From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Fri Sep 16 14:42:31 2005 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:42:31 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] fiddling with the plumbing Message-ID: I've moved this list to Mailman 2.1 over on marla. Posting address remains the same. sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org. Listinfo page has moved to http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss but it will be lists.cagreens.org again when the move is done. So you shouldn't have to do anything different. Cameron From TNHarter at aol.com Fri Sep 16 15:36:22 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:36:22 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bush's Political Stance on an Important Issue Message-ID: <100.1c0288c7.305ca2e6@aol.com> Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe vs. Wade? ? A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans. -- Tian Most recent change to my website: Added Burning Man 2005 pictures http://tian.greens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexcathy at aol.com Fri Sep 16 17:03:48 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:03:48 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Confirmation Hearings In-Reply-To: <432B1AAF.3030802@charter.net> References: <432A49E4.4070800@charter.net> <432B0D86.5050500@earthlink.net> <432B1AAF.3030802@charter.net> Message-ID: <8C7893269D06521-1714-4672@mblk-r36.sysops.aol.com> Dear Green Friends, > "Thurgood Marshall called Rehnquist 'a great Chief Justice,' ... Yes, it is true that Thurgood Marshall never said unkind things about William Rehnquist. It is also true that Thurgood Marshall never said an unking thing about ANYBODY. It is a stance that is all too common among Establishment Liberals. The truth is William Rehquist was a bullying bastard -- and a pretty dumb one at that -- just like the Nixons and the Reagans who appointed him. > "I am of the opinion that the animosity between right and left in this country has blinded too, too many to the basic humanity of all" Pretty words. I am of the opinion that the loyalty of too many "progressives" to "people like me" has blinded them to just exactly what kind of monsters these damned "conservatives" are. I am deeply saddened and disappointed that in the year 2005, most of my Euro-America brothers cannot brings themselves to say the horror in New Orleans was RACIST. Jesus once said: "How can you love God whom you have not seen when you cannot love your neighbor whom you have seen." Frankly, I am no longer impressed by those who cry tears for Iraqis, Palestinians, Cubans, Vietnamese, or Nicaraguans "Over There" when they can never summon the courage to piss off their old drinking 'n golfing buddies on behalf of oppressed people "Over Here." . Sure, I recognize the "humanity" of conservatives. I have never advocated hate. I have never advocated violence. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons why I left the Democratic Party is that I do NOT agree with the notion of some Democrats that it's okay to do ANYTHING (including lying, cheating, and stealing), to "win." As for being a "traitor," I, myself, have been accused of being a "race traitor" more than a few times by refusing to indulge in certain "Hate Whitey" nonsense from some. Some of you may recall how old Roy would say certain over-the-top things about "The Jews" in his many rants against Israel and the Zionists. I called him on it. I have also often defended the Green Party from this pernicious, hypocritical canard that the Green Party is "too white" (I said it again at the CCWG meeting in San Francisco -- and, as usual, I got nailed for it from other people of color). It has even been said that our Green Issues, i.e. Environmental issues are a "white folks thing" (I trust that after Katrina we won't be hearing that one for a while). For three years, after 9/11, we who dared criticize Bush have been called "Traitors" to America. They say we "hate America" and "hate freedom" and are "with the terrorists." I wear these insults as a badge of honor! We are all friends here, so I'll tel you what I really think. I think we have come to a pivotal moment in the history of humanity. In this globalized, interdependent world there will be times when... to save the planet... it will be the duty of each and every one of us... to be "traitors" to one BULLSHIT thing or another. Alex Walker -----Original Message----- From: Wes Rolley To: Gerry Gras Cc: Green Discuss Sent: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:19:11 -0700 Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Confirmation Hearings . . . As part of this reading, I came across these quotes in the Cleaveland Plain Dealer: > Thurgood Marshall called Rehnquist "a great Chief Justice," and William Brennan described him as "the most all-around successful" chief he had known?including Earl Warren. I am of the opinion that the animosity between right and left in this country has blinded too, too many to the basic humanity of all. I have other comments on the Roberts Confirmation Hearings at my BLOG, http://www.refpub.com/Reflections/ Wes From TNHarter at aol.com Sat Sep 17 12:15:23 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:15:23 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Kurt Vonnegut Book Tour Message-ID: I first found Kurt Vonnegut's books in the library at my Junior High School, by using the "try the books with rocket ships on the spine and see what happens" search strategy. Now he is something like the age Heinlein was when he wrote his last book. His current book tour appearances are short but very good. >> >>I found the [Real Time with Bill Maher] video here: >> >>http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002374.html >> > > And here's The Daily Show appearance: > > http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002387.html#002387 -- Tian Most recent change to my website: Added Burning Man 2005 pictures http://tian.greens.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drpesto at hotmail.com Sat Sep 17 18:46:10 2005 From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti) Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:46:10 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] SF MARCH NEXT SATURDAY Message-ID: greens the tide has turned against bush and the war -- but neither the democrats nor the media are reacting - the marches in dc and sf this saturday are important and will be effective if lots of us show up. i hope all greens are considering the trip to sf this coming saturday. absent a plan for us all to march together, we should join the sf greens. see you all in sf mike fischetti below is from ANSWER > >Why We Are Marching: Ten Reasons > >What is needed above all is to have hundreds of thousands of people >marching in the streets to demand funding for people's needs not for >war, occupation and oppression. Only the massive intervention of the >people in the political process can bring about the change we need. learn >how to donate by check. > > > >1) More than 100,000 Iraqis have died since March 20, 2003, when Bush >began the invasion and bombing of Iraq. Nearly 2,000 U.S. soldiers >have died and more than 30,000 have been evacuated from Iraq with >severe wounds or serious illnesses. > >2) Bush lied to the people about the reasons for war: Iraq had no >connection to September 11, Iraq had no nuclear weapons or weapons of >mass destruction and Bush knew it. Iraq did not pose a "grave and >imminent danger" to the United States. > >3) The Bush administration does pose a grave and imminent danger to >any country or people's movement that dares to follow an independent >path from the United States: Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Korea, Philippines >and more. > >4) The real U.S. military budget is now over $500 billion - more than >all other countries in the world put together - in the name of >"national security." But when the security of the people of New >Orleans and the entire Gulf region was ripped to shreds by Hurricane >Katrina, the racist, anti-poor Bush administration did almost nothing >for days. > >5) The Bush administration advocates the right to carry out so-called >preemptive war; that is, a war of aggression against any country in >the world. > >6) The Bush administration is building new nuclear weapons and has >announced a military doctrine allowing for first strike nuclear >attacks against non-nuclear powers. The U.S. has 10,000 nuclear >weapons today. > >7) The war in Iraq costs $250 million a day. The Bush administration >is proposing to cut $15 billion in education, housing, healthcare and >other essential services. > >8) The U.S. spends $15 million every day to support Israel's continued >occupation of the West Bank and to carry out non-stop aggression >against the Palestinian people in the territories seized since 1967 >and in the borders of historic Palestine. > >9) The Bush administration carried out the coup and kidnapping of >Haiti's democratically elected government on March 29, 2004. > >10) Every person should have the right to a job, decent housing, >healthcare and education, but the resources that could provide for >those basic rights is instead spent on militarism. Join us on Sept. 24 >to say: "Money for People's Needs, Not for War!" > >The National March in San Francisco on Saturday, September 24 will >gather at 11 am at Dolores Park (18th and Dolores) to >march to a rally at Jefferson Square Park (Turk and Laguna.) From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Sep 18 10:31:54 2005 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:31:54 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] SF MARCH NEXT SATURDAY References: Message-ID: <432DA48A.1010408@earthlink.net> What we have done in the past (at least once anyway) is for all Greens from all counties to meet in one location, and march en masse. Of course, we can still bring our banner. Gerry Michael Fischetti wrote: > greens the tide has turned against bush and the war -- but neither the > democrats nor the media are reacting - the marches in dc and sf this > saturday are important and will be effective if lots of us show up. i hope > all greens are considering the trip to sf this coming saturday. absent a > plan for us all to march together, we should join the sf greens. see you all > in sf mike fischetti > > > below is from ANSWER > >>Why We Are Marching: Ten Reasons >> >>What is needed above all is to have hundreds of thousands of people >>marching in the streets to demand funding for people's needs not for >>war, occupation and oppression. Only the massive intervention of the >>people in the political process can bring about the change we need. learn >>how to donate by check. >> >> >> >>1) More than 100,000 Iraqis have died since March 20, 2003, when Bush >>began the invasion and bombing of Iraq. Nearly 2,000 U.S. soldiers >>have died and more than 30,000 have been evacuated from Iraq with >>severe wounds or serious illnesses. >> >>2) Bush lied to the people about the reasons for war: Iraq had no >>connection to September 11, Iraq had no nuclear weapons or weapons of >>mass destruction and Bush knew it. Iraq did not pose a "grave and >>imminent danger" to the United States. >> >>3) The Bush administration does pose a grave and imminent danger to >>any country or people's movement that dares to follow an independent >>path from the United States: Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Korea, Philippines >>and more. >> >>4) The real U.S. military budget is now over $500 billion - more than >>all other countries in the world put together - in the name of >>"national security." But when the security of the people of New >>Orleans and the entire Gulf region was ripped to shreds by Hurricane >>Katrina, the racist, anti-poor Bush administration did almost nothing >>for days. >> >>5) The Bush administration advocates the right to carry out so-called >>preemptive war; that is, a war of aggression against any country in >>the world. >> >>6) The Bush administration is building new nuclear weapons and has >>announced a military doctrine allowing for first strike nuclear >>attacks against non-nuclear powers. The U.S. has 10,000 nuclear >>weapons today. >> >>7) The war in Iraq costs $250 million a day. The Bush administration >>is proposing to cut $15 billion in education, housing, healthcare and >>other essential services. >> >>8) The U.S. spends $15 million every day to support Israel's continued >>occupation of the West Bank and to carry out non-stop aggression >>against the Palestinian people in the territories seized since 1967 >>and in the borders of historic Palestine. >> >>9) The Bush administration carried out the coup and kidnapping of >>Haiti's democratically elected government on March 29, 2004. >> >>10) Every person should have the right to a job, decent housing, >>healthcare and education, but the resources that could provide for >>those basic rights is instead spent on militarism. Join us on Sept. 24 >>to say: "Money for People's Needs, Not for War!" >> >>The National March in San Francisco on Saturday, September 24 will >>gather at 11 am at Dolores Park (18th and Dolores) to >>march to a rally at Jefferson Square Park (Turk and Laguna.) >> > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > From alexcathy at aol.com Sun Sep 18 16:45:58 2005 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:45:58 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Confirmation Hearings In-Reply-To: <432B0D86.5050500@earthlink.net> References: <432A49E4.4070800@charter.net> <432B0D86.5050500@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <8C78AC240DC6381-884-4DB6@mblk-r34.sysops.aol.com> Dear Gerry, That was a different kind of President. That was a different kind of Republican Party. That was a different kind of "conservatism." That was a different country. Alex Walker -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Gras To: wrolley at charter.net Cc: Green Discuss Sent: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:23:02 -0700 Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Confirmation Hearings As I recall it... Earl Warren was one of the more surprising Supreme Court Justices. He was appointed by Eisenhower, and was generally regarded as being conservative. But he was the Chief Justice during one of the most "liberal" periods of the court. Yes? No? Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Sep 18 17:27:37 2005 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:27:37 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 9-24 in SF Message-ID: <432E05F9.6050309@sbcglobal.net> At which corner of Dolores Park should we congregate? Who will contact the SF Greens to coordinate that? Who has the banner? Who is going by train? bus? carpool? I know of two stay at homes", Andrea and myself. Here is a link to an article discussing what the Bush administration can do when it has an interest in New Orleans: http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0918-26.htm From wrolley at charter.net Mon Sep 19 12:40:00 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:40:00 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green New Orleans Message-ID: <432F1410.6050804@charter.net> Got this off another Green List. Please go to rebuildgreen.org and check it. > New Orleans Green Party leader Leenie Halbert > needs help.... > > Leenie is bringing a convoy of three trucks into > New Orleans with supplies and people. They > desperately need money to help set up a free > clinic. > > If you can help, visit > http://www.rebuildgreen.org/ and make a donation > via PayPal. Donations are handled through their "non-profit sponsor (Global Exchange) or sending checks to GLOBAL EXCHANGE/REBUILD GREEN, Global Exchange - Katrina Assistance, 2017 Mission St. #303, San Francisco, CA 94110. -- "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 gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Sep 20 14:11:07 2005 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:11:07 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Katrina Food Aid to be Burned? Message-ID: <43307AEB.8010608@earthlink.net> Food aid to Katrina victims from the Brits may be burned... http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0920-08.htm From drpesto at hotmail.com Wed Sep 21 22:38:36 2005 From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:38:36 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 9-24 in SF In-Reply-To: <432E05F9.6050309@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: i will be going up with mountain view voices for peace and we plan to meet in the center of the park with our banner -- whoever has the green party banner shoud let everyone know if he is coming and where he will be mike >From: Jim Doyle >To: sosfbay discussion group >Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 9-24 in SF >Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:27:37 -0700 > >At which corner of Dolores Park should we congregate? >Who will contact the SF Greens to coordinate that? >Who has the banner? > >Who is going by train? bus? carpool? > >I know of two stay at homes", Andrea and myself. > >Here is a link to an article discussing what the Bush administration >can do when it has an interest in New Orleans: > >http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0918-26.htm > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org >http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From andid at cagreens.org Thu Sep 22 12:09:48 2005 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:09:48 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Katrina Food Aid to be Burned? In-Reply-To: <43307AEB.8010608@earthlink.net> References: <43307AEB.8010608@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <862e13b0ff0ab15ea2a09902e187042d@cagreens.org> KPFA reported that food from several nations is considered "unfit for human consumption." Interesting. They also turned down Cuba and several other countries who offered doctors and other medical personnel with planes waiting to take off weeks ago. I chuckled when the President Chavez announced from New York in his interview by KPFA that Venezuela is offering highly discounted gas to the POOR of the US, starting in Chicago, managed by Citgo, their national petrol company. He also announced that Venezuela and Cuba are offering free eye surgeries for the poor, including those of the US, for glaucoma and other sight-threatening conditions. All a poor person has to do is go to the nearest Venezuelan Embassy to apply! Don't you just LOVE this? Talk about embarrassment for the US--our richest of all RICH countries!! Andrea On Sep 20, 2005, at 2:11 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > Food aid to Katrina victims from the Brits may be burned... > > http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0920-08.htm > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > Chinese Proverb: "If you do not climb the mountain, you will not see the plain." Andrea Dorey 408-306-1900 (cell phone, short messages please) From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Sep 22 15:02:16 2005 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:02:16 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Katrina Food Aid to be Burned? References: <43307AEB.8010608@earthlink.net> <862e13b0ff0ab15ea2a09902e187042d@cagreens.org> Message-ID: <433329E8.4080202@earthlink.net> It reminds me off a time back during the "Cold War" when a small Appalachian town had a deteriorating bridge that was the sole connection to the rest of the world. For years the town asked for help from the government (state and/or federal). No luck. The the USSR offered to help. Shortly after that the government (U.S., I believe) provided assistance. Gerry Andrea Dorey wrote: > KPFA reported that food from several nations is considered "unfit for > human consumption." > Interesting. > They also turned down Cuba and several other countries who offered > doctors and other medical personnel with planes waiting to take off > weeks ago. > I chuckled when the President Chavez announced from New York in his > interview by KPFA that Venezuela is offering highly discounted gas to > the POOR of the US, starting in Chicago, managed by Citgo, their > national petrol company. > He also announced that Venezuela and Cuba are offering free eye > surgeries for the poor, including those of the US, for glaucoma and > other sight-threatening conditions. All a poor person has to do is go > to the nearest Venezuelan Embassy to apply! > Don't you just LOVE this? > Talk about embarrassment for the US--our richest of all RICH countries!! > Andrea > > On Sep 20, 2005, at 2:11 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > >>Food aid to Katrina victims from the Brits may be burned... >> >> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0920-08.htm >> >>_______________________________________________ >>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org >>http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> > Chinese Proverb: > "If you do not climb the mountain, you will not see the plain." > > Andrea Dorey > 408-306-1900 (cell phone, short messages please) > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Sep 22 15:02:28 2005 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:02:28 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Katrina Food Aid to be Burned? References: <43307AEB.8010608@earthlink.net> <862e13b0ff0ab15ea2a09902e187042d@cagreens.org> Message-ID: <433329F4.6040809@earthlink.net> It reminds me of a time back during the "Cold War" when a small Appalachian town had a deteriorating bridge that was the sole connection to the rest of the world. For years the town asked for help from the government (state and/or federal). No luck. The the USSR offered to help. Shortly after that the government (U.S., I believe) provided assistance. Gerry Andrea Dorey wrote: > KPFA reported that food from several nations is considered "unfit for > human consumption." > Interesting. > They also turned down Cuba and several other countries who offered > doctors and other medical personnel with planes waiting to take off > weeks ago. > I chuckled when the President Chavez announced from New York in his > interview by KPFA that Venezuela is offering highly discounted gas to > the POOR of the US, starting in Chicago, managed by Citgo, their > national petrol company. > He also announced that Venezuela and Cuba are offering free eye > surgeries for the poor, including those of the US, for glaucoma and > other sight-threatening conditions. All a poor person has to do is go > to the nearest Venezuelan Embassy to apply! > Don't you just LOVE this? > Talk about embarrassment for the US--our richest of all RICH countries!! > Andrea > > On Sep 20, 2005, at 2:11 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > >>Food aid to Katrina victims from the Brits may be burned... >> >> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0920-08.htm >> >>_______________________________________________ >>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org >>http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> > Chinese Proverb: > "If you do not climb the mountain, you will not see the plain." > > Andrea Dorey > 408-306-1900 (cell phone, short messages please) > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > From TNHarter at aol.com Fri Sep 23 15:34:12 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:34:12 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Meanwhile in Southern California... Message-ID: Hollywood Power Outage Sends City into Chaos No electricity for 26 minutes. "This is our Tsunami." by Joshua Gates - Actor. Photographer. Victim. LOS ANGELES, CA, September 12, 2005 -- Horror and disbelief swept through the greater Hollywood area this afternoon as a minor power outage turned the city into a virtual war zone, and local residents struggled to deal with the devastating aftermath. The outage struck at 1:35 PM, during LA's busy afternoon coffee and Pilates rush hour. Traffic lights fell dark, local gyms and sushi restaurants were without power for nearly 30 minutes and many businesses were illuminated only by the light of the sun and its blistering 78 degree heat. "It was horrible," said out-of-work actor and voice-over artist Rick Shea. "I was in a Jamba Juice on Melrose when it, hit and the blenders simply shut down. A woman lunged for my Berry Lime Sublime and after that, well, it got pretty ugly." In the ensuing panic, local radio stations broadcast conflicting reports as to exactly which local businesses would be offering relief supplies. Almost 100 people flocked to the Starbucks at Santa Monica and La Brea only to find helpless baristas, no hot coffee and a totally meager selection of baked goods. "My mother is 83 years old, and we heard on the radio that this Starbucks was going to be up and running. If she doesn't get a venti Arabian Mocha Sanani, I don't know what's going to happen to her; I really don't," said Lucinda? Merino of Los Feliz. To make matters worse, those few people who did manage to get coffee were further thwarted by a total lack of artificial sweeteners on site. "Sugar in the Raw? Are you friggin' kidding me?" sobbed local homosexual and avid salsa dancer, Enrique Santoro. "I'm on the South Beach Diet, and my insulin levels are going to go crazy if I use this. Why isn't the rest of the country doing something?" Deteriorating conditions will force authorities to evacuate the thousands of people at local Quiznos, movie theaters, and upscale shopping centers, including The Beverly Center, where a policeman told CNN that unrest was escalating. The officer expressed concern that the situation could worsen overnight after patrons defaced multiple "So You Think You Can Dance" posters, looted a Baby Gap and demanded free makeovers en masse at a MAC cosmetics store during the afternoon. At least 2,000 refugees, a majority of them beautiful, will travel in a bus convoy to Beverly Hills starting this evening and will be sheltered at the 8-year-old Spago on North Canon where soft omelettes with confit bacon and Hudson Valley foie gras were being airlifted in by The National Guard. Thank heavens. Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, told a group of embedded reporters at a Koo Koo Roo Chicken restaurant on Larchmont that, "The scope and scale of this disaster is almost too much to comprehend. Local carwashes are at a stand-still, the tram tour at Universal Studios has been on hold for almost an hour now, and I've been waiting for a rotisserie leg and thigh with a side of green beans for upwards of 15 minutes. This truly is our Tsunami." "We want to accommodate those people suffering in The Beverly Center as quickly as possible for the simple reason that they have been through a horrible ordeal," Grant said. "We need water. We need low-carb bread," said Martha Owens, 49, who was one of the thousands trapped in The Beverly Center when the escalators stopped moving. "They need to start sending somebody through here." Along miles of coastline, the power simply surged, causing writers to lose upwards of a page of original screenplay material, causing DirecTV service to work only intermittently and forcing local residents to walk outside and look helplessly at the breathtaking Pacific from their ocean-view decks. "I can hardly begin to put this experience into words," said seasoned Two and a Half Men writer John Edlestein. "I was just getting into my rhythm and making some real headway on a scene where Charlie Sheen parties with a busload of female volleyball players, when my PowerBook crapped out. I have nothing. Simply, nothing." Delivering his weekly radio address live from the White House, President Bush announced he was deploying more than 7,000 additional active-duty troops to the region. He comforted victims and praised relief workers. "But despite their best efforts, the magnitude of responding to a crisis over a disaster area this sunny and trendy has created tremendous problems," he said. "The result is that many of our citizens simply are not getting the help they need, especially in the Hollywood Hills, and that is unacceptable." "Southern Californians are resilient. I have no doubt they will bounce back like this never happened," professed Cellulite Reduction Specialist Kim Bellevue. "The therapy sessions could reach an all-time high, though." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Fri Sep 23 16:44:34 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:44:34 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Shields and Brookes - Objectivity in the media? Message-ID: <43349362.7060602@charter.net> Driving home from library / supermarket today I was listening to Mark Shields and David Brooks on the New Hour. In an exemplary example of media objectivity I heard: - David Brooks say something to the effect that, In Washington it does not make any difference if you are a Democrat or a Republican, all that counts is being the Majority Party. The Majority Party uses the federal budget to buy votes. This Republican Congress has been the worst of all at this and Bush has let them get away with it." - Mark Shields, commenting on the Roberts Nominaion, said that the Democrats have allowed special interest groups to determine how they vote. This is especially true where Sen. Reid met with NOW and, after his announcement of how he will vote, a NOW spokesperson said "He got the message." His comment was that when liberal interest groups say "jump", Democratic Senators ask "how high." Not quite what most would expect from either. I am not sure about Shields, that may have been rhetoric, but Brooks was exactly right. If this country has to pay for Hurrican Katrina Damage, two things have to happen. There must be some tax increases and EVERY congressman needs to give up the pork that was slated for their district, the multi-million dollar bridges to communities of a dozen, bridges to casino boats, etc. It is time to track every Congressional member from California, at least from this county, and figure out what they are willing to give up: I will tak on Pombo. Then there are:Eshoo, Honda and Lofgren. As for Shields comments, one reason some of these interest groups don't really support Greens is that they don't think they can control us. -- "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 Sep 27 10:45:49 2005 From: TNHarter at aol.com (TNHarter at aol.com) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:45:49 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Peace Activists Converge in San Francisco! Message-ID: <156.5a2fa811.306adf4d@aol.com> Yesterday I got my pictures from Saturdays Peace March in San Francisco up on my website. You can see them by clicking on the picture of Ross Mirkarimi speaking at the opening rally in Delores Park on my front page: http://tian.greens.org There are more than 100 pictures there, so if you only see half a dozen or so you haven't clicked enough of them. Use your browsers back button when you find yourself at the bottom of a page with nothing further to click on to back out of that page. Tian Harter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Tue Sep 27 16:18:01 2005 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:18:01 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Updates] URGENT! Malik Rahim needs our help in New Orleans for relief efforts In-Reply-To: <4339A0BA.EB7DEC7F@greens.org> References: <4339A0BA.EB7DEC7F@greens.org> Message-ID: <4339D329.3040602@charter.net> Jim Stauffer wrote: One good way of doing the following is to find BLOGS that have pertinent content and posting a message about the importance of rebuilding in a sustainable manner, not just throwing up anything to do it quickly. As part of that, these links would be great. For example, when Carl Pope, Ex. Dir. the Sierra Club, commented on the rebuilding effort after Katrina, I had just finished reading about Rahim and posted the rebuildgreen.org site onto Pope's BLOG as comment # 1. Wes > Malik invites people to call him in New Orleans at > 504-368-6897 for information about how to send > assistance. Assistance can also be sent to Common > Green, PO Box 3216, Gretna, LA 70054. > > Forward this message and spread the word! _______________________________________________ -- "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 baalavi at yahoo.com Wed Sep 28 20:14:11 2005 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:14:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Duct Tape, Minutemen & Homeland Security? Message-ID: <20050929031411.14696.qmail@web52102.mail.yahoo.com> The head honcho advocate of Minutemen resigns: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/bonner.retirement/ But the borders have been really secure "since 2-weeks" after 9/11!!! http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/13632069p-14474524c.html Is that a secure cakewalk or what? With all the Homeland security hoopla the guy just walks in and out, holds up banks -- 43 times since 2003??! before he is caught?!! Ada Boy Bush-Ridge-Chertoff... No one could have expected Katrina? RIght. Now, everybody just make sure you have enough duct tape to save your ___ in case of emegency. These guys are in the lull of the gzillion $$$ extortion scheme of fighing terrorism. ba --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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