Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore

His parents raised him to believe we are judged by how we treat the most vulnerable-a passion evident in Dude. Christ.” At a recent book promotion in Indianapolis he said he is reluctant to discuss his faith because he does not want to proselytize. Raised Roman Catholic in working-class Flint, Michigan, he includes in his latest book a satirical chapter titled “Jesus W. Ted Schmidt, editor of Canada’s Catholic New Times, calls Moore “America’s most effective Catholic.” Moore is getting increasingly explicit about his religious underpinnings.

More than we need protection from terrorism, Moore argues, we need protection from corporations that “rip off our old-age pensions, destroy the environment, deplete irreplaceable fossil fuels in the name of profit, deny us our right to universal health care, take people’s jobs away whenever the mood hits them.” He asks, “What do you call a 19 percent increase in the homeless and the hungry from 2001 to 2002? Are these not acts of terrorism? Do they not cost lives?” He wonders why Attorney General John Ashcroft protected the gun rights of 9/11 terrorists (denying the FBI the right to examine their gun purchase records), while wanting to see the library records of U.S. He laments the suspension of civil rights. He notes the double standard of impeaching a president for deception regarding sexual behavior but being unwilling to contest war-provoking prevarications. He challenges a national policy of fear and steadily debunks untruths told to justify the war in Iraq.

Moore cites major news sources that raise serious questions about Bush connections with both the Taliban and the Bin Laden family. While often dismissed as an “extreme leftist,” Moore promotes values that most Western nations accept as a given.ĭude, Where’s My Country? is an unrelentingly funny and unstinting critique of the latest rush to war and, in particular, of the Bush administration’s disastrous policies of promoting corporate interests. And his award-winning documentaries and best-selling books are among the few popular voices that defend liberal points of view. His brash, in-your-face, over-the-top rhetoric can make him easy to dismiss, but he marshals impressive evidence for his claims. Psalm 107 declares that “God pours contempt upon rulers.” Perhaps Michael Moore, a passionate critic of America’s leaders, corporate and political, is imitating God.

Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore