I am not a current resident of Orange County, however I lived in Orange County for eighteen years (I graduated fron Orange High School in 1974), and can remember it as being one of the nicest places to bring up a child, because I enjoyed my childhood so much there.
Your latest actions, however have succeeded in offending me and my family to the point of no return. You have protested the treatment of prisoners by the US at Guantanamo Bay, yet you have been very silent in the case of Daniel Pearl and in the death of the American solider by the Al-Queda after his capture. This hypcrocy makes it very apparent that your organization holds anti-American views which I find very offensive, especially after an unprovoked attack on the US.
This declaration of war on the US and the tragic deaths of thousands of innocent civilians was used by you to raise enormous amounts of money from the American people, the same people you now offend by your outrageous views. Even today it is reported that your Orange County chapter prevented the songs "America the Beautiful" and "God bless the USA" from being performed because "it may offend someone". Not that they did offend anyone, just that they MAY offend someone. Well, policies like that DO OFFEND me!! You do not deserve one penny from me, my family and anyone I may be able to likewise convince (and I still have an awful lot of friends in Orange County).
Please feel free to let me know why you may think I am wrong. Until then I remain EXTREMELY OFFENDED by your organization's actions and views. Oh yes, and please remove the word "American" from your organizational literature. You don't deserve it.
