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An Open Letter to God, from Michael Moore

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Dear God,

The other night, the Rev. James Dobson's ministry asked all believers
to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance
speech outdoors in Denver would have to be cancelled.

I see that You have answered Rev. Dobson's prayers -- except the storm
You have sent to earth is not over Denver, but on its way to New
Orleans! In fact, You have scheduled it to hit Louisiana at exactly
the moment that George W. Bush is to deliver his speech at the
Republican National Convention.

Now, heavenly Father, we all know You have a great sense of humor and
impeccable timing. To send a hurricane on the third anniversary of the
Katrina disaster AND right at the beginning of the Republican
Convention was, at first blush, a stroke of divine irony. I don't
blame You, I know You're angry that the Republicans tried to blame YOU
for Katrina by calling it an "Act of God" -- when the truth was that
the hurricane itself caused few casualties in New Orleans. Over a
thousand people died because of the mistakes and neglect caused by
humans, not You.

Some of us tried to help after Katrina hit, while Bush ate cake with
McCain and twiddled his thumbs. I closed my office in New York and
sent my entire staff down to New Orleans to help. I asked people on my
website to contribute to the relief effort I organized -- and I ended
up sending over two million dollars in donations, food, water, and
supplies (collected from thousands of fans) to New Orleans while
Bush's FEMA ice trucks were still driving around Maine three weeks
later.

But this past Thursday night, the Washington Post reported that the
Republicans had begun making plans to possibly postpone the
convention. The AP had reported that there were no shelters set up in
New Orleans for this storm, and that the levee repairs have not been
adequate. In other words, as the great Ronald Reagan would say, "There
you go again!"

So the last thing John McCain and the Republicans needed was to have a
split-screen on TVs across America: one side with Bush and McCain
partying in St. Paul, and on the other side of the screen, live
footage of their Republican administration screwing up once again
while New Orleans drowns.

So, yes, You have scared the Jesus, Mary and Joseph out of them, and
more than a few million of your followers tip their hats to You.

But now it appears that You haven't been having just a little fun with
Bush & Co. It appears that Hurricane Gustav is truly heading to New
Orleans and the Gulf coast. We hear You, O Lord, loud and clear, just
as we did when Rev. Falwell said You made 9/11 happen because of all
those gays and abortions. We beseech You, O Merciful One, not to
punish us again as Pat Robertson said You did by giving us Katrina
because of America's "wholesale slaughter of unborn children." His
sentiments were echoed by other Republicans in 2005.

So this is my plea to you: Don't do this to Louisiana again. The
Republicans got your message. They are scrambling and doing the best
they can to get planes, trains and buses to New Orleans so that
everyone can get out. They haven't sent the entire Louisiana National
Guard to Iraq this time -- they are already patrolling the city
streets. And, in a nod to I don't know what, Bush's head of FEMA has
named a man to help manage the federal government's response. His name
is W. Michael Moore. I kid you not, heavenly Father. They have sent a
man with both my name AND W's to help save the Gulf Coast.

So please God, let the storm die out at sea. It's done enough damage
already. If you do this one favor for me, I promise not to invoke your
name again. I'll leave that to the followers of Rev. Dobson and to
those gathering this week in St. Paul.

Your faithful servant and former seminarian,

Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com

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