roachboy

it is beyond funny seeing the right, which has for years argued that lucre is in itself evidence of personal virtue, now claiming that money-making is now somehow problematic in the case of michael moore.

you would think that they would see moore as salutary---he has managed to survive the rights demolition of public funding for the arts, which has forced artists to shill on the market---he produced an interesting, conversation provoking film--maybe the underlying premise of trying to eliminate funding for the arts hasnt worked out as the right ideologues had hoped--maybe they figured that the "market" and its "discipline" would force artists to capitulate intellectually and creatively, and turn themselves into nice, subservient republicans---it didnt work----and now the right is all in a froth because moore's film is condensing discussions that have been happening everywhere--except of course within the purview of the sustained circle jerk that is right media----about the disaster that is george w bush and the politics for which he stands---boo hoo.

beyond that, i second kuthulu's sentiments--the right is afraid of michael moore because he shows the king is without clothes---
better to smear the messenger than to think about the message.

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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

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