I’m not normally a fan of Michael Moore. But the segment which Democracy Now! did on his testimony at the California state legislature has a clip of what is truly a fantastic speech delivered with an oratorical style I did not think Michael Moore capable of.
There is no way that I can say this without sounding pretentious as hell, but I have previously felt that Michael Moore’s brand of progressivism — especially when compared to true luminaries such as Noam Chomsky — was a bit like cousin Cletus’s 5-part serenade ‘Ode to a swimmin’ hole’ on his banjo after an afternoon of good moonshine. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Before this interview, I always thought: Entertaining? Yes. Enlightening? Not as much. So, while I may be losing some of my commie street cred by saying this, I do have to say that, regardless of your opinion of Michael Moore, his speech in this Democracy Now! segment is well worth the watch especially considering the neo-liberal forces at work within our own country working to bring us closer to U.S.-style healthcare.
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Paulitics 
Good post!
Any chance we will see an update to the polling resource soon? Today is the one month anniversary since the most recent update.
JP – there was an update earlier last week. But there’ll be another update soon (probably tomorrow).
It’s funny to see the pro-corporate mobs which form and subsequently target Moore (or anyone) who opposes blind & greedy destructive profiteering.
People before profits. Always.
What some insight into Michael Moore thinking? Read the entire “Public Health Crunch” blog before you see the movie! (http://phcrunch.wordpress.com/)
This weeks topic is titled “Are CMEs becoming infomercials?”.
Past topics included: “Patient dumping” and “Me too drugs”
Take care.
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