*very mild spoiler*

this was michael moore grandstanding at his absolute best. for those of you who haven't seen it, there's an aside near the end where moore mentions that in the course of making this documentary, he learned that the webmaster of the "biggest" anti-michael moore webpage on the internet was being forced to shut down due to his wife's illness. it was so bad, that the dude was using the site to beg for donations so he could pay his wife's hospital bills.

moore said he thought it was messed up that the dude should have to choose between his wife's health and free speech, so he sent the guy an anonymous check for $12,000. the website was saved and the dude posted an incredibly gracious blog to his "guardian angel", having absolutely no idea that it was michael moore.

what an amazing guy, that michael moore, huh? except he kind of undid the good deed (and then some) by revealing his "anonymous" donation in the movie. anyway, cut to, like, two weeks ago, when copies of sicko start leaking, and people start contacting the webmaster to let him know that it was michael moore who dropped the 12 g's to pay his wife's bill. you know it rocked the dude's world. you'd think he might be grateful, maybe call off the dogs. NOPE. check out his side of the story:

http://www.moorewatch.com/index.php/weblog/one_more_attempt_to_set_the_record_straight/