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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CLEEN 50: [QB] Though this was interesting. Please dont flame. It is just food for thought. > 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 > MMFlint@aol.com > [URL=http://www.MichaelMoore.com]www.MichaelMoore.com[/URL] > > P.S. That annoying mother, Cindy Sheehan, is no > longer at your ranch. She and dozens of other > relatives of the Iraqi War dead are now driving > across the country, stopping in many cities along > the way ( http://bringthemhomenowtour.org/ ). Maybe > you can catch up with them before they get to DC on > September 21st. > [/QB][/QUOTE]
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