Moore should claim Executive Producer Privilege.

Here's an idea-he can just tell them that as soon as the many administration figures who are currently refusing to appear under subpoena show up to testify, he will do the same. After all, no one is above the law, right???

The game of subpoenas has started . who will win?

Michael Moore is a true living treasure. He's fearless, truthful, and his sense of humor amidst all the depressing outrages of our days, make his presentations so precious and effective. I just love him. Thanks Michael. We need you!

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some of us fortunately have more fortitude than cowering to threats of taking away more liberties. We actually fight for them. MM is a role model.

I think Moore should show evidence of a failed health care system and Bush Admin. might change course for a better America.

Hope there is a happy ending for Moore and the Universal Health Care.

Those are completely voluntary, right?

If they haul him into court, he should just read the Gonzales transcripts to them.

I got an idea!
Pull a Harriet Myers and just don't show up!
Then our doofus-in-Chief would be faced with a decision.
Nah, you know that Moore would go to jail while Harriet, even if convicted, has a Get out of Jail card....Just like Scooter did.

I love this big guy. Hey. why not shout it?

I LOVE YOU, MICHAEL

You know, something just occurred to me.
Don't they usually reserve a supena for those who are unwilling to appear voluntarily?

I bet nobody even asked him to show up.
They're trying to look all Texas Macho.
I'd love it if got got a Judge that said "This is so obviously a political move, I'm dismissing it out of hand!"

Virginia Renegade @ 18:

This is actually a great way to give Mike an even bigger, better platform. Yes, keep in the news, keep him on the talk shows and magazines. We need this guy!

Exactly! I want the truth entered into the Congressional Records so that a century from now they will find that not all of us were completely off our rockers.

I was thinking of what having Havana would do to me if it were stamped on my brand new passport and I took a flight there from San Jose. I cant believe my government says I cannot visit there. My own criminal government. What audacity.

How long until they seize his financial assets? I can just see Rove with furrowed brow, then snapping his fingers and saying, "I've got it! Let's subpoena Michael Moore to distract the media from the Pat Tillman murder."

Fascists.

Not to worry....subpoenas don't matter to this administration.

If I was Moore I'd tell Bush to go f**k himself!

Michael Moore has REALLY done it this time!

He's proving beyond a shadow of doubt that the Bush really is an asshole.

Will Moore stop at nothing? Nothing?

I think he should offer to testify, but off the record, with no transcript and with no follow up questions.

Isn't that what the Bushies call a fair deal?

the Pinochetists continue to use the police state to enforce their Chicago School privatization of all services agenda

I am sure that Michael Moore will honor the White House Subpoena..........far more than the WHITE HOUSE honors "subpoenas" called by the House of Congress.

The hypocrites expect you to honor their call for subpoena but they will not honor the others.

You guys know that you're probably not going to see Michael Moore in public ever again, right?

Trying to get Gonzo and Tillman off the front page.

Proud American @ 38:

I am sure that Michael Moore will honor the White House Subpoena..........far more than the WHITE HOUSE honors "subpoenas" called by the House of Congress.

The hypocrites expect you to honor their call for subpoena but they will not honor the others.

Proud American, I was thinking the same thing. I believe Michael will follow the law and appear as he was ordered -- as all Americans are required to do. I wonder how far he'll push things once he's there?

Harley @ 42:

Trying to get Gonzo and Tillman off the front page.

Great point, but don't worry, we're great at multitasking.

The Bush administration has always been for big business and healthcare is no exception.
When lobbyists for the pharmaceutical companies wrote the medicaid bill, the rotten republican a-holes blatenly screwed the American taxpayers and lined their own pockets.
Go out and ask ten strangers about this and i will bet you less than two people will know what you're talking about. There's no more outrage in America today. Michael Moore has the ability to produce the outrage that's missing. They know it, and they'll do anything to stop it (supeona). They will always protect big business and money. Youtube, blogs, and websites scare these bastards to no end. Why do you think big ISP's are pushing for net neutrality? Shut down the source of these sites! Slow down the net so the news can come from the CNN, FOX, and the rest of the Lindsay Lohan news channels. Michael Moore who? Thank you Crooks and Liars for informing the people of the truth.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/02/under-the-influence-how-lobbyis...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/07/06/ftc-abandons-net-neutrality/

If they managed to jail Mike, he would then be a martyr and a high profile POLITICAL prisoner.....someone who has just whipped the country into a fury over us getting fucked over by corporations......If this were to happen, I believe the volume of calls for impeachment would be raised up to a roar.

And I DEFY those fucks to try and do something to the 9/11 rescue workers.....even a portion of the most clueless reality denying authoritarian mouthbreathers would turn on them over that one.

V V

So Micheal Moore provides a platform for opinions that are generally excluded from the Corporate Media and he gets accused of being "one sided." That's very interesting. Anyone who knows anything about film theory knows that documentaries always express a point of view whether it is expressly stated in editorial form as Moore does or more subtly by exclusion of information that does not support its theses such as we see on Fox News and the rest of the Corporate Media. Moore is upfront and honest about his point of view, which is more than you can say about Fox News pretense at being "Fair and Balanced" and the rest of the Corporate elite owned media's claim to objectivity. So for that, he should be prosecuted? For bringing the American public a viewpoint differing from the official beltway elite opinion? For revealing the truth about the Cuban health care system to the American public unfiltered by government and corporate propaganda? So much for free speech. And you call yourself an American and spit on the Constitution at the same time? Despicable!

Just don't fuckin show up. Subpoenas don't mean jack shit anymore, right?

Harley @ 42:

Trying to get Gonzo and Tillman off the front page.

Is that all they have left? (I'd like to think) It's like a ponzi scheme unraveling.

Mike Dunkirk @ 37:

Maybe its about time Moore is held accountable for his one sided stories which cannot be called documentaries. If people want socialism healthcare, then by all means , let them that want it have it. but dont count on people like Moore to get warehouse healthcare. Pelople like him feel they are above that

Awww, wasssammatta baby, you lost?? Here's directions home --> nutjob central

BTW, lots of people are willing to shell out bucks to hear Micheal Moore's opinion. Can you imagine how long Fox News would survive if it had to be viewer supported instead of subsidized by vested corporate interests? Not very long I think. There's the real marketplace of ideas in action for you. Suck that right wingnut corporatists, Conservatives Libertarians. Nobodies going to pay to see your crap ever! You have to have corporate funded socialism to cram your BS PR down the publics collective throat.

Here is the smoking gun from HuffPo:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/washington/28weapons.html?hp

Mike Dunkirk @ 37:

Maybe its about time Moore is held accountable for his one sided stories which cannot be called documentaries. If people want socialism healthcare, then by all means , let them that want it have it. but dont count on people like Moore to get warehouse healthcare. Pelople like him feel they are above that

Mr. Dunkirk I invite you to come to Canada at anytime and see our healthcare system for itself it is not as you call it socialized healthcare.

the Bush regime is running out of ideas, leave Moore alone. If they end up throwing Moore in jail, it will blow up in their faces, essentially making him a martyr (without the dieing part).

Good publicity for Michael. Good guy, bad guys situation.

Man, Sicko must be good to make the White House move like that. They managed to squeeze him in between Congressional hearings , scandal clean-ups, and Iraq money laundering. Wow. I gotta see it now. Thanks Boosh!

Way to make M. Moore a hero! (not that he wasn't one already)

The point should be made that the Bush administration is actively blocking funds that could have otherwise been used to get more of the progressive healthcare message out.

Moore could invest much more money in such a campaign since he wouldn't have to put some much of it away to protect his ass from frivolous suits based on obscure remnants of colonial law (embargo against Cuba)?

It's such a waste of money to not offer preventative care to all - people end up just going into debt to pay for specialized operations down the road where preventative care could have cured such a commonly diagnosable ailment.

Wow, could the Bush admin make a stupider move.

Michael Moore should testify. Like he did on Leno he could mention over and over "911 HEROS" and state how it's a crime they are not getting the healthcare they need. Then the grand jury may want to hear from the government why that's the case. In most grand juries the members can directly ask questions of those being deposed as well as ask to hear from people. It could be very embarrassing for Bush.

In any case, Moore is a journalist and they are allowed to go to Cuba. Bush would really have to go after the 911 HEROS because it's they who didn't have permission. How is that going to look.

If this is how the Bush Administration plans to silence Michael Moore and turn the public against him, it is going to backfire on them. But it fascinating to observe the extremes to which they will go to prevent any criticism of what they perceive as a threat to their grand plan for the future of this country and the world.

How about if Michael Moore just chooses not to show up, like those who work for Bush? Isn't that the new standard? Oh that's right, thumbing your nose at the law is only acceptable if you're republican or work for the WH. And so it's truly begun, our decent into tyranny. The bullies in the WH go after the little people who dare stand up to them. Michael Moore is a true patriot, a national hero, and very courageous man. Hope this causes a huge outcry. What a bunch of thugs.

Harley @ 42:

Trying to get Gonzo and Tillman off the front page.

Well maybe Moore can weave Sicko into the Tillman case. You know; “If we would have had decent health care maybe Pat Tillman would e alive today and the Administration would not have had to tell lies about his killing.” And; “If Gonzo would have good universal health care he could go out and get mental health care and not worry about having to pay for it.” D
Do you see where I’m coming from?

If Moore obeys the subpoena he should just read Gonzo's transcript word-forfuc*ing-word in court. Then when he's jailed for contempt we'll storm the courthouse.

(If you couldn't tell, I think this move on Bush's part is complete bullshit)

I was wondering when this was going to happen. They are going to do everything in their power to throw the book at Moore and put him away for a very long time. I do not doubt that they will try to conflate his journalism with giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the US. Yes, it will help keep the healthcare issue in the spotlight, but Michael is in some deep shit. He needs to get himself some high-powered legal representation on this and do it soon. Their is only one single thing that the Bush junta excels at, and that is using the full power of the executive branch in the exercise of spiteful vendetta. They would not have issued a subpeona were they not planning on totally crushing Mr. Moore. The persecution begins.

Were I Michael Moore, I'd ask for asylum in Canada.

Where can I get my "Free Michael Moore" bumper sticker?

Paul @ 87:

I was wondering when this was going to happen. They are going to do everything in their power to throw the book at Moore and put him away for a very long time. I do not doubt that they will try to conflate his journalism with giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the US. Yes, it will help keep the healthcare issue in the spotlight, but Michael is in some deep shit. He needs to get himself some high-powered legal representation on this and do it soon. Their is only one single thing that the Bush junta excels at, and that is using the full power of the executive branch in the exercise of spiteful vendetta. They would not have issued a subpeona were they not planning on totally crushing Mr. Moore. The persecution begins.

Were I Michael Moore, I'd ask for asylum in Canada.

There really isn't a single thing that they can do. Moore is 100% correct when he states that he has every right to go to Cuba without permission as he is making a documentary. That is an absolute exception to the embargo on Cuba. It is hard to argue that someone was done illegally when the law allows for what he did to occur. This is just the usual games.

Catalyst @ 76:

Wow, could the Bush admin make a stupider move.

You expecting an end to BushCo stupidity ? Ive talked to Canadians that have traveled to Cuba and run into Americans there. Naturally they ask " Hey ? what you doing here ? your not allowed." The Americans usually just have a good laugh at that one. Perhaps Moore should suggest BushCo track all these embargo busting criminals down and jail them too then. Another funny is that you never hear MSM talk about the 120 million set aside initially for 911 workers , for aftercare health issues ,that he took back and tossed down the Iraq hole or into one of his pals wallets. I think Congress should hold hearings on just who at the White House leaned on EPA and allowed all those New Yorkers to inhale all that fine asbestos and mercury laden dust in the first place. You have to feel sorry for those who dont realize they are being played for suckers.

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He should tell them he'll appear when Miers and Rove appear. Until then, fuck your subpoena!!

Fair and balanced is what I get first....when I'm compelled to watch tv or listen to the radio then I watch anything by Michael. I watch both and that's what I call getting both sides of the story. Michael is under NO obligation to include the main stream media crap that everybody sees everyday of the week in his documentaries. He has carved out a niche...its his job; he's self-employed----he does not have to pander to the conservative agenda. And then who ever wants to buy his product can --or choose not to. Pretty simple market-based economics. That's something that the Repubs & conservatives should understand.

PS- Hang tough Michael. Respond to the subpoena when Meirs and Gonzoles does.

This will probably get more mainstream coverage than 99% of Bush's corrupt acts. That's still good though, because Moore will use the opportunity to bring out those, I'm sure.

Gabriele Droz @ 10:

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some of us fortunately have more fortitude than cowering to threats of taking away more liberties. We actually fight for them. MM is a role model.

I'm the "mouthbreather" in question. I see that your irony meter is not working very well today. Though I don't comment here often, I'm a loyal reader who comes here on a daily basis and agrees with the views you express. I'm a little ashamed of you, though, for deleting my earlier comment. I would have thought you would tolerate more than a chorus of applause... and that the irony would be obvious to you and your readers.

never mind. I jut found it.

neverbeenfooled @ 80:

If this is how the Bush Administration plans to silence Michael Moore and turn the public against him, it is going to backfire on them. But it fascinating to observe the extremes to which they will go to prevent any criticism of what they perceive as a threat to their grand plan for the future of this country and the world.

It is more proof that Tyrants are running America.