7.15.2007

SiCKO

Poignant and enlightening piece of filmmaking this. Even got a few chuckles. Someone must have been on set to calm Moore’s typically offensive demeanor, but he’s obviously still the same impudent assh***. Fortunately you don’t have to put up with this kind of behavior in the film (can’t say that I really blame him for his tyrade on CNN though, considering the smear piece they ran right before his eyes). Anyway, I was always curious about how healthcare worked, in the US and abroad. I was also curious why Americans seem to hate their healthcare, and Canadians love theirs, yet Americans hate Canadian healthcare..

Tangent. Does it make me a socialist if I’m skeptical of information proctored by corporations with assets at stake? So many confusing things make sense when you follow the money trail. Until some infocorp spins your logic on its head, and tells you to stop trusting your intuition and believe the statistics. So you become disillusioned and downtrodden, and like two-thirds of your neighbors tape your mouth shut.

Afterall, the world is far to complex for us ordinaries to understand. That’s why we need our kings.

See this movie, it may change your mind about some things. Just try not to take his escapades too seriously. And for the moment try to forget that:

“He’s more of a left wing promoter than Hugo Chavez for crying out loud.”
Lou Dobbs

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