Month: June 2007
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Blackstone and Capital’s Scam
Blackstone. That is the ultimate refutation to the unbelievably brazen campaign being run by Wall Street hucksters and the knee-jerk oppositionists to law and order at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Blackstone is the giant private equity firm that, ironically, has just gone public (at least in part). Private equity firms are making headlines for…
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SiCKO, Part II: Things Can Be Different
There are no talking head experts in Michael Moore’s masterful new film, SiCKO. The first part of SiCKO features regular people detailing the horrors of the U.S. healthcare system, based on their own experience. But more is needed than just a searing indictment of the present system. How to convey the idea that there is…
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SiCKO, Part I: The Human Tragedy
When word got out that Michael Moore was working on a movie with the working title SiCKO, about the U.S. healthcare industry, the industry went bananas. Memos started shooting around, warning insurance and drug company executives and representatives to keep looking over their shoulders, to make sure they avoided being ambushed by Moore and a…