If it's an important event, the gist should be at the top of the leaflet (whether paper or electronic. I stopped reading reading at "incredible event." This is the way commercial ads try to suck you in, not the way leftists try to mobilize leftists.
Carrol On 9/28/2011 8:52 AM, Dan Scanlan wrote: > I'll be there, uke in hand. > > Dan > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "October2011.org"<[email protected]> >> Date: September 27, 2011 11:32:08 AM PDT >> To:<[email protected]> >> Subject: October2011.org: Final Push! The Time is Now. >> Reply-To: "October2011.org"<[email protected]> >> > >> >> >> >> >> Is this email not displaying correctly? >> View it in your browser. >> >> Dear Friends: >> >> October2011.org is almost here! We need a final push let everyone we know >> about this event and that they should join us there. Below is an outreach >> mailing that you can cut and paste to send to everyone you know. And we will >> touch base with you in a few days with updates about Freedom Plaza. >> >> It is almost here! There are three things I want to tell you about an >> incredibly important event for you, your family and our nation:Stop the >> Machine: Create a New World. >> >> 1. It is going to be huge and historic. Thousands have already signed >> up to join us in Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC. You are going to want to >> tell everyone you know you were part of this. You are going to want your >> children and grandchildren to know you helped ignite the change to a new >> world. >> 2. This event is critically important. Our nation is at a crossroads. >> We need to get off the wrong path and on to the right one. We need to end >> the dominance of government by the political and economic elite when it is >> obvious that the people can do a better job. We need to create an economic >> system where we participate, a government that responds to the people and a >> nation that puts the people’s needs before human greed. >> 3. It begins soon. In less than two weeks thousands will gather to >> begin a multi-day encampment that builds on the revolts being seen in Egypt, >> Tunisia, Span and Greece, as well as Madison, WI and Wall Street, NY. The >> time is right for this moment in history. The beginning of a massive >> movement to create a country that reaches its’ ideals, that becomes the more >> perfect union that then nation has always sought to be. >> >> People will look back at this event and see it as the beginning – the >> turning point when the people demanded that the country move from militarism >> and war to diplomacy and cooperation; from funneling money to the wealthiest >> 1% to sharing the nation’s prosperity among each of us; and from >> environmental degradation to the planet’s renewal. It is our responsibility >> to get this Nation on the right track. You need to be part of this. Join me >> in Freedom Plaza starting on October 6. >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Please cut and paste the message above and send it to everyone you know by >> email. You can post it on your Facebook page with this link: FINAL PUSH >> SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW! 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