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Michael Moore Sicko

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Written by MedicalSpaMD on
The NY Times review of Michael Moores Sicko :     Having spent part of my childhood in England (where my sister the Hollywood Agent was born) I have to love this 'French quote' from the review: “What’s your biggest expense after the house and the car?” he asks an upper-middle-class French couple. “Ze feesh,” replies the wife. “Also vegetables.” Read Full Story
Written by yanhast01 on
Yeah it's late, but some quick thoughts on why I like Michael Moore: 1.) The Power of Persuasion: I read a book review today of Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgement written by my former UCLA professor Andrew Sabl (the review, not the book... the book is by Yale's Bryan Garsten). On the subject of rhetoric, he writes: "While the trend in democratic theory is to sideline rhetoric in favor of rationalistic 'deliberation,' Garsten explores and defends an older tradition of republican rhetoric that disavows manipulation and pandering but differs with contemporary rationalism in practicing respect for citizens' actual opinions and for ... Read Full Story
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Author: twotap Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:17 am (GMT -5) Topic Replies: 31 Heres a look into the future photo of some Flintalk members after LT here gets done dispensing all them Krispy Kreems. Read Full Story
Written by gr750 on
There couldn’t be a better word to describe Michael Moore’s latest film “Sicko”. Traveling through the health care world in the United States brings on a new era of realization of how “Sickening” the health insurance industry of America really is. Almost 50 Million Americans live without health insurance in America. As bad as that is, some insurance companies make it extremely difficult to get any insurance claims at all for the rest of the 250 million Americans that do have health insurance coverage. Sicko, documents a case where a man had accidentally sawed off two of his fingers, the index finger and the ... Read Full Story
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Author: twotap Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:20 pm (GMT -5) Topic Replies: 40 You mean the ones who decide for ya. No I dont. Read Full Story
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The New York Observer reports: "Documentary filmmaker and longtime Michael Moore collaborator Meghan O'Hara is currently working on a feature-length documentary about George W. Bush's military service in the Texas Air National Guard."  
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In a speech broadcast on Canadian television Tuesday, Michael Moore savaged the Democrats' healthcare bill, calling it a gift to the health insurance industry, which he argues will make $70 billion more as a result of mandated health insurance. "The health insurance companies are going to make an extra $70 billion dollars as a result of Americans being forced to buy their health insurance," Moore quipped. "What company wouldn't love this bill...  
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“It began as a ripple; an online whisper; a grassroots awakening to a new threat on freedom. … Lady Liberty faces her newest challenge and across this great nation a new generation of patriots stands ready for her defense. … They were ignored, ...  
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Dir: Michael Moore; USA documentary, 2009, 120 minutes; Michael Moore, George ...The Copenhagen PostThe miracle of Michael Moore is not just that he made documentaries for the masses, but that such a critic of the United States found a voice in the belly ...and more »  
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Hollywood ignoring Michael Moore's communist manifesto?  Wow, there's a switch, they're usually all over it (Che).  Perhaps the silent conservative majority is not so silent anymore and is speaking at the box office.  What will Sean Penn do?  
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Michael Moore is one of the most commercially successful documentary filmmakers of the past decade, certainly.  Frankly?  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts isn’t impressed.  They don’t care that Moore’s latest accomplishment, Capitalism:  A Love Story,  made $14M at the box office which is a huge amount for a documentary. The short list of films is [...]  
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Michael Moore's muckraking "Capitalism: A Love Story" may have been a hit with moviegoers, but it's a miss with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences...and Muhammad Ali, who hasn't boxed since 1981, knocked Mike Tyson out of the running. The ...  
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