Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Did anyone read Michael Moore's December 8th letter to Mr. Bush? I'm going to print it for you here again followed by a recent email written by my Conservative Electronic Acquaintance. Here's Moore's letter:
December 8, 2003
Dear Mr. Bush,
Well, it's going on two weeks now since your surprise visit to one of the two countries you now run and, I have to say, I'm still warmed by the gesture. Man, take me along next time! I understand only 13 members of the media went with you -- and it turns out only ONE of them was an actual reporter for a newspaper. But you did take along FIVE photographers (hey, I get it, screw the words, it's all about the pictures!), a couple wire service guys, and a crew from the Fox News Channel (fair and balanced!).
Then, I read in the paper this weekend that that big turkey you were holding in Baghdad (you know, the picture that's supposed to replace the now-embarrassing footage of you on that aircraft carrier with the sign "Mission Accomplished") -- well, it turns out that big, beautiful turkey of yours was never eaten by the troops! It wasn't eaten by anyone! That's because it wasn't real! It was a STUNT turkey, brought in to look like a real edible turkey for all those great camera angles.
Now I know some people will say you are into props (like the one in the lower extremities of your flyboy suit), but hey, I get it, this is theater! So what if it was a bogus turkey? The whole trip was bogus, all staged to look like "news." The fake honey glaze on that bird wasn't much different from the fake honey glaze that covers this war. And the fake stuffing in the fake bird was just the right symbol for our country during these times. America loves fake honey glaze, it loves to be stuffed, and, dammit, YOU knew that -- that's what makes you so in touch with the people you lead!
It was also a good idea that you made the "press" on that trip to Baghdad pull the shades down on the plane. No one in the media entourage complained. They like the shades pulled and they like to be kept in the dark. It's more fun that way. And, when you made them take the batteries out of their cell phones so they wouldn't be able to call anyone, and they dutifully complied -- that was genius! I think if you had told them to put their hands on their heads and touch their noses with their tongues, they would have done that, too! That's how much they like you. You could have played "Simon Says" the whole way over there. It wouldn't have been that much different from "Karl Says," a game they LOVE to play every day with Mr. Rove.
Well, if you're planning any surprises for Christmas, don't forget to include me. When I heard last week that you wanted to send a man back to the moon, I thought, get the fake goose ready -- that's where ol' George is going for the holidays! I don't blame you, what with nearly 3 million jobs disappeared, and a $281 billion surplus disappeared, and the USA stuck in a war that will never end -- who wouldn't want to go to the moon! This time, take ALL the media with you! Embed them on the moon! They'll love it there! It looks just like Crawford! You can golf on the moon, too. You'll have so much fun up there, you might not want to come back. Better take Cheney with you, too. Pretend it's a medical experiment or something. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for every American who's sick and tired of all this crap."
Yours,
Michael Moore
Dear Anna Bloviations,
MM's usual falsehood's and half-truth's aside, I don't know how any dignified and decent person can find a disrespectful letter to the President about his visit to the troops during a time of war, or mocking a person with an heart disease, "funny." What do you do for your kick's on weekends? Visit the local Veteran's hospital to mock the amputees ("hey, leftie, have the greedy corporations sent you a thank you letter for giving them your right arm?! hah, hah, hah, blah, blah, blah) If you don't understand that this letter was way out of line, then you are out of touch with the values of a decent and respectful society.
The answer to all of your anti-US hatred is right in front of you. Any country that would let this obnoxious buffoon write lies about the Commander in Chief when putting his life in jeopardy and trying to boost the moral and emotions of the soldiers and their suffering families, then this has to be an incredibly decent and tolerant society...
Sincerely,
Mr. Conservative Electronic Aquintance
Dear Mr. Conservative Electronic Aquaintance,
The turkey was fake. There was ONE actual reporter accompanying Mr. Bush's entourage. This was reported extensively in reputable newspapers in London during my husband's recent stay there. Interestingly we've heard jack-squat about it here... So exactly what half-truths were you referring to again?
You have no definitive proof that Mr. Moore was mocking VP Cheney's heart condition. He simply said, "pretend its a medical experiment or something." That could mean anything e.g. neo-conservative brain experiments (which is frankly how I interpreted it).
What do I do for kicks on the weekends? I shovel snow. During the week I often times try to help veterans find housing. Because bottom line is that a tax cut means $29.99 more dollars to spend on a DVD player and $29.99 less to help a Veteran in need.
You say, "If you don't understand that this letter was way out of line, then you are out of touch with the values of a decent and respectful society." Well then I guess I'm out of touch with the 'values' of a 'decent and respectful society.' But may I first be so forward as to ask whose 'decent and respectful
society' are we talking about here? Mr. Moore's books and movies are incrediblly successful, so I would imagine that he must be speaking to SOMEBODY'S values. Second, you are not seriously trying to tell me that our selected president was ever in jeopardy...(can you not see the twenty F-16/whatever jet fighters and the four decoys trailing their contrails Richtung Iraq?). Third, when you say our Commander in Chief was 'trying to boost the moral and emotions of the soldiers and their suffering families.' My comment would be: WELL THAT'S THE LEAST HE COULD DO AFTER HAVING HOODWINKED THEM INTO GOING TO WAR AND RISKING THEIR LIVES UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
I have a nineteen-year-old son and a vivid imagination. If my son were over there in Iraq right now and the selected president arrived with five photographers and a fake-fucking-turkey, I would NOT be 'consoled' as a standing member of one of many suffering families. Especially that not one single WMD has been found.
Sincerely,
Anna Bloviations
December 8, 2003
Dear Mr. Bush,
Well, it's going on two weeks now since your surprise visit to one of the two countries you now run and, I have to say, I'm still warmed by the gesture. Man, take me along next time! I understand only 13 members of the media went with you -- and it turns out only ONE of them was an actual reporter for a newspaper. But you did take along FIVE photographers (hey, I get it, screw the words, it's all about the pictures!), a couple wire service guys, and a crew from the Fox News Channel (fair and balanced!).
Then, I read in the paper this weekend that that big turkey you were holding in Baghdad (you know, the picture that's supposed to replace the now-embarrassing footage of you on that aircraft carrier with the sign "Mission Accomplished") -- well, it turns out that big, beautiful turkey of yours was never eaten by the troops! It wasn't eaten by anyone! That's because it wasn't real! It was a STUNT turkey, brought in to look like a real edible turkey for all those great camera angles.
Now I know some people will say you are into props (like the one in the lower extremities of your flyboy suit), but hey, I get it, this is theater! So what if it was a bogus turkey? The whole trip was bogus, all staged to look like "news." The fake honey glaze on that bird wasn't much different from the fake honey glaze that covers this war. And the fake stuffing in the fake bird was just the right symbol for our country during these times. America loves fake honey glaze, it loves to be stuffed, and, dammit, YOU knew that -- that's what makes you so in touch with the people you lead!
It was also a good idea that you made the "press" on that trip to Baghdad pull the shades down on the plane. No one in the media entourage complained. They like the shades pulled and they like to be kept in the dark. It's more fun that way. And, when you made them take the batteries out of their cell phones so they wouldn't be able to call anyone, and they dutifully complied -- that was genius! I think if you had told them to put their hands on their heads and touch their noses with their tongues, they would have done that, too! That's how much they like you. You could have played "Simon Says" the whole way over there. It wouldn't have been that much different from "Karl Says," a game they LOVE to play every day with Mr. Rove.
Well, if you're planning any surprises for Christmas, don't forget to include me. When I heard last week that you wanted to send a man back to the moon, I thought, get the fake goose ready -- that's where ol' George is going for the holidays! I don't blame you, what with nearly 3 million jobs disappeared, and a $281 billion surplus disappeared, and the USA stuck in a war that will never end -- who wouldn't want to go to the moon! This time, take ALL the media with you! Embed them on the moon! They'll love it there! It looks just like Crawford! You can golf on the moon, too. You'll have so much fun up there, you might not want to come back. Better take Cheney with you, too. Pretend it's a medical experiment or something. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for every American who's sick and tired of all this crap."
Yours,
Michael Moore
Dear Anna Bloviations,
MM's usual falsehood's and half-truth's aside, I don't know how any dignified and decent person can find a disrespectful letter to the President about his visit to the troops during a time of war, or mocking a person with an heart disease, "funny." What do you do for your kick's on weekends? Visit the local Veteran's hospital to mock the amputees ("hey, leftie, have the greedy corporations sent you a thank you letter for giving them your right arm?! hah, hah, hah, blah, blah, blah) If you don't understand that this letter was way out of line, then you are out of touch with the values of a decent and respectful society.
The answer to all of your anti-US hatred is right in front of you. Any country that would let this obnoxious buffoon write lies about the Commander in Chief when putting his life in jeopardy and trying to boost the moral and emotions of the soldiers and their suffering families, then this has to be an incredibly decent and tolerant society...
Sincerely,
Mr. Conservative Electronic Aquintance
Dear Mr. Conservative Electronic Aquaintance,
The turkey was fake. There was ONE actual reporter accompanying Mr. Bush's entourage. This was reported extensively in reputable newspapers in London during my husband's recent stay there. Interestingly we've heard jack-squat about it here... So exactly what half-truths were you referring to again?
You have no definitive proof that Mr. Moore was mocking VP Cheney's heart condition. He simply said, "pretend its a medical experiment or something." That could mean anything e.g. neo-conservative brain experiments (which is frankly how I interpreted it).
What do I do for kicks on the weekends? I shovel snow. During the week I often times try to help veterans find housing. Because bottom line is that a tax cut means $29.99 more dollars to spend on a DVD player and $29.99 less to help a Veteran in need.
You say, "If you don't understand that this letter was way out of line, then you are out of touch with the values of a decent and respectful society." Well then I guess I'm out of touch with the 'values' of a 'decent and respectful society.' But may I first be so forward as to ask whose 'decent and respectful
society' are we talking about here? Mr. Moore's books and movies are incrediblly successful, so I would imagine that he must be speaking to SOMEBODY'S values. Second, you are not seriously trying to tell me that our selected president was ever in jeopardy...(can you not see the twenty F-16/whatever jet fighters and the four decoys trailing their contrails Richtung Iraq?). Third, when you say our Commander in Chief was 'trying to boost the moral and emotions of the soldiers and their suffering families.' My comment would be: WELL THAT'S THE LEAST HE COULD DO AFTER HAVING HOODWINKED THEM INTO GOING TO WAR AND RISKING THEIR LIVES UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
I have a nineteen-year-old son and a vivid imagination. If my son were over there in Iraq right now and the selected president arrived with five photographers and a fake-fucking-turkey, I would NOT be 'consoled' as a standing member of one of many suffering families. Especially that not one single WMD has been found.
Sincerely,
Anna Bloviations
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