17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists...by Michael Moore

[GtoRA2]

From the moore mailing list.

Dear Friends,

Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in
the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!' There
IS some good news from Tuesday's election.

Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:

1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.

2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since
Woodrow Wilson in 1916.

3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults
(Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always
wrong and you should never listen to them.

4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the
country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). (Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out.  It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)

5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the
Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the
Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do
their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.

6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of
our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West
Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water,
all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in
lava. And no more show tunes!

7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any
old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut.
May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.

8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will
no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If
you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly
golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.

9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married
in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't
have to buy now.

10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress,
including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to
have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates
can't.

11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!

12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.

13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3
chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state
legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the
2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53
chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47
chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber
(Montana House) is still undecided.

14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than
the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out --
and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work
that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th
grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the
next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the
ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his
point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.

15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very
dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two
scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the
Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear
that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that
history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for
too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and
arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such
major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from
office.

16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting
age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it
means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards
to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of
those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go
home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three
yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are
coming!!!

17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the
candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total
number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore.
Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for
a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time
since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has
always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is
that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact,
that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones
who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November
2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of
surprise in 2008.

Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My
Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a
wonderful country  -- it doesn't even need a president!'"

But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.

Yours,

Michael Moore

[GtoRA2]

Kinda sad anyone listens to this guy....

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

I got that too, I didn't read it all.

But at the end there was a list of all the KIA in Iraq in my version.
-SW

[GtoRA2]

Was yours from his mailing list?


Mine was lol.


No list for mine.

[Torque]

I think Mike has enough dinero now to get over it.

[GtoRA2]

I do not h ave much respect for moore, but I do think he is in it for more then money.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

No, it was forwarded to me. I truncated the list a lot, but here's 1/3rd of it.

Jr.,
Master Sgt. William L. Payne, S gt. Michael F. Pedersen, Staff Sgt.
Abraham
D. Penamedina, Spc. Brian H. noodleten, Sgt. Ross A. Pennanen, Staff
Sgt.
Gregory V. Pennington, Pfc. Geoffrey Perez, Staff Sgt. Hector R. Perez,
Sgt.
Joel Perez, Spc. Jose A. Perez III, Pfc. Luis A. Perez, Lance Cpl.
Nicholas
Perez.

Spc. Wilfredo Perez Jr., Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli,
Staff Sgt. David S. Perry, Pfc. Charles C. Persing, Staff Sgt. Dustin
W.
Peters, Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson, Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken, Staff
Sgt.
James L. Pettaway Jr., Staff Sgt. Erickson H. Petty, Pfc. Jerrick M.
Petty,
Lt. Col. Mark P. Phelan, Pfc. Chance R. Phelps, Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir
Philippe, Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps, Capt. Pierre E. Piche, Pfc. Lori
Piestewa,
Capt. Dennis L. Pintor, Spc. James H. Pirtle, Pfc. Jason T. Poindexter,
2nd
Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny, Spc.
Justin W.
Pollard, Spc. Larry E. Polley Jr., Sgt. Darrin K. Potter, Pfc. David L.
Potter, Sgt. Christopher S. Potts, Spc. James E. Powell, Lance Cpl.
Caleb J.
Powers, Cpl. Dean P. Pratt, Pfc. James E. Prevete, Pvt. Kelley S.
Prewitt,
Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt, Pfc. James W. Price, 1st Lt. Timothy E. Price,
Lance
Cpl. Mathew D. Puckett, Sgt. Jaror C. Puello- Coronado, Staff Sgt.
Michael
B. Quinn, Staff Sgt. Richard P. Ramey, Sgt. Christopher Ramirez, Spc.
Eric
U. Ramirez, Pfc. William C. Ramirez, Pfc. Christopher Ramos, Spc.
Tamarra J.
Ramos, Pfc. Brandon Ramsey, Pvt. Carson J. Ramsey, Sgt. Edmond L.
Randle,
Pfc. Cleston C. Raney, Capt. Gregory A. Ratzlaff, Spc. Rel A. Ravago
IV,
Spc. Omead H. Razani.

Spc. Brandon M. Read, Pfc. Christopher J. Reed, Pfc. Ryan E. Reed, Sgt.
Tatjana Reed, Staff Sgt. Aaron T. Reese, Spc. Jeremy F. Regnier, Sgt.
1st
Class Randall S. Rehn, Sgt. Brendon C. Reiss, Staff Sgt. George S.
Rentschler, Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds, Lance Cpl. Rafael Reynosa- Suarez,
Sgt.
Yadir G. Reynoso, Cpl. Demetrius L. Rice, Sgt. Ariel Rico, Spc. Jeremy
L.
Ridlen, Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, Cpl. Steven A. Rintamaki, Sgt.
Duane R.
Rios, Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, Pfc. Henry C. Risner, Sgt. 1st Class
Jose
A. Rivera, Cpl. John T. Rivero, Spc. Frank K. Rivers Jr., Sgt. Thomas
D.
Robbins, Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, Lance Cpl. Anthony P. Roberts, Lance
Cpl. Bob
W. Roberts, Spc. Robert D. Roberts, Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky, Sgt.
Moses
D. Rocha, Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold, Pfc. Jose Francis Gonzalez
Rodriguez,
Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, Spc. Philip G. Rogers, Sgt. 1st Class Robert
E.
Rooney, Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, Staff Sgt. Victor A. Rosales, Pfc.
Richard H. Rosas, Sgt. Scott C. Ro se, Sgt. Thomas C. Rosenbaum, Sgt.
Randy
S. Rosenberg, Spc. Marco D. Ross, Sgt. Lawrence A. Roukey, Capt. Alan
Rowe,
Spc. Brandon J. Rowe, Sgt. Roger D. Rowe, 2nd Lt. Jonathan D. Rozier,
Spc.
Isela Rubalcava, Pfc. Aaron J. Rusin, Sgt. John W. Russell.

1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan, Chief Warrant Officer Scott A. Saboe, Spc.
Rasheed Sahib, Cpl. Rudy Salas, Cpl. William I. Salazar, 1st Lt. Edward
M.
Saltz, Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis, Spc. Sonny G. Sampler, Spc. Gregory P.
Sanders, Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr., Spc. Matthew J. Sandri, Staff Sgt.
Barry
Sanford, 1st Lt. Neil Anthony Santoriello, Spc. Jonathan J. Santos,
Pfc.
Brandon R. Sapp, Staff Sgt. Cameron B. Sarno, Staff Sgt. Scott D.
Sather,
Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage, Capt. Robert C. Scheetz Jr., Spc. Justin
B.
Schmidt, Spc. Jeremiah W. Schmunk, Pfc. Sean M. Schneider, Cpl. Dustin
H.
Schrage, Maj. Mathew E. Schram, Lance Cpl. Brian K. Schramm, Spc.
Christian
C. Schulz, Master Sgt. David A. Scott, Pfc. Kerry D. Scott, Spc.
Stephen M.
Scott, Spc. Marc S. Seiden, Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, Pfc.
Dustin M.
Sekula, Lance Cpl. Matthew K. Serio, Sgt. Juan M. Serrano, Staff Sgt.
Wentz
Jerome Henry Shanaberger III, Spc. Jeffrey R. Shaver, Maj. Kevin M.
Shea,
Spc. Casey Sheehan, Sgt . Kevin F. Sheehan, Sgt. Daniel Michael
Shepherd,
Sgt. Alan D. Sherman, Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman, Pfc. Harry N.
Shondee
Jr., Lance Cpl. Brad S. Shuder, Capt. James A. Shull, Pfc. Kenneth L.
Sickels, Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Sides, Cpl. Erik H. Silva, Pvt. Sean A.
Silva,
Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons.

Pfc. Charles M. Sims, Lance Cpl. John T. Sims Jr., Spc. Uday Singh,
Spc.
Aaron J. Sissel, Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson, Pfc. Nicholas M. Skinner,
Petty
Officer 3rd Class David Sisung, 1st Lt. Brian D. Slavenas, Pvt. Brandon
Ulysses Sloan, Lance Cpl. Richard P. Slocum, Lance Cpl. Thomas J.
Slocum,
Pfc. Corey L. Small, Sgt. Keith L. Smette, Capt. Benedict J. Smith,
Sgt.
Benjamin K. Smith, Pfc. Brandon C. Smith, 2nd Lt. Brian D. Smith, Chief
Warrant Officer Bruce A. Smith, Cpl. Darrell L. Smith, 1st Sgt. Edward
Smith, Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith,
Lance
Cpl. Matthew R. Smith, Lance Cpl. Michael J. Smith Jr., Spc. Orenthial
J.
Smith, Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, Capt. Christopher F. Soelzer, Sgt.
Roderic A. Solomon, Cpl. Adrian V. Soltau, Maj. Charles R. Soltes Jr.,
Sgt.
Skipper Soram, Pfc. Armando Soriano, Cpl. Tomas Sotelo Jr., Pfc.
Kenneth C.
Souslin, Spc. Philip I. Spakosky, Pfc. Jason L. Sparks, Cpl. Michael R.
Speer, Staff Sgt. Trevor Spink, Ma j. Christopher J. Splinter, Sgt.
Marvin
R. Sprayberry III, Pvt. Bryan N. Spry, Sgt. Maj. Michael B. Stack, Pfc.
Nathan E. Stahl, 1st Lt. Andrew K. Stern, Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever,
Maj.
Gregory Stone, 2nd Lt. Matthew R. Stovall, Pfc. William R. Strange,
Sgt.
Kirk Allen Straseskie, Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy.

Spc. William R. Sturges Jr., Spc. Paul J. Sturino, Lance Cpl. Jesus A.
Suarez Del Solar, Spc. Joseph D. Suell, Spc. John R. Sullivan, Spc.
Narson
B. Sullivan, Lance Cpl. Vincent M. Sullivan, Staff Sgt. Michael J.
Sutter,
Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin, Chief Warrant Officer Sharon T. Swartworth,
Spc.
Thomas J. Sweet II, Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher, Maj. Paul R.
Syverson
III, Sgt. Patrick S. Tainsh, Sgt. DeForest L. Talbert, Sgt. 1st Class
Linda
Ann Tarango-Griess, Spc. Christopher M. Taylor, Maj. Mark D. Taylor,
Capt.
John R. Teal, Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda, Lance Cpl. Jason Andrew
Tetrault,
Spc. Joseph C. Thibodeaux, Master Sgt. Thomas R. Thigpen Sr., Cpl.
Jesse L.
Thiry, Sgt. Carl Thomas, Staff Sgt. Kendall Thomas, Spc. Kyle G.
Thomas,
Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson, Spc. Jarrett B. Thompson, Sgt. Humberto F.
Timoteo, Capt. John E. Tipton, Pfc. Joshua K. Titcomb, Spc. Brandon T.
Titus, Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, Sgt. Lee D. TodacheeneCpl. John H. Todd
III,
Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko , Master Sgt. Timothy Toney, Pfc. George D.
Torres,
Lance Cpl. Michael S. Torres, 2nd Lt. Richard Torres, Spc. Ramon Reyes
Torres, Lance Cpl. Elias Torrez III, Sgt. Michael L. Tosto, Spc.
Richard K.
Trevithick, Pfc. Andrew L. Tuazon, Staff Sgt. Roger C. Turner Jr., Pvt.
Scott M. Tyrrell, 2nd Lt. Andre D. Tyson, Spc. Eugene A. Uhl III, Lance
Cpl.
Drew M. Uhles.

Rick A. Ulbright, Pfc. Daniel P. Unger, Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 1st
Sgt.
Ernest E. Utt, Sgt. Michael A. Uvanni, Staff Sgt. Gary A. Vaillant,
Lance
Cpl. Ruben Valdez Jr., Sgt. Melissa Valles, Spc. Allen J. Vandayburg,
Spc.
Josiah H. Vandertulip, Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen, Lance
Cpl.
John J. Vangyzen IV, Lance Cpl. Gary F. Van Leuven, Staff Sgt. Mark D.
Vasquez, Spc. Frances M. Vega, 1st Lt. Michael W. Vega, Staff Sgt. Paul
A.
Velazquez, Cpl. David M. Vicente, Sgt. 1st Class Joselito O.
Villanueva,
Cpl. Scott M. Vincent, Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz, Staff Sgt. Michael
S.
Voss, Spc. Thai Vue, Lance Cpl. Michael B. Wafford, Sgt. Christopher A.
Wagener, Sgt. Gregory L. Wahl, Staff Sgt. Allan K. Walker, Sgt. Jeffery
C.
Walker, Sgt. Donald Ralph Walters, Pvt. Jason M. Ward, Pfc. Nachez
Washalanta, Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser, Pvt. David L. Waters,
Staff
Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, Maj. William R. Watkins III, Petty
Officer
2nd Class Christopher E. Watts, Ch ief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver,
Spc.
Michael S. Weger, Staff Sgt. David J. Weisenburg, Spc. Douglas J.
Weismantle, Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, Lance Cpl. Larry L.
Wells, Chief Warrant Officer Stephen M. Wells, Spc. Jeffrey M. Wershow,
Spc.
Christopher J. Rivera Wesley, Sgt. James G. West, 1st Lt. Alexander E.
Wetherbee, Spc. Donald L. Wheeler, Sgt. Mason Douglas Whetstone, Pfc.
Marquis A. Whitaker.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White, Lt. Nathan D. White, Sgt. Steven W. White,
Lance Cpl. William W. White, Pfc. Joey D. Whitener, Spc. Chase R.
Whitman,
Spc. Michael J. Wiesemann, Cpl. Joshua S. Wilfong, Sgt. Eugene
Williams,
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, Spc. Michael L. Williams, Sgt. Taft V.
Williams, 1st Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R.
Willoughby, Spc. Dana N. Wilson, Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Wilson,
Staff
Sgt. Joe N. Wilson, Lance Cpl. Lamont N. Wilson, Lance Cpl. Nicholas
Wilt,
1st Lt. Ronald Winchester, Spc. Trevor A. Wine, Lance Cpl. William J.
Wiscowiche, Spc. Robert A. Wise, Spc. Michelle M. Witmer, Pfc. Owen D.
Witt,
Spc. James R. Wolf, 2nd Lt. Jeremy L. Wolfe, Sgt. Elijah Tai Wah Wong,
Sgt.
Brian M. Wood, Capt. George A. Wood, Spc. Michael R. Woodliff, Spc.
James C.
Wright, Pfc. Jason G. Wright, 2nd Lt. John T. Wroblewski, Lance Cpl.
Daniel
R. Wyatt, Pfc. Stephen E. Wyatt, Sgt. Michael E. Yashinski, Sgt. Henry
Ybarra III, Pfc. Rodricka A. Yo umans, Sgt. Ryan C. Young, Lance Cpl.
Andrew
J. Zabierek, Spc. Nicholas J. Zangara, Spc. Mark Anthony Zapata, Pfc.
Nicholaus E. Zimmer, Cpl. Ian T. Zook, Lance Cpl. Robert P. Zurheide
Jr.

May they rest in peace.

And may they forgive us someday.

-- Michael Moore

[Mighty1]

I couldn't read much of it.

It didn't take long to see it was written by an idiot FOR idiots.

[Mini D]

His web site doesn't list the names of fallen soldiers with the message wulfie.  I think that got added for special sentimental affect.  After all, that's why those soldiers died... to be used as an exclamation point when Michael More writes a message of the day.

As for what was quoted, I actually went to the http://www.michaelmoore.com website to make sure it was actually something that he wrote.  I simply could not believe that he wrote something that stupid.  I was wrong.

[lazs2]

It's hard for him to write through all the depression and wracking sobs.

lazs

[Yeager]

the names of those servicemen are precisely why I voted for Bush and against kerry.  Bush will see the mission through, making their sacrifice honorable whereas kerry would have surely pulled the rug out (again) from under the feet of our soldiers in battle making their sacrifice truly wasteful.

kerry losing this election was the greatest american achievement I have ever participated in and I am justifiably PROUD of it!

[GtoRA2]

Mini
 LOL it came from the mailing list I signed up for on his site.



Not that I like his message, but I wanted to see what he would say after the election.

[Mini D]

No offense... but this is the internet.

[GtoRA2]

None taken, you are right, and wulfie kinda proved it with the added KIA thing.


Still sad drivel from the head propagandist of the left.

[vorticon]

1 good reason to slit your wrist


you listen to micheal moore