Michael Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba

Boy, that's going to go over well with the American public.

Sorry, guys, they've got him dead to rights:  Michael Moore *IS* fat.

dont we live in a free society that we are allowed to travel where we want? Why does the Bush admin. care if I visit another country?

The Cuban embargo is bat quano imho

More and more Repugs, who have for years fought to keep the embargo in place, agree with you.

http://www.thenation.com/do...

Any reasonable fine will be offset by the increased revenue generated by the publicity.

Remember what happened with Fahrenheit 9/11 after the rightwingers started criticizing it?

I think that the "9/11 workers" morphs into "9/11 workers exploited by Moore" or "9/11workers who are friends of Moore." 

It will backfire on them, just as it did when the rightwingers criticized Michael J. Fox during the last election.

I hope the rightwingers do come out in force against Moore. The political environment has changed to where it will cause a backlash that will carry forward into the 2008 election.

Why does the Bush admin. care if I visit another country?

What do you think would happen if Americans actually went to Cuba and saw for themselves that the people are not as bad off as the U.S. government wants us to believe?

For God's sake, man, we might actually get a health care system that is fair, equitable and affordable like Cuba's.

Fox vs. Limbaugh, not so much.

It was much more than Fox vs. OxyRush. After OxyRush, the rightwing establishment piled on. Even Rove got into the act.

All three Democratic candidates Fox recorded a television ad for won in November. In every case, the public controversy over the ads was cited in exit polls as a negative to the Repug candidate.

"Cuba has had one of the best health care systems in the world for quite some time."

Mattloch, you have obviously never been to Cuba, do not know any Cubans and could not care less about the Cuban people. You just can't resist any opportunity to spew your liberal BS.

Random, maybe Raul Castro is more influential because if you said some of the things about him that you say about Bush, he would have you jailed or worse.

"Mattloch, you have obviously never been to Cuba, do not know any Cubans and could not care less about the Cuban people. You just can't resist any opportunity to spew your liberal BS."

No, it looks like you can't resist an opportunity to spew your spastic seizures of mindless hatred.

Read this and weep:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu...

(Oh, yeah, it comes from a university.  That must be why you people hate universities and higher education so damn much.  They shatter your damned delusions.)

Cuba, in fact, does *NOT* have a better system than the US, other studies show.  Theirs is about equal to ours.  At half the cost, of course, but we pay twice as much as anyone else. 

http://www.photius.com/rank...

And, of course, both countries are under embargoes preventing medical supplies to be shipped in directly, making comparisons between the two countries valid.

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And maybe Castro's on the list and Bush isn't because Bush is increasingly irrelevant to the world...

Yeah right, eight days in Havana at cherry picked locations. That proves alot. Hardliner, why don't you swim down there with mattloch and visit the Cottonwood Roads and then get back to us.

Some of us do read,Adam.

http://babalublog.com/

Well, obviously Anny is Irv, since I hit such a nerve.  Hey, that rhymed!  ;-)

I've seen Irv do better than that.

Come across like a damn hateful bigot, and I'll give you a well-deserved slam with a 2-by-4 like one.

Come across like a decent person, and see how quickly I return the favor.

(Weird.  My Sam code is BOSNY.)

Re:  babalublog --  Not interested in hate-based sites.
 

Let's see. I'm a damn hateful bigot and you are a decent person threatening me with a 2x4. Makes perfect sense, Hardliner.

Yep, it does, doesn't it?

(Regulars know that the 2-by-4 is a verbal one, of course.  I wouldn't actually threaten a blogger with a physical 2-by-4.  That sounds more your speed.)

mmm

YOu can't sue the cops for harrassment if you have broken a law.. 

You can if they can't prosecute you for it.  It's called "malicious prosecution."  But you sue the Justice Department, not the cops.  You know, the "enforcer" arm of the Republican National Committee...

The regulations are pretty clear.

http://travel.state.gov/tra...

There is nothing wrong with the Treasury Department investigating his trip.  That is their job.  Are you suggesting that federal employess not do their job??

IF you don't like the law, then get your surrender monkeys in Congress to change it.

You obviously didn't read any of the posting on the site, Adam. Which, by the way, is what you accused anny of not doing. And,  there have been more than one democratic president who have supported the embargo. Why is it always Bush, Bush, Bush? You liberals  on these blogs sound like a broken record. If I remember correctly, it is the Kennedy's who have the vendetta against Castro. 

It's Bush, Bush, Bush because he's going to leave the country in a shambles, and he's the figurehead at present.

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I'm suggesting that federal employees *SHOULD* do their jobs.  The job of the Justice Department is *NOT* to use federal investigators to harass people for political reasons.

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And once we take the third house, yes, I'd like to see the embargo against Cuba lifted. 

 I would like to see the embargo against Cuba lifted too. As soon as an international tribunal convicts Fidel and his little bro Raul of crimes against humanity and either imprisons or executes them both.

THe Justice Department isnot doing anything.  It is the Treasury Department.  It looks to me like they are doing their job.

http://www.thesmokinggun.co...

You might want to try and gather facts, rather than use blatant lies.

Hey Random, who was the "enforcer arm" of the DNC under WJC?

The Treasury Department would likely turn over anything they find to JD for persecution.  So far as I know they don't have any prosecutors, although they do run the Secret Service.  You got any blatant lies you want to share with us?

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But I imagine Michael Moore would send them a thank-you note.  This'll be wonderful publicity for the film, and it looks like the rednuts are already skeered of what his film will do.

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Irv, Bush's trial first, 'kay?

Adam, Clinton could have ended the embargo with an executive order, but he chose not to. Would you like to enlighten us as to why?

Dusty, my reference to "fat boy" was a joking response to Random's comment. Are you sure you are awake yet?

What, you hope that the treasury investigates Bush going to Cuba? ?When did Bush go to Cuba??

THe Surrender Monkeys in Congress don't have the sack to do anything.