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Cinematic truth withheld

Michael Moore's film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' has won the prestigious Palme d'Or jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The documentary received an all-time record 20-minute standing ovation. It has been nearly 50 years since a documentary has won the Palme d'Or, and we can't see this film.

This film has been censored by Disney. This is not serving the public good to hide the criminal conduct of the Republican administration when the lives of our troops are being sacrificed every day on the altar of lies put out by the chicken hawks in Washington. How many more sons and daughters will have to die before John Kerry is elected, putting a stop to this madness?

Americans should insist the documentary 'Fahrenheit 9/11' be shown to the American people with no more censorship. The excuse that it might somehow effect the presidential election is precisely the point that this film raises. We can't let freedom of speech be trumped by the Patriot Act.
I want as much attention on the showing 'Fahrenheit 9/11' generated at the same level the Iraqi prisoner torture has brought. The truth must never be withheld from the America people. Our nation needs to get rid of the impostors in Washington, D.C., and get our country back.

Larry Little
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