Oh, I had not heard that. Where did you hear that, Bobby?

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> [Original Message]
> From: Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 9/14/2005 4:45:36 PM
> Subject: Re: FW: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent Over 50
Tonsof  Food andWater]
>
> Kat and Mag,
>
>     If Moore is so big on the truth, why  doesn't he mentioned that Cindy
> Sheehan never raised her son, Casey? His father did. Ms. Sheehan was too
> busy pursuing her liberal causes.
>
> Bobby
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy" <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:19 PM
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: FW: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent Over
50
> Tons of Food andWater]
>
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject:        Re: FW: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent
Over
> > 50
> > Tons of Food andWater
> > Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:18:46 -0400
> > From:   Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
> > To:     [log in to unmask]
> > References:     <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >
> > This is but one of many relief efforts, and to be brutally fair, it will
> > be a very long and painful process to get all the dead bodies picked
> > up.  Mr. Moore is just making a lot of noise about an issue that can't
> > be resolved quickly, in my opinion.  I am quite liberal in my political
> > beliefs but there are two liberals at least that I can't stand - Michael
> > Moore and Kitty Kelly.  They both make allegations that aren't backed up
> > by cold, hard facts.
> >
> > And also frankly, I think the government relief efforts wouldn't  have
> > been any faster if Kerry had been in office.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > Magenta Raine wrote:
> >
> >>The other side of what the media is not telling us.
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Michael Moore
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Sent: 9/13/2005 11:48:17 PM
> >>Subject: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent Over 50 Tons of
Food
> >>andWater
> >>
> >>
> >>Friends,
> >>Last week I closed my New York production office and sent my staff down
to
> >>New Orleans to set up our own relief effort. I asked all of you to help
me
> >>by sending food, materials and cash to the emergency relief center we
> >>helped set up on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain with the Veterans for
> >>Peace. We did this when the government was doing nothing and the Red
Cross
> >>was still trying to get it together. Every day, every minute was
critical.
> >>People were dying, poor people, black people, left like so much trash in
> >>the street. I wanted to find a way to get aid in there immediately.
> >>I hooked up with the Vietnam veterans and Iraqi war vets (Veterans for
> >>Peace) who were organizing a guerilla, grass-roots relief effort. They
> >>were the same group that had set up Cindy Sheehan's camp in Crawford and
> >>now they had moved Camp Casey to Louisiana.
> >>I have good news and horrible news to report. First, your response to my
> >>appeal letter was overwhelming. Within a few days, a half-million
dollars
> >>was sent in through my website to fund our relief effort. This money was
> >>immediately used to buy generators, food, water, a mobile medical van,
> >>tents, satellite phones, etc.
> >>Others of you began shipping supplies to our encampment. People in
> >>communities all over the country started organizing truck caravans to us
> >>in Louisiana. Twenty-two trucks from southern California alone have
> >>already arrived. A semi-truck from Chicago delivered ten tons of food. A
> >>group of friends in New Jersey got two 24 foot trucks, got their
community
> >>to load them up with goods, and arrived in Covington tonight. Fifteen
> >>iMacs are inbound from California. One man gave us his pick-up truck and
> >>another donated truck is en route from Houston.
> >>Your response to my appeal has been nothing short of miraculous. And it
> >>has saved many, many lives.
> >>A number of you decided to just get in your cars and drive to our camp
to
> >>volunteer to help. We now have had 150 volunteers here doing the work
that
> >>needs to be done. Last night they unloaded twenty tons of food from a
> >>tractor trailer in under two hours. Each day more volunteers arrive.
> >>Everyone is sleeping on the ground or in tents. It is a remarkable
sight.
> >>Thank you, all of you, for responding. I will never forget this
outpouring
> >>of generosity to those forgotten by our own government.
> >>My staff and the vets spend their 18-hour days delivering food and water
> >>throughout the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. What they
> >>have seen is appalling. I have asked them to post their daily diaries on
> >>my website (www.michaelmoore.com) along with accompanying photos and
video
> >>so you can learn what is really going on. What the media is showing you
is
> >>NOT the whole story. It is much, much worse and there is still little
> >>being done to bring help to those who need it.
> >>Our group has visited many outlying towns and villages in Mississippi
and
> >>Louisiana, places the Red Cross and FEMA haven't visited in over a week.
> >>Often our volunteers are the first relief any of these people have seen.
> >>They have no food, water or electricity. People die every day. There are
> >>no TV cameras recording this. They have started to report the spin and
PR
> >>put out by the White House, the happy news that often isn't true
> >>("Everyone gets 2,000 dollars!").
> >>The truth is that there are dead bodies everywhere and no one is picking
> >>them up. My crew reports that in most areas there is no FEMA presence,
and
> >>very little Red Cross. It's been over two weeks since the hurricane and
> >>there is simply not much being done. At this point, would you call this
> >>situation incompetence or a purposeful refusal to get real help down
> >>there?
> >>That's why we decided not to wait. And we are so grateful to all of you
> >>who have joined us. The Veterans for Peace and my staff aren't leaving
> >>(and that's why we are hoping those of you who can't get to Covington
will
> >>make it to the Veterans for Peace co-sponsored anti-war demonstration in
> >>DC on September 24: www.unitedforpeace.org.)
> >>If you want to help, here's what we need in Covington right now:
> >>Cleaning Supplies (glass cleaner, bleach, disinfectant, etc.)
> >>Aspirin and other basic over the counter drugs.
> >>Bottled Water
> >>Canned Goods
> >>Hygiene Supplies
> >>Baby Supplies - Baby Food Formula, diapers #4, #5, Wipes, Pedialyte
> >>Sterile Gloves
> >>Batteries - All kinds, from AA to watch and hearing aid batteries.
> >>Volunteers with trucks and cars
> >>Self contained kitchens with generators, utensils, workers
> >>Consider sending supplies in reusable containers. List the contents on
the
> >>outside of the package so the folks in the warehouse can easily sort the
> >>items.
> >>Clothes are not needed. If you go, keep in mind that you MUST be
> >>self-sufficient. Bring a tent and a sleeping bag. People are driving to
> >>Covington from across the country and often have extra room in their
cars
> >>for you or for an extra box of supplies. For more information, go to the
> >>Veterans for Peace message board: www.vfproadtrips.org/katrina/.
> >>Send supplies via UPS to:
> >>Veterans for Peace
> >>Omni Storage
> >>74145 Hwy. 25
> >>Covington LA
> >>Thanks again for funding and supporting our relief efforts. It has been
a
> >>bright spot in this otherwise shameful month.
> >>Yours,
> >>Michael Moore
> >>[log in to unmask]
> >>www.michaelmoore.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>