A friend of mine shared this with me. If you feel pertinent, act upon it and share it with others share it with others…
In the 1950’s, tens of thousands of people sent small bags of grain to President Eisenhower to encourage him to send food to then-enemy China during a famine. The existence of the campaign helped dissuade Eisenhower from attacking China during two international confrontations. Now a nationwide effort has been launched to send a similar message to President Bush about Iraq: If we are going to send something to Iraq it should be food, not bombs.
Send a half cup of uncooked rice in a plastic bag and padded envelope with the message “Rice for Peace - No War On Iraq”
Mail to:
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC 20500
A package with a half cup of rice and a very light envelope (see below) is just over 4 ounces. The postage for this is $1.29 (for up to 5 ounces). Additional ounces are 23 cents.
A package with only one-third cup of rice in this light envelope can be less than 3 ounces. Postage: 83 cents.
This light small bubble-pack padded envelope is 4"x7" inside. A paper-pulp padded envelope would require more postage.
Of course, it’s best to RE-USE an old padded envelope or small box. Please be sure it’s durable, labelled clearly and has sufficient postage.
A noble concept, but terribly flawed. Those packages won’t be getting anywhere near the White House. Remember the Anthrax letters? The people who handle the govt.'s mail sure do.
I know… but anything is worth while. If nothing else, it will raise some more awareness and we can’t have too much of that. It will annoy the gov. a little too, which could be a nice touch.
From what I can gather from reports there is, yes and there is a huge problem (which looks set to worsen with the threatened war) with malnourishment in children. The current rate is about 5% which could potentially increase to 30% if there is a war. That too depends on the duration of the war.
This is not the forum for passing along questionable e-mail glurge.
In fact, we don’t have a forum for passing along questionable e-mail glurge.
If you ever wish to start a poll or invite comments on a subject that you find interesting, please feel free to do so, though.
Lockdown.
