Republicans are behind the effort to censor Fahrenheit 9/11

Posted by: APR on Jun 13, 2004 - 08:27 AM

By Kurt Nimmo

So desperate are Bush Republicans to kill Michael Moore's latest film, Fahrenheit 9/11, they have hired a public relations firm to set up a web site attacking Moore. The site, MoveAmericaForward.com, claims to be "non-partisan," but a glance at the "About" page of the site reveals the director and staff of Move America Forward are all diehard Republicans, anti-tax activists, and former legislative staffers. The PR firm is Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Russo Marsh & Rogers is a GOP consultation firm. In 2002, Ron Rogers teamed up with Reagan heavyweight Lyn Nofziger and Ed Rollins to work on the gubernatorial campaign of Bill Simon (see Campaign movements -- People & Organizations.)

Thanks to the detective work of WhatReallyHappened.com, it was revealed that Move America Forward's web site was registered in the name of Russo Marsh & Rogers. In other words, Move America Forward is about as partisan as it gets without putting the GOP seal of approval on the web site. In short, Move America Forward's campaign is a Republican dirty trick designed to smear Moore and pressure move theater owners not to run his film.

"Time is short," the Move America Forward web site declares, "we must act now to have our voices heard in time to make a difference. Help us get messages from millions of Americans sent to these film industry executives."

Certainly, time is short for the Republicans -- millions of Americans are about to learn how George Bush had a business relationship with the Bin Laden family -- and they will learn it right before the election. Russo and the "non-partisan" Republicans want to make sure you never see Moore's film. They don't want you to know the truth about Bush and his buddy-buddy dealings with the Saudis.

Incidentally, after a WHOIS check -- WHOIS is a searchable database maintained by registries and registrars that contains information about domain name registrations on the internet -- was run on MoveAmericaForward.com and it was discovered that the site was registered in the name of Russo Marsh & Rogers. Soon after this information was posted on the web, the registrant name was modified to omit Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Not only do the Republicans not want you to go see Moore's film, they also don't want you to know they are behind the campaign to smear Moore and pressure theater owners into not running the film. It's just like the Republicans to do this sort of thing behind your back. Of course, it is rather lazy and stupid of the Republicans to not think about WHOIS. But then nearly everything about the Republicans lately -- from the lies behind the invasion of Iraq to clumsily attempting to cover up the TortureGate scandal -- has been lazy and stupid.

Don't be fooled. The Bush Republicans are behind this now transparent effort to silence Michael Moore. If you care about the First Amendment and don't like the idea of Republicans dictating to theaters what movies you can see, write Russo Marsh & Rogers and tell them what you think. The contact person is Douglas Lorenz and his email address is: dlorenz@rmrwest.com. If you live in Sacramento, you may want to drop by the Russo Marsh & Rogers offices and ask why they want to censor movies: 770 L Street, #950, Sacramento, CA 95814.

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WHO PAYS THE BILLS FOR "MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.ORG"

A web site has launched a campaign to deter theater owners from showing Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9-11". A list of theaters currently committed to showing the film is provided along with exhortations to call and demand that the film be dropped. Some theater owners are reporting receiving death threats.

This web site, "www.moveamericaforward.org", is actually an alias for "www.moveamericaforward.com". A DNS check reveals that "www.moveamericaforward.com" is being run by a Public Relations firm out of San Francisco.

Registrant:
Russo Marsh & Rogers
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US

Domain name: MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.COM

Administrative Contact:
Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US
916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057

Technical Contact:
Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US
916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057

Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.
Record last updated on 18-Nov-2003.
Record expires on 18-Nov-2004.
Record created on 18-Nov-2003.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.EASYDNS.COM 216.220.40.243
NS2.EASYDNS.COM 205.210.42.20
REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.212
REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM 212.100.224.80

PDF file of original WHOIS info for MoveAmericaForward.org showing ownership and administration by Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Russo Marsh & Rogers is a political public relations firm with strong ties to the GOP. Sal Russo, a principle in Russo Marsh & Rogers, served as advisor for the "Recall Grey Davis" campaign.

So, I guess we know just who is behind the campaign of threats and harassment against theaters showing Moore's film!

UPDATE: Following the first publication of this article, the WHOIS database for moveamericaforward.org has been changed to conceal their links to Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Domain ID:D102814530-LROR
Domain Name:MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.ORG
Created On:18-Nov-2003 18:00:16 UTC
Last Updated On:12-Jun-2004 22:50:51 UTC
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Expiration Date:18-Nov-2004 18:00:16 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R1247-LROR
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:tu48DTsaZ7dXgT7L
Registrant Name:Howard Kaloogian
Registrant Name:Howard Kaloogian
Registrant Organization:Move America Forward
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 1863
Registrant City:Sacramento
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:95812
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.9164416192
Registrant FAX:+1.9164416057
Registrant Email:howard@moveamericaforward.org
Admin ID:tuW9UfAOApXQOh1k
Admin Name:Howard Kaloogian
Admin Organization:Move America Forward
Admin Street1:P.O. Box 1863
Admin City:Sacramento
Admin State/Province:CA
Admin Postal Code:95812
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.9164416192
Admin Email:howard@moveamericaforward.org
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Tech Nam
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Tech Organization:Move America Forward
Tech Street1:P.O. Box 1863
Tech City:Sacramento
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Name Server:NS1.EASYDNS.COM
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Note the phone number on the above record, 9164416192. It's actually the phone nuber of a BAR in Sacramento called "The Downtown Purgatory".! The FAX number 1.9164416057 is the FAX number for Russo Marsh & Rogers

ANOTHER UPDATE - The DNS record for moveamericaforward.org has been changed yet agian to remove all names.Nothing is left now but the name server lookups and the registration company. The registrar's name has been removed.

Sal Russo himself is still listed on the MoveAmericaForward site. Here are some links about him.

http://www.defendreagan.org/?Page=AboutUs

And about Howard Kaloogian, the Chairman of moveamericaforward.org.

http://www.fact-index.com/h/ho/howard_kaloogian.htmlHoward Kaloogian was chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee

http://www.howardforsenate.com/ Howard Kaloogian, GOP candidate for the Senate

http://www.defendreagan.org/?Page=AboutUs Howard Kaloogian also launched a smear campaign against CBS and Viacon to prevent them from showing the miniseries “The Reagans.”

If anyone is censored, the dictatorship blocks it out. Just like the abuses in Mexico right now, just like the murder of the regional Director of a federal banking regulatory agency, just like the attempted assassination of thousands of those who alert the public to corruption in government.

If you want to read of horrors in America they will not talk about, search for Mobile Audit Club or just follow the link.

Fahrenheit 911 is more propaganda. Someone behind Bush probably did the 911 attacks and made it look like it was done by foreigners.

America is so gullible. There is no hope. Prepare for an America with Mexico's abuses of humans. America, The Despicable Nation. You have my pity.

Farenheit 9-11 will be seen regardless of what the Neo Cons try and say.
The war, 9-11 and the lies upon lies that the Bush administration have been caught up in, is the driving force to see the movie.
I enjoy seeing truth. I hope others are too!

we are desperate? lol

for what wanting to save festuses from the left who never met a fetus that did not belong in a vacuum?

wait wait, we are desperatebecause we do not have a kkk member in the senate as democrats do, in the anme of robert kkk byrd...? lol liberals called him the conscience

wait wait, every time i read about keenedy, i am reminded how he killed his lover and her fetus at chappaquiddick... wiat wait, because you ahve people who compared the dead at 9-11 to little eichamns ? or we do notr ead the new york times/al qaeda news? lol.. better know as all the news thats fit to make up? or could it be that michale moore and al gore owned more oil stock then bush/cheney put together? lol

or that ted kennedy taight his son well...how to pop pills and drive into a barrier at 3am?

yeah , we are desperate....lol