A Letter to All Who Voted for George W. Bush from Michael Moore

To All My Fellow Americans Who Voted for George W. Bush:

On this, the fourth anniversary of 9/11, I'm just curious, how does it feel?

How does it feel to know that the man you elected to lead us after we were attacked went ahead and put a guy in charge of FEMA whose main qualification was that he ran horse shows?

That's right. Horse shows.

I really want to know -- and I ask you this in all sincerity and with all due respect -- how do you feel about the utter contempt Mr. Bush has shown for your safety? C'mon, give me just a moment of honesty. Don't start ranting on about how this disaster in New Orleans was the fault of one of the poorest cities in America. Put aside your hatred of Democrats and liberals and anyone with the last name of Clinton. Just look me in the eye and tell me our President did the right thing after 9/11 by naming a horse show runner as the top man to protect us in case of an emergency or catastrophe.

I want you to put aside your self-affixed label of Republican/ conservative/ born-again/ capitalist/ ditto-head/ right-winger and just talk to me as an American, on the common ground we both call America.

Are we safer now than before 9/11? When you learn that behind the horse show runner, the #2 and #3 men in charge of emergency preparedness have zero experience in emergency preparedness, do you think we are safer?

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September 28, 2005 12:33 PM, by Syd Gris

Please Learn More about Next Aid

For our next special event, one of our biggest parties of the year, we are donating a portion of the proceeds to Next Aid. They are a great organization helping children in Africa who've been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.

We wanted you to know about their Mission, read below and check their website.

www.nextaid.org

MISSION
NextAid is a Los Angeles based non-profit organization dedicated to creating sustainable solutions for African children orphaned as a result of AIDS. NextAid actively links artists, musicians and the global community with some of the most impoverished and vulnerable children on the planet. By partnering with various organizations in the production of music events and other awareness raising activities, NextAid channels emergency and long-term aid to African children in need.

NextAid is committed to represent the international dance community in its effective and practical response to the AIDS pandemic.

NextAid aims to inspire people into tangible action, taking responsibility and making a difference. We believe it is each generation's responsibility to create a better future for the next.

THE NEED
Within a single generation AIDS has reached pandemic proportions globally. There are now over 40 million people living with AIDS. Of the 13.2 million children who have been left behind in the wake of AIDS, 95% are in Africa alone, and every 14 seconds another child is faced with losing his or her parent and taking on adult responsibilities because of AIDS.

We are dealing with the greatest health crisis in history. The effect of AIDS is felt in every thread of society and the array of social problems are numerous and complex. Far and away, the most tragic loss is the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next. With adults dying prematurely, children are forced into early adulthood without the guidance they need to survive. The playful and carefree innocence of youth is lost as increased demands for their labor is compounded by reduced opportunities for education, loss of inheritance, homelessness, discrimination, physical abuse, sexual abuse and widespread prostitution (which in turn exposes them to HIV).

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September 27, 2005 05:55 PM, by Syd Gris