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Another anti-capitalist liberal hypocrite.
MICHAEL MOORE OWNS 9 HOMES
by JOHN NOLTE 23 Jul 2014
Added: The Smoking Gun was the first outlet to report this, and did so weeks ago.
According to the Detroit News, anti-capitalism "everyman" filmmaker Michael Moore owns 9 homes. On top of a $2 million, 10,000 square foot lakefront mansion in Torch Lake, Michigan, there is a Manhattan condo that was once 3 condos, and 7 other properties. Moore's secret role as a land baron was revealed in divorce papers:
The filmmaker, 60, who split his time between a home here and one in New York, is leaving his wife of 22 years, Kathy Glynn.
His hit movies and best-selling books have begat a lifestyle far from most ballcap-wearing, duck-waddling denizens of Flint.
Moore and Glynn own nine properties in Michigan and New York, including a Manhattan condo that once was three apartments. CelebrityNetWorth.com pegs their wealth at $50 million.
In legal pleadings, Moore blames his wife for the expansion of the 10,000-square-foot home on Torch Lake, which has a value of $2 million.
Since his 1989 "Roger and Me," Michael Moore has earned upwards of $50 million trashing capitalism.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/23/michael-moore-owns-9-homes
Dos Equis:
NBC Discovers Hypocrisy of Michael Moore's Wealth; Used Him to Bash Wall Street in Past
By Kyle Drennen | July 23, 2014
On Wednesday, NBC's Today offered a surprising full report on "filmmaker and liberal activist" Michael Moore tarnishing his "blue-collar, anti-capitalist image" after it was revealed during divorce proceedings that Moore and his now ex-wife lived in a Michigan mansion, "the 10,000-square-foot house, reportedly in the same neighborhood as Madonna and Bruce Willis." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Back in 2009, the morning show invited Moore on the broadcast to bash big bonuses for Wall Street executives. In part, Moore ranted against the wealthy business leaders living in "gated communities" and "castles with moats around them." Perhaps Moore should have remembered that people living in giant mansions shouldn't throw stones.
During the Thursday report, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez described: "Deep in northern Michigan, this lake-front mansion is the talk of the town....It belongs to one of the state's most well-known celebrities. Not Eminem or Kid Rock, no, this $2 million home on Torch Lake is owned by filmmaker Michael Moore and his wife of twenty-two years, Kathleen Glynn."
The segment featured a clip of Moore "slamming the one percent at this Occupy Wall Street protest" in 2011. Gutierrez then explained: "The new court documents reveal Moore and his now ex-wife shared properties in Michigan and New York. The Detroit News reports the couple owned nine total."
Wrapping up the story, Gutierrez observed: "Already exposed, what some in this small Michigan town feel is a contradiction between Moore's common-man persona and his uncommon wealth."
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Here is a full transcript of the July 23 report:
7:20 AM ET TEASE:
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Coming up, a controversial divorce reveals the true wealth of Michael Moore. The question is, will it hurt his image as an every man?
7:32 AM ET SEGMENT:
MATT LAUER: Let's start, though, with a career – a guy who built a career on a blue-collar down-to-earth image. But a potentially messy divorce just finalized is painting a somewhat different picture of filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore. Here's NBC's Gabe Gutierrez.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: "Moore" Money, More Problems; Blue-Collar Director's Wealth Revealed in Divorce]
GABE GUTIERREZ: Deep in northern Michigan, this lake-front mansion is the talk of the town.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The way he lives is not how the common man lives.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN B: I think he's earned it.
GUTIERREZ: It belongs to one of the state's most well-known celebrities. Not Eminem or Kid Rock, no, this $2 million home on Torch Lake is owned by filmmaker Michael Moore and his wife of twenty-two years, Kathleen Glynn.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: I am disappointed in what appears to me to be a conflict in his values and what he represents.
GUTIERREZ: But now the pair just settled a high-profile divorce. In court filings, Moore had blamed his wife for going overboard in expanding the 10,000-square-foot house, reportedly in the same neighborhood as Madonna and Bruce Willis.
MICHAEL MOORE: Hi, I'm Michael Moore.
GUTIERREZ: Ever since his 1989 documentary Roger & Me...
MOORE: Do you think it's a little dangerous hanging out with guns in a bank?
GUTIERREZ: ...and other films like Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore had built a blue-collar, anti-capitalist image.
MOORE: I am one person. This is a movement of millions of voices.
GUTIERREZ: Slamming the one percent at this Occupy Wall Street protest.
The new court documents reveal Moore and his now ex-wife shared properties in Michigan and New York. The Detroit News reports the couple owned nine total. No comment from her lawyer. And Moore's attorney would only say the couple has "mutually and amicably reached a divorce settlement."
LISA BLOOM [LEGAL ANALYST]: Very smart for Michael Moore to settle this matter. Even if he could have gotten more money, it's so important to his public image that he not be bickering with his wife of twenty years and having all of that dirty laundry exposed.
GUTIERREZ: Already exposed, what some in this small Michigan town feel is a contradiction between Moore's common-man persona and his uncommon wealth. For Today, Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2014/07/23/nbc-discovers-hypocrisy-michael-moores-wealth-used-him-bash-wall-stree#ixzz38JBVqnQ6
Straw Man:
How is Moore "anti-capitalist"
Just because he criticizes the criminality of Wall Street and has issues with income inequality, wealth disparity, etc. doesn't make him "anti-capitalist"
I'm pretty sure you have to pay to see his movies
Just more bullshit from the right wing echo chamber
The question I have is do they know this meme is bullshit or are they really this stupid?
JOHN MATRIX:
--- Quote from: Straw Man on July 23, 2014, 09:33:29 AM ---How is Moore "anti-capitalist"
Just because he criticizes the criminality of Wall Street and has issues with income inequality, wealth disparity, etc. doesn't make him "anti-capitalist"
I'm pretty sure you have to pay to see his movies
Just more bullshit from the right wing echo chamber
The question I have is do they know this meme is bullshit or are they really this stupid?
--- End quote ---
His movie Capitalism: a love story, while it does have some funny/good parts, is clearly anti capitalist especially towards the end...it absolutely derides capitalism as a concept.
Surely you can see the hilarious irony in the guy who has made tons of wealth in a capitalist system...by bashing the wealthy and the capitalist system.
Soul Crusher:
--- Quote from: Straw Man on July 23, 2014, 09:33:29 AM ---How is Moore "anti-capitalist"
Just because he criticizes the criminality of Wall Street and has issues with income inequality, wealth disparity, etc. doesn't make him "anti-capitalist"
I'm pretty sure you have to pay to see his movies
Just more bullshit from the right wing echo chamber
The question I have is do they know this meme is bullshit or are they really this stupid?
--- End quote ---
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