We interviewed Michael Moore on The Young Turks today and he was not shy about sharing his opinions. Anyone surprised? He had very strong words for the Democratic Party, the state of our political system and Glenn Beck.
What he thinks of Democrats and Republicans:
You know, I tell you, these Democrats are disgusting. Wimps and wusses and weasels. You know, get some spine. This is why I have to admire the Republicans. They at least stand for something. They at least have the courage of their convictions. They get elected to office, they come into town, and they go "Get outta my way, there's a new sheriff in town. This is the way we're doing things. Get outta here." And then they do it. You know. I mean what they do is crazy. But dammit, they are good at it. We should take a page out of their book.
Can we fix the broken political and economic system in America?
It's not going to get fixed. There's going to be another crash. The commercial real estate bubble hasn't burst yet. That's going to burst. The credit card debt is so huge right now, it will never be repaid. That's a house of cards waiting to fall. So the crash of '08 is going to look like coming attractions. And we're in for a much, much worse time.
What he would have said to Glenn Beck if he was in Van Jones' place:
Fuck off! That's what I would have said. But again, you mentioned Glenn Beck, and of course, he's the guy that's called for my removal from the planet Earth, so...
Watch the whole interview here:
Read full transcript here.
There's one thing you know about Michael Moore, he's going to come strong. Unfortunately, I share his pessimism about the system. But I believe there is hope at the end of that tunnel. And as corny as it sounds, that hope is with the American people. We have to stop letting corporate interests buy our politicians and government officials. Make a change.
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Americans need and respect strong leadership and principled leaders who do their will regardless of their own position or re election possibilities.....yet they get re elected while weak Dems are one termers...
It's sort of like Avatar isn't it? We each have our favorite bully to cheer as they duke it out in a public arena?
Or, is it more like Gladiator?
Historical analogies can be so difficult.
Rather, it illustrates handily, America's preoccupation with teevee and drama as supposedly representing real life. Let's be clear: to confuse stories with reality in your reasoning, is perhaps the best way known, to reach false conclusions.
So, if the Democratic Party doesn't get it's act together as Mr. Moore suggests, I'm going to start writing again. Every day. So forget economic ruin, forget the Pee Party...uh, Tea Party...forget Mosad hit teams or a commercial housing bubble; what I'm threatening to do is far, far worse. On any given day you'll find yourselves (since I know how to manipulate Google News logrithym, even if I can't spell it) inadvertantly exposed to satire so bad you'll be wishing that some Chinese hacker will just kill the web for good.
So, if you want to avoid poor puns and petty political punditry from the Left, get your acts together. You've been warned.
BUT remember: unlabeled satire is just lies and noise. Label it so it will not be ignored, and add to the general dissatisfaction with the faulty reportage we see far too much of.
Business creates jobs.
Loss of business, looses jobs.
The liberals want to fundamentally change America and that's not going to happen yet. I hope never as this nation will become a cesspool. I went the liberal movement during Woodstock but grew up and got smart, became an independent conservative. Michael Moore is right about the second wave coming. I suspect there will many suicides in the streets will the untold billions lost. All Obama has done is blow smoke up all our asses. The banks are doing what they did before and commercial restate is going to crash hard. Obama has left everyone wondering what the hell is he going to do with jobs, and so, companies re still holding back. Fanny and Freedie are going to crash and real soon. Thank you Barney Frank. Obama has sold us down the river with all his back room deals.
In Greece or Iran and even in China when the people are being screwed they pour into the streets and bring down those who act against them.
Here in America we sit in front of our TV's and Computers and blah, blah, blah.
I'm seventy years old but I'm ready to start some action.
All the energy spent on "being positive" (whatever that is) could be well-spent on accepting life as it is.
Then, perchance, the delusion would give way to some real action on how to deal with a broken
system.
God Bless America (& positivism)
There's going to be a whole lot of "strategic defaults" this year, on both the commercial and home mortgage fronts.
We the people need to push Obama to release his inner FDR, or we are SOL.
They never had a spine to begin with, they leverage our anger at the current system to get elected. The Dem's are doing what they have to do to stay in power, Get the Lobbyist Money.
If there is any failure to put blame on, its the vast majority of rational Americans who didn't stand up and fight for real reform.
We are to blame.
We have a nineteenth century economic system of Capitalism, based on a feudalistic class structure, makes indentured servants out of everyone who is not of a privileged class. It is a very predatory system. The privileged class, (Corporate America, the Elites, and the Banks), undermine our form of government, by maintaining control of it through their hired lobbiests, and thereby control our national agendas in Washington. Consequently, their profit motives have undermined the welfare of our nation, threaten to bankrupt our government, and every U.S. citizen for generations to come. They have done little to invest their wealth back into this country. I wouldn't put any stock in either Democrats or Republicans, because neither party is going to fix our economic and political systems.
I hope President Obama will read the riot act to his fellow Dems. But I am not holding my breathe!