To: Every American

We the undersigned will fast on Thanksgiving Day as a protest against the U.S. occupation of Iraq. We will spend the fast with like-minded friends and family discussing the suffering of the people of Iraq, and how we are complicit as taxpayers and citizens of the United States of America in maintaining the war and occupation. We will use this time to write letters to members of our Congress, Senate, and the White House, expressing our demands.

We will refuse to consume and/or purchase food items traditionally associated with Thanksgiving Day: turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, etc., and will instead (resources permitting) donate the funds for this celebration to a local homeless shelter, or relief fund for Iraqi citizens, or some other fund which provides resources for those in need. ...

In solidarity with those who oppose the United States of America's war against the people of Iraq, occupation of their land, and theft of their natural resources ... we are the undersigned ...
Humanitarian poet/activist C.A. Conrad proposes a Thanksgiving Day fast supporting peace in Iraq. "What's life like in Baghdad on Thanksgiving Day," he writes, "when Americans are busy feasting on pumpkin pie and turkey breast?"

I don't think we really want to know.
 
   

 


 
 
eyesthebye on
Re: Are you up for a Thanksgiving fast?
That is quite the idea.

I may do that Christmas day.
shadeofgray on
Re: Are you up for a Thanksgiving fast?
Commercial Christmas is easy for us to forgo.  My spouse and I do not exchange gifts.
wonderingsoul on
Re: Are you up for a Thanksgiving fast?
They are more than welcome to have my grandma's sorry excuse for pumpkin pie.  Going to my dad's family's place would make it easy to fast on Thanksgiving.....they somehow manage to screw up even basic Thanksgiving trimmings.
shadeofgray on
Re: Are you up for a Thanksgiving fast?
LOL.  I didn't know anyone could screw up a turkey dinner.
wonderingsoul on
Re: Are you up for a Thanksgiving fast?
I hate stuffing, so I don't even add that in the equation.  The turkey is dry, the potatoes are....probably the closest thing to edible, we always have corn - why don't we change it up and have carrots or a vegetable medley or something?  I absolutely love the jellied cranberries that come out of the can.  But because I'm diabetic, my grandma seems to think that it's not good for me, so she gets real cranberries, smooshes them up, and ICK, I refuse to eat them.  And don't get me started on the pie.  A "sugar free" version of pumpkin pie is a crime against pilgrims!!!  The artificial sweetner she uses is awful and gives the entire thing an aftertaste, it's mushy, and they never put enough cool whip on it!  Come on people, I like a little pie with my cool whip!    No, I'm not looking forward to it, but it's the bone I throw them, my yearly obligatory appearance, so to speak.

 
Login to replyToggle picture size
 

Latest Comment
Re: Schmoo and stuff. - Thanks darlin'.

Read...


 
© 2005-2007 MindSay Interactive LLC
| Terms of Service
| Privacy Policy
My Account
Inbox
Account Settings
Lost Password?
Logout
Blog
Update Blog
Edit Old Entries
Pick a Theme
Customize Design
Modify Plugins
Community
Your Profile
Wiki Pages
MindSay Tags
Video & Photos
Geographic Directory
Inside MindSay
About MindSay
MindSay and RSS
Report Spam
Contact Us
Help