Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: FW: mary's political memo #49

[patty (pattypax]

You  might want to call Amy about this.  And Norm.  pattypax

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> From: "Daniel Guerrero" <dguerrero [at] meshbesher.com>
> Date: Mon Jul 7, 2008  8:29:25  AM US/Central
> To: "patty" <pattypax [at] earthlink.net>
> Subject: FW: mary's political memo #49
>
> Here Mom, you may want to get involved.   Love ya.  -dan

> From: mary everest [mailto:maryfromtheocean [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:00 PM
> To: mary everest
> Subject: mary's political memo #49
>
>
> so it's the 4th of july. some call it "independence day."
> ...freedom, the constitution, all that hoo-ha...
>
> however, this tuesday - july 8th, US senators will vote
> on whether or not to amend the Foreign Intelligence
> Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA).
>
> and actually, it's frightening.
> last wednesday, only 15 senators said that they would vote
> against the amendment.
> while 80 senators said that they would vote FOR the amendment.
>
> 80 senators essentially said that the president is above the law and if
> companies break the law at his request, then all we need to do is  
> CHANGE
> the law. effectively, they will grant immunity to george bush, at&t,
> verizon wireless and everyone else involved in the illegal  
> wire-tapping of
> our phones, reading of our emails and who knows what else?
> these companies handed over huge amounts of information to the bush
> administration, potentially millions of emails and phone calls and  
> more,
> without getting a warrant.
>
> that's insane!
> 15 to 80!
>
> so i don't know whether or not you believe that your voice makes a  
> difference.
> sometimes i don't know whether or not i do.
> but supposedly we live in a democracy (by the people, for the people)
> and our elected officials are supposed to uphold the constitution -
> which, by the way, explicitly states in its fourth amendment that the
> government needs a warrant to conduct a search (that includes  
> wire-tapping).
>
> so shouldn't we at least CALL them BEFORE THEY VOTE and say
> "hey, i'm totally appalled by your plan to vote yes. and i think that  
> you should
> change your mind and VOTE NO instead on tuesday."
> i mean, if we totally disagree, isn't that the LEAST that we could do?
>
> maybe it doesn't make a difference whether or not we call.
> maybe it does.
> but this is serious.
> and i know that i'm only one person, but so are you. and you. and you.
> and your friends. and their friends, too.
>
> below i've created a list of some possible options for getting involved
> if you haven't totally given up on this country yet.
>
> take care,
> have a great "long" weekend
> and may the force be with you!
> much love,
> m
>
> and let me know what you think about all this if you feel like it...  
> i'd love to hear
> from you!
>
> ps - i've decided to send out occasional "political" emails to my  
> mailing list.
> please know that this is simply me as a human being reaching out to you
> as a human being because i believe that you might also genuinely care  
> about
> these issues and might genuinely be looking for a way to make your  
> voice heard.
> i know that i am. i'm definitely not putting together an email every  
> time that i get
> a message about some petition to sign or phone-call to make... that  
> would be
> multiple times a day, every day. i'm selecting and crafting these  
> carefully -
> when i think that it really counts. if you'd rather not receive these  
> emails, simply
> reply with "remove political" in the subject line. thanks y'all...
>
>
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> for a complete list of WHO said HOW they will vote on tuesday, click  
> here:
> http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/ 
> roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00158
>
> 1.) minnesota senators (both of whom said that they will vote yes)
> norm coleman (202) 224-5641
> amy klobuchar (202) 224-3244
>
> 2.) democratic presidential nominee senator barack obama - who changed  
> his mind,
> went back on his word and recently said that he will vote yes (202)  
> 224-2854
>
> 3.) for non-minnesota senators' phone numbers,
> select your state from the drop-down menu in the upper right-hand  
> corner at:  
> http://www.senate.gov/index.htm
>
> 4.) send an email to your senators through the ACLU website here
> http://action.aclu.org/site/ 
> Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=987&page=UserAction&s_subsrc=artaf
>
> 5.) talk to people - it's the fourth of july weekend!
> download and print this petition, collect signatures and then fax or  
> scan/email them
> toPeople for the American Way. (they'll get them to the appropriate  
> senators before
> the July 8th vote)
>
> 6.) make your own fliers with your senators' phone numbers and give  
> them to folks this
> weekend... hmmmmm, where could you find a whole bunch of people?  
> fireworks, perhaps?
> make it EASY for people to get involved!
>
> 7.) use these talking points to spread the word to your friends and  
> family and ask them
> to join you in making some noise about this
>
> 8.) call in to talk radio shows (right-wing, left-wing, neutral,  
> whatever -- flood the airwaves)
>
> 9.) write a letter to the editor of one of your local papers
>
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> without enough public outcry, the senate will let these phone  
> companies off the hook and
> let bush and future presidents keep spying on americans without  
> getting a warrant... and
> whatever else they want to do whenever they think that they're above  
> the law. that's
> plain dangerous. maybe they'll listen - if enough of us speak up...  
> maybe not.
>
> ciao for now,
> m
> --
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