What's Mike Up To, November 30, 2010
WEEK'S FAVORITE MOVIEThe Next Three Days by Paul Hagis (Crash). Russell Crowe in a very suspenseful film about a college professor who decides to spring his wife from jail. Hitchcock's tick-tock is in full force here. WHAT'S ON MY IPOD R.E.M., "New Test Leper" (this song says it all about ...
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Part 2 - 11/22/10
OLBERMANN: We'll resume where we were now in the first conversation between the former CIGNA executive, Wendell Potter, now an insurance industry whistleblower, and Michael Moore, the film director of "Sicko." Michael, you were saying before the commercial interrupted, you tried to follow up with a question to Wendell. MOORE: ...
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Part 1 - 11/22/10
OLBERMANN: In his book "Deadly Spin" former health insurance executive Wendell Potter describes his industry's efforts to de-legitimize Michael Moore's 2007 documentary "Sicko." According to Mr. Potter, the industry at large had a plan to figuratively, quote, "push Moore off the cliff." In our third story tonight, my guests, Wendell ...
Wendell Potter on the Anti-SiCKO Smear Campaign on Countdown with Keith Olbermann -- 11/17/10
OLBERMANN: Last night, we told you about the anti-government health care congressman-elect who demanded his government health care the very day he starts his new job. Today, the anesthesiologist from Maryland attempted to remove the foot from his mouth and botched the procedure. Also, in our fourth story, more details ...
When Academy Award-winning film director Michael Moore announced he would be making a documentary about the American healthcare system in 2004, it put the health insurance industry on high alert. One person who immediately went on the offensive was Wendell Potter, who at the time was the chief spokesperson for ...
Michael Moore on Countdown with Keith Olbermann - 11/9/10
MOORE: My plea to Mr. Immelt or anyone who's watching here at GE -- I will give them, for free, 'Fahrenheit 9/11' to run on NBC as balance to all this publicity that they've been giving President Bush this week and his answers about how the worst thing that happened ...
Michael Moore Discusses the Midterms on Democracy Now!, November 2, 2010
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to renowned filmmaker, author, activist, Michael Moore. For the past twenty years, Michael has been one of the most politically active, provocative and successful documentary filmmakers in the business. His films include Roger & Me about the corporation General Motors; Fahrenheit 9/11 about Bush and ...
VIDEO: Michael Moore on 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' (Part 2)
Michael Moore on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Thursday, October 4th, 2010:"This is what I love about Republicans. I honestly secretly really admire them because, man they have guts. They come in with both guns blazing. They take no prisoners. What I suggested to you here that played on ...
VIDEO: Michael Moore on 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'
Michael Moore on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010:"When your opponent states clearly that 'our #1 job in the next two years is to make sure you don't have a second term -- our #1 job is to defeat you and to embarrass you,' you don't ...
WEEK'S FAVORITE MOVIEBudrus. Within this film is the answer for how to end the tragedy that is Israel/Palestine. It's very rare when you sit there at the end of a movie and say, "If people see this movie and get behind the people in it, this craziness could come to ...
VIDEO: Michael Moore Talks Midterm Elections on Free Speech TV
Michael Moore:"If President Obama continues this war, if he expands the war, if he doesn't put the clamp down on Wall Street and we go through another crash in these next two years — if he doesn't do the job he was elected to do, I can almost guarantee there ...
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March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
February 20th, 2013
Last night was the Motion Picture Academy-sponsored dinner in Beverly Hills honoring the directors and producers of this year's five nominated films for Best Documentary. ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
'Dirty Wars' by Jeremy Scahill
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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