I sit in the federal prison in San Juan, Puerto Rico serving 20 days. Others of us are serving 30, 40, 60, 90 and up to 120, days for a class B misdemeanor. Most of us are first-time offenders in violating any kind of laws in our lifetimes.
We`ve tried to peacefully bring awareness and the stoppage of the bombings on the island of Vieques. Today I have read an article printed in the Dallas Morning News by G. Robert Hillman quoting a political analyst, Charles Cook, stating, "What do Mexican-American voters care whether the Navy bombs the hell out of a beach in Puerto Rico. The answer is, not in the least."
That statement leads me to believe that Mr. Cook thinks that Mexican-Americans and other cultures on our planet don`t care about innocent children dying at a 40% higher mortality rate because of the mistaken use of depleted uranium bombs along with other deadly chemical pollutants which derive from the bombings of the small inhabited island.
I believe the president of Mexico, the presidents of other Latin-American countries and other leaders of the world know and feel that this is something that should be stopped. There are plenty of uninhabited places on this earth where the US Navy can practice its military maneuvers. I pray they find one soon. They`ve had sixty years to find one and they still continue to use the inhabited precious island of Vieques.
Please help resolve this situation by running my short statement and the information below.
Thank you,
Edward James Olmos
Act Now!
Tell the U.S. government that bombing an inhabited island for practice is obscene.
Get the Navy out of Vieques.
Tell them you demand the following:
- Stop bombing immediately
- Release all Non-violent civil disobedient prisoners immediately.
- Clean the island of Vieques.
President George Bush
202-456-1414 or
202-456-1111
202-456-2461 fax
e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Attn:Chief of Staff John Podesta.
Web: www.whitehouse.gov
Vice-President Dick Cheney
202-456-1414 or
202-456-1111
202-456-2461 fax
Web: www.whitehouse.gov
Get your Congresspersons
Phone, fax, email info at
Web: www.congress.org
Demand a Healthy Vieques.
1-888-422-8737 Toll Free
Note: E-mails are okay, but faxes and phone calls are most effective.
