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In 2003, when Michael Moore was promoting his book Dude Where's My Country, he setup a mock petition to urge Oprah to run for president that he published on his website. While the petition never took flight, apparently a fan of Oprah's named Patrick Crowe, has been urging her to run for president for years, has setup a website dedicated to that cause, and was planning to publish a book titled Oprah for President: Run Oprah Run.

That is, until Oprah's lawyers found out about it. Crowe has received a cease and desist notice from Oprah's lawyers urging him to stop plans for his book and take down his website citing that these could cause "damage and irreparable injury" to Oprah's reputation. Damn, I guess Oprah really doesn't want to be president. However, she may find it hard to prove that her reputation could be injured if a public document, in this case a book and a website, urges her to run in a court of law. Besides, I don't see her threatening Michael Moore.

Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine is a thought-provoking documentary that explores the root causes for the violence of the Columbine shootings. In doing so, it masterfully implicates our society, the media, the NRA, and Charleton Heston himself. But even if Charleton Heston is a racist and the NRA sometimes acts like the Klan in sheep's clothing, ultimately it is the fears that are perpetuated by the media that may be responsible for the violence. Check out the website--the worldwide firearm homicide statistics shocked the hell out of me. Watch this movie and make your own decisions--you won't be dissappointed.