Michael Moore misses the mark!

Oh My God Daily Paul...am I fired up!

I just got back from seeing Michael Moore's new documentary, "Capitalism, A Love Story".

Here's the short review; the movie has many shortcomings and misses the mark by making all the wrong conclusions. Now if you want the long version, please continue...

I want to start by saying I have nothing against Michael Moore and I don't vehemently hate him as so many others do. I have seen a number of his documentaries and approach them all with an open mind. Now I'm relatively new to this whole game of liberty, individual rights, free markets, the Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, etc. I'm only 28 years old, and while I feel like I've already missed the political-train, I was saddened to see that upon entering the theater, I did not see one person my age. Everyone in there was middle-aged married couples (not that it's bad, just an observation).

Michael Moore begins the first half of his film by telling the very personal, heart-wrenching stories of families across our country that have experienced tragedy in the form of job loss, house foreclosure, and even employees who have had life insurance policies taken out on their lives unbeknownst to them by their employers. As you may imagine, these stories stirred up a great deal of emotion, as it's so personal to many of our lives.

From that emotion, Moore delves into the problems and pitfalls of Capitalism. He successfully points out that the big banks on Wall Street are at the center of the problem. While also successfully pointing out that there is a lot of greed, unfairness, and overall, a lot of suffering going on. However, what he fails to point out is that the big banks are merely the VEHICLE for the problem and is not the ROOT of the problem. Which is not Capitalism at all, but the fractional reserve banking system which operates under the name, The Federal Reserve. Moore further fails to point out that it was from this very system of laissez-faire free enterprise, freedom, hard work and industrialization that has made this country wealthy and prosperous.

In the end, the movie was full of contradictions. He championed Barack Obama and slammed Timothy Geithner, while failing to point out that he was nominated to Treasury Secretary BY Obama himself. Moore also championed FDR and his intention of writing a second bill of rights that would ensure every American citizen: a home, a decent paying job, medical coverage, etc. etc. But as many of us know, it is not the responsibility of the government to provide us with a home or a job or medical coverage. It is not the government that determines these things, but rather market forces.

Throughout the movie there was no mention of the Federal Reserve, our federal government that is growing like a cancer, Ron Paul or even Peter Schiff for trying to warn us a long time ago. I was disappointed that he did not give credit to where credit is due. Instead he took up 2 and 1/2 hours worth of time with snarky little clips and the ever-so-often jabs at George Bush. The one thing that I am happy that came out of the film was the way Moore BASHED Chris Dodd, which I hope will give Peter Schiff a little more support in Connecticut. Moore did also include the clip of Representative Sherman, when he gave his speech on the house floor about the threats of "martial law".

Lastly, I was really frustrated that the entire theater started clapping at the end of the film. While frustration and empathy is understandable, it's a waste if the viewers still don't know who the REAL culprit of our economic problems are.

Thank you for your patience