M-I-C-K-E-Y F-A-S-C-I-S-T: Apparently Disney has instructed subsidiary film company, Miramax, not to distribute the latest Michael Moore film "Fahrenheit 911" which is apparently critical of President Flyboy-in-Chief. If dope slaps were still in fashion, one would certainly go to the eggheads at Disney who may have neglected to realize that this kind of strong-arm tactic actually plays into Moore's hands. Seriously, does anyone dope-slap anymore? There are a few people I would like to dope-slap. Anyway, Moore relies on the confrontational politics and big corporations flexing their muscle to either ignore him or knock him down. Disney claims to want to promote a non-partisan image: perhaps next they will force Miramax to strike "The Cider House Rules" (Pro-choice themes) and "The Magdalene Sisters" (anti-Catholic themes) from its distribution list. Next Miramax will begin offering the kind of bland pap that its parent company offers...you know, the kind that refuses to admit that anything bad can happen in the world.

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