Wikipedia defines a charlatan as: a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, fame, or other advantages via some form or pretense or deception.
After taking a second or less to dwell upon the perfect contemporary poster children for the aforementioned definintion, two images should immediately pop into the readers mind...
Exhibit A: Michael Moore
The Case
"They think they’re going to get away with these, these people who stole pensions funds of the american public, who stole the future of our kids and grandkids. They think–they’re kleptomaniacs. They think they’re going to get away with it. they have taken our democracy and formed it into a kleptocracy. Believe me, they’re not done yet. there’s a reason why corp american is holding 2 trillion in cash in their bank accounts…they know. "The smart rich know they can only build the gate so high. And, and, sooner or later history proves that people when they've had enough aren’t going to take it anymore. And much better to deal with it nonviolently now, through the political system, than what could possibly happen in the future, which nobody wants to see"
-Village idiot and Occupy Wall Street Promoter/Attendee Michael Moore on how America's rich have destroyed America's Solvency (Real Clear Politics)
Exhibit B: Kanye West
The Case
In a recent showing of empathy and solidarity for the country's non-wealthy, Kanye West's dumbass recently made his presence known during a recent pilgrimage to the Occupy Wall Street protests - an appearance made possible by a wardrobe consisting of a gold grill, gold + diamond chains, shithouse/statement making gold rosaries, gold bracelets, a $355 Givenchy Shirt, and a douchetacular countenance upon his mug.
The Call Out
As anyone with half a brain knows, Michael Moore and Kanye West are in the upper echelon of idiocy, and perhaps no where is this more apparent than in both of these fucking dolts' attempts to capitalize on this whole occupy wall street phenomenon. If you didn't know, the occupy wall street brood is a crew of unemployed idiots, sucking on the teet of their government dole, complaining about why their lives suck, and confused as to why it is that they do not get more taxpayer money for doing nothing.
Of course who better to relate with the occupy crowd's shared sense of poverty, laziness, and sense of entitlement than West and Moore....
When it comes to Kanye West there is not much else that needs to be said other than that the guy's a fucking moron. From his kind words about President Bush, to his entertaining interjections as Taylor Swift took the stage to receive another meaningless MTV award, the guy could by now have an encyclopedia dedicated to the seemingly endless stream of botches and PR gaffes that he never fails to be at the center of. Because of this, the fact that Kanye - in a sign of solidarity and social hipness - showed up to an event where 99% of the people present were decrying the very people in his economic cohort, should come as no surprise. However, make no mistake, it is surprising that this fish-dicks lover chose to share his support for this demonstration while wearing an outfit that would take 99% of the people present, ten years to pay off.
Similarily, Moore, the "impoverished" producer of such epic pieces of shit as "Capitalism: A Love Story" (A film he grossed more than $20 million from), has also recently lent his celebrity to the occupy movement, doing anything and everything possible to discuss and explain to anyone that will listen just how it is that the rich take money from every American, and why it is so imperative that each American go out and protest the rich's ability to succeed in a capitalist society. In fact, America's rich are, in Moore's own words, "Kleptomaniacs", hell bent on destroying America's financial well-being by any means or expense necessary.
If you were worried by any of Moore's revelations, don't fret, Moore has taken it upon himself to lead the crusade against America's rich, and in the same process restore the United States back to the economic powerhouse that it once was. And Moore's intentions are all find and dandy if you are into that type of socialist rhetoric or if you actually believe that America is in the depths of a conscious class war the likes of which the world has not witnessed since September 1917. However, is Michael Moore the right figurehead for this movement , or is he just a giant douche?
The Following evidence would suggest Michael Moore is just a giant fucking douche.
For example, Moore claims: “I am not a multi-multi-millionaire. I have done well,” Moore said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, when Hannity suggested Moore has made millions of dollars off the capitalist system. “I have a house in Michigan and an apartment here.”(http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/08/moores-lawsuit-opens-him-to-charges-of-hypocrisy/).
However, according to estimates like those provided by celebritynetworth.com, Moore's Net Worth is in excess of $50. Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that Moore's "house in Michigan" is not only a multi-million dollar mansion, but the lakefront property under his mansion is some of the priciest and most exclusive in the country. Fortunately, being rich is not yet a crime in this country, and neither is lying about not being wealthy....those matterss aside, it is easier to see why there is no doubt that this guy is a fucking dolt and more importantly, a giant, lying doucher.
Still more disturbing, especially in light of Moore's "ideological connection" to those getting financially fucked in the ass during the greatest American recession since the Great Depression, is how Moore conscientiously sodomized the very people he claims to be his brothers in arms - the financially burdened.
In 2009, the pious Moore produced the hilariously ironic "Capitalism: A Love Story", in the great state of Michigan. Not surprisingly, immediately upon completing the film, Moore, and his $50 + in wealth, deemed it appropriate to have Michigan's tax payers foot up to 42% of the film's expenditures, by choosing to take advantage of Michigan's generous film subsidy program. Perhaps even more interesting were Moore's public opinions of Michigan's film subsidy program, as recently as the summer of 2008:
At a forum in July 2008, Moore seemed critical of the program, which provides filmmakers with refundable tax credits worth as much as 42 percent of expenditures for movies made in the state.
"These are large multinational corporations — Viacom, GE, Rupert Murdoch — that own these studios," said Moore at the Traverse City event. "Why do they need our money, from Michigan, from our taxpayers, when we're already broke here? I mean, they play one state against another, and so they get all this free cash when they're making billions already in profits. What's the thinking behind that?" http://www.mackinac.org/12025
Of course, the fact that Moore had once again proven to be a two faced bitch went largely unnoticed by America's mainstream media, although locally, those paying attention to Moore's actions wrote:
"While we don't blame Mr. Moore and his production team for taking what is offered, it's striking that a movie focused on the inequities of granting taxpayer dollars to private enterprise would apply for and receive taxpayer-funded incentives," said Michael LaFaive, fiscal policy director at the Mackinac Center. "Government should not be bailing out or subsidizing Wall Street banks or main street filmmakers. As Moore knows, this marriage between government and business — in the name of creating and saving jobs - can facilitate every sort of mischief." http://www.mackinac.org/12025
Sound Familiar? Please keep in mind that at the time Moore went out of his way to receive film credits for the awful piece of shit he could afford to bankroll on his own dime, the state of Michigan was facing a $1.6 billion dollar budget deficit for fiscal year 2009
(http://www.michiganpolicy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=307:granholm-proposes-670-billion-in-cuts&catid=74:state-budget-blog&Itemid=111), had the highest unemployment rate in the nation, and was forced to cut millions of dollars in core state provided services. During Michigan's lowest moment, and at a time when its auto industries were failing, its people were losing their jobs, and the state was out money, Michael Moore found the strength in his heart to fuck over the citizens of the most downtrodden state in the union, by having Michigan's citizen's foot his bill, for his own personal gain. Pretty Fucking Despicable.
In summation, to get a good feel for the kind of people that this movement is all about, take a quick look at its most influential charlatan figureheads. You'll find it to be no surprise when looking at the faces in these occupy crowds, that this special apathetic breed of loser and deadbeat has embraced similarly pathetic human beings like Moore and West. However for as much coverage as these idiots are getting, 99% of the people reporting on them just are not calling these pathetic fuckers out. All these genuinely mind numbed idiots need to be reminded that everything that these idiots want already exists. These morons clamor for no capitalism, no corporations, and no wealthy. They demand not only no banks, but no debt, and every individual getting the same pay and benefits. All of these great things exist already in North Korea, and if these fuckers really want it that bad, they can take their sorry asses to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, and live their lives in paradise, far removed from the evils of the western world. Unfortunately, I think we all know that these groups of fucktards are at their core, the same frauds as the celebrities they rally behind. A bunch of loser, deadbeat charlatons clamoring for something they don't really want.
