I'll stick with the Pelosi theme today and go with Method 21: Delivering symbolic objects.
The delivery of an object which symbolizes a grievance or an objective to the official or office associated with the issue has been used in various ways to advance the views of the protesters...
President Kennedy in 1962 had not yet fulfilled his 1960 campaign promise to eliminate discrimination in federally assisted housing (made in his "stroke of a pen" statement, in which he promised to issue and sign such an executive order). James Farmer writes that there was reliable information that an executive order on the subject, drafted by his staff, had lain unsigned in the President's office since 1961. The Congress of Racial Equality then joined the wider campaign on the issue. Farmer writes: "We figured JFK's pen had run dry, and we sent thousands of bottles of ink to the White House." [Kennedy signed the order on November 21, 1962]
So I just had some California peaches sent to the Speaker's DC office (I'm doing this in addition to the Nancygrams).
ntodd
5. Declarations of indictment and intention
8. Banners, posters, and displayed communications
9. Leaflets, pamphlets, and books
19. Wearing of symbols
38. Marches
57. Lysistratic nonaction
71. Consumers' boycott
90. Revenue refusal
137. Refusal of an assemblage or meeting to disperse
178. Guerrilla theater
193. Overloading of administrative system
You completely rock.
Posted by: hecatedemetersdatter@hotmail.com | July 29, 2007 at 07:34 PM
Wasn't clear from your post whether or not you included a card with the California peaches, saying something like IMPEACH!
Posted by: cosmic tumbler | July 29, 2007 at 09:34 PM
Cosmic - I'd intended to include a card that said "MMM...peachments," but apparently didn't have a gift options (Amazon doesn't handle the shipping for this). I'm going to look for a CA grower who does online gift ordering and send some more later this week.
Posted by: NTodd | July 30, 2007 at 09:07 AM
logo for you, sire
Posted by: dirk gently | July 31, 2007 at 01:17 PM
It would have been better had they been South Carolina peaches!
Posted by: Snow | September 02, 2007 at 04:48 PM