I found this one funny so I thought I might as well post it here

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A Letter to George W. Bush on the Eve of War By Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com March 17, 2003 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

Last edited by Johan (DJ Irish) on Mar-18-2003 at 15:26

Haha, yeah, good read, thanx for the article.

It would be a good article except for the fact that this guy's information is innaccurate. He should have checked the latest Gallup polls for his data:

Overall, 66% of Americans approve of Bush's decision to go to war unless Saddam Hussein leaves Iraq within 48 hours, while 30% disapprove.

By a similar margin, 68% to 28%, Americans also say that the United States has done all it can do to solve the crisis with Iraq diplomatically.

A quick reaction poll by CNN/USA Today and Gallup finds more than 2-to-1 support for that ultimatum.

i really hope that Pres. Bush didn't waste his time reading this fat fucks letter.


>JM<

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Originally posted by JM i really hope that Pres. Bush didn't waste his time reading this fat fucks letter. >JM<

here here!

I loved it... good to see there are intelligent American Citizens who see how disgusting Bush is. Michael Moore should be presidnet... he really knows his shit and isnt a corporate puppet like Bush 2 is.

Those stupid polls are innaccurate... statistics have so many implications to them that make them, with respect to NATIONAL results, really unreliable.

I know many many americans who are very opposed to this war. IF there were 65% for this war... why werent there larger pro-war Protests??????

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Originally posted by Cyrus King I loved it... good to see there are intelligent American Citizens who see how disgusting Bush is. Michael Moore should be presidnet... he really knows his shit and isnt a corporate puppet like Bush 2 is. Those stupid polls are innaccurate... statistics have so many implications to them that make them, with respect to NATIONAL results, really unreliable. I know many many americans who are very opposed to this war. IF there were 65% for this war... why werent there larger pro-war Protests??????

Well I'm sure those polls are more accurate than this guys research ... where'd he pull his data from? The funny papers? And gallup is a respected statistical research organization. Please provide some evidence to back up your claims that their findings are faulty and unreliable. Did you even examine the statistical methods they used to calculate their results??? And the findings do reflect NATIONAL results since the sampling population was gathered NATIONALLY.

And why weren't there larger pro-war protests? Becuase there's not much to protest if you AGREE with the actions the president is taking. What are people gonna do? Protest the Protestors??? That's silly. How often do you see people protesting in FAVOR of something as opposed to when they're against?

Geez it's impossible to argue with you people! I present a valid contradictory find and you all just casually dismiss it without actually looking into the matter! So according to your line of reasoning, since polls are completely innaccurate then the polls in France and the rest of the world must be innaccurate too! So then maybe the ENTIRE WORLD is actually pro-war! You can't choose to believe in something when it supports your cause and then debunk it when it goes against.

Last edited by occrider on Mar-19-2003 at 19:43

i'm a big fan of micheal moore, he's definatly a very smart man, but his letter seems a little too emotional.
i agree with occrider
most of america is unfortunatly in support of a war.

he should have spent more time on logical arguements against the war, which i'm sure he could come up with instead of t rying to insult our fuckwit president.

Michael Moore

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