[Newspoetry] Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Leave the TV Off...

[Mike Lehman]

FYI, Mark your calendars, comrades

TVNatFans at aol.com wrote:
> 
> April 17, 2000
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> One month from today we return to the air with
> the second season of "The Awful Truth." The
> series begins on Wednesday, May 17 at 10 p.m.
> ET/PT and will air for twelve weeks, every
> Wednesday evening, on Bravo.
> 
> We have some incredible stuff that we're
> shooting and I can promise that you won't be
> disappointed.
> 
> Please start passing the word around that we're
> on our way back to wreak havoc on, among other
> things, this sorry excuse of an election year.
> 
> Thanks also for the thousands of letters I've
> received regarding my letter to Elian Gonzales. I
> have not seen as many Americans in agreement
> on a single issue as I have on this one - namely
> the immediate return of that little boy to his
> father. Let's hope the White House and the
> Attorney General heard our 200 million-strong
> voice!
> 
> The protests in Washington this week over the
> policies of the World Bank and the IMF are an
> amazing thing to witness. There is a rage
> building across America by the majority who have
> been left out of the economic boom. And to see
> so many students standing up for what they
> believe in...well, next time you hear somebody
> complaining about how "apathetic kids are these
> days," tell them to get their head out of their
> baby boomer rear portal. We're lucky to have
> such an active, aware generation, unwilling to
> accept the state the world is in.
> 
> We owe them a lot.
> 
> That's all for now. Gotta get back to the editing
> room!
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Michael Moore
> http://www.michaelmoore.com
> MMFlint at aol.com
> 
> P.S. British viewers - "The Awful Truth" starts for
> you on Channel 4 a day earlier than the U.S.
> 
> P.P.S. Canadians - details to follow.