[Peace-discuss] A pretty powerful message from Michael Moore

[John W.]

A Boot to the Head ...from Michael Moore

Tuesday, October 28th, 2010

Friends,

There she was, thrown to the pavement by a Republican in a checkered shirt.
Another Republican thrusts his foot in between her legs and presses down
with all his weight to pin her to the curb. Then a Republican leader comes
over and viciously stomps on her
head<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbnEy_U9pYk>with his foot. You
hear her glasses crunch under the pressure. Holding her
head down with his foot, he applies more force so she can't move. Her skull
and brain are now suffering a concussion.

The young woman's name is Lauren Valle, but she is really all of us. For
come this Tuesday, the right wing -- and the wealthy who back them -- plan
to take their collective boot and bring it down hard on not just the head of
Barack Obama but on the heads of everyone they simply don't like.

Teachers union? The boot!

Muslim-looking people? The boot!

Thinking of retiring soon? The boot!

Living in a house you can no longer afford? The boot!

Doing a bit better with your minimum wage? The boot!

Stem cell research, the bullet train, reversing global warming? Ha! The boot
for all of you!

What? You like your kids being covered by your health plan 'til they're 26?
The boot for them and the boot for you!

In love with someone of your own gender? A double boot up the ass for every
single one of you sick SOBs!

Hoping there's a few jobs left here in the U.S. when you graduate? How 'bout
just a nice boot to your head instead?

And most importantly, the last boot is saved for the black man who probably
wasn't born here, definitely isn't a Christian and possibly might be the
Antichrist sent here to oversee the destruction of our very way of life. A
boot to your head, Obama-devil!

Yes, one big boot is poised to stomp out whatever hopey-changey thing we
might have had two years ago and secure this country in the hands of the
oligarchs and the culture police.

And if they win on Tuesday, they plan to show no mercy. They will not speak
of bipartisanship or olive branches or tolerate any filibuster threats. They
will come in and do the job with a mandate they'll perceive the electorate
will have given them. They will not fart around for two years like the
Democrats did. They will not "search for compromise" or "find middle
ground." They will not meet you halfway on the playing field. They know that
touchdowns aren't scored at the 50-yard line. Unlike our guys, they're not
stupid or spineless.

Make no mistake about it, my friends. A perfect storm has gathered of
racists, homophobes, corporatists and born agains and they are on fire. Two
years of a black man who secretly holds socialist beliefs being the boss of
them is more than they can stomach. They've been sick to death since the
night of 11/04/08 and they are ready to purge. They won't need a rope and
tree this time to effect the change they seek (why bother when a nice shoe
on another's skull will do just fine, thank you).

They simply need to get their base to the polls (done), convince enough
people Obama is responsible for the fact they don't have a job or a secure
home (done), and then hope enough of us Obama-voters are so frustrated,
disappointed and downright mad at the Dems (done) that we'll either stay
home Tuesday or, if we vote, we won't be carpooling with 10 others to the
polls.

Done? Or not?

These Republicans mean business. Their boots are all shined and ready. But
they've got one huge problem:

The majority of Americans don't agree with them.

The majority want the troops home <http://www.pollingreport.com/afghan.htm>.
The majority want true universal health
coverage<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/25/politics/main6899989.shtml>.
The majority want the thievery on Wall Street to be
stopped<http://www.gallup.com/poll/142967/among-recent-bills-financial-reform-lone-plus-congress.aspx>.
The majority believe that global warming is
happening<http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/121241-sept-28>,
that social security shouldn't be
privatized<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-12/republicans-proving-unpopular-with-voters-prepared-to-oppose-obama-in-poll.html>and
that unions are a good
thing <http://www.pollingreport.com/work.htm>.

Too bad the majority party has done precious little to bring about the
change for which the majority voted. Yes, change takes time. But try telling
that to someone who hasn't worked in two years. Or who hears the knock of
the foreclosure sheriff at the door. The booted-up minority knows how to
make hay in a situation like this. All they need is us, the disappointed,
dismayed, disgusted us.

What say you? Stay home and punish the weak-kneed, sell-out Democrats? Or
spend every free moment you have between now and Tuesday trying to protect
what little progress has been made so we can live to fight another day (even
if it is with "allies" like a Democratic Party that will more than likely
still not get the message of what they need to do -- and has, in fact, spent
much of the past two years giving progressives the boot)? Perhaps our job,
post-election, is to provide a gentle but swift boot in the bee-hind of the
party whose mascot is an ass.

Right now, we've got 112 hours. Seems like enough.

Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint at aol.com <mmflint at aol.com>
MichaelMoore.com <http://www.michaelmoore.com/>
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