from SLATE: >Egyptians Order Pizza for Wisconsin Protesters >In an act of intercontinental solidarity, an Egyptian has ordered a pizza for >Wisconsin protesters, reports Politico. The call from Africa is just one of >many streaming into the Madison, Wisc., pizza parlor Ian's from all over the >world. So far, people from 12 countries and 38 states have rung up looking to >help get free pizza to the Wisconsin protesters clustered in the Capitol. On >Saturday, Ian's distributed more than 1,000 free slices and sent 300 pizzas to >the Capitol. The trend continued on Sunday, as staff member fielded calls from >as far away as Turkey, Korea, Finland, China, and Australia. The trend began >when a mother of a University of Wisconsin student called in offering to >donate $200 to feed the people occupying the Capitol. The pizza chain's >postings on Twitter and Facebook soon led to so many donations that they had >to shut down on Saturday night.
>Read original story in Politico >[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49888.html ] | Monday, Feb. 21, >2011 < -- Jim Devine / "Living a life of quiet desperation -- but always with style!" _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
