"TL" wrote in message ...
"Denny" wrote:

Well TL, quite a diatribe... I do not disagree with the basic premise
of your argument about some people being blind to reality and basically
stupid... Which is exactly what shows in your twisting about at the end
to make this storm and your diatribe an excuse for a political attack
upon the president, complete with vulgar language...

In other words, "Oh, he said a bad word! Oh, he attacked the
president's policy! I'm shocked! I'm mortified!"

Go back to your choir loft, Denny boy. My comments stand correct as
stated, all four paragraphs. Sometimes the truth stings, huh? In
case you haven't noticed, this newsgroup is rife with political
commentary and vulgar language both on and off topic. Such is the
nature of USENET. I'll continue to post what I wish, when I wish, and
where I wish. To that end: Those who buy into the administration's
war in Iraq have their head firmly buried in the sand, and, yes, to me
they are ****ing idiots. Deal with it.



Mo http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/print.php

"Friday, September 2nd, 2005
Vacation is Over... an open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush

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 dike?

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

www.MichaelMoore.com

P.S. That annoying mother, Cindy Sheehan, is no longer at your ranch. She and dozens of other relatives of the Iraqi War
dead are now driving across the country, stopping in many cities along the way. Maybe you can catch up with them before
they get to DC on September 21st."