Political Ruminations

Morning Quote: STFU, Michael Moore

“Allowing Michael Moore to speak for Leftwing America as an intellectual leader with no accountability, or interruption, is suicide because what Moore is doing is depressing the vote and giving aid to the GOP who are there waiting like violent pedophiles for Democracy Elementary School to let out. It would be less crazy if we weren't staring down the possibility of a right wing consolidation of the three branches of the U.S. government this year. He's rarely objective, but a subjective purveyor of one-eyed character composite sketches, and he says the things he says as if right wing jackboots and flackies aren't relentlessly beating down the doors of American power. Apparently the Democratic party are equally to blame for not being brutal enough to override democracy, or effectively assuage the 60 million idiots who voted for Sarah Palin in 2008.

The Democratic party didn't depress voter turnout in 2010, Michael Moore and company did with their incessant misplaced attacks, self-promotion, and short-sighted idea of movement politics.

We don't need a vote depressing third party spoiler. We need to hold the line and move incrementally forward, not stopping even for Michael Moore's slow ass.”

- MrBrink response to Michael Moore’s latest attempt to gain attention.

Morning Quote: Michael Moore

“America is NOT broke.”

Michael Moore in Madison, Wisconsin on March 5, 2011:

America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it’s not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich ... The only thing that's broke is the moral compass of the rulers. And we aim to fix that compass and steer the ship ourselves from now on.

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Quote of the Day - Michael Moore

In a letter to his fellow Michigan citizens, Michael Moore describes what our dictator wannabe Republican Governor, Rick Snyder, has been up to for the past eight short weeks:

* Gotten the House and Senate to pass bills giving him "Emergency Management" powers such as the ability to appoint a corporation or a CEO who could literally dissolve town governments or school boards, fire the elected officials, nullify any local law and run your local governmental entity. That company then would have the power to immediately declare all collective bargaining contracts null and void.

* Proposed giving business a whopping 86% tax cut while raising everyone's personal taxes by 31%! And much of that tax hike he believes should be shouldered by -- I kid you not -- senior citizens and the poor! He says these two groups have not been "sharing the sacrifice" the rest of us have been burdened with. So his budget proposes a $1.8 billion tax CUT for business and a $1.75 billion tax INCREASE for the rest of us, much of it from the poor, seniors and working people -- even though the top 1% in Michigan ALREADY pay a lower state tax rate than everyone else does!

* Together with the legislature, introduced over 40 anti-labor bills in just the first two months of this session! They have wasted no time and have caught most people off guard. Much of this is being rushed through right now before you have a chance to raise your voice in objection.

And follows up with a plea to Michiganders to stand up, to participate in our democracy. 

Morning Quote: Michael Moore

In an appearance on Rachel Maddow’s show, Michael Moore pointed out that the 400 wealthiest people in this country have more wealth than half of all American families combined, and directed a few very pointed comments at the ultra wealthy elites:

This is what‘s coming for you [referring to the protests in Wisconsin & elsewhere], because the people aren’t going to take it any more.

The people are going to demand justice. They‘re going to demand that your ass is in jail. 

You have taken the money, we want the money back.

You have taken our jobs overseas, we want those jobs back.  Those are a national resource.  Those are not yours to do with as you please.  They affect all of us as a society.

We have a right to those jobs.  We have a right to that money that used to belong to the people of this country. 

A million people evicted from homes, foreclosed this year.  Another million expected this year. How many—I just wonder again, if I can, just address the Wall Streeters and banksters out there—how many more people do you think you can throw out of their homes before they do revolt?  How long do you think this is going to go on?

Exactly how I feel about it. I’ve had enough, and I hope you have too.

You can watch the video here.

VIDEO: Rachel Maddow & Michael Moore - GOP Stripping the Rights of People in Michigan

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Adding.....for some reason, this video  keeps "vanishing", and nothing I do seems to correct the situation. So, if you don't see the video here, click here to go to MSNBC to watch the vid. Sorry for any inconvenience.