Return-Path: Received: from mail47.fg.online.no ([148.122.161.47]) by fep06-svc.swip.net with ESMTP id <20030111170004.CWPA24137.fep06-svc.swip.net@mail47.fg.online.no>; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 18:00:04 +0100 Received: from cinet (ti211310a080-5437.bb.online.no [80.212.85.61]) by mail47.fg.online.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA19509; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:57:35 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <007901c2b992$93feac60$d520fea9@cinet> Reply-To: "Your worried friends in the rest of the World" From: "Your worried friends in the rest of the World" To: "Fellow Citicens of the World" Subject: Thank you America! Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:56:46 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0076_01C2B99A.CF52AFC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0076_01C2B99A.CF52AFC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear fellow citizen of the planet, The "Hello America!", campaign was launched in Oslo, Norway, January = 6th 2003. It is now being spread all over the world. We want to carpet bomb the world with a message of support for all peace = loving Americans. Please do the following: 1. Add your name to the list below. (Under the "Hello America!" letter) 2. Forward the whole mail to your friends and contacts, with copies to = the following recipients: =20 American News Medias: managing-editor@nytimes.com; news-tips@nytimes.com; CNN@cnn.com; = letters@washpost.com; localnews@globe.com; slevinson@knightridder.com; = rranderson@tribune.com; homeforum@csps.com; world@csmonitor.com; = readers.rep@latimes.com; feedback@wsj.com; newseditors@wsj.com; = editor@american-reporter.com; cwarmbold@ajc.com; pgast@ajc.com; = gbailon@dallasnews.com; rbarrick@dallasnews.com; = rchavira@dallasnews.com; philly_feedback@knightridder.com; = publiceditor@tribune.com; eyewitness.news@abc.com; daily@timeinc.net; = letters@time.com=20 Bush and Cheney: president@whitehouse.gov; vice.president@whitehouse.gov HELLO AMERICA! =20 The USA is on the brink of war. An aggressive and unpredictable leader = is spreading fear and insecurity. His name is George W. Bush. =20 Mr. Bush possesses massive arsenals of weapons of mass destruction.=20 He claims he has the right to use them. =20 He was never elected by a majority of his people.=20 (32 % of adult Americans voted for Bush. He got 539,989 less votes than = opponent Al Gore) =20 He leads a regime, where he himself - and a rich elite - enjoy enormous = wealth and growing privileges, while millions live in poverty and = despair.=20 People of ethnic minorities are oppressed and humiliated. =20 His country ranks highest in the world with regard to not signing human rights treaties. =20 We thank you, America! =20 We know that most Americans want peace, prosperity and justice for all. You are good people, like most people are, in Iraq, Israel, Palestine, = Korea, Ukraine, Australia, Norway, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, = Brazil, India, Bolivia, Iran, Uganda, Portugal and elsewhere. =20 We thank you for giving us Abraham Lincoln, Bessie Smith, Elvis Presley, = Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hank Williams, Sandra Bullock, Martin Luther King = jr., Toni Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Owens, Woody Allen, Miles = Davis, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Madonna, John Steinbeck, Jimmy = Carter, Julia Roberts, Muhammad Ali and many more. =20 If we can do anything to help you get rid of George W. Bush before he wrecks your reputation and messes up the whole planet, please let us know! Best regards, Your worried friends in the rest of the World. Petter Nome, Journalist and TV Producer. Reiulf Steen, Ambassador. Finn = Sjue, Journalist and Associate Professor. Sidsel M=F8rck, Author. Bengt = Calmeyer, Author and Journalist. Saera Khan, Member of City Council in = Oslo and Central Committee of the Labour Party. =D8ystein Djupedal, = Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Torbj=F8rn Morvik, TV director. = Margrethe Aaby, Theater Director. Herman Kristoffersen, Mayor of = Troms=F8. Knut N=E6rum, Comedian and Author. Svein Tindberg, Actor. = Raymond Johansen, Secretary General. Mette Janson, Journalist. Thomas = Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology. Odd Arvid = Str=F8mstad, TV Producer. Ranveig Fr=F8iland, Member of the Norwegian = Parliament. P=E5l Gordon Nilsen, Journalist. Jon Wessel-Aas, Lawyer. = Magnus Nome, Student. Nina Johnsrud, Journalist. Jannecke Hemsen, = Teacher. Bente Aschim, Medical Doctor. Helge Nome, Teacher. Colleen Anne = Watkins, Translator. Borgny Baastad, TV Photographer. Marte Haabeth = Grindaker, President of Juvente (Youth organisation). Frank Sivertsen, = Journalist. Hallvard Hatlestad, IT Proffesional and Competance = Developer. Roy Corell, Nurse. Bj=F8rn Jacobsen, Member of the Norwegian = Parliament. Nils P. Lie-Gjeseth, Teacher and Webmaster. Thorbj=F8rn = Bratt, City Councillor. Sonja Holterman, Journalist. Eirik Sivertsen, = Production Manager. Jens =D8vreb=F8, TV Director. Tone Bratteli, = Director of Information. Stina Greaker, TV Director. Per A. = Thorbj=F8rnsen, Managing Director. Henrik Steen, Writer. Eirik Nome, = Student. Birger Kolsrud J=E5sund, Journalist. Reidunn N=F8rstelien, = Production Manager. Anne Jensen, Teatcher. Marthe Christensen, Student. = P=E5l Rud Knudsen, Editor. Hilde Hummelvoll, journalist. Bjarte Aune = Olsen, Student. Brynjar Wider=F8e, Sound Engineer. Siri Gellein, = Journalist and Singer. Chris Foss, TV Director. Marte Spurkland, = Journalist. Jan Holm, Journalist and Author. =D8ystein Bache, Comedian. = Yngvil Kiran, TV Producer. Andreas Lunnan, Journalist. Vivi Stenberg, = Journalist. Jan Roger Henriksen, Marketing Director, Torstein Vegheim, = TV Director. Kjell Terje Ringdal, Managing Director, Ellen Lund, = Historian, Bj=F8rn Holmgren, TV Director, Knut M=FCller Nilsen, Artist = Manager, Ingvild Vaggen Malvik, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. = Isabell Skagen, Project Manager, Ivar Johansen, Member of City = Parliament Oslo. Karin Torp, 1 vice president of the Norwegian Union of = Commercial and Office Employees. Gerd Pedersen, Secretary. Olav Boye, = Research Officer, Norwegian Union of Graphical Workers. Lasse Sandberg, = Administration Officer, Berit Johanne Berg, Floor Manager. Sten = Bj=F8rn=F8, District Secretary. Ruth Grung, Commissioner for Education = and Sports. Knut Fagerbakke, City counsellor. Marianne Borgen, Member of = the City Governement in Oslo and Deputy member of Parliament. Aamir J. = Sheikh, member of Oslo Council, Conservative Party. Per Sverre Rannem, = Mayor in Steinkjer Municipality. Odd Thraning, Major in Levanger = Municipality. Oddvar H=F8lland, Union Representative. Reidar Otto = Johnsen, TV Director. Sture Arntzen, President of Norwegian Union of = Commercial and Office Employees. Kai Christoffersen, Norwegian = Confederation of Trade Union Offshore Representative. Lene = Bomann-Larsen, Research Fellow. Atle Teigland, Electrician, Signe = T=F8nsberg, Senior Executive Officer. Hallgeir H. Langeland, Member of = the Norwegian Parliament.May Sommerfelt, Director of International = Department. Maria Astrup, Graphic Designer. Heidi S=F8rensen, Member of = the Norwegian Parliament. Jan Tore Evensen, Secretary General. Nissa = Nyberget, Musician. R=F8nnaug Tveito, Tv editor. Elin Enge, = International Advisor, Natural Resource Management. Kjell Erik =D8ye, = Member of the City Council, Oslo. Tonje =D8stbye, Procect Manager. Olav = Viksmo Slettan, journalist. Jens C. Andreassen, student. Kari Pahle, = Political leader of The Socialist Left Party in the City Council of = Oslo. Ivan Evensen, Arild Herefoss, Bj=F8rn Scheele, TV Director. Kaveh = Henrik Tehrani , President, Norwegian Union of Conscientous Objectors. = Hans-Petter Aas, Member of City Parliament, Socialist Left Party, Kyrre = Gundersen, trade unionist. Simona Baruzzo, Teacher. Inga Marte = Thorkildsen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Gunn Stubergh, = Secretary. Ole Jarl Madland, District Secretary. Bj=F8rn Harald = Kristiansen Union Secretary, Norwegian Union of Graphical Workers. Linda = Lothe, Media and Communication Scientist. Arild Herefoss, Trade Union = Secretary. Tore Paulsen V=E6rnes, Municipal Counsellor. Rose Itamba, = Archive Leader. Ivan Evensen, Union leader. Babs Sivertsen, Executive = Director of the Norwegian Peace Alliance. Bent Inge Bye, Editor. Greger = Thorvaldsen, Member of the central board of Youth Against Drugs. Eva S. = Braaten, Project Leader and Student. Torunn Kristoffersen, Actress. = Erling Folkvord, Member of the City Council of Oslo, Torstein Rudihagen, = Member of Parliament - Norway. Kristin Halvorsen, Member of Parliament = - Norway. Hans Ole Hummelvoll, Sound Engineer. Trond Giske, Member of = Parliament - Norway. Roger Andersen, President Norwegian Union of = Graphical Workers. Marit Arnstad, MP, former member of Government. Geir = Ove Bakken, Major of Alta Municipality. Erna C. Dynge, Vise President = Norwegian Union of General Workers. Jo Raknes, TV Producer. Victor = Romsdal, Information Technology Architect. Kai Sibbern, Journalist. = Geir L=F8kke, Board member in The Norwegian Elevator Constructors Union = Lise Merethe Hansen, Telecom Engineer. Ellen Wesche Guttormsen, = Journalist. Petter Moshus, Art Director. Morten Rossvang, Elevator = constructor. Rita Ottervik, city counsellor in Trondheim. Henrik = Slipher, Consultant. Marie Finne N=E6ss, Senior Advisor. Anne Kristin = Hagen, Nurse ------=_NextPart_000_0076_01C2B99A.CF52AFC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear=20 fellow citizen of the planet,


The "Hello=20 America!",  campaign was launched in Oslo, Norway, = January=20 6th 2003.
It is now being spread all over the world.
We want = to=20 carpet bomb the world with a message of support for=20 all peace loving Americans.

Please do the=20 following:
1. Add your name to the list below. (Under the = "Hello=20 America!" letter)
2. Forward the whole mail to your friends = and=20 contacts,  with=20 copies to the following recipients:

 

American  News=20 Medias:

managing-editor@nytimes.com;=20 news-tips@nytimes.com;=20 CNN@cnn.com; = letters@washpost.com; localnews@globe.com; slevinson@knightridder.com; rranderson@tribune.com; homeforum@csps.com; world@csmonitor.com; readers.rep@latimes.com; feedback@wsj.com;=20 newseditors@wsj.com; editor@american-reporter.com; cwarmbold@ajc.com;=20 pgast@ajc.com;=20 gbailon@dallasnews.com; rbarrick@dallasnews.com; rchavira@dallasnews.com; philly_feedback@knightridder.com; publiceditor@tribune.com; eyewitness.news@abc.com; daily@timeinc.net;=20 letters@time.com =
=
 

HELLO =20 AMERICA!

 

The USA is on the brink of war.  An aggressive and = unpredictable leader=20 is spreading fear and insecurity. His name is George W.=20 Bush.

 

Mr. Bush possesses massive arsenals of = weapons of mass=20 destruction.

He claims he has the right to use=20 them.

 

He was never elected by = a majority of=20 his people.

(32 = % of adult Americans voted for Bush. He got  539,989 less votes than = opponent Al=20 Gore)

 

He leads a regime, = where he himself =96=20 and a  rich elite - enjoy = enormous=20 wealth and growing privileges, =20 while millions live in poverty and despair. =

People of ethnic = minorities are=20 oppressed and humiliated.

 

His country ranks highest in the world with regard = to

 not=20 signing human rights treaties.

 

We thank you, America!

 

We know that most Americans want peace, prosperity and justice = for=20 all.

You are good people, like most people are, in Iraq, Israel, = Palestine,=20 Korea, Ukraine, Australia, Norway, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, = Brazil,=20 India, Bolivia, Iran, Uganda, Portugal and=20 elsewhere.

 

We thank you = for giving us=20 Abraham Lincoln, Bessie Smith, Elvis Presley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, = Hank=20 Williams, Sandra Bullock, Martin Luther King jr., Toni Morrison,  Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Owens, = Woody Allen,=20 Miles Davis, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Madonna, John Steinbeck, = Jimmy=20 Carter, Julia Roberts, Muhammad Ali and many = more.

 

If=20 we can do anything to help you

get rid of George W.=20 Bush

before he wrecks your=20 reputation

and messes =20 up the whole planet,

please let us = know!

 

 
Best=20 regards,
Your=20 worried friends in the rest of the World.
 

Petter=20 Nome, Journalist and TV Producer. Reiulf = Steen,=20 Ambassador. Finn Sjue, Journalist and Associate = Professor.=20 Sidsel M=F8rck, Author. Bengt = Calmeyer, Author=20 and Journalist. Saera Khan, Member of City Council = in Oslo=20 and Central Committee of the Labour Party. =D8ystein Djupedal,=20  Member of the = Norwegian=20 Parliament. Torbj=F8rn Morvik, TV director. = Margrethe=20 Aaby, Theater Director. Herman Kristoffersen, = Mayor of=20 Troms=F8.  Knut=20 N=E6rum, Comedian and Author. Svein Tindberg, = Actor.=20 Raymond Johansen, Secretary General. Mette=20 Janson, Journalist. Thomas Hylland Eriksen, = Professor=20 of Social Anthropology. Odd Arvid Str=F8mstad, TV = Producer.=20 Ranveig Fr=F8iland, Member of the Norwegian = Parliament.=20 P=E5l Gordon Nilsen, Journalist.=20 Jon Wessel-Aas, Lawyer. Magnus = Nome,=20 Student. Nina Johnsrud, Journalist. Jannecke=20 Hemsen, Teacher. Bente Aschim, Medical Doctor. = Helge Nome, Teacher. Colleen Anne = Watkins,=20 Translator. Borgny Baastad, TV Photographer. =20 Marte Haabeth Grindaker, =20 President of Juvente (Youth organisation). Frank=20 Sivertsen, Journalist. Hallvard Hatlestad, IT=20 Proffesional and Competance Developer. Roy Corell, = Nurse.=20 Bj=F8rn Jacobsen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament.=20 Nils P. Lie-Gjeseth, Teacher and Webmaster. = Thorbj=F8rn=20 Bratt, City Councillor. Sonja Holterman, = Journalist.=20 Eirik Sivertsen, Production Manager. Jens=20 =D8vreb=F8, TV Director. Tone Bratteli, = Director of=20 Information. Stina Greaker, TV Director. Per A. = Thorbj=F8rnsen, Managing Director. Henrik = Steen,=20 Writer. Eirik Nome, Student. Birger = Kolsrud=20 J=E5sund, Journalist. Reidunn N=F8rstelien, = Production=20 Manager. Anne Jensen, Teatcher. Marthe=20 Christensen, Student. P=E5l Rud Knudsen, = Editor.=20 Hilde Hummelvoll, journalist. Bjarte Aune=20 Olsen, Student. Brynjar Wider=F8e, Sound = Engineer.=20 Siri Gellein, Journalist and Singer. Chris=20 Foss, TV Director. Marte Spurkland, = Journalist.=20 Jan Holm, Journalist and Author. =D8ystein=20 Bache, Comedian. Yngvil Kiran, TV Producer.=20 Andreas Lunnan, Journalist.  Vivi = Stenberg,=20 Journalist.  Jan Roger Henriksen, = Marketing=20 Director, Torstein Vegheim, TV Director. Kjell = Terje=20 Ringdal, Managing Director, Ellen Lund, = Historian,=20 Bj=F8rn Holmgren, TV Director, Knut M=FCller=20 Nilsen, Artist Manager, Ingvild Vaggen = Malvik,  Member of the Norwegian = Parliament.=20 Isabell Skagen, Project Manager, Ivar=20 Johansen, Member of City Parliament Oslo. Karin Torp,=20 1 vice president of the Norwegian Union of  Commercial and = Office=20 Employees. Gerd Pedersen, Secretary. Olav=20 Boye, Research Officer, Norwegian Union of Graphical Workers.=20 Lasse Sandberg, Administration Officer, Berit = Johanne=20 Berg, Floor Manager. Sten Bj=F8rn=F8, District = Secretary. Ruth Grung, Commissioner for Education and = Sports.=20 Knut Fagerbakke, City counsellor. Marianne = Borgen,=20 Member of the City Governement in Oslo and Deputy member of = Parliament.=20 Aamir J. Sheikh, member of Oslo Council, Conservative = Party.=20 Per Sverre Rannem,  Mayor in Steinkjer = Municipality.=20 Odd Thraning, Major in Levanger Municipality. = Oddvar=20 H=F8lland,  Union = Representative. Reidar Otto Johnsen, TV Director. = Sture=20 Arntzen, President of Norwegian Union of Commercial and Office=20 Employees. Kai Christoffersen, Norwegian Confederation = of Trade=20 Union Offshore Representative. Lene Bomann-Larsen, = Research=20 Fellow. Atle Teigland, Electrician, Signe=20 T=F8nsberg, Senior Executive Officer. Hallgeir H.=20 Langeland, Member of the Norwegian Parliament.May=20 Sommerfelt,  = Director of=20 International Department. Maria Astrup, Graphic = Designer.=20 Heidi S=F8rensen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament. = Jan=20 Tore Evensen, Secretary General. Nissa Nyberget,=20 Musician. R=F8nnaug Tveito,  Tv editor.   Elin Enge,=20 International Advisor, Natural Resource Management. = Kjell Erik=20 =D8ye,  Member of = the City=20 Council, Oslo. Tonje =D8stbye, Procect Manager. = Olav=20 Viksmo Slettan, journalist. Jens C. = Andreassen,=20 student. Kari Pahle, Political leader of The = Socialist=20 Left Party in the City Council of Oslo. Ivan Evensen, = Arild=20 Herefoss, Bj=F8rn Scheele, TV Director. Kaveh = Henrik=20 Tehrani , President, Norwegian Union of Conscientous Objectors. = Hans-Petter Aas, =20 Member of City Parliament, Socialist Left Party, Kyrre=20 Gundersen,  =  trade=20 unionist. Simona Baruzzo, Teacher. =  Inga Marte = Thorkildsen,=20 Member of the Norwegian Parliament. Gunn Stubergh, = Secretary.=20 Ole Jarl Madland, District Secretary. Bj=F8rn = Harald=20 Kristiansen Union Secretary, Norwegian Union of Graphical = Workers.=20 Linda Lothe, Media and Communication Scientist. = Arild=20 Herefoss,  Trade=20 Union Secretary. Tore Paulsen = V=E6rnes,=20 Municipal  Counsellor. = Rose=20 Itamba,  Archive = Leader.=20 Ivan Evensen, Union leader. Babs = Sivertsen,=20 Executive Director of=20 the Norwegian Peace Alliance. Bent Inge Bye,=20 Editor. Greger Thorvaldsen, Member of the = central=20 board of Youth Against Drugs. Eva S. Braaten, Project = Leader=20 and Student. Torunn Kristoffersen, Actress.=20 Erling Folkvord, Member of the City Council of=20 Oslo, Torstein Rudihagen, Member of Parliament =96 = Norway.=20  Kristin=20 Halvorsen, Member of Parliament =96 Norway. Hans Ole=20 Hummelvoll, Sound Engineer. Trond Giske, = Member of=20 Parliament =96 Norway. Roger Andersen, President = Norwegian Union=20 of Graphical Workers. Marit Arnstad, MP, former member = of=20 Government. Geir Ove Bakken,  Major of Alta Municipality. = Erna=20 C. Dynge,  Vise = President=20 Norwegian Union of General Workers. Jo Raknes, TV = Producer.=20 Victor Romsdal, Information Technology Architect.=20  Kai Sibbern, Journalist. Geir = L=F8kke,=20 Board member in The Norwegian Elevator Constructors Union Lise = Merethe=20 Hansen, Telecom Engineer. Ellen Wesche = Guttormsen,=20 Journalist. Petter Moshus, Art Director. Morten = Rossvang, Elevator constructor. Rita Ottervik, = city=20 counsellor in Trondheim. Henrik Slipher, = Consultant.=20 Marie Finne N=E6ss, Senior Advisor. Anne = Kristin=20 Hagen, Nurse


 
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