Moore's prop

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/jm20040713.shtml

Moore's prop
John McCaslin (archive)

The family of U.S. Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone was shocked to learn that video footage of the major's Arlington National Cemetery burial was included by Michael Moore in his movie "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Stone was killed in March 2003 by a grenade that officials said was thrown into his tent by Sgt. Hasan K. Akbar, who is on trial for murder.

It's been a big shock, and we are not very happy about it, to say the least," Kandi Gallagher, Stone's aunt and family spokeswoman, tells Washington Times reporter Audrey Hudson.

We are furious that Greg was in that casket and cannot defend himself, and my sister, Greg's mother, is just beside herself," Gallagher said. "She is furious. She called him a 'maggot that eats off the dead.'"

The movie, described by critics as political propaganda during an election year, shows video footage of the funeral and Stone's fiancee, Tammie Eslinger, kissing her hand and touching it to his coffin.

The family does not know how Moore obtained the video, and Gallagher said they did not give permission and are considering legal recourse.

She described her nephew as a "totally conservative Republican" and said he would have found the film to be "putrid."

"I'm sure he would have some choice words for Michael Moore," she said. "Michael Moore would have a hard time asking our family for a glass of water if he were thirsty."

[VanJay011379]

Re: Moore's prop

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/j...20040713.shtml
We are furious that Greg was in that casket and cannot defend himself, and my sister, Greg's mother, is just beside herself," Gallagher said. "She is furious. She called him a 'maggot that eats off the dead.'"

Liberals kill unborn defensless children everyday. This shouldn't shock anyone.

[ELVIS]

Sue the fat freak!

[FORD]

Dupe. Closing.

[ELVIS]

Unlocked by popular demand...

[FORD]

Bullshit. One thread with this shit in it is enough. In fact, let's restrict the Moore bashing hatespeech to any of the existing threads and not take up the entire board with bullshit spin from a bunch of scared shitless neocons.

[ELVIS]

Abracadabra!

[VanJay011379]

Originally posted by FORD
Bullshit. One thread with this shit in it is enough. In fact, let's restrict the Moore bashing hatespeech to any of the existing threads and not take up the entire board with bullshit spin from a bunch of scared shitless neocons.

How about the Bush bashing? Why do we need several threads for that?

[FORD]

Originally posted by VanJay011379
How about the Bush bashing? Why do we need several threads for that?

As long as the goddamned unelected criminal son of a bitch keeps fucking up, yes.

[Big Train]

Fuck you then Ford. Free speech isn't only for Bush haters. If you can't take it, then shut the fuck up about everything else you post about.

[VanJay011379]

Originally posted by FORD
As long as the goddamned unelected criminal son of a bitch keeps fucking up, yes.

Well . . . Michael Moore is fucking up and we are following suit.

[BigBadBrian]

Let the Michael Moore bashing continue....

BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH BASH

[lucky wilbury]

and how is this bashing? a familiy is complaining how that loser is expolting their dead son not to mention footage from his funeral as well as pictures of the family all being used WITHOUT their permission. thats not bashing thats news and it shows how that fuck will spit on the graves of dead americans to push his fucked up agenda.

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39466

Injured reservist surprised to be shown in Moore film
Director puts amputee in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' without his knowledge, friend is 'shocked'

Posted: July 15, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

An Army reservist who lost parts of both arms in the war in Iraq was surprised to discover he appears in Michael Moore's anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Peter Damon, now recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. from an October incident, is shown in the controversial film in a hospital speaking to an off-camera interviewer, The Enterprise newspaper of Brockton, Mass., reports.

His wife, Jennifer Damon, said neither she nor her husband were aware the footage, from NBC Nightly News, would be used in the film.

"He's in there," she told the paper. "I saw it and I told him that he should probably go see it too."

Damon was working on a Blackhawk helicopter in Balad, Iraq, Oct. 21 when a tire exploded. He appears in the clip with his injured arms in bandages, speaking for about half a minute after a voice-over by Moore introduces that part of the film.

Released June 25, "Fahrenheit 9/11" so far has earned $80.1 million, on its way to becoming the first documentary to exceed$100 million. In its scathing denunciation of President Bush, the film shows graphic footage of bodies of U.S. soldiers in Iraq being burned.

John Gonsalves, founder of Homes For Our Troops, a group working to build the Damons a home, said he learned from a neighbor of Peter's appearance in the film.

"I was shocked. I would have expected if Peter was in the movie that someone would have at least talked to him about it, which I thought was kind of unfair," Gonsalves told The Enterprise. "I think for Michael Moore to portray Peter in there without any knowledge is terrible."

The Brockton paper said it received no response by press time from the film's New York City publicity firm, Ken Sunshine Consultants Inc.

NBC News says it's the practice of all news organizations to license its footage and, as a general rule, NBC does not obtain releases from people who appear on their news programs.

But it would be the responsibility of Moore to get permission.

"When we do license footage — as in this instance — NBC includes a provision that it is the responsibility of the licensee, not NBC, to obtain all required consents and releases necessary to use the footage," wrote spokeswoman Barbara Levin

Jennifer Damon told The Enterprise only her husband could comment on the consent issue. The paper said it could not be determined by press time whether Peter Damon signed any release form with NBC.

[FORD]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
and how is this bashing? a familiy is complaining how that loser is expolting their dead son not to mention footage from his funeral as well as pictures of the family all being used WITHOUT their permission. thats not bashing thats news and it shows how that fuck will spit on the graves of dead americans to push his fucked up agenda.

You mean like the way the BCE exploits the death of 2700 Americans every time any of them open their mouths?

Or how about the way they REFUSE to acknowledge (officially) that ANY Americans have died in Iraq at all, by censoring coffins and body bags, and not attending ONE FUCKING FUNERAL out of the nearly 1,000 soldiers they have murdered in the name of PNAC and "greater Israel" uh, oh sorry, I meant to say "democracy"

Furthermore, if there were news cameras at this guy's funeral, that makes the footage property of the TV station. Local, I'm guessing. The corporate whores wouldn't have shown it.. Therefore, if the owners of the video allow Michael Moore to use it, then why aren't the right wingers bitching at them?