Support
Looper's Delight
|
Support |
|
|
I suppose cynicism is only "okay" when it's not aimed at your favorite folks. Alas. > Too bad. I have to listen to the right-wing crap of "it's ilk" night and > day. I don't mind listening to Michael Moore one bit. Typical right-wing > reaction, though. Their crap is spouted continously, but when an opposing > opinion is stated, they cry, "oh, we don't want to hear this political > stuff". Reminds me of the Nazi party's tactics. Faschist-like. "If you're > not for us, you're against us", etc. > > Also, they're are many musicians who are using their art to voice their > concerns and opinions. Yeah, I know, "only looper's topics on the board".... > > Regards, Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich R." <idropetod@yahoo.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 9:26 AM > Subject: Re: today, the moment of truth > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >