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http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/russo.html

For those of you who think American is really all about free speech, check out what a republican relations firm is up to.

A web site has launched a campaign to deter theater owners from showing Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9-11". A list of theaters currently committed to showing the film is provided along with exhortations to call and demand that the film be dropped. Some theater owners are reporting receiving death threats.

This web site, "www.moveamericaforward.org", is actually an alias for "www.moveamericaforward.com". A DNS check reveals that "www.moveamericaforward.com" is being run by a Public Relations firm out of San Francisco.

Registrant:
Russo Marsh & Rogers
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US

Domain name: MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.COM

Administrative Contact:
Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US
916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057

Technical Contact:
Lorenz, Douglas dlorenz@rmrwest.com
770 L Street, #950
Sacramento, CA 95814
US
916-441-3734 Fax: 916-441-6057

Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.
Record last updated on 18-Nov-2003.
Record expires on 18-Nov-2004.
Record created on 18-Nov-2003.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.EASYDNS.COM 216.220.40.243
NS2.EASYDNS.COM 205.210.42.20
REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.212
REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM 212.100.224.80

Russo Marsh & Rogers is a political public relations firm with strong ties to the GOP. Sal Russo, a principle in Russo Marsh & Rogers, served as advisor for the "Recall Grey Davis" campaign.

So, I guess we know just who is behind the campaign of threats and harassment against theaters showing Moore's film!

UPDATE: Following the first publication of this article, the WHOIS database for moveamericaforward.org has been changed to conceal their links to Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Domain ID:D102814530-LROR
Domain Name:MOVEAMERICAFORWARD.ORG
Created On:18-Nov-2003 18:00:16 UTC
Last Updated On:12-Jun-2004 22:50:51 UTC
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Expiration Date:18-Nov-2004 18:00:16 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R1247-LROR
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:tu48DTsaZ7dXgT7L
Registrant Name:Howard Kaloogian

PDF file of original WHOIS info for MoveAmericaForward.org showing ownership and administration by Russo Marsh & Rogers.

Sal Russo himself is still listed on the MoveAmericaForward site. Here are some links about him.

http://www.defendreagan.org/?Page=AboutUs

And about Howard Kaloogian, the Chairman of moveamericaforward.org.

http://www.fact-index.com/h/ho/howard_kaloogian.htmlHoward Kaloogian was chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee

http://www.howardforsenate.com/ Howard Kaloogian, GOP candidate for the Senate

http://www.defendreagan.org/?Page=AboutUs Howard Kaloogian also launched a smear campaign against CBS and Viacon to prevent them from showing the miniseries “The Reagans.”