I will consider any politician who creates a National Day of Fasting to be a posturing, bloviating, cynical fool.

However - protecting the weak, comforting the sick and feeding the hungry are privileges and obligations for all who would seek to be worthy of their own good fortune.

My favorite charity is our local Cleveland Food Bank. It is a volunteer organization which collects money and food to provide assistance to people who otherwise would have less than they need. All the money, all the food, goes where it should.

Twice a year there are food drives where supermarkets all have $1, $5 and $10 tear off coupons you can throw in with your groceries at checkout and donate that way. They also have $10 bags of grocery staples you can buy and then drop in a box after checkout. I would like to see this happen all year around. I is an easy way to remember, as one checks out gourmet cheese, sushi and good wine, that to some people a big box of spaghetti and baby formula can be a real delicacy. ( of course they accept donations of money, food, and time all year around - if anyone would like the address I'd be happy to provide - though I would bet there is one in your town too. If not - start one. )

This isn't the job of politicians. This is the job of all of us.

Don't fast. That's a gesture, and it's about you. Feed the poor - that's about them.



>I will support any candidate that will create a National Day of Fasting.
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>We have quite a few national days of feasting.
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>Why not a day of fasting?
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>It's optional of course.
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>But the idea is to take time as a nation to remember the poor who can't eat or drink whenever they want.
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>Would you support that?
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>I found out Abe Lincoln did it:
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>http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/fast.htm
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>And the idea has been proposed and supported by various legislators and groups since.
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>Please, everyone should advocate such a day on their blog and in their messages.
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>Unless you don't care about the poor. Then just ignore the idea.