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Is the filmmaker still in gulag? Haven't heard anything about him lately..
The best question at the second presidential debate came from Michael Jones, an African-American who said: "Mr. President, I voted for you in 2008. What have you done or accomplished to earn my vote in 2012? I'm not that optimistic, as I was in 2008. Most things I need for everyday living are very expensive."
To which Obama said: "Are you my half-brother?"
Actually, all Obama could say was that he had ended the war in Iraq (while pointlessly escalating the war in Afghanistan) and that Osama bin Laden is dead (and so is...
I believe that the terms of his probation prohibited him from USING the internet. The government cannot prevent him from producing a film or trailer. That would violate the First Amendment. If someone else uploaded the trailer to the internet, then he didn't violate his probation. The government will have to prove its case.
As an attorney, I can tell you that the overwhelming opinion of my profession believe it is OUTRAGEOUS and POLITICAL. I can't recall ever seeing 10 Federal agents arrest an alleged probation violator in the middle of the night, perp walk him in front of international film crews, throw him in a