Hello America!
Nordmann | 11.01.2003 13:58
The "Hello America!" campaign was launched in Oslo, Norway, at 12.30 PM CET, January 6th 2003.
It is now being spread all over the world.
We want to carpet bomb the world with a message of support for all peace loving Americans.
It is now being spread all over the world.
We want to carpet bomb the world with a message of support for all peace loving Americans.
Dear fellow citizen of the planet,
The "Hello America!" campaign was launched in Oslo, Norway, at 12.30 PM CET, January 6th 2003.
It is now being spread all over the world.
We want to carpet bomb the world with a message of support for all peace loving Americans.
Please do the following:
1. Add your name to the list below. (Under the "Hello America!" letter)
2. Forward the whole mail to your friends and contacts, with copies to the following recipients:
American News Medias:
managing-editor@nytimes.com; news-tips@nytimes.com; CNN@cnn.com; letters@washpost.com; localnews@globe.com; slevinson@knightridder.com; rranderson@tribune.com; homeforum@csps.com; world@csmonitor.com; readers.rep@latimes.com; feedback@wsj.com; newseditors@wsj.com; editor@american-reporter.com; cwarmbold@ajc.com; pgast@ajc.com; gbailon@dallasnews.com; rbarrick@dallasnews.com; rchavira@dallasnews.com; philly_feedback@knightridder.com; publiceditor@tribune.com; eyewitness.news@abc.com; daily@timeinc.net; letters@time.com
Bush and Cheney:
president@whitehouse.gov; vice.president@whitehouse.gov
HELLO AMERICA!
The USA is on the brink of war. An aggressive and unpredictable leader is spreading fear and insecurity. His name is George W. Bush.
Mr. Bush possesses massive arsenals of weapons of mass destruction.
He claims he has the right to use them.
He was never elected by a majority of his people.
(32 % of adult Americans voted for Bush. He got 539,989 less votes than opponent Al Gore)
He leads a regime, where he himself – and a rich elite - enjoy enormous wealth and growing privileges, while millions live in poverty and despair.
People of ethnic minorities are oppressed and humiliated.
His country ranks highest in the world with regard to
not signing human rights treaties.
We thank you, America!
We know that most Americans want peace, prosperity and justice for all.
You are good people, like most people are, in Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Korea, Ukraine, Australia, Norway, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Bolivia, Iran, Uganda, Portugal and elsewhere.
We thank you for giving us Abraham Lincoln, Bessie Smith, Elvis Presley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hank Williams, Martin Luther King jr., Toni Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Owens, Woody Allen, Miles Davis, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Madonna, John Steinbeck, Jimmy Carter, Julia Roberts, Muhammad Ali and many more.
If we can do anything to help you
get rid of George W. Bush
before he wrecks your reputation
and messes up the whole planet,
please let us know!
Best regards,
Your worried friends in the rest of the World.
Petter Nome, Journalist and TV Producer. Reiulf Steen, Ambassador. Finn Sjue, Journalist and Associate Professor. Sidsel Mørck, Author. Bengt Calmeyer, Author and Journalist. Øystein Djupedal, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Saera Khan, Member of City Council in Oslo and Central Committee of the Labour Party. Torbjørn Morvik, TV director. Margrethe Aaby, Theater Director. Herman Kristoffersen, Mayor of Tromsø. Knut Nærum, Comedian and Author. Svein Tindberg, Actor. Raymond Johansen, Secretary General. Mette Janson, Journalist. Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology. Odd Arvid Strømstad, Director. Ranveig Frøiland, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Pål Gordon Nilsen, Journalist. Jon Wessel-Aas, Lawyer. Magnus Nome, Student. Nina Johnsrud, Journalist. Jannecke Hemsen, Teacher. Bente Aschim, Medical Doctor. Helge Nome, Teacher. Colleen Anne Watkins, Translator. Borgny Baastad, TV Photographer. Marte Haabeth Grindaker, President of Juvente (Youth organisation). Frank Sivertsen, Journalist. Hallvard Hatlestad, IT Proffesional and Competance Developer. Roy Corell, Nurse. Bjørn Jacobsen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Nils P. Lie-Gjeseth, Teacher and Webmaster. Thorbjørn Bratt, City Councillor. Sonja Holterman, Journalist. Eirik Sivertsen, Production Manager. Jens Øvrebø, TV Director. Tone Bratteli, Director of Information. Stina Greaker, TV Director. Per A. Thorbjørnsen, Managing Director. Henrik Steen, Writer. Eirik Nome, Student. Birger Kolsrud Jåsund, Journalist. Reidunn Nørstelien, Production Manager. Anne Jensen, Teatcher. Marthe Christensen, Student. Pål Rud Knudsen, Editor. Hilde Hummelvoll, journalist. Bjarte Aune Olsen, Student. Brynjar Widerøe, Sound Engineer. Siri Gellein, Journalist and Singer. Chris Foss, TV Director. Marte Spurkland, Journalist. Jan Holm, Journalist and Author. Øystein Bache, Comedian. Yngvil Kiran, TV Producer. Andreas Lunnan, Journalist. Vivi Stenberg, Journalist. Jan Roger Henriksen, Marketing Director, Torstein Vegheim, TV Director. Kjell Terje Ringdal, Managing Director, Ellen Lund, Historian, Bjørn Holmgren, TV Director, Knut Müller Nilsen, Artist Manager, Ingvild Vaggen Malvik, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Isabell Skagen, Project Manager, Ivar Johansen, Member of City Parliament Oslo. Karin Torp, 1 vice president of the Norwegian Union of Commercial and Office Employees. Gerd Pedersen, Secretary. Olav Boye, Research Officer, Norwegian Union of Graphical Workers. Lasse Sandberg, Administration Officer, Berit Johanne Berg, Floor Manager, Sten Bjørnø, District Secretary. Ruth Grung, Commissioner for Education and Sports. Knut Fagerbakke, City counsellor. Marianne Borgen, Member of the City Governement in Oslo and Deputy member of Parliament. Aamir J. Sheikh, member of Oslo Council, Conservative Party. Per Sverre Rannem, Mayor in Steinkjer Municipality. Odd Thraning, Major in Levanger Municipality. Oddvar Hølland, Union Representative. Reidar Otto Johnsen, TV Director. Sture Arntzen, President of Norwegian Union of Commercial and Office Employees. Kai Christoffersen, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Union Offshore Representative. Lene Bomann-Larsen, Research Fellow. Atle Teigland, Electrician, Signe Tønsberg, Senior Executive Officer. Hallgeir H. Langeland, Member of the Norwegian Parliament.May Sommerfelt, Director of International Department. Maria Astrup, Graphic Designer. Heidi Sørensen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Jan Tore Evensen, Secretary General. Nissa Nyberget, Musician. Rønnaug Tveito, Elin Enge, Kjell Erik Øye, Member of the City Council, Oslo. Tonje Østbye, Procect Manager. Olav Viksmo Slettan, journalist. Jens C. Andreassen, student. Knut Hovslien, Adviser.
The "Hello America!" campaign was launched in Oslo, Norway, at 12.30 PM CET, January 6th 2003.
It is now being spread all over the world.
We want to carpet bomb the world with a message of support for all peace loving Americans.
Please do the following:
1. Add your name to the list below. (Under the "Hello America!" letter)
2. Forward the whole mail to your friends and contacts, with copies to the following recipients:
American News Medias:
managing-editor@nytimes.com; news-tips@nytimes.com; CNN@cnn.com; letters@washpost.com; localnews@globe.com; slevinson@knightridder.com; rranderson@tribune.com; homeforum@csps.com; world@csmonitor.com; readers.rep@latimes.com; feedback@wsj.com; newseditors@wsj.com; editor@american-reporter.com; cwarmbold@ajc.com; pgast@ajc.com; gbailon@dallasnews.com; rbarrick@dallasnews.com; rchavira@dallasnews.com; philly_feedback@knightridder.com; publiceditor@tribune.com; eyewitness.news@abc.com; daily@timeinc.net; letters@time.com Bush and Cheney:
president@whitehouse.gov; vice.president@whitehouse.gov HELLO AMERICA!
The USA is on the brink of war. An aggressive and unpredictable leader is spreading fear and insecurity. His name is George W. Bush.
Mr. Bush possesses massive arsenals of weapons of mass destruction.
He claims he has the right to use them.
He was never elected by a majority of his people.
(32 % of adult Americans voted for Bush. He got 539,989 less votes than opponent Al Gore)
He leads a regime, where he himself – and a rich elite - enjoy enormous wealth and growing privileges, while millions live in poverty and despair.
People of ethnic minorities are oppressed and humiliated.
His country ranks highest in the world with regard to
not signing human rights treaties.
We thank you, America!
We know that most Americans want peace, prosperity and justice for all.
You are good people, like most people are, in Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Korea, Ukraine, Australia, Norway, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, India, Bolivia, Iran, Uganda, Portugal and elsewhere.
We thank you for giving us Abraham Lincoln, Bessie Smith, Elvis Presley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hank Williams, Martin Luther King jr., Toni Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Owens, Woody Allen, Miles Davis, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Madonna, John Steinbeck, Jimmy Carter, Julia Roberts, Muhammad Ali and many more.
If we can do anything to help you
get rid of George W. Bush
before he wrecks your reputation
and messes up the whole planet,
please let us know!
Best regards,
Your worried friends in the rest of the World.
Petter Nome, Journalist and TV Producer. Reiulf Steen, Ambassador. Finn Sjue, Journalist and Associate Professor. Sidsel Mørck, Author. Bengt Calmeyer, Author and Journalist. Øystein Djupedal, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Saera Khan, Member of City Council in Oslo and Central Committee of the Labour Party. Torbjørn Morvik, TV director. Margrethe Aaby, Theater Director. Herman Kristoffersen, Mayor of Tromsø. Knut Nærum, Comedian and Author. Svein Tindberg, Actor. Raymond Johansen, Secretary General. Mette Janson, Journalist. Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology. Odd Arvid Strømstad, Director. Ranveig Frøiland, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Pål Gordon Nilsen, Journalist. Jon Wessel-Aas, Lawyer. Magnus Nome, Student. Nina Johnsrud, Journalist. Jannecke Hemsen, Teacher. Bente Aschim, Medical Doctor. Helge Nome, Teacher. Colleen Anne Watkins, Translator. Borgny Baastad, TV Photographer. Marte Haabeth Grindaker, President of Juvente (Youth organisation). Frank Sivertsen, Journalist. Hallvard Hatlestad, IT Proffesional and Competance Developer. Roy Corell, Nurse. Bjørn Jacobsen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Nils P. Lie-Gjeseth, Teacher and Webmaster. Thorbjørn Bratt, City Councillor. Sonja Holterman, Journalist. Eirik Sivertsen, Production Manager. Jens Øvrebø, TV Director. Tone Bratteli, Director of Information. Stina Greaker, TV Director. Per A. Thorbjørnsen, Managing Director. Henrik Steen, Writer. Eirik Nome, Student. Birger Kolsrud Jåsund, Journalist. Reidunn Nørstelien, Production Manager. Anne Jensen, Teatcher. Marthe Christensen, Student. Pål Rud Knudsen, Editor. Hilde Hummelvoll, journalist. Bjarte Aune Olsen, Student. Brynjar Widerøe, Sound Engineer. Siri Gellein, Journalist and Singer. Chris Foss, TV Director. Marte Spurkland, Journalist. Jan Holm, Journalist and Author. Øystein Bache, Comedian. Yngvil Kiran, TV Producer. Andreas Lunnan, Journalist. Vivi Stenberg, Journalist. Jan Roger Henriksen, Marketing Director, Torstein Vegheim, TV Director. Kjell Terje Ringdal, Managing Director, Ellen Lund, Historian, Bjørn Holmgren, TV Director, Knut Müller Nilsen, Artist Manager, Ingvild Vaggen Malvik, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Isabell Skagen, Project Manager, Ivar Johansen, Member of City Parliament Oslo. Karin Torp, 1 vice president of the Norwegian Union of Commercial and Office Employees. Gerd Pedersen, Secretary. Olav Boye, Research Officer, Norwegian Union of Graphical Workers. Lasse Sandberg, Administration Officer, Berit Johanne Berg, Floor Manager, Sten Bjørnø, District Secretary. Ruth Grung, Commissioner for Education and Sports. Knut Fagerbakke, City counsellor. Marianne Borgen, Member of the City Governement in Oslo and Deputy member of Parliament. Aamir J. Sheikh, member of Oslo Council, Conservative Party. Per Sverre Rannem, Mayor in Steinkjer Municipality. Odd Thraning, Major in Levanger Municipality. Oddvar Hølland, Union Representative. Reidar Otto Johnsen, TV Director. Sture Arntzen, President of Norwegian Union of Commercial and Office Employees. Kai Christoffersen, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Union Offshore Representative. Lene Bomann-Larsen, Research Fellow. Atle Teigland, Electrician, Signe Tønsberg, Senior Executive Officer. Hallgeir H. Langeland, Member of the Norwegian Parliament.May Sommerfelt, Director of International Department. Maria Astrup, Graphic Designer. Heidi Sørensen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Jan Tore Evensen, Secretary General. Nissa Nyberget, Musician. Rønnaug Tveito, Elin Enge, Kjell Erik Øye, Member of the City Council, Oslo. Tonje Østbye, Procect Manager. Olav Viksmo Slettan, journalist. Jens C. Andreassen, student. Knut Hovslien, Adviser.
Nordmann
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Defining democracy
11.01.2003 15:09
1) We do not elect our presidents by popular vote. You may think that a stupid arrangement, but please keep in mind that we are NOT a "parliamentary deomcracy" but a federal republic of quasi independent states.
2) Our bizarre system was designed to "even out" somewhat the effect of the states being of different size (populations). In voting for president the individual votes of each American are NOT of equal weight BY DESIGN. In effect, the vote of an American living in a "small" state like Vermont or North Dakota is worth much more than that of an American living in a "large" state like my own Massachusetts (up to three times as much).
3) It is specifically left up to the states whether or not they want to use their "electoral" votes "winner in the state takes all". Maine is the only state I know of where it isn't done that way.
4) Should no candidate get a majority of the elctoral votes the election gets thrown inot the "House" under special rules which make the samll state advantage even greater (in effect, one state, one vote).
Now this may not be what YOU consider "democracy" and I won't deny that many people here (especially those in large states) would like the system changed. But that's the US Federal system as it stands. Maybe this would be a good time to ask for opinions from those few of you Europeans who also have "Fedration" systems --- how do you Swiss do it? How do you "equalize" that not all the "states" have the same population?
Mike
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Bush Won By Electoral Fraud, Not System
13.01.2003 20:25
Bush "won" by massive election fraud in Florida as reported by Greg Palast of the BBC. Mr. Palast is an American journalist, who has resorted to writing his stories in the United Kingdom, since the corporate/government controlled press in the United States is unwilling to allow crucial information to fall into the hands of the American people.
The Dubya victory was further cemented by 5 corrupt members of the U.S. Supreme Court, who base their decisions on their own political biases, while demonstrating complete contempt for the rule of law. If you do support democracy, please have a look at his website which details the GOP coordinated election fraud, in which tens of thousands of voters were illegally purged from the voter roles. Many Brits are already aware of this fraud and do not need a lecture on US electoral rules. If you think you are living in a democracy.... think again!
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