Friday, December 02, 2005

Michael Ignatieff – The Pseudo Trudeau

Speaking Power to Truth
also see
babble.ca

Despite the machinations of the Martin Liberals to ensure the ‘pseudo Trudeau’, Michael Ignatieff’s Liberal candidacy in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, how can they ignore his Bush apologist record and sycophantic proposals of certain “Lesser Evils” of torture giving academic credence to Rumsfeld’s justification for it’s use around the globe?
I have to ask myself, how do the Martin liberals explain him and to what future purpose, other than half seriously considering him as priministerial stuff. I can only see him as another American system familiar and slicking the slope for further integration with the U.S. allowing Martin to slip unnoticed into the backrooms.

Unless Ignatieff makes a deathbed conversion before his election hopes go any further, I demand a money back guarantee of his integrity.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Royal Ontario Museum Development Dropped

ROM drops plans for condo tower

See blog below: "Royal Ontario Goes Condo"

Thanks to all who spoke and all who listened!

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Evil Is as Evil Does

Bush instigates terrorism
Satan instigates evil
Is terrorism evil?


Text of President Bush’s address to the Joint Armed Forces Officers' Wives' Luncheon, Bolling Air Force Base


…On the morning of September the 11th, 2001, we saw the destruction that terrorists intend for our nation. We know they want to strike again, and our nation has made a clear choice: We will confront this mortal danger to *all humanity. We will not rest or tire until the war on terror is won.

*Does Bush have a creationist problem? Surely evil people are human too.

…We meet at a critical time for our military and our nation. At this hour, Americans in uniform are deployed around the world to defend our freedom and our security in *the first war of the 21st century.

*Bush is proud of this but is he boasting? And as the 2000th American was killed! Isn’t pride a sin in Christianity?*

…In his recent letter, Zawahiri writes that Al Qaida views Iraq as, quote, "the place for the greatest battle." The *terrorists regard Iraq as a central front in their war against **humanity. And we must recognize, ***Iraq is the central front in our war on terror.

*Bush regards Iraq as the central front as well
**humanity again!
***See! Whose war?

…There, the militants believe that controlling one country will rally the *Muslim masses, enabling them to overthrow all moderate governments in the region and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia.

*You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people ALL(1.5 billion Muslims) of the time.

…Some might be tempted to dismiss these goals as fanatical or extreme. Well, they are fanatical and extreme, and they should not be dismissed. Our enemy is utterly committed. As Zarqawi has vowed, "We will either achieve victory over the *human race or we will pass to the eternal life."

*Human! Bush apparently acknowledges that Zarqawi is not as selective in who Zarqawi deems human. Seems more inclusive to me. Who’s confused here?

…Evil men obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience must be taken very seriously, and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

hmmmmmm....


…The militants are aided as well by elements of the Arab *news media that incite hatred and anti-Semitism, that feed conspiracy theories and speak of so-called American war on Islam, with seldom a word about American action to **protect Muslims in Afghanistan, in Bosnia, in Somalia, in Kosovo and Kuwait and Iraq, with seldom a word about the generous assistance to ***Muslims recovering from natural disasters in places like Indonesia and Pakistan.

*America has a parallel media – Fox, Bill O’Riley, Ann Coulter, Chuck Coulson, David Frum, The Ayn Rand Institute, Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, Oliver North, ad insanium.
**protect American Interests
***I have yet to hear any evil-doing on the part of Bin Laden’s bunch when societies are at their most vulnerable. During the tsunami the moslems and hindus called a truce. Moslem fundamentalists are the first and most organized support for the quake victims and worked with Canadian teams until their units were set up. Katrina would have been an ideal opportunity for another attack on American soil but the only people who were left unprotected were the poor in New Orleans.

…Some have argued that extremism has been strengthened by the actions of our coalition in Iraq, claiming that *our presence in that country has somehow caused or triggered the rage of radicals.

I would remind them that **we were not in Iraq on September the 11th, 2001, and Al Qaida attacked us anyway.

*Most of the rest of the world knows that. I’m getting pissed off at American illegal trade actions against Canadian lumber
**Neither was Al Qaida!

And as we do our part to confront radicalism, we know the most vital work will be done within the Islamic world itself. And this work has begun. *Many Muslim scholars have publicly condemned terrorism, often citing Chapter 5, Verse 32 of the Koran, which states that killing an innocent human being is the killing of all -- is like killing all humanity, and saving the life of one person is like saving all of humanity.

*See! Can’t fool all of the people! Who’s confused?

And so on, and so on. But what Bush fails to recognize when he looks in the mirror is that he is the pot calling the kettle black and like the Prince of Darkness he keeps the home fires burning.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Condi’s Sweet Nothin’s


Did Condi whisper sweet nothin’s in Paul's ear or is that a pistol in his pocket?



Cool Rhetoric, Rice Urges Canada
By JEFF SALLOT
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

"...Ms. Rice also took note of concerns about gun smuggling, saying U.S. and Canadian authorities are working together to improve security along the border against smugglers, terrorists and other threats. Ottawa says about half the gun crimes in Canada involve weapons that have come north illegally."

Up until the other day Martin and Pettigrew were seeking $5 billion in damages from the illegal US action on softwood lumber. Since Condi arrived we are seeing the figure of $3.5 bilion! What gives Paul? Is there some kind of negotiating going on behind closed doors? Is Pierre in on this too? What else is going on behind closed doors?

Evil Grin >}-)

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Sleeping with the Elephant, Swimming with the Shark

I took a liberty. The temptation to comment on an article in The Globe and Mail newspaper last week was irresistible. The thing is, my sister passed on her subscription login to me (it used to be free) and I discovered after posting it was in her name! She was quite surprised to have gotten an email from the editor accepting ‘her’ comment:

Karen Hutton,

Your comment was approved by our editors and was posted to the following story: "Talk to Bush, Tories tell PM"

To see your comment, please follow this link:



Thank you for joining the conversation.


Her email to me:

hmmmmmm.....did you put words in my mouth!!??

Love k



And the comment:

Karen Hutton from Toronto, writes:

We are no longer in bed with
Trudeau's elephant*.
Martin should realise that he is in a tank with a great white shark. Get out of the tank. Get out of NAFTA.




*Sleeping With the Elephant – The Trudeau Years

Canada and the World: A History
Govt of Canada

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Environ Mental - Alter Eco Newsletter

Sept. 23/05

“Environ Mental” - Definition:

1. A condition of various degrees of hysteria in response to environmental forces. E.g. Giddiness from deep breaths in morning woodlands; hilarity of sharing a boss joke around the office cooler; voluntary temporary suspension of sanity (front row rock concert seats or full volume stereos); insanity of fuel prices and driving downtown, etc.

2. Obsessed with the Environment and all things related!

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Hi! Welcome to my long overdue newsletter. Here is how I have been ‘environmentally coping’ since Groundhog Day this year.

Summary:
1. Blog: “Worth Fighting For”
2. Bookstore with search
3. Café Press merchandise
4. Singer/Songwriting – “Red Rocket Roll” sound file
5. “Hanging Bush” sculpture
6. Planet in Focus International Film and Video Festival Eco Fair – Sunday, Oct 2nd


1. In Feb I was inspired to start a blog, "Worth Fighting For". I decided it was healthier than talking to myself.


2. In Mar I decided that I needed extra avenues of revenues to support my computer habits and called upon some old habits to make themselves useful. One is my old compulsion to collect books. Having noticed that my living accommodation would soon suffer, not to mention Marie’s observation that there will soon be no room for me and the books, we have the Bookstore of good used, out-of-print and antiquarian books at irresistible prices. Predominantly Arts, Humanities & Politics
Not to mention 40% of the sales of our good used books will be donated to:
20% - Oxfam Canada for its humanitarian work
20% - Toronto Environmental Alliance for its environmental work

For your convenience I added a site search engine that will take you where you want to go 'faster than a speeding bullet'.

3. Another compulsion of mine is to indulge in a bit of satire. This too is a compensation for a persecution complex at the hands of corporate and government so-and-so’s, such as my ISP’s monthly money grab for a less than stellar performance. So I fight, compensation with compensation (like fire with fire) and I have been sublimating my fruitless desires to trip them on a staircase into exacting vengeance upon them with digital graphics on t-shirts, hoodies, coffee/beer mugs (Canada’s beverage of choice), thongs and other intimate apparel, mousepads, calendars, cards, prints, etc. I have set up a number of shops at Café Press as follows:

Alter Eco – Environmental Art (no thongs here)
It’s in the News (current events & Bush)
No Sex Please… (general humour & Bush)
Jolly Roger’s Scurvy Crew (Political Humour)
Jolly George (100% Bush)
Jolly Tony (100% Tony Blair)
Jolly Dick (100% Dick Cheney)
Jolly Condi (100% Condi Rice)
Jolly Karl (100% Karl Rove)
Jolly Rummy (100% Don Rumsfeld)
God Created… (Creationism/Darwinism)
Delta Blues (New Orleans Catastrophe)


4. Playing guitar. I have been taking a little time from metal art and have been spending time on an old 'art' of mine - singer/songwriting. I used to do this sometimes, off and on, over the most part of my life and was recently sparked to taking it half seriously when there was a TVO (TV Ontario, our PBS sort of thing) to submit a song. I was encouraged by friends to enter a song I wrote when I was travelling in Europe. It is called "Night Trains". I'll upload it soon to the site soon but in the meantime I have just finished my first self produced and room to be improved (but I’m still pickled tink about it), "Red Rocket Roll". This version is the first take and is a 9.6mb download. I'm about to do the 'streaming audio' learning curve which will result in a normal download and a better sound. All comments welcomed and maybe even appreciated.
(Note: Different sounds come out of different machines - speakers, cards, stereos, etc. What I hear ain't what others hear so it's good to get feedback.)

I am in the process of recording 7 or 8 other songs for a cd. And for the record (no pun intended) I claim title to "Toccata and Blues in E Minor", a work in progress, as the composition is anyone’s guess at this point but sounds too cool not to.

5. I haven’t totally abdicated my passion for metal as I have completed a sculpture titled, "Hanging Bush" which can be found here in the Decorative Sculpture page, and at the Eco Fair in a week. Who in their right and just mind can keep quiet? Not me.

6. And last but not least and probably should be first, We are doing the Planet in Focus International Film and Video Festival next Sunday, Oct. 2nd from 10am to 4pm at the University of Toronto, Courtyard @ Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue. (1 block south of Bloor W. on St. George)


Well? If you made it reading this far then you are environmental as well and good on you.

But if you skipped all the in between parts you have the option of opting out of the newsletters upon request – you will be missed.

All the best for now… John

Sunday, September 18, 2005

CBC - 'America's Own'

Bowling For Columbine

Copy:
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
Minister Frulla
My Blog - http://worthfighting4.blogspot.com/

8:08pm EST, Sept. 18/05

As you are airing “Bowling For Columbine” at this moment, I think it appropriate that I am NOT, and emailing you with respect to my “flexibility”.

I had been looking forward to your Docs, particularly “Bowling”, since I first saw your adverts. I am letting you know that I am supporting Michael Moore’s ‘moral’ position of withdrawing his creation as a protest of your “lockout” and I, choosing instead, to compose and send my position.

CBC is less and less being “Canada’s Own” (my own) and more becoming ‘America’s Own’. Not only do I find myself watching less and less, your URL in my history bar is sinking lower and lower.

Sadly and sincerely,


CBC Official Negotiations Page

End the CBC lockout

September 16, 2005
rabble.ca

Authors Alice Munro and June Callwood, former Prime Minister Joe Clark, Nobel Prize-winning scientist John Polanyi and actor R.H. Thomson are among those who will join forces on September 21 to show their support for public broadcasting and to encourage an end to the CBC lockout. >by Staff >press release

See also...

September 18, 2005

Michael Moore weighs in on CBC lockout

American documentarian Michael Moore has demanded that the CBC drop plans to air his Academy Award-winning film, Bowling for Columbine, Sunday evening because of the month-long lockout at the public broadcaster. >The Globe and Mail

Monday, September 12, 2005

Canada's Democracy Hypocracy in Haiti

I find it neccessary to apologize for Canada's hypocracy of democracy in Haiti. I find the recent articles below, representative of my thoughts and FYI if you haven't already been informed.

Sincerely

John Warren

emails to:
The Right Hon. Paul Martin, Martin.P@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. Pierre Pettigrew, Pettigrew.P@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. Irwin Cotler, Cotler.I@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. M. Aileen Carroll, Carroll.A@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. Dr. Carolyn Bennett, Bennett.C@parl.gc.ca
Carolyn Parrish, parric@parl.gc.ca

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Journalist Kevin Pina jailed in Haiti

Having reported from Haiti on and off since 1989, Kevin Pina has been one of the precious few voices reporting from on the ground since the February 29, 2004 coup d'état that overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide.



by Derrick O'Keefe
September 12, 2005

Kevin Pina, an independent journalist, filmmaker and associate editor of the Black Commentator, who has reported from Haiti for several years, was arrested by Haitian authorities on September 9. Jean Ristil, a Haitian reporter, was himself arrested shortly after he reported Pina's arrest.

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Murdering the poor: Canadian tax dollars at work

A fast-growing movement in Canada is demanding that the Canadian government support the return of constitutional democracy in Haiti.


by Isabel Macdonald
August 11, 2005

Imagine if the U.S. were to hold elections after the Republican Party had rounded up Senator John Kerry and other prominent Democrats and thrown them in jail without charges, while waging a campaign of violence and political assassinations in all “blue states.” To hold Haitian elections under present conditions would be comparable to this, according to one of the panelists at the launch of the Toronto Haiti Action Committee (THAC).

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Friday, August 19, 2005

Boy Scouts and Global Warming

Exerpted from a thread on CafePress: "Mother Nature must be pissed"

Yesterday's Scouts are major contributors to today's Global Warming.

(edit 4 sp)

I don't know what scouting is like today but 40 years ago Baden Powell's were of a quasi-military nature in Canada & Britain, despite the Aurthurian "good turn" aspect. And thinking of it in those benign terms, I guess one could see us as apprentice knights and knightesses. But Camelot was then and not now.

Our ecological footprint (SUV's and all) has Mother Nature bent on teaching us a lesson - SCIENCE lesson!

I have no doubt that environmental awareness has many badges in scouting and hopefully it will become sustained merit and not like the lip service that the cop-outs of the babyboom generation exercised.

please excuse my rant


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HecticDMC


Posted 17 August 2005 09:28 PM
Quasi-military or not, I still don't see how Scouts can contribute to global warming.


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As one of the original themes of this post was weather extremes, I think the intention behind it was primarily Global Warming and, humourous or otherwise, the BSA was used as a doubtful example of making a point. I realise that BSA is a passionate, emotional issue these days. After all, isn't our passions why we are putting messages on t-shirts and stuff?

Continuing in the 'weather vein'(phonetic pun intended), according to most science, we all to some degree contribute to GM and I am inclusive of all scouts since Baden Powell in 1907, and BSA in 1910 to the present, which according to Wikipedia, there have been 110 million members.

For argument, let us assume that pre-1950, accumulative membership might have been one third. So maybe 7,260,000 American kids were scouts post-50s. So the generation who are influencing our government/corporate policies today must include a respectable representation from this highly appreciated group.

According to Scouting For All, membership in 2000 is 3,351,969,(or 4,941,957 according to disputed sources). So according to Scout Oath and Law, the Boy Scout Handbook, and the Citizenship merit badge booklets, we can see that scouting teaches its members to help make the earth a better place.

But as Gandalf is pointing out it is not a better place.

Actions speak louder than words and weather, ... oops whether... its scouts or anyone else, precious little has been done since the 50s, and our present understandings are rendered inactive due to personal, self-imposed lifestyle choices or barriers imposed from the 'powers-that-be', whoever they are.

So it is my opinion that scouts too are accessories to present environmental conditions and somehow hope that Scout leadership will succeed in making sustained action louder than words.

And thus I sell my stuff!!

Funny how a simple question can let loose a barrage of thoughts! lol

with respect to all

Creationism or Evolution



May I join this crowd of open-mindedness and drop this "Intelligent Design" in the lap of true debate;

I have long been a man-off-the-street interested in the zen of theoretical physics and the "unification theory", and like a good book (as opposed to The Good Book) there will never be a conclusion.

note: conclusions in the Good Book are relative

oh, & ps: I agree it is all about energy. No wonder Bush is in such a flap

psst: wanna buy a t-shirt or something?

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Royal Ontario Goes Condo

"Graywood Developments Ltd. was confirmed as the selected partner for the proposed redevelopment of 90 Queen’s Park. The Board authorized staff to enter into negotiations with Graywood on a project for the Museum-owned site of the former Planetarium that will include residential and Museum uses. This capital development is not included in the scope of the current Renaissance ROM project."

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Marie and I thoroughly enjoyed our Romwalk Renaissance Tour this evening and we especially wish to thank Peter for the interesting, informative, engaging and often amusing experience. In a word we were stimulated. The second most surprising Toronto fact was that we have the largest inventory of Victorian architecture in North America!! I have been under the impression that, until recently, our heritage was always at the mercy of development.

Which brings me to the most shocking fact that the latest proposal was to replace the Planetarium with essentially a condo! Thankfully you have not ‘inked’ a deal and that you are open to alternative options.

As I am not able to be persuasive with cash I can humbly offer you my thoughts for your consideration, or that they could lead to further stimulating ideas.

One is a combination of your ‘crystal’ design concept and a TV series I watched the other night on CBC, “Queen Victoria’s Empire”. The property could be developed as U of T’s ‘crystal palace’. An expo of all the university departments’ greatest achievements in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities, past and present.

Also as you need to raise public investment, to the extent that you can avoid the need of a developer’s for-profit condos, perhaps you have considered a yearly ‘grand’ lottery, similar to the hospital lottery along with your other exciting fundraising events – auctions, runs, etc.

When we said our farewells, Peter reminded me of my offer to “do some thinking”. This is what he stimulated.

Many thanks and we look forward to more walks.

Saturday, May 07, 2005

Hannah - the Ladybug

It gets more interesting. rabble.ca has a discussion board, "babble". As the members of babble, for the most part, are articulate and often passionate lefties, the general reaction to the original article tends to be quite supportive of Hannah. But there still remains healthy doubt to the sincerity of the Foundation backers.

I received a warm email back from Hannah's mother which twigs further interest. That will make for a near-future blog.

Til then... go to my website and buy a good used book! Half the price gets divvied to charities.

Friday, May 06, 2005

The Ladybug Foundation

I saw this charismatic young girl (9 years) on the national news a few weeks ago and was moved to include her initiative, The Ladybug Foundation, as a charity that I am supporting. Having read an article on rabble.ca that is a cautionary as to the legitimacy of the intentions of the Foundation considering
"a kid's sincerity being manipulated for a cynical purpose."


I can appreciate these concerns but I would still continue to support the homeless cause as long as Hannah's original motive prevails.

The following is an email I sent to her tonight:

Hi Hannah

My sincerest congratulations on your Ladybug Foundation initiative to help the homeless. I do truly wish that the spirit in which it was conceived is a flame that will continue to guide your way in these confusing times.

My apologies in advance for this long email. I hope you can find a couple of moments to read it as I'm sure you are very, very busy. Also, some to offer some feedback on your website.

My name is John Warren. I was born and spent most of my life in Canada's "economic engine", or 'machine' (Toronto) depending on your point of view. It was also my good fortune to part of a comfortable, social-minded, middle-class family whom I love one and all. I am turning 58 this year and I have had a small share of experiences having spent some wonderful years travelling and meeting people of different minds and cultures. I am now enjoying the challenges of being an artist not so much due to an early retirement situation but a situation of neccesity, epilepsy, calling upon the other talents that were 'given' to me. I consider this to have been my blessing.

You have been blessed with intelligence, which at your age allows you much time to experience the path on which you will make decisions. Your acute observation and courage to ask questions, born of a pure and fearless heart, puts you in stead of real responsibility, the most important, in the end, is responsibilty to your self. I suppose no one can deny that this is one purpose of life.

The doors of the 'chambers of power' have been opened to you and with it the power to create and destroy, or be created or destroyed. This is reality. I am sure you and your Ladybug Foundation are aware of this, particularly after your national exposure, of the push and pull of these forces.

As much as we all are looking for leadership, for you offered a compelling vision, but the greatest concern is being mislead, unintentionally or otherwise. Power is subtle and for whatever its purpose, requires control, and control is sending out the most powerful message - communications. The media, whether right, left, or centre, indy or mainstream, fight for our souls and the support to maintain their editorial positions.

'It's the image, stupid.'

No offence intended but this is the most powerful way of conveying messages. It worked in the Caves of Lescault, the Dark Ages as much as it works today. After all, we are still human and have various degrees of flaws. Take your pick.

The Internet is the most powerful communicating tool ever invented and can be argued that it is a nessecity for human survival, like water, food, shelter, and I put to you, the need to communicate. It allows inquiring minds to see as never before, to shine lights into the murkiness of motives and to further exchange of information and understanding of the precarious world around us. In other words transparency. It is a great equalizer for the underdog and the underpriviledged who would be subjected to the same scrutiny as well.

What is my point? Image.

Seeing you on TV at the Empire Club brings to mind an image, "and a child shall lead them". (The proximity of Easter/Passover may have had something to do with the association). It reaches down to our most fundamental wishes that 'reality' so often frustrates, and which often leads to skepticism and for some, cynicism. These are obviously not universal analogies but every individual has, or had, a dream.

Nevertheless, many of us would like to believe in you and the Ladybug Foundation, and I am endeavouring to raise money for your initiative on my website, along with Oxfam Canada, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Daily Bread Foodbank and the Toronto Humane Society.

As regards your website. It is very impressive and my only concern is that it is designed for people with fast computers on fast connections. What I don't understand is that the effective simlicity of your page designs take so long to load. May I suggest that you have an option on your splash page that gives people a choice of "flash" or "html". Many, like myself, are still on dialup and older pentiums and the load takes too much and will click off. Many of these people are fortunate to be able to access the internet at all, such as schools in underprivileged areas, urban & rural and others who might appreciate your message as well.

An artist friend of mine reminded me of the adage that the best way to effect change is from within. I wish you all success that you really can bring "tears to the eyes" (sic) of those far removed from the experience to whom you espouse. And I will honour my support to that success.

Sincerely

John

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Better Late than Too Late

Better late than too late. All the same, a couple of things in the last couple of days brought me to this.

First:

My sister's son, D the ON, tends to be the family adventurer. Takes after his uncle except that he goes further and maybe even higher. My personal best was just a little better than 10,000 feet in my ski boots. But that was a long, LONG time ago. But no, that's not it, it's this from Ho Chi Minh City. But before you read it, here's

Second:

We have resisted the Bush arm twisting and have informed him that we would not be participaring in their Missile Defence Shield. It may really only be a symbolic act but that was most particularly the symbol that Bush needed to show his 'people' that the world was coming around to his view.

That was worth fighting for!

This is worth fighting for too!

please copy and past the petition and forward it on

i've recieved this before so many times now, and sometimes i question this petitions ability to make a
difference. but i can never bring my self to not signit and send it on. these forests mean so much more than the 2 minutes i spent on it... signing my name may not do anything, but i'm not going to take that chance, because IT COULD make a difference, and the difference it could make would be so great! sign if you like.

Dear All,

The Brazilian congress is now voting on a project that
will reduce the
Amazon forest to 50% of its size. It will take 1
MINUTE to read this,
but
PLEASE put your names on the list and forward this on
as instructed below.
First, some facts:
-The Amazon rainforest is responsible for the
generation of 20% of the
oxygen that we on this earth breathe, 30% of the
world's freshwater is
contained within the Amazon basin, 60% of the cancer
fighting drugs
used
today are derived from plants that can only be found
within
the Amazon rainforest.
-The area to be deforested is 4 times the size of
Portugal and would be
mainly used for agriculture and pastures for
livestock. All the wood is
to
be sold to international markets in the form of wood
chips, by large multinational companies. The truth is
that the soil in
the
Amazon forest is useless without the forest itself.
Its quality is very
acidic and the region is prone to constant floods.
At this time more than 160,000 square kilometres
deforested with the
same
purpose are abandoned and in the process of becoming
deserts, meaning
that
this proposal is in the short-term interests of a few,
& in the long
term
interests of none.

Please copy (cut & paste) the entire text into a new
e-mail', put your
complete name in the list below, and send to everyone
you know.
(DON'T JUST FORWARD IT - AS IT WILL THEN END UP WITH
ROWS
AND ROWS of '>'s - which discourages people from
sending on)

If you are the 400th person to sign please send a copy
to:
fsaviolo@openlink.com.br <>

Thank you for your help:
01 - Fernanda de Souza Saviolo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
02 - Nara Maria de Souza - Rio de Janeiro - RJ -
03 - Julio Cesar Fraga Viana Rio de Janeiro
04 - Monica Grotkowsky Brotto Sao Paulo
05 - Mauricio Grotkowsky Br! otto Sao Paulo
06 - Ricardo A.Corrallo - SP
07 - S unn! y Jonathan - SP
08 - Leonardo Larsen Rocha - SP
09 - Evandro Sestrem -
10 - Marco Aurlio Wehrmeister - Blumenau - SP
11 - Angela Maria Gonalves - Blumenau -SP
12 - Alessandra Bernardino- Blumenau - SP
13 - Pedro Carstens Penfold - Rio de Janeiro - RJ -
14 - Annelena Porto Delgado - S*o Paulo -
15 - Erica Couto -S*o Paulo -
16 - Elaine Couto- S*o Paulo - SP
17 - Tatiana de Almeida Voivodic - S*o Paulo
18 - Solange B Furlanetto - S*o Paulo / SP!
19 - Marcos deSouza Mello - S*o Paulo / SP
20 - ElianeSantiago - S*o Paulo/SP
21 - Francisca J. Bezerra Alves Ara*jo - S*oPaulo-SP
22 - Carlos Alber to Dantas Junior - Rio de JaneiroRJ
23 - Daniel Rodrigues da Cruz - Rio de Janeiro /RJ
24 - Gabriella Gaida - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
25 - Ceclia Silva Teixe ira Pinto - RJ - 03/06/75
26 - Tania Santos Miguel
27 - Celso Henrique! Diniz Valente de Figueiredo -RJ
28 - Marcelo Lopes Rheingantz - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
29 - Rodrigo Tassinari de Oliveira - Rio de Janeiro
30 - Andr LobatoPinheiro - Rio deJaneiro - RJ
31 - Ismael dos Santos Silva - RJ -
32 - Gustavo Alexandre Caetano Correa - RJ -
33 - Juana Varella Barca de Amorim - Rio de Janeiro
34 - Nara Faria Silva Rio de Janeiro -RJ-
35 - Isabella Jaggi S*oPaulo- SP -
36 - Diana de Andrade Freitas - Rio de Janeiro -RJ
37 - Karina Dourad! o - S*o Paulo -
38 - Pablo Genuncio Garcia - Rio de Janeiro
39 - Fabola Morais de Lucca - S*o Paulo -
40 - Alexei Morais de Lucca - S*o Paulo - SP -
41 - Renata Regina Roxo - S*o Paulo - SP -
42 - Fernanda Teixeira - S*o Paulo - SP -
43 - Patr icia Freitas - S*o Paulo - SP
44 - Cintia Regina K*rner -Alemanha - DE -
45 - Wolfgang K*rner - Alemanha - DE
46 - Roseani Viei! ra Roch a - San Francisco - CA
47 - Angela Ichimura - ! S*o Paul o - SP
48 - Assunta Viola - Sao Paulo - SP
50 - Marina Amaral - Alemanha - DE
51 - Fabian Rodrigu! es Caetano - Sao Paulo - SP -
52 - Luciana Cabrera- Santa Barbara- Ca
53 - Andrea Torres- Lahaina, Hawaii
54 - Carla Duarte- New York, NY
55 - Sergio Goes - New York, NY
56 - Itaal Shur - New York, NY
57 - Hiroyoku Sanada-New York, NY, US
58 - Marianne Ebert-new york, NY, US
59 - Gloriana M. Calhoun - New York,! NY
60 - Roger Jazilek - New York, NY
61 - Cheryl To - New York, NY
62 - Judy Mercer - Paris, France
63 - Evelyne Pouget- Woodstock, NY
64 - Hera-Woodstock, NY
65 - Nicos Peonides - Cyprus - New York NY
66 - Fiona Cousins - New York, NY
67 - Alistair Millington - London, UK
68 - Edgar Craggs - Bristol, UK
69 - Chris Hastie - Nottingham, UK
70 - Adam Barley - Bristol, UK
71 - Dawn Morgan - B! ristol, UK
72 - Lottie Berthoud - Bristol , UK
73 - Julia Simnett - Bristol, UK
74 - Lindsey Colbourne - Bath, UK
75 - Wendy Lawton - Bath, UK
76 - James Friel - Birmingham, UK
77 - S! ylvia Magyar - Budapest, Hungary
78 - Danco Uzunov - Budapest Hungary
79 - Vladimir Jurukovski - New York, USA
80 - LasteStojanovski - Auckland,New Zealand
81 - Katerina Rusevska - Skopje, Macedonia
82 - Snezana Pesic -Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
83 - Sladjan Pavlovic - Beograd, Yugoslavia
84 - Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic - Belgrade,Yugoslavia
85 - Begoqa Arano-Brussels, Belgium
86 - Brendan Kelly-Brussels, Belgium
87 - Rafael Marquez-Madrid, Spain
88 - Ignacio De la Riva-Madrid, Spain
89 - A. Townsend Peterson - Lawrence,Kansas
90 - Anita Gamauf-Vienna,Austria
91 - Desmond Allen-Tokyo, Japan
92 - Krys Kazmierczak, London, UK.
93 - Anand Prasad, Denma rk
94 - Pauline McLeod, Yo! rk, UK ? BR>
95 - Lee Casey, Harrogate, United Kingdom
96 - Sibylle Rhovier, Bournemouth, UK
97 - Peter McCaig, London UK
98 - Robert Vint, Totnes, UK
99 - Hugh Warwick, Oxford, UK
100 - Richard Madden, Brighton, UK
101 - Am! anda Marks, Woodbidge, UK
102 - Jane Laws, Woodbridge, UK
103 - Joanna Hayes, London, UK
104 - Julian Matthews - London UK
105 - Anna Davies, London, UK
106 - Darren Lucas, M! ansfield, UK
107 - Nic Masters, Taunton, UK
108 - Kate Dougal, London, UK
109 - Richard Dolan, London, UK
110 - Stacey Watson, London, UK
111 - Shannon O'Brien, London, UK
112 - Jigna Patel, London, UK
113 - Lisa O'Brien, Malmo, Sweden
114 - Johan Luyckx, Malmo, Sweden
115 - John Dolecek, Malmo, Sweden
116 - Steven Huynh, Malmo, Sweden
117 - Bodil Johansson, Malmo, Sweden
118 - Anna-Maj Wandt, Dalby, Swed!en
119 - Kajsa Nordstrom, Uppsala, Sweden
120 - Anna Hillerberg, Stockholm , Sweden
121 - Annika Jegbert, Stockholm, Sweden
122 - Christer Jegbert, Stockholm, Sweden
123 - Anna-Carin Collin, Taby, Sweden
124 - Nadja von Kantzow, Stockholm, Sweden
125 - Johan von kantzow, Stockholm, Sweden
126 - Calle Rosengren! , stockholm, sweden
127 - Daniel Achilles, Stockholm, Sweden
128 - Cecilia Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
129 - Henrik Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
130 - Pontus Holmgren, Stockholm,Sweden
131 - J.B. Russell, Paris, France
132 - S.D. Smith, Virginia, United States
135 - January Harris, Virginia, United States
136 - Tarki L. - Crook, Virginia, United States
137 - Marcia L. Rutledge, Syracuse, NY, USA
138 - Justin A. Cohen, Syracuse, NY, US
139 - Stephen C. Shriber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
140 - Laura I.Shriber!, Den Haag, The Netherlands
141 - Rutje V. Gorissen, Amsterdam , The Netherlands
142 - Floris Mansvelt Beck
143 - Herbert A. Hauer
144 - Dorien Culo, Denderleeuw, Belgium
145 - Heidi De Glas , denderleeuw , Belgium
146 - Van Wesemael Emily J., Nafraiture, Belgium
147 - Nicola Monkhouse, Surrey, UK
148 - Rowena Pickering, Barnsley, UK
149 - Jonathan Exley, Birmingham, UK
150 - Uwe Harck,south africa
151 - Gisela Harck, Stellenbosch,South Africa
152 - Garyth Bevan, Stellenbosch, South Africa
153- Dorothee van B?l , Dreieich, Germany
154 - Lena Agel, Dreieich, Germany
155 - Larissa Agel, Dreieich, Germany
156 - Katinka Gering, Dreieich, Germany
157 - Julia Geisensetter, Dreieich, Germany
158 - Alexandra Liede, Ruesselsheim, Germany
159 - Jennifer A. Klein, Ruesselsheim, Germany
160 - Danijela Kekic, R?heim, Germany
161 - Sandro Boras, Frankfurt, Germany
162 - Nicholas Niksic, Windsor ON, Canada
163 - Mike Marelic, Windsor On, Canada
164 - Scott Scheirich, Windsor On, Canada
165 - Chinedu Ezemenari, Toronto On, Canada
166 - Ross Etherington, Toronto On, Canada
167 - Kathryn Hodgins, Chatham, ON Canada
168 - Jane Hodgins, Chatham, ON Canada
169 - Sally Joyce, Chatham, ON Canada
170 - Brigitte Davis, Chatham ON Canada
171- Courtney Davis, Chatham ON Canada
172 - Jenni-Raie Merritt, Windsor, ON Canada
173-Crystal Quigley, Windsor, ON Canada
174 - Shana Morneau, Amherstburg, ON Canada
175 - Dawn Stickney, Windsor, ON Canada
176. Jessica Gurske, Waterloo, ON Canada
177. Maggie Couto, Wheatley, ON Canada
178. Rachel Weigel, Kitchener, ON Canada
179. Susi Scott, Kitchener, ON Canada
180. Erin Stewart, Waterloo, ON Canada
181. Laura Prevost, Waterloo, ON Canada
182. Lauren Easson, St. Catharines, ON Canada
183. Evangeline Medina, St. Catharines, ON Canada
184. Melanie Lawrence, Windsor, ON Canada
185. Deborah Nazareth, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
186. Kimberly Todd, Ottawa, ON, Canada
187. Melissa C, Sudbury, ON, Canada
188. Barb A., Sudbury, ON, Canada
189. Dave Foster, Toronto, ON, Canada
190. Kevin Howley, Toronto, ON, Canada
191. Colin Kingsmore, Toronto, ON, Canada
192. Kieran Adams, Toronto, ON, Canada
193. Angela Wheeler, Halifax, NS, Canada
194. Melissa Cameron, Vancouver, BC, Canada
195. James Everett, Napanee, ON, Canada
196. Josh Tustin, Deseronto, ON, Canada
197. Tammy Everett, Toronto, ON, Canada
198. Megan Kelly, Camden East,ON, Canada
199. Jennifer Walden, Peterborough, ON, Canada
200. Ashley Elliott, Mississauga, ON, Canada
201. Jim Elliott, Mississauga, ON, Canada
202. Hans Held, Midland, ON, Canada
203. Jason Held, Toronto ON, Canada
204. Yvonne Glagau, Toronto ON, Canada
205. Dr. Chris Bunt, Kitchener, ON, Canada
206 Mike Johns, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
207 Tom Bartlett Guelph Ontario, Canada
208 Anne Trzcinski Guelph Ontario, Canada
209 Ralph Bennett, Ancaster, ON, Canada
210 Millie Bennett, Ancaster, ON, Canada
211 Stanley lamontagne Abbotsford BC Canada
212 Jack and Ginny Watt, Dahlonega Georgia USA
213 Don and Joy Kellett, Phenix City, AL. USA
214 Cassandra Guy, Kitchener, ON, Canada
215 Colin Guy, Kitchener, ON, Canada
216 Bob & Cindy Guy, Kitchener, ON, Canada
217 Kristen Henderon, Indian River, ON, Canada
218 Nancy Henderson, Indian River, ON, Canada
219 Dale Henderson, Indain TRiver, ON, Canada
220 Arthur Herold Fraserville, ON, Canada
221 Linda Herold Fraserville, ON, Canada
222 Elena Herold Fraserville, ON, Canada
223 Sam Herold Ottawa, ON Canada
224 Genevieve Ouellet, Hull, QC Canada
225 Renée Hébert, Montreal, QC Canada
226 Stephanie Clark, Ottawa, ON, Canada
227 Shannon Cole, Ottawa, ON, Canada
228 Nikki Heath, Grafton, ON, Canada
229 Rachel Thompson, Grafton, ON Canada
230 Kristin Thompson, Grafton, ON Canada
231 Austin Sztajdocher, Grafton, ON Canada
241 Ted Sherk, Waterloo, ON, Canada
250 Anna Jarvis, London, ON, Canada
251 Kasia Piernicka, Kitchener, ON, Canada
252 Kevin Van Ooteghem, Kitchener, ON, Canada
253 Mike Trotman
254 Jennifer Stewart, ON, Canada
255 Jessica Bester, ON, Canada
256. Bryan Abel, Waterloo, ON, Canada
257. Cynthia Wilson, Londsay, ON, Canada
258. Joel Mckay, Kitchener, ON, Canada
259. Cameron Green, Kitchener, ON, Canada
260. Donald Hutton, Cat Ba Island, Viet Nam
261. Karen Hutton, Toronto, Ontario
262. John Warren, Toronto, ON, Canada