From TNHarter at aol.com Sat Oct 1 21:00:47 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:00:47 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Secrets of Spam: Where it Comes from and How to Stop it Message-ID: <9b.6903c878.3070b56f@aol.com> > > >Cameron Spitzer > > >Secrets of Spam: Where it Comes from and How to Stop it > > >The public email system we have known for twenty years is in crisis. >Junk email now accounts for more than nine tenths of all email and >it's the most common way for Americans to have their identities stolen. >Cameron Spitzer set up his first email server in 1985 and has been >running email systems for hundreds of friends since 1991. He also >publishes a list of spam sources for administrators of email systems >to use to protect their servers from incoming junk email. > >Cameron will explain the strange crisis that currently faces the public >email system. ?We'll examine some junk email messages, showing >where spam comes from and how to report it. Finally, we'll talk about >how to get less spam, what the media aren't telling you about it, and >what to do about the problem. We spent too much time on why the email system is in crisis and who the bad guys are and not enough on what to do. Spam defense strategy. There no super spam filter.? You have to do it in layers. Layer 1, protect your mailbox.? For consumers and home business people this means choose a real email expert to operate the system that receives your email from the Internet.? If you are trying to do real work from home, the email service that comes with your phone or cable company high speed link probably isn't good enough.? A competent commercial ISP will not let much malware into your mailbox, and will stop 90% of the junk. If you're running an email server, subscribe it to a few of the more conservative Domain Name Service-based Block Lists (DNSBLs). I like the sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org and njabl.org lists. Your email server software has a place where you can tell it which DNSBLs to use.? If you use the programs tcpserver and rblsmtpd, feel free to copy my list from http://greens.org/etc/r.txt every few weeks. Layer 2,? protect your workstation from malware that arrives in email.? Do not use email programs like MS Outlook Express or Qualcomm Eudora that are based on or part of web browsers. Use something reliable like Mozilla Thunderbird or PC Pine instead. Layer 3, backups.? Often, spam will contain image files or "screen saver" programs containing hostile code. As long as you're using MS-Windows, you're going to get malware: viruses, trojans, and worms. Use a backup program to take a snapshot of your hard drive after you configure or install software and things look okay. Take a snapshot of your work files every night.? Be able to restore your system from the two most recent snapshots. Your MS-Windows installation is expected to get file system problems and malware any old time.? That's just how MS-Windows is.? But if you can just roll it back to the last time it was happy, that doesn't matter. This is far more effective than commercial "anti virus" or "personal firewall" software.? If you make your living with this computer, invest in a high speed tape drive or a second hard drive to "mirror" the first. Layer 4.? Filtering at the workstation.? If you are in business you cannot afford to miss a single email from a customer, even if the customer lives on The Planet of Spam.? So the best anybody can do is give you a high value mailbox and a low value mailbox. Even if they block 90% of the junk before it gets to your desk, you're still going to get half junk and half legit, and you need something to try to sort it into high value and low. The most effective kind of filter in wide use is called "Baysian." When you look at your two mailboxes, the filter marks each message as "probably junk" or not.? It's usually right.? When it's wrong, you tell it, and it gets smarter for next time.? If you go to the trouble of correcting it for the first few weeks it will learn your mail habits and be right almost all the time.? You'll always have to glance through the trash before throwing it out, but there will be hardly anything to fish out.?? Most popular email programs have Baysian filters now.? Get one and use it.? Get Thunderbird for that feature alone. Layer 5.? Return fire.? How to report spam. You can't get "removed" from the spammer lists.? You can't convince spammers to stop.? (Spammers have mental problems.? Spamming is an addictive compulsion, as gambling can be.? Don't bother to try to communicate with them.) You can't get the government to do anything. But you can complain to the various ISPs that somehow support the spammers.? They support spammers because not enough people are complaining.? Now and then you can get something taken away from a spammer: his web hosting, his zombies, his mailbox at Hotmail, sometimes his domain name. Open a few email messages with the "View -> Message source" feature in your email program.? Or save them as files and open them with a text editor.? Notice the blob of stuff at the top where the To: and From: and Subject: lines are.? That blob is called "the headers." Notice there are a few lines in the blob that begin "Received:", that are almost the same in all your messages.? Those are the things you trust.? Then there is one Received: line that varies a little among the messages.? Most of it is the same, but there is an IP address and maybe some names that are different in each message.? That is the magical Received line that shows where on the Internet the message came from. Look at the magical Received line carefully. If it's a spam, you get the temporary IP address of a malware victim someplace, who doesn't even know his computer is being misused, or maybe a giant spam server in Korea or Russia. You also get whatever name the spamware is pretending to be.? Often they will pretend to be you.? The "Received from" IP address is reliable.? Ignore the "HELO=" name, that's the lie the spamware told to your server.? Sometimes he will try to fool you by HELO announcing himself as an IP number instead of a name.? Ignore it. Then there may be a few more Received lines.? In a legitimate message, they tell you boring things about the sender's network environment.? In a spam or malware, they are almost always fake.? Ignore them.? In a spam, the rule is to ignore everything the spammer created. Get a whois program or use Geektools.com's whois form. Plug the sender's IP address into whois.? forward it to abuse at SBC.com or whatever the appropriate domain is. (You can look up abuse reporting addresses by domain at http://abuse.net/lookup.phtml or go whois -h whois.abuse.net example.net) Did the spammer want you to visit his Web site? Get a traceroute program or use Samspade.org or DNSstuff.com.?? Trace the route to the hostname in his URL.? Or just grab the IP address out of the beginning of the traceroute and plug it into Whois. If it's China or Korea, complain to the US-based corporation that maintains a link to the Chinese carrier. You can see who it is, it's where the names stop in the trace. abuse at Savvis.net or ATT.net or MCI.com or whatever. Just forward the junk message.? Put the offending IP address (sender or Web host) in your Subject line. There is no need for an essay on why spam is bad. 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Message-ID: <4346EF45.8010406@earthlink.net> I was surprised by what Al Gore said in his speach. "American Democracy in Trouble", subtitled "It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse". This message from a former Democratic candidate for President? I wonder what Nader would say. First paragraph: "I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse. I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America's fabled 'marketplace of ideas' now functions." Last paragraph: "The final point I want to make is this: We must ensure that the Internet remains open and accessible to all citizens without any limitation on the ability of individuals to choose the content they wish regardless of the Internet service provider they use to connect to the Worldwide Web. We cannot take this future for granted. We must be prepared to fight for it because some of the same forces of corporate consolidation and control that have distorted the television marketplace have an interest in controlling the Internet marketplace as well. Far too much is at stake to ever allow that to happen.We must ensure by all means possible that this medium of democracy's future develops in the mold of the open and free marketplace of ideas that our Founders knew was essential to the health and survival of freedom." Gerry From wrolley at charter.net Sat Oct 8 09:41:36 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:41:36 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Stem Cell Research Message-ID: <4347F6C0.4010903@charter.net> There are three view of California's progress with stem cell research. The first was the "glowing future" promise of the bond issue proponents when the voters of California approved it. We might all wonder what will really happen when it comes time to divide up that money. We know already that a significant amount will have to be spent on legal fees surrounding religious conviction motivated attempts to block the actual spending of that money. The Mercury News September 30 provides fairly factual coverage of the latest conference and asks some basic important questions in text, but it does not follow through with the information flow that they "link" to. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12781020.htm The fact that they missed an opportunity to highlight some of the issues seems to confirm the worries of Joe Tayag, quoted there. Tayag is associated with The Greenlining Institute in Berkeley. Their concerns, especially about diseases that disproportionately strike people of color, are well documented here: http://www.greenlining.org/index.php While we all worring about everything that is going on and Hurricanes, Kartrina, Rita, Stan (200 dead in Mexico and Central America), the Pakistani Earthquake fill our news with tragedy and BIG ISSUES like whether Robers and Meirs will be good justices demand our attention, some very fundamental questions are being resolved here in California without a lot of attention or even issue based coverage. (We do get "event" based coverage.) I would love to see the Green Party of California issue a press release supporting the Greenlining Institute position on this very important question. Wes -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From vdf at juno.com Mon Oct 10 11:49:29 2005 From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:49:29 GMT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Winona LaDuke at UC Santa Cruz, Weds 10/20 at 6 PM Message-ID: <20051010.115012.26473.135927@webmail18.lax.untd.com> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Oct 10 15:04:38 2005 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:04:38 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] deflating SUV tires in Paris Message-ID: <434AE576.9050503@earthlink.net> ... with some sympathy from the city government? "SUV Drivers in Paris Get Wind Knocked Out of Them" http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1010-04.htm Gerry P.S. According to the article, the city government is a coalition of Socialists and Greens. From wrolley at charter.net Tue Oct 11 11:13:47 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:13:47 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GROW] Speaker Father Roy Bourgeous, Fdr. School of Americas Watch, in SF Bay Area this week, Oct 11-13] Message-ID: <434C00DB.5030902@charter.net> -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Fred Hosea III Subject: [GROW] Speaker Father Roy Bourgeous, Fdr. School of Americas Watch, in SF Bay Area this week, Oct 11-13 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:48:28 -0700 (PDT) Size: 7745 URL: From wrolley at charter.net Tue Oct 11 20:34:46 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:34:46 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Greens make Counerpunch - Sausage, Onion and an M-16 to Go Please... Message-ID: <434C8456.3030900@charter.net> Brooklyn Greens got hassled for demonstrating on the public sidewalk. http://www.counterpunch.org/cohen10112005.html For those who thought that the Green Gathering had the right focus, keeping military recruiters out of schools, this will turn your stomach. The second interesting thing is that the owners of the mall in question are moving to take over more Brooklyn property by eminent domain just so that the developer can have a new stadium for his NBA team. Wes -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From TNHarter at aol.com Fri Oct 14 10:01:41 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:01:41 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: I lost a friend yesterday Message-ID: <1d5.46b92a6b.30813e75@aol.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... 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From: Joanne Cvar Subject: [Rural Greens] Calling for Freedom Rides to help Elaine Brown in Brunswick, GA Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:28:58 -0700 Size: 8174 URL: From lorenlist at yahoo.com Fri Oct 14 13:14:02 2005 From: lorenlist at yahoo.com (Mr. Loren Jr Meissner) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:14:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Monday October 24 is voter registration deadline Message-ID: <20051014201402.43076.qmail@web34710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- "Mr. Loren Jr Meissner" wrote: > To: QTIP_SJSU at yahoogroups.com > From: "Mr. Loren Jr Meissner" > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:10:56 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [QTIP @ SJSU] Monday October 24 is voter > registration deadline > > Just a friendly reminder. There is an election in > the > State of California on Tuesday November 8. If you > wish > to vote in it, registrations must be postmarked by > Monday October 24 about 11 days from now. That means > that if you live on the SJSU campus, the latest time > you can register is 4 PM Monday October 24 > at 4 PM when the post offices at both the Student > Union on campus and the Collonade Post Office off > campus on Paseo de San Antonio and 3rd (near third > and > San Carlos) cut off mail collections for the day. > > To register, go to the nearest public library. Here > at > the SJSU campus that would be the King Library and > get > a mail in voter registration form and mail it in by > the above deadline. > > http://sccvote.org > if you are a resident of Santa Clara County > > http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/votereg1.html > if you are outside Santa Clara County but a > California > resident. > > If you want to work at the polls on Nov 8 and > receive > a stipend of about $100 for doing so, please call me > > at 4o8-2l6-8l64 as I get a small stipend for > referring > poll workers (I am a poll worker myself). > > For those wishing to raise funds for their > organization, some people work the polls and then > donate their poll worker earnings to their favorite > cause > If you would prefer not to call me but still want to > work the polls, see > http://sccvote.org > and click on > Volunteer at the Polls > in the left column. > If you want to work the polls, you need to do that > very soon as training classes are required and are > filling up fast. > > Without saying anything pro or con about the > propositions on the current ballot or who put them > there or how they got there , I can say that if you > don't vote, you have only yourself to blame if the > results don't come out the way you want. > > Thanks. __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ From andid at cagreens.org Fri Oct 14 14:47:52 2005 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:47:52 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Have a Fair Trade Halloween Message-ID: FYI. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Pat Willis" > Date: October 13, 2005 5:51:50 AM PDT > To: "Pat Willis" , "naomi sherer" > , "arthur jackson" , > "anne lyster" , "kathryn eaton" > , "colleen kelly johnston" , > "helen kagin" , "margaret nahas" > , "paula rochelle" , "zoa > shumway" , "carol solomon" > , "sena hawasy" , "susan > sackett" , "corrine bales" > , "lisa jo singletary" , "pat > willis" , "charlie archibald" > , "kristine danowski" , > "Ysatis K Llano" , "Maria D. Llano" > , "Edward M. Llano" > , "Kassiopia X. Llano" > , "Jennifer Macleod" , > "andrea dorey" , "ronald spriesterbach" > , "cleo kocol" , "andrea > dorey" > Subject: Fw: Have a Fair Trade Halloween > Reply-To: "Pat Willis" > > Hello FC Members, > I thought you would be interested in this. Some of you may already get > email from Global Exchange, so please excuse the duplicate of you do. > I hope everyone is doing well. > Pat > Viva las feministas Humanistas! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Global Exchange News and Action > To: News and Action Updates > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:16 PM > Subject: Have a Fair Trade Halloween > > Dear friend, > ? > Halloween is right around the corner. Here at Global Exchange we > haven?t decided yet on our costumes, but we have decided what kind of > candy we?ll be offering to trick-or-treaters: Fair Trade Halloween > chocolate! > > Halloween is the time when chocolate companies like Nestle USA enjoy > their biggest sales to children. Unfortunately, chocolate is no treat > for the hundreds of thousands of child cocoa laborers that work > helping their families on farms or even toil as slaves. Illegal child > labor is a major problem at cocoa farms in West Africa, especially the > Ivory Coast, which supplies 40 percent of the world?s cocoa. > ? > The US chocolate industry says it's working to end abusive child labor > on cocoa farms, but so far little has been accomplished, and their > plan does nothing to address the root causes of this problem: unstable > and insufficient prices for cocoa. > ? > There is a solution -- Fair Trade Certified Chocolate ? and Global > Exchange is asking for your help in promoting Fair Trade chocolate > this Halloween. Fair Trade guarantees farmers a fair price for their > cocoa, so they can feed their families and keep their kids in school. > Fair Trade does not allow abusive child labor or forced labor. > ? > HERE?S WHAT YOU CAN DO: > ? > *Order a Fair Trade Trick or Treat Kit. > http://www.globalexchangestore.org > Our Fair Trade Trick or Treat Action Kit includes two bags of Fair > Trade chocolate coin candy; 30 Fair Trade kids postcards addressed to > Nestle CEO Joe Weller; and a spooky door sign proclaiming your home a > Fair Trade Trick-or-Treat household. *If you already have Fair Trade > trick-or-treat candy, email jamie at globalexchange.org or call > 415-575-5538 for a complimentary door sign and kids postcards. > ? > *Call Nestle USA and Demand Fair Trade on October 31 > Tel. 1-800-225-5570 > Along with other major players in the chocolate industry, Nestle USA > committed to ending child labor on cocoa farms by July 2005. But four > years later, little has been accomplished and the problem continues > unabated. Call Nestle USA 1-800-225-5570 and demand they take their > responsibility for ending forced and abusive child labor on their > farms seriously by using Fair Trade Certified cocoa. You can also send > a fax right now from our fax action page: > http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/actnow/nestleslavery.html > > For other ideas about what you can do to promote Fair Trade chocolate, > go to > http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/halloween.html > > Below is an article by a Fair Trade activist in San Diego that > summarizes the problems in the chocolate industry and why this is an > issue where our efforts can have an important impact. > ? > Thanks for all your good work on behalf of peace and justice, > Global Exchange > ? > *********************************************************************** > * > Did Child Slaves Harvest Your Latest Chocolate Treat? > ? > Op-Ed News > ?June 30, 2005 > ?by Kyle Scheihagen > ? > ?Slavery has a long history in Africa, but tragically, it also has a > present. Five years ago, the BBC documented child slavery on Cote > d'Ivoire cocoa farms, causing a public relations nightmare for the > chocolate industry. Cote d'Ivoire farms produce nearly half the > world's cocoa, most of which is used by major corporations like > Hershey, M&M/Mars, and Nestle. > ? > ?By 2001, continued media scrutiny led Congress to get involved. The > House of Representatives passed a measure by Representative Eliot > Engel and Senator Tom Harkin that would have mandated a federal system > to stop the sale of slave-produced chocolate in the US. As Engel said, > "if we can have our tuna fish dolphin-free, we can have our chocolate > slave-free." Fearing the effects of such a system on its bottom line, > however, the industry hired former senators George Mitchell and Bob > Dole to lobby against the bill. They succeeded in stopping it, but had > to accept a compromise. > ? > ?Under the Harkin-Engel Protocol, the chocolate industry committed to > ending child slavery in its supply chain by July 1st, 2005 -- last > Friday. But instead of being an occasion for celebration, the day > marked an abominable failure that will mean continued suffering for > thousands of children. > ? > ?In a joint statement with Harkin and Engel, the industry admitted > that the "deadline will not be fully met ... [but] assured Sen. Harkin > and Rep. Engel that it is fully committed to achieving a certification > system, which ... will cover 50% of the cocoa growing areas of Cote > d'Ivoire and Ghana within three years." For their part, the > congressmen claimed to be "disappointed that the original deadline was > not fully met," but, "comfortable that the industry is commited to > moving forward." > ? > ?Well, frankly, I am disappointed in Harkin and Engel. Their Protocol > gave consumers the impression that the problem was being solved, and > now they want to extend that illusion. After four years -- four years > -- the industry has broken its promise to stop using child slavery > entirely, and has instead "committed" to ending it in half of two > countries within three more years. And yet Harkin and Engel tell us > they are "assured that progress will be made and deadlines will be > met." Either they are fools, or think we are. > ? > ?As for the industry itself, there is little I can say in polite > company. They are profiting from slavery. They have lied about > stopping. In this latest statement, they pledged a mere $5 million > annually to end the slavery they exploit, while in the US alone, they > sell $13 *billion* dollars of chocolate a year. Clearly, they would > rather protect profits than children. > ? > ?And so, the ball is back in our court -- the court of consumer > opinion. Most of us love chocolate, but few would knowingly support > slavery. Yet that is exactly what we do if we eat slave-farmed cocoa. > As Salia Kante, director of the Save the Children Fund in Mali, put > it: "People who are drinking cocoa and eating chocolate are drinking > and eating the blood of children." As Americans celebrated freedom > last weekend, American companies and consumers were keeping African > children in bondage. > ? > ?But there is an alternative: Fair Trade chocolate. Under the Fair > Trade system, yearly inspections certify farms as slavery free and > guarantee them a fair price for their beans. The chocolate costs a bit > more, but poverty is at the root of chocolate slavery, and fairer > prices are the key to ending both. Buy Fair Trade, and you send a > message to slave-supporting chocolate makers that you'd rather pay > more than hurt children. At the same time, send other messages -- > letters, emails, and phone calls -- to the companies, your > congressmen, and friends, telling them how you feel about slavery in > chocolate. > ? > ?Changing the status quo isn't easy -- action is necessary. The forces > arrayed against change are powerful and patient. They can wait out > efforts like Live 8 just like they waited out the Harkin-Engel > Protocol. They will not be stopped by a day's worth of good > intentions. They can be defeated, yes, but it will take constant and > careful effort. That is the true price of ending poverty and slavery, > and it must be a price we are willing to pay. > ? > ?Kyle Scheihagen lives in San Diego and is involved in psychiatric > research. > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > Send administrative queries to > ? > > Global Exchange > 2017 Mission Street Suite 303 > San Francisco, CA 94110 > (415) 255-7296 > www.globalexchange.org > ? > ?? > Andrea Dorey Santa Clara County Green Party Chinese Proverbs: "Serving the powerful is like sleeping with a tiger." "It is difficult to get off a tiger's back." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From: Charlotte Casey Subject: Tian, please let people know about this Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Size: 8299 URL: From fredd at freeshell.org Tue Oct 18 17:52:39 2005 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:52:39 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [Fwd: The Place to Be on Sunday Afternoon]] Message-ID: <435598D7.6000001@freeshell.org> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Fred Duperrault Subject: [Fwd: The Place to Be on Sunday Afternoon] Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:44:24 -0700 Size: 3764 URL: From TNHarter at aol.com Wed Oct 19 11:06:23 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:06:23 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Important Letter in the GPSClara mailbox Message-ID: <36.7d0eb057.3087e51f@aol.com> http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/CarolLetterOct05.html I'm interested in us supporting this effort. What do you guys think? -- Tian Most recent change to my website: Added my step sisters wedding pictures http://tian.greens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexcathy at aol.com Thu Oct 20 17:37:48 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:37:48 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: STATEMENT FROM THE JAMAICA PLAIN/BOSTON CHAPTER OF THE GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY CONCERNING THE OCTOBER 29 DEMONSTRATION Message-ID: <8C7A3EECB81D271-17C0-7765@FWM-R16.sysops.aol.com> Dear Green Friends, See below an e-mail I have just received through the e-lists of the Black Caucus of the Green Party. It's a statement from the Boston Chapter of the Green-Rainbow Party withdrawing support from the next round of antiwar demonstrations in Boston. Green-Rainbow is the name of the Green Party in Massachusetts, which I happen to know was partly organized by Mel King, a legendary, longtime African-American progressive leader going all the way back to the 1950s. I hate to say "I Told You So" but I told you so. See, it's not just me. E-mails like this are showing up in my in-box every day. It is not that the liberals in Boston or New York or California are doing anything today than anything they have been doing for the last twenty years. But since Katrina, something HAS HAPPENED. The Washington Post actually reported a scientific poll in which the approval rating for George W. Bush has actually dropped to 2%. You read that right. That's T-W-O percent. Another poll said it had dropped to somewhere between 8% and 12%. David Bositis, a senior political analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, which tracks African American public opinion, explained that anything below 10%, in this kind of poll is statistically "about as low as you can go." In the Washington Post article Democratic pollster Peter Hart put it very well. African-Americans never liked Bush. 92% voted against him in the 2000 election. Nevertheless, Hart says: "African Americans were not supporters, but I don't think that they outright detested him -- until now," Yes. Now we really hate the bastard and all of his cronies and enablers and any "liberal" or pain-in-the-ass "moderate" who doesn't get it is gonna be in trouble. Alex Walker -----Original Message----- Sent: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:56:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: STATEMENT FROM THE JAMAICA PLAIN/BOSTON CHAPTER OF THE GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY CONCERNING THE OCTOBER 29 DEMONSTRATION Statement from the Jamaica Plain/ Boston Green-Rainbow concerning the October 29 demonstration After a discussion of two documents released by the District 7 Advisory Committee with respect to their present and future stance toward the antiwar movements, we are withdrawing our support of the upcoming demonstration on October 29. We are a multiracial chapter of the Green-Rainbow Party, and we have watched with concern the dynamics of building the antiwar movement in this city over the past three years. We note with alarm that these demonstrations have been mostly of white people in a city with upwards of 50 percent persons of color and upwards of 80 per cent persons of color in an essentially segregated public school system. We note with alarm that the antiwar movement both in Boston and in the United States as a whole is very good at doing demonstrations, both local and national. But after the demonstrations are over, few of the people involved are to be found working day-to-day on the life- issues concerning poor people and working people in general, and people of color in particular. We note with alarm that many sectors and organizations engaged in antiwar activities are more concerned with organizational/ ideological hegemony in a movement that finds itself small in comparison to where it needs to be in numbers. We don't believe that such behavior can lead to the day when multitudes of people in our country to sign on to such activity. We view the documents put forth by District 7 AC as an invitation and a way out of this impasse. We have been invited to turn our understanding of building the antiwar movement on its head, by recognizing that what we need to be building is a know justice, know peace movement based on the targeting of war, racism, and exploitation, called for so brilliantly by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967, and for which he paid with his life. And we agree with District 7 AC that it's not enough to give lip service to these concerns, or even to place the most righteous and militant words on a leaflet. We join District 7 in calling for building a movement that's going to take time to build, commitment of a sort that calls upon everyone in many ways to begin thinking outside the box in order to build that movement of know justice know peace that can save our world, our peoples from the consequences of where those now in power would lead us. And we look forward to working with District 7 AC, both accepting their leadership and earning the ability to work with them in partnership. -----End Original Message----- From TNHarter at aol.com Fri Oct 21 12:06:38 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:06:38 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Clever slapstick interpretation of 43 Message-ID: <1a0.3f150895.308a963e@aol.com> http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm -- Tian Most recent change to my website: Added my step sisters wedding pictures http://tian.greens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From sas at alumni.brown.edu Fri Oct 21 16:57:25 2005 From: sas at alumni.brown.edu (Stephanie Schaaf) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:57:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Faces of Homelessness event in Sunnyvale Message-ID: Please forward widely!! -Stephanie ANNOUNCEMENT: Faces of Homelessness Join us Sunday, November 13, 2005 for an event to raise awareness and understanding of homelessness. We will be offering an opportunity to hear directly from people who have lived with hunger, people who have been homeless. Where: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Sunnyvale 1112 Bernardo Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 When: 12:30pm - 1:45pm The panel will include the following guest speakers: - Ms. Patricia Vazquez, single mother, Program Manager for Boccardo Family Living Center in San Martin; previously homeless. - Ms. Vanessa Martinez, single mother of seven, Shelter Manager at First Christian Church and Community Homeless Alliance Ministry in downtown San Jose; homeless in 2001 and 2002. - Ms. Selena Janelle Hernandez, single mother, Executive Manager and homeless. San Jose Councilmember Ken Yeager will moderate the panel. The event will conclude with a presentation and discussion of how we can work together to end homelessness in our community. National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 14 - 20) is a national endeavor to promote education, action, and awareness about hunger and homelessness. For more information, please call: Stephanie Schaaf, 408-539-2136 From wrolley at charter.net Sun Oct 23 11:58:43 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:58:43 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Faces of Homelessness event in Sunnyvale In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <435BDD63.2070401@charter.net> > ANNOUNCEMENT: > > Faces of Homelessness This is a good example of the local focus that I strongly belive is necessary to BE the Green Party. It is all well and good to get caught up in supporting Cindy, or any other general progressive question. But that is not what separates the Green party from the rest. If that is ALL we do, then we might as well register Democratic. I posted a specific criticism of what we are NOT doing on the Green Issues Working Group list. A (slightly edited) copy of that can be read at http://www.refpub.com/Reflections/ I would rather see 10 Greens actively involved in doing something about homelessness than seeing 100 Greens at yet another anti-war protest. Wes -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From rob.means at electric-bikes.com Mon Oct 24 21:17:03 2005 From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com (rob.means) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:17:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] sosfbay-discuss Digest, Vol 2, Issue 12 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000201c5d91a$fa8f7590$6401a8c0@OFFICE> I submitted the following for publication in my neighborhood newsletter. Just another way of reminding people that the Green Party exists. Rob Means, Electro Ride Bikes and Scooters 408-262-8975 rob.means at electric-bikes.com 1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913 Discover cycling that's Easy, Safe, Fast - and FUN! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Voting in the Special Election by Rob Means Many of us don't have the time or expertise to fully understand the wording and implications of the various propositions on the November 8 ballot. My solution is to consult sources I trust to help me decide. When two source I trust disagree, then I read their argument to see which is more persuasive given my own life experiences. Here are recommendations from various organizations: Dem. Green Rep. Post Prop. 73: NO NO YES NO Prop. 74: NO NO YES YES Prop. 75: NO NO YES YES Prop. 76: NO NO YES YES Prop. 77: NO ? YES Prop. 78: NO NO YES Prop. 79: YES YES NO Prop. 80: YES ? NO You can find explanations of the Propositions and arguments for voting FOR or AGAINST at these websites: The Santa Clara County Democratic Party http://sccdp.org/initiatives.php Green Party of Santa Clara County: http://www.cagreens.org/ccwg/05props.htm Santa Clara County Republican Party http://www.svgop.com/library/index.cfm?fuseaction=view&ID=11 The Milpitas Post http://www.themilpitaspost.com (Click the Editorial button on the left) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ From drpesto at hotmail.com Mon Oct 24 22:08:48 2005 From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:08:48 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Colin Powel in Cupertino, let's go!] Message-ID: powell speaks at the flint center nov 9, 10,11 at 8 pm - i don't know what is planned but i plan to be there. this "good soldier" let himself be used and is culpable for the death of thousands and thousands of iraqi's. it doesn't matter that he was a quiet voice for reason - he kept silent. reminds me of the good soldiers in germany mike fischetti >From: Jim Stauffer >Subject: Colin Powel in Cupertino, let's go! >Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:58:00 -0700 (GMT-07:00) >From: Cindy Marcopulos >Reply-To: Cindy Marcopulos > > >Since Colin Powell was the "honorable" one in this Administration who also >lied >us into the Iraq war...let's show him a real "welcome"!!! >cindy marcopulos > > >We are organizing protests over three days at DeAnza College in Cupertino >because >Colin Powell is speaking there. We really want civil disobedience as well >on all >three nights. Do your members/friends have any interest? Please let us >know if >you would like to join us, participate, etc. We also value autonomous >actions, >women-only events, etc. we will have a peace camp all three days if people >are >interested. We will hold a War Crimes Tribunal on Thurs Nov 10 at 1:30 pm >in >the >Campus Center. > >Thanks for your participation and please spread the word... >Rich Wood >Sociology Dept. >DeAnza College >650-879-0778 >408-864-8473 > > > >Call your representative and tell them not to let Bush fire Special >Prosecutor >Fitzgerald...all roads lead to impeachment of this corrupt administration >-- IF >the Democrats can find their backbone. > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From alexcathy at aol.com Tue Oct 25 07:15:27 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:15:27 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Colin Powell in Cupertino, let's go! ... NOT! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C7A785AE96DA75-17A4-4D53@FWM-R08.sysops.aol.com> Colin Powell in Cupertino, let's go! NOT! On top of doing next to nothing to oppose Arnold Schwarzennegger's power grab in California, you guys couldn't muster the guts to be "race traitors" about Hurricane Katrina. Indeed, this e-list has been strangely quiet over the past month. Ah! But now comes Colin Powell, out of office, out of power, and totally out of the loop (if he was ever really in it). So "Let's go!" and show how "radical" and "revolutionary" we are with another totally meaningless "protest" probably about a mile and a half away from wherever he's speaking. Nobody will say it, so I'll say it: This is bullshit! Right here, in Santa Clara County and right now, in late October 2005, our time and energy as Greens would be better spent making the case for real political reform and real progressive political action in the Golden State. A disillusioned, Alex Walker From baalavi at yahoo.com Mon Oct 24 21:54:12 2005 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:54:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Rosa Park Died At 92 Message-ID: <20051025045412.90353.qmail@web52112.mail.yahoo.com> Rosa Lee Parks is now eternally blessed: http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/rosa_parks (URL should end in "parks"!) --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Tue Oct 25 09:35:50 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:35:50 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Colin Powell in Cupertino, let's go! ... NOT!] Message-ID: <435E5EE6.9050707@charter.net> Let me say that I agee with Alex. It flows from the same reasoning that I expressed my support for Stephanie's call to attend the Homelessness event. If we can't figure out a way to express our green values here, in our own communities, then what are we about. There are a number of local leaders who deserve the type of treatment that everyone wants to give Powell. Start with San Jose's Mayor Gonzales who never saw a big corporation that he didn't love. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From wrolley at charter.net Tue Oct 25 10:45:51 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:45:51 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Arte Cubano Message-ID: <435E6F4F.7070109@charter.net> Morgan Hill's Bob Freimark is, without a doubt, the South Bay's most renowned artist, especially outside the US. Last night, I watched his self-produced 1999 video entitled Arte Cubano. The impetus for this effort was an exhibit that he curated for the Portland, OR museum and which had works from 52 countries, but none from Cuba were allowed. Freimark decided to rectify the situation, finagled an exhibit of his own work in Havana and spent several months there. What emerged was a good introduction to Cuban art and culture. But, underlying all of this was in implicit repudiation of American Policy re: Cuba. Well, more than implicit because Freimark takes on the question of "political art." Where we allow our leaders to talk of the success of a policy of engagement in China, why do we not follow the same course with Cuba? Mostly because the expat cuban population of S. Florida is a swing vote in a swing state. The video is available from the Santa Clara County public libraries as soon as I return it. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From TNHarter at aol.com Tue Oct 25 11:57:20 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:20 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Advances in Public Safety Technology Message-ID: <200.d1ee664.308fda10@aol.com> > > >Rick May > >Advances in Public Safety Technology > > >Rick May is the District Sales Manager for Kustom Signals, Inc. a Kansas >based manufacturer of public safety equipment, such as radar guns and >trailers, and video surveillance systems. Kustom Signals recently won a >bid to supply the Palo Alto police department with the latest in digital >audio/video surveillance systems, for use in patrol cars. > >Rick will describe and demonstrate the technology targeted for Palo Alto's >patrol cars and discuss some of the policy issues surrounding the >deployment of the technology being debated, including the control of >when the surveillance is turned on. > Rick began his talk by explaining that Kustom Signals has been making public safety equipment for more than 20 years. The system that his company sold to Palo Alto includes video and audio recording equipment for patrol cars. They also sell RADAR and LADAR equipment to catch speeders, but that is not the new technology he was here to talk about. The system is wired to automatically go on when a cop turns on the christmas lights they use to pull people over. There are two cameras, one that looks out the windshield, and one that covers the back seat. The cop carries a microphone, and there is another monitoring inside the car. The information is recorded digitally, and stored on a hard disk to be uploaded at the end of the shift. Police Departments buy these systems for a number of reasons. One reason is that having a record of what happens goes a long way towards preventing frivolous lawsuits. He gave us an example of a woman who had been touched on the shoulder by a cop whose lawyer had walked out when he saw the tape of what had happened. In a "he said/she said" situation the case might have been expensive for the police. Another is to have a witness if something bad happens. The review that Palo Alto put Kustom Signals through included two days of thorough hands on evaluation by the whole City Government, which was preceded by a qualification process that took a year and a half. Rick May is proud that his company won the bid at that point, and was pleasantly surprised to find out afterwards there are about two dozen other Cities that almost automatically follow Palo Alto's lead. During Q&A a number of interesting points came up: California keeps the records of every police action for three years. Most other States just keep most stuff for one year at the most. If you speed in Washington State, you will get a ticket. Oregon, on the other hand, seems to be almost code enforcement free. If cops have to respond to a call outside the range of the cameras, they are trained to tell the microphone what they are doing. For example, he would say "I'm walking up the stairs at 123 Redwood St., and I see a guy with a baseball bat" if that was what he saw in responding to a domestic violence call. That way at least an audio record of what happened is made. A Kustom Signals system costs the Police Department somewhere between $3500 and $7200 in most cases. Usually they need Federal Grant money to pay for that kind of thing, even though a system can pay for itself by preventing one lawsuit. Except for some sub assemblies that they buy (Embedded Windows PC board, hard disk, and camera) their machine is made in Kansas. Rick showed us the system in his plainclothes patrol car. It consisted of a nicely molded plastic bump over the rear view mirror, a cartridge hard disk near the gearshift, a cereal box size electronics thing, and a wireless microphone somewhere between the size of a pack of gum and a pack of cigarettes for the cop to carry. Tian Harter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexcathy at aol.com Tue Oct 25 13:55:05 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:55:05 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CNN BREAKING NEWS -- 2, 000 Americans Killed in Iraq Message-ID: <8C7A7BD82ACDCA5-1374-2902@FWM-R09.sysops.aol.com> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Published on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 by CNN U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 2,000 BAGHDAD, Iraq - The war in Iraq saw two milestones Tuesday that reflect the country's path to democracy and its human toll as officials said the referendum on a draft constitution passed and the U.S. military's death toll reached 2,000. CNN's count of U.S. fatalities reflects reports from military sources and includes deaths in Iraq, Kuwait and other units assigned to the Iraq campaign. Among the latest casualties, an American soldier was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb, and a roadside blast killed two Marines in combat Friday near Amariya in the western Anbar province, according to the U.S. military. Since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, more than 15,000 American service members have been wounded in the conflict, according to the Defense Department. According to CNN's tally, 2,194 coalition troops have died in the war. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From smrfpwr at yahoo.com Tue Oct 25 21:52:40 2005 From: smrfpwr at yahoo.com (Amie) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:52:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: 2000th death vigil Wed, Oct 26th, 6:30 pm SJ Message-ID: <20051026045240.93670.qmail@web33115.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar! 2000+ reported US Military Deaths in Iraq As many as 150,000+ or more Iraqi civilians killed due to the US War on Iraq. Wednesday, Oct 26th, 6:30 pm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jos?, CA 95112 San Jose State University (SJSU) Students for Global Peace & Justice, South Bay Jubilee Coalition, & South Bay Mobilization Invite You to a Candlelight Peace Vigil and Open Mic Speak-Out! End the War and Occupation! All Troops Out Now! [ Download the flyer... (113 KB) ] A diverse group of South Bay peace activists are organizing a candlelight vigil to mark a milestone we all wish would never be reached: the 2,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq and more than 120,000 Iraqi civilians killed. Note: the actual numbers are much higher than this. The vigil will start at 6:30 pm, Wed, Oct 26th, followed by an Open Mic Speak-Out. We intend to demonstrate to our government that this country's pro-peace majority wants Congress to stop the deaths by stopping the funding for the war. Bring your own signs and candles or flashlights if you can, we will provide some candles as well. To find similar events at other locations, visit: www.afsc.org/2000 www.Moveon.org Educate, Involve, and Mobilize for Peace & Justice For more information please call 408-998-8504 www.SBM4peace.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Wed Oct 26 07:46:18 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:46:18 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Candidates Message-ID: <435F96BA.5080708@charter.net> Now is the time when we should be lining up candidates for next years elections. In my congressional district there are at least 3 candidates with organizations in place working on gaining the right to challenge Richard Pombo. We need to start making decisions about the next elections even as this special election is upon us. This week, Tian forwarded a copy of a letter from Carol Brouillet to the County Council asking for an endorsement to run against Anna Eshoo next year. Since then, I have been in email conversations with Carol concerning her motivation and expectations. I have come to the conclusion that this is one candidacy that we should take seriously. Carol is a green who has a constituency outside the green party. She is an activist with a proven ability to organize those efforts. She has also proved that she can raise money. If we are going to gain local attention, we will do so by running local candidates. Carol appears to be one of the better possibilities that I have seen. I don't live in her district, but if I did I would be signing her petition today. Wes -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From wrolley at charter.net Thu Oct 27 10:49:03 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:49:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Prop 77 and other funny questions. Message-ID: <4361130F.302@charter.net> If any of you have paid attention to the Proposition targeted negative advertising (both side), there is one which stands so far out of the realm of common sense that you know it might just work. This is the Prop 77 negative ad that calls using a panel of 3 judges a "power grab" by the politicians who would appoint them. Right now, it is a power tool used by incumbent legislators to stay in power. The ad claims that the judges would not be "accountable to the people" is if the current legislators are. I have seen the Phil Angelides cartoon portrayal of Schwarzenegger that has been making the rounds of progressive sites / blogs etc. I wonder what the Democratic reaction would be to an ad mocking a Hispanic or Oriental accent in the way that this mocks Schwarzenegger's. The Sac Bee called him on it and they are right. If Jay Leno wants to do it, fine. That is his business. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From eameece at california.com Wed Oct 26 19:02:14 2005 From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:02:14 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] my take propositions Message-ID: <43603526.1B63@california.com> So far this is how I am voting on the propositions. No on 73; this is a clever means for the religious right to further their agenda here in Ca. It would redefine a fetus as a person. I still worry that requiring notification by parents for a teen having an abortion would cause some teens to get them illegally and put them in danger. I understand that abortion should not be a casual thing and there should be restrictions, but I think what we have is probably enough. Prop.74 - We have a teacher shortage as it is, and they are restricted by testing requirements and other bureaucratic falderall. I am very much against this one. Teachers would not feel secure in their jobs because they could be fired for what they say or if their boss doesn't like them. It would discourage people from being teachers at a time when many are already fed up. Teachers are not to blame for the problems with education, in my opinion. Prop.75- This takes away power from public employees unions, even though corporate unions have all the powers which 75 would take away from unions. I am very much opposed to this. Prop.76- probably the worst of Arnie's power grabs. It gives him unchecked power to cut programs as well as rolls back prop.98 which assured school funding. The spending limits in the measure might be nice (although at times they would be too inflexible), but right now we have a governor who thinks any taxes on the rich ruins our economy. He would use this measure to gut good programs and protect his rich buddies and himself from having to pay taxes. Prop.77 - I have decided to support this one. It seems like a fair system overall, even if not perfect. It is better than what we have now, because the incumbent legislators of both dominant parties have gerrymandered themselves into impregnable seats. Common Cause agrees. I don't like the timing; I would rather this were to take effect in 2010-- but I don't think it will diminish Democratic Party power. I would like this measure to pass so it can be a model for other states; many of which have been gerrymandered into Republican impregnability in Congress and in statehouses. We can never investigate much less impeach the likes of Bush so long as this condition persists, unless a miraculous progressive Democratic landslide happens. Yes on 77. Prop.78 - This measure does virtually nothing to make drugs affordable; it is on the ballot solely to defeat Prop.79, which WILL do something. Vote NO on 78 and YES on 79. The ad campaign is exhibit A on why we need to prohibit such massive campaign spending on propositions, both during the campaign and signature drives. It will confuse many voters. Prop.80 - I will vote no. I has some good things, but why should the major utility companies like PG&E have the protection of a law prohibiting people to switch to another company? Comments? Eric the Green From alexcathy at aol.com Thu Oct 27 12:51:29 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:51:29 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Prop 77 and other funny questions. In-Reply-To: <4361130F.302@charter.net> References: <4361130F.302@charter.net> Message-ID: <8C7A946F52C2C54-B30-5D5B@FWM-R20.sysops.aol.com> Dear Wes, There you go again, Wes. You seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts. -----Begin Original Message----- From: Wes Rolley To: Green Discuss Sent: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:49:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Prop 77 and other funny questions. If any of you have paid attention to the Proposition targeted negative advertising (both side), there is one which stands so far out of the realm of common sense that you know it might just work. This is the Prop 77 negative ad that calls using a panel of 3 judges a "power grab" by the politicians who would appoint them. Right now, it is a power tool used by incumbent legislators to stay in power. The ad claims that the judges would not be "accountable to the people" is if the current legislators are. I have seen the Phil Angelides cartoon portrayal of Schwarzenegger that has been making the rounds of progressive sites / blogs etc. I wonder what the Democratic reaction would be to an ad mocking a Hispanic or Oriental accent in the way that this mocks Schwarzenegger's. The Sac Bee called him on it and they are right. If Jay Leno wants to do it, fine. That is his business. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ _______________________________________________ -----End Begin Original Message----- Technically, the current legislators *ARE* accountable to the voters. However, in a one-party Democratic County like Santa Clara most people, including me, will never vote for some jive-ass Republican conservative. The good people of California are waiting for the Green Party to nominate and run good, progressive, non-Democrat candidates! * * * If past experience is any guide, most likely, the "Democratic reaction" to an ad mocking a Hispanic or Oriental accent in this way would be no reaction at all, unless the target of the mocking, i.e., Hispanics or Orientals themselves, protested. What is the greater offense? Mocking an accent or gerrymandering a district to prevent the election of a "minority" to office? Last December the San Jose Mercury News ran a series on "Asian-Americans in Sillicon Valley" that included this about San Jose's large Asian-American community: ". . . where redistricting wiped out a potentially Asian seat in the state assembly" (San Jose Mercury News, December 12, 2004) I happen to have the quote close at hand because I sent them a letter-to-the-editor on this very subject yesterday, a letter which of course, they didn't print even though they support Schwarzenegger's bullshit "reform." This brazen violation of both the spirit and the letter of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 generates no "outrage." When Warner Bloomberg, to his credit, raised the issue in his own campaign as our Green Party candidate for state assembly, it got no traction. Unless the Asian-American community protests bad things done to them (and for cultural reasons they almost never do), nobody gives a damn. It's like an Iron Law of Political Science. Nobody gives a damn about civil rights unless the target group protests. Even then, invariably some people say "Oh! Why are they causing trouble by protesting?" It is only in the wake of the protest that we see something like your hypothetical "Democratic reaction." Frederick Douglas, the great African-American abolitionist said it best: "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." For increasingly irrelevant historical reasons (increasingly irrelevant because the heroes like Rosa Parks are dying off), African-Americans like me actually have a cultural *tradition* of bitchin' and protesting! Good thing, too, because if everything was left to all of y'all timid "middle-class" conformists, life in the U.S.A. would, sure enough, be both boring and oppressive. Alex Walker From TNHarter at aol.com Fri Oct 28 14:31:12 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:31:12 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [SBM] From VFP: Lennox Memorial & Celebration of Life Sat. Nov 5th Message-ID: <65.50abafa8.3093f2a0@aol.com> -- Tian Most recent change to my website: Added my step sisters wedding pictures http://tian.greens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Jon Britton Subject: Re: [SBM] From VFP: Lennox Memorial & Celebration of Life Sat. Nov 5th Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:41:41 -0700 Size: 23303 URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Oct 28 16:07:14 2005 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:07:14 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Text of the Indictment Message-ID: <4362AF22.6040202@earthlink.net> A copy of the text of the indictment of Scooter Libby is at: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1028-21.htm Gerry From alexcathy at aol.com Sat Oct 29 20:06:05 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:06:05 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Richard Pombo Message-ID: <8C7AB16004D857D-CDC-EE96@mblk-d41.sysops.aol.com> See below a New York Times editorial about Wes Rolley's dear great Congressman, Richard Pombo. Please note that The Honorable Representative Pombo comes from a gerrymandered district that wanders all over the place in search of a Republican "conservative" majority. Alex Walker = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Published by the New York Times, October 30, 2005 EDITORIAL: POMBO TIME Richard Pombo has had a hard time keeping himself out of the news lately. In late September, a watchdog group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Mr. Pombo, a seven-term House member from California, one of the 13 most corrupt politicians in Congress. Three weeks later the Center for Public Integrity accused him of taking junkets paid for by the International Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources - the kind of organization, heavy with corporate donors, in which the word "conservation" is a wink to the wise. And last week the League of Conservation Voters accused him of selling out to a long list of corporate interests. But what has really put Mr. Pombo on everyone's radar is the steady stream of environmentally destructive legislation flowing from the House Resources Committee, which he runs. The legislation would undermine environmental safeguards and raise broad new threats to endangered species and public lands. Mr. Pombo, of course, makes no apologies. First elected in 1992 - he was a first-term city councilman in Tracy, Calif., at the time - he is philosophically an outspoken product of the extreme property rights movement. He once liked to claim, falsely as it turned out, that his rights had been trampled by environmentalists and by the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. He came to Congress as a result of redistricting. With luck he will leave the same way. The 11th District, once largely agricultural, has been overwhelmed by development; and while the East Bay and Central Valley are still nominally Republican, it is far from certain that they will continue to support a man of Mr. Pombo's radical turn of mind. In 2003, thanks to the support of the hard-nosed Republican leader Tom DeLay, he became, at age 42, the Resources Committee chairman and thus the bottleneck through which most legislation involving energy and the environment must pass. Mr. Pombo has more than lived up to Mr. DeLay's expectations, pure in ideology, tough in legislative combat. In September, he engineered floor approval of a bill that would completely undermine the Endangered Species Act, which is something he has wanted to do since arriving in Washington. And last week, in a tour de force, he engineered committee approval of a budget bill that is ostensibly meant to raise federal revenues but in fact represents a major assault on the public lands. In its original form Mr. Pombo's bill called for the sale of 15 national parks. He withdrew that idea - a stunt, he says - as well as the notion of selling mineral rights within the parks. He now proposes allowing mining companies to buy lands on which they have staked claims. This practice, known as "patenting," was banned in 1995, and under present rules companies can only lease federal land. Mr. Pombo says his proposal will help the federal budget because companies will have to pay $1,000 an acre to buy the land. But the provision is so vaguely drawn - companies, for instance, will not have to show that the land contains valuable minerals - that it could potentially expose hundreds of millions of acres, including the national forests, to development. This has nothing to do with mining, and everything to do with stealing land that is owned by the American public. Mr. Pombo's bill would also authorize drilling in coastal areas that have been off limits for decades and sell leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But asking the oil companies themselves for money is, of course, unthinkable - Mr. Pombo would freeze the fees these companies pay to operate on public land, even as they report huge profits. This is, in short, a sleazy piece of work, written by a man who appears to be able to conceive of property rights as something that only a private individual or a corporation can have; a man who betrays no awareness that the American public has a shared right in the refuge and the national parks and the millions of acres he wants to sell to developers. Mr. Pombo's only idea, and it is a terrible one, is to treat this nation the way he treats his Congressional district, as if it were ripe for exploitation. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From WB4D23 at aol.com Sun Oct 30 09:49:44 2005 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:49:44 EST Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Notes From October 4, 2005 GPSCC General Meeting Message-ID: <197.4a3a258b.309661b8@aol.com> Notes From GPSCC October 4, 2005 General Monthly Meeting Warner Bloomberg volunteers to be facilitator; No volunteer for note taker; Facilitator's very minimal notes are as follows: Introductions and short introductions; Agenda suggestions and discussion 1. Fund Raising Letter Project. Jim Stauffer and Ed Blackmun ask for group activity for addressing envelopes for the local fund raising letter. Completed during the meeting. 2. Reports from September 15-16th Gathering in Oakland, CA. Warner: Attended the Saturday morning spirituality session -- interesting and enjoyable opportunity to hear about individuals' backgrounds; Also led three CCWG sessions. Cameron: Had criticisms of quality of discussion at Sunday morning forum featuring Peter Camejo and Michael Feinstein. Jim Stauffer: Report on status of Minimum Wage Initiative campaign. 3. Propositions Leaflet. Discussions about how should it be distributed. Individuals to download and print for decentralized distribution at tabling activities. Volunteers requested for envelope stuffing for fund raising letter enclosure. 4. Meeting Issues. Night: Suggestion to move to first Wednesday of the month. Proposal to be posted on email list (or matrix to poll for other choices?). Suggestion to move location to Old Middlefield Road in Mountain View -- Concerns that it would not be near public transportation routes and would be moving the location further into north County rather than to a more central location. 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Update on Minimum Wage Campaign Regional Representative Selection Process County Council Recruiting; Also begin discussions of roles and responsibilities by hearing report from current County Council about its activities during past year Old Business: Meeting date and location Developing Precinct Organizing or other plans for signature collecting (for County Council candidates; Minimum Wage Initiative petition; statewide candidates) Report from Fund Raising Committee Old Business: Buttons proposals -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Sun Oct 30 10:07:19 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:07:19 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Pombo and the 11th CD. - Analysis for Political Junkies only. Message-ID: <43650BD7.3030503@charter.net> I really appreciate Alex's post. It was one of three that I received with the same NY Times link. The other two came from a local Morgan Hill resident who is about as fed up as I am and offered to put any opponent to Pombo on the local Public Access TV station. The other came from my son-in-law in Brooklyn where he and my daughter are fighting big money, all development is great, taken what every you need through eminent domain politics there. (At least there is a an active Green Party in Brooklyn and a viable candidate, Gloria Mattera.) I wish that I could say the same about San Joaquin County where over 50% of the district lies. It is impossible to contact anyone associated with a San Joaquin County Council, the San Joaquin Greens WWW site dates from 2004 at the latest, and much from 2002. The only real activist there is Kamran Alavi and I understand that he plans to move out of San Joaquin County if he has not done so already. That said, the Democrats have 2 announced candidates with some money. Steve Filson is affluent, from Danville, has support of Ellen Tauscher for whom he once campaigned and has demonstrated absolutely no understand of the Central Valley or it's current issues. The last time Tauscher picked a candidate, it was the same story and she lost by about 2-1 and her campaign committee still owes +/- $250K as of the 9/30 FEC reports. Tauscher has gotten Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to provide public endorsement and financial support for Filson. On the other hand, Wind Power engineer Jerry McNerney has some grassroots support but is still not viewed as "from the valley". He is serious, thorough un un-charismatic. But, in terms of small, local contributions to his campaign, he has about 4 times as much in contributions, though with the outside money, Filson has about twice as much in total as McNerney. McNerney did run in 2004 against Pombo as a "write in" for the primary and, without Democratic Party support, polled 50% more than the "anointed", supported Shaw had in the previous campaign. So far, the Democrats have been absolutely Stupid and Tauscher has shown that she basically does not understand what is going on. If this is all that was happening, I would say that the situation were very bleak for unseating Pombo. There are two wild cards in play and no one knows what will happen. First, some local republicans who happen to be environmentalists have contacted Republicans for Environmental Protection, a national lobby within the Republican Party, with the goal of generating primary opposition to Pombo. The second is the "maybe will happen" entry into the race of Margee Ensign. One anti-Pombo email lists says this of Ensign after having a long conversation with her. > Margee Ensign is Dean of the School of International Studies at the University of Pacific in Stockton. She has big name recognition and respect in the Valley. She is an accomplished woman, very bright, energetic, and intelligent. She is on top of the issues locally, nationally, and internationally in ways that I have not seen in the other candidates, or even Pombo for that matter. > > My opinion has always been that a successful candidate must come out of the Central Valley. A strong candidate must be known as someone who has contributed and worked hard for the Stockton area community. Ensign, as Dean, has certainly done this. Her work at the International Studies institute has benefited Stockton. She has been actively involved in the community. Also, she writes a column in the Stockton Record, plus hosts a cable TV show, " The Real Reality", through the Peace and Justice Network of San Joaquin (www.pjnsjc.org). > She presented me with some real concerns about the Valley -- high poverty, high infant mortality, air pollution, degraded water quality, high asthma rates, poor educational system, lack of high-end jobs. I would draw a lesson here for us. As Greens, we have focused on the "big" issues: End the War, Gay Rights, Bush the bastard, etc. As Greens, we have done much less to connect strongly to local conditions and issues that mean something. To quote a famous Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tip O'Neil, "All politics is local." If the Green Party does not learn to do that, it will never succeed. Where we have done that well, Sebastopol, Arcata, Sana Monica we have done comparatively well. I will make the flat statement that the reasons the Green Party has not been successful with maintaining a presence in the Central Valley are the facts that (1) the party has not paid attention to local issues and (2) it is dominated by those who somehow have written off the Central Valley as Red Country and have not made the substantial effort to rectify that. The Democrats in the 11th CD seem more interested in rewarding old campaign workers than they are in winning an election. If they don't hearken to Tip O'Neill and support Ensign, they will probably lose again. If the DCCC continues to back Filson, they are suffering from a cranial-rectal dislocation. If I were going to work on the Central Valley, I would start with someone who understands agricultural issues. It should also be someone who can speak Spanish if not someone Hispanic. Just consider, the only regularly schedule passenger flights out of the Stockton Airport are to Guadalahara. It should also be someone who has Alex's sense of outrage over injustice wherever you find it. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From WB4D23 at aol.com Sun Oct 30 16:54:26 2005 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:54:26 EST Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] For Reference Only For GPSCC Monthly Meeting -- Draft Plenary Agenda Message-ID: <19c.3f81748e.3096c542@aol.com> For those who are interested, below is a preliminary and draft copy of the agenda for the upcoming plenary December 10-11th which remains under discussion by the GPCA Coordinating Committee. It could change; but this gives us a basis for reference at Tuesday's GPSCC meeting. Warner > > SATURDAY 5/21/2005 * denotes decision item > 8:00/9:00---- Registration, Breakfast, Delegate accreditation > 9:00/9:05---- Opening ceremony > 9:05/9:15---- Delegate orientation > 9:15/9:35----*Set up/intro facilitation team/confirm > notkr-timekpr-vibekprs > Intro CC & SC/WG cocos- housekeeping announcements- confirm quorum > 9:35/9:40----*Affirm plenary agenda > 9:40/9:50----*Ratify GA minutes- Fullerton, Sacramento, Ventura > 9:50/10:00---*Consent calendar proposal- 3 items > 10/10:45 --- *ERWG, Campaign Fin Reform > 10:45/11:45 -- *ERWG, Election Code > 11:45/12:30 -- *GIGW Fair Wage initiative > 12:30/1:30 -- Lunch -group photo- > 1:30/1:45 -- *GPUS elections > 1:45/2:20 -- *Bylaws, Goals & Strategies/2year work plan > 2:20/4:05 -- SC/WG session #1 [GROW, Finance, Electoral Reform] > 4:05/4:35 -- *Campaign Coord funding, CCWG > 4:35/4:50 -- Treasurer report > 4:50/5:30 -- *Write-in threshold rule change, CCWG > 5:30/6:30 -- *Affiliation agreement, GPCA CC > 6:30/7:00 -- Regional caucuses > 7:00 --- GPUS Delegates Meeting, location TBA. > Saturday evening event to be announced in logistics packet. > > > SUNDAY 5/22/2005 > 8:00/9:00---- Registration, Breakfast- Candidates&electeds, > Del.accreditation. > 9:00/9:10---- Set up/intro facilitation team/confirm > notkr-timekpr-vibekprs > housekeeping/special announcements- confirm quorum > 9:10/9:20----*Consent calendar bringback, if necessary > 9:20/10:35---*Bylaws, Threshold rule & *Bylaws, abstention rule > 10:35/12:20 -- SC/WG session #2 [CCWG, Bylaws, Int. 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Message-ID: <43658331.6030302@charter.net> By Andrew Gumbel in Wimberley, Texas Published: 23 October 2005 Some people run for high political office because it appeals to their vanity. Some run because they believe they can really win. When Kinky Friedman, hitherto known as an eccentric Jewish cowboy singer turned mystery novelist, is asked why he is campaigning as an independent in next year's Texas governor's race, he likes to respond with a question: "How hard can it be?" If that sounds like a wisecrack, Friedman has plenty more where it came from. His campaign is littered with Jewish jokes, politician jokes, gay marriage jokes ("they have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us"), even jokes about the current governor, Rick Perry, and his famously perfect hairdo. "I've got a head of hair better than Rick Perry," Friedman boasts, to loud guffaws from his audiences, "it's just not in a place I can show you." For the first few months of his campaign, conventional wisdom had it that Friedman's candidacy was itself a joke, a way of sticking it to Texas's luridly headline-worthy establishment without committing himself to much more than a stream of one-liners to entertain the crowds. Certainly, he can be counted on to show up to events in his trademark jeans, cowboy hat and leather waistcoat, puffing on a fat Cuban cigar as he goes through his well-rehearsed paces. His team has produced a hilarious campaign cartoon making fun of Texas politicians as they speak broken Spanish on the campaign trail and invoke Jesus at every turn. One valuable fundraising asset is a Kinky talking doll. One of the 25 lines it spouts: "Friedman is just another word for nothing left to lose." By now, though, it is clear the campaign is much more than a joke. Kinky has been earning himself both attention and warm praise in the Texas media for his witty articulation of a commonly felt disgust at the state's political leadership. He's running at a more than respectable 18 per cent in the latest opinion poll with more than a year to go before election day. Perhaps most significantly, the Texas establishment is floundering all around him. Tom DeLay, overlord of the state's congressional delegation, has just been charged with conspiracy and money-laundering. Public opinion is appalled at the governor and the legislature for relegating the Texas school system to 50th place among the 50 states. Any political capital Governor Perry may have accumulated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when his state became a conduit for federal money for the flood of incoming evacuees and he put on a passable show of competent leadership, started to deplete as soon as Katrina's successor, Hurricane Rita, hit the Gulf coast. State officials encouraged two million coastal residents to take to the Texas highways simultaneously, resulting in 100-mile traffic jams, fuel shortages and general consternation. The way Friedman and his campaign managers see it, if he can present himself as a genuine alternative to a disgusted electorate and mobilise at least some of the 75 per cent of Texas voters who didn't bother to show up for the last governor's election, he stands a real chance of winning. What he has revealed about his politics which has not been much at this early stage - suggests he is a fiscal conservative with moderate to liberal social views. In other words, he has something to appeal across the spectrum. Governor Perry has money and the backing of the national Republican Party from George Bush on down, but he is also struggling with low approval ratings and faces a nasty primary against the state comptroller, Carole Keaton Strayhorn. The presumed Democratic candidate for governor, Chris Bell, has been almost invisible. None of them will find it easy to make a case based on their experience. As Friedman wickedly puts it: "Politics is the only field of human endeavour where the more experience you have, the worse you get." What Friedman is launching is a classic American populist campaign. At a time when the Bush presidency is hitting the rocks, there's probably no better state to try it than the spiritual home of George W and his entourage. Friedman's modest celebrity doesn't do any harm, either. Celebrity, after all, worked for Jesse Ventura, the wrestler who became governor of Minnesota in 1998, and for Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator turned Governator of California. Tellingly, Friedman's campaign manager, Dean Barkley, used to work for Jesse Ventura and knows a thing or two about insurgent campaigns - especially ones regarded by the political establishment as a joke. "We're going to revolutionise the world, one governor at a time," says Barkley, a rugby player in his spare time who enjoys the odd cigar himself. Ventura, it must be said, was less than successful once he reached office, spending much of his time on extracurricular activities and flaming out at the end of a single term. Barkley said his big mistake was to wage war on the legislature, uniting the Republicans and Democrats against him. Already, Friedman has been noticeably gentle on the Texas legislature, pouring most of his scorn instead on the state leadership (with the help of a salty testicle joke involving the governor, lieutenant governor and house speaker). When Friedman first thought about throwing his hat into the political ring, the famous Texas political columnist Molly Ivins - no mean humorist herself - responded: "Why the hell not?" That line is now an established campaign slogan alongside many others. The road ahead is complicated, however, by Texas's deep resistance to independent candidates. Not only can Friedman not take part in the primaries next March. He actually has to convince tens of thousands of voters not to vote in the primaries and sign a petition supporting his candidacy in the November general election instead. "Save yourselves for Kinky!" is the watchword. At a typical recent event outside a coffee shop in Wimberley, in the hill country not far from Austin, the Texas capital, Friedman was greeted more like a rock star than a politician. A jokey country band called the Pluckin' Idiots warmed up for him, and the crowd, arrayed on three sides of a courtyard, cheered his every line. Some were liberals, some conservatives. Soon they were all chanting: "Kinky for governor! Why the hell not?" Kinky himself deadpanned: "Bring me whatever you've got. I'll sign t-shirts, posters, bumper stickers - I'll sign anything except bad legislation." -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From TNHarter at aol.com Mon Oct 31 11:44:22 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:44:22 EST Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Growing One's Own Sustainably in Russia Message-ID: <196.4a8311ee.3097ce16@aol.com> > > Carol Vesecky ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > > > Growing One's Own Sustainably in Russia > > > The cost of oil is rising, and with it our food production and delivery > costs. ? > What will you do when buying your current diet at the supermarket becomes > prohibitively expensive? ?Do you think you'll be able to "grow your own" in > your back yard to feed your family? ?To help us all do this, Ecology Action > has been developing the GROW BIOINTENSIVE method since 1973, and > How to Grow More Vegetables, its primer on the method, has been > translated into seven languages and disseminated in more than 110 > countries. > > Carol Vesecky, director of Biointensive for Russia (BfR), will describe her > efforts to spread the method in the former Soviet Union. Using software > donated by Adobe and Apple, she succeeded in computer typesetting the > Russian translation of How to Grow ... in 1993. ?She then coordinated its > publication in Moscow, enabled 21 former Soviets to attend author John > Jeavons' workshops in California, and later accompanied US presenters > five times to offer ten workshops in Russia and Uzbekistan. ?Aided by the > technological miracles of electronic mail and desktop publishing, she > continues to promote the method through partner organizations, and has > begun sharing the experience of Russian-speaking gardeners with BfR's > US network in return. > > Carol began her talk by asking us to visualize the world of a hundred years a go. Much of the food was grown on the same land where it was eaten. There were garden vegetables, fruit, chicken, dairy and grain that could have been milled nearby. Everything was cooked from scratch using fresh nutritious ingredients and served to people in groups. Then she contrasted that with today's diet, which has much more variety, but is heavily processed, sweetened, and packaged for people eating alone.? She then asked "How can we create a new blend of traditional values with the wise use of science-based knowledge?? to be what Paul Ray calls "Cultural Creatives" and change our lives by returning to the vales of "Health", "Connection to Earth", and "Connection to each other." Biointensive for Russia is a part of that. The core of it is John Jeavons' proposed method of gardening that includes techniques for soil sustainability. The details can be found at www.growbiointensive.org and in the books coauthored by Jeavons. Carol explained that the components of the method are double-digging, composting, intensive planting, companion planting, carbon farming, calorie farming, open pollinated seeds, and a whole gardening method. She explained double digging in some detail, because it is the most distinctive part of the method. The idea in double digging is to get as much air as possible into the soil, enabling nutrients to reach the plant roots, the better to maintain the health of the entire plant.? Loosened soil also makes it easier for the roots to grow deeper so that plants can be set out more intensively in wide beds.? Using these techniques, you can get all the food for a person from 4000 sq. ft. Carol first became aware of the Russian love of dacha gardening in the '60s when she visited Russia and learned that many families there grow much of their food on their country plots. Returning to Palo Alto in the '70s, she learned of the GROW BIOINTENSIVE (GB) techniques for her own back yard garden. During the '80s she got involved with bilateral citizen diplomacy through the Earthstewards, and decided to spread the GB method as her contribution. Using software donated by Apple and Adobe, she succeeded in computer typesetting the Russian translation of How to Grow More Vegetables in 1993, which was possible in Silicon Valley, but unlikely in Russia, at that time. Since then Carol has organized quite a few trainings in the method, both here and over there. Carols work has yielded some success stories. One testimonial came from Norgul Bekmuratova, a schoolteacher in the desert village of Ottakurgan, Uzbekistan, who wrote, "We have to carry the water we use for irrigation from a well, so you can understand how we need to conserve water.... our corn, carrot and onion harvests have increased.?? I believe that Biointensive methods should be further studied and practiced. They are very important where there is little water and the soil is poor." There were many others. Also, some of her Russian partners are sending her their gardening and herbal remedy books to be translated into English, which hopefully will improve our possibilities here. For more information, please visit: http://biointensiveforrussia.igc.org http://www.growbiointensive.org http://www.bountifulgardens.org http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org -- Tian Most recent change to my website: Added my step sisters wedding pictures http://tian.greens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: