In praise of.....Michael Moore

[marmar]

Thank you Michael for having a pair, even when nobody else did.




http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhbzq_michael-moore-oscar-speech_music

[RoccoR5955]

1. K & R Especially for what he said on Countdown tonight.

He stood up WITH Dennis Kucinich, he shot down the finance proposal, and therefore Mr. Moore is a man of WE THE PEOPLE, not them, the corporations!

[Triana]

50. DITTO that 100000000000 times. n/t

[valerief]

71. +66 trillion.

[2Design]

2. yes he is willing to expose the truth and that is thing they go after instead

of fixing the problems he exposes

[flamingdem]

17. HOLD YOUR HORSES - he may be misinformed re: 4 year wait for preexisting

conditions. And excuse me BUT I NEED THIS BILL TO PASS!!

[DesertDiamond]

48. flamingdem, I understand that you have urgent health issues. I totally sympathize.

My I ask what they are?

[Maraya1969]

53. You are one of the reasons I get so mad at people trying to squash

this bill. It will probably be the last chance we get to pass something like this. The right wing will take seats in November and we will lose our majority. It is better to pass this bill if only for people like you who need it desperately and then work out the problems.

I can't stand to see Democrats stand against something that will cover 30,000,000 people. I don't think it is the Democratic principal.

[Schema Thing]

72. ditto

[bigwillq]

3. K and R!

:bounce:

[Mithreal]

28. +1

[LakeSamish706]

4. I would so love to see him in the Senate! n/t

[eleny]

5. K&R

[QC]

6. It looks like Michael is going to be slimed tonight.

The usual suspects are starting up the usual attacks. So predictable.

[marmar]

7. Yep.

[Individualist]

8. No doubt about it.

[ecstatic]

18. A simple way to avoid being "slimed" is to have your facts straight

4 year wait?!?

[sabrina 1]

22. He is right. The pre-condition ban doesn't kick in until

2014. And by then, if Republicans have their way, it will be removed. This is why that bill is going to change nothing, and will things worse for many people who will be forced to spend money they don't have for a product they will not be able to use from a Private Corp they do not wish to support.

It is rare that MM can be caught not having done his homework. The bill does forbid refusing to treat children before 2014 and I don't understand why their parents have to wait four years.

[Political Heretic]

24. He right. Four year wait for preexisting mandate to kick in.

In the meantime, she can't choose insurance - she's forced into the shit-pile catchall group for those all private insurance companies rejected.

[liberation]

43. They are not interested in "facts" as much as they need a talking point desperatedly

those "uppity" liberals are ruining their mojo.

It is always the same; those who have been proven correct over and over and over again, are picked appart and discredited via excruciating nit picking... by those who have been wrong over and over again, but yet feel entitled to have the benefit of the doubt and automatic validation no matter what.


I am always amazed by the double standard. Traditional conservatives and center-right new Democrats can play fast and loose with facts, no big deal. An uppity liberal says something, and it is then and only then that the super concerned forensics crew has to triple check everything they say. Not that there is anything wrong with that, every public person should be checked constantly for "truthiness." However, It is just that it gets tiring when only liberals are held to a top standard while everyone else gets a free pass.

[jonathon]

47. AMEN

Let's look at the track record.

Moore and Kucinch have been right every time.

Christ.

[Ignis]

19. It's enough to make me do a double-take at the URL.

"Wait, is this really DU, or did I get freep-rolled?" I ask myself. :shrug:

[malaise]

9. He's a great man

Love him

[proud patriot]

10. amen

[applegrove]

11. He's a treasure. I don't always agree 100% with him but he is great.

[Swamp Rat]

12. Thank you Michael Moore.

:patriot: And thanks again for letting me watch your movie "Sicko" for free.

[Ignis]

20. FREE?! B-b-but all he cares about is money!

...Or so some posters would have us believe. :eyes:

[fishwax]

13. k/r

:kick:

[Duppers]

14. K & R

nt

[Lugnut]

15. K&R n/t

[gimama]

16. Yep!

I got all choked up, watching him on Countdown tonite..
Sometimes *INTEGRITY* affects me that way.

[Ignis]

21. I'm proud to have met MM twice. He's a mensch.

:patriot:

[AllyCat]

23. Just watched Capitalism this past weekend.

Husband is now motivated to move his money out of a bank that took TARP funds. We were just miffed, even though I had heard a lot of what he talked about in the movie, it was horrible to see what these people are suffering.

I'm so angry at our government that I could just sit it out for the rest of my life because I don't think they will listen. I know I will never vote for a Repuke. I won't vote for Obama again. I'll just work on local races and union stuff.

[Raine]

25. Yes ... THANK YOU MM

:patriot: I wish there was more like him.

[JCMach1]

26. Have loved him for years...

Roger & ME, The Awful Truth...

[onestepforward]

27. Thank you Michael Moore.

[whatchamacallit]

29. Moore fan here! K&R (n/t)

[Enthusiast]

30. Michael = an advocate of working people.

This is what the Democratic Party used to stand for. This seemed to end with Reagan. All the wrong stuff Reagan pulled off was ignored, much like Obama is doing now with W Bush Administration malfeasance. This makes me ultra suspicious of the Obama Administration. Talk me down folks.

[peace frog]

31. [phone]

No talking-down here. THANK YOU, MICHAEL MOORE.

[Echo In Light]

32. Been a regular viewer of his since Roger & Me

k/r

[Richardo]

33. Yes, I haven't had a good dose of manipulative sledgehammer moralizing in quite some time.

Yay Mike. :boring:

[Vinca]

34. That must have been one heck of a check he handed to

Lawrence O'Donnell, judging from Lawrence's expression. Michael . . . and Lawrence . . . are exactly right about what should be happening vs. what we're being forced to accept.

[freddie mertz]

35. K & R. He was brilliant, moving and truthful with O'Donnell last night.

An American hero, and much despised for it, by all the right people.

[DisgustedInMN]

36. MM is our voice...

...in the media. Truth to power.Truth to power.Truth to power.Truth to power.Truth to power.

Truth to power.

[theFrankFactor]

37. Not Perfect But Very IMPORTANT!

[colsohlibgal]

38. A Pair And A Half

The praise phrase in this area is usually brass ones, he has titanium ones. Beyond that he's right on everything and the sad truth is too many democrats can't handle the truth so they just go on living in their fantasy world.

[NJCher]

39. who speaks for us

Imagine what it would be like if we didn't have Michael Moore to articulate what should be.

Just like Vincent Bugliosi articulated the theft of the election in 2000, it's important to have that voice speaking out. MM offers an architecture for thought to those who are too young to remember how America is supposed to work.


Cher

[berni_mccoy]

40. Agreed. K&R.

[NJmaverick]

41. Moore was useful to send against George Bush

however he judgment is less than perfect. He should stick to film making and avoid dabbling in area's he doesn't understand like making public policy or health care.

[liberation]

44. LOL...

Well at least you said "thanks" before driving the bus over him. That is very considerate....

If only Moore could simply make up qualifications as an anonymous poster on a random website, he could be labeled an expert on whatever policy d'jour we're discussing. What a silly man...

[NJmaverick]

45. You know the funny thing is that your post is long on snark

but did absolutely nothing to dispute the point I made.

[liberation]

46. You had a point?

LOL. Shut, I guess that is another term you can add to the list of "things which don't mean what you think they mean."

I know that you have difficulty distinguishing arbitrary standards and personal opinions with facts. But just in case it was not clear: your personal opinion a fact makes not, and just like assholes... everyone has got an opinion. Points, however, are far rarer.


In any case, I don't feel like starting another tangential thread... so you "win." your great point is somehow correct, in whatever fashion you want it to be. There... enjoy.

[muffin1]

57. So, it's great when Moore speaks out against Bush,

but god forbid, he should hold 'the savior' to the same standards.

This meme is becoming routine on DU. For the most part, we were against the wars under bush, we were against wiretapping, we were against favoring big corporations over the little guy, we were for equal rights (repealing DADT and DOMA). Now, for way too many people here, when Obama enacts the EXACT SAME POLICIES - and appoints the EXACT SAME PEOPLE as bush, it's 'different' somehow. It's playing 'chess', or whatever the fuck the saying of the day is. The term 'magic wand' is appearing with alarming frequency. We 'pony people' do not expect magic wands. We expect the change we fucking voted for.

:wtf:

[skeptical cynic]

60. I believe he understands those areas very well

That's what makes people angry.

[YOY]

42. He's EXTREEEEEEEEME!!!

Or so some would like us to think.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

49. We need hundred Michael Moores out there --

Cutting through the bullshit and speaking the Truth is a full-time job for an army of people. :(

[Myrina]

51. Principles, regardless of who disapproves. AMEN!

:applause: :patriot:

[pleah]

52. K&R

[Maraya1969]

54. He also said they should pass it because he knows what will happen

if it doesn't get passed. The last chance we will have for health care will be lost.

[swilton]

55. Three Cheers for Michael Moore!

[Slit Skirt]

56. thank you michael moore

thank you
thank you
thank you!!!!!:yourock:

[FedUpWithIt All]

58. K+R Watched the new one last night.

I already knew most of the content from reading DU but seeing it all compiled like that was really upsetting. Coup d'etat indeed.

[SlingBlade]

59. K & R Fuck the Corporatist !

[skeptical cynic]

61. +1 I wish more people with his visibility would speak out

[Duval]

62. My husband and I said this very thing last night! n/t

[ChiciB1]

63. He HAS Tried So Very Hard To Make Things Known, To INFORM Those

who aren't informed and for that he's taken so much FLACK!!

He has had my support from "hello" and still does!! Say what you will, he HAS been a person who has tried to get THE MESSAGE OUT! And I KNOW he HAS gotten very rich in the process, but it's been HIS NECK on the line and he's taken a lot of ABUSE along the way!!!

At least he's STILL fighting and has much more of a SPINE than MOST IN D.C.!! At least he "appears" to fight for "we the people" which is far more than I can say for the WH, and most of our Congress Critters!!!
:shrug:

[kgnu_fan]

64. He is a true American nt

[laughingliberal]

65. K & R nt

[rhett o rick]

66. Michael Moore, a true American hero. Not many around. nm

[defendandprotect]

67. Love and hugs to Michael Moore -- thank you, Michael !!! Keep at it -- !!!

[readmoreoften]

68. +1

[omega minimo]

69. yeah cuz it's all about the TESTICLES. Mike deserves better.

K :kick:

[sandyj999]

70. He has always been my hero. n/t

[gtar100]

73. Too late to recommend but not to kick!