[plain talk]

That's the spirit. Everyone sue him for something. Jay-walking tickets. Whatever. The ends justifies the means. (And I'm serious - not being sarcastic.)

[kcvl]

A few months before he was sent to the Gulf, Sgt. Michael Pedersen, 26, separated from his wife but promised to talk about reconciling when he got back.

Pedersen, a crew chief, never got the chance. “It was like a chapter unfinished,” his wife, Chanel Pedersen, told The Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

Natives of Flint, Mich., Michael and Chanel started dating when she was 13 and he 15. They attended the same high school in Flint, and he joined the Army immediately after graduation.

The Pedersons, who were married in 1997, had a daughter, Destiny, 7.

Chanel Pedersen said her husband was a “quiet person.”

“He was a great father — he loved his daughter,” she said. “He was an excellent soldier.”

After she learned of his death, Chanel Pedersen had her arm tattooed. It reads, “RIP Michael.”

[BykrBayb]

I find it odd that Bush-haters were persuaded by Bush (in their words "Bush's lies") that we should fight against terrorism, but were completely unaffected by the events of 9-11-01. Now they feel cheated and lied to because they were fooled by him. His words, his lies, were the reason they initially supported the decision to oppose terrorism. Now that they know he lied, there's no reason to oppose terrorism. If they are so quick to believe that he lied, how are we supposed to believe that they ever believed him in the first place? Or that they ever even heard what he actually said? Am I to believe that parents would encourage their kids to join the military to fight against terrorism because they trusted and believed Bush when he said it was necessary, but now that he's been proven right they're convinced he lied? Does not compute.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"Literally, people are calling my home and giving me messages. Men - men - are telling me how when they left the movie, they were just sobbing."

Well, then I seriously doubt they were Men. Males, maybe, in the biological sense, but certainly not Men.

[areafiftyone]

[schaketo]

Cottrell said he looks forward to seeing the film - and apparently, so do dozens of theater patrons, who've called and e-mailed the theater to complain about it not being shown here.

Dozens? A ground swell, huh?

[Salvation]

**"We're looking into it right now as a potential copyright violation," Rubin said. **

Great, Michael Moore doesn't have free reign on all of this.

[Mulder]

I think a lot of folks here are missing two big points about this movie.

First, I don't think that everyone that sees the movie is a flaming leftist. Millions of people in this country have a gut feeling that "something just isn't right". They look at the assault on our liberties, jobs being shipped overseas, massive budget and trade deficits, large increases in social spending, and an open border.

Then they turn on the evening news, and see the biggest story of the week has to do with wether or not Cheney used the "F" word on the Senate floor.

And then a documentary like this comes out, that challenges the "system". People are searching for the truth, which explains why so many people have gone to see this documentary. (Which doesn't mean there is any truth in this film, simply that nature abhors a vacuum)

Secondly, I believe this movie shows that there is a very large market out there for presenting the real truth to people about what is going on this country. A conservative constitutionalist just needs to come along and make a documentary. It would probably do 3 times as well as this film by Moore.

Some of the griping about this film has become hysterical. One poster here was suggesting the FBI "start a file" on anyone that attended the movie. Others have questioned the box office numbers. And yet others keep tossing around words like "treason" and "sedition".

People need to step back and look at the big picture, which is that many Americans know that something is VERY wrong with the direction of this country. There is a large void to be filled, and if Freedom-oriented folks don't fill it, people like Moore certainly will.

Ultimately, the fate of the Republic lies with the hearts and minds of the American people, and as such, they need to be presented the facts on such things as the assault on our liberties, the conspiracy to destroy the family and morality, etc....

Maybe someone like Reagan will step forward to present this information to the American people. Like Reagan, I still beleive the American people will do the right thing most of the time, if presented with the truth. We just need someone to present the facts to them on a large scale (all of us should do so on smaller scales, within our spheres of influence).

[P-Marlowe]

"He's doing what he believes in," said Frances Stroik, 62, of Moore. "You can't fault a guy for that."

So is Osama.