Did they know the mics were still on

by **jboogy** » Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:40:16

Strange how his detractors always mention MM's weight when insulting him. Never hear any credible arguments against the ideology or veracity of the subject matter he presents. Always straight to the 7th grade insults. He's fat so he must be lying or at least exaggerrating. " hey FATBOY, I got yer' healthcare reform right here!"

Turns out he's been totally vindicated in his condemnation of the supposed reasons for the Iraqi invasion, watch Fahrenheit 911 and tell me where he's wrong.

Was he just a stupid fat tub-o'-lard for shining a light on the urban blight of Michigan due to poor decisions by the executives at the big three?

How about bowling for Columbine? Silly fat f*ck for doing a story about a couple sick kids who killed a lot of other kids, God forbid he examined the role of guns in this uber-violent society we live in, and no he didn't reach the conclusion guns were bad and should be banned. He basically said "why are we so prone to violence in the U.S."

SICKO? He was dead on in this movie and has basically destroyed anyone who has had the balls to debate the movie's merits with him. I've heard so many people tell blatant lies about the facts of the movie it makes me sick. Usually right-wingers on FOX that will never have the balls to debate him face to face. How's that unregulated, free-market stuff working for you Repubs now?

by **Fiddlerdave** » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 00:32:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ow's that unregulated, free-market stuff working for you Repubs now?

by **jboogy** » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 00:54:01

The banks may eventually get a couple hundred billion with extensive oversight, but don't forget the 777 pt. drop today wiped out about 1.6 trillion in wealth, mostly republican wealth.

by **mos6507** » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 01:25:44

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jboogy', 'S')trange how his detractors always mention MM's weight when insulting him. Never hear any credible arguments against the ideology or veracity of the subject matter he presents.

by **StuckInPhilly** » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 06:37:11

[quote="jboogy"]Strange how his detractors always mention MM's weight when insulting him. Never hear any credible arguments against the ideology or veracity of the subject matter he presents.

I think that in general he has good ideas but he does not exactly make good documentaries.
My bone to pick with him is that he is not thorough (in the interests of making a riveting film, no doubt). He'll show rabbits getting beaten to death but won't actually go into why the US is why more violent than other countries that have guns.

I haven't seen Sicko yet but that is an easy, easy target. There's just a huge stinking mound of evidence that our system sucks that it would be hard to make a movie with anything good to say about it.

by **Pretorian** » Wed 01 Oct 2008, 23:38:29

Argentina is a huge country with fertile land, vast natural reserves and a small population with no Negros. Good luck matching that in US.

by **Concerned** » Thu 02 Oct 2008, 07:06:01

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'A')rgentina is a huge country with fertile land, vast natural reserves and a small population with no Negros. Good luck matching that in US.

by **some_math_guy** » Thu 02 Oct 2008, 14:55:14

I believe the "Argentina" comment relates to the hyperinflation episode that the country experienced in 2002.

At the time, Argentina was running chronic fiscal deficits (eg. continually increasing their debt) and eventally defaulted on their international debts. There was a liquidity crisis at the banks, rapidly escalating unemployment, and eventually bank withdrawal restrictions. This caused a massive devaluation of their currency and quickly wiped out about 2/3 of the value of middle-class savings.

Sound familiar? This happened only a few years ago in the country with the highest Human Development Index and second-highest GDP of any Latin American country. Think it couldn't happen in the US? The warning signs are all the same. Only thing that is different is the magnitude...it'll be about 10 times worse.

by **some_math_guy** » Thu 02 Oct 2008, 15:14:30

I think that the 'popcorn and barcalounger' comment is perhaps referring to the Great Depression, where popcorn that was sold by street vendors was the only luxury the average middle-class person could afford. 'Popcorn and Barcalounger', I believe is a way of implying that folks will not have a lot of disposable income in their near future, and will be spending a lot of time at home, 'eating popcorn in their barcalounger'.

by **Pretorian** » Thu 02 Oct 2008, 15:31:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Concerned', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'A')rgentina is a huge country with fertile land, vast natural reserves and a small population with no Negros. Good luck matching that in US.

by **JoeW** » Thu 02 Oct 2008, 15:34:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_math_guy', 'I') think that the 'popcorn and barcalounger' comment is perhaps referring to the Great Depression,

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