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Please, let's not lower the list's intellectual level by posting OT stuff of this ilk, especially from Michael Moore. --- Louie Angulo <laab2000us@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well fellow loopers god keep us looping in happiness > for the days to come... > > > Monday, March 17, 2003 > A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the > Eve of War > > George W. Bush > 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. > Washington, DC > > Dear Governor Bush: > > So today is what you call "the moment of truth," the > day that "France > and > the rest of world have to show their cards on the > table." I'm glad to > hear > that this day has finally arrived. Because, I gotta > tell ya, having > survived > 440 days of your lying and conniving, I wasn't sure > if > I could take > much > more. So I'm glad to hear that today is Truth Day, > 'cause I got a few > truths > I would like to share with you: > > 1. There is virtually NO ONE in America (talk radio > nutters and Fox > News > aside) who is gung-ho to go to war. Trust me on this > one. Walk out of > the > White House and on to any street in America and try > to > find five people > who > are PASSIONATE about wanting to kill Iraqis. YOU > WON'T > FIND THEM! Why? > 'Cause NO Iraqis have ever come here and killed any > of > us! No Iraqi has > even > threatened to do that. You see, this is how we > average > Americans think: > If a > certain so-and-so is not perceived as a threat to > our > lives, then, > believe > it or not, we don't want to kill him! Funny how that > works! > > 2. The majority of Americans -- the ones who never > elected you -- are > not > fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. We know > what the real > issues are > that affect our daily lives -- and none of them > begin > with I or end in > Q. > Here's what threatens us: two and a half million > jobs > lost since you > took > office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, > no one knowing if > their > retirement funds are going to be there, gas now > costs > almost two > dollars -- > the list goes on and on. Bombing Iraq will not make > any of this go > away. > Only you need to go away for things to improve. > > 3. As Bill Maher said last week, how bad do you > have > to suck to lose a > popularity contest with Saddam Hussein? The whole > world is against you, > Mr. > Bush. Count your fellow Americans among them. > > 4. The Pope has said this war is wrong, that it is a > SIN. The Pope! But > even > worse, the Dixie Chicks have now come out against > you! > How bad does it > have > to get before you realize that you are an army of > one > on this war? Of > course, this is a war you personally won't have to > fight. Just like > when you > went AWOL while the poor were shipped to Vietnam in > your place. > > 5. Of the 535 members of Congress, only ONE (Sen. > Johnson of South > Dakota) > has an enlisted son or daughter in the armed forces! > If you really want > to > stand up for America, please send your twin > daughters > over to Kuwait > right > now and let them don their chemical warfare suits. > And > let's see every > member of Congress with a child of military age also > sacrifice their > kids > for this war effort. What's that you say? You don't > THINK so? Well, > hey, > guess what -- we don't think so either! > > 6. Finally, we love France. Yes, they have pulled > some > royal screw-ups. > Yes, > some of them can be pretty damn annoying. But have > you > forgotten we > wouldn't > even have this country known as America if it > weren't > for the French? > That > it was their help in the Revolutionary War that won > it > for us? That our > greatest thinkers and founding fathers -- Thomas > Jefferson, Ben > Franklin, > etc. -- spent many years in Paris where they refined > the concepts that > lead > to our Declaration of Independence and our > Constitution? That it was > France > who gave us our Statue of Liberty, a Frenchman who > built the Chevrolet, > and > a pair of French brothers who invented the movies? > And > now they are > doing > what only a good friend can do -- tell you the truth > about yourself, > straight, no b.s. Quit pissing on the French and > thank > them for getting > it > right for once. You know, you really should have > traveled more (like > once) > before you took over. Your ignorance of the world > has > not only made you > look > stupid, it has p! > ainted you into a corner you can't get out of. > > Well, cheer up -- there IS good news. If you do go > through with this > war, > more than likely it will be over soon because I'm > guessing there aren't > a > lot of Iraqis willing to lay down their lives to > protect Saddam > Hussein. > After you "win" the war, you will enjoy a huge bump > in > the popularity > polls > as everyone loves a winner -- and who doesn't like > to > see a good > ass-whoopin' every now and then (especially when it > 's > some third world > ass!). So try your best to ride this victory all the > way to next year's > election. Of course, that's still a long ways away, > so > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com