Hi Hi, help me, what in short are Moore's policies? wcm> > --WebTV-Mail-3412-5619 > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > It seems while some of us are trying to decide whether to vote for Pat, > that Michael Moore has decided to vote for Alan Keyes. 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It's quick, free, & there's no obligation! > http://click.egroups.com/1/332/3/_/101335/_/949174534/ > > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/houstonpeaceroundtable > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > > > --part1_3f.4799e9.25c49abd_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > content-disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> > Received: from lmailaol1.aol.com (lmailaol1.aol.com [152.163.225.33]) by air-ya05.mail.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:46:34 -0500 > Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by lmailaol1.aol.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 22:11:10 -0500 > Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by LISTSERV.AOL.COM (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 8891711 for [log in to unmask]; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:46:03 -0500 > Received: from imo16.mx.aol.com (imo16.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.6]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA11859 for <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:46:02 -0500 (EST) > Received: from [log in to unmask] by imo16.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v24.8.) id s.c5.12e20b5 (3733) for <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:45:57 -0500 (EST) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Language: en > X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 45 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by listserv.aol.com id VAA11860 > Approved-By: [log in to unmask] > Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:45:56 EST > Reply-To: Michael Moore's newsletter <[log in to unmask]> > Sender: Michael Moore's newsletter <[log in to unmask]> > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: How We Got Alan Keyes to Dive Into Our Mosh Pit > To: [log in to unmask] > Content-Language: en > > January 28, 2000 > > > How We Got Alan Keyes to Dive Into Our Mosh Pit > (and other scenes from our first week of shooting) > > > Dear friends, > > Yes, that mosh pit — the one that has thrown a big, > weird monkey wrench into the first week of the 2000 > Presidential campaign — was ours. > > And the marching band outside the execution of Billy > Hughes in Texas on Monday night, complete with > cheerleaders chanting, "George [Bush], George, he's > our man! If he can't kill 'em, no one can!" — that was > ours, too. > > And, yes, that was us with Rage Against the Machine > on Wednesday as we forced the New York Stock > Exchange to hit the panic button and slam down the > steel gates over their doors, sealing off the entire > building an hour before closing time, and resulting in > my near-arrest by the men who wear the Giuliani blue. > > All this, and we are only four days into shooting our > next season of "The Awful Truth." If this is what a > typical week is going to be like for us this time around, > then I guess the line item in our budget for "lawyers > and bail money" is grossly underestimated. > > We usually don't like to discuss what we're up to > before we air our work on Bravo and Channel 4 U.K., > but the Iowa Mosh Pit has become such a huge item > in the news that I thought you might want to know just > what the heck is going on. > > It was bizarre watching the Republican Presidential > debate Wednesday night, with Bush and Bauer and > Keyes all going nuts over what we did Sunday night > at the Iowa Caucuses. New York Times columnist Gail > Collins called it "the defining moment" of the campaign > so far (to read her column in the Times click here > <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/collins/012800coll.html">http > ://www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/collins/012800coll.html</A>). > Jay Leno devoted a chunk of his monologue to it > Thursday night. BBC Radio woke me up this morning > wanting an explanation. > > Here's what happened: > > As part of what will be our ongoing "coverage" of this > year's Presidential election, we decided to go to Iowa > to see how far these candidates will go to get an > endorsement. We know they will take money from just > about anyone and promise favors and legislation to the > highest bidders. With that as our system of "democracy," > it leaves us, the people, with few avenues to have our > voice heard. > > So, we announced to all the contenders for the White > House that "The Awful Truth" will endorse any candidate > who jumps into our mosh pit. Simple as that. No large > sums of dirty money, no favors or back-room deal making. > Just dive into the outstretched arms of 100 degenerate — > but registered — youth, and you are our candidate. > > I hauled this mosh pit around Iowa in a large flatbed > truck, crisscrossing the state and inviting the Presidential > candidates to join the teeming and tattooed masses. The > response from the candidates varied from a stunned and > frightened Steve Forbes (who quickly walked by the pit > giving it a nervous thumb up), to front-runner George W. > Bush (who told me, "behave yourself, Michael — I see > you're up to your old tricks — why don't you go get a > real job?") > > Gary Bauer, on the other hand, called the Des Moines > police — who sent five cruisers and a paddy wagon to > arrest the pit. The police, though, could not contain > their laughter when they arrived and saw the group of > purple-haired, pierce-lipped, 18-year olds jumping > wildly in place to the music of Rage Against the > Machine. > > Next, we drove over to a town hall event being staged > by former Reagan ambassador, Alan Keyes. As the > mosh pit rolled into the parking lot, with Rage music > blaring ("It has to start somewhere/ It has to start > sometime/ What better place than here/ What better > time than now..."), Keyes staffers came outside to > see what all the noise was about. When informed that > Keyes could get the endorsement of "The Awful Truth," > Keyes' national field director dove into the pit, hoping > that would suffice for our support. He then brought out > "Uncle Sam," a Keyes supporter who was dressed in > full Uncle Sam regalia. He, too, jumped in. > > But we told the Keyes staff that it had to be Keyes > himself. Minutes later, Alan Keyes emerged and, > against the loud protests of his Secret Service agent, > Keyes climbed to the top of the makeshift stage on > the back of the truck and dove backwards into the > screaming mosh pit. He then body-surfed the entire > pit, carried like a wave on the outstretched hands of > the tightly compact crowd. He did a couple of body > slams with a spiked-hair youth from Ames High > School and left the pit with the official endorsement > of the show. > > "We knew Alan Keyes was insane," I told the press > who were trying to understand the irony or the point. > "We just didn't know HOW insane he was until that > moment. We now feel a responsibility to test the > remaining field of candidates." > > On Wednesday night, the five remaining Republican > candidates held their big New Hampshire debate. And > what did they spend their time fighting about? "The > Awful Truth Mosh Pit!" The Reuters news agency called > it "surreal," and Gary Bauer went into nutty overdrive > accusing Keyes of being "anti-family" because he was > moshing to the music of "The Machine Rages On" (!), > calling the group "pro-terrorist" and saying that's what > the "kids at Columbine" listened to. > > For the past three days, our phone has been ringing > off the hook. Hundreds of papers around the country > have covered the story. The pundits on all the blowhard > cable shows can't shut up about it. And for some reason, > for at least the better part of one week, we have been > able to get the Republicans to stop talking about who will > be best at taking away women's rights or building more > prisons and forced them to occupy their time arguing > about the moral merits of the Mosh Pit. > > As we head into the weekend, we are loading up the > flatbed truck and driving off to New Hampshire with > our portable mosh pit. We will personally attempt to > greet John McCain — if he was tough enough for the > Hanoi Hilton, this will be like Motel 6; Al Gore — the > mosh pit is perhaps the only place where being stiff is > an asset; and Bill Bradley — we are convinced this will > be his only chance to stage a comeback (plus, he's the > only candidate big enough to kick every one of these > kids' butts). > > Keyes had been written off in Iowa before he jumped > into our pit. The day after moshing, he scored an upset > third-place finish in the double digits among those who > actually cared about caucusing (90 percent of all Iowans > knew better and chose not to vote). These other > candidates would be crazy if they DIDN'T jump into > the pit! > > "The Awful Truth" is willing to multiple-endorse, just > like the big money people do when they write big > checks to both the Democrats and Republicans. To be > known as the only group to have endorsed Alan Keyes > is something we may just never be able to live with, > and we are hoping to rectify that in New Hampshire. > > > This past Monday night, we attended the execution of > death row inmate, Billy Hughes, in Huntsville, Texas. > George W. Bush is now responsible for approving and > carrying out the killing of 117 people, a record. We > decided to show up and celebrate his achievement. > We brought a marching band, cheerleaders and fans > to hold a tailgate party in the prison's parking lot. How > did the pro-death penalty crowd react? Well, they're > threatening a lawsuit, so we'll do our best to get it on > the air in May. > > > A few weeks ago, I was asked by Rage Against the > Machine to direct their next music video, something > I've never done. Their song is about the evils of our > economic system and the era of greed in which we > live. So, like, I had a few ideas... > > On Wednesday we quickly set the band up on the > steps where George Washington was first sworn in > as President, on the corner of Wall and Broad Streets > in lower Manhattan. Quite a large crowd came out of > the brokerage houses and banks where the business > of America is conducted on a daily basis. > > The police also came out. They ordered the makeshift > concert to cease, but before we had a chance to stop, > four officers jumped me and put me in one of those > police locks like you see on that excellent and > informative show, "COPS." One tried to break my arm, > the other put a choke hold on my neck. In all my years > of shooting in New York, I have never had this happen, > and all I could think of was, well, I just hope it's a new > plunger. > > When the band and the crowd saw this, they went nuts. > Hundreds of them jumped two police barricades and > tore across the street to the front door of the New York > Stock Exchange, ground zero of American Capitalism. > It was a sight to behold. The police were so distracted > with carting me away they couldn't catch up to the > band — who, by this time, had made it inside the first > set of double doors to the Exchange. > > At that moment, someone must have hit the riot button > inside the Stock Exchange because suddenly these > large steel gates came crashing down in front of the > second set of double doors. Then all the gates of the > Exchange came down. Clank! Clank! Clank! For the > first time anyone could recall, the New York Stock > Exchange went into lockdown — a full hour before its > official closing time. The police left me and rushed > over to break up the madness. But the band and their > fans are faster than I was and escaped the clutches > of the police. > > You can catch the video on MTV in mid-February and > me in court by late March. > > Well, that's my first week back at work. If you'd like > to see footage of Alan Keyes in our mosh pit — or > me body slamming Senator Orin Hatch — click here: > <A HREF="http://www.michaelmoore.com/moshpit.html">http://www.michaelmoore.co > m/moshpit.html</A> > Or check out the Rage scene on Wall Street. > <A HREF="http://www.michaelmoore.com/rageslide1.html">http://www.michaelmoore > .com/rageslide1.html</A> > > I'll be back reporting live and moshing from New > Hampshire on "Politically Incorrect", Tuesday night, > February 1, on ABC. > > Until then... > > Michael Moore > [log in to unmask] > <A HREF="http://www.michaelmoore.com">http://www.michaelmoore.com</A> > > > --part1_3f.4799e9.25c49abd_boundary-- > > > --WebTV-Mail-3412-5619-- >