“The system is not set up to help somebody from the working class make a movie like this and get the truth out there.”
So the extent to which your films are successful indicates the degree to which the truth is absent from them?
I think you might be on to something there, Mr. Moore. Touché.
Posted by EMG at October 1, 2009 12:30 PMFrom the Link:
CNSNews.com asked: “Critics may say, when they see this movie, Michael Moore has amassed a fortune of over $50 million, some have said and –”
Moore said: “Really? Are you kidding me? Seriously? Wow. Where did it go?”
My guess would be McDonald's Mikey.
Posted by: Largs at October 1, 2009 12:46 PMMoore's next documentary will be "Oxygen: The Silent Killer".
Happy rabbit day.
Posted by: rabbit at October 1, 2009 12:53 PMThe more he damns capitalism, the richer he gets from it.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Mikey "Porker" Moore.
Wonder what his kids think of daddy as they sit in their seats in those very expensive, very capitalist private schools.
No hanging with the unwashed socialist masses for his family. That's for the dumb people that he gets rich from.
Posted by: Fred at October 1, 2009 12:55 PMTrue that the system squelches dissent and also true that some that propose to fight this also profit handsomely. Where have all the cowboys gone??
Posted by: real conservative at October 1, 2009 1:01 PMI just read that fool of an article. Ick.
I take great solace in the knowledge that what goes around, comes around. I mean, just imagine getting up and looking at that in the mirror every morning. That's gotta hurt.
Plus don't forget this: he's capital "L" -Looooosing-!!! Everything he wants, he's not getting! His audience is fading, his movies are getting ignored, his ideology is getting creamed out there every day on the internet.
Mikey's a has-been. Please wait until the ride comes to a full stop before proceeding to the exit, Mr. Moore sir.
Posted by: The Phantom at October 1, 2009 1:06 PMOn global warming, Professor Glen Reynolds says "I’ll believe it’s a crisis when the people who say it’s a crisis start acting like it’s a crisis." That's my take on Fat Mikey.
Posted by: Mississauga Matt at October 1, 2009 1:06 PMI was going to refer to Moore as an idiot, but anyone who can profit so handsomely by railing against a system that is responsible for his wealth, can't be all that dumb. Annoying, disgusting and hypocritical ... but not dumb.
Moore really has nothing going for him other than his wealth. Why people take him and his work?? seriously is beyond me.
Posted by: biffjr. at October 1, 2009 1:09 PMVery typical of modern liberal elites. He expects that no matter what he tears down, or what institutions he attacks, life for him will simply continue as it always has. He is tearing away at the foundations of our western society, expecting that western society will simply continue to exist regardless, that nothing will fall down as he undermines.
Posted by: Kevin Lafayette at October 1, 2009 1:25 PMFolks, it's name is MORE, not Moore:-))))
Posted by: GYM at October 1, 2009 1:27 PMWhy people take him and his work?? seriously is beyond me.
~biffjr.
People get a lot of comfort from having their own point of view, right or wrong, echoed back to them.
Michael Moore is good at doing that for Leftists.
Posted by: Oz at October 1, 2009 1:27 PMMoore profits by providing to people what they want to buy, and that makes him a capitalist irrespective of what he actually says. Believing that he is anti-capitalist is like believing that the Liberals were against the GST. Empty words and promises in return for riches and power; simple opportunism, nothing more.
What is encouraging is that Moore and his fortunes are fading because people are more reluctant to buy into his stories like they once did.
Posted by: JDN at October 1, 2009 1:32 PMMoore is living proof of a fat, greedy capitalist.
Posted by: set you free at October 1, 2009 1:35 PMWhen Michael the Hut speaks, lefties listen. He better be careful, we might decide to go back to whale oil.
I learned this kind of post from bleet, so I hope I did it right. bleet can correct me if I didn't do that ad hom thing correctly.
Posted by: tim in vermont at October 1, 2009 1:36 PMWhy people take him and his work?? seriously is beyond me
Because if you don't, he will send boba fett after you.
http://starwars.yahoo.com/photos/boba-fett-jabba-the-hutt-salacious-b-crumb?ue_dpoa=99b942698ce8cb50348fd5ebc0e4cc1f&ue_dpoat=photos&ue_dpat=photos&ue_dpam=soft&ue_dpln=Jabbas+Place
Posted by: tim in vermont at October 1, 2009 1:39 PMThe odious Michael Moore is dense as a fence post. How far would he get trying to make movies like his
in a socialist system? If he needed any kind of government approval or support (other than from the damn fools in the Canadian gov't)? How far would he
get under a true Communist system? In the old Russia he would have been in the cellars of the Lubyanka before he could sneeze.
He's a hypocrite, which is not a very serious sin, but far worse he is a disseminator of false news.
Not, perhaps, a liar, because he may believe what he says. A fool, certainly.
Posted by: John Lewis at October 1, 2009 1:41 PM
tim:
Atta boy.
Use the left's Alinsky tactics against them.
Personalize the enemy and continue attack until he falls.
Why should lefties have all the fun?
Posted by: set you free at October 1, 2009 1:45 PMThat fat, lying SOB.
I want him to fade away from the public vision NOW.
The irony of this film is pure.
If the film bombs, Moore and his producers will lose money as individuals are saving their capital to spend on something else.
If it kills, Moore and his producers will be rolling in capital on the backs of a film which denounces greed.
Oh if only I could raise capital for my movie: "Socialism: doesn't anybody work anymore?"
Posted by: Dave in Mississauga at October 1, 2009 2:10 PM
Theres good money in marxism/communism these days.
Posted by: bob at October 1, 2009 2:18 PMKate,
I think you really are on to something here. Maybe its time to do a juxtaposition between Moore and Ray Kroc. Kroc a famous Republican undoubtly has caused more suffering and death than Moore ever has. Both became wealthy just giving people what they wanted.
Posted by: not stirred enough said at at October 1, 2009 2:56 PMRead who posted what first,brains shaken out,then comment your BS.
(soory for talking to the troll,but one of my pet peeves is twits that don't read the post,let alone who made it)
The admission price speaks louder then he does.
Posted by: richfisher at October 1, 2009 3:16 PM"Ted Kennedy a famous Democrat undoubtly has caused more suffering and death than Moore ever has."
There fixed that for you.
I won't see the film, of course, but if it was titled: Corporatism: A Love Story, I probably would, and it would probably be good.
Conventional wisdom has it that about 47% of Americans pay no income tax. According to the great "Austrian" libertarian economist Murray Rothbard, government employees (the public sector) don't pay any income tax. In his example from Man Economy and State, if a government employee earns $10,000 and pays $2,000 income tax, it is more correct to say he receives $8,000 of income and pays no income tax.
SO, taking the conventional figure and adding in the looting state employment sector, you've got a permanent tax-consuming super majority. Michael Moore is an astute populist capitalist propagandist -- he is catering to this huge permanent market. He doesn't actually BELIEVE in communism!
As someone said recently, if you chucked the baseball cap and faux-pleb clothes and dressed him in a suit and tie, he is the very image of the rotund capitalist tycoon of yesteryear's comics.
If you think he's an idiot, you're probably the idiot!
Posted by: Me No Dhimmi at October 1, 2009 3:32 PMWho better to make a movie on capitalism than a capitalist.
Who better to make a movie on global warming than a polluter or global warmist.
Its always about power and money.
Posted by: News Flash at October 1, 2009 3:40 PMAn ambulatory grease spot with a talent to amuse.
Posted by: Patrick B at October 1, 2009 3:43 PMMichael Moore: A Hypocrite Story
Posted by: Knacker at October 1, 2009 4:08 PMI'm sure Michael Moore cares what the peanut gallery says as long as the peanuts continue paying to see his movies. If the peanuts don't see his movies, then how can the peanuts comment? They stimulate people to think. Did everyone turn in their guns in the USA, no. So attack his weight, good one.
Posted by: News Flash at October 1, 2009 5:00 PMI will believe his words on capitalism the day he makes a movie with his own money and releases it on the internet free. Until then,he will always be the 'lying fat bastard'.
Posted by: wallyj at October 1, 2009 7:02 PM"They stimulate people to think."
Bwahahahahahaha.....man,the lefturds are really,really giving new meaning to stupid.
I definitely have got to tell a shrink friend of mine to write a paper on the mental disease of liberalism ( and no,she is NOT a leftie)
If you think he's an idiot, you're probably the idiot!
Posted by: Me No Dhimmi at 3:32 PM
Dim, I don't think he's an idiot, I know he's an idiot. Since when did wealth determine intelligence???
Einstein was a renter all his life, and he was reasonably smart!!
nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public...
Posted by: john begley at October 1, 2009 9:22 PMNews Flash,
Did I do it wrong? Usually if Rush Limbaugh comes up, there are half a dozen comments about his weight. I was trying to argue like an enlightened lefty. Could you give me some pointers on it? I was hoping bleet could help me out because I knew I would get it wrong :(
From the trailer of the pseudo-documentary:
"This film may even cause a movement!"
Uh, Mikey - there's already a movement in America: Glenn Beck's leading it.
Posted by: jwkozak91 at October 2, 2009 1:50 AMGlen Beck is leading -nothing-. Glen Beck is reading the internet and parroting back what he sees there. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see him doing it, but he's not leading the movement. Nobody is. That's what's good about this, people are -moving-, they aren't being driven.
Beck is actually a negative image of Michael Moore. Moore looks at the truth and distorts it to suit his ideological (and monetary!) agenda. Whereas Beck merely reports on the distortions and untruths of the Left.
This is the biggest problem we have as "conservatives". We only do defense. We only point and laugh. We only point out the outrageous insanity and brutality of socialism.
We need to spend more time demonstrating the BENEFITS of self reliance, moral behavior, and taking responsibility for your self and your actions.
Posted by: The Phantom at October 2, 2009 1:58 PMIn my English class in University we had to watch Micheal Moore movies and then write an essay. The other side or alternate view was not presented. Moore is great at pointing out Capitalism's faults and there are some, but does not show the positive side. Moore takes you up a few rungs of the ladder, but does not take you to the top of the ladder to show where his views actually lead if acted on by taking the steps he proposes. I blame the free trade agreements, globalism and the laws that came in the early 80's in respect to corporations and shareholders as the main reasons capitalism is having the problems it is having - capitalist system needed to go back to where it was in the 50's and 60's - worked very well then - if not broken don't fix it.
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