Open letter to Michael Moore (plus his friends, fans and supporters)

Mr. Moore,

My name is Chris Lowel and I’m pretty much a nobody in every sense of the word, but the few folks who bother reading anything at Moorewatch might know me by the endless rants I’ve posted there under the handle “biafra”.

Moorewatch is where I’d been forever - what’s the word - spewing the vilest, bitter, woefully hate-filled monologues against all and any (primarily non-American) visitor who’s ever offered any (world)views deviating even mildly from the white, hetero, Xtian, right-wing, hard-line American Way, that is, until even the most die-hard Bush drones in charge there had had enough and decided to ban me from their site, Rightfully and even cosmically so, I’ve come to realize.

Relegated to silently sulking around online, I actually read your open letters to the people posted there, along with the usual snide responses and derision they invariably drew. Lastly, I took a look into the recently released “Slacker Uprising”, which documents your past efforts to swing the vote.

During this time of “inaction”, as it were, I’ve come around to thinking that you do perhaps indeed have God’s ear - good karma, whatever the magic is called. Its on record that you saved the life(style) of a major detractor of yours, and then I, too, was recently stricken with a serious illness whilst eagerly adhering to his anti-welfare stance. I’m alive, but $50,000+ in debt.

Thing is, after their taking the helm, constantly encouraging me to take it easy and rest, praise the Lord, read the Bible and “just get some credit cards already” several people I’d long considered my closest friends and allies eventually abandoned me for greener pastures - literally. Four months of second-hand hardship in the form of my fretting over mounting debt exacerbated by unnecessary “conveniences” that amounted to nothing more than late fees and daily runs to Starbucks, was too much for some to bear. They “fixed” my books for me, and then booked.

Case in point: The neurosurgeon who saved my life gets all of $50/month for his efforts while that monthly Amex finance charge swallows $56/month. Oh, and that unused LA Fitness membership? A measly $42/month. I fixed that and other bondoggles, but its not enough to stave off bankruptcy. I’ve heard that once I’m in the “system”, it won’t get any better. The operation was successful, but the patient is dead.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/18/223744/567

Either way, Moore has done it again. And there’s a larger point. A society that’s not constantly fretting about how to pay for medical bills is a BETTER SOCIETY, and the “magic benefactor” can easily be a single-payer system that would cost less than we pay for health care now, and provide better quality service. Moore is a genius at finding real-world ways to illustrate his point of view. This is an excellent example.

Praise the Lord, indeed: I’ve come up with a simple idea to clearly illustrate what universal health care - truly caring for your neighbor - is all about.

“Slacker Uprising” has successfully created pre-election buzz, and to keep the ball rolling I suggest you add another dimension of punch to, repeat: demonstrate how free health care, and by extension, caring for your neighbor, works.

Race, creed, color, political leanings, religious beliefs - whoever the person in need, true humanists will always put all and any differences aside, step up and deliver. The haves must always come to the aid of the have-nots; until their vote makes it law, the good people will do so voluntarily and without reserve.

In these, the last few weeks leading to the most important election in modern times, I say post an online donation drive for me at www.michaelmoore.com, set up a counter to show the amount of donations made, the number of donators, and perhaps even a (voluntary) tally of which side of the fence they stand on.

Let’s show those voters still on the fence how a new and improved nation will deliver on its promises, and how many are willing to lead by example, not just spout empty platitudes.

I have little use for opulence, living large, and, least of all, waste of any kind, so what I don’t need to cover my bills I could, in turn, eventually pass on to the next person in need - hey, starting with the folks at Moorewatch.

What say you? Yeah? Or: HELL, YEAH !!

biafra

Its on record that you saved the life(style) of a major detractor of yours

Michael Moore did NOT save my life. My life was not in danger at the time Moore anonymously gave us that donation nearly TWO YEARS ago.

Michael Moore did NOT save our lifestyle. We had already gotten all the financial help we had asked for from our incredibly generous readers by the time we were contacted by our “guardian angel”.

The entire timeline of events related to this incident, which I had prayed was now behind us, is up at Moorewatch. Please refer to it and note your mistakes. Do not make them again.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO SPREAD UNTRUE STORIES ABOUT ME, MY LIFE, OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS STORY.

Thank you.

Uh. I was at Moorewatch for how many years?

What I want is to get with Michael Moore and recreate the scenario in front of the camera one more time, to perhaps sway the votes of the Undecided.

Representing universal health care, he hands me the money I need to pay my medical bills. Then his fans - the taxpayers - standing behind us, each pitch in a few bucks and in turn hand him the amount he gave to me.

Thats how I picutred it

Easy enough.

I’ve posted the open letter at Mikes Facebook

http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Moore/24674986856

MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/mmflint

And at DailyKos, where my posts keep getting edited for soem reason:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2008/10/3/94223/1723/25#c25

Does this make you squirm?

Proposal Five:

Remove the $102,000 income cap on the social security tax. “If you make over 102,000 a year, do you realize the people in that category do not pay one dime on wages they earn over $102,000 ... Why shouldn’t they have to pay the same six-and-half to seven percent rate that you have to pay on 100 percent or your income?” Moore cited former presidential candidate Chris Dodd, who said that if the cap was lifted, the resulting income would be able to fund social security for 75 years. He also told the audience to remind their neighbors that President Bush wanted to “put social security in the hands of Wall Street five years ago ... We’d all be Lehman Brothers.”

I no longer one, so anyone with a dime is “rich” compared to me. Michael has much more than $102,00, and he will always share it with the less fortunate, you’ll see.

Prepared to be embarassed once again.

I take it, then, that you are against Michael Moore’s public reprisal of a health care gift.

I want my money, and I want it now.

Open letter to Michael Moore (plus his friends, fans and supporters)

Mr. Moore,

My name is Chris Lowel and I’m pretty much a nobody in every sense of the word, but the few folks who bother reading anything at Moorewatch might know me by the endless rants I’ve posted there under the handle “biafra”.

Moorewatch is where I’d been forever - what’s the word - spewing the vilest, bitter, woefully hate-filled monologues against all and any (primarily non-American) visitor who’s ever offered any (world)views deviating even mildly from the white, hetero, Xtian, right-wing, hard-line American Way, that is, until even the most die-hard Bush drones in charge there had had enough and decided to ban me from their site, Rightfully and even cosmically so, I’ve come to realize.

Relegated to silently sulking around online, I actually read your open letters to the people posted there, along with the usual snide responses and derision they invariably drew. Lastly, I took a look into the recently released “Slacker Uprising”, which documents your past efforts to swing the vote.

During this time of “inaction”, as it were, I’ve come around to thinking that you do perhaps indeed have God’s ear - good karma, whatever the magic is called. Its on record that you saved the life(style) of a major detractor of yours, and then I, too, was recently stricken with a serious illness whilst eagerly adhering to his anti-welfare stance. I’m alive, but $50,000+ in debt.

Thing is, after their taking the helm, constantly encouraging me to take it easy and rest, praise the Lord, read the Bible and “just get some credit cards already” several people I’d long considered my closest friends and allies eventually abandoned me for greener pastures - literally. Four months of second-hand hardship in the form of my fretting over mounting debt exacerbated by unnecessary “conveniences” that amounted to nothing more than late fees and daily runs to Starbucks, was too much for some to bear. They “fixed” my books for me, and then booked.

Case in point: The neurosurgeon who saved my life gets all of $50/month for his efforts while that monthly Amex finance charge swallows $56/month. Oh, and that unused LA Fitness membership? A measly $42/month. I fixed that and other bondoggles, but its not enough to stave off bankruptcy. I’ve heard that once I’m in the “system”, it won’t get any better. The operation was successful, but the patient is dead.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/18/223744/567

Either way, Moore has done it again. And there’s a larger point. A society that’s not constantly fretting about how to pay for medical bills is a BETTER SOCIETY, and the “magic benefactor” can easily be a single-payer system that would cost less than we pay for health care now, and provide better quality service. Moore is a genius at finding real-world ways to illustrate his point of view. This is an excellent example.

Praise the Lord, indeed: I’ve come up with a simple idea to clearly illustrate what universal health care - truly caring for your neighbor - is all about.

“Slacker Uprising” has successfully created pre-election buzz, and to keep the ball rolling I suggest you add another dimension of punch to, repeat: demonstrate how free health care, and by extension, caring for your neighbor, works.

Race, creed, color, political leanings, religious beliefs - whoever the person in need, true humanists will always put all and any differences aside, step up and deliver. The haves must always come to the aid of the have-nots; until their vote makes it law, the good people will do so voluntarily and without reserve.

In these, the last few weeks leading to the most important election in modern times, I say post an online donation drive for me at www.michaelmoore.com, set up a counter to show the amount of donations made, the number of donators, and perhaps even a (voluntary) tally of which side of the fence they stand on.

Let’s show those voters still on the fence how a new and improved nation will deliver on its promises, and how many are willing to lead by example, not just spout empty platitudes.

I have little use for opulence, living large, and, least of all, waste of any kind, so what I don’t need to cover my bills I could, in turn, eventually pass on to the next person in need - hey, starting with the folks at Moorewatch.

What say you? Yeah? Or: HELL, YEAH !!

biafra

Proposal Two: Sign into law congressman John Conyer’s universal health-care legislation (HR676). “The Obama health plan is no good. The McCain health plan is really, really no good,” Moore said, explaining that on this issue, his support for Obama comes down to the “lesser of two evils.”

Proposal Five: Remove the $102,000 income cap on the social security tax. “If you make over 102,000 a year, do you realize the people in that category do not pay one dime on wages they earn over $102,000 ... Why shouldn’t they have to pay the same six-and-half to seven percent rate that you have to pay on 100 percent or your income?” Moore cited former presidential candidate Chris Dodd, who said that if the cap was lifted, the resulting income would be able to fund social security for 75 years. He also told the audience to remind their neighbors that President Bush wanted to “put social security in the hands of Wall Street five years ago ... We’d all be Lehman Brothers.”

In his doc “Sicko” Michael Moore “anonymously” gave a major detractor, Jim Kenefick (www.moorewatch.com) $12,000 for his wife’s life-saving meds.

To once again drive home how universal health care works, and perhaps sway the upcoming vote, he, the “government”, has planned to publicly reprise this action by giving me, “the needy” and another major detractor, the money I need to pay my own medical bills - some $50,000.

His fans, the “taxpayers”, will, in turn, reimburse him on-camera.

From today’s Moorewatch front page, courtesy of “Lee”:

What?  How can this be?  You mean that when the government provides something for free it provides an incentive for people to take advantage of the system?  My God, who could have ever dreamed of such a thing!

“State health officials argued that most of the children enrolled in {Hawaii’s] universal child care program previously had private health insurance, indicating that it was helping those who didn’t need it.”

This is why universal health insurance is such a bad idea.  It encourages people to do things that they normally wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) do.

This is why I’m a Libertarian, and why the less government we have in our lives the better.  Nobody will listen, though.  They’ll keep on looking at the ample teat of government as a place to suckle for free, always expecting other people to pay for things they should be doing themselves.  When you remove the incentive for responsible behavior you end up with citizens behaving irresponsibly.

Which, I’m sure, would NEVER happen in Michael Moore’s fantasy healthcare utopia, would it?

How many more times - to again demonstrate how free and universal health care can and will work, Michael Moore is going to pay for my health care bills publicly, on-camera.

I will symbolize the needy masses, he will act as the government, and his fans and supporters will play the taxpayers by pooling their money and remiburse him after he hands me the $50k check.

Biafra you were fucking told not to do this.  CLEARLY I am not interested in your crusade (how many fucking times did you try to call me, like 40?), and the fact that you insist on using my wife’s sirtuation after being asked politely and told not to just earned you a banning.  Not only did you insist on continuing this crap, you STILL GOT THE FACTS WRONG.  I could ALMOST forgive you if you weren’t intentionally misrepresenting what happened, but you decided to use DOnna and play Moore-like games with the facts and now you can fuck off.