Utah loses $1 million due to Michael Moore

[medeak]

Am furious! Just heard on Salt Lake news feed that a donor to University has withdrawn $1 million donation as Michael Moore is to speak (with Hannity from Fox yet)

Glad I'm seeing Moore in Reno and not in Salt Lake with those provincial Mormons!

seething.....

[Mr_Spock]

1. Hey, these folks want to anger folks - fine, good work.

Don't be upset to find out that there are consequences for your actions.

[AP]

2. Maybe the guy will die before he can change his will and the money will...

...get taxed and then it will go to the state and the Feds.

[Vickers]

3. Gee, that dickhead will have to find a *different* tax write-off

:eyes:

[ParanoidPat]

4. And that's Michael Moore's fault how exactly?

:shrug: Sounds to me like it's due to the donor being an unpatriotic idiot who doesn't believe in free speech.

[whistle]

8. Michael Moore's movie and popularity has caused this neo-con...

...to have an impacted colon. Even the high fiber supplements can not work it loose. So he takes it out on the people of Utah.

[Momgonepostal]

5. Did the news say who the donor was?

Moore is actually speaking in Orem, which is much more conservative than Salt Lake.

[DustMolecule]

6. $1 million dollars!!!!!! Egads! </sarcasm off>

The loss of $1 million (of most likely 'dirty money') is a very small price to pay for hearing something approaching the truth....voices like Michael Moore's.

Remember, people don't pay to hear something that goes against what they want to hear. People only pay to hear the 'false prophet types who will tell them 'everything is okay'....open your wallet....it's good for your soul.

[leesa]

7. Ahhh...Republican extortion attempt.

Figures. They make a donation and take it back. How very ethical. How very Republican!@

[kestrel91316]

9. WTF......if speaking in Orem that's BYU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am astonished that BYU would even let MM on the campus, let alone SPEAK there. This has to be an error in reporting.

[Jandar]

14. He's appearing at UVSC

It's a crummy, underfunded state college. They specialize in remedial education for sub-par BYU students and making the never ending stream of Mormon youth employable. Their paper's worth about as much as Northern Quilted; when this is over I'd be better off with a degree from Bob Jones U. What really pisses me off is tickets sold out before I knew they were on sale. Not that it will matter, the Mormon freepers will attend just to disrupt the entire presentation. I feel sorry for Moore and embarrassed to be from Utah.

[medeak]

19. bless your heart

don't know how you live there! At least you have DU eh?

[Momgonepostal]

15. BYU is in Provo, He's speaking at a school in Orem

And you're right, I doubt BYU would pay someone as controversial as Michael Moore to speak on campus. Back when I was a student there in the 80's and 90's, they did have an occasional left of center speaker on campus though. I remember going to hear Sen. Joe Biden speak in the late 80's.

My impressions of UVSC were similar to the other poster's. The people I knew that went there pretty much were there because they didn't have the GPA to get into BYU. I'm sure there were bright students at UVSC, who chose to attend there for other reasons.

At any rate, I think it's great that the school is setting out to get a variety of speakers. I wish I could go hear MM there.

[medeak]

20. watched student body prez interviewed

He looked to be a pretty cool kid...was standing by his convictions that Moore coming was the right thing to do.

[Kanary]

28. Hurrah for the prez! That kid needs some pats on the back!

I don't think I could have swam against such a heavy tide when I was that age.

:toast: to whatsisname prez! (can you toast in Utah?) :)

Kanary

[RevCheesehead]

10. A Gift with strings attached is not a gift.

[Raster]

18. A gift with strings attached is payment for services rendered.

[Ron Green]

11. Moore's master stroke: He should donate the money himself! (He has it.)

How sorry would the would-be donor look then?

[medeak]

12. insult to injury...

someone is subsidizing Sean Hannity's appearance!

http://www.abc4.tv

[Eric J in MN]

13. There was an episode of "All in the Family" in which Mike and Gloria

decide against going on vacation, and Archie tells them he would have paid for it if they went.

It's easy to not-give a gift, and then say "if only."

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

16. Are you in Reno?

Is there some way I can help out up there? I'm about three hours away in California.

[medeak]

21. call dem headquarters

in Reno? Am 300 miles from there.

[progressivejazz]

17. Isn't that like terrorists killing a hostage and blaming the people...

who wouldn't meet their demands?

Some guy doesn't like Moore. He demands Moore not be allowed to speak, on threat of withdrawing his donation. When his demands are not met, he goes through with his threat.

AND YOU BLAME MOORE?!!!!!!

With that logic, the terrorists in my example are right.

But I don't think they are. And I don't think you are, either.

[Roy]

29. Agreed, never negotiate with terrorist and extortionist N/T

[RevCheesehead]

31. Or bullying media to fire Dan Rather...

same diff.
If you don't like something, you have a choice in not participating.

[AmerDem]

22. I don't like the way this is titled

It should read "Utah loses $1 million due to fascist who hates democracy and open discussion""

This has nothing to do with Moore and everything to do with fascists wanting to shut down our Constitution.

[Eric J in MN]

23. How do we know he would have given a million otherwise?

It's easy to say you WOULD have given a million, if only...

[AmerDem]

24. we don't

nuff said!

[progressivebydesign]

25. WTF is wrong with these people??????

Hello? Are they trying to snuff out every ounce of dissention from their viewpoint??? Fascism. That's is what we're dealing with now. Assholes like Limbaugh have empowered these narrow minded bigots into thinking they have the right to control the discussion in America!

Guess what? It'll backfire on the VOCAL MINORITY! The NORMAL people in AMerica are starting to smell what they're stepping in, and will toss the bozos that represent this attack on our liberties.

I'm so FUCKING sick of these people trying to stifle debate...

[TexasSissy]

26. I'm sure the University's first thought is what mine (& surely others')was

which is that donors don't dictate the actions of a university. The University would be glad to name a building after a donor, but not to construct its curriculum around what the donor believes.

If the donor really cares about the school, he'll donate. If not, then he won't. Although it's a shame to lose that $$$. (But I suspect that that University doesn't have trouble attracting large donors.)

[medeak]

27. petition to recall

Opponents have circulated petitions to force an election to cancel Moore's appearance and recall the student body president and vice president.

They need signatures of 10 percent of the student body - 2,415 students. They say they've gathered 2,000 signatures and student Sean Vreeland, who started the petition, said they expect to have the rest needed by Friday. Two-thirds of the student body would need to vote in favor to remove the student officers and cancel Moore's appearance. http://www.abc4.tv

[Momgonepostal]

30. 10 percent should be able to dicate what events ...

the other 90 percent attend?

Whatever happened to just not attending if it's someone you're not interested in hearing?

I've asked myself this and I honestly feel that if I were a college student, and my school were paying to have Ann Coulter come and speak, I 1) wouldn't like it 2) just might write a LTTE giving my reasons 3) might picket but would never dream of trying to get the school to cancel her. Just as long as the school made an honest attempt to get a variety of types of speakers, not just those giving one viewpoint.