Michael Moore- Slacker Uprising

I got this message today that I thought I would pass along. Michael Moore has made another film, and will be offering free downloads of it starting tonight at midnight! I've signed up for my copy. Make sure you download your copy too!!! Here's the email that was received:

Friends,

This is it. The time has arrived! At midnight tonight, you can be one of the first people ever to legally download, for FREE, a brand new, feature-length film. It's my new movie, "Slacker Uprising," and I'm giving it to you as a gift of thanks for coming to my films over the 20 years I've been a filmmaker.


It's also one of my contributions to help get out the vote November 4th. That's why I'm giving you my blanket permission to not only download it, but also to email it, burn it, and share it with anyone and everyone (in the U.S. and Canada only). I want you to use "Slacker Uprising" in any way you see fit to help with the election or to do the work that you do in your community. You can show my film in your local theater, your high school classroom, your college auditorium, your church, union hall or community center. You can have your friends and neighbors over to the house for a viewing. You can broadcast it on TV, on cable access, on regular channels or on the web. It's completely free -- I don't want to see a dime from this. And if you want, you can charge admission or ask for a donation if it's to raise money for a candidate, a voter drive, or for any non-profit or educational purpose.
In other words -- it's yours!

"Slacker Uprising" chronicles the 62-city tour I did leading up to the 2004 election. It is electrifying to see the tens of thousands of young people who were ready then for the uprising -- and who, this year, are actually making it happen. This is my concert film tribute to the young voters who are going to save this country from four more years of Republican rule.


There are a number of ways, beginning at midnight tonight, that you can download or stream "Slacker Uprising" thanks to our distributor, Brave New Films:

1) Blip. tv will provide standard resolution streaming, free of commercials and advertising.

2) Amazon Video on Demand will provide a high quality version of the above stream.

3) iTunes will make it easy for you to download "Slacker Uprising" on your iTunes, iPod, or Apple TV, and view it there or transmit it to your television. This way, the film can be portable as well as for home viewing.

4) Hypernia is providing bandwidth, servers and management to host "Slacker Uprising" online, so you can download the film and view it at any time or burn it onto a DVD.


I am fortunate to have all these great people bringing you my movie for free. There will be no ads and they have all agreed to supply their services free of charge. All of them wanted to be part of this historic moment when the first major feature-length movie is being released for free on the internet.


(For those of you who don't download, there will be a low-cost DVD available.
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This past Thursday we held the world premiere of "Slacker Uprising" in Ann Arbor (you can read about it here). The response was incredible and I want to encourage you to screen this movie with large groups. I believe it will inspire our get-out-the-vote efforts at a time when we need to get millions registered in the next two weeks.


Thanks again for all your support over the years. I hope you'll like my new film. It's all yours, anytime after midnight tonight.
Enjoy!

Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
SlackerUprising. com
MichaelMoore. com

P.S. I'll be doing a live chat, tonight at 11:00 PM ET, on Daily Kos, in the hour countdown leading up to the internet release of my film.
Hope to see you online!



http://slackeruprising. com/



Go Sign Up Now!! Cause Jod-I said so!

Not much else going on here. Been busy with work and the weekends have been filled with some workshops and my friends, Jennifer Taylor and David Tarr got married yesterday. So yes, I've been amiss from here for a few weeks.

I honestly don't know what to write about as of now. The month of September is very unsettling for me. I usually hit bottom and become depressed. This year my son would've turned 7 years old this month. I know that I shouldn't, but I can't help but wonder what might have been.

But I am drawing on the positive aspects of life. Tomorrow is my Grama's Birthday and it's also my 1st Vegan anniversary! WOOO HOOO~ And for my fellow Pagans, may you have a Blessed Mabon today!

Oh yeah, just thought I'd share this pic with you. I found a tree yesterday at the wedding I absolutely fell in love with.... dangit, you can only see half the pic again so click on it and you can see the whole thing :-)

Information Clearning House publisher Tom Feeley Threatened!

I'm not going to discuss this at great lengths tonight because I just received this information while listening to The Angry Hippie's Podcast. I don't know how many of you are familiar with Information Clearing House, but Tom Feeley, who maintains the website has once again been threatened. These threats are common as he has received many death threats and other intimidation tactics. All of this due to his need to speak out about the truths that are occurring. That's right, his only bias is to let the public know what is really going on behind the scenes, providing the information that you won't find in media sources ran by governmental mother fuckers who want to sensor everything we see! Below is is a copy of an email that was sent out, and can be found published online at: http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=9111 I encourage you to look at the page yourself, before it is taken from the net forever.. however, here is what the email states:

Information Clearing House Publisher Threatened
Mike Whitney – Fly by News August 6, 2008

My friend Tom Feeley is in Big trouble. He runs the web site informationclearinghouse.info which updates "news you won't find in the corporate media" every day. The site is strongly anti-war.

Tom has gotten his share of death threats over the years, but what happened this week is a lot more serious.

Two days ago, Tom's wife found three well dressed men in their kitchen. The man who did all the talking, told Tom's wife (I won't give her name) that Tom must "Stop what he is doing on the Internet, NOW!" As crazy as it sounds, he pulled back his lapel and showed her a gun of some kind which she could not identify. Like I said, Tom has been threatened before, but nothing like this. 4 years ago, he was in a parking lot at Long's Drug store in Southern California and when he tried to open his door to get out, a man in a car next to him opened his door at precisely the same time which prevented Tom from getting out. Then, a 40-ish year old man got out of the passenger side of the vehicle and approached Tom saying, "You need to stop what you are doing on the web".

Tom said the man was overweight and had his shirt untucked. Tom was taken aback, but (after collecting himself said) "What the fuck? Who do you think you are telling me what I can do?"

The man answered, "Tom, I'm just giving you some good advice. You should take my advice, Tom."

This is all I know about the incident. Since, then, there have been occassional death threats, but nothing like what happened on Sunday. Tom's wife is hysterical and has not returned to the house since the incident. She contacted the FBI but the FBI said their was nothing they could do. Tom and his wife separated recently after a 30 year marraige, so he is publishing from a different location.

The well-dressed man told Tom's wife that he knew where her son lived, what line of work he was in, and how many children he had.

Last night, Tom's son and a friend cruised the neighborhood where his mother lives to see if anything strange was going on. They came across two men in a car a half-block from their mother's home using their laptops at roughly 12:30 AM. When Tom's son and friend approached them, the car sped off. Tom, does not know whether this is connected to his situation, but it is definitely suspicious.

I talked to Tom this morning and he is getting by, but he's clearly upset. I do not know his plans, but I know he is ditching his cell phone and (I assume) will have to go underground as much as possible. He plans to keep publishing.

I'll tell you this about Tom Feeley; he is no bullshitter. He is the "real deal" and completely committed to exposing the mob that is presently running our country. He does not understand why, (as he says) "They are reaching down SO far to get someone who just runs web site". But, the truth is, they are. Someone wants him to "shut up" and they apparently have the muscle to do it. He knows he is in danger.

I will probably only hear from Tom infrequently from this point on. But I will update information as I get it. Tom, knows some of the best writers on the Internet---many of them speak out regularly and forcefully on issues of civil liberties and war. Anything they can do to draw attention to Tom's situation will greatly improve his chances of getting through this ordeal safely. Beyond that, I have no idea of what can be done to help.

Mike Whitney

OK folks, I encourage you to please pass this information along, speak out against the fascist bastards who are taking our freedom right from under our noses.

The information in the email above really does not surprise me. In fact, I know first hand that the government fears dissension! In the previous blog post I posted an excerpt of a blog I wrote back in 2004 after Dubya stole his 2nd term. After I had posted that blog, the government decided to enter my apartment and go through my personal belongings. I was over a friends home and came home to a scattered home. My college books, DVD's, everything thrown here and there. I had a program set up on my laptop to capture every keystroke made on my laptop, and indeed a copy of my hard drive had been made.

Right now I'm furious! Previously, I've asked "when will enough be enough?" Now I'm screaming it at the top of my lungs! God dammit people... Wake the fuck up! DO SOMETHING! ANYTHING! QUIT LAYING ON YOUR LAZY ASSES AND TAKE BACK WHAT IS YOURS!

Tom, the fight is right. Your work is amazing! Thank you for the truth!