Moore vs. Gupta, Round 2

As promised, here's the Larry King Live segment:



I gotta say, I really thought that Moore would rip Gupta to shreds, but Gupta makes some valid points AND comes off as much more sane than Moore. CNN really should have better fact-checkers, considering they are supposed to be a reputable news source (although I really lost respect for CNN several years ago when they posted a story about Barbie and Ken breaking up). $251 vs. $25 is a huge difference, and someone should have caught that on their end.

This is why Michael Moore seriously annoys me

Chill out, Michael.



While I think Moore is an absolutely ridiculous interviewer, he has a right to be angry, Gupta's criticisms of his movie are not accurate or fair (see Moore's website, which includes links to his citations). Gupta should have known better than to fuck with someone as angry as Michael Moore. His movie might have been incredibly one-sided, but not many people have challenged the truthfulness of any of his statements.

I hear that Gupta and Moore are going to battle it out on Larry King Live tonight. Unfortunately, I don't really have television, but I'm hoping it'll be on YouTube tomorrow and I can respond then.

Sicko is Right.

I saw Sicko right after work on Friday (lest anyone ruin it for me before I saw it), and I left with a couple of impressions:

1. I must move to France ASAP.
2. The British have a really great sense of humor.
3. I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would.

It's just, I don't think I single-payer system is the right option for the U.S. Perhaps Moore's right, perhaps it works so well in France because the French government fears its residents. But if I've learned one thing in the last 7 years of the Bush administration, it's that the U.S. government has absolutely no fear of its citizens. We are the government's apathetic pawns. I do not trust the government to run my health care, and I certainly do not trust the government to contract out my health care. And to be honest, I'm kind of surprised Moore does.

Here's a great AP article on some contentious points of the movie.

You're making me sick, Moore

Started this last week about Michael Moore's new documentary on the U.S. health care system. I'm looking forward to the movie coming out of Friday, so I can watch, and then really (knowledgeably, promise) rip it to shreds. I am a huge liberal, but Michael Moore just pisses me off. Enough with the theatrics already. Plus, I really disagree with the single-payer system and if this movie starts some movement, I will be angry.