Any economic system capable of producing so much wealth, that even a 350-pound documentary filmmaker of middling talent can afford to cover his abundant girth in a fine suit is not, by any definition, evil.
Misguided, perhaps. Shortsighted, seems fair to say. Evil, no.
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Just read a funny entry at I Own the World in which it is pointed out the M.M. will make scads of money from this movie all the while he decries capitalism.
I can’t wait for this movie to get ‘booted onto YouTube or the Chinese video websites. Then we’ll see how he really feels about Capitalism.
When Moore dropped his Michigan Populist costume (ball cap, Kmart windbreaker) for the west L.A. costume (rectangular glasses, suit), I don’t think he ever really recovered.
He should be featured on the ‘men who look like old lesbians’ website:
http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/
If pointing out the evil excesses of capitalism makes someone anti-capitalist, then where do I fit in when I agree with much of Michael Moore’s statements but also think he’s a fat rich primadonna slob who only could have made it in America?
Do I get an icepick?
This makes your opinion of him personally somewhat unimportant to me.
Just sayin’.
Is this an invitation for you to not pay to see his movie?
I’m so tired of slobs like Moore who luxuriate in our society, and then attack it like they are some kind of revolutionary.
Moore blames our economic crisis on Wall Street gambling on derivatives – but he fails to mention the source of those derivatives: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who were buying up subprime loans, packaging them, and spreading them throughout the economy. And they were doing so with the full encouragement of Democrats in Congress who resisted any attempt to reign them in.
If Wall Street was gambling, then the government was providing the casino with Democrat mobsters running the show.
Benjamin,
What happened is that someone defecated between two slices of bread. Someone else took that idea, franchised it in some package form, advertised it as the best investment opportunity in the restaurant business ever, then sold it to willing people who loved the idea even though they hadn’t investigated it thoroughly, and then those people bought into other ideas and things of value based on their supposed wealth from packaged investment vehicles based on the original sandwiches. Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae may have created many fecal sandwiches, but it was Wall Street that made the rest possible. Also, it was very easy to get stupid loans from many private sector lenders as well. Countrywide wasn’t a victim of evil government as much as a victim of greed.
Still, the housing market was only one part of the economic turmoil created by bubbles in government spending, lending, borrowing, consumer spending, housing, commercial lending, and home and commercial building. That things seemed to go along well as long as they did is really amazing seeing as how long we acted like fools.
Greed my left testicle. The finance meltdown was due to over-enthusiastic government tweaking to achieve “social justice” goals. All those rules and regulations created the conditions.
Saying that’s greed makes about much sense as blaming greed on stacking unmarked bundles of $100 bills on a streetcorner, with a sign saying “this money not guarded.” While you’ll see quite a few honest folks passing by, I guaran-damn-tee that money will grow legs faster than you can blink.
Congress needs to quit improving things…
By the way, Stephen, it was egregiously cruel of you to put up a photo of Slobbo immediately after the Dita Von Teese post.
That’s just wrong, holmes.
Casey –
Bad editing on my part. Mea culpa. Forgive me.
Stephen, for your penance, you need to post more Dita.
Wait’ll you see who I have lined up for next Sunday.
I’m not saying Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are innocent of it all, but the whole thing got much worse when it became the surefire road to riches according to just about everyone who had a mutual fund, hedge fund, or a financial service to sell.
Here’s an unfortunately-accurate description of the market from February 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g
i assume that the tickets to see this expose’ of the evils of capitalism will be free… ?
Capitalism is evil…except when it comes to the welfare of his kid.
Every morning, a private limo service escorted by private secuity guards (who carry GUNS, by the way) take his step-daughter to a private school.
All of this funded by dupes who paid to see his movies and read his books.
To call M.M. a hypocrite is too much of a compliment: the scum-bag is a plain phony.