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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:03 AM
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Michael Moore tells Bush, "Don't be a Weenie"
Dear Mr. President: Send Even MORE Troops (and you go, too!) ...from Michael Moore

1/10/07

Dear Mr. President,

Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.

Listen, can I be frank? Sending in 20,000 more troops just ain't gonna do the job. That will only bring the troop level back up to what it was last year. And we were losing the war last year! We've already had over a million troops serve some time in Iraq since 2003. Another few thousand is simply not enough to find those weapons of mass destruction! Er, I mean... bringing those responsible for 9/11 to justice! Um, scratch that. Try this -- BRING DEMOCRACY TO THE MIDDLE EAST! YES!!!

You've got to show some courage, dude! You've got to win this one! C'mon, you got Saddam! You hung 'im high! I loved watching the video of that -- just like the old wild west! The bad guy wore black! The hangmen were as crazy as the hangee! Lynch mobs rule!!!

Look, I have to admit I feel very sorry for the predicament you're in. As Ricky Bobby said, "If you're not first, you're last." And you being humiliated in front of the whole world does NONE of us Americans any good.

Sir, listen to me. You have to send in MILLIONS of troops to Iraq, not thousands! The only way to lick this thing now is to flood Iraq with millions of us! I know that you're out of combat-ready soldiers -- so you have to look elsewhere! The only way you are going to beat a nation of 27 million -- Iraq -- is to send in at least 28 million! Here's how it would work:

The first 27 million Americans go in and kill one Iraqi each. That will quickly take care of any insurgency. The other one million of us will stay and rebuild the country. Simple.

Now, I know you're saying, where will I find 28 million Americans to go to Iraq? Here are some suggestions:

1. More than 62,000,000 Americans voted for you in the last election (the one that took place a year and half into a war we already knew we were losing). I am confident that at least a third of them would want to put their body where there vote was and sign up to volunteer. I know many of these people and, while we may disagree politically, I know that they don't believe someone else should have to go and fight their fight for them -- while they hide here in America.

2. Start a "Kill an Iraqi" Meet-Up group in cities across the country. I know this idea is so early-21st century, but I once went to a Lou Dobbs Meet-Up and, I swear, some of the best ideas happen after the third mojito. I'm sure you'll get another five million or so enlistees from this effort.

3. Send over all members of the mainstream media. After all, they were your collaborators in bringing us this war -- and many of them are already trained from having been "embedded!" If that doesn't bring the total to 28 million, then draft all viewers of the FOX News channel.

Mr. Bush, do not give up! Now is not the time to pull your punch! Don't be a weenie by sending in a few over-tired troops. Get your people behind you and YOU lead them in like a true commander in chief! Leave no conservative behind! Full speed ahead!

We promise to write. Go get 'em W!

Yours,

Michael Moore
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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:20 AM
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1. We don't need to hear from this fat ass
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:28 AM
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2. O'Reilly, Hannity............is that you?
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:46 AM
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3. Did you get the wrong room?
:shrug:
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 08:15 AM
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5. Hey, genius. This one's the fat guy WITHOUT the anal cyst.
You know--the guy who had the courage to put out a movie about the real reason for our invading Afghanistan, BEFORE the majority of the American people had yet seen through Bush/Cheney/PNAC.

Leave him the fuck alone. There are still enough idiots out there to do the ad hominems on Moore; we don't need to criticize him here, where he is helping our cause.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:04 AM
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7. Riddle me this: if you don't need to hear from him...
...why the fuck did you click on a thread titled Michael Moore tells Bush, "Don't be a Weenie" :shrug:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:09 AM
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9. I bet it isn't him anyway, but I agree with bigdarryl
We're not required to like Michael Moore just 'cause we post on DU.

I find his documentary style manipulative and self-serving. Hell, I even had interns from FRANCE tell me Fahrenheit 911 was unfair. FRANCE!
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:37 AM
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12. I'm on MM's email list. You can go read the letter on his
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 10:38 AM by durrrty libby
site or write him and tell him about his spelling error.
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com


Anyway, it sounds exactly like him, and you lose the bet

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Ouabache Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:02 PM
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23. You obviously wanted to hear that from your interns
and they figured out that it was good for their internship to tell you what you wanted to hear.
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:59 AM
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15. WTF? Are you kidding?
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 11:01 AM by TheGoldenRule
Only freepers don't like Michael Moore. As a matter of fact, threads about him brings them out in droves.

Just sayin. :eyes:
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EdwardM Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:54 PM
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27. That's a load of crap.
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 11:01 PM by EdwardM
I used to like Michael Moore. I thought his TV show "TV Nation" is brilliant. But he lost me for good when he wrote this. "The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are ... the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow—and they will win." Last time I checked, Paul Revere did not car bomb innocent civilians like these "minute men" currently are.
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yowzayowzayowza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 02:36 PM
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20. Speak for yourself.
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PuraVidaDreamin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 08:09 AM
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4. How does he keep his sense of humor up? Michael Moore Rocks
Recommended
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 08:57 AM
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6. Only 28 million?
Not enough. All 300 million of us should ship off to Iraq and just start popping us some ragheads. By the Christ, we'll show those bloodthirsty monsters a better way to live if we have to slaughter every man-jack of them! 28 million is a good start, but it's time to go "all in" on this hand.

For the humor-challenged in the audience, :sarcasm:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:06 AM
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8. I doubt if Michael Moore would use 'there' for 'their'
10-1 this isn't from him.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:09 AM
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10. That's the way it is on his site.
Hey, MM makes mistakes, too. :P
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:10 AM
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11. Then he'd better try a little proofreading...
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:45 AM
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13. One misspelling negates everything he's said?
Umm, he's only human, like we all are. Personally, I think he rocks; he tells the truth with humor and insight. God bless him.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:46 AM
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14. Not the misspelling - *most* of what he does negates what he says...
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 10:53 AM by Richardo
...at least for me.

I'm usually embarrased to be on the same side as he.
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 11:30 AM
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16. Please tell me something in this particular MM
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 11:32 AM by durrrty libby
letter that makes you “embarrased” to be on the so-called same side. And for the record
Mr Spellchecker…........it is embarrassed not embarresed.


heeheehaa...Man I love me some fakes in the morning




:rofl: :rofl:


p.s. now this will go to The Greatest Page.....love it.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 12:35 PM
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19. Nice catch on the misspelling - my fingers get away from my brain sometimes...
My problem with MM is the same problem I have with the 'satirists' of the right...

I don't like the sledgehammer (get it? get it?) approach - I don't find it funny or persuasive; any more than I find Rush Limbaugh's or Glenn Beck's 'satires' funny or persuasive. I think they're all of a kind, just from opposite ends of the spectrum.

I also think that coining variations on names (Bushitler, Repukes, Limpballs, Dumbocrats, Demonrats, etc etc etc etc) is juvenile and petty. People who use such constructions I cannot take seriously, nor is it clever enough to laugh at. It's just tiresome.

Just my taste.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:06 PM
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25. You think silly names is juvenile?
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 09:09 PM by Bornaginhooligan
But you attack people based on typos?

:rofl:

"People who use such constructions I cannot take seriously, nor is it clever enough to laugh at."

Say, ain't that one of those there dangling modifiers?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 09:04 PM
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24. They have to come up with something against him.
:rofl:
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TheGriz Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 11:46 AM
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17. Some of Michael Moores flaws are well illustrated in this piece...
He wastes the countless opportunities he has to make intelligent political commentary by going off on facetious rants that are as pointless as they are inane, like this bit here. It isn't even satire.
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Ian_rd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 11:59 AM
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18. Moore is a comedian at least as much as he's an activist
Edited on Thu Jan-11-07 12:02 PM by Ian_rd
I think his talents are best used when he's trying to be ridiculous as in that letter. This is certainly lost on many Bushies. I can just imagine a thread over at Free Republic gasping with disdain at how Moore thinks all the Iraqis should be killed.

I agree his work occasionally has serious flaws, but his weird humor I don't think is one of them.

Edit:
I agree with you though that it's hard to find a point in that letter. My best guess would be that Moore is responding to Bush's ludicrous position with one equally ludicrous, but he could have done a better job at it.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 04:29 PM
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21. Get your fucking weenie ass to
Iraq, bush.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 07:37 PM
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22. Too late.
I'm fairly certain that Bush has, in fact, been a weenie for QUITE some time now.
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-11-07 10:38 PM
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26. K&R LOL! ...
Out with the old...

In with the new...

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