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By Times staff writer 'Stupid White Men' ready to be let looseMichael Moore's new book, Stupid White Men, months delayed and uncensored, will be published this month. Defying recent opinion polls and the alleged concerns of Moore's publisher, Stupid White Men has nasty things to say about President Bush. The book was originally scheduled for the fall, but it was pushed back because of the Sept. 11 attacks. Moore, best known for the documentary Roger & Me, said publisher HarperCollins wanted him to tone down his remarks and even threatened to cancel the book. "I was told that "the political climate has changed in America' and that my attacks on Bush and his cronies would not be met with open arms by a Bush-adoring public," Moore wrote in a message posted last week on his Web site, www.michaelmoore.com. "I refused to rewrite a single word of my book. I was proud of everything I had written. In my opinion, Stupid White Men seemed even more relevant than before. Enron, Kenneth Lay, Arthur Andersen -- it's all there in my book -- and I wrote those passages last spring!" HarperCollins spokeswoman Lisa Hurling said the publisher would not respond to Moore's allegations. As of Friday, the book was ranked No. 8 on Amazon.com's bestseller list. Cosby boycotts CincinnatiBill Cosby has canceled a performance in Cincinnati next month, honoring a boycott call by black groups unhappy with the city's response to last year's riots. "I still stand by the fact that I feel very uncomfortable playing the concerts at this time in this climate," Cosby said in a statement. The Coalition for a Just Cincinnati, one of 14 groups that have called for economic sanctions, mailed letters to Cosby and other performers booked to appear in the city. The coalition asked them to boycott Cincinnati until city leaders pay more attention to police, racial and economic issues. The push came after three days of rioting over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer last April. The officer was acquitted of negligent homicide and obstruction of official business.
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