Moore's 'Sicko' well received in Cuba

Michael Moore enjoys glorifying America's enemies almost as much as eating. In Fahrenheit 911 he showed kids flying kites along the banks of the Tigris river in Baghdad while ignoring the work of the Iraqi secret police and the likes of Chemical Ali. In Sicko he's extolling the virtues of Cuba's health care system while ignoring more than forty years of human rights abuses.


The commies running Cuba appreciate Sicko almost as much as Baathists and al-Qaeda and "progressives" enjoyed Fahrenheit 911. Jose Ramon Balaguer, Cuban Health Minister, quoted in Canada's Financial Post:

"There's no doubt that a documentary by someone of Michael Moore's stature will help the world see the deeply humane principles of Cuban society."

Here's how Human Rights Watch describes the "deeply humane principles of Cuban society":

While Cuba's domestic legislation includes broad statements of fundamental rights, other provisions grant the state extraordinary authority to penalize individuals who attempt to enjoy their rights to free expression, opinion, press, association, and assembly. In recent years, rather than modify its laws to conform to international human rights standards, Cuba has approved legislation further restricting fundamental rights. A notable exception to this trend is the partial restoration of religious freedom. But Cuba has consistently refused to reform the most objectionable elements of its laws. Cuba's concurrent refusal to amnesty political prisoners and its continued prosecution of nonviolent activists highlight the critical role that Cuba's laws play in its machinery of repression.

What may be worse than looking to Cuba as some sort of example for the United States is Moore's implication that health care in the UK is free. You'd have to be "progressive" to believe that, because stealing from the hardworking and giving to the lazy is progress.