Michael Moore's Brief an Bush...

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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 painted 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 we'll all get to have a good hardy-har-har while we watch the economy sink even further down the toilet!

But, hey, who knows -- maybe you'll find Osama a few days before the election! See, start thinking like THAT! Keep hope alive! Kill Iraqis -- they got our oil!!

Yours,

Michael Moore
www.michaelmoore.com

[pal_o_matic]

Ein Kollege hat mir den Brief gerade gezeigt. Ist der klasse. (Der Brief, nicht der Kollege). Allerdings habe ich die Befürchtung, dass einerseits George den gar nicht erst zu lesen kriegen wird und andererseits wenn doch er ihn nicht verstehen würde. Allein was er an Orthographie als rhetorische Mittel einsetzt.

Hier noch der kleine Ohrwurm für zwischendurch (mag sein, dass den wer anders schonmal gepostet hat ...)

To be sung to the tune of 'When you're happy and you know it, clap your
hands':
(oder "Von den blauen Bergen ...")

If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are frisky, Pakistan is looking shifty, North Korea
is too risky, bomb Iraq.

If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think someone has dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections, let's look tough for the elections,
close your mind and take directions, bomb Iraq.

It's "pre-emptive non-aggression", bomb Iraq.
Let's prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see, and that's good enough for me, 'cos
it's all the proof I need to bomb Iraq.

If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad, with the weapons that he had, and he
tried to kill your dad, then bomb Iraq.

If your corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy, and hiding that ain't easy, and your
manhood's getting queasy, bomb Iraq.

Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq.
Disagree? We'll call it treason, let's make war not love this season,
even if we have no reason, bomb Iraq.

[Faust]

Michael Moore ist ein relativ dumpfer Autor, der durch solche "moralisch sauberen" Aktionen die Auflage seiner Bücher erhöhen will. Das kann ich nur verachten.

' verachten ' ist ein zu hartes wort für diese Meinungäuserung
,würde ich sagen.

Ich finds gut das mal einer deutlich macht wie wenige Leute ,vorallem Amis eigentlich hinter Bush Politik ,nicht zuletzt dank seiner Wirtschaftspolitik stehen.
Das erinnert uns daran ,das man deren Administration (man beachte die Wahlbeteiligung dort ) nicht mit dem amerikanischen Volk gleichsetzen darf und jetzt nicht anfangen sollte Amerikaner zu hassen.

Original geschrieben von Faust
Michael Moore ist ein relativ dumpfer Autor, der durch solche "moralisch sauberen" Aktionen die Auflage seiner Bücher erhöhen will. Das kann ich nur verachten.

könntest du dich vielleicht ma erklären??!? wo bitte sschön is m. moore denn "dumpf"? son müll!! hast du mal bowling for columbine oder roger and me gesehen?? moore geht auf die einzige art und weise gegen diese kranke regierung und ihre ableger vor, die es gibt!! das is nich dumpf sondern dringend nötig und nebenbei auch noch ziemlich genial!!!