At the same time that it's disheartening and sickening to read about how mega-corporations like Big Insurance companies buy public opinion and buy elections, it should serve as a warning about what's to come if the people don't wake up and shake the sleep from their eyes. The American people must realize that these health insurance companies have pumped billions of dollars into our political system to keep the government off their backs, and just as much money buying the mainstream media to turn public opinion away from REAL health care reform that would have at least brought us the public option if not a universal health care system like every other industrialized nation on Earth. They treat our eyes and ears with such nice commercials on TV about how great health insurance companies are but the fact of the matter is, come election time they pump millions if not billions of dollars into our political system to support candidates who will fight for them, not us. And we all have the Supreme Court of the United States to thank for a lot of that. Stay classy.

Obummed Up's already waiting at the bottom, For COMPANY!

People think I'm a conspiracy freak for suggesting that Matt Simmons was "pushed off a cliff" because of his high profile criticism of BP. More than ever this makes me think it was definitely possible.

I don't always like MM's tactics or spin but I cherish the fact that he does what he does. More power to you MM!

"Sicko" is remarkable, but we must remember that the conservative mind is not allowed--I repeat, not allowed--to view, listen to, or consider any factual evidence or opinion that conflicts with THE DOCTRINE.

Thus, in the parlance of the street, they continually whip their own asses. They vote against their own interests, shipping their own jobs overseas, destroying their parents', grandparents', kids' and grandkids' futures, supporting injustice and criminal behavior, and letting people die by empowering a healthcare clerk to decide that they should die.

And the media no longer exists. There is zero objectivity. And the latest focus of the networks is the hope that another Palin will calve--and they will have exclusive footage.

Michael, you are super. Too bad the bulk of the nation is too ignorant to heed or even consider your repeated warnings.

Major corporations win by buying the legislature, the executive, the judiciary, the political parties; if all that fail to get their way, they have a lot of people to kill for them. I am surprised that vocal people like Michael Moore, Sean Pen,
Alec Baldwin, and Amy Goodman are still alive... Perhaps, they have secured a method to avoid being sent to the dark side by the dark side.... Kudos to them and their ilk... They are the brave of the bravest....

Hey boys and girls. I've been telling you this for over 30 years. You do not read history. The forefathers of this treasonous group of wealthy first got angry about the institution of the income tax, then madder with the New Deal, then came the Great Society and now Obama. They invested in the Heritage Foundation, CATO Institute, aligned with the religious Taliban of Robertson/Falwell, brought in Ralph Reed to grow their grassroots and now create and corporately fund them into facade organizations (a.k.a. Dick Armey’s). Along come the Murdockian media entertainment empire and the druggie, Rush, to make money off the disaffected by seeming to confirm their biases. Now its full blown, irrational, illogical, hypocritical class division with the lower class working against itself. And that’s just how Stalin was able to divide and conquer his federated countries into Mother Russia. Long live the plutocracy! And that's all I've got to say about that.

Vic Anderson, who are you?

17:42 — Austin Loomis -- Even famous, well-connected, and wealthy people "disappear" all the time, for instance, David Kellermann, CFO of Freddy Mac, or Thierry de la Villehuchet, a hedge fund founder, both supposed suicides, or Ken Lay of Enron supposed death before the trial of the century, or Paul Wellstone, the Senator from Minnesota and his "unfortunate" airplane accident.

Now, these may very well have been legitimate and "as published deaths;" but not unlike a litany of historical "disappearances" before them, there are countless numbers of very well-connected and wealthy people that have "disappeared" in very crucially "timely" manners.

The point: never say never.

Like many others, I admire Mike and what he has been able to accomplish.

It bothers me, though, that I have, on occasion, taken his advice with regards to hanging in with Obama.

Shame on me.

As far as the cliff thing is concerned? So lo--n--g, Mike-- and take the self-referencing schmaltz with ya!!

Lie, cheat and steal are three prominent ways that people get rich in this country (a fourth being "inherit"). So it should come as no surprise that those who rise to the top of major corporations have no compunction about continuing to lie, cheat and steal when it comes to protecting corporate interests (as well as their own little scams).

There are more of us than there are of them. So let's friggin' do something about it!

This is the power of education. Sicko was a teaching tool with enormous power. The evildoers know the power of education. Do we?

This sort of education should be a PILLAR of any sort of plan to save America. There is zero leadership on this point in government. Obama is clueless when it comes to fostering an atmosphere of enlightening the public about issues. He doesn't know how to teach... or doesn't want to. I don't know where his loyalty lies, but that is another subject.

I am 45. I became enlightened about politics 3 decades ago primarily through media. Books, documentaries, magazines etc. But most people don't read the Nation... this is where the genius of M. Moore comes in. He knows how to get it out there.

We somehow need to multiply the power of MM many times over. I know, I know. The powers that be won't let it happen. We are silenced, marginalized, thrown off cliffs. But still the fact that this sort of media is KEY to any of our success remains.

Amy Goodman and MM and so many others are heroes. And god bless the whistleblowers, too.

Can the public be educated? I believe so. People respond to the truth, they really do. But then they hit a wall... what to do? They know that politics is a mostly off-limits field for making any real change. Why bother? They know that the economic fix is in. Why fight it? They know that they need to work their asses off just to put food on the table, who has time to save the world?

We are all in this pickle. I don't know the answers... does anyone?

Well, Ken: Your karma is as follows - What You Put Out Comes Back to You 10-Fold, so, since Moore is not an idiot and tells the truth, no matter how uncomfortable - and seeing that you have declared truth-twisting idiots fair game for cliff-pushing-off-of, may YOU get pushed off a cliff . . . wait for it! . . . 10 Times. Oh, and have your hospitalization denied by your insurance company each time.

Dear goobagooba: Vic Anderson is APPARENTLY a diabled war Vet (not sure if it's Vietnam or Bosnia) with no small amount of chemical engineering chops; oh, and a tendency to pun shamelessly - but wittily. Your posts I always enjoy; his kind of make me cringe but sometimes he's right on. Please! Become the anti-Vic! 2012 is still two years off!