>RE: Michael Moore
>
>
>Heads Up
>April 14, 2004
>
>Friends,
>I have never seen a head so far up a Presidential ass (pardon
my Falluja)
>than the one I saw last night at the "news conference"
given by George W.
>Bush. He's still talking about finding "weapons of mass
destruction" -- this
>time on Saddam's "turkey farm." Turkey indeed.
Clearly the White House
>believes there are enough idiots in the 17 swing states who
will buy this. I
>think they are in for a rude awakening. I've been holed up
for weeks in the
>editing room finishing my film ("Fahrenheit 911").
That's why you haven't
>heard from me lately. But after last night's Lyndon Johnson
impersonation
>from the East Room -- essentially promising to send even more
troops into
>the Iraq sinkhole -- I had to write you all a note. First,
can we stop the
>Orwellian language and start using the proper names for
things? Those are
>not "contractors" in Iraq. They are not there to
fix a roof or to pour
>concrete in a driveway. They are MERCENARIES and SOLDIERS OF
FORTUNE. They
>are there for the money, and the money is very good if you
live long enough
>to spend it. Halliburton is not a "company" doing
business in Iraq. It is a
>WAR PROFITEER, bilking millions from the pockets of average
Americans. In
>past wars they would have been arrested -- or worse. The
Iraqis who have
>risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents"
or "terrorists" or "The
>Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and
their numbers will grow
>-- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush? You closed down a
friggin' weekly
>newspaper, you great giver of freedom and democracy! Then all
hell broke
>loose. The paper only had 10,000 readers! Why are you
smirking? One year
>after we wiped the face of the Saddam statue with our
American flag before
>yanking him down, it is now too dangerous for a single media
person to go to
>that square in Baghdad and file a report on the wonderful
one-year
>anniversary celebration. Of course, there is no celebration,
and those brave
>blow-dried "embeds" can't even leave the safety of
the fort in downtown
>Baghdad. They never actually SEE what is taking place across
Iraq (most of
>the pictures we see on TV are shot by Arab media and some
Europeans). When
>you watch a report "from Iraq" what you are getting
is the press release
>handed out by the U.S. occupation force and repeated to you
as "news." I
>currently have two cameramen/reporters doing work for me in
Iraq for my
>movie (unbeknownst to the Army). They are talking to soldiers
and gathering
>the true sentiment about what is really going on. They Fed Ex
the footage
>back to me each week. That's right, Fed Ex. Who said we
haven't brought
>freedom to Iraq! The funniest story my guys tell me is how
when they fly
>into Baghdad, they don't have to show a passport or go
through immigration.
>Why not? Because they have not traveled from a foreign
country -- they're
>coming from America TO America, a place that is ours, a new
American
>territory called Iraq. There is a lot of talk amongst Bush's
opponents that
>we should turn this war over to the United Nations. Why
should the other
>countries of this world, countries who tried to talk us out
of this folly,
>now have to clean up our mess? I oppose the U.N. or anyone
else risking the
>lives of their citizens to extract us from our debacle. I'm
sorry, but the
>majority of Americans supported this war once it began and,
sadly, that
>majority must now sacrifice their children until enough blood
has been let
>that maybe -- just maybe -- God and the Iraqi people will
forgive us in the
>end. Until then, enjoy the "pacification" of
Falluja, the "containment" of
>Sadr City, and the next Tet Offensive - oops, I mean,
"terrorist attack by a
>small group of Baathist loyalists" (Hahaha! I love
writing those words,
>Baathist loyalists, it makes me sound so Peter Jennings!) --
followed by a
>"news conference" where we will be told that we
must "stay the course"
>because we are "winning the hearts and minds of the
people." I'll write
>again soon. Don't despair. Remember, the American people are
not that
>stupid. Sure, we can be frightened into a war, but we always
come around
>sooner or later -- and the one way this is NOT like Vietnam
is that it
>hasn't taken the public four long years to figure out they
were lied to. Now
>if Bush would just quit speaking in public and giving me more
free material
>for my movie, I can get back to work and get it done. I've
got four weeks
>left 'til completion. Yours, Michael Moore
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>www.michaelmoore.com
>
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