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MICHAEL WESTFALL: We met when you were writing your New York Times bestseller book titled MICHAEL MOORE IS A BIG FAT STUPID WHITE MAN. I furnished material and worked with you on one of the chapters. What is the story behind the unflattering title? David T. Hardy: When the publisher (HarperCollins) contacted Jason (my coauthor) and I, they said one thing was nonnegotiable: the title. We asked what it was. "Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man." I was a bit startled and asked, couldn't we make it something a little more academic. They responded: we told you...

What did Moore base his career on? Does Moore have any genuine credentials? If so, what are they? Did he begin many years ago back in the 1980’s by riding the coat tails and using the ideas, work and identity of concerned Flint autoworker activists? Mike Moore was never a blue-collar activist and it is up for debate if he was even a Flint talking head. He was really not much more then an observer in Flint who made a cheap movie. For Moore to have alluded or suggested otherwise, or that he was the lone Flint Don Quixote raising...

Moore's "Roger" movie was about himself. It was a self-promoting film exploiting America's workers plight. It was designed to make money, build a career and garner acclimation and name recognition for Moore…. which it did. But at what price? In reality, Moore's film genuinely hurt workers, their families and our communities because he made a vulgar joke of America's workers very serious dilemma while sidetracking and gliding over the critical issues. Moore was not a blue-collar worker, he did not understand and he obviously had a different agenda. Since then auto workers jobs as well as other middle class jobs...

I am very aware that long before the “Rights of Man” were proclaimed during the French Revolution, our own country was founded not only on a revolution that threw off a monarchy, but one that culminated with a Constitution and Bill of Rights that recognized that human rights are not some sort of privilege granted by a beneficent state but endowed by our Creator. I fear that what is happening in the US is that we have imported ideas from Europe that are at odds with the founding principles of our Republic. We see in Europe, for example, that the...

FATHER SCHULTZE: I became personally interested in Latino labor issues because my mother is a Latina. Her maiden name was Grijalva and she was born in Mimbres, New Mexico. The Catholic Church and the U.S. labor movement remain allies with regard to many work related issues; for example, just wages, adequate benefits, good working conditions, and the right to collective bargaining. As labor leaders and their staff people move further to the left on culture issues, I predict this relationship will become further strained. I often don’t feel comfortable at academic meetings that discuss labor in the United States because...

There are now multiple web sites that make a sport of attacking those who take a stand for decency. These sites question traditional Bible based morality as they labor to twist our society towards their own confused values. They use their sites as attack dogs that they aim at the conservatives whom they personally identify as the “Right Wing-Nuts.” These web sites are growing in number, their influence is increasing and they are a part of a bigger process that is working to morally collapse our culture. To distance God from our children, they clump themselves together and fight to...

For several years I worked directly with the chairman and president on management culture change with Employee Involvement process. The Ten Commandments were of immense importance to our forefathers when forming of our Nation. They viewed them as commands for personal living and the formation of a government. Unfortunately over the years, due to attacks by organizations like the ACLU and opposition from a liberal judicial system they have become a non-factor and we are paying the price with declining morality and decency in our nation. There is a common thought that the Old Testament does not apply today. Jesus...

Radical Islam is understandably perceived as the origin of the majority of terrorism today. The average Muslim on the other hand, is perceived as being a group that would never become involved with terrorism. This perception is seriously flawed and fatally dangerous. What is the source that feeds radical Islam? The religious ideation is extrapolated from the Koran itself. Islam's sacred literature is the source, which allows for the terrorist attacks we see today. Islam is thought to be a peaceful religion. Both history and current events prove otherwise. Islam is very clear about not being friends with Christians even...

STOP THE ACLU COALITION DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT Nedd Kareiva / Michael Westfall Interview In short, the goal of the Coalition is to put the ACLU out of business. To do so, I believe there are three objectives that must be achieved (1) to create massive public awareness across America that the ACLU is not a civil rights organization but an advocacy group of evil and immorality that must be done away with, thus forcing the people to revolt against them (2) to get its donors, individual and corporate, and supporters to cease underwriting their existence because without money, the ACLU...

HOLLYWOOD INTERVIEW...KAREN COVELL: The Hollywood Prayer Network started in July of 2001. We now have over 5,000 members, representing over 10,000 praying units across the world. We have chapters in the United States, Canada, Thailand and Italy. I would like to see God’s presence so visible and tangible in Hollywood that it would lead to a revival! And a revival in Hollywood will bring a cultural revival. MICHAEL WESTFALL: Most Americans have no idea about the demeanor or belief system of today’s movie moguls. Are these studio decision makers different from mainstream America or do they care about our nation’s...

There is this scene in a movie you may have heard of. In it, a man stoops down and places his finger in the dirt to write. As he does, the dust from the ground explodes with the power of the words being drawn. We then see several defeated men toss their stones to the ground and walk away. There is no excuse for Mel Gibson’s actions this past weekend. But, where is the compassion to understand how this man got to the place in his battle with the ugly disease of alcoholism that a situation like this can occur?...

The Ten Commandments are radical in the sense that they are at odds with the world in which we live. The ACLU and other special interest groups have gone to court in an effort to have the Commandments sliced from public places. Do we now consider God’s laws as antiquated, unimportant and just too restricting? Are Christians weak today with so little faith that they fall victim to confusing, conjured and fictitious Hollywood movies like The Da Vinci Code? Consider the loose ideology of any liberal person who demonstrates their rejection of God’s word by fighting to eliminate the Ten...

I Lucifer, as a deceiver of mankind, am telling you that largely because of your huge efforts, Americans now live in a post-Christ United States. I don’t follow the Bible and I am a liar, a deceiver and a master of confusion. I don’t appreciate or like people like Fox’s Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity, who keep bringing a pro-Christian awareness to the anti-Christian issues that I champion. These people are not doing my work. They are our enemies. There are countless other Christian conservatives that are my enemies. I hate them all. I am looking for delusional liberal disciples...

Letter from the "Beast"! http://michaelwestfall.tripod.com/id49.html I am “Lucifer”, but you may call me “Satan”. I have wanted to write a series of letters to my various American disciples for the last two hundred years, but America’s culture had not yet reached the point to where it was fitting. After observing how successfully so many of you devoted Americans are now discipling for me, it is clearly apparent that in “2006” the time has now arrived to deliver a personalized communication as a token of my appreciation expressing my sincere gratitude. Your efforts have been the necessary and critical grease I...

By Michael Westfall MONTROSE MICHIGAN'S, “Moose’s Movie Theatre”, was one of the favorite places to visit every weekend in the 1950’s. Movies were just decent family entertainment back then and not formulated to be offensive or political. Today, in addition to the sex and violence, there are also those in the film industry who are promoting a political agenda. Michael Moore is an example of just how far the bar of excellence has dropped in Hollywood. See…http://michaelwestfall.tripod.com/id22.html When you have self-promoters like Michael Moore, who continually jumps on the obvious hot issues, given the power and authority to promote and...

At one time Hollywood produced successful family friendly films, many of which were faith based. The Bible was actually considered important and the name of “God” meant more then a common swear term. In the movies, being “virtuous” was an admirable quality.Gibson’s blockbuster, “Passion”, blew the Tinsel Town doors wide open. Hollywood was given clear undisputable evidence by Gibson that it can be financially rewarding to produce faith based “Gospel” films. Fam Films” "exclusive purpose" would be to start a fresh new studio that produces full-length films that are of every flavor from comedies to dramas.An aggressive and competitive film...

At one time Hollywood produced successful family friendly films, many of which were faith based. The Bible was actually considered important and the name of “God” meant more then a common swear term. In the movies, being “virtuous” was an admirable quality.Gibson’s blockbuster, “Passion”, blew the Tinsel Town doors wide open. Hollywood was given clear undisputable evidence by Gibson that it can be financially rewarding to produce faith based “Gospel” films. Fam Films” "exclusive purpose" would be to start a fresh new studio that produces full-length films that are of every flavor from comedies to dramas.An aggressive and competitive film...

Our actions as a nation since Roe versus Wade have been to kill over “46 million babies.” The contents of this article suggest that we take a good hard look at the facts as laid out herein. Then we need to be honest in determining if we have put our own convenience over and above the value of human life by aborting unwanted pregnancies. (Westfall 2005) 4 The intention of this article is neither to condemn women who have had an abortion, nor to suggest violence toward those who participate in the operation of abortion clinics. The intention of this...

“A Distant Thunder” A Jonathan Flora Film Jonathan Flora Interview By Michael Westfall The American Worker November 1, 2005 A Distant Thunder is a soon to be released controversial 35-minute featurette. It is an independent film that was written and directed by respected Hollywood Filmmaker, Jonathan Flora and produced by the talented Kip Perry. Flora,wanted to use his expertise to create this film for a higher purpose. He succeeded. The story evolves around a supernatural setting. It uses a courtroom as the arena in which to focus on the many terrible human costs related to the partial birth abortion procedure....

“The American Worker” is a series of papers developed around worker issues relative to the moral decline in America over the last 50 years. There is no better recent illustration of the importance of this issue then the story of “American Worker” J. Matt Barber. His dismissal from the Allstate Insurance Company for his opposition to same-sex marriage and his stand for one-man, one-woman marriage is a true indicator of where America stands in the cultural war today. Our culture has become loud, profane, disrespectful and in your face. In 2005, America now offers legalized on demand murder through abortion,...