And by the transitive property, you're all Bernie Madoffs.*
Bernie is representative of the scheme of capitalism itself. [Capitalism] is a pyramid where the richest 1% have as much financial wealth as the combined 95%. It's a pyramid only a few people can be at the top of, and everyone else is made to believe that they can get to the top," he explains. "It's a bit of a ruse, and a ruse that's not unsimilar to Mr. Madoff's."
Bernie Madoff's prison a target venue for Michael Moore and 'Capitalism: A Love Story' [NYDN via NYM]
*Specific anatomical similarities will explored in Moore's next film, his first in a series of finance-related pornos. Still needs a title, though, so if you've got any ideas don't be shy.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:32PM
Bess looks delicious!
-MM
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:34PM
Carpet bombing for the new movie, eh? He is a true capitalist!
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:38PM
Obesity related illness is the leading cause of death in the United States
Michael Moore is morbidly obese
therefore
Michael Moore needs to die
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:38PM
Great reasoning there tubby...
So "difficult to reach the top of" = "Using invested funds to repay prior investors"
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:38PM
1% + 95% doesn't quite compute to 100%.
- Proud AIG quant
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:40PM
call me uncultured, but I've never heard the word "unsimilar" used in a sentence. That said, Michael Moore should still kill himself.
Posted by Anal_yst , Sep 23, 2009 2:41PM
somone introduce this fat moron to lake wobegone, while you're at it, social mobility, etc, etc, ah nevermind just someone pull a "Se7en" on his fatass and let's move on
Posted by pfluger , Sep 23, 2009 2:43PM
The bait is set. Lets see if the lunatic savant moron who starts screaming about bonuses and taxpayer money shows up, again.
I think its the big man, the huge man, MM himself.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:43PM
Is he implying that he's not a capitalist AND that he's not in the top 1%? What. A. Fucking. Assclown. He's got to be worth $25 million+, easy. I don't see him giving all his money away to charities and the needy and only keeping $50k/yr for himself.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:43PM
@Anal Which se7en do you pull, a pound of flesh for greed or death by spaghetti for gluttony
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:44PM
Bess, I ate the italics closing tag. Can you please close it again? I won't promise that i'll leave the next one alone.
- MM
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:44PM
I thought Michael Moore was the best James Bond. Much better than Sean Hannity in the early Bond films.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:46PM
@9 MM took home north of 100m for Farenheight because he distributed it himself after disney pulled out. so he is well, well withing the top 1%
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:48PM
@12 even better than Darren Dalton?
Posted by pfluger , Sep 23, 2009 2:48PM
@9:
$50K???! That's it???? The poor man has to eat, for Christ sakes.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:49PM
This guy gets it about half right every time. The trouble is with the half wrong part.
Posted by GMAC Financial Services , Sep 23, 2009 2:49PM
Like a Ponzi scheme? Is this in relation to one of those government programs I subscribe to? If so, can you provide me with some background?
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:52PM
Flatter compensation structure than Hollywood or Indie movies. Lets shut both of those down.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:52PM
Flatter compensation structure than Hollywood or Indie movies. Lets shut both of those down.
Posted by pfluger , Sep 23, 2009 2:53PM
@13:
I have researched MM's personal holdings. While his total net worth is in excess of $25mm, the bulk is in illiquid private equity ventures involving agricultural interests in the midwest.
He is a majority stake holder in several cattle and chicken farms, a hog farm, and several large meat processing facilities.
Posted by HeadlessHorseman , Sep 23, 2009 2:54PM
@11
Hilarious.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:56PM
I find it interesting that he rips capitalism considering that (as Bloomberg TV mentioned this morning) he demanded a $20MM upfront fee for "Sicko" as well as 50% of the gross. Perhaps I am alone in my thinking, but I doubt he gives all this money away.
Also, given that he is pro-labor, isn't it a little hypocritical of him to use non-union labor in the production of his films (again, mentioned on Bloomberg). Of course it helps him keep the costs of his films down!
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:57PM
What a cock goblin. Of course he's laughing all the way to the bank, and we're the suckers making fat jokes on an internet blog.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:58PM
MM's next movie:
"Gravy Is A Beverage: A Study In Self Hatred"
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:58PM
I like Michael Moore more than most folks on this blog, but that being said, can't we put him and Glenn Beck in the same room together and watch them combust???
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 2:59PM
Way off topic -- but I've been gone for a while now. What ever happened to Equity Private? Is she lost forever?
Posted by FUNdamental , Sep 23, 2009 3:00PM
@anal - I'd rather expose him to somethig significantly more painful. I was thinking actual intellectual debate, where FACTS are required, any lies will be met with lit matches.
You know either that or no lunch.
Posted by pfluger , Sep 23, 2009 3:01PM
@23:
Yes, true. But, at least we have our dignity! As MM knows, there are much more important things in life than money.
Also, when most of us stand up and look straight down, we are able to see our shoes.
Posted by gatzzb , Sep 23, 2009 3:01PM
@20, That's just the deposit for his current Omaha Steaks order.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:03PM
@26
Equity Private = Greg Michaels
pseudonym's work great for her skin.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:04PM
Equity Private went to work as CFO (chief fleece-monogramming officer) at SAC
George Michael now posts here under a thinly disguised pseudonym
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:05PM
@31 I know it's confusing, but just to be clear, we hire trannies, not nutbags.
thanks,
steve
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:05PM
If dis was a true meritocracy, I'd be da richest man in da world by a lot.
-CG
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:06PM
MM is a phony shit. Hes not from flint, MI hes from a posh suburb nearby (posh by michigan standards)
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:07PM
...but he did make Canadian Bacon.
that title in retrospect is hilarious
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:12PM
"Therefore I choose to not invovle myself in the ugly machine of capitalism and invest my considerable fortune in something tangible, veal meatballs."
Posted by merkin capital partners , Sep 23, 2009 3:16PM
Obviously he feels the same way about the USDA Food Pyramid.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:18PM
id like to see MM and SC have a jowl off.
MM has better jowl based assets but SC has the heart
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:19PM
when MM lies on his back he is wider than he is tall
true story
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:20PM
@38 what the shit are you talking about? stevie's strengths are neck and not chin fat.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:20PM
Michael, you never called!
- Barney Frank
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:24PM
More HAMMMMM!!!!!!
-MM
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:25PM
Atlas Shagged
Dirty Deposits
The Invisible Hand Job
Working Capital Girls
Lezzy Fair
Big Booms and Busts
Pump-Priming Whores
Trust-busting Sluts
Sexploitation of the Proletariat
12" Capitalist Tools
Private Placement
Deep Inside Erin C.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:28PM
what about the 4% in between the richest 1% and the 95%??? what are they up to?
Posted by pfluger , Sep 23, 2009 3:29PM
@38:
MM would crush him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbap5s656P8
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:29PM
@44 what those little guys? I wouldnt worry about those little guys
Posted by Tax Chick , Sep 23, 2009 3:30PM
@44 We're making fun of Lehman Quants...
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:31PM
@43
Impressive!
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:39PM
For the second round, there should be a Moob-slap knockdown between MM and Bawney Fwank
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:48PM
@ 32
Correction: we hire trannies and crooks, not nutjobs. We're also looking for a senior manager of misinformation... any takers? Must be able to lie like the best of 'em.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:49PM
@10, how about we take some creative license and feed him the pound of flesh we take from his belly.
Posted by Lucas Van Prick , Sep 23, 2009 3:55PM
@50, do tell.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 3:57PM
@50:
Regardin' da SMM job, what's da pay like? Is dare a profit sharing plan? Is gym membership reimbursed? How 'bout da meal allowances? I read somewhere dat firms were cuttin' back on meals, and dat's important to me.
-cg
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 4:12PM
Deep Inside Charlie G.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 4:41PM
@34
Did you really just say posh suburb of Flint MI? Even by Michigan standards there is nothing posh with 40 miles of Flint.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 4:54PM
Situation: Fluid
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 5:24PM
I don't have a problem w/ him only because he looks like me.
-Peter Griffen
Posted by Virginian , Sep 23, 2009 5:31PM
PG - you're both pompous self important fuckheads with little pricks - much like most of the moderators (male and female) of most online forums.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 5:51PM
@43 don't forget such classics as
Short Sale Sluts
Madoff with her Skirt
Moosefist
Too Big to Fail
Liquidity Injection
Bilateral Swaps
Full Service Banking
Ponzi Pimps and Scheming Sluts
Tender Offers and Hostile Takeovers
DDD Without the Junk
High Yield Hos
Unhedged Exposures
Fannie Takeover
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 9:50PM
Bess, why in the fuck would you give this deluded dickhead a voice?
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 10:26PM
@60
She obviously likes rough prison sex with old men. There can't be any other reason.
Posted by call_me_daddy , Sep 23, 2009 10:37PM
@32 great marketing techique!
speaking of rough prison sex, i would bet the house that when Martha Stewart did time in the can, she has more than a few rough, but pleasurable encounters with her penmates. i bet she scissor's like a seamstress.
Posted by guest , Sep 23, 2009 10:56PM
@59, sweet.
- 43
Posted by EvilBuzzard , Sep 24, 2009 8:50AM
I'm just happy he finances his production costs by selling shade-grown, fair-trade coffee instead of having his studio call grubby banksters for a loan.