FRIST!

WOOT!

Congrats to C&L

radical news,, and please please C&L post the video for us in eruope to see too!!

i look forward to this !!!!

Still haven’t seen it, but will soon, along with 3-4 other family members.

Universal Healthcare for all WITHOUT corporatized profito-bureaucracy!!!

Cool. I was on Apple Trailers today. A shit load of movies are documentaries including one from Ron Howard. Do you think it has anything to do with Moore’s success of telling stories?

YES!

WHOA!!!

Mr. Big is in the building! Cool!

miss_kitty @ 2:

WOOT!

That bein’ Kittyspeak fer second? ;)

I’ll be here tomorrow with bells on. Nothin’ but bells.

It would be nice if C&L would Webcam the interview and then archive it.
Ask Michael if he is going to eventually stream the documentary from his site or YouTube!

Cool!

Woo Hoo! :grin:
Cool! :cool:

Got a point to make here guys.

A documentary is a documentary, even if that documentary is even the slightest or heaviest bit biased. It’s still a documentary. It’s a film style, not a political affiliation.

Just keep this in mind when arguing with Moore-foes about the success of his films - even if every single thing in his film is factually incorrect and filled with jokes, it’s still a documentary FILM.

I want to see Michael Moore and Dr. Sanjay Gupta in the Octagon!! “UFC 911! Here’s your fake facts Prick!”

God I hate Gupta! What a sell-out. No time to fix that anuerism! i have to be in make-up in 20 minutes!

Michael Moore is a national treasure. A bright light in the mind numbing darkness.

damn I will be at work…..please please tape and post a clip

Wooooooooooooooow!!! That is so Cool.

Excellent!

I love Moore and ALL his movies but I really want to ask him to go on a major diet and LOSE SOME WEIGHT! It should be embarrassing to him that he GAINED weight when he said he was going to lose weight after making the film.He really should make an example while he is in the spotlight on health-care.

Congrats on getting the Moore chat. You guys keep raising the bar of excellence

In 1960 there was a documentary shown on national television on Thanksgiving day called “Harvest of Shame”. Ed. R. Murrow.
It detailed where the food came from that a nation had just digested. How it was picked, and the living conditions of the migrant workers who made it possible.
It was just a film to. but it helped for awhile and brought attention to the issue.

Sicko ,opened near me tonight- Maine - the movie is better then I felt it would be.
I went to the afternoon showing, my g/f said there were about 35 people ,seemed like a good number for that time of day.
i will admit toward the end there were 35 people with tears in there eyes… I’d see the film again….

Of the many topics my g/f and i discussed afterwards, one area I was surprised we both felt the same, was odd as this is,…. How Hillary Clinton in the first years of the Clinton WH ,when trying to create the National Health Care program.. appeared-so ….attractive…
We both remembered how all one heard during the early years of the Clintons was how ugly Haillary was… haha i know its weird.. but I felt better coz all those years of hearing how ugly she was I always thought i had bad taste….once again you understand how easily the media sets agendas .. Am I alone in never finding Hilary all that ugly…she is no stunner, but gee I never thought she was as bad as the Press made her looks to be…

Sorry to get of the subject…. but its something thats always bothered me…

please discuss the best way to harness all of this energy & rage and make the assholes running this country to give us universal health care.
i’d also like to hear from people who worked for these hmo’s. one poster said she worked for united health care, my so called insurance. they turn down everything, dr’s are dropping it in droves, and i just throw my $400 a month at them so someone can go on a cruise.

I just got back from seeing Sicko an hour ago. I laughed, I cried and I’m pissed. We need a social movement and universal healthcare could galvanize most Americans regardless of political affiliation. Neither national party is going to do this without pressure from the people - the healthcare and insurance lobby is too well funded.

What I found most interesting in this film was one key observation by the Canadian, the British and the French interviewed; in their countries the government is afraid of the people but in the United States the people are afraid of the government. That’s why we don’t have universal healthcare. They’ve broken us down and destroyed our sense of committment to our fellow citizens.

great news and congrats C&L

Moore is a great progressive.

I would love to ask him about what he thinks about legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, I would ask him what he thinks about the art of propaganda documentaries like “triumph of the will,” the sorry state of the American press, how the internet is changing politics, the threats on the internet’s freedoms….

He’s one person I would really love to sit down and talk with about a range of issues facing our nation. I would pose the quote though - “love it or leave it.” America is in such a sorry state. Even things like polls that show how many Americans do not believe in evolution and take the Bible literally. Wouldn’t it be better for liberals to just go somewhere better if we are able.

You want to know how good a film this is? I have no health care… and a DVT in my leg… it’s almost impossible to navigate Medicare now… and all I can do is go to the hospital and wait for 10 or so hours for them to get a prescription for me for Coumadin so I don’t literally die.
I went to see Sick-O when it first came out. My leg was swollen so I had to keep it straight out (sat on isle).
There I was, one of the forgotton uninsured, and I was weeping like a baby for these people. And they had insurance!

It’s a great film. I only wish that he would make to one he chose not too about the 47 million without insurance and the 18,000 each year who die because they don’t.

Awesome. I’m glad it’s getting the recognition it deserves.

I’ll be seeing it in the next couple of weeks.

I agree with the poster who earlier said that he left the theatre angry.
I was angry at the HMOs and the legislators and the Insurance companies.
But I was mainly angry at myself. This has been the war of MY generation and we never even knew we were in it. We have been silent for too long.
you want to do something look up the side by side comparison of the candidates health care plans.
You think Obama is the new JFK? His plan involves more money to the health insurance companies and a law that makes carrying health insurance manditory; like auto insurance.

I’m curious about his thoughts of uttering the “N word” again?

I think ‘08 is the best opportunity to back Ralph Nader who, I think, would actually get more Republican votes than Democratic.

I though he supported Kucinich?

Moore needs to come to Des Moines, Iowa (which is sadly, the health insurance “capitol” of the world) and promote his new movie “Sicko” while the Presidential candidates are here. The pandering politicians make here in Iowa to the health insurance lobby is just sad IMHO. We even have one influential politician here in Iowa who is now trying to rename the “Iowa College of Public Health” after a corporation — “Wellmark/Blue Cross.” We might end up being the first state funded public university in the world that ends up naming a public college after a corporation… how pathetic (and such a sad statement as to what America has become). Hey everybody, I got my degree from the University of Iowa’s School of Wellmark/Blue Cross!! That will look nice on a resume. Before each class maybe we should also have the Professors say, “This lecture is brought to you buy [insert pharmacutical co.]” Hey, if it makes a buck why not? Thats the American way… Give me a break!

I won’t be home…please do, tape audio? Please?

Heard it is a genius piece of art. Yet to watch the movie. I apologize!

wayne @ 21:

Sicko ,opened near me tonight- Maine - the movie is better then I felt it would be.
I went to the afternoon showing, my g/f said there were about 35 people ,seemed like a good number for that time of day.
i will admit toward the end there were 35 people with tears in there eyes… I’d see the film again….

Of the many topics my g/f and i discussed afterwards, one area I was surprised we both felt the same, was odd as this is,…. How Hillary Clinton in the first years of the Clinton WH ,when trying to create the National Health Care program.. appeared-so ….attractive…
We both remembered how all one heard during the early years of the Clintons was how ugly Haillary was… haha i know its weird.. but I felt better coz all those years of hearing how ugly she was I always thought i had bad taste….once again you understand how easily the media sets agendas .. Am I alone in never finding Hilary all that ugly…she is no stunner, but gee I never thought she was as bad as the Press made her looks to be…

Sorry to get of the subject…. but its something thats always bothered me…

You and I both have bad taste, I guess.
PS I think she’s gotten better looking as she’s aged.

baby jesus normally rests on sunday,

but, baby jesus is excited about interacting with such an enlightened human

Wow, competition against Sam Seder’s rare airtime. I guess I’ll have to listen to the podcast (when you unsubscribe from AAR premium, you’re still on for the period of time until you paid is up. They don’t refund for the unused time, so I’ve still got AAR premium until that time comes for me (next February.))

Speaking of which, Sam’s supposed to sub for Randi on Monday FYI.

I saw it myself today. I laughed, I cried, I hurled, and I left the theatre knowing I was not dead, because I would have had to be dead to not be affected by this movie. Very few people were in the theatre with me, but maybe everybody else bought a ticket to Sicko and snuck into Harry Potter instead.

I saw the movie on July 3rd, just a couple days after it came out. I saw it in the middle of the afternoon and I’d say about 50 people were in the theatre, which I think it a pretty good attendance for a weekday afternoon!

I can only echo what the other posters have said about this movie. It was brilliant. It really put healthcare up on the priority list for me. I have never been “really sick” and I have a non HMO plan which is highly subsidized by my company. So I am one of the lucky ones. But I think it is just a matter of time before even we “lucky ones” start really feeling the healthcare crunch. The system is broken and it needs to be completely gutted and fixed. Healthcare should not be a “for profit” industry.

And for the record, I have never thought Hillary was ugly. But if she is or has been to anyone… well, she still looks a lot better than Tom Delay, Joe Biden, Dennis Hastert, Dick Cheney …basically 75% of the politicians out there who would choke a reptile. And I don’t see too many people obsessing over the appearance of *those* guys… Hmmm.. wonder why. What a mystery….

sadAmerican @ 32:

Moore needs to come to Des Moines, Iowa (which is sadly, the health insurance “capitol” of the world) and promote his new movie “Sicko” while the Presidential candidates are here. The pandering politicians make here in Iowa to the health insurance lobby is just sad IMHO. We even have one influential politician here in Iowa who is now trying to rename the “Iowa College of Public Health” after a corporation — “Wellmark/Blue Cross.” We might end up being the first state funded public university in the world that ends up naming a public college after a corporation… how pathetic (and such a sad statement as to what America has become). Hey everybody, I got my degree from the University of Iowa’s School of Wellmark/Blue Cross!! That will look nice on a resume. Before each class maybe we should also have the Professors say, “This lecture is brought to you buy [insert pharmacutical co.]” Hey, if it makes a buck why not? Thats the American way… Give me a break!

Great idea, and the movie should follow the candidates throughout this waste of money campaign. Shame these guys into supporting health care. I’m going to try and exploit my broken back that my insurance won’t pay to fix.
But Michael can’t do it all, it would be a full time job organizing. Any takers?

Hey! Great Job securing Mike for an interview!
Someone once said that any geat civilisation is only five years from civil war. Someone else wrote that power and wealth are like a travelling carnival: While they stay everything is green and prosperous. When they inevitably leave, evrything withers and dies.
Given that the US is currently in debt and that it now exports more than it imports (in terms of oil and technology, et al) perhaps you could put this to Mike: Could we take the US trend of securing assests in other counties -by any means necessary- as a sign that the caravn is about to pull up stakes?

hey i understand MM is taking questions from here? if so:

Greetings Michael!

I thought SiCKO was right on the money, but there was one part I have been curious about. I grew up in California and my family always viewed Kaiser, which seemed to have been the “original HMO,” as a socially enlightened company. My dad was a state employee, and as such my immediate family was raised on their health system. My mother then went on to study social policy (at UofM, no less) and continued to strongly support the HMO concept while speaking fondly of Kaiser. Thus her and I were quite surprised to see the Nixon connection outlined in your film.

But I’m not defending Kaiser now. My question is, do you think HMOs may have been a worthwhile idea in the first place and, like many other good ideas, just got subverted by market forces and corrupt government ties over time?

nice to meet you,
emobile@c&l

Hi Michael
I saw the movie. It was great.

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Can’t wait for the Q&A! Please ask Michael about W’s nixing of State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and how this important issue might actually get any press.

Also, if he’s read John Perkin’s new book, The Secret History of the American Empire, what does he see in Perkin’s solutions. If he hasn’t, I can’t recommend it Moore. It’s written by a former international economic manipulator, turned good!

Best,

Ryan Colclasure
GravyDeals.com

Michael Moore’s Movie Sick-o was Excellent! This documentary just like Farhenheit 9/11 received a standing ovation in a packed theater on a Tuesday Evening show! I was so excited to get in to see it. I sat there in my seat and laughed, cried, bawled, applauded, and then became worried all within 2 hours. I couldn’t believe the affect this movie had on me. People that are anti-Michael Moore say that he is against America and the USA. After watching all his movies to this date I would have to disagree and state that he is the most caring concerned educated American alive. I think in my opinion that there is NO amount of money or awards that can be given to this man to THANK him for a job well done. Thank you Mr. Moore. I’m proud to call you a fellow American, Human Being, and hopefully my Friend.

Linda
(just a housewife hoosier that is tired of seeing americans suffer at the hands of their own govt.)

Linda @ 47:

Michael Moore’s Movie Sick-o was Excellent! This documentary just like Farhenheit 9/11 received a standing ovation in a packed theater on a Tuesday Evening show! I was so excited to get in to see it. I sat there in my seat and laughed, cried, bawled, applauded, and then became worried all within 2 hours. I couldn’t believe the affect this movie had on me. People that are anti-Michael Moore say that he is against America and the USA. After watching all his movies to this date I would have to disagree and state that he is the most caring concerned educated American alive. I think in my opinion that there is NO amount of money or awards that can be given to this man to THANK him for a job well done. Thank you Mr. Moore. I’m proud to call you a fellow American, Human Being, and hopefully my Friend.

Linda
(just a housewife hoosier that is tired of seeing americans suffer at the hands of their own govt.)

I couldn’t have said it any better myself.

Damn i love being eighteen and about to start collge! I get to wake up, eat a burrito, listen to some Babyshambles (put some of that up for the Late Night Music Club), and get a dose of wisdom form Mikey Moore-made my day guys.

Willyloman…….have you gone to the ER? Even without insurance, if your leg is that swollen with pitting edema?any redness? hot to the touch? I think you got an emergency on your hand and they gotta treat you.

I live in Europe how can i watch this?
thanks

Great film. I realize Mr. Moore has a limited length of time before most of
us lose our attention span during a film.
But I think many areas were not covered. Including the mental health field.
Which is as corrupt as The White house. This is a Pharmaceutical playland.
A big ass cashcow. There is corruption in the Social Service end of it as well.
Too bad he missed that one.

Silly question - ET time == EST Time? Thanks, I