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Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Multimillionaire leftist Michael Moore, who thinks that Americans are “the dumbest people on the planet,” is taking some of the $100 million he earned from F9/11, and the $30,000 a speech he earned during his Slacker Uprising Tour, and donating to the cause of higher education.

Maverick film-maker Michael Moore on Wednesday announced a “freedom of speech” scholarship for students at a Southern California university who defy the administration and stand up for student rights.

Moore, whose popular documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” helped polarize America in the run-up to the 2004 U.S. presidential elections, established the $2,500 award for students attending California State University San Marcos.

Moore was barred from an October 2004 speaking engagement at the university, about 35 miles north of San Diego, because there was not enough time to arrange for a speaker from the opposite side of the political spectrum.

Students responded by organizing their own protest and holding a 10,000-strong rally and concert at an off-campus venue where folk singer Joan Baez performed and Moore gave a speech.

The scholarship will be awarded to two students, for a minimum of four years, who have done the most to fight for issues of student rights by standing up to the Cal State San Marcos administration, Moore said.

“I hope this scholarship will encourage students to show courage and stand up for what they believe in,” Moore said in a statement. “The university should not be a place for fear, but a place for bravery, free thought, and a little bit of rebellion.”

Yes, my friends.  Michael Moore is ponying up five whole grand for the cause of “free speech.” The truly ironic thing is that this is roughly 1/6 of what he would have earned from the speaking engagement had it been allowed to take place.

Keep giving him your money, lefties.  Someone has to bankroll his filthy, capitalist, corporate lifestyle.  It might as well be you.