A forward a letter from Micheal Moore



Hello everyone. Sorry for the forwards, but this is my last appeal! My hopes is that, at the least, you vote today...regardless of who it's for. We have a bit of a good deal here in the Canada that we have come to know (it may be gone tomorrow, afterall). We can go vote without the fear of gunmen or death sqauds in the streets. We have no infidels or freedom fighters trying to protest our voting. Our votes are counted correctly and no war will ensue regardless of who comes into party. It takes so little time...and, if you still aren't sure about who you are voting for each party has a website. Take a minute and read their platforms...you have the time to read this crappy old forward from me. Exercise your rights people...voter turnout is too low in Canada. Kick apathy in the arse...and give yourself a reason to complain. I have attached a letter from Michael Moore. I hope you don't take it as gospel because often times left wing overdramatization is just as bad as extreme right wing conservatism...however, he is so right on how foolish we are as a nation right now. But, it also reflects our priorities...who doesn't want to shun a few of our globally envied social rights and freedoms and the treatment of others (the poor, the sick and the currently marginalized) to get a tax cut and a few dollars a month child benefits. (coles notes version of course). Please vote today.
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MichaelMoore.com


Friday, January 20th, 2006

Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election

Michael Moore is currently in production on his next movie. As an avid lover of all things Canadian, he has issued the following statement regarding Canada's upcoming election on Monday:

Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony -- reverse irony! OK, now I get it. First, you have the courage to stand against the war in Iraq -- and then you elect a prime minister who's for it. You declare gay people have equal rights -- and then you elect a man who says they don't. You give your native peoples their own autonomy and their own territory -- and then you vote for a man who wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow, that is intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that. My hat's off to you.

Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do. You already have too many Americans telling you what to do. Well, actually, you've got just one American who keeps telling you to roll over and fetch and sit. I hope you don't feel this appeal of mine is too intrusive but I just couldn't sit by, as your friend, and say nothing. Yes, I agree, the Liberals have some 'splainin' to do. And yes, one party in power for more than a decade gets a little... long. But you have a parliamentary system (I'll bet you didn't know that -- see, that's why you need Americans telling you things!). There are ways at the polls to have your voices heard other than throwing the baby out with the bath water.

These are no ordinary times, and as you go to the polls on Monday, you do so while a man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you can lend him a hand by picking Stephen Harper because he's a man who shares his world view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning Canada into his latest conquest? Is that how you want millions of us down here to see you from now on? The next notch in the cowboy belt? C'mon, where's your Canadian pride? I mean, if you're going to reduce Canada to a cheap download of Bush & Co., then at least don't surrender so easily. Can't you wait until he threatens to bomb Regina? Make him work for it, for Pete's sake.

But seriously, I know you're not going to elect a guy who should really be running for governor of Utah. Whew! I knew it! You almost had me there. Very funny. Don't do that again. God, I love you, you crazy cold wonderful neighbors to my north. Don't ever change.

Michael Moore