Archive for September 24th, 2009
Michael Moore Sightings
1:17 pm By la Macha · Health|Uncategorized · 1 Comment
24 Sep 2009I already wrote that I can’t wait to see the new Michael Moore movie–the following clips show why. Especially pay attention to the Colbert video: if we had universal health insurance, we wouldn’t be in the middle of this economic crisis right now.
So I made this movie to do a number of things. One, to just go head on at this system. I’m not a reformer. I’m not looking for Congress to pass a few new regulations, which, by the way, it’s been a year since the crash, and they haven’t passed one of these things, which is what they said they were going to do right away, right? “All we need is a few rules. Don’t get rid of capitalism, just a few rules, and we’ll get everything back in shape.” Of course, they have no intention of doing that, and the banking industry has lobbied them successfully over the last year to leave them alone so that they can keep doing their crazy schemes. That’s one reason.
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Capitalism’s Enemy – Michael Moore | ||||
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I wonder what the politicians (and my Libertarian friends) response to that assertion is.
More Crazy Gringos: the Throwing Frogs into Hot Water Edition
1:07 pm By la Macha · Media · 3 Comments
24 Sep 2009In an attempt to bring his viewers back to high school science class, Glen Beck tried out the old frog in boiling water experiment on air–the one that says that a frog will jump out of a boiling pot if thrown in, but will just sit and cook to death if he gets used to the water slowly. Beck allegedly was trying to show viewers exactly why Obama’s plans are too startling for us delicate frogs to handle. Or something.
To me it looks like he didn’t really throw a frog. He’s just not that good of an actor. But that doesn’t mean that the dude hasn’t completely defied all laws of reality and good taste.
Meanwhile in Honduras : President Zelaya Kind of Returns & Micheletti Goes into Dictator Mode
10:47 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras|Latin America|Politics|Violence · 7 Comments
24 Sep 2009I continue to be amazed at how anyone could say that a country under curfew, with airports closed, is anything but a dictatorship, especially given that the self-proclaimed president in power took it via force. According to my dictionary, it fits the definition of a country after a coup. Comparing Honduras to what I know about other moments in Latin American history, it sure looks like a country under siege from within.
On Monday, democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras after being ousted in a coup. However, Zelaya is far from a free man. He is currently inside the Brazilian embassy. As soon as word came through that Zelaya was in the country, the first thing the government of Roberto Micheletti did was deny that fact as a way to maintain control or pretend to anyway. Once it was reveled where Zelaya was, and stil is, his supporters poured into the streets. At the same time Micheletti declared a curfew, which many Zelaya supporters ignored. Power to the Brazilian embassy was cut. Military forces surrounded the area and used tear gas against pro-Zelaya protesters. People were being pulled off the street.
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