Re: Court Rebuffs a Suit Linking Mold to Illness WRITE TO THE

[Guest guest]

We can use our online petition as a valuable tool in this fight if we can get

the number of signatures that convey the reality. Besides Washington, we can

send it to The New York Times, Oprah, etc. Does anyone have any ideas on

getting the word out to others outside this group? Can anyone help me promote

it?

http://www.petitiononline.com/canaries/petition.html

Sue

[Guest guest]

I am very sad in regards to the lack in numbers of signatures on this petition.

Are we all going to stand here and do nothing while our health continues to

decline? I am sick of being sick. My health has so declined to this point, and

being forced to stay in this toxic house because the government won't do

anything to help me get out. How many of us does it take to actually die from

our illnesses and then once the autopsy report reveals our death was caused from

mold/mycotoxins then maybe they will listen. If we don't speak up now, nothing

will be done. There are over 1000 members on this board, so why only 118

signatures, we really should be ashamed. People do you get it.........We need

numbers numbers numbers of people that are ill to write in. If we don't help

ourselves no one is going to listen. It is taking me alot to post this because

just since the last conference call my health has deteriorated very much, so

that the doctor states I can go into anaphalatic

shock at any time. Is this were we want to be........I don't want to die. I

am still a young 50, I should have many more years with a happy and healthy

life...but I wont due to this illness. Why should we wait til we are almost

dead to fight for our rights...fight against these non believers....ENOUGH IS

ENOUGH.......my moto: " IF I CANNOT DO GREAT THINGS, I CAN DO SMALL THINGS IN A

GREAT WAY " !!!!!!!! I feel small things like writing a letter or signing a

petition yes are small things, but on the other hand they are GREAT THINGS IF

DONE IN NUMBERS.........Darlene

Sue ston <thecanaries@...> wrote:

We can use our online petition as a valuable tool in this fight if we can get

the number of signatures that convey the reality. Besides Washington, we can

send it to The New York Times, Oprah, etc. Does anyone have any ideas on

getting the word out to others outside this group? Can anyone help me promote

it?

http://www.petitiononline.com/canaries/petition.html

Sue

[Guest guest]

These petitions are becoming so common, I think

you would need to get a tremendous number of

signatures to get noticed and I don't know we

have enough of a network of mold victims YET.

However of course sent it to Aspergillus group,

IEQ group and ask them to forward it to other

victims. You could also ask people who run

websites on fungus, such as mold-survivors, etc

to put a link to petition that 'visitors' so

visitors can sign.

--- Sue ston <thecanaries@...>

wrote:

> We can use our online petition as a valuable

> tool in this fight if we can get the number of

>

[Guest guest]

Sue--We would have a better change with Jerry Springer. OPRAH has forgotten the

common good. I am looking at her magazine right now and the clothes are so

expensive and so is everything else in there. Jane

Sue ston <thecanaries@...> wrote: We can use our online

petition as a valuable tool in this fight if we can get the number of signatures

that convey the reality. Besides Washington, we can send it to The New York

Times, Oprah, etc. Does anyone have any ideas on getting the word out to others

outside this group? Can anyone help me promote it?

http://www.petitiononline.com/canaries/petition.html

Sue

[Guest guest]

You've made a couple of good points Barb, we need everyones help

here. Any groups, family members, friends, etc., please forward the

petition link on. There are even many that I speak with that for

some reason never have joined this group, but are very much aware of

it. Many that have been involved for 10-15 years still suffer, but

yet they have completely disappeared and I only hear from them every

now and then.

KC

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> > We can use our online petition as a valuable

> > tool in this fight if we can get the number of

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[Guest guest]

I am hoping the petition can promote a network, coming together to be counted as

evidence that there are many of us; and that not only are we ill, but we have

suffered major losses - jobs, homes, etc. The petition format seems an

efficient way to do that. Thanks to all who are helping to promote it. I have

emailed quite a few other groups too!

[Guest guest]

I think that the powers that be, as it were, probably laugh at petitions as

they don't carry any force of real action behind them.

In China, Beijing is filled with petitioners who trudge around from

government building to government building, presenting petitions to people

in windows whose main function is to take them. They don't change anything.

Increasingly, the same is true here.

The thing they hate is things that will hurt their income stream from

lobbyists.. etc. Politicians also really don't like anything that embarasses

them on a massive scale.

Media attention to issues that makes it clear that they are NOT doing what

they are supposed to do.

Petitions are usually only signed by the already converted.. they don't

represent people CHANGING their opinions so much as people who already have

them...

Not that they are useless. But I don't think that they are as good a use of

time or energy as indiviual letters and especially, media-savvy action..

(Things that can get your story on the evening news, especially)

The key word to that is understanding 'hooks', activists have told me..

And understanding how reporters gather news..