Michael Niewodowski worked as a chef at the Windows on the World restaurant at the WTC until Sept. 11, 2001.

Moore’s film is the first major motion picture about Sept. 11, 2001. This bears repeating. When future generations look back on the Sept. 11 massacre, their first impression, through the medium of film, will be a work in which the president and the government are blamed for the attacks, and the soldiers who are protecting this country are defamed. Instead of a film version of Lisa Beamer’s book, “Let’s Roll,” or Richard Picciotto’s “Last Man Down,” we are presented with this fallacy. How could this happen?
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Could we have been more prepared for a terrorist attack on Sept. 10, 2001? Certainly. Could we have been more prepared for an attack on Dec. 6, 1941? Most definitely. In the weeks and months following Pearl Harbor, there were reports and criticisms that the government and military should have been more prepared. The difference is that the people of the nation did not waste a lot of time pointing fingers at each other. Rather, they unified and engaged the enemy head-on. I guess that is why we call them “The Greatest Generation.” How will future generations refer to us?
So, how do we explain Moore’s film to future generations? I wonder. More than that, I wonder how I would explain this film to Nancy D., Jerome N. or Heather H. I am sure you don’t know their names, but their faces haunt me day and night. How would I explain to them that a film was made accusing the president and vilifying the soldiers, the same president and soldiers who are attempting to avenge their murders and protect other citizens. Moore has not only insulted the nation, he has insulted the victims of the terrorist attacks.
During his acceptance speech at the Oscars, Moore said, “Shame on you, Mr. Bush.” Well, I say, “Shame on you, Michael Moore.” Shame on everyone who supports this travesty of a film. Shame on a society that allows this sham of a film. You have weakened the nation.

hat tip – Roger Simon

Paul Martin’s exploitation of Alberta’s promised health reforms was the singularly most divisive tactic the Liberals used in the campaign. From the Toronto Star coverage;

The Prime Minister has been daring Klein to make his plans public and has accused the Conservative Alberta premier of cloaking his medicare-threat proposal in a bid to help his “silent partner,” Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. Martin has been saying it was ominous that Klein, whom the Liberals described last week as a “public health menace,” was proposing to release his plan on June 30, just two days after the federal election.

Klein finally responded, his Health minster stating that the new proposals amounted to little more than increased spending. But it had put Harper on the defensive at a time when the attack ad campaign was in full swing.
Well, congratulations Mr. Martin. It worked. You won. And now you get to back up your challenge that Harper wouldn’t defend the Canada Health Act, and you get to back it up by taking on Alberta, just two days after your victory, and with your words fresh in the minds of the electorate.
This morning Ralph Klein unveiled the Alberta health reforms. There are some pretty drastic changes, including a user pay scheme and a 50% cut to health spending growth.

He accused the federal Liberals of cutting the public system on one hand, while delivering empty promises on how to sustain it.
“They keep saying they’ll save medicare but they don’t say how,” he said as he rolled his eyes.”The bottom line is we still need substantive system reform, and we need to know where the federal government stands.”

Klein says nothing will be implemented unti the fall, after Albertans have had the opportunity to give the input.
After making the sanctity of public health care front and center in his campaign, what bigger political landmine than to face parliament at war with Alberta over the Canada Health Act, but unable to directly engage Klein about it (consultation period, Mr. Martin) – with the BQ on the side of defending provincial rights to control of health delivery and the NDP demanding he put the hammer down?
Balls in your court, Martin. Let’s see what you’re made of.
You know, if this were the US, and these were Republicans I’d almost be thinking a Rove rope-a-dope here.
Update Well, considering the breathless reporting of this story when it hit the airwaves, I wondered why there was no scramble to get Paul Martin’s take. And then, why such a bland response from the feds. I know that had these details been released prior to the election, they would have been agressively denounced. Today, there’s not so much as a whimper and some snark from Roy Romanow.
Colby has more. And an interesting scenerio. Stephen Harper as premier of Alberta? I hope he’s right.