In a first world country, the images that come to mind: a. All blacks. 99.5% of them. The ones that got left behind. The ones that rioted. The ones that crammed up in the Superdome (?)
b. The rest - elderly white patients on death bed. They couldn't move anyway. 10,000 seem to have died. Almost all black - I would hazard a guess. I wonder where the "democratic" institutions are! --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Michael Moore to the Disaster President 2 Sept05 > (http://alternet.org/story/24971/) > > > > The controversial filmmaker pens an open letter to > President Bush, > criticizing him on his neglectful treatment of the > Katrina tragedy. > > > > 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 > > 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. > > Michael Moore is an Academy award-winning filmmaker > and author of > "Dude, Where's My Country". > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
