Sickos

I think the wife and I will try to go see Sicko this weekend. I am a fan of Michael Moore, sure sometimes he's not 100% factual, and he's prone to silly (but entertaining) stunts, and he says some remarks without thinking, but you gotta love the guy. He is the true master of agitprop for our side. I really liked Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine was OK, and Fahrenheit was fantastic, I think Sicko may be his best work according to some reviews I have read. I heard Moore on Howard Stern's show on Sirius a week or so ago and he was great, funny and self-deprecating and he handled the callers who said he was a "commie" with aplomb. Moore's true gift is his humorous satire which usually ends up pissing you off. I'm glad he tackled the healthcare problem because it is truly embarassing that in the world's richest country we have people being denied healthcare in our for-profit broken system.

Wheres The Outrage On The Right?

I peruse several Right-leaning blogs and since the Walter Reed scandal broke you haven't seen them blogging about it. It's great to wave the flag and slap a yellow ribbon on your Hummer, but actually paying up so that wounded men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan are well taken care of when they return home, nah give me my tax cut. Rumsfeld slashed the military hospitals and VA system in cost cutting measures that have come back to haunt them. The system that has sent these soldiers to war has failed them upon their return. The wingnuts rail on about anti war demonstrators and not being patriotic, but when it comes to looking after casualties of their own making, the cash isn't there. F that, all Americans deserve affordable good healthcare, and especially those that have served their country with honor.