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Titolo: [ENG] Michael Moore sulle elezioni americane

Dear Friends,
Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's,
in the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!'
There IS some good news from Tuesday's election.
Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since
Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young
adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are
always
wrong and you should never listen to them.
4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the
country is headed in the wrong direction (56%:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/direction_of_country.html
),
think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%:
http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
), and don't approve of the job
George W. Bush is doing (52%:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Presidential_04/bush_ja.html
). (Note to
foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out. It's an American thing, like
Pop Tarts.)
5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the
Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the
Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do
their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of
our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West
Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. 
We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We
can dehydrate them or bury them
in lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any
old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut.
May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will
no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time!
If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly
golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get
married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts
we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress,
including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to
have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates
can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3
chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state
legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the
2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53
chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47
chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber
(Montana House) is still undecided.
14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than
the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out
-- and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard
work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in
12th grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll
treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time
at the ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved
his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very
dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two
scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the
Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his
ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that
history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for
too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and
arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such
major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from
office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting
age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide --
it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58
yards
to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of
those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go
home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three
yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are
coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the
candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total
number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore.
Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking
for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first
time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country
has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news
is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In
fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the
ones  who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about
November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the
element of surprise in 2008.
Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My
Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a
wonderful country  -- it doesn't even need a president!'" 
But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.
Yours,
Michael Moore

 in the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!'
looser

 looser
Uno spanato o mancante di morale ?
/me e' perplessa perche' si ricordava loser
-- 
                      Annarella
        Ma i veri viaggiatori sono soltanto quelli 
                che partono per partire; 
             cuori leggeri, simili a palloncini, 
           non si allontano mai dal proprio destino
      e senza sapere perché, dicono ogni volta: "Andiamo"! 

 looser
al volo mi ricordo questa..
Altough I laugh  and  I act like a clown
beneath this mask I'm wearing a frown
my tears are falling like rain from the sky
it is for her or myself that I cry
(10 punti se la sai..)
Saluti  sessantini
Forex

 /me e' perplessa perche' si ricordava loser
loose [lu:s]
agg.  slegato, sciolto; libero; non legato; rado, non fitto; disponibile, a
disposizione; lento, non teso; (fig) libera, di facili costumi, (spreg)
leggera; dissoluto, sregolato, dissipato
compartaivo: looser
(eh,eh,eh)
Namarië
--
                              ą_Elda_ą
/\v/\ "Nan úye sére indo-ninya símen, ullume" /\v/\

 leggera; dissoluto, sregolato, dissipato
Michael Moore sarebbe un debosciato, dissipato, in parole povere un uomo di
facili costumi ?
Oh basta la' !


 Oh basta la' !
Concordo.
Questa versione non è credibile più che altro perchè non troverebbe clienti
:P
Namarië
--
                              ±_Elda_±


 Uno spanato o mancante di morale ?
uno che scioglie o libera.
Era un invito alla riconciliazione nazionale
(ieri andai da Curletto in piazza Adriano. Mi tagliò il crine Elia)

 (10 punti se la sai..)
senza google non ce l'avrei mai fatta

 senza google non ce l'avrei mai fatta
senza Beatles non hai avuto una infanzia felice!!!
Saluti bacarozzati
Forex

 senza Beatles non hai avuto una infanzia felice!!!
ma quando ero infante John Lennon era già stato assassinato!
Ho cercato di rifarmi da adolescente. Le mie preferite; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band
e Come Together. E Michelle (ho escluso le strafamose).
Fra i due, io decisamente sono un PaulMcCartneyano:
http://www.musicaememoria.com/beatles_songs.htm
che non aveva le phisic du role del genio come John, ma secondo me era il
vero genio fra i due.
Per il resto, sento di preferire lievemente i Rolling Stones, più sporchi e
più cattivi...