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To: carranza2 who wrote (42614)	5/6/2004 8:11:51 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793738

C2, My thoughts exactly. It seems like he was trying to give sharon a win with Likud which didnt happen anyway. Bush could a said a million things without closing the door. In a final deal, allowing 100 Pals back into israel in a lottery would not hurt Israel one bit, nor would a land exchange for settlements that are impossible to eliminate. Money can change hands to buy and sell land. A million ways to defuse the situation. If parties are ready to make peace the plight of some settlers or some refugees will not get in the way. Mike

To: carranza2 who wrote (42614)	5/6/2004 8:49:51 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793738

Moore admits Disney 'ban' was a stunt By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 07 May 2004 Less than 24 hours after accusing the Walt Disney Company of pulling the plug on his latest documentary in a blatant attempt at political censorship, the rabble-rousing film-maker Michael Moore has admitted he knew a year ago that Disney had no intention of distributing it. The admission, during an interview with CNN, undermined Moore's claim that Disney was trying to sabotage the US release of Fahrenheit 911 just days before its world premiere at the Cannes film festival. Instead, it lent credence to a growing suspicion that Moore was manufacturing a controversy to help publicise the film, a full-bore attack on the Bush administration and its handling of national security since the attacks of 11 September 2001. In an indignant letter to his supporters, Moore said he had learnt only on Monday that Disney had put the kibosh on distributing the film, which has been financed by the semi-independent Disney subsidiary Miramax. But in the CNN interview he said: "Almost a year ago, after we'd started making the film, the chairman of Disney, Michael Eisner, told my agent he was upset Miramax had made the film and he will not distribute it." Nobody in Hollywood doubts Fahrenheit 911 will find a US distributor. His last documentary, Bowling for Columbine , made for $3m (£1.7m), pulled in $22m at the US box office. But Moore's publicity stunt, if that is what is, appears to be working. A front-page news piece in The New York Times was followed yesterday by an editorial denouncing Disney for censorship and denial of Moore's right to free expression. Moore told CNN that Disney had "signed a contract to distribute this [film]" but got cold feet. But Disney executives insists there was never any contract. And a source close to Miramax said that the only deal there was for financing, not for distribution.

To: carranza2 who wrote (42614)	5/6/2004 9:05:42 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793738

Rummy might disagree with you. He might say for you it's a known known because you know you know it. For some others it's a known unknown, but until you said it, it was an unknown unknown for them. In other words, they didn't know they didn't know, then we told them. At that point it became a known unknown for them. They now know something they didn't know before. The next time this happens, it will be a known known for them too. Now you know. :- "Things that don't need to be said, shouldn't be said. Perhaps someone with a bit more knowledge can explain."