[Media-watch] FW: Heads Up... from Michael Moore

[james doleman]

From: mailinglist at michaelmoore.com
To: jamesdoleman at hotmail.com
Subject: Heads Up... from Michael Moore
Date: 14 Apr 2004 20:24:06 -0000

Heads Up

April 14, 2004

Friends,

I have never seen a head so far up a Presidential ass (pardon my Falluja) 
than the one I saw last night at the "news conference" given by George W. 
Bush. He's still talking about finding "weapons of mass destruction" -- this 
time on Saddam's "turkey farm." Turkey indeed. Clearly the White House 
believes there are enough idiots in the 17 swing states who will buy this. I 
think they are in for a rude awakening.

I've been holed up for weeks in the editing room finishing my film 
("Fahrenheit 911"). That's why you haven't heard from me lately. But after 
last night's Lyndon Johnson impersonation from the East Room -- essentially 
promising to send even more troops into the Iraq sinkhole -- I had to write 
you all a note.

First, can we stop the Orwellian language and start using the proper names 
for things? Those are not “contractors” in Iraq. They are not there to fix a 
roof or to pour concrete in a driveway. They are MERCENARIES and SOLDIERS OF 
FORTUNE. They are there for the money, and the money is very good if you 
live long enough to spend it.

Halliburton is not a "company" doing business in Iraq. It is a WAR 
PROFITEER, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans. In past 
wars they would have been arrested -- or worse.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or 
"terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and 
their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush? You closed 
down a friggin' weekly newspaper, you great giver of freedom and democracy! 
Then all hell broke loose. The paper only had 10,000 readers! Why are you 
smirking?

One year after we wiped the face of the Saddam statue with our American flag 
before yanking him down, it is now too dangerous for a single media person 
to go to that square in Baghdad and file a report on the wonderful one-year 
anniversary celebration. Of course, there is no celebration, and those brave 
blow-dried "embeds" can't even leave the safety of the fort in downtown 
Baghdad. They never actually SEE what is taking place across Iraq (most of 
the pictures we see on TV are shot by Arab media and some Europeans). When 
you watch a report "from Iraq" what you are getting is the press release 
handed out by the U.S. occupation force and repeated to you as "news."

I currently have two cameramen/reporters doing work for me in Iraq for my 
movie (unbeknownst to the Army). They are talking to soldiers and gathering 
the true sentiment about what is really going on. They Fed Ex the footage 
back to me each week. That's right, Fed Ex. Who said we haven't brought 
freedom to Iraq! The funniest story my guys tell me is how when they fly 
into Baghdad, they don't have to show a passport or go through immigration. 
Why not? Because they have not traveled from a foreign country -- they're 
coming from America TO America, a place that is ours, a new American 
territory called Iraq.

There is a lot of talk amongst Bush's opponents that we should turn this war 
over to the United Nations. Why should the other countries of this world, 
countries who tried to talk us out of this folly, now have to clean up our 
mess? I oppose the U.N. or anyone else risking the lives of their citizens 
to extract us from our debacle. I'm sorry, but the majority of Americans 
supported this war once it began and, sadly, that majority must now 
sacrifice their children until enough blood has been let that maybe -- just 
maybe -- God and the Iraqi people will forgive us in the end.

Until then, enjoy the "pacification" of Falluja, the "containment" of Sadr 
City, and the next Tet Offensive – oops, I mean, "terrorist attack by a 
small group of Baathist loyalists" (Hahaha! I love writing those words, 
Baathist loyalists, it makes me sound so Peter Jennings!) -- followed by a 
"news conference" where we will be told that we must "stay the course" 
because we are "winning the hearts and minds of the people."

I'll write again soon. Don't despair. Remember, the American people are not 
that stupid. Sure, we can be frightened into a war, but we always come 
around sooner or later -- and the one way this is NOT like Vietnam is that 
it hasn't taken the public four long years to figure out they were lied to.

Now if Bush would just quit speaking in public and giving me more free 
material for my movie, I can get back to work and get it done. I've got four 
weeks left 'til completion.

Yours,

Michael Moore
mmflint at aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com


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