Have you seen this?

Question

Have any of you seen the video "America: From Freedom to Fascism"? You can watch it for free. Just look it up on Google Video. Seriously, take the time to do it. You will not believe your eyes and ears. Bush has truly lost every ounce of respect that I ever had for him, as of today when I saw this video. Make sure you watch the whole thing. The more alarming info is in the second half.

Answer 1

Unlike others, I can only judge a book that I have read myself.

Thanks for the post; I'll check it out.

Answer 2

Yes, I saw it. As a liberatarian and a person who loves documentaries, I was hoping for great things.

I was very disappointed. I found the film to be intellectually dishonest and a vehicle for the filmmaker to further his political beliefs with blatant misformation.

But don' take my word for it. From the NY Times:

"Facts Refute Filmmaker’s Assertions on Income Tax in ‘America’"

"...examination of the assertions in Mr. Russo’s documentary.. shows... they ... collapse under the weight of fact."

"Many of the reviews in major newspapers have accepted as having some factual basis the film’s main contention, ... even though every court that has ever ruled on these issues has upheld the constitutionality of the income tax.

"All of the federal income tax revenue, the film says, goes to these bankers to pay interest on the national debt, even though by the broadest measure the federal government’s interest payments are less than 40 percent of the individual income taxes"

"... Mr. Russo says ...that the Internal Revenue Service has refused every request to show any law making Americans liable for an income tax on their wages. ... Yet among those thanked in the credits for their help in making the film is Anthony Burke, an I.R.S. spokesman. Mr. Burke said that when Mr. Russo called him asking what law required the payment of income taxes on wages, he sent Mr. Russo a link to documents, including Title 26 of the United States Code, citing the specific sections that require income taxes be paid on wages. Title 26 says on its face that it is law enacted by Congress."

"..Arguments made in court that the income tax is invalid are so baseless that Congress has authorized fines of $25,000 for anyone who makes them..."

"... Mr. Russo says in the film that the 16th Amendment was never properly ratified and thus a tax on wages is unconstitutional. This claim has been made in various forms by thousands of tax protesters since 1913, and so far their batting average with the courts is .000.
To buttress the claim that the 16th Amendment is invalid, the film displays a quotation from a federal district judge, James C. Fox. But the transcript from which the judge’s words were taken shows that while he spoke those words, they were in the context of laying out issues and that the conclusion he reached was the opposite of the words quoted."

(ref: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/movies/31russ.html?ei=5088&en=05c0d0988f58fc50&ex=1311998400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rs )

Or from Wikipedia

Answer 3

Sounds like a Alex Jones conspiracy video to me.

Answer 4

Let me get this straight. You watch a little left wing contrived video on line and that is your new bible for truth, justice, and the American way? okie dokie. You don't get out much do you?

Answer 5

Let me guess,you have respect for Castro,President for Life aka dictator..

Answer 6

No, I have not seen it.

No, I will not watch.

I try to evaluate sources for credibility, and not waste my time on items that do not merit my attention, like that one.