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| MooreandMe |
To be honest, I’m not sure what to make of the #MooreandMe business. Here’s a rundown: If you’ve been on Twitter in the last week, it’s probably been hard to miss the Twitter protest against Michael Moore for dismissing and mischaracterizing the rape accusations against Julian Assange—first in a post… |
MikeS |
12/21/10 |
2 |
12/28/10 |
| I Am SO Popular in Cuba |
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up with the Wikileaks scandal, but there is one little aspect that came to light recently. A diplomatic cable claimed that Michael Moore’s Sicko was banned in Cuba. According to the cable, Cuban doctors were concerned—stop me if this sounds familiar—that the idyllic… |
MikeS |
12/18/10 |
1 |
12/19/10 |
| A Look at Bloggy Goodness |
Well, it’s been a few weeks since Mikey started up his “Mike and Friends” blog. And I must confess myself ... bemused. Moore actually doesn’t do too much blogging himself. The blog is basically a dumping ground for every far far Left whiner, ingrate, ignoramus and conspiracy theorist who can… |
MikeS |
09/28/10 |
61 |
12/19/10 |
| The Return of Moorewatch |
Oh, goody. Michael Moore, only about ten years behind the times, is launching a blog. Of his very own! Well, sort of his own. It will include inane rants by his friends, including this delightfully incoherent rant from Alan Grayson: When Kennedy said these words, the unemployment rate in America… |
MikeS |
09/15/10 |
5 |
11/25/10 |
| Mikey Goes Off the Deep End |
Michael Moore has come out with another of his letters that is so incoherent, so all over the map and so self-contradicting that fisking it is like shooting fish in a barrel. Dead fish. In a tiny barrel. With a bazooka, Still, that’s what we do here at Moorewatch. |
MikeS |
03/17/10 |
10 |
06/14/10 |
| Tax Incentives For Me, But Not For Thee |
The Mackinac Center smokes out Michael Moore for taking a tax break he’s railed against. I’m with Moore, actually, on the idea that industries should not get special tax cuts. And I do understand that, with millions of dollars at stake, the temptation is awfully hard to resist. But it… |
MikeS |
02/11/10 |
6 |
03/15/10 |
| Sanjay Gupta, Superstar |
You remember Sanjay Gupta? He was CNN’s medical correspondent for a long time. When he had the temerity to disagree with Michael Moore, he was pilloried by the Moore-ons and Moore apologists like PZ Myers. They could not believe that a member of the MSM would dispute the vileness of… |
MikeS |
01/18/10 |
5 |
02/01/10 |
| Cold Water on the Cuban Myth |
It’s a rare month that doesn’t go by without yet another demonstration of why Michael Moore was so totally wrong on Cuba’s healthcare system. Here’s the latest: Twenty-six patients at Cuba’s largest hospital for the mentally ill died this week during a cold snap, the government said Friday. Human rights… |
MikeS |
01/16/10 |
10 |
03/29/10 |
| The Declining Influence of Moore |
The Telegraph is putting together a rundown of the 100 most influential liberals and conservatives in the US. And who is that at #91? A reviewer of Moore’s 2007 movie Sicko, about the American health system, summed up his career as being “a multimedia attempt to undo Reagan’s great achievement:… |
MikeS |
01/12/10 |
5 |
02/03/10 |
| Boycott The Voters |
As you may have heard, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman has proven to be a big obstacle to the current attempts at healthcare “reform”. So ... yes, you in the back with the baseball cap and mediocre movies? Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday called for a boycott of the state… |
MikeS |
12/16/09 |
74 |
02/24/10 |
| The Surrender Letter |
I sometimes miss Mike when he’s so quiet. Taking on his stupid is just so much fun. But apart from a little love for Kanye, he’s been quiet since his unintentionally hilarious movie came out. What’s that? Another open letter? One about the war? Squeee!!! |
MikeS |
11/30/09 |
2 |
01/12/10 |
| A Call To Action |
I was out of the country when Michael posted his most recent ignorant screed, an action plan of 15 items for his minions to follow. Should I fisk this list? Yes, I think I should. |
MikeS |
11/07/09 |
21 |
12/14/09 |
| The World Is Ending |
Michael Moore and I agree, sort of. In response to a question from a libertarian student, he admits that corporatism is the problem, not capitalism. Of course, his sensibility doesn’t last long. He quickly calls for pay restrictions and “democracy” in the workplace and can’t quite wrap his mind around… |
MikeS |
10/15/09 |
9 |
01/08/10 |
| Documentary Oscar Goes to Obama; Mikey Applauds |
Mike’s been putting a lot of letters up on his site and, being on vacation, I’ve been slow to respond. I’m tinkering with an omnibus post addressing the worst points he’s been making, but he had a double post on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize that contained some classic classic Mike. |
MikeS |
10/11/09 |
8 |
10/16/09 |
| Foreclosures And Rape |
I’ll give Mikey credit for going on Hannity, where he was sure to get a hostile reception. But then again, hostile environments tend to bring out the stupid: While I share his sympathy for people who get foreclosed on (and appreciate Hannity’s point about people who play by the rules… |
MikeS |
10/08/09 |
18 |
10/28/09 |
| Capitalism Did Nothing For Me |
Hat tip to Hot Air: Where does Mikey think the people who see his movies and line his pockets get their money from? Where does he think the funding for his film comes from? The difficult in getting movies made and books published is not unique to Moore. Everyone in… |
MikeS |
10/06/09 |
4 |
10/11/09 |
| Capitalism’s Profits |
I’ll give him credit. Capitalism opened reasonably, pulling in $4.5 million. That’s good for a documentary. On the other hand, it’s not that great. Fahrenheit opened at $24 million for its opening weekend; Sicko at about the same amount ($4.5 million). At this point, it’s not certain that Capitalism will… |
MikeS |
10/05/09 |
5 |
10/12/09 |
| Mickey Hearts Wolf |
Here’s Mikey’s appearance on Wolf Blitzer’s show. Notice how craven Blitzer is this time around, since getting hounded by the Mooreons for his last encounter. A few things. First, the description of capitalism as “legalized greed” is accurate. Humans are greedy creatures. The beauty of capitalism is that confines that… |
MikeS |
09/26/09 |
8 |
11/20/09 |
| Mikey Loves His Movies |
Oh goody! Michael has another letter up on his website. He never seems to tire of spewing his poorly-researched gibberish. And we at Moorewatch never tire of fisking him. |
MikeS |
09/26/09 |
4 |
11/23/09 |
| Reason and Moore |
What our late lamented Lee used to call the Best Magazine on the Planet has an early look at Capitalism, which Sean Higgins watched with members of the AFL-CIO. The thing that struck Higgins—and has struck me in Moore’s recent commentary—is that he seems to be drifting into a territory… |
MikeS |
09/22/09 |
0 |
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| Hugs and Kisses from Hugo |
I can’t upload the pictures for some reason, but here you can find pictures of Michael Moore meeting with and high-fiving Hugo Chavez. I mean, just in case you though Fidel Castro was the only human right abuser that Moore had a hard-on for. In a related story, Chavez is… |
MikeS |
09/10/09 |
2 |
11/08/09 |
| Goody Goody Gumdrops |
I know it’s been quiet here for a while. But that’s because Moore has been comparatively quiet. No longer. Enjoy the trailer for his new film: Now here’s a funny thing. When it comes to bailouts and influence peddling, Moore and I are ... oh I can’t say it. Come… |
MikeS |
08/22/09 |
5 |
09/06/09 |
| Running On Empty |
Donna e-mailed me last week telling me Michael Moore had put up a post on his website that made her skin crawl. It took me until the weekend to read it. And I must confess myself ... disappointed. The post is Michael Moore celebrating the collapse of General Motors and… |
MikeS |
06/07/09 |
9 |
07/18/09 |
| Madoff Madness |
Boy, Time Magazine has really fallen on hard times, haven’t they? They did a series on the 100 Most Influential People in the world and, for some reason, picked Bernie Madoff. So who did they get to write an article about him? Why, it’s our man from Flint Davison. He… |
MikeS |
05/13/09 |
5 |
05/18/09 |
| Smiles For Socialism |
For people who oppose socialized medicine, Britain’s NHS is the gift that keeps on giving. And for genuine Brits, it’s a nightmare: Like so many young women, Amy King always took great pride in her appearance. Standing in front of the mirror to check her make-up before a night out,… |
MikeS |
04/22/09 |
16 |
06/05/09 |
| The NHS’s Latest Hits |
Mike, what news is there from the wonderful UK healthcare system? Glad you asked: The full extent of the horrific conditions at an NHS hospital where hundreds may have died because of ‘appalling’ care was laid bare yesterday. Dehydrated patients were forced to drink out of flower vases, while others… |
MikeS |
03/18/09 |
5 |
04/30/09 |
| Nutroots Of the World Unite! |
Oooh, joy. Michael Moore is planning to make a movie about the economic crisis. And who is he turning to for info? Financial reporters? Economists? Business analysts? How about the business geniuses of Daily Kos: I am in the middle of shooting my next movie and I am looking for… |
MikeS |
02/13/09 |
8 |
02/25/09 |
| Moore is Right. And Wrong |
You just knew the media was going to have to probe the wisdom of the creator of Roger and Me on the auto industry bailout. But, surprisingly, Moore actually says something right! Yeah, I know you don’t believe it. Here it is: I’ll tell you, it was hilarious just watching… |
MikeS |
11/20/08 |
6 |
01/18/09 |
| Moore Cries A River |
If Michael Moore is indeed changing his movie to a paen to Barack Obama, I can save you the effort of seeing it. Just read his hysterical open letter. Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning,… |
MikeS |
11/20/08 |
5 |
12/15/08 |
| Mkey’s Got A Brand New Film |
Um, OK: Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. The film, “Slacker Uprising,” follows Moore’s 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. It will be available for three weeks as a free download to North American residents,… |
MikeS |
09/04/08 |
9 |
09/24/08 |
| Mikey Luvs Hurricans |
Egad: Throughout the Bush Presidency, Mikey has wished for things to do got badly for America so that the Republicans will get blamed and unelected. I have no doubt that Mike has blasted Religious Right zealots for claiming that Katrina was God’s vengeance for abortion, gay marriage and men’s speedos. … |
MikeS |
08/30/08 |
7 |
08/31/08 |
| Castonguay Turns |
You know that wonderful Hoser healthcare system? Well, it’s very architect wants to change it: Back in the 1960s, Castonguay chaired a Canadian government committee studying health reform and recommended that his home province of Quebec — then the largest and most affluent in the country — adopt government-administered health… |
MikeS |
06/30/08 |
1 |
08/03/08 |
| Ooh, Joy! |
Mikey is making a sequel: Michael Moore is making a sequel to “Fahrenheit 9/11” for Overture Films and Paramount Vantage, which will shop the project to international buyers when the Cannes Film Festival and market get under way today. --snip-- Sequel will pick up where “Fahrenheit 9/11” left off. In… |
MikeS |
05/13/08 |
17 |
05/16/08 |
| Careful Who You Interview |
You remember in F911, Mikey asking Congressmen to enlist their children in the Iraq War (apparently under the impression that this is even possible)? I wonder if he’ll make a sequel about John McCain: Mr. McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee, has staked his candidacy on the promise that American… |
MikeS |
04/07/08 |
3 |
05/21/08 |
| One In Five Million |
You have to wonder if Mikey would ever happen to mention, when he talks about the cost of medicine, something about this: I was appalled to learn of a colleague’s fate at the hands of a Mahoning County (Ohio) jury in a recent malpractice case. The patient presented with what… |
MikeS |
03/18/08 |
4 |
03/27/08 |
| Whither Fidel? |
Like most of you, I’m getting a little sick of the stories in the media about the glories of Castro’s Cuba. I’m reminded of a line in the Greatest Television Miniseries of All Time: “Everybody’s loved when he’s dead.” Fidel ain’t dead but he’s getting eulogies. Well, I don’t love… |
MikeS |
02/24/08 |
1 |
02/26/08 |
| Stacking the Deck |
Even the wonderful glorious NHS is apparently not immune to the Law of Unintended Consequences: Hospitals were last night accused of keeping thousands of seriously ill patients in ambulance ‘holding patterns’ outside accident and emergency units to meet a government pledge that all patients are treated within four hours of… |
MikeS |
02/23/08 |
2 |
02/24/08 |
| How to Document a Cuba |
What Our Mr. Lee calls the Greatest Magazine on the Planet has the goods on a real documentary about Cuba: In June 2000, this magazine published a cover story on Hollywood’s “missing movies.” These were not, alas, films that had been neglected by inattentive archivists or spurned by Ted Turner’s… |
MikeS |
02/01/08 |
14 |
02/25/08 |
| You Are the Future of Healthcare |
Yet another dispatch from Britain’s wonderful NHS: The London Telegraph reported Tuesday that the British government has a “plan to save billions of pounds from the NHS budget.” But it won’t come without enormous pain. “Instead of going to a hospital or consulting a doctor, patients will be encouraged to… |
MikeS |
01/10/08 |
7 |
01/20/08 |
| The Plot Thickens |
You remember how much Michael Moore made of Bush’s connections to the Saudis in Fahrenheit 9/11? Let’s see if he makes a big deal out of this: Bill Clinton’s presidential library raised more than 10 percent of the cost of its $165 million facility from foreign sources, with the most… |
MikeS |
12/17/07 |
1 |
12/18/07 |
| A Small Amount of Choice |
The British are trying something interesting—choice: Elderly people will be given money to pay for their own care as part of a radical shake-up of the welfare system, Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, will announce today. The new personal care budgets will give millions of pensioners and younger disabled people… |
MikeS |
12/12/07 |
12 |
12/17/07 |
| Elementary Math |
It’s amazing how the intelligent, informed, enlightened “fact based community” can flunk simple math by saying that 20 million is equal to 47 million: In his propagandumentary “SiCKO” that favored the socialist health care systems of Canada, Britain, France and Cuba, Michael Moore made the fantastic claim that almost 50… |
MikeS |
12/04/07 |
3 |
12/04/07 |
| NYT’s Numbers on the Dark |
Libertarians, conservatives and health-care wonks have been disputing the numbers supporting Michael Moore’s Sicko thesis for some time. But, of course, those objections aren’t real until a Harvard Professor writes about them in the New York Times: WITH the health care system at the center of the political debate, a… |
MikeS |
11/06/07 |
0 |
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| Surplus … Debt… What’s the Difference? |
This sort of nonsense drives me crazy. Britain’s NHS is jumping and down about how they are running a surplus this year. Except: NHS trusts have a £4bn backlog of key maintenance repairs which range from fixing heating to meeting fire safety rules, government figures suggest. The figure is eight… |
MikeS |
10/26/07 |
0 |
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| Superbugs |
You know that socialist paradise in Britain? It’s killing people: Nurses who didn’t wash their hands and left patients lying in soiled beds were cited in an official report blaming mismanagement for the deaths of 90 people who contracted a bacterial infection in hospitals in southern England. “Significant failings” at… |
MikeS |
10/14/07 |
3 |
10/16/07 |
| Socialist Paradise Update, Part XLI |
Canadians are coming to America for neonatal care of premature babies. I guess we could be like every other country and let babies who weigh under 500 g just die. That would boost our life expectancy and infant mortality numbers and make sure those Canadians stay put in their socialist… |
MikeS |
10/11/07 |
4 |
10/17/07 |
| Ah, That Island Paradise |
I was innocently basking in the wonderful sight of Cuba’s UN delegation flouncing out of the room because Bush said some mean wotten things about Pappa Fidel, when Reason brings this nonsense to my attention. It’s a long scientific paper (and behind a firewall in any case) but the abstract… |
MikeS |
09/26/07 |
97 |
10/19/07 |
| 45 million. 17 million. It’s All Good |
Mark Steyn breaks down the 45 million uninsured: So, out of 45 million uninsured Americans, 9 million aren’t American, 9 million are insured, 18 million are young and healthy. And the rest of these poor helpless waifs trapped in Uninsured Hell waiting for Hillary to rescue them are, in fact,… |
MikeS |
09/24/07 |
6 |
10/04/07 |
| Get Me Outta Here! |
I hate to pick on someone who has cancer. But when you support a system that denies people the privilege of getting what your wealth allows you to get, you’re relevant: Liberal MP Belinda Stronach, who is battling breast cancer, travelled to California last June for an operation that was… |
MikeS |
09/19/07 |
37 |
09/23/07 |
| If Always, You Don’t Succeed, Try Eternally Again |
One of the truly wonderful things about government is that failure is literally not an option. If an effort fails, it was just underfunded. So naturally, when an injection of 43 billion pounds fails to improve Britain’s NHS, it responds by . . . wait for it . . .… |
MikeS |
09/12/07 |
84 |
09/18/07 |