thinkprogress.org— RADDATZ: Two-third of Americans say it?s not worth fighting.CHENEY: So?RADDATZ So? You don?t care what the American people think?CHENEY: No.
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So? ... A Note from Michael MooreMonday, March 24th, 2008Friends,It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, "two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting." Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: "So?""So?" As in, "So what?" As in, "F*** you. I could care less."I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around. Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me?God bless all of you in this Easter Week as we begin the 6th year of Bush's War.God help America. Please.Michael MooreMMFlint@aol.comMichaelMoore.com
Cheney first! Bush second.Impeachment is on the table in the House. Over 25 Representatives want to start hearings. Call Conyers, Lofgren, Nadler, your Rep., especially if he/she supports impeachment and ask them to start impeachment hearings for Cheney immediately. Ask your Rep. to file an impeachment resolution of his/her own. This is the "Nixon Flooding Plan". Nixon resigned after a group of Congress members flooded the House with impeachment resolutions. They didn't bother getting co-sponsors. Hearings began and Nixon resigned soon after.Congressional Switchboard: 800-828-0498-- ask for Conyers, Lofgren, Nadler, your Rep.
I'm a Canadian and follow US news very closely. We have had our share of goofs running the country, hell, some couldn't speak either "official" language worth a damn. But the monkey in the suit filling your VP role has to be the biggest goof in the history of your politics. Where did you guys dig up that old fossil? It takes a fair bit to rile me up these days but Cheney has the gift of "enrilement" if there is such a term? Hopefully, you guys will re-bury the fossil and remember that YOU run the country, not the living dead! Best of LUCK with your next election. A leader who says, "who cares what the people think" ought to tell you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about this particularly dusty, old fossil!!!MIchael Moore for President, or perhaps Prime Minister of Canada
kiley481Mar 19, 2008
Who'd have thought a single word could so nicely sum up the policies of an entire administration ... "So?"
hawkeye17Mar 19, 2008
History will not be kind to Dick. That is unless our government is overthrown by fascists someday.
saralibertyMar 23, 2008
Disgusting. They don't even try to hide it anymore.
badabeamMar 24, 2008
Our government WAS overthrown by fascists in 2000.
kathysmithMar 24, 2008
So? ... A Note from Michael MooreMonday, March 24th, 2008Friends,It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, "two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting." Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: "So?""So?" As in, "So what?" As in, "F*** you. I could care less."I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around. Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me?God bless all of you in this Easter Week as we begin the 6th year of Bush's War.God help America. Please.Michael MooreMMFlint@aol.comMichaelMoore.com
cpapermasterMar 26, 2008
Cheney first! Bush second.Impeachment is on the table in the House. Over 25 Representatives want to start hearings. Call Conyers, Lofgren, Nadler, your Rep., especially if he/she supports impeachment and ask them to start impeachment hearings for Cheney immediately. Ask your Rep. to file an impeachment resolution of his/her own. This is the "Nixon Flooding Plan". Nixon resigned after a group of Congress members flooded the House with impeachment resolutions. They didn't bother getting co-sponsors. Hearings began and Nixon resigned soon after.Congressional Switchboard: 800-828-0498-- ask for Conyers, Lofgren, Nadler, your Rep.
lovinmexicoApr 7, 2008
SO We the American people and our opinions no longer matter?? What is wrong with this man?
blairgolfMay 17, 2008
I'm a Canadian and follow US news very closely. We have had our share of goofs running the country, hell, some couldn't speak either "official" language worth a damn. But the monkey in the suit filling your VP role has to be the biggest goof in the history of your politics. Where did you guys dig up that old fossil? It takes a fair bit to rile me up these days but Cheney has the gift of "enrilement" if there is such a term? Hopefully, you guys will re-bury the fossil and remember that YOU run the country, not the living dead! Best of LUCK with your next election. A leader who says, "who cares what the people think" ought to tell you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about this particularly dusty, old fossil!!!MIchael Moore for President, or perhaps Prime Minister of Canada