i emailed jan martel AND the board

if you have an extra three minutes why don't YOU email her and them too: (see last paragraph for her and their email addresses)

Bridge Ladies Slammed for Anti-Bush Sign
.......WE DID NOT VOTE FOR BUSH." Those words were handwritten on the back of a menu by the US women's bridge team and held aloft during the award ceremony at the world team championships in Shanghai last month. The team had just won the tournament, destroying Germany in the final, and were making what they thought was a small political statement. It wasn't a particularly radical message (who else didn't vote for Bush?), and it was made spontaneously, in a moment of international goodwill and humor. ...........

..................If you're mad as hell and want to support the US women's bridge team--email Jan Martel (President, United States Bridge Federation) at janmartel@comcast.net and the board at board@usbf.org. Left-leaning, free-speech loving bridge players are especially encouraged! ..................

original posting on the shanghai six
and the email i sent:
When over a million Iraqis are displaced, tens of thousands are killed, VERY near 3,000 of OUR men and women are killed, people from the gulf coast storms are STILL suffering, Darfur is allowed to continue, Saudi Arabia is being coddled (they by the way had most ALL of the 9/11 terrorists in their country unlike IRAQ which had NONE of them), our children don't have health coverage, our educational system is in a shambles, even working families cannot afford to eat AND heat their homes, gas keeps rising (for NO real reason) and on and on and on.......you sanction SIX WOMEN for holding up a teeny tiny sign simply saying 'we didn't vote for Bush'. What is wrong with THAT picture?

FREE THE SHANGHAI SIX-- be safe be well dream in colors