Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4 years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
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 *****?
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
www.MichaelMoore.com
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. Maybe you can catch up
with them before they get to DC on September 21st.
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02 Sep 2005 07:13:39 AM |
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John F Lemke wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4 years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
I think this talk of military helicopters is hyperbole. There are
probably hundreds of helicopters in the general vicinity including heavy
lifters that could be commandeered. It doesn't need helicopters from
Iraq. And even if did they could be flown back in 20 hours.
With that said, I think the evacuation and the relief effort has been a
total disaster. Partly because people were too stupid to evacuate when
they were told to, but partly because the plans were inadequate when
crunch time came.
I also think the disaster was extraordinarily convenient for Bush since
he was able to escape his ranch without meeting Sheehan as well as
deflecting attention away from Iraq. The problem he now faces is that he
may well be culpable for other reasons and if he is, you can bet people
won't keep it to themselves.
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| User: " John F Lemke" |
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02 Sep 2005 05:01:28 AM |
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"Cardinal Chunder" <cc@foo.no.spam.xyzabcfghllaa.com> wrote in message
news:df9flh02031@news3.newsguy.com...
John F Lemke wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4
years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
I think this talk of military helicopters is hyperbole. There are
probably hundreds of helicopters in the general vicinity including heavy
lifters that could be commandeered. It doesn't need helicopters from
Iraq. And even if did they could be flown back in 20 hours.
With that said, I think the evacuation and the relief effort has been a
total disaster. Partly because people were too stupid to evacuate when
they were told to, but partly because the plans were inadequate when
crunch time came.
I also think the disaster was extraordinarily convenient for Bush since
he was able to escape his ranch without meeting Sheehan as well as
deflecting attention away from Iraq. The problem he now faces is that he
may well be culpable for other reasons and if he is, you can bet people
won't keep it to themselves.
I think people should be thinking about what'll happen when there's a large
scale terror attack somewhere in America. That's been anticipated for the
last 4 years also.
If the helicopter issue is hyperbole then what about trucks to bring in
water, food, sanitation, shelter, etc? Why did a few buses get there first?
Where's the pre-planning for disasters? They knew this monster was coming
in ahead of time. They don't know where the next terror attack will be.
How well organized is our government, how well led are they? Where's a plan
that they can show the people they're supposed serve?
I do think there are very special people watching what's going on in the Big
Not So Easy. Watching very closely. There'll be a very involved study at
some point as to exactly what happens when a disaster decimates the social
order in large metropolitan America. I doubt that you or I would ever see
that study.
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: That Pesky Michael Moore |
02 Sep 2005 09:32:47 AM |
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John F Lemke wrote:
"Cardinal Chunder" <cc@foo.no.spam.xyzabcfghllaa.com> wrote in message
news:df9flh02031@news3.newsguy.com...
John F Lemke wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4
years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
I think this talk of military helicopters is hyperbole. There are
probably hundreds of helicopters in the general vicinity including heavy
lifters that could be commandeered. It doesn't need helicopters from
Iraq. And even if did they could be flown back in 20 hours.
With that said, I think the evacuation and the relief effort has been a
total disaster. Partly because people were too stupid to evacuate when
they were told to, but partly because the plans were inadequate when
crunch time came.
I also think the disaster was extraordinarily convenient for Bush since
he was able to escape his ranch without meeting Sheehan as well as
deflecting attention away from Iraq. The problem he now faces is that he
may well be culpable for other reasons and if he is, you can bet people
won't keep it to themselves.
I think people should be thinking about what'll happen when there's a large
scale terror attack somewhere in America. That's been anticipated for the
last 4 years also.
If the helicopter issue is hyperbole then what about trucks to bring in
water, food, sanitation, shelter, etc? Why did a few buses get there first?
Where's the pre-planning for disasters? They knew this monster was coming
in ahead of time. They don't know where the next terror attack will be.
How well organized is our government, how well led are they? Where's a plan
that they can show the people they're supposed serve?
I do think there are very special people watching what's going on in the Big
Not So Easy. Watching very closely. There'll be a very involved study at
some point as to exactly what happens when a disaster decimates the social
order in large metropolitan America. I doubt that you or I would ever see
that study.
By "special people", you mean terrorists planning their next strike
against the US based on how they see the gov't (fail to) help devastated
areas?
Woods
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| User: " John F Lemke" |
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| Title: Re: That Pesky Michael Moore |
02 Sep 2005 11:10:16 AM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:joZRe.25908$PM3.20271@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
John F Lemke wrote:
"Cardinal Chunder" <cc@foo.no.spam.xyzabcfghllaa.com> wrote in message
news:df9flh02031@news3.newsguy.com...
John F Lemke wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4
years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
I think this talk of military helicopters is hyperbole. There are
probably hundreds of helicopters in the general vicinity including heavy
lifters that could be commandeered. It doesn't need helicopters from
Iraq. And even if did they could be flown back in 20 hours.
With that said, I think the evacuation and the relief effort has been a
total disaster. Partly because people were too stupid to evacuate when
they were told to, but partly because the plans were inadequate when
crunch time came.
I also think the disaster was extraordinarily convenient for Bush since
he was able to escape his ranch without meeting Sheehan as well as
deflecting attention away from Iraq. The problem he now faces is that he
may well be culpable for other reasons and if he is, you can bet people
won't keep it to themselves.
I think people should be thinking about what'll happen when there's a
large
scale terror attack somewhere in America. That's been anticipated for
the
last 4 years also.
If the helicopter issue is hyperbole then what about trucks to bring in
water, food, sanitation, shelter, etc? Why did a few buses get there
first?
Where's the pre-planning for disasters? They knew this monster was
coming
in ahead of time. They don't know where the next terror attack will be.
How well organized is our government, how well led are they? Where's a
plan
that they can show the people they're supposed serve?
I do think there are very special people watching what's going on in the
Big
Not So Easy. Watching very closely. There'll be a very involved study
at
some point as to exactly what happens when a disaster decimates the
social
order in large metropolitan America. I doubt that you or I would ever
see
that study.
By "special people", you mean terrorists planning their next strike
against the US based on how they see the gov't (fail to) help devastated
areas?
Woods
I think that, from a terrorist's point of view, there's probably no better
time than now to hit us again.
I think there are people on both sides that want to see how the "useless
eaters" react.
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| User: "" |
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02 Sep 2005 03:01:34 PM |
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:01:28 -0000, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
"Cardinal Chunder" <cc@foo.no.spam.xyzabcfghllaa.com> wrote in message
news:df9flh02031@news3.newsguy.com...
John F Lemke wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4
years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
I think this talk of military helicopters is hyperbole. There are
probably hundreds of helicopters in the general vicinity including heavy
lifters that could be commandeered. It doesn't need helicopters from
Iraq. And even if did they could be flown back in 20 hours.
With that said, I think the evacuation and the relief effort has been a
total disaster. Partly because people were too stupid to evacuate when
they were told to, but partly because the plans were inadequate when
crunch time came.
I also think the disaster was extraordinarily convenient for Bush since
he was able to escape his ranch without meeting Sheehan as well as
deflecting attention away from Iraq. The problem he now faces is that he
may well be culpable for other reasons and if he is, you can bet people
won't keep it to themselves.
I think people should be thinking about what'll happen when there's a large
scale terror attack somewhere in America. That's been anticipated for the
last 4 years also.
If the helicopter issue is hyperbole then what about trucks to bring in
water, food, sanitation, shelter, etc? Why did a few buses get there first?
Where's the pre-planning for disasters? They knew this monster was coming
in ahead of time. They don't know where the next terror attack will be.
How well organized is our government, how well led are they? Where's a plan
that they can show the people they're supposed serve?
I do think there are very special people watching what's going on in the Big
Not So Easy. Watching very closely. There'll be a very involved study at
some point as to exactly what happens when a disaster decimates the social
order in large metropolitan America. I doubt that you or I would ever see
that study.
Just another event to help with the agenda.
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: That Pesky Michael Moore |
02 Sep 2005 08:38:45 AM |
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Cardinal Chunder wrote:
John F Lemke wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4
years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
I think this talk of military helicopters is hyperbole. There are
probably hundreds of helicopters in the general vicinity including heavy
lifters that could be commandeered. It doesn't need helicopters from
Iraq. And even if did they could be flown back in 20 hours.
Actually, they're having to call in National Guards from as far away as
the state of Washington, because they *don't* have enough helicopters in
the general vicinity. Also having to call in regular army, same reason.
With that said, I think the evacuation and the relief effort has been a
total disaster. Partly because people were too stupid to evacuate when
they were told to, but partly because the plans were inadequate when
crunch time came.
*Some* people were too stupid to leave, and for those I have absolutely
no sympathy. However, there is a huge number of people who wanted to
leave, but had no means of getting out. Apparently, they even shut down
the mass transit the day before the storm struck (assuming people could
afford to pay for that).
I also think the disaster was extraordinarily convenient for Bush since
he was able to escape his ranch without meeting Sheehan as well as
deflecting attention away from Iraq. The problem he now faces is that he
may well be culpable for other reasons and if he is, you can bet people
won't keep it to themselves.
Nope, not even the regional FEMA folks are keeping their mouths shut
about a lack of direction from above. Heck, the mayor of New Orleans is
getting so ticked off that CNN was bleeping him when he was screaming
about needing more than a lousy couple hundred school buses in there.
Woods
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: That Pesky Michael Moore |
02 Sep 2005 02:57:57 PM |
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 06:38:46 -0000, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
Ya wonder about all that extensive and expensive Howdy Doody Homeland
Security preparation that was supposed to be going on for the last 4 years.
Was anyone else expecting a competant response to a national disaster?
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 *****?
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
www.MichaelMoore.com
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. Maybe you can catch up
with them before they get to DC on September 21st.
Way to go Micheal. At least one patriotic American is starting to ask
questions.
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