Paris Hilton just got out of half her prison sentence for driving drunk. Double entendre there. Jesus, I'm witty. Anyway, it's a serious charge, driving drunk - she could have killed someone. They could have ended up in hospital. How would that have worked out for them? Well, Michael Moore's new documentary, SiCKO, which got a standard ovulation at Cannes, is out in theatres in the States.
The film looks at the effects of privatised health insurance and the nature of the pharmaceutical industry on the American health system. Among other things, Michael Moore looks at the stories of people suffering from dust inhalation at the World Trade Center site. The harm done to locals, especially after they were told it was safe to go back to their homes (how else do you get Wall Street up and running again?), is the topic of yesterday's excellent Democracy Now feature. In typical Moore fashion, noting that detainees in Guantanamo Bay are provided full healthcare by the Government while average New Yorkers can't afford any themselves, he piles a bunch of them in a boat and takes them to Gitmo, asking for medical help.
That little stunt got Mr Moore in trouble with the US Treasury Department, saying that he broke the (idiotic) US embargo of Cuba.
Um.
Paris Hilton! Just out of jail! Yes, Paris, whose vagina is less aesthetically pleasing than Britney's and I'll have words with any who disagree, has been snatched up by CNN in her first post-jail interview. Who did they dump at this late hour when the golden opportunity arose? Yes, that's right, they cancelled an interview with Michael Moore. That's some good prioritising, in a country where lack of healthcare is killing more people than 9/11 every year.