Congratulations, Corporate Crime Fighters! Coup Averted for Three Days! ...from Michael Moore
Friends, Everyone said the bill would pass. The masters of the universe were already making celebratory dinner reservations at Manhattan's finest restaurants. Personal shoppers in Dallas and Atlanta were dispatched to do the early Christmas gifting. Mad Men of Chicago and Miami were popping corks and toasting each other long ...
Bailout foes hold day of protests
Grassroots groups and online activists rally against the proposed taxpayer rescue of Wall Street. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The public backlash against the Bush administration's proposal to use tax dollars to bailout Wall Street spilled into the streets Thursday. "People all over the country are up in arms about this," ...
Union workers protest, ask McCain for one of his homes
By Ed Runyan / Youngstown Vindicator UAW Local 1112 President Jim Graham said McCain ‘has a total disconnect with the middle class.’ WARREN — They didn’t actually bring a U-Haul of furniture with them or a person losing their home to foreclosure, as promised. But local health-care union members and ...
Cousin John, where did you go? ...by Adam Vaulx Boles, John McCain's cousin
St. Petersburg Times Recently, my father gave me an envelope full of press clippings which chronicle the history of a very notable part of our family. Most of the articles come from the Florida Times-Union, a Jacksonville-based paper he read during the '60s and '70s when he taught at Lake ...
Union activists protest GOP headquarters
Associate Press RENO, Nev. -- Union activists kicked off a three-week tour of presidential battleground states with a protest at the Washoe County Republican headquarters and were headed to Carson City on Tuesday in a bid to help elect Democrat Barack Obama as the best candidate to turn around the ...
McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarks
By Devlin Barrett / Associated Press WARREN, Mich. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild their industry and in the process jump-start the entire U.S. economy. On the day McCain visited one of the areas hardest hit by the economic downturn and rising gas ...
Protests greet McCain at Toledo fundraiser
FOX Toledo DOWNTOWN TOLEDO -- In making his first appearance in Toledo since the Ohio Primary, Republican presidential nominee and Arizona Senator John McCain was greeted with protesters outside the Toledo Club before a private fundraising event Tuesday evening. Lucas County Democrats marched downtown in unison with members of the ...
Corrupt Systems ...by Cindy Sheehan
Corrupt Systems Cindy Sheehan (Pelosi), too, is frustrated with the ongoing war in Iraq but believes that impeachment would be divisive and distract Congress from improving the lives of working families. Spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi: Drew Hammill The above quote from House Speaker, and my opponent, Nancy Pelosi's spokesperson would ...
81% in Poll Say Nation Is Headed on Wrong Track
By David Leonhardt and Marjorie Connelly / New York Times Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll. In the poll, 81 percent of respondents ...
Protesters urge Bush to end war, invest in America
By Jennifer Kohlhepp / Freehold News Transcript FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Hundreds of protesters chanted, "Bring the troops home, end the war now" as President George W. Bush touched down in Freehold aboard Marine One last week. Local individuals and families joined New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA), Democracy For America, ...
No glimpse of Bush for protesters
By Joanne Huist Smith / Dayton Daily News RIVERSIDE, OH — Protesters hoping President George Bush's motorcade would pass their way prior to his speech at the National Museum of the United States Air Force about the war on terror never got a glimpse of the commander in chief. About ...
Friends Come To The Aid Of 9/11 First Responder
NBC10 BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A fundraiser was held Friday night to help a man who used to make a living helping others. The Jersey Shore resident was one of the first responders to the attacks at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. But as NBC 10’s Doug ...
Many offer aid to Barnegat man who assisted at ground-zero
By Emily Previti / Press of Atlantic City An emergency medical technician, whose medical and financial troubles following his work at the World Trade Center site have left him set to lose his Barnegat home at the end of this month, said he has been bombarded with calls and e-mails ...
Barnegat man's work at WTC leaves him ill, facing foreclosure
By Emily Previti / Press of Atlantic City BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, NJ - Charles Giles has endured failing health, mounting medical bills and limitations to life as he knew it before Sept. 11, 2001. Soon, he might add homelessness to the list. When Giles, then an EMT, responded to the disaster ...
THE MARCH OF FREEDOM Mission Accomplished: Yesterday, Iraqi government forces launched an offensive ("Operation Lightning") on the insurgents of Baghdad. Today, the US military mistakenly arrested the head of the largest Sunni political party and the insurgents of Baghdad blew up a crowd of protesting Iraqi policemen. Mission Accomplished: Four-star ...
Some Creditors Make Illegal Demands on Active-Duty Soldiers
By Diana B. Henriques / New York Times Sgt. John J. Savage III, an Army reservist, was about to climb onto a troop transport plane for a flight to Iraq from Fayetteville, N.C., when his wife called with alarming news: "They're foreclosing on our house." Sergeant Savage recalled, "There was ...
Associated Press WASHINGTON - When Army reservist Steve Welter was called up for active duty in Iraq last August, his wife never thought she would face her own fight to save the family's home from foreclosure. A 65-year-old federal law, which Congress expanded last year, provides a range of protections ...
U.S. Soldier Fights To Keep Home While In Iraq
Wife Says Bank Threatens To Foreclose On Sergeant's House, Sell Belongings WFTV-9 OSAWATOMIE, Kan. -- A Kansas soldier who is on active duty in Iraq is also fighting for his home.Sgt. Steve WelterA bank is trying to foreclose on Sgt. Steve Welter's house in Osawatomie, which is illegal. It is ...
News finds Kerik in cash conflict; Got thousands, didn't report it
By Russ Buettner / Daily News Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik accepted thousands of dollars in cash and gifts without making proper public disclosures, a Daily News investigation has revealed. Kerik failed to report the gifts on financial disclosure forms he was required to file with the ...
Seeking Quick Loans, Soldiers Race Into High-Interest Traps
By Diana B. Henriques / New York Times From Puget Sound in the Northwest to the Virginia coast, the landscape is the same: the main gate of a large military base opens onto a highway lined with shops eager to make small, fast and remarkably expensive loans, no questions asked. ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
'The East'
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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