FWD: "They are the revolution"

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For your attention.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004
Heads Up... from Michael Moore

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? [....]

kwp
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