May 17, 2012 Dear President Obama

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May 17, 2012
Dear President Obama:
Your meeting at Camp David on May 19, 2012 to discuss food security with African leaders,
including Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is a major opportunity to address what may
be the single largest man-made contributor to food insecurity on the continent today: largescale land investments by foreign investors.
As you sit down with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, we ask you to consider the attached letter
signed by more than 8,000 supporters of the indigenous and local communities of Gambella –
70,000 people in all – who are being forcibly relocated to make land available for investment in
agriculture. There are plans to relocate an additional 150,000 people, most of whom are
subsistence farmers who have been able, until now, to feed their families without receiving
government or foreign aid over the last twenty years.
In addition to the many problems surrounding forced relocations, which include lack of
transparency and human rights abuses, the loss of ancestral lands where people farm equals
the loss of their ability to feed themselves. Farmers and pastoralists are being turned into
plantation workers in menial seasonal jobs that do not put food on the table or provide for their
basic needs. Against all evidence, the US ambassador to Ethiopia, Donald E. Booth, visited
Gambella in January 2012 and said he witnessed "the people of Gambella benefiting from the
fruits of development in the state." Mr. Booth seems unwilling to acknowledge any of the
abuse, violence, or coercion that human rights groups and the media have reported – he might
have witnessed it as well, had he been free to expand his visit beyond approved sites.
The African Union, the Committee on World Food Security, and a growing number of
international organizations and experts agree that the trend of large-scale land investments in
Africa constitutes a threat to food security in a number of countries.
According to the World Bank, more than 96 million acres, an area about the size of France, are
involved in large-scale land acquisitions. It is a troublesome and growing phenomenon. Fertile
lands where communities have tilled and gathered for generations are being leased, mostly to
foreign investors and primarily for export crops. Communities are relocated with promises of
improved quality of life with schools, health care, and better livelihoods. They are often left with
an inability to feed themselves and no new services or way to return to their previous homes.
The Oakland Institute’s recent field research in Ethiopia revealed a grim picture of violence,
coercion, and unrealized benefits by relocated communities. These findings are confirmed by
Human Rights Watch’s independent study involving 100 interviews and sixteen site visits this
year.
The burden of the Ethiopian government’s objective of economic growth is being borne by the
indigenous and local people of Gambella and the Lower Omo Valley, where a half million are
slated to be moved. This is too great a cost.
As Ethiopia is one of the largest recipients of US aid (more than $1 billion a year since 2007),
the US bears responsibility on matters of such grave consequence. Something has to be done
to ensure that we are not unwitting partners in this current tragedy.
We urge you to look beyond the charade of this so-called responsible investment that will
supposedly benefit all in the long run, and instead reassess the terms of US support to the
regime.
We hope that you will take leadership in responding to an international call asking you to put
the brakes on this impending and present-day catastrophe.
Sincerely,
Anuradha Mittal
Executive Director
Obang Metho
Executive Director
The Oakland Institute
P.O. Box 18978
Oakland, CA 94619
510-469-5228
[email protected]
www.oaklandinstitute.org
Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia
C/O FAF 910- 17th St. NW, Suite 419
Washington, DC 20006
202-725-1616
[email protected]
www.solidaritymovement.org
President Barack Obama and Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID administrator
Dear President Obama and USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah:
By continuing to provide huge amounts of aid to Ethiopia, the US is in partnership with a
repressive regime that puts large-scale agricultural investment and for-profit access to
Ethiopia's fertile lands over the well-being and land rights of indigenous and local people.
The forced relocation of residents of Gambella has caused great hardship to tens of thousands
including rape, other violent acts, coercion, and intimidation. We do not believe that USAID
should support such endeavors and ask for due diligence in respect to the human rights of the
people of Gambella.
The US government should not condone these horrific acts as the price Ethiopians must pay for
development and food security in Ethiopia. We ask you to look at the facts regarding the kind
of investments occurring in Ethiopia and to ensure US assistance actually benefits local
communities and not just the interests of a minority.
Name
From
Comments
1.
Stephen Nicklay
Moorhead, MN
2.
Karen Yatsko
Bethesda, MD
3.
Leonie Hitchenor
Umina Beach,
Australia
4.
Christine Stewart
Escondido, CA
5.
Freya Harris
Atlanta, GA
6.
Arwen Murakami
Narashino, Japan
7.
Sheila Parker
Georgetown, MA
8.
Peter Colenberg
Onna-son, Okinawa,
Japan
9.
john forsyth
Winnipeg, Canada
10.
Eduardo Henrique São Paulo, Brazil
Barroso de
Oliveira
11.
Rachel Lynn
No, IL
12.
Aaaa Bbbb
Bbb, New Zealand
13.
Amanda Benson
Fairfield, IA
14.
Elizabeth
Guapyassu
Rowlett, TX
15.
Claudia Mulder
Cape Town, South
Africa
16.
Vicki Berg
Gold Coast, Australia
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Signatures 1 - 16
Name
From
Comments
17.
Melissa Moore
Berkeley, CA
18.
New Guest
Lynchburg, VA
19.
Anuradha Mittal
Oakland, CA
20.
Pam Boland
Grovetown, GA
21.
Frederic
Mousseau
Oakand, CA
22.
Claudia Mariscal
Fontana, CA
23.
Tanya Kerssen
Oakland, CA
24.
Adane Fekadu
Washingon, DC
25.
G Sosnoff
Berkeley, CA
26.
Andrzej Sobesto
Krakã£â³w, Poland
27.
Magdalena
Jureko
Bydgoszcz, Poland
28.
Obang Metho
Washington, DC, DC
29.
Stefano Leone
Philippeville, Belgium
30.
Rose
NoFWDSPLZ
Victoria, Australia
31.
ochala abula
burnaby, Canada
32.
Pipa Jones
Machynlleth, United
Kingdom
33.
Agnes N.
Bangkok, Thailand
34.
Bisrat
Woldemichael
Zurich, Switzerland
35.
dora biasio
Affoltern Am Albis,
Switzerland
36.
Rob Meyer
Maastricht,
Netherlands
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There is too much evidence pointing to the mishandling of
donor funds to justify not delving deeper into these
concerns through an official investigation; specifically in
regards to funds given by the USAID. Therefore, we should
strongly urges the U.S Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on African Affairs and the House
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
to call for an investigation into the misuse of USAID aid by
the TPLF/EPRDF regime; however, the TPLF/EPRDF are
unlikely to be impartial and instead such an investigation
should be independent and include representation of the
donor (US), who ultimately bears the burden of
responsibility to the US taxpayer. A team should
Investigate reports of money laundering by members of the
TPLF/EPRDF in light of new FATF concerns and continued
allegations.
This is not just relocation of the people of gambella from
their land but is just the repeated geneocide of dec/ 13 /
203/ by the same government of Meles.
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Signatures 17 - 36
Name
From
Comments
37.
morard christophe buis les baronnies,
France
38.
Joanna Rybak
Tczew, Poland
39.
Maria Solberg
Somewhere, Norway
40.
Laura
Hidalgo-Downing
Madrid, Spain
41.
Steve Dale
Frankston,victoria,
Australia
42.
Jamian Evans
Springwood, Australia
43.
Silvia Cappi
Barzago, Italy
44.
Roland Gallant
Moncton, Canada
45.
Anita Ketel
Uden, Netherlands
46.
Karen Baker
Newcastle, Australia
47.
Olivia SITTON
Toudon, France
48.
jennifer curtis
Moss Point, MS
49.
Naoko Idesawa
Tama, Tokyo, Japan
50.
Ludwig Krause
Dueban, South Africa
51.
MOUSSEAU
GENEVIEVE
LUYNES, Niger
52.
Youness
Bousenna
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
53.
Christine Pinehill
Logan, Australia
54.
Dieuwke van Wijk
Enschede,
Netherlands
55.
Taylor isMyName
Southern Sweden,
Sweden
56.
Bill C
Kempten, Germany
57.
Raluca Anghel
Strasbourg, France
58.
David Moore
Bridgeport, CT
59.
Vicki Anderson
Northfield, MN
60.
Deborah Litster
Kitchener, Canada
61.
Paul Fleming
Lionshead, Canada
62.
Esmee Woolcomb Bristol, United
Kingdom
63.
Kurt Frees
Cincinnati, OH
64.
Jeff Furman
ithaca, NY
65.
Tony Clarke
Ottawa, Canada
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This is outright THEFT and PIRACY which will surely
intensify conditions of famine and hunger for Ethipians --- it
MUST STOP NOW!
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Signatures 37 - 65
Name
From
Comments
66.
G. Bishaw
St. Paul, Ethiopia
Aid do more harm than good. This is one evidence.The
public sector in Ethiopia has deteriorated for the last
29years with increasing flow of aid. Aid is more helpful for
the existent of repressive tyrant government.
67.
Russell Reda
Bronx, NY
68.
Anneke Andries
Raamsdonksveer,
Netherlands
69.
Shell S
Aberdeen, SD
70.
Kyre Zhad
Port Coquitlam,
Canada
71.
Bob Phelps
Some Where In,
Canada
72.
Zita Worley
Beaumont, CA
73.
John Richardson
Washington, DC
74.
Carolyn Purcell
Mountain View, CA
75.
Arlene Hansen
Greeley, CO
76.
Jon Hoy
San Antonio, TX
77.
Jen Sisk
Mooresville, IN
78.
Ilenia Babetto
Noale, Italy
79.
Masha Samoilova
Wimbledon, United
Kingdom
80.
John Streck
Wimbledon, United
Kingdom
81.
M moore
Emeryville, CA
82.
Livja Sorenson
Seattle, WA
83.
Jan Mach
Liberec, Czech
Republic
84.
Lynn Geth
Miami, FL
85.
Franklin Parker
Montville, NJ
86.
Dagmawi
Shiferaw
Bellevue, DC
87.
Ed Laurson
Denver, CO
88.
Jo Coelho
Auckland, New
Zealand
89.
Dianne Lien
Tomah, WI
90.
J.L. Angell
Rescue, CA
91.
Silja Salonen
Toronto, Canada
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The reality of forced "relocation" brings tragedy, turmoil, to
thousands of children and their families. These land deals
must reexamined from the perspective of those directly
affected. Relocation means loss of life; the least strong will
perish.
The US government better look carefully at facts which are
happening to Gembella, Ethiopia people.
S UPPORT
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Signatures 66 - 91
Name
From
Comments
92.
Harriet Rohmer
San Francisco, CA
93.
Ashish Kothari
Pune, India
94.
Elaine Baker-Guni Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, United
Republic Of
95.
Jan Marinus Prins Bornhöved, Germany
96.
Nicholas
Mansfield
Santa Cruz, CA
97.
Roxanne Schares
Mankato, MN
98.
Roger Bove
West Chester, PA
99.
Amita Sreenivas
Seattle, WA
100.
Eleanor Grant
Waterloo, Canada
101.
Simon Collery
Usa River, Tanzania,
United Republic Of
102.
anthony jackson
Inverness, United
Kingdom
103.
Bruce Eggum
Gresham, WI
104.
Yeshi
TekleMichael
San Jose, CA
105.
Denise D'Anne
San Francisco, CA
Land is for the people to grow food not for corporations.
106.
Madhu Sarin
Chandigarh, India
Dispossessing indigenous people in the name of
benefitting them is outrageous and must be stopped
immediately.
107.
alicia masia
moreno
Paiporta, Spain
108.
Edward Allard
Berwyn, IL
109.
Marianne
Andersson
Vargarda, Sweden
110.
Kajsa Overgaard
Stockholm, Sweden
111.
David Deng
Juba, Sudan
112.
Carol Black
Telluride, CO
113.
Charlie Hinton
san francisco, CA
114.
choolwe Mudenda Lusaka, Zambia
Such landgrab in the name of development is
unacceptable, and the US (as all other countries including
India) that promote it must be stopped.
I strongly support Oakland Institute's work and believe in
the petition they have recently forwarded regarding the US
Aid support of forced relocations for land grabs in Ethiopia.
Will not the leaders of our world be judged by how they
treat the least protected of us?
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Support indigenous land rights and local food sovereignty
in Ethiopia, not foreign speculation in industrial agriculture.
Pay attention to needs of the poor, the weak, the
multitudes and those of the unborn children in Africa and
not simply the see the glitter of gold and silver in the hands
of your corporate citizens.
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Signatures 92 - 114
Name
From
Comments
115.
Lydie Meunier
TULSA, OK
116.
Lulseged Zerfu
Stockholm, Sweden
117.
Melissa Andrews
Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
118.
Ernesto Poussif
Ravensburg,
Germany
119.
nicola gobbi
san nazario, Italy
120.
Olmo Forni
Torino, Italy
121.
Manu Nibango
Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
122.
Stefan Ernst
Stuttgart, Germany
123.
B.A. McClintock
Honolulu, HI
124.
Kifle Teka
Geneva, Switzerland
125.
Mary Lynn Hanley New York, NY
126.
Robert Wild
Peebles, United
Kingdom
127.
Tatjana
Puschkarsky
Radolfzell, Germany
128.
Beth Burrows
Edmonds, WA
129.
Felleke Bahiru
Regensburg,
Germany
130.
Francisco Gadea
Hillsboro, OR
131.
Angie Zelter
Knighton, United
Kingdom
132.
sharon brogan
Bakersfield, CA
133.
Flavia Aiello
Rende, Italy
134.
Jules Allen
London, United
Kingdom
135.
Anders
Strømsodd Hosar
Oslo, Norway
136.
John Madeley
Reading, United
Kingdom
137.
Development
Alternatives
Reading, United
Kingdom
This is a really serious inditement of the US government
and we would call for an immediate change of policy.
138.
Getachew Wanna
Boras, Sweden
Mr. President we oppressed cheered when you were
elected as the president of USA (world leader) because
you promised that you will stand by those advocates of
democracy and never by the side of dictators. The
Ethiopian people need more than ever your assistance on
their effort to enjoy their human rights what our All Mighty
The US should do more to hold the Ethiopian government
accountable for its brutal actions in Gambela and other
parts of the country too.
(continues on next page)
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Signatures 115 - 138
Name
From
Comments
138.
Getachew Wanna
Boras, Sweden
(continued from previous page)
139.
Jesse Hoffman
Thornhill, Canada
140.
Georgina
McAllister
Burwash, United
Kingdom
141.
Anteneh
Mequanent
Vienna, Austria
142.
Engida Tadesse
Oslo, Norway
143.
Diane Fisher
London, United
Kingdom
144.
Holly Shrumm
Sarnia, Canada
145.
CYNTHIA
CORNELIUS
hyattsville, MD
146.
Woffi Berere
Silver spring, MD
147.
Judith Long
Duluth, MN
Large corporations are raping the land for huge profits with
little regard for the people. They will consume the best of
lands for their farms and the prescious water that is hard to
find. The same scenerio is occuring in America.
148.
Luke Kapchanga
Webuye, Kenya
I am opposed to what is happening in Ethiopia and thepoor
poeple are suffering.it has to end
149.
Maria Whittaker
Lee's Summit, MO
150.
Grazia Borrini
Berkeley, CA
151.
Demissew Ejigu
Oslo, Norway
152.
DAWIT
MEKONNEN
Oslo, Norway
153.
k Johnstone
st clair shores, MI
154.
Julia Burke
Piedmont, CA
155.
Katty Vera de
Fisher
New York, NY
156.
dereje shitaw
Oslo, Norway
157.
Nejma Bk
Faulx, Belgium
158.
Paul Moss
White Bear Lake, MN
159.
Steve Gude
Des Moines, IA
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God gave them but are deprived by tyranny regime. 85
Million Ethiopian people are on the side of you on war
against terror. I am not sure that you will get this message
and many other appeals to you, we have no alternative
than trying to cry louder those of us who have the right to
cry for help. Ethiopian people even do not have the right
even to cry for help, if they do, they will be convicted in life
imprisonment or death according to the new so called
anti-terror law. Those who come to court are most fortune,
others are summarily executed.
i am stongly opposed forced relocations and Land Grabs
LEAVE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF GAMBELLA
WHERE THEY LIVE!
Forced relocations are immoral and illegal
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Please give your prompt attention to this important issue.
Name
From
Comments
160.
tanya smart
g, United Kingdom
Why can't the US govt (and whoever it works for) sort itself
out and stop messing about with other people and their
lands? The US govt seem to have the mentality of a
toddler who's never been told no, and who's turned into a
tantrum-prone bully who could now seriously do with a
solid spanking and a time-out, for being so seriously
unsociable...haha, I wish it could be so simple...
161.
Maconen
Dahlborn
Saltsjöbaden,
Sweden
162.
Alyou Tebeje
sT PAUL, MN
163.
Susanne McNally
Geneva, NY
164.
Don Manhire
Colchester, United
Kingdom
165.
Endashaw Worku
Tucker, GA
166.
Mark Bowers
Sacramento, CA
167.
Kathy Beavin
Bothell, WA
168.
eveline hartneck
leutkirch, Germany
169.
Beyene kassu
Brussels, Belgium
170.
Aschalew Aberra
Indianapolis, IN
171.
Jerry Greenfield
Williston, VT
172.
DUSTIN
FRIEDMAN
Huntington, NY
173.
Emily Ingebretsen Brooklyn, NY
174.
Nancy Lovejoy
Wilbraham, MA
175.
Rahul Mehta
Mississauga, Canada
Have you learned nothing from history?
Land grabs for corporations are evil. Plantation agriculture
CAUSES hunger. Look at Ireland in 1845. Look at India
under the British. Look at Madagascar, ruined in an effort
to resist this fate. What are you thinking?
TPLF IS Corrupted & Murderer Government.
For decades, Ethiopia has been known to the outside
world as a country of famine, food shortages, endemic
hunger, and chronic dependency on foreign aid. Despite
receiving billions of dollars in aid, Ethiopians remain
among the poorest in the world. Since early 2008, the
Ethiopian government has embarked on a process to
award millions of hectares (ha) of land to foreign and
national agricultural investors. Our research shows that at
least 3,619,509 ha of land have been transferred to
investors, although the actual number may be higher. The
Ethiopian government claims that these investments will
allow for much needed foreign currency to enter into the
economy and will contribute to long-term food security
through the transfer of technology to small-scale farmers.
Through interviews with impacted communities,
government officials, investors, civil society and others, this
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Name
From
Comments
175.
Rahul Mehta
Mississauga, Canada
176.
Aseged Tefera
gul, Norway
177.
Seifu Demmissie
Addis, Ethiopia
178.
Dougas Merrey
Pittsboro, NC
179.
Daniel Hawley
Ketchum, ID
180.
yewarkaw
mengistu
salisbury, Australia
181.
abiye ketema
Frisco, TX
182.
Sam Bird
Ames, IA
183.
henry Molinary
atlanta, GA
184.
Laura DeHaven
Atlanta, GA
185.
cynthia williamson Washington, CT
186.
mel deo
Mallow, Ireland
187.
Anna Murray
Preece
Newton Abbot, United
Kingdom
188.
Rebecca Crane
Brooklyn, NY
189.
Mariya Younas
Mississauga, Canada
190.
Alma Bekalu
Stuttgart, Germany
191.
Naomi
Beingessner
Regina, Canada
192.
Fekade Semanie
Alexandria, VA
193.
Peter Jones
Winter Park, CO
194.
Jeanne Koopman
Cambridge, MA
report analyzes the situation “on the ground” and helps to
provide a real understanding — beyond the rhetoric and
hype — of the actual impacts of land investments on the
land and its people. The general findings of this research
include: Commercial investment will increase rates of food
insecurity in the vicinity of land investments. Despite
Ethiopia’s endemic poverty and food insecurity, there are
no mechanisms in place to ensure that these investments
contribute to improved food security. In addition, there are
numerous incentives to ensure that food production is
exported out of the country, providing foreign exchange for
the country at the expense of local food supplies.
Finally, while the Ethiopian government lists transfer of
technology as a major outcome of land investment, it has
established no mechanism for such transfers to take place.
As a student of international rural development, I find the
terms of the land deals in Gambella appalling and I believe
they will hurt the livelihoods of community members in the
short- and long-term.
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There is no simple way to put it...but this land-grabbing of
local small-scale agriculture in Africa for the interests of
Western big guys is nothing short of colonialism 2.0.
Name
From
Comments
195.
Jim hitworth
Ucluelet, Canada
Once again the greedy and powerful have been rewarded
by the greedy and the powerful.
196.
Engeda Alemu
Stone mountain, GA
This is deplorable. We cannot use our tax dollars to prop
up failing corrupt regime.
197.
Abebe Seifu
Mclean, VI
198.
Elizabeth A
Alexandria, VA
199.
Sarah Kulberg
Oakland, CA
200.
Roger Roman
Sandton, South Africa
201.
Monica Favela
Alexandria, VA
202.
Markus Meister
Graz, Austria
203.
melake bekele
gaithersburg, MD
204.
Shannon Duncan
Jamaica Plain, MA
205.
Demiss Belete
Reynoldsburg, OH
206.
wotetu tegegne
tokyo, Japan
207.
Daniel Bekele
Atlanta, GA
208.
Ashish Fernandes Boston, MA
209.
Lynda Addington
Helena, MT
210.
Kassahun Desta
San Diego, CA
211.
Stephanie Dluhos
Ozone Park, NY
212.
Atalia Howe
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Aid and development must be designed to benefit the local
people!!! Not aid in the development of large profits abroad
or for wealthy land owners. Trickle-down economics is a
sham; it's propaganda to push through crony capitalism
and neoliberal ideology.
213.
Michael Gasser
Bloomington, IN
As a former Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia who
recently returned briefly to teach a short course at Addis
Ababa University, I have a little insight into what is good for
Ethiopia. These large-scale agricultural projects are not
what Ethiopia needs. They will perhaps benefit the small
middle class but can only disrupt the lives of ordinary
Ethiopians.
214.
norbert powell
cin, OH
Mr. President,
Allowing continued exploitation of the African continent is
not acceptable. If only a forum of trade between the african
people and the american small companies could be
established, then a true benefit to both peoples could be
realized. My experience along with attempts to do so
makes me confident of this end. Huge conglomerate
pirates will continue to take and destroy. While I know your
plate is overloaded, I trust you will look deeper into this
matter.
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Name
From
Comments
215.
Lara Villavicencio
Minneapolis, MN
Please ensure that these people can grow their own food
as it will help to maintain a stable source of sustenance for
years to come.
216.
Carolyn Watson
Toronto, Canada
217.
Tibebu Gashaw
Cambridge, MA
Please, stop supporting these dictators. Our tax money
should not be used to attack and relocate innocent people.
USA government should revise their policy and stop
supporting terrorist and destroying the country on the
name of terrorist. Meles and his mafia groups are terrorists
218.
Ruth Morton
Rochester, NY
Depriving peoplef their land for commercial development is
criminal. Noway should we support that with our aid!
219.
Rachael Wyant
Brooklyn, NY
220.
Patricia Hinton
St. Louis, MO
221.
Mary McDonald
Cavan, Ireland
222.
Meredith-Lyn
Avey
Sunnyside, NY
223.
Solomon Reta
Kansas City, MO
224.
Susan Zeiger
Ardsley, NY
225.
Beth Hatfield
Cambridge, MA
226.
Michael Norden
Defiance, OH
227.
J Surman
Dalyan, Turkey
228.
Abebe Bogale
Brussels, Belgium
229.
Jeff Schuhrke
Morton Grove, IL
230.
judith wicks
Philadelphia, PA
231.
Diana Bohn
Berkeley, CA
232.
Kathy Parsons
London, United
Kingdom
233.
Luca Raineri
Pisa, HI
Italy
234.
Ramsey Tate
Seattle, WA
As someone who has worked with forcibly resettled
peoples in western Ethiopia, I urge you to protect the
human rights of small-scale farmers. The hunger and
conflict that accompanies these communities is an invisible
human rights tragedy.
235.
Scott Beck
Ridgewood, NY
236.
Herouy Hagos
boston, MA
237.
Ludo Goossens
Tokyo, Japan
Don't relocate people: they aren't cattle, stupid!
238.
Veronica
Schweyen
Mt. Rainier, MD
We do not support these land grabs which force thousands
of people off their land. It is unjust and unsupportable
!
239.
Samson Asrade
Oslo, Norway
240.
Paulos Abebe
Lycksele, Sweden
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Name
From
Comments
241.
Kinfu H
Seattle, WA
242.
Mesay Mamo
Alexandria, VA
243.
Don and Roberta
Thurstin
Timmerman
Milwaukee, WI
244.
John Stevens
SF, CA
245.
Peter Bosshard
Berkeley, CA
246.
Terefe Mekonnen
Graz AUSTRIA,
Ethiopia
247.
Brenda Asterino
Renton, WA
It is obvious that this activity is not for humanity nor for the
humane treatment of people in need. This is once again
corporate driven policy. That Must Change.
248.
Gebrehiwot Ayele
Washington, DC
This involuntary relocation has to be stopped!!
249.
Getnet K
Toronto, Canada
Please be with the people and try to understand the reality
on the ground. At times it pays to be with the people than
with the government.
250.
Elinor Stock
St Louis, MO
This is just one of many places where land grabs by
corporations, agro business and governments are
undermining and disrupting the wellbeing of local citizens
and destroying the fabric of local community and economic
sustainability. The United States is on the wrong side of
history on this issue and needs to cease entering and
participating in partnerships with governments and other
entities which encourage and carry out such devastating
practices.
The Rev. Elinor Jane H. Stock
St Louis, MO
251.
Jodi Suckle
East Meadow, NY
252.
Jessica
Heineman-Pieper
shaker heights, OH
253.
Natylie Baldwin
Hayward, CA
254.
Aleta Kazadi
Rocklin, CA
I find it shocking that a country that routinely flouts human
rights and other international obligations in Gambella, the
Omo Valley and other regions can continue to be the
world's second largest aid recipient.
This is scary and upsets me greatly. The wealthy are not
happy enough grabbing up what they can on their own
continent, now that resources look used up--by all means
destroy the neighboring continent where the residents
have other customs and are ruled by corrupt leaders paid
for by the same corrupt people who are trying this land
grab. Most Americans, I believe, are fair people who do not
appreciate this human abuse in their name by their
members. It is horrific. It reminds me of some of the Star
Trek movies where they would come to a planet and find a
very elite society enjoying all kinds of benefits and then
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254.
Aleta Kazadi
Rocklin, CA
255.
matthewos eshete itta bena, MS
256.
Carey Dowling
West Haven, CT
257.
Margie Miller
Philadelphia, PA
258.
Laurene Church
Bethesda, MD
259.
dagnachew
Teshome
Los ANgeles, CA
260.
khalif Ahmed
Burnsville, MN
261.
Terry
Schaunaman
Fargo, ND
262.
Moges Mamo
Saskatoon, Canada
Displacement of indigenous people from their ancestral
land and sell to foreign corporates is not different from the
19th century colonization.you the so called mufti-national
corporate, don't push Africa in general and Ethiopia in
particular to the brink.
263.
Paulos Asrat
Mississauga, Canada
There will be no lasting security in Ethiopia and in the
Sub-Region without respecting human right and human
dignity. The helpless Ethiopians in Gambella need the
special attention and protection of President Obama.
264.
Michael Stone
San Anselmo, CA
265.
Ernest J.P. Muhly
Walkersville, MD
266.
Yirgalem
Woldeyohannes
Dublin 2, Ireland
267.
Mary Frankhauser Spokane, WA
268.
S. Abebe
Ottawa, Canada
269.
maria illing
hamburg, Germany
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later find out it had de-humanized a part of its population
and managed to create a good logic to ease their
conscience. You would think that with time things might bet
better or that fights won could lead us to new levels of
growth and understanding. Unfortunately we seem to be
slipping back and re-fighting the same battles we thought
were won a long time ago. These things make me both
angry and sad.
It seems that destroying people's lives with NAFTA-type
treaty's isn't enough, now the United states' government is
throwing them off of their land to support corporate greed.
I have worked in Gambella including various parts of
Ethiopia. I know Gambella and Ethiopia very well. There
are many other onoccupied places in EThiopia where land
for agricultural developments are available and can leased
at a better price. Targeting Gambella is unfair. Is it
because the people of Gambella are few and poor and
they have no one to stand for them or is there a hidden
agenda why they are being displaced from their home
land?
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270.
Alemayehu
Behulu
Secaucus, NJ
271.
Sioum
Gebeyehou
Oakland, CA
272.
Elias Tad
Dallas, TX
273.
Lauren Turner
Sequim, WA
274.
Menkir Haile
Baltimore, MD
275.
Megan Hafner
New York, NY
276.
Beth Braun
Chicago, IL
277.
Alan Fenn
Dalyan, Turkey
this is despicable!
278.
Bahir K.
xxx, Belarus
TPLF government starving Ethiopians to feed foreigners, it
is a treason
279.
Susan Mullaney
San Francisco, CA
280.
michael wale
London, United
Kingdom
281.
Jasmine Tilley
Antioch, CA
282.
h nona hungate
oakland, CA
283.
Stefano Monti
Somerville, MA
284.
Jon worth
Jacksonville, FL
285.
Assefa Seifu
London, United
Kingdom
286.
gebremeskel
kassa
chicago, IL
287.
Barbara Boettcher Calgary, Canada
288.
Tedla Asfaw
Flushing, NY
USA and UK indeed are financing forced eviction of poor
farmers that is a criminal activity and has to stop. USA and
UK are on the side of the foreign land lords which are
getting our land paying under the table for Meles Zenawi
and his cadres.
We condemn this criminal action and calling our people to
fight all who are colluding to robe their livelihood.
289.
Daniel Abebe
Moss, Norway
I opposed the dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi to give
the poor ETHIOPIAN peasant land for those rich not
Ethiopian people. Such kind of unfair things it aggravate
the peasant become unemployment & hunger. So the
American state & those who are support this dictator state
must stop aid & stand with the poor Ethiopian peasant.
290.
Carol Johnson
Oakland, CA
This cannot be ignored.
291.
Richa Sehgal
Portland, OR
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That our government would support this is unconscionable.
What does it say about how it treats its own populace?
This isn't just about Africa. Get back to being for the
people, not the huge, greedy, immoral corporations
grabbing this land.
People before politics!
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292.
Erik Schnabel
San Francisco, CA
293.
Marcia Lind
Oakland, CA
294.
Sarah Miller
Camden, ME
295.
Fitsume Girma
Washington dc, DC
296.
Annabelle
Hoffman
thornhill, Canada
297.
Liza Smith
Dartford, United
Kingdom
298.
R Michael Flynn
Oakland, CA
299.
Kirsten Jacobsen
Des Moines, IA
300.
wendifiraw ayene
Oslo, Norway
301.
Ghidey Zeratsion
Skedsmo, Norway
302.
obsaa nama
osloi, Norway
i am opozing land girab in Ethiopia
303.
debela bekele
havana, Cuba
new colonializmo
304.
bekele tola
eidhoven,
Netherlands
this most brutal form of human rights
305.
Jim Diamond
Berkeley, CA
Discouraged, dependent people will be the first crop of this
exercise. Misery and desperation will be the product, and
these are not conducive to peace and stability. I worry, too,
that "high value" products will be exported to more
developed countries, with proceeds benefiting absentee
decision makers, and much of the wealth leaving the
country. This is a prescription for disaster.
Jim Diamond, M.D.
Advocating for a healthier planet
306.
Tefera Tesfaye
(Be Ourael)
cordoba, Spain
307.
Mary Croft
Etobicoke, Canada
308.
lori pottinger
Berkeley, CA
309.
Negussie Ali
Munich, Germany
310.
scott finamore
citrus springs, FL
311.
Gabe A. Adamou
Baltimore, MD
312.
Fekade Tessema
Seattle, WA
313.
Heather Day
Seattle, WA
314.
Andrew Corser
Penzance, United
Kingdom
The land grabs being made in Africa, and all over the rest
of the world, are a neo-colonialist time bomb which will
explode in the faces of all of us in the (so called)
developed world.
315.
Dagim Worku
Burnaby, Canada
Help Ethiopians to secure their land! From criminal gangs
so called government and big companies.
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Is it any wonder that world hunger cannot be stopped?
This is immoral. Such actions will back fire causing
increased hardships and subsequent wars.
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316.
Christine Haigh
London, United
Kingdom
Stop funding this brutality!
317.
Steve Fisher
Berkeley, CA
318.
paula palmer
louisville, CO
319.
Kirubeal Bekele
Seattle, WA
US Aid should not involve itself in this crime.
320.
Jirata P.
Wwk, Poland
stop colonizing Ethiopia, which was one of the two not
colonized countries in the history of Africa!
321.
Alemayehu
Beyene
Denver, CO
322.
Dagnachew
Biyadegelgne
ottawa, Canada
323.
and ethiopia
bern, Swaziland
324.
awash 43
luxembourg,
Luxembourg
we are fight for our mother land
325.
BIniyam Gemchu
Finnsnes, Norway
How can Anuak and Nuer live away from their grass land?
World shall not allow these indigenous people die from the
deprivation of human right. This is a clear reflection of the
intent of the Ethiopian regime to cleanse these people.
Ethnic Cleansing for the sake of selling the Blood Land. All
world has responsibility to stop this murderous act at once
and force the return of the people to the original
settlements
326.
solomon
Getachew
München, Ethiopia
70,000 people from Gambella to make land available for
investment in agriculture.
327.
sisay Tsegaw
Melbourne, Australia
I hope the USA and USAID come to their senses and
STOP this evil act caused on the poor Ethiopian people.
This is an indirect human rigts abuse by the USA
328.
David Andrews,
JD
Washington, DC
It is totally wrong that taxpayers' monies should be utilized
to help move villagers in Ethiopia and for the US
government to support land grabbing effors.
329.
workenesh Alemu
Bergen, Norway
Long live Ethiopia.
330.
Sheida Kourangi
sterling, VA
331.
Yonas Getachew
Toronto, Canada
Land grab in Africa in general and in Ethiopia in particular
seems this time another way of colonizing its people ,and
hence I strongly condemn it.
Interestingly, US Aid has facilitated forced relocation of
land grabs in a way the government uses this aid to use
military force to enforce the farmers to leave their fertile
land and move some where which is not as productive as
their original one. I, therefore, ask Pr. Barack Obama and
Dr. Rejiv Shah to stop aid to Ethiopian leader, Meles
Zenaw.
332.
Gizew Yalfal
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg
To deprive the land from the Ethiopian people means to
deprive their life, since the life of the population is highly
depend on the land.
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333.
YOHANNES
MEKONNEN
ringsetd, Denmark
334.
selam yonas
addis abeba, Ethiopia
335.
Kidist Gelaye
Silverspring, MD
336.
weytedar taye
oslo, Norway
337.
addis
(comchabaw_1)
jerusalem, Israel
338.
Bisrat M
harrisburg, PA
339.
Valeria Bonfiglio
London, United
Kingdom
340.
Ashenafe Ashe
alexandria, VA
341.
Lara Wright
Albany, CA
342.
Tristan
Quinn-Thibodeau
Brooklyn, NY
343.
naol odda
levanger, Norway
344.
Melaku Selamu
NA, Sweden
345.
meyer
brownstone
Toronto, Canada
346.
Jeffrey Colledge
Albuquerque, NM
347.
Dawit Zeleke
Footscray, Australia
348.
Serkalem tilahun
vanlose, Denmark
349.
Elias Tackla
Michale
Frankfurte, Germany
350.
NETSANET
MAMO
phoenix, AZ
351.
okongo ongwach
fridley, MN
352.
Dagne Tadesse
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
353.
ALo Buku
gambela, Ethiopia
354.
James Odling
Los Angeles, CA
355.
Marilyn Borchardt
Oakland, CA
356.
4Sale Land
Munich, Germany
Actually I support the basic ideaa of villagisation, but not in
this way!! Not for arabs, indians and woyanes with almost
no benefit for the poor and sold for cents!!
357.
Mulugeta Hailu
WashingtOn, DC
Keep up the good work
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Stop financing the dictatorial regime.
The Ethiopian people depend on the land for many
necessary aspects of their lives. They cannot find equal or
adequate supports from land with which they are
unfamiliar.
Please suspend aid to the Ethiopian regime until due
diligence is taken to ensure the livelihoods and well-being
of local and indigenous people have been assured.
plc stop this colnye sesetam
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358.
gimmy abebe
Jerusalem, Jamaica
keep ethiopan land free country.
359.
Kaleab Ahmed
AA, Ethiopia
360.
Jeremy Seifert
Los Angeles, CA
361.
Erika Voss
Wauwatosa, WI
Supporting the small farmer, their culture and way of life is
what the United States should be doing. Encouraging our
large scale type of agriculture is not sustainable and a
disaster for the people being disp[laced.
362.
zelalem
workagegnehu
the right of people to live in their native place as they wish ,
as their culture and in a way they want must be respected.
plus the melees government will sale the land for foreign
land grabbers but do nothing with the money.
363.
paul wise
Gig Harbor, WA
364.
sammy assefa
alexandria, VA
365.
franziska
schneider
Leipzig, Germany
366.
kebraraw taye
oslo, Norway
we dont need ethiopian dictator meles zenawy
367.
Solomon
Fantahun
Zurich, Switzerland
*Stop land Grabing & stop forced relocation* in Ethiopia
The Woyane leaders please stop your Bad Policy for
Ethiopia Stop corupption.....
368.
yoseph
AFEWORK
4665 Oftringen,
Switzerland
369.
raymond henry
los sngeles, CA
370.
Meron Ahadu
El Segundo, CA
371.
YARED ASEFA
neu_isenburg,
Germany
372.
Roni Zierikzee
San Francisco, CA
373.
zerihun gebre
rome, Italy
374.
ROMAN
ASSFAW
catania, Italy
375.
RAHEL TESFAYE cedarhill, TX
376.
Mzary Harvey
Brookline, MA
377.
Makambo
Lotorobo
nairobi, Kenya
378.
FANTU BEKELE
ALEXANDRIA, VA
379.
AJIT MITTAL
Jaipur, India
380.
Seyoum Akele
Uppsala, Sweden
Not taking any action in favor of this petition is supporting
the dictator that has been making the poor more poor and
poorer!
381.
Elizabeth Fraser
Chicago, IL
Please stop this evil. You can.
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stop land greab in ethiopia
WHO WILL PROTECT THE HELPLESS PEOPLE 'S
INTERESET IN THE WORLD? UN IS ONLY FOR WAR
ZONE. WHAT ABOUT THE SIELENT KILLERS?
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382.
Elias Zerga
Salisbury, Australia
I think all human beings needs to be given those basic
rights as the right to live, speak, and perform some basic
activities with respect to the countries low. However, what
is happening in Ethiopia is completely the opposite and it is
even going to the worst. but the US is still supporting this
unti human right activity by few without the will of the
people. but i would like to at least tell my opinion to Pr.
Barack Obama and Dr. Rajiv Shah, that this is not going to
be a solution in the process of making a new peaceful
planet. Those people from the Gambella region of Ethiopia
are the part of the planet and no one can achieve the goal
by just forgetting some part of the planet and focus on the
other side. Therefore, please stop helping the Ethiopian
Government so you can let them know they are doing a big
mistake. Please let the human rights written on the
constitution be real. Please stop fake human right and
there should be the same and equal right to all human race
regardless of their color. and Let the low be able to look
after not only those who are in DC but also those who are
in Gambella to. Thanks!
383.
Addiswork Worku
Stockholm, Sweden
STOP AID TO ETHIOPIA NOW; PLS
384.
Demesew Desta
Berlin, Germany
385.
Nancy Nelson
Rockford, WA
386.
Abeba Desta
münchen, Germany
Land Grabs !!!US STOP Aid Ethiopian Geoverment
387.
Tansaye Tilahun
munchen, Germany
Land Grabs stope ethiopan gvermment
388.
Jacob A.
Alemayehu
Haslev, Denmark
389.
abebe lema
wellington, New
Zealand
390.
agoza
yasemamane
silver spring, MD
391.
Shakespear
Feyissa
seattle, WA
392.
Abebe Hailu
stockholm, Sweden
393.
Araya Zergaw
Oslo, Norway
394.
Ruth H.Selassie
Frederick, MD
395.
Kinfe
WoldeMiskel
Koeln, Germany
396.
kebede moltotal
clarkston, GA
i said
397.
kebede teferi
Morton, PA
As a citizen of US I totally oppose US Aid money to be
used in forced relocation for farmers to facilitate the Land
Grab
398.
yohannes afwork
rowllet, TX
399.
yared tefera
jersey city, NJ
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This is EVICTION which is totally destructive to livelihoods.
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400.
Hiwet Tadesse
stockholm, Sweden
402.
wondafrash
tessera
alive spring, MD
403.
Ignacio
Domínguez
., Spain
405.
Michael and Carol Davis, CA
Gass
406.
Mume Tola
Tacoma, WA
407.
Firdu Ayiqerim
Anderson, SC
Stop uprooting people from where they lived for
generations.
408.
martha tefera
fife, WA
Grant the citizens the resources to cultivate their land.
409.
Fibus Niggli
Dallas, TX
410.
Ayele DHabte
Stockholm, Sweden
411.
Daniel Tessema
springfield, IL
412.
Obang Ojullu
Aurora, CO
413.
shugri mohamed
kent wa, WA
414.
Obang Jobi
Sioux Falls, SD
415.
Heather
Hutchison
Quito, Ecuador
416.
Abeba Desta
münchen, Germany
Land Grabs ETHIOPIAN!!!!!!!!
417.
Aklog Birara
Ashton, MD
The Ethiopian people are friends of the American people
and will be for generations to come. It is sad to see that
American aid assists a brutal regime that is robbing people
of their self worth, citizenship and driving them to the wall.
We plead to you to stop financing disenfranchisement of
the worst kind.
418.
Harar Tibebe
Selassie
Toronto, Canada
It is a pitty to learn for the US government to finance a
child killer, a thief and a human rights abuser. The US
government will realize that providing financial aid to the
Woyane regime is agree on what the dictatorial regime in
Addis to continue more atrocities. The relocation of the
people of Gambella is no less than approving the actions
of of a dictatorial regime.
419.
Gregory McCain
Chicago, IL
420.
Megan Adams
Placerville, CA
421.
luis Barranco
San Leandro, CA
422.
Alysha Atma
Portland, OR
423.
Denise Lytle
Fords, NJ
424.
shimels Wassie
Debrecen, Hungary
425.
Mary Szacik
NJ, NJ
http://sp3solidarios-en.blogspot.com/2011/08/system-earns-they-di
The United States can't afford to besmearch its reputation
in the family of nations by supporting abuse of innocent
people.
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U.S government should stop support bad Ethiopia
government projects.
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426.
jayasri amma
Srikakulam, India
427.
AddIs Misikir
Austin, TX
428.
Dawit Goshimea
Omaha, NE
429.
Joyce Pritchard
Missoula, MT
430.
Selamawit
Muluneh
Allen, TX
431.
Edita Hajdar
Pelican Rapids, MN
432.
Mandela Hargett
Los Angeles, CA
I am not well versed in politics but this is just not moral.
Any faithful person or entity guided by morality and religion
would never let such lopsidedness happen. US foreign
policy should show great wisdom and not bow down to
unjust merchant like behavior. African nations will never
have the opportunity to seek and strengthen itself which
looks like what foreign investments in Africa is all
about-taking advantage of those blameless by those only
blamed who continue to blaspheme and devise wicked
plans for power struggle, etc. It does not look good, it
doesn't sound good,and it surely does not follow in God's
law. Dr.Rajiv Shah, are you up to something? There is no
Oneness in this. How can it be? President Barack Obama
will lose votes. Even though big pockets always win, the
point is to be just and fair. That is my opinion and I hope
and pray that "the people"will actually start helping our
nation. How will it be viewed, this "deal", after the truth of
the matter revealed. Does one not care about criticism only
after the fact? Please show world USA is much more better
in terms of morality and it least right and correct justice if
without religion.
433.
Berhanu Dadi
Brooklyn Park, MN
Stop help dictators and killers.
434.
EMEBET ASRAT
TORONTO, Canada
435.
Olivier Mazeas
Berkeley, CA
436.
Mary OBrien
New Britain, CT
437.
Boima Tucker
Brooklyn, NY
438.
yohannes
sheferaw
Brooklyn, Australia
439.
Abunie Biru
West Covina, CA
Please help the poor people who are displaced from their
own land.
440.
EG
Toronto, Canada
President Obama and Dr. Shah
Stop supporting this mercinaries who are in power in
Ethiopia.
They have no legal representation of the Ethiopian people.
They are criminals.
President Obama, we put our hopes high on you when you
came to office. Please stop the old political game in
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440.
EG
Toronto, Canada
441.
Okony Cham
Mankato, MN
Mr. President Obama, please help Gambella people have
peace of mind. They have been living under oppression for
years and year. Thank you! May God Help Them!
442.
Ibrahim Shafi
Houston, TX
443.
Eshetu Fisseha
Alexandria, VA
444.
Sofía García
García
New York, NY
445.
abebe alemu
dallas, TX
446.
Mesfin Negussie
seattle, WA
447.
Linda McVarish
Laytonville, CA
448.
Nardos Fasica
San Diego, CA
449.
alemayehu
mengiste
toronto, Canada
450.
ethiopia tenure
melbourn, Namibia
451.
mekuria negash
Vancovur, Canada
452.
Tibebe Mengistu
Austin, TX
453.
ben detsa
tokyo, Japan
454.
Tedros Alemu
Tokyo, Japan
455.
Ameha Shenkute
Washinton, DC
456.
Belay Manaye
Dallas, TX
457.
Metassibia
Mulugeta
Seattle, WA
458.
Ermias Eshetu
Abu Dhabi, United
Arab Emirates
459.
Argaw Belay
North Hollywood, CA
460.
vanessa reid
bristol, United
Kingdom
461.
Brook Bernini
Tucson, AZ
462.
Barbara Peters
Piedmont, CA
463.
Curtis Kline
Evergreen, CO
464.
kassa Yohannes
Ottawa, Canada
Washington as you promised, and focusing only what is
best for your country while innocent peole are severely
affected, by your adminstration's actions or inactions.
Please stand with the Ethiopian people and STOP
SUPPORTING THIS OCCUPYING FORCE.
relocating people from where they grown up & farming for
their survival is more than a crime
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There are many Ethiopian Americans that live and vote in
the United States. We will follow President Obama
decision and who will vote for will depend on his actions.
We will use our Rights to make a change !!
justic
The (unsustainable) relocation of 70,000 people. This is
pure insanity...
Relocating 70,000 people from Gambella to make land
available for investment in agriculture is barbaric .
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465.
peter Omot
storm lake, IA
466.
Lara Kinast
Vancouver, Canada
467.
Dub Ojullu
Waite Park, MN
468.
napoleon asfaw
Seattle, WA
469.
Rama Agarwal
Oakland, CA
470.
Ayele Dema
Hyattsville, MD
471.
Meberatee
Tadesse
472.
jeremie bodin
singapore, Singapore
473.
Jean-Fabrice
Pietri
Martiel, France
474.
girma geremew
munich, Germany
475.
Berhane Tseggai
Toronto, Canada
476.
Hiamanot Zededu
Seattle, WA
477.
Tadesse Hailu
Berlin, Germany
stop foced settelment
478.
Baheilu Tekelu
Calgary, Canada
Human Rights to Ethiopia !!!!!!!!!!!
479.
Dylan Collins
Park forest, IL
480.
Tewodros Desta
toronto, Canada
481.
Yussuf YASSIN
Oslo, Norway
482.
Helene Deret
Villejuif, France
483.
Getu Haile
Moscow, Russian
Federation
484.
Ben Oscarsito
My Hometown,
Sweden
485.
P Parsons
Auckland, New
Zealand
486.
Diana
Kidane-Mariam
Ingelwood, CA
487.
zendow sewbela
istanbul, Turkey
488.
yetnbe eyam
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
489.
Asayesh
Raeuschel
Mannheim, Germany
490.
Patricia
Hoorelbeke
Dakar, Senegal
491.
Ameneshewa
Tahelew
Nairobi, Kenya
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More disgusting corporate greed!
Oakland Institute and SMNE - Never stop this fight until the
people of Gambella get their land back .
To say the least,what a shameful association of the US
adminstration with a regime implicated with gross human
rights violation.
Stop using US taxpayer money to pick on people who are
less politically and financially powerful than large
corporations and large governments.
We should stand to stop forceful chasing of farmers from
their own land without their will.
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Name
From
Comments
492.
Chiara Ramon
Eraclea(VE), Italy
493.
asheber abebe
la, CA
494.
Theodros Arega
Stockholm, Sweden
495.
Obang Jobi
Savage, MN
496.
pascal guerini
luynes, France
President Barak Obama STOP supporting CORRUPT
AFRICAN DESPOTS !!!!!!!!!!! it's not human
497.
Fikru Kassa
Auckland, New
Zealand
The Ethiopian Government should give priority to the local
people than foreigners, why Ethiopians are living just like
2nd citizen in their own land? why their right is hidden in
their own country?
498.
Jostein Solheim
Shelburne, VT
Let's invest in the people of Africa instead of depriving
them of their already limited resources!
499.
Asnake Asfaw
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
500.
Diana Krausova
Berkley, MI
501.
Carmen
Strange-one
Indianapolis, IN
502.
Mussie A Tsegai
Oslo, Norway
503.
Silvia Forno
Rome, Italy
504.
Mary Pendergast
Pawtucket, RI
505.
Dana Jeffery
So. Burlington, VT
506.
alan abitbol
southport, Australia
Protect diversity by stopping the brutal action and
displacement of the people of Gambella. truth is that there
is proof that large-scale investments disrupt and destroy
communities and ecosystems, they do not deliver on
promises of job creation, economic development, and food
security. Act for rights of people, rather than masked short
term profiteering. Corporations cannot take precedence
above people and natural abundance management.
507.
Tamara Tucker
Halifax, Canada
Please consider the terrible impact that agroindustrial
displacement has on people and take action to ensure that
this does not continue in the name of "development". It is
time to consider development efforts that increase the
capability of small-scale farmers and pastoralists to access
resources - especially land - to ensure their livelihoods. In
this, development will be broad based, effective, and will
contribute to a secure future for small-scale farmers,
pastoralists, and peasants.
508.
Vladimira Lackova Poprad, Slovakia
509.
Ojulu Odola
Girraween, Australia
510.
Isabelle Robin
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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President Barak Obama please STOP supporting
CORRUPT AFRICAN DESPOTS who're selling our
ancestors lands with a dirt price to stash the money in
foreign banks.
The Zenawi regime has to be removed
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Name
From
Comments
511.
Teklemichael
Sahlemariam
Ottawa, Canada
512.
Alem Senshaw
Silver spring, MD
513.
Leandra
Gebrakedan
walsall, United
Kingdom
I started a petition as well last week, maybe we can work
together, please cantact me
http://www.change.org/petitions/ethiopian-prime-minister-stop-takin
514.
yihune Engdda
Frankfurt Am main,
Germany
I am seriously dissapointed by the action of the united
states government for not keeping its democratic
promiissesfor the developing countries. Instead of standing
along side the suffered people continiously supporting the
ethno dictatorial regimes. It is my sincere hope Mr.Obamas
government will hear the cry of the Ethiopian peoplet for
the establishment of democracy and rule of law in Ethiopia.
I call Mr.Obama to stop the support of Melese Zenawi's
regime !
515.
guerini laetitia
aix, France
516.
Jen Allegretto
Narragansett, RI
517.
gala lama
borås, Sweden
518.
worki negussie
Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
519.
emabet kassaye
san leandero, CA
520.
Nancy Peterson
Scotts Valley, CA
521.
Alan Leather
Chevry, France
522.
Seid Hassan
Murray, KY
523.
Hizb Balew
Gauting, Germany
As long as weyane is in power, Ethiopia and Ethiopians will
be destroyed; let´s get togethew and get rid of wyanes and
HOD-ADERS as soon as possible.
524.
Ivan Nutbrown
Southwick, United
Kingdom
Small scale farming = food security for rural families
525.
Nyikango Abella
Fridley, MN
against relocation, people should never move!
526.
rosemary galli
Charlbury, United
Kingdom
Forced villagization has been tried time and time again
from the USSR to China to Mozambique and it has NEVER
worked. In Mozambique it helped fuel a civil war.
527.
Bethlehem
Aragaw
alexandria, VA
528.
meste Haile
toronto, Canada
529.
Bama Athreya
Washington, DC
530.
Bryan OSBON
Brightlingsea, United
Kingdom
531.
klovee klove
Hyderabad, India
Page 25
Is this the "Bangalore Bandits" deal featured in the UK
Press some months ago? Karuturi Global ? See UK
Guardian 21Mar2011/John Vidal & UK Times 28 Sept
2011/Pagnaments & McConnell. Plus see video by Vidal
guardian.co.uk/audio
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Name
From
Comments
532.
selam negash
broomfield, CO
Shame on you US aid!
533.
teklu hailu
bonn, Germany
534.
kiriya Dimondi
Diuma
Linz/Donau, Austria
535.
Girma Teferra
Seabrook, MD
536.
Yohannes Tedla
Allen, TX
537.
hanna getachew
oslo, Norway
538.
Lebeyesus Mesfin wageningen,
Netherlands
539.
Tesema Zena
Brussels, Belgium
540.
daniel tessemma
llødingen Norway,
Norway
541.
aradaw beketema
charlotte, NC
542.
demeke zemenu
amasterdan,
Netherlands
543.
Belay Wmariam
New York, NY
544.
mehret ketema
Bonn, Germany
545.
Shegaw Kassie
Boden, Sweden
546.
Fisseha Abebe
Tucker, GA
547.
yared mesfin
geneva, Switzerland
548.
Deborah
Goldberg
San Francisco, CA
549.
Paige
Hooper-Reichbart
Jacksonville, FL
550.
Mary Kosta
London, Canada
551.
Laurie Gravell
Ocean View, DE
I strongly supporting this petation,that USA Government
not to support Ethiopia dictator leaders by all means ,thank
you.
I appreciate the initiative for prompt responce to stop the
action of TPLF
Page 26
Stop TPLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the poor Ethiopian people forced
relocations
In a highly corrupted ilegitimate regime that don't have
transparency, accountability and that prevents/discourages
active investigation of how resources are being utilized, the
transfer of millions hectares of farmlands in the name of
development, to foreign investors and to few ruling party
favored domestic investors with out consultation and
consent of the local innhabitants, who have no other
means of leaving other than their land will not create
long-term benefits to local inhabitants and to the people of
Ethiopia as awhole. Overall the act is a disaster on the
ecosystem and future existance of the indigenous people
in particular and a potentiall danger to Ethiopia's
sovereignty in general.
meles stop killed inocente people !
-
Name
From
Comments
552.
simeneh
makonnen
Richmond, Australia
Dear President Obama,
As a community organizer, you understood that the
younger generation is the locomotive of change. You
directly addressed and motivated so many young
generations and middle income communities to embrace a
new agenda you called ‘change we believe in’. By so doing
you galvanized millions of young Ethiopian-Americans to
enrol for change and preached for peace, justice and
democracy not only in America around the world to
“happen now or never”. I was so excited watching history
being made - your election, to the highest office in the
world, as the first black president. The overwhelming
majority of Ethiopians, including myself, in America and
around the world supported your election for all the things
you said and strongly stood for. Unfortunately, that
message has not been either delivered or received in
Ethiopia or Africa. We have patiently waited for your
promises of peace, justice and democracy to shine on
Ethiopia and beyond. Although, we absolutely empathize
with you for the enormity of the scrambled tasks you have
inherited to fix, both at home and around the world, we
could not sustain the conditions in Ethiopia any longer and
we have no alternative but to address the issues to you so
you can take any action you may think is necessary. Thank
you.
553.
Mary Holmes
Twickenham, United
Kingdom
I think it's terrible to read what is happening to the people
of Gambella. They should be able to grow their own food
on their own land and not be forced into dependence on
foreign aid. This is the opposite of what aid should be
about.
554.
Meti Zegeye
Washington, DC
555.
Abraham
Alemayehu
Tromsø, Norway
556.
GEDION
DESSALGNE
Oslo, Norway
557.
Kebede Gurmu
Dresden, Germany
558.
Senaite Habte
honolulu, HI
Land grabbing, relocating and exposing natives to harsh
elements of nature is a form of genocide. History is
repeating itself-colonization in the form of land grabbing.
"Ethiopian land to Ethiopians not to Indians, Arabs,
Chinese, Europeans ....). Please stop supporting Melese
zenawi and his inhumane actions.
559.
surafel nega
calgary, Canada
plz Obama stop sending money to Ethiopian gvt
560.
Samuel Hailu
Los Angeles, CA
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Name
From
Comments
561.
Zeg Fanta
Seattle, WA
I was a Senior Cartographer in the Ministry of Land Reform
and Administration. During my career, part of my job was
identifying lands via various types of maps for planned
local, regional and national developments. The lands that
the regime of EPRDF/TPLF gave away like the other
territories are marked precious than lands of gold or
diamond deposites. They were part of lands planned for
large scale state farms for use in the event of crises if and
when the people become unable to produce using the
existing farm lands because of natural or human induced
catestrophe. Nothing would destroy Ethiopia and its people
effectively than depriving the people and the nation the
prime lands essential for the survival of generation. What
we see now is a system that is ending the existence and
continuity of the people and the nation. Any force should
stop and remove the region. Any means is necessary and
timely now!
562.
Tim Evans
Colchester, United
Kingdom
563.
Dereje Mekonnen
Las Vegas, NV
564.
Asfaw Ayele
Los Angeles, CA
565.
Tsehay Zerihun
Takoma Park, MD
566.
zena guta
entlebuch,
Switzerland
567.
dawit eya
oslo, Norway
568.
nigusu worku
mantagaftot
venezia, Italy
569.
Jennifer Akhurst
London, United
Kingdom
570.
Solomon Alemu
Seattle, WA
571.
Mesfin Beshir
worcester, MA
572.
Fikreyohanis
Hailemaryam
AddisAbaba, Ethiopia
573.
Eyob Hailu
Baher Dar, Ethiopia
574.
yami gech
Steinkjer, Norway
575.
Yehualashet
Woldesilassie
East Hartford, CT
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Please do not evict the inhabitants from their land and the
land of their ancestors. Please stop these forced
relocations. Thank you.
our motherland Ethiopia and we Ethiopian are in worst
problem which is never and ever in our history .we have to
fight TPLF to save our peoples. USA also stand with us to
secure the existence of Ethiopians
-
please everybody help us to stop the passion that we get
from tplf we are in danger,we are in flame surounding;we
did everything without our willing/by forceing/so the
relocation did by tplf reinforcement
Name
From
Comments
576.
K P Moseley
Washington, DC
Forced relocations to make way for dams, agricultural
projects, mines and so on are not only destructive of the
livelihoods, communities and cultures of the dispossessed.
They also tend to wreak havoc over far larger ecosystems,
and may not, in the end, even serve the interests of the
national economy. Certainly the United States need not aid
nor abet such projects.
577.
samuel getayeneh Chicago, IL
578.
Enduka wolde
Addis, Ethiopia
579.
S Zelleke
London, United
Kingdom
580.
Anywaa
Yaanywaa
Minneapolis, MN
581.
Alemu Endale
Fresno, CA
582.
Ephrem walde
Alexandria, VA
583.
bilbao solomon
bilbao, Spain
584.
Gizachew Mihretu Gonder, Ethiopia
585.
Nebeyou
Solomon
Alexandria, VA
586.
Beverly Stevens
Durban, South Africa
587.
Julie Cavalca
Newark, DE
588.
Anore Shaw
San Ramon, CA
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!"
589.
Oromiyyaa
Biyyakoo
Athens, Greece
Yes to Freedom no matter ...
590.
Jill Anderson
Stillwater, MN
591.
Mankelklot
Selassie
Silver Spring, MD
592.
Tadesse
Gebre-Kidan
Orleans, Canada
593.
elias molla
mpls, MN
I don’t like thus Africa leader who are abusing their power
to humiliate civilian. The leader is spouse to be there to
protect their civilian. Not to kill them, not to kick them out
off their land, not to sale their land, it’s very, very wrong
what these Ethiopian leaders are doing to their citizen.
save ethiopia from zenawi.he is in the way to do the same
what happen to ruanda in 1994.
Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia is a killer, he is
genocider,dictator , racist ....and so on.
ICC should ask Ethiopian killer, if they stand for human
right.
I`m guessing the food from this land will be exported
overseas, it won`t even be used in Afrika.
The American policy to the ethiopian government have
been on the wrong side of justice, progress and
development to the 85 million people. Its time to change
this policy before we see disaster of political, economic
and social in Ethiopia. Mr. President which side are you
on? The time is now.
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Name
From
Comments
594.
DESTA
TEKLEMARIAM
Washington, DC
595.
Ali Shifwaw
Murray, KY
596.
mar kesti
tornio, Finland
597.
Solomon Lemma
Boston, MA
598.
ebssa kumsa
burnaby, Canada
599.
SAMSON
MESFIN
new york, NY
600.
James Badeau
Los Angeles, CA
601.
mimi tadesse
allen, TX
602.
Omot Akway
Calgary, Canada
603.
Margaretha
Derasary
Oakland, CA
604.
abraham tezera
dire dawa, Ethiopia
605.
Wondmagegne
Mersha
Jersey City, NJ
606.
kaledawit
Esmelealem
Daejeon, Korea,
Republic Of
607.
Leul Kassa
Silver Spring, MD
608.
Mastewal Mellese
Durham, NC
609.
Hiruy Haile
Pearl, MS
610.
TEKLEBIRHAN
ENGDAWORK
WINDSOR, Canada
611.
Rebca Zawde
calgary, Canada
612.
Sylvia Hart
Eugene, OR
613.
L Archila
Berkeley, CA
614.
Paul Wartman
Guelph, Canada
615.
Lacey Strong
san francisco, CA
616.
Lij Eyasu
upper darby, PA
617.
Notorious
Asmamaw
steinkjer, Norway
LAND TO tiller and first citizens
618.
Neeta Dhawan
Oakland, CA
We know President Obama will do the right thing. Please
help.
619.
yemeru alamerew
A.A, Ethiopia
620.
Babillion
Furgassa
Addis, Ethiopia
621.
cf
campbell, CA
622.
M Elodie
..., France
Page 30
I support this petition! We need to get more signiatures for
this. Spread the word everyone!
We are called to help the poor.
Please save the indigineous people from evicted from their
land and from being homeless and helpless
Stop displacing the people from their homes.
Turning communal lands over to foreign corporations is
reprehensible. It will reduce the nation's food security and
trample the rights and welfare of local people.
-
Name
From
Comments
623.
Biruk Sisay
Gondar, Ethiopia
624.
Achala Cham
Mahtomdei, MN
625.
yew yew
colorado springs, CO
626.
Dinbushe Gella
Jacksonville, FL
627.
Wesenu Irko
London, United
Kingdom
628.
Endale Tessema
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
629.
Bassam Imam
Montreal, Canada
630.
jose demi
Nazareth, Ethiopia
631.
Janae Choquette
Everett, WA
632.
Soomon Tekle
Dublin, Ireland
633.
Tenesa Wetat
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
634.
Ferehiwote
Demissie
Flusing, NY
635.
Tefera Selassie
Los Angeles, CA
636.
Benny Rees
Bristol, United
Kingdom
637.
Vichutar
Wongaiyara
Bangkok, Thailand
638.
Wondmeneh
Awoke
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
639.
Demelach
Getahun
Stadtlengsfeld,
Germany
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People from the Gambella, like other people around the
world, have a GOD-given right to live on their ancestral
lands unmolested; to be treated as full-fledged human
beings, with dignity, justice and mercy.
It is a grave sin to commit horrific injustices against people,
especially if the person/s committing the act couldn't care
less.
Best Regards!
I am very disappointing and extremely concerned that the
USAID an agency of the US government is involved and
funds this act of displacing people from their lands with tax
payers money. This is an extreme form of human right
violation.
We will bring this to the attention of the US voters and tax
payers, who I am sure would be horrified when they find
out.
Presidant Obama has the opportunity to stop this as soon
as possible, however he has simply ignored it just for
political convinience.
You are as just responsible as the little dictators for turning
a blind eye and assisting fascist regimes for your own
selfish reasons.Stop supporting Meles Zenawi!!
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Name
From
Comments
640.
Abang Othow
Strathfield, Australia
We must be a voice for those who are often marginalized
and wiped out. For sake of financial gain.
641.
Rebecca amala
cham
amsterdam,
Netherlands
642.
Sosina H
Minneapolic, MN
643.
Devinder Sharma
Mohali, India
644.
Akolla cham
sydney, Australia
645.
Abebe Mulugtea
Awassa, Ethiopia
646.
Obiora Embry
Lexington, KY
647.
henock getnet
adiss abeba, Ethiopia
648.
Azeb Beyene
kongsvinger, Norway
649.
tibebu desta
las vegas, NV
650.
Belete Fikru
shawnee, KS
651.
emmanuel vivien
Lyon, France
652.
joshua Kruis
Grand Rapids, MI
653.
Amy Cortese
Portland, OR
654.
ydike petros
wpg, Canada
655.
Mariko White
Ithaca, NY
656.
aragaw shibeshi
garland, TX
657.
heck stéphanie
bessens, France
658.
Latifa Hussien
kuiwait, Kuwait
659.
Bedilu Tekle
Oslo, Norway
660.
Ana P Martinez
Kendall, FL
661.
Michelle Larocque Bessemer, AL
662.
anne bates
663.
Anteneh M.Emeru Barrie, Canada
664.
Thomas Windberg Spicewood, TX
665.
anisa ralls
shoreline, WA
666.
Peter Spain
Vienna, VA
667.
Mary Ogles
Littleton, CO
668.
Thomas Rowan
Bronx, NY
Ethiopia needs to respect small family farmers and stop
forced evacuation for agribusiness farm investments.
669.
Belaynesh
andualem
burnaby, Canada
US AID IS A DEAD AID.
670.
Patric Sabol
Wheeling, IL
Don't exploit the world for your gains.
Please The AID made through them is not really reaching
to the people and the country's real need, so help us not
by helping their unfair and criminal activities.
Thank you for your understanding as always
pls stop helping zs tayrany&save us
Thank you for your consideration of this urgent matter.
Shame on Meles!
New Haven, CT
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Name
From
Comments
671.
Fekadu Amede
Las Vegas, NV
The Ethiopian government have killed and imprisoned so
many of its citizen. Please help
672.
Ochan Agwa
Austin, MN
673.
Randy Hinthonr
Seattle, WA
674.
Selina Larson
Glendale, AZ
675.
omar fereja
silver spring, MD
676.
getachew fekade
hou, TX
677.
tesfaye kebed
la, CA
678.
Mekonnen feridu
bergen, Norway
679.
Senafich Seyoum
toronto, Canada
680.
Barasa Bayana
washington, DC, DC
681.
Tanya Monsour
Stager
Ft. Mitchell, KY
682.
Wubshet Alemie
Edmonton, Canada
683.
geda yordanos
calgary, Canada
684.
aba gartto
kampala, Uganda
Fellow ethiopians let us come together and expose the evil
deeds of the current regime
685.
Henok Ethio
san jose, CA
The situation in Gambela in particular and the resource
dispossession should stop immediately. USAID need to
stop cover up for the regime.
686.
Dillon Hall
Terrace, Canada
687.
selam tulu
arlington, VA
its not fair even to your mind giving money to torture
people!
688.
woldemichel
Amde
Aurora, CO
This action of the Ethiopian "Government" is great
destruction to the nation that any people's loving nations
and leaders and international organisation must take
immediate and radical action.
689.
Diane Bryden
Sacramento, CA
690.
Wendy Matias
Johannesburg, South
Africa
691.
mikael girma
Arlington, VA
692.
Joanna Swart
Sugar Hill, GA
693.
Bichok Kot
Narre Warren,
Australia
694.
Tanja Keim
Kronach, Germany
695.
Margaret Garigan
Falls Church, VA
Page 33
President Obama: you must pressure the government of
Ethiopia to stop the forceable relocation of their citizens to
make way for large agribusinesses which will likely result in
famine conditions in the future. Local people need their
land.
No tax payers money for Dictators those starve their own
nation!
Mr. President Barack Obama: Thank you for your concern
on this matter.
The forceful displacement in Gambella should stop, it is in
humane.
-
Name
From
Comments
696.
isayas sahelu
Mckinney, TX
697.
mamo tena
washington, DC
698.
Paul Manning
Canning, Canada
699.
mary donagher
Bronx, NY
700.
Nancy O'Byrne
St. Augustine, FL
701.
Mary Paolucci
Covington, KY
702.
Randy Madonna
Chicago, IL
703.
Christina Meyer
Salina, KS
704.
tomas bayou
Denver, CO
705.
Zelekashe
Demissie
Flushing, NY
706.
ama witke
Leipzig, Ghana
707.
Oliver Reimer
Leipzig, Germany
708.
Imru Zelleke
Arlington, VA
The US will be partner to a forced relocation and forced
confiscation of people property, that might lead to a
deliberate genocide I believe that this contrary to the
principle of the US Constitution and every cannon of
justioce that Americans believe in. I don't think that
President Obama does understand the terrible error he is
committing.
As an indian it is obvious that Rajiv Shah supported Indian
investment in Africa.
709.
Nathan Yaffe
Northfield, MN
The tragedy of land grabs is that the people with the least
representation in many of the poorest countries on earth
are the ones who bear the brunt of the harm. In pursuit of
foreign exchange and investment in infrastructure, Meles is
willing to sell out people in the remote corners of Ethiopia
who pose no threat to the government in Addis. We can't in
good conscience support the activities of this government
any longer.
710.
Nora Cassidy
Modesto, CA
711.
Valerie Waters
Colchester, United
Kingdom
This 'arrangement' does not make sense, either a country
looks after its citizens or it forgets its main aim - this forced
relocation has to stop.
712.
Abate Kassa
Jamaica Hills, NY
Ethiopians must rise together and make Meles Zenawi the
last tyrant of Ethiopia and America must stand by the
people of Ethiopia and not a terrorist regime.
713.
Margo Edwards
Hayward, CA
714.
m kassa
london, United
Kingdom
715.
jebessa fana
athens, Greece
Page 34
If we really want to help Somalia, we should study the
conditions there. Better to help the people to grow their
own food than send money during famine.
leave the land to those who it belongs to!!!!! USA keep ur
fingers away from africa!!!!
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Name
From
Comments
716.
kebede abebe
oslo, Norway
717.
Elliot Ross
Brooklyn, NY
718.
asfaw kebede
richardson, TX
719.
Gizaw tesfaye
alexandria, VA
720.
Warren
Harrington
Canton, OH
721.
Carole Hemphill
Fairbanks, AK
722.
selamawit reta
amsterdam,
Netherlands
723.
YALFAL KENU
linkoping, Sweden
724.
belay yikunu
vassanden, Norway
725.
Zebaraki Zebuye
SK, Canada
726.
debasu
endalamaw
bollnas, Sweden
727.
temesgen
alemayehu
fort mcmurray,
Canada
728.
Bansa Daye
callaway, MO
729.
BOSSE
BOSSE10
SKARA, Sweden
730.
Lemlem Tsegaw
Woodbridge, VA
731.
ethiopis ethiopiawi Geneva, Switzerland
732.
Harry Harrison
White Plains, NY
733.
Stephen Taylor
Cambridge, United
Kingdom
734.
Philip Schleihauf
Kingston, Canada
735.
Yenenehe Tedla
Flushing, NY
736.
Genet Desta
Kitchener, Canada
737.
Kamilah Morain
N/A, Trinidad And
Tobago
738.
Julian Boys
London, United
Kingdom
739.
Paula Taylor
Mandeville, LA
740.
Tezeta Hailu
Barcelona, Spain
741.
kristen sheehy
portland, ME
Please save the livelihoods of the local people.
Meles is a well know terrorist who brutalizes his own nation
and everybody should condemn this brutal government.
US pleace seport poor Ethiopian who fight to stop land
grbs.
Development must respect the rights of Ethiopians, not
override them.
The world needs more self sufficient people, please do not
create another impoverished camp of people who are
dependent on a failing system. Please don't invest
anymore money on ripping apart our earth to grow food in
a way that is very unnatural. Industrial agriculture is
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Name
From
Comments
741.
kristen sheehy
portland, ME
742.
Eileen Culkin
St. James, NY
743.
bantwale diress
wageningen,
Netherlands
744.
Frederick
Goddard
New York, NY
745.
Omod Omod
Trondheim, Norway
746.
Lelia Mattingly
Ossining, NY
747.
azmach thomas
amsterdam,
Netherlands
748.
Geri Collecchia
Prospect, KY
749.
getachew ayalew
ottawa, Canada
750.
jennifer elias
san francisco, CA
751.
Russ Banner
Bradenton, FL
752.
Daniel
Driscoll-Shaw
Huntley, IL
753.
tamene demissie
geislingen, Germany
754.
gemechu gole
calgary, Canada
755.
zemeneu
bedenku
denhaag,
Netherlands
756.
Teo Guan Te
Singapore, Singapore
757.
mestowete wolde
st helens, OR
758.
elias temesgen
london, United
Kingdom
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dependent on fossil feuls and dumps toxins into our food
and water system, not to mention that crop failure on such
a scale is way more devestating than on a small
independent scale. Please put the resources at hand into
teaching people how to grow their own food and to provide
for themselves! There are already way too many moms
who must watch their children starve, empower the people
rather than strip them of their resources.
Stop second round colonialism of africa by Asians and
dictator rulers. Stop selling our ancentorial land for cheap
price. respect our citizinship right, land to ethiopians and
ethiopians, not for minority groups mongoring power.
Zenawi, what you did so far is enough, you have deposited
billions of dollar in foriegn bank in your name, wife, and
relatives and freinds. Leave our country for good.
I strongly demand Pr.Obama adminstration to stop
supporting the tyrannt and terrorist rigiem in Ethiopia
Mr.Pr Iam just like any lieman, but if you would like listen to
me,it is better to be a friend of 80,000,000 people rather
than 100 human blood seekers. I also strongly demand
your adminstration to be with us and to make all your effort
to stop land garabing which prolong famine and
impoverishment in Ethiopia .
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Name
From
Comments
759.
Maria Scurrell
Berlin, Germany
760.
Lauren Weber
SAN FRANCISCO,
AA
761.
AMARE TIZAZU
Dallas, TX
762.
Karolin Schwarz
Leipzig, Germany
763.
Linda Pepe, CSJ
Hartford, CT
764.
Milikt Asrat
Kassel, Germany
765.
Simon Kruger
Pretoria, South Africa
766.
Wasyhun Tesfaye Arlington, TX
767.
Kathryn Barry
Suffern, NY
768.
Dawn M
Nothwehr
Chicago, IL
769.
kitaw yagersew
Rockville, MD
No donation ethiopia
770.
Marguerite Coyle
Chapel Hill, NC
Take care! There may well be "unintended consequences"
in relocating people to areas in which they cannot easily
feed themselves. Mass relocations have proved to be
disastrous and are inhumane.
771.
Omega Demissie
Scarborough, Canada
772.
Aja Obuey
Austin, MN
773.
Beferdu Melese
Alexandria, VA
774.
Janna Aljets
Berlin, Germany
775.
Colleen Purcell
Mtn View, CA
776.
Etalemahu Bekele Alexandria, VA
777.
Matthew Suddes
Bradenton, FL
778.
Mary Berning
FL, FL
779.
shega birile
massa lombarda, Italy
780.
Kirstin De Mello
Chicago, IL
781.
Anna Kramer
Somerville, MA
782.
king of Abessinia
konstanz, Germany
783.
Gail Griffin
Centennial, CO
784.
melse abebe
milano, Italy
785.
hanna zewdu
hannover, Germany
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No Laandd Grap
Creating 70 thousand internal refugees constitutes a
serious crime. This is not progress or development, it is
poverty creation. US AID must not support Ethiopia's
forcible removal of people from their homes.
This needs to stop...Mr. President please stop aiding
Melse destroy a country. He is killing and destroying
peoples life just because he can.
I've visited Ethiopia many times and seen the challenges
facing its rural people. It's time for the US to look at our
own policies and examine whether our actions are helping
to increase poverty or overcome it.
do not contribute to more familne by relocating these
Ethiopians
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Name
From
Comments
786.
Tezera Dessie
Oslo, Norway
788.
Jenaro Rodriguez
Hastings, PA
789.
Tracy Wilson
Cinton, IN
790.
Miriam Nana
Berlin, Germany
791.
tsegaye dejene
reynolsburg, OH
792.
Mary Denevan
Portland, OR
793.
Bizu Alemu
CALGARY, Canada
794.
Joan Baxter
Tatamagouche,
Canada
795.
jim stasheff
Lansdale, PA
796.
Jessie Hawthorn
Denver, CO
797.
Mary Englerth
Waynesboro, PA
798.
Graham Whitley
Claremont, Australia
799.
Justin
R-Sondergaard
Lisbon, Portugal
800.
Ayesha Begum
Bangalore, India
801.
Manya
Gorman-Knutson
Brooklyn, NY
802.
Tibebu Abebe
Fresno, CA
803.
Nicholas
Napolitano
Bronx, NY
804.
Elizabeth
Bastasch
Aptos, CA
805.
Aschalew Zenebe
lynnwood, WA
806.
Elfneh Alemu
Pine Bluff, AR
807.
Abdi Daisane
Grand Island, NE
808.
Valencia
Rakotomalala
Manchester, United
Kingdom
809.
adenew belachew campbell, CA
810.
Joseph Reyes
La Quinta, CA
811.
Bekel d
Norsborg, Sweden
812.
Cha Smith
Honolulu, HI
Please look further and with more detail at this situation in
Ethiopia. It is destroying families, physically and mentally.
We will not stand for this in our country or any other
country. It is a human rights issue. Thank you.
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Our country should not be aggravating the food problem in
Ethiopia or any ohter country,
I support this petition
Dear Mr. President
Supporting uprooting people from their land where the they
have strong attachment to the land will create enormous
social unrest, emotional and psychological turmoil.
Thank you
Thank you
hands off from Ethiopia
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Name
From
Comments
813.
Edward Briody
Jackson Heights, NY
814.
Elizabeth
Demissie
New York, NY
815.
Patricia Kenney
Park Hills, KY
816.
Paul Ford
Berlin, Germany
817.
Ayenew Worku
Wondemagegn
Kløfta, Norway
818.
Sarah Fernandez
Newhall, CA
819.
Haregewoin
Hailegiorgis
takoma park, MD
please help Ethiopien from relocated from there place
ethiopien saleing land to forigen that is not pfair the people
how live there they are diplaced difreent loction i mean
remote area please help those victim
820.
marosk getachew
bridgewater, NJ
we must fight injustice!!!!!!
821.
Andrew Wynne
Bury, United Kingdom
822.
Maureen
Freeman
St. Mary of the
Woods, IN
823.
Missrak Demissie
London, Canada
825.
yesihareg sinke
pordenone, Italy
826.
eskender asefA
oslo, Norway
827.
Anna Marie Carr
Levittown, PA
828.
Sherlina Nageer
Georgetown, Guyana
829.
Jim Comes
Worcester, MA
830.
mark costanzo
akron, OH
831.
Geoff Gird;lestone Constantia, South
Africa
832.
Catherine Gordon
Vancouver, Canada
833.
ruth fisher
Gc, Australia
834.
paulin musura
toronto, Canada
835.
Liza Debevec
Ljubljana, Slovenia
836.
YILMA ABEBE
WOODBRIDGE, VA
837.
Zeynaba Roobaa
Seattle, WA
They need to stop the forced relocation before this impacts
Ethiopia in the worst way possible.
838.
Teshager Tilahun
Chicago, IL
It's really sad and painful watching while poor are
displaced from their home and dumped under the big tree
with no food for the sake of billionaires.
.
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I support this petition to stop the peoples displacement of
the local peoples in gambela rigion.
I have on my office wall the picture of the White House with
the beautiful garden in front of it. your wife has worked
hard on pushing for local and healthy food for our children.
Why then would you allow our USAID dept. to do this to
the people of Gambela? Large scale agriculture will
destroy their soil - look at India. Please stop the
cor[orations now!
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Name
From
Comments
839.
Hanna Krieger
Landshut, Germany
840.
Markos Abebe
oslo, Norway
841.
Gaure Mdee
Arusha, Tanzania,
United Republic Of
842.
menduban alemu
hasselt, Belgium
Dear President Obama, Ethiopia's tyrant Meles Zenawi is
the source of all mess in Ethiopia, Meles is an illegitimate
leader, who has taken control of Ethiopia by force while
robbing the people of the country of their national
resources. Meles the name of "silent killer" ,is the 9th worst
of the worst leader in the world ( Prof. Gregor Ayittey 2010
edition), & constantly amoung the world top 10 enemies of
the press/ Freedom of Speech since he came to power in
1991 (accourding to CPJ, Reports Without
Borders,HRW,,,reports)
Infact, in the last 20 years, under Meles direct command
his federal police forces shot dead thousands of innocent
civilians & opposition party members , according to some
sources , today 30-50 thousand political prisoners/
prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia, who have committed "
State" crimes by exercising their guaranteed " Human &
Democratic Rights ". Besides, in the name of investment,
Meles has placed Ethiopia under the market forces of
globalization so as to sell or lease its fertile lands to
international land-grabbers, the colonial regime of Zenawi
has been violently evicting the Ethiopian villagers from
their homes and farmlands because his motto is “sell and
eat today and die tomorrow.” According to Oakland
Institute sources, this time in Gambella only estimated that
75% of the domestic Investors which is widely to receive
beneficial treatment in relation to investment and given
land freely & receive preferential access to credit were
from Tigray (Zenawi’s ethnic group people) such a practice
is a kind of Colonialism. Therefore, please, open your mind
& heart to help our people & be part of the voice of the
voiceless Ethiopian. Thank you.
843.
Ken Thesing
Nairobi, Kenya
I first came to Tanzania in 1972. Hunger and agricultural
development have been part of my life since. There are
varying opinions on how best to achieve 'food security.' But
simply removing people from their land without FIRST
preparing for their care and future is unconscionable.
844.
GUDATA JAFI
Kampala, Uganda
845.
Kampire Bahana
Kampala, Uganda
846.
Elisabeth
Nyffenegger
Perroy, Switzerland
847.
Nathalie Bertrams Johannesburg, South
Africa
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President Barack Obama watch your Coorupted
deplomates. stop defend dectators! Death to Dictator
Melese Zenawi in Ethiopia.
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Name
From
Comments
848.
Paulina
Heiligenthal
Rosbach vor der
Höhe, Germany
849.
Mesfin T
London, Canada
850.
endale legesse
tokyo, Japan
851.
Rosa Moro
Madrid, Spain
852.
Alem Gessese
Noble park, Australia
853.
deboraye hailu
London, United
Kingdom
854.
dino luca
milano, Italy
855.
mulugeta eshetu
oslo, Norway
856.
andualem legese
adelaide, Australia
857.
sisay ayele
zurich, Switzerland
858.
oziana
gebrekistos
Bergen, Norway
859.
solomon derzie
winnipeg, Canada
It is evil to rob our resource and land while our people is
starving,our people is under the most brutal narrow
minority aparthide rul,Chines and Indians are corrapting
Africa by making back door deal with Africa dictators.our
people are being irradicated from thier land and give away
for Indians and Chinis.it is gross human right violation and
genocidal.the saddest part is the so called civilized world is
watching while this kind of barbaric and inhuman practice
is going on on poor african people,instead USA and
Europians are funding our corrapt leaders.it is immoral.
"Love Of Man Is Practical Policy"
860.
Tiririm Bersene
Brussels, Belgium
Forcefully dislocating poor farmers and selling their land to
foreign capitalist is very inhuman !
861.
Marissa Moorman Bloomington, IN
862.
david tekle
stockholm, Sweden
863.
Anita Green
Toronto, Canada
864.
Liku Belachew
Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia
865.
Etse Demissie
Toronto, Canada
866.
Laura Mousseau
aix en pce, France
867.
Paul Mitchell
ÄLvsjö, Sweden
868.
Stephen Wood
Brooklyn, NY
869.
Michael Hatcher
London, United
Kingdom
870.
Roy Taylor
Canton, GA
871.
Wayne Ohlsson
Montpelier, VT
872.
samuel bayou
Calgary, Canada
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Name
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Comments
873.
Regina Cappelletti Canton, MI
874.
Joyce Neufeld
waldeck, Canada
Let the people of Ethopia deal with their own problems.
They can produce food on small plots without U.S.
domination
875.
Kimbowa Richard
Kampala, Uganda
Land grabs make deepen poverty and social exclusion
876.
Ernst Lindqvist
Stockholm, Sweden
877.
Phyllis Zoon
Newark, NJ
878.
Michele Larocque
Wolcott, CT
879.
CARRIE
RUEL-FLORES
Logansport, IN
880.
ed hill
pasaia, Spain
881.
Norris Currie
Swift Current,
Canada
882.
Larry Halvey
Goodwin
Shepherdstown, WV
Forcibly removing people from their land so that
governments and corporations can take it over is a flagrant
abuse of human rights.
883.
Dolores Giblin
Covington, KY
Indigenous peoples have a natural right to determine their
fortunes since they were "THERE" first. Why can't we step
aside by defending their right to do this?
884.
Christopher
Szecsey
Occidental, CA
885.
Gerry Kearns
Blackrock, Ireland
886.
Chester Simmons
Decatur, GA
Please stop this terrible action!
887.
Ed Lytwak
Arlington, VA
Article 7 of the statute of the International Criminal Court
says the "deportation or forcible transfer of population" is a
crime against humanity. Why is the U.S. and Obama
Administration engaged in more blatant war crimes? Do
you believe you will not be held accountable?
888.
David Nally
Cambridge, United
Kingdom
889.
Eriq Yihun
Debrezeit, Ethiopia
890.
Kristian Stoyanov
St. Louis, MO
891.
Winifred De
Palma
Baltimore, MD
892.
Jördis Land
Castrop-Rauxel,
Germany
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Shame on the corporations, governments and individuals
who seek to grab lands from disenfranchised peoples, for
their own personal gain and profit.
We Ethiopian are homeless in our own land! Why do you
close your eyes and pour finance to the pocket of the
tyrant TPLF for dislocate us and made us homeless and
push us to hunger???? Please c if these happen to the
people of the US what will be your measure??? Please
stop financing and supporting the dictator Meles Zenawi.
May God Bless Ethiopia and her people!
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Name
From
Comments
893.
john Meeks
Chicago, IL
894.
Bex Syrett
Shrewsbury, United
Kingdom
895.
i rod
boulder, CO
896.
Jacqueline
Heuberger Hall
Brigueil, France
897.
Dennis Lee
Portland, OR
898.
S. Maryann
Mueller
Lodi, NJ
899.
Cynthia Easterday Birmingham, AL
900.
Reinhold Waber
Mertingen, Germany
901.
Winston Carroo
New York, NY
902.
N Cornea
Moose Jaw, Canada
903.
Aashish Khullar
Boston, MA
904.
Mengescha
Kassa
Darmstadt, Germany
905.
yated asefa
parma, Italy
906.
Berhane
Gebrehiwot
Raleigh, NC
907.
Rachel Dutton
London, United
Kingdom
908.
Bruce Bruce
ogdensburg, NY
its not your land, leave it alone, its their land and they need
to fight with their lives for it, GOM will never feed the world,
it will kill the world,only ORGANIC WILL FEED THE
WORLD
909.
berhanu haile
Minneapolis, MN
please stop supporting Terrorist MELESE ZENA and his
regime in Ethiopia ,Thanks
910.
Joan Dutton
Guisborough, United
Kingdom
911.
Christy Rodgers
San Francisco, CA
912.
John Wallace
Carmichael, CA
913.
Temra Costa
Oakland, CA
914.
Linda Jacobs
Campbell, CA
Forcibly relocating people is an act done by
CapitalisticTerrorists. Enough already.
915.
Benjamin Fields
Blacksburg, VA
They don't need to grow flowers!
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Please support the citizens before the corporations!
I worked in southern Africa for many years and witnessed
far too often the negative impacts of so called "helpful"
partnerships, often begun with good intentions. However
the intentions here are clearly not to the benefit of the
people of their own country and, in the end, will exacerbate
poverty and hunger issues and reliance on outside
sources. Stop these foreign investments NOW, PLEASE!
Land grabbing is sowing the seeds of instability and
insecurity
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Name
From
Comments
916.
Raphael Sperry
San Francisco, CA
917.
Seni Kassa
Montville, NJ
918.
Hannah Johnson
Lexington, KY
919.
Carole Furman
Saugerties, NY
920.
M. Messai
NY, NY
President Obama, are you and your Administration about
to give financial support to Ethiopia’s autocratic ruler,
Meles Zenawi, to help him carry out his cruel villagization
program? Zenawi’s government is forcibly removing the
Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Somali and Afar peoples
from their ancestral lands and deliberately turning whole
communities into internally displaced peoples in their own
country. Those refusing to be relocated are imprisoned or
killed. Shame on US Ambassador Booth, claiming that the
Gambella people are benefiting from the fruits of
development, when many human right organizations and
reputable journalists have written to the contrary.
Environmentalists are also concerned that clearing more
than 3.5 million hectares of land for the planned farms
could have a detrimental impact on the environment,
because many trees have to be cut which would destroy
Ethiopia's protected game reserves, as well as the wildlife.
The UN, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN
World Food Programme and the World Bank have all
written against such a policy in Ethiopia where famine
stalks the country every other year. It is alleged that the
Ethiopian government has leased out an area the size of
France for 99 years, which is expected to generate a
lucrative business. Global Financial Integrity’s (GFI) report
dated May 12, 2011 “Illicit Financial Flows From the Least
Developed Countries, 1990-2008” lists Ethiopia as the
ninth top exporter of US$8.4 billion of illicit capital. As a tax
payer, I am also against my tax dollars going to such a
brutal ruler.
921.
Hoover
DouglasHooverD
new York, NY
didn't we sign the UN declaration of rights for indigenous
people? who is getting this land for farming? if its not the
people who originally lived there then it's going to the
wrong people.
922.
Degu Balagru
Hamburg, Germany
923.
Lee Zeigler
San Francisco, CA
924.
Alejandro Del
Aguila
Mexico, Mexico
925.
Desalegn Melaku
Beyene
926.
teflose aebram
zürich, Swaziland
927.
Beyene Tesfu
Rødekro, Denmark
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Stop funding forced reelocation of Poor Ethiopian farmers
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Name
From
Comments
928.
tesfaye surafel
stockholm, Sweden
Do not help anti etiopian regimi in ethiopia,Meles Zenawi.
Do not help the killer of his own people.
929.
Nunnu Amsale
London, United
Kingdom
President Barack Obama history will judge you please do
the right thing to protect those weak and hungry.
930.
aytal newzendro
Berlin, Germany
The illegal sale/lease of land by Meles who does not
represent Ethiopia and Ethiopians is illegeal. He should
face International Justice for the Massacre he committed
against the Anuak people. The illegal relocation of the
Anuaks without their will and with the help of US tax money
is not right and should be stopped immediately.
931.
Ben Harnett
Raleigh, NC
This isn't right. Let the people live. Moving them for
business is consigning them to death.
932.
T Bosona
stockholm, Sweden
There is no sustainable development by forceful
displacement. Poor people have right to live on their land.
933.
zewudu zelalem
sannyvale, CA
934.
Hailu Yigerem
AddisAbaba, Ethiopia
935.
Hagos
G/egziabher
addis ababa, Ethiopia
936.
Emily Hayden
Kenilworth, IL
937.
jack Santa
Barbara
Lynden, Canada
938.
eric chebassier
Paris, France
939.
Welde Hiwot
Brussels B, Belgium
940.
karen brown
Benbrook, TX
941.
Brigitte Gibbs
san diego, CA
942.
Adane Yicheneku
Narvik, Norway
943.
Joan P Mencher
New york, NY
It is extremely important to stop the land grabs in countries
like Ethopia. In the case of landgrabsd by Indian investors
or government or China, taking away their own good farm
land ti build 8 land highways and fancy upper class
apartment complexes is clearly one of the reasons they are
now taking away Ethopia's land. These investors need to
be required to give up and grow food on their own land
instead of putting down more and more concrete.
944.
Derick Fay
Riverside, CA
As an anthropologist who has studied the devastating
effects of forced resettlement on livelihoods in
apartheid-era South Africa, I am appalled to see similar
policies continuing in the present day.
945.
tessea azeb
Preignac, France
946.
Rosana russo
palermo, Italy
947.
tam abebe
berlin, Germany
948.
Katherine Crisp
Hassocks, United
Kingdom
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Stop helping the tyrant Ethiopian government NOW!!!
Name
From
Comments
949.
desie woodu
tel avive, Israel
950.
Olaf Klaube
Freiburg, Germany
951.
Megen Jalo
Oslo, Norway
953.
gebre mengistu
england, United
Kingdom
954.
degefe biru
Renton, WA
955.
Arun Mittal
Mission Viejo, CA
956.
Mary Kwart
Ashland, OR
957.
Susanne
Lachapelle
NY, NY
958.
Ruth Rogers
Fort Collins, CO
959.
BIRI YAYA
LONDON, United
Kingdom
960.
hale-92 asmare
messina, Italy
961.
Andy Barker
Burlington, VT
962.
Sari Steuber
Springfield, PA
People have the right to grow their own food and have land
to grow it on. Large-scale agriculture has been shown to
contribute more to food insecurity than to alleviating
hunger. We must stop supporting agricultural corporations
that take indigenous peoples' land. Allow people to feed
themselves!
963.
Michael Gass
Davis, CA
Corporations will not care for the land like a small farmer or
herder will do. Only those folks know how to care for our
rapidly dwindling productive land.
964.
Marcel Heroux
Panama, Panama
965.
carlotta penn
Columbus, OH
966.
Linda Ray
San Francisco, CA
967.
B Labiejko
London, United
Kingdom
968.
Gregory Nielsen
Mesa, Zimbabwe
969.
Naomi Andrijich
Karama, Australia
970.
nancy black
St, Charles, MO
971.
Dean Muller
Berkeley, CA
972.
David Momenee
Milford, NH
973.
Tanya Baker
Santa Cruz, CA
974.
Anne Rhodes
Freeville, NY
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Please prevent native people from being displaced in
Ethiopia. I large scale agriculture wants to come into the
country, work with the local people to include them in the
plans. I don't support plantation-like agriculture where the
workers are treated like slaves and indigenous people are
removed.
Please stop this useless destruction of people and the
earth.
-
Name
From
Comments
975.
andre mathews
memphis, TN
WE HAVE FARMERS IN OUR GROUP THAT WOULD
LIKE TO BE A PART OF FOOD PRODUCTIONS AND
HELP FEED THE FAMILIES.
901-690-2258,andremathews310yahoo.com
976.
Tayira Mora Black San Jose, Costa Rica
977.
David Filing
Akron, Ohio, OH
978.
VARUN MITTAL
jaipur, India
979.
Eon Cooper
Lauderhill, FL
980.
Mike Grawe
St. Louis, MO
981.
Robin Paradis
Stern
Westhampton, MA
982.
Kassaye Tekola
Moges
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
983.
sara taylor
lee, NH
984.
Homer Elliott
The Plains, OH
985.
Henry Weinberg
Santa Barbara, CA
986.
Mckian Nielsen
Camarillo, CA
987.
Quinton C James
L A, CA
988.
desiree torres
Belen, NM
989.
helen tesfaye
toronto, Canada
990.
Cham Agwa
Mankato, MN
991.
ravindran pallath
narakkal, India
992.
Stefano Battain
Canale D'agordo,
Italy
993.
patricia croker
Paris, France
994.
HALE LUYA
trapani, Italy
995.
Beatriz Nunes
Lisbon, Portugal
996.
Michelle Johnson
Tamworth, Australia
997.
Beverley
Anderson
Hartlepool, United
Kingdom
998.
andu asaye
jimma, Ethiopia
999.
Amaranta
Carvajal
Quito, Ecuador
The land leases in Ethiopia are taking place in the absence
of transparency and public scrutiny.The local people have
been denied the right for participation on the processes of
land deals.Stop land grabbing in Ethiopia!
May God save Ethiopia
1,000. chris bruhn
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
1,001. Erika Rikhiram
Clermont, FL
1,002. Fela Richelle
Eagan
Manhattan, NY
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Signatures 975 - 1,002
Name
From
Comments
1,003. Joerg-Michael
Krah
Berlin, Germany
1,004. Jay
Digiandomenico
Plantsville, CT
1,005. Lea Mendes
Lisbon, Portugal
1,006. Theresa Skufca
Hollywood, FL
1,007. Ojulu Timothy
Adama, Ethiopia
1,008. Tamara R
Pearlman
Roanoke, TX
1,009. Sr. Elizabeth
Riebschlaeger,
ccvi
Cuero, TX
1,010. Chiara
Bragagnolo
CFV, Italy
1,011. henry rivas
Santa Tecla, La
Libertad, El Salvador
1,012. Margaret Snyder
San Antonio, TX
1,013. Sean Guerin
Warrenton, VA
1,014. Holly Lawrence
Napa, CA
1,015. Birgit Walch
Hamilton, Canada
1,016. Chukwunyere
Kamalu
london, United
Kingdom
1,017. Carol Thompson
Flagstaff, AZ
1,018. Karen Berger
Montrose, CA
1,019. Anand Parikh
Lynnwood, WA
1,020. yisehak kassaye
bandhagen, Sweden
1,021. Bonita Schack
Park Hills, KY
1,022. Jphn Walker
New York, NY
1,023. Lane Vanderslice
Washington, DC
1,024. Kathryn Padgett
Panama City, FL
1,025. Brad Gentry
Carterville, IL
1,026. Rich poor
Galveston, TX
1,027. Peter Gray
Belfast, United
Kingdom
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We must put human rights first as a priority in making
decisions to award grants to developing nations, especially
when it comes to the right to sustain one's family's life with
basic human needs.
We are watching....this is AGRA made bare.
This project exposes well the goals of AGRA and 'Feed the
Future' in plowing paths for industrial agriculture over the
livelihoods of herders/farmers whose production does not
enter the global market and therefore, are expendable.
The US government must remove any financing remotely
related to this land grab in Ethiopia.
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Dont be part of the peoples agony!
Signatures 1,003 - 1,027
Name
From
Comments
1,028. hailu bekele
ny, NY
1,029. Nicholas Loehlein
Medical Lake, WA
1,030. tamene demissie
stuttgart, Germany
1,031. Muna Idow
Beaverton, OR
1,032. Christophe Bazin
Marquette, France
1,033. Eddy Robey
Sherman Oaks, CA
1,034. Phil Hanson
PORTLAND, OR
1,035. Nancy Bellers
Easton, PA
1,036. Godeun Hwang
BOSTON, MA
1,037. GARY Ballogg
CHICAGO, IL
Pr. Obama
I [as a cizen of ethiopia] would like strongly demand your
adminstration the following two things:1-your adminstration is supporting and co optrating the
tyrannt and trrorist meles zenawe rigiem. please stop it or
reconsider your gov foriegn policy.
2- please make all your pressure to stop land grabing
which prolong instability and impoverishement.
Mr president
i am just like any leiman,if you would like listen to me, it is
better to be a friend of 80,000,000 people instead of 100
mercenary masse murder and those who wanted by UN
ICC for genocide criminals.
1,038. Elizabeth Jackson Elk Grove, CA
1,039. Bridget Joyce
MOUNT AIRY, MD
1,040. Karisha Kirk
Blmgtn, IN
1,041. Ronald Matthews
Marlborough, MA
1,042. Roxann Maddox
GALLATIN, TN
1,043. Ann Kennedy
Salem, OR
1,044. Edie Colbert
Williamsburg, VA
1,045. Marisela Trujillo
Chimayo, NM
1,046. David Lilly
San Dimas, CA
1,047. Margot Backus
Houston, TX
1,048. Czerny Auyang
Brooklyn, NY
1,049. Shane rychcik
SALAMANCA, NY
1,050. Richard Allebach
READING, PA
1,051. Stephanie Roa
GLENDALE, AZ
1,052. Minximal Abel
Waterbury, CT
1,053. Katya Napzok
SANTA CRUZ, CA
1,054. Susan Hansen
FAIRBANKS, AK
1,055. Marilu Boero
ALPHARETTA, GA
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Name
From
Comments
1,056. Warren Osborn
Tulsa, OK
1,057. Stacey Brewster
POWELL, OH
1,058. Jennifer Choi
SURPRISE, AZ
1,059. Sandra Mardigian
Mill Valley, CA
1,060. Jack Shur
BROOKLYN, NY
1,061. Marya Grathwohl
DAYTON, WY
1,062. Sang Yub Kim
URBANA, IL
1,063. lorraine brabham
CASTLE POINT, AA
1,064. Jacquie Clarke
Long Beach, CA
1,065. Scott Rubel
Los Angeles, CA
1,066. Douglas Mason
SENECA, IL
1,067. Fletcher Cossa
NEW YORK, NY
1,068. William Radke
Raleigh, NC
1,069. Martha Tapley
Tyler, TX
1,070. paige Hammer
BOULDER, CO
1,071. Eunice Mok
ALEXANDRIA, VA
1,072. Bruce
Strandtmann
Maxwell, TX
1,073. Darrell Kastin
Ashland, OR
1,074. Chic-ette Chartres Northport, WA
1,075. Paige Hammer
Boulder,, CO
1,076. Robert Berger
Plano, TX
1,077. Austin Fite
Pacific Palisades, CA
1,078. Jeanne Stulb
Folsom, LA
1,079. Lisa Butterfield
Eureka, CA
1,080. Wendy Baylor
Laguna Niguel, CA
1,081. Gina Kim
San Francisco, CA
1,082. christine wangler
Roseville, CA
1,083. Diane Taudvin
ASHLAND, AA
1,084. Leonard R. Jaffee
Tualatin, OR
1,085. Monica Vidal
Little Bookham,
United Kingdom
1,086. Rachel Myers
Studio City, CA
1,087. JoAnn McGovern
Steilacoom, WA
1,088. sean smith
Manhattan, NY
1,089. Lora Roode
Loveland, CO
1,090. susan secunda
MANHATTAN, NY
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Name
From
Comments
1,091. Gary Moss
LAGRANGE, KY
1,092. Linda Johnson
Aspen, CO
1,093. Tamara Bell
Felton, CA
1,094. Kathryn Hall
Lakewood, CO
1,095. Dana Mantle
Los Gatos, CA
1,096. Paula Chojnacki
San Diego, CA
1,097. Nat & Sandee
Childs
Miranda, CA
1,098. robin blanton
Louisville, KY
1,099. Elizabeth Gulick
North Hollywood, CA
1,100. mark dixon
Bozeman, MT
1,101. Gayle Drinhaus
PALMDALE, CA
1,102. Hope Steele
MEDFORD, MA
1,103. Thomas Proett
REDWOOD CITY,
CA
1,104. Michael Kirkby
Toronto, Canada
1,105. Alexa Brill
Mechanicsburg, PA
1,106. Debbie Biere
Barnhart, MO
1,107. Carla Spencer
Waynesville, MO
1,108. Cynthia Viar
East Ridge, TN
1,109. Elizabeth Memel
Ojai, CA
1,110. Avril Suckow
Seabrook, TX
1,111. Andreia Shotwell
WHEAT RIDGE, CO
1,112. Rick Russell
Bowling Green, OH
1,113. Vasu Murti
Oakland, CA
1,114. Valerie Hopkins
Albany, CA
1,115. Lawrence
Tetenbaum
Plainview, NY
1,116. Alfred Martinez
Coachella, CA
1,117. janice clowe
Rye, NY
1,118. Max Ramirez
Pawtucket, RI
1,119. john lanie flaherty
Plymouth, MA
1,120. vikki miller
Sebastopol, CA
1,121. robert jessen
Georgetown, TX
1,122. Sonia Liskoski
Carpolis, PA
1,123. Laura Ziemann
Troy, MO
1,124. Mary Christine
Erikson
Rocklin, CA
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Please do the right thing...
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Name
From
Comments
1,125. Robert H. Stiver
Pearl City, HI
1,126. Mark Gronceski
HOWLAND, OH
1,127. Emillie Pacheco
LAKEWOOD, CA
1,128. Grace
Himmelberger
Boise, ID
1,129. William Bader
Bethlehem, PA
1,130. pamela green
Kalamazoo, MI
1,131. Laurie Werbner
Bellingham, WA
1,132. Bill Brown
Clovis, CA
1,133. Deborah
Sandoval
Espanola, NM
1,134. Rosemary Lesh
CHICAGO, IL
1,135. Elisabeth Johnson Watertown, MN
1,136. Mark Lowentrout
Santa Clarita, CA
1,137. Eugene Elander
Dahlonega, GA
1,138. Elaine Alfaro
Santa Cruz, CA
1,139. Sterling Griffiths
Portland, OR
1,140. Nicole Smalls
Bronx, NY
1,141. Paula Sorge
Moynihan
Los Angeles, CA
1,142. John Cannatella
NEW YORK, NY
1,143. Margaret Staton
SANTA BARBARA,
CA
1,144. Shakeeb Akhter
PLAINFIELD, IL
1,145. Lauren Tietz
AUSTIN, TX
1,146. Killian O'connell
CROZET, VA
1,147. james limbachh
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
1,148. rambo osanya
Sleepy Hollow, NY
1,149. Pat Gursky
Brooklyn, NY
1,150. Jessica Simms
Huntington Beach,
CA
1,151. Ellen Goodman
East Providence, RI
1,152. Jon Wallace
Burlington, IA
1,153. Barbara Davis
Roswell, NM
1,154. Peggy Kelly
Denver, CO
1,155. thuong nguyen
chandler, AZ
1,156. katie Scarchilli
ROYAL OAK, MI
1,157. Charles Van Wey
SEATTLE, WA
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Name
From
Comments
1,158. Polly Howells
Brooklyn, NY
1,159. Martha La Cava
White Plains, NY
1,160. Marguerite Doyle
West Roxbury, MA
1,161. Amy Squires
Brooklyn, NY
1,162. Beth Bannor
Oak Park, IL
1,163. John Flitcraft
Cambria, CA
1,164. Tamara Matz
Los Angeles, CA
1,165. Cara Schmidt
Tucker, GA
1,166. Lawrence
Crowley
Broomfield, CO
1,167. Asia Real
Newbury Park, CA
1,168. Mark Laustrup
HAYWARD, WI
1,169. Seungmin Cha
NEW YORK, NY
1,170. Sonya
Urban-Burkett
Albuquerque, NM
1,171. Dianne Wilkins
Falmouth, ME
1,172. jorgen ramstead
Los Angeles, CA
1,173. Nancy Schuhrke
Chandler, AZ
1,174. Jonathan Mitchell
Madison, AL
1,175. Michael
Potvin-Frost
Plattsburgh, NY
1,176. Dennis Vieira
North Dartmouth, MA
1,177. Gina Gatto
Castro Valley, CA
1,178. Twikie Simms
Anaheim, CA
1,179. Raymond Powell
Atlanta, GA
Corporations are out of control and need more govern.
regulations to stop the rape of others lands.
A decent ethical government serves the people of their
nation, -not foreign money interests!
1,180. Muriel
Santa Barbara, CA
Coudurier-Curveur
1,181. Carl Armon
BOULDER, CO
1,182. Kristina Rose
LOS ANGELES, CA
1,183. Joanna Vamplew
Sainte Genevieve,
MO
1,184. virginia wood
Kennebunk, ME
1,185. Bridget Morris
Phila, PA
1,186. Carol Treacy
Petaluma, CA
1,187. Donna McKibben
San Francisco, CA
1,188. Kevin Furr
Albemarle, NC
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Name
1,189. Catherine
DeGraw
From
Comments
New York, NY
1,190. Claudette Kulkarni Pittsburgh, PA
1,191. James Johnson
Brooklyn, NY
1,192. Melissa Slack
BALMVILLE, NY
1,193. Pat
Matheny-White
Tumwater, WA
1,194. kate mason
addison, NY
1,195. Lauren Ford
Venice, CA
1,196. richard riger
Alb, NM
1,197. Mike Testa
Raleigh, NC
1,198. Nicole Gentry
Shreveport, LA
1,199. Debbie Adair
Edina, MN
1,200. Maxine
Blanchette
Chicago, IL
1,201. Sarah Stephens
Parkersburg, WV
1,202. Elizabeth
Hemzacek
Willowbrook, IL
1,203. Robert Nichols
Manhattan, NY
1,204. Michaela
Tehachapi, CA
Roessner-Herman
1,205. Tyler Bradford
1,206. sade beckford
BRONX, NY
1,207. Edward Rollins
NEW YORK, NY
1,208. Ernst Bauer
LAVEEN, AZ
1,209. Deanne O'Donnell Greensburg, PA
1,210. Kirk Rhoads
Mountain Home, AR
1,211. Carolyn Eden
Bainbridge Island,
WA
1,212. laurie hull
rhome, TX
1,213. Marie Banks
Tucson, AZ
1,214. Jillene Roldan
Hacienda Heights,
CA
1,215. janet hendricks
Milford, MI
1,216. Judith Hornaday
Grants Pass, OR
1,217. cathy dermody
BAYVIEW, WI
1,218. Shari Amos
SACRAMENTO, CA
1,219. Patricia Nazzaro
UNION, KY
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Name
From
Comments
1,220. Kerstin Alm
Rancho Palos
Verdes, CA
1,221. Maya Knowles
San Jose, CA
1,222. linda hecht
La Mesa, CA
1,223. Catherine
Cogorno
St. Louis, MN
1,224. Nancy Bengtson
Sedona, AZ
1,225. Marlee Ostrow
Los Angeles, CA
1,226. Earl Shumaker
Sycamore, IL
1,227. Eric Crump
Gettysburg, PA
1,228. Vipul Seth
Thornton, CO
1,229. Heidi Kasel-Diaz
Minneapolis, MN
1,230. Cassandra
Gonzalez
AUSTIN, TX
1,231. cindy Wright
VISTA, CA
1,232. Jun Chang
LYNNWOOD, WA
1,233. Thierry Deshayes
Scottsdale, AZ
1,234. Marjorie Ando
Seattle, WA
1,235. Marisa Kalt
New Haven, CT
1,236. Rebecca FAERY
Cambridge, MA
1,237. James Thomas
Chapel Hill, NC
1,238. David Grothey
Alpine, CA
To add insult to injury, the foods grown by foreign investors
are most likely "luxury foods" grown for export only, and
certainly not something sustainable. Tragic.
I am saddened that your government would take away
from small farmers to make room for mega-farms. Help
your own farmers learn methods such as drip watering to
make their farms viable.
1,239. Pedro Perez-Ortiz New York, NY
1,240. Peter Kuhn
San Diego, CA
1,241. Regina Marino
Hamden, CT
1,242. yvonne kravitz
BELLE TERRE, NY
1,243. mary meehan
LOS ANGELES, CA
1,244. Jeff Burns
Van Nuys, CA
1,245. trace malmer
CHEBANSE, IL
1,246. Barbara Feldman
LAGUNA WOODS,
CA
1,247. Dianne Hoaglin
Sudbury, MA
1,248. Tom Seaney
Ithaca, NY
1,249. Mandy Rahardjo
Simsbury, CT
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Name
From
Comments
1,250. Debbie Sturt
Pacific Grove, CA
1,251. Michael Altman
New York, NY
1,252. Lynne Treat
Chehalis, WA
1,253. LINDA YANCEY
Sorento, IL
1,254. Katherine Salinas
Arcata, CA
1,255. James Rice
Baytown, TX
1,256. Thomas Wilmore
Austin, TX
1,257. Rev. Martin J.
Simmons
Fargo, ND
1,258. Kariana Head
Brookeville, MD
1,259. Wendy Mueller
Hurst, TX
1,260. Mary Massey
SAINT LOUIS, MO
1,261. Sherri Fugit
GREENWOOD, IN
1,262. Claudia Fennelly
MEDFORD, MA
1,263. Carlos Shelton
BILLINGS, MT
1,264. thomas mcmahon
MILLIS, MA
1,265. Robyn Sharpe
BOSTON, MA
1,266. J Davis
Sf, CA
1,267. Stephen
Santangelo
Las Vegas, NV
1,268. Frederick
Westphal
Midlanad, MI
1,269. Rachel Horlings
SYRACUSE, NY
1,270. Lori Nelson
BUFFALO, NY
1,271. Russ Kowalski
Wicomico Church, VA If the Ethiopians get away with grabbing land and renting it
to foreigners, how long will it be before other nations start
the same game. And who is going to care for the people
being displaced????
1,272. Henry Schrieber
Eugene, OR
1,273. Amanda Fagan
Williamsburg, VA
1,274. Armenuhi
Galstyan
Los Angeles, CA
1,275. James Lehmann
Lewes, DE
1,276. Marianne Amann
Ingleside, IL
1,277. Cristina Roberts
El Centro, CA
1,278. Sarah Bates
Brooklyn, NY
1,279. Caroljane
Roberson
WILMINGTON, NC
1,280. Sarah Bedell
NATICK, MA
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Name
From
Comments
1,281. Doug landau
GULFPORT, AA
1,282. Alyssa Koski
NORTH FORK, CA
1,283. Adrienne Moumin
SILVER SPRING, MD
1,284. Vicky Scott
ALDER, WA
1,285. Norma Campbell
Campbell, CA
1,286. Lisa Kazmier
Manville, NJ
1,287. Sally Hinshaw
Columbus, OH
1,288. Bruce Scott
Bellevue, WA
1,289. Crystal Hathaway
Chino Hills, CA
1,290. Julie Johnson
Laguna Niguel, CA
1,291. Charlene
Kerchevall
Oceanside, CA
1,292. meave o'connor
berkeley, CA
1,293. Merle Hooley
BELLEVUE, WA
This could easily be disastrous if GMO is used. It goes
without saying the advantage to those moved will be
elusive if not an illusion. Why are you willing to gamble with
others' lives?
The world needs more small farmers doing their local thing
and less massive companies grabbing huge tracts of land.
1,294. Beverly Bradshaw FREDERICKSBURG,
VA
1,295. Bronwyn
Adams-Cohen
1,296. Elizabeth Werner
SHELBURNE, NH
1,297. Terri Leibowitz
BROOKLYN, NY
1,298. Olga Valle
Tetkowski
Manhattan, NY
1,299. Kesra Hoffman
Middletown, MD
1,300. Ted Fishman
San Jose, CA
1,301. Roxanne Brothers KALISPELL, MT
1,302. JoAnn Pfeifer
NORTH FREEDOM,
WI
1,303. Lynn Rosen
Brooklyn, NY
1,304. Carolyn J. Davis
DeLeon
Madison, WI
1,305. Claire Marsh
Dillsboro, NC
1,306. Alene Cisney
Port Orchard, WA
1,307. Diane Britton
Seattle, WA
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God is Good. There is nothing good about this. That can
only mean that it is of the spirit of the devil. Help deliver
them from the hands of the enemy.
Please don't remove 70,000 people in Gambella away
from their source of work and food! A large scale
agricultural plantation will not supply them with either
necessity - only lead to their misery and starvation.
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Name
From
Comments
1,308. Helen Miller
Arlington, TX
1,309. John Pielemeier
Fairfield, IA
1,310. John Aylward
Seattle, WA
1,311. Allison Hegan
Monrovia, CA
1,312. Adelin
Medina-Williams
Jamaica, NY
1,313. Peggy Fugate
Oxford, OH
1,314. Mark Dorr
FORT COLLINS, CO
1,315. Spencer Kingman
BERRIEN SPRINGS,
MI
1,316. James Tate
BROOKLYN, NY
1,317. Anthony Trotta
Bronx, NY
1,318. Michael Wilson
Cambridge, MA
1,319. Kymbear Saves
Bronx, NY
1,320. Carol Smith
Conshohocken, PA
1,321. JOSEPH REEL
PACIFIC GROVE, CA
1,322. Brenda Seay
Fairfax, VA
1,323. Mary Long
Austin, TX
1,324. Rod Stoick
LAUREL, MT
1,325. DC Katten
CAVE CREEK, AZ
1,326. Margaret
Hodgkins
DENISON, TX
1,327. Douglas Estes
San Francisco, CA
1,328. Jacqueline
Milligan
Freeland, WA
1,329. Arthur Campo
Baltimore, MD
1,330. carol broll
Tunkhannock, PA
1,331. peter masters
Kerrville, TX
1,332. Dori Grasso
Cockeysville, MD
1,333. Diana Chike
Chapel Hill, NC
1,334. Surei Quintana
Bayside, NY
1,335. Rick Martin
Satellite Beach, FL
1,336. kathy lindler
Chapin, SC
1,337. Diane Snow
Camarillo, CA
1,338. Joan Mortenson
Huntington Beach,
CA
1,339. Irene Bachelder
KENWOOD, CA
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Instead of relocating these people, why not include them in
the project!
It is a crime to allow the Government of Ethiopia to remove
these dirt-poor citizens from their land.
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Name
From
Comments
1,340. Charles Gray
SPRINGWATER, NY
1,341. Michelle Frantz
NEWARK, DE
1,342. Kare Ben
BOULDER, CO
1,343. Dawn Lahey
Elk Grove, CA
1,344. Diane Dauten
East Longmeadow,
MA
1,345. Adama Hamilton
Ashland, OR
1,346. Jane Halsey
San Francisco, CA
1,347. Anita Wolpman
Paloalto, CA
1,348. Joseph Breazeale Concord, CA
1,349. kristin Erman
Joplin, MO
When will we stop forcing human beings from their
ancestral lands so that we can have cheaper food? I would
think Americans would be especially sensitive to this after
destroying indigenous cultures in our own country's land
grab and after enslaving millions of African's for economic
reasons.
1,350. Jane Leaving
Seattle, WA
1,351. Naomi Peck
Ceresco, MI
1,352. Brian Erickson
Columbus, OH
1,353. April Prather
East Texas, PA
1,354. William Feldman
GOLD CANYON, AZ
1,355. Christopher
Cornish
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
1,356. Walter E. Margie
Jr.
BETHLEHEM, PA
1,357. Leigh Ann DiCarlo HOLLOMAN AFB,
NM
1,358. Mark Trinkaus
Washington, DC
1,359. timothy Mobley
coshocton, OH
1,360. Anna Gagern
Dearborn, MI
1,361. Christina
McNamara
Felton, CA
1,362. Paul Ezust
Cambridge, MA
1,363. Michael Horstman Rockville, MD
1,364. Peter Paladin
Seven Hills, OH
1,365. Darvin Oliver
Mart, TX
1,366. Stephanie
Hildreth
Rochester, NY
1,367. Scott Bishop
OLYMPIA, WA
1,368. Lenore Sheridan
SAN JOSE, CA
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Name
From
Comments
1,369. peter willems
Netherlands
1,370. Avril Harrison
SAN RAFAEL, CA
1,371. Barry Hart
ARLINGTON, AA
1,372. Karla Arnold
Topeka, KS
1,373. maryam Khan
Rosemount, MN
1,374. Frances Wade
Bigfork, MT
1,375. lisa bergerud
Falcon Heights, MN
1,376. karen winnubst
Cedar Hill, TX
1,377. judy killingbeck
Rochester, NY
1,378. Cheryl Elsass
Mansfield, OH
1,379. Aniko Rankine
ALAMEDA, CA
1,380. Mark Holden
BEVERLY HILLS, CA
1,381. peggy ward
SALISBURY, MD
1,382. Joshua Gutier
MONROVIA, CA
1,383. Gia Zimmelli
Talent, OR
1,384. annette varady
Jewett, NY
1,385. Barbara Mason
Campbell, CA
1,386. Margaret Lamb
Dorchester, MA
1,387. SUE JOHNSON
Concord, CA
1,388. tim tucker
Decatur, AL
1,389. Memarie
Christoforo
Greene, ME
1,390. joyce kantoff
Bainbridge Island,
WA
1,391. Robert Grillo
Chicago, IL
1,392. Jane Foley
Rock Hill, SC
1,393. David Giantomasi
Kailua Kona, HI
1,394. Bart Dickens
Santa Barbara, CA
1,395. PATRICIA
BROWN
SANTA FE, NM
1,396. Allison Jeffrey
FAR ROCKAWAY,
NY
1,397. David Kauber
AURORA, NY
1,398. Michael Goode
Marina Del Rey, CA
1,399. Janice L Eno
Athol, MA
1,400. Patricia Lane
Framingham, MA
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I cannot see where it is in Americans' interest to send aid
to countries who care nothing for their own people. Here is
a good place to cut the budget.
Please act for the betterment of mankind not corporate
Amerikkka
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Name
From
Comments
1,401. Margaret Frazier
Palm Springs, CA
1,402. Joseph Kondrot
Washington, DC
1,403. Donna Tomeo
Massapequa Park,
NY
1,404. David Niskanen
St. Louis, MO
1,405. Ximena
Hernandez-Cata
Bethesda, MD
1,406. Tim Duda
San Antonio, TX
1,407. Hazel McCoy
Longmont, CO
If you can't stand up for the indigenous tribes of your own
African heritage, than whose can you stand up for? A
devoted follower of yours so far. But will be no longer if you
let us down on this issue!! I mean it!!
1,408. Wendy Pelletier
1,409. elizabeth
Johansen
Los Angeles, CA
1,410. Dawn Grib
Dillsburg, PA
1,411. Amber Sumrall
Soquel, CA
1,412. Sonia Ness
Elk Grove Village, IL
1,413. Karen Carlson
San Rafael, CA
1,414. Keith Marx
Chicago Heights, IL
1,415. sheila Loayza
Wayland, MA
1,416. Barbara
Fitzgerald
Kenmore, NY
1,417. Bruce Wille
Albuquerque, NM
1,418. Gloria Sugarman
WESTPORT, CT
1,419. april jacob
north bergen, NJ
1,420. lance gimenez
Miami, FL
1,421. Melanie Kenoyer
Vancouver, WA
1,422. Bill Brady
West Chicago, IL
1,423. Karen Nelson
Elmira, NY
1,424. Angie Mackey
Littleton, CO
1,425. Lloyd Haugland
Eclectic, AL
1,426. Lauren martinson
Long Beach, CA
1,427. Dianna Mullen
Kearney, NE
1,428. LINDA SMITH
Rogue River, OR
1,429. Charles M
McLean Jr
Granite City, IL
1,430. B. Goheen
Corrigan, TX
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The people who are displaced and get no benefit will
remember who was responsible.
Name
From
Comments
1,431. Keith Morris
Los Angeles, CA
1,432. Hollis Wood
Santa Fe, NM
1,433. Tina Kent
Wheat Ridge, CO
1,434. Brenda Haig
Long Beach, CA
1,435. Richard Kaplan
New York, NY
1,436. Lewis E. Patrie
ASHEVILLE, NC
1,437. Rylie Peace
CANAL FULTON, OH
1,438. Jacqueline
Cochrane
REDONDO BEACH,
CA
1,439. Peggy Batakis
1,440. Jon Gordon
BROOKLYN, NY
1,441. Worku Mulat
DALLAS, TX
1,442. Sara Avery
Lafayette, CO
1,443. Grace Tiessen
Pasadena, CA
1,444. Karen Campbell
Citrus Heights, CA
1,445. Martha Scott
Annapolis, MD
1,446. Gloriana Sewell
Milford Square, PA
1,447. Christian Heinold
Oakland, CA
1,448. Katherine
Barnhart
Brooklyn, NY
1,449. Spencer Mitchell
Grosse Pointe Farms,
MI
1,450. Katya Dow
Houston, TX
1,451. DANIEL
SCHLAGMAN
East Meadow, NY
1,452. Roberta LaFrance San Leandro, CA
1,453. Michael
Harrington
Granite Bay, CA
1,454. Martina Hough
KAPAA, HI
1,455. Jim Garnett
HOSCHTON, GA
1,456. Janet Born
BATESVILLE, IN
1,457. Harvey Beagle
Yakima, WA
1,458. Kathy Schubert
Chicago, IL
1,459. Anna Blake
Seattle, WA
1,460. Justine Logan
Bridport, VT
1,461. patrick carraher
Canterbury, CT
1,462. Holly Kennedy
Bethpage, NY
1,463. ann beverly
Florissant, MO
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Name
1,464. Nancy E.
Ellingham
From
Comments
Bellevue, WA
1,465. James D. Streeter Las Vegas, NV
1,466. linda downes
FRIDAY HARBOR,
WA
1,467. Michelle Marsico
TORRANCE, CA
1,468. audrey
schildwachter
WEST CHESTER,
PA
1,469. Kathy Selvage
Wise, VA
1,470. RICHARD BERG
Valley City, ND
1,471. Christopher
Gautrau
New Milford, CT
1,472. Vel Santic
Pittsburgh, PA
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man
to fish and you can feed him for a lifetime.
Aid monies need not be used to facilitate the take over of
land that might be better used to feed the people of
Ethiopia.
1,473. Douglas McGruter Middleboro, MA
1,474. Kathleen
Reynolds
New York, NY
1,475. sue davies
PHILO, CA
1,476. marina levine
East Lansing, MI
1,477. Leslie Nicholas
Hallowell, ME
1,478. Deborah
Thompson
Cool Ridge, WV
1,479. Audel Contreras
RESEDA, CA
1,480. Alfred Gerteiny
Bridgeport, CT
1,481. Gabrielle Moore
San Marcos, TX
1,482. yigzaw adera
hollis, NY
USA should be againist what is been done to the poor
people in Ethiopia.After all USA is not the way it use be
when I first knew it in 1952.I went to schooll/college
finainced by USA government/yig
1,483. Joby McClendon
Ponder, TX
We demand the U.S. deal fairly and humanely with people
in other countries. If we're going to help them, it must be
true help for the people, not for corporations that are in it
for profits.
1,484. Marlene Fisher
BICENTENNIAL, AA
1,485. Susan Minuto
Waterbury, CT
1,486. ronald Chick
Dahlonega, GA
1,487. Diane Luck
Portland, OR
1,488. Marvin Grantham
Pleasant Hill, LA
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These people need help not more hardship! PLEASEDO
NOT TAKE AWAY THE LAND AVAILABLE TO THEM!
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Name
From
Comments
1,489. Christopher
Wright
Los Angeles, CA
1,490. Seth Minkoff
SOMERVILLE, MA
1,491. Evan Fulmer
Merrimack, NH
1,492. Jessica
Rocheleau
Maple Grove, MN
1,493. tamaara tabb
MANHATTAN, NY
1,494. Leslie Cummings
LAHAINA, HI
1,495. Martin Landa
Sedona, AZ
1,496. Adriana Reyes
Ames, IA
1,497. Gary Cronin
Santa Fe, NM
1,498. Rudy Stefenel
Milpiktas, CA
1,499. Carole Pooler
Chicago, IL
1,500. Marilyn Martin
Rockville, MD
1,501. Barbara Nowak
Highland Mills, NY
1,502. vreni rod
Rye, NY
1,503. Mimi Sancho
Gilbert, AZ
1,504. Alysa Behrin
Salt Lake City, UT
1,505. sharon farrell
West Hollywood, CA
1,506. Robert Cogburn
Arroyo Seco, NM
1,507. Richard Neill
BURLEIGH, AA
1,508. Keith LaPointe
WALLED LAKE, MI
1,509. clark yerrington
ANCHORAGE, AK
1,510. Debra Polansky
AUBURN, CA
1,511. Janet Hada
SNOHOMISH, WA
1,512. Jennifer Rials
Coppell, TX
1,513. DeWitt J.
Henderson
Las Cruces, NM
1,514. Richard Booth
Grosse Ile, MI
1,515. Barbara Cummins Hillsboro, OR
1,516. Kathryn Rose
Denver, CO
1,517. Janeth Mallory
Lewiston, ID
1,518. dorian sarris
Craftsbury, VT
1,519. Thomas Gallaghe
Burlingame, CA
1,520. Nancy Cook
Lone Oak, TX
1,521. Diane
Shaughnessy
Tacoma, WA
1,522. Anna Wieder
New York, NY
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Name
From
Comments
1,523. Scott Smith
Huntington Beach,
CA
1,524. Eva Kraemer
Chicago, IL
1,525. Bob Mosher
Sonoma, CA
1,526. Leslie Cassidy
New York, NY
1,527. Martha Tocco
Los Angeles, CA
1,528. Chris Hogger
Scottsville, VA
1,529. john laetsch
BERKELEY, CA
1,530. Pamela J. Richart
CHICAGO, IL
1,531. Alaiykah Sabriin
DETROIT, MI
1,532. Patricia Matejcek
SANTA CRUZ, CA
1,533. Deborah Ziska
WASHINGTON, DC
1,534. Vivian Gilbert
Red Feather Lakes,
CO
1,535. Rich Hladky
Bremerton, WA
1,536. M. Hart
Douglas, AZ
1,537. Stephanie Spiers
San Diego, CA
1,538. Karen Bien
Clovis, CA
1,539. Julie Alley
Long Beach, CA
1,540. Burton Whalen
Montrose, PA
1,541. Lynn Autumn
Leucadia, CA
1,542. Richard Meyer
Long Island City, NY
1,543. Christina Sarich
Rockwall, TX
1,544. Sandy
Inguaggiato
GUILFORD, CT
1,545. Kathryn M.
WEST HARTFORD,
CT
1,546. Peter Smith
COAL CREEK, WA
1,547. Barbara King
LOS ANGELES, CA
1,548. Daniel Hofmann
NEWPORT BEACH,
CA
1,549. Kara Fujita
WASHINGTON, AA
1,550. Rita Mitchell
Ann Arbor, MI
1,551. Russell Covington Winston-salem, NC
1,552. Nancy Jacobs
Bellevue, WA
1,553. E A Hinds
Portland, OR
1,554. Georgette Victor
Kenwood, CA
1,555. Patrick Brogan
Oceanside, CA
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Name
From
Comments
1,556. Mary Horsley
Richmond, VA
Just proves that governments are run by insane people.
1,557. John Evans
Eugene, OR
1,558. Batya Billinkoff
Rochester, NY
1,559. Stephanie
Washburn
Los Angeles, CA
1,560. Robin Pappas
Pocono Manor, PA
1,561. Michele MARTIN
Santa Monica, CA
1,562. Carl Ollivier
Sun City Ctr., FL
1,563. Natalie Van
Leekwijck
Deurne, Belgium
1,564. Anne Orth
Gerald, MO
1,565. Martha Hancock
Charlotte, NC
1,566. Melody Shimada
Carbondale, IL
1,567. Robert Dietrich
Richmond, CA
1,568. Amy Schoppert
Tacoma, WA
1,569. bert greenberg
San Jose, CA
1,570. Mary Kate
Rutland
Rome, GA
1,571. Catherine Turley
ORANGE, CA
1,572. susan sachs
Wakefield, RI
1,573. A Pate
Trinidad, CO
1,574. Jane Engelsiepen
Carpinteria, CA
1,575. Patricia Anderson
Grass Valley, CA
1,576. Harold Robinson
Talladega, AL
1,577. Natasha Fisher
Rhinelander, WI
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We can respect indigenous peoples and look after our own
interests - it's doable!
For shame to take land away from it's own people. Cut
their funding from the US and give this money back to our
own citizens.
I have not researched specifically which big-moneyed
investors might be trying to buy this specific land - land
already providing sustenance for already living people and
communities. But I do know prominent American
universities have in some cases used endowment funds for
these purchases in current time.
I also know this is an "old" story in human affairs, (previous
famines in different lands, including the Irish potato
famine!) The outrage of people being dispossessed from
land in current times is seen in Mexico following NAFTA. It
is also documented in Frances Moore Lappe's book "Food
First", published around 1970.
This practice is an outrage committed by those "of
privilege". It is a crime in moral terms, and is rooted in
greed. That it continues bodes ill for 21st Century
humanity.
These people need their land. Don't take it away.
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Name
From
Comments
1,578. Tom Wood
Columbia, MO
President Obama, Please Help the Ethiopians! Obviously,
the Ethiopian Government is more interested in raking in
foreign money to line their own pockets than they are in
saving their own citizens from starvation (which has
happened before). What a disaster.
1,579. Stuart Cordon
Dartford, United
Kingdom
1,580. Jean Henderson
Elkhorn, WI
1,581. Bobby Hougen
Santa Rosa, CA
1,582. Maria Moore
NEW HARTFORD,
CT
1,583. Tomi Kean
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
1,584. Barbara Vedder
MADISON, WI
1,585. James Rospond
Glen Ellyn, IL
1,586. STEPHEN
HERRERA
Coronado, CA
1,587. Lee Keys
Desert Hot Springs,
CA
1,588. Robert Bell, III
Fort Collins, CO
1,589. diane arceneaux
Grand Coteau, LA
1,590. Denise C Bell
Washington, DC
1,591. Vesna Glavina
Fairfield, IA
1,592. T L
Missouri City, TX
STOP THIS RAPE OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES LAND.
Why is the US goverment aiding and abetting the theivery
of these peoples land by relocating them to make fertile
land they live on available for investment for Agriculture
Moguls. Is it the wish of the US goverment to let these
people die of starvation by moving them to non-productive
land that they will be unable to grow food on and feed
themselves. This is totally dispicable but then the 1%
couldn't give a damn as long as they can take over the
control of food in this world.
1,593. Lainey LeBlanc
1,594. Chrissie Johnson
CHICKASHA, OK
1,595. Carlos Acosta
1,596. Cynthia Wilson
PORT TOWNSEND,
WA
1,597. James Denison
Long Beach, CA
1,598. Dale Uetrecht
Cincinnati, OH
1,599. Marién Grace
Petaluma, CA
1,600. Roseanne
Pacheco
Valatie, NY
1,601. Beth Wilson
Mountain View, CA
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Name
From
Comments
1,602. Olga Safronova
Far Rockaway, NY
1,603. Sylvia Seret
Santa Fe, NM
1,604. raul guzman
El Paso, TX
1,605. Robert Brosius Jr
Tarzana, CA
1,606. Lorraine Forte
Manhattan, NY
1,607. Andreas
Wittenstein
Woodacre, CA
1,608. chuck mitchell
center harbor, NH
1,609. Aissatou Fall
BOSTON, MA
1,610. Amy Brownson
CARTERVILLE, IL
1,611. Judy Kirk
Redwood City, CA
1,612. Myra Resnick
New York, NY
1,613. Constance
Garcia-Barrio
Philadelphia, PA
1,614. JIMMY RIVERA
Lancaster, PA
1,615. Vivian Blau
Denver, CO
1,616. Saab Lofton
Seattle, WA
1,617. Jerry Sawyer
Stratford, CT
1,618. Klaus Becker
Datteln, OH
1,619. Amanda
Overstreet
Pittsburgh, PA
1,620. Laura Zaragoza
Houston, TX
1,621. Janet Hagge
North Bend, OR
1,622. Mark Terpstra
Lansing, MI
when will we learn that Do No Harm means we help the
rest of the world vs create enemies through company
greed and starvation
STOP THE MADDNESS NOW. AND GET BACK TO
GOD...
Big Ag has caused enough damage to the land and people
around the world. We must move away from big
conventional agriculture and move towards sustainable
farming. Small farms are more sustainable to the land and
environment, and provide more jobs that are lasting and
provide a higher quality life for more people. Please don't
support this atrocity in Ethiopia! Thank you for your time
and efforts.
1,623. Jose Almaguer
1,624. Jack Weber
EL SEGUNDO, CA
1,625. basil williams
AURORA, CO
1,626. ed g reen jr
ELMIRA, NY
1,627. Rose A. Herman
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
1,628. Barbara Harpe
Lomita, CA
1,629. Richard Ayre
Presque Isle, ME
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Name
From
Comments
1,630. Beverlee Goynes
Ridgefield, CT
1,631. Maureen Mehler
Laguna Woods, CA
1,632. Sharlene White
Oceanside, CA
1,633. Donald Onsgard
NORTHFIELD, AA
1,634. Marita Robinson
ASTORIA, NY
1,635. Linda Lang
AUSTIN, TX
1,636. William Horton
SANTA BARBARA,
CA
1,637. Marianna Bailey
ASHEVILLE, NC
1,638. Wayne Buckham
MCKEESPORT, PA
1,639. Willliam F. Coffey
MACEDON, NY
1,640. Michio Kusama
Castro Valley, CA
1,641. Jyrica Gough
Annapolis, MD
1,642. Philip Robar
Saint Louis, MI
1,643. Jeane Harrison
Des Moines, IA
1,644. Heather Osborne
Berkeley Springs, WV
1,645. Joe Burkleo
Dallas, TX
1,646. Bess Katerinsky
Buffalo, NY
1,647. marj manglitz
Lincolnstreetlincoln,
NE
1,648. Victoria Sethunya
HOLLADAY, UT
1,649. Janet Bradley
EDGEWOOD, MD
1,650. Meltem Narter
LAGUNA BEACH, CA
1,651. Ken Hedges
LEMON GROVE, CA
1,652. Elliot Rowe
Seaside, CA
1,653. Jinx Hydeman
Trabuco Canyon, CA
1,654. Sandy Cadwell
Rochester, NY
1,655. Michael Dorer
Fremont, CA
1,656. Robert New
Rutland, VT
1,657. Richard Wagner
Chino Hills, CA
1,658. Beth Orlik
Irvine, CA
Page 69
This will only make the starvation and hunger in this area
worse. We need to make sure that no one in the world
starve to death. Hundreds of millions of people have
starved to death in the world since I was born some 59
years ago. The people calling themselves Christians and
Republicans should be held responsible for all of these
deaths and doing nothing because the people happen to
be black. So much for Family Values and the Sanctity of
Human Lives with their opposition to Abortion. What
Hipocrites!
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Name
From
Comments
1,659. Joanne Platanos
Wexford, PA
1,660. juli jupin
Fort Lauderdale, FL
1,661. Lara Marshall
Boone, NC
1,662. Diane Lansing
Santa Monica, CA
1,663. Charles Brannan
BEL AIR, MD
1,664. Helen Kirby
LOS ALTOS HILLS,
CA
1,665. Sandy & Graham
Baker
Cleburne, TX
1,666. Linda Helland
Ukiah, CA
1,667. Ina Martinez
Glendora, CA
1,668. Lee Raper
Wichita, KS
1,669. Larry Mayfield
Ukiah, CA
1,670. MIke Kelly
Horseheads, NY
1,671. Dan McMullen
Bellingham, WA
1,672. Meghan Prior
Winston-salem, NC
1,673. CINDY
REYNOLDS
PINE, CO
1,674. Emilie
Marlinghaus
Bend, OR
1,675. Betty Martin
Crandall, TX
1,676. Bobby Schulze
San Francisco, CA
1,677. Donald Shaw
St. Petersburg, FL
1,678. Dot DeCesare
METHUEN, MA
1,679. Jean Lowerison
SAN DIEGO, CA
1,680. Shirley Johnston
BRENTWOOD, CA
1,681. Annie
Bartholomew
Alexandria, VA
1,682. Marilyn Mason
Evanston, IL
1,683. Justine King
New York, NY
1,684. JC Delettrez
Buffalo, NY
1,685. larry hermann
Castro Valley, CA
1,686. nicholas nakadate Portland, OR
1,687. Cheryl Parsons
GIG HARBOR, WA
1,688. Clare Watts
Dolores, CO
1,689. Padma Dyvine
Hurleyville, NY
1,690. Louise Stoehr
Nacogdoches, TX
1,691. Angee Sylvester
Lanaster, CA
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Name
From
Comments
1,692. Cecil Woolley
Westminster, CO
1,693. Christian Oguguo
Chicago, IL
1,694. ray moses
Clinton Township, MI
1,695. Paula Nowels
Talent, OR
1,696. JoAnn Carlson
Stevens Point, WI
1,697. Don B.
Meriwether
Atlanta, GA
1,698. Irene Radke
DANIA, AA
1,699. Deni Mack
ROCHESTER, NY
1,700. Travis Herb
ASHLAND, OR
1,701. Linda Watson
KEIZER, OR
1,702. Kate Richard
Gulph Mills, PA
1,703. jennifer jensen
Haiku, HI
1,704. cecile moochnek
Berkeley, CA
1,705. Rebecca Haigh
Morris, MN
1,706. Maureen ONeal
Tigard, OR
1,707. nicole Ball
Northampton, MA
1,708. Nell Green Nylen
Berkeley, CA
1,709. Yuka Persico
Simi Valley, CA
1,710. Patricia Tomlin
SEQUIM, WA
1,711. Jill Thompson
Albuquerque, NM
1,712. Helen Perkins
Tigard, OR
1,713. Daniel Shefaraw
N.d, Germany
1,714. Joseph Sullivan
Stevensville, MT
1,715. Joan Aiken
Phoenix, AZ
1,716. Susan Breen
Glasco, NY
1,717. michela greiner
Livonia, MI
1,718. Mariko Kaonohi
Matteson, IL
1,719. Gila Wdowinski
Laguna Beach, CA
1,720. Carolyn Anderson Tucson, AZ
1,721. Brooke Palmer
Snellville, GA
1,722. Ronald Hobbs
HIGHLAND, IN
1,723. Betsy Germanotta CAMBRIDGE, MA
1,724. Josette Bailey
Nyc, NY
1,725. Gary Hockett
Cave Creek, AZ
1,726. Anita Manuel
Seattle, WA
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Name
From
Comments
1,727. John Cavaliere
Warwick, RI
Please think of you own country's people as well before
you think of others. The money can not make up for a
wrong!
1,728. Barbara Stone
Easton, MD
1,729. RICK EASTON
Cornville, AZ
1,730. Charles Casper
Union Springs, NY
1,731. Reese Forbes
Saint Louis, MO
1,732. Olan Webb
Richmond, KY
1,733. Linda Tyson
Flossmoor, IL
1,734. stacie charlebois
Santa Rosa, CA
1,735. Ray Harris
Carrollton, GA
1,736. Kim Mazik
Hailey, ID
1,737. Andrea Staff
Altadena, CA
1,738. Michelle Davis
Terre Haute, IN
1,739. Michael Russell
San Francisco, CA
1,740. Rafael Caraballo
PALOUSE, WA
1,741. Jeff Carlin
GEORGE SCHOOL,
AA
1,742. Robert Heron
LOS ANGELES, CA
1,743. Hannah Parker
DURHAM, NH
1,744. Michael Gross
Denver, CO
1,745. Sheri Bresson
Bethel, CT
1,746. Bonnie
Mandell-Rice
Broomfield, CO
1,747. Marsha Wiseltier
Glen Head, NY
1,748. marietta roberts
Tempe, AZ
1,749. Judy Cali
Berryville, CA
1,750. Patty Diana
Glendale, AZ
1,751. Jenise
Grice-Reedus
Irvington, NJ
1,752. Hilary Davidson
New York, NY
1,753. marietta roberts
TEMPE, AZ
1,754. Howard Cohen
PALO ALTO, CA
1,755. Heather Ribbs
SAN JOSE, CA
1,756. jim van
AMHERST, AA
Page 72
Large-scale agricultural plantations have been proven,
over and over again, to increase hunger and poverty
among indigenous and tribal peoples, to destroy wildlife
habitats and corridors, and to disrupt rain patterns. In fact,
the agricultural plantations of Africa have been linked to
the seemingly perpetual droughts there. It is time to stop
this insanity.
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Name
From
Comments
1,757. Rita M. Carreon
BURBANK, CA
1,758. Cynthia Wood
COCOLALLA, ID
1,759. Philip M.
Cucchiara
Shaker Hts., OH
1,760. Chiara Collette
Baltimore, MD
1,761. patrick tobin
Traverse City, MI
1,762. Melanie Steinberg Penn Yan, NY
1,763. Michelle Grifka
Ann Arbor, MI
1,764. Patricia Austin
Norwalk, CT
1,765. Sandra Gardner
Seattle, WA
1,766. Fatima Miller
Washington, DC
1,767. Jordan Glass
Valhalla, NY
1,768. Michelle Grifka
ANN ARBOR, MI
1,769. Willine Hall
ANTIOCH, TN
1,770. Mark Cappetta
San Mateo, CA
1,771. Dawn Montague
Muncie, IN
1,772. anthony gilchriest
Hollywood, CA
1,773. Judtih Sharp
SAN DIEGO, CA
1,774. Jolina Mitchell
MARINA DEL REY,
AA
1,775. Anne Phillips
CARBONDALE, IL
1,776. cynthia mabry
Alliance, OH
1,777. Sue Kaufman
Painesville, OH
1,778. sina
youssefzadeh
PORTLAND, OR
1,779. drew hempel
MARINE, MN
1,780. Marcy Matasick
Sandia Park, NM
1,781. Paulania Tjoe
Alpharetta, GA
1,782. Jack Cox
Portland, OR
1,783. V'Ann Boateng
Long Beach, CA
1,784. Pat Hayes
Upper Darby, PA
1,785. Claudia Martin
Latrobe, PA
1,786. Adolfo Miralles
San Dimas, CA
1,787. Mike Phelps
CLEMMONS, NC
Page 73
The key to food security is the access of individual families
to land to grow their own. Ethiopian families need access
to clean water, land, equipment and know-how, not big
agricultural corporations charging them money for what
they could grow for themselves. Forcing people off of land
will only disrupt families and cultures.
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Name
From
Comments
1,788. Caleb Ellis
West Hollywood, CA
1,789. Aria Jackson
Portland, OR
1,790. Keith Loomis
BLUFF POINT, NY
1,791. Joann James
Mayodan, NC
1,792. Richard Harwood
Richmond, VA
1,793. Roz / Bob
Schuessler
SEATTLE, WA
1,794. Lorna Paisley
Joliet, IL
1,795. john hartnett
Nashport, OH
1,796. Emmeline Craig
Bolinas, CA
1,797. Didi Chadran
Harvard, MA
1,798. Matg Gilsdorf
Escondido, CA
1,799. Brian Thompson
Cambridge, MA
1,800. Marybeth Muir
Mount Prospect, IL
1,801. Gary Nickerson
New York, NY
1,802. Carole J.
Gonsalves
San Jose, CA
1,803. Ron Gerughty
Great Falls, MT
1,804. Haydee
Felsovanyi
San Francisco, CA
1,805. Martha Sheriger
FAIRFAX, CA
1,806. Dave Sagert
San Marcos, CA
1,807. Catherine Lanzl
Encinitas, CA
1,808. leslie dagnall
Yonkers, NY
1,809. Hannah Tomes
Rittman, OH
1,810. john contos
LA PALMA, CA
1,811. Ismet Kipchak
Nesconset, NY
1,812. Maureen
Besancon
Woodland Hills, CA
1,813. carmen marin
San Francisco, CA
1,814. Adrianne Puza
New Cumberland, PA
1,815. John Hatton
Putney, VT
1,816. Neil Freson
Henrietta, NY
1,817. Peter Dunphy
Fort Collins, CO
1,818. Eric Bond
VENTURA, CA
1,819. John Zeigler
Denton, TX
Page 74
This is the lowest form of thievery.
This is so painful to think about how these people will
survive this. When do we stop supporting repressive
regimes because they tell us what we want to hear, rather
than what really happens to their people.
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Name
From
Comments
1,820. Joe Bongiorno
Valley Stream, NY
1,821. Rachael Denny
BRADLEY, AA
1,822. Elissa Nelson
SEATTLE, WA
1,823. Auriol Europe
KENSINGTON, MD
1,824. Mark Wahl
LANGLEY, WA
1,825. Miriam Berkley
Ny, NY
1,826. Jan Stephens
Forest Park, IL
1,827. Alison Anderson
Philadelphia, PA
1,828. Ralph Manon
Hagerstown, MD
1,829. Eileen Chieco
Ashland, OR
1,830. S. Hunter
Lancaster, PA
1,831. Heather Donnelly
Evans, GA
1,832. Sheri Giardini
Redford, MI
1,833. Richard Hoffman
WALLA WALLA, WA
1,834. Daron Lees
WEST BOUNTIFUL,
UT
1,835. Phillip Waring
MISSION VIEJO, CA
1,836. Lynn C. Lang
Saint Cloud, MN
1,837. Patricia Burgert
Raleigh, NC
1,838. Loretta Lee
Huntington Beach,
CA
1,839. Robert Brown
Rochester, NY
1,840. Kristine
Andarmani
Saratoga, CA
1,841. Cailin Miller
Harrisburg, PA
1,842. Clarice Glandon
Long Lake, NY
1,843. Kimberly Reyes
Mount Juliet, TN
1,844. Steve Shawn
Rockville, MD
1,845. John Mangano
Nyc, NY
1,846. Lisa Clark
Aptos, CA
1,847. Rachael Maxwell
Boston, MA
1,848. Glenn Woodard
Pittsburgh, PA
1,849. Rex Benning
Kanata, Canada
1,850. Linda Middleton
Honolulu, HI
1,851. Andrea Fritz
WEST ALLIS, WI
1,852. Richard Luke
LOS ALTOS HILLS,
CA
Page 75
Please think of the Ethiopians that have no voice..or land!
The Ethiopians have a painful history. Please demonstrate
our solidarity with the people of this country by stopping
forced evictions.
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Name
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Comments
1,853. Connie Rutter
SAN PEDRO, CA
1,854. Cordi Koga
Rancho Palos
Verdes, CA
1,855. Marilyn Hoff
El Prado, NM
1,856. Esther Allman
Frankfort, IL
1,857. Jeffrey Mead
Richardson, TX
1,858. Jennifer Andre
New Bedford, MA
1,859. Dana Pierson
Scottsdale, AZ
1,860. Patricia Jehle
Beulah, MI
1,861. Sonja Kjolhede
Alexander, NC
1,862. Linda Lynch
Prescott, AZ
1,863. Sharyn Skeeter
Stamford, CT
1,864. Carol Fifield
Greensboro, NC
1,865. Julissa Bordoy
NEW YORK, NY
1,866. Lisa Burroughs
ASHTABULA, OH
1,867. michael clark
Memphis, TN
please do not do this!!!
1,868. Danielle Reierson
Los Angeles, CA
Holy sh*t!! When will we stop exploiting the most
vulnerable populations for the gain of our greedy
corporations? This is wrong. Let the people who live on the
land continue to live there and grow food to sustain
themselves and their families.
1,869. Josh Lynch
Warrenville, IL
1,870. Janet Neihart
Cottage Grove, MN
1,871. Heidi Schubert
Chicago, IL
1,872. Teri Jo
Aurora, IL
1,873. Rachel Heuman
Evanston, IL
1,874. Joan Mitchell
Bushkill, PA
1,875. George Picchioni
bronx, NY
1,876. Barbara Sinclair
LAGRANGEVILLE,
AA
1,877. Ashley Hardy
Perry hall, MD
1,878. Karen Erikson
West Brookfield, MA
1,879. Jean Withrow
Walton, NY
1,880. Kaye Fissinger
Longmont, CO
Page 76
Human beings must always come first, not corporations or
"large-scale plantations."
Please stand against these forced relocations of tens of
thousands of Ethiopians! We must not in any way support
such actions, which are clearly greed-driven land grabs by
corporations without a conscience.
This practice is obscene. Ethiopia belongs to the
Ethiopians, not to foreign interests. Be faithful to who you
are.
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Name
From
Comments
1,881. Herbert E. Larson
Cleveland, OH
1,882. Edward O'Gara
Quincy, MA
1,883. Sarah Schoellkopf Oakland, CA
1,884. Marge Pizzuti
Hopewell Junction,
NY
1,885. Gwen Adler
Portland, OR
1,886. Andrew Lawlor
ALBION, PA
1,887. Kathleen Keske
BROOKLYN, NY
1,888. Margarita Rogers
LITHONIA, GA
1,889. Alyson Winters
CHARLOTTE, NC
1,890. Mary Tuma
Charlotte, NC
1,891. FRANKLIN
MCNEILL
Tolleson, AZ
1,892. Vivianne Nantel
Sananselmo, CA
1,893. Jon Current
Hillsboro, OR
1,894. Pat Mullarkey
Ann Arbor, MI
1,895. Teresa Grant
San Anselmo, CA
1,896. Marilynn Fuller
Bellingham, MA
1,897. David Teague
Brevard, NC
1,898. Scott Barlow
Sunnyvale, CA
1,899. Paul Schutt
Chicago, IL
1,900. Shoshana Simon
San Bernardino, CA
1,901. dorothy gonzales
colo spgs, CO
1,902. Wayne Daniel
Phoenix, AZ
1,903. ronnie k endre
SANTA FE, NM
1,904. Brian Castoldi
GLENDALE, WI
1,905. janet perlman
BERKELEY, CA
1,906. Barbara Bauer
Carefree, AZ
1,907. vicki hood
Roseburg, OR
1,908. Brooke Newell
Jay, NY
1,909. sid haney
Lexington, KY
1,910. Gabriel Lautaro
Oakland, CA
1,911. Timothy Martin
Woodside, CA
1,912. Sandy Woiak
Arlington, VA
1,913. Kim
Keersmaekers
Temecula, CA
Page 77
This is an Ethiopian govt. boondoggle to say the least!
Aid money now going to big ag? Bet. After Bill Gates
finishes poisoning the people, Monsanto grabs the lands
and poisons them.
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Name
From
Comments
1,914. Paul Holloway
Alamo, TX
1,915. Claude
Guillemard
Baltimore, MD
1,916. Bob Cunningham
Kingston, NY
1,917. James Williamson Semora, NC
1,918. Chris Introna
Atlanta, GA
1,919. Steven Shepherd
Elizabethtown, KY
1,920. Celia Janosik
SEWICKLEY, PA
1,921. Paula Bargiel
PARK RIDGE, IL
1,922. Mike Igartua
Tigard, OR
1,923. Christopher T.
Mizera
Chicago, IL
1,924. Lawrence Hager
Falls Church, VA
1,925. Nicole Porto
Rockleigh, NJ
1,926. S Hadler
Manhattan, NY
1,927. jim neese
Phx, AZ
Is life not difficult enough for persons living in this
inhospitable land? But to move them, and not to a beetter
place? That is inhumane.
1,928. Michele
Kingsport, TN
Villeneuve44@hotmail
1,929. Darren Craddock
SAN ANTONIO, TX
1,930. Donna D'Amico
CARMICHAEL, CA
1,931. D. Levy
LOS ANGELES, CA
1,932. Robert Lockhorn
VANCOUVER, WA
1,933. Barbara Zaha
St Charles, IL
1,934. Marcia
Panebianco
moscow, PA
1,935. Eric Parks
Mill Valley, CA
Do the right thing.
1,937. Annemarie Prairie Boulder, CO
1,938. Timothy
Shanahan
Fountain Valley, CA
1,939. Peg LeClair
Colorado Springs, CO
1,940. Nancy Eichler
Oakland, CA
1,941. Paula May
Sandusky, OH
1,942. Sonja Thompson
Collingswood, NJ
1,943. Eddie
Bumguardner
Cortez, CO
1,944. Christopher Smith LOS ANGELES, CA
1,945. Manami Ito
BELMONT, CA
Page 78
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Name
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Comments
1,946. Robert Comperini
APPLETON, WI
1,947. Hailey
Byers-Balmer
Portland, OR
1,948. Thomas Willette
Greencastle, IN
1,949. Christopher
Hunter
Monroe, LA
1,950. Mary Donch
New Rochelle, NY
1,951. William Brodie
Columbia, SC
1,952. Jenny Casey
sandy hook, CT
1,953. York Quillen
Knoxville, TN
1,954. Victoria Powers
North Vernon, IN
1,955. Michael Essex
El Dorado Hills, CA
1,956. Dotti Lydon
Seattle, WA
1,957. Leona Terry
MIRANDA, AA
1,958. michael wohlleb
Lou, KY
1,959. Emily Smith
Chapel Hill, NC
1,960. Roger
Christensen
Readstown, WI
1,961. David Irving
Reno, NV
1,962. Richard Conti
Lancaster, CA
1,963. Carolina
Camarillo
Laredo, TX
1,964. Judy Kaplan
Nyc, NY
One more example of a government that takes care of the
few in power instead of the many in need.
1,965. Marilyn Bilderback Eureka, CA
1,966. Deborah Finn
Chapel Hill, NC
1,967. Judith Kahle
Fairfield, CA
1,968. Julie Mosquedo
VALLEJO, CA
1,969. Lee Oler
TUCSON, AZ
1,970. Bridget O'Brien
SEATTLE, WA
1,971. nicholas bacon
Long Island City, NY
1,972. Sid Harring
Mayfield, NY
1,973. Patricia Guthrie
Chalfont, PA
1,974. gary dube
Buffalo, NY
1,975. Vincent
Campanaro
Yardville, NJ
1,976. Eve Duplissis
LEWISTON, ME
1,977. Joan Easley
WOODLAND HILLS,
CA
Page 79
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Name
From
Comments
1,978. Portland Coates
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
1,979. Joseph Kohn MD
Brooklyn, NY
1,980. Sally Springett
Rochester, NY
1,981. Frank Hackley
Anaheim, CA
1,982. Robin Mayerat
Hamburg, NY
1,983. Lee Pettenger
Seiad Valley, CA
1,984. Greg Penta
Melrose, MA
1,985. Chris K.
Memphis, TN
1,986. Pam Taft-Dick
SPRINGFIELD, AA
1,987. David Silverstein
Berkeley, CA
1,988. John Barfield
Plano, TX
1,989. Claudia Bertrand
Vernon, CT
1,990. Brian Fourman
Chicago, IL
1,991. Philip Dennany
Indianapolis, IN
1,992. Carol Sperry
Lancaster, PA
1,993. Maryann Rein
Endwell, NY
1,994. Hernan Ricardo
Carrasco
Alexandria, VA
1,995. Kiel Pratt
SACRAMENTO, CA
1,996. Elaine Parker
NAPA, CA
1,997. Dean Thompson
Woodland Hills, CA
1,998. Christine Bottaro
Ferndale, NY
1,999. Jean Barker
Kennett Square, PA
www.WeAreOne.cc
Let the "agricultural investors" reclaim wasteland for there
investment and truly add to the local culture.
This is just a small part of your New World Order dream,
Obama.
2,000. Kirk & Ann Jacobs Laramie, WY
What ever happened to human rights?
2,001. Kiley Brown
Louisville, KY
2,002. Brijesh Shah
Columbus, OH
2,003. Beth Placek
Torrance, CA
2,004. Jean Ross
Minneapolis, MN
2,005. Noel Parenti
Winston-salem, NC
2,006. Cathy Ellison
BERKLEY, MI
2,007. Marian Meinen
New York, NY
2,008. Ruth Barnes
Monterey, TN
2,009. Carol Rankin
Denver, CO
2,010. Dan Cobb
Sacramento, CA
Page 80
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Name
From
Comments
2,011. Fred Lavy
Harrisonburg, VA
Ethiopia is due for another revolution.
2,012. Susan Selbin
Albuquerque, NM
2,013. Linda Hansen
Portland, OR
2,014. Miles DeIaco
MESA, AZ
2,015. Ellen Weissbuch
BALDWIN HILLS, CA
2,016. Susan Jennings
MARION, MA
2,017. Deborah Adler
DELMAR, NY
2,018. Ron Rattner
San Francisco, CA
2,019. K. Bandell
Norwalk, CA
2,020. George Kormendi
New York, NY
2,021. Carole Oliver
Limestone, TN
2,022. Sharon MacNeil
Groton, MA
2,023. Laureen
Anderson
Jackson, GA
2,024. dennis lum
DURANGO, CO
2,025. Louise K. Carson
EATONVILLE, WA
2,026. Susan Sarwark
COLUMBUS, OH
2,027. Kamran Khan
Gilbert, AZ
2,028. Angelika Preston
Glen Spey, NY
2,029. Patricia Glenn
FLORENCE, AL
2,030. Susan Sarwark
COLUMBUS, OH
2,031. James Hosay
VIRGINIA BEACH,
VA
2,032. Betsy
Kaemmerlen
COLUMBIA, SC
2,033. john boyle
SUMMIT HILL, PA
2,034. Marylucia Arace
Fullerton, CA
2,035. Josh Wilkins
Durant, OK
2,036. Dirk Rogers
Dallas, TX
2,037. Robert Burr
Bellingham, WA
2,038. Robert Johnson
Shippensburg, PA
2,039. J. Cleveland
Boulder, CO
2,040. John Williams
Garland, TX
2,041. Mickey Meyers
Houston, TX
2,042. James Nelson
Roulette, PA
2,043. Marlene Tendler
Bethel, CT
Page 81
When is it enough? Do ALL the people of world who suffer
from agricultural corporate abuse need to die to put yet
more processed food options on our grocery shelves?
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Name
From
Comments
2,044. Sergio
Baron-Pulecio
San Mateo, CA
2,045. Howard Leonard
Petaluma, CA
2,046. June caminiti
San Rafael, CA
2,047. Robin Gulling
Guerneville, CA
2,048. Robert Kennedy
Berwyn, IL
2,049. Aengus Wagner
BIG SUR, CA
2,050. larisa pedroncelli
SAN FRANCISCO,
AA
2,051. Sandra Wilson
NORMAL, IL
2,052. Judith Anderson
Long Beach, CA
2,053. Erline Towner
Milford, NH
2,054. leonard hilley
murfreesboro, TN
2,055. Elinor Vega
Hesperia, CA
2,056. seth jackier
Glencoe, IL
2,057. Wondimu
Mekonnen
Aylesbury, United
Kingdom
2,058. Penney Morse
Osage, IA
2,059. Claire Beardsley
Claremont, CA
2,060. Anna Carver-Gay
BLOOMINGTON, IN
2,061. Lindsay Byrne
SEATTLE, WA
2,062. mary maskell
Portland, OR
2,063. Abby S
Hanson, MA
2,064. James Lovich
Eastlake, OH
2,065. Barry Seth
Deerfield, IL
2,066. Holly Brown
Sherman Oaks, CA
2,067. angelique
lukezech
Sandpoint, ID
2,068. Michele Temple
Flushing, NY
2,069. Romola Georgia
Palo Alto, CA
2,070. Kate Brotherton
Lake Forest, CA
2,071. Mikhaila
Rutherford
BERKELEY, CA
2,072. Anne Wills
ATHENS, AA
2,073. scott thomsen
Maple Grove, MN
2,074. SYLVIA KANEKO
Newton, MA
Page 82
Why can't the government invest in teaching their own
people to farm the land and keeping the money in the
country. Too simple?
This is insane
Please save people of Gambella form TPLF land sellers.
Evil is as Evil does...
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Name
From
Comments
2,075. jean
Veenema-Birky
Glenn, MI
2,076. pete vida
catonsville, MD
2,077. VIKTORIA R.
MEDICINE ELK
Littleton, CO
2,078. Shilo Roberts
PHOENIX, AZ
2,079. darius mitchell
Seattle, WA
2,080. sheedy dehdashti
Del Mar, CA
2,081. Linda Nicoletto
CORTE MADERA,
CA
2,082. Connie Colvin
EAST ELMHURST,
NY
2,083. chris flook
Nevada City, CA
2,084. Linda Guthrie
Atlanta, GA
2,085. Christina Bolan
Essex Jct, VT
2,086. Edwin McCready
Los Angeles, CA
2,087. Leilani Clark
Captain Cook, HI
2,088. Nicole Solano
Fort Worth, TX
2,089. Marykay Cooper
Tucson, AZ
2,090. Andrew Drury
BROOKLYN, NY
Coruptionis rampant,these poor people are up to their ears
in it.
2,091. Thomas Hudspeth DALLAS, TX
2,092. Micahel Beltran
JAMAICA, NY
2,093. Jennifer Goss
GLENDALE, CA
2,094. Kim
Benson-Custard
MARQUETTE, MI
2,095. Misti Patrellla
CHICAGO, IL
2,096. cassandra Yinger
Pen Argyl, PA
2,097. Judi Glaze
State College, PA
2,098. deborah parkhurst shorewood, WI
2,099. Timothy Alstrum
East Hartford, CT
2,100. NANCY HUTTO
North Bend, WA
2,101. Amber Thompson
Groveton, NH
2,102. Kim Kim Pinkley
Bel Air, MD
2,103. John Albertson
Tacoma, WA
2,104. Ranjit Sandhu
Los Angeles, CA
2,105. Jayna Sheats
PALO ALTO, CA
2,106. Margaret Silvers
CARRBORO, NC
Page 83
Please don't let agribusinesses steal what little wealth
there is from the Ethiopean people.
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Name
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Comments
2,107. Charlotte
Alexandre
THORNTON, CO
2,108. Tamara Everett
PHOENIX, AZ
2,109. Priscilla Rocco
COSTA MESA, CA
2,110. J. Valentine
Machias, ME
2,111. Katherine Watson
Newport Beach, CA
2,112. Charlene
Boydston
Pahrump, NV
2,113. Leslie Nordstrom
Monroe, WA
2,114. Randy Harrison
Eugene, OR
2,115. Cheryle Streb
Rochester, NY
2,116. Tiffany Baugher
West Chester, PA
2,117. Joey Leftow
New York, NY
2,118. Peter Butterworth
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
2,119. jeff kanonas
TUCSON, AZ
2,120. Shandrae
Santana
Mohnton, PA
2,121. jan karol
Denver, CO
2,122. Karen Johnson
Murfreesboro, TN
2,123. John Coe
Cheyenne, WY
2,124. THOMAZ
BRIZBIN
Chicago, IL
2,125. Doug Wattier
Scottsdale, AZ
2,126. Richard Beckman
Bainbridge Island,
WA
2,127. Traling tu
BOULDER, CO
2,128. David Burwasser
OBERLIN, OH
2,129. beth peary
SOUTH PORTLAND,
ME
2,130. Theresa
Hemminger
IRONS, MI
Invest in the people. Teach them to farm sustainably on a
family scale! Don't allow agri-business to force thousands
of poor off the land to become beggars in the cities!
2,131. SHIRLEY CASON DURHAM, AA
JENKINS
2,132. Janine Brunell
Looker
NEWBURYPORT,
MA
2,133. Bruce Cratty
DENVER, AA
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2,134. judy franksen
Omaha, NE
I stand with the indigenous people of Ethiopia. What
exactly is this "investment in agriculture" more polluting factory farms"? Yuk! Stop it.
2,135. Sharon Borrege
Santa Cruz, CA
2,136. Joan Ochoa
Oxnard, CA
2,137. Gerald Morris
St Louis, MO
2,138. Gretel Munroe
Medford, MA
It is inhumane to force indigenous people to move to a new
location which they in no way want to do, just to make land
available for investment in agriculture.
2,139. karen vaughan
Brooklyn, NY
Let indigenous people stay on their native lands where
they can feed themselves.
2,140. Muktar Sado
Seattle, WA
2,141. angie heisey
Marietta, PA
2,142. Tony Kiernan
Syosset, NY
2,143. Gerry Rhoades
BILLINGS, MT
2,144. gillian austin
ROCKVILLE, MD
2,145. Jessica
Toler-Elayazra
Valdosta, GA
2,146. Deborah Leech
Charleroi, PA
2,147. Jane Srygley
Bethlehem, PA
2,148. Leonard Welling
Gwynn Oak, MD
2,149. Yonas Gurmu
Silver spring, MD
2,150. deborah walsh
Stillwater, MN
2,151. Arthur Gregorian
Oakland, CA
2,152. Mark Henning
ELGIN, IL
2,153. Robert McCombs
ARCATA, CA
2,154. amy wiley
Oshkosh, WI
2,155. Richard
Prochowski
Yale, MI
2,156. samantha sage
santa Cruz, CA
Please use your hearts!
2,157. NONZENZELE
BALTIMORE, MD
IFEANYICHUKURA
2,158. Jeffrey Beckers
Oakland, CA
2,159. Ryk Loske
Glover, VT
2,160. Maurya McCall
Bridgeport, PA
2,161. Lea Hodges
ASHBURN, VA
2,162. Tibor Weinreb
BROOKLYN, NY
2,163. Elizabeth Elder
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
2,164. Eddie Havoc
Glen Cove, NY
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Name
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Comments
2,165. Christine
Bachman
Keaau, HI
2,166. Delana Austin
Sugar Land, TX
2,167. Dale Knight
Cotati, CA
2,168. Diane Krell-Bates
San Diego, CA
2,169. Larry Yard
Los Alamos, CA
2,170. marla Katz
Seattle, WA
2,171. Shaun Khan
Brooklyn, NY
2,172. Carla Clark
Houston, TX
2,173. Boyd Gardiner
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
2,174. Larry Ulrey
Indianapolis, IN
2,175. edna rossenas
Muir Beach, CA
2,176. Rose Marie
Mungaray
Tucson, AZ
2,177. Mark Domanich
CAMPBELL, OH
2,178. Christopher
Brunje
CRESWELL, AA
2,179. Patrick O'Connor
PASADENA, CA
2,180. Richard Welles
North Chesterfield,
VA
2,181. Janet Kennington
Los Angeles, CA
2,182. A. Gates
Independence, OR
2,183. Liette
Pedraza-Tucker
Brooklyn, NY
2,184. marvin taylor
Marietta, GA
2,185. Jane Frazier
Greenville, SC
2,186. geoff richcreek
LONG BEACH, CA
2,187. mi haki
San Diego, CA
2,188. olive ayhens
Brooklyn, NY
2,189. Lisa Gherardi
Los Gatos, CA
2,190. Linda Vega
New York, NY
2,191. Johanna
Hollander
O, CT
2,192. Janelle Matrow
NORTHAMPTON,
MA
2,193. Sarah Tracey
Southfield, MI
2,194. John Hayter
Jacksonville, IL
Page 86
The world land grab that is well underway threatens all and
benefits very few.
We (USA) simply cannot have this happening with our
support. Please take a long look at the events.
Any family has the right to own the land upon which they
live and earn their living, and especially if it has been in
their family for generations.
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Name
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Comments
2,195. Emily Hauer
Frederick, MD
2,196. Elise Stengle
San Francisco, CA
2,197. Doug Lenier
Valley Glen, CA
2,198. Janice Taylor
Talladega, AL
2,199. Christi Dillon
MOORESVILLE, NC
2,200. Daniel Chew
BAYSIDE, WI
2,201. Frances Barber
BLAND, VA
2,202. Cora Anderson
MERIDIAN, ID
2,203. Mika
Ashley-Hollinger
KILAUEA, HI
2,204. M. Brianna
Stallings
Albuquerque, NM
2,205. Donna Eyssi
Andover, MA
2,206. Joseph Alfano
New York, NY
2,207. Deborah Couture
Frederick, MD
2,208. Roberta Moore
Durham, NC
2,209. Judith Gayle
WHEATLAND, MO
2,210. Beth Rosen
JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
2,211. Stephanie Llinas
Richmond Hill, NY
2,212. Joseph Rizzo
New York, NY
2,213. Sharon Findling
Oakland, OR
2,214. Lynda Hyde
Tiffin, OH
2,215. paul schiappa
melville, NY
2,216. Joan Penda
Albuquerque, NM
2,217. Robert Smith
Durham, NC
2,218. Archie Gress
Austin, TX
2,219. Sherri Fryer
Clymer, PA
2,220. Barbara Adkins
PHILADELPHIA, PA
2,221. David Elwell
WASHINGTON, DC
2,222. Peter Giannini
Lincoln, NE
2,223. Bruce Fox
Detroit, MI
2,224. Michael Gerber
Amherst, NY
2,225. Karen Kravcov
Malcolm
Scottsdale, AZ
2,226. Dawn Cassin
St Louis, MO
2,227. Trent Buckman
Carlsbad, CA
2,228. Zoe Keough
PAHOA, HI
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Please stop the madness, far too many people have
already died in Ethiopia.
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2,229. Harriet Anderson
GILBERT, AZ
2,230. Loretta Brogan
SHREVEPORT, LA
2,231. james watson
MAURY, NC
2,232. Dan Larkin
VANCOUVER, WA
2,233. George
Berticevich
Tiburon, CA
2,234. Michael Ray
Oro Valley, AZ
2,235. Jamie Shapiro
MERRICK, AA
2,236. Zorika Henderson
ITHACA, NY
2,237. Kathleen Richard
Glen Mills, PA
2,238. Jimmy Hall
Austin, TX
2,239. Michael Lucas
Rogue River, OR
2,240. Linda Manuel
LEAKEY, TX
2,241. Maurice Nelson
TUCSON, AZ
2,242. Vaalea Darkke
Ottawa, Canada
2,243. Amanda Langston Decatur, GA
2,244. Sherry Marsh
Oceanside, CA
2,245. Casey Blanchard
Ocean Springs, MS
2,246. Kate Kenner
Jamaica Plain, MA
2,247. Allen Yun
Rockville, MD
2,248. Arlene Kelly
Wauconda, IL
2,249. James Torgersen
Salt Lake City, UT
2,250. Amy E Stroud
Arlington, TX
2,251. Manetric Douglas
Indianapolis, IN
2,252. An Vu
Huntington Beach,
CA
2,253. Christina Kionk
Iron Mountain, MI
2,254. Roselva Ungar
Los Angeles, CA
2,255. Charles Stander
SAINT PAUL, MN
2,256. Christine Doolittle
Montour Falls, NY
2,257. Marcia Berman
Berkeley, CA
2,258. Frank Freitas
Moraga, CA
2,259. Helen Weber
Sierra Vista, AZ
2,260. Richard Spry
Nolensville, TN
2,261. Barbara Clarke
NEWTOWN
SQUARE, PA
2,262. judith Sandoval
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
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2,263. Craig Silbert
Hilltown, PA
What do we stand for if not for People?
2,264. Debra Gleason
Chicago, IL
2,265. Lynn Ziegler
Poulsbo, WA
2,266. Tom Lucas
Yukon, OK
2,267. Toddy Perryman
Corvallis, MT
2,268. Bill Britton
Livermore, CA
2,269. Bob Taylor
Bloomington, IN
2,270. Michelle Porter
DENVER, CO
2,271. Veronica Moore
KAPAAU, HI
2,272. Richard Sherman
and family
BERKELEY, CA
2,273. Jackson nanje
Douglasville, GA
2,274. Heidi Evans
SLC, UT
2,275. Susan Torres
Carmel, NY
2,276. Peter pfeiffer
Altadena, CA
2,277. Gabriel Sheets
Merced, CA
2,278. Kirsten Taufer
Byers, CO
2,279. Arlene Renshaw
Mankato, MN
2,280. amanda linkous
Montgomery, TX
2,281. Peter Haroutian
Worcester, MA
2,282. Adam Faja
Seattle, WA
2,283. Paul Packer
PORT JEFFERSON,
AA
2,284. Nasreen Allen
San Antonio, TX
2,285. david C. milligan
Westford, MA
2,286. Beverly Stoeltje
B, IN
2,287. Patricia Gracey
Reno, NV
2,288. andrew somers
Tucson, AZ
Please stop the GREED!!!!
I stand for solidarity and the protection of indigene rights to
land ownership. In Ndian division in Cameroon, investors
have signed a similar pact with the government of
Cameroon to use 70,000hectares of land for palm
plantation, without due consultation with the indigenes.
Currently, the indigenes of Ndian division are waging a
similar fight. So, as a people whose problems are similar, I
stand in shoulder with the Gambella people of Ethiopia to
say no the land grabbing, no to family displacement, yes to
dialogue with the indigenes and let their opinions be the
guiding force to any project in their land.
If Ethiopia is important to the U.S., then it should be
important for the Ethiopian people to be able to remain on
their land and be able to feed themselves. Nothing breeds
trouble so fast as hunger.
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2,289. David Gerke
White Oaks, NM
2,290. L. Bagley
LYNCHBURG, VA
2,291. Eric Schmidt
CHARLESTOWN, RI
2,292. Richard M
Rowland
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
2,293. Sandra Woodall
SAN ANTONIO, TX
2,294. Sarah Jacobson
Tucson, AZ
2,295. Andreea Scarlat
Williamsburg, VA
2,296. janis Epton
Raleigh, NC
2,297. Carol Chappell
High Falls, NY
2,298. Nancey Schnieder Iowa City, IA
Have we learned nothing from the treatment of indigenous
peoples when big business comes in as bullies and the
cohorts are their government? Now we should stand in
solidarity with these people.
2,299. Cherie Martorana
new york, NY
2,300. Ruth Mendes
Pound Ridge, NY
2,301. NOE' PENA III
COLUMBIA, SC
2,302. Catherine
Garneski
NEWARK, DE
2,303. Moghes
Woldehaimanot
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
2,304. Kesh Ross
CHICAGO, IL
2,305. Gilda Fusilier
Sacramento, CA
2,306. Mahin Charles
San Francisco, CA
2,307. Anne Karam
Malibu, CA
2,308. JOHN PAVEL
WALLINGFORD, CT
2,309. Jessica Tucker
Westminster, MD
2,310. Leslie Abrahams
Long Beach, CA
2,311. julia holleran
Moorpark, CA
2,312. Jan Modjeski
Murrells Inlet, SC
2,313. nick page
Ferndale, WA
2,314. Victoria Blessing
Concho, AZ
2,315. Shirley Moore
JAMES ISLAND, SC
2,316. Dale Tavris
SILVER SPRING, MD
2,317. Linda Jarsky
PORT HURON, MI
2,318. Jake Kittell
Morrisville, VT
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Please show respect for small family farmers. The large
corporate agriculture investors are no more than vultures.
Let them invest in and clean up their operations here. And
perhaps you could look again at the Farm Subsidy
Program and fix that?!
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2,319. anita jennings
Cloverdale, CA
THIS IS CLEARLY GENOCIDE. THIS IS THE
DESTRUCTION OF A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR
PROFIT. STOP IT NOW!! RETURN THEM TO THEIR
LAND. THIS IS WHAT WE DID TO THE NATIVE
AMERICANS. DO WE ALLOW IT IN 2012? this is really
more significant that Iraq and Iran etc. Only there is no oil,
only precious land and livelihoods and life.
2,320. margaret
connealy
ALBUQUERQUE, AA
2,321. Geynell Eskite
BALTIMORE, MD
2,322. Rhonda Thibault
WARWICK, RI
2,323. Thomas Laferty
Kihei, HI
2,324. melinda hersh
Huntington Beach,
CA
2,325. Limell Lawson
Tucson, AZ
2,326. Azucena Diaz
La Puente, CA
2,327. Christie Turner
ENCINITAS, CA
2,328. Jim Oxyer
Louisville, KY
2,329. Wendy Oser
Berkeley, CA
2,330. Sandra Eisenring
Cary, NC
2,331. Jeanette
Capotorto
Commack, NY
2,332. Lynette Harrison
Reno, NV
2,333. Janus Wilhelm
Salem, OR
2,334. David Katz
Westminster, CO
2,335. sUSAn Smiley
OLYMPIA, WA
2,336. Michelle A.
Palladine
PALM SPRINGS, CA
2,337. Barbara Ryland
South Portland, ME
2,338. Milene Johnson
Warren, OH
2,339. Liliana Vogel
Brooklyn, NY
2,340. Deborah Raley
Santa Cruz, CA
2,341. Margo Lozito
North Augusta, SC
2,342. MARY
MCGILLIGAN
Two Harbors, MN
2,343. Sally Simpson
Garland, TX
2,344. Paula Hartgraves
Dublin, CA
2,345. Paticia Emmert
Austin, TX
2,346. David VanHouten
Olathe, KS
2,347. James Wilson
Tupelo, MS
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2,348. David Klass
New York, NY
2,349. MJ Langelan
CHEVY CHASE, MD
2,350. Reginald Pearce
HUNTINGTON
STATION, NY
2,351. Karl Steudel
Los Angeles, CA
2,352. Susan Gunderson Bellevue, WA
2,353. Barbara Richards
Milwaukee, WI
2,354. laurie geller
Vancouver, WA
2,355. Renita Jolley
Boulder, CO
2,356. Wayne Godbout
Weymouth, MA
2,357. Gloria Korhonen
Port Huron, MI
2,358. Howard Harrison
Redmond, WA
2,359. Kristin Huntoon
Brooklyn, NY
2,360. richard otto
East Lansing, MI
2,361. Sophia Leskie
Waterford, MI
I just saw a report on progress being made in Ethiopia in
the years since the big famine. A local filmmaker had
documented the work done by a Kenyan filmmaker and his
son to publicize the famine. Now this land grab will undo
that progress. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia
67-69.
2,362. David Howenstein DES PERES, MO
2,363. Amy King
Austin, MN
2,364. Vikram
Seetharaman
Solon, OH
It is a basic human right for rural farmers and herders to
stay on the land they work or graze. As such, the U.S.
government should not be supporting foreign regimes that
forcibly evict their own citizens from land they have been
living on for generations.
2,365. Matt Andersen
Boise, ID
wake up!
2,366. Stephanie
Remington
Costa Mesa, CA
2,367. Evan Kaiser
San Diego, CA
2,368. John Hooks
Chicago, IL
2,369. ira ballen
NEW YORK, AA
2,370. anita Pereira
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
2,371. Kathleen
Malley-Morrison
BOSTON, MA
2,372. Patricia Karoue
Dallas, TX
2,373. Jeffrey Eiche
New York, NY
2,374. Chris Joslyn
HARTFORD, CT
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2,375. Philip Shook
Tempe, AZ
2,376. phyllis sherlock
palo alto, CA
2,377. Fabian MacGuire
SAINT MARYS, KS
2,378. Karen Saunders
BRATTLEBORO, VT
2,379. Dennis Therry
BAYSIDE, CA
2,380. Areil Larsen
San Luis Obispo, CA
2,381. Victor Escobar
Midlothian, VA
2,382. Victoria Cooper
Rock Hill, MO
2,383. Debbie Huffman
Houston, TX
2,384. Chas Withers
Schererville, IN
2,385. R lombardi
BROOKLYN, AA
2,386. Rose Bruno
HOLLISTER, CA
2,387. Susan Bright
Anchorage, AK
2,388. Jessie Bourke
Prescott, AZ
2,389. Mary Olson
Bethesda, MD
2,390. Jennifer Kovach
Bridgeville, PA
2,391. Sylvia Ruth Gray
Salt Lake City, UT
2,392. Michael O'Brien
KENOSHA, WI
2,393. Nandini Minocha
SAN JOSE, CA
2,394. Christiane Pistor
MANHATTAN, NY
2,395. Lynne M
GRAND JUNCTION,
CO
2,396. Shirley Warren
New Paltz, NY
2,397. Jack Schilleci
Birmingham, AL
2,398. Mary Coleman
Orangevale, CA
2,399. Alicia Yeager
Springfield, IL
2,400. Louis Dolive
Staunton, VA
this is an absolute outrage. --a perfect example of the
"shock doctrine"
We should not be supporting this policy.
2,401. Angela Hermsdorf Peabody, MA
2,402. Norma McCulloch
Peoria, AZ
2,403. William Samuel
Silver Spring, MD
2,404. Tim Brown
JACKSONVILLE, IL
2,405. Maryanne Rangel
BELLINGHAM, WA
2,406. Robert Bruno
HOLLISTER, CA
2,407. Casey Mushkin
BROOKLINE, MA
2,408. Melissa Ambrose
San Francisco, CA
2,409. Julia Johnson
Columbus, OH
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2,410. Renata Dobryn
Hither Plains, NY
2,411. Matthew Quellas
Los Angeles, CA
2,412. Harold Guy
Ojai, CA
2,413. Aaron Grace
Oak Park, IL
2,414. nelly baldan badia New York, NY
2,415. Tony Greiner
Albuquerque, NM
2,416. Erin Newton
MONTEREY, CA
2,417. Thomas
Campanini
York, PA
2,418. carm ivaey
ALBANY, NY
2,419. Dhyana McCraig
SAN DIEGO, CA
2,420. Kristine Barbieri
COLUMBIA, MD
2,421. Rev. Nano
Nathan
SNOWFLAKE, AZ
2,422. Amy Pelletier
Wallingford, CT
2,423. Peter McClure
Pawcatuck, CT
2,424. Bobbi-Lee Smart
Anaheim, CA
2,425. Alice Tobias
Falcon Heights, MN
2,426. George Allen
Fort Worth, TX
2,427. bob sigmund
Savannah, GA
2,428. Lachelle Wolfe
Cedar Creek, TX
2,429. Ernest Boyd
Sunnyvale, CA
2,430. Judith Greil
Tucson, AZ
2,431. Maurice Guertin
Magnolia, TX
2,432. Sam Rabito III
PORTLAND, OR
2,433. Hope Wang
Newington, CT
2,434. Deborah Ahlers
Windsor, CO
2,435. Ron Steinbecker
Saint Louis, MO
2,436. Joseph Glaston
Desert Hot Springs,
CA
2,437. Theresa Haines
Los Angeles, CA
2,438. Linda Campana
Wellesley, MA
2,439. Kewpie Sprott
Manning, SC
2,440. Leandro Della
Piana
ATTLEBORO, MA
2,441. jayne pitchford
Santa Monica, CA
2,442. carl mansfield
PHILADELPHIA, PA
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2,443. Glenn and Jean
Camper
CARVER, OR
2,444. Lois Peterson
Belmont, CA
2,445. Rick Lambert
Independence, OR
2,446. Antonio Martinez
Blue Island, IL
2,447. Shelley Reilly
WEST CHESTER,
PA
2,448. David Smith
IRVINE, AA
2,449. NOURA KASSIS
CLAREMONT, CA
2,450. george schiffner
Lake Grove, NY
2,451. Jules Stenzel
Madison, WI
2,452. Mike Rigoli
Chicago, IL
2,453. Marcia Lovelace
Oakland, CA
2,454. Jean Kampmeyer
Maple Grove, MN
2,455. Miguel A Fornosa
Bronx, NY
2,456. Mary Bates
HILLSBORO, IL
2,457. Kristen Emond
Monroe, CT
2,458. Vickie Burns
Fort Wayne, IN
2,459. Charles Clark
KALKASKA, AA
2,460. Francee Levin
Columbia, SC
2,461. Victoria
Trimble-Lowe
Bellevue, WA
2,462. Jack West
Northbrook, IL
2,463. joan stennick
Sf, CA
2,464. Earl Carlson
LONG BEACH, CA
2,465. Chris Davidson
Madera, CA
2,466. Judy Dunsire
ISSAQUAH, WA
2,467. Larry Lambeth
Springfield, MO
2,468. Vaughn Currier
Reston, VA
2,469. Lois Hamilton
Schertz, TX
2,470. Claudine Beck
Siloam, NC
2,471. mike tanz
San Jose, CA
2,472. Elizabeth Barris
SANTA MONICA, CA
2,473. Linda Hale
Glen Ellen, CA
2,474. Margaret
dePasquale
Greenwood, ME
2,475. Lisa Monti
San Francisco, CA
2,476. Mike MacDougall
Nine Mile Falls, WA
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2,477. Kathleen O'Reilly
TRUMBULL, CT
2,478. Cindy Unruh
San Leandro, CA
2,479. Jeff Gertz
Asheville, NC
2,480. ann&derek legg
RICHMOND, CA
2,481. margie ransom
St Louis, MO
2,482. Marcia Tindell
KINGWOOD, TX
2,483. Nancy Gerry
WICKENBURG, AZ
2,484. Lorraine Kirk
Nederland, CO
2,485. Dylan Strickland
Los Angeles, CA
2,486. Rita Falsetto
Aguilar, CO
2,487. Jule Garrison
Daleville, AL
2,488. Yvonne Imperiale
New York, NY
2,489. Becky
Bell-Greenstreet
Coquille, OR
2,490. joseph & carol
olson
ANCHORAGE, AK
2,491. Amber Watts
Cleveland, OH
2,492. Peggy Lindquist
Portland, OR
2,493. VINCENT
ZABALY
BURBANK, CA
2,494. James Matrix
Arlington, VA
2,495. Carmen n'ha
Lydia
Idanha, OR
2,496. Odilia
Leal-McBride
Lufkin, TX
2,497. William W
Haywood
Centralia, WA
2,498. Lillian Falcone
Tobyhanna, PA
2,499. Debby Dieckman
Newberg, OR
2,500. Corinne Monk
North Olmsted, OH
2,501. Jeannine Bressie
Santa Rosa, CA
2,502. John Rokas
Eastpointe, MI
2,503. John Templin
Bluffton, OH
2,504. Tom Reilly
Atlanta, GA
2,505. Kevin Leja
Bellingham, WA
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If we are going to be the loving protector and/or sheriff of
the world regardless of whether we can afford it or not, let's
do it here!
Large scale plantations are like corporations. They are not
the People! And these indigenous people will lose big time
to -- once again, GREED.
True and lasting economic development comes from
people owning their land and working together in
communities to support themselves.
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2,506. Joe Wolf
Cleveland, OH
2,507. Michael Scanlon
VILLANOVA, PA
2,508. Rebecca Gibson
Isanti, MN
2,509. james johnson
Athens, OH
2,510. Robert Bard
EASTHAMPTON, AA
2,511. Benjamin
Henderson
New York, NY
2,512. Jess Galchutt
Rochester, NY
2,513. Richard Boyd
BUTTE, MT
2,514. Elaine Gayler
SEBASTOPOL, AA
2,515. Christine Fonyo
Moscow, ID
2,516. Ramsey Gregory
ELK GROVE, CA
2,517. joseph gelibert
Pontiac, MI
2,518. Dionna Campbell
Carmichael, CA
2,519. Gerald Gatling
Clarkston, GA
2,520. Ann Baker
Rochester, NY
2,521. Mark Faust
Madison, GA
2,522. Lilithe Magdalene
Middletown, CA
2,523. Nannina Leo
Las Vegas, NV
2,524. Collette S
Lancaster, OH
2,525. kristen bernard
Fennville, MI
2,526. Mary Kaye Thrift
San Francisco, CA
2,527. Ricki Walsh
Spokane, WA
2,528. Carol Elder
Las Cruces, NM
2,529. Richard Timm
Lansdowne, PA
2,530. Presly
Hollingsworth
Starks, LA
2,531. Sandy Imhoff
New York, NY
2,532. scott Williams
Berwyn, NY
2,533. Brent Yeh
PALOS VERDES
ESTATES, CA
2,534. Timothy Mieyal
Parma, OH
2,535. Kathy McGrogan
Georgetown, SC
2,536. Jared Kloth
Newtown, CT
2,537. Carolyn Lee
La Tijera, CA
2,538. Ruth Reid
BAY CITY, TX
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LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE YOU ARE INTRUDING
INTO THEIR LIVES STAY OUT ASSHOLES FOR TRYING
TO EVICT THESE PEOPLES
Transulation: Re-colonialization.
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2,539. judy DEYOUNG
TORRANCE, CA
2,540. Ron Weber
SPRINGFIELD, AA
2,541. Dominic Marino
HARTFORD, CT
2,542. Scott Warwick
Monrovia, CA
2,543. Ruth Baker
Gilbertville, MA
2,544. Leland Brun
Honeoye Falls, NY
2,545. Angela Zarbano
Universal City, TX
2,546. Jennifer Shields
Lockport, NY
2,547. Karen Joseph
Grand Rapids, MI
2,548. Linda Skudlark
Salem, MA
I guess there are NO civil or individual rights in Ethopia,
isn't it time that the people of Ethopia had some??????
Please tell me why people are replaceable...easily rid of
..in this Hitler like manner, maybe even worse. US
AID!!!..promising to assist in making life a bit better.??
Think of Americans...and many other countries. One is
born into a country. One loves this country..it is called pride
is it not?...how difficult it must be to think of a little mind ,
an adults mind..when they try to find answers as to why
they are so disrespected.no matter how hard they try in
their own country..we know of that.. is that not why the
health plan was implemented against Hitler mongers in our
own country. (and I know malnutrition first hand) they that
cannot feed their children, parents, themselves..as they
are.suffering malnutrition; they are called lazy and
useless...my God what horrific people we are to watch this
unnecessary happening. Bill and Melinda Gates and the
few others cannot do it all. This is worse than Iraq.
We have know the corrupt government..selling out to the
ones who feel they can, in my mind steal this beautiful
country in Africa.. A country long neglected given crumbs
only. Truthful, I feel the average Joe fears the black
man...and we know whites are a minority in this world.. and
I am white..truth us truth..I love God's people and count
myself blessed when I have have love and respect from
another , Black Asian, Muslim... We have been part of the
crucifiction.
We have denied monies to cultivate land properly to have
our great minds we so proudly educate, create a water
source that can reach wonderful soil rich soil that needs
irrigation..to farmlands and living communities. We could
merge tradition with high tech so as not to redefine the
African but show them we appreciate their beauty and
ways, but we have offerings to assist them in building their
country as Americans and Europeans did theirs. Has no
country not been down and out and needed assistance..? I
think so .. What is the song.."this is my country, the land of
the free."The East will steal all that is good and the natural
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2,548. Linda Skudlark
Salem, MA
2,549. Diana Dee
North Hollywood, CA
2,550. Pinky Kushner
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
2,551. Lynn French
ROCHESTER HILLS,
MI
2,552. senait telila
MARLOW HEIGHTS,
MD
2,553. Cathy Kleinsmith
Colorado Springs, CO The people of Ethiopia have suffered enough. I know as I
was a Peace Corps Volunteer there and saw first hand
what US Aid did to Ethiopia. This is another grand scheme
that will only hurt the country even more.
2,554. Sheila Desmond
Cameron Park, CA
2,555. Maryann Smale
Steuben, ME
2,556. Barbara Monier
Evanston, IL
2,557. Ron Kriha
Lincoln, NE
2,558. martha
Schermann
CLAYTON, MO
2,559. Jane Taylor
Dorchester, MA
2,560. Gayle Areheart
South Bend, IN
2,561. B. Dirnbach
Philadelphia, PA
2,562. Mary Ann Bayne
WORCESTER, NY
2,563. Gary A Lail
BEACON, NY
2,564. Linda Gregg
Las Vegas, NV
2,565. Jessica Nielsen
Bowling Green, KY
2,566. diana molinari
redondo beach, CA
2,567. Joyce Miller
Coralville, IA
2,568. C C Ray
A H MCCOY
FEDERAL BLDG, MS
2,569. gwenn meltzer
Woodlyn, PA
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born will become dispensable. yuk I am depressed with the
bullying..it is like this Republican "convention"..whatever
whiny little bullies..
Is the word HUMANISM still in Webster's Dictionary..My
stance tells me it is rarely implemented!! MONEY MONEY
MONEY and we get crazed individuals crazed groups and
crazed countries and we will all dissipate.
Let's be tough...sit down at that table...fear none China
can...We do not need this enormous sin of negligence on
our shoulders..the giver gets more out of the action than
the receiver, We want to educate our own....then lets be
true to our souls and make things right!
Blessings on your hearts!!
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2,570. Daniela Cuevas
NEW YORK, NY
2,571. Lorraine D.
Johnson
Seattle, WA
2,572. Judith Damico
Riverside, OH
2,573. Lois White
GRANTS PASS, OR
2,574. Olivia Simpson
CATAULA, GA
2,575. Michael Bennett
DAVENPORT, IA
2,576. Morgan Tayloe
2,577. Jackie ONeil
Eugene, OR
2,578. Linda Moore
Detroit, MI
2,579. Terry Vollmer
Maplewood, MO
2,580. Michael
Zimmerman
West Hollywood, CA
2,581. Athena Batsios
NASSAU, NY
2,582. fran levin
abingdon, VA
2,583. Nicole Marimon
New York, NY
2,584. Jill Cleveland
DELAVAN, WI
2,585. Phyllis Wilcox
Alququerque, NM
2,586. Marc Hill
97402, OR
2,587. George Camia
Quincy, MA
2,588. Marie Linder
Hanford, CA
2,589. Emily Gordon
Palmyra, VA
2,590. katherine nelson
Kent, WA
2,591. Demian Roberts
Bush, LA
2,592. cc wright
Green Valley, AZ
2,593. Michelle Kofler
South Deerfield, MA
2,594. Lisa Udel
Jacksonville, IL
2,595. Alice Green
Wheat Ridge, CO
2,596. James Mullen
Ward
Metairie, LA
2,597. John Crawford
Middletown, CT
2,598. Susan Sloan
Los Angeles, CA
2,599. gayle gray
Ithaca, NY
2,600. David Wenner
Bel Air, MD
2,601. Sara O'Brien
Willits, CA
2,602. Susan
Wrightsman
Wolfeboro, NH
Page 100
Please consider the needs of the people first.
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Name
2,603. Grace Feldmann
From
Comments
SANTA BARBARA,
CA
2,604. Suzanne M. Mace Lawrence, KS
2,605. Joel Meza
San Francisco, CA
2,606. Carol Banever
Loa Angeles, CA
2,607. Nancy My voice
does not deserve
Lambertville, NJ
2,608. Christine Dufour
Torrington, CT
2,609. candice caballero
Chicago, IL
2,610. carin christy
Olympia, WA
2,611. dina frigo
highland, IN
2,612. barbara edwards
Talent, OR
2,613. Cindy Madak
Warren, MI
2,614. Greg Jones
Palmdale, CA
2,615. Juline
Christofferson
Alpine, WY
2,616. orlonda uffre
Oakland, CA
2,617. Deany Goode
Gladstone, MO
2,618. Mary Stack
BOSTON, MA
2,619. Mona Petersen
ALPINE, CA
2,620. Margaret Lander
Long Beach, CA
2,621. Mary Landrum
Nashville, TN
2,622. Tim Barrington
San Jose, CA
2,623. Stephen Morales
MILL VALLEY, CA
2,624. Chris McCarty
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
2,625. Madeleine Ricklis
Corpus Christi, TX
2,626. Annemarie
Casper
Poughkeepsie, NY
2,627. Enrique
Rodriguez
Jamaica, NY
2,628. Cynthia Klug
SAN ANTONIO, TX
Page 101
We all know that this land leasing will be used for GMO
crops and inhumane factory farming,slowly poisoning the
environment and all forms of life for generations to
come..In the USA this has happened, even though the
people are against it. It seems as though the land should
be given back to the people to grow organically raised
crops, in every country GMO crops should be banned and
a holistic agricultural model adapted that serves all life
forms and not the corporations.. It is time to listen to the
people...We are all accountable to a Higher Source....
For the sake of the well being of your country and people,
please do not let foreign corporations take over so
important an aspect of Ethiopian life as food production!
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Name
From
Comments
2,629. Anne Veraldi
San Francisco, CA
2,630. Sandra Franz
CHICAGO, IL
2,631. Janie Masi
MANHATTAN, NY
2,632. Elizabeth
Lieberman
HOPEWELL
JUNCTION, NY
2,633. Barbara Walrafen
Prescott, AZ
2,634. Ron Silver
Atlantic Beach, FL
2,635. Alison Altman
Cambridge, MA
2,636. Sailor Cybertron
Hollywood, CA
2,637. Marianna Cobb
Keller, TX
2,638. Christopher
Galton
Myrtle Beach, SC
2,639. Eric Schultz
Fond Du Lac, WI
2,640. Debra Saude
Sweet Home, OR
2,641. Heather
McFarland
Auburn, WA
2,642. Donna Archer
BUENA VISTA, CO
2,643. Ryan Buckner
Marion, NC
2,644. Margie Glod
Blum, TX
2,645. Laura Golden
San Diego, CA
2,646. Rachel Wales
Oak Lawn, IL
2,647. Drew Brown
SAINT JOSEPH, MO
2,648. Gavin Ostrom
ROSEVILLE, CA
2,649. Jean Cheesman
SANTA BARBARA,
CA
2,650. David Thayer
portland, OR
2,651. richard firestine
Myerstown, PA
2,652. Cr Carrell
Wellington, KS
2,653. Brian Alexander
Royal Oak, MI
2,654. Nancy Guetschow Wisconsin Rapids, WI
2,655. Gayle Smith
CARMEL, AA
2,656. Rob Morey
SNOWMASS
VILLAGE, CO
2,657. Kimberly Rivera
MESQUITE, TX
2,658. Maarie Bentley
MORGAN HILL, CA
2,659. Jeremy Crytzer
Interlaken, NY
2,660. Allyce Von
Weidlich
SEBASTOPOL, CA
Page 102
This is just so WRONG.
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Name
From
Comments
2,661. PAMELA
Edwards
BUCKS HARBOR,
AA
2,662. Kevin Vaught
Antioch, TN
2,663. John Denny
Arlington, TX
2,664. Simon Williams
College Station, TX
2,665. jane drew
Los Angeles, CA
2,666. Janet Falcone
Louisville, KY
2,667. Marianne Adkins
Wilder, VT
2,668. Scott Godwin
Cleveland, OH
2,669. Rick Wigington
Lincoln, NE
2,670. Audrey Johnson
Azusa, CA
2,671. Ken Gibb
Anchorage, AK
2,672. Harriet Cohen
New York, NY
2,673. Dave Luckens
Lexington, KY
like stevie wonder sai,"keep hatred from the mighty,and
the mighty from the small."that goes for these so called
"investors".
2,674. WILFORD
PRESLER IV
Newaygo, MI
Mr President
This is the opportunity to utilize Dod resources for
humanitarian aid and diplomacy.
Please do not let this opportunity in making this shift pass
us by.
. America can easily do these things and the greater things
that will follow.
2,675. Rosemary
Webster
Crestwood, IL
2,676. Peg Linnehan
Claremont, CA
2,677. Werner Bergman
Stanwood, WA
2,678. Lee Margulies
STONY BROOK, NY
2,679. Sandra Zeese
Silver Spring, MD
2,680. Jennifer Kelly
Palo Alto, CA
2,681. jean shank
Sturgis, MI
2,682. Edward Scott
Frederick, MD
2,683. Steve Fryburg
Bellbrook, OH
2,684. Cat Vallario
Vernon, CT
2,685. Judy Masters
Grants Pass, OR
Page 103
Eithiopia for Eithiopians - not foreign exploitation. This
sounds like corporate neo-colonialism. Let's be sure we
support efforts that actually benefit the people. Thank you,
Sandi
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Name
From
Comments
2,686. Beatrice Stanley
Dwight, IL
This reminds me of what the U.S. Government did to the
Native Americans in the U.S.. We can not endose such
behavior from anyone toward indigenous peoples of a
region,
2,687. Tami Linder
Mountainair, NM
2,688. Thom Bukosky
Blairsville, PA
2,689. Kathleen Clark
DES MOINES, AA
2,690. Christine Berg
PALO ALTO, CA
2,691. Rich Feit
Evanston, IL
2,692. Frieda Hughes
Cincinnati, OH
2,693. Robert Story
Greensboro, NC
2,694. Nancy Marschel
Beaverton, OR
2,695. April Rosenthal
Kansas City, MO
2,696. Mary Massey
Lincoln, CA
2,697. Cari Helstrom
Long Beach, CA
2,698. Greg Rosas
Castro Valley, CA
2,699. Gloria Shen
Fletcher, NC
2,700. Margaia
Forcier-Call
JEMEZ SPRINGS,
NM
2,701. Alan Berg
BALDWIN CITY, KS
2,702. olivier grielen
ny, NY
2,703. Joyce Erickson
Monroe, CT
2,704. Catherine Ward
Birmingham, AL
2,705. Bob Pomilla
New York, NY
2,706. Monty Ernst
Eau Claire, WI
2,707. nazen merjian
Charlottesville, VA
2,708. Ron Heiman
River Forest, IL
2,709. Bonna Mettie
Paradise, MI
2,710. Bob Wallick
Harbor Springs, MI
2,711. Deanna
Libby-O'Connor
ROSLINDALE, MA
2,712. E.S. Schloss
NY, AA
2,713. thomas hall
BELLINGHAM, WA
2,714. Vickie Rudd
Phoenix, AZ
2,715. Richard Lombard
Groveland, MA
Page 104
Where exactly are these people going to go? I hope that
reason and compassion will come before investors'
interests.
Don't be part of the exploitation of people who deserve a
break in lif.
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Name
From
Comments
2,716. Richard Dimatteo
San Diego, CA
So now you are condemning untold numbers to misery and
death for corporate greed.
2,717. Jerri Mariott
Oakland, CA
2,718. Curtis Cali
SUNNYVALE, CA
2,719. Nancy Salovich
BELLEVUE, WA
2,720. Charli Stubbs
Whitewater, CO
2,721. patricia ahmad
AGOURA HILLS, CA
2,722. Patricia Ridley
Bethesda, MD
2,723. Teddy Mamo
Baltimore, MD
2,724. Barbara Larcom
Baltimore, MD
2,725. Sharon Hobrock
Washington, DC, DC
I lived in Ethiopia during the late 60's when it was ruled by
Emperor Haile Selassie. He tried to make sure girls got
schooling and that the people were able to farm and feed
themselves. It's sad that the people are being betrayed by
their leaders who simply want to line their pockets. These
people deserve better then they are getting. I'd like the
Ethiopian leadership to explain their actions.
If agricultural plantations are being developed to help the
starving in so many parts of Africa then that's admirable,
but why can't you employ and provide housing for the
people you're forcing to move to work on these farms? But
if you're forcing people off viable land on to land where
nothing will grow, that's no better than genocide under a
different name.
2,726. Beverly
Mc Kees Rocks, PA
Williamson-Pecori
2,727. James Justus
San Diego, CA
2,728. nicholas talbot
Richmond, CA
2,729. Barbara Lheureux Onalaska, WI
2,730. Raymond Nash
Westminster, MD
2,731. John Jacobsen
OAKLAND, CA
2,732. Andrea Rapp
Flagstaff, AZ
2,733. Phyllis Dunaetz
Gardnerville, NV
2,734. Dennis Conroy
Poway, CA
2,735. Martin Lane
Cortland, NY
2,736. Toula Siacotos
POINT RICHMOND,
CA
2,737. Stanley Randolph
LAFAYETTE, LA
2,738. Sophia Myers
Cordova, AK
2,739. Vicki Vigil
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Page 105
Any development should promote food production for
Ethiopians. This activity seems to benefit the highland
Amhara rulers and India.
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Name
From
Comments
2,740. Larry J. Wood
RANCHO
DOMINGUEZ, CA
2,741. Sarah Hart
OSKALOOSA, IA
2,742. Hannah Conners
Annandale, VA
2,743. Mary Irons
North Augusta, SC
2,745. Cheryl Petruzzi
E Hampton, NY
2,746. Jamie Zazow
Santa Monica, CA
2,747. joyce suslovic
dewitt, NY
2,748. philomena o'dea
Pittsburgh, PA
2,749. Vaughn Pettit
JOSHUA, TX
2,750. Fern Sweet
Sherman Oaks, CA
We must do all we can to help the people of Ethiopia. Their
government is despicable.
2,751. Etienne Franc
Aptos, CA
This clearly is not in alignment with our(U.S's) expressed
values. I wholeheartedly oppose this endeavor. Please
stop this now.
2,752. Joanna Hoar-Vea
Los Angeles, CA
2,753. Karen Cappa
Rohnert Park, CA
2,754. Mel Templet
Pottsboro, TX
2,755. Cliff & Betty
Gilchrest
MILLBORO, VA
2,756. Ryan Park
TORRANCE, CA
2,757. nancy salvatierra
Arlington, TX
2,758. Aloysius Wald
Columbus, OH
2,759. Sharon Tiedeman
Clinton, WA
2,760. Don Powers
MARINA DEL REY,
CA
2,761. Jaime Gonzalez
MIAMI, AA
2,762. Carolyn Scarr
BERKELEY, CA
2,763. Adam Zion
Philadelphia, PA
2,764. Sondra Huber
Hillsboro, OR
2,765. avril Harville
Benbrook, TX
2,766. Judith
Wells-Walberg
San Jose, CA
2,767. Rhonda Kess
Burbank, CA
2,768. Dolores Baron
Chicago, IL
2,769. Kathleen Senter
Dayton, OH
2,770. Frank Smith
Baltimore, MD
Page 106
I suggest the US aid be diverted to NGO's that aid the
suffering refugees, create clean water projects, etc.
Especially if the government succeeds in the land grab.
Land grabbing is EVIL, end of story!!!
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Name
From
Comments
2,771. Wanda Huelsman
Dayton, OH
2,772. NAdia Wahdan
Roseville, CA
2,773. Noel Larock
Southwick, MA
2,774. Lisa Krause
Bartlett, TN
2,775. Katherine Simota
Trempealeau, WI
2,776. Marilee Talman
Kingston, NY
2,777. Mary Lorna
Greenway
Houston, TX
2,778. Bob Brockmann
brooklyn, NY
2,779. Nicole Monforti
New Bedford, MA
2,780. Charles Beierle
Kingsland, TX
2,781. leah altman
La Costa, CA
2,782. Cassie Callan
Benicia, CA
2,783. Michael Garcia
Phila, PA
2,784. Arline Fass
GREEN VALLEY, AZ
2,785. Margaret
Hadderman
ARENAS VALLEY,
NM
2,786. Dale
Stuckenbruck
LAKEVIEW, NY
2,787. Kris Rivard
St Heights, MI
2,788. Donna Kuroda
Herndon, VA
2,789. Sara Graziosa
East Canaan, CT
2,790. Karin W. Ahlf
Costa Mesa, CA
2,791. Charles Arnold
Manchester, NH
2,792. gina anson
Orange, CA
2,793. Astrid Spannhoff
FLATONIA, TX
2,794. Leah Cox
DICKINSON, TX
2,795. Kathleen Thomas
Las Vegas, NV
2,796. Scott Batson
Wakefield, MA
2,797. Barbara Keyt
Shelton, WA
2,798. Lauren Wade
Ironton, OH
2,799. roger wiesmeyer
Nashville, TN
2,800. Thomas Blaney
OKLAHOMA CITY,
OK
2,801. Antonia Zitz
Milan, NY
2,802. Albert Zook
Denver, CO
Page 107
This borders on genocide --it's wrong and immoral! Why
not create programs where indigenous can participate in
the development?
outrageous. People need to live somewhere safe and with
enough food and protection from invasion...WTF????
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Name
From
Comments
2,803. LISA COMFORT
albuquerque, NM
2,804. Heather Sams
Las Vegas, NV
2,805. Jaime Grimwood
Phoenix, AZ
2,806. Russell Wood
Petoskey, MI
2,807. OCTAVIA
PLUMMER
Whitehall, PA
2,808. Nancy L
Stockdale
Denton, TX
2,809. Gabriel Torres
new york, NY
2,810. Paula Bourgeois
Woodland Park, CO
2,811. Lewis
Thorwaldson
BROOKLYN, NY
2,812. Peter Sukowski
FORT ATKINSON,
WI
2,813. Allyson Renteria
Frisco, TX
2,814. Charles Morrell
Fredericksburg, VA
2,815. Andrea Jenison
Milford, MA
2,816. Todd Hack
San Diego, CA
2,817. Steven Freiman
Conway, MA
2,818. Zubair Siddiqui
Bolingbrook, IL
2,819. Edward Flounoy
Jr.
FAR ROCKAWAY,
NY
2,820. Emma Rosocha
LOS ALAMOS, NM
2,821. Bonnie Faith
Cambridge, MA
2,822. Juliet Martinez
Tucson, AZ
2,823. Susan Carter
Houston, TX
2,824. Jeanne Stillman
Hastings-on-hudson,
NY
2,825. joan hamer
Greenville, NC
2,826. Sean A. George
ATLANTA, GA
2,827. david makowka
Ash Fork, AZ
2,828. Lori Erbs
Acme, WA
2,829. Jamie Petsitis
Warwick, RI
This is really not a good idea!
Protect your farmland for your own people. Don't sell out to
China or any foreigners.
2,830. Michelle Woodruff San Antonio, TX
2,831. Lane Butler
Tempe, AZ
2,832. William Redondo
Fresno, CA
2,833. Robert
Hasselbrink
Pueblo, CO
Page 108
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Name
From
Comments
2,834. Richard Perras
Albany, NY
2,835. Glenn Hufnagel
Buffalo, NY
2,836. david bott
SACRAMENTO, CA
2,837. Dorothy Roeder
PHOENIX, AZ
2,838. Shane McAndrew
Prospect Park, PA
2,839. catherine reysz
Saline, MI
2,840. Lana May
Mt. Prospect, IL
2,841. Alan Holder
Tarrytown, NY
2,842. Keith Cowan
Seattle, WA
2,843. Dennis Young
Pismo Beach, CA
2,844. Herbert Gross
Worthington, OH
2,845. mohamed ali
aberdeen, SD
2,846. Kenneth Bird
Rochester, NY
2,847. Richard Hickey
Aurora, CO
2,848. Rev Dick Preston
Lansing, MI
2,849. Barbara McKee
Vancouver, WA
2,850. John R Poole
Palm Springs, CA
2,851. Marlene Lebel
Pflugerville, TX
2,852. Armida Gilbert
Decatur, GA
2,853. Gregory Garnant
NEW YORK, NY
2,854. Terry Bergeron
SAINT LOUIS, MO
2,855. D M
Cp, CA
2,856. Kirsten Soler
Oxnard, CA
2,857. Lauren Murdock
SANTA BARBARA,
CA
How can you allow such a travesty? How hipocritical to
fight for democracy around the world (lies) and force
people off their land for BIG BUSINESS. You are all
unethical in your dealings if you allow this to happen and
should be criminally prosecuted.
This is a perfect example of greed, corruption, and graft.
2,858. Deborah Dahlgren CROMWELL, CT
2,859. Jane Bozek
SALEM, MA
2,860. Carol Stevenson
San Francisco, CA
2,861. Jane Bozek
Salem, MA
2,862. Brian Sheppard
New Hyde Park, NY
2,863. Danna Pope
Silver Spring, MD
2,864. Edward Carey
Whitestone, NY
2,865. W. Little
AURORA, AA
2,866. paul gallimore
Leicester, NC
Page 109
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Name
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Comments
2,867. Trycenia Upshaw
Highland, IN
2,868. weslie phillips
Golden, CO
2,869. Scott Devries
San Pedro, CA
2,870. Linda Hottel
Arlington, TX
2,871. Jo Ann Kreider
Germantown Hills, IL
2,872. David Ganon
New York, NY
2,873. Laura Mountain
SAN DIEGO, CA
2,874.
FRANKLIN, IN
2,875. Jeff Richards
Austin, TX
2,876. Andy Lynn
Douglasville, GA
2,877. Dale Nutley
Santa Cruz, CA
2,878. raiden knight
Taos, NM
2,879. Dino Canton
Arvada, CO
2,880. Leonard Tremmel
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
2,881. Diane Kent
Phoenix, AZ
2,882. Valerie Cheasty
Menlo Park, CA
2,883. Linda Nadeau
Greenwich, NY
2,884. Kitty Johnson
Frederick, MD
2,885. Melvin Gennis
Everett, WA
2,886. Edith Montgomery Ashland, OR
2,887. Anna Clayton
WESTHAMPTON,
MA
2,888. yvonne Scarlett
NEVADA CITY, CA
2,889. Elizabeth Larkin
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
2,890. Lauence J Victor
Tucson, AZ
2,891. Steven Batson
Irving, TX
2,892. Laura Legere
Seattle, WA
2,893. Ruth Brighton
Brentwood, NH
2,894. David Elliot
Waterford, MI
2,895. Larry Holliday
Crete, IL
2,896. Sandip Dasgupta
Santa Monica, CA
2,897. tracy holmberg
Willow, AK
2,898. Linda Faulhaber
New York, NY
2,899. Gene Labovitz
San Diego, CA
2,900. Kathryn Parke
Pittsburg, KS
2,901. Stacy Billings
Astoria, NY
Page 110
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Name
2,902. Carmen Hudson
From
Comments
Clio, MI
AUUUUGH WHY ARE YOU ALL SO FREAKING EVIL ALL
THE TIME! CONSTANTLY! YOU'RE JUST HORRID!
GROW A FREAKING CONSCIENCE YOU SCUM!
2,903. MaryGrace Brown Mount Sinai, NY
2,904. Leigh Wallace
NORTHWEST
PLAZA, MO
2,905. Cheryl Vallone
Rigby
Ashland, MA
2,906. S. McIntyre
Derby Line, VT
2,907. Richard Glass
Eugene, OR
2,908. Maria Cervantes
Chicago, IL
2,909. Brenda Troup
Bolton, MA
2,910. Monique Huang
Issaquah, WA
2,911. Marianne Duke
San Francisco, CA
2,912. Martha
Graham-Waldon
Felton, CA
2,913. Christy Field
Big Bear City, CA
2,914. richard holcomb
Minneapolis, MN
2,915. Karen Slote
North Tonawanda,
NY
2,916. mary allen
Hazel Park, MI
2,917. Lisa Burton
Bunbury, Australia
2,918. Jon Olsen
JEFFERSON, ME
2,919. deborah
OJAI, CA
Maragopoulos MN
FNP
2,920. Mary Ermey
AUSTIN, TX
2,921. Jack McCloud
FORKS, WA
2,922. Joanna Neff
CHICAGO, IL
2,923. Kathleen Rueppel
San Antonio, TX
2,924. Sharon Bushman
Los Angeles, CA
2,925. Andrew Wilson
Philadelphia, PA
2,926. Barbara Schwartz
Richford, NY
2,927. Charlene Maker
Little Compton, RI
2,928. Andy Prosser
Reno, NV
Page 111
Please do whatever you can to end the large-scale
evictions of indigenous people and their communities for
agribusiness expansion. This is a human rights,
humanitarian, and ecological disaster in the making.
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Name
From
Comments
2,929. Oliver Seely
Lakewood, CA
The U.S. has an abysmal record of knowing best how to
make faraway peoples live their lives. Now it would appear
that it is doing it again, by supporting lucrative projects of
mechanized agriciulture, never mind the cultural customs
and tribal dynamic of the people who live there. I say keep
your hands off. Try other things which produce jobs
consistent with exiting customs and allow the next
generation to make the demands for change: education,
communication, family planning, health care.
2,930. kevin orme
Seattle, WA
2,931. Patrick De La
Garza Und Senk
DUNCANVILLE, AA
2,932. Brian R. McKee
FORT LOWELL, AZ
2,933. John Davis
Bellingham, WA
2,934. David Brodnax
OAK PARK, IL
2,935. Karen Erickson
San Jose, CA
2,936. Michelle Spilecki
Schenectady, NY
2,937. Deborah Key
Hermitage, TN
2,938. bryn jones
TUCSON, AZ
2,939. William Peltz
ALBANY, NY
2,940. Marilyn Olson
Valparaiso, IN
2,941. Janice Cyrill
Columbus, NC
2,942. Adrian Schnell
New York, NY
2,943. William Peltz
Albany, NY
2,944. Karen Bump
PRESCOTT VALLEY,
AZ
2,945. Marisela
Saunders
MADISON, AL
2,946. Kathleen
Childress
Charlottesville, VA
2,947. heath perry
Mar Vista, CA
2,948. Cheryl McGregor
Phoenix, AZ
2,949. Jackie Muzio
Sebastopol, CA
2,950. Hartson Doak
Pearl City, HI
2,951. Lon Withers
CHICAGO, IL
2,952. Susan
Gitlitz-tucker
PORT CHESTER, NY
2,953. Heather Abbott
RALEIGH, NC
Page 112
My taxpayer dollars must not go to hurting the poor of any
country.
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Name
From
Comments
2,954. Sherron Collins
Spring Lake, MI
It is becoming apparent that other countries are buying up
the use of African land that might be critical to the
population native to the land. While this is good planning
for China, it's bad for Ethiopia!
2,955. WILLIAM LORCH
Joliet, IL
2,956. Rev. Daniel
Doran, Ph.D.
Sault S Marie, MI
2,957. doris ann Wilcox
Burbank, CA
2,958. Barbara Sandow
Richmond, CA
2,959. Bridget Palecek
Oshkosh, WI
2,960. Doug Cecere
Fort Collins, CO
2,961. Deborah McNeil
Smyrna, GA
2,962. Beth O'Brien
Rochester, NY
2,963. Beth Brenneman
Laytonville, CA
2,964. Sue Osborn
Hilton, NY
2,965. Robert Hall
SPRINGFIELD, MO
2,966. Lauren Jusek
Garrettsville, OH
2,967. Barbara
Hadenfeldt
Berkeley, CA
2,968. Linda Jenkins
Conway, NC
2,969. Donna Williams
Kansas City, MO
2,970. Linda Bishop
El Dorado Springs,
MO
2,971. Mary Amaya
SHELBY, NC
2,972. Peggy Schramm
Waukegan, IL
2,973. zenida carlos
VICTORIA, TX
2,974. Carol Rowland
Creston, CA
2,975. Georgia Locker
Fort Collins, CO
2,976. Janet Pielke
Claremont, CA
2,977. Rick Potthoff
Houston, TX
2,978. Fred Marschner
WALNUT CREEK,
AA
2,979. John Moszyk
St Louis, MO
2,980. CHARLES arnold
Lompoc, CA
2,981. Halimah Allah
Altadena, CA
2,982. richard myers
Eastcanton, OH
2,983. Tammi Dee
Voytek
Waterbury, CT
Page 113
No one should be run out of their home! These people
need to be helped, not to be homeless
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Name
From
Comments
2,984. Nicolas Petersen
PORTLAND, OR
2,985. James Shawvan
SAN DIEGO, CA
2,986. Tab Buckner
San Francisco, CA
2,987. Erin Cleere
Burlington, VT
2,988. judy pang
PVE, CA
2,989. Jerry Bloomer
Hot Springs, SD
2,990. Roch Jimenez
San Antonio, TX
2,991. lawrence barley
JACKSONVILLE, AA
2,992. Eric Geswender
TEXAS CITY, TX
2,993. lorraine schaeffer
TOPANGA, CA
2,994. Donald Schwartz
Baltimore, MD
2,995. Jillian Bailey
Denver, CO
2,996. Mary Robbins
Richardson, TX
2,997. Marilyn Flynn
Cutchogue, NY
2,998. julie weals
St. Charles, IL
2,999. Theo Saunders
Los Angeles, CA
3,000. Marti Cooksey
3,001. Joyce Levy
Zionsville, IN
3,002. Michael Rice
Minneapolis, MN
3,003. Nancy Bruny
Northglenn, CO
3,004. Tim Shannon
Anacortes, WA
3,005. mark
scibilia-carver
trumansburg, NY
3,006. Lowell Palm
Washington C.h., OH
3,007. Robert Mercier
WYNDMOOR, PA
3,008. Jenelle
Zamyslowski
St. Paul, MN
3,009. Russell Hilliard
BLACK MOUNTAIN,
NC
3,010. Julia Shpirt
New York, NY
3,011. Stefan Kozinski
WILMINGTON, DE
3,012. Tina Pott
Worthington, OH
3,013. Lisa Goldman
Mount Pleasant, SC
3,014.
EVERETT, WA
3,015. Veronica Hayes
Ferndale, MI
3,016. Sue Merris
Pittsboro, NC
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The names of the investors should be publicized, and
pressure brought to bear to get them and their funders to
pull out.
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Name
From
Comments
3,017. Ligia Prado
São Paulo, Brazil
3,018. Scott Mitchum
ELLINWOOD, KS
3,019. Dennis Schaef
Meadville, PA
3,020. Darlene Ross
Woodbridge, CA
3,021. Anne Borreggine
Bangor, ME
Would you like losing your home and your family
displaced?
3,022. Guy-Luc deVeaux Bronx, NY
3,023. Lois Smith
Fort Washington, MD
3,024. Noel
Vethanayagam
Markham, Canada
3,025. Rhoda Schlamm
Woodside, NY
3,026. Vicki Koger
Turner, OR
3,027. Eileen Jones
Woodridge, IL
3,028. Claudia Egelhoff
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
3,029. Denyse Cardoza
Olivehurst, CA
3,030. Ed Immar
Braintree, MA
3,031. charlene casucci
Medway, MA
3,032. Ervin Livingston
North, SC
3,033. Anne Padilla
Santa Fe, NM
3,034. Brian Coscione
Cohoes, NY
3,035. Gina
Woods-Norris
Placerville, CA
3,036. Linda Henning
San Diego, CA
3,037. Christine Snyder
Cheektowaga, NY
3,038. sherrie miranda
Chula Vista, CA
3,039. Jerold Drucker
Camarillo, CA
3,040. Blake Bentley
ROANOKE, VA
3,041. Leanne Friedman
DAVIS, CA
3,042. Julianne Craig
Saint Louis, MO
3,043. deborah j volk
Cincinnati, OH
3,044. patrick hogan
Roseville, MN
3,045. Barbara Chally
Sunrise Beach, MO
3,046. Keith Thompson
Saint Paul, MN
3,047. Terri Schneider
Valley Cottage, NY
Page 115
Please keep agribusiness out of Ethiopia and the rest of
Africa. Agribusiness has taken the ability of small farmers
to make a go of it in the USA. There is no need to make
Africans suffer more because of the greed of the few.
This is intolerable and the US and USAID administrator
should insist on the rights of the families to remain on their
land instead of forcing them off it for land-grabbers' profits.
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Name
From
Comments
3,048. Ed Simmons
SAN DIEGO, CA
3,049. Terry Mays
Beaver, UT
3,050. RON MULLER
Norwalk, CT
3,051. Mikki Chalker
Binghamton, NY
3,052. Lynn Brewer
Skokie, IL
3,053. Marilyn Bartlett
Burnt Hills, NY
3,054. dorothy schieber
Bernville, PA
3,055. Daniel Tiarks
Los Angeles, CA
3,056. frank mcginty
JENKINTOWN, PA
3,057. Scott L
Hell, MI
3,058. Michael Davis
Seattle, WA
3,059. Andrea Fox
Lancaster, OH
3,060. Lorene Rowland
BILLINGS, MT
3,061. Kellie Huynh
PLANO, TX
3,062. sandra romano
Downey, CA
3,063. Gina Troisi
Norwalk, CT
3,064. Dennis McGee Jr
Chicago, IL
3,065. Kyle Brandt
CONTOOCOOK, NH
3,066. Ruth Rollow
Bastrop, TX
3,067. Diane Sullivan
Oak Harbor, WA
Rather than sell out to foreign corporations...teach the
people how to farm sustainably as well as help them with
resources to do so.
3,068. Robert and Julia
Clinton, WA
Kenny and Glover
3,069. david seavey
Stroudsburg, PA
3,070. Hans Wiegert
Simpsonville, SC
3,071. Nadereh
Ovanessoff
La Jolla, CA
3,072. Leoni Figueredo
San Francisco, CA
3,073. marc silverman
La, CA
3,074. Anne ODonnell
Phoenix, AZ
3,075. Jean Mansour
Culver City, CA
3,076. Nancy Carson
Wilson, WY
3,077. Doug Bender
Redondo Beach, CA
3,078. amanda
Russavage
NAPERVILLE, AA
Page 116
Please don't force these people to leave for corporate
profit. Allow the people to stay on their land.
I know we have plenty of problems at home but let's do the
right thing abroad as well. The world is watching our
humanity
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Name
From
Comments
3,079. Frank Fredenburg Milford, PA
3,080. Sara Biggers
Chapel Hill, NC
3,081. Shearle Furnish
Canfield, OH
3,082. Annette Bigler
Lexington, KY
3,083. Anita Capshaw
Louisville, KY
3,084. Thomas
Bejgrowicz
LANCASTER, PA
3,085. Marianne
Widmalm
ANN ARBOR, MI
3,086. Karen Raccio
Maple Grove, MN
3,087. R dean James
Conway, AR
3,088. Ralph Hagewood
ASHEVILLE, NC
I've read about foreigners buying up African lands to grow
food for their countries. Those lands should be used to
feed the people of Africa. The jobs should all go to their
people. The Ethiopian people should be farming their own
lands. People shouldn't be forcibly relocated. Ethiopia is a
large country. I would like to know why anyone needs to be
forcibly relocated.
3,089. Jennifer Angelone PORTLAND, ME
3,090. Jean Adams
Albuquerque, NM
3,091. Carole Hagen
Warrenton, OR
3,092. Robert Pancner
Darien, IL
3,093. Stephanie Mory
Seabrook, SC
3,094. Deanna Grahn
MADISON, WI
3,095. Gale Rullmann
Youngsville, NC
3,096. Karen Kilduff RN
Houston, TX
shame, shame, shame
3,097. Laura Beck
New Market, MD
Please use your influence to protect these vulnerable and
prevent their cruel displacement.
3,098. rollin blanton
Los Angeles, CA
3,099. Ann Metcalf
Durham, NH
3,100. ELIZABETH
CLAY
phoenix, AZ
3,101. Phillipa Kafka
Boulder City, NV
3,102. Ted Washburne
Vancouver, WA
3,103. Fay Biegun
West Sayville, NY
3,104. Ellen Blunk
Merlin, OR
3,105. Christopher All
Wesson
ASTORIA, OR
USE the USA aid to buy the land and give it to the people (
one billion a year).
3,106. Betty McCutcheon ROSEVILLE, CA
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Name
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Comments
3,107. Lisa Boehlke
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
3,108. Thomas
Carnahan
San Diego, CA
3,109. Nancy Higgins
Pomona, NY
3,110. Debbie
Tenenbaum
BERKELEY, CA
3,111. AM Barre
Salem, MA
3,112. Erin Walding
Minneapolis, MN
3,113. michael fuchs
Knightdale, NC
3,115. Karyn Goff
Livonia, MI
3,116. Jennifer Worthen
Riverside, CA
3,117. Rowe Taro
Raymond, NH
3,118. Thomas O'Grady
COHOCTON, NY
3,119. Kathy Harris
BOULDER, CO
3,120. Samuel Two
Bears
Windsor, CA
3,121. Shelly Wallace
Northglenn, CO
3,122. Richard Kollmar
Santa Cruz, CA
3,123. Catherina
Brancaccio
Quincy, MA
3,124. Lauren Mitchell
Pittsburgh, PA
3,125. Janice
Rogers-Levy
Portland, OR
3,126. Gina Thomas
Veneta, OR
3,127. Chere Woo
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
3,128. Ludvig Roth
Tacoma, WA
3,129. Marie Sanders
Oyster Bay, NY
3,130. julie quanstrom
Sun City, AZ
3,131. Mike Huseby
PUYALLUP, WA
3,132. Elaine Becker
HOUSTON, TX
3,133. Jonathan
Netherton
FAIRVIEW, OR
3,134. Jennifer Planeta
CHRISTIANSTED, VI
3,135. Amy Dingman
Albuquerque, NM
3,136. Linda Rivera
New York, NY
Page 118
So, is it Monsanto or ADM or Con Agra?
Corporate greed isn't bad enough in the US, now we're
letting it happen in Ethiopia too?!??
Have the good African people not suffered enough?
Ethiopians must not be forced off their land; made destitute
and suffer starvation!
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Name
From
Comments
3,137. Athena Anderson
New Holland, IL
3,138. Asante Riverwind
Sarasota, FL
3,139. Gloria Monroe
GRANTS PASS, OR
3,140. Lopamudra
Mohanty
St.peters, MO
3,141. Lisa Caprina
Seattle, WA
3,142. Mark Cohen
Denver, CO
3,143. Maureen Buckley
Point Roberts, WA
3,144. Arthur Brogley
Scenery Hill, PA
3,145. melissa sharpley
Little Rock, AR
3,146. Francine Joy
Allen
NORTHVILLE, MI
3,147. Monica Poro
PITTSFORD, VT
3,148. LORI
BLACKSHERE
Camas, WA
3,149. Nancy Aldrich
The Woodlands, TX
3,150. Eugene Russell
Key
Dundalk, MD
3,151. Emily Figueroa
Marietta, GA
3,152. Braelyn Burch
Weedsport, NY
3,153. Caryn Graves
BERKELEY, CA
3,154. Mary Armacost
Phoenix, AZ
3,155. Lenore Greenberg Brooklyn, NY
3,156. Glenn Zorn
Milwaukee, WI
3,157. Gina Pantier
Federal Way, WA
3,158. anna seitz
Detroit, MI
3,159. Thomas E Pass
Houston, TX
3,160. Barbara Renton
Berkeley, CA
3,161. Wanda Ashman
Madison, WI
3,162. John Reese
Alcalde, NM
3,163. Thomasin
Alyxander
Windsor, CA
3,164. Blake Winter
Orchard Park, NY
3,165. Denise Pedersen
AMERICAN FORK,
UT
3,166. yilma bekele
oakland, CA
3,167. Linda van Der
Merwe
Seattle, WA
3,168. Ernest Jones
LOSANTVILLE, IN
Page 119
US tax payer should not finance tyrants,
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Name
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Comments
3,169. Saroj Gilbert
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
3,170. Samira Turk
Austin, TX
3,171. kristen hilliard
Earlton, NY
3,172. sarah dolinar
Staten Island, NY
3,173. Carol Pattee
Hillsboro, OR
3,174. Marie Socarras
Iowa City, IA
3,175. Carol Edman
Ottawa, IL
3,176. Randy Vonck
Ypsilanti, MI
3,177. Tracy Tucker
Austin, TX
3,178. Carol Suchecki
Culvercity, CA
3,179. Barb Hollenbach
Lafayette, CA
3,180. Antonio Mendez
Jr
chicago, IL
3,181. Scott Postlethwait
CROWN POINT, IN
3,182. Nayeem Aslam
Villa Park, IL
3,183. Ken Abbott
Asheville, NC
3,184. Joseph Connell
Brooklyn, NY
3,185. stephen
malczewski
Cheektowaga, NY
3,186. Susan Spector
rochester, NY
3,187. CS Hupp
GAMBIER, OH
3,188. Alisha Kaiser
Weed, CA
3,189. Keith Gordon
Los Angeles, CA
3,190. Adele Greenberg
NY, NY
3,191. Michael Seager
Mentor, OH
3,192. Marilyn Saunders
Ridgefield Pk, NJ
3,193. Carol Mone
Trinidad, CA
3,194. Heinz Thomet
Newburg, MD
3,195. Kathy Collins
Evansville, WI
3,196. Lucy Edwards
TUXEDO PARK, NY
My son is adopted from Ethiopia.
I have heard about this situation and I am shocked that we
cannot do something!
3,197. Donna Jitchotvisut Chicago, IL
3,198. Linda McClure
San Diego, CA
3,199. anna karp
norfolk, VA
3,200. Laura Overmann
BURLINGAME, CA
3,201. Christina Keach
Edgewood, NM
3,202. Morris Sandel
Austin, TX
3,203. Erin Marshall
Portland, OR
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Name
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Comments
3,204. HonoraBright
Aere
Blodgett, OR
3,205. Dawn Spencer
Elyria, OH
3,206. Linda Morgan
CALDWELL, ID
3,207. Erika Lehmann
Sioux Falls, SD
3,208. G. Marjorie
Golden
Santa Rosa, CA
3,209. Linda Thomas
Norwalk, CT
3,210. Fred Goldberg
Rego Park, NY
3,211. Robert Lyday
MADERA, CA
3,212. Margaret Kramer
LITTLE CANADA,
MN
3,213. Lauren Easlick
ITHACA, NY
3,214. Peter Yff
Oak Lawn, IL
3,215. Cynthia Carey
Greensboro, NC
3,216. Carol Curtis
Salt Lake City, UT
3,217. Elda Unger
Malibu, CA
3,218. Samantha
Schipman
Charlotte, NC
3,219. Teresa Vanzeller
Las Vegas, NV
3,220. D Roberts
seattle, WA
3,221. calvin young
Fairfax, VA
3,222. Diane Hejl
Austin, TX
3,223. Alexis Nazario
dover, DE
3,224. Norma Rubovits
CHICAGO, IL
3,225. Bettina Schupp
BATON ROUGE, AA
3,226. Richard Carol
Mann
Lake Wylie, SC
3,227. Linda G Wilscam
Rockville, CT
3,228. Charles Wittman
Amityville, NY
3,229. jane jaehning
`Oak Harbor, WA
3,230. Carlos Nunez
Reseda, CA
3,231. E Garcia
El Passo, TX
3,232. John Repass
Kodiak, AK
3,233. Sharon Albrecht
Warren, PA
3,234. Tanya Croke
North Tunbridge, VT
3,235. Richard Barnett
Wimberley, TX
3,236. janet anderson
Oak Park, MI
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Name
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Comments
3,237. Susan Tarrant
The Woodlands, TX
3,238. Melanie MacLenn
MD
Asheville, NC
3,239. Karen Sterling
Cedar Creek, TX
3,240. Ursula Schaefer
FAIRFIELD, IA
3,241. Lucille LePage
GLOUCESTER, MA
3,242. Lucinda Bailey
CENTENNIAL, CO
3,243. gary taft
Waukesha, WI
3,244. Julia Glover
Clinton, WA
The US cannot allow the Ethiopian people to be exploited
and starved -- what are we giving this country
$1billion/year for, if at the same time we are tacitly allowing
the Ethiopian government to devastate its people?
3,245. H Berrien Zettler
Columbus, GA
This is a gross injustice that the U.S. must not support.
3,246. Monica Smothers
NEW ROADS, LA
3,247. Arthur Goodman
Albany, OR
3,248. Michael Lockhart
Littleton, CO
3,249. Diana Summers
Birmingham, United
Kingdom
3,250. Rod Weaver
Mill Hall, PA
3,251. Brenda Dittemer
Bloomsburg, PA
3,252. k gorman
Farmington, CT
3,253. William Parr
WEYMOUTH, MA
3,254. Robert Parker
MONROE, VA
3,255. Matthew Smith
Greenville, SC
3,256. SANDRA
APPLEBAUM
Long Beach, CA
3,257. Luisa Appleman
Portland, OR
3,258. Lang Haynes
Swarthmore, PA
3,259. Samantha
Williams
Mars Hill, NC
3,260. Erica Crytzer
Interlaken, NY
3,261. Josh Tallant
Columbia, MO
3,262. HEDY BURBIC
MYSTIC, CT
3,263. Gordon Johnston
Portland, OR
3,264. Jon Spitz
LAYTONVILLE, AA
3,265. Gladys T. Lee
QUITMAN, GA
3,266. michelle roemer
schoen
Doylestown, PA
Page 122
Governments exist to empower individuals and families.
Unfortunately those in power always seem to completely
forget this.
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Name
From
Comments
3,267. d schneps
MARINA DEL REY,
AA
3,268. Anne Marie
Bucher
BRONX, NY
3,269. Gerald P. Halpern East Hampton, NY
3,270. Michael
Eichenholtz
Richmond, CA
3,271. J V
San Diego, CA
3,272. Mary Jane Silva
Bakersfield, CA
3,273. Richard
Cummings
Sag Harbor, NY
3,274. Marie Wakefield
Newport, OR
3,275. sharon belson
Brookhaven, PA
3,276. Maurizio
Nascimben
Gansevoort, NY
3,277. John and Martha
Stoltenberg
Elkhart Lake, WI
3,278. phyllis hugins
Frisco, CO
3,279. Maria Ferreira
BRISTOL, RI
3,280. Karen Boelling
TIGARD, OR
3,281. Lynn Cascio
HUNTINGTON, NY
3,282. Katherine Faddol
Ferndale, MI
I taught in Ethiopia at the Haile Sellassie I University and
came to oppose American support for him, but Meles is far
worse. Nothing seems to change but this must not be
allowed to happen. American supported Haile Sellassie
because of the Cold War and he was overthrown anyway.
America supports Meles because of the War on Terror and
he will eventually be overthrown as well. Doing the same
thing over and over and expecting a different result is
insanity. Doesn't CIA ever learn anything? I warned them
what was going to happen then and the reaction was
hostility. I was right then and I am right now.
3,283. Jessica Strickland Charlotte, NC
3,284. Ursula McCarty
Newell, IA
3,285. Sarah Jagdmann
Chapel Hill, NC
3,286. Kirk Walser
Modesto, CA
3,287. Mwasaa Sherard
MEMORIAL
SQUARE, GA
3,288. Jim Gayden
Vancouver, WA
3,289. Nancy Colburn
Bedford, MA
3,290. Ken Shuffler
Plano, TX
3,291. Nancy
Mickelburgh
Johnson City, NY
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Name
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Comments
3,292. KEITH SMITH
Buckhannon, WV
3,293. victor pavlovic
Cleveland, OH
3,294. Blair Hopkins
Kennewick, WA
3,295. Yaw Asante
Calgary, Canada
3,296. Anne Gross
CERES, CA
3,297. Kim Stewart
los angeles, CA
3,298. Margaret Sellers
North Grosvenordale,
CT
3,299. Anne Gross
Modesto, CA
3,300. stephanie proctor
Van Nuys, CA
3,301. Debra Myers
Wayland, NY
3,302. C.R. Goodman
Los Gatos, CA
3,303. marybeth vanpelt
SENECA, SC
3,304. Stephanie Hercik
Baroda, MI
3,305. James Cox
Kansas City, KS
3,306. paul trefz
Sharon Hill, PA
3,307. Tracie Turner
San Francisco, CA
3,308. Alice Smith
Irvine, CA
3,309. Gene Willeke
Oxford, OH
3,310. DENISE
CAMERON
Bronx, NY
3,311. meg brodie
Washington, DC
3,312. Eric Morris
Nashville, IL
3,313. Nancy briggs
Fayetteville, NC
3,314. Tim Meier
Cincinnati, OH
3,315. JUDITH
BARNETT
LONG BEACH, CA
3,316. barbara
rosenzweig
SOUTHAMPTON, PA
3,317. Annie Chang
Oakland, CA
3,318. ALICIA
ALVARADO
Akron, OH
3,319. Linda Jameson
MOUNT SHASTA,
CA
3,320. Dennice Briol
APPLE VALLEY, MN
3,321. Anita Walsh
Corrales, NM
3,322. Bret Polish
LOS ANGELES, CA
Page 124
Let these people live their sustainable lives, and please do
not allow our corporations to run roughshod over their
rights to live, and to live sustainably.
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Name
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Comments
3,323. Ingrid Scott
CASTINE, AA
3,324. Mary K-- Case
BUCKNER, MO
3,325. Alison Stewart
YARDLEY, PA
3,326. Joshua Leavitt
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
3,327. brandon Ross
IOWA CITY, IA
3,328. Margaret Pantzloff Freedom, CA
3,329. Macie Schriner
Lansing, MI
3,330. Michael Gray
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
3,331. Elizabeth Adan
CARMICHAEL, CA
3,332. Arlette Crews
Campbell, CA
3,333. Sam Graber
South Bend, IN
3,334. William Katrina
Dresbach
Lorain, OH
3,335. Krista Verrastro
BALTIMORE, MD
3,336. Julie Booton
RALEIGH, NC
3,337. Katherin Balles
BREMERTON, WA
3,338. Patricia Pruitt
Oak Park, IL
3,339. Nancy L. Farrell
Tacoma, WA
3,340. Debra Pezzotti
Rochester, NY
3,341. Nancy L. Lutz
Park Forest, IL
I am contacting my senator to try to get legislation to
eliminate aid to country's that ignore human rights.
3,342. Donald Chambers New Orleans, LA
3,343. Saundra Crowell
SMITHTOWN, NY
3,344. Pat Marriott
Los Altos, CA
3,345. Tonya
Strong-Mewbourn
Greeley, CO
3,346. Caroline
Treadwell
MALIBU, CA
3,347. zelda bush
Levittown, PA
3,348. katy McNerney
Southfield, MI
3,349. b brian Tupaz
Boise, ID
3,350. David Stetler
Everett, WA
3,351. shirley wong
San Francisco, CA
3,352. Ann Khambholja
Tucson, AZ
3,353. Cyndie Tobin
BURBANK, CA
3,354. Bernadette Foster Lilburn, GA
3,355. Ariana Oppegard
Denver, CO
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Comments
3,356. Maris Bennett
Antioch, CA
3,357. Dinah Fuentes
San Rafael, CA
Money is necessary for the people of Ethiopia but how we
use it, our intent must be morally sound. We must keep
those of interest whom are only interested in investment
AWAY for they are not there for the welfare of the people.
Please Use your discretion otherwise I see are very dire
and bleak situation for the people of Ethiopia and their
land. They need us but not to be bleeded by shady
investors that will destroy the environment and their
communities and make their situation even graver. Please
do what is morally right!
3,358. Patricia Liske
Falls Church, VA
My sister-in-law has lived and worked in Ethiopia for over
25 years; we have visited her and seen the poverty.
Farmers without land are no longer farmers; they and their
families will die of famine. Again the rich grow richer, and
the poor?!?
3,359. Dinah Fu
SAN RAFAEL, CA
3,360. adriana szyda
New Lebanon, NY
3,361. Cleo Opera
Woodland, CA
3,362. Carol Howell
Jefferson, ME
3,363. james corrigan
Morrisville, NC
3,364. Ron Goodwin
Indianapolis, IN
3,365. Ilonka Guenther
Souderton, PA
3,366. jim sickafoose
Wheat Ridge, CO
3,367. Robert Belknap
FRANKFORT, MI
3,368. lori steedley
athens, GA
People should never be forcibly removed from the land
with which they have ties.
3,369. Carol
Montecito, CA
Kommerstad-Reiche
3,370. Sarah de Sousa
Spring Branch, TX
3,371. ojolo akwar
SAN DIEGO, CA
3,372. Michael Iltis
m, WI
3,373. Yvonne Dee Stahl Bellingham, WA
3,374. Scott Herman
Sacramento, CA
3,375. Susan W. Small
Capitola, CA
3,376. Gwen Crist
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
3,377. Nancy Fifer
Lewes, DE
3,378. Gay Browning
Tesuque, NM
3,379. Florence Walker
NEWTON, AA
3,380. Kim Telgarsky
Harrisburg, PA
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3,381. Sandy
Romelsbacher
Nampa, ID
3,382. cherie mcewen
Middle Island, NY
3,383. Michael Kiralla
ARCADIA, CA
3,384. Gena Kennedy
Victoria, TX
3,385. eileen collins
Herndon, VA
3,386. Eric Cadora
Salt Lake City, UT
3,387. randy sailer
BEULAH, ND
3,388. Paul and Kathle
Helbling
LIBERTY CENTER,
OH
3,389. Katja Wishart
San Rafael, CA
3,390. Edy Rayfield
Davenport, CA
greed
3,391. Annette Pedersen Glendale, AZ
3,392. Benjamin Etgen
Sacramento, CA
3,393. Julie L. Stanley
OAK GROVE, OR
3,394. mike butkiewicz
Sterling Heights, MI
3,395. Janet Switzer
BEULAH, CO
3,396. Fred Welty
Chardon, OH
3,397. Ligory Fernandes
SYRACUSE, NY
3,398. susan ricci
Tucson, AZ
3,399. linda gallagher
JEROME, AZ
3,400. Meredith Pelrine
BLOOMINGTON, IN
3,401. Marek Osinski
Albuquerque, NM
3,402. Carolyn Wisler
Powell, OH
3,403. lydia torres
Chicago, IL
3,404. Barbara Marino
Seattle, WA
3,405. AnaMaria Torres
El Paso, TX
3,406. Axel Gerber
Lemon Grove, CA
3,407. Gary Gilardi
HOOD RIVER, OR
3,408. Ronald Kestler
Louisville, KY
3,409. Peter Arata
Greensboro, NC
3,410. Jamie Metzler
Baltimore, MD
3,411. Al Yates
Breckenridge, CO
3,412. Edward
Nizalowski
Berkshire, NY
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Don't promote large scale agriculture at the expense of the
local peoples.
It is shameful that Obama administration pretends not to
see what is going on in Ethiopia. US aid should be
immediately suspended and not resumed until the land is
given back to its legitimate owners.
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Name
From
Comments
3,413. Brian Kie
Weissbuch
San Anselmo, CA
3,414. Jacoba Dolloff
La Mesa, CA
3,415. Jean Rusch
Maple Valley, WA
3,416. gail jarocki
Richmond, CA
3,417. Carol Dahlberg
SIOUX FALLS, SD
3,418. Kirsi Hepworth
Kirkland, WA
3,419. Lidia Kellum
Conroe, TX
3,420. Andrea Fenwick
Bellingham, WA
3,421. judith buckay
St Clair Shores, MI
3,422. Karen Spencer
NEW YORK, NY
3,423. Mary Sutkowski
BROOKLYN, NY
3,424. matt courter
seattle, WA
3,425. Lisa Jemison
Saginaw, TX
3,426. Barbara Stamp
Bloomington, MN
A injury to one is a injury to all.
3,427. Judy Volquardsen KAILUA KONA, HI
3,428. John Pedersen
Nampa, ID
3,429. anne perkins
Santa Monica, CA
3,430. Deborah Zarett
San Antonio, TX
3,431. Thomas Lewis
Atlanta, GA
3,432. James Swarts
ROCHESTER, AA
3,433. Suzanne Stute
Madison, WI
3,434. Chad Credeur
Monument, CO
3,435. Julie Zimmerman
Las Vegas, NV
3,436. marie bartlett
LEYDEN, MA
3,437. Christina Pasillas
Klamath Falls, OR
3,438. Peggy Detmers
Rapid City, SD
3,439. Janet Jamerson
San Leandro, CA
3,440. Carl Zimmerman
Las Vegas, NV
3,441. Mark Straka
Sac, IA
3,442. Kay Peters
Las Vegas, NV
3,443. Charles Wolfe
Sylmar, CA
3,444. Matthew Wood
Seattle, WA
3,445. Alison Stone
Upper Nyack, NY
3,446. Dana Franchitto
S. Wellfleet, MA
dear President Obama and Dr. Shah,
Certianly, the relocation of indigenous peoples and local
communites to make way for foreign "agriculture
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Name
From
Comments
3,446. Dana Franchitto
S. Wellfleet, MA
3,447. Melinda
Keith-Singleton
Wheaton, IL
3,448. Dawn Albanese
3,449. Katherine
O'Sullivan
New York, NY
3,450. Mary Haas
MORGANTOWN, WV
3,451. Gregg Haley
WEST MONROE, LA
3,452. Carolynn Griffith
Honolulu, HI
3,453. Alkis Downward
Washington, DC
3,454. Audrey Shepard
Albuquerque, NM
3,455. Louise Brooke
Boulder, CO
3,456. Mark Rodman
Newark, OH
3,457. Diane Carmody
FLORIDA, NY
3,458. Gwen Romani
Castaic, CA
3,459. Carol Newman
ASTORIA, OR
3,460. Evelyn Regan
Syosset, NY
3,461. Jen S
Ellicott, MD
3,462. Vanessa Lim
Vancouver, Canada
3,463. Scott Meihn
Seattle, WA
3,464. Robert Giese
Appleton, WI
3,465. Faith Purdy
Clarks Summit, PA
3,466. Don Burns
Cloverdale, CA
3,467. Gary Morgan
Cleburne, TX
3,468. Michelle Gershon
JACKSONVILLE, AA
3,469. Joan Leonard
Fridley, MN
3,470. HAYR
GUTIERREZ
NY, NY
3,471. Peter Eriksson
Rockville, MD
3,472. Luci Price
Captain Cook, HI
3,473. Kathy Haggerty
Wethersfield, CT
investment" flies in teh face of verything the US and UN
stand for. people will lose their livelihoods and hunger will
increase if their land is sold off as a mere
commodity.Please withhold aid to Ethiopia until they back
down from this vile commodifca
tion of peoples' land. Thank you very much.
Please take ethical action to keep people in their homes,
on land that is able to grow their food.
Let me add that, if American companies are involved in
displacing these people, action should be taken to stop this
practice.
RELOCATION...PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR
LIVELIHOODS...
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Name
From
Comments
3,474. Allen Swift
Martinez, CA
3,475. Shana Morris
SURFSIDE BEACH,
SC
3,476. Christa Hladky
Colome, SD
3,477. constance st jean
Riverside, CA
3,478. Emily Van Alyne
Christiana, DE
3,479. John Watson
L.A., CA
3,480. Debra Anderson
Clarksburg, MD
3,481. Felix and Judi
Fusco
Nyc, NY
3,482. Costa Chitouras
SOMERVILLE, MA
3,483. marie j cameau
Queens Village, NY
3,484. Robert Puchli
Lindenhurst, IL
3,485. Debra Bushman
Walnut, CA
3,486. Doris Allen
POINT REYES
STATION, CA
3,487. Winn Adams
Bellingham, WA
3,488. S. Anger
Stephenson, MI
3,489. sean bienert
Glenmoore, PA
3,490. Gayle Wade
Chicago, IL
3,491. Trudy Murray
New York, NY
3,492. Jerry Detry
Green Bay, WI
3,493. Davie Cantrell
Williamsburg, VA
3,494. Sally Flood
Indianapolis, IN
3,495. Alison Wilson
Pittsburgh, PA
3,496. Catherine Foley
Stony Brook, NY
3,497. Patricia Lindsey
Sausalito, CA
3,498. Khadejar Dimson
BROOKLYN, NY
3,499. Kevin O'Connor
Davis, CA
3,500. Jennifer Boettiger
BELLEVUE, WA
3,501. Stephanie
Bahramian
New Britain, CT
3,502. Sue Ann
Christenson
Marana, AZ
3,503. Leslie Brooks
Long Beach, CA
Page 130
Using the power we have as country to influence other
countries to "do the right thing" for their people is morally
conscious. It is time to take the "high ground," and use this
influence to assist those who are unable to stand against
their own government. Please act on their behalf and use
the means we have to assist the people of Ethiopia.
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Name
From
Comments
3,504. Jeffrey Moidel
Seattle, WA
3,505. Barbara Methvin
Brookeland, TX
3,506. Ann Coz
Waltham, MA
3,507. Cody Westheimer
LOS ANGELES, CA
3,508. Brian Gibbons
Greenbelt, MD
3,509. Jeroen de Wit
Los Angeles, CA
3,510. gael tryles
Holly, MI
3,511. Susan Kepner
Hampton, NH
3,512. John Stallone
San Jose, CA
3,513. Lars Jefferson
Albany, OR
3,514. Karen Kawszan
Spring, TX
3,515. Karla Nichols
COLUMBIA, MO
3,516. Abimael Leon
DAVIS, CA
3,517. Richard Mindar
Honolulu, HI
3,518. greeley Wells
Jacksonville, OR
3,519. Arthur C. Donart
Thomson, IL
3,520. Ryan Monihan
Brooklyn, NY
3,521. Debbie Egan
OAKLEY, CA
3,522. Joyce Soares
Swansea, MA
3,523. Cynthia McPeak
Point Arena, CA
3,524. Priscilla Drake
Penn Yan, NY
3,525. Gloria La Fleur
Dearborn Heights, MI
3,526. marcy klapper
WEST TISBURY, MA
3,527. Maria Moniz
Falmouth, MA
3,528. Teresa Molina
Wichita, KS
3,529. r beard
Kailua, HI
Page 131
Having the people in Ethiopia relocate would be a
possibility IF they were being moved to a place where they
can sustain themselves on fertile land with water available.
Something needs to be done~ I really don't have the
solution~ but the droughts and starving people need help. I
don't think bringing in large scale agricultural plantations
while dislocating the people is the solution. Can't money be
spent on helping them to farm their lands with help with
wells and irrigation? You know much more than I do about
this so ,please help these people how to farm the land to
feed themselves,not let outsiders come in and take over. If
outsiders can farm this land then the Ethiopian people
should be helped to do the same. Thank you,in advance,
for your consideration. gael tryles. MI
How are we able to support a Country that won't feed, or
allow it's own people to feed themselves?
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Name
From
Comments
3,530. colleen
gray-mackey
Newark, DE
3,531. Tiana Lippertz
KAILUA KONA, HI
3,532. Tracy Leinbaugh
Athens, OH
3,533. grace lopez
east meadow, NY
3,534. Dee Pendley
Linden, VA
3,535. Florence
Mattersdorfer
Livingston Manor, NY
3,536. ANGIE WILLIAMS Quincy, CA
3,537. David Addison
Arlington, VA
3,538. Sarah Skilling
Aurora, IL
3,539. Michael Texeira
BRONX, NY
3,540. Kristen Osgood
Casa Grande, AZ
3,541. Glenn Dansker
Cambridge, MA
3,542. Christine Waddell
EMERYVILLE, CA
3,543. Suzanne Mclean
Santa Cruz, CA
3,544. Rose Troyer
Morrisville, NC
3,545. Carol Gillingham
Great Mills, MD
3,546. Karen Wolf
Green Bay, WI
3,547. Chris Rice
Los Angeles, CA
3,548. Mitch Dalition
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
3,549. matt duerr
Cardiff, CA
3,550. Gretchen Hartel
LA TUNA CANYON,
CA
3,551. Robert Carr
Leicester, NC
3,552. Lawrence
Cromwell
Woodbridge, VA
3,553. RICHARD
CURRY
Pinebluff, NC
3,554. Laurie Schwisow
Shelton, WA
3,555. Linda Garrish
Thomas
MILFORD, NH
3,556. Shirley Vaughn
San Antonio, TX
3,557. Jason Larkin
Keymar, MD
Please stop this injustice and return the land to the people,
so they can feed themselves.
Why can't we learn that bigger isn't always better? It
seems stupid to take farmland and transform it into flower
fields in an area that already suffers major food shortages.
3,558. Elizabeth Thomas Wilmette, IL
3,559. Robin Husslage
Rye, NH
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Name
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Comments
3,560. Bonnie
Shinneman
Westminster, CO
3,561. Mark Roberts
Kingwood, TX
3,562. Sarah Lewis
Vienna, VA
3,563. Leo Mavrovitis
New York, NY
3,564. Darcy Skarada
MIDDLETOWN, CA
3,565. Joseph I. Vincent
HARVEY, LA
3,566. Jerry Campbell
Lebanon, OR
3,567. Bob Wirgau
Weirton, WV
3,568. Blanca Estaba
Brooklyn, NY
3,569. Leonora Jordan
SKOKIE, IL
3,570. Kyle Ahlers
WELLESLEY, MA
3,571. P. N.
Robinson-Martin
Olympia, WA
3,572. Ramsey Sealy
Fayetteville, AR
3,573. max mensing
Yachats, OR
3,574. William Crosby
ERIE, PA
3,575. Margaret Veith
Philadelphia, PA
3,576. Melinda Campos
Sparks, NV
3,577. Jonathan
Dirrenberger
San Francisco, CA
3,578. Lydia Garvey
CLINTON, OK
3,579. Nahusenay
Metaferia
DALLAS, TX
3,580. gwen jameson
PHILOMATH, OR
3,581. Michael Daniels
San Antonio, TX
3,582. John Broussard
KAMUELA, HI
3,583. lynn Hillman
M, CA
3,584. Rose Marie
Lagorio
Sedona, AZ
3,585. Judy Lyman
Surprise, AZ
3,586. Eugenie Borrelli
Assaria, KS
3,587. gary rickert
LAUREL, MD
3,588. Angie Araujo
Tucson, AZ
3,589. Debra Ouellette
Columbus, OH
3,590. Ramonita Ramos
Camuy, Puerto Rico
3,591. Diana McLean
Stockton, CA
Page 133
This makes no sense at all, except to the greedy,
inhumane idiots who will make a killing - literally
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Name
From
Comments
3,592. Barbara J
Spiegelberg
Pequea, PA
3,593. Maureen
Kavanagh
Woodside, NY
3,594. Lea
Seattle, WA
Lonnberg-Hickling
3,595. Jane Heald
PLEASANT HILL, TN
3,596. Charlene Cooper
Gardena, CA
3,597. Karen
Amarawansa
Venice, CA
3,598. John Cox
HOUSTON, TX
3,599. Ted Kozlowski
PORTLAND, OR
3,600. Scott Ploger
Idaho Falls, ID
3,601. clarisse fawzi
Foster City, CA
3,602. Thai Tran
Brooklyn, NY
3,603. Marcie Brushaber
Reyno, AR
3,604. Liza Burrell
Fenton, MI
3,605. D Smith
Cincinnati, OH
3,606. Carl Smith
Portland, OR
Enough mistakes in this world - No forced relocation
should be done - It is not done in the US it shouldn't be
done anywhere else in the world.
3,607. Ruth E.
Summerville, SC
Roberts-Shepherd
3,608. Florence
Granowitter
BROOKLYN, NY
3,609. Michelle
Middlebrooks
Wilmington, DE
3,610. Frances Nowve
Berkeley, CA
3,611. Dana Sheriden
CARMEL, IN
3,612. Belinda Scott
Greenville, NC
3,613. Lorna Rinear
Bellingham, MA
3,614. James Livingston
Skandia, MI
3,615. Connie Williams
PLATTE CITY, MO
3,616. Brita ocarroll
Jacksonville, FL
3,617. Ximena Rendon
San Francisco, CA
3,618. Robby Strozier
Macon, GA
3,619. Jo Chen
Newbury Park, CA
3,620. Rebecca
VerMeulen
Springdale, AR
3,621. Maria McGlashan
Cleveland, OH
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Please help put these people before profit.
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Name
From
Comments
3,622. Polly Walker
Rumford, RI
3,623. Kip Sieger
CEDAR PARK, TX
3,624. Christine V. Fink
Stockton, CA
3,625. Amber Day
Bluefield, WV
3,626. Ruben Gomez
Van Nuys, CA
3,627. Ramani Ramani
KIHEI, HI
3,628. Rita Debernardo
Watsonville, CA
3,629. Martha Ferger
Dryden, NY
3,630. Dianne Douglas
Phoenix, AZ
3,631. Barbara Fry
ALTON, IL
3,632. clara barber
Oroville, CA
3,633. Margith Maughan
Salt Lake City, UT
I see this as part of a developing land grab by rich nations
to feed themselves at the expense of third world countries.
It is essential to act against this injustice wherever we have
the influence to do so..
3,634. corinne wahlstrom POUGHKEEPSIE,
NY
3,635. David Walker
Avondale, AZ
3,636. Karen Gamber
Evergreen, CO
3,637. Edwin Young
Ignacio, CO
3,638. Mary Homan
St. Clair Shores, MI
3,639. Vincent DiTizio
STATEN ISLAND, NY
3,640. Suzanne Gaynor
Washington, DC
3,641. James Moore
JOLIET, IL
3,642. Charles Waugh
San Marcos, TX
3,643. Marjorie Knoll
Indianola, IA
3,644. Nancy Ranieri
Dresher, PA
3,645. Ann Wagner
Phoenix, AZ
3,646. bettina bruning
Ny, NY
3,647. Sharon
Villagomez
Oak Park, IL
3,648. SAMUEL BERG
NEWBERG, OR
3,649. lorretta marcel
San Francisco, CA
3,650. Geri Cade
Plano, TX
3,651. Christopher Pond
Glide, OR
Page 135
We must begin choosing people over profits. I am sure a
way can be found to increase agricultural output while
supporting local farmers. A strong local economy is good
for the country.
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Name
From
Comments
3,652. R. Wayne
Crandlemere
Holbrook, MA
3,653. Jeff Charity
South Paris, ME
3,654. Jasmine Martin
Springfield, MO
3,655. Rebecca Buell
Yakima, WA
3,656. Marcella Ciucki
Munster, IN
3,657. Milian C M Correa Rio Vista, CA
3,658. Asrat Tesfayesus
Berkeley, CA
3,659. Brandie McCrory
Milton, MA
3,660. Ellen
Port-Peitersen
Auburn, ME
3,661. Maria Trabaris
Flushing, NY
3,662. Jan Cross
Loveland, CO
3,663. A N Mongere
Lewisville, TX
3,664. Anne H Brown
Carbondale, CO
3,665. Tracy Millard
Blandon, PA
We are still trying to provided housing after Katrina,
virtually nothing seems to be getting done in Haiti, now
they want to take homes away from the Ethiopian people.
Where is your heart and your sense of compassion. Let
these people stay in their homes, the only home they have
ever known.
This land belongs to the people who live there. This land is
suppose to be used to feed them. Why is the government
allowing this to happen and does it make any sense to
evict thousands of nearly starving people just to give it to a
foreign investors who will not support, care, give back, and
feed the countries own. When will they learn that life
always surpasses money.
3,666. Migdalis Gonzalez Cidra, Puerto Rico
3,667. kelly epstein
Spring, TX
3,668. virginie destanque SANTA BARBARA,
CA
3,669. Rhonda Petersen
Morganton, NC
3,670. Margaret Weimer
San Mateo, CA
Big agriculture is the problem, not the solution.
3,671. YESHIWAS
BEFIRDU
ADDIS ABABA,
Ethiopia
ጭቃ ረጋጭ
ሠው ከአፈር ተቦክቶ ሲባል ተፈጠረ
መፍጠር የሚያምረው ሰው ጭቃን ሊረግጥ ጣረ፤
መጣሩስ በጎ ነው፤ ለቤት መስሪያ ቡኮ
ችግሩ መርገጡ እጦትን አስታኮ፡፡
ቤት የመስራት እቅዱን ከጅምሩ ረስቶ
ረገጣው በዛ በቡኮው ተኩራርቶ፤
ከአፈር ውስጥ ተፈጥሮ አፈርን ድፍጠጣ
መች ይበቃ ይሆን ይሄ ረገጣ ;፡፡
20/05/2004ዓ.ም
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Name
From
Comments
3,672. Julie Gibbs
Los Angeles, CA
3,673. J Duhn
Eldora, IA
3,674. mary holmeyer
Phoenix, AZ
3,675. Alexandra
Gierlachowski
Bolingbrook, IL
3,676. Scott Bloom
Seattle, WA
3,677. Joshua Henry
MOUNT PLEASANT,
SC
3,678. Benjamin
Oppenheim
Palmetto Bay, FL
3,679. Imtiaz Shaikh
Palo Alto, CA
3,680. Hosanna Lillydahl
Amherst, MA
3,681. Patricia Greiss
Carlisle, PA
3,682. Brian Mc Ginley
Lancaster, NH
3,683. Anna Roblin
Buffalo, NY
3,684. Steven Mitchell
New York, NY
3,685. Richard and Sud
Bentley
TUPPER LAKE, NY
3,686. MARTHA LUCIA
LANCHEROS
GUZMAN
Ok, OK
3,687. Caryn Kauffman
Jamaica Plain, MA
3,688. Joan Linstrom
Cheverly, MD
3,689. Melanie
Blackburn
Baltimore, MD
3,690. Dennis Sproull
Stkn, CA
3,691. Anne Gore
Paducah, KY
3,692. Hester Stewart
Paradise Valley, AZ
3,693. Melanie Graf
Bakersfoeld, CA
3,694. Charles
Alexander
Lutherville, MD
3,695. Cassandra
Hartley
Ann Arbor, MI
3,696. ann lynette mayo
San Clemente, CA
3,697. Karen O'Brien
WESTMONT, IL
3,698. Colette Buchanan
Eugene, OR
3,699. Joyce Skolte
Marietta, GA
3,700. Darla Masterson
TUCSON, AZ
3,701. Jacqueline
Mitchell
Brandywine, MD
Page 137
Ethiopians do not need corporate agriculture.
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Name
From
Comments
3,702. Alicia Kistner
Springfield, OR
3,703. Mannon Hubbard
Allen, TX
3,704. Peter Sweeny
Pleasantville, NY
3,705. Karen Fleming
Tulsa, OK
3,706. Donna R. D'Fini
Colrain, MA
3,707. eshete
woldgeorgies
lasvegas, NV
3,708. Matthew Fonfara
Cameron, WI
3,709. Donna Jaggard
Chicago, IL
3,710. Charlotte
Sutherland
Bellevue, WA
3,711. Alan Shute
Lexington, MA
3,712. Tim Miller
Canton, OH
3,713. Mary Stanford
BETHLEHEM, PA
3,714. Kathleen
O'Connell
Indianapolis, IN
3,715. Danelle Edgerton
SEATTLE, WA
3,716. Barbara Bartschi
Portland, OR
3,717. Marcia Price
SAINT PARIS, OH
3,718. Linda Fein
WILTON, CT
3,719. david wesaw
Kentwood, MI
3,720. Sharon Cox
New York, NY
3,721. Jennifer Leong
San Leandro, CA
3,722. Brenda Goodson
BROCKTON, MA
3,723. Steve Schatz
LAKEWOOD, CA
3,724. William Donnelly
PLYMOUTH, MA
3,725. Noenoe
Barney-Campbell
Honolulu, HI
3,726. Michelle Nilson
Victor, MT
3,727. Alexander
Andrasik
Buffalo, NY
3,728. Edwin Davis
LA MESA, CA
3,729. Cathryn Classen
East Bethany, NY
3,730. kaytee sumida
San Diego, CA
3,731. vicki price
arlington, TX
Page 138
Displacing people from their historic homelands should not
be encouraged or tolerated. I would hope the US would
stand for the less fortunate and support their right to their
land. I hope you agree.
Lets find a solution for these people !!!
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Name
From
Comments
3,732. Jessica
Lowe-Wilson
SANTA CRUZ, CA
3,733. Kathy Nelson
MILWAUKIE, OR
3,734. Haudeno Saunee
NEW FREEDOM, PA
3,735. Carol March
WILLOW, NY
3,736. Danny Dishon
Longmont, CO
3,737. Doris Hayes
Erie, PA
3,738. Brook Miller
Ypsilanti, MI
3,739. Steven Brewer
Auburn, NY
3,740. Heather Marko
North Plainfiel, NJ
3,741. Della Cleve
Richmond, VA
3,742. ron pyle
Orangevale, CA
3,743. Edith Coleman
Wilmington, DE
3,744. Renee Locks
Mill Valley, CA
3,745. Joan Christensen
INTL FALLS, MN
3,746. Dean Frick
San Francisco, CA
3,747. Patricia Randolph
Portage, WI
3,748. Bonnie Williams
Harlingen, TX
3,749. George Smith
Tulsa, OK
3,750. Isabella Thomson
Woodinville, WA
3,751. Heather
Simonson
Eugene, OR
3,752. Loren Elmaleh
Santa Fe, NM
3,753. Mary Riker
Manistee, MI
3,754. karen ericson
Bothell, WA
3,755. Donna Dennison
Indianapolis, IN
3,756. Howard Miller
VENTURA, CA
3,757. Stella Godbey
Brandenburg, KY
3,758. David Heitkemper
Seattle, WA
3,759. karen donofrio
philadelphia, PA
3,760. L. Frost
Portland, OR
3,761. Sara Pinto
CHICOPEE, MA
3,762. jason husby
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
3,763. Barbara Pillers
FORT WORTH, TX
3,764. Eric F. Smith
Freeland, MI
Page 139
Animal agriculture and agricultural drainage is the root
cause of many of our environmental disasters - global
warming and water issues are threatened by animals in
agriculture.
This is a terrible idea!
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Name
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3,765. R M Owens
Hadley, MI
3,766. mary williams
Avondale Estates, GA
3,767. Cynthia Hamilton
SPOKANE, WA
3,768. Dee Hellings
Bozeman, MT
3,769. Elisa Edgington
Portland, OR
3,770. Patricia Campbell
Newtown, CT
3,771. Pauline Steele
Greenfield, WI
3,772. Karen Staskiewicz Erie, PA
3,773. William Gray
Morrison, CO
3,774. Kim Ormond
Braidwood, IL
3,775. Jayne Braby
Bethard
YOUNTVILLE, CA
3,776. Franceska Lynne
La, CA
3,777. Sheffield Corey
Saunderstown, RI
3,778. Patrick
Shaughnesy
Louisville, KY
3,779. Mary Buchwald
BROOKLYN, NY
3,780. Susan VanDerzee Durham, CT
3,781. Sophia
Vassilakidis
HOUSTON, TX
3,782. Joe Farmer
AUSTIN, TX
3,783. paul stein
Brookings, SD
3,784. Richard Heard
Wolfforth, TX
3,785. desiree
bustamante
D.F., MA
3,786. Gloria Lisowski
South Milwaukee, WI
3,787. shirley sipps
HOUSTON, TX
3,788. kaley kirkpatrick
REDMOND, WA
3,789. Kristin Thompson
TUCSON, AZ
3,790. hilary capstick
Tallahassee, FL
3,791. Kyle Peterson
Sterling Heights, MI
3,792. Donald Ostling
Peoria, IL
3,793. Stephanie
Farkash
Aurora, CO
3,794. sundae shields
Oxnard, CA
3,795. Rhonda Holt
Miamisburg, OH
3,796. Alexander Grant
CONROE, TX
3,797. Sue Klapholz
STANFORD, CA
Page 140
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Name
From
Comments
3,798. Brent Bray
Pflugerville, TX
3,799. chelsea madison
OAKLAND, CA
3,800. Susan
Kurcz-Easom
Pittsburg, CA
3,801. john elliott
Berkeley, CA
3,802. Ken Ward Jr.
GLOVERSVILLE, NY
3,803. Helen Rynaski
Taos, NM
3,804. maireen lynch
Clifton Spgs, NY
3,805. sara colton
Ny, NY
3,806. Gordon Parker III
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
3,807. Linda Schimpf
Rochester, NY
3,808. Dostana Ljusic
WARWICK, AA
3,809. Jan Throndson
Corona Del Mar, CA
3,810. Kate Bates
MOUNT OLIVER, PA
3,811. Eileen VELEZ
Hyde Park, MA
3,812. Alicia Williams
Knoxville, TN
3,813. Mark Gotvald
PLEASANT HILL, CA
3,814. edith wander
Los Angeles, CA
3,815. Troy Schreiber
Millersburg, PA
3,816. Susan Brown
Lexington, KY
3,817. Celeste Elmore
PHOENIX, AZ
3,818. Susan Ross
Boulder, CO
3,819. kathryn denise
gaithersburg, MD
3,820. Sarah Forbes
Mansfield, MA
3,821. Minnie Ruffin
Atlanta, GA
3,822. B. Thomas Diener Albuquerque, NM
3,823. Meredith Clayton
Arlington, VA
3,824. Mary Maneja
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
3,825. Donna C
Penn Lake, PA
3,826. Samantha Legas
North Platte, NE
3,827. Ellen Peterson
Berkeley, CA
3,828. Arthur Schurr
Brooklyn, NY
3,829. Loretta Lehman
Duncannon, PA
3,830. Michael Boyer
Richfield, MN
3,831. David Cline
LITTLETON, CO
3,832. barbara anne
welch
EL PASO, AA
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Name
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Comments
3,833. Michael McCall
Vancouver, WA
3,834. Dominick Di Noto
Cloverdale, CA
3,835. Jonathan Stubbs
BROOKLYN, NY
3,836. Kymberly Clark
Brooklyn, NY
3,837. Sabrina
Thompson
El Dorado Hills, CA
3,838. Greg Method
Parma, OH
3,839. barbara johnson
newbury park, CA
3,840. Sy Gross
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
3,841. Patrick Bilbrey
River Falls, WI
3,842. Stephanie Wood
Antioch, CA
3,843. Jan McMichael
Kirkwood, MO
3,844. karen linarez
carmichael, CA
3,845. Vicki Fischer
Indianapolis, IN
3,846. Mari LoNano
Great Barrington, MA
3,847. Janet Miller
Sherman Oaks, CA
3,848. christina truong
Westminster, CA
3,849. Richard Dawson
Kansas City, MO
3,850. Donna Murray
Patterson, GA
3,851. Denys Cope
Santa Fe, NM
3,852. Sarah
Barton-King
New York, NY
3,853. jerome hill
maryville, TN
3,854. michael hansen
Shady Cove, OR
3,855. Dorothy Nylen
Dayton, NV
3,856. Deon Weiss
Berkeley, CA
3,857. Julie Parcells
Ellicott City, MD
3,858. Todd Snyder
San Francisco, CA
3,859. Johnnie Baker
Mantua, OH
3,860. John Peeters
Kankakee, IL
3,861. Beth Remmes
Lilburn, GA
3,862. Rachel
Hendrickson
Bloomington, IN
Page 142
Please don't let greed once again overcome compassion.
Please use your influence to stop Ethiopia from relocating
70,000 people from Gambella to make land available for
investment in agriculture. In doing this they are also
aggravating current hunger while laying the groundwork for
future famine in Ethiopia, as people are losing their
livelihoods and being moved to areas where they cannot
readily feed themselves.
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Name
From
Comments
3,863. Dave Freeman
Camp Verde, AZ
3,864. Leanne Lynch
Eureka, CA
3,865. Bo Benya
EAGAN, MN
3,866. Joe Carrera
Layton, UT
3,867. Roger Choate
HOUSTON, TX
3,868. Carrie Phyliky
Rimes
Cabot, AR
3,869. Sandra Dennis
LAKEWOOD, CA
3,870. Jim McCue
Idaho Falls, ID
3,871. Donna Malamud
Venice, CA
3,872. Michael Tuttle
Moscow, ID
3,873. Hilda Colls
Aguadilla, PR
3,874. Carol Polk
Dana Pt/, CA
3,875. Carol Krez
Langley, WA
3,876. Terez Storm
Jerome, AZ
3,877. Sammy Cranmer
BOSTON, KY
3,878. Gregg Roebuck
Los Angeles, CA
3,879. Bernadine
Bednash
Binghamton, NY
3,880. Roland
Westerlund
Minneapolis, MN
3,881. Aurelia Holliman
Weatherford, TX
3,882. Debbie McCarthy
Phillips, ME
3,883. Joanne Britton
San Diego, CA
3,884. Betty Dudney
Bakersfield, CA
3,885. Linda Ricks
Beaufort, NC
3,886. ursa rave
Penn Valley, CA
3,887. Brad Miller
Anthony, KS
3,888. judith ackerman
Nyc, NY
3,889. William
Sneiderwine
Vancouver, WA
3,890. Angelica
Pivarunas
Oak Lawn, IL
3,891. DJ Wickjac
Saint Paul, MN
3,892. Monica Soto
ARROWHEAD
FARMS, AA
Page 143
Our country should be a new leader in moral policy. We
can deliver a strong, but positive message if we denounce
this activity.
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Name
From
Comments
3,893. Dennis
McCracken
Aberdeen, NC
3,894. Nicholas
Thibeault
Los Angeles, CA
3,895. Mha Atma S.
Khalsa
Los Angeles, CA
3,896. Dawn Oesterle
BURKE, AA
3,897. Lily Adams
Santa Rosa, CA
3,898. astrid uryson
SANTA FE, NM
3,899. Matthew Marvin
Morris, NY
3,900. JeanAnn Rodine
Phoenix, AZ
3,901. Elizabeth Dokken
Edina, MN
3,902. Georganna Reis
San Francisco, CA
3,903. Claire Chambers
Murrieta, CA
3,904. Rosemary Mills
Arlington, WA
3,905. mary lytle
wood river, IL
3,906. Enel Woods
El Segundo, CA
3,907. Jane Shevtsov
Valley Village, CA
3,908. Patricia Mehrkens San Jose, CA
3,909. Theresa King
Willis, TX
3,910. Jillian
Enloe-Hamill
New Castle, DE
3,911. Marti Sayre
Cleveland, OH
3,912. Linda Morgan
Savannah, GA
3,913. Bethany Saint
Clair
Seattle, WA
3,914. Mary Michaelis
Columbia Station, OH
3,915. Laura Canellias
Los Angeles, CA
3,916. Karina Wiesenthal Los Angeles, CA
3,917. Rebecca Leuck
Seattle, WA
3,918. Kaitlin Blakemore
Cleveland, OH
3,919. Jink Huge
Thousand Oaks, CA
3,920. Charles Hochberg Philo, CA
3,921. pam Palencia
KIHEI, AA
3,922. Darlene Lovell
Bakersfield, CA
3,923. ann compton
ANNAPOLIS, MD
3,924. margot larsen
Concord, CA
3,925. Claire Mikalson
PULLMAN, WA
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Name
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Comments
3,926. Yuri Yamane
Los Angeles, CA
3,927. Terri Winter
Fairplay, CO
3,928. Nancy
Feuerbacher
TUCSON, AZ
3,929. Natasha Levinger
Reseda, CA
3,930. Donald Parker
SLIDELL, LA
3,931. Albert Tahhan
Quincy, MA
3,932. Paul Cofrancesco
San Diego, CA
3,933. Virginia Wood
Boulder, CO
3,934. Georgia Lynn
BAKERSFIELD, CA
3,935. Patricia Davis
Oakland, CA
3,936. Elizabeth Watts
Lynbrook, NY
3,937. David Tilli
Levittown, PA
3,938. Andrea Blinn
3,939. Sharon Torrisi
Hermosa Beach, CA
3,940. Sandy Commons
Sacramento, CA
3,941. marsha maxwell
WALNUT CREEK,
CA
3,942. Karen Jacques
Sacramento, CA
3,943. Ashlee Davis
Denver, CO
3,944. Margarita
Romero-Durazzi
Tucson, AZ
3,945. Veronica Jensen
Beaverton, OR
3,946. matthew cull
Vail, CO
3,947. Amanda Segur
Oak Park, MI
3,948. Peter Bechtold
Portland, OR
3,949. Edith Belcher
Van Lear, KY
3,950. Teresa Evans
Fulton, MS
3,951. Mesrak Ayele
SEATTLE, WA
3,952. Richard Waldo
Riverdale, UT
3,953. Patty Ann Cambra NEVADA CITY, CO
3,954. Ray Hawkins
Kansas City, MO
3,955. Gabrielle
Campbell
Frederick, MD
3,956. Karishma Khoja
decatur, GA
3,957. Sam You
San Antonio, TX
3,958. James Tyree II
Portland, OR
3,959. N e i l a G e l v i n
Greenwood, MO
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Name
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Comments
3,960. Arun Jain
Cerritos, CA
Shameful. Indigenous people own the land that has been
their homeland for generations.
3,961. Tim Martinson
Ventura, CA
3,962. Bruce D Burleigh
O Fallon, MO
3,963. Daniel Fewster
BALTIMORE, AA
3,964. James Shelton
RICHMOND, VA
3,965. Marsha Merten
Birch Run, MI
3,966. Sandra Heisey
Mount Joy, PA
3,967. SHARON
SPEARS
Pollock Pines, CA
3,968. christine
mulholland
Beach Center, CA
3,969. Dimmie Campbell
Southington, CT
3,970. Bill Denneen
NIPOMO, CA
3,971. Hope
Demetriades
Pasadena, CA
3,972. Lawrence East
Jacksonville, NC
3,973. Delana Darrow
Rantaul, IL
3,974. Fred Kleindenst
Paradise, CA
3,975. Marty Hertz
Eugene, OR
3,976. Leona Zions
CHICAGO, IL
3,977. Jan Freed
LOS ANGELES, CA
3,978. Marcia Caronia
Smithtown, NY
3,979. Stephanie
Tombrello
ALTADENA, CA
3,980. Patti Walters
Tucson, AZ
3,981. john martinez
east los angeles, CA
3,982. Richard Conviser
Fallbrook, CA
3,983. theo barnert
Tarzana, CA
3,984. Candace Stolley
Lower Lake, CA
The Ethiopian government is betraying it's people for
money.
3,985. Mary Jo Ballator
Hereford, AZ
Do not destroy the ability of Ethiopians to feed themselves.
Stop the foreign land-grab of Ethiopian agricultural lands.
3,986. C Eng
LITTLE NECK, NY
3,987. Colin Mirgis
Havre, MT
3,988. Michele Leschi
Temple City, CA
3,989. Sonya
Rasmussen
Meridian, ID
Page 146
OMG this breaks my heart!! SO WRONG!
this would be a criminal act.
I have been to Ethiopia and have witnessed firsthand the
hardship of life there. Please do not add to it.
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Name
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Comments
3,990. Bernie Gonzales
Caruthers, CA
3,991. Susan Kuhn
Portland, OR
3,992. P Mazzulo
Chicago, IL
3,993. Benjamin Mercer
CHICO, CA
3,994. Michael Martin
Plainfield, IL
3,995. Anne Daletski
CAMANO ISLAND,
WA
3,996. Alice Snead
EAST
STROUDSBURG, PA
3,997. C J Willis
Van Nuys, CA
3,998. John Dart
Renton, WA
3,999. Gloria Towers
Oceanside, CA
4,000. Carol Kreck
DENVER, CO
4,001. maura sheehan
Encinitas, CA
4,002. Krista Brazel
westchester, IL
4,003. Rhett Lawrence
Portland, OR
4,004. susan balthasar
Los Osos, CA
4,005. Glen Benjamin
Portsmouth, NH
4,006. MARYELLEN
REDISH
Palm Springs, CA
4,007. David Kimmett
Longmont, CO
4,008. Clarissa Evans
Milwaukee, WI
4,009. Jane E Peterson
Albuquerque, NM
4,010. Marge Boone
Cincinnati, OH
4,011. j g
s, WA
4,012. percel darden
Wilson, NC
Page 147
Please do not do this to your own people! Let them have
their land to grow crops on .... Help your people develop
the land and sell their produce, benefitting the country as
well as the individual.
This is disgraceful. If the USA has anything whatever to do
with this it must stop!! NOW!!!
Dear President Obama and Administrator Shah,
Please use the quite potent stick you hold over Ethiopia to
encourage them to refrain from divesting themselves of
their own land and handing it over to corporate
agribusiness. It will be a cycle from which they will never
escape as a nation, further compounding poverty with
terrible working conditions. Instead use the $1 billion
annual carrot to encourage Ethiopia to reform its land
ownership laws so that Ethiopians themselves can be the
owners and stewards of their own wonderful country.
I appreciate the hard work you both do to facilitate the
betterment of humanity across the globe.
The ongoing tragic history of African countries being
ravaged by the global greed of other outsiders.
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Name
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Comments
4,013. Peter Kokoros
Astoria, NY
4,014. Linghui Gao
Medina, WA
4,015. karen moonshine
st ann, MO
4,016. Brenan Searain
Pueblo, CO
4,017. debra smith
Brooklyn, NY
4,018. Rita
Salazar-Ashford
Pasadena,, CA
4,019. Harmon
Greenblatt
New Orleans, LA
4,020. Wendy L
Hernandez
Rockport, WA
they are already struggling , why do you have to make
them suffer more ?????????????
4,021. Maureen Mccarter St. Cloud, MN
4,022. Bob Ramczyk
Brown Deer, WI
4,023. John Drillias
Munster, IN
4,024. Toby Rane
Canoga Park, CA
4,025. Cliff Armstrong
Tucson, AZ
4,026. g fernandez
PHILADELPHIA, PA
4,027. Michael Mitsuda
Fremont, CA
4,028. Christopher Quinn Madison, WI
4,029. Rebecca Matchett Front Royal, VA
4,030. Omot Ojullu
Toronto, Canada
4,031. Joseph Rainho
Watertown, MA
4,032. Stan Nelson
St Paul, MN
4,033. Elmyra Lewiski
Montgomery, AL
4,034. jennifer Kardiak
New York, NY
4,035. Jade christensen
SAN CLEMENTE, CA
4,036. Barbara Dahms
BULLARD, TX
4,037. David Williams
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
4,038. Nava Sarracino
Anchorage, AK
4,039. Rosaura Sanchez
La Jolla, CA
4,040. Joan Murphy
Arvada, CO
4,041. Diane Alverson
Calera, AL
4,042. Jean Morningstar
Alhambra, CA
4,043. Rashas Weber
Portland, OR
4,044. Martha Rivas
Aztec, NM
4,045. Carrie Cole
PORTLAND, OR
Page 148
Think of the impact on the people. They are important.
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Name
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Comments
4,046. Donna Mummery
HONEOYE FALLS,
NY
4,047. Jerise Fogel
New York, NY
4,048. Midge Pauluk
VALLEY VILLAGE,
AA
4,049. Jack Frost
Calabasas, CA
4,050. Denise Mitchell
Woodland Hills, CA
4,051. Linda Staelens
Antwerp, Belgium
4,052. Ron Avila
San Francisco, CA
4,053. Ranko Balog
Irvine, CA
4,054. Georgeanne
Matranga
P J S, AA
4,055. KELLY ROGERS
SAN JOSE, CA
4,056. Caroll Fowler
HAYWARD, AA
4,057. Christine Becker
Laguna Woods, CA
4,058. Mark Amponin
Chicago, IL
4,059. Mike Vella
San Diego, CA
4,060. Lana Kitchel
Los Molinos, CA
4,061. daniel negash
dallas, TX
4,062. susan ciancimino
RICHMOND, CA
4,063. Jess Bolen
Cape Girardeau, MO
4,064. Michelle David
Brooklyn, NY
4,065. Lisa Read
Seattle, WA
4,066. Inderjeet Kaur
Kent, WA
4,067. charlene nash
CHATTANOOGA, TN
4,068. Claire Gearen
HONOLULU, HI
4,069. ROGER
ZWONITZER
Cheyenne, WY
PLEASE Don't kick these people out of their own lands.
As a mother and an Organic Farmer for our small,
family-owned farm, I am outraged! The people of Gambella
need their land to feed themselves! For far too long,
Ethiopians have endured dire poverty, starvation and
worse. It's time for the deepest compassion. Let them stay
on their land! Persuade the Ethiopian government to say
no to foreign agricultural investors and say yes to
Ethiopians!
4,070. Barbara Sundberg ALBUQUERQUE, NM
4,071. Margarita Flores
EL MIRAGE, AZ
4,072. Isaac Wollman
San Luis Obispo, CA
4,073. Gail Uecker
Tinley Park, IL
4,074. Grant Dilger
Kent, WA
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Name
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Comments
4,075. Carol Creamer
FOREST HILLS, NY
4,076. Cheryl Mitchem
Oklahoma City, OK
4,077. mMark lamport
Marion, IN
4,078. Sue Christiansen
Iowa City, IA
4,079. David Auerbach
Boulder, CO
4,080. joe rissetto
Chula Vista, CA
4,081. jon mohr
Oakland, CO
4,082. margo kupelian
GLENDALE, CA
4,083. Lisa Langhaug
SPOTSYLVANIA, VA
4,084. Miranda Vorhees
Gaston, IN
4,085. Sharon McFalls
El Cajon, CA
4,086. Elizabeth Krohn
Sebastopol, CA
4,087. Bonnie LeBlanc
Kenner, LA
4,088. Brian Florian
Beverly Hills, CA
4,089. Jack Rubinsohn
BETHLEHEM, PA
4,090. yvette dominguez
hacienda heights, CA
4,091. Kelli Gilbert
Conifer, CO
4,092. Corinna Hasbach
Reno, NV
4,093. Michael K.
Sullivan
San Diego, CA
4,094. Patricia Buchanan Fruita, CT
4,095. Mary Hockett
Decatur, AL
4,096. Ruth Feldman
FAIR OAKS, CA
4,097. Richard Stewart
Westminster, CA
4,098. Mary Beckman
Greenwood Lake, NY
4,099. Teresa
Bollermann
Castle Valley, UT
4,100. MICHAELLE
ROBARDEY
Shreveport, LA
4,101. MARY GARDNER EVANSDALE, IA
4,102. Jason Fish
VICTORVILLE, CA
4,103. Barbara Houk
Oak Harbor, WA
4,104. Breanna Ross
Marland, OK
4,105. Erin Britos
Honolulu, HI
4,106. Joshua Boker
BROOKEVILLE, MD
4,107. Greg Goldberg
Salt Lake City, UT
4,108. Debra Harpole
Troy, MO
4,109. brendan meagher
Baltimore, MD
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Name
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Comments
4,110. Deborah Wiley
La jolla, CA
4,111. Beryl Landau
San Francisco, CA
4,112. Susan Endries
BELLINGHAM, WA
4,113. Taylor Brown
Haverhill, MA
4,114. Costin Lixandru
Redmond, WA
4,115. Paul Couillard
San Diego, CA
4,116. Randi
Robinson-Snaer
Sacramento, CA
4,117. Florence Jesser
WILMETTE, IL
4,118. Francesca Agrusa Emeryville, CA
4,119. Barbara Willems
SLIDELL, LA
4,120. Vera Paschke
ANCHORAGE, AK
4,121. James Foley
Canoga Park, CA
4,122. Kity Ray
Harrisville, WV
4,123. Gwendolyn
Harrison
Santa Barbara, CA
4,124. Janice Rocke
Carmel, CA
4,125. Merrill Dellas
Santa Rosa, CA
4,126. John Todd
Littleton, CO
4,127. marie quinn
WAUKEGAN, IL
4,128. Sophia Werbowy
Addison, IL
4,129. Serena Lamla
Kula, HI
4,130. Diane Meeks
Cathedral City, CA
4,131. james day
SEATTLE, WA
4,132. Janelle Pollock
Carlisle, IA
4,133. richard jones
Lyons, CO
4,134. Samuel Ephrem
SHORELINE, WA
4,135. Earl Gernert
Greenbelt, MD
4,136. Zena Briggs
Los Angeles, CA
4,137. Samuel Ephrem
Shoreline, WA
4,138. Kathy Walters
MILWAUKEE, AA
4,139. Venu Reddy
Pleasanton, CA
4,140. Jan Wilson
Shoreline, WA
4,141. Paul Fleisher
Santa Monica, CA
4,142. Lesley Ahmed
Seattle, WA
4,143. Rebecca Strout
Pittsfield, MA
Page 151
We can't support the entire world. However, if these
governments are going to allow this kind pain to their
country, then they don't deserve our help.
Please help in any way you can.
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Name
From
Comments
4,144. Wendy Lynch
Los Angeles, CA
4,145. Julie Tillman
Portland, OR
4,146. lorraine yee
Sf, CA
4,147. Lawrence
Robertshaw
Green Valley, AZ
4,148. Lut Caljon
Hamme, Belgium
4,149. Pamela
VourosCallahan
GRANGER, IN
4,150. Charmaine
Radellant
Fresno, CA
4,151. Kelsey Reisdorph
St. Paul, MN
4,152. Sandra Dal Cais
Woodside, NY
4,153. Matthew Swyers
Livermore, CA
4,154. Sharon Smith
Grand Forks, ND
4,155. Lou Herman
Carlsbad, CA
4,156. Anna Vogel
Captain Cook, HI
4,157. Nancy Ahmad
Mpls, MN
4,159. Scott Riley
AUSTIN, AA
4,160. G Burke
Pittsburgh, PA
Please help these people who have no legal recourse in
their "own" country !
This is unthinkable !
4,161. Frances Anderson HERCULES, CA
4,162. Dean Thompson
Irving, TX
4,163. Yohannes Dibabu
VANCOUVER, WA
4,164. Charity
Moschopoulos
Annandale, VA
4,165. Lara Connor
Granite Falls, WA
4,166. Michael Harrop
PHOENIX, AZ
Engineering and Applied Science; Ph.D.
Space Materials Science and Technology; Ph.D
High Temperature and High Energetic Materials
Technology; Ph.D.
Dr Lära Connor Clinical Psychologist; Msc
4,167. Stephen Mahoney Carver, MA
4,168. John Nix
Kihei, HI
4,169. Celeste Black
COVINA, CA
4,170. Erin Keith
Fort Madison, IA
4,171. alicia hecht
FULLERTON, CA
4,172. Cindy Black
Seattle, WA
4,173. Nicolas Schulz
New York, NY
Page 152
It is THEIR freakin' LAND, dammit!!!!!!
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Name
From
Comments
4,174. Harrison P
Bertram
Schaumburg, IL
4,175. michael plaisted
Las Vegas, NV
4,176. marionette kubicz
Mancelona, MI
4,177. Vladimir Gulyy
Gresham, OR
4,178. Susan Leibowitz
Chicago, IL
4,179. Glenn Jacobson
Sacramento, CA
4,180. Margaret Dozier
CORONA, NY
4,181. pia massie
BROOKLYN, NY
4,182. Michelle
McLinden
HAIKU, HI
4,183. Holly Rule
Portland, OR
4,184. Elizabeth Wahbe
Bellingham, WA
4,185. Susan Hales
Berkeley, CA
4,186. James Trimm
Falls Church, VA
4,187. Kaaren Zvonik
Tamuning, GU
4,188. Jessica Wolfe
GUERNEVILLE, CA
4,189. Kim Wells
Pflugerville, TX
4,190. Julie Lane
Sebastopol, CA
4,191. Sharon
Nicodemus
Sacramento, CA
4,192. Garrett Gash
MOSCOW, ID
4,193. Sarah Reid
ITHACA, NY
4,194. Abbey Jankowski
Hampstead, MD
4,195. Abram S.
Perlstein
LOS OSOS, CA
4,196. Kenneth Gilliland
Philadelphia, PA
4,197. Jen Manders
Dubuque, IA
4,198. Yvonne Irvin
INDIAN HEAD, MD
4,199. Jeanie Camuti
Athol, MA
4,200. Cynthia Harris
West Peterborough,
NH
4,201. Mallika Henry
Cambridge, NY
4,202. R Chris LaReau
Savannah, GA
4,203. Robin Rae
Swanson
Kailua, HI
4,204. Alexis Walsh
Lacey, WA
4,205. James Williams
Branch, MI
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WOW this sounds like what the Europeans did in the U.S.
with the Native Americans. Isn't this the 21st Century and
what did we learn?
Name
From
Comments
4,206. Jim Bjork
Saint Paul, MN
4,207. Kasia Borecka
Olkusz, Poland
4,208. Jennifer Canady
Everett, WA
4,209. Gerda Seaman
CHICO, CA
4,210. Linda Marticek
Ho-ho-kus, NJ
4,211. kathleen crosby
ROCKPORT, MA
4,212. Cynthia Mastro
ELIZABETH CITY,
NC
4,213. Amy Perrin
Claremont, NH
4,214. Kari Wilson
Kailua, HI
4,215. Samantha Rauth
Painesville, OH
THESE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED
& HELPED ! NOT MOVED OUT & STARVED ! HOW
NASTY & DESPICABLE THAT IS ! HOW ARE THEY TO
FIGHT IT ? I CAN'T BELIEVE THINGS SUCH AS THIS
COULD EVEN BE HAPPENING !WHAT A TERRIBLE
THING ! WHAT'S THIER REASONING BEHIND THIS ?
SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE SHOULD BE FIRED OR
"RELOCATED" FOR EVEN CONTEMPLATING SUCH AN
ACT ! HELP THESE PEOPLE ! OR WHAT'LL BE
HAPPENING NEXT ?70,000 PEOPLE STARVING TO
DEATH / HOW TERRIFYING THIS IS ! & I DON'T EVEN
LIVE THERE !PLEASE HELP THEM ! FIND SOME
OTHER WAY TO GROW FOOD TO MEET THIER NEEDS
! INSTEAD OF "DISPLACING THEM!
4,216. Elizabeth Ramsey Davis, CA
4,217. joni burkett
No. Ferrisburgh, VT
4,218. Todd Everett
Wheaton, IL
4,219. Beth Phillips
West Allis, WI
4,220. Stephanie Sklar
Silver Spring, MD
4,221. Sunday Leopard
ROSAMOND, CA
4,222. ameen alhusseini
Los Angeles, CA
4,223. Diana Roth
JENISON, MI
4,224. keefer irwin
Rochester, VT
4,225. Jonathan Chu
Fremont, CA
4,226. Debra Sartelle
WAGONER, OK
4,227. Minnie Hallowell
Phoenix, AZ
4,228. Nancy
Roberts-Moneir
GULFPORT, MS
4,229. Dragan Dan
Constanta,mihail
Kogalniceanu,
Romania
4,230. karen stich
Venice, CA
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Name
From
Comments
4,231. Rose Brown
Colo. Spgs., CO
4,232. Giselle Sebag
Atlanta, GA
4,233. Jade Monahan
New York, NY
4,234. Eve Rosciam
Dameron, MD
4,235. Kim Amlong
Cambridge, MA
4,236. anna clavin
CHESTER
SPRINGS, PA
4,237. Sam Benedict
Otego, NY
4,238. Patricia Donnelly
Harbor Beach, MI
4,239. judy lucas
Charlevoix, MI
4,240. Tony Bell
Austin, TX
4,241. Tyler Harmon
Warwick, RI
4,242. Ezra Mable
Fayetteville, AR
4,243. George Hite
Springfield, VA
4,244. Amy Simmons
Cookeville, TN
4,245. Mark
RingswaldEgan
Cincinnati, OH
4,246. Samantha Butler
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
4,247. jenn harper
RED HOOK, NY
4,248. Andent Tsefaye
Bronx, NY
4,249. Carolyn R. Swift
Providence, RI
4,250. Vanna Andrews
Jenks, OK
4,251. Carol Painter
Ithaca, NY
4,252. Eduardo Espinal
MILFORD, PA
4,253. carlos torrico
Ciudad De Buenos
Aires, Argentina
4,254. Gina Tibo
GREEN VALLEY, AA
4,255. Carol Ashley
Park Rapids, MN
4,256. cristine vandyke
Concord, MA
4,257. frederique sol
New Rochelle, NY
4,258. Sheba Lo
SILVER SPRING, MD
4,259. Maria Studer
Levittown, NY
4,260. evana madeira
preignac, France
4,261. Kirby E
Ithaca, NY
4,262. Nicole Paige
ROCKAWAY PARK,
NY
Page 155
Displacing people from their land is simply wrong. Further,
the adverse long term effects on Ethiopia will most likely
vastly outweigh the immediate financial gains garnered by
such an unethical and cruel decision.
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Name
From
Comments
4,263. Bill Behrend
Albany, GA
4,264. Judi Yarwood
Lancaster, PA
4,265. Carol Dewees
Pottstown, PA
4,266. Marie Mccullough
Pickens, SC
4,267. Donald Williams
Somerville, MA
4,268. Sa Fish
CEDARVILLE, MI
4,269. Chad Fordham
Big Rapids, MI
4,270. Sarah Gagnon
SPENCER, NY
4,271. Bob Morriss
FOREST, VA
4,272. Pamela Haggood
Toledo, OH
4,273. laura
provo-meinhart
JULIAN, NC
4,274. Susan
Cantillon-Cuda
Saratoga Springs, NY
4,275. Nathaniel
Hammerli
Vail, CO
4,276. Tim Guisinger
Camarillo, CA
4,277. nathylin flowers
BROOKLYN, NY
4,278. John Mansky
Lansford, PA
4,279. Amylia Pereira
Ipswich, MA
4,280. Kate Crenshaw
Athens, GA
4,281. Elizabeth Barger
SUMMERTOWN, TN
4,282. Morgan Powell
Staatsburg, NY
4,283. solomon
Dagnachew
Nairobi, Kenya
4,284. Anna Cruikshank
Springfield, OH
4,285. NA Flowers
Brooklyn, NY
4,286. mark gillono
aurora, IL
4,287. Angela
Chamberlain
Mosinee, WI
Page 156
The divisive, dictatorial and ethno-centric regime of
Ethiopia are selling out fertile lands to foreign investors
without the will of the people. They evicted indigenous
people from their ancestral land and threw in to inferno.
This dictatorial regime led by Meles Zenawi has
perpetrated systematic genocide against the people of
Gambella. However the UN member countries and the
United State of America give a blind eyes and deaf ears to
the desperate indigenous people ordeals.The world must
take swift action against the dictator who has been
engaged in systematic genocide.
We are One; we need to help feed the world, not kill them
by Starvation~ in their own land! Stop the Land grab by
corporations! Help us feed all the Children + Families~here
NOW! ThAnk you!!!
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Name
From
Comments
4,288. DaNelle Jenkins
CINCINNATI, OH
4,289. Małgorzata
Konieczna
Wrocław, Poland
4,290. Don Bolanos
Friday Harbor, WA
4,291. Agnes Johnson
BRONX, NY
4,292. Bert McDert
Atlanta, GA
4,293. John Vann
SPRINGPORT, IN
4,294. Hania Zozgórnik
Chorzã³w, Poland
4,295. Belinda
Poropudas
San Rafael, CA
4,296. ellen hinchcliffe
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
4,297. Dameon Torrey
Atlanta, GA
4,298. John Vann
Springport, IN
4,299. Sara Dannhardt
VERONA, PA
4,300. Joan Abruzzo
Bay Terrace, NY
4,301. Dennis Ledden
Mount Aukum, CA
4,302. GENEVA
DRIVER
atlanta, GA
4,303. J Calhoun
ALMA, AA
4,304. Linda Nash
Greenville, TX
4,305. Robyn Cleaves
University Place, WA
4,306. henya murray
Jamaicaplain, MA
4,307. Elizabeth Hart
Lake Bluff, IL
4,308. jean-theo jost
Hyde Park, VT
4,309. Alaya Bouche
PRESCOTT VALLEY,
AZ
4,310. Helen Cu
Brooklyn, NY
4,311. Amber Baker
Gibsonia, PA
Page 157
How bout we just stop propping up governments
altogether? Surely there are NGOs doing good work in
Ethiopia that could do a lot more of it with an extra billion a
year? Perhaps even some working toward actually
improving the situation of the people the government is
trying to forcibly remove, such as for instance by
strengthening their rights to stay on their traditional land?
Here is an example of the US attempting to do a good
thing, but the effects will be devastating for the natives.
Please study more, read Lester Brown, and stop the land
grab.
There are so many options for strengthening the people of
Ethiopia. Destroying more fertile land with big crop
consumerism is the most destructive option for the land
and its people. Can we not learn from what we already
know about this type of destruction. We've done it so many
times before, can we finally try something different?
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Name
From
Comments
4,312. Laura Schlegel &
family
CHICAGO, IL
4,313. Mary Sedgwick
WACO, TX
4,314. Sharon Moss
Richmond Heights,
MO
4,315. LESLEY TONNA
Webster, MA
4,316. vicoria kitchnes
Piru, CA
4,317. Michele Glenn
Jacksonville, FL
4,318. Vicki Johnson
Kansas City, MO
4,319. Joel Perkins
DENTON, TX
4,320. Mari Helen High
Tucson, AZ
4,321. Dona Longacre
RANCHO SANTA
MARGARITA, CA
4,322. Seabury Lyon
BETHEL, ME
4,323. Richard Warden
Arnold, MD
4,324. Gloriana Roig
New York, NY
4,325. Richard Jennings
Santa Fe, NM
4,326. LLOYD HEDGER
Tacoma, WA
4,327. Eva Landeo
Manhattan, NY
4,328. Alex A. Herrera
Austin, TX
4,329. Nehemiah
Barshlomo
Quincy, MA
4,330. Judith
Cox-Gietman
Waterford, NY
4,331. mary cappiello
Las Vegas, NV
4,332. E.R. Adams
Dexter, MI
4,333. Michele Gielis
Cambridge, MA
4,334. Karen Cignoli
Coram, NY
4,335. Rosa Karl
Bayfield, WI
4,336. Pat Wiberley
Chicago, IL
4,337. Dael Chapman
Amherst, MA
4,338. Casey Ferguson
MIDLOTHIAN, VA
4,339. Steve Green
Sedro Woolley, WA
4,340. Roger Carson
Phoenix, AZ
4,341. Patricia Dirienzo
Erie, PA
4,342. Ellen Atkinson
PACIFIC, WA
Page 158
It MUST be insured that the People, the Animals be cared
for properly, NO MATTER WHAT. This is Not to be about
profits at the expense of the people! Insure the people and
the animal WELFARE FIRST!
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Name
From
Comments
4,343. Amber Davidson
Columbia, SC
4,344. Marcy Dedam
Burlington, VT
4,345. Craig Zimmerman Buckley, WA
4,346. Noreen McCarthy
Pottstown, PA
4,347. kathleen rane
Santa Fe, NM
4,348. Keith Bouldin
ROSELAND, CA
4,349. Terry Charleton
Trumbull, CT
4,350. Jean Hemphill
Johnson City, TN
4,351. Nike Cacoullos
State College, PA
4,352. Valerie Clay
South Charleston,
WV
4,353. Ana Oviedo
Chicago, IL
4,354. Franklin Platizky
Denton, TX
4,355. GInny Flowers
Nags Head, NC
4,356. Sidne Baglini
NEWTOWN
SQUARE, PA
4,357. Jerry Eldredge
Hebron, KY
4,358. Heath Lesjak
PHOENIX, AZ
4,359. Ursula Teuter
Bridgeville, PA
4,360. gwen cope
Putnam Valley, NY
4,361. Heidi Stubner
MANHATTAN, NY
4,362. Patty Orr
FREEBURG, PA
4,363. jemmy delva
OTEGO, NY
4,364. Neva Allen
Belfast, ME
4,365. Dave Christman
OXFORD, OH
4,366. Nina Kornstein
Framingham, MA
4,367. Gail Babic
Mt. Gretna, PA
4,368. Sara Miller
Kent, OH
4,369. Linda Prostko
Caledonia, MI
4,370. Jennifer Brown
Milford, CT
4,371. Alexandra Sipiora
Chicago, IL
4,372. Frank X
Kleshinski
Jeannette, PA
4,373. Andrew Peterson
Portland, OR
4,374. Alvin King
Reno, NV
4,375. charlotte byrams
Crane Hill, AL
4,376. Laura Telford
AUSTIN, TX
Page 159
land is all these people have
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Name
From
Comments
4,377. Kathryn Axtell
Sunnyvale, CA
Corporate land grabbing is a criminal idea. This is
diabolical.
4,378. Sarah Marsh
Poestenkill, NY
4,379. Barbara Kellogg
GUILFORD, CT
4,380. Pamela Robinson
Sugar Land, TX
4,381. Elias Sanchez
Manassas Park, VA
4,382. Jordana H.
Chicago, IL
4,383. Ann Harlan
Houston, TX
4,384. Betty murphy
Long Beach, CA
4,385. anna baylac
Orleans, France
4,386. James Powers
Springfield, VA
4,387. Paul Webber
Eugene, OR
4,388. earl mcmanhan
Charlotte, NC
4,389. Jennifer Thomas
Springfield, VA
4,390. Alexandra
Graziano
Thousand Oaks, CA
4,391. patricia mc veigh
Aptos, CA
4,392. David Tinnin
Cloverdale, CA
4,393. Scott P
Neenah, WI
4,394. JIll Grams
Galesville, WI
4,395. nancy Harris
Kewaskum, WI
4,396. Deborah Lane
Prescott Valley, AZ
4,397. phillip caler
Jackson, MI
4,398. Roche' Martin
Richmond, VA
4,399. Steve Sierigk
Trumansburg, NY
4,400. Consuelo Hannan Los Lunas, NM
4,401. Charles (bud)
Adam
Akron, OH
4,402. james shields
Portland, OR
4,403. Justin Seck
BRONX, NY
4,404. Angela Stone
Salt Lake City, UT
4,405. Daniel Isenberg
Blacksburg, VA
4,406. Marla Jacquinot
OVERLAND, KS
4,407. clayton lemieux
Serling Heights, MI
4,408. Angela Mallard
Telluride, CO
4,409. Marilyn Plott
Georgetown, TX
4,410. j Callero
CAPITOLA, CA
4,411. depastas nathalie
MCLEAN, VA
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Name
From
Comments
4,412. Linda Wallace
Homewood, IL
4,413. William Davis
Bearsville, NY
4,414. Susan Hittel
New York, NY
4,415. Corrine Haas
Commerce Twp, MI
4,416. jef weisel
Pepperell, MA
4,417. Deborah Bennett
Leeds, AL
4,418. Eileen Greene
Salt Lake City, UT
4,419. Elliot Tanzer
Temecula, CA
4,420. Lisa Valiente
Bolingbrook, IL
4,421. Donald Tayloe
FRESNO, CA
4,422. Rickey
Westbrooks
CENTERVILLE, TN
4,423. Lilly Mahaney
Leland, MI
4,424. yvonne Pratt
Canaan Lake, NY
4,425. Tristan Sophia
Deer Lodge, MT
4,426. Katie Grogan
DURHAM, NC
4,427. mary wakeman
GREENSBORO, NC
4,428. Veronica
Feinstein
STAMFORD, CT
4,429. Gisela Zerykier
Teaneck, NJ
4,430. Krystina Stark
Cabot, AR
4,431. Karolyn Beebe
Madison, WI
4,432. Cary Miller
ST PETERSBURG,
AA
4,433. esme berlin
CHAPEL HILL, NC
4,434. Ada Letelier
New York, NY
4,435. Britton Saunders
Milwaukee, WI
4,436. Spencer Stall
EL PRADO, NM
4,437. Mary Cotey
Lake Barrington, IL
4,438. Vernon Batty
MESILLA PARK, NM
4,439. leon laporte
Columbia, MD
4,440. Sandra Bostian
Comstock Park, MI
Page 161
Large-scale agricultural plantations should be nationalized
and their overseers jailed. Jail the 1% for crimes against
humanity, theft and environmental crimes!
Forced relocation is not the way to go. This money can be
spent on investments that respect the rights of indigenous
people and the culture in the area overall. Please urge the
people who are receiving this funding and organizing these
projects to stop the forced relocations. These types of
grave human rights abuses must be spoken out against in
clear terms. Thank you.
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Name
From
Comments
4,441. Bill Johnson
Wheaton, MD
4,442. Gary Prevo
Livonia, MI
4,443. Joyce Faulk
Austin, TX
4,444. Nan Hunter
Wheatley Heights, NY This land is on loan to us from the Creator of all things.
Removing these people from their home land constitutes a
spiritual and physical assult aganist them form the
deamons of greed who are doing this, if it is America or
any other country the karma they will inflict upon their
country and people will destroy them.
4,445. Rita L. Glasscock
Santa Fe, NM
4,446. Dale Patrick
DES MOINES, IA
4,447. Grace Holden
Arlington, VA
4,448. Paula Myles
HARWICH, MA
4,449. belete tsegaw
drammen, Norway
i really condomed the things that happened in
Ethiopia.never ever be like this!
Ethiopia lezelalem tinur!!
4,450. yalem yihdego
Cambridge, MA
Please stop land grab from the poor farmers of Ethiopia
and forced relocation of the people.
4,451. Andrew Kistler
North Olmsted, OH
4,452. ana jude
Los Angeles, CA
4,453. kathleen rengert
Unionville, PA
4,454. Martha
Maria-Louisa
AUSTIN, TX
4,455. Lama Lane
LAGUNA WOODS,
CA
4,456. William Ryder
HAGERSTOWN, MD
This land grab reminds me of the conditions that led
america to be the, "prosperous", country that it is. It caused
for centuries of inhumane treatment to the indigenous
peoples of this and other lands. it brought upon them pain,
suffering, hunger and massacre. Do we as a civilized
nation wish to stand by idly by while this happens to
another group of human beings. There are a lot of
Americans of good conscience who still carry the feelings
of guilt for the carrying out manifest destiny.
I hope not. Please do the right thing.
Respectfully,
4,457. Maria Heymans
4,458. S Zitzer
ALGONA, AA
4,459. Judith Night
OCEAN PARK, WA
4,460. Alyssa Roberts
CHAPEL HILL, NC
4,461. jacki masar
BOWLING GREEN,
OH
4,462. Laura Westbrook
BITTER LAKE, WA
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Name
From
Comments
4,463. Mark Phemister
LINCOLN, NE
4,464. Michael Lasky
SANTA CRUZ, CA
4,465. Anita Kostas
Santa Clarita, CA
4,466. nancy geist
Avondale, PA
4,467. Katherine Nolan
Cupertino, CA
4,468. Bob Thomas
Myrtle Creek, OR
4,469. nancy herrmann
Windsor, CT
4,470. Karen Spradlin
Jacksonville, AL
4,471. marion frazier
Brooklyn, NY
4,472. Pauline
CALLAHAN
Jordan, MN
4,473. Frances
Carpenter
Providence, RI
4,474. Craig Bailey
Rutherfordton, NC
4,475. adam heckle
05401, VT
4,476. Liz Carden
San Francisco, CA
4,477. Jean Downing
Lake Stevens, WA
4,478. Cathi Warren
Omaha, NE
4,479. Romy Overstreet
Indianapolis, IN
4,480. Thomas Heinrich
Ditzingen, Germany
4,481. Jennifer Schmitz
Canton, MI
4,482. Aurora Griffin
Irrigon, OR
4,483. Ruth Meyer
Keene, NH
4,484. Laura Molinario
Kansas City, MO
4,485. Robert Knight
Vestal, NY
4,486. rio valencia
Midlothian, VA
Page 163
I am so appalled at the greed of US companies that exploit
helpless human beings with untruths about improving their
existences. Monsanto, DOW, etc. are the sorts to which
I'm referring.
The US government forcibly relocated our native
Americans in violation of US treaties with those native
peoples, & in violation of their human rights, and gave their
lands to American settlers and businesses. America, with
its financial clout in Ethiopia, now can begin to make
amends by standing on the side of 70,000 people from
Gambella, to stop this land grab. Americans must answer
the question: is OUR government on the side of the 1% or
on the side of the 99%? When America gives $1 billion per
year to Ethiopia, does America insist that the $1 billion
goes to the everyday people of Ethiopia and groups
representing them? Think about it. Its great to know that
the American people are watching these developments
and speaking up! Respectfully submitted.
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Name
From
Comments
4,487. Angelique
Hartman
San Diego, CA
4,488. Judith Tarbet
Santa Fe, NM
4,489. Nina Gielen
New York, NY
4,490. sherry turner
Quincy, MA
4,491. Carlos Mendez
Phoenix, AZ
4,492. Melissa Bishop
Deposit, NY
4,493. Norman Hoffman
Marietta, GA
4,494. nan Schmid
BROOKLYN, NY
4,495. Carol Laurencell
Palatine, IL
4,496. Michael C. Ford
Dr. Richard B.
Marks
WATSONVILLE, CA
4,497. Jonathan Nash
NEW YORK, NY
4,498. Pi Outer Space
Torshavn, Faroe
Islands
4,499. Brett Marcel
Babineaux
New Orleans, LA
4,500. Mark Edwards
Chapel Hill, NC
4,501. Anibal Contreras
Chicago, IL
4,502. KM Gorman
Sedona, AZ
4,503. Helen Hughes
St Louis Park, MN
4,504. Jennifer
Krouchick
Warminster, PA
4,505. Jim Crotty
AGUADA, PR
4,506. david lindberg
MILWAUKEE, WI
4,507. Emmi Ollila
Espoo, Finland
4,508. Dominick Falzone
LOS ANGELES, CA
4,509. Ashley Parker
Collegeville, PA
4,510. Tacey Conover
Redding, CA
4,511. william mittig
MARIPOSA, CA
4,512. Ron Gilliland
HERNDON, VA
4,513. Stirling Cousins
White Bear Lake, MN
4,514. Angie
Moser-Wohlfarth
Munich, Germany
4,515. Greg Lyman
Kirkland, WA
4,516. Steve Banyai
Port Mansfield, TX
4,517. J. Adam Bailey
Gill, MA
4,518. Barbara Moffitt
Lexington, NC
Page 164
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Name
From
Comments
4,519. Gisela Peake
Puilaurens, France
4,520. sagrario rilo
Santiago, Spain
4,521. Marcela Silva
Seattle, WA
4,522. Regina Carpenter
Belpre, OH
4,523. Lou Rowan
Seattle, WA
4,524. AL MARTIN
Beatrice, NE
4,525. Kelly Liebel
Chino, CA
Please insist that Ethiopia put a stop to forced relocations,
the people must be allowed to stay on the land that is their
home.
4,526. Cheli
Champaign, IL
Winkler-Groschen
4,527. Kevin Allemann
Harrisburg, MO
4,528. Dianne PunKay
La Puente, CA
4,529. Mary Egger
Memphis, TN
4,530. m sivey
highlands ranch, CO
4,531. Courtney Daniels
SHERMAN OAKS,
CA
4,532. Hiedi Tan
Knoxville, TN
4,533. Gwendolyn Fields
NORMAN, OK
4,534. Melanie Mangels
North Kansas City,
MO
4,535. Juan Lopez
Albuquerque, NM
4,536. Elisabeth Webber
Durango, CO
4,537. Glynis Lomon
Newton, MA
4,538. Shilo De La Cruz
Olympia, WA
4,539. Marybeth Sharp
Grants Pass, OR
4,540. Michael Wolff
AMHERST, MA
4,541. marie aversa
Atlanta, GA
4,542. LAURA
SAMPSEL
STOW, OH
4,543. Ann Kroeber
RICHMOND, CA
4,544. Robert Meredith
Madera, CA
4,545. Brandon Truster
Buhl, ID
This sounds like an act of pirates to me....
4,546. Eugene D.
Alexander
Hummelstown, PA
Farming should be going in the other direction with small
family farms being taught more modern arming techniques.
this not only saves the land from degradation bu also
contributes less to global warming
4,547. Shelly Jones
Taylorsville, UT
4,548. Timothy Fleche
Rochester, NY
Page 165
If we give this goernment $1,000,000,000 a year I think we
could ask them to not relocate their people.
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Name
From
Comments
4,549. philip kane
SARASOTA, AA
4,550. Vincent Saia
New York, NY
4,551. erica pennington
Goolwa, Australia
4,552. Jan Bemetz
Woodburn, OR
This action by their gov't will most certainly result in more
famine and misery. The people must have the right to grow
their own food!
4,553. Edith M. Conrad
Asheville, NC
A conscience must be a difficult thing to find these days.
4,554. Mark Mullbock
Portland, OR
4,555. Kathy Piltz
JIM THORPE, AA
4,556. Judith Lammers
Dyersville, IA
4,557. Claudette Schiratti Kansas City, MO
4,558. Lin McClellan
Wilmington, IL
4,559. Laureen
Pepersack
SANTA FE, NM
4,560. Kirsten Schelbert
EVANSTON, IL
4,561. April Plumeri
Niagara Falls, NY
4,562. Barbara Nelson
Dublin, CA
4,563. evangeline
Faacks-Moen
ISLE, MN
4,564. natalie bougos
Gent, Belgium
4,565. belinda b
Columbus, OH
4,566. Ann Reed
Quincy, IL
4,567. Gerry Pirritano
San Francisco, CA
4,568. Cris Tilliss
Lone Tree, CO
4,569. Joan Stroh
Chula Vista, CA
4,570. Vanessa roe
Bk, NY
4,571. Sue Stoudemire
Atlanta, GA
4,572. Kate & Bill
Massengale
Los Alamos, NM
4,573. jime edwards
santa fe, NM
4,574. george and barb
rofkar
BELLINGHAM, WA
4,575. Michael Spadoni
Rail Road Flat, CA
4,576. Kathi Kibbel
Dallas, TX
Page 166
let's start helping these countries rather than hindering
their lives...seems that our, and their big government
standards are far different than what the people really
need...big government, get down on the peoples level,
walk a mile in their shoes, if they have any, speak to them
on their level, look them in the eye as you talk to
them...learn from them.
-
Name
4,577. Alycia Ware
From
Comments
Louisville, KY
4,578. Thomas Trescone Asheville, NC
4,579. laura ricci
bklyn, NY
4,580. Elizabeth Kanze
Cambridge, MA
4,581. Margery Barlow
Packwood, WA
4,582. Caryn Hunt
Philadelphia, PA
4,583. Heather Chang
Monterey, CA
4,584. Andra Addis
CHICAGO, AA
4,585. Rebecca
Saunders
Cambridge, MA
4,586. pamela hamilton
Las Vegas, NV
4,587. Connie Conaway
Canonsburg, PA
4,588. elvin stewart
Jamestown, NY
4,589. Jennifer Worrell
Niles, IL
4,590. Robey Frasche
Denver, CO
4,591. wayne hardaker
Aurora, CO
4,592. Hannah G.
Robinson
Sound Beach, NY
4,593. jerry brennan
Lisbon, OH
4,594. Doria Whitlatch
Reynoldsburg, OH
4,595. Summer Griffin
Fallbrook, CA
4,596. karin schuff
schefflenz, Germany
4,597. Shayna Kohan
Philadelphia, PA
Forcibly moving families because more powerful interests
want their land, creating refugees, is wrong. Everybody
knows that.
Please don't do as we do in America and sell our people to
the rich, who give nothing back. They claim they give jobs
but they don't,unless you count all the jobs they send
overseas.
The rich take the poor,in their sickness for wealth.
4,598. Thomas Hennigan Rio Rancho, NM
4,599. Melissa Arminio
New Haven, CT
4,600. Phyllis Holzworth
Seattle, WA
4,601. Julita Jones
Laguna Beach, CA
4,602. Teresa Bryan
Kelso, WA
4,603. Michael Barnes
Fpo, AP
4,604. Toni Gilmont
SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CA
4,605. Rosemary
Maziarz
Saint Charles, IL
4,606. john fahrendorf
Eagan, MN
4,607. Marvin Lewis
PHILADELPHIA, PA
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Name
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Comments
4,608. Daniel Frauendorf Schefflenz, Germany
4,609. Linda Birn
Hon, HI
4,610. Brenda Mork
Vancouver, WA
4,611. Liz Reed
Lake Villa, IL
4,612. Meghann Eddy
Amherst, MA
4,613. Pat Biondo
Berkeley, CA
4,614. Shannon Fargel
Carnegie, PA
4,615. laura lynch
Meriden, CT
4,616. L. Susan Griffiths
Beaverton, OR
4,617. Anita Buffer
Warminster, PA
4,618. Jeanne
Held-Warmkessel
North Wales, PA
4,619. suzanne ventura
Ny, NY
4,620. Arthur Jackson
DARNESTOWN, MD
4,621. Rebecca Smith
TROY, NY
4,622. Ann Creed
SAINT MARYS, GA
4,623. haley schwartz
Philadelphia, NY
4,624. Denise
Anderson-Gaines
Los Angeles, CA
4,625. David Plant
Rohnert Park, CA
4,626. Robin blier
Saugerties, NY
4,627. NOREEN
MICHAUD
WESTFORD, MA
4,628. Sophia T
Austin, TX
4,629. Charlene
LaFollette
Tippecanoe, OH
4,630. Lynne Rosenfield
Aspen, CO
4,631. maxine klein
NYC, NY
4,632. Paige McAdoo
San Francisco, CA
4,633. Shannon Meckley
Carbondale, CO
4,634. margaret hashmi
BELLINGHAM, WA
4,635. Linda Waer
PORTLAND, OR
4,636. Marija Stroke
New York, NY
4,637. jennifer coffee
fort worth, TX
4,638. Vicki Krotz
PLATTSMOUTH, NE
4,639. Richard n Beth
Monroe
ROCHESTER HILLS,
MI
4,640. Barbara Shaffer
KENSINGTON, MD
Page 168
These people deserve to keep their land, their livelihood!
It's wrong to kick people off their land.
when will we learn that people are more important than
money?
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Name
From
Comments
4,641. Wendy Chrisman
Columbus, OH
4,642. Ann Margaret
Mills
Irving, TX
4,643. Thomas Rogers
Eagle, ID
4,644. James Yurgel
LOS ANGELES, CA
4,645. Randall Powell
Lufkin, TX
4,646. Dean Borgeson
Brooklyn Park, MN
4,647. Nona Weiner
San Jose, CA
4,648. sally giles
Winterville, GA
4,649. Wayne Berry
Hampton, VA
4,650. Lee Longfellow
Lake Oswego, OR
4,651. Megan Hammond
Huntington Beach,
CA
4,652. Jenny
Ruckdeschel
Rosemont, PA
4,653. Mark Daniels
FLAGSTAFF, AZ
4,654. Anita Chariw
Wilmington, DE
4,655. Maryann
Robinson
Minneapolis, MN
4,656. Bethyl Vess
Nashville, TN
4,657. Elizabeth Ungar
New York, NY
4,658. Igor Givotovsky
Amesbury, MA
4,659. Thomas Martin
Custer, SD
4,660. Eva Martin
Perris, CA
4,661. Zac Harmon
Long Beach, CA
4,662. Stephanie
Madison
Salem, OR
4,663. Lorrie Oshatz
Sunland, CA
4,664. Jim Hacker
PIONEER, CA
4,665. Gina Gentili
DENVER, CO
4,666. Laura Nevins
Burns, TN
4,667. Marie Leven
Flushing, MI
4,668. mary brinich
Chowchilla, CA
4,669. Kathleen
Wilkinson
WABASHA, MN
4,670. jane jensen
Arlington, VA
4,671. Roberta Parrish
Springfield, VA
Page 169
Ask Israel why this is crucial, we are one!
Protect the rights of local citizens in Ethiopia, not the
interests of large corporations!
This land is not going to produce for the people of Ethiopia.
This is an outrage. Our aid should be put on hold till this
matter is resolved
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Name
From
Comments
4,672. Katy Martin
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
4,673. margaret spak
Menlo Park, CA
4,674. Kathleen Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
4,675. Janet Simpson
R, IL
4,676. Kristen Van
Tassell
Centreville, VA
4,677. Erika Klein
THE WOODLANDS,
TX
4,678. Erica Knox
CHICAGO, IL
4,679. Joanne Wagner
MADISON, WI
4,680. Steven Lamar
El Prado, NM
4,681. Edward Busby
Park Falls, WI
Dislocating local populations for the sake of agribusiness is
similar to the worst land grabs in our own national history.
It was immoral then and it is immoral now. You CANNOT
support this from a moral perspective.
4,682. Charles Couch
Brooklyn, NY
The U.S. continues to look the other way when U.S.
Corporations want the resources of poor people in 3rd
World Countries, another reason humans must be
ashamed to be Americans.
4,683. wentworth clarke
HIAWASSEE, GA
4,684. Patricia Albers
Manchester, CT
4,685. WILLIAM Reber
Kaneohe, HI
4,686. Orysia Dagney
Philadelphia, PA
4,687. Carlotta Harrell
JONESBORO, GA
4,688. Adriana
Guastavino
Rohnert Park, CA
It is not a smart or wise decision to have large-scale
agricultural plantations destroying your land! Helping
individual and local small-scale farmers is so much more
beneficial to the people, the country, and the planet. Here
in the U.S., there is a growing movement to shift back to
local, organic farming for many reasons: better quality
food, much lower impact on the environment, helps local
economy, are just a few examples. Don't let big
agribusiness ruin your beautiful country!
4,689. Theresa Dumlao
Centralia, WA
This is irresponsible and down right wrong and greedy!
Please, be kind to your fellow human being. Please think
about others before you think about yourselves.
4,690. Joan Quinn
Sacramento, CA
4,691. Marianne Mills
JUNEAU, AK
4,692. Janet Hauter
SOUTH
BARRINGTON, IL
4,693. Michelle Suffian
PORTLAND, OR
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Name
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Comments
4,694. Stanley Palombo
Rockville, MD
4,695. Quinn Bernegger
Richfield Springs, NY
4,696. Wren Osborn
El Cajon, CA
4,697. Edward Loeffler
New York, NY
4,698. charles hall
Nevada City, CA
4,699. Laurie Kehl
BEVERLY, OH
4,700. A Grozik
Chicago, IL
4,701. David Spalding
Taos, NM
4,702. Celia Franklin
Eagle, CO
4,703. Dianne Earick
FULLERTON, CA
4,704. Kim Frey
Newark, DE
4,705. Greg Mohr
Santa Barbara, CA
4,706. Dan Spiegle III
PORTLAND, OR
Sounds like premeditated corporate slavery to me!
4,707. Jennifer Valentine Massapequa Park,
NY
4,708. Cindy Robinson
Asheville, NC
4,709. Kristen Nadaraja
San Francisco, CA
4,710. Robert Deck
Toledo, OH
4,711. Warren Metzger
Mukwonago, WI
4,712. lloyd kay
ASHEVILLE, NC
4,713. Luther E. Franklin
ISSAQUAH, WA
4,714. Melody Sharpe
Milford, MI
4,715. Kory Ruth
Martin, TN
4,716. Samantha Bristoe
Cleator, United
Kingdom
4,717. Sarah Wessels
Ithaca, NY
4,718. Hans West
Salem, OR
4,719. Dawn Laughlin
Canon City, CO
4,720. E Thompson
Santa Fe, NM
4,721. Alfred Wilson
Walpole, MA
4,722. Sidney Pearson
Atlanta, GA
4,723. Margaret Kelly
Haverford, PA
4,724. Kelly OBrien
Phoenix, AZ
There's a huge international land grab going on in Africa
that surely bodes ill for Africans, aided and abeted by
Africans with power and money. Perhaps we're seeing the
birth of "crony colonialism".
4,725. Danielle Raymond CASSADAGA, NY
4,726. Scott Coahran
SAINT LOUIS, MO
Page 171
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Name
From
Comments
4,727. Alexia
Strout-Dapaz
FORT WORTH, TX
4,728. Rob Bein
Longmont, CO
4,729. Mary Bissell
OKLAHOMA CITY,
OK
4,730. ralph bocchetti
Arcadia, CA
4,731. Cynthia Hull
GALLUP, NM
4,732. Jean stidham
Las Vegasn, NV
4,733. Hiroe Watanabe
Dallas, TX
4,734. Diana Stauffer
Placerville, CA
4,735. Samantha Garlejo FOLSOM, CA
4,736. Ginamarie Colorio MINNEAPOLIS, MN
4,737. Pamela Driscoll
DEXTER, OR
4,738. Mark Wagner
Rochester Hills, MI
4,739. Jo Ann Corum
BELLMORE, NY
4,740. mark ackerman
Fort George, NY
4,741. Sara Fisch
Scottsdale, AZ
4,742. AJ Ippolito
Atl, GA
4,743. Ofosuah Quaynor
Ypsilanti, MI
4,744. Faith Vis
NEW MILFORD, PA
4,745. Dan Bennett
Sun Prairie, WI
4,746. ERGA SHELEY
Newburgh, NY
4,747. evan white
San Francisco, CA
4,748. Paula Smith
MENOMONIE, WI
4,749. Carol Abrams
SF, CA
4,750. Michael Bond
Scottsdale, AZ
4,751. Deborah Friend
Newton, NH
4,752. Angela Entzel
oakland, CA
4,753. Erin Stark
Denver, CO
4,754. Penney Nile
Northridge, CA
4,755. Carl Casella
Wallingford, PA
4,756. David Harpe
Sacramento, CA
4,757. John Dotta
Santa Rosa, CA
4,758. Virginia Eagan
Chico, CA
4,759. Gregory Hall
San Marcos, CA
4,760. Hannah Donahue
Cottage Hills, IL
Page 172
Let's tell Ethiopia to stop forcibly relocating 70,000 people
from Gambella.
This is simply wrong. A government that sells out the
interests of the people like this needs to be replaced.
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Name
From
Comments
4,761. Richard Cowan
Monarch Beach, CA
4,762. Nicole Dunlap
Humble, TX
4,763. Alicia Nuszloch
Reno, NV
4,764. Howard Flaer
Los Angeles, CA
4,765. Ron Sonnenberg
Middleport, NY
4,766. Sandra
Zylberman
Owings Mills, MD
4,767. Eloise
Harriss-Teas
Austin, TX
4,768. Tristan Celayeta
Mill Valley, CA
4,769. Kim Pratt
New York, NY
4,770. Michael Nabors
MEMPHIS, TN
4,771. Jennifer Willis
San Francisco, CA
4,772. Nancy Meehan
Santa Rosa Beach,
FL
4,773. Terrance
Shoemaker
Parker, CO
4,774. Joan Underwood
Westminster, CO
4,775. Elva Pero
Dana Point, CA
4,776. James Steedman
Jamestown, NC
4,777. Robin Kessler
Baltimore, MD
4,778. Diane Hopkins
GREAT FALLS, VA
4,779. kathleen
CONROY
roslindale, MA
4,780. Jerry Broadbent
Bucoda, WA
4,781. Wesley Meeker
Milford, CT
4,782. Eve Seamone
Santa Cruz, CA
4,783. Jacqueline Kelley
MADISON, WI
4,784. Eldon Wedlock
St Petersburg, FL
4,785. Sherry Korthals
Sioux Falls, SD
4,786. Amelia Roberts
Penfield, NY
4,787. BETTY AWAD
4,788. Stacy Thompson
ALTA LOMA, CA
4,789. Patricia Hicks
SMYRNA, GA
4,790. Crystal Edmunds
DENVER, CO
4,791. Ken Lesem
BURLINGTON, VT
Page 173
Enough! Leave the destruction of this land alone....gold,
oil, animals and livelihoods have been ravaged for to many
decades
They should invest in the families and support them in
resourcing the land.
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Name
From
Comments
4,792. Jim Steitz
GATLINBURG, TN
4,793. Wilson Ross
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
4,794. Paul Johnson
CHICAGO, IL
4,795. Greyling Gentry
REDMOND, WA
4,796. Tena Purvis
GRANGER, IA
4,797. Grace Burson
MANCHESTER, NH
4,798. Laurie Youngquist Portland, OR
4,799. Greg Chambers
San Clemente, CA
4,800. Catherine Cook
Austin, TX
4,801. Ernestine
Ledbetter
Garner, NC
4,802. Susan Udin
Buffalo, NY
4,803. Robin Marble
Wareham, MA
4,804. Chris Martino
Lancaster, NY
4,805. Debbie Rollins
Sylva, NC
4,806. danielle o'terry
Sherman Oaks, CA
4,807. Jeffery Dorer
Los Angeles, CA
4,808. Jannette Semenic Lemont, IL
4,809. Claudia Potter
Eastmont, WA
4,810. Cornelia Jensen
Brooklyn, NY
4,811. Abi Omot
Burnsville, MN
4,812. Lynn Biddle
CAMBRIDGE, MA
4,813. Patrick Lynch
Prescott, AZ
4,814. Ronit Corry
Santa Barbara, CA
4,815. Kelli Schwartz
Athens, GA
4,816. Judith Pearson
Estancia, NM
4,817. Tammy Jones
Norman, OK
4,818. Johni Prinz
Ocean Shores, WA
4,819. Mary Margaret
Switlik
Wichita, KS
4,820. Irene Tremper
Berwyn Heights, MD
4,821. bobbie
stebor-meyer
Cedar Rapids, IA
Page 174
What the Ethiopia government is doing to Anuaks people is
genocide. In facts the Ethiopia government has murdered
450 Anuaks in 2003 and many more are still in prison. The
policy the Ethiopia is implementing is no differ than what
Hitler did to Jews in Europe. The USA government can’t
watch while the genocide is unfolding in Gambella region.
Stop the genocide and force relocation now
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Name
From
Comments
4,822. mengistu ayalew
ARLINGTON, VA
4,823. Awet Kebedom
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
4,824. Joyce Cousino
Deming, NM
4,825. Jenny Embleton
Brighton, United
Kingdom
4,826. Carol Wiley
Victorville, CA
4,827. mark sonner
Oakland, CA
4,828. Sara Mauri
Brooklyn, NY
4,829. Sara Pena
perry hall, MD
4,830. ashebir Kassa
Malmo, Sweden
Please stop this forced relocations......now..!!!
4,831. Terry Cadwallader North County, MO
4,832. Sayew
Alemayehu
Hydepark, MA
4,833. Eizo Nishiura
Los Lunas, NM
4,834. Mesfin Makonnen
V.Froelunda, Sweden
US Aid is used to finance land grad. Very sad.
4,835. Eric Vrabel
Midlothian, VA
USAID should support the Ethiopian people, not "big Ag"!
4,836. whitney pratt
anna, TX
4,837. Karlyn Langjahr
MADISON, WI
4,838. Melissa Britton
Seattle, WA
4,839. aau Abel
London, United
Kingdom
4,840. Sally Polen
Massillon, OH
4,841. Jared Jensen
Sacramento, CA
4,842. David Neher
LOS ANGELES, CA
4,843. elena kermani
San Diego, CA
4,844. Dawn Mason
Pottsville, PA
4,845. ravi shah
los angeles, CA
4,846. sid cholmar
New York, NY
4,847. Rebecca Hall
Ramsey, MN
4,848. Donald Myers
Madison, WI
4,849. Rick Siegfried
Eureka, CA
4,850. Dawn M. Bertelli
Lenox Dale, MA
4,851. KATE JOHNSON
LA MESA, CA
Page 175
People are getting sick of greedy, fascist corporate pigs
who are trying their hardest to turn us into wage slaves
making them their fortunes. Worker are going to rise up
against greedy corporate pigs like them (and you). The
Revolution is coming to YOUR door. It won't be pretty, but
it WILL be just. You have been warned.
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Name
From
Comments
4,852. Andrew Pierce
Covington, KY
4,853. Janeene Porcher
Golden, CO
4,854. Shannan Johnson Windsor, CA
4,855. Susan Earle
Cambridge, MA
4,856. Mike Gazillo
Las Vegas, NV
4,857. Bini Melese
Seatac, WA
4,858. Maarie Schopaac
Charlestown, RI
4,859. Eileen Meyers
ADRIAN, MI
4,860. Geralyn Leannah
Sheboygan, WI
4,861. Susan
Zimmerman
Meridian, ID
4,862. Laura Coburn
Van Nuys, CA
4,863. janamora
danithen
Adlikon, Switzerland
4,864. char barclay
Grand Rapids, MI
4,865. Carolyn Newton
Carbondale, CO
4,866. Lauren Grasch
New York, NY
4,867. abe desta
arnhem, Netherlands
4,868. Gloria Sall
Dana Point, CA
4,869. juli wood
Chicago, IL
4,870. Oscar Gutierrez
San Diego, CA
4,871. Karolyn Smith
Denver, CO
4,872. Gloria Mellion
Los Angeles, CA
4,873. Melinda Ross
Bloomington, IN
4,874. Vicki Fox
Beacon, NY
4,875. Joy
Nelson-calhoun
Rio Rancho, NM
4,876. June Cattell
West Columbia, SC
4,877. Lee Olson
Washington, DC
4,878. Grace Yhap
Long Beach, CA
4,879. Michael Moats
Downers Grove, IL
4,880. james mchale
patchogue, NY
4,881. Claire Cocroft
Philadelphia, PA
4,882. Karen Kirschling
San Francisco, CA
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on you!!!
4,883. Sharon K Thomas Shreveport, LA
4,884. w aenlle
Altadena, CA
4,885. Colleen Filler
Fairfax, CA
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Name
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Comments
4,886. Maureen
Donohue
STATEN ISLAND, NY
4,887. Berhanu Ambaye
Brisbane, Australia
4,888. Gary Sanchez
Newcastle, CA
4,889. Kathryn Hamilton
BIRMINGHAM, AL
4,890. Joyce Leggatt
PORTLAND, OR
4,891. Christina
Rodriguez
Rialto, CA
4,892. Alexandra Rothe
Bronx, NY
4,893. Kim Loftness
SHORELINE, WA
4,894. P. A. Paye
Newbury, VT
4,895. melakamu sew
kassel, Germany
4,896. Mary Hardvall
TRYON, NC
4,897. Megan
Richardson
Philadelphia, PA
4,898. Marcia Bailey
BLACKSBURG, VA
4,899. Amanda Miller
Canon City, CO
4,900. Jean Merritt
Valley Village, CA
4,901. jennifer wyatt
Mountlake Terrace,
WA
4,902. Shelby Hooyenga
Whistler, Canada
4,903. Michael Shirley
Lawrence, MA
4,904. TRICIA
PHILIPSON
Danville, CA
4,905. Donald Wright
LOST CREEK, WV
4,906. Ted Ebert
Coupeville, WA
4,907. Amie LaRouche
COLORADO
SPRINGS, CO
4,908. Negussie
Mekonnen
Darmstadt, Germany
4,909. Paula Cox
ARLINGTON, TX
4,910. Laurence Kone
Concord, CA
Page 177
We all Ethiopian should be stand together to eradicate
tigre people liberation frontn(tplf) before it finish our nation
and territory.
Down with tplf !!!
May God lookafter our nation and country!!!
This is ridiculous, leave these people their land. Stop
raping the earth and her inhabitants, it is not sustainable.
Don't put the land into agribusiness, but keep it in the
hands of local farmers and help them to be more
productive. See the work of Heifer International as an
example of this more humane and effective answer to
issues of best land use and providing enough to feed the
people of the world.
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Name
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Comments
4,911. Amanda Collins
Richardson, TX
4,912. Jennifer Prescott
MANHATTAN, AA
4,913. Candace Kawiuk
London, Canada
4,914. Matt Miksys
Westmont, IL
4,915. Brant Kotch
Houston, TX
4,916. Deb Staudt
Russia, OH
4,917. Ian Noah
FARMER MARKET,
AA
4,918. Christopher
Tobias
Pittsburgh, PA
4,919. Joan Ciccarone
COSSAYUNA, NY
4,920. Dominique Coulet
du Gard
Bellingham, WA
4,921. Kira Goldsmith
Ossining, NY
4,922. Giovanna Tonelli
Philadelphia, PA
4,923. Sammi Katz
New York, NY
4,924. BARBARA
WILLIAMS
New Bern, NC
4,925. Aster DH
Uppsala, Sweden
4,926. Wanda Willey
Halpin
Milbridge, ME
4,927. Laura Howard
LAS VEGAS, NV
4,928. zizel maron
Athens, Greece
4,929. Amy Shelhon
Duluth, MN
4,930. Dean Simionescu
ROCHESTER HILLS,
MI
4,931. Jennifer Reed
LAKEWOOD, CO
Ethiopians are going hungry and being driven away from
their own land. The unelected self-appointed government
is leasing out fertile land to foreign investors. This is
inhumane and it must stop right away.
4,932. Birtuka Amakelew Whitman, MA
Please help the people to live and die in peace on there
land
4,933. Barbara Martin
Albany, NY
4,934. s.. read
MORENO VALLEY,
CA
4,935. Merrie Thornburg
Chicago, IL
4,936. T.K. Wang
Los Angeles, CA
4,937. mazen hamza
Wilmington, DE
4,938. Barbara
MacPherson
Toronto, Canada
Page 178
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Name
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Comments
4,939. Sean McCoy
Portland, OR
4,940. Janice Giudicelli
Avon, NJ
4,941. DAVID
MONDEJAR
Rosendale, NY
4,942. Kris McCann
Kent, WA
4,943. Katherine Babiak
Port Tobacco, MD
4,944. Thomas Mirick
Mason, OH
4,945. Lisanne Freese
Chicago, IL
4,946. Melinda Grant
Whitehouse, OH
4,947. Shari Pease
Clanton, AL
4,948. John Voshell
Camden, DE
4,949. Robert Hansen
San Jose, CA
4,950. valentina halliday
Skokie, IL
4,951. Carol Marsh
Missoula, MT
4,952. Mary Anna
Jun-Morris
Hampton Bays, NY
4,953. Suzana Mussiow
Rijeka, Croatia
4,954. Lauren Spector
Gold Beach, OR
4,955. Sarah Amandes
BROOKLYN, NY
4,956. Assefa
Melesegne
amsterdam,
Netherlands
4,957. John Page
Columbus, OH
4,958. Alberto Valls
San Juan, Puerto
Rico
4,959. kelly nobbs
REDWOOD CITY,
CA
4,960. Senait Fesseha
Norwood, MA
4,961. Tessa Nijzingh
Leeuwarden,
Netherlands
4,962. steven feist
Cedar Falls, IA
4,963. ELIZABETH
HOLDEN
Black Mountain, NC
4,964. Maureen Hurley
Van Nuys, CA
4,965. Laura Taffany
Santa Fe, NM
4,966. jon schroeder
Novato, CA
Page 179
They are aggravating current hunger while laying the
groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia, as people are
losing their livelihoods and being moved to areas where
they cannot readily feed themselves.
This relocation is taking the livelihood away from people,
and since famine is caused more by lack of money than by
lack of food, it is paving the way for future famines.
Stop supporting dictatorial regime in the sake of GOD.
Now our people are displacing from their own land to lease
their land to foreign lander lootters.
Shame!!!
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Name
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Comments
4,967. HILDA ESTRADA
BROOKLYN, NY
4,968. Adrian Haasler
Leganes, Spain
4,969. Bill Leyrer
SEATTLE, WA
4,970. James Rideout
Sun City, AZ
4,971. Jean Hughes
Chicago, IL
4,972. Agere alegnitaye
ct, Italy
4,973. Mario Lopez
Montebello, CA
4,974. Becky Daiss
Arlington, VA
4,975. John Markham
Princeton, KY
4,976. Will Harvey
Lexington, KY
4,977. Joan Krebs
GLENVIEW, IL
4,978. beverly hodge
Paris, IL
4,979. Margaret Audi
Riverside, CA
4,980. Marie Leonard
Elkins Park, PA
4,981. William Klitzke
STERLING
HEIGHTS, MI
4,982. J L T Williams
Huntington Beach,
CA
4,983. Corinna N.
Sarver, PA
4,984. Carol Barr
York, NE
4,985. linda clave
Brighton, MA
4,986. j m
Fv, CA
4,987. hella steurbaut
gent, Belgium
4,988. Danielle Lowry
San Diego, CA
4,989. Abigail Gindele
South Berwick, ME
4,990. Sally Giles
FLUSHING, NY
4,991. Angela Anderson
Snohomish, WA
4,992. Natasha and
Noah Brenner
Knickerbocker, NY
4,993. William Roberson
Brooklyn, NY
4,994. Roman Schmitt
ERIE, PA
4,995. Heidi Jordan
Portsmouth, NH
4,996. gerard ferrari
LA CRESCENT, MN
Page 180
Let the land be used for the Ethiopian people. Allow them
to support themselves in a global economy in which they
have no place, and allow them to use their land to attempt
to go after their hunger problem. If it's not seen that they
have no food because no one allows them to use their own
land, then to hell with whatever lawmakers allow that to
happen.
Please do not take land from families that have
nothing!!!!!!!
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Name
From
Comments
4,997. Charlotte Grillot
NEW YORK, NY
4,998. Daedra Smith
Saint Louis, MO
Prosperity for a country comes from its people. Abusing
the people and taking away their basic rights does not
bring riches, but eventually will lead to unrest and warfare.
4,999. Richard Nelson
Lombard, IL
The Ethiopian people have suffered through drought and
starvation. Now their Governemnt wish's to steal the lands
they live on, the lands they work to produce food for their
families. All so they can make profit by leasing these lands
to farming companies, so they my grow food to be sold in
other countries. In the meantime, the USA sends 7 billion
dollars a year to help try and feed the people of Ethiopia.
Leasing these lands will not provide the people of Ethiopia
jobs or food to feed the starving masses. This must not be
allowed, I call on President Obama to tell the Ethiopian
Government that if they take these lands from their own
people the US will cut off add to the Ethiopian
Government.
5,000. Linda Blinder
Austin, TX
5,001. Susan Aldrich
LA, CA
5,002. Beverly Harris
ANDERSON, CA
5,003. Gary Hammond
CORTLAND, NY
5,004. LYNNE
ZICKERMAN
Berkeley,, CA
5,005. Kirstina Shore
Columbia, SC
5,006. Marianna
Zimmerman
Covington, LA
5,007. Lawrence Rice
Chardon, OH
5,008. Kassahun
Hailemariam
Woodbridge, VA
5,009. Joanna Clark
San Juan Capistrano,
CA
5,010. Naomi Hansar
Morningside,
Australia
5,011. Jan Weisel
WOODINVILLE, WA
5,012. Dianna Posner
Olympia, WA
5,013. Jessica
PoveaMaciel
Fresno, CA
5,014. valerie kimbler
staffordsville, KY
5,015. Valerie Longo
PASADENA, CA
5,016. Marlena Lange
Middletown, NY
I'm for whatever kills the least number of animals and
trees. Aside from that, humans, who can and do fend for
themselves against all nature, can go straight to hell.
Page 181
The world can't tolerate more homeless people. People
cannot live w/out producing their own food. Profit should
not win over human rights.
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Name
From
Comments
5,017. Alyssa Rosek
Bismarck, ND
5,018. Amy Bostick
Wildomar, CA
5,019. Ian Rollison
Lake Ariel, PA
5,020. Naomi Fatouros
Bloomington, IN
5,021. Harriette Frank
Durham, NC
5,022. Philip Letson
PHOENIX, AZ
5,023. Donna Pearson
Boston, MA
5,024. Kim Bacon
San Diego, CA
5,025. christopher chan
BROOKLYN, NY
5,026. SCJ Hemmerich
Lawrenceville, GA
5,027. Harold Watson
Springfield, MO
5,028. Hazel Elliot
Whangamata, New
Zealand
5,029. David Kaliner
Las Vegas, NV
5,030. evelyn och
BEECHVIEW, PA
5,031. Jeremy Eggerman Springfield, MO
5,032. Scott C. Walker
FORT WORTH, TX
5,033. Stephen Dunne
Worcester, MA
5,034. Diana Andres
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
5,035. ROBERT
STILLSON
Bolivar, NY
5,036. Donna McGreevy
Columbia, SC
5,037. shere wilkie
Burnsville, MN
5,038. Greg Carter
SHERMAN OAKS,
CA
5,039. Keisha Alexander
Hampton, VA
5,040. v s
sh, MN
In doing this they are also aggravating current hunger
while laying the groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia,
as people are losing their livelihoods and being moved to
areas where they cannot readily feed themselves.
5,041. Gloria McCracken Chiloquin, OR
5,042. Eleanor Fox
New York, NY
5,043. linda schmidt
Blue Diamond, NV
5,044. Howard
Eisenberg
San Mateo, CA
5,045. Isabel Lafita
Weaverville, NC
5,046. Raymond Zahra
Florissant, MO
Page 182
First we destroy our own land, then we steal other
people's. This has got to stop!
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Name
From
Comments
5,047. Marc Yaffee
Reno, NV
Mr. President,
Our U.S. Foreign Aid need to be used in responsible
manner. Please review this situation and take the
appropriate action needed to protect local landowners and
farmers.
5,048. chris hall
Oracle, AZ
5,049. Jeffrey Mercer
Albany, NY
5,050. Angela Lang
LOS ANGELES, AA
5,051. Deb Saeger
Middleton, WI
5,052. Elizabeth Vitale
Hartford, CT
5,053. Joey Sullivan
North Easton, MA
5,054. Jason Barlow
Boise, ID
5,055. Vicky Pitchford
Toronto, Canada
5,056. Kristen Petersen
5,057. Joanne Wine
STOUT, OH
5,058. Catherine Price
Missoula, MT
5,059. Alexandra Tufnell
Bothell, WA
5,060. alwyn jones
Lopez, WA
5,061. Mark Lloyd
Durham, NC
5,062. steven kroeger
Albany, NY
5,063. Brett Taylor
Harriman, TN
5,064. Elaine OMalley
Falls Church, VA
5,065. Doris Zumpe
DECATUR, GA
5,066. Dylan Franklin
5,067. Katherine
Fishman
BALTIMORE, MD
5,068. Janet Nelson
HARLAN, IA
5,069. Tsion A
boston, MA
5,070. lianne meijndert
Spijkenisse,
Netherlands
5,071. Pamela Johnston
Clayton, GA
5,072. Kitty Baker
Lanesboro, MN
5,073. jan peddy
Tucson, AZ
5,074. Charlotte Wells
TIGARD, OR
5,075. Richard Morello
Yonkers, NY
5,076. Lesley Schultz
Oakland, CA
5,077. Julie Rist
PHOENIX, AZ
Page 183
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Name
From
Comments
5,078. Emma Miniscalco
Washington, DC
Please review whether our country should be giving aid to
Ethiopia's government without the condition that it respect
the human rights of its people. Forced relocation clearly
violates these rights and is unjust; I disagree with my tax
money being used toward this end.
5,079. David MacLean
SPRINGFIELD, VA
5,080. Nellie K Adaba
Mamaroneck, NY
5,081. felipe manalo
STOUGHTON, WI
5,082. Susan Tuttle
Watertown, MA
5,083. Kathy Popoff
San Pedro, CA
5,084. melody woods
chicago, IL
5,085. Kim Chamberlin
Brownstown, MI
5,086. William Harrison
TARZANA, CA
5,087. Pascal
Fauchereau
Paris, France
5,088. Wendy Lance
CALDWELL, NC
5,089. Paula Shafransky
Sedro Woolley, WA
5,090. Daniel Vogel
Lake Oswego, OR
5,091. Kathy Ruopp
CALUMET PARK, AA
5,092. michelle
boulanger
Middletown, CT
5,093. marcello
franciamore
Baychester, NY
5,094. Douglas Firestone White Plains, NY
5,095. Diane Hoffman
Hanover, PA
5,096. John Feissel
Philadelphia, PA
5,097. simon wilson
Nyc, NY
5,098. Linda Simpson
Chartley, MA
5,099. Salvador Moreno
Morgan Hill, CA
5,100. Mary Hebblewhite SANDY SPRINGS,
GA
5,101. Dedra Routh
FRANKLINVILLE, NC
5,102. BC Hall
Louisville, KY
5,103. shera reils
Berwyn, PA
5,104. debra
poscharscky
San Diego, CA
5,105. Janice Thorpe
Salem, OR
5,106. Rosemary Meyers Rancho, CA
Page 184
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Name
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Comments
5,107. Shelly Lewis
Atlanta, GA
OK, Ethopian Government, her we go again. African
countries has a traditional of working with Slavetraders,
this is not the firs time that a African country has sided with
the devil and remove their people from their homeland.
The White man is still controlling Africa's soil.
5,108. Maureen Nichols
Durham, NC
5,109. Michael Van Riper Putnam Valley, NY
5,110. RANDY HAYES
Rock Hill, SC
5,111. Ervine Rumph
Decatur, GA
5,112. tracie brannan
milwaukee, WI
5,113. Gabriella
vonGaza
Edmonton, Canada
5,114. Loretta Kerns
CORTLAND, OH
5,115. Alfredo Valle
Chicago, IL
5,116. Ellen Schwartz
BRONX, NY
5,117. Bernadette
McNulty
APPLE VALLEY, CA
5,118. Carol Ann
Rittenhouse
PLYMOUTH, WI
5,119. stand up to the
people
helsinki, Finland
5,120. Laura Redwine
Carlsbad, CA
5,121. John Peterkin
Cottonwood, AZ
5,122. David Schreiber
Arlington, MA
5,123. Clare Jacobs
Los Angeles, CA
5,124. Whitney Howland
Tulsa, OK
5,125. James Shannon
Fairfield Bay, AR
5,126. Anita Brandariz
Brooklyn, NY
A people's land is a matter that falls under Human
Rights,when they have no where else to go,in order to
maintain their survival,as well as,a decent livelihood for
him,or herself,and family for long time.
5,127. elizabeth a walker Vacaville, CA
5,128. Deb Bowen
Bville, NY
5,129. Marlene Kochert
Tohatchi, NM
5,130. Stephanie Sterner CHESAPEAKE, VA
5,131. T Culbertson
Kingsport, TN
5,132. Dan Wheat-rivers
Wilmington, NC
5,133. Val Rose
Pueblo, CO
5,134. James Burks
Wyndmoor, PA
5,135. Glenn Byrnes
Sylmar, CA
Page 185
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Name
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Comments
5,136. elizabeth banks
douglasville, GA
5,137. Sophia Bertolino
San Rafael, CA
5,138. Lori Kegler
SAN PEDRO, CA
5,139. Sarah Teubner
Portland, OR
5,140. Peter Tijerina
Chicago, IL
5,141. Terry Phelan
Albany, NY
5,142. susan Peirce
Lyons, CO
5,143. Tom Gordon
Kansas City, MO
5,144. brock schwartz
denver, CO
5,145. Deymirie
Hernández
San Juan, Puerto
Rico
5,146. Russell Scott
Raleigh, NC
5,147. Deni Albrecht
Auburn, CA
5,148. marcia heitz
Cuba, IL
5,149. Sakura Vesely
Martinez, CA
5,150. Beth Heller
Boylston, MA
5,151. Patricia Yager
Phoenix, AZ
5,152. Tarya Simo
TROY, MI
5,153. Annie Logan
Salisbury, MD
5,154. Jason Vick
Irvine, CA
5,155. Alice Sturm Sutter NEW YORK, NY
5,156. Jlennifer Kuhl
Worton, MD
5,157. Mantis Tobagon
Philadelphia, PA
5,158. Andreina RF
Long Beach, CA
5,159. Avis & Jeff Fisher
Mchenry, IL
5,160. cheryl vosburg
richmond, VA
5,161. Ulle Koiv
NEW YORK, NY
5,162. Susan Walsh
Ellsworth, ME
*Human Rights*
5,163. OBANA ONGACH Austin, MN
5,164. Gordon R.
Feighner
PORTLAND, OR
5,165. Sheena
Sokolowski
Seattle, WA
5,166. Adam Schaffer
Bentonville, AR
5,167. Jutta Klar
Hellenthal, Germany
5,168. c mallory
San Diego, CA
5,169. Darlene Schueler
Estill Springs, SD
5,170. barbara drecker
Ny, NY
Page 186
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Name
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Comments
5,171. Lisa Fredsti
Venice, CA
5,172. Carol Watts
Gresham, OR
5,173. Karel Kilimnik
Phila, PA
5,174. Karen
Brandenburger
Tigard, OR
5,175. Robert Sandgrund Buffalo, NY
5,176. Kay Blevins
Raleigh, NC
5,177. Lee Terbot
Santa Fe, NM
5,178. Jessica Ware
Milwaukee, WI
5,179. Michelle Macy
Houston, TX
5,180. henry barigian
FRESNO, CA
5,181. Adriane Miller
Las Vegas, NV
5,182. Crystal Schneider
Marshall, Canada
Unless this will benefit the families (directly providing them
with these resources, i.e food) you are moving, this is a
disastrous attempt in economy and another reason this
world has almost reached its limits, people help people,
help animals, stop destroying our only Earth and all it's
creatures.
5,183. Kris Cordova
Loma Linda, CA
Please review all avenues of this development to make
sure it doesn't do any damage to the people by losing their
livelihoods and being unable to feed themselves. The
development should give the men in the area jobs to helps
their families.
5,184. andrea storrs
Woodland Park, CO
5,185. helgaleena
healingline
MONONA, WI
5,186. Christine
Payden-Travers
Lynchburg, VA
5,187. Peter Branch
Astoria, OR
5,188. Diane Zeitlin
Hoboken, NJ
5,189. Janice Kargus
HALIFAX, PA
5,190. Michele
Momboisse
MARINA DEL REY,
CA
5,191. David Brunner
Ottawa, KS
5,192. Denise Singh
DALY CITY, CA
5,193. patti davies
Indianapolis, IN
5,194. Juliette
Brush-hoover
SEATTLE, WA
5,195. Katja Toivola
New Orleans, LA
5,196. Glen Wagner
Houston, TX
5,197. Chris Ripley
Greensboro, NC
Page 187
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Name
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Comments
5,198. Tracy Drake
Chicago, IL
5,199. Nancy Miller
GLENDALE, CA
5,200. Lauren Steen
Waterford, PA
5,201. Ruth Woodbury
PORTLAND, ME
5,202. Gigi Grim
BROOKLYN, NY
5,203. Taylor Raffa
Portland, OR
5,204. Laura Neiman
New York, NY
5,205. Jean Naples
West Haverstraw, NY
5,206. Deborah Costas
Bellefonte, DE
5,207. Urmila
Padmanabhan
Fremont, CA
5,208. Brian Cummings
Milwaukee, WI
5,209. Tamara Young
Chicago, IL
5,210. Mia Wyatt
Ellicott City, MD
5,211. Marta Hidegkuti
Chicago, IL
5,212. Greg Strain
Canoga Park, CA
5,213. Dorothy Poppe
Louisville, KY
5,214. Dylan Gomes
Cloverdale, CA
5,215. maria rausis
MOUNTAIN VIEW,
CA
5,216. Jodi Beers
Albuquerque, NM
5,217. Julie Kramer
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
5,218. KAREN ASLAM
northallerton, United
Kingdom
5,219. Deborah Stone
AUSTIN, AA
5,220. Otto Neals
Brooklyn, NY
5,221. Gill Fahrenwald
OLYMPIA, WA
5,222. choky alvarez
miami, FL
5,223. Mary Stopper
Glendale, CA
5,224. Dwight Fish
ELKHART, IN
5,225. Rosemarie
Sawdon
Blacksburg, VA
Page 188
Well done for giving so much aid to Ethipia.Was the aid
charity or payment in advance for the right to take what
you wanted? Surely you have enough land, use your aid to
make the investment in their agriculture, their people, their
children, their future.
This is outrageous...the agribusiness is no doubt
Monsanto, Archer Daniel Midlands or a similar
multinational corrupt corporation.
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Name
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Comments
5,226. Marshall Sanders
Oakland, CA
The 1% and their Wall Street cronies are taking their vast
wealth stolen from the working class mortgages and
buying homes in the US to rent back to us and buying up
agricultural foreign lands to use them for export profits.
This immoral and must be stopped.
5,227. Barbara Raisbeck
Eugene, OR
5,228. pamela joseph
Westport, CO
5,229. joe w
Glendale, AZ
5,230. Lisa Augustine
WYOMING, PA
5,231. Karim drummond
upland, CA
5,232. samuel england
Austin, TX
5,233. Chris McGratty
Charlotte, NC
5,234. Makeda Kamara
Dorchester, MA
5,235. Kendra Waddell
Tucson, AZ
5,236. Bruce Dobson
LANGLEY, WA
5,237. Gareth Miles
Swansea, United
Kingdom
5,238. Merlina Reynolds
Edmonton, Canada
5,239. Steven Cypher
Rochester Hills, MI
5,240. Marcia Earl
Belleville, IL
5,241. s g
cincinnati, FL
5,242. Marilyn Petkov
Freeville, NY
5,243. nanette saucier
Soquel, CA
5,244. Hanna Tefera
RADFORD, VA
5,245. Thi-Le Vo
Tacoma, WA
5,246. Robert Hicks
Long Beach, CA
5,247. Heather Drees
Grand Forks, ND
5,248. Mary Bentley
MASON CITY, IA
5,249. timothy palmer
london, United
Kingdom
5,250. Lisa Hecht
Los Angeles, CA
5,251. Harold D Roberts
SOUTH BEND, IN
5,252. Emil Wolk
Port Macquarie,
Australia
Page 189
Land and freedom for the indigenous people of all the
earth... I think it is especially disgusting, and adds insult to
injury, that this is being camouflaged as some sort of
"aid"...
Since I was a child (45 years ago), I can remember
Ethiopia having starving children. We saved our pennies
for children around the world like them. Can you please
consider what you can do to protect the families in Ethiopia
now? Thank you.
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Name
From
Comments
5,253. Ursula
Cain-Jordan
Baldwin, MD
5,254. nancy keck
Santa Cruz, CA
5,255. Arlene Cooper
San Francisco, CA
5,256. Patricia n
Rancho Palos
Verdes, CA
5,257. Patricia Williams
Marietta, GA
5,258. Eric Barker
HONOLULU, HI
5,259. Louie Cervantes
San Antonio, TX
5,260. Meena
Radhakrishnan
Ashburn, VA
5,261. SANDY PORTER
Madison, WI
5,262. Lieselotte
VonRoch
Kelso, WA
5,263. Kevin Charnas
Cleveland Heights,
OH
5,264. Louise KLigman
TUCSON, AZ
5,265. Ketzia Jacoby
San Francisco, CA
5,266. Carol Albert
New York, NY
5,267. Marlena Paulson
PROVIDENCE, RI
5,268. Joanna Kling
URBANA, AA
5,269. shelley frazier
Raleigh, NC
5,270. Lee Ann Goya
Venice, CA
5,271. Andrew Seeger
Clinton, WI
5,272. Gina White
WARNER ROBINS,
GA
5,273. Obang Omot
Saskatoon, Canada
5,274. Nicholas D'Amato
Folcroft, PA
5,275. Dinesh Mi
Palakkad, India
5,276. Lawrence
Fischman
Yarmouth, ME
Page 190
When is enough enough and if not now. When!!!!!!
-
Forced Relocations is cruel, immoral, inhumane and it
must stop. Arbitrary arrests, and forced relocation are other
tools of one Ethnic dominated regime (the TPLF). Acts of
ethnic cleansing, forced relocation, and political
suppression against the indigenous people of Gambella
and Ethiopia as whole has become official policies of the
TPLF. These land grabs are a new form of neo-colonialism
that leaves large parts of Africa in the hands of foreign
states and investors while displaced local populations are
left to suffer and go hungry. The act of engaging in such
behavior is certainly immoral and inhumane and it should
stop. Long live Ethiopia.
Name
From
Comments
5,277. Paula Yates
MOUNT PERRY, OH
5,278. Leslie O'Loughlin
Amarillo, TX
5,279. Kay Trevarthen
Glenview, IL
5,280. Colleen Protzman
KIRKLAND, WA
5,281. kari JACKSON
Atlanta, GA
5,282. R Martire
New York, NY
5,283. Chantal Dothey
CLEVELAND
HEIGHTS, OH
5,284. Krysa Kobryner
Tucson, AZ
5,285. Eric Simpson
Cardiff, CA
5,286. JoAnn Keller
Lafayette, CO
5,287. Rick Ohren
Richmond, CA
5,288. Patricia Haupt
Lake Forest, IL
5,289. Jenette
Champagne
The Woodlands, TX
5,290. Debbie Cavataio
Germantown, WI
5,291. Patrick Studt
Madison, WI
5,292. Laura Wiley
Eugene, OR
5,293. Edward Morrison
Gunnison, CO
5,294. Chuck Donegan
Selden, NY
5,295. Robyn Nation
SPRINGFIELD, IL
5,296. patricia reid
Vashon, WA
5,297. Paul Keene
Flagstaff, AZ
5,298. Cecly Corbett
Rancho Cucamonga,
CA
5,299. Katy Wheeler
Mesquite, TX
5,300. Cynthia Ramirez
Chicago, IL
5,301. Jeffrey Geist
New York, NY
5,302. ernest huerta
Hurley, NM
5,303. Dawn Cuellar
Beaverton, OR
5,304. Paula Goff
Battle Ground, IN
5,305. Katie Morrissey
Charlotte, NC
5,306. James Boris MBA
CPA
Canoga Park, CA
5,307. Steven Blauer
Canyon Lake, TX
5,308. Heidi
Millard-Lewis
Seven Valleys, PA
Page 191
We are STEALING profits that should belong to these
people themselves. We should be there TEACHING them,
not stealing from them.
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Name
From
Comments
5,309. Eva Maria
Schneider
Valley Center, CA
5,310. Dorothy O'Brien
TORRANCE, CA
5,311. Harry Spriggs
Kingaport, TN
5,312. Bob Hearns
Beverly Hills, CA
5,313. Constance
Marjaui
Augusta, GA
5,314. Eleanor Cohen
Oakland, CA
5,315. Dale Patterson
Rockford, MI
5,316. Erik Liberman
New York, NY
5,317. Katie Allen
Lynchburg, VA
5,318. Georgii Billiris
Atlanta, GA
5,319. John Ahearn
Geneva, IL
5,320. kathleen peter
koprivec Martin
Langley, WA
5,321. Jennifer Miller
HENDERSONVILLE,
TN
5,322. bill lewis
VOLCANO, HI
5,323. Misty Jackson
LESLIE, MI
5,324. Marisa Armstrong
Bowie, MD
5,325. Rafael Albarran
Bridgeview, IL
5,326. patricia nigro
saugerties, NY
5,327. Annalisa Graves
Portland, OR
5,328. Ted Finger
Kenosha, WI
5,329. Aimon Bustardo
Lake Oswego, OR
5,330. Linda
Thrasher-rocker
Hammond, LA
5,331. James Boots
Freeport, IL
5,332. Julia Hawkins
Cotati, CA
5,333. Patricia Orlinski
Sun City, AZ
5,334. victoria boucher
hyattsville, MD
5,335. Suzanne Ludlum
Oakland, CA
5,336. leslie caplan
Tybee Island, GA
Page 192
Please act in defense of the defenseless and re-think aid
to countries in need of intervention. Remedies lie in local,
sustainable autonomy, not in monoculture or crops for
cash. We need to ask those who have no voice yet, the 99
percenters, what they need -- security from violence,
access to the commons like good water and soil, and the
equipment to continue in the ways they have developed for
centuries.
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Name
From
Comments
5,337. George Bolduc
VALLEJO, CA
5,338. Janet Wallace
Marion, MA
5,339. Barbara Hegarty
Ny, NY
5,340. Priscilla Tine
Knoxville, TN
5,341. Elizabeth Hutchby CARY, NC
5,342. Helena Brown
Little Mountain,
Australia
5,343. Emily Withers
CHICO, CA
5,344. Teresa Parcell
ELKVIEW, WV
5,345. Diane Thomas
Brooklyn, NY
5,346. Penny Anderson
FALLS CHURCH, VA
5,347. Rick Robins
GRASS VALLEY, CA
5,348. carolyn
novotnyreich
norwood, MN
5,349. Steve Ruby
Boulder, CO
5,350. Donna Cou
MCDONOUGH, GA
5,351. Marsha Riner
GARDEN CITY, GA
5,352. Ann Clarkson
PORTLAND, OR
5,353. Jerry & Jane
Smith
Eugene, OR
5,354. Lisa Wade
Herrin, IL
5,355. Jen Winfree
Fort Worth, TX
5,356. James Freeberg
Ashland, OR
5,357. Maria Van Der
Maaten
Denver, CO
5,358. Kristina Norman
YAZOO CITY, MS
5,359. Laura Stran
Chicago, IL
5,360. Bruce Chambers
Minneapolis, MN
5,361. Piotr Sroka
Miller Place, NY
5,362. Patricia Cannell
Winnipeg, Canada
5,363. Joyce Follingstad
PORTLAND, OR
5,364. John and Elaine
Sartoris
Beulah, CO
5,365. Cheri Roberts
PRINCETON, LA
5,366. Tish Levee
SANTA ROSA, CA
5,367. Mark Sonderskov
Brooklyn, NY
5,368. John Ayala
Fullerton, CA
5,369. Gloria Klimczak
AKRON, OH
Page 193
Helping local people grow their own crops sustainably is
much better than absentee monocroping landlords
extracting all the profit and viability out of the land.
-
Name
From
Comments
5,370. Dina Angress
PETALUMA, CA
5,371. Ernest Hawes
Albuquerque, NM
5,372. Mia Young
Stone Mountain, GA
5,373. Nancy Burke
Evanston, IL
5,374. Janice Sprow
Vermilion, OH
5,375. Fay Bracken
Pisgah Forest, NC
We should be doing everything we can to help as many
people as possible not oppressive governments
5,376. LINDA PACHECO Sacramento, CA
5,377. Geraldine
Clemens
PASO ROBLES, CA
5,378. Helen M Mendoza BINGHAMTON, NY
5,379. Jennifer Logan
Sioux Falls, SD
5,380. Ayesha Gill
Oakland, CA
5,381. Bob Justis
Telluride, CO
5,382. Melissa Prosser
Paradise, UT
5,383. Kathryn Boniface
Cincinnati, OH
5,384. Simon Holden
Burbank, CA
5,385. Nikki Nafziger
VALLEJO, CA
5,386. Frank Svatek
Biddeford, ME
5,387. Amanda Curry
Mesquite, TX
5,388. Serena Schodt
Erie, PA
5,389. Chris OMeara
Dietrich
San Jose, CA
5,390. chelsea davis
Portland, OR
5,391. Patricia Kusaba
Redondo Beach, CA
5,392. Jeb Pronto
Weimar, CA
5,393. kathryn steele
Clarkesville, GA
5,394. lea mac leod
Amherst, NY
5,395. Taye Zegeye
Winnipeg, Canada
5,396. Amber Thrasher
Port Hadlock, WA
5,397. trish parisy
Oklahoma City, OK
Page 194
Did we not learn from what happened to the Native
Americans? Please, stop this. These people are my family,
and yours, whether you believe it or not. Who would treat
another this way? It is disgusting to exploit innocents and
drive them from their homes to strengthen your military or
steal their resources simply because you deem them
primitive. They know amazing things, and they are being
marginalized. They are minorities in their own country!
Injustice anywhere is Injustice everywhere! We should all
speak out and be the voice for the voiceless. Human lives
have to be respected and this insanity has to stop!
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Name
From
Comments
5,398. Rosie Akiaten
SAN DIEGO, CA
5,399. SD Murray
Newark, DE
5,400. Gene Nemirovsky
Chicago, IL
5,401. John Nicol
Portland, OR
5,402. Jessica Towns
Santa Clarita, CA
5,403. Jurgen Stroo
Almere, Nepal
5,404. Leon Bortnick
Boynton Beach, FL
5,405. Rosalie Sable
PORTLAND, OR
5,406. Dominic
Delarmente
Pasay, Philippines
5,407. Aida Shirley
Las Vegas, NV
5,408. Cynthia
Strousberg
PCB, FL
5,409. Arlette Franks
Polokwane, South
Africa
5,410. Christopher Lish
Olema, CA
5,411. Adrian Magana
Fallbrook, CA
5,412. Betty Ann Duggan ACTON, MA
5,413. Daria
Kondrashova
Yljnovsk, Russian
Federation
5,414. tiffany smith
San Rafael, CA
5,415. Boneva Martin
Houston, TX
5,416. guenet assegued
CLAREMONT, CA
5,417. angela glanzer
Burbank, CA
5,418. Karen Lambert
Monroe, NC
5,419. John Herbert
Portland, OR
5,420. Carol Normandin
Laguna Beach, CA
5,421. Lynn Jacobsen
Sarasota, FL
5,422. Bernadette Poletti
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
5,423. Becky Anderson
Bellingham, WA
5,424. Joe Schwartz
Toronto, Canada
Page 195
This Administration continues to abuse human rights,
causing death and other suffering on massive scales while
the mouthpiece, Mr Obama, pretends to care about human
rights and all of us who aren't rich.
The corporations would not be giving so much money to
the Obama campaign if they were not buying exploitation
opportunities like this.
You people are despicable frauds. Reform yourselves
while you can. You're just getting in deeper and deeper.
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Name
From
Comments
5,425. melissa miller
Concord, CA
5,426. Melakou Tegegn
Kampala, Ethiopia
5,427. Ellen DeMoor
Lonedell, MO
5,428. John Rumley
ROCK FALLS, IL
5,429. Diane Alcibar
Portland, OR
5,430. Taina Berg
Copenhagen,
Denmark
5,431. Maureen
Simatupang
Madison, WI
5,432. Wendi Werner
Everett, WA
5,433. Kenn Sandau
Copenhagen,
Denmark
5,434. Kevin Tay
5,435. maria sause
NEWPORT, OR
5,436. Donna Watson
Sacramento, CA
5,437. Donna
Buker-Woodard
La Vergne, TN
5,438. Brandi Bartels
LOS ANGELES, CA
5,439. Dulcy Wilson
SSI, Canada
5,440. Nino Jorjadze
Tbilisi, Georgia
5,441. Yvonne Hughes
ALTADENA, CA
5,442. Brian Williams
WESTLAND, MI
5,443. Martin Harvey
Bristol, United
Kingdom
5,444. Nicole Cornell
Brisbane, Australia
5,445. Marjorie Frater
Dallas, GA
5,446. Laura Garcia
Sevilla, Spain
5,447. Lauren McClellan
Scott City, MO
5,448. Erik Karlsson
Horsens, Denmark
5,449. JACKELYN HAN
cebu city, Philippines
5,450. John Zimmer
Mason, WI
5,451. andy tomsky
San Marcos, CA
5,452. Carolyn Mountain
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
5,453. francoise beguin
Versailles, France
5,454. Vera Gligorijevic
Belgrade, Serbia And
Montenegro
5,455. Shelly Peterson
Tacoma, WA
5,456. Helen Mosley
BAYSIDE, NY
Page 196
Ethiopia belongs ONLY to Ethiopians!
For more impact, add a personal comment here
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Name
From
Comments
5,457. Lorinda Roland
Olga, WA
Taking these peoples' land for commercial agriculture is
very sad. Please do what you can to prevent this from
happening.
5,458. Jenny du Plessis
Marlands, South
Africa
5,459. Marija Zdelar
Belgrade, Serbia And
Montenegro
5,460. Joyce Bower
Citrus Heights, CA
5,461. Robert Tefft
BROOKLYN, NY
5,462. Tamara Morillas
Andorra La Vella,
Andorra
5,463. Monet Lee
APO, AE
5,464. Dorota Sadka
Silkeborg, Denmark
5,465. Cassandra
Erenrich
Charleston, WV
5,466. tesfaye w/aregay
Cordoba, Spain
5,467. Bettina Lorenz
Rhede, Germany
5,468. RENATA ROSS
chapel hill, NC
5,469. jed feuer
Nyc, NY
5,470. Lidia Braboveanu
Houston, TX
5,471. maradona suri
Hyderabad, India
5,472. nuria c canseco
Mahón, Spain
5,473. Angela Rei Buob
Giubiasco,
Switzerland
5,474. Jurij G.
Gdansk, Poland
5,475. leslie smith
san marcos, TX
5,476. Nicole
Muhammad
CHESTER, PA
5,477. Kevin Johnson
Reno, NV
5,478. RJ Trombley
OTISVILLE, MI
5,479. Claire Burgess
Carlton North,
Australia
5,480. Jonathan Ratner
Des Plaines, IL
5,481. Mark Bales
Norman, OK
5,482. julia still
Wilmington, VT
5,483. marcello mamini
Turin, Italy
5,484. Karen Trepes
Hammondsport, NY
Page 197
unsustainable practices that have devastating and long
lasting social and environmental impacts upon local
communities
with hunger in Africa always in the news, would it not be
shameful to support this and the exports of Ethiopia's
produce?
-
Name
From
Comments
5,485. Deborah Donna
BELLINGHAM, WA
5,486. Samson Ogalla
Alang
juba, Ethiopia
5,487. Nikkia Carter
King George, VA
5,488. robert ogburn
Brunswick, GA
5,489. Mary Ann Bizzell
Lake, OH
5,490. Jane Trelawny
St Ives, United
Kingdom
5,491. Leone Batte
Grove City, OH
5,492. jeanne gowe
QUINCY, MA
5,493. gillian brown
brown
Cowes, United
Kingdom
5,494. Sharon
Rosseland
Stony Brook, NY
5,495. maria reis
Brasília, Brazil
5,496. kathy
graham-ward
Durham, NC
5,497. Dorothy Dobbyn
Millsboro, DE
5,498. Joel Clasemann
Duluth, MN
5,499. Diana Gagliardi
King Of Prussia, PA
5,500. Zablon Kiyar
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
5,501. Marlene Borth
PHOENIX, AZ
5,502. jolanda venter
Krugersdorp, South
Africa
5,503. Marie Moore
Paradox, CO
5,504. Yoe T
decatur, GA
5,505. Nora Gyetko
White Plains, NY
5,506. Mallory White
Baltimore, MD
5,507. Rodney Martin
Lititz, PA
5,508. Diana Halse
Port Orford, OR
5,509. Thomas
Bekele-Arcuri
Middletown, NY
Page 198
US aid should think carefully for his did,Gambellan have
been reserving that land for long time to it's generation. the
so call amrica for it has been a supper power should not
miss-treat Gambellan i such a way. we are appiling to
Human right to cop with the Gambellan with better
understanding.
no,this isnt fair.homeland,is homeland.
this is not good.
I HATE corporations! I'm sick of the corporations ruining
things for regular people. Pushing people off the land they
depended on and cherished for generations - so they end
up homeless and starving to death - is an outrage! BTW The Native American people know this all too well. Please
put a stop to this atrocity.
-
Name
From
Comments
5,510. Scott Rotman
RANDOLPH, VT
5,511. Shannon Roscoe
Philadelphia, PA
5,512. Anna-Marie
Soper-O'Rourke
Atlanta, GA
5,513. Mathew Baucco
Bloomington, IN
5,514. J. Capozzelli
New York, NY
5,515. Nimai Palomar
New York, NY
5,516. Barb McCarthy
Lancaster, NY
5,517. Victoria Germain
Bundaberg, Australia
5,518. Julie Molter
Skokie, IL
5,519. J. William Draper
Philadelphia, PA
5,520. Mary Orazem
Raleigh, NC
5,521. judith hazelton
bennington, VT
5,522. alberto capozzi
Abano Terme
Padova, Italy
5,523. John Dierig
Loveland, OH
5,524. Julie Schampel
MCKEESPORT, PA
5,525. James Marshall
BROOKLINE, MA
5,526. Sue Larkin
DELMAR, NY
5,527. Patrick Mahoney
MARIETTA, GA
5,528. Paul Harrison
columbus, OH
5,529. Richard McBane
RALEIGH, NC
5,530. lesley graham
LAUREL, MD
5,531. Elizabeth
Zehren-Byers
Oakland, CA
5,532. Bettina Bowers
Schwan
Nashville, TN
5,533. Valerie Campbell
Bellmore, NY
5,534. Tesfaye Z.
Fallschurch, VA
Page 199
Despite chronic food insecurity and the fact that Ethiopians
cannot legally own land themselves, the government is in
the process of leasing the country's most valuable, fertile
land to foreign agricultural investors. Studies show that
such foreign investments do not deliver the jobs,
development, and prosperity for local people that they
promise.
Sounds eerily similar to one of the Omen movies when the
evil corporation tries to take over the food supply.
It would appear this "action"Is motivated By Financial gain!
It would seem(once again)the actual people that reside on
this land will Not get a penny!Instead they will be bum
rushed else where! These Individuals should be left right
where They are,and the goverment should Actively
work to end the hunger & suffering That is prevalant thee!
-
Name
From
Comments
5,535. Marie-Louise
Jackson-Miller
Quincy, MA
5,536. susan carey
Whitestone, NY
5,537. Mary Ellen
Sweeney
Hull, MA
5,538. Brian Cady
Boston, MA
5,539. Melanie Mahoney
Stopyra
Syracuse, NY
5,540. Alexandra
Berezhnaya
Kiev, Ukraine
5,541. Nancy Calsbeek
Carlsbad, CA
5,542. Byron L. Davis
Salt Lake City, UT
5,543. Yousuff Malik
BALLWIN, MO
5,544. Lawrence
Machtinget
Laguna Nguel, CA
5,545. Emily Thomasson
Blytheville, AR
5,546. valorie Helander
ALLOUEZ, WI
5,547. Paul Murphey
Brentwood, MO
5,548. Elizabeth Schultz
Atlanta, GA
5,549. michael riley
Quincy, MA
5,550. Wendemagegn
kassa
sandnessjeon,
Norway
5,551. Rose Debrecht
MARYKNOLL, NY
This is doubly wrong, as the agriculture slated as
replacement is undoubtedly less efficient with water,
fertilizer and energy resources.
5,552. Lawrence Arrigale Ambler, PA
5,553. Barbara
Chichester
South Huntington, NY
5,554. Carla Young
LAWRENCE, KS
5,555. Jessica Stabler
Herriman, UT
5,556. Kimberly Petska
Milwaukee, WI
5,557. art anthony
RALEIGH, NC
5,558. kevin ward
Santa Fe, NM
5,559. Paul West
Fort Collins, CO
5,560. jamie harrison
Palm Beach Gardens,
FL
5,561. Robert Clarke
Woodbury, CT
5,562. charles reid
South Portland, ME
5,563. lisa rochelle
MARTINS CREEK,
PA
Page 200
-
Name
From
Comments
5,564. John Terlazzo
YORK, PA
5,565. Heather Cable
OLIVE BRANCH, MS
5,566. tom clark
Tacoma, WA
5,567. Nick Chavez
Amherst, MA
5,568. Christina Tonitto
Ithaca, NY
5,569. Julie Radetski
Holly Ridge, NC
5,570. Amy Manganelli
BROOKLINE, MA
5,571. Diane Ziegner
Marquette, MI
5,572. melissa porter
Durham, NC
5,573. Sarah Brierley
London, United
Kingdom
5,574. annie laurie
DRACUT, MA
5,575. Wendy
Hardenberg
LEBANON, NH
Supporting food security requires developing crop rotations
relevant to local climates, especially rotations which build
soil organic matter through incorporation of legumes.
Rotations must also conserve phosphorus, a highly limiting
nutrient in weathered African soils.
5,576. Nonna Settlemyer Washburn, TN
5,577. Isaac Grimm
Lafayette, NY
5,578. Kathe Garbrick
Manhattan, KS
5,579. Jessica Flamholz
Mohnton, PA
5,580. Pauline Stdenis
Ny, NM
5,581. Nicodemus Lopez BROOKLYN, NY
5,582. Lauren Verruni
MOUNT PLEASANT
MILLS, PA
5,583. Gina Norman
Portland, OR
5,584. Jeff Lyles
Yacolt, WA
5,585. Nate Sewell
Santa Rosa, CA
5,586. Mary Gallup
Cloquet, MN
5,587. Francisco Pena
El Paso, TX
5,588. Jenny Mertikas
Piraeus, Greece
5,589. ashley lutz
Jeannette, PA
5,590. Miriam Angress
DURHAM, AA
5,591. Heidi Neale
CHICAGO, IL
5,592. Kathy Chavez
Holland, MI
5,593. Darren Tan
Page 201
-
Name
From
Comments
5,594. Cindy Cox
Washington, DC
I work for an international org and am truly dedicated to
Ethiopia's food security issues. Land grabbers do not feed
Ethiopians and put food security at risk by taking away
valuable farmland from Ethiopians. Land grabbing
increases political insecurity (just look at Madagascar).
5,595. Tanni Hall
TRUMANSBURG, NY
5,596. Jeff Wiles
HOPKINS, MN
5,597. Brad Kraus
Santa Fe, NM
5,598. Tom Sullivan
Foley, AL
5,599. William E. Hill III
SANTA FE, NM
5,600. Diane Becker
Jonesboro, AR
5,601. Laura Leifer
SANTA YNEZ, CA
5,602. Christopher Reed
PHILMONT, NY
5,603. jeri fioramanti
Green Bay, WI
5,604. Jimmie Hawkins
Durham, NC
5,605. Francisco Elorza
Chula Vista, CA
5,606. Yvonne Williams
JAMAICA, NY
5,607. linda smith
Aspen, CO
5,608. cynthia lambert
Bethesda, MD
5,609. Tina Mastilak
Cincinnati, OH
5,610. Sharon Schwarz
SLIDELL, LA
5,611. Sreenivas M D
Kannur, India
5,612. Jeannette Regetz
ARLINGTON, VA
5,613. Natasha Rott
Indianapolis, IN
5,614. stephanie s scott
Virginia Bch, VA
5,615. Stephanie
Aymami
Denver, CO
5,616. Wendy Jewell
Cologne, MN
5,617. jc fredline
Sinclairville, NY
5,618. Megan Doherty
Philadelphia, PA
5,619. C Tuke
Slc, UT
I feel strongly that this is not supported by the US
government.
Thank you.
5,620. FRANK WAGNER Kirkville, NY
5,621. Ken O'Connell
HOLLYWOOD, MD
5,622. Misty Drake
Long Beach, CA
5,623. stephen fass
New York, NY
5,624. Allan Young
NOVATO, CA
5,625. Eddie Cheek
Bristol, TN
Page 202
-
Name
From
Comments
5,626. Michael Condon
HILLSBORO, WV
5,627. Anthony Ross
Long Beach, CA
5,628. Ashley Hicks
Cosby, TN
5,629. Don Smith
Piermont, NH
5,630. Eugene Ulrich
South Bend, IN
5,631. Penelope
Bakatsias
CHARLOTTE, NC
5,632. Bulmaro Martinez
CHICAGO, IL
5,633. Deborah
Marchand
Carmel, CA
5,634. melvin helms
Concord, NC
5,635. AJ Lenox-Krug
SAINT LOUIS, MO
5,636. Richard Rew
Denver, CO
5,637. jean-paul buthier
NEW YORK, NY
5,638. stephanie foster
Pequot Lakes, MN
5,639. Inge Lewis
Conway, SC
5,640. Jennifer
Oppenheim
ALBA, AA
5,641. Marie Haughey
HALETHORPE, MD
5,642. Poorvi Perpetua
de Sa
Mumbai/ Bombay,
India
5,643. Jennifer Martin
Millsap, TX
5,644. Brenda Horn
Chickasha, OK
5,645. Anthony Bednar
San Francisco, CA
5,646. Patti Higgins
PITTSBURGH, PA
5,647. John Fernandez
HAMPSTEAD, NH
5,648. John Reichel
Minneapolis, MN
5,649. Chenell Young
Denver, CO
5,650. elisa molina
Redwood city, CA
5,651. John Sousa
South Beach, OR
5,652. Martha Eberle
Dripping Springs, TX
5,653. Daniel Eberle
Dillon, CO
5,654. Lia Wilson
Newton, MA
5,655. Deborah Geary
New Cumberland, PA
5,656. Dru Ann Delgado
MUNHALL, PA
5,657. Melbourne
Delaney
Los Angeles, CA
5,658. Monica Jackson
Laguna Beach, CA
Page 203
Leave Ethiopia alone and help with food and water.
-
Name
From
Comments
5,659. Karen Vasily
Norristown, PA
5,660. steven rivetti
South Jordan, UT
5,661. Devetra Jones
Fort Worth, TX
5,662. Michelle Burawski Hephzibah, GA
5,663. david beam
Baltimore, MD
5,664. Virginia Downs
LUBBOCK, TX
5,665. Rebecca Swan
CARMEL, NY
5,666. Yvonne Segal
Fayetteville, AR
5,667. Jenni Audette
Woodbury, MN
5,668. james keats
Springfield, MA
5,669. Eric Steffen
Richmond, CA
5,670. Les Lambert
worcester, MA
5,671. Linda Waine
Taunton, MA
5,672. Allison Castle
Muscatine, IA
5,673. Janelle Garipoli
Brooklyn, NY
5,674. Bettina Herter
WALNUT CREEK,
CA
5,675. Erin Starr Hollow
Astoria, OR
5,676. Neda Eftekhar
Chicago, IL
5,677. Donna Shafer
Dallas, TX
5,678. Ra'id Khalil
Seattle, WA
5,679. Margaret Murray
Sebastopol,, CA
5,680. Margaret Murray
PINOLE, CA
5,681. Michele Gannon
MOORESVILLE, IN
5,682. Mary Coleman
Tacoma, WA
5,683. Alberto Batista
TEMPE, AA
5,684. Donald Smith
Fridley, MN
5,685. Nancy Loewen
San Francisco, CA
5,686. Brian Hochmuth
Charlotte, NC
5,687. Katherine
DonTigny
Hillsboro, OR
5,688. PREVOST
Mélanie
DUNKERQUE,
France
5,689. Lillian Arboleda
Houston, TX
5,690. Naomi Weinstein
New York, NY
5,691. Janabai Amsden
SANTA MONICA, CA
5,692. Kyaram Warutian
Rockford, IL
Page 204
Disgraceful to rob people of the land they need to live on in
order to sell to foreign corporations.
-
Name
From
Comments
5,693. sam dillard
Charlotte, NC
5,694. Destine
Robertson
CONIFER, CO
5,695. Barbara D'Emilio
WASHINGTON, DC
5,696. lindsey walker
PETOSKEY, MI
5,697. Eli Covarrubias
Atlanta, GA
5,698. Radu Bogdan
Los Angeles, CA
5,699. John Delia
SYRACUSE, NY
5,700. hagit sternfeld
tel aviv, Israel
5,701. Sandra Abele
Willow Grove, PA
5,702. erin garcia
sherman oaks, CA
5,703. Carol Lawson
Jackson Heights, NY
5,704. genevieve
brackett
Irvine, CA
5,705. maria spanoudaki
Athens, Greece
5,706. Claire Birnie
Edinburgh, United
Kingdom
5,707. John Solether
Philadelphia, PA
5,708. Nicole Driscoll
Burlington, VT
5,709. S. Etherton
New York, NY
5,710. Melissa Gagliano
PORTLAND, OR
5,711. Christian Rocklein PARADISE, CA
5,712. Stacie Baier
Tucson, AZ
5,713. Dorota
Wisniewska
Wroclaw, Poland
5,714. Daniel Worku
St. Paul, MN
5,715. Alice Robbins
Wayne, PA
5,716. jacqueline matson San Diego, CA
5,717. jose abril
Buenosaires,
Argentina
5,718. Javier Perez
San Jose, CA
5,719. Wendy Palmquist
Plymouth, NH
5,720. Wendy Silver
Darien, CT
5,721. zenebework retta
JAMAICA, NY
5,722. Jennifer Jen
Blacksburg, VA
5,723. Ed Gentzler
Chesterfield, MO
5,724. Lois Gullerud
Champaign, IL
5,725. Amina Juma
BOSTON, MA
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5,726. Stephanie Betts
North Richland Hills,
TX
5,727. Laura Blumberg
SANTA ANA, CA
5,728. Richard Valencia
Pasadena, CA
5,729. robert hlavna
5,730. Marilyn Davis
EVANSTON, IL
5,731. Joy Wall
Ocean View, HI
5,732. Soren Kisiel
Bozeman, MT
5,733. Jill Fackenthal
Souderton, PA
5,734. Charlene Butler
Seattle, WA
5,735. Brandon Ballinger
WILMINGTON, NC
5,736. Zelda Ziegfried
Sitka, AK
5,737. Jennifer Bruns
Tampa, FL
5,738. donna casciola
MALVERN, PA
5,739. Sherri
Whittenburg
Antioch, CA
5,740. mekonnen
yohannes
ringsted, Denmark
5,741. Helen Golding
Cambridge, United
Kingdom
5,742. Erin Anderson
Northfield, MN
5,743. Susan Sally
Chatsworth, CA
5,744. Sharon Silva
Rohnert Park, CA
5,745. Catherine
Staniunas
Northboro, MA
5,746. Kathleen
Markus-Walczak
Lorain, OH
5,747. Jeff Norton
Jamestown, NY
5,748. Don Syverson
Seattle, WA
5,749. Nabeel Sattar
Fountain Valley, CA
5,750. Starq Studonivic
PORTLAND, OR
5,751. Kathy Saunders
Severna Park, MD
5,752. Karen Kieckhefer
Mill Valley, CA
5,753. Rebecca Gibson
Wheat Ridge, CO
5,754. Sue Brow
5,755. Bryony Rigby
Bangor, United
Kingdom
5,756. Shannon Saldana
CINCINNATI, OH
5,757. kathleen king
madison, WI
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5,758. MARK omot
Eagan, MN
5,759. Angela Langdon
Rockvale, TN
5,760. Stephen Bohac
Twain Harte, CA
5,761. Dosia Paclawskyj
Reisterstown, MD
5,762. Terrie Durgin
Denver, CO
5,763. Mark M Giese
RACINE, WI
5,764. Leslie Clubb
RACINE, WI
5,765. Deb French
London, Canada
5,766. Leslie Homan
Alta Loma, CA
5,767. Tadesse B
stockholm, Sweden
5,768. Camile Getter
Sacramento, CA
5,769. Stephanie Wells
TUCSON, AZ
5,770. Dwight Meredith
AKRON, OH
5,771. mm mm
Brooklyn, NY
5,772. Charity Glover
Atlanta, GA
5,773. Keith Fabing
Seattle, WA
5,774. Patricia Brooks
Houston, TX
5,775. Jim Taylor
PORTLAND, AA
5,776. Sjon Welters
CABOT, VT
5,777. Willow Hill
Eugene, OR
5,778. Susy Salgado
Chicago, IL
5,779. Rick Wood
Burdett, NY
5,780. Patricia Welshofer BEAUMONT, KY
5,781. Joyce Johnson
Burbank, CA
5,782. Clarissa Estrada
Long Beach, CA
5,783. denise dreyer
lebanon, MO
5,784. Colleen Stalnaker
Saint Louis, MO
This is unconscionable!
5,785. Richard Hendricks Webster, NY
Page 207
You know, the vast majority of Ethiopians and Africans in
general may find this land-grab offer as another form of
institutional racism from abroad. You know it's bad enought
that Nigeria have to allow many of it's people in the
Nigerian Delta to live and in shockingly unspeakable living
conditions because oil companies had display them into
extreme poverty, but they way the Ethiopian Government
would have the nerve to force 70,000 of it's people off their
land makes it almost as bad. Those 70,000 Ethiopians
happen to have rights too, you know. So the best thing to
do right now is let the 70,000 Ethiopians keep their land,
that way the United States and Ethiopia will avoid a major
conflict from taking place somewhere in Africa.
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Name
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Comments
5,786. Harmony
Csuhany
Edmonton, Canada
5,787. robert smith
VENICE, CA
5,788. Judith Castiano
Peoria, AZ
5,789. Louisa DiGrazia
Kailua, HI
5,790. Laurie Hope
`ojai, CA
5,791. Fredde Hollman
Cleveland, OH
5,792. Jon Spinac
New York, NY
5,793. Kira Schabram
Valley Springs, CA
5,794. Joseph S. Cox
Lake Elsinore, CA
5,795. Deirdre Morrison
Glendale, CA
5,796. jim damiano
Waltham, MA
I don't care how important Ethiopia is, if they have willingly
taken that much money from us, we should be able to give
them forceful advice as to how they should improve the
standard of treating their OWN people. They are
ACTUALLY willing to create and an even WORSE
starvation situation by letting FOREIGNERS(!?!) to take
over land their OWN citizens need in order to just
LIVE???? Let them know in no uncertain terms that they
are monsters if they remove those poor people off that
precious land!!!!!!
5,797. Ashyia Henderson Southfield, MI
5,798. Anne Cole
SANTA BARBARA,
CA
5,799. Bruce Schacht
Portland, OR
5,800. Lori Rumpf
Lansing, MI
5,801. Deborah Harris
FLOYD, VA
5,802. LENORE
NIETERS
Santee, CA
5,803. Melody Heald
San Diego, CA
5,804. Richard/Vivian
Haas
Fresno, CA
5,805. Alisa Mazure
Riga, Latvia
5,806. Jorinde Witte
49, Germany
5,807. Kaitlin Davis
Logan, UT
5,808. amy tajdari
Jacksonville, FL
5,809. Sandra Price
DALLAS, TX
5,810. Giselle Benites
RENTON, WA
5,811. Andrew Abate
LINDENHURST, NY
5,812. Paul Henry
FARM HILL, MA
Page 208
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Comments
5,813. Elena
Kaye-Schiess
SHAPLEIGH, ME
5,814. Amy Wolfberg
Los Angeles, CA
5,815. janet mcmillan
Mesa, AZ
5,816. camilla white
manningtree, United
Kingdom
5,817. Joann Koch
Lebanon, CT
5,818. Gwen Ilaban
Kailua-kona, HI
5,819. Joi Johnson
Libertyville, IL
5,820. darragh oneill
Cork, Ireland
5,821. Kelly Korenak
Burlingame, CA
5,822. teresa glasco
Vienna, WV
5,823. Getatchew Haile
Avon, MN
5,824. Eric Isenhower
Los Angeles, CA
5,825. J Froiland
COTATI, CA
5,826. Beverly Walker
Kingsland, TX
5,827. Obuuy Omot
St Cloud, MN
5,828. Gladis Little
Walsenburg, CO
5,829. Tania Piombetti
Tarzana, CA
5,830. tammy Bransford
Port Charlotte, FL
5,831. Michelle Albin
Clarksville, TN
5,832. Angela Shadwick
West Blocton, AL
5,833. Chris St. John
Arvada, CO
5,834. Sarah
Cunningham
WEST MINOT, AA
5,835. cara busch
Cherrylog, GA
5,836. Howard McCoy
Centreville, MD
5,837. Al Bradley
Chicago, IL
5,838. David Sickles
Willoughby, OH
5,839. Arturo Luis
Alvarado
Atlatlahuacan, Mor.,
Mexico
All those American billions go to a corrupt government and
military in Ethiopia who intentionally block its suffering
people from receiving even one Ethiopian "birr." Time for
the U.S. to reassess its connection with Ethiopia. Eritrea
does a great job on its own -- why can't Ethiopia? I just
said it -- that government is beyond corrupt.
5,840. Shannon Milhaupt Chicago, IL
5,841. Janice Fallon
Glen Ellen, CA
5,842. clemens wester
leverkusen, Germany
Page 209
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5,843. Celina Johnson
Lake Elsinore, CA
5,844. Margee Stone
Newburgh, IN
5,845. Diane Faircloth
Hartly, DE
5,846. Ellen Rice
Sunderland, MA
5,847. Jason Herring
San Pedro, CA
5,848. fitzgerald graves
bakersfield, CA
5,849. Sara Hess
Ithaca, NY
5,850. Suzanne Selby
LOS ANGELES, CA
5,851. faye hinze
CORTE MADERA,
CA
5,852. Judith Hoaglund
Santa Rosa, CA
5,853. Carol Joan
Patterson
EUREKA SPRINGS,
AR
5,854. mc wright
7 CORNERS, VA
5,855. Lily Nass
New York, NY
5,856. Jesisca Oei
La Mesa, CA
5,857. tom lacey
EAST DETROIT, MI
5,858. Susan Lucey
Olympia, WA
5,859. Christine
Moscoso
BARSTOW, CA
5,860. jon shmagin
Long Beach, CA
5,861. Belay Zeleke
palermo, Italy
5,862. john micklewright
san francisco, CA
5,863. Bethany Geiman
Hagerstown, MD
5,864. Caryn Cowin
South Pasadena, CA
5,865. Pam
Vanderweyden
PALOS PARK, IL
5,866. Josh Alfonso
Deerfield Beach, FL
5,867. Sylvia Brown
Grass Lake, MI
5,868. Cami Leonard
Goodyear, AZ
5,869. Craig Althage
Chicago, IL
5,870. Mona Shahgholi
Pasadena, CA
5,871. Carla Roselli
Hollywood, CA
5,872. Amanda Withrow
Los Angeles, CA
5,873. Aletta Kraan
Stayner, Canada
5,874. traci koon
Port Vue, PA
5,875. Rebecca Oberlin
OKMULGEE, OK
Page 210
The greed has taken over the planet! We have to stop it!
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Name
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Comments
5,876. Joyce
Capobianco
Mount Kisco, NY
5,877. Helena Liber
Oakland, CA
5,878. sara herron
St Albans, United
Kingdom
5,879. sara dorsey
Williamstown, MA
5,880. AMMHA RETTA
QUEENS, NY
5,881. Sharon Bailey
Richardson, TX
5,882. Candi Ausman
Fremont, CA
5,883. Julie Funke
Royal Oak, MI
5,884. Wally Thomason
Berkeley, CA
5,885. martha leahy
winchester, MA
5,886. mike swerdlow
waikoloa, HI
5,887. Laurie May
LITCHFIELD, IL
5,888. jane edsall
Mt. Sinai, NY
5,889. Shawn
Ames, IA
Blaesing-Thompson
5,890. Raziel Kainne
Guerneville, CA
5,891. Jill Soeten
New Orleans, LA
5,892. Kathie Bishop
Eugene, OR
5,893. annette bryant
Kansas City, MO
5,894. Kristin Hamada
London, United
Kingdom
5,895. Jamie Terrill
Cheyenne, WY
5,896. Domingo
Hermosillo
Kent, WA
5,897. Lynn Morris
Chicago, IL
5,898. Maria White
Beaverton, OR
5,899. Michael Field
AUSTIN, TX
5,900. Miriam Olenick
Brooklyn, NY
5,901. Ashley baker
San Jacinto, CA
5,902. Noemi Pacheco
LA PUENTE, CA
5,903. JAMES PEARCE
COLUMBIA CITY, AA
5,904. Jan Warren
Camden, ME
5,905. Melissa Lillian
Mapleton, ME
Page 211
Land grabs played a large negative role in paving the path
for my home state of Hawaii. Today we are still feeling the
effect of land grabs that happened with the overthrow of
the Hawaiian government over a hundred years ago. We
should prevent them from taking place.
Reminds me of what happened to the Natives in America...
Leave these people and their land alone.
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Name
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Comments
5,906. enzo mulas
florence, IA
5,907. Joseph shiferaw
philadelphia, PA
5,908. Koty Lapid
Tel Aviv, Israel
5,909. c a
Vvd, CT
5,910. Daria Hutchinson
Bloomfield, NM
5,911. kellin esquivel
Santa Monica, CA
5,912. Sharon E. Owens
Phila, PA
5,913. Virgil Sarbu
Bucharest, Romania
5,914. Conie Raper
Durham, NC
5,915. Janice Bernard
Scarborough, NY
5,916. marlene Dinkins
ftlauderdale, FL
5,917. Geoffrey Akhurst
Swansea, United
Kingdom
5,918. Kristy Rotermund
Nevada City, CA
5,919. Jim Dailey
WOBURN, MA
it's a shame what is taking place around the world.
Indigenous peoples right is being destroyed with the
helping hand of our Democratic state.
You sad heartless thugs!
5,920. Honnoria Creedon Dublin, Ireland
5,921. Geoffrey Doman
Van Nuys, CA
5,922. Brenda Farley
Glouster, OH
5,923. Richard Tidd
East Greenbush, NY
5,924. sherryan mangru
queens village, NY
5,925. Jan Terradotter
Berea, OH
5,926. DAN CAPPELLO
LAWRENCE, PA
5,927. Mary Smith
Little Falls, MN
5,928. Caroljean Thosath SPOKANE, WA
5,929. Colleen Briedrick
Chicago, IL
5,930. Kerri
Shaughnessy
Los Angeles, CA
5,931. Hope Ogden
Murfreesboro, TN
5,932. claudia tomaso
Fairfax, CA
5,933. Tara Lulla
Houston, TX
5,934. balageru ecadf
frankfurt, Germany
5,935. Matthew Schaut
Minneapolis, MN
5,936. steve caulfield
Stockton, CA
5,937. Catherine M.
Jones
Bronx, NY
Page 212
Always the GREED seems to win, doesn't it? It doesn't
matter who's life it is destroying, only that someone else is
making money!
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Name
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Comments
5,938. Suzana Megles
Lakewood, OH
5,939. Kathy Dabanian
Sellersville, PA
5,940. Marianne Bell
Lake Havasu City, AZ
5,941. Liz Gannon
Northville, MI
5,942. Karen Stevenson
BRIONES, CA
5,943. natalie pickrom
San Antonio, TX
5,944. Laura LEIPZIG
Berkeley, CA
5,945. Trudy Shively
Montoursville, PA
5,946. janice carolina
San Jose, CA
5,947. Serge
Lubomudrov
Chicago, IL
5,948. Danny Dwinell
Shoreline, WA
5,949. Lilla Vietri
NYC, NY
5,950. LADONNA
HARRIS
ALBUQUERQUE, NM
5,951. Marjorie Steakley
Memphis, TN
5,952. G.E. Bryant
lenoir, NC
5,953. veronica nylander
nashville, TN
5,954. Hayley
Burtenshaw
Christchurch, New
Zealand
5,955. John Dunn
Vashon, WA
5,956. Chad Leming
New Orleans, LA
5,957. Catherine Wilson
OMAHA, NE
5,958. allysa aaron
Henderson, NV
5,959. Georgena Askew
El Paso, TX
5,960. John Weinstein
SAN FRANCISCO,
AA
5,961. Carla Gerstein
SAN DIEGO, CA
5,962. Colleen Llywelyn
Eugene, OR
5,963. Lynn Camhi
PETALUMA, CA
5,964. Michael Dutton
Newport, RI
5,965. Donna Gibson
De Leon, TX
5,966. Marianne van
Ophuijsen
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
5,967. Beth Norwood
Huntsville, AL
5,968. JC Bower
Sumner, WA
5,969. Melanie Dorhout
Wheat Ridge, CO
5,970. Ruth Uppena
Montfort, WI
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5,971. Craig Byrd
Los Angeles, CA
5,972. Susan Brown
BEVERLY, MA
5,973. JerriLynn Ruff
GLENDALE, AA
5,974. Jagmit Dhah
Fresno, CA
5,975. Barb Meyer
Littleton, CO
5,976. julia michell
delabole, United
Kingdom
5,977. Barbara Donovan
Gansvoort, NY
5,978. Laurel Brewer
Moorpark, CA
5,979. Catherine
Holzman
Baraboo, WI
5,980. Danielle Masek
Lisle, IL
5,981. AbdulAziz Ahmad
Harrow, United
Kingdom
5,982. Jennifer Pruden
Linden, NJ
5,983. Rohan Sabnis
Claremont, CA
5,984. Polly O'Malley
Los Angeles, CA
5,985. Annemarie Vidal
Albuquerque, NM
5,986. Trudy Killa
Plano, TX
5,987. Emelly Jimenez
San Juan, PR
5,988. paul murphy
Dublin, Ireland
5,989. Susan Solomon
Forest Hills, NY
5,990. celia perigord
sf, NM
5,991. Tami Phelps
REDDING, CA
5,992. KAREN
STRAYER
SYKESVILLE, MD
5,993. Michelle Buerger
MADISON, WI
5,994. Bolek Harbuz
Doncaster East,
Australia
5,995. arjan amin
Purmerend,
Netherlands
5,996. Deborah Hardin
Santa Fe, NM
5,997. Danny Rogers
Campbell, CA
5,998. Mary Quain
Minnetonka, MN
5,999. Sue Holtz
Boulder, CO
6,000. Samuel Williams
Pasadena, TX
6,001. Mariko Tinaya
Chattanooga, TN
6,002. ZUFAN AMARE
OSLO, Norway
6,003. dogan ozkan
istanbul turkey, AK
Page 214
Stop these land grabs!!
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Name
From
Comments
6,004. Krystal Weilage
Butte, MT
6,005. Tony Alberico
Romulus, NY
6,006. Caitlin
Archambault
Richmond, VA
6,007. Stephanie
Tunstall
Drexel Hill, PA
6,008. Zelma Taylor
Petersburg, VA
6,009. Sofia Rodrigues
Amadora, Portugal
6,010. Dixie Belcher
Juneau, AK
6,011. Ryan Sdano
Whitewater, WI
6,012. Jamaka Petzak
Glendale, CA
6,013. Gary Peterson
Baton Rouge, LA
6,014. Janice VrMeer
Penryn, CA
6,015. Joan Axtell
Melbourne, FL
6,016. Peter Cohen
Santa Barbara, CA
6,017. robin kaiser
SAN BRUNO, CA
6,018. Marcus Lanskey
EUGENE, OR
6,019. Anita Agbedor
Aachen, Germany
6,020. Stacia Raymond
Altadena, CA
6,021. Lynne Cruz
Vernon Hills, IL
6,022. Mary Anne
Gaskins
Centennial, CO
6,023. Florence
McMahon
FLUSHING, NY
6,024. Andrew Cave
San Dimas, CA
6,025. James Mc Carten
Brookings, OR
6,026. SARA ZAPATA
SAN LEANDRO, CA
6,027. Susan Mitcheson
Apex, NC
6,028. Frances Redick
Detroit, MI
6,029. Jean Braun
South Euclid, OH
6,030. Rich Ryan
Albuquerque, NM
6,031. sisay ashenafi
SAINT PETER, MN
6,032. David Leech
Redwood City, CA
6,033. Karen Guy
Ballston Center, NY
6,034. Ellen Frieder
Baldwin, NY
6,035. Brenda Caruso
I.b., CA
Page 215
Any sale of agricultural land to foreign interests is a
formula for future famine. The U.S. should use all of its
influence to stop this practice in Ethiopia and elsewhere in
Africa.
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Name
From
Comments
6,036. dorinda kelley
portland, OR
6,037. wendy wamser
Rockford, MI
6,038. Lindsay T.
La Habra, CA
6,039. Audrey Selman
Hedrick, IA
6,040. Bruce Burness
PASADENA, CA
6,041. Christene
Williamson
Newcastle, WY
6,042. Rebecca Rens
Ogden, UT
6,043. Julie Unruh
Lawrence, KS
6,044. linda brockett
Lanarkshire, United
Kingdom
6,045. Alexandra
Rodriguez
PACIFICA, CA
6,046. Chalen Lathrop
Cambridge, NY
6,047. Danielle Price
Nampa, ID
6,048. Shoshana
Bianchi-McElwee
Berkeley, CA
6,049. Arthur Baird
Sedona, AZ
6,050. Robert Ellis
Oakland, CA
6,051. Kt Secrest
Granbury, TX
6,052. lee hancock
Los Angeles, CA
6,053. francisca Alvarez
Rondon
Gaithersburg, MD
6,054. Reynaldo Reyna
Roma, TX
6,055. Rory Kinahan
Christchurch, New
Zealand
6,056. Teri Sigler
Santa Cruz, CA
6,057. claudia perez
EL PASO, TX
6,058. Marlen Ortega
Cruz
Chicago, IL
6,059. Catrina Therrien
North Adams, MA
6,060. Chris Washington
n, NY
6,061. Alexander Dickey
West Lebanon, NH
6,062. nick zityniuk
ambler, PA
6,063. Leo Waters
Sharon, MA
Page 216
Haven't these people suffered enough? This is their land.
Leave them alone!
These are human beings: they are far more important than
any financial gain you might make from removing them
from this land. Imagine that you were in their shoes—just
take a second and imagine it—and think how you would
want to be treated.
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Name
From
Comments
6,064. brian t bayer
williston park, NY
6,065. Michael Davin
Irwin, PA
6,066. Kimberly Feeney
Lexington, SC
6,067. JoAnne & Cathy
Talarico
Des Moines, IA
6,068. peter stark
Camp Verde, AZ
6,069. Mandy Bratt
OAKLAND, AA
6,070. C McAfee
SEATTLE, WA
6,071. Mary Bost
Hempstead, NY
6,072. Michael Copping
Clearwater, FL
6,073. Rebecca Hollister
Avon, CO
6,074. Juan Negrín
Oakland, CA
6,075. Tom Rossen
CHICAGO, IL
6,076. Susan Edelstein
Cary, NC
6,077. Deborah Fexis
Nashua, NH
6,078. Lydia Bridwell
Johnson City, TN
This is truly despicable action on the part of Ethiopian
authorities and should be addressed in every possible way.
6,079. Emeka Akaezuwa New Brunswick, NJ
6,080. Stephen
McClasky
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
6,081. Robert Robbins
ELK RIVER, MN
6,082. Barbara Dunnn
Biron, WI
6,083. Beatrice Michot
LAFAYETTE, LA
6,084. David Collins
Flemingsburg, KY
6,085. Christine Gruber
Saint Paul, MN
6,086. Donna Meyers
Long Beach, CA
6,087. Jim Reynolds
Montague, CA
6,088. Jan Emerson
New York, NY
6,089. Arther Murphy
LEXINGTON, KY
6,090. Kidane Misikir
Carrollton, TX
6,091. Patricia
Hernandez
Tampa, FL
6,092. Veronica
Brummer
Knoxville, TN
6,093. Ariel Pena
Lindenhurst, NY
6,094. Henry Azama
Pacific Grove, CA
Page 217
I support your efforts. The African people have put out a
declaration against land grab in Africa at
www.stopafricalandgrab.com. Thank you very much for
this petition.
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Name
From
Comments
6,095. Erica Maranowski
Portland, OR
6,096. Jason Stumpner
Rome, OH
6,097. Renee B.
Kentfield, CA
6,098. Sarah Wilson
Mill Valley, CA
6,099. Judith Wilson
Wheatland, WY
6,100. gail harris
Damascus, MD
6,101. Jane Velasquez
SANTA CRUZ, CA
6,102. Steven Velasquez SANTA CRUZ, CA
6,103. Phil Pursell
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
6,104. Robert Ortiz
Phoenix, AZ
6,105. Anastasia
Jakubasz
Toronto, Canada
6,106. Linnea Whitman
Texarkana, TX
6,107. April Kinsella
Windsor, Canada
6,108. Shane Nodurft
Chicago, IL
6,109. Samuel Abebe
Seattle, WA
6,110. Kifle Mulat
Houston, TX
6,111. kumssa Galeta
MEMPHIS, TN
6,112. Laura Ortiz
San Francisco, CA
6,113. Ann Smith
Lakewood, NJ
6,114. Emma Visser
6,115. H Mekonnen
Cypress, CA
6,116. John Fitzgerald
COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS, MN
6,117. Rohm Maria
Wien, Austria
6,118. Lauren Matthews
Windsor East, South
Africa
6,119. tahir badesso
siouxfalls, SD
6,120. Tina Ilvonen
Seattle, WA
6,121. taylore sinclaire
COSTA MESA, CA
6,122. Jerry Molnar
Toronto, Canada
6,123. Ljubica Horvat
Monument, CO
6,124. Erica Chahal
San Francisco, CA
If this land is possible for agriculture, why are they not
doing this for the people their. If every company doing this
agrees to extend the project to the locals, eventually we
could abolish famine.
Please stop the forced relocation of people from Gambella.
This type of "government" activity is going on all over
Africa and South America and China, where indigenous
people are having their land and lives sold out from under
Page 218
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Name
From
Comments
6,124. Erica Chahal
San Francisco, CA
6,125. Kim Thomas
Port Talbot, United
Kingdom
This is terrible, these people should be helped to stay in
their homeland and aided in improving its fertility !!!
6,126. Anne Marie
Shelley
Clermont, FL
6,127. Pamela Lennon
Centennial, CO
6,128. kenny hogg
perth, United
Kingdom
6,129. Cicek Bricault
MARINA DEL REY,
CA
6,130. Falmata Hunde
St.Paul, MN
6,131. sanjay lawand
Solapur, India
them, to their devestation and the benefit of first world
investment. This type of predatory activity must be halted.
6,132. Ekaterina Ivanova Perm, Russian
Federation
6,133. minilik Andarge
san leandero, CA
6,134. Lynn D Cooper
West Milford, NJ
6,135. Dolores Diaz
Palatine, IL
6,136. Keri Lindquist
Boca Raton, FL
6,137. farzad qmehr
Carmichael, CA
6,138. Pamala Thomas
Santa Monica, CA
6,139. Deborah Blau
New York, NY
6,140. mick micky
milano, Italy
6,141. robert weinstock
San Francisco, CA
6,142. Elisa Le Nae
Auckland, New
Zealand
6,143. Lara Williams
Olympia, WA
6,144. Eric SCHWARTZ
Santa BArbara, CA
6,145. Gaby Mieth
Berlin, Germany
6,146. Denise Dardarian
Los Angeles, CA
6,147. Cindy Torrey
Bethel, ME
6,148. Xil Lidom
Stockholm, Sweden
6,149. Vicky
Christopoulos
Montreal, Canada
6,150. Samantha
Opperman
Mardi, Australia
6,151. Barb Holznagel
Bismarck, ND
6,152. Susan Soleil
Adelaide, Australia
6,153. samson ac
Ocqueville, France
Page 219
Humans first !! business last
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Name
From
Comments
6,154. Mura Tarabuku
Harare, Zimbabwe
6,155. Tammy Quiroz
LOMBARD, IL
6,156. Kayla Skalsky
Farmington, MN
6,157. Lucia Račeková
Nitra, Slovakia
6,158. silvia rama
Mieres, Spain
6,159. Jacqueline Parr
Cheshire, United
Kingdom
6,160. Judith Wecker
Janesville, WI
6,161. Angela
Nussbaumer
Baar, Switzerland
6,162. Adelina Covaci
Bucharest, Romania
6,163. Lucy Bell
Nantes, France
6,164. Courtney Drake
HORNELL, NY
6,165. lydia valle
Benidorm, Spain
6,166. Cristian Prisacariu Oslo, Norway
6,167. Chris McCabe
Cambridge, United
Kingdom
6,168. tariku jemal nuri
johannesburg, South
Africa
6,169. Jens Warntjen
Lebus, Germany
6,170. Catherine Herzog
CHICAGO, IL
6,171. Anna Osayamen
Swansea, United
Kingdom
6,172. Rossana
Ciabattoni
Rome, Italy
6,173. Stefanie Illgen
81476, Germany
6,174. Irina Stanculeanu
Iasi, Romania
6,175. Cornelia Hanning
Nr. Edinburgh, United
Kingdom
6,176. Bibi Eriksen
Kbh. V., Denmark
6,177. abebe hailu
footscrey, Australia
The people of the earth are ALL ONE, Allow them to live in
peace in a home of their choosing, in a land of their
choosing.
6,178. JANE SURRIDGE Essex, United
Kingdom
6,179. Plamen Krustev
Sofia, Bulgaria
6,180. YVONNE
ROELOFS
Sittard, Netherlands
6,181. ROBERT
PARKER
STELLATO
REDWOOD CITY,
CA
Page 220
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Stop the hunger first before selling of the land of the
people!
Name
From
Comments
6,182. Lauren Tew
Southampton, United
Kingdom
6,183. Doug Dederich
Poynette, WI
6,184. Theresa Potter
ARLINGTON, MA
6,185. Alan Wasserman
NEW YORK, NY
6,186. Jessica
Laughhunn
MACOMB TWP, MI
6,187. Christy Lacy
Summerfield, FL
6,188. Angela Garlant
Lincoln, United
Kingdom
6,189. May Lockhart
Rijswijk, Netherlands
6,190. Ronnie Bell
Thurmont, MD
6,191. Roberta Jones
Milwaukee, WI
6,192. Elisabeth
Sterzinger
Vienna, Austria
6,193. Dean Francois
Acushnet, MA
6,194. Nancy Juskowich
Waynesburg, PA
6,195. Dario Dongo
Roma, Italy
6,196. tara lav
Brooklyn, NY
6,197. Siobhan James
Point Fortin, Trinidad
And Tobago
6,198. Kate Vandenberg
Woodville Nth,
Australia
6,199. cristina bartoloni
amstelveen,
Netherlands
6,200. lorraine petro
waterbury, CT
6,201. Melissa Switalski
Port Charlotte, FL
6,202. Carol Granere
Orkney, United
Kingdom
6,203. David Arms
Chicago, IL
6,204. JoDee LaCasse
Mount Bethel, PA
6,205. Jerry toomey
LAKEWOOD, OH
6,206. Arnold de Vos
Trento, Italy
6,207. ron ballard
Plympton, MA
6,208. Shirley Van
Putten
BROOKLYN, NY
6,209. Steven Larry
Dublin, Ireland
6,210. Mike Barber
Spartanburg, SC
6,211. Anna Akintunde
MONESSEN, PA
Page 221
Help the people of Gambella ... don't make their lives
harder!
-
Name
From
Comments
6,212. Annette Zygmunt
new york, NM
6,213. Maria Pavlou
Nea Makri, Greece
6,214. Mallika Henry
Cambridge, NY
6,215. michael mitchell
READING, PA
6,216. Novuyuki
Sakamoto
Kokuvunji, Japan
6,217. Berhanu
Engidawork
Rosedale, MD, MD
6,218. sally austin
portland, NY
6,219. Diane Fitzgerald
Stillwater, NY
6,220. Edgard Mourao
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Don't allow corporate interests to destroy your environment
and your people.
6,221. berhanu Mengistu Lake Ridge, VA
6,222. Elaine Wong
BROOKLINE, MA
6,223. Sharon
McMenamin
BROOKLYN, NY
6,224. Marietta Corrales
SEATTLE, WA
6,225. Gene Poore
Columbus, OH
6,226. Chris Cronin
Abington, MA
6,227. Juliana Rodrigues Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
6,228. Christine Hunt
Spring Lake, MI
6,229. Marilyn Starr
Haisla, Canada
6,230. Dominika Myjak
Cracow, Poland
6,231. Koch Saskia
Konstanz, Germany
6,232. Amie Allensworth
Houston, TX
6,233. Charlotte
Edgington
Wichita, KS
6,234. Andrew Kozakow
CHICAGO, IL
6,235. Jason Humphrey
New Braunfels, TX
6,236. Cindy Dover
Blair, NE
6,237. Debi Saylor
Pierce
Albuquerque, NM
6,238. Jane Grasse
Paignton, United
Kingdom
6,239. bradley savage
Carmel, IN
6,240. bill hughey
mt.vernon, IL
6,241. kenrick mahadeo
brooklyn, NY
Page 222
Ron Paul is right...using foreign aid to enable companies
like Monsanto to control our food supply. Let these people
grow their own food and qaddress distribution problems
which are the root cause of food scarcity.
-
Name
From
Comments
6,242. Wendy Steiner
Newbury Park, CA
6,243. Jan-Michael
Laughlin
Maryland Hgts, MO
6,244. Craig Smith
BALTIMORE, MD
6,245. Jesse Wilks
Austin, TX
6,246. John Nichols
EAST ORLEANS, MA
6,247. P oomadath
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
6,248. Sinisa Martinovic
Hamilton, Canada
6,249. Roxanne Denise
Flynn-Webb
Arlington, TX
6,250. Diana A. Varlay
WASHINGTON, DC
6,251. michael rivard
Jamaica Plain, MA
6,252. Zuercher Roland
Aarau, Switzerland
6,253. Grace Payne
Austin, TX
6,254. angela fowler
Bradford, United
Kingdom
6,255. Geneva Morgan
LA TIJERA, CA
6,256. Kathryn Price
Sarasota, FL
6,257. Pamela Seitz
Minneapolis, MN
6,258. James Koenig
white bear lake, MN
6,259. Don Tryon
Clare, LA
6,260. Rashid Patch
Oakland, CA
6,261. Jean
Phillips-Calapai
Milford, MA
6,262. hailu feleke
toronto, Canada
6,263. Rosemarie
Sardinas Herrera
Willemstad,
Netherlands Antilles
6,264. Elizabeth Stein
NASHVILLE, TN
6,265. Balemlay Lakie
Umea, Sweden
6,266. Elizabeth
DeShong
Akron, OH
6,267. BC Dollar
DENVER, CO
6,268. Ellen Woodruff
Woodbury, MN
6,269. Woinshet
Getachew
Secaucus, NJ
6,270. Tracy
Goestenkors
Los Angeles, CA
6,271. gammadaa ukash
victoria, Canada
Page 223
Try to support the poor peoples not the dictator.
-
Name
6,272. Joanne
Peppiatt-Combes
From
Comments
SANTA FE, NM
6,273. Sensy Alemyehuy Secaucus, NJ
6,274. Dan Haeffner
Mcfarland, WI
6,275. Dustin Lecander
Minneapolis, MN
6,276. BRIAN BLAND
Charleston, SC
6,277. Diane Baskette
MORTON GROVE, IL
6,278. Lisa Wilsher
Francestown, NH
6,279. Allison Moffett
Brea, CA
6,280. Eusebio Manuel
Vestias Pe
Vestias
Borba, Portugal
6,281. Lori Thompson
Tujunga, CA
6,282. Benjamin
Bowman
Worthington, OH
6,283. Yafet Tekle
Santa Margarita, CA
6,284. Ilona Norma
Kishinau, Moldova,
Republic Of
6,285. Amanda Craig
Leesburg, VA
6,286. Donna Hoyer
Naperville, IL
6,287. Melanie
Vanderstraeten
Bruxelles, Belgium
6,288. Laura Jackson
MILAN, NM
6,289. Gabriel Heiss
Ypsilanti, MI
6,290. Hallie Whitcomb
Springfield, VT
6,291. Chelsea
Ostafichuk
Whitby, Canada
Page 224
Land belongs to the people not profit makers. With 80 mill
population Ethiopia can feed itself plus export to others if it
has a good governance and proper - meaningful foreign
aid. Please don't help dictators,thieves and documented
criminals in the interest of the West's geopolitics with
disregard to the environment and the interests of the
natives - Africa's precious assets - if not the world's!!!
Big Ag projects are simply BAD --- for human and
environmental health, for local economies, and for feeding
the hungry of the world. Small, local organic agriculture is
far more efficient and productive in all ways, not to mention
healthier for all life! Do not be fooled! Support the true road
to progress for ALL, not big bucks for the few (big
business)and negatives for everyone and everything else.
You can have a huge influence on making this damaging
trend toward big ag a thing of the past. Please help us molt
out of this simplistic, exploitive paradigm. Thank-you.
-
Name
From
Comments
6,292. ROBERT
JOHNSON
WESTMINSTER, CO
6,293. sancho Tellez
Austin, TX
6,294. Sancho Salcido
Austin, TX
6,295. William G.
Gonzalez
AIRMONT, NY
6,296. Solomon Borga
Toronto, Canada
We Ethiopians strongly oppose this land grand in the name
of development by the oppresive and cruel non elected
government who destroys it's people and country.
Please help us from today, we will remember and payback
your favor tomorrow. Thank you.
6,297. ann bertolini
Chester Springs, PA
are we ever going to start helping instead hurting
6,298. Patrice Gagne
SPRINGFIELD, MA
6,299. Keiko Martinez
San Francisco, CA
6,300. Wendy
McCracken
Osgood, IN
6,301. Diane Gallagher
Waterloo, IA
6,302. Alicia Johnson
Speing Valley, CA
6,303. Therese
Cartwright
Klamath Falls, OR
6,304. Tyler Hartel
Cape Town, South
Africa
6,305. Genet Wuhib
Washington, DC
6,306. Magda Smolińska
Gdansk, Poland
6,307. Philip Johnson
GREAT
BARRINGTON, MA
6,308. Debi Mohan
Miami, FL
6,309. Carole Ness-Lira
Big Bear, CA
6,310. Rebecca Spatz
Bethany, MO
6,311. Annette Ranz
9, Germany
6,312. Jones LeFae
COLORADO
SPRINGS, CO
6,313. marta addis
admase
umeå, Sweden
6,314. Gillian Schultz
Sunnyvale, CA
6,315. Vihra Ivanova
Sofia, Bulgaria
6,316. Ruth Byington
Flushing, NY
6,317. Holly Bachman
Bechtelsville, PA
6,318. Jasmine Payette
Montreal, Canada
Page 225
No one should suffer for the financial gaining of greedy
humans, especially those who suffer so much already!
Let Ethiopians live peacefully and respect their rights of
livelihoods.
-
Name
From
Comments
6,319. Ella Reeves
Vancouver, Canada
6,320. Heather Coffey
Chicago, IL
6,321. Jenni
Grigsby-Rogal
Springfield, IL
6,322. Grant Bennett
Beatrice, NE
6,323. DEBORAH
TEHACHAPI, CA.,
TAYLOR-JACKSONCA
6,324. Heather
Taylor-Willockx
Rochester Hills, MI
6,325. k Baxter
Toronto, Canada
6,326. Arline Lawrie
Hartford, CT
6,327. Endale
Woldesilassie
Stockholm, Sweden
6,328. BARBRO
LANDEN
Soderfors, Sweden
6,329. yona friedman
amsterdam,
Netherlands
6,330. Ezana Dawit
Geneva, Switzerland
6,331. Carol Graffius
Norman, OK
6,332. Cora How
Christchurch, New
Zealand
6,333. RaeAnn
Moldenhauer
Ripon, CA
How can a government sell its own land for 99 years?What
gave them the right to jeoperdize the coming generations
resources at the same time claim sustainablity?Why would
the west be silent when this happens and affect the whole
world climatically an resource wise+Hope you say stop for
this insanity before it is too late!
6,334. Natalia Plahtienko Kremenchug, Ukraine
6,335. CAROLYN
ERSKINE
Bekeley, CA
6,336. Sarah
Munroe-Hunt
Burlington, Canada
6,337. Sabrina Cordon
Indianapolis, IN
6,338. ilie mare paulina
craiova, Romania
6,339. Cheryl Brandt
Lancaster, OH
6,340. Chris Drumright
Murfreesboro, TN, TN
6,341. Ted Webb
FAYETTEVILLE, NY
6,342. Robin Davis
Crystal Beach, FL
6,343. Liliana Dulgheroiu Constanta, Romania
6,344. maria rosaria
bruscia
Ficulle, Italy
Page 226
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Name
From
Comments
6,345. Patrick Espinoza
Ann Arbor, MI
6,346. David Pudelwitts
Scottsdale, AZ
6,347. Gloria Cameron
New Castle, PA
6,348. john fosberry
charleston, SC
6,349. Geraldine O'Dea
Dublin, Ireland
6,350. thelma kew
westland, MI
6,351. Robin McElfresh
Houston, TX
6,352. Theodore Zook
Arlington, VA
6,353. John Moss
Bethesda, MD
6,354. Patricia Bacon
MILAN, NH
6,355. helene claro
Toulouse, France
6,356. F S Getachew
Vlissingen,
Netherlands
6,357. Corey Johnson
CHICO, CA
6,358. Karrie Kendall
Cape Coral, FL
6,359. Michelle Eckman
Lowell, MI
6,360. Kirk Yake
San Diego, CA
6,361. Lynn Morrow
Rancho Mirage,CA,
CA
6,362. Rudolf Affolter
Crawley, West
Sussex, United
Kingdom
6,363. Mark Walsh
Minneapolis, MN
6,364. Amadeus
Xephyros
Ellicott City, MD
6,365. Sharon Baker
Cincinnati, OH
6,366. Leigh Sands
Denton, MD
6,367. Luanna Sheridan
Bartow, FL
6,368. Meldon Battin
Paola, KS
6,369. Abigail Bates
Los Angeles, CA
This will not do. Ethiopia and the USA are equally
responsible for the misery they are causing.
6,370. Juanita DeShields Essex, MD
6,371. Marc Hanning
Molalla, OR
6,372. emilia boccagna
catanzaro, Italy
6,373. Tom Burtnett
Las Vegas, NV
6,374. Ken Dow
New York, NY
6,375. Deidre Purcell
Cambridge, MA
6,376. Paul Haider
Chicago, IL
6,377. Maria Ralha
Braga, Portugal
Page 227
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Name
From
Comments
6,378. Nick Rodin
Soquel, CA
6,379. Sharon Brown
Livingston, MT
6,380. Jake Terpstra
G.Rapids, MI
6,381. Charlotte Geniez
Stafford Springs, CT
6,382. Raymond Goyette dracut, MA
6,383. Kefale Alemayehu Flisa, Norway
6,384. siria arteaga
Modesto, CA
6,385. Claudia Ezinicki
Lancaster, MA
6,386. Robert Belknap
Raleigh, NC
6,387. Jenna
Federal Way, WA
Carodiskey-Wiebe
6,388. Daisy Porter
Eldon, IA
6,389. Jay Sullivan
Gig Harbor, WA
6,390. Mary Tuteur
Rohnert Park, CA
6,391. Andrea Jenison
Milford, MA
6,392. Mark Madden
Palm Springs, CA
6,393. Victor Delgado Jr
El Paso, TX
6,394. George Walberg
Fayetteville, WV
6,395. A Elaine
Ruff-Wagner
Edgewood, NM
6,396. harold meyer jr
washington depot, CT
6,397. susan ross
andover, ME
6,398. Regina Axenroth
Levittown, PA
6,399. sylvia cohen
haverford,pa, PA
6,400. Jerry Peavy
Chico, CA
6,401. Bonita Colvin
Xenia, OH
6,402. David Lyle
Tomball, TX
6,403. mike johnson
Astoria, OR
6,404. THERESA
LINDSEY
INKSTER, MI
6,405. Catherine Leach
SPRINGFIELD, OR
6,406. sharon frank
Lewisville, TX
6,407. Nancy Gathing
Madison, WI
6,408. Richard Coffey
Concord, CA
6,409. Sarah Mathews
Astoria, NY
6,410. Heidi Alexander
Braidwood, IL
6,411. MARK TELLEZ
Houston, TX
6,412. Dave Mount
Saint Louis, MO
Page 228
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Name
From
Comments
6,413. Tadese Tiruneh
Göteborg, Sweden
6,414. Alex Gallipeau
Redondo Beach, CA
6,415. Lisa Hillesland
Longmont, CO
6,416. Connor Lowry
Huntsville, AL
6,417. Beverly LoPorto
Livingston, MT
6,418. Clynton Ramsay
Titusville, FL
6,419. Barbara
Bennigson
Palo Alto, CA
6,420. Andrew
Harderson
West Valley, UT
6,421. Jill Hector
Vancouver, WA
6,422. Rose Rimar
Greencastle, IN
6,423. Serpil
Celik-Ramsay
Titusville, FL
6,424. Alma Kratovac
Novi, MI
6,425. Jennifer tashner
NC, NC
6,426. Rachel Soroka
aldan, PA
6,427. antonia maestre
San Juan, Puerto
Rico
6,428. Martin Weiner
Stgate College, PA
6,429. Kristen Lunde
Minnetonka, MN
6,430. Jonathan Rose
BELLEROSE, NY
6,431. thomas clark
l a, CA
6,432. Lorien Shropshire
Richardson, TX
6,433. Lynne
Sonoma, CA
Harrington-Bullock
6,434. Adrienne Acoba
Vail, AZ
6,435. thomas warner
cincinnati, OH
6,436. Crystal Hughes
Dallas, TX
6,437. Jane Davidson
Englewood, NJ
6,438. Diana Tisi
Carmel, NY
6,439. Joan Taves
Yachats, OR
6,440. James Klein
Corpus Christi, TX
6,441. Elizabeth
Kauffman
Buffalo, NY
6,442. Bridgette Potter
San Francisco, CA
6,443. Stephen Regester Monroe, VA
6,444. Jacob Merkin
Claremont, CA
Page 229
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Name
From
Comments
6,445. James R. Stewart
Jr.
LONDONDERRY, NH
6,446. Eden Kennan
Van Nuys, CA
6,447. Felipe D. Valdez
Kentwood, MI, MI
6,448. Barbara Kaplan
Jamaica Plain, MA
6,449. Michael Carney
Runnemede, NJ, NJ
6,450. robert parker
boone, NC
6,451. Nathaniel Shrage
Claremont, CA
6,452. Donna K
Buechler-Furey
Springfield, IL
6,453. Paul P. Soucek
Venice, CA
6,454. Lisa Ryder
Kennett Square, PA
6,455. David Steinhoff
Madison, WI
6,456. Nancy
Lewandoski
INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS, MN
6,457. John Woods
St Charles, IL
6,458. Eleonora
Pavlovska
Riga, Latvia
6,459. Dan Krauss
6,460. GARY JONES
San Marino, CA
6,461. nancy thomas
martinsburg, WV
6,462. ivan sizemore
bartlett, IL
6,463. jan hosey
athens,ohio, OH
6,464. Kimberly Smith
BLOOMINGTON, IN
6,465. Christiane
Fitzgerald
Woodland Hills, CA
6,466. muse abebe
geo, Germany
6,467. Susanne Bader
Grass Valley, CA
6,468. Katlin Harwood
Grand Blanc, MI
6,469. Dennis Fahey
Rapid City, SD
6,470. Paul Ordway
Eugene, OR
6,471. Gregory Gumina
Birmingham, MI
6,472. David Blake
St Petersburg, FL
6,473. Carey mayfield
Tahlequah, OK
6,474. Gabriela Amari
Brooklyn, NY
6,475. Ashley Head
Fort Worth, TX
6,476. Lois Brooks
Ferndale, MI
6,477. Tamara Mahoney
Kneisel
Denver, CO
Page 230
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Name
From
Comments
6,478. Audrey Moore
Selma, OR
6,479. Paul Omin
Chappaqua, NY
6,480. ingrid Erickson
Bellingham, WA
6,481.
Los Angeles, CA
6,482. Kelly Barnett
METROPOLIS, IL
6,483. Caley Smith
Cambridge, MA
6,484. shiferaw siraye
toronto, Canada
6,485. Cindy Ballard
Marquette, MI
6,486. Randy Gilbert
Decatur, GA
6,487. Lydia Aletraris
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
6,488. Josh Bearden
Empire, CA
6,489. anne-marie
johansson
ny, NY
6,490. roy sparks
las vegas, NV
6,491. Kathleen Doyle
Golden, CO
6,492. Jerry Pendergast
Chicago, IL
6,493. Sarah DeClue
Sacramento, CA
6,494. mary ann satriano CA, CA
6,495. Michele Caporaso FLORENCE, SC
6,496. Rachel Cornish
Wesley Chapel, FL
6,497. zewde dunago
columbos, OH
6,498. Karla Kavanaugh
E. Chatham, NY
6,499. Elodia Resendez
Midland, MI
6,500. Elizzabeth Kiely
Winnetka, CA
6,501. Gary Lampman
Tennessee, TN
6,502. Noah Tenney
Oakland CA, CA
6,503. Anne Swasey
Rochester, NY
6,504. Sam Funk
Glendale, AZ
6,505. debbie masse
santa fe, NM
6,506. mesfin debi
alexandria, VA
this is new conalizem, we ethiopian fight such thing. we
fought Italian for our mother land. we don't give our land
easily. nobody touch Ethiopian land.
6,507. dejene merga
oselo, Norway
actnow.us aid to to ethiopia supports f...
6,508. Dagne Tessema
phoenix, AZ
6,509. Todd Loveless
Middletown, MD
6,510. Ann Werner
Green Isle, MN
6,511. Hilawe Z
washington, DC
Page 231
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Name
From
Comments
6,512. ERIC
CLEMENSON
Clearwater, FL
6,513. Ray Hardin
Boston, MA
6,514. ken canty
oxford, MA
6,515. kim anderson
6,516. Brenda Philipsen
Little Chute, WI
6,517. Ella Vandekamp
Forest Grove, OR
6,518. Pat Hartsoe
Grand Rapids, Mi., MI
6,519. Nancy Campbell
Mill Valley, CA
6,520. Kelsey Baker
Novato, CA
6,521. tsehay nega
Abingdon, MD
6,522. Eric Zakin
San Mateo, CA
6,523. Kathy Ostram
Sonoma, CA
6,524. Sally Peck
Livonia, MI
6,525. John Kirchner
Fort Wayne, IN
6,526. Katalina Ligon
Miami, FL
6,527. Gerdi Seidl
Egling, Germany
6,528. Eric Hoyer
Lees Summit, MO
6,529. Barbara Hardwick
REDONDO BEACH,
CA
6,530. Jamie Lee
Brennan
Stoneham, MA
6,531. Ruth Higgins
Kansas City, MO
6,532. Jonathan Van
Horn
Carrboro, NC
These 70,000 people are just like us; tell their government
to treat them humanely.
It is everywhere the same story: companies that are
making silent agreements with (corrupt) politicians and
administrators and farmers that aren't even informed about
what is happening with their land. You see this troughout
all Latin America with the mining companies as well. It's a
shame!
6,533. Carolyn Mogavero San Diego, CA
6,534. Mary Ann Cramer
Oakland, CA
6,535. Brad Walrod
Kenoza Lake, NY
6,536. Gae Zimmermann New York, NY
6,537. Mark Barkan
BRIARWOOD, NY
6,538. laurie adkins
Thornton, CO
6,539. Patricia Vazquez
Mexico City, Mexico
6,540. Eric Serxner
Brooklyn, NY
6,541. teresa gingras
LANSING, AA
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6,542. T H
Seattle, WA
6,543. Alisa Polk
Baton Rouge, LA
6,544. Claudia Alexand
Paras
SEATTLE, WA
6,545. David Zox
Cambridge, MA
6,546. Mary Thayer
Houston, TX
6,547. Rebecca Kocis
Palmdale, CA
6,548. Mary Kullman
Aurora, IL
6,549. Deborah
Burckhardt
San Rafael, CA
6,550. Jennifer Johns
Nashville, TN
6,551. Jessica Goodkind
Albuquerque, NM
6,552. Miaka Provost
Manchester, NH
6,553. Kathleen Wagner
COTTONWOOD, AZ
6,554. Vince Miller
San Francisco, CA
6,555. Raquel Medina
San Rafael, CA
6,556. P K Doyle
Chicago, IL
6,557. Lisa Albright
Chapel Hill, NC
6,558. Regina Maria
Lancellotti
São Paulo, Brazil
6,559. Anne Balderston
Corona Del Mar, CA
6,560. Leila Jackson
Beverly Hills, CA
6,561. Emilana Untalan
Oakland, CA
6,562. SELAMAWIT
SOLOON
BERKELEY, CA
6,563. Meku Tessema
seattle, WA
6,564. dave amane
athens, Greece
6,565. Lucy Mills
Shelby Township, MI
6,566. SEIFE-MICHAEL
ZEWDE
ARLINGTON, VA
WE WANT TO OWN & DEVELOP OUR LAND BY OUR
SELVES, AS IS THE SOVEREIGN & BASIC HUMAN
RIGHTS OF OUR ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE. WE DO NOT
ACCEPT NEO-COLONIALISM OF AFRICA THROUGH
THE CRIMINAL BACK DOOR OF WOYANE, THE
BANDAS OF ETHIOPIA! NO ONE HAS THE REMOTEST
RIGHT OF DECIDING ON THE ENALIENABLE RIGHT OF
OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE WILL FIGHT TOOTH
& NAIL THE PLUNDERERS AND LAND GRABBERS OF
OUR LAND BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY. OUR
STRUGGLE IS ETERNAL & THE CHARGE AGAINST
THE CRIMINAL ACT DOSE NOT EXPIRE UNTIL
JUSTICE IS SERVED.
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6,566. SEIFE-MICHAEL
ZEWDE
ARLINGTON, VA
6,567. freedom notfree
aa, Ethiopia
6,568. mengistu wake
Las Vegas, NV
6,569. Jill Vickerman
Yzer, South Africa
KMYHGTSG.
SMZ
6,570. tesfaye endeshaw London, United
Kingdom
where is all the aid money get from world?what kind of
development is this govenment doing by selling people's
land and relocate them in to difficult area and creating
future famine? this is in human. please stop this evil action
imedietly, otherwise you western are supporting a killer.
6,571. Chris King
Dixon, CA
6,572. Scott Sokol
Towson, MD
6,573. Delene St. Clair
Valley Center, CA
6,574. Kristin Hurley
Poway, CA
6,575. Gertrude Braden
Prescott, AZ
6,576. lydia montag
Casitas Springs, CA
6,577. Tracey Aquino
Virginia Beach, VA
6,578. Ben Earle
Portland, OR
6,579. Monique Johnson
WACO, TX
6,580. tina tine'
Knoxville, TN
6,581. Judyta
Nowakowska
Torun, Poland
6,582. Tolga Suslu
Ankara, Turkey
6,583. bernard elias
redondo beach, CA
6,584. jeris turner
OXNARD, CA
6,585. Annita Stephanou
Nicosia, Cyprus
6,586. Rex Duis
London, United
Kingdom
6,587. Kenneth Grimm
Cleveland, OH
6,588. Jana Repova
Prague, Czech
Republic
6,589. Jacqueline Davies West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom
6,590. Susan Bristow
Salem, OR
6,591. Cara Givens
Sf, CA
6,592. Ellen McCabe
Seattle, WA
6,593. Scott Miller
Allentown, PA
6,594. greg curtis
manheim, PA
6,595. Yonas Tesema
Hawthorne, CA
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Please stop this Greed and Madness of this regime.
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Name
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6,596. Teresa Cowley
Kingsville, TX
6,597. Brian Murphy
Sherman Oaks, CA
6,598. Sue Flowers
New Port Richey, FL
6,599. Temple Weste
Hilo, HI
6,600. Edward Bouchard
NAMPA, ID
6,601. Julie Ozias
WATERFORD, AA
6,602. John Barbour
Monroeville, PA
6,603. Lee Hyett
Woodcroft, United
Kingdom
6,604. Devon Grubb
Philadelphia, PA
6,605. David Saperia
Santa Monica, CA
6,606. Michelle Hess
oak park, IL
6,607. Bharat Ratra
Manhattan, KS
6,608. Anna Oleynik
Ekaterinburg,
Russian Federation
6,609. salvatore cento
brooklyn,new york,
NY
6,610. David Maceira
Salem, OR
6,611. Marieta
Naydenova
Sofia, Bulgaria
6,612. Tina Martin
Rochester, NY
I am certain, Mr.President, that the humanitarian
compassion for which you are renowned worldwide will
compel your conscience to actively condemn the forced
relocation of 70,000 Ethiopians from Gambella, and to use
all peaceful means at your disposal to act in order to
prevent this.
6,613. Barbara Caplinger Salem, OH
6,614. Sandra Brady
Pinellas Park, FL
6,615. Deborah Baker
Brighton, MA
6,616. Bruce Linton
Wilmington, DE
6,617. Mark
Rampetsreiter
Raleigh, NC
6,618. Randall Hamlin
Greenville, SC
6,619. Joe Renneke
Eden Prairie, MN
6,620. Ellen Sanders
Oakland, CA
6,621. Lynne Sangster
Kennesaw, GA
6,622. Branden Floyd
Cable, OH
6,623. tedros kebede
duffel, Belgium
6,624. john cuda
Pittsburgh, PA
6,625. Alexis Carter
Friday Harbor, WA
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STOP LAND GRABS IN ETHIOPIA
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Name
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Comments
6,626. Netsanet Girma
Bodø, Norway
6,627. Paul Jordan
NEW HAVEN, CT
6,628. Julia Ruff
Asheville, NC
6,629. Angeline Zalben
SEATTLE, WA
6,630. mauricio carvajal
Santiago, Chile
6,631. Andrea Zinn
Brooklyn, NY
6,632. Alisa Schröder
Bad Salzuflen,
Germany
6,633. Deborah Fox
Newark, DE
6,634. Kelly and Ralph
Hochendoner
White Salmon, WA
6,635. Joanne Millay
Surry, ME
6,636. Mekonen W/
selasse
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg
6,637. Monika Huber
Vienna, Austria
6,638. Sharon Wilson
New York, NY
6,639. Elias T
New York, NY
6,640. Hi there
TROY, MI
6,641. Joey Hulsey
Castlewood, VA
6,642. Timothy Lippert
Evans, GA
6,643. Bruce Zielsdorf
Killeen, TX
6,644. brandao
jacqueline
pont de metz, CO
6,645. karen niles
Huntington Beach,
CA
6,646. Whitney Martin
CONCORD, NC
6,647. William Mejia
BROOKLYN, NY
6,648. Mary Lou
Wendtland
Madison, WI
6,649. Alice Artzt
Princeton, NJ
6,650. Joseph Wincek
Plains, PA
6,651. Bonnie Jean
Brown
Morgantown, WV
6,652. Heather
McCall-Kelly
Middletown, CT
6,653. yinesa petros
Aa, Ethiopia
6,654. Jan Davis
Denton, TX
6,655. Jose Buno
Denver, CO
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3 of my adopted children are from Ethiopia, displaced from
their homeland by extreme poverty. Please help save
families like theirs!
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Name
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Comments
6,656. Nabiyou Elias
Frankfurt, Germany
Plec donte saport tplf
6,657. netsanet yinuren
Addis ababa, Ethiopia enough is enough !!!!
6,658. mengi absher
oslo, Norway
6,659. solomon mulugeta oslo, Norway
6,660. Sara Palermo
Helsinki, Finland
6,661. Myra Freedman
PORTLAND, OR
6,662. Michael Balogh
Weaverville, NC
6,663. Kit Jones
Fort Worth TX, TX
6,664. Christina Poccia
Livonia, MI
6,665. sidney ramsden
scott
Carmel, CA
6,666. Angela Zhou
Stamford, CT
6,667. bits geb
6,668. Charles Gilliland
Orlando, FL
6,669. Len Eleanor
Spano
Phoenix, NY
6,670. Diane Flatt
Fort Worth, TX
6,671. Christine
Senchesen
Las Vegas, NV
6,672. Suellen Daniel
Melbourne, FL
6,673. Gabriela Sosa
Los Angeles, CA
6,674. Gene Lattanzi
Palm Springs, CA
6,675. Jdefrancesco
Johnson
Silverton, OR
6,676. Belinda Roman
Kew gardens, NY
6,677. Alicia Becerril
South Gate, CA
6,678. linda prince
santa fe, NM
6,679. Chris McMullen
Arroyo Grande, CA
6,680. Billie Menier
Mamou, LA
6,681. Marilyn Ruth
Ocala, FL
6,682. Roanne LeBrun
Pahoa, HI
6,683. Jindra Cekan
Washington, DC, DC
6,684. tewodros bisrat
hunterhaching,
Germany
6,685. Demelash
jegenaw
Addis-Abeba,
Ethiopia
By continuing to provide huge amounts of aid to Ethiopia,
the US is in partnership with a repressive regime that puts
large-scale agricultural investment and for-profit access to
Ethiopia's fertile lands over the well-being and land rights
of indigenous and local people.
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6,685. Demelash
jegenaw
Addis-Abeba,
Ethiopia
6,686. nunu chewa
amersfoort,
Netherlands
6,687. Rose Hall
wittmann, AZ
6,688. asfaw roman
lakew
stokmarknes, Norway
6,689. moges berhanu
london, United
Kingdom
6,690. motbaynor berta
3072, Zambia
6,691. wubshet mulatu
Rotterdam,
Netherlands
The forced relocation of residents of Gambella has caused
great hardship to tens of thousands including rape, other
violent acts, coercion, and intimidation. We do not believe
that USAID should support such endeavors and ask for
due diligence in respect to the human rights of the people
of Gambella.
The US government should not condone these horrific acts
as the price Ethiopians must pay for development and food
security in Ethiopia. We ask you to look at the facts
regarding the kind of investments occurring in Ethiopia and
to ensure US assistance actually benefits local
communities and not just the interests of a minority.
6,692. alemayehu bekele Stockholm, Sweden
6,693. kelemwork belay
London, Ethiopia
6,694. a legesse
birmingham, United
Kingdom
6,695. Eliabe Girma
Dallas, TX
6,696. J Wenta
Tequesta, FM
6,697. elias welde
hofheim, Germany
6,698. Assefa Birhanu
Boston, MA
6,699. Abel Zerihun
Huskvarna, Sweden
6,700. Merawi Sara
Biel, Switzerland
6,701. tesfaye zenebe
bergen, Norway
6,702. Dale Dalton
Essex Jct, VT
we stand for our motherland
6,703. Tigist Daniel Teka Montreal, Canada
6,704. Brad Bornstein
Wilmette, IL
6,705. desu ahagrie
jerusalem, Israel
6,706. Henok kasahun
London, United
Kingdom
6,707. Achame Chanie
Ameseterdam,
Netherlands
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Name
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Comments
6,708. Yonas Demissie
Luzern, Switzerland
6,709. Arafayine derbew
tromsø, Norway
6,710. mercy beharu
london, United
Kingdom
6,711. samueal assefa
Toronto, Canada
6,712. Halah Gordon
Arlington, VA
6,713. binyam tesfu
plymouth, United
Kingdom
6,714. Menghes Tesfay
Toronto, Canada
6,715. tedrosse abebe
tromsø, Norway
6,716. Lina Negash
Auckland, New
Zealand
6,717. Kimberly White
Venice, CA
6,718. mengesha dagne
adlikon regensdorf,
Switzerland
6,719. Eric Chipman
Newton MASS, MA
6,720. Saefu Bishaw
Duluth, GA
6,721. Stacy Moranville
OGDEN, UT
6,722. Yesuf Ibrahim
silver spring, MD
It is a shame to deporet poor ppl which there is no any
ecconomical situation and polticale condiation are not
good.
It is a shame to deporet poor ppl which there is no any
ecconomical situation and polticale condiation are not
good.
6,723. Byron
Lawrence, KS
Caminero-Santangelo
6,724. Charlene Root
Whittier, CA
6,725. Mary Rausch
Lynnwood, WA
6,726. Bill Burton
STONE MTN, GA
6,727. Don White
Houston, TX
6,728. erin yarrobino
Ozone Park, NY
6,729. Donna Charter
Arlington, TX
6,730. mulu asfaw
Clarkston, GA
6,731. Catherine Gnader
HOUSTON, TX
6,732. Andinet Belay
Charlotte, NC
6,733. Arlene Zimmer
Rancho Palos
Verdes, CA
6,734. Kimberly Hart
Advance, NC
6,735. Al Giles
Austin, TX
6,736. dejenie abebe
charlotte, NC
6,737. chris brazis
San Francisco, CA
Page 239
all i can say is usa stop helping all african dictaters.it goes
around, comes around.
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Name
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Comments
6,738. Nubia Carvajal
ROSHARON, TX
6,739. Jennifer Jayroe
EDMOND, OK
6,740. Eric Evinczik
Buffalo, NY
6,741. Simone St Clare
Lafayette, CA
6,742. Kenu derase
charlotte, NC
6,743. tesfa asressa
Charlotte, NC
6,744. Joel Hildebrandt
Berkeley, CA
6,745. Jelica Roland
Buzet, Croatia
Ethiopian land for ethiolian
6,746. Dustin Lamoureux Honolulu, HI
6,747. Carol Mellom
St.Paul, MN
6,748. amy haviland
Abington, PA
6,749. Robin Clauson
San Francisco, CA
6,750. Crystal Ebert
BONDUEL, WI
6,751. Irene
Weidenbacher
Hollidaysburg, PA
6,752. Michelene
Ortenzo
Pittsburgh, PA
6,753. Mari Howland
Los Angeles, CA
6,754. Carole Chowen
GRAND JUNCTION,
CO
6,755. William Tracy
Nasville, TN
6,756. Melissa
Rothenberger
Brewster, NY
6,757. Alexander
Chapman
Bridgeport, CT
6,758. whil omot
Austin, MN
6,759. Cheryl Fergeson
West Point, UT
6,760. Helene Quentrec
Vientiane, Lao
People's Democratic
Republic
6,761. Kujenga Ashe
Columbus, OH
6,762. heidi paris
Chula Vista, CA
6,763. Martha Wood
SEATTLE, WA
6,764. Patricia
campe-Aguilar
San Francisco, CA
6,765. Joyce Harper
Chicago, IL
6,766. Dianne Robertson Menahga, MN
6,767. Ken Woolard
Tacoma, WA
6,768. Hannah Freed
PASADENA, CA
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Name
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Comments
6,769. Jessica Canan
CLARKSVILLE, TN
6,770. Holly Meschko
KINGSVILLE, AA
6,771. Mari T. Echevarria Knoxville, TN
6,772. Micheal Moffat
lincoln, AL
6,773. Rosa Moro
Madrid, Spain
6,774. Renee Brinker
COTTLEVILLE, MO
6,775. hannah golda
vienna, Austria
6,776. FELEKE MIRGA
Oakland, CA
6,777. ignacio munoz
San Juan, PR
6,778. Eyrusalem Asfan
Houston, TX
6,779. K. Paskert
Olmsted Falls, OH
6,780. karen stickney
lewiston, ME
6,781. Tiza White
Minneapolid, MN
6,782. Renae Tomanek
Holly, MI
6,783. Jean Sotela
Torrance, CA., CA
6,784. Lynne Bursic
TRUMANSBURG, NY
6,785. Wendy
Ebersberger
FRONT ROYAL, VA
6,786. Imani Dial
New Haven, CT
6,787. Jeanne Kelly
San Pedro, CA
6,788. Jay and Rob
Swenson-Butler
Seattle, WA
6,789. Berihun Belay
Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia
6,790. Michelle Morris
Fort Worth, TX
6,791. Constance Birch
Staunton, VA
6,792. Lindsay
Mugglestone
Berkeley, CA
6,793. Marie Jones
Newark, DE
6,794. wedi sindayo
Oslo, Norway
Page 241
Stop systematical genocide of our people!!
Ethiopians and other Africans and in diaspora African
Americans and others, please contact your Senator and
Congress person and tell them that the Obama
administration has to stop massive killing of poor black
people and steal their land. Let us wake and stand up!
Help these people, give them the same rights that we have
!! Give them the life the same as we have ...
I feel it is worst what happened in Ethiopia
How can the US support a government which
does not allow its citizens to own land? How can the US
support a government which chooses large-scale
agriculture by foreign interests over the food needs of its
own people?
I say Not my tax dollars!
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Name
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Comments
6,795. G makonnen
Amstelveen,
Netherlands
6,796. Sienna Joy
Winnipeg, Canada
6,797. Michele Hutchins
High Point, NC
6,798. liliy addis
uppsala, Sweden
6,799. diana kliche
Long Beach, CA
6,800. fiker afakrew
amersfoort,
Netherlands
6,801. Frew Tafach
New Delhi, India
6,802. abbas alhachami
kansas city, MO
6,803. Tsehay Asfaw
oslo, Norway
6,804. eyuel tesfaye
bergen, Norway
6,805. mekonnen belete
ston mountain, GA
6,806. Pat Cuviello
Redwood City, CA
6,807. becky russell
lafayette, LA
6,808. Zerayakob Geta
Ffm, Germany
6,809. pippa sweet
ringwood, United
Kingdom
6,810. penny carr
calgary, MI
6,811. Carol Hill
Hialeah, FL
6,812. Kayode David
Ibadan, Nigeria
6,813. Jacob Appelman
Berea, KY
6,814. Marian Boll
longmont, CO
6,815. michael offord
Columbus, OH
6,816. abei besha
zurich, Switzerland
6,817. Alem Abebe
los angeles, CA
6,818. Michael Madias
PORTLAND, OR
6,819. Lauren Voyles
Scottsburg, IN
6,820. Scott John
Manly, Australia
6,821. hailu habte
mpls, MN
6,822. James Taylor
Naples, FL
6,823. Tiruselam
kefyalew
NV Las vegas, NV
6,824. Virginia Lawrence
Northridge, CA
6,825. Charles Crocker
Colchester, VT
6,826. Salvador Siu
San Salvador, El
Salvador
6,827. Robin Kent
Davis, CA
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Stop forced relocation.
Mr President, this is blatent neo-colonialism and the fascist
incorporation of the environment. You know what is right.
free ethiopian from meles adminstration
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Name
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Comments
6,828. Christopher
Deane
Burnaby, Canada
6,829. Carole Moore
Harrisville, NY
6,830. Sheryl Glausch
Union City, CA
6,831. Omot Bawar
owatonna, MN
6,832. Maria Bustillos
Los Angeles, CA
6,833. nestor martin
Miami, FL
6,834. Adolfo Anta
Martinez
Los Angeles, CA
6,835. felice berenson
Boca Raton, FL
6,836. Martin Pons
Laredo, TX
6,837. Thomas
Keenliside
Vancouver, Canada
6,838. K.F. Sang
Anytown, CA
6,839. Paul Kazmercyk
Branford, CT
6,840. Vaughn Reese
Slatington, PA
6,841. chris weiland
lackawanna, NY
6,842. Jennifer
Crossfield
Vancouver, Canada
6,843. David Schmid
Buffalo, NY
6,844. A. Craig
Flagstaff, AZ
6,845. Laura Duman
Kitty Hawk, NC
6,846. Amber Mamian
Temecula, CA
6,847. richard Zake
Chicago, IL
6,848. Leah Martin
San Rafael, CA
6,849. Judy Jolley
Lansing, MI
6,850. Candace Fox
Healdsburg, CA
6,851. Beverly Kaulais
Cottonwood, AZ
6,852. Brenda Lopez
Dallas, TX
6,853. aimee walicki
pittsburgh, PA
Page 243
First Mexico, then India, now Africa?! Please protect
traditional social structures and stop the Green Revolution.
They are human just as we are. Lines in the sand are for
the Devil. Help everyone all the time in everything.
Development that helps the people of Ethiopia develop
sustainable strategies to combat climate change are
necessary. Do not allow the lands that are the ancestral
birthplace of humans as a species fall to corporations and
be turned into mono-dominant high impact agriculture.
I have spent time in Ethiopia and there are so many
families desperate that need help. We have enough. We
are fortunate we need to help. Please act now and help
our brothers and sisters in Ethiopia!!!
No to land grabs in Ethiopia!
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Name
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Comments
6,854. wayne fjerkenstad mesa, AZ
This is a bad night mare for these people. I am sure they
have to work very hard just to survive.This not right, we
can try to help the. Before this is to late
6,855. Sandra Duhart
Palm Bay, FL
6,856. David Keogh
Forestville, Australia
6,857. Asta SEMETA
Walnut Cove, NC
6,858. Karen Cavanaugh Burbank, CA
6,859. Troy Brown
NMBeach, SC
6,860. Melissa Brewer
Washington, DC
6,861. Willie Mack
Chicago, IL
6,862. megan sherwood
Addison, TX
6,863. Holly Howell
Valencia, CA
6,864. Tizita Horning
Oakland, CA
6,865. Nancy Wood
Simi Valley, CA
6,866. David Holtan
Madison, WI
6,867. Joan Hutton
Vero Beach, FL
6,868. Daniel
Zimmerman
Hammond, IN
6,869. Courtney
McDonald
Berkeley, CA
6,870. Ron Baker
Sacramento, CA
6,871. Ali Freedlund
Arcata, CA
6,872. Gregory Ross
Kennesaw, GA
6,873. Dechassa
Duressa
Salinas, CA
6,874. Michael Carr
Damariscotta, ME
6,875. Ronald Greene
Durham, NC
6,876. Lisa Lester
Johnstown, PA
6,877. Molly Mardit
Ann Arbor, MI
6,878. Connie Stomper
Santa Monica, CA
6,879. Toki Okunwale
Greensboro, NC
6,880. Fenql Alemayewu
Atlanta, GA
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Ethiopia has and is dealing with many issues as it is, do
not allow another one to weigh on them, put yourself in
their position. You your wife and kids forcible removed
from your home, have compassion Mr. President, work out
an alternative solution. I know you are Sir. I have seen you
as a young Senator fighting for the elderly in the Chicago
neighborhoods and as our president constantly fighting
congress to move on the people's behave, you are a good
man Mr. President continue the fight for Ethiopia.
We cannot allow this to happen.
Let's not put money above humans.
Stop the tyrant from destroying the environment and the
life of vioceless people
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Name
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Comments
6,881. Tiblet Yohannes
westampton, NJ
6,882. Nicky Troy
Auckland, New
Zealand
6,883. cindy hegland
round lake, IL
6,884. Dawn Wright
Chimayo, NM
6,885. R Wells
Los Angeles, CA
6,886. Sandra Cope
Waukesha, WI
6,887. lorena montero
North Hollywood, CA
6,888. silvia
spagnoli-berman
New York, NY
6,889. carthy henry
Katonah, NY
6,890. Brigitte Jaenkel
Truth or
Consequences, NM
6,891. Nora Hussey
Summerton, SC
6,892. Cathy heenan
Brisbane, Australia
6,893. lynn kao
Tainan, Taiwan
6,894. Allan Kohn
Toronto, Canada
6,895. Gary Varner
Sacramento, CA
6,896. Bradford Conover
New York, NY
6,897. Ramon Ferreyros
Lima, Peru
6,898. Maxwell Miceli
Santa Cruz, CA
6,899. Sarah Jost
Chicago, IL
6,900. Gloria Harrell
East Point, GA
6,901. Felicia Munford
Chesilhurst, NJ
6,902. Amy Toole
Tarpon Springs, FL
6,903. Paul Torrence
Williams, OR
6,904. Desiree Cook
Redondo beach, CA
6,905. Dorothy Brandt
Niagara Falls,
Canada
If I read right...the govt members are Ethiopian but they
don't allow their people to own land...DUH...what's wrong
here...bet they all own a lot of it and that is why they want
to sell it off. They will just bring in big machines, use
pesticides because there is no law there and destroy more
of the earth while letting their people starve...another
dictatorship...it is SO WRONG
6,906. Lydia Klein
Rockford, IL
please help those Ethiopians!
Page 245
Forced removal of people from their land is never right
when it uproots them from their current ability to care for
themselves. Giving their land to conglomerates is not the
answer help them to better farm their own property
themselves. Why is it that we bulldoze over people in the
name of progress. Help them to help themselves in their
own culture instead.
IT IS SO INHUMAN!!!!!!
Please Mr. President help these people keep their homes.
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Name
From
Comments
6,907. Maureen Walsh
Redondo Beach, CA
6,908. J N Dauterive
Baton Rouge, LA
6,909. Adrien Lamothe
San Francisco, CA
6,910. Morgen
Holderbach
San Diego, CA
6,911. John Coleman
Laguna, CA
6,912. Sanela Bihor
Lincolnwood, IL
Please help the people in Ethiopia Thank you from the
bottom of my hearth!
6,913. L Graham
Orchard lake, MI
What is wrong with this world?? I'm so sick of the helpless
getting trampled because someone spreads money
around.
6,914. Renee D'Argento
Pepperell, MA
6,915. Lemma Beti
Chaska, MN
6,916. Malcolm Clark
Occidental, CA
6,917. REGINA SAN
JUAN
Pasay, Philippines
6,918. Karen Schwark
Roeland Park, KS
6,919. Cassidy Boulan
Royal Oak, MI
6,920. Johanna
Fehlmann
Ste.-cécile-de-milton,
Canada
6,921. Bette Byers
Santa Maria, CA
6,922. Paula Chittenden
Apple Valley, CA
6,923. M Dossa
Silver Spring, MD
6,924. Einar Haver
Huntington Beach,
CA
6,925. miranda Onofrey
El paso, TX
6,926. john Nyigwo
coquitlam, Canada
6,927. Zemed Yitref
Bothell, WA
6,928. veronica Cox
Canastota, NY
6,929. Harold Boone
BLUE SPRINGS, MO
6,930. Colette Martin
Pasadena, CA
6,931. Gabriela Taylor
Kapaa, HI
6,932. trudy dickinson
medford, OR
Page 246
Please stand up for common decency and do something to
stop the Ethiopian government from supporting corporate
investment policy that steals land form its historical
inhabitants.
I have worked with Ethiopian nationals during my tenure in
Kuwait, they are nice people to work with, very respectful
of other nationalities....please help them...
The illigitmate Tigry rules are selling the Oromos and
Southerns nations land. People are being forced from their
land. These people are helpless powerless;
Please support the citizens of Ethiopia, The President of
Ethiopia is a horrible dictator.
-
Name
6,933. Kebebush
Gebeyehu
From
Comments
seattle, WA
6,934. Wolfgang Shatriya Papenburg, Germany
6,935. deanna munson
beaverton, OR
6,936. Julie Batchelor
Ross Creek, Australia
6,937. Akom Lero
Oakdale, MN
I, Wolfgang Shatriya , am shocked to hear that the people
of Ethopia have no right to own land of their own - it is a
disgrace for any government!
6,938. Rebecca Cadman Santa Cruz, CA
6,939. Roberta Hill
Virginia Beach, VA
6,940. Darren Ginn
Atl, GA
6,941. Pam Scoville
Hewitt, NJ
6,942. eli montero
Cagayan de Oro City,
Philippines
6,943. c persinger
santa rosa, CA
6,944. Brigitte Kobel
Kittsee, Austria
6,945. Patricia Burke
Mountainside, NJ
6,946. Katherine Botelho
Pompano Beach, FL
6,947. Alys
Assimacopoulos
Jhb, South Africa
6,948. dawn delph
La Plata, MD
6,949. Douglas Tilton
Melville, South Africa
6,950. Katherine
Gonzalez
La Quinta, CA
6,951. Michael Partsch
Dublin, CA
6,952. Russ
AndersonRussA
Helena, MT
6,953. Mark Mauritius
Evanston, WY
6,954. Alan Agliotti
Sandton, South Africa
6,955. Maria Paz Haro
Stanford, CA
6,956. Sally Batteson
Waterfall, South
Africa
6,957. Yacob Lemma
Malden, MA
6,958. G A
Washington, DC
6,959. SUSAN
HERBERT
Pickering, Canada
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Are we going to give our corporations one more perk?
Please support Ethiopia, Ethiopian people are under
worest situation.Meles zenawi is a horrible dictator.
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Name
From
Comments
6,960. Bernd Lichters
Neckarsteinach,
Germany
This cannot be, greed over the wellbeing of innocent
people. It is nothing wrong with agriculture but ONLY if
there is honest oversight that the 70,000 residence are
included and NOT relocated. They do not need large-scale
agriculture plantations for the greedy but smaller
agriculture planning to help the population to be able to
feed their families. Otherwise it is a crime against
humanity.
6,961. neil galland
Syosset, NY
6,962. owar Gally
chicago, IL
us aid never gos for the people of Ethiopia who need it,us
aid is going for these who worked in government to make
them more reach,they do not care about these who do not
have nothing, Ethiopia should not get. any aid from no
where,
6,963. Mara Bongo
Gambella, Ethiopia
This land grabs is affected my directly so I wish I have
power to stop it in single night!
6,964. Mamello Letsekha Krugersorp, South
Africa
6,965. Thérèse Goffin
La Longueville,
France
6,966. Roland Stroeder
Essen, Germany
6,967. Mirela Weber
Vienna, Austria
6,968. Lisa Hamilton
SCHERTZ, AA
6,969. gary popkin
Brooklyn, NY
6,970. jan beekmans
Best, Netherlands
6,971. Undine Le
München, Germany
6,972. Evelyn Coronel
Manila, Philippines
6,973. Vjeran Gomzi
Zagreb, Croatia
6,974. Ojulu Didumo
Edmonton, Canada
6,975. Sandrine
Dos-Santos
cartajima, Spain
6,976. Helga Hogasen
Oslo, Norway
6,977. Catherine
Fennemore
Molesey, United
Kingdom
6,978. Tom Pitman
Burbank, CA
6,979. FRANK BERETA
Blue Island, IL
6,980. Sandra Cumming
Longside, United
Kingdom
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The relocation destroy the culturall and social life. We
speek today about "gentle" tourism, protection, restoration.
To care about people and their environement.
The corrupting influence of power and greed equals
poverty and misery for the vast majority of humankind.
Some balance must be found to make our World a special
and wonderful place for everyone, not just the wealthy
minority.
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Name
From
Comments
6,981. Antoinette
McWilliams
Gary, IN
People need to spend more time loving one another and
helping each other instead of trying to destroy and control
everything .A goverment that does not take care of it's
people and provide programs of spirtual uplift is
approaching spiritual doom.Keep prayer alive pray 4 we all
need it !
6,982. Alex James
San Angelo, TX
Stop theft by the Elite for the Elite.
6,983. fritz lutin
wevelgem, Belgium
6,984. Judy Lunny
Dublin, Ireland
6,985. Gerald Smith
Wyomissing, PA
6,986. ann prusinski
mountaindale, NY
6,987. Wendy Paul
HACKENSACK, MN
6,988. David Tomkins
Northcote, Australia
6,989. Donald Martiniak
Janesville, WI
6,990. Irma Matic
Reston, VA
6,991. Heather DeWolf
Jersey City, NJ
6,992. denise
youngsteadt
Columbus, OH
6,993. Cindy Bobrek
Philadelphia, PA
6,994. charles bowman
Elmer, LA
6,995. Kaleb Kebede
Olathe, KS
6,996. Janet Spencer
Sevierville, TN
6,997. DB Cooper
Sapporo, Japan
6,998. nina cooper
Worcestershire,
United Kingdom
6,999. Mark Jacobs
Shapleigh, ME
7,001. Dena Lee
Dartmouth, Canada
7,002. Petra van Essen
Beverly Hills, CA
7,003. omot oman
burnsville, MN
7,004. Consuelo Clarke
Pflugerville, TX
Give Ethiopians the opportunity to farm their own land
7,005. Michael F Miller
Okemos, MI
This is one more example of land and food policy gone
awry "for the sake of free market forces but which actually
is destroying the free market and reappropriating land
resources from the poor who are already on the land to
passing it to outsider "investors" who in turn make
"appropriate" payoffs to "appropriate" political and
bureaucratic actors.
7,006. fekadu bezuayhu
oslo, Norway
7,007. Carolynn Kendall
Baltimore, MD
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I grew up in Ethiopia because my father worked for USAID,
we have been doing this for half a century it is time to stop
taking what is not ours!
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Name
From
Comments
7,008. Zvonimir Rakigjija
Dubrovnik, Croatia
In end of sixties emperor Haileselasie the first destroyed
and killed over 3000 canibals after they had killed and
eaten some diplomats.At that time the whole world was
screaming about it.are we to keep quiet now when you are
trying to destroy complete areas for someone's pocket?It
would be much better that you teach those people to make
similar production and make their living in better quality.
7,009. Kerry Horner
Portsmouth, OH
7,010. James Caldwell
N ew york, NY
7,011. Eliaa Kefela
Charlotte, NC
7,012. susan peters
kansas city, MO
7,013. Toula Michalakis
Boucherville, Canada
7,014. gamechu tulu
Athens, Greece
7,015. Yalonda Fossen
Minneapolis, MN
7,016. Walter Kryshak
West Caldwell, NJ
7,017. EJa johnson
Jam., NY
7,018. Claudia Greco
Brooklyn, NY
7,019. Karolina Koziec
chicago, IL
7,020. Jenny Vaughan
London, United
Kingdom
7,021. Antonio Tyes
Tulsa, OK
7,022. Lisa Silverman
Westwood, KS
7,023. Ian Mindell
La Quinta, CA
7,024. Patricia
Krasnausky
Bronxville, NY
Please do not allow this land to be taken from the
Ethiopians, let's teach them how to produce farmland that
would benefit them as well as other. Thank you Mr.
President.
I am in support of this petition
7,025. Barbara Spenadel Shrewsbury, MA
7,026. Ernie Jamier
St. Augustine, FL
7,027. daniel orozco
walnut park, CA
7,028. Debra Levesque
Raynham, MA
7,029. Tracy Brown
Grapevine, TX
7,030. Alemante Tedla
Flushing, NY
7,031. Eugenia
Economos
Orlando, FL
7,032. Georgia
Braithwaite
Cottonwood, AZ
7,033. Kari Reilly
Charlotte, NC
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President Obama, please do not support foreing
investmente in Ethiopia, let those pople live in their own
land.
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Name
From
Comments
7,034. Jay Paul
Newport News, VA
7,035. Janet Parker
Miami, FL
7,036. ayo popoola
balboa, Panama
7,037. Doug Coffin
Rome, NY
7,038. Amie King
Denver, CO
7,039. Denise Ellerman
Stoke On Trent,
United Kingdom
7,040. delphyne woods
Chicago, IL
7,041. Andre Marty
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA
7,042. theresa stone
Palm Springs, CA
7,043. keri merriman
Morrison, CO
7,044. Linda Bermas
Great Neck, NY
7,046. bedane benti
frankfurt, Germany
7,047. Melissa Vest
Charleston, WV
7,048. Hope Grable
Bourbonnais, IL
7,049. Ronald Lockwood
White Plains, MD
we oppose the woyanes land grabs
7,050. Deborah Barchard Tampa, FL
7,051. Noreen Bentfield
Richfield, MN
7,052. Lyle Funderburk
PORTLAND, OR
7,053. Thomas Terreault
Westland, MI
7,054. tsehay shumye
drammen, Norway
Dont you think you have spent enough of the taxpayers
money, and sent us into the worst debt America has ever
seen, stay out of other peoples business, and concentrate
on our problems first, not everyone else's, that's your
problem!
7,055. Heather Macintyre St Margaret's Bay,
Canada
7,056. Alan Feltman
NYC, NY
7,057. jerry Hoffman
Houston, TX
7,058. Margaret
Crawford
Millstadt, IL
7,059. Vicki Trudeau
Dana Point, CA
7,060. Amanuel Alene
Drammen, Norway
7,061. Lynne Katherine
Henson
San Bernardino, CA
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Shame on USA and western countries for supporting such
a nonsense Government
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Name
From
Comments
7,062. C Jackson
Hollywood, CA
You have to understand that they don't care and have
never had to. So they will keep doing things like this until
someone (a lot of someones) stops them. Thanks Care2
for making people aware!
7,063. Daniel Lutzker
Garrison, NY
7,064. Tommy Smith
Kitty Hawk, NC
7,065. Terrie Ward
Mountlake Terrace,
WA
7,066. Connie Tolchard
London, United
Kingdom
7,067. sue carole poajak
Lockport, IL
7,068. felix omai
GARBERVILLE, CA
7,069. yonathan tefera
SILVER SPRING, MD
7,070. Nienke de Graaf
cordoba, Argentina
7,071. Victoria Hatfield
Garden Grove, CA
7,072. Lili Munoz
Los Angeles, CA
7,073. Gail Worth
Palos Verdes, CA
7,074. Cibele Cruz
Jundiaí/SP, Brazil
7,075. melissa loss
Lake Elsinore, CA
7,076. BRIAN KELLY
Phila, PA
7,077. Benjamin
Fitzgerald
Mesa, AZ
7,078. Traffy DeSalvo
Upland, CA
7,079. David Grant
Medford, OR
7,080. Lorree Gardener
Milne
OLYMPIA, WA
7,081. kidest geset
osnabrück, Germany
7,082. karen reynolds
Ardmore, PA
7,083. Melissa Whitely
Ewing Twp., NJ
7,084. Jamin Grigg
Durango, CO
7,085. Gabrielle Kayser
Hicksville, NY
7,086. Roderick Williams
Pittsburgh, PA
Please be a voice for Ethiopian families being removed
from their land.
Ethiopia is among the poorest countries in the world. The
people who live there need the land to cultivate and
provide for their families. If America is to remain a great
country, it needs to look after and protect the needs of the
poor across the world. Actions such as this are
unbecoming of the American people.
I am a masters degree student in international affairs, and I
want to see Africa free of exploitation from China, the US,
the EU, Russia and every other entity NOW.
7,087. Elizabeth
Wagga Wagga,
[email protected]
7,088. Pamela Wells
BOSWORTH, MO
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Name
From
Comments
7,089. Sharon
Byrd-Mackbee
Snellville, Venezuela
7,090. T H
Seattle, WA
7,091. David Cupples
Corona, CA
7,092. Magdalena
Hoersch
Arlington, MA
7,093. Joy Miller
London, United
Kingdom
7,094. Joan Cassens
Oak Ridge, TN
7,095. Paul Voytas
Springfield, OH
7,096. Ruben Levario
Dallas, TX
7,097. Kebede Bogale
Portland, OR
7,098. John Bigelow
San Francisco, CA
7,099. Damian Monzillo
Metuchen, NJ
7,100. Josephine
Downey
cockatoo, Australia
7,101. Gaye
Johnson-Cowell
Downingtown, PA
7,102. Peter Cham
Austin, MN
7,103. Teresa Carey
San Antonio, TX
7,104. Michael Wagner
Colmar, PA
7,105. chapari Didumu
kuwot
Gold Coast, Australia
7,106. Opamo Ogera
Pendle Hill, Australia
7,107. Ashley Vanderlip
Charlotte, NC
7,108. rietgi chapari
brisbane, Australia
7,109. Berhanu kibre-ab
los angeles, CA
7,110. Talaat Messawa
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
7,111. Peter von
Christierson
ADELMA BEACH,
WA
7,112. samuel kellett
El Dorado, AR
7,113. mary monell
phoenix, CO
7,114. Carol McMahon
Placerville, CA
7,115. Sheeba Oliver
Elmhurst, NY
7,116. Angela Cumo
Deridder, LA
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This situation is immoral and not in the interest of
development and judtic for the Ethiopian people. When will
government such as the Ethiopian start acknowledging that
it is more profitable to serve its people than their own
interest.
You know, if Kinky Friedman were president we wouldn't
have this problem. Mr. President, please do what is right.
With respect............
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Name
From
Comments
7,117. yvonne walter
pully, Switzerland
7,118. Nadir Ahmad
Detroit, MI
7,119. Ed Perry
New Braunfels, TX
7,120. Jacqueline
Heyden
Chicago, IL
7,121. gashaw anley
7,122. Blaine
Blackthorne
Galax, VA
7,123. Samuel Agolory
Carseldine, Australia
7,124. hermela beyene
athens, Greece
7,125. Omot Ojwado
Chermside, Australia
7,126. Shelley B
Quartz Hill, CA
7,127. Dwayne Munar
Waianae, HI
7,128. Fiorella Testa
Rome, Italy
7,129. mulu wakenye
las vegas, NV
7,131. Emily Mattheisen
Bloomington, MN
7,132. roland marchand
toulon, France
7,133. Tadess Haile
Kampala, Uganda
7,134. Melaku Yimam
Calgary, Canada
7,135. Lisa Newkirk
Arvada, CO
7,136. maria sousa
lisboa, Portugal
7,137. ANA
RODRIGUEZ
Irvington, NJ
7,138. Abebe Gelaw
Karlsruhe, Germany
7,139. angueria Jones
DECATUR, GA
7,140. Lema Tadesse
San Diego, CA
7,141. Elke Nöldeke
Frakfurt am Main,
Germany
7,142. Bekele Alemu
prague, Czech
Republic
7,143. Gudy Terenzio
Elda, Spain
7,144. girma tiruneh
Lausanne,
Switzerland
7,145. Chris Klopp
Cross Plains, WI
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The poorest of Ethiopia have already paid an extremely
heavy and unhuman tribute of tears, suffering, sorrow and
hunger. Please do not allow additional deportation and
death and at least let them die on their own land.
Please Mr President do the right thing on time for poor
African (Ethiopian) farmers, so that You will be
remembered for the generation to come.
President obama and Dr. Rajiv shah helpe us to stop from
taken our land and coutry people forcibly displced from
there land.
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Name
From
Comments
7,146. Deborah
Schechter
Chicago, IL
7,147. Hager Wegene
Denver, CO
7,148. Anne Salzer
greenland, NH
7,149. Akalu Tadesse
Nashville, TN
The government of Meles is applying a destructive Policy.
Please stop it from getting to late.
7,150. Selamawit
Tesgaye
Gutenberg, Sweden
No land grag
7,151. Wendy Jensen
Bloomington, IN
Help support People Power in Ethiopia. Please say NO to
disenfranchising the people of Ethiopia by selling their land
outside country interests. Please empower the people.
7,152. lynn lozier
carmel, CA
protect the people and their livelihood. do not create more
dependence and despair. thank you.
7,153. Zenebe Getaneh
zurich, Switzerland
7,154. Surafel Tessema
münich, Germany
7,155. Mesfin Mulatu
Toronto, Canada
7,156. kibru yilma
lodingen, Norway
7,157. fabiola cavaliere
Torino, Italy
7,158. r sherwood
northallerton, United
Kingdom
7,159. Assea Hailu
Darmstadt, Germany
7,160. Hailu Kebede
Stockholm, Sweden
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As you know, at the moment my country is under the worst
dictatorship we have ever faced in our history. This
dictatorship is ethnic based and commits atrocities such as
massacres, genocide, starvation and incitement of
interethnic conflicts and preaching and spreading of hatred
among the different communities. It employs the old
colonial method of divide and rule. Farmers that are
accused of supporting and voting for the opposition parties
are systematically abused and punished through the denial
of access to fertilizers, improved seeds, humanitarian help
and other social services. They are evicted from their fertile
farming lands which are leased to foreign investors from
China, India and Saudi Arabia and forced to settle
elsewhere without adequate provisions and support. The
newly graduating students will be denied jobs and further
education opportunities if they do not become the
members and supporters of the ruling party or front.
Membership and loyalty to the authorities are the keys to
job and higher education opportunities. Civil servants lose
their jobs for the same reasons. The government has
enacted different draconian laws including the
anti-terrorism law mainly aimed at penalizing dissent,
curbing freedom of expression, free media and cracking
down on its opponents and pro-democracy activists.
Name
From
Comments
7,161. Getachew Jimma
Osnabrück, Germany
7,162. Nadia kebede
Sortland, Norway
7,163. meskerem abebe
amsterdam,
Netherlands
7,164. gossa kebede
albano, Italy
7,165. Dereje Zenebe
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
7,166. Zelalem
Makonnen
Järfälla, Sweden
7,167. Elisse Antczak
Depew, NY
7,168. wondewosen
Bekele
Gbg, Sweden
supports forced relocation for land grabs in Etiopia
7,169. yared esubalwe
geneva, Switzerland
stop land grab !
7,170. Hailemariam Lulu
münchen, Germany
7,171. Diane Low
Kensington, CA
7,172. tad tesfay
san antonio, TX
7,173. Elias Tiruneh
London, United
Kingdom
7,174. William Pohley
Franklin, IN
7,175. Kerri Griffis
Auburn, WA
7,176. solomon belay
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
7,177. Nunu Feyesa
Ansbach, Germany
7,178. dawn terrell
Southern Pines, NC
7,179. Carol Milton
Centennial, CO
7,180. Evy Ellingvag
Skatoy, Norway
7,181. Karl Eldar Evang
Oslo, Norway
7,182. Hawi Tark
DC, DC
7,183. Ray Kenyon
Cottingham, United
Kingdom
7,184. Gunn Vigdis
Værnes
Oslo, Norway
7,185. Turid Danielsen
Årnes, Norway
7,186. Baatii Biyyaa
Edmonton, Canada
7,187. Unni Evang
Stavanger, Norway
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please suport to stop land saling in Ethiopia
I am against the illegal forced relocations of Ethiopians for
land grabs.
The land grabs and the relocations are illegal.
PERSONAL: I think this relocation of native people for the
investment of others, profiteers it seems, is contrary to the
American purpose of assisting people throughout the
world. Namely, to protect lives, income, and food source of
local peoples.
Diane H. Low
Stop landgrab in Ethiopien,down with Meles
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Name
From
Comments
7,188. Baila Berkovits
Brooklyn, NY
7,189. tigist eshete
calgary, Canada
7,190. Ambachew
Yenieneh
las vegas, NV
7,191. Brook Ayalew
stockholm, Sweden
7,192. Kazzanchess
Kazza
Auckland, New
Zealand
Strongly I oppose this forced relocation for these
venomous reason.
7,193. Gobna Gebre
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
We never give up fighting home-born colonizers, Weyane,
never and ever.
7,194. sarha gebeyehu
oslo, Norway
7,195. godana buri
rognan, Norway
7,196. Gerri Hirst
St. Charles, MO
7,197. Julie Serocki
NORTHBROOK, IL
7,198. NEGUSSIE
amesla
roma, Italy
7,199. Linda Gi
Talent, OR
7,200. stephen luis
Marina, CA
7,201. Nina Kirkhus
Oslo, Norway
7,202. angela fazzari
portland, OR
7,203. Zew Asrat
Camppbell, CA
7,204. Donna Cook
Greenville, SC
7,205. kiya dirbaba
oslo, Norway
7,206. Therese Power
7,207. Ronen Schatsky
New York City, NY
7,208. okello deng
brisbane, Australia
7,209. Kurt Ohm
Prescott, AZ
7,210. teodros shibeshi
stonemountian, GA
7,211. Michelle
McCunney
La Jolla, CA
7,212. Cynthia Adams
SANTA CRUZ, CA
7,213. Yeabsira H
Bloomington, MN
7,214. Abebe Kabtimer
Decatur, GA
7,215. Valentine Doyle
Hartford, CT
7,216. Robert Zai III
Fort Thomas, KY
7,217. rosemary dunne
seattle, WA
7,218. kerry o'brien
Amarillo, TX
7,219. solomon maru
dallas, TX
7,220. rock mamo
Seattle, WA
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aginst meles government.
stop land grab in ethiopia.
Why are people termed less significant simply because of
their poverty?
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Name
From
Comments
7,221. Enndelbu Worku
Burnaby, Canada
Please sign this petition!
7,222. Ann Stickel
Whitesboro, NY
7,223. Muluken Muchie
Brampton, Canada
7,224. erica ashley
loma linda, CA
7,225. Mady Marantz
New York, NY
7,226. Zetyopic Ababiya
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
7,227. Imru Assefa
East Lansing, MI
Please do not be party to and use tax money for illegally
dislocating natives from their homeland. Is this financing by
the US to allow vacated land to be available to the Chines,
Indians, Saudis, etc?? It does not make sense at all.
7,228. Yihema Yasazinal Helsinki, Finland
Why make the indeginouses to fevour the riches? That is
not fair.
7,229. Lima Foxtrot
Moscow, Russian
Federation
I oppose land grab in Ethiopia.
7,230. rita butler
Louisville, KY
7,231. Abebe Lela
Wellington, New
Zealand
7,232. Ferehiwet Beshah Minneapolis, MN
7,233. Chaitanya
Diwadkar
Hayward, CA
7,234. Maxine Daniel
OAKLAND, CA
7,235. Cassandra
Deming
SALINA, KS
7,236. Tim Eberhardy
Franklin, WI
7,237. Sophia Bailey
Essex, United
Kingdom
7,238. selam ethio
stcokholm, Sweden
7,239. molly lim
Singapore, Singapore Please do not make the poor suffer so much, allow them
their land to cultivate and live simply, do not displaced
them!
7,240. aballa ojulu olock
waterford, Australia
7,241. dany abra
newcastle, United
Kingdom
7,242. Abiyu Getachew
Stavnger, Norway
7,243. AsHenafi Ethiopia
Alexandria, VA
7,244. emusha arsema
stpaul, MN
7,245. Abayneh
Getachew
Ansbach, Germany
7,246. solo el pueblo
salva al pueblo
., Belgium
Page 258
One Love Ethiopia
THE WORLD IS WATCHING. ONE STRUGGLE.
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Name
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Comments
7,247. Tefera Addisu
Tønder, Denmark
Forced relocation is shockingly brutal to tens of thousands
of the Gambella people.This land is the identity of the
indigenous people. STOP THIS BRUTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7,248. E. Issa
Las Vegas, NV
This land is their land!
7,249. HAILU DEBRE
ws, NY
7,250. Guy lBenson
Phila, PA
7,251. Admasu Tachble
Calgary, Canada
7,252. MEKONEE
BEKELE
NYC, NY
7,253. Alyssa Whitworth
highland Park, IL
7,254. Mara Sabinson
CORNISH, NH
7,255. hameru Selam
Bagnolet, France
to Ethiopia Supports Forced Relocations for Land Grabs
7,256. Zooma Beto
Amesfoort,
Netherlands
Stop land grabs and systemic way of making slavery the
new system of hidden colonialism
7,257. Tam Hagan
Pomona, CA
7,258. Demeke Wolle
Stutgart, Germany
7,259. Duane Baker
Powell, OH
7,260. jebessa chala
bangalore, India
7,261. luna abra
wiesbaden, Germany
7,262. shikur habte
munick, Germany
7,263. David L. Ward
Olympia, WA
7,264. Deniz Cagliyan
ARCATA, CA
7,265. Tesfa Dani
Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia
Forced relocation of indigenous people, to make way for
large-scale agricultural plantations for foreigners is an
abuse of fundamental rights of human beings. Hence, I
support any intiative to stop coerced relocation of
indigenous people.
7,266. Abeje Yeshineh
toronto, Canada
If this kind of action is not acceptable in Europe, North
America and the rest of the world, why would it be in
Ethiopia. It is a shame the world body to witness this kind
of action and do nothing.
7,267. Hunde Tore
walldorf, Germany
7,268. Letemo Hawassa
A.A, Ethiopia
7,269. dereje biru
bergen, Norway
Page 259
and also plis stop the help tothe ethiopian government
Land grab leads to nothing but a bloody revolution like it
happened in Madagascar. Land grab, because the
produce is only to be shipped out of the country, it does
not bring a technology transfer or wealth to the country in
general but to some sellected elite. Land grab because of
its greedy tendency it b
prohibits genuin invastors from participating in the
countries economy.
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Name
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Comments
7,270. beruk alex
alexanderia, VA
7,271. Hannah McEwan
Summerfield, NC
7,272. Michael Allen
South San Francisco,
CA
7,273. ojuoti john
austin, MN
7,274. Albert Colman
Chicago, IL
7,275. million mekonnen
mannhaim, Germany
7,276. Tesfaye hiye
vic, Australia
7,277. akalu sertse
toronto, Canada
7,278. Ashebir Shiferaw
Bonn, Germany
7,279. Angeles Ayala
Segura
San josé, Ibiza, Spain
7,280. Whitney Husz
Asheville, NC
7,281. kidist Teshome
Gaithersburg, MD
7,282. Kerri Vandiver
Tulsa, OK
7,283. Jonathan
Trautman
Alameda, CA
Its a horrible crime to be leasing out lands that Ethiopians
need for their own famine starved nation. There is no good
reason to be taking away these lands, and every reason to
let the nation's people keep them!
7,284. samuei moltotal;
takoma park, MD
as concerned ethiopian i am strongly condemn the illegal
occupation of our land by the so called land lease for
international agricalturalist,the occupation of our land by
foreigner is illegal bcs the so called government in ethiopia
havinit got mandate and authority to make any deal with
any foreingn investor or intity bcs the meles regim[tplf
banda gang]invade ethiopia by blood and iron bcs of tplf
regime illegal invation of ethiopia any land lease with this
regime will be vallied untill tplf is existed once tplf is
removed from power all illegal land lease agreement will
be cancelled
7,285. Biniam Hailu
Vårby, Sweden
7,286. Asmare Yalew
wageningen,
Netherlands
7,287. Capri Starnes
KEMPNER, TX
7,288. Valerie Nordin
Mpls, MN
7,289. TIFFANY CLARK
Penn Valley, CA
7,290. Robert Sevilla
San Jose, CA
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oman john, akuoti john,adut,kuot,michael john..
Do something before we all regret the consequence!!!
Let America stop supporting various courses causing
sufferage of the powerless and the poor around the world.
America brought unpopular groups into power and causes
chaos and public outrage. Please reverse your inhuman
courses in the poor nations. Don't undermine public anger.
After all humilated people has nothing to fear. It is time to
STOP committing masked crimes.
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Name
From
Comments
7,291. Veronica
Gonzalez
Bronx, NY
7,292. amy sampson
ROLLING
MEADOWS, IL
7,293. Ayalew Teshome
Leiden, Netherlands
7,294. Dereje
Woldetsadik
Toronto, Canada
7,295. Dave Steffen
Plymouth, WI
7,296. Katherine Shelly
THOMPSON, PA
7,297. mesfin gizaw
garland, TX
please us stop to support dictatore gavernment sale large
-scale farm land with out shelter and lose every thing
moved to areas by force to kill the yange futur generation
in Ethiopia.
7,298. solomon workneh
Ottawa, Canada
I object vehemently to the forced relocation of our
population and the colonization of our land. Given a just
government Ethiopians have both the human and the
technical skills to develope their land.
7,299. Susan Lipson
MOUNT HOLLY
SPRINGS, PA
7,300. Donna Fine
Tucson, AZ
7,301. fasil atle
silver spring, MD
7,302. Roberta Wallitt
Ithaca, NY
7,303. judith ruanova
Puebla, Puebla,
Mexico
7,304. Ashenafi
Mulugeta
Windsor, Canada
7,305. Beruke Misgana
Secaucus, NJ
7,306. Brenda Parris
Toronto, Canada
7,307. DEBORAH
BRANDT
BARABOO, WI
7,308. Keith Woelbing
Eugene, OR
7,309. lynn thompson
rocky river, OH
7,310. Dula Abdu
Houston, TX
7,311. muoch gatluak
austin, MN
7,312. Viviane Clement
Northfiled, MN
Page 261
As an African-American, I thought President Obama will
have empathy for Africans, who have been oppressed for
so long by their own dictators, who make White colonialists
like angels. Unfortunately, President Obama has been
acting like any previous U.S. President, showing benign
neglect for Africa and engaging in strategic alliance with
dictators like the one in Ethiopia without factoring the cost
to human rights and freedom of the African people.
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Name
From
Comments
7,313. nicole macgregor
Canton, MI
7,314. Tamara van der
Sar
Utrecht, Netherlands
7,315. Kiesha Crisler
San Diego, CA
7,316. Skye Healy
SAINT PAUL, MN
7,317. Rogier van Dijk
Dev, Netherlands
7,318. Pete Keal
Hebden Bridge,
United Kingdom
7,319. RON WILSON
BIRMINGHAM,
United Kingdom
7,320. Sara Bermudez
HOLLAND, MI
7,321. Esther Wijkstra
Leeuwarden,
Netherlands
7,322. Harsha Vardhana
R
Bangalore, India
7,323. eniola adeleke
wageningen,
Netherlands
7,324. Esther Glotzbach
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
7,325. Jo Ann Norton
Portland, OR
7,326. Musse Ali
Jigjiga, Ethiopia
7,327. kassaye mersha
weiterstadt, Germany
7,328. Karen Cowen
San Marcos, TX
7,329. wim droogers
ridderkerk,
Netherlands
7,330. Elaina Bradshaw
Salt Lake City, UT
7,331. Shimeles fanta
tucker, GA
7,332. Vanessa Gantt
Clinton, MD
7,333. G/Mariam welde
Nairobi, Kenya
7,334. Kacen Clapper
Santa Ana, CA
7,335. Richard Grooms
Birmingham, AL
7,336. Thomas Walker
San Dimas, CA
7,337. sarah jimenez
licea
Guernsey CI, United
Kingdom
7,338. Julie Corby
Venice, CA
Page 262
If Ethiopia leases arable land to other states the
government of Ethiopia should make sure the people are
compensated. It is a great opportunity to strengthen
employment or gain better access in the international
market.
i hope that you will choose for justice in stead of economy.
This is just another case of corporation coming before
humanity. It's an outrage and it needs to be stopped.
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Name
From
Comments
7,339. Tina Koranda
Parker, CO
Our adopted son is from this region. Please protect these
families living in Gambella.
7,340. Thooraach
Anywaa
Dadab, Kenya
As an Anywaa man from Gambella for what Melese
Zenawi did selling my lad, if he does not stop, I am telling
you the truth of God that we better be cleared like our land
if US government is ignoring our case. I better to commit
suicide if there will be no alternative.
7,341. john negash
calgary, Ethiopia
7,342. Kaley Frank
Rhododendron, OR
7,343. jone keffyallw
gislinge, Denmark
7,344. Esther pollk
Turvey, United
Kingdom
7,345. Jennifer
Rodriguez
Granbury, TX
7,346. kelly stone
Ashland, OR
7,347. Nadine Wacka
Wageningen,
Netherlands
7,348. marcia meurs
RAMONA, CA
7,349. Mark Daims
Chatham, NY
7,350. Deborah
McGrouther
Christchurch, New
Zealand
7,351. Tyrrel Chisenga
Wageningen,
Netherlands
7,352. Melissa Snider
Parker, CO
7,353. Liesha Hanekroot
Newtown, Australia
7,354. Amy Gallagher
Hoboken, NJ
7,355. Kim Atkinson
Sebastopol, CA
7,356. Gay Chung
San Francisco, CA
7,357. Jeff Koranda
Parker, CO
7,358. Moni Jazara
Aaa, Poland
7,359. Melissa Ferns
Warren, MI
7,360. susan iberri
Temple City, CA
7,361. Cyndi Fritzler
Lakewood, CO
7,362. Grima Hailu
Ottawa, Canada
7,363. Kelly Brhae
Aurora, CO
7,364. Tesfaye. W
stockholm, Sweden
7,365. victor jorge
homestead, FL
we are the 99% and we are not going to allowed the 1%
bully any indigenous people around as they please
anymore, WE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU
7,366. anne meunier
roselle, Australia
We should not let things like this happen
Page 263
Enabling people to live is more vital than forcing them
elsewhere where famine is even greater.
Make a difference, take the 2 minutes and sign this.
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Name
From
Comments
7,367. DeJuan Mims
Fairfield, AL
7,368. Mandy Osipchuk
Port St Lucie, FL
7,369. Donna Averion
Hackensack, NJ
7,370. Chioni McAlister
Toronto, Canada
7,371. yesuf mohammed
Alexandria, VA
7,372. Mary Kay Philp
Webster, NY
7,373. Annemarie
josserand
chenex, France
7,374. Gemechu Tulu
Reichenbach,
Germany
7,375. shiferaw gudeta
cambridge, MA
7,376. Albert Chong
Boulder, CO
7,377. Belaynesh
Solomon
Farrakaway, NY
7,378. LindaSue Hope
Reno, NV
7,379. renato figueroa
Ashland, WI
7,380. Gary Jones
Logroño, Spain
7,381. mary tulloch
il, IL
7,382. Solomon Tekle
stuttgart, Germany
7,383. Thomas Beyene
holbaek, Denmark
7,384. Eleonora Bruno
Napoli, Italy
7,385. Julie Halloff
Chaska, MN
7,386. Llewellyn Ludlow
Bolinas, CA
7,387. Ojulu Nygow
westminster, CO
7,388. Ogiti Mezan
Westminster, CO
7,389. Richard Hollister
Tucson, AZ
7,390. Nicole Gooden
Las Vegas, NV
7,391. Donna Benjamin
Ashland, OR
7,392. Susana Barnett
SAN JUAN, PR
7,393. Pach Mezan
Littleton, CO
Page 264
This is sick, profits before the people of this earth. I bet
they will even enslave these poor people and there
children to work the fields like dogs with no pay and no life.
All for money? What is this world coming to. This land is
theres and they should be growing there own food there to
feed there country. Not the rest of the world that can afford
food and can grow there own. I bet they will grow corn to
power the oil rush. Sick and sad I will share with all my
neighbors and friends this story until it goes viral.
I AM AGAIN LAND GRABING IN ETHIOPIA
we have to fight together to save our beloved cantry and
we have too free inocent Ethiopian people from disgressful
tplf.we shall win!!
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Name
From
Comments
7,394. Amanda Lyons
Wellington, New
Zealand
7,395. ÐÐ¸Ð½Ð°
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Russian Federation
7,396. Marco Bergo
Galliera Veneta, Italy
7,397. G Battle
Doraville, GA
7,398. gina wiese
Minneapolis, MN
7,399. equbai gebiru
trondheim, Norway
7,400. haile gadissa
trondheim, Norway
stop land grabbing in ethiopia
7,401. dagne beqagna
trondheim, Germany
tilebisew yelat tikenanebew amarat...ayi ye ethiopia
mengist
7,402. Tenzin Yangdon
middletown, CT
7,403. s tesema
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
7,404. Ethiopis2002
ETHIOPIA
Geneva, Switzerland
7,405. Katherine Karas
Kiev, Ukraine
7,406. Daniel G. HAILU
Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia
The regime 'woyane' is running out time, dying very soon.
Let's work together!
7,407. Geta Abeje
London, United
Kingdom
under divided and conquered police there is not
democracy, it is not investment it is just land grap should
stop now.
7,408. akello alay
Littleton, CO
7,409. caroline Lato
Milton, MA
7,410. Martin Roth
Corte Madera, CA
7,411. janice
palma-glennie
KAILUA KONA, AA
7,412. Whitney
Richardson
Brooklyn, NY
Page 265
We understand why we become a “beggar nation” like
Ethiopia which cannot feed many of its people, which is
suffering from famine, perennial food shortages, endemic
hunger, and chronic dependency on foreign aid, is selling
off its fertile lands and natural resources to foreign
agro-businesses to grow food that will be exported to their
own countries. Ethiopia is currently experiencing its worst
drought and famine in sixty years due to “Land Grab”, and
the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian
citizens, under the 20-year old authoritarian and brutal
regime of dictator Meles Zenawi, which is leasing Ethiopian
land for up to 99 years to foreign businesses and
governments without any significant consultation with the
people most affected.
Some of us remember Haile Sellassi. Pity the poor
Ethiopians!
We need to be strengthening local communities and
economies, not destroying them. These practices destroy
people's livelihoods and the environment. They contribute
to the disparity of wealth.
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Name
From
Comments
7,413. Mikael Moges
bremmanger, Norway
7,414. Meron Ayele
Bremanger, Norway
7,415. Nancy Duncan
Edina, MN
7,416. tegaw shemales
london, United
Kingdom
7,417. lucy fletcher
wash, DC
7,418. chantal cloutier
Los Olivos, CA
7,419. Andrea
Springmeier
Mabel, MN
7,420. Gabriella
Bertelmann
Denver, CO
7,421. Shawn Gensch
Wauwatosa, WI
7,422. saarttu imana
st.paul, MN
7,423. Ann Garth
Long Beach, CA
7,424. Raven Dorantes
San Francisco, CA
7,425. tewodros kassa
steinkjer, Norway
7,426. habtamu moges
memphis, TN
7,427. girmay tesfay
kramfors, Sweden
7,428. hanna garedew
7,429. Sintayehu Retta
Bagsværd, Denmark
7,430. MATTEO LANATI
PIACENZA, Italy
7,431. SAMUEL
GENANAW
Toronto, Canada
7,432. Mezmure Dawit
london, United
Kingdom
7,433. Diana Luzio
Porto, Portugal
7,434. aarno aaron
frakfert, Germany
7,435. Diane Maldonado
Brooklyn, NY
7,436. Ruggero
Mucchiati
Verona, Italy
7,437. Pame;a Kittelson
Msla, MT
7,438. Alessio
Tamburello
Bregnano, Italy
7,439. Abiy Tolossa
Chatillon, France
7,440. Amelia Fioruzzi
Piacenza, Italy
7,441. Darla Malecki
Ogden, UT
7,442. David Okali
Westminster, CO
7,443. Karen Ornelas
San Pedro, CA
7,444. Rebecca Bullen
Exeter, NH
Page 266
stopp relocating!!!
and enhun
I AM POLITELY ASKING US GOVERNMENT TO FORCE
ETHIOPIAN DICTATOR TO STOP LAND GRABS
Stop the Land Grab !!!
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Name
From
Comments
7,445. Kevin Darcy
Bellingham, WA
7,446. kebede alex
Rastatt, Germany
7,447. rahel mekonen
oslo, Norway
7,448. lemlem kebede
Oslo, Norway
7,449. Samantha Nasca
Iowa City, IA
7,450. Gobbi Manuel
Trieste, Italy
7,451. webalem taddese
oslo, Norway
7,452. lemelem kebede
oslo, Norway
7,453. tige zelelew
oslo, Norway
7,454. Brandelyn W
Port Lavaca, TX
7,455. OJULU AKWAY
SAN JOSE, CA
7,456. Abiy Ethiopiawe
Surrey, United
Kingdom
7,457. Nebiyu Eshete
Oslo, Norway
7,458. tomase togo
harsted, Norway
7,459. Ivan Losacco
Pisa, Italy
7,460. waka waka
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
7,461. Colleen Krohn
Lake Geneva, WI
7,462. Brian Bourne
North Bergen, NJ
7,463. Thirl Wootten
Lexington, MI
7,464. Tamrat Admassu
Stockton, CA
7,465. susan dickerson
CLINTON, MD
7,466. Mesfin Tesfaye
Houston, TX
7,467. Rachel Rao
Opa Locka, FL
7,468. w mekuria
las vegas, NV
7,469. fatuma seid
Seattle, WA
7,470. David Handy
Fargo, ND
7,471. negash haile
sydney, Australia
Page 267
In Ethiopia people are losing their livelihoods and being
moved to areas where they cannot readily feed
themselves.
Please,stop this brutal action!!!
Ethiopia has dictatorship leader
stop !!!
It is time to solve the problem now. While millions are
starving now, the cost of silence is more starvation in the
future. Forming an accountable, transparent, self-reliant
democratic institutions are the highest priorities the country
needs.
We hurt ourselves when we do not take care of the earth
and each other. Raping the land without consideration for
the people that depend on it or for the environment will
only cause more problems for our world as a whole. If we
let greed take over, each one of use will have to pay the
price.
-
Name
From
Comments
7,472. Nina Treu
04177, Germany
7,473. Sandra Olson
Gretna, LA
7,474. Asteway Tazabi
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
7,475. michele zousmer
rancho santa fe, CA
7,476. Julia Hernandez
Detroit, MI
7,477. Kelley Mandl
Binghamton, NY
7,478. steven reilly
San Antonio, TX
7,479. nath stone
davao, Philippines
7,480. Anne Greend
Sandy Spring, MD
7,481. Susan Howe
Oceano, CA
7,482. Ojoye Akane
Austin, MN
please view my Ethiopian photos - under travel and omo
child and PCI, and see how beautiful and spiritual these
people are! www.michelezphotography.com photography
for social change. i just returned from the omo river valley
and was so taken by this country and the people i met .
michele zousmer
7,483. Donna Smallwood St. Augustine, FL
7,484. Roni Love
Redondo Beach, CA
7,485. Kishore Amma
Srikakulam, India
7,486. Judith Bruce
La Grange, IL
7,487. Francisco Costa
Cathedral City, CA
7,488. Megan Hockwalt
Walnut, CA
7,489. Ray Cunningham
Denver, CO
7,490. david lowe
Malaga, Spain
7,491. Tim Irwin
Phoenix, AZ
7,492. kebraraw
kebraraw
oslo, Norway
7,493. barok Enu
TAKOMA PARK, MD
7,494. Tiffany Von
Higgins
Brooklyn, NY
7,495. Terry Blackman
Santa Fe, NM
7,496. Amber Beasley
Texarkana, TX
7,497. Barbara Wallace
Putnam, CT
7,498. Dessalegne
Assefa
Richmond, VA
7,499. tomas dagem
jerusalem, Israel
Page 268
This is just another telltale sign of corporate greed. Please
do not allow this. People have a right to self determination
not being controlled by government forces who pretend to
act in their best interest. Please have a conscience and act
ethically. Humanity is the only way.
please ethiopian dictator distroy our motherland,we dont
want dictators anymore
save ethiopia
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Name
From
Comments
7,500. pat schumacher
brownsville, TX
7,501. naty erdhen
stockholm, Sweden
7,502. FrehiwoT addis
München, Germany
7,503. Rabecca Gainey
LOUISVILLE, KY
7,504. Hailu Hanna
London, United
Kingdom
7,506. mekonnen
demissie
calgary, Canada
7,507. Biki Negasi
Karlsruhe, Germany
7,508. Ephram Argaw
london, United
Kingdom
7,509. Azeb Dawit
london, United
Kingdom
7,510. Jim Jaston
Phoenix, AZ
7,511. Ingrid Hartmann
berlin, Germany
Stop Land Grab
President Barack Obama,
Please make history by take action on this noble and
unique cause!!
7,512. yonas wondafrash Minneapolis, MN
7,513. abebe kebede
toronto, Canada
7,514. Judy Wood
Raleigh, NC
7,515. Esubalew Chane
Leeds, United
Kingdom
7,516. Paula Sjunneson
Seattle, WA
7,517. paul slapinski
Stockton, MO
7,518. Teresa clement
chicago, IL
7,519. Abdulahi Hebo
Dallas, TX
7,520. james schroeder
CHICAGO, IL
7,521. kifle molla
Rostov, Russian
Federation
7,522. kokeb ababa
frankfurt, Germany
7,523. Adane Tekeste
Nashville, TN
Please stop forced relocation, specially when it is done by
a dictatorial government like the government of Meles
Zenawi. He has looted a lot of money with the expense of
the Ethiopian people and their land.
7,524. a guremu
amsterdam,
Netherlands
7,525. Dianne Wilson
Hamilton, Canada
7,526. hizbayesh amare
oslo, Norway
Page 269
In the name of industrial revolution the TPLF/EPRDF
forcing to relocate Ethiopians from their land is great
disaster or great misfortune for Ethiopian people in
general. It only benefit the ruling party and the
bourgeoisie(TPLF).
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Name
From
Comments
7,527. Nadiah Abdullah
Batu Caves, Malaysia
7,528. Get Isra
stone mountain, GA
7,529. carl gardner
zanesville, OH
7,530. Mohamud Ali
Hermitage, TN
7,531. tom gee
aberdeen, MD
7,532. Ermias Tsegaye
prague, Czech
Republic
7,533. Julie M Glenn
SAINT LOUIS, MO
7,534. Yitayeh Beyene
Gobezie
sneek, Netherlands
7,535. mulugeta abebe
stochkolm, Sweden
7,536. Alemayehu
Mulatu Alala
münchen, Germany
7,537. Hara Z.
AA
7,538. Ellen High
Grass Lake, MI
7,539. Audrey David
White Plains, NY
7,540. kebede Yalew
sacramento, CA
7,541. Tewodros
Getachew
Orebro, Sweden
7,542. Sarah Aman
london, United
Kingdom
7,543. abesha gezahegn
4414 fullinsdorf,
Switzerland
7,544. yaregal melsew
budapest, Hungary
stop land graving
7,545. debebe debele
chelsea, MA
we have took quik reply to save milion poeple.the worst
leader in the world more than sadamusein ethiopia
.
7,546. Jennifer Danner
NAZARETH, PA
7,547. Tolla Ber
Seattle, WA
7,548. daniel kassa
inglewood, CA
7,549. Feven Amenu
Alexandria, VA
7,550. beruk hailu
minneapolis, MN
7,551. esreal abera
hyattsville, MD
7,552. shiferaw Assefa
Lawrence, KS
7,553. belay woldu
austin, TX
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The innocent Ethiopian poor are loosing thier land and
their country because the dictator Meles Zenawi is leasing
the land and depositing the money to his and his equally
criminal wife Azeb Gola's foregin accounts. Please bring
him to justice.
It is unfortunate that our leaders don't feel and understand
the sufferings that the Gambella people go through.
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Name
From
Comments
7,554. Moges B
harrisburg, PA
7,555. Fanuel Endalew
Bronx, NY
7,556. Tatyana Stevens
Basalt, CO
7,557. gada booona
melbourn, Australia
7,558. wende wende
recanati, Italy
7,559. Sandy Maytham
Simonstown, South
Africa
7,560. Matthew Embry
Los Angeles, CA
7,561. mamedu cilla
7,562. Alejo Kraus-Polk
ithaca, NY
7,563. Theresa Cohen
Concord, MA
7,564. Natalya Petrova
Yalta, AL
7,565. Paolo Patruno
Cassola, Italy
7,566. maxwell progress
moscow, Russian
Federation
7,567. Darren Johnston
San Francisco, CA
7,568. Howard Young
Moreno Valley, MS
7,569. Yosef Assefa
Sortland, Norway
7,570. Ann Kowaleski
La, CA
7,571. Million Beyene
Garland, TX
Stand with the Ethiopian people, stop the government !!!
the meles land grab policy has to stop.
too many US policies toward Africa under Obama have
been disasters...let's stop yet another one.
Please support to sele the land of Ethiopia
7,572. Leslie Tawnamaia Cabot, VT
Thank you.
7,573. Dakota
Hennessey
Los Angeles, CA
7,574. Rebecca Parsons
Waterford, CT
7,575. S T
A2, MI
7,576. Arden Stanton
Ann Arbor, MI
7,577. redat takele
charlotte, NC
7,578. Mona Plate
Aachen, Germany
7,579. Karen Rubino
S. Huntington, NY
7,580. Wessen Debela
Silver Spring, MD
7,581. Dianne Miller
San Diego, CA
7,582. YACOB BEYENE
Biel, Switzerland
I find this is a very wicked action of the Ethiopian ruling
party;to repress and block the right of the poor Ethiopians.
7,584. Abiy Asfaw
philadelphia, PA
stop land grabs and unwilling relocation.
7,585. Maria
Prokopowycz
WARREN, MI
7,586. Tuesday Hoffman
Carlisle, PA
7,583. Scott Lommel
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7,587. Ashira adwoa
houston, TX
7,588. Lutgart Nuyts
Edegem, Belgium
7,589. RUGOLO
CRISTINA
PEDEROBBA, Italy
7,590. Mette Steen
London, United
Kingdom
7,591. Francis Moroto
Pisa, Italy
7,592. Lidia Merola
Naples, Italy
7,593. Karlene Gunter
Rochester, NY
7,594. piero marianelli
roma, Italy
7,595. Debbie Crowe
Evansville, IN
7,596. Gabriele
Romanacci
Livorno, Italy
7,597. Paolo Pietro
Pagnon
Bassano d. Grappa,
Italy
7,598. fekadu yilma
geneva, Switzerland
7,599. surafeal hagos
addiss ababa,
Ethiopia
STOP STOP
7,600. ENRICO GRANDI vada, Italy
7,601. Tsehaynesh
Tewodros
I'm a MDand nutritionist;in 2008 I adopted an ethiopian
child, and I' d like to do something more for that country.
thanks.
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
7,602. Brittany
bronx, NY
Dhansew-Rampersaud
7,603. Giovina Ruberti
Rome, Italy
7,604. Alan Haggard
San Diego, CA
7,605. Barbara Aires
Jersey City, NJ
7,606. Fha Chalermporn
Fulton, MO
7,607. Son
Chunsuparerk
Washington, DC
7,608. Etsubteru Assefa
Toledo, OH
7,609. Cathy Rowan
Bronx, NY
7,610. David Schilling
New York, NY
7,611. joetta Venneman
Louisville, KY
7,612. Gwen Farry
Chicago, IL
7,613. Barry Nobel
Oyster Bay, NY
7,614. Bettega Stella
lomazzo, Italy
7,615. Bernardo Vimpi
Macomb, IL
7,616. Kathleen Coll
Newtown Square, PA
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Name
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Comments
7,617. Jane McVeigh
Wellesley, MA
7,618. Mary James
Clines
Marlborough, MA
7,619. Cheryl Simpson
Charlottesville, VA
7,620. Kathleen Gingras
Marlborough,, MA
7,621. Lori Gilio
WHITESTONE, AA
7,622. Regina Scudellari
Forest Hills, NY
7,623. Gail and Rick
Konopacki
Madison, WI
7,624. simia calella
firenze, Italy
7,625. Toni Palamar
Astoria, NY
7,626. Linda Hincken
Amityville, NY
7,627. Y Hiwote
london, United
Kingdom
7,628. antonio zinno
Salerno, Italy
7,629. Brittany Flittner
Darien, CT
Please re-evaluate US aid to Ethiopia to keep the people
from Gambella from being relocated from their land! They
need you to stand up for them now!
7,630. Agnes Richardson Wickatunk, NJ
7,631. Sharyn White
RICHMOND, CA
7,632. Barbara King
Crestwood, NY
7,633. Penelope Wright
Gardnerville, NV
7,634. emmanuel
derozeris
athens, Greece
7,635. FABIO BALDI
FOLLONICA, Italy
7,636. Emese Kovacs
Brønshøj, Denmark
7,637. Mike Leone
Houston, TX
7,638. Susann Balk
Monroe, MI
7,639. Anne Olivier
Brooklyn, NY
7,640. Tracy Kenger
REDFORD, MI
7,641. Nestor Kun
Las Pinas, Philippines
7,642. Lee Stough
CHICAGO, IL
7,643. henok tadesse
london, United
Kingdom
7,644. Marjo Luoma
Lapua, Finland
7,645. eden dawit
frankfurt, Germany
7,646. Giorgio Savini
Torino, Italy
7,647. bekele manaye
moscow, Russian
Federation
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Stop neocolonialism!
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Name
From
Comments
7,648. Hailu Seyum
Ansbach, Germany
7,649. Alazar Chanko
Brussels, Belgium
7,650. Victoria
Tomashoff
New york, NY
7,651. ruth jacobs
YOUBOU, Canada
7,652. Theresa Stanek
Wickatunk, NJ
7,653. Ann Huntting
Centralia, WA
7,654. Teka Berehanu
toronto, Canada
7,655. Assalahun
Wondwossen
ottawa, Canada
7,656. Patty Langford
Tatum, TX
7,657. ephrem shaul
niel, Belgium
7,658. Amitav Dash
Guelph, Canada
7,659. Kay Hoff
Minocqua, WI
7,660. Hailu Moges
Darmstadt, Germany
7,661. Michele Wilkie
Houston, TX
7,662. solomon yonas
decater, ID
7,663. Margot Fletcher
LAS VEGAS, NV
7,664. Christopher
Grover
Charlottesville, VA
7,665. Liz Bacon
Durango, CO
7,666. Natinael Wedaji
Cologne, Germany
7,667. Adrienne
Weisman
Hermitage, TN
7,668. Elizabeth Dostal
Bloomington, MN
7,669. Oman Agwa
Littleton, CO
7,670. Abdu Mohammed
Falls Church, VA
7,671. Elika Zomorodi
Santa Maria, CA
7,672. Ann Stephens
Bethune, SC
7,673. Jesse Rusoff
Ardmore, PA
7,674. Eileen O'Carroll
Maspeth, NY
7,675. Valerie Heinonen
Ny, NY
7,676. Jayme Donez
Lahaina, HI
7,677. Tim Robbins
Glendale, CA
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Please do not tqke the land from people to whom it rightly
belongs.They need to feed their families. the government
has to obey the law .and repect the people's rights.
I've been to Gambella twice. There are very small
subsistence farming communities throughout the
countryside. It's fine to give them aid but let them be. We
only have to look as far as our own Indian reservations to
see how proud people can be ruined by forced relocation
to be made more civilized.
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Name
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Comments
7,678. Sister Ethel
Howley
Wilton, CT
7,679. tutu hailu
osnabrück, Germany
7,680. Mary Flattery
Wilton, CT
7,681. bezabeh weldma
calgary, Canada
7,682. Bianca Carrasco
Fort Worth, TX
7,683. Ben Gordon
New orleans, LA
7,684. wendy henry
Manchester, NH
7,685. heather gowans
masterton, New
Zealand
7,686. Michele
Barrett-Betsos
Toronto, Canada
7,687. Omot Abella
Ottawa, Canada
7,688. paula onoff
Castle Hayne, NC
7,689. Joshua Sloan
Silver Spring, MD
7,690. Franz Dorn
Furth, Austria
7,691. Adrienne Gardner
Mount Airy, NC
7,692. Fanaye Belayneh
Silver Sprimg, MD
7,693. erica Bennett
Santa Barbara, CA
7,694. sisay ayana
bern, Switzerland
7,695. Glen Anderson
Lacey, WA
7,696. gary leigh
GRANADA HILLS,
CA
7,697. Amanda Petty
ALEXANDER CITY,
AL
7,698. Elizabeth Hoffman Putney, VT
7,699. milliyon biru
stockholm, Sweden
7,700. vickie roberson
summerville, SC
7,701. Marcelle Barrett
Pretoria, South Africa
7,702. Sandy Kerrigan
Flushing, NY
7,703. JILL Iracki
PERRYVILLE, MD
7,704. Donna Bradley
Brooklyn, NY
7,705. medhanye hagos
london, United
Kingdom
7,706. Nyikaw Ochalla
Reading, United
Kingdom
Human rights violations and land grabbing in Gambela
deprives indigenous people decent livelihoods. In line with
ever growing concern for insecurity and regional instability
as a result of government inconsiderate so called
development policy, major donors such as the US, EU and
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Name
From
Comments
7,706. Nyikaw Ochalla
Reading, United
Kingdom
7,707. Lorna Buratto
Carlsbad, CA
7,708. nicholas lenchner
santa rosa, CA
7,709. Paul Ellison
Twin Falls, ID
7,710. Lonardi Andree
Modena, Italy
7,711. Mary Jane
Rhodes
Louisville, KY
7,712. Mary Miller
Nazareth, KY
7,713. Susan Makos
Boynton Beach, FL
7,714. Carolina Pandolfi
Monte San Vito, Italy
7,715. Andrea Carletti
Osimo, Italy
7,716. Ann Pace
Atlanta, IN
7,717. Jamilah
Abu-Bakare
Toronto, Canada
7,718. Patience Trickett
Shelburne, VT
7,719. Richard
Levasseur
Chicago, IL
7,720. andenhun beyen
e
york, Canada
7,721. Anna Marie
Rhodes
Louisville, KY
7,722. Kathy Gonzales
Port of Spain,
Trinidad And Tobago
7,723. goitom bereket
gebre michael
Alvsbyn, Sweden
7,724. Patricia Catania
WEST HARTFORD,
CT
7,725. Kellen Soares
San Jose, CA
7,726. Janet Mulder
Lelystad, Netherlands
7,727. Linda Severdija
Mississauga, Canada
7,728. Kristina O'Brien
Staten Island, NY
the UK should make the Ethiopian regime accountable for
tax payers money. Act now to make a difference to
indigenous people in the region and across the country.
un giorno potremmo essere noi coloro che sono privati dei
loro dirittti, coloro a cui viene tolta la possibilità di
ribellarsi,difendersi e dichiarare l'ingiustizia subita.
Facciamolo noi... Al posto loro,non vorremmo forse che
qualcuno ci aiutasse?
support villages!!!
I want the US to BE SURE and do whatever possible to
see that these foreign countries are going to do what they
promise! First sign of trouble and I want the US to take
over again!
7,729. Katherine Stillman Wellfleet, MA
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Name
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Comments
7,730. Anita Alfonso
Portland, OR
7,731. Denise Roux
Puyallup, WA
7,732. Elena Carter
Savannah, GA
7,733. Jane Baldwin
Glen Ellen, CA
7,734. L B
Salem, MA
7,735. Julia Tawyea'
Lake Ariel, PA
7,736. Anne Deepak
Austin, TX
7,737. Daniel weldab
Ringsted, Denmark
7,738. Beth Saule
Indianapolis, IN
7,739. Bruktawit Asfaw
Norcross, GA
7,740. Mercedes Hollis
Wyoming, MI
7,742. Edy Abdi Amin
Saupstad, Norway
7,743. Doriano Bigliardi
Bologna, Italy
7,744. nini tefera
snellville, GA
7,745. Richard Burns
medford, OR
7,746. waltraud kleinau
nidda, Germany
7,747. Mary Anne
Hopgood
Aguas Buenas, PR
7,748. aboye asemerew
tel aviv yafo, Israel
7,749. Mimisha Mamo
Norcross, GA
7,750. jamarr cogle
hollis, NY
7,751. Ashanthi De Silva
Chicago, IL
7,752. ljiljana bahtjak
Portland, OR
7,754. Solomon Gugsa
Charlotte, NC
7,755. Alemayehu
Jemberie
Naperville, IL
Dr. Rajiv Shah,
I think you have a conflict of interest here! You should
resign from your position as a USAID chief.
7,756. Omot Ojulu
Gambela, Ethiopia
I'm deeply affected by the relocation in my homeland. Not
that only many people are physically and mentally abused
by the government forces.
7,757. eshete tentaw
seattle, WA
7,758. Gretchen Hanger
NEW HOPE, MN
7,759. muluneh
woldeyes
bandhagen, sweden,
Sweden
7,760. david blanc
brooklyn, NY
7,761. Sr. Mary Sonia
Reyes
Wolcott, CT
7,762. Getachew Teklu
St Paul, MN
7,763. Bruke Waktole
Washington, DC
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7,764. charles dsouza
bangalore, India
7,765. Janet Yamin
New York, NY
7,766. David Zolan
N Hollywood, CA
7,767. Keebek Guddinaa Uppsala, Sweden
7,768. Getachew Lemu
Kitchener, Canada
7,769. Christina
Robertson
Toronto, Canada
7,770. Keder Omer
East Point, GA
7,771. Eenyummaa
Beekaa
Stockholm, Sweden
7,772. Juan Camacho
Madrid, Spain
7,773. Martin Gem
Wallington, United
Kingdom
7,774. Herbert Kaenzig
Marly, Switzerland
7,775. Abrehet Abdu
Montgomery Village,
MD
7,776. Janet Robinson
Boca Raton, FL
7,777. Stephen Mead
Albany, NY
7,778. Sarah Mumford
Balloch, United
Kingdom
This type of agriculture does not solve anything, it creates
worse - the relocated becomes a refugee in their own
country. ...... and the agric corporation/foreign investment
becomes rich but does not share - IMMORAL!
7,779. Shakha
Ramalohlanye
Columbus, OH
The impact of relocation will certainly create an irreversible
calamity, which will add to a regional problem in Somalia,
with the potential to spread to Sudan & Kenya. If these
Ethiopian lands show farming potential at large scales, why
can't the government undertake this endeavor locally to
benefit its people than selling land internationally; except
that it is for the benefit of a few?
I fail to understand how the world body can allow such a
devious program to be undertaken by a corrupt
government, in concert with a few greedy international
investors, at the demise of a people. Moving is not a
readily welcome process, and we all know even with
convenient urban amenities how much of a hassle it is, let
alone moving entire villages en-mass, for what, financial
benefit of a few.
We cannot, and should not allow these draconian behavior
to continue to punctuate our legacies. It is very convenient
and equally appalling for the U.S. to support and be in
cahoots with Meles Zenawi and his repressive regime in
What is going on in Ethiopia be it forced relocation,
deception, killing, arresting people and human right
violations are heart braking.
Please not relocate people against their wishes.
How dare you force these people to move? You just want
the land, stop being greedy and live and let live.
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Name
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Comments
7,779. Shakha
Ramalohlanye
Columbus, OH
7,780. Frederic Iterbeke
Gent, Belgium
7,781. Sheila Stevens
Phila, PA
7,782. Paul Mackenzie
Kingston, Canada
7,783. Jodi gibson
Mechanicsburg, PA
7,784. Shannon Davies
Deland, FL
7,785. Teal Church
Montpelier, VT
7,786. Nancy Bowman
Union City, NJ
7,787. Sarah Reese
Arlington, VA
7,788. Jenna Thomas
La Fayette, IN
7,789. Callie Poole
Tucson, AZ
7,790. Manuel
Covarrubias
Chula Vista, CA
7,791. bob e burnham
Boulder, CO
7,792. jude arsenault
Montreal, Canada
7,793. Elena Schak
Oxford, United
Kingdom
7,794. Max Schäfer
Berlin, Germany
7,795. Walter Breymann
Hat Yai, Thailand
7,796. Abebe
Sahlesilassie
Tokyo, Japan
7,797. Axel Huizinga
Briedel, Germany
7,798. Pascal Molineaux
Cali, Colombia
7,799. Robert Rogers
Angleton, TX
7,800. Debbie Gallo
Mississauga, Canada
7,801. Ben adi
Zurich, Switzerland
7,802. Henry Berkowitz
Sabinsville, PA
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Ethiopia, while on the other hand the U.S. purports all
democratic nothings at the demise of a helplessly
defenseless people.
We are all aware of the land-grab rush that is taking place
in Africa, and it is ethically and morally irresponsible, and
should not be allowed at all, because ultimately the end
results to all these corruption will come back to haunt the
rest of us.
It is an irony for a country on foreign aid life support to
lease its land. A responsible government should empower
its own people than displacing them from their dissent life.
How shameful it is when EPRD still implementing a failed
Marxist policy! Forced displacement encorages instability
and lawlessness that will have an impact not only to
Ethiopia but also in the region. Such madness has to be
stopped as soon as possible. Every Ethiopians right to live
must be respected!
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Name
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Comments
7,803. penny panos
Burbank, CA
7,804. Cristina Río
López
Ferrol, Spain
7,805. Mary Rowell
Lake Mary, FL
7,806. David Gittins
Cleckheaton, United
Kingdom
7,807. Gil Sansón
Caracas, Venezuela
7,808. T Houtman
Utrecht, Netherlands
7,809. Heather Erickson
Burlington, Canada
7,810. Lisandro
Francucci
Santa Fe, Argentina
7,811. Alison Hogan
Ajax, Canada
7,812. Grant Lupher
Los Angeles, CA
7,813. Sri Varadachary
Bengaluru, India
7,814. Mary Wellington
Tucson, AZ
7,815. tessier bull
San Jose, CA
7,816. Barb Collier
Sturgeon County,
Canada
7,817. Agnes Khoo
Schwenk
Monongahela, PA
7,818. Sibylle Schwarz
Bonnyville, Canada
7,819. kate mazurek
Franklin Park, IL
7,820. Joyce Marie
Cockerham
Troy, NY
7,821. Abiye Gebrehiwot
Jessup, MD
7,822. Meredith Kearns
Lanexa, VA
7,823. nicole livar
East Lansing, MI
7,824. Natalie Diebolt
Gore Bay, Canada
7,825. Corinne musy
St-Légier, Switzerland
7,826. Fikirt L
Alexandria, VA
7,827. Paul Beach
Philadelphia, PA
7,828. Matthieu Brillet
Armaillé, France
7,829. Tiffany
Gagnon-Wielart
New Rochelle, NY
7,830. Neil Armstrong
Orgiva ,Andalucia,
Spain, Spain
7,831. Steve Thompson
Camberley, United
Kingdom
Is their poverty not enough? does the Government have to
punish them further
Small-scale local farming is always better than factory
farms, which should be banned internationally!
7,832. Theodosia Kaouni Nafplio, Greece
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Name
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Comments
7,833. Silvia Licciulli
Philadelphia, PA
7,834. mariana
weinberger
Beer Sheva, Israel
7,835. Angela D'Elia
Petaluma, CA
7,837. Vera Riley
Elizabethtown, NY
7,838. LaTrenda Hayden Los Angeles, CA
7,839. Kristina Snyder
Lakewood, CO
7,840. Teresa Edmonds
Carmel Valley, CA
7,841. Smita Mahaajn
Chicago, IL
7,842. Nicole Jessup
North Charleston, SC
7,843. Sergey Galushko
edmonds, WA
7,844. Paula Morgan
Hollywood, FL
7,845. Shane Boyson
GP, Canada
7,846. Julie Caldwell
Erie, PA
7,847. samrawit michael
alexandria, VA
7,848. Ian Kiddle
Havelock North, New
Zealand
A thorough investigation should be performed on that
and on the similar programs financed by taxpayers' money.
I don't believe in them being well planned and properly
executed. There is always a high probability of corruption
on both sides. Instead of letting local population using that
money for progressive economic and social
development those funds just disappear in deep pockets of
corrupt officials leading to various social and military
conflicts and growing number
of refugees. It's more than stupidity to clear forests (!) in
Africa. It's a crime. Especially when it's done by foreign
corporations. Africa is being practically raped socially and
economically by the so-called developed world for
centuries and all evil regimes there are first gladly fostered
by foreign governments and then brutally attacked when
they believe the time for a new puppet has come.
7,849. Stephanie Perdew Osprey, FL
7,850. carmen mateo
San Rafael, CA
7,851. Eve Saglietto
Münsing, Germany
7,852. william bradford
North Vancouver,
Canada
7,853. Julieta
Nagy-Navarro
Budapest, Hungary
7,854. Sandra Knights
Beccles, United
Kingdom
7,855. Rob Fry
Cork, Ireland
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Your environment IS your Life! Treasure it!
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Name
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Comments
7,856. Monique Mancilla
Ventura, CA
7,857. Ben Krohling
Minneapolis, MN
7,858. Janet Darlington
Ottawa, Canada
7,859. Yemane Sium
Stavanger, Norway
7,860. Jassmin Poyaoan
Berkeley, CA
7,861. N. Josef
Sindermann
Niddatal, Germany
7,862. Gumaa Guddaa
London, United
Kingdom
7,863. Joel Belanger
Apache Junction, AZ
7,864. Sakilah
Melchishua
Doha, Qatar
7,865. Robert Griffin
North Hollywood, CA
7,866. Shirley Stoneburg
London, United
Kingdom
7,867. George Leddy
Los Angeles, CA
7,868. Ahmed Siradje
nürnberg, Germany
7,869. michelle walters
South Bend, IN
7,870. Alebel Meshesha
Bellaire, TN
7,871. Bryan Wilson
Seattle, WA
7,872. Linda Moscarella
El Prado, NM
7,873. James Byrne
Town Center, NJ
7,874. Jack Claff
Lismore, Australia
7,875. greg meyer
Bellingham, WA
7,876. gwen hawtof
Key West, FL
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I strongly disagree with the Ethiopian Goverment which is
harasing the land of the innocrent ethiopian inhabitant of
the region just for the interest of small groups of its own
circle.
The current Ethiopian regime's land sale practice amounts
to ethnic cleansing and crime against humanity as far as
the indigenous population is concerned.
Please STOP supporting a regime that is evicting
indiginous peoples from their homelands!
to kepp on his power teak awey the land from the poor
farmers and seal not onley as anethiopian as a
heumanbing desagree this
In country where 90% of the population is undernourished ,
14 million people in dire need for emergency food aid,
ruled by "tribal" gangsters, fertile land is leased 50-99
years or sold for a penny to the dollar and whatever
produced is shipped clean back to wherever the newr
feudal lord’s native country. It seems that the world is in a
reverse gear back to the time where might makes it right.
After all, Land Grab is a synonym to a robbery in a broad
day light, by proxy of course, and in a grand scale. The
difference is this one is conveniently named "Investment"
therefore not only misleading but also a cruel joke.
It must stop!
Shenanigans and shame on you
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Name
From
Comments
7,877. fred haskins
Kellyville, Australia
The take over of agricultural land by corporate bodies is
world wide, the result will result in starvation civil unrest,
The diversity of crops is paramount for the survival of all of
us.
Corporate farms mono crop, often over whole regions or
countries . we have no genetic diversity. recipe for disaster
7,878. Anton Kiendl
Kirchheim, Germany
7,879. Rita Childers
Cottonwood, AZ
7,880. Chris Lee
Mosman, Australia
7,881. Andrew Kitching
Newcastle Upon
Tyne, United
Kingdom
7,882. ida alhabshi
Houston, TX
7,883. dino ayalew
los angeles, CA
7,884. Odangi Okal
calgary, Canada
7,885. Lidia Baltazar
Sabugal, Portugal
7,886. Dawn Gifford
San Diego, CA
7,887. carlos yantorno
Corodba, Argentina
7,888. david h
1, United Kingdom
7,889. Brunilda Rosario
Aguadilla, Puerto
Rico
7,890. Leah Sitkin
Athens, GA
7,891. Gavin Bornholtz
Grand Blanc, MI
7,892. Donna Khoury
Fillmore, CA
7,893. Stu Farnsworth
Eagan, MN
7,894. edgar coxeter
Etobicoke, Canada
7,895. obuuy omot
Saint Cloud, MN
7,896. dean wilson
plaquemine, LA
7,897. Julie Wreford
Newport, United
Kingdom
7,898. K Dorn
Grand Jct, CO
7,899. omot onegum
ANDYVILLE, MN
7,900. Laura Northcraft
Streator, IL
7,901. Mari Matsuo
Albany, NY
7,902. afroditi katsikis
Rio Vista, CA
7,903. tom roberts
Fresno, CA
7,904. Barbara McIntosh
Rockford, IL
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No displacement of Ethiopian villagers. Once again it's all
about money, not the best for the local population. No to
corporate farms. Act for the People of Ethiopia not the
corporate farming interests.
Stop US Aid to Ethiopia.
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Name
From
Comments
7,905. John Bootle
Jacksontown,
Canada
This is about bribed Ethiopian Gov. giving up the rural land
to Big Agra. It is no less than criminal and it is being
carried out under the U.N. Agenda 21.
7,906. chris wolf
Boston, MA
7,907. Heather Mattoon
Santa Barbara, CA
thank you for your efforts
7,908. Brandi Whitecloud Penn Hills, PA
7,909. Suzan Morris
Middletown, OH
7,910. KAY CAREY
Beaverton, OR
7,911. Diana Stewart
Springdale, WA
7,912. anne barusta
Toronto, Canada
7,913. Olayi Oman
ANDYVILLE, MN
7,914. wendy thory
Tadworth, United
Kingdom
7,915. george drassas
athens, Greece
7,916. Charalene
McLaughlin
Bellingham, WA
7,917. Freddie Williams
Benoni, South Africa
7,918. Peter Foreman
Chelmsford, United
Kingdom
7,919. Tim Dymond
Perth, Australia
7,920. magali lachot
Surprise, AZ
7,921. gloria lawson
Durham, United
Kingdom
7,922. Carolien Prinsloo
Oldeberkoop,
Netherlands
7,923. joseph zmuda
North Riverside, IL
7,924. Stefan Kuntner
Dornach, Switzerland
7,925. Yvette Slusarski
CLEVELAND, OH
7,926. Pia Valota
Milan, Italy
7,927. theresa hebron
King George, VA
7,928. PJ McLoughlin
Co. Tipperary, Ireland This is a disgraceful act, on what is an already ravaged
country, an utter disgrace.
7,929. donald dicken
cumberland, MD
7,930. Benjamin Butler
York, United Kingdom
7,931. Madeleine
Painchaud
Outremont, Canada
7,932. Clay McDowall
Anchorage, AK
7,933. Shirley Marsh
Fremantle, Australia
7,934. ziegler Romina
München, Germany
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this is sick in this day and age!
This action is disgraceful and will ultimately cause
terrorism behaviour, which we will deserve!
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Don't let destroy the home and farmland of a large group of
people.
Name
From
Comments
7,935. Crossley Pinkstaff New York, NY
7,936. Alexis Albu
Boyertown, PA
7,937. Hannah
Blakeman
Myrtle Beach, SC
7,938. Annie Rose
Adelaide, Australia
7,939. Susan Loose
Wrexham, United
Kingdom
7,940. Tyler Thompson
Kansas City, MO
7,941. Lucretia Marriott
Chicago, IL
7,942. Jake Figura
London, Canada
7,943. Dijana Dugalija
Harrison Township,
MI
7,944. matthew ebright
Cupertino, CA
7,945. Liz Harris
London, United
Kingdom
7,946. Meg Graham
Sunshine Coast,
Australia
7,947. Elizabeth Butler
Henderson, KY
7,948. roro mekonen
fort Mcmurray,
Canada
7,949. Amir Niknam
Northridge, CA
7,950. Victoria Pohrebna
Kiev, Ukraine
7,951. Shoshana Katz
Rishon Le Zion, Israel
7,952. Diane Adams
Alpine, TN
7,953. Mandy Cook
Shawsville, VA
7,954. Stefania
Laguardia
Bologna, Italy
7,955. james bailey
Newcastle - upon Tyne, United
Kingdom
7,956. Sabrina Keley
Helsinki, Finland
7,957. David Follows
Fletchetown, United
Kingdom
U.S stop supporting such inhumane practice and put in
place better controls on the aid you give.
when will the world wake up to the TRUE consequences of
its actions! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
7,958. Demelash Mersha Toronto, Canada
7,959. Ojulu Alwal
Mankato, MN
7,960. Kathryn Pierce
Sacramento, CA
7,961. Mary Miller
Modesto, CA
7,962. Tomas
Alexsander
Antwerpen, Belgium
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Name
From
Comments
7,963. Abiy awoke
stockholm, Sweden
I strongly condemn the forced relocation of the people for
the land grab.
7,964. Steve Branch
Providence, RI
7,965. steve kay
Hamilton, OH
7,966. Esther Simon
Bogis-bossey,
Switzerland
7,967. Kayla Wolfaardt
Plett, South Africa
7,968. Esmeralda
Hassan
Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
7,969. Abonesh
Taddesse
Oslo, Norway
7,970. Barbara Mahati
Schäfer
Müllheim, Germany
7,971. Kubi Lemma
bodo, Norway
7,972. solomon yedeto
dallas, TX
we need justice
7,973. Maximillian Regan Minneapolis, MN
7,974. Karen Morales
PHOENIX, AZ
7,975. Steven John
Willett
Manchester, United
Kingdom
7,976. Jay Omot
Cottage Grove, MN
7,977. Hezekaya T
Loveland, OH
7,978. Joseph Gonzales
Los Angeles, CA
7,979. Sharron Cordaro
San Bernardino, CA
7,980. Chris Emberson
Orillia, Canada
7,981. Ronnie Abbott
Cyton Le Moors,
United Kingdom
7,982. c. a. Larson
Eden Prairie, MN
7,983. kifle azmach
gebremeskel
bærum, Norway
7,984. Luc Hurt
Echternach,
Luxembourg
7,985. Tamrat Tefeea
SILVER SPRING, MD
7,986. niall sandford
Bedford, United
Kingdom
7,987. NO FW NEWS
AM Rumbak
Zagreb, Croatia
7,988. yana dimitrova
Haskovo, Bulgaria
7,989. Sally Moore
St Kilda, Australia
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Dear Pres. Obama. Please remove aide to Ethiopia when
it's dislocating thousands of people and selling land to
foreigners. We have our own budget that needs dealing
with, and these millions could help.
Name
From
Comments
7,990. Justin Chrétien
Rennes, France
7,991. Stacey Cannon
Salisbury, NC
7,992. Audrey Hackett
Charlotte, NC
7,993. April Terry
Hobart, IN
7,994. Ryan Hendra
Umhlanga Rocks,
South Africa
7,995. Max Bustos
CONCORD, VA
7,996. Lorie Vorraro
Alpena, MI
7,997. Eveline Mutsaerts
Bredene, Belgium
7,998. zeleke belaye
bahir dar, Ethiopia
7,999. Heather Mansker
Fountain Valley, CA
8,000. I. Quast
Duisburg, Germany
8,001. Friday Omot
mankato, MN
8,002. Elizabeth Ogalla
Cottage Grove, MN
8,003. tak omot
cottage grove, MN
8,004. C Cunningham
Chattanooga, TN
8,005. Laura Tufo
Adelaide, Australia
8,006. Sofie Tufo
Adelaide, Australia
8,007. Lusine Uzunyan
Van Nuys, CA
8,008. Negash
Gebretsadik
Lund, Sweden
8,009. Dejenu Zerga
Dibaba
Ostersund, Sweden
8,010. melissa coggiola
Hudson, FL
8,011. Jan-Paul Alon
Cherry Hill, NJ
8,012. Julija Merljak
Neptune, NJ
meles is exceptional dictatores
Stop the Greed...SOW a SEED of PROSPERITY for
ETHIOPIANS and Their Land....
8,013. meretework feleke frankfürt, Germany
I have to say one thing for this illegal woyane how much he
hate our people in ethiopia ,stop innucent people
genocide,eth. Milltary stop supporters woyoane.he is our
enemies seve our notion,we are noe love one
ethiopia!woyane, looting Betrayed eth. woyane is receving
billion dollares in the name of poor.this dictatorship must
go!!!! God bless our people our land!!!!
8,014. Reggie Edu
fontana, CA
If not now...when?
8,015. deborah dauda
palmdale, CA
8,016. Jeremy
Brabender
EVANSVILLE, IN
8,017. Addis Swaby
Neptune, NJ
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Stop the Forceful Relocation of people its the same
program the channel never changes
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Name
From
Comments
8,018. Michael Arballo
Marina, CA
8,019. Heidi Carlos
Marina, CA
8,020. ricky rijsdijk
Breskens,
Netherlands
8,021. Mairone Kassa
Toronto, Canada
8,022. Wadzanai Chiuriri
Zimbabwe
8,023. Hanaa Garad
Alexandria, VA
8,024. Nicholas
Charrette
Vancouver, Canada
8,025. Obang Ojulu
White Bear Lake, MN
8,026. okok Cham
Worthington, MN
8,027. Hannibal Abera
New York, NY
8,028. Joan Serda
Macon, GA
8,029. Mardaasa Maaxo
Los ANGELES, CA
8,030. Fuulaa Tokko
Los Angeles, CA
8,031. Martha Agostini
milan, Italy
8,032. sebastian langos
Zittau, Germany
8,033. John Barbee
Seattle, WA
8,034. melka Tuffa
Antwerp, Belgium
8,035. Alexandra Esser
Skärholmen, Sweden
8,036. Alemeseged
Girma
Ozone Park, NY
8,037. Addiss Tadesse
GERMANTOWN, MD
8,038. Yamrot Negussie
SILVER SPRING, MD
It seems the most despicable of crimes, to coerce those
that can take care of themselves into a situation where
they are dependent on others, and in the power of those
they have no reason to trust. If they do not want what is
being offered to them, they should be free to stay where
they are and continue their lives in peace, and it is our
responsibility to preserve their right to do so.
Stop the US aid to Ethiopian government. I don't the land
grabs and killing of the Anuak in their own land. Give back
the land to Anuak.
I am concerned that the poor are being deprived of a
livelihood by these actions.
Ethiopia's government human rights violations are an ever
growing list. Consider the following report and personal
account of torture by refugees in Somaliland
http://oromocentre.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/report-47-hargeisa
8,039. Mehetabel Seyfou Antioch, TN
8,040. Walelgne
Mekonnen
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
8,041. Reisa Tomlinson
GREENBELT, MD
8,042. Mezgebu Feleke
Lier, Belgium
8,043. Eden Ejigineh
Olney, MD
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Name
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Comments
8,044. Blaine Menelik
Bowie, MD
8,045. Sara Nickell
DENTON, TX
8,046. susan copeland
Orangeville, Canada
8,047. Tiffany Gooden
Chicago, IL
8,048. fedte segnaw
oslo, Norway
8,049. Dana Stickney
MATTAPOISETT, MA
8,050. Debra Metcalf
Carlisle, MA
8,051. Daniel Tefera
Denver, CO
8,052. Roy Thatcher
TUCSON, AZ
8,053. Leslie Hadfield
Provo, UT
8,054. G DE LOCHT
Brussels, Belgium
8,055. Birgitta Windt
Gothenburg, Sweden
8,056. Tedla Hailu
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
8,057. Cindy Andersen
Springfield, IL
8,058. Ngomanywaa
Marwa
KC, MO
We are going to stop the land grabbers, Anyuak people will
restore their land. Those who are relocated to the places
they do not want to be will go back and reclaim their land
and enjoy their life's. These are our ancestors lands,
NOBODY can take it away from us.
8,059. Beta Ochala
KC, MO
This needs to stop ASAP. The land my family has lived on
for generations has been taken from them & they've been
forcibly located some place else. But we will not stand
around and let this happen. We will put a stop too this.
8,060. zack Hailu
winnipeg, Canada
STOP LAND GRABS!
8,061. Anastasia Kruspe
Yelets, Russian
Federation
8,062. hayat abrar
srinagar, India
8,063. Shamuuna-Algazi
Latifu
Bronx, NY
8,064. Meseret Bekele
Tromsö, Norway
8,065. Kristol Booth
Perth, Australia
8,066. Hana Copinga
Otautau, New
Zealand
8,068. Suzanne Burg
Carlsbad, CA
8,069. Karin Rantala
Helsinki, Finland
8,070. juanita mcneil
NYC, NY
8,071. sinegeoirges
ayalew
bern, Switzerland
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This is not "bottom to top" development, which is what
works best. This will not have the "buy in".
Stop the psychopat in Ethiopia (who is
Meles Zenawi)!!!
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Name
From
Comments
8,072. TADESSE
Etagegnehu
Zürich, Switzerland
8,073. Samantha Quinn
Guelph, Canada
8,074. Lucas McMahon
Guelph, Canada
8,075. gebre mariam
welde
Nairobi, Kenya
8,076. Judith Stefancic
Burnaby, Canada
8,077. philippe dawance
Seraing, Belgium
8,078. Frida Simms
Alexandria, VA
8,079. Lisa Damberger
Grignan, France
8,080. Debebe
Woldegiorgies
Munich, Germany
8,081. Eana Chung
Washington, DC
8,082. David Turton
Oxford, United
Kingdom
What is happening in Gambella today is merely an
'overture' to what will be happening in the Lower Omo
Valley over the next year. The Ethiopian government has
shown no willingness to engage with constructive criticism
and advice from those who have a detailed knowledge of
the land and people of the Lower Omo and who are
long-standing friends of Ethiopia. A huge moral
responsibility therefore rests on Western donors (not least
my own government which gives more foreign aid to
Ethiopia than to any other country) to stand up for the
rights and welfare of thousands of vulnerable and politically
marginalised people in Gambella and the Lower Omo.
8,083. David Way
Lakeview, OR
Raphael Lemkin on the original meaning of the word
'genocide':
"Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean
the immediate destruction of a nation, except when
accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation.
It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of
different actions aiming at the destruction of essential
foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of
annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such
a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social
institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion,
and the economic existence of national groups, and the
destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity,
and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such
groups."
Why is the US government assisting a government bent on
"villagization"? Is that just an Orwellian term for genocide?
I wonder what Custer and Sitting Bull would have to say
about all this...
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Name
From
Comments
8,084. Moreah Vestan
Seattle, WA
Take the morally right steps now--taking that land will
result in more poverty and hopelessness. Come on--do the
right thing!
8,085. Jamie Bales
Huntington Beach,
CA
8,086. Ramachandran
Palpandi Raja
Chennai, India
8,087. samray yirgu
bern, Switzerland
8,088. Fikru Zegeye
Jacksonville, FL
8,089. Arthur Weasley
Nashville, TN
8,090. Greta Hjarre
Wilen bei Wollerau,
Switzerland
8,091. Raffaella Di
Meglio
Ischia (NA), Italy
8,092. Tsehai
Berhane-Selassie
Buttevant, Ireland
8,093. Saher Ahmad
Antelope, CA
8,094. Dave Neumyer
Baltimore, MD
8,095. Omot Abella
Washington, DC
8,097. Sarah Hoesly
HON, HI
8,098. yalew zenebe
lynnwood, WA
8,099. Samsson
Abathewo
Columbia Heights,
MN
Please stop the land grabbing. Stop treating Ethiopian
tribals as animals. With the connivance of the Ethiopian
Government you are all indulging in sinful deeds against
humanity.
8,100. tesfaye
stockholm, Sweden
gebretsadik kassa
8,101. Bruk Getaneh
oslo, Norway
8,102. samson desis
oslo, Norway
8,103. demeke degen
Vestby, Norway
8,104. kedir jemal
tromso, Norway
8,105. dawit meg
oslo, Norway
8,106. Wondimu Dawit
Boden, Sweden
please obama and other who support this dictator
government not help
8,107. meskerme tesfaya larvike, Norway
yitna
8,108. gemeda tosi
saint paul, MN
8,109. kalkedan bruck
stavenger, Norway
8,110. Bizualem Beza
Oslo, Norway
8,111. Eadom Estifanos
hattfjeldall mottak,
Norway
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Name
From
Comments
8,112. Bacha Tulu
bergen, Norway
8,113. MENGISTU AE
malmo, Sweden
8,114. dejene sorii
bergane, Norway
8,115. Desta Heruy
Florø, Norway
8,116. Yohannes Zewge
Sodertalje, Sweden
8,117. Sirgut Yelma
oslo, Norway
8,118. ataklti grmai
oslo, Ethiopia
8,119. kalkidan moknnen drammen, Norway
8,120. Samson Tekle
oslo, Norway
8,121. Dereje Tamru
Sola, Norway
8,122. ephrem megersa
florø, Norway
8,124. dawit demelash
sandessjone, Norway
8,126. bona sabona
bergen, Norway
8,127. FASIKA
TESFAYE
oslo, Norway
8,128. Ester Tollossa
oslo, Norway
8,129. zinabu derbew
Trmsø, Norway
8,130. addis dadiy
oslo, Norway
8,131. hanan sadat
kristiansand, Norway
8,132. emshaw chana
sandnes, Norway
8,133. martha fiseha
calgary, Canada
8,134. Dawit gessese
Otta, Norway
8,135. shibeshi
Getachew
Bergen, Norway
very sad
stop harming innocent and poor Ethiopians!!
do your bast
8,136. Ruth Kubierschky
8,137. yosef zewdu
nærbø, Norway
8,138. miles teitge
hailey, ID
8,139. Nicole Tozier
Queen Creek, AZ
8,140. Melanie McComb
MANLIUS, NY
8,141. Dinda Evans
San Diego, CA
8,142. Emily Davis
n. grafton, MA
8,143. Janelle Smith
Berkeley, CA
8,144. Helene
Fernandez
Aubagne, France
8,145. Arleen Akbari
Peachtree City, GA
8,146. Austin Chehrazi
DANVILLE, CA
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The United States should stop supporting the degradation
of environmental and human rights, it's outrageous that
something like this is allowed to take place at all
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Name
From
Comments
8,147. Sheree Silverman
Silver Spring, MD
8,148. Saleh A. Mamme
Sliema, Malta
The international community must help us in preventing
land grab in Ethiopia
8,149. Jayson Garman
Phoenix, AZ
For God's sake ! Let these people have some kind of help!
8,150. Heather Dahlke
New London, WI
8,151. MariaLuisa Oliva
Marzo
Bulbuente, Spain
8,152. GETACHEW
AYELE GUDA
bergen, Norway
8,153. theodros markos
Oslo, Norway
8,154. dawit temesgen
Oslo, Norway
8,155. Okogn Akedi
Riverside, MO
8,156. Elzbieta
Gotkowska
Lodz, Poland
8,157. Elisa Minakis
Toronto, Canada
8,158. Cheryl Lemaire
Jersey City, NJ
8,159. Jan Sanderson
Martinez, CA
8,160. Meredith Lind
Knoxville, TN
8,161. paggiarin milena
torino, Italy
8,162. Caroline
Rozwadowska
Brzesko, Poland
8,163. Catherine
Chalmers
Eastbourne, United
Kingdom
pleas every bady sign this petition.
8,164. Angeline Bussche Veldegem, Belgium
8,165. Laura Russell
OCEAN PARK, WA
8,166. Hallie Brotherton
Dunbar, WV
8,167. Miriam Garedew
oslo, Norway
8,168. Janusz
Ostrycharz
Seattle, WA
8,169. Mekdelawit Bayu
Minneapolis, MN
8,170. Mark Egan
Baltimore, MD
8,171. Melka Tuffa
Antwerp, Belgium
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It is such a shame for the world to stand back and watch,
even worse fund the Ethiopian Governments commune
project. The people being forcefully allocated are terrorized
by fear, by their peers and family members being tortured
and in some instances being beaten to death, as reported
by the Human Rights Watch. It is about time that the US
and all other donor agencies and international institutions
such as the World Bank, start doing the right thing for a
change. Lets do the Rights Walk not only the Talk!
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Name
From
Comments
8,172. Kimberly Rowlett
Cleveland, TN
Eminent domain abuse, land grabs, or quiet threats for
people to "sell thier land or we'll take it" is wrong whether
done in a foreign country, or in the USA itself, by state
/local/Fed authorities or even the TVA itself! Also, rural
areas should have have to live "under threat" of thier rural
farming areas, being urbanized, developed, which is a form
of "land grab"!
8,173. Patrick Sennello
Zephyr Cove, NV
8,174. Natalie Pepper
San Lorenzo, CA
8,175. Nancy Okita
Crystal Lake, IL
8,176. Jamie Sparnon
Walbundrie, Australia
8,177. Giovanna
Hutchison
Campbell, CA
8,178. Hamdela Lalamda Edmonton, Canada
8,179. Samuel Getachew stockholm, Sweden
8,180. Ayele Tachbel
Sterling, VA
8,181. Yimeku Tamirat
Twickenham, United
Kingdom
8,182. Abiy Mulugeta
Vancouver, Canada
8,183. Ahadu Ethiopia
Hamburg, Germany
8,185. asemahagne
abebe
jackson ville, FL
8,188. Wondye Melaku
Alexandria, DC
8,189. Bekele Belay
Toronto, Canada
8,191. Abera Mengistu
Silver Spring, MD
8,192. eskinder shimelis
BITTER LAKE, WA
8,193. sosna zeleke
ottawa, Canada
American policy towards this dictator must take new turn. It
is not logical to claim guardianship of democracy while at
the same time winning 7 dinning with brutal dictators. Hope
America listens to the victims , the Ethiopian people.
8,194. Daniel Kebede
Dufries, VA
stand by Ethiopian people not with tyrant and Murderer.
8,195. mitiku abate
indianapolis, IN
LET EVERY ONE KNOWS ,ONE DAY ETHIOPIAN'S
WILL BE FREE FROM EVIL LEADERS AND THEIR
SUPORTERS.WHY THE WHITE HOUSE IS
IMMORALS,IT IS RADICULES.
8,196. Tadesse Bruck
HKI, Finland
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Mr. President please stand by Ethiopian people not with
tyrant like Meles Zenawi.
People are being evicted from their ancestral land so that
their land is sold for foreign governments, the product is for
export and this is a clear violation of basic human and
property rights. Ethiopia under Meles is threatned with
genocide, if you have conscious, do not invite our criminal
prime minister: Meles Zenawi
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Name
From
Comments
8,197. G.Yohannes
Adera
Berlin, Germany
Please don't support criminal , tyrant , Maoist , diktatures
an elected Government .
8,198. Genet Asefa
Atlanta, GA
It's absolutly madness and shameful for the tyrant regime
while the people of Ethiopia are starving instead of stealing
money and depositing on western countries including Asia,
If he was concerned about the country. The great farmers
are hard working he could have bought for the money
tractors and furtlizers and bring people from Ethiopia to
train them further in agricltural proficiencies. What he does
is testing his boundries how much he can get away with.
Trust me we all will fight until the last person of us. We
have never seen in Ethiopian history all the millitary is
controlled by one etnicity, the countries wealth
concentrated on the government and his cronies. If he has
not learn in the past and blind and deaf his day will come.
5million Tigray can not control over 70million Ethiopian.
Including his cronie who is blind and deaf who
underestimate ethiopian power we are quiet people but we
will rise his sheik alhamoudie should go back where he
came from. Who knows what his agenda is trying to buy
few poor ethiopians by giving them some money. Well it's
known he he give in a spoon and take in a shovel you
might regrate. Our forfathers faught italy, turky, british
invaders to save a land where we can have pride and
belong to you have to kill all of us before you can take it
away.
One good thing you did for us is we are unifyed today more
than ever because we start questioning everybodies
motive. All this poor Anuak, and Amhara, Oromo and
muslims that has been killed you'll pay the price soon very
soon. God is on our side....and we are determined..
8,199. MESFIN TAYE
Stockholm, Sweden
It is very unacceptable and frustrating to see a country like
the USA, an iconic nation for human rights and democracy,
supporting despotic regimes like Mr Zenawi's government
and their wicked agenda to stay in power and continue
their abuse on their own poor citizens. Dear President
Obama, please stop this insanity.
8,200. missle hankerson
seatt.e, WA
8,201. Emnet Bekalu
Calumet Park, IL
Mr. Meles Zenawi is a tribalist and brutal dictator who is
responsible for the death of millions of people by creating
war, imprisonment, genocide, ethnic based murder and
eviction of people from their properties. He is against
freedom, equality, democracy and humanity in general.
Inviting this inhuman dictator for G8 summit means
endorsing genocide and all forms of inhumanity he is
exercising on Ethiopian people. We like to remind for G8
summit that without freedom and democracy it is
absolutely impossible to solve the problems of hunger or
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Name
From
Comments
8,201. Emnet Bekalu
Calumet Park, IL
8,202. efaliso philipos
roermond,
Netherlands
8,203. Nigist Solomon
Costa Mesa, CA
8,204. kebede kidane
houston, TX
8,205. Mulugeta Tadele
buratu, Tokelau
8,206. cornelia maierl
Elixhausen Salzburg,
Austria
8,207. Eshete Hailu
Orilia, Canada
food security in Ethiopia or anywhere else. It is also
important to take into consideration that be partnering with
this absolute dictator for temporary interest is losing people
of Ethiopia as strategic partner and great friend.
Ethiopians have been subjected to hunger, human right
abuse for the last 20 years under meles zenawi and it is
time for the world recognize the brutality his party. We are
outraged countries who claim to stand for freedom and
democracy invite this dictator to discus a fundamental
issue. Meles has sold million of hectares of fertile lands to
foreigners when his own farmers remain hungry. If you
truly stand for freedom and democracy, then it is for you to
stop supporting this dictator.
To invite Meles to a discussion on food security is worse
than the usual hypocritical stand the US adminsitration is
known for taking on democracy and human right issuse. It
is public knowledge that Meles' regime is making Ethiopia
food insecure by denying Ethiopians' access to land while
giving it away to foreigners.
8,211. mekides Mulugeta COSTA MESA, CA
ENOUGH WITH MELES DICTATORSHIP!
8,212. haben solomon
london, United
Kingdom
8,213. Mezgebu Feleke
Lier, Belgium
8,214. Obang Agwa
Edmonton, Canada
8,215. Biruk Hailu
Doha, Qatar
8,216. Takele Habibu
waqshington, DC
Oboma, It is enough you are doing it to Palestinians
8,217. Yedilaklil Hunde
canyon, TX
The US should not subsidize dictatorships. The hypocrisy
of vilifying the likes of Bashir, Asaad and Ahmedinajad
while pampering the likes of Meles is not lost on any keen
observer. This uneven treatment of dictators is eroding the
prestige and frankly moral authority of the US on the
international scene.
8,218. Samuel
Zikargachew
Ottawa, Canada
8,219. sam molla
phoenix, AZ
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I would say every Ethiopian people deserve freedom to live
where ever they choose. Unjust relocation is a way to
destroy the history of all Ethiopian people.
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Name
From
Comments
8,220. Frederic Luc
Courdimanche,
France
8,221. Raswork
Mengesha
Hägersten, Sweden
Killing and displacing local communities,will not bring any
change and solution, rather than complicating the situation.
Our people deserve freedom to live where ever they
choose.
We must Act NOW!!!!
8,222. Berhane Meskel
Reda
Winnipeg, Canada
I wish this is not the case, unfortunately Africa is full of
looters, corrupt and barbaric leaders, once cling to power
and no more unless death.
8,224. Kurtegna Lejoch
Washingont, DC
8,225. Getatchew Haile
Avon, MN
8,226. Monica Devens
Oakland, CA
8,227. Kelemua Demeke
Montville, NJ
8,228. Sherry Hull
Harrisburg, PA
8,229. zena h.mariam
fort mc murray,
Canada
8,230. K. Wessene
Morrisville, NC
8,231. Miressa Garoma
Raleigh, NC
8,232. Mabel Yang
San Diego, CA
8,233. Haile Tefera
Sugar Land, TX
8,234. Dorothy Osborn
Durham, NC
8,235. Fasica Woldeyes
Durham, NC
8,236. abebaw yilma
columbia heights, MN
8,237. Hirut Benalfew
Durham, NC
8,238. Dikran
Kabbendjian
Raleigh, NC
8,239. Tezy Biru
Silver Spring, MD
8,240. Hirut Yirga
Bowie, MD
8,241. Portia
Wilson-Whitaker
Durham, NC
8,242. mulunesh
Metaferia
north york, Canada
8,243. Michael Hadland
Nassau, Bahamas
8,244. Kristine Kaye
Cane Ridge, TN
Catch the thief!
Get loans to get tractors to Ethioipians to farm their own
land. Stop unlawful Land Grabs which encourage
dependencyand bondage.
please end the suffering of people once for all. stop
working with dictators around the globe and send clear
poicy change to them.
thank you
8,246. Jessica Jakubanis Albuquerque, NM
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8,247. jeff hopkins
Lindenhurst, IL
8,248. melesse assefa
SAN JOSE, CA
8,250. Annie McShiras
Brooklyn, NY
8,251. Ghennet Girma
Paris, France
8,252. Ellen Park
ENGLEWD CLFS, NJ
8,253. Roberto Vian
Venezia, Italy
8,254. Sergio Padilla
Somoto, Nicaragua
8,255. T Eng
Miss, Canada
8,257. Concerned
Citizen
New City, NY
8,259. tasew mlk
springfield, VA
8,260. Tewodros G
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
8,261. Yirgalem
haile-mariam
North york, Toronto,
Canada
8,263. simon willder
Stoke-on-trent, United
Kingdom
8,264. Krystal Strong
Sitka, AK
8,265. Bereket Kiros
Seattle, WA
8,266. Solomol Kassa
BRONX, NY
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Land grabbing victims in Ethiopia are not just minorities or
ethnic groups. This dictatorial regime is at logger heads
with all sectors of society and has been using ethnicity and
even religion to divide and rule. Human rights advocates
are expected to stand against all abuses and for all
affected sectors. Let us not be instrumental by following
the same divisive approaches. Under such dictatorships it
is the human rights of all citizens that are denied, including
that of the girl child.
Mr. President, will you allow such atrocities to happen to
your country? Probably not. Please do not support
dictators, like Zenawi, to ruin the lives of 80 Million people
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May 17, 2012 Dear President Obama

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