SB: Grannies, Nukes and Dubya (Off-topic)

[Robert Tom <archilogic@juno.com>]

Gidday All;

After I responded to the message (appended below), 
Molly replied a couple of days later in the manner 
of all Nice Grandmothers,  with a "Bless you" 
(and included her home address). 

She wrote to ask if the name in my e-dress was 
how I wished my signature to appear on the sign-on 
letter so I'm guessing that she is not someone 
harvesting names for commercial purposes and hence, 
feel reasonably okay about forwarding her message to you. 

A thought just occurred to me: 
It would be pretty nifty if everyone on this List who 
signed-on to her letter eventually sent as little as a buck  
to Molly with the idea that she use the aggregate amount to 
pay for transportation for herself (and  perhaps a few of 
her fellow Grandmothers for Peace ?),  so that they could 
go to Washington and personally present the letter to the 
Idiot King in the Whitehouse.


Perhaps we might even convince a few of the Grannies 
on this list to accompany Molly ?
If we played our cards right, the trip to Washington
could coincide with the "Roll Your Own Blackout"
on summer solstice.

BTW, here in Canada, we have a non-existent conspiracy 
of grandmothers who call themselves the Raging Grannies, 
who get dressed up in the most outrageous, stereo-typical 
Grannygarb that they can conjure (flower-strewn straw hats, 
baggy flower-print dresses,ample chest/midriffe padding, shawls, 
granny glasses , wrinkled/sagging hosiery etc. that show up at protests, often with tambourines and such-like to sing songs, chant, wave placards and otherwise make their point known. 
The media loves them and so do I.

BTW, San Luis Obispo is the Alma Mater of at least
two leading lights of the SB community (Ann Edminster and
John Swearingen).

============= Forwarded Material===================
from: Molly Johnson <mollypj@yahoo.com> 
     (by way of networks@networkearth.org (Shannyn))

This letter is from SLO CO (San Luis Obispo County)
Grandmothers for Peace to be sent as a sign-on letter.
Anyone, whether as a group or as an individual may
sign on just by replying to peacegrannie@hotmail.com
and saying, "Sign me on!"  It is very important that
we, the people, stop the insane plan to build more
nuclear reactors in the US.  Our children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildren and thousands of
generations down the line need our protection!!!
Please feel free to forward it to others you might
think would like to sign-on.
 
I have also attached the word document [deleted out]
so that you can print the letter out and/or see the way 
it looks in the format in which it will be sent.
 
In peace,
 
Molly Johnson
 
May 24, 2001
 
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20500
 
Dear President Bush,
 
The issue of radioactive pollution from nuclear
testing fallout, from the routine emissions of nuclear
(commercial or military) reactors, from the billions
of tons of uranium tailings left exposed at sites
around the globe, from the massive amounts of
low-level and high-level radioactive waste generated
every years for decades from hundreds of commercial,
military and research reactors around the globe are far
from being the passÈ story the industryís PR hacks and
media assets constantly present it as, is the
number-one problem our children, grandchildren, great
grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, ad
infinitum, will have to deal with for at least the
next 240,000 years.  The damage to the integrity of
the gene pool is still being assessed as well as
increased.  All of this has happened in less than the
past fifty years!  The challenge is paramount.  Denial
promises extinction of all our relations."  
--David Thompson Ratcliffe
 
Now a push is being made to build new nuclear reactors
in the United States.  This idea is complete insanity!
It has been proven by Dr. Ernest Sternglass, Dr. Jay
M Gould, Dr. Joseph J. Mangano, Dr. Rosalie Bertell
and others that nuclear power is slowly killing the
people of the United States in increased infant
mortality, childhood cancers, breast cancer, and other
types of cancer.  It is not even yet known what kind
of damage is being done genetically, although the
studies regarding the children of people that were
exposed in Chernobyl show that mutations do occur.  
In light of all of this information all nuclear power
plants in the United States should be shut down
immediately!
 
It is time for the United States to move forward into
the 21st century.  Advances in technology in renewable
energy sources have made the use of oil, gas and
uranium essentially obsolete.  It is time for
decisions about energy to be made based on the health,
safety and welfare of the people of this country,
especially the children and unborn generations, not on
the bank accounts of the corporations.
 
We, the people, ask that the government of the United
States adopt a program of converting this great nation
into one using predominantly renewable energy sources.
The time for change is now!
 
In the words of President John F. Kennedy in June of
1963:
 
"Öthe number of children and grandchildren with cancer
in their bones, with leukemia in their blood, or with
poison in their lungs might seem statistically small
to some, in comparison with natural health hazards,
but this is not a natural health hazardóand it is not
a statistical issue.  The loss of even one human life,
or the malformation of even one babyówho may be born
long after we are goneóshould be of concern to us all.
Our children and grandchildren are not merely
statistics toward which we can be indifferent.î
 
Sincerely,
 
 
=====
Molly Johnson - SLO CO Grandmothers for Peace
 
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, 
committed citizens can change the world.  
Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." 
- Margaret Mead
========= End of Forwarded Material============

--
Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada

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