Please!!! I'm writing from Italy and I'd like to read Michael Moore's speech of yesterday ceremony of the academy awards. I don't know where to search. Please, if someone has it written, could you send it to me? Thanks and keep on fighting!

http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/win_32297.html

"ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Michael Moore: Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much."

I watched the speech this morning on ctv.ca. The Canadian broadcasters are actually fairly decent (CBC and CTV are good - Canwest, however, is crap).

Cheers and Peace

James Robbins weighs in with the real deal on Michael Moore.

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I read with interest a report out of San Francisco about the "rough" treatment some antiwar demonstrators got at the hands of the SFPD . Some complained that their hands were bound too tightly. Others noted the use of scare tactics, such as threatening to withhold bathroom privileges from a protester who refused to identify herself. ("That is not right," one survivor commented.) Some were forced to sleep overnight on cell floors, others on mats in a gymnasium. The sandwiches they were given to eat "didn't taste great." Some women were called "little girl" or "hon." The horror, the horror. Contrast these accounts with the latest revelation about the treatment of dissidents in Iraq, namely being fed through industrial-grade plastic shredders. The lucky ones go in head first. Imagine it. Seriously, take a minute and try to conceive it. What would be going through your mind the instant your feet made contact with the whirling metal? Bad sandwiches?

I don't take the peace movement seriously, certainly not as seriously as it takes itself, which is far out of proportion to reality and best analyzed through the lens of social psychology ala Eric Hoffer .Michael Moore's selfish performance at the Oscars last night is a case in point. What interest could possibly be served by this intellectual leader of the Left mouthing off in his usual way, other than to satisfy some sort of quest for self fulfillment? It certainly did not help shorten the war, and nullified the impact of the much classier statements by other Academy members focusing on the safety of the men and women in uniform. Another moment of high sanctimony took place over the weekend at a federal courthouse in Baltimore, where UMD students staged a "funeral for democracy." One young woman flat on her back on the grass stated, "We are mourning the deaths of innocent Iraqis who have no responsibility for anything their government may have done." But did she ever have the urge to make a public spectacle of herself mourning the innocent Iraqi victims of Saddam's tyranny? Did it ever cross her mind that a funeral for democracy has been appropriate vis-a-vis Iraq every day of Saddam's rule?

Peace enthusiasts use the expression "not in our name" without irony, although it can most properly be applied to the antiwar movement itself. The last CNN poll I saw showed 76% approval of the use of force to disarm Iraq, and only 20% disapproval. Moreover, of those 20%, I wonder how many would sign on to the radical left agenda of International A.N.S.W.E.R ? The fact that this is a vocal minority seems even to be finally understood by the media, though coverage of weekend demonstrations was nonstop. The same old demonstrators voiced the same old phrases. The war is illegal. It is immoral. It is racist. No blood for oil. (How many arrived in cars, one wonders?) The money spent on the war would better be spent on education. One self-described New York schoolteacher made this point; basically, she was demonstrating for a raise. Some protesters brought their children, even babies, draped with slogans -- children who can have no idea why they are there, other than as props in their parents' life-theater. It will be the shock of their lives when the rebellious child comes home after a year in college and confesses to being a Republican.

The ubiquitous expression "we support the troops" is a long way from the more traditional "baby killers." Today's protesters are forced by necessity to take this approach since these days most Americans respect the military, and spitting on the uniform is not something likely to generate public approval. One might wonder if the troops want their support, or rather consider them to be a nuisance and an impediment to their mission. Luckily for the protesters, the men and women in uniform do not enjoy the same First Amendment freedoms, and can't express how they feel on political issues. The related question of "patriotism" came up in every report I saw, and in each case, it was a reporter who brought it up. In fact I have never heard anyone but a reporter raise the issue. It has become a cliche, something the antiwar crowd flogs for their own benefit, allowing them an extra dose of umbrage as they boldly assert their Americanism in the face of public boredom. I was very amused when in Chicago both demonstrators and counter-demonstrators chanted "USA! USA!" Nice everyone can agree on something.

New York protesters shouted "tell it like it is" to reporters whom they feel are shills for the Defense Department. In response, al Jazeera told it exactly how it is, airing Iraqi video of the corpses of American soldiers, some with suspicious gunshots to the head, along with American prisoners of war being abused and humiliated. I recall an earnest protester stating over the weekend, "People need to realize what's going on [in Iraq]." Well, now they know .

Many peace marchers invoked Gandhi and King, but they will never be subjected to the purifying sacrifices necessary for true satyagraha . They can afford to do this because of their confidence that they will be treated humanely. This is in part because no one takes them seriously and everyone knows what they are doing is performance art. But it is also because the United States is the freest country in the world, and the system is committed to their rights of self-expression. I would respect the antiwar demonstrators much more if they volunteered to be human shields in Baghdad, because at least then they would be putting themselves at genuine risk for their beliefs. (Can we refer to those who do not go overseas for peace as chicken doves?) If they did so they might have an epiphany like the one recently visited on Kenneth Joseph. According to UPI , Joseph, a former human shield and pastor with the Assyrian Church of the East, was "shocked back to reality" by contact with average Iraqis who spoke to him privately without Saddam's secret police present. He was told "they would commit suicide if American bombing didn't start. They were willing to see their homes demolished to gain their freedom from Saddam's bloody tyranny. They convinced me that Saddam was a monster the likes of which the world had not seen since Stalin and Hitler. He and his sons are sick sadists. Their tales of slow torture and killing made me ill." He has it all on video, so perhaps PBS could edit it down for a Bill Moyers special.

The set of evidence used in the Nuremberg trials was published in a multivolume work entitled Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression . Soon a similar anthology will be assembled for war-crimes trials in Iraq, either under international auspices, or by the new Iraqi government. Saddam's archives will not only demonstrate his defiance of the U.N. by producing weapons of mass destruction, and document his regime's links to terrorist groups including al Qaeda, but will also lay bare the workings of the apparatus of oppression of Saddam's police state, as heartless and brutal as any in history. All of this will prove the case for conflict. In victory, the conditions which have made Iraq a human-rights nightmare and a global pariah state will be removed. And in years to come Iraqis will enjoy peace and freedom in their homeland, will build civil society, will have the right to speak and worship freely without fear of reprisal, as well as the ability to profit from the natural wealth of their country. They will no longer have to bow to images of a corrupt and heartless megalomaniac, will not have to fear execution for thinking freely, and generally will be able to enjoy lives of opportunity and personal fulfillment. And all of these blessings will come about with no thanks whatsoever to the peace movement.

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from NRO.com

One of the things that wasn't included in the above transcript of Moore's speech was the chorus of Boos, combined with a lesser smattering of applause, that nearly drowned out what he said toward the end of the speech.

He was booed. Michael Moore is an embarrassment to himself, his family, his employer, his country, and his dog.

You should be so lucky to be 1/10 the person Micheal Moore is. You would be lucky to be his dog, bitch.

I watched the Oscars. When Moore started in on his rant, these loud boos started, as if on cue. It didn't sound like a crowd-scale boo, but like a few dudes with microphones. It was really loud. Behind these strange loud boos, you could here actual crowd-scale cheering and whistling. And don't forget that he had just received a standing ovation. The booing was staged, I'm convinced, by some goons, anticipating that Moore was gonna say something bad about Smirky McWarhardon.

On Pacifica, WBAI and to me it sounded as stated like

a crowd of cheering countered by load isolated boos

as the music tried then succeeded in drowning Mr. Moore

out. IMO

So Michael Moore was the target of some sort of staged ridicule by the Academy, or anyone else for that matter???

Microphones???

Everyone, quick! Grab your aluminum hats!!!

'We can dance if we want to...'

And we're dancing now.

I do have an Aluminum hat, a forestry hard hat.

Got some good work related dings on it also.

"Another moment of high sanctimony took place over the weekend at a federal courthouse in Baltimore, where UMD students staged a "funeral for democracy." One young woman flat on her back on the grass stated, "We are mourning the deaths of innocent Iraqis who have no responsibility for anything their government may have done." But did she ever have the urge to make a public spectacle of herself mourning the innocent Iraqi victims of Saddam's tyranny? "

are you referring to the same atrocities many in the left decried back in the 80's? the ones that got a condemnation from the un security council that the regan administration vetoed? those?

Amy Goodman replayed MIchael Moore's Oscar acceptance speech on Democracy Now this morning. Democracy Now always posts mp3s from previous shows on their website. You can probably go there tomorrow and download the speech.

http://www.democracynow.org

I listened to it on that site, and I concur that it sounded like a few loud people booing close to the microphone. However, I may have been prejudiced because that's how my son described it (he watched the Oscars, I didn't). He also says Moore got a standing ovation when the award was announced. There were a few other anti war speeches too, and none of them was booed. It does look staged.

Interesting that Nuremberg was mentioned...

"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in

England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after

all, It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is

always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a

democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist

dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the

bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any

country."

Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials,

1946

I taped the Academy Awards and on the playback you

can easiler discern that Moore not only recieved

a round of cheers and a standing ovation from many

in the audience, but that the boos came late

and have a peculiar sound to them like as if they

were amplified.

I taped the Academy Awards and on the playback you

can easiler discern that Moore not only recieved

a round of cheers and a standing ovation from many

in the audience, but that the boos came late

and have a peculiar sound to them like as if they

were amplified.

I taped the Academy Awards and on the playback you

can easiler discern that Moore not only recieved

a round of cheers and a standing ovation from many

in the audience, but that the boos came late

and have a peculiar sound to them like as if they

were amplified.

I saw Michael Moore on BBC lateron. People were standing up (all of them) for his movie. During his speech there was lots of cheering and clapping, and a few people booing. the boos did not interrupt his speech, the music did.

Not at all like on the US media. There may be some boo error on US media for the time being. Why don't we make a repair effort ourselves. You know how it is when you try to reach tech support. You're waiting and waiting for weeks, months, years. After the repair effort by 25,000 people Saturday at CNN Los Angeles, why not a coordinated boo-error-repair effort around the country including all the major networks?

But don't expect any gratitude from the networks for our assistance. Since the Saturday demo CNN has almost only been covering those tiny pro-war demos they needed to be 'fair' and 'balanced' the corporate way.

Besides, Michael Moore's book which is basically telling the same truth about Bush, his war on the world and on the American people, is the biggest selling book since 911. That doesn't go too well with your boos.

We got to repair that boo error.

Thank you Michael Moore for your courage. You're truly an American Hero.

You must check out his backstage press conference speech that he give to the reporters. At least here they let him speak without any boos and hisses. He is absolutely brilliant!

http://mfile.akamai.com/8629/asf/clips.download.akamai.com/8629/DocumentaryFeature_300k.asx

You should be able to open the file with newer versions of real audio and windows media player. Pass this link to as many people as possible. Enjoy!

At the time of the speech I also noticed how amplified the "boos" sounded sompared to the normal audience noise. Also, the shots of the first few rows of the audience while the "boos" went on showed everyone sitting in their seats, deer-in-the-headlights style, certainly not booing at the top of their lungs. Certainly no one on the stage near the mikes was booing, so, where did it come from? I have an interesting idea -- surely the Kodak theatre has a *house PA system*. Is it possible that someone on staff at the theatre anticipated that Moore would say something anti-war (not a wild guess) and positioned him/her/themselves in the sound booth? Then when Moore started to talk about a "ficticious president " they flipped on the mike and let those superloud boos rip.

Moore is a leftist faggot fat ass cocksucker. He used a awaerd to brodcast his opinions to america and he says everyone has the right to do so. Yea shithead but the truth is not everyone grts a national audience to speak out their opinion so you are a asshole who took advantage of a stupid award for making pinko anti gun flicks while you were jerkihng off to fag movies. Fuck you you fat bastard die in shit eating dictators blood you phony sonofabichingcocksuckingmaggot

^^ brilliant! heh.. someone needs a g.e.d.

Would even want shake your hand?

Is that with or without luggy?

Bugger Ball would.

Bullplop.

I saw it on Fox News tonight. The idiot practically got booed off the stage.

What an idiot.

HAR!

I love how you dupes think that just because this moron got booed that there was some sort of conspiracy to amplify the boos and stuff.

You people are serious dorks.

So let’s see now…. World Trade Center, blown up - a conspiracy. Pentagon, blown up - a conspiracy. Saddam’s cruelty to his people – a conspiracy. JFK killed – a conspiracy. Area 51 spacemen – a conspiracy. US Election is close – a conspiracy. Michael Moore being booed - a conspiracy.

So let's see now... I'm a brainwashed buffoon - a conspiracy. No, wait. I AM a brainwashed buffoon!

You can call Moore many, many things but cowardly and self-centered are two words you can not back up.