The Michael Moore website's back online.

Blackcatter, it's true that the things we value are pillaged month by month. I've been practicing selective attention (denial, if you will) for years just to keep out of depression. (Having no TV helps me a lot.) But we always have to return to the fray sooner or later. Maybe some of the fragments we save will survive the next crash.

The snow job we get from all the mainstream media makes it hard to see what the real issues are. If Moore's cinematic skill can cut through the bafflegab, I think a lot of people will make up their minds. Moore entertains well enough to explore an issue (for a couple of hours instead of a ten-second sound bite) without losing the audience.

Opposition to these corporate moguls is pretty much entirely a grassroots effort. Victor Hugo in Les Misèrables quotes Marshal Suchet: "We are lost when the old women empty their chamberpots on our heads." We need Michael Moore's rabble-rousing skill.

The essential question is, what can we build that will work better? Can you recommend a good thread on this?