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RECIEVED THIS FROM HIS MAILING LIST:

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

Salty

iTrader: (14)

Enough already!

Aside from some of these people thinking it was possible to ride-out this hurricane like many before, these people were also being led by an incompetent local and state officials that passed the buck numerous times. There was no evacuation SOP in place with a city that was destined for disaster. Bottom line. Gave true meaning to "the big easy." It was easy because nothing was ever done.

There is no racism, there is no conspiracy... you have the federal government being blamed because they suddenly have to take the tab on one of the most devastating natural disasters and logistical gaggle-****s this nation has seen in a long time. About all other cities ever had immediately following natural disasters was self-sustaining support at the LEO/FD level, and follow-up telethons from PBS and aid from the President weeks after the incident by declaring it a disaster area.

jvick125

iTrader: (2)

I cannot take this guy seriously after his movie and in how many differnt ways it was proved wrong and corrected and flawed. This man is just taking advantage of the weak minded left/non-Bush supporters.

Magish

iTrader: (2)

Well, I frogot how stupid those of us who are not Bush supporters are. I also frogot how I believe EVERYTHING Moore says! Psht, you've gotta be stupid if you don't support the dubya!

pbchief2

iTrader: (3)

That's right, take it to heart cause he must mean you. BTW like the frogot:rotfl:

Magish

iTrader: (2)

1. I didn't take it to heart. I just do not like it when people make false stereotypes.

2. Yes, I cant spell. Next question.

pbchief2

iTrader: (3)

1. Understandable.

2. I thought your spelling was intentional. ie. y'all, newcular.

jvick125

iTrader: (2)

I didn't mean to stereotype. I didn't mean the whole liberal/democratic parties. I'm talking to people that believe most everything they hear. Especially from someone like him that is just out to try to get some fame, money, and bash a man's ego. (<--- sounds like me with some kids at college)

Cyrus923

iTrader: (-2)

Wow I love how you brought his movie into view. Very off topic. He is right about this issue. Even the President has said things were unacceptable. If you don;t like the guy great, if you do great, but at least he has the ***** the speak his voice which is more then anyone of us has done.

jvick125

iTrader: (2)

You should read some more. There have been plenty of posts on here complaining about the President and Federal Gov't not responding fast enough. He just has celebrity power and a louder voice than the rest of us.

dub2w

I know... just like those idiots who believed the WH when they said Iraq had links to Al-Queda and housed WMDs. Gosh... idiots

jvick125

iTrader: (2)

We've had this discussion of WMDs in Iraq. You can go reread the threads and my posts. This is also way off topic from Moore's letter to Bush.