"Sicko" is required viewing

The new movie, "Sicko," by Michael Moore should be required viewing for all Americans. After showing countless examples of people dying because their health insurance companies refuse to cover them, Mr. Moore asks, "Who are we?"

Who are we indeed? We have been willing to let insured men, women, and children die from withheld treatment so that CEO's and lobbied politicians can walk off with millions of dollars in profits from health insurance companies. Similarly, we care more about saving a few dollars by packing children into larger warehouse-type schools, and closing smaller "A" schools, than we do about producing disciplined, well-educated people.

The American Dream of the underdog using ingenuity and passion to succeed is now completely defunct: The Dream was bought and sold by lobbyists and the politicians who love them, and the CEOs retiring as multi-millionaires after a year or two.

Who will stop the lobbyists and the corrupt CEO’s? The government is not afraid of us. We are sheep and sheep do not think critically. Sheep do not say, “This sounds immoral. I wonder who is really profiting here.” The American Dream dies not with a bang, nor with a whimper… The American Dream was stolen quietly away when we slept.