Michael Moore
Heads Up: (pardon my Falluja
Wed Apr 14, 2004 19:22
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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@aol.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com
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Coleen Rowley's Memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller
An edited version of the agent's 13-page letter
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020603/memo.html

It truly is an amazing twist of fate that both Atta and Moussaoui both had American flight instructors who spoke German and French respectively. Even the great Mossad could not have foreseen such a coincidence! The real Atta would have been able to respond to his instructor’s German small talk and the real Moussaoui would have been able to respond to his instructor’s French small talk. Atta just walked away and Moussaoui threw a fit! Neither responded because neither could. They were imposters, whose faces were probably disguised by a make up artist. Their mission was to frame the two innocent Arabs who were probably targeted by the Mossad at random.

FULL REPORT:
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/WTC_STF.htm

• Re: Heads Up... from Michael Moore — Sallie, Thu Apr 15 19:22