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Questions for Michael Moore. Here are some of the questions about the forthcoming film "Farenheit 9/11" Michael Moore didn't have time to answer:

Please tell us in general what the main themes of the movie are.

What degree of prior knowledge about the 9/11 attacks do you think GW Bush had?

What chance is there that Usama is still acting as a CIA asset as he did in Afghanistan?

Any comment on the Oct 31, 2001 report in La Figaro that Usama bin Laden met with the CIA chief of station while in hospital in Doha, Dubai in July 2001?

Please explain the Bush/bin Laden connection with the Carlyle Group.

What similarities if any do you see between the society in Fahrenheit 451 where all written communication is censored and suppressed and trends in modern US society?

When I was in London while you were performing there I read that you received several threats and had some confrontation with the management of the theatre where you were performing over the security issues. Do you have any fear for your person?

Do you think it possible that you will be interned/disappeared as Billy Crystal implied after your Academy Award speech when he made as I recall a joke to the effect that Teamsters were now helping you into the trunk of your limousine?

President Kennedy once said that "If you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable". Do you think peaceful revolution is still possible in the USA?

What difference would it make in practical terms to elect Kerry rather than Bush given that Kerry is a fellow Bonesman and says America mustn't "cut and run".

Please comment on the upcoming film, "Michael Moore Hates America"? (michaelmoorehatesamerica.com)

Ray Bradbury seems to be less than thrilled with your adaptation of the title of his book "Farenheit 451". A recent article (3 June, 2004) from Dagens Nyheter (the Swedish equivalent of the New York Times) quotes him as saying you are a "korkad skitstvel" which literally means "a stupid shitboot". Colloquially he probably said something in English to the effect that you are a stupid shithead or a dumb asshole. He goes on to say you stole his title and switched the numbers without ever asking him for permission. He says "Have you spoken with him? He is a terrible man".

Bradbury also blames you for undermining General Wesley Clark's campaign and accuses you of theft and dishonesty. He goes on to say of your Golden Palm, "So what?" He says the award was made by "People who hate us (Americans)".

(Excuse my poor translation although I lived in Sweden for a year and used my unabridged version of Norstedt's Svensk-Engelska Ordbok).

Have you ever spoken with Ray Bradbury and what is your reaction to his comments?

To what degree would you characterize your work as documentary, propaganda, or entertainment?

Why should people who support Bush, or who just dislike politics in general, see this film?

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All quite valid questions in my eyes. I am sorry that the MM operation has become large enough for MM to have handlers. I daresay the handlers are screening the interview prospects in such a way to avoid publicity that would put the film on the brink again. I don't think MM wants it this way, but as somewhat of a populist, he concedes to incremental change and the greater good. Perhaps after the film secures a foothold in the market, there will be interstices in which your questions can be raised. I certainly would like to know the answers.