Most driven into debt and bankruptcy by medical bills have health insurance. For example, Reader’s Digest notes:Between 2000 and 2003, seven in ten adults who were driven into debt by medical expenses had insurance at the time.Similarly, as of 2009:Mo…
Posts Tagged ‘Michael Moore’
Christian Bale impresses moviegoers at ‘The Fighter’ screening
December 13th, 2010 |
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Actor Christian Bale received huge appreciation from moviegoers at the Cinema Society screening of his new flick ‘The Fighter’. Bale won over moviegoers Patricia Clarkson, Michael Moore, Lee Daniels, Calvin Klein, Russell Simmons, Adam Levine and girlfriend Anne V, Grace Coddington, Gloria Steinem and Bruce Weber, reports the New York Post. The film also stars [...]
Kanye West Protests Arizona Immigration Law
May 28th, 2010 |
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In the name of Rosa Parks, Martin Louis The King Jr. (also known as Kanye West) insists that artists boycott Arizona over its controversial new immigration law, which makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime and give law enforcement officials the authority to quiz residents on their immigration status. The rapper is supporting [...]
The American Dream Has Moved Abroad
March 17th, 2010 |
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The American dream has always been that even those with humble roots can end up wealthy.The American dream is what has motivated generations of Americans – natives and immigrants alike – to work hard and play by the rules.And as Michael Moore wrote in …
7 Questions About Public Banking
March 14th, 2010 |
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This is an open letter to the economics, finance and banking communities. I don’t have any dog in the fight, other than to figure out and then publicize what is best for the greatest number of people. People I greatly respect advocate for federal-leve…
The Real Reason Newspapers Are Losing Money, And Why Bailing Out Failing Newspapers Would Create Moral Hazard in the Media
December 22nd, 2009 |
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Conventional wisdom is that the Internet is responsible for destroying the profits of traditional print media like newspapers.But Michael Moore and Sean Paul Kelley are blaming the demise of newspapers on simple greed. Michael Moore said in September:…
Michael Moore Threatens Connecticut Boycott For Lieberman Recall
December 17th, 2009 |
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Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is threatening to boycott Connecticut if the state does not recall Senator Joe Lieberman.
“People of Connecticut: What have u done 2 this country? We hold u responsible. Start recall of Lieberman 2day or we’ll boycott your state,” the Oscar-winning Bowling For Columbine director wrote on his Twitter page Wednesday.
Lieberman vowed to [...]
Michael Moore takes “Capitalism” censure to Japan
December 4th, 2009 |
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Firebrand director Michael Moore is in Japan to promote his latest documentary on the global economic meltdown, which he says should resonate in a nation that has already seen the dark side of capitalism. “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens in Japan on Saturday, and Moore, on his first visit to
Don’t Blame Capitalism for Wall Street’s Corruption and Lawlessness
November 9th, 2009 |
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When Mahatma Gandhi was asked what he thought about Western civilization, he answered:I think it would be a good idea.I feel the same way about free market capitalism.It would be a good idea, but it is not what we have now. Instead, we have either soci…
Elizabeth Warren Suspects Fraud As Cause of Financial Crisis
October 23rd, 2009 |
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Elizabeth Warren – like many other financial experts – thinks that fraud played a role in causing the financial crisis.As she told Michael Moore:I want to know who did what. Responsibility is about making sure we fix this, and that it will not happen…
Michael Moore Promotes Public Banking
October 23rd, 2009 |
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In an article which is quickly going viral, Michael Moore says the American people should demand public banking:Each of the 50 states must create a state-owned public bank like they have in North Dakota. Then congress MUST reinstate all the strict pre-…
Michael Moore Promotes Public Banking
October 23rd, 2009 |
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In an article which is quickly going viral, Michael Moore says the American people should demand public banking:Each of the 50 states must create a state-owned public bank like they have in North Dakota. Then congress MUST reinstate all the strict pre-…
Heads I win, tails you lose
October 20th, 2009 |
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Why Wall Street needs a new social contract
EVER since Rolling Stone magazine described Goldman Sachs in July as a “a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money,” the investment bank has emerged as the favourite pinata for anyone who wants to give Wall Street a mighty thwack. Lloyd Blankfein, the investment bank’s chief executive, may be right, as he recently told The Economist, that vampire squids, which really do exist in the depths of the ocean, are “small and harmless”. Yet his firm and the industry of which it is now the reluctant face have a real image problem, which they need to deal with before it turns into something nastier.
Among the wilder allegations the industry is facing is Michael Moore’s claim in his new film, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, that a deliberate Wall Street conspiracy resulted in a $700 billion raid by the banks on the Treasury (otherwise known as the Troubled Asset Relief Programme). Mr Moore’s film includes a stunt in which he attempts a citizen’s arrest of Mr Blankfein over this “crime”. …
PhD Economists and Economic Professors Call For Protests
October 18th, 2009 |
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You know that the government and the giant banks are not being responsive to the needs of the economy and the American people when even PhD economists and economics professors are calling for protests.Indeed, many top experts and even politicians say t…
Congresswoman Kaptur: There Has Been a Financial Coup D’Etat
October 11th, 2009 |
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In Michael Moore’s new film Capitalism: A Love Story, Congresswoman Kaptur says there has been a financial coup d’etat, and that Wall Street – rather than Congress – is in charge.In a must-watch interview with Bill Moyers broadcast Friday night, Kaptur…
When Moore means less
October 6th, 2009 |
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Michael Moore’s new film about capitalism scores some points, yet misses the point
IF THERE were a gospel according to contemporary American capitalism, how would Jesus Christ respond when asked to heal the sick, or show the way to eternal life? Michael Moore, the polemical documentarian right-wingers love to hate, offers his own answers in his new film, “Capitalism: A Love Story”. The first request is declined—Christ, in voice-over, says he is unable to heal someone with a pre-existing condition—and the answer to the second is “Go forth and maximise profits”. When it comes to the jokes, at least, Mr Moore is back on form after his previous, rather turgid film about American health care, “Sicko”.
Indeed, Mr Moore has leavened his latest outpouring of conspiratorial left-wing nonsense with some genuinely amusing moments. As well as his gospel of capitalism, there are some thoroughly enjoyable clips of experts such as a former IMF chief economist, Ken Rogoff, failing to provide an easily understandable explanation of derivatives. There are some satisfying swipes at George Bush. And there are plenty of bemused security guards at Goldman Sachs as Mr Moore tries to enter their building to perform a citizen’s arrest on their chairman before wrapping their building in yellow “crime scene” tape. …
Michael Moore Talks “Capitalism†On “The Tonight Show†(VIDEO)
October 2nd, 2009 |
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Oscar-winning director Michael Moore dropped by The Tonight Show on Thursday, where he chatted up his latest “Sticking It To The Man” masterpiece, Capitalism: A Love Story, in an interview with Conan.
Venice Film Festival selected – Delhi 6 and Dev D
August 2nd, 2009 |
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Among the four Indian movies that will be screened at the the 66th Venice Film Festival are Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra`s `Delhi 6` and Anurag Kashyap`s `Dev D` .
The films are not a part of the `Competition Category` of the festival, the oldest in the world, but will be screened in the `Midnight Movies` and [...]
Liza Weisberg: The Yes Men Fix The World One Prank at a Time
July 27th, 2009 |
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In their new HBO documentary The Yes Men Fix the World, the eponymous pranksters take aim at unapologetic free market profiteers.
Daniel Krotz: On The Collecting of Books
July 27th, 2009 |
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The single piece of advice I give to a prospective collector is that if a book makes you cry, collect it. I suppose that’s why I own nine copies of The Sun Also Rises.