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Michael Moore owns Halliburton! New book debunks claims of celebrity activists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: November 1, 2005 10:23 p.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Michael Moore "I don't own a single share of stock!" filmmaker Michael Moore proudly proclaimed. He's right. He doesn't own a single share. He owns tens of thousands of shares – including nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One and more than 2,000 of Halliburton, the company most vilified by Moore in "Fahrenheit 9/11." If you want to...

One objection we here at Passion for Fairness often hear about our petition drive is that The Passion of The Christ is too important a movie to diminish itself to the level of Hollywood award shows. It’s a valid argument, but one we (obviously) disagree with. For starters, we believe it is incumbent upon conservatives and Christians to engage the culture, not create an alternative one. Moreover, it’s not as if Mel Gibson has eschewed earthly pleasures. In fact, he’s the biggest moneymaker in Hollywood! "Mel Gibson is among the highest paid people in Hollywood this year, and probably will...

For those who don't know of it, slashdot.org is a "news for nerds" discussion site geared towards the Linux/open source community. The articles posted are mainly technically oriented although some regular news items get posted. The general tone is anti-capitalist, anti-Microsoft and anti-Bush, but there are a few posters who balance it out a bit. Most posters are left leaning, but the latest article shocked me with hundreds of extreme leftist comments. The topic, Michael Moore at Cannes. Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore As an example, one poster wrote: Even though I feel CNN is slanted to the...