Posted: 5/2/2006 2:29:39 PM EDT
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Lawmakers get hard messages By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News May 2, 2006 One by one, opponents of illegal immigration have been sending lawmakers real, red bricks with angry messages written on the side: "Build a wall. Deport them all." While hundreds of thousands of activists took to the streets Monday, lawmakers in Washington dealt with an increase in mail from supporters of a get-tough approach to illegal immigration. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., laughed about the heavy bricks he has found in his in-box, saying he'll have to weigh them against the letters and calls he receives from both sides. "The question I have is, how do they get that through security?" Allard said. "The second thing is, how did they afford the postage? Now that is a motivated citizen." Allard and his fellow Coloradan, Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, both have expressed concerns about illegal immigrants and their supporters staying away from their jobs or skipping school. Salazar, whose office also received bricks in the mail, said, "I would hope people could have demonstrated during their off-hours, not during work and school hours. I believe it's important for all kids to stay in school and for workers to stay at their jobs." Some analysts and immigrant rights supporters have warned that disruptive protests, work stoppages and boycotts could backfire by stirring up opposition. That's a common theme of opposition mail Allard has been receiving. One letter, which was wrapped around a brick and mailed to the senator, says: "I can't take a day off from work to go stand in the street and protest all day long like an illegal immigrant. But I did have time to send you this brick so that you could get started building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico." The writer, whose name was redacted by Allard's staff, warned that he would oppose any politicians who vote to give "amnesty" to illegal immigrants. It was signed, "Mad as hell." www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4666290,00.html Fixed |
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C'mon!! for about the price of a box of ammo you can send a real message to washington. If you don't have the time to buy/find a brick, wrap it and take it to the post office, the website even has a link where you can buy/send a brick online. There is no excuse for not burying congress under a few tons of bricks so that they get the message. send-a-brick.com |
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I personally think that a personalized brick, from your local post office, is much better than a brick through the "service" on the site. Just my opinion. Automate it too much, and it looks like a gimic with only internet commandos and their credit cards. People mailing their own bricks sends more of a message. |
Well, there may be some merit in that which you type, but press is press! |
To be sure. But the bricks that made an impression do not seem to have been "bulk" mailed. Imagine Dianne Feinstein's press release "Today I received 20 bricks, all from the same place, all with the same message, all apparently from the same gimic." Much easier to "dismiss" the project at that point. Look, I've been against the "click to send" option from the getgo, and the organizers decided it was still a good option. I hope it works out. I sent my own bricks. |
And that is EXACTLY the message to send. For every one person who is pissed off enough to mail a brick, there are a lot more who are also pissed off, but not quite crazy enough to send a brick. Here's the one I sent:  I might send another this week. It really doesn't take a lot of time, and the box was free from the post office (and I had some old bubble wrap lying around. |
STOP ALL WELFARE PAYMENTS TO ILLEGALS NO CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGALS ALL ILLEGALS ARE CRIMINALS, DEPORT THEM ALL STOP SPITTING ON OUR COUNTRY AND CONSTITUTION ENFORCE OUR COUNTRY'S LAWS AGAINST ILLEGALS  |