[SwF] Fwd: Very important: Vote today!

Subject: Very important: Vote today!
 
December 8, 2004
 
Dear Friends,
 
May I take a break from our post-election despair to share with you a
little piece of happy/silly/cool news?
 
"Fahrenheit 9/11" has been nominated by the People's Choice Awards as
the American public's "Favorite Film of the Year." The five nominees
were chosen from a poll of thousands of Americans in mid-to-late
November. The other nominees for best film are "Spiderman 2," "The
Incredibles," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (with Jim
Carrey), and "Shrek 2." It is the first time ever a documentary has
been nominated for best film by the People's Choice Awards.
 
The People's Choice Awards are considered, among all the awards shows,
to be the one which most accurately reflects the "mainstream" public
opinion in the United States.
 
OK, now, here's the best part: YOU get to vote! Online. Now. Just go
to http://www.pcavote.com/voting/film/f01.shtml, click on the little
circle next to "Fahrenheit 9/11" in the "Favorite Movie" category and
press the "vote" button. Voting is going on now and continues only
through this coming Monday, December 13, at 3:00pm ET, so send an
e-mail to your friends and let them know they can vote, too. Winners
will accept their awards live on CBS on January 9.
 
Now, normally I wouldn't make a very big deal out of something like
this. It's nice and I'm honored, but it's not exactly the number one
priority on any of our minds these days. In fact, when we found out we
were nominated over a week ago, I didn't even think to tell you about
it or put it up on our website.
 
But then a group of top Republicans took out a full page ad in USA
Today (and placed a similar one in the Hollywood trade magazine,
Variety) proclaiming that "An election is over, but a war of ideas
continues." The point of the ad was to say that while they, as right
wing conservatives, were proud of getting rid of Kerry, there was
still one more nuisance running around loose they had to deal with --
me! They also issued a not-so-subtle threat to the Academy Awards
voters that, in essence, said don't even THINK about nominating
"Fahrenheit 9/11" for Best Picture. And Bill O'Reilly recently
bellowed that if the Oscars recognize my work this year, Middle
America will boycott Hollywood.
 
Oops. I guess he spoke too soon. Because now along comes Middle
America's favorite awards show, the People's Choice, and the People's
Choice this year, along with a Spiderman superhero and a lovable green
ogre, is a film that apparently continues to resonate throughout the
country. The truth about Iraq, Bush, terror and fear. The election has
not altered or made irrelevant, unfortunately, a single one of these
issues. That they (and the film that dealt with these issues) are
still at the forefront of the majority of the public's minds should
give serious pause to Mr. Bush as he brags about a nonexistent
"mandate" and begins to spend his "political capital."
 
He may have been (barely) the people's choice on November 2 (Ohio
recount excluded), but now the people get to vote again, this time for
a movie. It's about the best we can do right now, and, trust me, it
won't be long before we start the real work we need to do to get our
country back.

 
Again, go to http://www.pcavote.com/voting/film/f01.shtml if you want
to vote for our film. I promise, if we win, to give a nice and polite
speech.
 
Yours,
 
Michael Moore
 www.michaelmoore.com
 [email protected]
 
P.S. Please feel free to post or forward this to your friends... 
P.P.S.  Yes, it's true, I'm on the Barbara Walters people of the year
special tonight. Did I cry? You'll have to watch to find out! :-)


-- 
~FurSid
HTML Integrator
b.i.t.s. [Associates of JWT Asiatic]
URL: http://www.bitsonline.net
cell: [ 0320-4051131 ]


------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
$4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything.
http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/wDNolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

_____________________________________________________

IMPORTANT!!!
DO NOT send attachments above 150 KB!

Do you enjoy being in SwF??
 Why don't you tell your friends to join SwF?
   Help this list grow...

======[ Subscribe ]==================================

Send a blank e-mail to subscribe SwF at:
-> share-with-friends-subscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org


======[ UnSubscribe ]================================

To unsubscribe send a blank e-mail at:
-> share-with-friends-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

======[ Contact ]====================================
[email protected]
 - contact the moderators team for questions,
   complaints, suggestions or comments

Enjoy! & do Share with Friends! ;-)


##################################################### 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Share-with-Friends/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Share-with-Friends-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/