"So?" ... A Note from Michael Moore

forester814 · 03-25-2008, 09:45 PM

Love him or hate him and his movies, regardless of which color state you prefer, the man makes some good points in this note.

He encapsulates the frustrations many of us feel with the war and our government.

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

Friends,

It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?

4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.

And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, "two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting." Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: "So?"

"So?" As in, "So what?" As in, "F*** you. I could care less."

I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around.
Think Progress Blog Archive Cheney On Two-Thirds Of The American Public Opposing The Iraq War: ‘So?’
Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.

The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?

Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.

The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.

I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.

But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me?

God bless all of you in this Easter Week as we begin the 6th year of Bush's War.

God help America. Please.

Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com

Katczinsky · 03-25-2008, 10:51 PM

Good points indeed.

Has anyone seen the Frontline production "Bush's War"? The second part of it just aired tonight. I thought it was good, even for Frontline's standards. I thought it was one of the best documentary productions on the war to date.

jaaaman · 03-26-2008, 06:44 AM

The man is a fraud and a sorry excuse for an American. His hometown of Flint, Michigan despices him. He is a sorry, pathetic, hollywood, pinko commie looking to make a buck or two with his pseudo-documentaries.

highway80west · 03-26-2008, 10:33 AM

I don't have any use for Michael Moore, but somehow I like to see him investigate how those 4,000 deaths could have been prevented. I like to see him investigate if the present administration knew there would be insurgency.

We didn't have that in the first gulf war in 1991. I thought that if there would have been just a few deaths, like up to 15 or 25, maybe it is one thing. But when you have 4,000 of them, that tells you that the war has been mismanaged so bad, that was it the right idea to go in there? I know that Bush would say that one death is too many.

Some parents, like Cindy Sheehan, must be so very bitter over the way the present administration has handled the war. A war of the US vs. the terrorists in Iraq.

60 minutes reported earlier that Saddam had no use for Osama Bin-Laden and his murderous Al Qaeda organization. If Hussein was alive and still in charge of his country, Al Qaeda might have been unwelcomed in Iraq.

knot_e_lady · 03-26-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jaaaman

His hometown of Flint, Michigan despices him.

You're from Texas, so I understand your lack of IQ.

Most of the citizens from Flint consider him a hero.

Since I live in Michigan, I think I ought to know a little better then you.

highway80west · 03-26-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady

You're from Texas, so I understand your lack of IQ.

Most of the citizens from Flint consider him a hero.

Since I live in Michigan, I think I ought to know a little better then you.

Knotty, you are one of the smartest ladies I have known.

knot_e_lady · 03-26-2008, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by highway80west

Knotty, you are one of the smartest ladies I have known.

LOL thanks....

I just love how some Bushie from Texas seems to know the minds of poor, mostly African American citizens, that live 2000 miles away from him.

mikelew007 · 03-26-2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady

Most of the citizens from Flint consider him a hero.

Since I live in Michigan, I think I ought to know a little better then you.

-Points to location- Mmm-hmmm

Right on Knotty!

highway80west · 03-26-2008, 12:08 PM

Speaking of smart people, did you see where the Chinese criticized House speaker Nancy Pelosi and her trip to India, where she criticized China over Tibet, and when she visited the Dalai Lama. I laughed over China's criticism. I think what Pelosi did was right, from my point of view.

No wonder California has smart people, too. Although in L.A., I have to make an exception for one person there.

garysher · 03-26-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by highway80west

Knotty, you are one of the smartest ladies I have known.

Willie you are such a crawler!