Trent Reznor honoured with governmental recognition

it´s too long to explain, so i´ll just stick what it says :P

Some of you saw the story of Trent being honored by the federal, state and local government that was posted on the nin hotline last night and asked me to share it with the Forum, so here goes:

Hotline story of Trent being honored with governmental recognition http://www.theninhotline.net/news/#1245648614

Here's the video of Trent receiving proclamations from the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, the Governor of New York, the New York State Comptroller, the New York State Senate and the Suffolk County Legislature in recognition of his efforts to help Eric De La Cruz:

Video of Trent being honored http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OU3bzXF4wA

All of those proclamations mention the entire NIN community. You can check out copies of them at:

Pictures of proclamations http://www.twitpic.com/photos/mpc2020

This was an incredible moment for me personally, and I hope it was for Trent as well.
As we continue to keep Eric in our thoughts and prayers, I think the community deserves to take a minute to pat itself on the back for an amazing accomplishment and a really great moment in the evolution of NIN and everyone who follows the band.

On a personal note, as the hotline article says, I have two parents with cancer and have seen just how flawed and awful the US healthcare system can be. Many of you are aware that Congress has started to draft legislation for healthcare reform. I've been working with Veronica and the people around her to help strategize on how to best get the community involved on this issue. I think we've shown our grassroots power in the past few months, and I encourage all of you to contact your Senators and Representatives and let them know how you feel about the issue. One place you can learn more about the issue is:

www.healthcareforamericanow.org

Congratulations once again to the entire community for doing something incredible-let's keep it going!