[PAA-Discuss] OpenMike -- My New Blog -- Blasts Off on MichaelMoore.com
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OpenMike -- My New Blog -- Blasts Off on MichaelMoore.com
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Hey Everybody,
Though I'm in the middle of my next project, I, like you, can feel the ill
wind blowing across the country as the crazy Right is already suited up and
ready to ride into town in November. I don't have any magic tricks to show
Mr. Obama, so I've decided instead to start a brand new unstoppable,
unapproved, uncompromising, and utterly unruly daily blog on my site
(_MichaelMoore.com_ (http://www.michaelmoore.com/) ). And sometimes I'll write about
what's really on my mind (sports, Marion Cotillard, lost episodes of
"F-Troop" and "Rat Patrol," the weather in Portland).
Actually, a lot is on my mind these days, and I thought you'd like to hear
my take on things. But before I launch into the Republicans, I remember the
nuns taught us to clean up our own backyard first. So, in addition to _my
previous offer_ (http://mmflint.me/9vgojo) to move in to the White House
and work for free, I'll now be sharing my thoughts with the President and
with you on my new daily blog.
I'm calling it OpenMike, and I'd love for you to make a habit of checking
it out every day -- and posting _your own comments_
(http://www.michaelmoore.com/visitor/register) for the President and the voting public to see.
Very soon we'll have some live chats and some other new additions to my site
(like an uncensored "Ask Me ANYTHING FAQ," and some little daily subversive
missions I'll send you on). Foreign visitors who are scared sh*tless that
the bad old days are coming back are also welcome to join in.
Here are the first two days of my new blog (from _Monday_
(http://mmflint.me/9th7AI) and _Wednesday_ (http://mmflint.me/9dCcf2) ). I've reprinted
Wednesday's below in full. Monday's has language I, um, never use, but I got
inspired by Rahm Emanuel and I wanted him to read it (so I had to speak in
his tongue). Some teens (and younger) may have parents who won't want them
to read it, so kids, check with mom and dad as you always do.
I am so sincerely disappointed at how Obama and the Dems have blown much of
the first 20 months of holding absolute power. (This is not to say they
haven't done a lot of good, but stop any five people on the street and ask
them to name the "great accomplishments" of Obama's first term and watch what
happens.) The administration's bend-over-backwards, can't-we-all-get-along
attitude may win them points at a 4-H Club fair, but their opponents are
ruthless cutthroats and have rammed our good country right down the toilet
-- and they want to be back in power so they can continue the final flush of
everything we used to have and stood for. This likely debacle is less than
8 weeks away.
But it doesn't have to happen. Obama's speech Wednesday -- _click here_
(http://mmflint.me/9IEE0m) -- was awesome and showed the balls we've been
waiting to see since January 2009. Do the Democrats deserve what they're about
to get? Absolutely. But we don't. We'll be the ones who will have to
suffer; they'll all have cushy lobbying jobs. So do we now have to save them
from themselves? How much longer will we have to play this stupid charade? Or
do we just let them crash and burn and then start something new out of
their wreckage?
I believe our first African-American president deserves a couple more years
to try to get it right. After all, he didn't create the disasters he
inherited. I think someone's just got to light a fire under him. So I'll strike
my match every day on this new blog. And I invite you to join me and do
the same.
Anyways, enjoy my blogs, enjoy the site (it carries a lot of the buried
news you may miss from the mainstream media every day, and it has some other
cool things). Thanks to millions of you on my _email list_
(http://www.michaelmoore.com/mikesmailinglist/index.php) , to my 300,000 friends on
_Facebook_ (http://www.facebook.com/mmflint) and the nearly 700,000 of you who
follow me on _Twitter_ (http://twitter.com/mmflint) where I tweet and tweet
and never sleep.
Thanks!
Michael
'_A Week of Proclamations_
(http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/week-proclamations) '
By Michael Moore
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 2:45 PM
Last week, President Obama addressed the nation, declaring the war in Iraq
to be over and that combat troops were all home. Yesterday, two American
soldiers were killed in Iraq -- by an Iraqi government soldier. This
followed an attack on Sunday on a U.S. base in Baghdad. It all seemed a bit
confusing to me because I always thought that when a President declares
something, it's supposed to happen. Now I'm worried about the other proclamations
Mr. Obama made this past week:
Tuesday, August 31:
"Today, I am announcing that combat operations have ceased in Iraq. There
will be no more combat. Combat is over. Done. Finished."
Wednesday, September 1:
"I am here today to declare an end to global warming. Don't ask me how I
did it. And there's no reason to look at thermometers or the polar ice caps
anymore, because I just told you everything's great. Just send me another
Nobel Peace Prize."
Thursday, September 2:
"Today I am announcing there is no more unemployment in America. Everyone
else just got a big raise and fantastic health coverage. And all 37 million
outsourced jobs are back. (Don't ask your bosses about the raise tomorrow,
they'll just be embarrassed.)"
Friday, September 3:
"Today I am announcing that mosquitoes and all insects smaller than a
centimeter will heretofore go away and stop biting hard working Americans."
Saturday, September 4:
"After today's victory over UConn, the Michigan Wolverines will cease
playing effective football for the rest of the college season."
Sunday, September 5:
"From this day forward, I hereby declare an end to Formica and all other
prefabricated counter toppings. Not for me to judge, but: Nobel Peace
Prize?"
Monday, September 6:
"As your President, I hereby declare an end to Delaware."
Tuesday, September 7:
"Democratic Party combat operations have ended. Actually, they never
started. We've refused to stand up to the Republicans for the past 20 months --
uh, sorry, make that 20 years -- I mean 30 years -- and we see no reason to
start now. Republicans will organize a government after November and I'm
just hoping they'll give me a few months to pack before they impeach me for
being a Muslim atheist."
Wednesday, September 8:
"Today I am declaring an end to the slogans 'Yes We Can!,' 'Change We Can
Believe In,' and 'Hope.' The truth is this: No we can't, there's not much
change you can believe in, and my only hope is to find a way to turn the
clock back to January of 2009 so I can start over and fight like the champ the
American people thought they were electing. That is all. I will have no
further proclamations."
(_Click here for Monday's blog_ (http://mmflint.me/9th7AI) )
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