A letter from Michael Moore

[RichSchmidt]

The fact is that the vast majority of what happened here can be attributed to the ignorance of the people who live in these areas.They were given a fair amount of warning,and the chose to do nothing.We get a lot of crap about how poor they are and how they couldnt afford to leave town,but the fact is hat even celebrities and wealthy rsidents of N.O. stayed behind because they thought they knew better,or they didnt want to sit in traffic or whalk or whatever.It was the popular opinion that this was going to blow over.If all of those who could have left had done so,the rescue workers would have had a fraction of the job that they currently do,and their efforts would have been focused on getting the truly handicapped and unable out of the disaster.Instead they are spending the bulk of their time airlifting out the otherwise able bodied people who own cars and gas cards and should have ben out of there over a week ago.While all of this is happening,the real sick and handicapped are dead inside their homes where nobody will see them until after all able bodied poeple are rescued off the rooftops.