Letter to America

A reader from New Zealand appeals to American voters

06/23/03

Dear American's

I am writing to give you my support and encouragement in the build up
to your 2004 elections. Even though this will be your elections and
your opportunity to stand together and create regime change in your
own land, realize that millions upon millions of us are praying for
you to succeed.

We hear you are facing difficult times we are hearing that tax cuts
for the obscenely wealthy and the astronomical costs associated with
the war machine, that vast insatiable military complex, are robbing
you of much needed welfare, health care, and education. Not to
mention the jobs that are need in order to survive. Your once proud
nation has fallen from grace, and it is only you who can reclaim it
from within.

I and many others pray for you to be successful. You need to realize
that many millions of us who inhabit the globe in places you may never
have heard of, would love to vote in your elections, would love to see
a regime change in your country, for your country holds the fate of
the worlds future in its hands. Now I hate to say it, but
unfortunately your nation has become known as the most arrogant super
power the world has ever known. It has the dubious distinction of
being voted, the biggest threat to world peace according to global
opinion. By dropping more bombs, and by consequence creating more
acts of terrorism, what ever laws are created in your absence usually
find their way down here. I have never really figured out why that
should be, unless we are an unofficial state without voting rights,
but then again that's another story…

Our world leaders are much to nice to be honest, in fact for the most
part, our various governing leaders, are very much the same, they lie
with a smile, kill with impunity and hide their accountability behind
titles of office that it seems no one can touch them, they have become
impervious to the laws that you and I are forced to be accountable to.
I hear however that you now house 2 million people in your jails, so
the legal system is working somewhere along the line, could it be the
bottom line ?

The choices your government has made in your name affect us all. Most
of you know this I am sure, some of you may not want to admit it, and
a lot of you are sticking firmly to your guns, in support of Bush….but
the facts are screaming at us to take a good look around our world,
our lives and our lifestyles. Because to me, to have done what we
have done does not bode well for a race that calls itself humane.
Something is terribly out of balance here.

Its not just the wars, it's the environmental degradation of our
world, our food source, our water, deforestation. It's the way we
consume non renewable resources, with an infantile belief in
sustainability. It's the rise in pathological disease, which now
claims our children at alarming rates, not to mention the rise in live
birth deformities, still birth and miscarriages. This will increase
with the influx of returning servicemen and women, contaminated by DU.
Hell this war is all over a non renewable, unsustainable resource that
is running out.

A race that considers itself humane, that talks of love and peace, yet
continues to allow WMD and biological agents to be created, which
enviably becomes part of the GDP; A race that incarcerates millions
of its populations while itself commits acts of terror and treasonable
violence and murder whilst violating the rights of its own citizens,
well there is no word for it really, it just has to be stopped. All I
can say is that actions speak louder than words ever can.

The notion of weapons of mass destruction. Why are we creating such
weapons ? Do we hate and fear each other that much?

Your America is reactivating its nuclear weapons program, now what
message is that sending to the rest of the world?

When actions speak louder than words, I have to ask myself, is a race
that talks of love, yet allows WMD to be created a race that comes
from love? Or even a race that comes from its heart? Or even a race
that has any idea of what its doing. Have you gone mad over there or
what ? WAKE UP !

You and I are responsible for the world we create, and we do create
it, as surely as we allow the creation of WMD, the virus's of
biological terror, and the means in which to use them. We are
responsible even if we deny that its going on, we are responsible even
if we are not aware of what is going on, and we are responsible even
more so, knowing what is going on ..becasue this is OUR world…..yours
and mine...its not just theirs

If a country like yours, America, decides to re active its nuclear
weapons program, what can I take from that, what can the rest of the
world make of that? Is it an unrealistic mind jump given your
administrations preponderance with pre emptive strikes to see a
nuclear war over the horizon? They have already doomed many
generations of children to come with deformities from DU dust and for
many serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq to a lingering 'mystery'
illness. Just because its not you dosnt negate the pain and sorrow
others will feel.

John Lennon and many others like him sung about the power of the
people uniting together in peace and love. I believe that you as a
citizen of a country you love are just as concerned as the rest of us,
more so as it is in your name and your reputation that is being
trashed around the globe. I want you to know that I, and many
millions like me stand steadfastly in support of any changes that you
make towards ending this abuse by those currently occuping postions of
power and inlfuence in your white house.

Anger is a powerful motivator for change, and our world has been
angry, powerfully angry enough to gather together globally no less,
and march in our millions in an un precedented pre war NO war protest
!

I ask you, did we have a collective gut feeling that this war was just
an excuse to grab a sovereign nations OIL ?

Did we have a collective hunch that both the UK and the USA leaders
LIED to us about WMD. That this lie, was a fabricated burecratic
choice to conceal the oily rich and strategic land of Iraq. And that
they have done nothing BUT lie to us and continue the lies even now?

Incidentally the initials UK - USA were said to be United to Kill Us
All …by a 60 year old Iraqi man interviewed on Demorcracynow.org in
the first days of what was legally an illegal invasion. Basically
what this thread poses, is did we intuitively know all along they were
lying, and do we inherently know now, in our deepest gut, our heart of
hearts that if these PANAC visionists remain in power, they may just
take our entire world into a nuclear Armageddon?

You have an incredible responsibility to the rest of the world to
right the wrongs done in your names and we for our part, we will
continue to stand with you in our perspective countries and do the
same as we all did together on Feb 15th when we stood united in our
millions, united in our vision for peace. Many more of us, will
endeavor to stand up to our governments and get more involved with the
day to day running of our country. Never again will we allow such
abuse of power to erode, our power and voice as a people.

Our leaders, especially Bush Sharon and Blair, are showing us
something. They are showing us a world that could be our future. This
isn't the future I want for my yet to be born grandchild, or any child
for that matter

I also know that before any change can occur one must first see the
need for that change. I believe I am not alone in feeling that that
time is now and there has been such a prolonged and consistent abuse
of power in your country that a powerful force has taken over, that we
will need the energy and support of everyone of you to stand against
them and say no more.

Healing doesn't happen in isolation, it occurs when we heal the things
that affect our health and the way the world is at the moment just
about everything we take for granted in order to live our lifestyles
is becoming a threat to our health

It is not my intention to list every thing that makes me angry about
what your government is doing in your name, but I cannot conclude this
letter if I did not mention the event that polarized and in many
cases united us all.

September 11th was a moment in time that changed our world, it was for
you a wake up call to what your government has been doing in your
name, and the consequence of those actions. Was it really a terrorist
action or was it a government plot, which would validate a long
standing conspiracy theory? Since the white house has consistently
blocked any type of open public enquiry, the answer will probably be
left to our gut feelings. Languishing, still under debate at the turn
of the next century, if we are lucky enough to have one.

Whatever it was, it shocked the world, the scope and magnitude of it
witnessed ad nausem on TV screens around the world. I have to
confess, that I and many who may not like to be so open, initially
thought, yes, payback time. I mention initially, because when I
witnessed people jumping out of windows my heart cried. This act of
terrorism either state sponsored or otherwise, changed our world. And
in the way that only human suffering and tragedy can do, it bought us
together, it briefly united us.

Many of you asked why do they hate us, you honestly had no idea, what
was being done around the world in your name, in other countries, to
other peoples lives. Some of you knew that your government has been
terrorizing many poorer nations, in your name, and have been
diligently trying to bring these facts to your consciousness so that
you also may know and help end them. Yet for the most part these
people have been labeled conspiracy theorists…..however over the past
20 years most of the conspiracy theories I have heard have today
become fact. Fact, according to my mini Collins dictionary, means
undeniable yet, often unpleasant TRUTH. !

Thus September 11th set the stage for what has since played out. But
most importantly what it has done has enabled billions of us to see
the need for change. It has enabled us in our anger, shock and horror,
to connect with isolated groups around the entire world to link up
with a united cause in a united voice. Out of this has come movements
for social change, a unity of people from all faiths, all races. A
global movement that shows only signs of expanding.

Our worlds future is in our hands, if we leave it and do nothing, then
we are basically not taking responsibility for our world. I am tired
of watching small groups of people struggling to make the rest of us
aware of what is happening to our food; GE, to our children; Cancers,
to our education; (induction) our water; Polluted, and our earth;
(degraded) and our military complex; (out of control) These people
are dotted around the world in small groups all working towards
making changes that would benefit all of us. They are often un
supported, definitely under reported, trivialized, terrorized and
imprisoned, with reputations and credibility defamed. All while
warning of us of what lies ahead if we don't make some changes…..red
pill anyone? I often marvel at the fact that football stadiums, or in
your case basketball stadiums can be full with as much as 35, 000
people who often come from all over the country, and spend vast
amounts to get there. Imagine if these same people cared enough about
the things that truly affect our world and by consequence our lives,
imagine if they came and stood up for GE, for clean water, imagine if
they all voted for regime change.

Every event has a choice attached to it, and 9/11 was no different.
The US government could have taken the opportunity to make amends for
its murderous foreign polices. It could have been 'man' enough to
stand up and say that certain actions in the past, have resulted in
this tragedy. They could have began dialogue to ensure that this could
never happen again. For all their intelligence and past covert
history, should have told them that terrorism does not arise in
isolation.

The entire world will await your 2004 elections with bated breath, we
will all be rooting for you to create regime change in your own land,
for until these men are removed from power and true justice is
restored in your courts and senates, there will not be peace, rather
there will be as your president has already said, endless war. And
who I ask you wants to live in a world in perpetual war ? except
those who stand to make a profit out of it….and we are all beginning
to discover who these men are. Personally we deserve better than
this. Our children who we claim to love so much deserve a world that
has freedom and the right of expression, a world with clean food, and
natural medicine. Our children deserve to have a world of peace not
endless war. So in gods name, for gods sake VOTE if not for
yourself, then for your children. And if not for them, then could you
please caste a vote for me in your name?

Actually we should be able to vote in your elections since most of my
country is owned by American corporate interests anyway, not to
mention all the American shoot em up and kill em cop shows, along with
all the video stores filled to the brim with movies of the bloodywood
genre….our culture has become Americanized…but then that's another
story.

Best of luck
Jenese@xtra.co.nz
New Zealand

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious, but it cannot
survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less
formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But
the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers
rustling through all the alley, heard in the very halls of government
itself.

For the traitor appears no traitor he speaks in the accents familiar
to his victims and he wears their face and their garments and he
appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He
rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night
to undermine the pillars of a city. He infects the body politic so
that it can no longer resist."
(Marcus Tullius Cicero) 743 BC



© Copyright 2003

Arther Miller allegedly said:

> Letter to America
>
> A reader from New Zealand appeals to American voters
>
> 06/23/03
>
> Dear American's
>
> I am writing to give you my support and encouragement in the build up
> to your 2004 elections. Even though this will be your elections and
> your opportunity to stand together and create regime change in your
> own land, realize that millions upon millions of us are praying for
> you to succeed.

I'll second that.

While you're at it....look CLOSELY at your democracy.

It's broken.

Any system that sees over 99% of incumbents returned is in *serious*
trouble.

That is exactly what happened in 2002 in the US Congress.

427 of 431 incumbents were re-elected.

Why? The corrupt gerrymandering of congressional district boundaries.

The US needs democracy. Fix that - and the rest will fix itself. I know this
runs counter to the "strong and free" messgae you're fed every day.....but
try to resist your programming and see things as they REALLY are.

I mean that in a constructive and positive way. You deserve to know the
truth.

There is a home-grown US answer. Look here:

http://www.fairvote.org/pr/index.html

(It's a better democracy than you've ever known).

--
Steve
(Kapiti, New Zealand)