. Bush.
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>>
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>> Within 24 hours, the book went to #1 on the Amazon best seller list.
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>> By the
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>> fifth day, the book was already into its 9th printing. The publisher
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>> was
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>> torn between its desire to kill the book or make a wad of money.
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>> Greed won
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>> out, and this Sunday the book enters its 31st week on the New York
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>> Times
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>> best seller list -- and its 32nd printing. This is all because of
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>> you, my
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>> crazy and loyal friends. You made this happen, against all the odds.
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>>
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>> Now I would like to ask you again to help me with my latest work,
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>> "Bowling
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>> for Columbine." It's a movie that many critics have already called my
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>> best
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>> film to date. They may be right. It is certainly the most provocative
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>> thing
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>> I have ever done. I have spent three years on it and, I have to say,
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>> it
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>> cuts
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>> deeper, harder and funnier that anything I have given you so far.
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>>
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>> The movie opens this Friday in New York and Los Angeles, and then in
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>> 8 more
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>> cities next week. How it does in these first ten cities will determine
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>> whether or not the rest of the country gets to see it. That is the
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>> nutty
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>> way
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>> our films are released. If it doesn't have a big opening weekend, you
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>> can
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>> kiss the film good-bye. Therefore, this weekend, this film must be
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>> seen by
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>> millions of Americans. Can you help me make that happen?
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>>
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>> "Bowling for Columbine" is not a film simply about guns or school
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>> shootings.
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>> That is only the starting point for my 2-hour journey into the dark
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>> soul of
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>> a country that is both victim and master of an enormous amount of
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>> violence,
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>> both at home and around the world. With this movie I have broadened my
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>> canvas to paint a portrait of our nation at the beginning of the 21st
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>> century, a nation that seems hell-bent on killing first and asking
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>> questions
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>> later. It is a movie about the state sponsored acts of violence and
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>> terrorism against our own poor, and how we have created a culture of
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>> fear
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>> that is based on the racial dilemma we continue to ignore. And it's a
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>> devastating comedy.
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>>
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>> This film is going to upset some pretty big apple carts. No film has
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>> EVER
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>> said the things I am saying in "Bowling for Columbine." I expect to be
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>> attacked. I expect certain theatres will not show it for fear of
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>> retribution. I expect that this movie will be a bitter pill for many
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>> to
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>> swallow.
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>>
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>> This is why I need your help. Movies live or die based on what
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>> happens at
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>> the box office the first weekend of its release. I need you, if you
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>> live in
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>> the New York or L.A. area, to go see "Bowling for Columbine" this
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>> Friday
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>> and
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>> Saturday -- and take as many family members and friends with you as
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>> possible. I guarantee you will not be disappointed -- and you may
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>> just see
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>> one of the best films of the year.
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>>
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>> Monday night in Times Square, "Bowling for Columbine" had its
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>> premiere. The
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>> crowd was amazing, as it was this past Saturday night at the Chicago
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>> Film
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>> Festival. The audience kept laughing or hooting or applauding so loud
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>> throughout the film that it was hard to hear the next line.
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>>
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>> The hate mail, the threats, the promises of retribution have already
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>> started
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>> to roll in to the distributor of this movie, United Artists. They are
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>> not
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>> backing down. But how long will this last? I need all of you in the
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>> New
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>> York
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>> tri-state and southern California areas to go see "Bowling for
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>> Columbine"
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>> THIS weekend -- the rest of you can see it in a couple of weeks when
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>> it
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>> comes to your town. A strong opening not only means that the rest of
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>> America
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>> will see this film, it means that a good number of people who see it
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>> are
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>> going to leave the film angry enough to get active and get involved.
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>> If it
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>> does poorly, I will have a difficult time finding the funding for the
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>> movie
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>> I want to make next -- a film about 9/11 and how Bush is using that
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>> tragic
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>> day as a cover for his right-wing agenda.
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>>
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>> Don't let that happen. Don't let the NRA have one more success by
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>> stopping
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>> the wider distribution of this movie. And, together, let us not remain
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>> silent in our opposition to Bush's phony war against Iraq.
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>>
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>> If you live in New York, you can see it at the Lincoln Plaza, the
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>> Sunshine
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>> and the Loews 19th St. In L.A., you can catch it at the Sunset 5, the
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>> Westwood Regent, Laemmle Sunset, Laemmle Towncenter (Encino), Landmark
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>> Rialto (Pasadena), and Regal University (Irvine). Also, please
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>> forward this
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>> to your other friends and tell them to go see "Bowling for Columbine"
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>> this
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>> weekend.
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>>
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>> And finally, don't miss our new website www.bowlingforcolumbine.com
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>>
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>> Thank you for your help with this. I feel so honored and privileged
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>> to have
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>> so many people interested in my work. Last January I was getting
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>> 70,000
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>> hits
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>> a month on my website. Last month, I got 17 million hits. This alone
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>> speaks
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>> volumes about the vast majority all of us belong to who are sick and
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>> tired
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>> of what is going on and are longing for an alternative source of
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>> information.
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>>
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>> I hope that you enjoy "Bowling for Columbine."
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>>
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>> Thank you again...
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>>
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>> Yours,
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>>
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>> Michael Moore
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>>
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>> ---
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>>
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