I'll pledge $50.<div><br></div><div>Rohn<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Randall Cotton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:recotton@earthlink.net" target="_blank">recotton@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 06:28:51PM -0500, Robert Naiman wrote:<br>
> So that's $120. $380 to go.<br>
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</div>Count me in - $50.<br>
R<br>
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<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] at HuffPo: Flotilla 3.0: Redeeming Obama's<br>
> Palestine Speech With Gaza's Ark<br>
><br>
> Thank you, David. Like anything else, everybody does what they can.<br>
><br>
> I'm in for $100.<br>
><br>
> So that's $120. $380 to go.<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:26 PM, David Johnson <<a href="mailto:dlj725@hughes.net">dlj725@hughes.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Bob,<br>
> ><br>
> > I think that is a GREAT idea !<br>
> ><br>
> > I wish I could do more, but at this time I can only afford $ 20.00.<br>
> > I commit $ 20.00 to the Ark for Gaza / Food Co-op campaign.<br>
> ><br>
> > David Johnson<br>
> ><br>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Naiman"<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>><br>
> > To: "Carl G. Estabrook" <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>><br>
> > Cc: "Peace-discuss List" <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>><br>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:20 PM<br>
> > Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] at HuffPo: Flotilla 3.0: Redeeming Obama's<br>
> > Palestine Speech With Gaza's Ark<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >> That's certainly true. Of course, my main objective here was to<br>
> >> promote interest in Gaza's Ark. Obama's speech was in the news, and<br>
> >> people pay attention to what's in the news, so I was like: thing you<br>
> >> are paying attention to because it was in the news, and why you should<br>
> >> pay attention to Gaza's Ark instead.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Incidentally, I have an idea for a way we could support Gaza's Ark in<br>
> >> Champaign-Urbana.<br>
> >><br>
> >> They're asking people to purchase Palestinian goods from Gaza which<br>
> >> will go on the boat. The minimum order is $500.<br>
> >><br>
> >> If you go to the webpage:<br>
> >><br>
> >> <a href="http://www.gazaark.org/products/" target="_blank">http://www.gazaark.org/products/</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> you see there are some choices. Some of them are things our local food<br>
> >> coop could presumably sell, like "Pressed dates (ajwa)" and "Dates<br>
> >> preserves (Makhtom)."<br>
> >><br>
> >> It would certainly be wonderful if our local food co-op would place an<br>
> >> order.<br>
> >><br>
> >> However, one has to accept that there's a good chance that the boat is<br>
> >> not going to make it out; indeed, there's a good chance that it will<br>
> >> be intercepted by the Israeli Navy and its cargo will be confiscated.<br>
> >><br>
> >> So, I was thinking that a bunch of us could pass the hat and front the<br>
> >> money to the food co-op to make the order. $500 divided among a<br>
> >> sufficient group of us would be something we could carry.<br>
> >><br>
> >> If the boat makes it out, the food coop gets to sell the stuff and pay<br>
> >> us back. If the boat doesn't make it out, the people who fronted the<br>
> >> money eat the $500 loss.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The idea being: it's not going to cost the co-op anything in any<br>
> >> event, so if there were anyone in the co-op who was against the idea<br>
> >> on political grounds, they wouldn't have the issue of cost to hide<br>
> >> behind.<br>
> >><br>
> >> What do you think?<br>
> >><br>
> >> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Carl G. Estabrook<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Even if Obama's speech was neither of those things, it is undoubtedly<br>
> >>> true that the initiative for justice is going<br>
> >>> to have to come from somewhere else - not from the US government.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Mar 24, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>><br>
> >>> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>>> Whether you see Obama's Palestine speech as a great motivational<br>
> >>>> speech or a white flag of surrender, the practical consequences for<br>
> >>>> the public are largely the same: the initiative for justice is going<br>
> >>>> to have to come from somewhere else.<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/flotilla-30-redeeming-oba_b_2944367.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/flotilla-30-redeeming-oba_b_2944367.html</a><br>
> >>>><br>
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