After casting her ballot for Barack Obama, Amanda Jones said simply, "I feel good about voting for him." Ms. Jones, of Cedar Creek, Texas (a town just south of Austin), is African-American, and what gives her vote some historic punch is that she's 109 years old. Her father was a slave. Her mother was born right after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. She's been through it all--Jim Crow segregation, women's suffrage, the Great Depression, the poll tax, FDR, the civil-rights movement, desegregation, 13 years of George W (five as guv, eight as prez), and now: Barack Obama. This last change fills her with joy, she says.
Do something!
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Posted by Jim Hightower
Posted by Jim Hightower
AGITATION: Tell the USDA to strengthen rules to prevent Mad Cow Disease! The USDA's recent rule changes do not go far enough to protect our food safety. Visit http://www.citizen.org/cmep/foodsafety/madcow/ to send an instant fax or find sample letters that you can address to: FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket 03-025IF, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th and C Street SW. Washington, DC 20250-3700. You can also fax your letter to 202-690-0486 or send it via email to FSIS.Regulations@usda.gov. For more info, call Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program at 202-546-4996.
Press your lawmakers to a support moratorium on factory farms. APHA, the largest professional society for US public health and safety officials entrusted with our health and well-being, has issued a call for local, state, and federal officials to enact a moratorium on any new factory farms. Call your members of Congress and your state and local officials and ask them to enact the moratorium on new factory farms called for by APHA to protect our health and communities.
Sign the petition! Join tens of thousands of citizens and sign the Mad Cow USA?Stop the Madness petition, demanding that the US government adopt and enforce the same strict standards required by the European Union and Japan. You can find it at http://www.organic consumers.org/madcow.htm, along with a wealth of news and research on Mad Cow Disease.
Vote with your wallet: The Organic Consumers Association (6101 Cliff Estate Rd., Little Marais, MN 55614; 218-226-4164 (www.organicconsumers.org) and Eat Well Guide (www.eatwellguide.org) can help you locate organic beef producers and organic food stores in your area.
