In this clip Michael Moore is yelling at someone called “Wolf Blitzer”. People may ask why someone would be called Wolf Blitzer. I do not have the answer. It is preferable to Toad Blitzer, I suppose.

This interview really cheered me up. I love to see people shouting at each other. Whether it is a debate on health care, or a drunk roaring himself hoarse at a bus stop, it does one’s heart good to see.

“Shouting is not only healthful but could, if followed to its illogical conclusion, do away with telephones.” (Sir Henry Rawlinson)

A friend of mine took out some medical insurance in the US of States. They gave him a free mousemat. Moore dodged the issue of mousemats in his film, which I downloaded for free off the internet. A copyright lawyer would probably say that I had cheated this brilliant young filmmaker of money by not paying for it. But if I had had to wait 18 months and buy it on amazon.com, I wouldn’t have watched it at all, so I haven’t deprived him of anything, the tit.

In response to the film, the right has gone on the attack. First Fox News tried to claim that many Canadian doctors were in fact tree surgeons, then Mark Steyn argued that the NHS causes, if not terrorism, then at least vandalism of bus stops.

The good news is that if you have vaccinations, clean drinking water, and avoid eating toadstools and other known poisons, you’ll live to 80. There is no correlation with healthcare spending, doctors per capita, hospital beds, diet or anything else. Greeks, Norwegians, Canadians, Japanese, Belgians- everyone lives to be 80, or near enough.