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Friday, September 2nd, 2005
Dear Mr. Bush:
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.
Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?
Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her!
I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dam? [Edit: this originally said "d!ke". Stupid swear filter...]
And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!
On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.
There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland.
No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this!
You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit.
Yours,
Michael Moore
Dear Mr. Bush:
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.
Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with?
Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her!
I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dam? [Edit: this originally said "d!ke". Stupid swear filter...]
And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ!
On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that.
There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland.
No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this!
You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit.
Yours,
Michael Moore
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Just getting comfortable ...
Yep Minstrels.
*Grabs handful*
Hmmm, you cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket... and... OH MY GOD YOU SICK ****!!!111
*Grabs handful*
Hmmm, you cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket... and... OH MY GOD YOU SICK ****!!!111
Hurrah.
Where's that popcorn ...
Well, I don't like popcorn actually.
Maybe just a big bucket of Minstrels.
Where's that popcorn ...
Well, I don't like popcorn actually.
Maybe just a big bucket of Minstrels.
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Hmmm ... I think we need to hire in some more idiots for Light to get
> stuck into. I miss my weekly entertainment :" (
Oh, I wouldn't worry; despite her protestations to the contrary, that idiotic, self-absorbed headwrong that Grix has the misfortune to be lumbered with just cannot keep away. She's determined to prove herself as having a brain, and the results are never less than hilarious.
> Hmmm ... I think we need to hire in some more idiots for Light to get
> stuck into. I miss my weekly entertainment :" (
Oh, I wouldn't worry; despite her protestations to the contrary, that idiotic, self-absorbed headwrong that Grix has the misfortune to be lumbered with just cannot keep away. She's determined to prove herself as having a brain, and the results are never less than hilarious.
Kore wrote:
> Your Honour wrote:
> Blimey Light are you going soft? I expected a much more angry tone
> in
> your reply, but I just wasn't feeling it.... :-)
>
> Ye, such passion..such conviction for the American government.
> Although Bush does have the power to veto whatever comes from
> Congress, the President is not King. In this circumstance and at
> this time with Katrina, I highly doubt he'll deny anything that comes
> through to help those states in their recovery efforts.
>
> America does have the internal capacity to heal in this devastation,
> especially with it's citizen's and corporations rallying together and
> sending in substantial aide and donations beyond anything I've seen in
> my life. It's quite touching to see this.
>
> Anyways, back to Light bashing the Bush administration and all
> Republicans.. Carry on.
Tell you what dearest; offer some facts in rebuttal to all the accusations levelled against the government, rather than your "well I think the government did everything right!" statements, and I'll respond to 'em. I may be bashing 'em, but I'm offering reasons and facts. You're offering hysteria and stupidity.
Until then, by all means use your utterly unsupported opinion to squeal for attention like the self-regarding, hypocritical piece of mouldy cocksnot you are.
> Your Honour wrote:
> Blimey Light are you going soft? I expected a much more angry tone
> in
> your reply, but I just wasn't feeling it.... :-)
>
> Ye, such passion..such conviction for the American government.
> Although Bush does have the power to veto whatever comes from
> Congress, the President is not King. In this circumstance and at
> this time with Katrina, I highly doubt he'll deny anything that comes
> through to help those states in their recovery efforts.
>
> America does have the internal capacity to heal in this devastation,
> especially with it's citizen's and corporations rallying together and
> sending in substantial aide and donations beyond anything I've seen in
> my life. It's quite touching to see this.
>
> Anyways, back to Light bashing the Bush administration and all
> Republicans.. Carry on.
Tell you what dearest; offer some facts in rebuttal to all the accusations levelled against the government, rather than your "well I think the government did everything right!" statements, and I'll respond to 'em. I may be bashing 'em, but I'm offering reasons and facts. You're offering hysteria and stupidity.
Until then, by all means use your utterly unsupported opinion to squeal for attention like the self-regarding, hypocritical piece of mouldy cocksnot you are.
Your Honour wrote:
> Blimey Light are you going soft? I expected a much more angry tone in
> your reply, but I just wasn't feeling it.... :-)
Ye, such passion..such conviction for the American government. Although Bush does have the power to veto whatever comes from Congress, the President is not King. In this circumstance and at this time with Katrina, I highly doubt he'll deny anything that comes through to help those states in their recovery efforts.
America does have the internal capacity to heal in this devastation, especially with it's citizen's and corporations rallying together and sending in substantial aide and donations beyond anything I've seen in my life. It's quite touching to see this.
Anyways, back to Light bashing the Bush administration and all Republicans.. Carry on.
> Blimey Light are you going soft? I expected a much more angry tone in
> your reply, but I just wasn't feeling it.... :-)
Ye, such passion..such conviction for the American government. Although Bush does have the power to veto whatever comes from Congress, the President is not King. In this circumstance and at this time with Katrina, I highly doubt he'll deny anything that comes through to help those states in their recovery efforts.
America does have the internal capacity to heal in this devastation, especially with it's citizen's and corporations rallying together and sending in substantial aide and donations beyond anything I've seen in my life. It's quite touching to see this.
Anyways, back to Light bashing the Bush administration and all Republicans.. Carry on.
Hmmm ... I think we need to hire in some more idiots for Light to get stuck into. I miss my weekly entertainment :" (
Ant and ssxpro and the like are just too sensible behind it all for a proper fight, methinks.
Ant and ssxpro and the like are just too sensible behind it all for a proper fight, methinks.
Your Honour wrote:
> Blimey Light are you going soft? I expected a much more angry tone in
> your reply, but I just wasn't feeling it.... :-)
I too was expecting him to rip ssx 'a new one'.
> Blimey Light are you going soft? I expected a much more angry tone in
> your reply, but I just wasn't feeling it.... :-)
I too was expecting him to rip ssx 'a new one'.
Hedfix wrote:
> But Clinton raided pension money in-order to achieve some of it and
> in the future people will fully feel the effect of this.
Oh, I don't doubt you. But he inherited an enormous trade deficit off of Daddy Dubya and the fabulous Ronnie. He had to do something to address it. I don't much like what he did either, but the bottom line is that it benefitted the majority, rather than the top 5%.
> But Clinton raided pension money in-order to achieve some of it and
> in the future people will fully feel the effect of this.
Oh, I don't doubt you. But he inherited an enormous trade deficit off of Daddy Dubya and the fabulous Ronnie. He had to do something to address it. I don't much like what he did either, but the bottom line is that it benefitted the majority, rather than the top 5%.
Light wrote:
> Can anyone actually refute what he's saying, or are all the
> criticisms based solely around "I don't like the way you say
> this"?
Of course I don't disagree with what he's saying, but he doesn't do a very good job of making his point.
> Can anyone actually refute what he's saying, or are all the
> criticisms based solely around "I don't like the way you say
> this"?
Of course I don't disagree with what he's saying, but he doesn't do a very good job of making his point.
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