> >0,000 seem to have died. Almost all black - I would >hazard a guess. I wonder where the "democratic" >institutions are!
**** Must have gone to India to learn from :-). At 11:14 AM -0700 9/6/05, Rajib Das wrote: >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! 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