  While I agree with a lot of his politics, I'm often annoyed by the personality of Michael Moore. I suspect that he takes too much personal satisfaction in his celebrity status, which can often taint the points he's trying to make. He let's his personal differences and prejudices get in the way of his argument, and he often gives progressive intellectuals a bad rep. However, I fully support his right and freedom as an artist to make his films, write his books and speak his mind.
This is supposedly a free society and--as such--we should all be allowed to voice our opinions. In Mr. Moore's case, his opinions--even when motivated by emotional or personal feelings--are most always supported by impenetrable fact and proof, which is the essential reason his work is so popular. You can't deny that which you can see. Michael Moore's latest documentary--entitled "Fahrenheit 911"--is a critical examination of the relationship between the Bush family and Saudi Arabian royalty--some of which includes his ties to the bin Laden family.
In the wake of 9-11, especially considering Bush's decision to adopt the role of World Protector, I think it's fair to question the implicit hypocricy and shadiness surrounding Bush's own financial ties with the very people who might have been responsible for those horrendous attacks (remember, 3/4 of the terrorists flying those planes were Saudi citizens, not Afghani and certainly not Iraqi). The Walt Disney Company has announced that they will block their company Miramax from distributing Mr. Moore's new film. While they cite the potentially polarizing politics of the film as their reason, I think this little tidbit ( urlLink from the article in the NYTimes ) is particularly interesting: Mr. Moore's agent, Ari Emanuel, said Michael D. Eisner, Disney's chief executive, asked him last spring to pull out of the deal with Miramax. Mr. Emanuel said Mr. Eisner expressed particular concern that it would endanger tax breaks Disney receives for its theme park, hotels and other ventures in Florida, where Mr. Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor. "Michael Eisner asked me not to sell this movie to Harvey Weinstein; that doesn't mean I listened to him," Mr. Emanuel said.
"He definitely indicated there were tax incentives he was getting for the Disney corporation and that's why he didn't want me to sell it to Miramax. He didn't want a Disney company involved. " Mr. Moore's films and books have been consistently profitable--the reason he's continually allowed to create such provacative art. So for a company with as much influence and media power as Disney to censor him, for purely political purposes, is a real tragedy in our "Democracy".
If you don't like what Michael Moore has to say, don't go to his movies. That's the point--we as Americans should be able to decide for ourselves what we choose to experience. We shouldn't have corporations making that choice for us... 
