Republicans trying to ban Michael Moore's film

Big surprise here: Criticizing President Bush makes Michael Moore "anti-American," according to a new Web site launched by the pro-Bush thought police. The Bushistas are now contacting every movie theatre in America demanding the film not be run.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the ability to silence someone does not necessarily give you moral right to do so. If Michael Moore were running a movie that lauded the killing of 3000 people in NYC, I'd have a problem with it. But all he did, apparently, is put together a film that shows George Bush to be the ass he really is (of course, none of us know exactly what the movie says as it's only been shown in Cannes). Thus, the right is, again, trying to silence someone simply because they disagree and not because of some larger "crying 'fire' in a crowded theatre" defense.

In fact, their only defense seems to be "crying 'liar' in a crowded theatre."