I agree with you Alan. It really bothered me when Jean Luc Godard attacked Michael Moore saying that his film helped Bush win victory when M. Moore won the Palm d'or.
> Thanks, that stuff is disillusioning. Moore's definitely the real thing; > as I said, I just hope his audience is as well. - > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, dave miller wrote: > >> hi Alan >> I always felt that Bono was a figleaf for Blair's dodgy dealings. Bono >> has been also criticised for tax avoidance, keeping his money off >> shore, and recently he started a hedge fund. It's disappointing I >> know, I always want rock stars to have integrity. >> >> dave >> >> On 7 March 2011 20:53, Alan Sondheim<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, just curious, why is Bono a fraud? I didn't read him like that. >>> >>> Moore is great but what really needs to happen - people have to act, have >>> to strike, and whether that will happen, I don't know. I think the >>> governor's waiting for the ranks to break from hunger, exhaustion, just >>> plain attrition. If that happens, everything's lost, >>> >>> - Alan >>> >>> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, dave miller wrote: >>> >>>> I agree Alan, it gives me hope. >>>> >>>> I dont know why we are so apathetic in the UK - generally speaking - >>>> of all this. What Moore says applies here -equally so, especially in >>>> the City. If we dont stand up for ourselves soon it will be too late, >>>> game over for us little people. Even Mervyn King, the governor of the >>>> Bank of England, said he's amazed there hasn't been major unrest. >>>> >>>> I'm really glad someone with a high profile, a celebrity figure, is >>>> speaking out loudly. People will listen to him. I hope we see a lot >>>> more of this. But I've been trying to think of a similar figure in the >>>> UK who could do what Moore is doing in the video, and I cant really >>>> imagine anyone who has big-time celebrity "fame" status, and who would >>>> be likely to speak up spontaneously. >>>> >>>> Do we have any famous people who people really respect who is likely to do >>>> this? >>>> >>>> We've had Bono and geldof but they were always a bunch of frauds in my >>>> mind at least. People love Richard Branson, but he's part of the >>>> problem (even though he pretends he's not). >>>> >>>> Who do we have? Alan Sugar? Bruce Forsyth? >>>> >>>> >>>> dave >>>> >>>> On 7 March 2011 17:48, Alan Sondheim<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Thank you so much for sending this - it's amazing. I'm surprised the fury >>>>> hasn't gone farther - that there's not a general strike in this country. >>>>> Everyone should watch this - Alan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, dave miller wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw&feature=player_embedded >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there someone in the UK who can do this here? >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> == >>>>> email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >>>>> webpage http://www.alansondheim.org >>>>> music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >>>>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt >>>>> == >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>>> >>> >>> == >>> email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >>> webpage http://www.alansondheim.org >>> music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt >>> == >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > == > email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > webpage http://www.alansondheim.org > music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
