Phoning Pharmers
We ONE bloggers have been writing a lot about the Farm Bill these days,
and with good reason. The House of Representatives votes on changes to
the Farm Bill tomorrow. If substantial changes aren’t made to the bill,
small farmers will be out of luck until the next time it appears before
Congress in 2012.
With your help we can push Congress to make the right decision tomorrow,
and in the process help protect small farmers here and abroad from
subsidies that leave them unable to compete fairly. Please take a moment
to call your member of Congress and tell them to vote YES on the Fairness
Amendment. The ONE Campaign has set up a 1-800 number (1-800-786-2663)
to direct you to your congressional office.
“But Peter,” you may ask, “what if I’m not sure exactly what to say?” No
problem, loyal ONE member! We have a set of talking points to help you
with your call, as well as a form to register your call when you
finish. With just a few minutes of your time, you can lend
small farmers everywhere a much needed helping hand.
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July 25, 2007 at 4:01 pm
I hate making these calls. I get nervous and think I’ll sound stupid. I put it off for a 10, 15, 20 minutes after getting an e-mail about the urgency to call in. I look down on the white “one” band on my wrist. I feel like a poser for even thinking of not calling,then I pick up the phone and call. The aides that answer are almost always polite. I find I can’t look at the talking points while calling. I have to get into my head what it’s all about and how I really feel about it, then talk to the office from the gut. It helps knowing that this is exactly the kind of input that they want–and that this is what a representative government is all about.
Peace,
Johnny
July 25, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Easiest phone call I even made to my MOC. Just diailed ONE’s 1-800 number above, was connnected to my MOC and used the talking points on my laptop screen from the e-mail. Thanks for making it SO EASY and fool proof to do the right thing.
July 25, 2007 at 4:30 pm
To all
My name is Mrs Charlotte Reynolds and I will sendout a message here tonight to talk to you about you and your families LIVES ! Who is taling and what Ihave told Leo and I hope he has read what I had sent him in a type of Digest. It is too imoortant now. I am a membewr but I am ONE who is speaking about what I see for us and what I have ovbserved. Peace and good wioll to all.
I willtalk to you tonight.
“In God We Trust ”
” People We Trust”
Mrs Charlotte Reynolds
July 25, 2007 at 4:33 pm
on Fairness Amendment
July 25, 2007 at 5:25 pm
What prompted me to call was that news report I believe was done by Sunday Morning over a newstory which showed a huge descrepency between the non-profit farmer and rich land-owning politician who like her very rich media nemesis buys up all of Montana like Ted Turner types were reported to get hundred of thousands of dollars in farming credits from our government versus the farmer who might get a few hundred dollars or so if they’re lucky! What riled me up was that the rich ones hardly did any farming whatsoever!! Also can’t see where profits are taken away from anyone whether they be here or there that actually do this for a living.
August 6, 2008 at 4:18 am
PEOPLE I AM ALL FOR GLOBAL HARMONY BUT THE SOONER PEOPLE FOCUS ON AMERICA AND THE ORPHANS AND HOMELESS ON OUR STREETS RIGHT HERE…WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP ANY ONE PERSON WE ARE JUST PISSING IN THE WIND! WE HAVE CHILDREN COMING TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY THAT LIVE IN BURNED OUT MOBILE HOMES, CARS THAT PARK IN DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS EACH WEEK AS NOT TO BE NOTICED AND PICK THEIR MEALS OUT OF GROCER DUMPSTERS!