Re: [Pen-l] a new Middle East War

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 9, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Jim Devine wrote:

> [now, here's a _smart_ thread!]

October 9, 2008
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I'm sitting at home reading a Bloomberg wire report about one of my  
favorite foods -- hummus.

Bloomberg reports that a group of Lebanese businessmen wants the  
European Union to declare hummus and other of my favorite foods like  
tabouleh -- as "traditional Lebanese dishes."

The Lebanese businessmen think that other countries are ripping them  
off.

"It's mostly Israeli companies claiming all our specialities as their  
own," said Fady Abboud, president of the group. "So many of our  
specialties are being marketed now as Israeli traditional dishes and  
among the most famous is hummus."

Abboud wants the EU to grant the hummus legal protection, the same way  
that the Greeks were given protection for feta, the French for  
champagne, and the Italians for parmesan cheese.

Now, I don't want to interfere in a international trade dispute.

Suffice it to say that my mother Rose was born in Lebanon.

And she made perhaps the best hummus I've ever had.

And I've had a lot of hummus.

Hummus is nutritious.

And delicious.

It makes you stronger and healthier.

So, Bloomberg's report on the Lebanese claim to hummus got me to  
thinking about an idea that would help us raise funds to push our  
substantive agenda onto the front burner of American politics.

Here it is:

If you donate to Nader/Gonazlez by midnight tonight an amount that has  
the number three in it (three being the number of lemons in my mom's  
hummus recipe), we'll e-mail to you Rose Nader's hummus recipe tomorrow.

That simple.

So, you can give $3.

Or $13.

Or $30.

Or $33.

Or $300.

Anything up to the legal limit of $2,300.

But it has to have at least one three in it.

If it has a three in it, we'll e-mail you the recipe tomorrow.

You can share it with your friends and family.

(Your donation will help us reach our current fundraising goal of  
$250,000 by the October 12 deadline. It will help us fund our get-out- 
the-vote drive over the final stretch of this campaign -- which  
translates into putting the substantive Nader/Gonzalez shift the power  
agenda front and center in this crucial election year.)

Thank you for your ongoing activism and support.

Together, we are making a serious difference -- and keeping our sense  
of humor.


Onward to November.

Ralph Nader


(PS: If you donate $100 or more now, we will send you a hard cover  
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Shane Mage

"This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
kindling in measures and going out in measures."

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 30



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