Quote Originally Posted by yotaman View Post
Emails can be deleted and ignored, thousands of letters are much harder to ignore.
That's a myth that really needs to be cleared up.

Emails to, along with phone calls and in person meetings with your Representative in Congress are by far one of the most effective ways of having your voice heard in the US government process. Your Congressman/woman is in Washington D.C. to serve your interests. They will listen.

Letter writing is also very effective, but make no mistake, letters can be thrown into a shredder just as easy as an email can be deleted.

The confusion and mis-communication over this issue stems from WHO you are trying to contact. Unless one of those subcommittee members is your direct Representative in Congress, there's very little chance that they will listen to anything you have to say whether it be email, fax, letter, or phone call. They are their to represent THEIR constituents, not you. On the other hand, your Representative in Congress is there to work for you and your interests ... including your views on HR 669 ... you have the right to ask him or her to go speak to those committee members on your behalf in person. They have a responsibility to listen to you and take your concerns into consideration in their day to day responsibilities. That's how the democratic system works in this country.

The letter writing campaign to the subcommittee members is an EXCELLENT idea and highly recommended by members of the House of Representatives that are friendly to our efforts ... but, without the support of USARK's lobbyist hand delivering the letters, most of them would never even make it to their final destination. The effect of Tom Wolfe carrying stacks of letters around the halls of Congress will without a doubt help us on the day he drops them off, but every person that will be affected by this bill emailing and calling their direct Representative in Congress each and every day from now until the 24th will help us EVERY DAY.

I'm not saying do one and not the other, I'm not saying do one first and then the other, I'm not saying one idea is better than the other ... I'm saying DO THEM BOTH, and ENCOURAGE everyone you know to do BOTH as well.

This link might provide an interesting read for you ... http://nohr669.com/blog/?p=25

Thank you for all of your efforts.

-adam