Michael Moore Letter to Those Who Voted for George W. Bush

Maybe I should spell out Michael Moore. Besides I was being nice to the guy.

Horse shows !!!!!!! I can't beleive the right wing won't get together with the rest of the country on this one so we can make some progress on improving the government. I don't even think their loyalty is to the country as a whole anymore. They defend Bush at the cost of anything. They suck.

10/4/05

Friends,

My staff has been down in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast for nearly a month now setting up and running our own relief effort with Veterans for Peace. The overwhelming response from so many of you has directly affected the lives of thousands of people. Here's what we've been able to do with your help:

** Over 500 tons of food, water, clothing, medical supplies, baby products, feminine hygiene products, cleaning supplies, power tools, and a boat and trailer for reaching those still flooded by water have been distributed directly to those in need

** Over 10,000 aid packages have been sent by you via UPS and FedEx to our camp and distributed

** Over two million dollars in donations, food, water, and supplies have been sent and distributed

** Tractor trailers, dozens of 20 foot trucks, six school buses, and other vehicles arrived loaded with supplies. Most stayed on to help distribute donations

** Over 200 chainsaws, 100 generators and 2,000 gallons of bleach have been distributed

** Over 100 people were walked through the FEMA application process

** Doctors, Physician's Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, LPNs, Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians, and Social Workers have volunteered from across the country and joined forces to create several mobile medical units providing prescription medication, first aid supplies, diabetic testing equipment, insulin and tetanus shots for those digging through the rubble of their homes

** 14 people were reunited with their families

But beyond all these statistics are the personal testimonies of what my staff has witnessed. Electricity was provided to a family whose young son suffers from Cystic Fibrosis, allowing him to continue his treatment until electricity in his neighborhood was restored. A 60 year old woman on a respirator was found, still in her home despite a gaping hole in the roof. We patched the roof and gave her food and water. Supplies were delivered to the Houma Indians, who had received no help (not even a visit) from the Red Cross or FEMA. A roof was put on their Cultural Center in Golden Meadows and a generator was provided to keep a years supply of seafood from spoiling in the sun. A man in Lefitte was found sitting on his porch, the house surrounded by four feet of water. A canoe-load of supplies was paddled to his doorstep by two of our volunteers. New Orleans evacuees joined our efforts. They served as our guides, leading us through now decimated communities and taking us to the areas of g

You can read more of these in the diaries on my website.

The harsh truth that I must report to you is that the federal government and Red Cross relief efforts are still a disorganized, embarrassing mess with little or no help reaching most people -- this more than a month after Katrina. It is the freelance guerilla efforts like ours that are getting through. We aren't waiting for approval and we aren't stopping. We will make sure Bush and Co. pay for their failure later, but right now hundreds of thousands are homeless, hungry and in need of medical attention. And the rest of us have a responsibility to help them.

We have joined forces with Saving Our Selves Katrina (S.O.S.), an organization that began as a temporary coalition of pre-existing community organizations. They are doing amazing work with volunteers and believe that concrete aid from community church-based organizations must fill the gaps when the government fails us. They have become, with your help, a bright light offering immediate relief to the families who have lost everything. Find out what SOS and other similar relief groups need, right now, from you.

Thanks again, everyone, for lending a hand. We won't give up and we know you won't either.

I know lightwizard but the guy is fat.

Yes he certainly is. So was Winston Churchill. So is James Levine, the director of the Metropolitan Orchestra of NY. So is Pavarotti. Doesn't make any fat person any less of an artist, social advocate or whatever. Like to see him loose weight just to piss off those who use it because they don't like what he represents, again, not that I always agree with everything he says nor his methods. His facts are usually 90% on target and the 10% questionable is attacked when because it appears to be tainted by opinion. As if everyone on the right states the facts without coloring them with their own opinion.

I should learn to use some kind of sign to signal I am sarcastic or give up the effort.

Sorry, revel, I knew you were being sarcastic -- I was just eleborating on the mentality of the ad hominem attackers. They come up with the same tired platitudes about Moore and when that doesn't work, they toss barbs out about his weight.

Oh, now I am little embarrassed. We'll just drop it.

Anyway, I know what you mean and I agree. I get regular newsletters from the Micheal Moore website and I saw that yesterday but figured the response in posting...

It is impressive the efforts he is making down there.

Are you referring to his attempt at weight loss?

I'm sure a movie will come out of all this.

Probably a very good one.

You'll all (or mostly all) like this... a direct quote from the email of an avowed Republican who did vote for Bush:



Ahhh...

You just can't help yourself can ya? But no, I am referring to the following:

If you want to put forth all this nonsense about Bush, feel free, but you're naive if you expect us to believe it. Your arguments are false, and it is easy to show how and where, although responding becomes tiresome after awhile.

I think the show is on the other foot in this case -- you became tiresome about Bush two years ago.

Well, I probably could ....

Yeah, "Bush lied," "we went into Iraq under false pretenses," "Bush doesn't care about the little guy," is so refreshingly new.

The fact that nearly 900 of them were floating face down in the water in New Orleans makes one wonder.

Sure, I guess it couldn't have been a hurricane.

No, it was the levy construction program that was squashed by Mr. Bush.

Give it up, LW. You know that Bush can walk on water and heal the sick and the lame. Besides, the hurricane was all Clinton's fault anyway. If it wasn't for that BJ in the Oval Office, Katrina never would have come ashore.