>Asking an American to make a pointless gesture instead of actually doing something useful is exactly the kind of blather that is intended to make people feel righteous and good about themselves rather than actually helping people who need it.

If 5% of all Americans feed the poor, you really deny that a national day to fast-and-donate-your-meals would at the very least double the amount of donations coming in?

By the way, did you read the speech of Lincoln's I posted?