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Just a few of the signatures on the petition...
And what some had to say...



# 405:
Jan 16, 2008, Luciano Pimentel , Canada
The day that the right thing is prioritized - lives, not war; satiating the hungry instead of the need for oil - this planet will be like unto Paradise. Until then, they will continue electing Dubyas.

# 404:
Jan 16, 2008, Ashley Beitel , Maryland

# 403:
Jan 16, 2008, Karen Walker , California

# 402:
Jan 16, 2008, Shirley Barnes , Florida

# 401:
Jan 16, 2008, Annie VD , Canada

# 400:
Jan 16, 2008, R R , Washington
No one on this planet should have to go without food housing or health care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 399:
Jan 16, 2008, Charlene Shumate , Arkansas
Every person is this administration should be ashamed. Bush is spending billions on this war and you are voting him funds to continue. Just think how many hungry people this would support not only in other countries but right here in the United States. Stop the war and feed the hungry.

# 398:
Jan 16, 2008, NANCE O , California

# 397:
Jan 16, 2008, Robin Lyles , Arizona

# 396:
Jan 16, 2008, Karin Houston , Virginia

# 395:
Jan 16, 2008, Alexandrina Leitão , Portugal

# 394:
Jan 16, 2008, Doreen Forbes , Canada

# 393:
Jan 16, 2008, Kim Szabo , Florida

# 392:
Jan 16, 2008, Kelli Stowe , California

# 391:
Jan 16, 2008, Arlette Scharer , Switzerland

# 390:
Jan 16, 2008, Ginnie Diomis , Austria

# 389:
Jan 16, 2008, Astrid Doe , Netherlands
My opinion: nobody should live in poverty and starve of hunger and/or diseases that can be provided by vaccinations and more research for cures.If certain countries should stop the wars they're participating in,the money that now is used for weapons and flying people and material to war-zones(I'm talking of billions and billions of dollars) could be used for programs to end hunger,poverty and diseases worldwide.

# 388:
Jan 16, 2008, Carys Jones , Canada

# 387:
Jan 16, 2008, Elena Rico , California
If their is a chance to end hunger & poverty then what is the hold up with Australia, the United States,Canada,Japan,New Zealand & Switzerland? This is not an issue people need to linger on, to take some time to think about. Your not making a decision on what type of car to buy or whether or not to join a gym, this is human life. Just do it. A big change needs to happen period. The cost of living is already ridiculous especially in California, and it's not stopping. More poverty, more people/families going hungry. I was astounded recently when Barrack Obama appeared on the Tyra Banks show and said the war is costing 275 billion(i think it was billion he said)dollars a day. If 195 billion a year is what it would take to end the hunger and poverty, then this definitely would have covered that and then some.

# 386:
Jan 16, 2008, Philippe Ducreux , France

# 385:
Jan 16, 2008, Barbara Campbell , Texas

# 384:
Jan 16, 2008, Athanasia Giagtzidou , Greece

# 383:
Jan 16, 2008, Ela Pi , Poland

# 382:
Jan 16, 2008, Maria Vivian Kalaw , Philippines

# 381:
Jan 16, 1946, Sammantha Lyle , Indiana
Please honor the agreement

# 380:
Jan 16, 2008, Patrick Clement , Canada
Nobody in this world should have to starve and it's time we do something about it

# 379:
Jan 16, 2008, Danielle Lorman , South Carolina

# 378:
Jan 16, 2008, Rene Siracusa , Texas
The world IS watching

# 377:
Jan 16, 2008, Scott Shaubel , Canada

# 376:
Jan 16, 2008, Marcy Morgan , California

# 375:
Jan 16, 2008, Lori Bembanaste , Florida

# 374:
Jan 16, 2008, Mae Sell , Virginia
Not one person should go hungry!Little children starving? That is unacceptable!KEEP your promises!

# 373:
Jan 16, 2008, Evert Jan Klein Velderman , Netherlands

# 372:
Jan 16, 2008, Burton Weber , Maine
We ask only for what has been promised,for hundreds of years the goverment has been breaking there promise's it time to live up to them

# 371:
Jan 16, 2008, Nuntanit Bumrungsap , Thailand


# 370:
Jan 16, 2008, Daniella Roozenburg , Netherlands

# 369:
Jan 16, 2008, Trish Smith , Maryland

# 368:
Jan 16, 2008, STEPHANIE COLSON , Oklahoma

# 367:
Jan 16, 2008, Kim Hogan , Pennsylvania
For more impact, add a personal comment here

# 366:
Jan 16, 2008, Nur ARIS , Turkey
It is getting very difficult to eat, when I know so many are dying from hunger. So keep your promise,let us all eat. You of all people, know there is more than enough for everyone.

# 365:
Jan 16, 2008, Phyllis Pleasants , Virginia

# 364:
Jan 16, 2008, Karrie Kern , Texas

# 363:
Jan 16, 2008, Beatrice DUPONT , France

# 362:
Jan 16, 2008, Sabina Podjed , Slovenia

# 361:
Jan 16, 2008, Sigrid Lenz , Germany

# 360:
Jan 16, 2008, Joan Frost , Ohio

# 359:
Jan 16, 2008, Ken Schliesmann , Wisconsin

# 358:
Jan 16, 2008, Raluca Abudicioai , Romania

# 357:
Jan 16, 2008, Merete Mortensen , Denmark

# 356:
Jan 16, 2008, Trudi Reijnders , Netherlands

# 355:
Jan 16, 2008, Diana Martz - Animalspirit , Indiana
God Bless the children!!!!!!!

# 354:
Jan 15, 2008, Anu Saarinen , Finland

# 353:
Jan 15, 2008, Jocelyn Koopmann , Australia
This should not be in this day & age. Poor children having to starve. No other word for it.

# 352:
Jan 15, 2008, Morris Stevensen , Australia

# 351:
Jan 15, 2008, Jennifer Posanka , Illinois




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The Petition's Title:
We ask only for what has been promised.


Target:
President Bush, 100 Senators, and House Leaders

Sponsored by:
Michelle Brown, on behalf of United Nations





We respectfully ask our government to help stop the tens of thousands of preventable deaths that occur every day from hunger and poverty-related diseases.

Specifically, we ask our country to honor the agreement it made and signed at the 2002 Monterrey Conference and again at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit to make concrete efforts towards giving 0.7% of our national income in aid to poor countries.

The United Nations estimates that when all 22 countries that signed the agreement meet the 0.7% goal, the resulting $195 billion each year will be enough to effectively end hunger and extreme poverty in the world.

We commend the countries that have already reached the 0.7% goal: Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

We also commend the countries that have set up a schedule to meet the 0.7% goal and encourage them in their efforts to reach it as soon as possible: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

We respectfully ask the six remaining countries to honor their agreement and set up a schedule to reach the 0.7% goal: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United States.

Thank you.

For more information, or to send a personal letter to a government leader other than President Bush, please visit http://www.freerice.com






Please do sign it.


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