1,850 U.S. citizens were recently killed in an entirely preventable disaster.
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this record — 37 days, to be exact. On July 18 I started keeping count of the 50 U.S. citizens who die every day because they can’t afford health care, according to this statistic.
So in a little […]
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Good Morning, Day 51
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 6th, 2007 at 11:21 am
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Good Morning, Day 6
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 23rd, 2007 at 4:52 am
About 300 Americans have died because they couldn’t afford health care since I started this count five days ago.
About 50 more will die today.
Since this is turning into a kind of daily witness, I suppose I should document my source for the statistic this is based on.
Michael Moore says in Sicko, and he […]
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Video Roundup: Colbert, Stewart, and Olbermann
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 20th, 2007 at 11:53 am
First up, Stephen interviews Michael Moore … all the way from Brazil!
Next, Jon Stewart’s take on anti-gay Surgeon General nominee James Holsinger, in which he manages to reveal some surprising truths inherent in plumbing fixtures. (I previously posted Colbert’s take on Holsinger’s fixture fixation, but Stewart gets some good mileage out of it, too.)
Finally, […]
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Moore vs. Gupta: The Wrap-Up
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 20th, 2007 at 6:12 am
I didn’t get a chance to weigh in on the whole Moore vs. Gupta dustup while it was happening (much to the relief of the scale!), but here’s a little post-mortem wrap-up.
First off, some links in case you missed any or all of it (all video links except the second one):
Round One: Michael Moore […]
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Notes on Sicko: A Prescription for Change
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 6th, 2007 at 4:06 am
I saw Sicko Tuesday night, and it did not disappoint. The main impact for me is this: Watching this film makes it unavoidably clear that we as a nation have been completely duped, conned, and as the kids say, “pwned,” by those who’ve spent millions to convince us that universal healthcare is too expensive, can’t […]
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Sicko Mini-Roundup: “We Can Do It.”
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 30th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
In case you haven’t seen it yet, Crooks and Liars has the video of Michael Moore’s appearance on Leno from earlier this week, with some great interview and a clip from the film.
Meanwhile, Daily Kos had a diary a few days ago about the more than 15,000 nurses from across the country who have mobilized […]
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Michael Moore’s Sicko: Willing To Be Patient
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 20th, 2007 at 8:12 am
So there’s lots of news buzz this week about how Michael Moore’s health care industry documentary Sicko has already been pirated to YouTube and other places, two weeks before the film’s original June 29 release date. And as a result the movie will be opening early, with sneak previews in 27 selected markets.
I think […]
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