Hey, remember when Whole Foods CEO John Mackey crap talked public health care in a Wall St Journal op-ed this summer, alienating his liberal consumer base? I believe he said something like “A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will not reveal any intrinsic right to health care, food or shelter. That’s because there isn’t any. This ‘right’ has never existed in America.” Boy, that gets me steamed. The poor don’t have the right to survive, but the rich always have the right to profit, right?

Luckily, our friends at the Brass Liberation Orchestra took action a couple days ago, and executed a kickin’ flash mob in a Whole Foods store in Oakland, California! They called Mackey out for his “let them eat cake” richie-richery, and shook their booties for health care as a human right–check the cool video above.

Thirsty for more? The Single Payer Action website has some good follow-up coverage of the action (as well as lyrics to the BLO’s awesome song!) Plus, if you’re interested, I had some words of my own for Mr. Mackey on my blog recently.

Health care is a human right, y’all!

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