Jun 30, 2007

El último, prometo


Ya que estamos en el tema, me gustó esta crítica de un periodista de MTV:

Unfortunately, Moore is also a con man of a very brazen sort, and never more so than in this film. His cherry-picked facts, manipulative interviews (with lingering close-ups of distraught people breaking down in tears) and blithe assertions (how does he know 18 million people will die this year because they have no health insurance?) are so stacked that you can feel his whole argument sliding sideways as the picture unspools. The American health-care system is in urgent need of reform, no question. Some 47 million people are uninsured (although many are only temporarily so, being either in-between jobs or young enough not to feel a pressing need to buy health insurance). There are a number of proposals as to what might be done to correct this situation. Moore has no use for any of them, save one.

As a proud socialist, the director appears to feel that there are few problems in life that can't be solved by government regulation (that would be the same government that's already given us the U.S. Postal Service and the Department of Motor Vehicles). In the case of health care, though, Americans have never been keen on socialized medicine.

In 1993, when one of Moore's heroes, Hillary Clinton (he actually blurts out the word "sexy!" in describing her in the movie), attempted to create a government-controlled health care system, her failed attempt to do so helped deliver the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives into Republican control for the next dozen years. Moore still looks upon Clinton's plan as a grand idea.


Si todavía les quedan ganas, no se pierdan las fotitos de los hospitales del maravilloso sistema de salud cubano. Entiendo que alguien proponga el sistema canadiense, pero ¿el cubano? Parece un chiste.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for spreading these pictures around. Castro and Moore are both sick pieces of human garbage...

    absurd thought -
    God of the Universe says
    destroy your healthcare system

    Cuba's filthy hospitals
    are something to aspire to


    absurd thought -
    God of the Universe says
    NO one deserves great healthcare

    get checkups free and easy
    just wait for critical care
    .

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