Glen here…

…with something of a follow-up to the Michael Moore article I posted a few days ago.

Seems Coaxial readers and Mr. Moore can’t help but cross paths these days, and here’s what JOHN had to say about having seen Mr. Moore at a recent seminar / speech.

Heartfelt thanks go out to John, for taking the time to send this is. Here’s what he had to say:

I saw Michael Moore speak the night of Oct. 29 at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, and afterwards he filmed some scenes for his new TV show. About half the audience participated. We played the part of a puritanical mob storming the street in outrage over the Starr Report.

First, we burst out one of the main entrances to the college and ran a distance, shouting the condemnation of our choice. (Mine was something like, "Down with the purveyor of puerile filth! He is the Prince of Lies!") After being instructed what to do next, we ran back, shouting in unison, "Starr has fallen! Starr has fallen! Starr has..."

There is a huge abstract sculpture in the center of the circle drive outside the entrance, and we ran clockwise around the sculpture twice, still shouting our mantra. Once everyone was around the sculpture, we closed in on it, hands raised, chanting, "Newt! Newt! Newt! Newt!..." Finally, everyone fell to the ground and performed their own version of a charismatic seizure. We wallowed in the divine rapture of the Newt...or whatever. The whole thing was a blast. It was hilarious and surreal, perfect for Michael's new show.

Michael also described some footage he had taken that very day. Fred Phelps, the infamous gay-bashing Baptist preacher from Topeka, KS, had recently traveled to Wyoming to picket the funeral of Matthew Shepherd, the gay university student who was brutally beaten, robbed, and tied up like a scarecrow to die.

Well, Michael Moore knew what he had to do. He got a Winnebago, painted it pink, named it the "Sodomobile," and drove to the Phelps compound. Phelps and his family came out, and he and Moore went at it. Moore pointed to the Sodomobile and said, "There's a big group of men in there loving each other right now." As he said this, the Winnebago began rocking back and forth. Anyway, the Phelps family went back inside, but soon they left with a truck full of signs. They were going to picket a gay lawyer or something.

Michael wasn't about to waste this opportunity.

Michael and the Sodomobile showed up at the picket. They set up some big speakers, and a group of flamboyantly dressed men danced to loud disco music on top of the Winnebago. Phelps and company were so disgusted that they packed up and left. Michael said a crowd of people at the scene cheered. They said this was the first time that anyone had actually driven Phelps away.