joachimh

"When I was a boy, my first impression of America, was a man walking on the moon. And, Neil Armstrong, 1969. I thought, I thought these Americans are mad, they are mad. But I thought what can this country do, what can these people do when they put their mind to it its incredible. John F. Kennedy was the one, in 1963, he said, By the end of the decade, we are going to put a man on the moon. Well, its not because it was on everybodys mind; it just was the right thing to do. Its what were asking now. George Bush, Prime Minister Bair, and all the other world leaders to do. We are asking them to do something extraordinary. Not put a man on the moon, more like put mankind back on earth. We have the technology, we have the resources, we have the know how, to end the extreme poverty. If we have the will, and I believe we have the will. Others have the civil rights movement; others tore back the iron curtain, thats what this generation, thats whats up to us, our moon shot, out putting a man on the moon. We are going to end extreme poverty; we are going to make poverty history. Thats whats fallen to us to do. And I believe thats not an impossible adventure. And I believe in 50 years, they are going to look back at this moment and theyll say, there were some people at a time who said, its not ok to have child die from the lack of a 20 cent immunization, Its not ok to have a child dying from the lack of food in its belly in the 21st century, thats not ok anymore. And I know you know that. But id like you to tell President Bush that and Mr. Blair that and any other politician you see. So we are looking for a million Americans to e-mail us, and join the ONE campaign. Were not looking for your money, were looking for your voice."