[NV Greens] Fwd: Memorial Day action-click to stop recruiting kids
for war
Paul Etxeberri
eusko at greens.org
Thu May 26 00:31:22 PDT 2005
>To: "Paul Etxeberri" <eusko at earthlink.net>
>Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 04:09:35 -0700
>Subject: Memorial Day action-click to stop recruiting kids
> for war
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>From: "TrueMajority" <alerts at truemajority.org>
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>
>Tell the Pentagon to Leave Our Children Alone
>
>Dear Paul,
>
> "A gripping, emotional anti-war ballad of the experience of a GI in Iraq"
> - Amazon.com
>
>
>Grammy-winning guitarist Robert Cray just released his new song
>about a soldier in Iraq, and it's free for TrueMajority members.
>
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>Memorial Day is here again and America still occupies Iraq. U.S.
>Army generals last week admitted that the occupation is going badly,
>with no end in sight [1] . Many of us are angry and frustrated at
>our inability to end the quagmire. And every week brings new
>reports about Pentagon recruiters lying to our children to get them
>to join [2] .
>
>
>
>Here are three things you can do:
>
>1. FORWARD THE SONG
>
>Art opens a path to people's hearts. Five-time Grammy Award-winner
>Robert Cray has just released a powerful song called "Twenty," about
>a young man who joins the Army after 9/11 to protect his country.
>But he's sent to Iraq and discovers what the occupation is really
>about before he's killed in action [3] . Robert is giving the song
>to TrueMajority for us to share with our members. If the song moves
>you, share it with friends who need to hear this message too. Use
>one of the links in the box to the right to play the song,
>or <http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/{808DA652-D32D-4CDD-88F4-A3D3DB7866ED}/TWENTY_2MEG.MP3>RIGHT-click
>here to download it (and choose "save as").
>
>
>
>2. PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM PENTAGON RECRUITERS
>
>The so-called No Child Left Behind Act has a little-known provision
>that mandates schools to provide our children's personal information
>to the Pentagon so they can be recruited into the armed forces. The
>law also allows parents and guardians to stop their kids' schools
>from providing this information to the Pentagon, but few know what
>is going on or how to stop it [4] . Our friends at Working Assets
>have built an online tool to make it easy. Just click here to keep
>the military's hands off your
>kids: <http://www.leavemychildalone.org/index.cfm?event=showContent&contentid=13&mktcode=tm>http://www.leavemychildalone.org And
>if you know other parents who could use this service, forward this
>e-mail to them.
>
>
>
>3. MAKE THE PENTAGON ASK PERMISSION
>
>If you don't have children who are vulnerable to Pentagon
>recruiters, you can still help those of us who do. A bill in
>Congress would change this law and reverse the process, so parents
>would need to sign their kids up before their kids' information
>could be turned over to the Pentagon. It's an opt-in process,
>rather than the burden of opting out [5] . To urge your
>congressperson to support this family protection bill, just click
>"reply" and "send" if you are a TrueMajority member (text of the
>message below). If you'd like to edit the message we'll send to your
>congressperson, or if you aren't yet a TrueMajority member, go to
><http://truemajority.kintera.org/LeaveMyChildAlone>http://truemajority.kintera.org/LeaveMyChildAlone.
>And forward this to others so they too can help protect all our kids.
>
>
>
>The war in Iraq will last longer unless more people demand its end.
>These tools provide easy ways for you to take action and to let
>friends and family know what they can do.
>
>
>
>A mother of two children, trying to end the madness,
>
>
>
>Darcy Scott Martin
>
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Here's the message we'll send to your Congressperson
>
>Dear [we'll insert your representative's name here]:
>
>
>
>Please support H.R.551, the Student Privacy Protection Act of 2005,
>which amends section 9528 of No Child Left Behind. H.R. 551
>prohibits military recruiters from contacting students unless these
>minors and their parents specifically "Opt In" and consent to
>receive such communications.
>
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>[We'll put your name here]
>
>
>
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>
>1)
>"<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/international/middleeast/19iraq.html>Generals
>Offer Sober Outlook on Iraqi War ," New York Times (5/19/05)
>
>
>
>2)
>"<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/20/national/main696991.shtml>Amid
>Scandal, Recruitment Halts" CBS News
>
>
>
>3) Here's
>a <http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7252549/robertcray?>review
> of Robert Cray's new song "Twenty",and
>the <http://rosebudus.com/cray/TwentyLyrics.html>lyrics
>
>
>
>4) Here's more
>on <http://www.leavemychildalone.org/index.cfm?event=showContent&contentid=15>Leave
>My Child Alone!
>
>
>
>5) Here's the
><http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.551:>bill that will
>require parents to opt in to Pentagon recruitment for their kids
>
>
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Paul Etxeberri
"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow" ---Chateaubriand
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