I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!

[apocalypsos]

So.

Massachusetts has half a brain. Yay! The great thing is how the dissenting arguments are pretty much the same lame, repetitive shit we always hear.

But then there's Bush, the bigoted fuck.

So, here is what I propose. Today, I want to see how far this can go and how many people this post can get to. Pass it on, like a great big game of Telephone.

I think we all know how simple email is and how quickly we can dash off a note. This is the President's email address: president@whitehouse.gov. EDIT: Scratch the email and go here. SECOND EDIT: Argh. When you get to the second page, there isn't even a link for Gay Marriage. Fuck it, I'm picking Hate Crimes. That's what I consider his behavior, in any event.

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to email the president, and to tell everybody you know to do the same, regarding his bigoted position on gay marriage.

Do not curse. Do not call him names. Just make an educated argument. State facts. If you don't have the time to write out a long email, write a short one or two line email stating you support gay marriage.

But the big thing? PASS THIS ON. I don't want to see just my friends list doing this, I want this to be like that shampoo commercial in the seventies. You get two friends to do it, and they get two friends to do it, etc.

Yes, it probably won't work. And yes, the man won't listen because he's doing "the right thing."

But the more emails we send him, at least we can say we tried.

I hereby declare this week Email The President Week. Pass it on.

Comments

[nute.livejournal.com]

Point of order - you can't send email to the president that way anymore. All mail to that address either goes to a dump file or is bounced back. The only way to contact the leader of our nation (okay, really just the guy in the Oval Office, but close enough for our purposes) is to go through the whitehouse.gov website where there's a web-based form to send comments. Coincidentally, you have to fill out all sorts of personal information to do so. Hmm...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Argh. That cowardly fuck.

Okay, off to get the link. Thanks!

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

Actually, the response I got from the White House indicated that you CAN sent email to that address. The web form is simply an additional way to contact them - it's easier for the White House staff because it comes preformatted with your issue of contention and your stance. However, get this: gay marriage and/or gay rights are NOT AN OPTION when you fill out the topic form!

[dustbunnygirl.livejournal.com]

Not only did I send the self-righteous moron a very long (but polite and four-letter-word free) message, I passed your directive around the office as well. And considering the political slant of most of the people here (nothing like a bunch of liberals working for the enemy), I'm sure there's an army of little fingers feverently typing away as we speak.

[ktmobile.livejournal.com]

Done and done. It was sooooo tempting to just go off, but I didn't. I stayed polite. Now off to pass this around!

[kolys.livejournal.com]

I hereby declare this week Email The President Week.

*grins* Specifically Protection-From-Marriage-Protection-Week Week?

[ampersand.livejournal.com]

My letter:

Dear President Bush:
* Please consider changing your policy on gay marriage. Denying a couple legal rights available to other couples, based solely on sex and sexual orientation, is discrimination of the most hateful kind.
There is no legal reason why gay couples should not have the rights afforded by legal marriage, and so I can only conclude that you are making your decisions based on religious reasons. The Constitution states that legal and religious matters should remain separate, and that Congress cannot make laws supporting religious decrees.
Please reconsider your position, Mr. President.
Sincerely,
(me)

Hoping that's coherent and polite eough. It was very tempting to scream. I really dislike him. NO VOTE FOR YOU! COME BACK, NEVER!

[ficangel.livejournal.com]

Done and done. I had to wait for my hands to stop shaking before I could type it out, and I didn't swear, but I think the message was abundantly clear all the same.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

WHat's wrong with directly emailing Dubya?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Check Nute's message above.

I did both, just in case.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

I just emailed the president@whitehouse.gov address and it went through fine as you please

[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

hey there--newbie to your friends list here, so you wouldn't have seen this last month. i tried something similar (though without such a proactive approach as you've taken)...and you might find my 2 posts on the subject helpful--or at least interesting.

first, this one, here
and then this one, a follow up.

give 'em a read, and pilfer from them at your leisure.

[frogmajick.livejournal.com]

How interesting. I went to the form letter page. Filled in all my personal info. Got to the letter page, wrote my constructive comment or whatever nice-y nice thing they call it, and when I got to the end it said I jhad an error and to click here. I followed the directions and guess where it took me? Back to the beginning and it wanted me to leave a positive comment.

Asshat.

I'll try again later.

[clarus.livejournal.com]

E-mailing and passing it on right now.

[wonderlander.livejournal.com]

done and done.

great idea.

[(Anonymous)]

i'm in south carolina, originally from massachusetts (yay mass... except for the weather) and saw this on someone's else's lj... way to go, trollprincess... and way to suck, bush. (hey, way to suck bush... that's good stuff too... lol...)

[shadrad.livejournal.com]

It's unfortunate they neglect to inform you that Bush can only read a letter 4,000 characters long before I submit my 15,000 or so character letter -_-;;;

[weatherby.livejournal.com]

Seriously! I had to cut out some quality ranting.

[intheblacklodge.livejournal.com]

No to toot my own horn but:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mobius416/41104.html

I'm trying to get the word out!

hey

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