Michael Moore, liberal filmmaker and activist, has written
an open letter to President Obama telling Obama what he should do with his next
four years. Normally I would avoid
Moore's left-wing drivel like the plague but the headline - "An Open
Letter to President Obama - by Michael Moore" peaked my interest. I was curious what a far-left, socialist,
outspoken hypocrite would have to say to the re-elected President. Turns out I wasn't surprised by any of it.
In the letter Moore initially praises Obama for winning for
the great job he did in the first four years.
He also makes a laughable comparison of Obama to Robert DeNiro's
character in "Taxi Driver", talking about the way Obama stood up to John
McCain and Lindsey Graham last week with his “If
Senator McCain and Senator Graham and others want to go after somebody, they
should go after me.” Apparently
Mr. Moore believes President Obama is DeNiro. With thinking like that, Mr. Moore - it's a wonder your movies make any money at all.
Moore's demand list for the President contains only
ten items. I'll list them as they are in the article
(the link is below) and will post a summary of each rather than the entire
narrative. If you want to read the
entire thing (and I'm sure most of you don't) you can go to it. Here's the list:
1. DRIVE THE RICH RIGHT OFF THEIR FISCAL
CLIFF. Moore believes the "fiscal
cliff" is a ruse, an invention by the Right and the rich, to try and keep
their huge tax breaks. He doesn't
seem to understand that he, too, is one of the rich and whatever happens may
very well effect him.
2. END ALL THE WARS NOW. We may actually agree on this but I'm sure
it's for different reasons. Moore
believes that Al Qaeda has been decimated.
I guess he, like the main stream media, missed Benghazi, or still
believes the video nonsense. He thinks
being in Afghanistan is senseless. I, on
the other hand, say we should pull out and let the Afhgannies fend for
themselves because the President doesn't believe in winning a war. If that's the case we have no reason to be
there.
3. END THE
DRUG WAR. Moore believes the drug
war is racist, pure and simple that is used by private prison corporations to
make money. He suggests we find "other
ways to deal with the drugs that do cause harm -- ways built around a sense of
decency and compassion." It
seems clear to me that Michael Moore has very little experience with drug
addiction.
4. DECLARE A MORATORIUM ON HOME FORECLOSURES AND
EVICTIONS. Moore blames all
mortgage problems on the bank without assigning any responsibility to people
who bought homes they knew they couldn't afford and the government policies
(can you say Frank and Dodd) that not only allowed it but practically forced
banks to give these loans. I think Mr.
Moore lives in his own world where he gets to assign blame and responsibility
based on his own personal feelings.
5. GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS. Again - something we can agree
on. Problem is that President Obama
showed his intentions of not doing that in 2008 when he agreed to use public
funding only, then changed his mind when he saw how much money he was capable
of raising. Even funnier - liberals and
other Obama supporters justified it with statements like "You gotta do
what you gotta do to get elected."
Yet they criticized Romney on the amount of money he raised. Interesting how that works.
6. EXPAND OBAMACARE. With the upcoming tax increases on everyone
from the middle class up, to cover Obamacare, Moore wants to expand it even
more under the guise of how it will save money.
What planet do these people live on?
7. RESTORE GLASS-STEAGALL. I will admit to not knowing enough about this
act to comment on it. I do believe the
financial industry should be regulated but by whom and how much is well out of
my realm of knowledge. I won't comment
on it but open it for anyone who knows.
8. REDUCE STUDENT LOAN DEBT. Having the government take over the student
loan program was just one more of those policies designed to give the
government more power over the people.
It hasn't reduced costs. It has
given the government the authority to decide who goes to school and for what. Another disaster waiting to happen.
9. FREE BRADLEY MANNING. Bradley Manning disclosed secret military
information and endangered our national security. Michael Moore thinks Manning as a hero. I think if he's found guilty of treason he
should be executed - maybe alongside Julian Assange...
10. ASK US TO DO SOMETHING. Moore talks about how the President turns to
his followers during election years and asks them to help but then abandons
them afterward. I have no way of knowing
if this is true or not because I wasn't one of those people who sent the
President my e-mail address and cell phone number so he could contact me and
tell me what to do. I guess that made
some people feel important - to get a call or a text message from someone in
the Obama campaign asking for their personal assistance. Like I said - I wasn't one of them.
What I find ironic (or maybe moronic is a better word) is
the fact that Michael Moore is wealthy and famous beyond his dreams yet he
criticizes and wants to do away with the same capitalistic system that allowed
him to gain everything he has today. He
has the audacity to call himself one of the 99 percenters even as he rakes in
multi-millions each time he makes a new movie.
Yet people on the left overlook his lies and hypocrisy and praise him as
a great human being. And like Al Gore -
Moore (it even rhymes) laughs all the way to the bank. Michael Moore is a 99 percenter like I am one
of the infamous "1 percenters".
Both notions are ludicrous.
Mr. Moore - want to do something great for your
country? Personally I think your leaving
it would do the trick. If you want to
live in a socialist country there are many out there that should fit your
chosen ideal. Of course, you'll probably
have to give up all that money you've got in the bank. Otherwise some will think you're not
sincere. After all - capitalism is why
you're the obnoxious, loud-mouth bore that you are. If you choose not to leave and find your
socialist utopia how about just closing your mouth? That would work for me.
For those of you who really want to - here's the article with
Moore's letter.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/2/An-Open-Letter-to-Presiden-by-Michael-Moore-121120-457.html
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