Michael Moore on Katrina
By DarthTibault
Michael Moore has written 
‘A Letter to All Who Voted for George W. Bush‘:
In which he asks the ‘Republicans, conservative, born-again, capitalists, ditto-heads, right-wingers’ what they think of Bush now; Now that a lot of americans have died in a (imho) useless war, and after the disaster that is Katrina.
Do you believe in Jesus? Really? Didn’t he say that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us? Hurricane Katrina came in and blew off the facade that we were a nation with liberty and justice for all. The wind howled and the water rose and what was revealed was that the poor in America shall be left to suffer and die while the President of the United States fiddles and tells them to eat cake.
Boy, I wish I had a president who could be cool in such situations…
A full day after the levees broke (the same levees whose repair funding he had cut), Mr. Bush was playing a guitar some country singer gave him. All this while New Orleans sank under water.
It would take ANOTHER day before the President would do a flyover in his jumbo jet, peeking out the window at the misery 2500 feet below him as he flew back to his second home in DC. It would then be TWO MORE DAYS before a trickle of federal aid and troops would arrive. This was no seven minutes in a sitting trance while children read "My Pet Goat" to him. This was FOUR DAYS of doing nothing other than saying "Brownie (FEMA director Michael Brown), you’re doing a heck of a job!"
My god!
My Republican friends, does it bother you that we are the laughing stock of the world?
I’ve been wondering the same thing.
September 12th, 2005 at 9:41 pm
You’re first post on Politics!
Anyways thats a good letter by Michael Moore (yet again he speaks the truth). I was saying on IRC a point i think is good:
September 12th, 2005 at 11:31 pm
Interesting post but it’s “Michael Moore”!
September 13th, 2005 at 4:09 pm
lol i corrected it, Tibo watch your spelling
September 13th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
No you didn’t?! You have to press save…
Anyway, I fixed it, mistakes are human you know.
September 13th, 2005 at 6:08 pm
you must’ve made the mistake more then once then
September 15th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
You know, I’m really starting to hate Michael Moore now…
Why can’t he get away from this constant slander of just the President, applying what an ordinary man does in times of disaster and twisting it to make it sound like he’s stupid. The mistakes lie with the government as well as him.
Bush is a stooge, we all know that. He just signs the decisions others make. But I wonder what Moore was doing at the time of disaster? For all we know he was lieing down on his couch eating pork rinds, not organising his help team. He didn’t wite that down did he?
I don’t even find him remotely funny anymore. Much of the stuff he’s produced has been solidly proven wrong, and at the end of the day, who can joke at a disaster?
September 15th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Qasim, its strange the way say;
Bush is no ordinary man. You say he’s a stooge well yeah, okay. We could also think about the imbesiles who voted for him which is what the letter addresses.
Michael Moore was never meant to be funny either. He is an honest person out of the population of america and this letter is no joke about a disaster - its a serious issue about what is going on over there.
Comparing the president to a citizen is quite a mistake, I doubt that you would have done anything about the disaster either.
Just my opinion that Michael Moore doesn’t need to twist anything that George Bush does or say, or the American government does or say because its all there for everyone to see!
September 18th, 2005 at 5:35 pm
[...] And if you missed Tibault’s post about Michael Moore’s letter to people voting for him, its definately worth the read. [...]
September 28th, 2005 at 4:55 pm
Firstly, you can’t call Moore a mere ‘citizen’. He’s moulded himself a firm opponent of Bush, his policies and actions. So naturally, people look up to him to do better, and to further point the finger at the presidencies mistakes, which is his job apparently. He’s never going to really change much that way.
Secondly, you’re comparing me to Moore? I haven’t make it my job, so I think that claim really is invalid and thoughtless.
Going off the hurricane case, Moore contradicts his own apparent ideals. You and so many others are refusing to see through a documentarian’s bias. EXAMPLE- He condemns capitalism for driving out competition. It’s not capitalism that is doing it, it is the consumers.
There’s a certain point when you have to stop pointing the blame at others and fight the corruption yourself. People these days are dieing for instant gratification to the world’s problems, they need a clear answer and don’t look far enough and in all directions for the truth. That’s why Moore has become so popular. Sure some of the problem lies with governments, but people power needs to be there to fight it.
We as Muslims are only waking up to this now. It’s all too easy to cite Bush is vilifying Islam globally, but we were doing nothing out there to counter his claim at first.
And that, in short, is why I hate Michael Moore. Take a look at for more info on him, and also
One more thing, you won’t get the support/win over American’s by calling them imbesiles Usayd.
September 28th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
Sorry, here’s the first link.
Second link.
September 28th, 2005 at 6:01 pm
Qasim I understand where you’re coming from. I didn’t call all American’s imbesiles maybe you should read what I wrote;
Unless you think everyone in the US actually voted bush. Anyway you are entitled to your opinion, I simply believe that when someone seems to speak out the truth people are brainwashed into believing that they are always wrong. Sure they may not be perfect, but when someone opposes, or try’s to reveal the truth about Why people are dying across the world, i’m all for them.
I know it would be almost hyprocritical saying this, but Qasim, in Bush’s words - Which side are you on?
Finally if you have such great views over Michael Moores, which i’m sure you do (!), why not share them with us InshaAllah?
September 28th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Yusuf says salaam
Thanks for understanding.
I meant that Bush hardliners (who voted for him) wouldn’t be in the least motivated to listen to your views because of the fact that you called them imbesiles. Sorry should have phrased that different.
Well, you’re right in a way- there are those that, by default, ignore what they don’t want to hear, which is foolish. But there are also those that take what the same people say without questioning it entirely.
Oh, so we’re taking sides now? I thought the whole idea here was to unite people!
Hmm, I’m on nobody’s side. I’m a Muslim, and I’m with the Muslims, but I like to have a clear idea of where we’re going as an Ummah, and give advice where I feel I know enough to give it. Ofcourse, I know I could do more and I’m not perfect or anything, but why, what are the choices?:grin:
September 28th, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Qasim, before I wrote ‘whose side are you on’ I said this is hypocritical because it is completely against what I stand for! I simply said it because I was quoting GWBush saying you’re either with us or on the side of the terrorists (more or less). The other points you made I agree with, InshaAllah we will all be guided and I think thats the end of the discussion
You should actually write an article aswell as comments, maybe compile your thoughts about the matter into one.
Ws Yusuf