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Lightning round! (random dribbles and drabs)

July 10, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Things about which I only have a little bit to say:A big woot woot to John Rosenthal for this: Pretty bad-ass. An NRA spokesman called it a "shameless publicity ploy." On a billboard, no less! Shocking!"TOPGUN runs for Congress":As a Naval … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, gun-control, health-care, sicko, us-house

Guest post up @ FireDogLake: More Sicko stuff

July 9, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Here's my latest guest-post at FireDogLake, on Sicko and the health care activist scene. It's kind of a longer version of this post; in any event, it's nice to get perspectives from the  national audience they have there.I'm hearing of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, michael-moore, sicko

Sicko’s spontaneous citizenship: Where does it go?

July 5, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

I was in New Jersey this past weekend, and I heard a very animated conversation between two NJ Transit workers about Sicko: "So Hillary takes the money -- Can you believe that??" And apparently, that's happening in other equally unlikely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, michael-moore, sicko

Sicko: Don’t miss the point

July 3, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

So, I saw Sicko last night. It's damn good. Go see it.And yes, I've heard some in the media calling Michael Moore on some incomplete story-telling, and heard Moore being defensive about it. But in getting into this particular pissing match, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, michael-moore, national, sicko

Jamie Eldridge Hosting Showing of SiCKO in Lowell

July 2, 2007 By lynne

My husband and I went to see it last night. The movie has a very convincing premise: our health care is broken, and it's because of the for-profit system we are mired in...the only industrialized nation in the world with such a system. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, jamie-eldridge, ma-05, sicko

Sicko trailer

June 10, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Have I put this up yet? Very much looking forward to the film, which comes out late June. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, michael-moore, sicko

Michael Moore to take on health care

September 12, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

... with the help of at least one BMG denizen!Filmmaker Moore targeting healthcareMuckraking filmmaker Michael Moore is hoping folks in Massachusetts can help him with his next movie. Moore's peeps have sent out an e-mail asking Bay Staters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, michael-moore, movies, sicko

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