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Although you can argue about the political motivations of Michael Moore (just as you can argue about the political motivations of any of the major networks), Moore brings up compelling evidence that President George W. Bush could have helped prevent the tragedy of 9/11. Beginning with Moore’s observation that Bush made off with the election, Moore points his finger at Bush’s financial connections, incompetence as a leader, dishonesty and money as all contributing to the occurrence of 9/11. I’m oversimplifying the conjecture and conclusions of Moore’s film but Moore’s film is as patriotic and passionate as any of Bush’s defenders. We live with an imperfect political system but Moore’s damning evidence suggests that the incestuous relationship between business and our political system brought us down on 9/11 as much as Bin Laden. So I think it’s fair to say that Michael Moore should be allowed in our society of free speech to express his own political agenda. The documentary form has always been one that begins with a bias or belief and then finding the documentation to support it. Unfortunately, both the best and worst documentaries (and “Fahrenheit 9/11” represents both extremes) sometimes finds more than a kernel of truth at the core of its story. Whether you like “Fahrenheit 9/11” depends upon whether you believe Moore’s evidence. It’s pretty one-sided but it’s also pretty damn compelling. ---

Moore has slathered on additional extras for this release. We get more damning evidence of the involvement of the Bush administration’s involvement in trying to cover up evidence of the business relationship that helped contributed to our loss on 9/11. We get an fascinating featurette that discusses the release of “Fahrenheit 9/11”. Also, there’s a montage on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. There’s footage shot outside Abu Ghraib Prison where the recent mistreatment of Iraq prisoners of war occurred. ---