Re: michael moore

[Gil Skillman <gskillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Hi, Ellen.  Good response.  Gil
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>	I sent the following letter to the Nation, regarding Michael Moore's
> 	piece.  --Ellen Frank
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>	OK, Michael.  If we're going to start down this road of name-calling
>and downright cantankerousness, maybe you and the little lady from Sears
>should think on this.
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>	The arrogant, clueless left you affect to so despise were a step
>or two ahead of regular folks on the issues.  When our government
>was making Central America safe for US multinationals, who was
>out protesting?  When right wingers were spreading lurid tales of
>black criminals, while quietly shifting money from education to
>prisons, who stood up against the police state?  I love the people, too.
>  Unfortunately, the ordinary folks from Flint didn't notice what
>was going on in this country until their jobs were gone and
>their schools were rotting.  Maybe they were too busy bowling.
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>	I'll grant you that lefties can be a mite out of touch
>and more than a mite obnoxious, but someone has to keep a close
>eye on the big picture.  God knows, the right wingers don't diss
>their intellectuals -- they set them up in style at the Cato Institute.
>You want the left to bench Chomsky, so that Charles Murray
>can run with the ball?
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>	  We're all beleaguered and doing what we can,
> Michael.  Let's lighten up a bit.
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