michael moore

Michael Moore: Cut and Run for Bravery

Nov 30, 2006
The documentary filmmaker and antiwar activist, noting that America has now been in Iraq longer than it fought in WWII, writes a stirring letter on his website that demands the immediate pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq. And it's not just heated rhetoric. He draws on good historical lessons that are worth paying attention to.

Lamont Heads New GOP Bogeymen Lineup

Aug 10, 2006
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has released a video titled "From NDR to Ned Lamont: The Democratic Party's Transformation From Strength to Weakness" Its message is obvious Its logic is ludicrous -- ie that only blind adherence to Bush's failed policies will make America safe (More after the jump) .
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Michael Moore: Going Beyond ‘HMO’s Suck’

Jul 12, 2006
The guerrilla documentary filmmaker's next movie, "Sicko," will be "a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth." But it's not just "a movie that tells you that HMOs and the pharmaceutical companies suck. Everybody knows that. I'd like to show you some things you don't know."

George Bush, Alcoholic – Part 5

Jul 1, 2006
Yahoo! health columnist Patrick Moore wraps up his five-part series on George Bush's untreated alcoholism with a zinger: "President Bush cannot be of service to his country until he looks inward and surrenders to the fact that he is an alcoholic, with all the challenges the disease of alcoholism carries with it."

George Bush, the Alcoholic (Pt. 4)

Jun 29, 2006
Yahoo! health columnist Patrick Moore continues his five-part series on what he terms President Bush's "untreated alcoholism." Today's update: "Mr. Bush lives by the creed, 'Stay the Course!' But that course is disastrous on everything from the environment to health care to education to national security. He is like a drunk who insists on driving even as the passengers in the car scream, 'Stop! For God's sake, stop!' "

George Bush, the Alcoholic (Pt. 3)

Jun 28, 2006
Yahoo!'s health columnist continues his series about the dangers of Bush's "dry drunk" syndrome. "Like most alcoholics, the president is a frequent liar, but he is not a particularly good one. He has surrounded himself with advisors who embrace the strategy that if one repeats a lie over and over with complete conviction that it becomes true."