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Re: today, the moment of truth



I suppose cynicism is only "okay" when it's not aimed at your favorite
folks.  Alas.

> Too bad. I have to listen to the right-wing crap of "it's ilk" night and
> day. I don't mind listening to Michael Moore one bit. Typical right-wing
> reaction, though. Their crap is spouted continously, but when an opposing
> opinion is stated, they cry, "oh, we don't want to hear this political
> stuff". Reminds me of the Nazi party's tactics. Faschist-like. "If you're
> not for us, you're against us", etc.
>
> Also, they're are many musicians who are using their art to voice their
> concerns and opinions. Yeah, I know, "only looper's topics on the
board"....
>
> Regards, Paul
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich R." <idropetod@yahoo.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 9:26 AM
> Subject: Re: today, the moment of truth
>
>
> > Please, let's not lower the list's intellectual level
> > by posting OT stuff of this ilk, especially from
> > Michael Moore.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Louie Angulo <laab2000us@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Well fellow loopers god keep us looping in happiness
> > > for the days to come...
> > >
> > >
> > > Monday, March 17, 2003
> > > A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the
> > > Eve of War
> > >
> > > 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 p!
> > >  ainted 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
> > >
> > === message truncated ===
> >
> >
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