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Most of you know how I feel about the Iraq issue, and the "ascended" president Bush. I've become quite the nag when it comes to encouraging everyone I know to get in touch and stay in touch with your elected representatives to let them know how you feel.
Currently, I contact my senators and congressman about three times every week by email, fax and phone. I'm not bragging. I just want to point out that there's no reason not to contact them frequently, even three times a week or every day, and when you do, always mention that you're a constituent.
I know the letter attached below is a bit long, but it was written by Michael Moore, one of my heroes. If you've read "Stupid White Men," you might have an idea why. Please do read it all (it's not THAT long) and please do sign the online petition.
And finally, if you live in a district where your representatives do not represent
your views, please don't fail to write and call them anyway. Just say, "I
am one of your constituents, and here is how I feel about a US War on Iraq..."
They are all tallying the input of the voters. All of them.
Thanks,
Paul
Subject: "YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU ARE FIRED!"
October 1, 2002
"YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU ARE FIRED!"
Dear Friends,
I was going to write you a letter about what a pathetic liar George W, Bush is -- but then I figured, hey, why waste your time telling you something you already know!
You already know that his planned invasion of Iraq is a ruse meant to distract the public from the real issues, those issues being the following:
1. The number of people unemployed since he "took" office has risen by 35%. 2. We had a federal SURPLUS of $281 billion when he was inaugurated; today we have a DEFICIT of $157 billion. 3. TWO MILLION jobs have been eliminated since Bush began his occupation of the Oval Office. 4. The stock market is down 34% since January of 2001. 5. Another 1.4 million people now have NO health insurance, making it a total of over 41 million Americans who can't afford to get sick. 6. Only 13 corporate crooks out of HUNDREDS have been indicted, and none of them have been the close personal friends of Mr. Bush.
THOSE are the real issues facing us, not some phony excuse for a war.
But, like I said, you already know that. You know that Bush is lying through his smirk when he says Iraq has "weapons of mass destruction." He has not offered one shred of evidence to prove this. Not one! You know he is lying when he says that there is a "connection" between Saddam and bin Laden. Even members of his own administration have admitted that is not true. It's just one lie after another, and I applaud those three congressmen who went to Iraq this week and told it like it is ‹ and demanded that the sanctions which have already killed a half-million Iraqi children be ended. Sen. Trent Lott said "they should come home and keep their mouths shut." I say, we need more damn Democrats with that kind of courage and with mouths like that!
Which brings me to the real point of this letter. The Democrats.
I have never seen a more lame bunch of cowards and appeasers in my life. They are ready to bow down before Bush and give him what he wants to wage war against Iraq. This pathetic excuse of a party is an embarrassment to us all. The fact that they let Robert Torricelli run for re-election in New Jersey, knowing how dirty he was, shows just how capable they are of handing the Senate over to Bush and the Republicans come November. They have blown it over and over again, and lots of good people I know who keep putting their faith in the Democrats are just giving up -- and that is the worst thing to happen in a free society.
What are we going to do? Left to their own devices, the Democrats will not only hand both the House and the Senate to the Republicans in November, they will guarantee that Bush gets his second undeserved term in 2004. We must not let that happen. This year's election was theirs for the taking. Just look at the state of the union Bush gave us: Bush cronies caught stealing from the corporate till, Bush and Cheney caught breaking the law in the '90s, the economy in the toilet, and Bush failing to do the only real job he had to do since 9/11: Get bin Laden! What a disgrace! Yet the Democrats could not even find enough candidates to offer a REAL challenge to the Republicans in nearly 200 House districts for the November 5th elections. What an appalling excuse of a party.
OK, I know, there is not much we can do about this now. But we all need to get busy and ensure that this whole rotten system is rocked by the disgruntled millions come election day 2004. Otherwise, we have no right to complain.
In the meantime, we must stop the
Bush attack on Iraq. We must find out now, as W says, "who is wid us and
who is agin us." I am asking each of you to please sign the petition I
have posted here
(http://www.michaelmoore.com/petitions/peacepledge/index.php) and on my website
(www.michaelmoore.com) informing the Democrats that whoever amongst them votes
for this war, we pledge NEVER to vote for them again. I will personally see
that your on-line signatures are delivered to every member of Congress. I guarantee
your voice will be heard loud and clear.
Go to http://www.michaelmoore.com/petitions/peacepledge/index.php and sign the petition to the Democrats: "You're Either With Us Or You're Fired." Then let's figure out together what we can do to turn things around by 2004.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. We have no other choice.
Yours,
Michael Moore
P.S. The wonderful, heartfelt letters sent to me regarding my mom's passing continue to fill my mailbox from so many of you. Thank you very much -- you don't know what it has meant to me. I am sorry I have not been able to be very active or public in the past couple of months, so please accept my apologies and my thanks for your understanding. Next week, I have to get back to work -- it is time for my film to bust its way into theaters across America. I will tell you all about it next Monday...
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Mr Biz responds:
Marilyn
for you and Michael Moore
Duh?
Iraq is a scam. Iran and the Saudis are a bigger threat. But in case no one noticed today is 1935 and you are in Nazi Germany.
Hello?
America was attacked.
More than 3,000 people were killed as they got their coffee, answered the phone,
and took a plane trip to see the grandkids. Iraq is a convenient fall guy, but
it just so happens that he as already used chemical weapons. this strategy is
not my first choice to defend the country or to retaliate. But it's not far
off. Unemployment was rising before Bush took office and gas was $2.50 a gallon
under Clinton. Michael Moore is a good union man. He ought to run for office
and put that sad, old, self-righteous Ralph Nader to bed.
mark scheinbaum