This one kind of hits home because i know all too well what it's like to lose loved ones to cancer.
For those who don't want to go through the article, Jim Kenefick is the founder of Moorewatch, an anti-michael moore site founded to obsessively focus on all of moore's actions that has recently formed into an extreme right wing meeting group for many people who's views are sligtly to the right of adolf hitler. Recently, Jim's wife was diagnosed with cancer and he can no longer afford paying bills due to lack of coverage. His fellow bloggers all wrote with advice on cheaper plans, criminal schemes, and bellyaching about how healthcare would be affodable if we could just make all malpractice suits illegal.
He did however, recieve an anonymous $12,000 check in the mail. But what did Jim do? Cash the check, then start obsessively tracing the source of the check ( a process which i can only assume would cost one at least $100) and discovers that the anonymous donor is michael moore. Moore has refused to comment or talk about the issue at all. What does Jimmy do for the guy who probably saved his wife's life? He berates him even moore, calls it a "publicity stunt" and continues to run articles about how john edwards is a pig and how his wife deserves to die of cancer.
My question is, is he just an ungrateful opportuniest ass, or just someone who hates so much he can't even express gratitude to someone he dislikes for helping with the effort to save his wife's life?
__________________ Land of the free, home of the brave...
Do you think we will ever be saved?
In this land of dreams find myself sober...
Wonder when will it'll all be over...
Living in a void when the void grows colder...
Wonder when it'll all be over?
Will you be laughing when it's over?
moore copped to it after recieving calls from a bunch of media outlets but refuses to talk about it. Kenefick however is talking to everyone.
__________________ Land of the free, home of the brave...
Do you think we will ever be saved?
In this land of dreams find myself sober...
Wonder when will it'll all be over...
Living in a void when the void grows colder...
Wonder when it'll all be over?
Will you be laughing when it's over?
Even if you disagree with Moore's film style and think he's an idiot, there's no reason to turn down money that could help save your wife's life. Jim is fired.
__________________ In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during an interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."
that article was very slanted. the original didnt cherry pick his quotes.
he expressed appreciation, but also stressed that it does not sway his opinion on michael moore as a filmmaker. he did stress that as a person he liked him and was very thankful.
keep in mind that if moore uses this as a cheap shot in his new film, he will have likely made that 12000 back 10 fold. we shall see.
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"Sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here."
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Jun 12th, 2007 06:50 AM
If it was anonymous, it was meant to be so. That really is being dickless.
