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11.7.2002

 
Yahoo! News - O.J.'s Manatee Mayhem
The juice is loose again. This time, he tries to kill a sea cow.
Phil Scroggs - 9:47:47 AM


11.6.2002

 
About Last Night
Last night, war won; peace lost.
Big business won; the little guy lost.
Oil won; alternative energy lost.
Racism won; tolerance lost.
(Georgia was turned upside down because of the confederate flag issue)
North and South Carolina stayed the same. We might as well have left the old bigots where they were. (Thurmond and Helms)
The only thing that made sense out of yesterday's election was the anti-smoking initiative in Florida. Let's go ahead and spread that one around some more! Starting with Washington state.

I'm disgusted with my fellow Americans - especially those that sat on their hands yesterday and let the conservatives run the show. I have a friend in New Jersey who refuses to vote because he doesn't like the two-party system. Well, that's what we have. So, if you're not going to stand up and be counted, then it's the same as giving the Republicans your vote.

Congratulations, America. Hope you're happy.

Phil Scroggs - 9:03:55 AM


11.5.2002

 
Election Day! Please get out and vote today!
I know it doesn't seem very important to vote today. It's just a mid-term election. But, the balance of power is at stake. Get out there and fill in those little circles, or punch those chads, or flip those switches!
Phil Scroggs - 10:20:36 AM


11.4.2002

 
Please VOTE on Tuesday!
Phil Scroggs - 4:15:40 PM


11.3.2002

 
Well, folks, Tuesday is the day! The day that George W. gets taught a long
overdue lesson. The day that we, the MAJORITY -- the 52% who never elected
him -- get our chance to reclaim a bit of our former democracy (back when
ALL the votes used to be counted).

What if, on Tuesday, all of us, regardless of our political stripe, and
just for the fun of it, decided to serve one big-ass eviction notice that
said, you have two years to remove yourself from the premises-and you had
better not damage anything on your way out?

I think we can give Bush the Mother of all Shellackings on Tuesday. It can
happen if you, and the millions of others, who are now reading this letter,
will do one simple thing:

TAKE THE DAY OFF THIS TUESDAY.

That's right. Call in sick, skip work, skip school, skip Springer, and then
devote the next 12 hours to dragging as many people as you can out of their
homes and getting them to the polls.

I know a lot of you cannot afford to do this. But, honestly, can we afford
NOT to? Bush has been effectively stymied in his first two years from doing
much of the serious damage he was hired to do (we owe a big thanks to Jim
Jeffords for that). Yet, if he has both the House and Senate under his
thumb for his final two years, we will all pay a huge price for many years
to come.

On Tuesday, go down to the local candidate's office and volunteer to do
whatever is needed: give a ride to the polls for senior citizens who can't
get there, make last minute phone calls to probable voters who may have
forgotten to vote, pass out handbills on street corners, do cartwheels in
the middle of the mall -- you name it, I am sure it will work.

Or you could just start going door to door in your own neighborhood. Knock
on every door and tell people in plain, non-political language why you
would like them to go down to the polls right now and vote for so-and-so.
Tell them you have never done this before, that you were just compelled to
do it as an act conscience, to do something for our country. Or tell them
you just needed to get some exercise. Tell them what they already know:
that the corporate guys have made off like bandits while the rest of the
country lives in utter fear over whether they will have jobs, health care
benefits, or our pensions when they retire. EVERYONE can relate to this --
and trust me, it is on everyone's mind right now. Even many conservatives
who have seen their job or their 401(K) go up in smoke are now livid and
want their pound of flesh.

I know that for many of you this will be a new thing. Give it shot. I
promise you, at the end of the day on Tuesday, if we succeed, you will
never again doubt the power of just one individual who decides that she or
he can make a difference.

Send this email to your friends and family so that they, too, can be
informed of the good women and men who are running for the House and Senate
(and for many local and state races as well). Visit my web site at:
http://www.Michaelmoore.com for my recommendations.

We will deny Bush control of the Congress next week, and then we all work
to get him out of the White House in 2004. 2004 will NOT and MUST NOT be a
repeat of 2000.

As for local and state races, whenever possible support Greens and other
progressive candidates like those highlighted on my web site.
(http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/involved/greens.php)
There you will find the list of progressive candidates who have a chance to
win.

Will you join with me in doing this?

It's our only chance, right now, to receive a small measure of justice for
what happened in Florida in 2000. And that is worth something.

Expect a wake-up call from me at your bedside 6am Tuesday!

Yours,

Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com
http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com

P.S. to Kofi Anan, Secretary General, United Nations: This time, for God's
sake, man, please -- send international observers and ballot inspectors to
Florida! Peacekeepers may be needed in Tallahassee.

Defeat the GOP:
http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/involved/gop.php

Progressive Candidates to Support:
http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/involved/greens.php

Congressional Candidates who Voted for War on Iraq:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/iraq-yes-no/index.php

Phil Scroggs - 4:31:55 PM

 
"Dirty Son of a Bitch"
Some drunk homeless guy called me by this title when I refused to give him any money. Not a very good way to tug at my heart strings, is it?
Phil Scroggs - 10:32:41 AM

 

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