MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT

New York Post ^ | April 15, 2007 | JANON FISHER

[3AngelaD]

Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources...

The trip was to be filmed as part of the controversial director's latest documentary, "Sicko," an attack on American drug companies and HMOs that Moore hopes to debut at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

Two years in the making, the flick also takes aim at the medical care being provided to people who worked on the toxic World Trade Center debris pile, according to several 9/11 workers approached by Moore's producers.

But the sick sojourn, which some say uses ill 9/11 workers as pawns, has angered many in the responder community...

A spokeswoman for the Weinstein Co., the film's distributor, would not say when the director's latest expose would hit cinemas or provide details about the film or the trip...

Regardless, some ill 9/11 workers balked at Moore's idea.

"I would rather die in America than go to Cuba," said Joe Picurro, a Toms River, N.J., ironworker approached by the filmmaker...

Another ill worker who said he was willing to take the trip ended up being stiffed by Moore...

Moore's publicist did not return calls from The Post...

Participants in the Cuba trip were forced to sign a confidentiality agreement prohibiting them from talking about the project, the sources said.

Travel to Cuba is severely restricted from the United States, but Moore's crew was granted access, the producer told McCormack, through a "general license that allows for journalistic endeavors there." ...

Although he has been a critic of Cuba, Moore grew popular there after a pirated version of his movie, "Fahrenheit 9/11," was played on state-owned TV.

[sharkhawk]

Major Mike McCormack – Medic; specialist in collapsed infrastructure rescue and hazmat Major Mike McCormick, at the time holding the rank of Captain with the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Patrol, arrived at Ground Zero about three hours after both towers had collapsed. He worked throughout the first six days of the rescue effort, until it changed from search and recovery to recovery only. While engaged in this work, he found the World Trade Center towers' flag, which was later displayed at the Olympics. Major McCormick now suffers from respiratory illness and gastro-esophageal reflux disease. He was awarded a Congressional Certificate, a thank you letter from the President, and a commendation from Governor Pataki. He was denied coverage by the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund because it asserted that he had not proved that he was there.

[SkyDancer]

Well first of all you have to have good doctors ... so why did Castro have Spanish doctors and not Cuban .... one wonders ....

[oneamericanvoice]

“Although he has been a critic of Cuba, Moore grew popular there after a pirated version of his movie, “Fahrenheit 9/11,” was played on state-owned TV.”

LOLOLOL!!!! Even Moore’s beloved Commies stuck it to him!!! ROFL!!! And they couldn’t even get anything but a pirated version for state-owned TV!!!! LOLOLOL!!!

[paratrooper82]

Send Moore back to Cuba for brain surgery!

[razorback-bert]

Moore grew popular there after a pirated version of his movie

LOL

[boop]

I’m 100% sure that Moore took the “sickos” to the TOURIST hospitals in Cuba, where the Cuban people are forbidden to go. No way he would take them to a real Cuban “free” hospital, so they could get fantastic “free” care.

[sbMKE]

Moore seeded torrents with copies of F911 movie himself — after its theatrical run and weeks after its release on DVD.

Guess he knew that there was only limited shelflife for election year propaganda and decided to squeeze a bit of publicity out of the “act of kindness.”

Not we know that Fidel bittorrents.