my sentiments, exactly, Kendall. Sheesh, bobby most kids now are from
divorced parents.
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> [Original Message]
> From: Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 9/15/2005 11:01:00 AM
> Subject: Re: FW: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent Over 50
Tonsof Food and Water]
>
> Bobby, Kat and Mag,
>
> I fail to see the relevance of who raised Casey Sheehan. Both Mr. and
> Mrs. Sheehan lost a son. =20
>
> I doubt Mr. Sheehan received primary custody (if that's what happened)
> of Casey because Cindy was pursuing "liberal causes." Last I knew being
> a liberal wasn't prima facie evidence of being an unfit parent. =20
>
> I've known many kids whose parents divorced, particularly boys, who
> chose to live with their fathers, particularly as teenagers. =20
>
> Kendall=20
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FW: We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent Over 50
> Tonsof Food andWater]
>
> 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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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