I am glad for the happy ending� ??oh, how we need one� ??but surprised that it took the movie so long to come out that subsequent economic milestones were excluded from the narrative, beyond a quick lineup of the experts now presiding over finances and the revelation that Treasury Secretary Geithner has failed at every position he ever occupied, most lately as head of the Manhattan branch of the Fed.
Have I missed anything? Moore's own cross-country tour of the ruins of the working-class's sustenance: factories empty, lying in ruins, foreclosed homes being boarded up by carpenters just doing their jobs, and an interview of his father, a lifelong, working-class resident of Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of not only Moore but the bankrupted General Motors outdone by foreign competitors.
A blue-eyed, Aryan-looking Jesus Christ is shown mouthing the gospel of the one-percent disciples of Reaganomics.
Moore does exaggerate the economic heaven that prevailed before Reaganomics took over, as if the working class consisted solely of comfy Ozzie Nelsons, Donna Reeds, and their well-fed, red-cheeked offspring, but his point is clear. The majority of people in the wealthiest nation on Earth are impoverished and help is slow in coming because of the greatly over-sized power of the thriving one percent.
The economic recovery now being flaunted concerns Wall Street and not the other 95 percent, Main Street.
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Yesterday, after a concert at Kennedy Center here in DC, my friend persuaded me to purchase a pretty and inexpensive scarf. It was only after I got home that I realized that she'd tricked me into purchasing the feminine equivalent of a silk tie� ??less pricey, though, than the ones I inveigh against.
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