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hi dennis you wrote, in part: >In summary: I posted to 242 newspapers >... >I wrote to the list some days ago predicting that a one letter >campaign was unlikely to succeed and suggesting that a >concerted effort, by 5% of this list, targeted at specific newspapers, >might improve the chances of some letters being printed. >No one has responded to that suggestion in any way at all, >which leaves it stillborn... >All in all a less than successful outcome. At least writing >the open letter served to get some things off my chest. and then Ken responded to you: >Dennis, hopefully, the people who recieved the letter did read it >and did discuss it with a few people, even if that resulted in it not >being published, it can't hurt to have it discussed. Thank you for >writing it and TRYING to get it into the newspapers, you are >officially a good samaritan, and should feel good about that! and now i am putting in my two cents' worth: i am glad that you felt comfortable enough with our list-family to share your disappointment about the "less than successful outcome" in re your open letter i am also glad that ken pointed out some of the positive, and possibly un-looked for, outcomes of your efforts and i will take to to task ever so gently [dragging you by the ear] to review my message to you dated 98/06/11: > hi dennis > > wow > you have written a powerful letter > > the idea of appealing to individual american citizens > [via letters to the editor in us newspapers] > rather than lobbying politicians > is potentially > the most powerful message we parkies could send > > not to detract from all the hard work done politically; > this is just a different, and to my eyes, as yet untried, angle > > the ultimate democratic appeal via this miraculous medium > to the citizens of the ultimate democracy? > > start up the presses! >... i admit that at this point my editor persona got carried away a tad and maybe muddied up the core intent of my message to you i still think it's a brilliant idea and that you have made a magnificent effort stillborn? nah! maybe just a newborn! love janet a new voice: http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm pwp event calendar: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:pwpc 51/10 - endocarb/selegiline/fluoxetine - [log in to unmask] janet paterson, eic, ccs