Michael Moore looses sight of the facts - again
This guy is about as predictable as they come.
From
Reuters:
"Capitalism is evil," says new Michael Moore film
Capitalism is evil. That is the conclusion U.S. documentary maker Michael Moore comes to in his latest movie "Capitalism: A Love Story," which premieres at the Venice film festival Sunday.
Blending his trademark humor with tragic individual stories, archive footage and publicity stunts, the 55-year-old launches an all out attack on the capitalist system, arguing that it benefits the rich and condemns millions to poverty.
"Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil," the two-hour movie concludes.
"You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy."
Bullshit! Capitalism has no inherent good or evil associated with it. It is the actions of people on a day to day basis as they go through life. The people are good or evil. The idiots at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who gave out the sub-prime mortgages, the idiots at AIG and Goldmann Sachs who came up with CDOs that leveraged these mortgages... These people are evil and need to be regulated.
Something that Barney Frank should have been doing from the get-go if he wasn't in bed with one of the key players for ten years. Oh.
Wait.
As for the Democracy angle, a little heads up is in order, we are not a Democracy, we are a Republic. Iran is a Democracy. Venezuela is a Democracy.
Posted by DaveH at September 8, 2009 3:06 PM