Michael Moore: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars ("bodies everywhere")

[Barrett808]

...My staff and the vets spend their 18-hour days delivering food and water throughout the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. What they have seen is appalling. I have asked them to post their daily diaries on my website (www.michaelmoore.com) along with accompanying photos and video so you can learn what is really going on. What the media is showing you is NOT the whole story. It is much, much worse and there is still little being done to bring help to those who need it.

Our group has visited many outlying towns and villages in Mississippi and Louisiana, places the Red Cross and FEMA haven't visited in over a week. Often our volunteers are the first relief any of these people have seen. They have no food, water or electricity. People die every day. There are no TV cameras recording this. They have started to report the spin and PR put out by the White House, the happy news that often isn't true ("Everyone gets 2,000 dollars!").

The truth is that there are dead bodies everywhere and no one is picking them up. My crew reports that in most areas there is no FEMA presence, and very little Red Cross. It's been over two weeks since the hurricane and there is simply not much being done. At this point, would you call this situation incompetence or a purposeful refusal to get real help down there?

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[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. It's just another example of a fantastic level of

presidenting.... presidentializing.... presedidual......... nevermind.

[Downtown Hound]

2. I think Michael Moore should make his next movie about Katrina

like he said he might do. A few shots of those kinds of images would wake much of the dumb ass public that still supports Bush up.

[TankLV]

3. Gotta love the guy - before he raised his voice against this criminal gang

controlling our government, NOBODY did.

He was the first. Before Dean, before ANYBODY.

God bless this great man.

[Skittles]

4. I'll give the Black Caucus initial credit for sounding the alarm

but Mr. Mooore would be second. :)

[texpatriot2004]

5. I love the CBC they are truly "the conscience of Congress" and

leaders.

[Skittles]

6. I am hoping history will give them the credit they deserve

I really am

[WhiteTara]

7. but don't forget Al Franken

it will be great to call him Senator