Live8 and the G8

Live 8 is a most notable exception. Much more than a music festival which some of you have seen on TV. You might want to send a picture if you can't join the march in Edinborough where the G8 is meeting. You might want to sign an online letter http://www.one.org/ to Presidnet Bush telling him:

“WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty. WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing additional resources for basic needs – education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans – would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost equal to just one percent more of the US budget. WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all.”

Somehow I think that would be a much more effective front in the war against terrorism.