Email

Guess what- the president emailed me!! Oh yeah, it wasn't in response to my email. It was a lovely description of his proposed single-payer plan. I wrote him back:

Hello and thank you for sending me an email outlining your healthcare proposition now that you've taken office. I am glad that I am on an emailing list, as I believe communication is important, I have yet to receive an email response from your staff in regard to my request to keep Montsanto off of any global hunger proposition.

So what I want to know and many others- what's up with this health care plan? Single payer? Really?! That's not why we elected you. The right wing hates this plan and the left don't like it either. Corporate interests wants business as usual. So, if everyone is going to dislike the plan in Washington, why don't you go ahead with what you proposed while running for office? Go all out, the people will be in favor of it and it works great for the military. You can even run a campaign- Healthcare- bringing democracy to America or what about this one- We need to support all of our troops, even the ones at home OR we can't have a strong army without a strong nation. This would be great- something really jingoistic to get some backing! I know it's wishful thinking and no one ever reads these emails, but like Cornel West says "You've got to speak truth to power".
Best in all,

My Letter to the President

Here's the news article that started all of this: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/europe/09food.html?_r=1&ref=world



Dear President Obama,
I know your assistants and interns are very busy so i won't be too long winded. You are the first democrat I've ever voted for. I've been voting Green Party since I was 18. I am sorry about the Kevin Baker article in Harper's, yet I have to admit a snicker. This is what I thought would happen. If you play the safe corporate way with US politics, it won't surprise me and I'll swallow it. We've been kneeling to corporate influence since long before my time. However, with this new G-8 food bill I am really asking that you do not make this a $15 billion paycheck for Monsanto and their monstrous products. Do you realize that indigenous plants are already healthy and drought resistant? These people need to save seed, non-GMO seeds and seeds that aren't reliant on expensive petrol fertilizers. I know Monsanto owns our Head of Agriculture and has purchased many in DC, but please for the sake of starving humans can we for once not give in to corporate pressure but truly feed these people? I know I'd be all supportive for restoring indigenous food, culture and plants to all nations. This will also open doors for self-reliance and dignity. If we refuse GMO seeds we are also opening doors for these people to sell produce, meat and goods to a European market as well as ours.
There are many fine books on this subject, feel free to contact me if you need titles. Dennis Kucinich probably knows a few good ones as well (he'd be the only one)!!
Thank you- you have a very difficult job,