| Author | Message | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 605 Registered: 7-2004 |
There is a petition going around for the Post Office to issue a Jerry stamp. It requires that the person be dead for at least 10 years. It's still hard to believe that the 10th anniversary of Jerry going to the great fourth set in the sky passed two weeks ago. I signed as #8053. You can also leave a little message. Mine was "Might as well, might as well". Here's the link: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Garcia Bill, tgo | ||
| jacko
Advanced Member Username: jacko Post Number: 291 Registered: 10-2002 |
9214 for me. Looks like this petition is growing pretty fast! Of course when the stamp comes out, one of you US residents will have to send me some 'real' mail or I'll never see it;-) graeme | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1010 Registered: 9-2003 |
Bill, That's really cool! Thanks for the heads-up...I'm signature #9327. Cheers, Kevin Hopefully, some more Alembicians, Deadheads or otherwise, will sign-up as well. | ||
| son_of_magni
Intermediate Member Username: son_of_magni Post Number: 198 Registered: 1-2004 |
9352 issue the stamp or beware the dire wolf (Message edited by Son of Magni on August 23, 2005) | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 455 Registered: 10-2003 |
9380 | ||
| hup
Junior Username: hup Post Number: 39 Registered: 1-2003 |
9400 | ||
| tom_z
Intermediate Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 171 Registered: 7-2004 |
8288 | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 539 Registered: 6-2002 |
9704. How many signatures are needed for a stamp? Not a Jerry fan, but what the heck. | ||
| 57basstra
Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 92 Registered: 4-2005 |
sign me as : #9813 | ||
| staemius
Junior Username: staemius Post Number: 44 Registered: 12-2004 |
IN! (Will these stamps be OK to lick?) | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1014 Registered: 9-2003 |
You can lick 'em, just be sure to have "Morning Dew" playing on the 'ole Victrola when you start peaking, LOL! J/K. | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 783 Registered: 7-2003 |
9936. Now over 10,500. I posted the link on several other boards where people will want to sign, too. | ||
| amptech
New Username: amptech Post Number: 4 Registered: 8-2005 |
13361 let's keep Jerry memory alive | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2279 Registered: 5-2002 |
I just read the petition. While I do respect the good intentions of the person who wrote the petition, it does seem to me that, given the apparent importance of the subject matter of the petition, that the writer might have taken a minute to proof read it before publishing it. I do admit that I make errors in my posts all the time, but petitioning the government seems a little more formal than posting to a discussion group. It also might help to address the petition to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which is the committee that evaluates such petitions. It also might help to describe who Jerry Garcia was, and why, when the committee receives thousands of such requests every year but can only select maybe twenty five, that this particular person should be one of the few selected for commemoration. Perhaps basketball broadcaster Digger Phelps and actor Karl Malden and the other members of the committee are big Deadheads and don't need an explanation of the importance of Jerry Garcia's role in American culture; but judging from their past selections of commemorative stamps I'm guessing that's probably not the case. I do think there is a good chance I'm wrong about this. It could be that just the number of signatures will be all the committee needs to set the petition aside for consideration. I have no idea, this is a subject I know nothing about. A Garcia stamp would be nice. The current selection of stamps leaves a lot to be desired. For more information about the selection process, go here. | ||
| cdf
Member Username: cdf Post Number: 92 Registered: 5-2003 |
13462 | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1022 Registered: 9-2003 |
Thanks, Dave. I was so excited about the possibility of having a stamp to commemerate the life of Jerry that I didn't read the petition. Oh well, I guess ultimately it's the thought that counts, but Jerry deserves the best shot at (stamp) immortality possible. I hope regardless that this all comes to fruition. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2281 Registered: 5-2002 |
Kevin; you are of course right, it is the thought that counts. I think I may have had too much coffee and got a bit carried away. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 615 Registered: 7-2004 |
Dave: The real way to petition the current U.S. government is with large piles of small pieces of paper with picures of presidents on them - preferably handed through the back door of a ranch in Texas. Are my politics showing? Bill, tgo | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2283 Registered: 5-2002 |
Bill; yes you're showing a little <g>. And to officially hi-jack this thread, I would like to mention that in my personal opinion, the continued harmony among Alembic owners the world over on this board is best insured by maintaining a politics and religion free zone. That said, a Coltrane stamp would be nice too!! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 467 Registered: 9-2002 |
Well, geez, I don't know why a stamp's such a big deal . . . after all, EVERY Post Office has a Dead Letter Department . . . J o e y | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2285 Registered: 5-2002 |
ROFL !!!! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 616 Registered: 7-2004 |
Rim Shot! | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1023 Registered: 9-2003 |
As a further hijack, there's a nice feature in the current Rolling Stone about the formation of the Dead on their 40th anniversary that's worth reading (although, I don't know about the rest of it though...the White Stripes are on the cover, LOL!) |
