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The following article has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] The sender writes: Save the planet for another day. ------------------------------------------------------------ Press Release - Earth Day Hummer Protest in Madison ------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 20 April 2004 by Creative People's Resistance Phone: 262-9036 Summary: Madisonians Join National Protest Against Gas Guzzlers on Earth Day! Critical Mass Bike Ride from UW's Library Mall at 4:00 pm on Thurs. April 22nd to Converge on Beltline Hummer Dealer for Road Rage Rush Hour Protest at 5:00 pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2004 John Peck, Creative People's Resistance: #608-262-9036 Maya P Cole, Madison Women for Peace: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Madisonians Join National Protest Against Gas Guzzlers on Earth Day! Critical Mass Bike Ride from UW's Library Mall to Converge on Beltline Hummer Dealer In celebration of Earth Day, bike enthusiasts, environmentalists, feminists and peace activists will hold a creative demonstration at 5:00 pm outside the Bergstrom Hummer dealership (1200 Applegate Road - off the Beltline) in Madison on Thursday, April 22. The protest will begin at 4:00 pm at the UW-Madison Library Mall with a critical mass bike ride to the dealership. Similar actions are occurring in over a dozen cities nationwide. Activists aim to educate other citizens that buying a 8,500 lb vehicle that gets 10 miles per gallon, half the gas mileage of a Model T, is not only a waste of resources but morally reprehensible, given that soldiers and civilians are now dying in Iraq and elsewhere for the sake of procuring more petroleum. "How any patriotic American could stomach buying such a dinosaur is really beyond me,” noted John Peck, a UW-Madison graduate student in Environmental Studies. "And to make matters worse, we now have Wal-Mart unveiling a kiddie version of the Hummer on May 1st to create more unsustainable demands on our planet's limited resources. My own brother had to serve in the military during the last Persian Gulf War. If they reinstate the draft for this latest oil grab, the Hummer drivers should be called up first." "Much as the ‘war on terror’ has not made anyone any safer, the Hummer's war on common sense hurts owners' pocketbooks, endangers drivers and bicyclists and does far more damage to the environment than responsible forms of transportation," said Maya P. Cole, a spokeswoman for Madison Women for Peace. "One only needs to consider the families of children with asthma residing in the ten polluted counties in Wisconsin which no longer meet healthy air standards of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to see how this affects all of us." "My son was diagnosed with asthma at an early age," Cole continued, "and I find it disheartening that while the City of Madison debates restrictions on smoking in public, we have not had any dialogue on the health costs imposed by vehicles that are exempt from emission standards as this monstrosity was erected outside of Madison." Activists will also be calling on the White House and Congress to eliminate the federal tax break that is offered to business owners who purchase Hummers. The Bush Administration's so called "Economic Stimulus Plan" allows small business owners who purchase Hummers to receive a $100,000 tax break, while businesses that purchase far more ecologically responsible vehicle like a Toyota Prius hybrid only receive a $2,000 tax break. For details see: http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Hummer_Action.shtml or visit Madison Women for Peace at: www.madwomen.org . ### Madison IMC: http://madison.indymedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
