TO THE THREAD: PLEASE try to keep some focus on what Anthony is trying to do. He wants to bring a planeload of children who have lost or become disconnected from friends, neighbors, relatives or anyone else capable of caring for them. He wants to care for them and provide safety in foster care situations until they can be repatriated. The conditions they are living in are appalling and the kids are utterly traumatized and defenseless.
Sometimes its hard to break through our inertia and realize its not a "normal" day. I assure you, Anthony is NOT having a normal day!
Right now, he is experiencing obstacles from the US Embassy in Skopje. His only interest in Geraldo and NBC is to increase public awareness, sympathy, and therefore pressure on the Embassy to facilitate his "simple" mission. Senator Abraham is significant for the same reason.
(NOTE: I have no special or private connection to Anthony; I am just reading his posts carefully and literally, and trying to pitch in!)
Yesterday I edited Anthony's 4-22 posts into a single message and posted it here:
Message 9094342
If you are just becoming aware of his efforts, please take a few minutes, hit the link, read carefully, and bring yourself up to date. Then take action.
Charitable donation information is at the bottom. Yesterday, I sent an email around my office with a few quotes from his posts, offering to match all donations. In one day I had raised $1,000. Then my boss matched it. So we wired $3,000 to the org he identified. This wasn't hard, and I'm no movement organizer.
How much have we benefitted from his sharing his knowledge of the markets, and from bringing us together publicly? EVERYONE, its time to acknowledge that.
The message is all set up for cut-and-paste posting on other boards. I opened up a reply mailbox on Hotmail so anyone wishing to reply from "anonymous" threads would have some point of contact without filling up Anthony's inbox.
I also started posting it on Yahoo and other boards where it could be read widely. A couple of you have already picked up the baton and helped spread it around. Thank you!
In my opinion, it is better to cut and paste the post than just a link, because more people will read it if they don't have to hit the link. Sad but true.
"Gramma" Alan |
