From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Wed Nov 1 17:34:43 2006 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:34:43 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] promotional contraption Message-ID: Someone tried to post a 1.5 MB image as an attachment here. I gimped it down to 60KB, http://gandhi.greens.org/cls/9-11gunnhigh.jpg The description is: From: "Brian Good" Subject: Some lunatic was wheeling this thing around at an intersection Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:20:24 -0800 on the expressway last week during rush hour. It doesn't look like it cost much to make. He'd wheel it around the face the different traffic streams as the lights cycled. Looks like plywood disk wheels worked pretty well. Cameron From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 06:24:47 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:24:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Come down to Tian's Election Night! In-Reply-To: <4549A520.2000808@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <20061102142447.2044.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com> I'll be there! Thanks Tian for running and with the help of all your Green supporters I hope we can get you into the top 3 and get you elected. :-) Everyone who can please help Tian this last weekend before the election and join with your fellow Greens Tuesday Election night over at Tians for a Green party! ;-) A Million Votes for Peace! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > Before I get to the party, I just want to mention that this coming > weekend > our last opportunity to get the word out about this campaign, and if > you've > got time to walk a precinct please let me know. As I type this there > are > about seven precincts that haven't been walked and I have > literature in > the house for three of them. That's about what I can walk without > help. > I need a fairly accurate count of the volunteers because I need to > cut the > buying of literature fairly close. Thanks to an uexpected wave of > last > minute donations, money is not a problem. However, It's just not fun > to > throw away heavy stacks of fliers when it's over.... > > Now on to the reason you opened this email: I'm throwing an Election > Night > party! It's mostly because I want to get together all the people > that > helped > with the campaign and say thank you, but also because as a > Candidate at > the end of the campaign trail that's my job! > > When: anytime between 7 PM to 9 PM, Tuesday, November 7th, 2006. > The security guard is going to throw us out at 11 PM. > > Where: the clubhouse at 505 Cypress Point Drive in Mountain View. > See below for directions. > > Bring: whatever you want. I'm going to provide some beer, chips and > salsa, > fresh fruit (hopefully from the farmers market), and maybe one or > two > other > munchies. Bring anything else you want to have. There is a > (smallish) > pool, > a hot tub, a sauna, a ping pong table, and a sound system. It's one > of > those > "the more the merrier" kind of things. It'd be great if somebody > that > has WiFi > brings their computer, so we can dial into the registrar of voters > and the > Secretary of State to follow all the elections without waiting for > the > TV to > get around to briefly mentioning them. > > To see a map that shows the party location, please visit: > > http://tianharter.org/PartyAnoucement.html > > Directions from the CalTrain/VTA station: Go north along the tracks, > past > the train station building to Castro Street. Turn right and cross > Central > Expressway, where the road becomes Moffett Blvd. Walk to the second > light, which is Cypress Point Drive, maybe a quarter of a mile. Go > right on > Cypress Point Dr. Just past the third driveway on the right is the > clubhouse. > Warning: The last northbound CalTrain goes through Mountain View at > 10:49 PM. > Another warning: In the past I've given the stragglers rides home, > but now > that I'm car free that is no longer possible. > > Directions from 101: Take Moffett Blvd. Exit towards downtown > Mountain > View. > Go left at the light for Cypress Point Drive. The clubhouse is about > > half way > to the end of the street on the right, with a big sign that says > "505 > Cypress > Point" outside it. > > Directions from 85: Take Moffett Blvd. Exit towards downtown > Mountain View. > Go left at the light for Cypress Point Drive. The clubhouse is about > > half way > to the end of the street on the right, with a big sign that says > "505 > Cypress > Point" outside it. > > Questions: call [(650) 964-6481] or email [tnharter (circle a) > ispwest > (period) com] > for more information. > > -- > Tian > I've been car free about a week. It's a bit too late > to put political donations to my campaign in the mail. > http://tianharter.org > Tian Harter for City Council > P.O. Box 391854 > Mountain View CA 94039-1854 > > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the New Yahoo.com (http://www.yahoo.com/preview) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 06:39:04 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:39:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My DailyKos Diary - DeLear v Berman In-Reply-To: <8C8CB62D45D2011-E20-2D94@FWM-D31.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <20061102143905.98265.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks for posting this Alex. Note that the URL got mangled and that the correct URL is http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/31/185258/33 A Million Votes for Peace! Drew --- alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > Dear Green Friends, > > I have a registered I.D. over on The Daily Kos, and so, what what > it's worth, I threw in my two cents worth about Byron DeLear verses > Howard Berman in a diary over there. > > The Title is: > > "CA-28: Byron DeLear versus Howard Berman - What is My Duty?" > > and here is the Link: > > http://www.dailykos.com/stroyonly/2006/10/31/185258/33 > > I tried to stand the "wasted vote" argument on its head by pointing > out that for antiwar voters like me in California, running out and > voting for some Democratic Party hack who is likely to be reelected > with 70% or 80% of the vote is truly a wasted vote. > > > Alex Walker > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. 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Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 06:53:26 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:53:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My DailyKos Diary - DeLear v Berman In-Reply-To: <20061102143905.98265.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20061102145326.17760.qmail@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> Here's a much too common staunch Dem response to the fine article by Alex on DailyKos supporting De Lear. This (un)reasoning is entirely too common unfortunately. I love the last line in particular. "I really don't want to read positive things about the Greens here." So smacks of "Don't confuse me with the facts!". Greens need to get out there in the Blogosphere as Alex has and dispell the stupidity of The Duopoly. Take a chance, be bold and take a stand for Greens! A Million Votes for Peace! Drew # Voting for a stronger Green Party (1+ / 0-) Recommended by: SFJen ultimately helps the Republicans. Green votes always come out of the Dem column. That's why the Republicans fought so hard in Pennsylvania and elsewhere to get them on the ballot. And make no mistake, voting or working for any Green Party candidate strengthens them for the next race. I diaried about this race previously: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/10/113032/45 Green supporters are under the delusion that we have a European style system of allocating representation. If in Germany, the Social Democrats get 45% and the Greens get 10%, the liberals will rule. But if the Democrats only get 45% because the Greens got 10%, the Republicans rule. On top of that, the California Green Party is particularly irresponsible. In 2004, while the national party realized it would be best to have only a token candidate, the California contigent wanted Nader again. I appreciate your goals and your thoughtfulness on this issue. But the stated purpose of this site is to strengthen the Democratic Party and especially its progressive wing. I really don't want to read positive things about the Greens here. by forkush on Tue Oct 31, 2006 at 04:02:41 PM PST # I'm not a One-Hundred Percenter (0 / 0 --- JamBoi wrote: > Thanks for posting this Alex. Note that the URL got mangled and that > the correct URL is > http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/31/185258/33 > > A Million Votes for Peace! > > Drew > > --- alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > > > Dear Green Friends, > > > > I have a registered I.D. over on The Daily Kos, and so, what what > > it's worth, I threw in my two cents worth about Byron DeLear verses > > Howard Berman in a diary over there. > > > > The Title is: > > > > "CA-28: Byron DeLear versus Howard Berman - What is My Duty?" > > > > and here is the Link: > > > > http://www.dailykos.com/stroyonly/2006/10/31/185258/33 > > > > I tried to stand the "wasted vote" argument on its head by > pointing > > out that for antiwar voters like me in California, running out and > > voting for some Democratic Party hack who is likely to be reelected > > with 70% or 80% of the vote is truly a wasted vote. > > > > > > Alex Walker > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and > > security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from > > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates > (http://voice.yahoo.com) > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 07:56:34 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:56:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Sunnyvale Civic Possibilities Message-ID: <20061102155634.96646.qmail@web52204.mail.yahoo.com> --- realestate at pmeyering.com wrote: > Hey Drew - > It was nice to meet you last Sun. when I was knocking on doors and > handing out election info. Did you know that Sunnyvale is currently > recruiting for Commission and Board vacancies? Altho the deadline is > Fri. the application is pretty easy to complete and there are usually > more vacancies than applicants. The link is: > http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/City+Council/Boards+and+Commissions/openings.htm > If you have any questions, let me know, > Pat ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/) From wrolley at charter.net Thu Nov 2 09:19:55 2006 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:19:55 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My DailyKos Diary - DeLear v Berman In-Reply-To: <20061102145326.17760.qmail@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061102145326.17760.qmail@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <454A28BB.7010100@charter.net> >Here's a much too common staunch Dem response to the fine article by >Alex on DailyKos supporting De Lear. This (un)reasoning is entirely >too common unfortunately. I love the last line in particular. "I >really don't want to read positive things about the Greens here." So >smacks of "Don't confuse me with the facts!". Greens need to get out >there in the Blogosphere as Alex has and dispell the stupidity of The >Duopoly. Take a chance, be bold and take a stand for Greens! > > Drew, As Alex and I have previously discussed, he got off easy. If you really want to see someone get pounded, read my diary at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/27/124155/63 I think that Alex and I have the right ideas. We are both taking taking the arguements for a Green Party to another level. We are still learning how to best use the media available to us to the best advantage. This particular episode tells us a few thing that we can learn to use. Sites like DailyKos instill a sense of community. It is in the rhetoric. It is even in the very user interface that they use, especially in such devices as the ability to "reccommend" a diary post so that it stays on the front page. Most of the Green Party efforts to make use of the internet (Ken Sain's old blog, Green Commons, my own California Greening) do not do that. It is something that I need to consider as I move forward after the election hysteria is over. Members of this community are like a family, they can squabble among themselves, but they close ranks when questioned (attacked?) from outside. Make no bones about it, DailyKos is a very, very Democratic blog where adherence to the party is more important then being on the right side of an issue. This adherence is further re-inforced by demonizing the opposition (Republicans) to the point that "if you are not for me, you are against me". This is Bush Logic for the War on Terror. It is Markos Zuniga logic for dailyKos. I can almost see the new prescription to refer to him as Comandante Markos (with a K this time). I would love to see an alternative to DailyKos in which there is a different paradigm, one of inclusion, of building a congregation rather than protecting a familiy, one of supporting diversity of (ideas, viewpoints, background) rather than demanding doctrinal purity. One final observation is that You Tube has emerged as a low cost, effective medium for getting ones message accross. It does not take a lot of money to produce a short video. Those that are well done will call attention to themselves, if given a little intelligent help. Those that are particularly viscious (Playboy attack ad on Harold Ford... pulled from mainstream TV but with a life of it's own on You Tube) or particularly humorous (many) get repeated. I think that we should start planning to use this medium to expand our reach, as You Tube is truly global. Combine the two, building our own community as better than dailyKos, and an effective use of video via You Tube and other source, will be winning combination. -- Wes Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 11:57:52 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:57:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Let's make GreenCommons.org our Green blog central! (was DailyKos De Lear v Berman) Message-ID: <20061102195752.48542.qmail@web52210.mail.yahoo.com> To:wrolley at charter.net, greggjocoy29715 at yahoo.com, alexcathy at aol.com, cls at truffula.sj.ca.us, hesco at greens.org, natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org Hey Wes and Cres, No Wes, nice try but if you REALLY want to see someone get pounded you should see how since 11/2 (as in Fraud '04) I've gotten booted off of DemocraticUnderground.com, Daily Kos (multiple times), MyDD.com and just the other day ProgressiveIndependent.com. ;-) I'm a purple heart veteran of all this wolf pack regressive nondemocratic "Democratic" blog action. I don't necessarily recommend that other people adopt my fiercely fiesty approach to promoting our Green Parties ;-) but my hope is that by me going out and taking slings and arrows that I'd forge the way for others to courageously stand up for Green inclusion on the Progressive part of (and eventually across the political spectrum) the blogosphere. I agree with many parts of what you say in your thoughtful e-mail below, like the idea of creating an inclusive blogosphere. BUT I want to also really recommend that we provide ourselves with a place for us Greens to hang together and speak among ourselves without the distraction of The Duopoly operatives and I believe http://www.GreenCommons.org will continue to evolve into that place. Let's really get behind it and there we can develop our own Green blogging team! Also note that at GreenCommons.org there is a link to get connected to the Green Blog roll. Join the Green Blog roll ASAP! A Million Votes for Peace and Green Solidarity! Drew Sounds great! Count new blogger --- civillib at cwnet.com wrote: > As I've said, let's start a blog team, or whatever we call it, so that we can be IN the web news constantly and consistently. I work on the straight news side, but Drew, Wes and others I know are capable of doing the blog work. Can we add that to our agenda for the next teleconference?? > > Cres JamBoi wrote: > > >Here's a much too common staunch Dem response to the fine article by > >Alex on DailyKos supporting De Lear. This (un)reasoning is entirely > >too common unfortunately. I love the last line in particular. "I > >really don't want to read positive things about the Greens here." So > >smacks of "Don't confuse me with the facts!". Greens need to get > out > >there in the Blogosphere as Alex has and dispell the stupidity of > The > >Duopoly. Take a chance, be bold and take a stand for Greens! --- Wes Rolley wrote: > > > > > Drew, > As Alex and I have previously discussed, he got off easy. If you > really > want to see someone get pounded, read my diary at > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/27/124155/63 > > I think that Alex and I have the right ideas. We are both taking > taking > the arguements for a Green Party to another level. We are still > learning > how to best use the media available to us to the best advantage. > This > particular episode tells us a few thing that we can learn to use. > > Sites like DailyKos instill a sense of community. It is in the > rhetoric. It is even in the very user interface that they use, > especially in such devices as the ability to "reccommend" a diary > post > so that it stays on the front page. Most of the Green Party efforts > to > make use of the internet (Ken Sain's old blog, Green Commons, my own > California Greening) do not do that. It is something that I need to > consider as I move forward after the election hysteria is over. > > Members of this community are like a family, they can squabble among > themselves, but they close ranks when questioned (attacked?) from > outside. Make no bones about it, DailyKos is a very, very Democratic > > blog where adherence to the party is more important then being on the > > right side of an issue. > > This adherence is further re-inforced by demonizing the opposition > (Republicans) to the point that "if you are not for me, you are > against > me". This is Bush Logic for the War on Terror. It is Markos Zuniga > logic for dailyKos. I can almost see the new prescription to refer > to > him as Comandante Markos (with a K this time). > > I would love to see an alternative to DailyKos in which there is a > different paradigm, one of inclusion, of building a congregation > rather > than protecting a familiy, one of supporting diversity of (ideas, > viewpoints, background) rather than demanding doctrinal purity. > > One final observation is that You Tube has emerged as a low cost, > effective medium for getting ones message accross. It does not take > a > lot of money to produce a short video. Those that are well done will > > call attention to themselves, if given a little intelligent help. > Those > that are particularly viscious (Playboy attack ad on Harold Ford... > pulled from mainstream TV but with a life of it's own on You Tube) or > > particularly humorous (many) get repeated. I think that we should > start planning to use this medium to expand our reach, as You Tube is > > truly global. > > Combine the two, building our own community as better than dailyKos, > and > an effective use of video via You Tube and other source, will be > winning > combination. > > > -- > Wes Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 > > "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in > and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 11:36:07 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:36:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Let's make GreenCommons.org our Green blog central! (was De Lear v Berman) In-Reply-To: <454A28BB.7010100@charter.net> Message-ID: <20061102193608.24834.qmail@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> Hey Wes and Cres, No Wes, nice try but if you REALLY want to see someone get pounded you should see how since 11/2 (as in Fraud '04) I've gotten booted off of DemocraticUnderground.com, Daily Kos (multiple times), MyDD.com and just the other day ProgressiveIndependent.com. ;-) I'm a purple heart veteran of all this wolf pack regressive nondemocratic "Democratic" blog action. I don't necessarily recommend that other people adopt my fiercely fiesty approach to promoting our Green Party ;-) but my hope is that by me going out and taking slings and arrows that I'd forge the way for others to courageously stand up for Green inclusion on the Progressive part of (and eventually across the political spectrum) the blogosphere. I agree with many parts of what you say in your thoughtful e-mail below, like the idea of creating an inclusive blogosphere. BUT I want to also really recommend that we provide ourselves with a place for us Greens to hang together and speak among ourselves without the distraction of The Duopoly operatives and I believe http://www.GreenCommons.org will continue to evolve into that place. Let's really get behind it and there we can develop our own Green blogging team! Also note that at GreenCommons.org there is a link to get connected to the Green Blog roll. Join the Green Blog roll ASAP! A Million Votes for Peace and Green Solidarity! Drew Sounds great! Count new blogger --- civillib at cwnet.com wrote: > As I've said, let's start a blog team, or whatever we call it, so that we can be IN the web news constantly and consistently. I work on the straight news side, but Drew, Wes and others I know are capable of doing the blog work. Can we add that to our agenda for the next teleconference?? > > Cres JamBoi wrote: > > >Here's a much too common staunch Dem response to the fine article by > >Alex on DailyKos supporting De Lear. This (un)reasoning is entirely > >too common unfortunately. I love the last line in particular. "I > >really don't want to read positive things about the Greens here." So > >smacks of "Don't confuse me with the facts!". Greens need to get > out > >there in the Blogosphere as Alex has and dispell the stupidity of > The > >Duopoly. Take a chance, be bold and take a stand for Greens! --- Wes Rolley wrote: > > > > > Drew, > As Alex and I have previously discussed, he got off easy. If you > really > want to see someone get pounded, read my diary at > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/27/124155/63 > > I think that Alex and I have the right ideas. We are both taking > taking > the arguements for a Green Party to another level. We are still > learning > how to best use the media available to us to the best advantage. > This > particular episode tells us a few thing that we can learn to use. > > Sites like DailyKos instill a sense of community. It is in the > rhetoric. It is even in the very user interface that they use, > especially in such devices as the ability to "reccommend" a diary > post > so that it stays on the front page. Most of the Green Party efforts > to > make use of the internet (Ken Sain's old blog, Green Commons, my own > California Greening) do not do that. It is something that I need to > consider as I move forward after the election hysteria is over. > > Members of this community are like a family, they can squabble among > themselves, but they close ranks when questioned (attacked?) from > outside. Make no bones about it, DailyKos is a very, very Democratic > > blog where adherence to the party is more important then being on the > > right side of an issue. > > This adherence is further re-inforced by demonizing the opposition > (Republicans) to the point that "if you are not for me, you are > against > me". This is Bush Logic for the War on Terror. It is Markos Zuniga > logic for dailyKos. I can almost see the new prescription to refer > to > him as Comandante Markos (with a K this time). > > I would love to see an alternative to DailyKos in which there is a > different paradigm, one of inclusion, of building a congregation > rather > than protecting a familiy, one of supporting diversity of (ideas, > viewpoints, background) rather than demanding doctrinal purity. > > One final observation is that You Tube has emerged as a low cost, > effective medium for getting ones message accross. It does not take > a > lot of money to produce a short video. Those that are well done will > > call attention to themselves, if given a little intelligent help. > Those > that are particularly viscious (Playboy attack ad on Harold Ford... > pulled from mainstream TV but with a life of it's own on You Tube) or > > particularly humorous (many) get repeated. I think that we should > start planning to use this medium to expand our reach, as You Tube is > > truly global. > > Combine the two, building our own community as better than dailyKos, > and > an effective use of video via You Tube and other source, will be > winning > combination. > > > -- > Wes Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 > > "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in > and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) From baalavi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 12:50:33 2006 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:50:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Diff between Democrat & Republican Message-ID: <20061102205033.3629.qmail@web52104.mail.yahoo.com> How long have the Greens been telling everyone there were no real differences between the two? How many times have you said it? Here, next time just refer them to this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061102/pl_nm/usa_elections_kansas_dc :)) --------------------------------- Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Thu Nov 2 13:00:39 2006 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:00:39 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Diff between Democrat & Republican In-Reply-To: <20061102205033.3629.qmail@web52104.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061102205033.3629.qmail@web52104.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <454A5C77.7090809@charter.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Thu Nov 2 13:32:22 2006 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:32:22 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] late to meeting this evening Message-ID: I'm taking a class at Kaiser in Milpitas that lets out at 8:30. I hope to make it for the end of tonight's monthly business meeting. If not, I'll send a treasurer's report to whoever gets picked as notetaker. sorry for the short notice. Cameron From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 13:35:12 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:35:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: GPUS Spokesman Scott McLarty on C-SPAN, Saturday morning at 9:30 Message-ID: <20061102213512.9400.qmail@web52215.mail.yahoo.com> Go Scott go! A Million Votes for Peace! Drew --- Scott McLarty wrote: > From: Scott McLarty > Subject: [usgp-media] C-SPAN, Saturday morning at 9:30 > Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:12:54 -0800 (PST) > > Hi all > > About an hour ago I talked to C-SPAN. They want > me to do a half-hour interview on Washington > Journal, on Saturday, November 4 at 9:30 am. > It'll be a call-in show. > > I recommended having a candidate do the show, but > they didn't want a candidate, they wanted a party > spokesperson to talk about the GP's role in the > 2006 election. They're going to call back Friday > morning with a confirmation, after which I'll > send out a general announcement to the party with > an encouragement to phone in. > > (I want softball pro-Green questions, like "Do > you think the Green Party will be the party of > the 21st century or the party of the > millennium?") > > Scott > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail > (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/) > > _______________________________________________ > usgp-media mailing list > usgp-media at lists.gp-us.org > http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-media > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 13:43:15 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:43:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FWD: The Buzz: What's to lose by voting Green? Message-ID: <20061102214315.11404.qmail@web52206.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:54:18 -0800 From: civillib at cwnet.com Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] MC CLATCHY NEWSPAPERS PLAYS GREEN AD CAMPAIGNS BIG To: gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org This was a GREAT piece. Top of the political page, A3, with a giant headline basically suggesting why not vote Green? Cres http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/47561.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Buzz: What's to lose by voting Green? Last Updated 4:52 pm PST Monday, October 30, 2006 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A3 It's not exactly a case of "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," but the plucky folks at the always colorful Green Party appear to be taking a page from the campaign playbook of the big boys and girls. The Greens are running radio and television commercials in races all over the country. Here in the Golden State, Green candidates for governor, insurance commissioner, secretary of state and three congressional seats have ads on the airwaves. Third-party resources being what they are, of course, the Greens' paid media presence is on a somewhat smaller scale than their Democratic and GOP counterparts, who are likely to spend an estimated $6 billion nationwide. Green gubernatorial hopeful Peter Camejo, for example, has a TV ad budget of about $7,000. He's hoping to get a little time on cable stations in Sacramento, L.A. and the Bay Area for four 15-second spots that were produced by an all-volunteer crew. But Camejo's radio spots are already up and running in Sacto and S.F. -- and of small comfort to Democratic rival Phil Angelides, who is lagging badly behind GOP incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the spot, Camejo suggests that many Democrats would like to vote Green, but don't want to waste their vote. "This time," Camejo says, "the Democratic candidate is not going to win, so you're free to vote for whoever you want. In fact, a vote for the Democrat will send no message. But a vote for the Green Party ... this would be a powerful message." _________________ Worth at least $7,000. ... ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 14:21:31 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:21:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Will Carol's party be with Tian??? (Was Re: Come down to Tian's Election Night!) In-Reply-To: <20061102142447.2044.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20061102222131.26516.qmail@web52204.mail.yahoo.com> I'm wondering if it will be a combined Carol / Tian party so that we can support both our local candidates together? Could Carol or Brian let us know what the plan is? A Million Votes for Peace! Drew --- JamBoi wrote: > I'll be there! Thanks Tian for running and with the help of all your > Green supporters I hope we can get you into the top 3 and get you > elected. :-) Everyone who can please help Tian this last weekend > before the election and join with your fellow Greens Tuesday Election > night over at Tians for a Green party! ;-) > > A Million Votes for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Tian Harter wrote: Before I get to the party, I just want to mention that this coming weekend our last opportunity to get the word out about this campaign, and if you've got time to walk a precinct please let me know. As I type this there are about seven precincts that haven't been walked and I have literature in the house for three of them. That's about what I can walk without help. I need a fairly accurate count of the volunteers because I need to cut the buying of literature fairly close. Thanks to an uexpected wave of last minute donations, money is not a problem. However, It's just not fun to throw away heavy stacks of fliers when it's over.... Now on to the reason you opened this email: I'm throwing an Election Night party! It's mostly because I want to get together all the people that helped with the campaign and say thank you, but also because as a Candidate at the end of the campaign trail that's my job! When: anytime between 7 PM to 9 PM, Tuesday, November 7th, 2006. The security guard is going to throw us out at 11 PM. Where: the clubhouse at 505 Cypress Point Drive in Mountain View. See below for directions. Bring: whatever you want. I'm going to provide some beer, chips and salsa, fresh fruit (hopefully from the farmers market), and maybe one or two other munchies. Bring anything else you want to have. There is a (smallish) pool, a hot tub, a sauna, a ping pong table, and a sound system. It's one of those "the more the merrier" kind of things. It'd be great if somebody that has WiFi brings their computer, so we can dial into the registrar of voters and the Secretary of State to follow all the elections without waiting for the TV to get around to briefly mentioning them. To see a map that shows the party location, please visit: http://tianharter.org/PartyAnoucement.html Directions from the CalTrain/VTA station: Go north along the tracks, past the train station building to Castro Street. Turn right and cross Central Expressway, where the road becomes Moffett Blvd. Walk to the second light, which is Cypress Point Drive, maybe a quarter of a mile. Go right on Cypress Point Dr. Just past the third driveway on the right is the clubhouse. Warning: The last northbound CalTrain goes through Mountain View at 10:49 PM. Another warning: In the past I've given the stragglers rides home, but now that I'm car free that is no longer possible. Directions from 101: Take Moffett Blvd. Exit towards downtown Mountain View. Go left at the light for Cypress Point Drive. The clubhouse is about half way to the end of the street on the right, with a big sign that says "505 Cypress Point" outside it. Directions from 85: Take Moffett Blvd. Exit towards downtown Mountain View. Go left at the light for Cypress Point Drive. The clubhouse is about half way to the end of the street on the right, with a big sign that says "505 Cypress Point" outside it. Questions: call [(650) 964-6481] or email [tnharter (circle a) ispwest (period) com] for more information. -- Tian I've been car free about a week. It's a bit too late to put political donations to my campaign in the mail. http://tianharter.org Tian Harter for City Council P.O. Box 391854 Mountain View CA 94039-1854 ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Nov 2 15:50:46 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:50:46 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Will Carol's party be with Tian??? (Was Re: Come down to Tian's Election Night!) In-Reply-To: <20061102222131.26516.qmail@web52204.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20061102235046.47588.qmail@web52203.mail.yahoo.com> Yeah! One big happy Green party! See ya there at Tian's around 7PMish A Million Votes for Peace! Drew "Carol Brouillet" wrote, At 02:06 PM 11/2/2006, JamBoi wrote: >I'm wondering if it will be a combined Carol / Tian party so that we >can support both our local candidates together? Could Carol or Brian >let us know what the plan is? We'll join you!!! i've been so busy with my work, but the 9-11 truth movement has had major breakthroughs lately- including a front page 9-11 story in the Stanford Daily and some good coverage in Colorado where I went last weekend- for a big 9-11 event. Carol wrote: > > --- JamBoi wrote: > > > I'll be there! Thanks Tian for running and with the help of all > your > > Green supporters I hope we can get you into the top 3 and get you > > elected. :-) Everyone who can please help Tian this last weekend > > before the election and join with your fellow Greens Tuesday > Election > > night over at Tians for a Green party! ;-) > > > > A Million Votes for Peace! > > > > Drew > > > > --- Tian Harter wrote: > > Before I get to the party, I just want to mention that this coming > weekend our last opportunity to get the word out about this campaign, > and if you've got time to walk a precinct please let me know. As I > type > this there are about seven precincts that haven't been walked and I > have literature in the house for three of them. That's about what I > can walk without help. I need a fairly accurate count of the > volunteers > because I need to cut the buying of literature fairly close. Thanks > to > an uexpected wave of last minute donations, money is not a problem. > However, It's just not fun to throw away heavy stacks of fliers when > it's over.... > > Now on to the reason you opened this email: I'm throwing an Election > Night party! It's mostly because I want to get together all the > people > that helped with the campaign and say thank you, but also because as > a > Candidate at the end of the campaign trail that's my job! > > When: anytime between 7 PM to 9 PM, Tuesday, November 7th, 2006. > The security guard is going to throw us out at 11 PM. > > Where: the clubhouse at 505 Cypress Point Drive in Mountain View. > See below for directions. > > Bring: whatever you want. I'm going to provide some beer, chips and > salsa, fresh fruit (hopefully from the farmers market), and maybe one > or two other munchies. Bring anything else you want to have. There is > a > (smallish) pool, a hot tub, a sauna, a ping pong table, and a sound > system. It's one of those "the more the merrier" kind of things. It'd > be great if somebody that has WiFi brings their computer, so we can > dial into the registrar of voters and the Secretary of State to > follow > all the elections without waiting for the TV to get around to briefly > mentioning them. > > To see a map that shows the party location, please visit: > > http://tianharter.org/PartyAnoucement.html > > Directions from the CalTrain/VTA station: Go north along the tracks, > past the train station building to Castro Street. Turn right and > cross > Central Expressway, where the road becomes Moffett Blvd. Walk to the > second light, which is Cypress Point Drive, maybe a quarter of a > mile. > Go right on Cypress Point Dr. Just past the third driveway on the > right > is the clubhouse. > Warning: The last northbound CalTrain goes through Mountain View at > 10:49 PM. > Another warning: In the past I've given the stragglers rides home, > but > now that I'm car free that is no longer possible. > > Directions from 101: Take Moffett Blvd. Exit towards downtown > Mountain > > View. > Go left at the light for Cypress Point Drive. The clubhouse is about > > half way to the end of the street on the right, with a big sign that > says "505 Cypress Point" outside it. > > Directions from 85: Take Moffett Blvd. Exit towards downtown > Mountain > View. > Go left at the light for Cypress Point Drive. The clubhouse is about > > half way to the end of the street on the right, with a big sign that > says "505 > Cypress Point" outside it. > > Questions: call [(650) 964-6481] or email [tnharter (circle a) > ispwest > > (period) com] for more information. > > -- > Tian > I've been car free about a week. It's a bit too late > to put political donations to my campaign in the mail. > http://tianharter.org > Tian Harter for City Council > P.O. Box 391854 > Mountain View CA 94039-1854 > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business > (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com) From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Nov 3 12:58:02 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:58:02 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] proposition 86 "cigarette tax" Message-ID: <454BAD5A.8090202@sbcglobal.net> I have been made aware of some disturbing provisions of measure 86: no limit on charges for uninsured patients hospitals receive an exemption to anti-trust laws conflict with prop 98 resolved by writing an exemption into the state constitution as pointed out by opponents of the proposition and when I read the text of the sections of the measure their arguments refer to, their arguments hold up From eameece at california.com Thu Nov 2 16:38:32 2006 From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:38:32 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] proposition 86 "cigarette tax" References: <454BAD5A.8090202@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <454A8F88.24BA@california.com> Jim Doyle wrote: > > I have been made aware of some disturbing provisions of measure 86: > > no limit on charges for uninsured patients > hospitals receive an exemption to anti-trust laws > conflict with prop 98 resolved by writing an exemption into the state > constitution > > as pointed out by opponents of the proposition > and when I read the text of the sections of the measure their arguments > refer to, their arguments hold up The anti-trust exemption, however, refers only to emergency rooms, as far as I could tell. Personally I'm tired of giving the cigarette companies a pass, for any reason. Cigarettes have killed some of my friends. I voted against indoor smoking bans in the past; no more. Etc. Eric M From eameece at california.com Thu Nov 2 17:01:21 2006 From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:01:21 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] election-- how I'm voting Message-ID: <454A94E1.230E@california.com> I am voting this way: Propositions: NO on 83. It's very important to oppose this outrageous law 'n order crackdown on porn readers, exhibitionists, 18-year olds having sex with 17 year olds, anyone whose girl or boyfriend decides to report you for "date rape," etc. This measure does not discriminate between any kind of "sex offense" and is an attack on our sexual freedom. Any offender past, present or future is banned from any CA city for life and must wear a GPS device for life. This is insane. It will cost millions and encourage real sex offenders not to register. 84- YES 85- NO 86- yes 87- YES. There may be some problems with the measure (who approves its "bonds" besides the commission itself?), but the oil companies don't need the money and we do. The slogan "not required to produce results" is absurd. It's going to take time and of course we don't know exactly what's going to happen. The "bureaucrats" aren't given life terms to produce these "results." 88- no. This parcel tax is basically a tax on renters, since homeowners are exempt. It is not progressive either, since it is the same for each property. 89- YES. Not perfect, but we need to get busy on taking money out of politics. I think it is pretty generous to Greens and other third parties. We could do a LOT with half as much as what the Dems and Reps get. It could help us get to 10%, after which we would get equal funds. 90- NO. This has been called a "nuclear bomb" on zoning laws. This is not eminent domain protection, which I would favor. This forces taxpayers to refund anyone who thinks a zoning law reduces the value of their property. It would make Measure A unworkable. This and 83 are the worst measures I've seen on the ballot in many years, if ever. I'm voting for Cindy Chavez, Mike Honda, Peter Camejo (Angelides lost me by wavering on Jessica's Law (Prop 83) and Health care), Bowen (she's strong on protecting our voting rights), Cretien, and other Greens (I may vote for Garamendi because I like him and he does good work; it's a tight race with the right-wing McClintock). People in Pombo's district and anyone concerned about the worst president in our history BY FAR should work for McNerney. I am. I am voting and working for Measure A. Eric the Green From eameece at california.com Thu Nov 2 21:07:02 2006 From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:07:02 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 83 Message-ID: <454ACE76.2264@california.com> Please vote NO on Prop.83. This is an outrageous attack on all Californians who might ever want to make love. This is 1984, folks. The religious right want to turn this into a police state, and with this nice-sounding "Jessica's Law" they will take a giant step. This measure would prohibit any "sex offender," past, present or future, from living close to a school or park. But "close" means so far away that there is almost nowhere in any CA city where a registered sex offender could live. It would also require any "sex offender" to wear a GPS device for life. The term sex offender includes anyone who has ever read, or ever will read, porno lit, or been an exhibitionist, or been an 18-year old who had sex with a 17-year old, or been reported for date-rape by an irate girlfriend, etc., etc. Do we want the police looking over our shoulder in our bedrooms? Do we want thousands of sex offenders refusing to register because of these draconian restrictions? Should anyone who committed lewd behavior, no matter how long ago, be forced to move outside of the city and wear a GPS device for life? This measure will cost us millions of dollars annually too. Vote NO on 83. Please pass this on to your friends today. Thanks for reading. Eric Meece From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Nov 7 09:37:49 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:37:49 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] minutes of 11-2-2006 Message-ID: <4550C46D.9080503@sbcglobal.net> Minutes of Thursday November 2, 2006 Meeting Green Party of Santa Clara County Attendees: Cameron, Drew, Fred, Jim, Tian, Warner Pro forma: Facilitator, Note Taker, Timekeper ? Jim Doyle; Vibes Watcher ? Tian Announcements: Drew volunteered to join the county council. Bylaws require an Appointment to be followed by approval at a general meeting. Current council to make the appointment and present for approval at next meeting. Flowers and a greeting card for Dana St. George authorized. A book was suggested as an alternative to flowers. Jim D. to follow through on this. Tian has reserved the community room in the apartment complex where He lives for an election night party. He requested that one person arrive Early while he brings the snacks and refreshments. Re Holiday Peace Fair: a full table was authorized, Warner will table but he Needs transportation. Other details to be worked out, i.e., Jim D. is to ask For more volunteers and to arrange for transport of tabling materials as well As the required raffle gift and dessert item. Suggested gift: Camejo book, Campaign and election day Activities in the next days Friday ? Tuesday Precinct walking for Tian, tabling ? Fred in Mountain View, Palo Alto Also suggested. Fred will be at a football game with a large poster. Treasurer?s report: has access to funds in the bank, has funds to reimburse Earlier printing costs and expenses of the Camejo event. Re IRV successes in Oakland and Davis and efforts elsewhere: Warner Pointed out that the approach to take is to form a coalition that would approach the county supervisors and the registrar of voters with a proposal To use IRV in specific elections, e.g., special elections in San Jose. Re talks, video showings, or presentations at sessions other than the Business meeting Fred, Drew, and Jim are to get together the weekend After the election to set something up. Minutes by Jim Doyle From baalavi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 7 12:19:18 2006 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:19:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 21st Century Voting & Counting Message-ID: <20061107201919.20601.qmail@web52109.mail.yahoo.com> The last time apparently this didn't make it through! Let's try again, ba When you have a chance, click on the link. 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Intro-*Terms https://www2.nextag.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 7 13:12:12 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:12:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GP RELEASE Green candidates to watch on Nov. 7 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20061107211212.27286.qmail@web52214.mail.yahoo.com> GP RELEASE Green candidates to watch on Nov. 7 GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Monday, November 6, 2006 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at greens.org Green candidates to watch on Election Day, November 7 ? List of promising and prominent candidates by state; list of essential statistics about Green candidates and state Green Parties WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party has issued a list of Green candidates whose campaigns deserve special attention on Election Day Many Green campaigns help establish long-term party growth by achieving or maintaining ballot status. Campaigns often detemine the outcome of races, with Green urban campaigns challenging Democrats, and rural Greens tending to place pressure on Republicans. "We expect many Green candidates to pick up votes from more voters who agree with Greens on the need for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops," said Byron De Lear, congressional candidate in California's 28th District (San Fernando Valley) . "The Iraq invasion was a bipartisan decision. The Democratic Party leadership and mainstream have rejected all proposals, from Rep. Dennis Kucinich's [D-Oh.] 2003 plan to Rep. Jack Murtha's [D-Pa.] 2006 bill, to end the occupation. The only choice for millions of voters remains the Green Party's national Peace Slate of candidates." Democratic and Republican politicians take for granted that they can run in their state primaries, and, if they win, appear on the ballot on Election Day. But restrictive state ballot access laws (enacted by Democrats and Republicans) mean that Greens and other parties must play by different rules. Winning enough votes on November 7 translates to winning a ballot line for the next election cycle. ESSENTIAL STATISTICS: Green candidates, officeholders, ballot status ? Nationally, 330 Green Party candidates are running in the November 7 election. Green candidates have already won 24 out of 62 races held so far in 2006 for a win rate of 39%. Database of 2006 Green Party candidates. http://www.greens.org/elections ? On November 7, 20 Green candidates are on state ballots for governor, 59 Green candidates for Congress, 44 Green candidates for state legislatures. ? There are 44 state Green Parties and the District of Columbia affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. 31 of state Green Parties have ballot access. http://www.gp.org/statelist.shtml ? There are 230 Greens elected to public office in 28 states and the District of Columbia. http://www.feinstein.org/greenparty/electeds.html ? Green candidates are running more TV and radio ads than ever. http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_10_24.shtml (with links to download ads) GREEN CANDIDATES for statewide and congressional races to watch on November 7 For more information on local candidates and races: Database of all 2006 Green candidates http://www.greens.org/elections Index of state Green Parties http://www.gp.org/states.shtml ALASKA The Green Party needs 3% to secure its ballot line. ? Eva Ince for U.S. House (At-Large) http://www.evaforcongress.us/ ARKANSAS The Green Party needs 3% to secure its ballot line. ? Jim Lendall for Governor http://jimlendall2006.com CALIFORNIA The Green Party of California qualified for statewide ballot status in January 1992, and has retained it since. More Greens -- well over 150,000 -- are registered in California than in any other state. Three of the Green Party's most promising U.S. House races are in California: ? Jeff Kravitz (5th District) http://www.kravitzforcongress.org ? Bill Paparian (29th District) http://www.paparian4congress.com . Byron De Lear (28th District) is facing down pro-war Democratic incumbent Howard Berman and has a solid chance for victory on Tuesday winning the first seat for the Green Party in the House of Representatives. http://www.DeLearforCongress.org ? Forrest Hill's campaign for California Secretary of State has received a recent boost because of endorsements from prominent gay community leaders in San Francisco http://www.voteforrest.org http://newsblaze.com/story/20060919234616nnnn.nb/newsblaze/POLITICS/Politics.html ? Peter Camejo, running for Governor, is running radio and TV ads telling Democrats the "race is over" and urging them to vote their conscience by supporting him instead of Democrat challenger, Phil Angelides, who is down 18 points to Gov. Schwarzenegger in polls. http://www.votecamejo.com ? Todd Chretien, running for the U.S. Senate, is challenging Diane Feinstein with his 'Million Votes for Peace' campaign. http://www.todd4senate.org CONNECTICUT The Green Party needs 1% in the gubernatorial for its ballot line. With the exception of the Governor's race, each of the statewide races only establishes ballot access for that race. ? David Bue for State Treasurer http://ctgreens.org/candidates/bue2006.html ? Nancy Burton for Attorney General http://ctgreens.org/candidates/burton2006.html ? Mike DeRosa for Secretary of State http://www.mikederosa.org/index.shtml ? Jean de Smet for Lt. Governor http://www.votejean.com ? Ralph Ferrucci for U.S. Senate http://www.ferrucciforsenate.org ? Clifford Thornton, Jr. for Governor http://www.votethornton.com (Mr Thornton has received several prominent endorsements and prominent press coverage during the final weeks of the campaign.) DELAWARE ? Michael Berg is running for the only U.S. House seat in Delaware against pro-war Republican incumbent Mike Castle http://bergforcongress.us DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The DC Statehood Green Party needs 1% for at least one of the following candidates to maintain its ballot line: ? Chris Otten for Mayor http://www.mayorchrisdc.com ? Ann Wilcox for City Council At-Large http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org/election2006/candidate.php?annc_id=151 ? Joyce Robinson-Paul, candidate for D.C.'s 'Shadow' U.S. Senate, received 12% of the vote when she ran for the same office in 2002. Ms. Robinson-Paul might receive the highest percentage of any Green candidate for the U.S. Senate. http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org/election2006/candidate.php?annc_id=150 . In 2004 the DC Statehood Green Party won 6 out of 12 elections. In 2006, more Statehood Green candidates than ever are running, with 17 on the November 7 ballot; six are running unopposed. ILLINOIS The Green Party need 5% to secure its ballot line; no nationally organized party has achieved ballot status in Illinois since 1920. Gov. Rod Blagojevich spent $800,000 in taxpayers' money to keep Greens off the Illinois ballot. Rich Whitney, candidate for governor, has drawn 9-14% in recent polls. http://www.whitneyforgov.org Other Illinois Green candidates: ? David Black for Attorney General ? Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff for State Treasurer http://www.schlorff.com ? Julie Samuels for Lt. Governor http://www.juliesamuels.com ? Alicia Snyder for State Comptroller ? Karen Young for Secretary of State INDIANA The Green Party needs 2% to secure its ballot line. ? Bill Stant for Secretary of State (write-in campaign) http://www.citizensforstant.org IOWA The Green Party needs 2% to secure its ballot line. ? Wendy Barth for Governor http://www.votewendy.org MAINE The Green Party needs 5% to maintain its ballot line. Pat LaMarche, running for Governor, has drawn 6-9% in recent polls. http://www.pat2006.org/ ? John Eder is running for re-election to State House (District 118 in Portland). In prior races, Mr. Eder survived sustained attempts to remove him, including a Democratic redistricting plan that placed him outside his district. http://www.repjohneder.com ? Ben Meiklejohn is running for State House District 120 in the Portland area. Two candidates running for the seat; the Democratic Party is so nervous about the race that they brought in Bill Clinton and Howard Dean -- similar to the Democrats' last minute strategy when Green candidate Matt Gonzalez competed for Mayor of San Francisco in 2003. http://www.benmeiklejohn.com MARYLAND The Green Party needs 1% to maintain its ballot line. ? Ed Boyd, candidate for Governor, has drawn 2-3% in recent polls; Kevin Zeese, running for U.S. Senate, has drawn 1-4%. http://www.edboydforgovernor.org http://www.kevinzeese.com MASSACHUSETTS The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party needs 3% to secure its ballot line. ? Grace Ross for Governor http://www.graceandwendy.org ? Jill Stein for Secretary of State http://www.jillstein.org MICHIGAN The Green Party needs 0.6% to maintain its ballot line: Douglas Campbell for Governor http://www.votecampbell2006.org ? Kevin Anthony Carey for State Board of Education ? Margaret Gutshall for Board of Governors ? Lynn Meadows for Secretary of State http://www.lynnmeadows.net ? David Sole for U.S. Senate http://www.stopthewarslate.org/davidsole.html ? Jacob Woods for State Board of Education MINNESOTA The Green Party needs 5% to secure its ballot line. ? Dave Berger for State Auditor http://daveberger.org/ ? Michael Cavlan for U.S. Senate http://www/cavlan.org ? Ken Pentel http://www.kenpentel.org/ MISSOURI The Green Party needs 2% to secure its ballot line ? Terry Bunker for State Auditor http://www.bunkerforauditor.com ? Lydia Lewis for U.S. Senate http://www.ppmo.org/lydialewis2006.html NEBRASKA The Green Party needs 5% for its ballot line (it already has partial ballot status). ? Steve Larrick for State Auditor http://www.nebraskagreens.org ? Doug Paterson for Secretary of State NEVADA The Green Party needs 1% to secure its ballot line. ? Craig Bergland for Governor http://www.bergland4governor.org NEW MEXICO The Green Party needs 5% to maintain its ballot line. ? David Bacon for Public Regulation Commission http://www.davidbacon2006.org NEW YORK The Green Party needs 50,000 votes for the Green gubernatorial candidate to regain its ballot line. ? Malachy McCourt for Governor http://votemalachymccourt.org (Mr. McCourt is a popular author and talk show host, and is brother of author Frank McCourt) ? Alison Duncan for Lieutenant Governor http://www.alisonduncan.org ? Howie Hawkins for U.S. Senate (challenging Sen. Hillary Clinton) http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org ? Julia Willebrand, Comptroller candidate is facing incumbent, Alan Hevesi, who was recently caught using a state worker as his wife's chauffeur. http://juliaforcomptroller.org ? Rachel Treichler, Attorney General candidate was approved for inclusion in debates by the the League of Women Voters which the local PBS station then refused to air. http://www.voterachel.org OREGON The Green Party's ballot line is secure, due to the number of registrations. ? Joe Keating for Governor http://www.keatingforgovernor.org PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania requires over 67,000 signatures to place a third party or independent candidate on the state ballot. Democratic and Republican candidates need only file 2,000 signatures. Marakay Rogers and Christina Valente, running for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, withdrew their petitions after Democrats threatened a line-by-line challenge to their signatures that would have required tens of thousands of dollars to defend. U.S. Senate candidate Carl Romanelli attempted to defend his petitions, for which he collected about 100,000 signatures, more than any candidate in state history. A Pennsylvania court invalidated enough signatures to keep Mr. Romanelli off the ballot and charged him nearly $90,000 in court costs; he may also have to pay the Democratic Party's legal fees, amounting to nearly $ one million. Pennsylvania's prohibitive ballot access laws and severe penalties threaten third party candidates with personal financial ruin for attempting to run. See http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_10_09.shtml ? Mike Rosenberg for State Assembly District 108 http://www.rosenberg4rep.org RHODE ISLAND ? Jeff Toste is a likely win for State Senate District 5. Mr. Toste succeeded in having the incumbent removed from the ballot because of elections violations. http://www.votetoste.com/ TENNESSEE State law provides two options for a party to gain ballot status: (1) petition signatures equal to 2.5% of most recent gubernatorial race vote total (about 43,000 signatures), or (2) 5% of the vote in any statewide race (governor, senator, president). However, the state Supreme Court has ruled that a new party must file the petitions, and the 5% is only for retaining official status. ? Howard Switzer for Governor http://www.h4gov.com ? Christopher Lugo for U.S. Senate http://www.chris4senate.com UTAH Desert Greens need 2% for their ballot line. ? Julian Hatch for U.S. Senate http://www.hatchforsenate.org WASHINGTON The Green Party needs 5% to win its ballot line. ? Aaron Dixon for U.S. Senate http://www.aarondixon.org WISCONSIN The Green Party needs 1% to maintain its ballot line. ? Nelson Eisman for Governor http://wisconsingreenparty.org/pages/elections/candidates/eisman ? Mike LaForest for Secretary of State http://geocities.com/laforestfire/green.html ? Winston Sephus Jr. for State Treasurer http://www.sephusfortreasure.org/ ? Rae Vogeler, running for U.S. Senate, recently received an endorsement from antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan; Ms. Vogeler, a working mother, has toured the state campaigning for a series of ballot measures calling for the return of U.S. troops from Iraq. http://www.VoteRae.org MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20009. 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web sites http://www.gp.org/2006elections Database of 2006 Green candidates http://www.greens.org/elections Video clips of Green candidates http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml ~ END ~ ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. http://new.mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 7 13:26:35 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:26:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Peter LaVenia: Why I'm voting Green & Joshua Frank: It's 2004 All Over Again.. Message-ID: <20061107212635.44475.qmail@web52205.mail.yahoo.com> Take a Gander everyone at these extremely pro-Green Party posts from Peter LaVenia and Joshua Frank, and Cindy Sheehan at the metablog BrickBurner. For all the embedded links (I only threw in a couple of them) go to http://brickburner.blogs.com/ A Million Votes for Peace! Drew ______________________ Peter LaVenia: Why I'm voting Green "The People's Front represents the coalition of the proletariat with the imperialist bourgeoisie, in the shape of the Radical Party and smaller tripe of the same sort. The coalition extends both to the parliamentary and the extra-parliamentary spheres. In both spheres the Radical Party, preserving for itself complete freedom of action, coarsely imposes restrictions upon the freedom of action of the proletariat." - Leon Trotsky, Whither France? Something is rotten in the state of New York - and it's not just the sewers in Manhattan. On a federal and state level, the Democrats are going to sweep the state virtually clean of Republicans - and the darling of mainstream liberals, Eliot Spitzer, will be the new governor come January. The corporate center, what passes for a left in the mainstream camp these days, has worked itself into a happy little froth over this eventuality. To whit, I've been getting daily phone calls and emails from the benighted mainstream liberal left party in New York, the Working Families Party, to vote their line in the upcoming election, because they champion "progressive" values. Except, their line is the exact same line as the Democratic Party's - in New York we have what is called fusion voting, where a party can endorse candidates from another party and at the end of the day their totals are added together. Problem is, the Working Families Party is a complete sham and sinkhole for progressives. The WFP has endorsed pro-corporate, pro-war candidates across the board and slapped a label of progressive on them. When given the choice in the Senate race between Jonathan Tasini, who was openly anti-war, and Hillary Clinton, openly pro-war, they opted for Clinton (this from a party that openly opposed the conflict in Iraq from the beginning). Their choice for governor, Eliot Spitzer, was endorsed in January 2005, before other candidates had even gotten their campaigns off the ground. Eliot Spitzer is openly pro-death penalty and it was his decision as attorney general in the case against Green Party mayor Jason West that led to the NY State court ruling that gay marriage is illegal in New York. Beyond that, he has taken millions of dollars from corporate lobbyists and Wall Street firms - the same thing so-called progressives decry in other candidates as "legalized bribery." And yes, let's not forget that it was Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that issued the ruling against the NYC transit workers' last fall that led to an injunction against the striking workers. Continue reading "Peter LaVenia: Why I'm voting Green " ? November 07, 2006 in Elections | Permalink | Comments (0) NY Times - WPF is An Election Day Ballot Trap, Vote Real 3rd Parties Strange but true. The New York Times has openly called the Working Families Party an Election Day ballot trap, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/opinion/nyregionopinions/CIthirdparty.1.html?_r=1&ref=nyregionopinions&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin and told New Yorkers who want to vote third party to vote Green (or Socialist Workers, or Libertarian). Needless to say, given the things one can constantly criticize the NY Times for, this is like a bolt out of the blue. --Peter LaVenia November 06, 2006 in Elections | Permalink | Comments (5) Working Families Party Lies About Sheehan Endorsement A mailer that went out to many New Yorkers this weekend depicted Cindy Sheehan endorsing the Working Families Party Slate (Hillary Clinton, Eliot Spitzer). Unfortunately for them, Sheehan has explicity endorsed the Green Party's Howie Hawkins for Senate and Malachy McCourt for Governor. This is a disgusting but not altogether unexpected step from a "progressive" party which endorses Democrats 99% of the time. Michael Moore and Pete Seeger were also listed on the mailer. Guess ol' antiwar Mike supports pro-war Hillary. Why are we not surprised? --Peter LaVenia & Joshua Frank November 05, 2006 in Elections | Permalink | Comments (1) Boston Radio Host Fired For Insulting Green Party Candidate John Depetro, a Boston radio host, was fired from his job today for insulting Grace Ross, the Green-Rainbow Party's gubernatorial candidate, on-air after a gubernatorial debate. Apparently, he called her a "fat lesbian" and was angry that Ross and the independent candidate Christy Mihos were "eating up too much time" and the Republican and Democrat weren't getting a chance to "go at it". Apparently this isn't the only time he's made a homophobic slur on air. I think the bigger point to be made here is not that an intolerant bigot was fired, but rather that Depetro is part of the same old crowd that has no tolerance for open debate in a political arena, but when he's able to speak to the masses he thinks *he* should be allowed to say whatever he wants. If Grace and Christy can't debate, why should you be able to, Mr. Depetro? --Peter LaVenia November 04, 2006 in Elections | Permalink | Comments (0) It's 2004 All Over Again.. Wake Me When It's Over Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has promised there will not be a change of course in Iraq if the Democrats take back Congress. Potential House leader Nancy Pelosi has assured voters that impeachment is not in the cards for Bush, either. Yet the liberal establishment is beaconing antiwar voters to clamor for the Democratic Party next Tuesday. It seems like 2004 all over again. I recently disparaged the positions of progressive media critic Jeff Cohen and The Nation magazine for not supporting independent antiwar candidates, and instead calling for more of the same: i.e. voting for the Democrats even though we disagree with them on the war and a host of other issues. If we want to take on Bush, they argue, the Democrats have to take back Congress, and only then can we start to build a genuine progressive movement. In the meantime, however, the war will rage on and Bush will remain at the helm of Empire with Congress?s blessing. As the Washington Post reported on August 27, of the 46 candidates in tight House races this year, 29 oppose a timetable for troop withdraw. That?s a whopping 63% of Democrats in hotly contested races who have exactly the same position on the war as our liar-in-chief, George W. Bush. Even so, Howard Dean offers up his own deceptive outlook, "[W]e will put some pressure on him (Bush) to have some benchmarks, some timetables and a real plan other than stay the course.? What? Who is going to do that? The 63% who oppose a timetable? And what plan are the Democrats going to offer up? They openly refuse to back Rep. Jack Murtha?s call for redeployment, and won?t even acknowledge Rep. Jim McGovern?s half-baked plea to replace US forces with another international occupation cartel. Besides, even if a withdraw plan made its way past the House, would the Senate, even if controlled by Democrats, ever consider putting forward an alternative agenda? It sure doesn?t look that way. There is not one Democratic Senator who wants an immediate, unconditional end to this war. Perhaps even more discouraging this election season is the way in which the media and mainstream antiwar movement have collaborated. They have both willfully ignored candidates running against war supporters from outside the Democratic Party. Peace Action, the self-proclaimed largest grassroots peace organization in the US, has refused to supply antiwar activists with a guide to the midterm elections. They claim to not have the funds to print them, but still won?t put a voting pamphlet on their website to inform voters that they indeed have options on November 7. The Nation magazine, despite an editorial last year which claimed they would not support pro-war Democrats, has provided virtually no coverage of third party antiwar campaigns. After an editorial staff meeting with Sen. Hillary Clinton?s antiwar challenger Howie Hawkins, The Nation still wouldn?t write a word about his campaign, even though he is receiving over 20% of the independent vote here in New York. Nor would the magazine discuss Kevin Zeese?s antiwar unity run in Maryland, where Zeese has brought together a unique alliance of Green, Populists and Libertarians. Then there is Aaron Dixon, an ex-Black Panther who is running perhaps the most electric antiwar campaign in the country against Sen. Maria Cantwell. Dixon?s camp has been met with utter silence from the liberal antiwar movement -- perhaps because several progressive philanthropists like Dal LaMagna, support her campaign. And the list of forgotten candidates goes on. Predictably MoveOn.org and the liberal blogsphere like DailyKos would never engage in a debate about the legitimacy of building an independent antiwar movement, let alone a third party. Instead they?d rather throw their energy into campaigns like Ned Lamont?s disaster in Connecticut. Since Ned defeated Sen. Lieberman in the primary he has changed his tune on Iraq from reasonable opposition to all-out war hawk. But that?s where working within the Democratic Party will get you. So perhaps it is not ?why? Peace Now and others in the liberal establishment have silenced antiwar candidates, but ?how?. We know why: they are professional liberals who see the Democratic Party as an indispensable ally in the quest for grants, careers and cocktail party networking. However, the more theoretical among these liberal careerists have a popular front philosophy: where they align with the liberal bourgeoisie against the reactionary capitalists. But when push comes to shove the liberals of the ruling elite always prefer repression to democracy -- something ol? Karl Marx recognized during the 1848 democratic revolutions in Europe and the Left in the US should have recognized when the industrial wing of the Republican Party sabotaged Radical Reconstruction last century. But that may be a bit too analytical for such an obvious crisis: the Democrats and their patrons are part of the problem, not the solution. --Joshua Frank October 31, 2006 in War | Permalink | Comments (0) Snake Oil and the Midterm Elections So we are in the trenches of another election season, and if you peer closely you can see the explosions on the horizon. I?m yet to be convinced the Democrats have the capacity to take back Congress, and to tell you the truth I don?t really care if they do. Not only do they not have the ability to lead, they also do not possess the moral impetus to change the direction of this country if they are lucky enough to regain control. Indeed they are just as responsible for the ruin in Iraq and back home as the Bushites. The Democrats have assisted the Republicans at virtually every turn over the past six years. From the bloody invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, to the passing of CAFTA, to the confirmations of Samuel Alito and John Roberts, to the support of the PATRIOT Act, to the dismantling of Habeas Corpus, to the championing of Bush?s ravaging forest plan, to backing Israel?s brutal assault on Lebanon -- the Democratic Party has long played the role of enabler. And now they want your vote. Author Jeff Cohen in Commondreams.org recently pled with progressives to elect Democrats to office this year. ?A Democratic win in 2006 would be similar to 1998: a rejection of rightwing extremism and hypocrisy.? I fail to see the rationale. If we usher the Democrats into office on November 7 we?ll just be electing rightwing extremism under a substitute banner -- it won?t be called Republican but it?ll still be wicked as all hell. Even Cohen admits that the Democratic leadership doesn?t have a progressive agenda, but still feels that a lefty push inside the party could change that around. What Cohen and others have embraced is a blatant call for lesser-evilism: ignore alternatives and vote for what you don?t believe in, because it?s strategic. The whole plan: "take back Congress and then pull the Democrats left down the road?. When has that ever worked? And why would the corporate Democrats give its progressive wing any credence? If the Democratic Party continues to receive progressive votes regardless of their rightwing positions, there is absolutely no reason for them to change. Sadly Cohen?s position, like the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) of which he serves on the Board, is analogous to The Nation magazine?s foul electoral philosophy. Neither will "endorse" pro-war Democratic candidates, nor will they "oppose" them. Silence is complicity. I hold out no hope that the Democratic Party can ever be reformed, but let's say by some divine intervention they can. If so, the only way it will ever happen will be when its progressive constituents leave the party and challenge them from the outside. In fact, that is what The Nation seems to fear most. In the upcoming November 13 issue, on shelves this week, The Nation editors warn, ?If Democrats fail to recapture at least a working share of Congressional power, they and their party will rightly be cast into disrepute, too, and distressed citizens may reasonably begin looking for other options.? What would be so wrong with that? Progressives should have been looking for other options long ago. However, The Nation, like Cohen and the PDA, does not support independent politics or the emergence of a legitimate progressive third party. And that?s why they have not lived up to their promise of truly opposing pro-war Democrats by endorsing any of their antiwar challengers. Of the 22 candidates in tight races or running in open districts across the US, all but one was chosen by chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Perhaps not surprisingly, 21 of his picks are ardently pro-war. The other is suspect. But The Nation and the PDA don?t want you to know any of that. Instead they?d rather see left-leaning voters cramped inside the cage of the Democratic establishment. Nothing could be more damaging to social movements or our hope for real progressive change. --Joshua Frank October 28, 2006 in Economics | Permalink | Comments (1) Green Party Candidate Backs Dem, Withdraws From Race Just when you thought that the Greens might be making a comeback. http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stamford_templates/stamford_story/293031389037134.php --Joshua Frank October 28, 2006 in Elections | Permalink | Comments (8) Cindy Sheehan: Make One Democrat Pay! Having failed to stand up in opposition to the Iraq war in the first place, and failing to offer a strong peace platform now, the Democratic Party nevertheless is about to reap big gains from the blood of my son Casey and others like him. We have an opportunity to make at least one pro-war Democrat pay the price for selling out on the war. We must send a message to pro-war politicians of both parties. Our friend Bill Scheurer, editor of The PeaceMajority Report, co-founder of VotersForPeace, and longtime member of Military Families Speak Out, is running an explosive grassroots campaign in the IL-8th Congressional District against first-term incumbent Melissa Bean, a pro-war Bush Democrat. People throughout this suburban, mainstream America district are blasting their horns, and flashing thumbs up and peace signs at Scheurer campaign ?Honk for Peace!? roadside flash parties. The local news has given great coverage, and ?Vote for Peace? Scheurer yard signs are popping up everywhere like dandelions in spring. Because of Bean's clear support for big money and the wealthy, Scheurer also has strong support from organized labor, which compliments Bill's support of peace. I urge all citizens is all districts to vote for peace candidates, no matter what party they are, but in Bill Scheurer, there is a clear choice for peace. We in the nationwide peace community can help. Vote for Peace! Please visit the www.BringOurTroopsHome.com campaign website. Send money. Make calls. Send emails. Help spread the word. Get ready for 2008. --Cindy Sheehan October 27, 2006 in Elections, War | Permalink | Comments (0) ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 7 13:58:41 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:58:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See everyone at Tian's party (Carol'll be there too) tonight! Re: Time to vote if you haven't already In-Reply-To: <4550D4D7.9020007@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <20061107215842.91859.qmail@web52210.mail.yahoo.com> A Million Votes for Peace! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > If you need more information on the logistics please visit: > > http://sccvote.org/portal/site/rov/ > > This evening they will be posting the election results there. > Just click the apropriate link on that site. > > After all is said and done, please come by my party this evening! > Details on that are at: > > http://tianharter.org/PartyAnoucement.html > > -- > Tian > My campaign is mostly done. All that's left is the voting, > the election night party, and seeing the tally in the paper. > http://tianharter.org > Tian Harter for City Council > P.O. Box 391854 > Mountain View CA 94039-1854 > > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Free Uniden 5.8GHz Phone System with Packet8 Internet Phone Service http://www.getpacket8.net/yahoo2 From andid at cagreens.org Wed Nov 8 09:37:51 2006 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:37:51 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CONGRATULATIONS TO WES ROLLEY! Message-ID: Wes, Congratulations for your part in the spectacular (and rare) defeat of an entrenched Republican, Richard Pombo! Other good news: elevation of Nancy Pelosi and the election of many women in other positions of power proves that the average voter now believes that women *can* overcome their menstrual cycles to act in responsible ways!!! Gosh. Also note the election of the first Socialist. If you heard Ralph Nader on Democracy Now! you will have heard the sad concept that these changes from Republican to Democrat in the House is no call for a progressive mandate as it did in years past. The reason is fascinating--listen to the webcast when it is posted. Andrea Andrea Dorey Santa Clara County Green Party 408-306-1900 (cell) "Serving the powerful is like sleeping with a tiger." "It is difficult to get off a tiger's back." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baalavi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 7 11:21:19 2006 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:21:19 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 21st Century Voting & Counting Message-ID: <20061107192120.20508.qmail@web52112.mail.yahoo.com> When you have a chance, click on the link. Learn the shocking facts about our VOTES, vote counting & tabulating: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7236791207107726851&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en-CA Share it with as many as you can. --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Get an Online or Campus degree - Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's - in less than one year. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baalavi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 10:16:35 2006 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:16:35 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CONGRATULATIONS TO WES ROLLEY! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20061108181636.86985.qmail@web52105.mail.yahoo.com> Yeah, Congratulations Wes. What will be the fate of PomboWatch now? Wes had it best ... The numbers speak: 2006 Results: Total votes cast 165,695 or 46.6% of registered voters. McNerney: 88,026 53.2% Pombo: 77,669 46.8%2004 Results: McNerney 103,587 Pombo : 163,582 ba Andrea Dorey wrote: Wes, Congratulations for your part in the spectacular (and rare) defeat of an entrenched Republican, Richard Pombo! Other good news: elevation of Nancy Pelosi and the election of many women in other positions of power proves that the average voter now believes that women *can* overcome their menstrual cycles to act in responsible ways!!! Gosh. Also note the election of the first Socialist. If you heard Ralph Nader on Democracy Now! you will have heard the sad concept that these changes from Republican to Democrat in the House is no call for a progressive mandate as it did in years past. The reason is fascinating--listen to the webcast when it is posted. Andrea Andrea Dorey Santa Clara County Green Party 408-306-1900 (cell) "Serving the powerful is like sleeping with a tiger." "It is difficult to get off a tiger's back." _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 11:57:55 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:57:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA-MediaComm] McLaughlin leading Anderson in Richmond Message-ID: <20061108195756.41686.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> This is a significantly sized city and may become our largest Green mayoral position yet. Green Solidarity! Drew From: Mike Feinstein Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] McLaughlin leading Anderson in Richmond mayoral race To: gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/counties/west_county/15957007.htm McLaughlin leading Anderson in Richmond mayoral race By John Geluardi, CONTRA COSTA TIMES City Councilwoman Gayle McLaughlin, a Green Party member, appears to have squeaked out a victory over incumbent Irma Anderson to become Richmond's next mayor. McLaughlin was ahead by just under 200 votes when the final precinct tally was announced just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, though an unknown number of votes, including absentee ballots turned in at the polls Tuesday, had yet to be counted. Shortly after hearing the news, McLaughlin said she was ready to "roll up her sleeves and get to work." "This is a clear signal that Richmond residents want to go in a new direction," McLaughlin said. "It's the interest of the people that have spoken, and they are clearly standing up for their own interests by electing someone whose values and visions are in line with their own. I feel very honored." McLaughlin, 54, represents a new type of Richmond politician. Making use of a grass-roots campaign style, she was able to tap into voter dissatisfaction with Richmond politics that intensified in 2004 when the city suddenly discovered a crippling $35 million budget deficit. Voters were motivated by the fact that McLaughlin refused to take corporate donations. As of the last reporting deadline, she had only spent about $14,000 on her campaign. By contrast, Anderson, 75, whose campaign received a great deal of money from Chevron and numerous other corporations, spent more than $110,000. McLaughlin was new to politics when she was elected to the council in 2004. At that time, she had relatively little political experience and has a background as a teacher and political activist. Anderson and the City Council made some difficult decisions during the budget crisis that included laying off nearly 300 employees and cutting city services to the bone. With the help of new City Manager Bill Lindsay and Finance Director Jim Goins, the city has regained its financial stability. But Anderson was not able to shake the fact that she was the top elected official when the city was blundering toward the crisis. In addition, she has been increasingly criticized by other council members, who have complained she is a poor consensus builder and too quick to take credit for accomplishments that the entire council worked on. Gary Bell, the third mayoral candidate, was the only member to be voted off the council in 2004. In his attempt to win the mayor's seat, he was a dogged campaigner but finished nearly 1,700 votes behind Anderson, 1,900 behind McLaughlin. The city's charter does not allow for a strong mayor, but as Richmond struggles to reshape its image, the next mayor will play a critical role in promoting positive changes. The city is in the midst of a major redevelopment project along Macdonald Avenue that includes new residential and commercial development in the long-depressed downtown area. It also includes new streetscapes, lighting and senior housing in the high-crime Iron Triangle neighborhood. The city also is about to kick off a major rehabilitation of the prized Civic Center and build a new, state-of-the-art police station. The mayor and City Council also will have development issues to contend with in the next four years. Perhaps the most important is how to develop Point Molate, a scenic stretch of mostly undeveloped waterfront property. The city sold the land to a casino developer, though it still is uncertain if he will be able to get the property approved for Indian gaming. The next mayor also will have to be very proactive in working with the council to put forth effective anti-violence programs. There have been 38 homicides so far this year, and in a recent survey the city was named among the most dangerous in the country and state. The chronic high homicide rate in Richmond is perhaps the single largest obstacle to overcoming a deeply ingrained negative reputation that prevents new, job-creating businesses from locating here. Contact John Geluardi at 510-2622-2787 or at jgeluardi at cctimes.com ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link For just $24.99/mo., Vonage offers unlimited local and long- distance calling. Sign up now. http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 12:17:50 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:17:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [usgp-media] Draft - GP RELEASE Greens advance on Nov. 7, prepare for 2008 national run In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20061108114516.018980a0@mail.cwnet.com> Message-ID: <20061108201750.83514.qmail@web52205.mail.yahoo.com> Also note that in California the Greens that got the most votes in this election (double what Todd Chretien got) are in this order: California Insurance Commissioner: Larry Cafiero (Grn) 208,352 3.1 % California State Controller: Laura Wells (Grn) 199,705 3.1 % California Lt. Gov.: Donna J. Warren (Grn) 182,424 2.7 % California Governor: Peter Camejo (Grn) 154,664 2.3 % California Treasurer: Mehul M. Thakker (Grn) 151,498 2.3 % California Attorney General: Michael Sutton Wyman (Grn) 147,133 2.2 % California Secretary of State: Forrest Hill (Grn) 139,706 2.2 % --- civillib at cwnet.com wrote: > Scott, > > RE: CA. Todd's vote in now 110,713 with a few precincts left. I think > you > can safely say "more than 111,000 votes." > > Finally, the big news. A Green appears to have defeated the incumbent > mayor > of Richmond, CA (near SF). Gayle McLaughlin, who refused corporate > donations, raising about $14,000, was outspent by the incumbent, who > raised > more than $110,000 from big contributors, the biggest of which was > Chevron. > Gayle first won office 2 years ago when she ran for Richmond City > Council. > > Gayle's margin is 192 votes right now with all precincts reporting. > > Richmond is located a few miles from Oakland and San Francisco, > population > 104,000. > > > Cres > > > At 11:02 AM 11/8/2006 -0800, Scott McLarty wrote: > >Hi folks > > > >Here's a very rough first draft. Please look it > >over and send edits etc. as soon as you can, so > >we can get it out by 3:30 pm. > > > >We're awaiting more news from California, and we > >also need some stuff filled in. > > > >Scott > > > > > >* * * * * > > > > > >GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES > >http://www.gp.org > > > >For Immediate Release: > >Wednesday, November 8, 2006 > > > >Contacts: > >Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, > >mclarty at greens.org > >Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, > >starlene at greens.org > > > > > >Strong incremental advances for Greens on > >Election Day 2006 > > > >? Greens win ballot status in Illinois with > >gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney's 11%, > >overcoming prohibitive ballot access rules > > > >? Strong antiwar vote in favor of warhawk > >Democrats shows a disconnect in U.S. politics; > >only Greens offered a pro-war platform; Greens > >warn that Democrats in Congress will do little to > >reverse Bush foreign policy > > > > > >WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called > >the 2006 midterm election a small but important > >step forward for the party, preparing Greens for > >the 2008 presidential campaign. > > > >"The number of votes gained and the increased > >percentages in significant races," said _______. > >Green candidates, competing against a wave of > >votes cast for Democrats, received enough votes > >to show that they have the power to determine the > >outcome of important races. Just as important, > >we maintained ballot access in states where we > >already had it, and gained a key state, Illinois, > >thanks to Rich Whitney, who received 11% in his > >run for Governor." > > > >Greens warned that antiwar voters may find > >themselves frustrated by Democrats in Congress > >during the next two years, especially on the war > >front. > > > >"Some Green candidates running for Congress > >probably contributed to the defeat of > >Republicans," said _______. "While Democratic > >candidates offered weak criticism of Republicans > >on issues like the war in Iraq, Green candidates > >sharply criticized the war and other Bush > >policies. Ironically, outspoken Green criticism > >may have translated into votes for Democrats > >among voters who decided it was time to end > >Republican rule in Congress. Unfortunately, many > >of the winning Democrats, like Hillary Clinton > >[N.Y.] and Howard Berman [Calif.], support the > >war. They will only call for changes in military > >strategy in Iraq, they'll support President > >Bush's threats of an attack against Iran, and > >they'll maintain uncritical endorsement of > >Israel's murderous and illegal policies in regard > >to the Palestinian people." > > > > > >Thumbnail reports on Green campaigns across the > >U.S.: > > > >? The presence of a 'Green' candidate for U.S. > >Senate in Virginia is being blamed for the close > >numbers of the Republican and Democratic > >candidates in the race, and will probably lead to > >a recount. Gail Parker is a member of the > >Independent Greens of Virginia, a conservative > >party that is not affiliated with the Green Party > >of the United States. > > > >Green Party members stressed that Ms. Parker's > >run, as well as the role of Greens, Libertarians, > >and independent candidates in other races across > >the U.S., shows the need for instant runoff > >voting (IRV), an election reform that allows > >voters to rank their preferences, ensures that > >the winner has the support of a majority of > >voters, and accommodates the participation of > >'third party' candidates. > > > >Greens noted that voters in Minneapolis, > >Minnesota, Oakland and Davis in California, and > >in Pierce County, Washington, overwhelmingly > >endorsed a ballot measure for IRV on Tuesday. > >(More information: FairVote.org > >) > > > >? Green candidate Rich Whitney drew 11% (325,598 > >votes) for Governor in Illinois, achieving ballot > >status for the Green Party in preparation for the > >2008 election. This is the first time a national > >third party has achieved ballot status in > >Illinois since 1920; Illinois has difficulat > >ballot access rules and Gov. Rod Blagojevich > >spent $800,000 in taxpayers' money trying to keep > >Greens off the state ballot. > > > >? Pat LaMarche, running on a strong universal > >health care and clean elections platform, drew > >just under 10% in her campaign for Governor of > >Maine. Ms. LaMarche competed with two Democrats > >in the race, an incumbent and a progressive > >Democrat who ran as an independent, as well as a > >Republican. > > > >Also in Maine, the Green Independent Party won > >two seats on Portland City Council and maintained > >four seats on the city's School Committee, > >according to preliminary results. Maine Greens > >were disappointed in the defeat of John Eder, two > >term member of the Maine statehouse. > >http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/061108portland.html > > > >? Green candidate Malachy McCourt, running for > >Governor of New York, received XXX votes, missing > >the state's requirement of 50,000 votes in a > >presidential or gubernatorial race for ballot > >status. However, several other statewide > >candidates received over 50,000 votes, and New > >York Greens, led by senatorial candidate Howie > >Hawkins, are calling for a legal challenge asking > >for the state to recognize these votes as > >qualification for Green Party ballot status in > >2008: > > > >Rachel Treichler for Attorney General 57,401 > >(1.43%) > >Julia Willebrand for Comptroller 107,714 (2.82%) > >Howie Hawkins for U.S. Senator 51,483 (1.23%) > > > >? CD 1 in Colorado showing 22% for the Green > >candidate [for U.S. House? details?] > > > >? DC Statehood Greens won eight Advisory > >Neighborhood Commission races and easily kept its > >ballot line. The Statehood Green Party won more > >offices than any other state Green Party, and has > >replaced the Republican Party as Washington, > >D.C.'s second party in terms of electoral > >participation. > > > >Joyce Robinson-Paul finished second out of two, > >receiving 14,109 votes for 14.7% in her race for > >D.C.'s U.S. Senate seat ('Shadow Senator'). > >Keith Ware finished second out of three in his > >race for U.S. Representative, beating the > >Republican. He received 12,533 votes for 12.7%. > > > >? In U.S. Senate races, Todd Chretien > >(California) drew 10,6578 votes, more than any > >other Green senatorial candidate. In > >Pennsylvania's 15th District, Greta Brown drew > >31,443 votes, the most of any Green candidate for > >the U.S. House. 14 Greens ran for the Senate, 42 > >for the House. > > > >? 8.7 million voters across the U.S. voted for > >withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for > >impeachment resolutions on local and state > >ballots. Troop withdrawal initiatives won in all > >ten localities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, > >and all 11 communities in Illinois, including > >Chicago. Of 139 cities and towns in > >Massachusetts voting on the troop withdrawal > >measures, only a handful voted nay on initiatives > >demanding that Congress and the White House end > >the war immediately. In California, San > >Francisco voters supported a local impeachment > >measure by 59.41%. In Berkeley, a similar > >resolution won the support of 68.56% of the > >electorate. Greens supported and led the > >initiative campaigns; in April, 24 of 32 > >communities voted in support of the 'Troops Home > >Now' resolutions that were promoted by Greens. > >(More information: > >) > > > >"Tuesday's vote represents more of a defeat for > >Republicans and the Bush agenda than a victory > >for Americans who oppose the war on Iraq," said > >_______. "Only the Green Party offered a real > >antiwar platform, calling for immediate > >withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The danger > >now is that Democrats in Congress will ignore the > >will of the American people, according to > >numerous polls and voters' initiatives, and keep > >U.S. troops in Iraq while only criticizing the > >Bush Administration on strategic grounds. A lot > >of antiwar votes may prove to have been wasted on > >November 7." > > > > > >MORE INFORMATION > > > >Green Party of the United States > >http://www.gp.org > >1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 > >Washington, DC 20009. > >202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN > >Fax 202-319-7193 > > > >Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web > >sites http://www.gp.org/2006elections > >Database of 2006 Green candidates > >http://www.greens.org/elections > >Video clips of Green candidates > >http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml > >Green Party News Center > >http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml > > > > > >~ END ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > _________ > >Sponsored Link > > > >Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420k for $1,399/mo. > >Calculate new payment! > >http://www.LowerMyBills.com/lre > >_______________________________________________ > >usgp-media mailing list > >usgp-media at lists.gp-us.org > >http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-media > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > usgp-media mailing list > usgp-media at lists.gp-us.org > http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-media > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. http://new.mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 12:35:01 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:35:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Green Wes Rolley helps elect McNerny, defeat Richard Pombo in CA Message-ID: <20061108203501.18276.qmail@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> I forwarded this to the national and state media lists: A very important event that we Greens significantly contributed to in California was the defeat of archconservative Repub state Senator (CA 11) Richard Pombo. Wes Rolley was a key Green supporter of the Dem Jerry McNerney, the Dem that won yesterday. Here's two blogs that Wes does: http://www.refpub.com/PomboWatch/ http://cagreening.blogspot.com/ Wes founded the California Rural Caucus (a caucus that would be great to start on the national level too!) Green Solidarity! --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > To: Green South Bay Discussion > From: Andrea Dorey > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:37:51 -0800 > Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CONGRATULATIONS TO WES ROLLEY! > > Wes, > > Congratulations for your part in the spectacular (and rare) defeat of > > an entrenched Republican, Richard Pombo! > > Other good news: elevation of Nancy Pelosi and the election of many > women in other positions of power proves that the average voter now > believes that women *can* overcome their menstrual cycles to act in > responsible ways!!! Gosh. > > Also note the election of the first Socialist. > > If you heard Ralph Nader on Democracy Now! you will have heard the > sad concept that these changes from Republican to Democrat in the > House is no call for a progressive mandate as it did in years past. > > The reason is fascinating--listen to the webcast when it is posted. > > Andrea > > > Andrea Dorey > Santa Clara County Green Party > 408-306-1900 (cell) > > "Serving the powerful is like sleeping with a tiger." > > "It is difficult to get off a tiger's back." ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link For just $24.99/mo., Vonage offers unlimited local and long- distance calling. Sign up now. http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 12:45:36 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:45:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Nader analysis of the election on DemocracyNOW toda Message-ID: <20061108204536.2866.qmail@web52214.mail.yahoo.com> [usgp-media] Nader analysis of the election on DemocracyNOW today Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:21:41 -0500 For analysis on Tuesday's election and the Democratic victory in the House, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader joins us in Washington. * Ralph Nader, ran for president in 2000 as a candidate on the Green Party ticket. In 2004 he ran for President as an Independent. He is the author of many books including "The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap." www.democracynow.org NADER TRANSCRIPT: AMY GOODMAN: Last night, Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, vowed reforms would be in order. REP. RAHM EMANUEL: The American people never lose their zeal for reform, and neither can we. The old era of irresponsibility is over, and the new era of real reform has just begun. AMY GOODMAN: For analysis on Tuesday's election and the Democratic victory in the House, we're joined by consumer advocate and two-time presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, in Washington, D.C. Welcome to Democracy Now! RALPH NADER: Thank you, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: It's good to have you with us. What is your assessment of Election Day and the results? RALPH NADER: Well, the assessment is that to the extent the Democrats gained the majority in the House, it was on the backs of some very right-wing Democrats who won the election against right-wing Republican incumbents. And so, there was no mandate for any progressive agenda. For example, in 1974, when the Democrats swarmed over the Republicans, it was on the backs of many very progressive Democratic challengers who were elected. And the same is true in the '60s, when some very progressive senators like Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin was elected. But not this time. They're going to have to deal with a lot of Blue Dog Democrats, and that's going to give Pelosi great pause as she tries to maneuver a few things through the Congress. The other thing that is good, though, is that there's some very good veteran chairmen who are coming in: George Miller, Henry Waxman, Ed Markey and, of course, John Conyers. But to counter that, both John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi have taken the impeachment issue right off the table, before the election, and that means there's going to be no Bush accountability for his war crimes and his inflation of unlawful presidential authority. AMY GOODMAN: And yet, Ralph Nader, when asked -- when Nancy Pelosi was asked what would be the difference if the Democrats took over, she said subpoena power. RALPH NADER: Well, alright, that gets to a real gridlock situation. The Democrats will throw a lot of subpoenas at the White House. The White House will, of course, drag it on and on and on. And the public will get fed up with it. The White House has great reserves in dragging it on and on and on. Because Bush can't rely on Republicans as a majority of the Congress, he's going to inflate his presidential power even more extremely and unlawfully, in the opinion of many legal scholars, to do through the inherent power of the presidency, as Dick Cheney and Bush have talked about, what he can't do through the Congress, which he no longer controls. But notice that, in all the debates I've heard between the Senate candidates and the House candidates over the last few weeks, there was almost no mention of corporate power, the 800-pound gorilla, no mention of corporate crime, no drive for corporate reform. And yet, if you look at the forward issues in the country, who's saying no to healthcare, universal healthcare? Corporate power. Who's saying no to a real crackdown on corporate crime against consumers, especially inner-city consumers? Corporate power. Who's saying no to cleaning up the corrupt tens of billions of dollars in military contracting fraud, like Halliburton? Corporate power. Who's saying no to reform of hundreds of billions of dollars of diversion of your tax dollars, America, to corporate subsidies, handouts and giveaways? Corporate power. And yet, reporters and candidates hardly mentioned it. Kevin Zeese, the Green Party candidate, did in Maryland for the Senate. Howie Hawkins did in New York, the Green Party candidate for the Senate. AMY GOODMAN: And certainly, Bernie Sanders makes that a major issue. It is the main point of his politics. And he's been elected. He's going to be the first socialist senator in the US Senate. RALPH NADER: Well, there won't be much socialism to him, but he'll be a fresh voice, a very welcome voice along with Sherrod Brown. So that, you know, you can stop certain bad things in the Senate with two or three senators near the end of the session, so -- the way Metzenbaum and Abourezk did in the '70s -- so that's a welcome break. But there are some -- AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, let me ask you about Connecticut, because that's where you've spent a good amount of the last months, and here, yes, the independent candidate Joseph Lieberman beat out the antiwar Democratic candidate who had unseated him in the Democratic primary, Ned Lamont. RALPH NADER: Well, that was a bizarre type of situation, because the Republican candidate was not able to get more than 10% of the vote. So Lieberman got 70% of the Republican voters in Connecticut, and that's what won for him. He would have been history, if the Republicans respected their own voters in Connecticut and nominated someone who could get 20%, 25%, 30% of the vote. He's going to be pretty insufferable. I mean, you know, Joe's inherent self-righteousness now is ballooning by the hour, and he's going to view himself as a kingmaker if the swing in the Senate is one seat. But he was the darling of the big business lobby, Chamber of Commerce, here in Washington, who anointed him. And that's the power and greed lobby. And he was their favorite Democratic senator, only one of two. AMY GOODMAN: Is it absolutely known that he will caucus with Democrats, number one? And number two, is there any discussion about him -- perhaps the Bush administration, who's deeply indebted to him, offering him, say, Secretary of Defense, if they don't stick with Rumsfeld, to get him out of the Senate to put in a Republican? And would he take it? RALPH NADER: There's no doubt in my mind he's going to caucus with the Democrats. He knows where his bread is buttered, where his friends are, where his contributors are, one. And he can play that both sides of the aisle, as he has for years as a Democrat. And he can get a committee chair if the Democrats win. I don't think he'll take an executive position. This is a failing administration. He would never want to be a Secretary of Defense in a Bush administration. AMY GOODMAN: What about the other congressional races in Connecticut? Very significant. You're talking about corporate power. Nancy Johnson is one of those Republican incumbents who went down, very well-known for representing the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry. RALPH NADER: Yes. That was a surprise. She worked the precincts very carefully over the years, always went back home. But I think her opponent two years ago, [Maloney], congressman, when they were redistricted, damaged her credibility by pouring ads showing she was the agent of the drug industry and the big HMOs. I think he set her up for defeat by Chris Murphy yesterday. AMY GOODMAN: What about the war, this being a vote against war? And what does that mean for Democrats right now? What happens? RALPH NADER: Well, it means vagueness. Nancy Pelosi was very vague. She said there's got to be a redirection, there's got to be a change. But the Democrats don't have the guts to really have a withdrawal plan. Internationalizing the situation there; having internationally supervised elections; having people of stature bring the three sectarian groups together, as they have in the past -- the Kurds and Shiites and Sunnis in the '50s arranged a modest autonomy within a unified Iraq -- and bringing in, in an Islamic nation, peacekeepers, these things require real high-level diplomacy, and the Democrats, you know, are not in the executive branch. Bush is going to stay the course. He's already announced that he's going to be in Iraq until the last day of his office. So this will be a test of Hillary Clinton and others, and I don't think they're going to be able to meet it. AMY GOODMAN: What about what's happening in the Middle East, in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon? The latest attack on Beit Hanun has killed something like eighteen people, thirteen of one family. You certainly spoke out over the Israeli bombing of Lebanon. Will this ever become a major issue in the US Congress? RALPH NADER: Certainly the Democrats are not going to make it a major issue. Nancy Pelosi and others have been with the pro-Israeli lobby for years. Certainly Bush and Cheney aren't. They don't understand that the greatest move toward national security in our country and in the so-called effort against terrorism would be to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The majority of both people would like a two-state solution. There are extremists in Israel that would like to continue to dominate the West Bank and harass Gaza and block an exit of the people there for traveling and for export of goods. So it's just -- it's now a steady state, destruction every day of innocent people, as you say, thirteen in one family. The Israeli military know how to pacify Gaza. They know they could take over that town, where these primitive rockets that are wildly inadequate are fired. But it serves the interest of certain political interests in Israel to continue this kind of conflict. This is an eminently resolvable conflict. There's a lot of former Israeli military and intelligence people who know how to do it, people in the Knesset who know what needs to be done. But as long as the US basically says to whoever is in charge, "You can do whatever you want over there, and we'll still pump $3 - $4 billion and cluster bomb weapons, etc.," there's not going to be a resolution. As long as there's no resolution, there's going to be an inflammation increasing all over the Islamic world, and our national security will be compromised. This campaign, this election, Amy, was basically a mandate-less election for the Democrats. There was really no mandate other than against Bush and do something about Iraq. Domestically, virtually no mandate about rearranging of power, shifting it from corporations to workers, consumers, taxpayers, to communities. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, you mentioned Sherrod Brown, certainly will be one of the most progressive members of a new US Senate. Yet, in those waning days, as he was running for this Senate seat that he has just won from Ohio, he voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Can you talk about the significance of this act? RALPH NADER: That was a bad sign. That was, I think, not just a strategic mistake by Sherrod Brown. He's going to regret this. It was a character deficiency, just like, you know, Hillary Clinton's character deficiency. She refused to debate three third party Senate candidates, including Howie Hawkins in the Green Party, and the League of Women Voters was so upset, they withdrew co-sponsorship of the debate. We've got to focus on the ability of the Democrats to become very, very politically cynical in order to win. I don't think Sherrod Brown had to do that to win. That is a monstrous laceration of our constitutional rights, that Military Commissions. I hope it will be declared unconstitutional in its noxious provisions by the Supreme Court. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, Hillary Clinton. There is some discussion that if, in fact, Democrats do take the Senate -- there are two very tightly contested races now, of course, Virginia and Montana, although at this point Democrats have very narrow leads in them -- the possibility that she would become the Majority Leader of the Senate. RALPH NADER: Well, I don't think so. It's very hard to be Majority Leader of the Senate and run for president, which she's going to start to do right away. I think what we're seeing here is a drive for a coronation in the Democratic nomination. As Mark Warner drops out, maybe John Kerry has been damaged, I mean, she's going to have a huge war chest and just march to the nomination. And to do that, she's got to be absent a great deal from the Senate. And when you're Majority Leader in the Senate, you've got to be the valet for a lot of senators and you can't go out to Colorado or California or New York or West Virginia, as a presidential candidate has to. AMY GOODMAN: The issue of money and politics, something you take on in a very big way. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, at least 2.8 billion dollars were spent in this election, making these the most expensive midterm elections in history. I want to talk about this big money in the big parties, the two big parties, and also third party politics today, and what you saw around the country. RALPH NADER: Well, first of all, the mess with the voting machinery and the registration situation, this country is a mockery of obstructing people to vote, going back to the post-Civil War era. Now they have new ways to do it through these machines, through not distributing the machines, through challenging people's voting credentials. There's no other Western democracy that requires registration. In Canada, if you are counted as part of the regular census, you vote, period. And so, what we need in this country, first of all, is a complete reform of electoral laws, including one federal standard for candidates running for federal office, for Congress and for the President, not 50 different state standards and more county standards. There needs to be criminal prosecutions. Notice you can obstruct people's right to vote, you can do what happened in Ohio and Florida, and because both parties want to be able to do it, if they're in power, at the state level, there's no prosecution tradition here, as there is, say, for procurement fraud. So nobody goes to jail. So, every two or four years, it's going to happen, more and more and more. And the number of ways that people can be obstructed from voting -- votes can be miscounted; that people can be falsely designated as ex-felons; the extent to which voting rolls can be shrunken, like in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Republican state government, Blackwell, Secretary of State -- all this is going to happen again and again, unless you have crackdowns, unless you have task forces that will prosecute these violations, and unless you have a national debate about universal voting, Amy. We've got to ask ourselves -- jury duty is the only civic duty in our Constitution. We have a whole Bill of Rights, but we have very few duties. And if we have to obey thousands of laws passed by lawmakers, it seems to me that having voting be a civic duty, as it is in Australia and Brazil and some other countries, is the way to clear away all these manipulations and obstructions, because if you have a legal duty to vote -- AMY GOODMAN: You mean, mandatory. RALPH NADER: Yes. If you have the duty to vote, then obstructing it becomes a very serious crime, whereas now it's just, you know, the political game the two parties play against one another. And the discussion of mandatory voting would include a binding "none of the above." So you can go to the polls or absentee vote for the ballot line, you can vote write-in, you can vote for your own person, write in your own name, or you can vote for a binding "none of the above." I think that takes care of any civil liberties problems. But it should be decided by a special national referendum. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, we have to wrap up, but I just want to ask: Hillary Clinton spent something like $30 million on an almost uncontested race at the point where, you know -- of yesterday, certainly getting more nationally known. Are you going to be running for president in 2008? RALPH NADER: It's too early to say. I do want to give you one quick sidebar, Amy. In Morgan County, USA, in Morgan County, West Virginia, with a 60% Republican registration advantage, the incumbent for county commissioner was defeated overwhelmingly, by 20 points, by a challenger. She beat him by 20 points. And that was done by person-to-person campaigning, which I think is going to be the way progressives in this country are going to win elections. This is a stunning victory over a Republican machine that ought to be studied, in Morgan County, West Virginia. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, I want to thank you very much for joining us, two-time presidential candidate, joining us from Washington, D.C. ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link For just $24.99/mo., Vonage offers unlimited local and long- distance calling. Sign up now. http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 12:45:49 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:45:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Nader analysis of the election on DemocracyNOW toda Message-ID: <20061108204549.14310.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> [usgp-media] Nader analysis of the election on DemocracyNOW today Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:21:41 -0500 For analysis on Tuesday's election and the Democratic victory in the House, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader joins us in Washington. * Ralph Nader, ran for president in 2000 as a candidate on the Green Party ticket. In 2004 he ran for President as an Independent. He is the author of many books including "The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap." www.democracynow.org NADER TRANSCRIPT: AMY GOODMAN: Last night, Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, vowed reforms would be in order. REP. RAHM EMANUEL: The American people never lose their zeal for reform, and neither can we. The old era of irresponsibility is over, and the new era of real reform has just begun. AMY GOODMAN: For analysis on Tuesday's election and the Democratic victory in the House, we're joined by consumer advocate and two-time presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, in Washington, D.C. Welcome to Democracy Now! RALPH NADER: Thank you, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: It's good to have you with us. What is your assessment of Election Day and the results? RALPH NADER: Well, the assessment is that to the extent the Democrats gained the majority in the House, it was on the backs of some very right-wing Democrats who won the election against right-wing Republican incumbents. And so, there was no mandate for any progressive agenda. For example, in 1974, when the Democrats swarmed over the Republicans, it was on the backs of many very progressive Democratic challengers who were elected. And the same is true in the '60s, when some very progressive senators like Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin was elected. But not this time. They're going to have to deal with a lot of Blue Dog Democrats, and that's going to give Pelosi great pause as she tries to maneuver a few things through the Congress. The other thing that is good, though, is that there's some very good veteran chairmen who are coming in: George Miller, Henry Waxman, Ed Markey and, of course, John Conyers. But to counter that, both John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi have taken the impeachment issue right off the table, before the election, and that means there's going to be no Bush accountability for his war crimes and his inflation of unlawful presidential authority. AMY GOODMAN: And yet, Ralph Nader, when asked -- when Nancy Pelosi was asked what would be the difference if the Democrats took over, she said subpoena power. RALPH NADER: Well, alright, that gets to a real gridlock situation. The Democrats will throw a lot of subpoenas at the White House. The White House will, of course, drag it on and on and on. And the public will get fed up with it. The White House has great reserves in dragging it on and on and on. Because Bush can't rely on Republicans as a majority of the Congress, he's going to inflate his presidential power even more extremely and unlawfully, in the opinion of many legal scholars, to do through the inherent power of the presidency, as Dick Cheney and Bush have talked about, what he can't do through the Congress, which he no longer controls. But notice that, in all the debates I've heard between the Senate candidates and the House candidates over the last few weeks, there was almost no mention of corporate power, the 800-pound gorilla, no mention of corporate crime, no drive for corporate reform. And yet, if you look at the forward issues in the country, who's saying no to healthcare, universal healthcare? Corporate power. Who's saying no to a real crackdown on corporate crime against consumers, especially inner-city consumers? Corporate power. Who's saying no to cleaning up the corrupt tens of billions of dollars in military contracting fraud, like Halliburton? Corporate power. Who's saying no to reform of hundreds of billions of dollars of diversion of your tax dollars, America, to corporate subsidies, handouts and giveaways? Corporate power. And yet, reporters and candidates hardly mentioned it. Kevin Zeese, the Green Party candidate, did in Maryland for the Senate. Howie Hawkins did in New York, the Green Party candidate for the Senate. AMY GOODMAN: And certainly, Bernie Sanders makes that a major issue. It is the main point of his politics. And he's been elected. He's going to be the first socialist senator in the US Senate. RALPH NADER: Well, there won't be much socialism to him, but he'll be a fresh voice, a very welcome voice along with Sherrod Brown. So that, you know, you can stop certain bad things in the Senate with two or three senators near the end of the session, so -- the way Metzenbaum and Abourezk did in the '70s -- so that's a welcome break. But there are some -- AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, let me ask you about Connecticut, because that's where you've spent a good amount of the last months, and here, yes, the independent candidate Joseph Lieberman beat out the antiwar Democratic candidate who had unseated him in the Democratic primary, Ned Lamont. RALPH NADER: Well, that was a bizarre type of situation, because the Republican candidate was not able to get more than 10% of the vote. So Lieberman got 70% of the Republican voters in Connecticut, and that's what won for him. He would have been history, if the Republicans respected their own voters in Connecticut and nominated someone who could get 20%, 25%, 30% of the vote. He's going to be pretty insufferable. I mean, you know, Joe's inherent self-righteousness now is ballooning by the hour, and he's going to view himself as a kingmaker if the swing in the Senate is one seat. But he was the darling of the big business lobby, Chamber of Commerce, here in Washington, who anointed him. And that's the power and greed lobby. And he was their favorite Democratic senator, only one of two. AMY GOODMAN: Is it absolutely known that he will caucus with Democrats, number one? And number two, is there any discussion about him -- perhaps the Bush administration, who's deeply indebted to him, offering him, say, Secretary of Defense, if they don't stick with Rumsfeld, to get him out of the Senate to put in a Republican? And would he take it? RALPH NADER: There's no doubt in my mind he's going to caucus with the Democrats. He knows where his bread is buttered, where his friends are, where his contributors are, one. And he can play that both sides of the aisle, as he has for years as a Democrat. And he can get a committee chair if the Democrats win. I don't think he'll take an executive position. This is a failing administration. He would never want to be a Secretary of Defense in a Bush administration. AMY GOODMAN: What about the other congressional races in Connecticut? Very significant. You're talking about corporate power. Nancy Johnson is one of those Republican incumbents who went down, very well-known for representing the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry. RALPH NADER: Yes. That was a surprise. She worked the precincts very carefully over the years, always went back home. But I think her opponent two years ago, [Maloney], congressman, when they were redistricted, damaged her credibility by pouring ads showing she was the agent of the drug industry and the big HMOs. I think he set her up for defeat by Chris Murphy yesterday. AMY GOODMAN: What about the war, this being a vote against war? And what does that mean for Democrats right now? What happens? RALPH NADER: Well, it means vagueness. Nancy Pelosi was very vague. She said there's got to be a redirection, there's got to be a change. But the Democrats don't have the guts to really have a withdrawal plan. Internationalizing the situation there; having internationally supervised elections; having people of stature bring the three sectarian groups together, as they have in the past -- the Kurds and Shiites and Sunnis in the '50s arranged a modest autonomy within a unified Iraq -- and bringing in, in an Islamic nation, peacekeepers, these things require real high-level diplomacy, and the Democrats, you know, are not in the executive branch. Bush is going to stay the course. He's already announced that he's going to be in Iraq until the last day of his office. So this will be a test of Hillary Clinton and others, and I don't think they're going to be able to meet it. AMY GOODMAN: What about what's happening in the Middle East, in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon? The latest attack on Beit Hanun has killed something like eighteen people, thirteen of one family. You certainly spoke out over the Israeli bombing of Lebanon. Will this ever become a major issue in the US Congress? RALPH NADER: Certainly the Democrats are not going to make it a major issue. Nancy Pelosi and others have been with the pro-Israeli lobby for years. Certainly Bush and Cheney aren't. They don't understand that the greatest move toward national security in our country and in the so-called effort against terrorism would be to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The majority of both people would like a two-state solution. There are extremists in Israel that would like to continue to dominate the West Bank and harass Gaza and block an exit of the people there for traveling and for export of goods. So it's just -- it's now a steady state, destruction every day of innocent people, as you say, thirteen in one family. The Israeli military know how to pacify Gaza. They know they could take over that town, where these primitive rockets that are wildly inadequate are fired. But it serves the interest of certain political interests in Israel to continue this kind of conflict. This is an eminently resolvable conflict. There's a lot of former Israeli military and intelligence people who know how to do it, people in the Knesset who know what needs to be done. But as long as the US basically says to whoever is in charge, "You can do whatever you want over there, and we'll still pump $3 - $4 billion and cluster bomb weapons, etc.," there's not going to be a resolution. As long as there's no resolution, there's going to be an inflammation increasing all over the Islamic world, and our national security will be compromised. This campaign, this election, Amy, was basically a mandate-less election for the Democrats. There was really no mandate other than against Bush and do something about Iraq. Domestically, virtually no mandate about rearranging of power, shifting it from corporations to workers, consumers, taxpayers, to communities. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, you mentioned Sherrod Brown, certainly will be one of the most progressive members of a new US Senate. Yet, in those waning days, as he was running for this Senate seat that he has just won from Ohio, he voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Can you talk about the significance of this act? RALPH NADER: That was a bad sign. That was, I think, not just a strategic mistake by Sherrod Brown. He's going to regret this. It was a character deficiency, just like, you know, Hillary Clinton's character deficiency. She refused to debate three third party Senate candidates, including Howie Hawkins in the Green Party, and the League of Women Voters was so upset, they withdrew co-sponsorship of the debate. We've got to focus on the ability of the Democrats to become very, very politically cynical in order to win. I don't think Sherrod Brown had to do that to win. That is a monstrous laceration of our constitutional rights, that Military Commissions. I hope it will be declared unconstitutional in its noxious provisions by the Supreme Court. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, Hillary Clinton. There is some discussion that if, in fact, Democrats do take the Senate -- there are two very tightly contested races now, of course, Virginia and Montana, although at this point Democrats have very narrow leads in them -- the possibility that she would become the Majority Leader of the Senate. RALPH NADER: Well, I don't think so. It's very hard to be Majority Leader of the Senate and run for president, which she's going to start to do right away. I think what we're seeing here is a drive for a coronation in the Democratic nomination. As Mark Warner drops out, maybe John Kerry has been damaged, I mean, she's going to have a huge war chest and just march to the nomination. And to do that, she's got to be absent a great deal from the Senate. And when you're Majority Leader in the Senate, you've got to be the valet for a lot of senators and you can't go out to Colorado or California or New York or West Virginia, as a presidential candidate has to. AMY GOODMAN: The issue of money and politics, something you take on in a very big way. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, at least 2.8 billion dollars were spent in this election, making these the most expensive midterm elections in history. I want to talk about this big money in the big parties, the two big parties, and also third party politics today, and what you saw around the country. RALPH NADER: Well, first of all, the mess with the voting machinery and the registration situation, this country is a mockery of obstructing people to vote, going back to the post-Civil War era. Now they have new ways to do it through these machines, through not distributing the machines, through challenging people's voting credentials. There's no other Western democracy that requires registration. In Canada, if you are counted as part of the regular census, you vote, period. And so, what we need in this country, first of all, is a complete reform of electoral laws, including one federal standard for candidates running for federal office, for Congress and for the President, not 50 different state standards and more county standards. There needs to be criminal prosecutions. Notice you can obstruct people's right to vote, you can do what happened in Ohio and Florida, and because both parties want to be able to do it, if they're in power, at the state level, there's no prosecution tradition here, as there is, say, for procurement fraud. So nobody goes to jail. So, every two or four years, it's going to happen, more and more and more. And the number of ways that people can be obstructed from voting -- votes can be miscounted; that people can be falsely designated as ex-felons; the extent to which voting rolls can be shrunken, like in Cleveland, Ohio, by a Republican state government, Blackwell, Secretary of State -- all this is going to happen again and again, unless you have crackdowns, unless you have task forces that will prosecute these violations, and unless you have a national debate about universal voting, Amy. We've got to ask ourselves -- jury duty is the only civic duty in our Constitution. We have a whole Bill of Rights, but we have very few duties. And if we have to obey thousands of laws passed by lawmakers, it seems to me that having voting be a civic duty, as it is in Australia and Brazil and some other countries, is the way to clear away all these manipulations and obstructions, because if you have a legal duty to vote -- AMY GOODMAN: You mean, mandatory. RALPH NADER: Yes. If you have the duty to vote, then obstructing it becomes a very serious crime, whereas now it's just, you know, the political game the two parties play against one another. And the discussion of mandatory voting would include a binding "none of the above." So you can go to the polls or absentee vote for the ballot line, you can vote write-in, you can vote for your own person, write in your own name, or you can vote for a binding "none of the above." I think that takes care of any civil liberties problems. But it should be decided by a special national referendum. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, we have to wrap up, but I just want to ask: Hillary Clinton spent something like $30 million on an almost uncontested race at the point where, you know -- of yesterday, certainly getting more nationally known. Are you going to be running for president in 2008? RALPH NADER: It's too early to say. I do want to give you one quick sidebar, Amy. In Morgan County, USA, in Morgan County, West Virginia, with a 60% Republican registration advantage, the incumbent for county commissioner was defeated overwhelmingly, by 20 points, by a challenger. She beat him by 20 points. And that was done by person-to-person campaigning, which I think is going to be the way progressives in this country are going to win elections. This is a stunning victory over a Republican machine that ought to be studied, in Morgan County, West Virginia. AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, I want to thank you very much for joining us, two-time presidential candidate, joining us from Washington, D.C. ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 12:46:08 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:46:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: In case you were wondering what Mountain View decided... Message-ID: <20061108204608.7454.qmail@web52201.mail.yahoo.com> --- Tian Harter wrote: > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:49:13 -0800 > From: Tian Harter > Subject: In case you were wondering what Mountain View decided... > > MARGARET ABE-KOGA 21.56% 8,129 > RONIT BRYANT 15.74% 5,935 > JAC SIEGEL 14.51% 5,471 > JOHN INKS 14.17% 5,342 > ALICIA CRANK 9.4% 3,544 > TIAN HARTER 9.2% 3,467 > KAL SANDHU 8.6% 3,242 > JOHN H. WEBSTER 6.82% 2,572 > > BTW: I plan to dump this email list after this message. > My city council campaign has no debts, no outstanding > comitments, and is not likely to generate any further news. > > However, I have an ongoing email list I occasionally send > things to. If you would like me to put you on that, please > let me know by replying to this. Otherwise, I wish you the > best and look forward to crossing paths with you on some > other project... > > -- > Tian > My campaign is done. All that's left is seeing the tally in > the newspaper and doing some paperwork for the FPPC and bank. > http://tianharter.org > Tian Harter for City Council > P.O. Box 391854 > Mountain View CA 94039-1854 > > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Get a free Motorola Razr! Today Only! Choose Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, or T-Mobile. http://www.letstalk.com/inlink.htm?to=592913 From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 8 12:50:13 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:50:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Draft - GP RELEASE Greens advance on Nov. 7, prepare for 2008 national run In-Reply-To: <20061108201750.83514.qmail@web52205.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20061108205013.17693.qmail@web52203.mail.yahoo.com> Here's the Secretary of State web site where you can find all this: http://vote.ss.ca.gov/ And here's Carol's results: Candidate Votes Percent * Anna G. Eshoo (Dem) 112,597 70.7 % Rob Smith (Rep) 39,245 24.7 % Carol Brouillet (Grn) 3,662 2.2 % Brian Holtz (Lib) 3,813 2.4 % * = Incumbent http://vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/1400.htm --- JamBoi wrote: > Also note that in California the Greens that got the most votes in > this > election (double what Todd Chretien got) are in this order: > > California Insurance Commissioner: > Larry Cafiero (Grn) 208,352 3.1 % > > California State Controller: > Laura Wells (Grn) 199,705 3.1 % > > California Lt. Gov.: > Donna J. Warren (Grn) 182,424 2.7 % > > California Governor: > Peter Camejo (Grn) 154,664 2.3 % > > California Treasurer: > Mehul M. Thakker (Grn) 151,498 2.3 % > > California Attorney General: > Michael Sutton Wyman (Grn) 147,133 2.2 % > > California Secretary of State: > Forrest Hill (Grn) 139,706 2.2 % > > > > --- civillib at cwnet.com wrote: > > > Scott, > > > > RE: CA. Todd's vote in now 110,713 with a few precincts left. I > think > > you > > can safely say "more than 111,000 votes." > > > > Finally, the big news. A Green appears to have defeated the > incumbent > > mayor > > of Richmond, CA (near SF). Gayle McLaughlin, who refused corporate > > donations, raising about $14,000, was outspent by the incumbent, > who > > raised > > more than $110,000 from big contributors, the biggest of which was > > Chevron. > > Gayle first won office 2 years ago when she ran for Richmond City > > Council. > > > > Gayle's margin is 192 votes right now with all precincts reporting. > > > > Richmond is located a few miles from Oakland and San Francisco, > > population > > 104,000. > > > > > > Cres > > > > > > At 11:02 AM 11/8/2006 -0800, Scott McLarty wrote: > > >Hi folks > > > > > >Here's a very rough first draft. Please look it > > >over and send edits etc. as soon as you can, so > > >we can get it out by 3:30 pm. > > > > > >We're awaiting more news from California, and we > > >also need some stuff filled in. > > > > > >Scott > > > > > > > > >* * * * * > > > > > > > > >GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES > > >http://www.gp.org > > > > > >For Immediate Release: > > >Wednesday, November 8, 2006 > > > > > >Contacts: > > >Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, > > >mclarty at greens.org > > >Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, > > >starlene at greens.org > > > > > > > > >Strong incremental advances for Greens on > > >Election Day 2006 > > > > > >? Greens win ballot status in Illinois with > > >gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney's 11%, > > >overcoming prohibitive ballot access rules > > > > > >? Strong antiwar vote in favor of warhawk > > >Democrats shows a disconnect in U.S. politics; > > >only Greens offered a pro-war platform; Greens > > >warn that Democrats in Congress will do little to > > >reverse Bush foreign policy > > > > > > > > >WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called > > >the 2006 midterm election a small but important > > >step forward for the party, preparing Greens for > > >the 2008 presidential campaign. > > > > > >"The number of votes gained and the increased > > >percentages in significant races," said _______. > > >Green candidates, competing against a wave of > > >votes cast for Democrats, received enough votes > > >to show that they have the power to determine the > > >outcome of important races. Just as important, > > >we maintained ballot access in states where we > > >already had it, and gained a key state, Illinois, > > >thanks to Rich Whitney, who received 11% in his > > >run for Governor." > > > > > >Greens warned that antiwar voters may find > > >themselves frustrated by Democrats in Congress > > >during the next two years, especially on the war > > >front. > > > > > >"Some Green candidates running for Congress > > >probably contributed to the defeat of > > >Republicans," said _______. "While Democratic > > >candidates offered weak criticism of Republicans > > >on issues like the war in Iraq, Green candidates > > >sharply criticized the war and other Bush > > >policies. Ironically, outspoken Green criticism > > >may have translated into votes for Democrats > > >among voters who decided it was time to end > > >Republican rule in Congress. Unfortunately, many > > >of the winning Democrats, like Hillary Clinton > > >[N.Y.] and Howard Berman [Calif.], support the > > >war. They will only call for changes in military > > >strategy in Iraq, they'll support President > > >Bush's threats of an attack against Iran, and > > >they'll maintain uncritical endorsement of > > >Israel's murderous and illegal policies in regard > > >to the Palestinian people." > > > > > > > > >Thumbnail reports on Green campaigns across the > > >U.S.: > > > > > >? The presence of a 'Green' candidate for U.S. > > >Senate in Virginia is being blamed for the close > > >numbers of the Republican and Democratic > > >candidates in the race, and will probably lead to > > >a recount. Gail Parker is a member of the > > >Independent Greens of Virginia, a conservative > > >party that is not affiliated with the Green Party > > >of the United States. > > > > > >Green Party members stressed that Ms. Parker's > > >run, as well as the role of Greens, Libertarians, > > >and independent candidates in other races across > > >the U.S., shows the need for instant runoff > > >voting (IRV), an election reform that allows > > >voters to rank their preferences, ensures that > > >the winner has the support of a majority of > > >voters, and accommodates the participation of > > >'third party' candidates. > > > > > >Greens noted that voters in Minneapolis, > > >Minnesota, Oakland and Davis in California, and > > >in Pierce County, Washington, overwhelmingly > > >endorsed a ballot measure for IRV on Tuesday. > > >(More information: FairVote.org > > >) > > > > > >? Green candidate Rich Whitney drew 11% (325,598 > > >votes) for Governor in Illinois, achieving ballot > > >status for the Green Party in preparation for the > > >2008 election. This is the first time a national > > >third party has achieved ballot status in > > >Illinois since 1920; Illinois has difficulat > > >ballot access rules and Gov. Rod Blagojevich > > >spent $800,000 in taxpayers' money trying to keep > > >Greens off the state ballot. > > > > > >? Pat LaMarche, running on a strong universal > > >health care and clean elections platform, drew > > >just under 10% in her campaign for Governor of > > >Maine. Ms. LaMarche competed with two Democrats > > >in the race, an incumbent and a progressive > > >Democrat who ran as an independent, as well as a > > >Republican. > > > > > >Also in Maine, the Green Independent Party won > > >two seats on Portland City Council and maintained > > >four seats on the city's School Committee, > > >according to preliminary results. Maine Greens > > >were disappointed in the defeat of John Eder, two > > >term member of the Maine statehouse. > > >http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/061108portland.html > > > > > >? Green candidate Malachy McCourt, running for > > >Governor of New York, received XXX votes, missing > > >the state's requirement of 50,000 votes in a > > >presidential or gubernatorial race for ballot > > >status. However, several other statewide > > >candidates received over 50,000 votes, and New > > >York Greens, led by senatorial candidate Howie > > >Hawkins, are calling for a legal challenge asking > > >for the state to recognize these votes as > > >qualification for Green Party ballot status in > > >2008: > > > > > >Rachel Treichler for Attorney General 57,401 > > >(1.43%) > > >Julia Willebrand for Comptroller 107,714 (2.82%) > > >Howie Hawkins for U.S. Senator 51,483 (1.23%) > > > > > >? CD 1 in Colorado showing 22% for the Green > > >candidate [for U.S. House? details?] > > > > > >? DC Statehood Greens won eight Advisory > > >Neighborhood Commission races and easily kept its > > >ballot line. The Statehood Green Party won more > > >offices than any other state Green Party, and has > > >replaced the Republican Party as Washington, > > >D.C.'s second party in terms of electoral > > >participation. > > > > > >Joyce Robinson-Paul finished second out of two, > > >receiving 14,109 votes for 14.7% in her race for > > >D.C.'s U.S. Senate seat ('Shadow Senator'). > > >Keith Ware finished second out of three in his > > >race for U.S. Representative, beating the > > >Republican. He received 12,533 votes for 12.7%. > > > > > >? In U.S. Senate races, Todd Chretien > > >(California) drew 10,6578 votes, more than any > > >other Green senatorial candidate. In > > >Pennsylvania's 15th District, Greta Brown drew > > >31,443 votes, the most of any Green candidate for > > >the U.S. House. 14 Greens ran for the Senate, 42 > > >for the House. > > > > > >? 8.7 million voters across the U.S. voted for > > >withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for > > >impeachment resolutions on local and state > > >ballots. Troop withdrawal initiatives won in all > > >ten localities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, > > >and all 11 communities in Illinois, including > > >Chicago. Of 139 cities and towns in > > >Massachusetts voting on the troop withdrawal > > >measures, only a handful voted nay on initiatives > > >demanding that Congress and the White House end > > >the war immediately. In California, San > > >Francisco voters supported a local impeachment > > >measure by 59.41%. In Berkeley, a similar > > >resolution won the support of 68.56% of the > > >electorate. Greens supported and led the > > >initiative campaigns; in April, 24 of 32 > > >communities voted in support of the 'Troops Home > > >Now' resolutions that were promoted by Greens. > > >(More information: > > >) > > > > > >"Tuesday's vote represents more of a defeat for > > >Republicans and the Bush agenda than a victory > > >for Americans who oppose the war on Iraq," said > > >_______. "Only the Green Party offered a real > > >antiwar platform, calling for immediate > > >withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The danger > > >now is that Democrats in Congress will ignore the > > >will of the American people, according to > > >numerous polls and voters' initiatives, and keep > > >U.S. troops in Iraq while only criticizing the > > >Bush Administration on strategic grounds. A lot > > >of antiwar votes may prove to have been wasted on > > >November 7." > > > > > > > > >MORE INFORMATION > > > > > >Green Party of the United States > > >http://www.gp.org > > >1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404 > > >Washington, DC 20009. > > >202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN > > >Fax 202-319-7193 > > > > > >Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web > > >sites http://www.gp.org/2006elections > > >Database of 2006 Green candidates > > >http://www.greens.org/elections > > >Video clips of Green candidates > > >http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml > > >Green Party News Center > > >http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml > > > > > > > > >~ END ~ ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Talk more and pay less. Vonage can save you up to $300 a year on your phone bill. Sign up now. http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/ From wrolley at charter.net Wed Nov 8 13:21:19 2006 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:21:19 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CONGRATULATIONS TO WES ROLLEY! In-Reply-To: <20061108181636.86985.qmail@web52105.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061108181636.86985.qmail@web52105.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <45524A4F.9080603@charter.net> > What will be the fate of PomboWatch now? I hope to put up a gallery of photos that various people sent me during the race. Many came from Pete McCloskey's support of the Immigration Rallies in Stockton last spring. Others from a few different sources incluing the other Republican Candidate who endorsed Jerry McNerney Tom "Tommy Bananas" Benigno. Then, I will take it down, save the DB and archive. Keep it somewhere to remember. To quote from Henry V.... This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, >From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. I know of some who already talk of writing a book on the race. I would rather think about how to use what I learned to elect someone else. I think back to 1993/4 when the House of Representatives had a speaker named Rostenkowski. (He went to jail for corruption). They had a very close relationship between the Democratic Party and the Lobbyists. That helped elevate Newt Gingrich as speaker when a large class of new Republican representatives swept in to power and promised reform. Sound Familiar? Perhaps I will have to take PomboWatch out of mothballs, update to the newest technology and organize the blogosphere again. Some heros I should mention: dengre at dailykos. - a two year archive on the Abramoff affair and the connection to the Marianas Islands in particular. dengre is from the DC area. Land-of_Enchantment at dailykos. - 47 pieces of investigavie writing on dailykos and much of it cross posted at e pluribus media... a great resource for the citizen journalist. (You may see me there in the future.) Scott Restivo with the votepomboout email list and "A better congress" web site. Matt Entenbloom, Scott and "babaloo" who ran the SayNoToPombo blog where I also posted using the nom de blog of "delta'. And especially Republican Pete McCloskey who showed a lot of people what it meant to stand up for principle above party, as he did when running against Nixon. That gave cover to many Republicans to were hesitant to vote for a Dem. -- Wes Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Nov 8 01:49:33 2006 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:49:33 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] In case you were wondering what Mountain View decided... Message-ID: <4551A82D.8040403@ispwest.com> MARGARET ABE-KOGA 21.56% 8,129 RONIT BRYANT 15.74% 5,935 JAC SIEGEL 14.51% 5,471 JOHN INKS 14.17% 5,342 ALICIA CRANK 9.4% 3,544 TIAN HARTER 9.2% 3,467 KAL SANDHU 8.6% 3,242 JOHN H. WEBSTER 6.82% 2,572 -- Tian My campaign is done. All that's left is seeing the tally in the newspaper and doing some paperwork for the FPPC and bank. http://tianharter.org Tian Harter for City Council P.O. Box 391854 Mountain View CA 94039-1854 From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Nov 8 17:30:17 2006 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:30:17 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: In case you were wondering what Mountain View decided... In-Reply-To: <20061108204608.7454.qmail@web52201.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061108204608.7454.qmail@web52201.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <455284A9.3000309@ispwest.com> Here are the updated numbers. City Council Race _Completed Precincts 36 of 36_ _* Percent*__* Vote *_ MARGARET ABEKOGA 21.59% 8,287 RONIT BRYANT Picture (Metafile) 15.71% 6,028 JAC SIEGEL Picture (Metafile) 14.5% 5,567 JOHN INKS Picture (Metafile) 14.14% 5,428 ALICIA CRANK Picture (Metafile) 9.44% 3,622 TIAN HARTER Picture (Metafile) 9.21% 3,534 KAL SANDHU Picture (Metafile) 8.61% 3,306 JOHN H. WEBSTER Picture (Metafile) 6.8% 2,609 * * * 38,381 For comparison purposes, here are the original results. *MARGARET ABE-KOGA 21.56% 8,129 RONIT BRYANT 15.74% 5,935 JAC SIEGEL 14.51% 5,471 JOHN INKS 14.17% 5,342 ALICIA CRANK 9.4% 3,544 TIAN HARTER 9.2% 3,467 KAL SANDHU 8.6% 3,242 JOHN H. WEBSTER 6.82% 2,572 -- Tian My campaign is done. I lost. All that's left is seeing the tally in the newspaper and doing some paperwork for the FPPC and bank. http://tianharter.org Tian Harter for City Council P.O. Box 391854 Mountain View CA 94039-1854 From eameece at california.com Tue Nov 7 09:32:58 2006 From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece) Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:32:58 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] congratulations Wes Message-ID: <4550C349.683B@california.com> Wes Rolley wrote: > We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; > For he to-day that sheds his blood with me > Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, > This day shall gentle his condition: > And gentlemen in England now a-bed > Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, > And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks > That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. I was there; I did 5 days worth. I'm glad we prevailed. I am very upset about the fate of Measure A though. Thanks Wes and everyone who helped. Eric the Green From jims at greens.org Fri Nov 10 15:33:08 2006 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:33:08 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: The Junior Statesmen of America: Tabling Fair] Message-ID: <45550C33.927B3E2B@greens.org> Late notice. This has always been a great tabling event for us. Anyone interested? I'll be out of town that weekend. Jim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Junior Statesmen of America: Tabling Fair Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:02:03 -0800 From: "Anne-Marie Mitchell" To: gpca at greens.org To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of the Junior State of America, we wish to invite you to our 2006 Political Faire at our Fall State 2006 convention. Fall State 2006 is a convention that will be attended by over one thousand of California's premier young leaders and political thinkers, all seeking ways of becoming more active in their communities as well as the democratic process. The Political Faire is a section of the convention where political and activist organizations alike will gather to recruit young people and get their message out among future leaders. There will be a main room where you may set up information tables and can relate directly to the delegates. There will also be a side room with panel discussions on pertinent domestic and international issues of the day. Your organization represents an excellent opportunity for young people to make their voice heard and it would be a great honor for us if you could attend this event. The faire will be held on Saturday, the 18th of November, 2006 from 1:05 PM to 4:15 PM at the Santa Clara Marriott. The address is 2700 Mission College Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054. You may come any time after 12:00 PM to set up. Please RSVP to David Beiser, our Program Director at (800) 334-5353 or david at jsa.org. He can also answer questions or arrange for any needed accommodations. Please see our website, www.jsa.org, for further background information on the Junior State of America. Thank you for your time and consideration. Cordially, Anne-Marie Mitchell Northern California Speaker of the Assembly Junior Statesmen of America From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Nov 10 17:43:13 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:43:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: The Junior Statesmen of America: Tabling Fair] In-Reply-To: <45550C33.927B3E2B@greens.org> Message-ID: <20061111014313.9349.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> Hmmm... we talked about how awesome this event has been in the past. I'd be up for joining the team of folks doing this (ie. I'd like to do it along with others). * The faire will be held on Saturday, the 18th of November, 2006 from 1:05 PM to 4:15 PM at the Santa Clara Marriott. The address is 2700 Mission College Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054. You may come any time after 12:00 PM to set up. Green solidarity! Drew --- Jim Stauffer wrote: > Late notice. > > This has always been a great tabling event for us. Anyone interested? > I'll be > out of town that weekend. > > Jim > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: The Junior Statesmen of America: Tabling Fair > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:02:03 -0800 > From: "Anne-Marie Mitchell" > To: gpca at greens.org > > To Whom It May Concern: > > On behalf of the Junior State of America, we wish to invite you to > our 2006 > Political Faire at our Fall State 2006 convention. Fall State 2006 is > a > convention that will be attended by over one thousand of California's > premier > young leaders and political thinkers, all seeking ways of becoming > more active > in their communities as well as the democratic process. The Political > Faire is a > section of the convention where political and activist organizations > alike will > gather to recruit young people and get their message out among future > leaders. > There will be a main room where you may set up information tables and > can relate > directly to the delegates. There will also be a side room with panel > discussions > on pertinent domestic and international issues of the day. Your > organization > represents an excellent opportunity for young people to make their > voice heard > and it would be a great honor for us if you could attend this event. > > The faire will be held on Saturday, the 18th of November, 2006 from > 1:05 PM to > 4:15 PM at the Santa Clara Marriott. The address is 2700 Mission > College > Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054. You may come any time after 12:00 PM > to set up. > > Please RSVP to David Beiser, our Program Director at (800) 334-5353 > or > david at jsa.org. He can also answer questions or arrange for any needed > accommodations. Please see our website, www.jsa.org, for further > background > information on the Junior State of America. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Cordially, > > Anne-Marie Mitchell > > Northern California Speaker of the Assembly > > Junior Statesmen of America ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Nov 10 21:57:10 2006 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:57:10 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: The Junior Statesmen of America: Tabling Fair] In-Reply-To: <20061111014313.9349.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061111014313.9349.qmail@web52213.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <45556636.3070102@ispwest.com> JamBoi wrote: >Hmmm... we talked about how awesome this event has been in the past. >I'd be up for joining the team of folks doing this (ie. I'd like to do >it along with others). > >* The faire will be held on Saturday, the 18th of November, 2006 from >1:05 PM to 4:15 PM at the Santa Clara Marriott. The address is 2700 >Mission College Boulevard Santa Clara, CA 95054. You may come any time >after 12:00 PM to set up. > >Green solidarity! > > > I need to pass along the button making machine to whomever is going. I'll be on my way back east for Thanksgiving by then. -- My campaign is done. I was 6th of 8. I got a bit over 3500 votes. All that's left is doing some paperwork for the FPPC and bank. http://tianharter.org (Tian) P.O.Box 391854, Mountain View CA 94039-1854 From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Nov 12 12:12:08 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:12:08 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] JSA Fair Message-ID: <45578018.9070806@sbcglobal.net> I have responded to Anne-Marie Mitchell who invited us to the JSA Faire Saturday November 11-th and said that we will be there. I will also contact David Beiser, their contact person for set up arrangements. Now, who can commit to being there that afternoon? Please let me know. For my part I can not say as yet for sure. You see, my wife fell and broke her wrist and is having surgery this coming Tuesday. Sso I will have some home duties for a while. Jim Doyle From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Nov 12 12:19:10 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:19:10 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] buttons, tabling materials Message-ID: <455781BE.2030801@sbcglobal.net> The materials that were ordered for making buttons have arrived at my house. Tian has the button making machine. We must bring the two together for this coming Saturday's event. I also have the suitcase with the tabling materials in my house. I could deliver both of those items later in the week. Also, in my opinion, we should have a flyer that asks "will the democrats do this or that?" for a list of desired items, a flyer that asks the recipient to keep score on that list of items. Jim Doyle From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon Nov 13 19:18:52 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:18:52 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] closing the loop re check Message-ID: <4559359C.3070203@sbcglobal.net> After I emailed the person who wrote the $500 check and reported on its status as well as our forthcoming tabling activities I received the following response per email: Hello Jim, Thanks for your quick response to my query. Yes, I'll try to to attend this weekend's event, which sounds quite interesting. I look forward to continuing my relationship with the Green Party. All the best. -Vivek From MARKETPOIN at aol.com Tue Nov 14 09:34:39 2006 From: MARKETPOIN at aol.com (MARKETPOIN at aol.com) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:34:39 EST Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Heard about HR 4232? Congressman Farr is on it, but not Eshoo. Whats u... Message-ID: In a message dated 11/13/2006 7:29:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, tl at todlandis.com writes: > I would appreciate it if you would pass along word about HR 4232 to > your contacts and > email lists. I would like to organize a group of 14th CD residents > to study it and then go discuss > it with Congresswoman Eshoo--or you can organize your own group. > Why is she not a co-sponsor? It looks > like this bill would end the Iraq war in much the same way that the > VietNam war was ended: by exercising > the purse strings power of Congress. > - Tod Landis > 355 Brimblecom Road > Boulder Creek CA 95006 > 831 338 6967 > > > H.R.4232 > Title: To prohibit the use of funds to deploy United States Armed > Forces to Iraq. > Sponsor: Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] (introduced 11/4/2005) > Cosponsors (18) > Latest Major Action: 11/4/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: > Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the > Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently > determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such > provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Tod Landis Subject: Heard about HR 4232? Congressman Farr is on it, but not Eshoo. Whats up with that? Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:29:18 -0800 Size: 2358 URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Nov 17 19:28:58 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:28:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] buttons, tabling materials In-Reply-To: <455781BE.2030801@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <755113.42612.qm@web52215.mail.yahoo.com> Did we make arrangements to get the button making machine to the JSA event tommorrow? I'm carless currently, or I'd volunteer to pick it up. Also did we get a flyer on "Will the Dems advance peace, impeach, etc.?" Green solidarity! Drew --- Jim Doyle wrote: > The materials that were ordered for making buttons have arrived > at my house. Tian has the button making machine. We must bring the > two > together for this coming Saturday's event. > > I also have the suitcase with the tabling materials in my house. > > I could deliver both of those items later in the week. > > Also, in my opinion, we should have a flyer that asks > "will the democrats do this or that?" > for a list of desired items, a flyer that asks the recipient to > keep score on that list of items. > > Jim Doyle > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Compare mortgage rates for today. Get up to 5 free quotes. Www2.nextag.com From wrolley at charter.net Sun Nov 19 22:19:34 2006 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:19:34 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Next big project Message-ID: <456148F6.2050007@charter.net> Now that Pombo is retiring to the ranch (though I suspect we have not heard the last of him... his uncle is a County Sup. in San Joaquin County)... I have moved on to the next project. I am firmly convinced that the most important ecological issue in N. California at this time involves the Delta. I would like to call everyone's attention to a relatively new web site called Restore the Delta . This is not 100% finished, but it is good enough to let you understand what Restore The Delta is as an organizatio, and what they are working on. The way that they are approaching things is better than most. For example, they have the CEO of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce as one of the management committee. They are working to find solutions that protect the delta while still allowing enough water to be drawn out for agriculture. What that means, in the long run, is that there will not be any large increases in flows to S. California as long as the political will is there to exert that degree of control. I would ask all of you to take a little time and browse the Restore the Delta site. I intend to contribute to the effort. I also intend to support it through some of the same processes we used with the Pombo effort. Independent of the campaign, we organized an entire tree of interested activists who wrote letters to various editors, who organized demonstrations, etc. In this case, we need to both educate the public and to put pressure on current office holders, from Congress, to the Guv, to various Country Supervisors, etc. Anyone want to go along for the ride? Wes -- Wes Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 21 11:22:27 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:22:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] IRV Passed in all four places it was on the ballot Message-ID: <20061121192227.40865.qmail@web52214.mail.yahoo.com> Dear friends, please see the good news below. On November 7, instant runoff voting passed in all four places where it was on the ballot -- four for four, a clean sweep. Sincerely, Steven Hill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steven Hill, 415-665-5044 Hill at newamerica.net Lynne Serpe, 213-480-0994 Serpe at newamerica.net Election Proves New Voting Method to Improve Democracy Is Catching On Signature idea from New America is adopted by voters in four cities, two in California SACRAMENTO, CA -- Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), a signature idea from the New America Foundation to give voters more influence and more choices in elections, continued to gain favor in California and elsewhere as four cities strongly approved November 7 ballot measures supporting the idea. In California, where San Francisco became the state's first Instant Runoff Voting city in 2004, voters in the cities of Oakland and Davis approved the idea, which would allow voters to rank their first, second, and third choices for office. Oakland overwhelmingly supported the measure by 69% of the returns, meaning voters will use Instant Runoff Voting for all local offices in November 2008. The Davis measure was an advisory recommendation. Elsewhere, voters in Minneapolis passed their ballot measure with 65% support. And in Pierce County, Washington, voters supported the move to IRV for their partisan county elections with 54% of the vote. New America staff Lynne Serpe and Steven Hill played a key role as advisors to several of these campaigns, giving workshops on how to educate the public and create educational materials. The elections clearly affirm a growing trend toward Instant Runoff Voting as a response to public frustration with unresponsive and unaccountable government leaders. Instant Runoff Voting discourages negative campaigning and opens the process to candidates and ideas that may not be viable in a traditional winner-take-all election. "Clearly there is strong interest among voters in political reforms that open up the political system and make voters feel like their vote counts," said Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of New America's Political Reform Program. "What was interesting about the four victories for IRV was that they happened in four very different locations. Oakland is a very diverse and working-class city; Minneapolis is a liberal Midwestern city; Pierce County is mostly a rural county with large numbers of independent voters; and Davis is a smaller, university town. Yet in every place Instant Runoff Voting provided a unique solution to problems with representative government and democracy." Instant Runoff Voting already is used in San Francisco, which on November 7 had its third election using Instant Runoff Voting for local offices. Burlington, Vermont elected its mayor using Instant Runoff Voting in March 2006. For more information on the election and Instant Runoff Voting go to http://www.newamerica.net/programs/political_reform. About New America Foundation New America Foundation is a nonprofit, post-partisan, public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation?s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Headquartered in our nation's capital, New America also has offices in California and New York. For more information about New America or the Political Reform Program, go to www.newamerica.net/california ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420k for $1,399/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 21 11:22:27 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:22:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] IRV Passed in all four places it was on the ballot Message-ID: <20061121192227.40865.qmail@web52214.mail.yahoo.com> Dear friends, please see the good news below. On November 7, instant runoff voting passed in all four places where it was on the ballot -- four for four, a clean sweep. Sincerely, Steven Hill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steven Hill, 415-665-5044 Hill at newamerica.net Lynne Serpe, 213-480-0994 Serpe at newamerica.net Election Proves New Voting Method to Improve Democracy Is Catching On Signature idea from New America is adopted by voters in four cities, two in California SACRAMENTO, CA -- Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), a signature idea from the New America Foundation to give voters more influence and more choices in elections, continued to gain favor in California and elsewhere as four cities strongly approved November 7 ballot measures supporting the idea. In California, where San Francisco became the state's first Instant Runoff Voting city in 2004, voters in the cities of Oakland and Davis approved the idea, which would allow voters to rank their first, second, and third choices for office. Oakland overwhelmingly supported the measure by 69% of the returns, meaning voters will use Instant Runoff Voting for all local offices in November 2008. The Davis measure was an advisory recommendation. Elsewhere, voters in Minneapolis passed their ballot measure with 65% support. And in Pierce County, Washington, voters supported the move to IRV for their partisan county elections with 54% of the vote. New America staff Lynne Serpe and Steven Hill played a key role as advisors to several of these campaigns, giving workshops on how to educate the public and create educational materials. The elections clearly affirm a growing trend toward Instant Runoff Voting as a response to public frustration with unresponsive and unaccountable government leaders. Instant Runoff Voting discourages negative campaigning and opens the process to candidates and ideas that may not be viable in a traditional winner-take-all election. "Clearly there is strong interest among voters in political reforms that open up the political system and make voters feel like their vote counts," said Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of New America's Political Reform Program. "What was interesting about the four victories for IRV was that they happened in four very different locations. Oakland is a very diverse and working-class city; Minneapolis is a liberal Midwestern city; Pierce County is mostly a rural county with large numbers of independent voters; and Davis is a smaller, university town. Yet in every place Instant Runoff Voting provided a unique solution to problems with representative government and democracy." Instant Runoff Voting already is used in San Francisco, which on November 7 had its third election using Instant Runoff Voting for local offices. Burlington, Vermont elected its mayor using Instant Runoff Voting in March 2006. For more information on the election and Instant Runoff Voting go to http://www.newamerica.net/programs/political_reform. About New America Foundation New America Foundation is a nonprofit, post-partisan, public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation?s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Headquartered in our nation's capital, New America also has offices in California and New York. For more information about New America or the Political Reform Program, go to www.newamerica.net/california ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420k for $1,399/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 21 10:35:43 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:35:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] IRV Passed in all four places it was on the ballot Message-ID: <20061121183543.24061.qmail@web52214.mail.yahoo.com> Dear friends, please see the good news below. On November 7, instant runoff voting passed in all four places where it was on the ballot -- four for four, a clean sweep. Sincerely, Steven Hill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steven Hill, 415-665-5044 Hill at newamerica.net Lynne Serpe, 213-480-0994 Serpe at newamerica.net Election Proves New Voting Method to Improve Democracy Is Catching On Signature idea from New America is adopted by voters in four cities, two in California SACRAMENTO, CA -- Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), a signature idea from the New America Foundation to give voters more influence and more choices in elections, continued to gain favor in California and elsewhere as four cities strongly approved November 7 ballot measures supporting the idea. In California, where San Francisco became the state's first Instant Runoff Voting city in 2004, voters in the cities of Oakland and Davis approved the idea, which would allow voters to rank their first, second, and third choices for office. Oakland overwhelmingly supported the measure by 69% of the returns, meaning voters will use Instant Runoff Voting for all local offices in November 2008. The Davis measure was an advisory recommendation. Elsewhere, voters in Minneapolis passed their ballot measure with 65% support. And in Pierce County, Washington, voters supported the move to IRV for their partisan county elections with 54% of the vote. New America staff Lynne Serpe and Steven Hill played a key role as advisors to several of these campaigns, giving workshops on how to educate the public and create educational materials. The elections clearly affirm a growing trend toward Instant Runoff Voting as a response to public frustration with unresponsive and unaccountable government leaders. Instant Runoff Voting discourages negative campaigning and opens the process to candidates and ideas that may not be viable in a traditional winner-take-all election. "Clearly there is strong interest among voters in political reforms that open up the political system and make voters feel like their vote counts," said Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of New America's Political Reform Program. "What was interesting about the four victories for IRV was that they happened in four very different locations. Oakland is a very diverse and working-class city; Minneapolis is a liberal Midwestern city; Pierce County is mostly a rural county with large numbers of independent voters; and Davis is a smaller, university town. Yet in every place Instant Runoff Voting provided a unique solution to problems with representative government and democracy." Instant Runoff Voting already is used in San Francisco, which on November 7 had its third election using Instant Runoff Voting for local offices. Burlington, Vermont elected its mayor using Instant Runoff Voting in March 2006. For more information on the election and Instant Runoff Voting go to http://www.newamerica.net/programs/political_reform. About New America Foundation New America Foundation is a nonprofit, post-partisan, public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation?s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Headquartered in our nation's capital, New America also has offices in California and New York. For more information about New America or the Political Reform Program, go to www.newamerica.net/california ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Online degrees - find the right program to advance your career. www.nextag.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Nov 21 10:37:23 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:37:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] IRV Passed in all four places it was on the ballot Message-ID: <883409.20387.qm@web52215.mail.yahoo.com> Dear friends, please see the good news below. On November 7, instant runoff voting passed in all four places where it was on the ballot -- four for four, a clean sweep. Sincerely, Steven Hill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Steven Hill, 415-665-5044 Hill at newamerica.net Lynne Serpe, 213-480-0994 Serpe at newamerica.net Election Proves New Voting Method to Improve Democracy Is Catching On Signature idea from New America is adopted by voters in four cities, two in California SACRAMENTO, CA -- Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), a signature idea from the New America Foundation to give voters more influence and more choices in elections, continued to gain favor in California and elsewhere as four cities strongly approved November 7 ballot measures supporting the idea. In California, where San Francisco became the state's first Instant Runoff Voting city in 2004, voters in the cities of Oakland and Davis approved the idea, which would allow voters to rank their first, second, and third choices for office. Oakland overwhelmingly supported the measure by 69% of the returns, meaning voters will use Instant Runoff Voting for all local offices in November 2008. The Davis measure was an advisory recommendation. Elsewhere, voters in Minneapolis passed their ballot measure with 65% support. And in Pierce County, Washington, voters supported the move to IRV for their partisan county elections with 54% of the vote. New America staff Lynne Serpe and Steven Hill played a key role as advisors to several of these campaigns, giving workshops on how to educate the public and create educational materials. The elections clearly affirm a growing trend toward Instant Runoff Voting as a response to public frustration with unresponsive and unaccountable government leaders. Instant Runoff Voting discourages negative campaigning and opens the process to candidates and ideas that may not be viable in a traditional winner-take-all election. "Clearly there is strong interest among voters in political reforms that open up the political system and make voters feel like their vote counts," said Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of New America's Political Reform Program. "What was interesting about the four victories for IRV was that they happened in four very different locations. Oakland is a very diverse and working-class city; Minneapolis is a liberal Midwestern city; Pierce County is mostly a rural county with large numbers of independent voters; and Davis is a smaller, university town. Yet in every place Instant Runoff Voting provided a unique solution to problems with representative government and democracy." Instant Runoff Voting already is used in San Francisco, which on November 7 had its third election using Instant Runoff Voting for local offices. Burlington, Vermont elected its mayor using Instant Runoff Voting in March 2006. For more information on the election and Instant Runoff Voting go to http://www.newamerica.net/programs/political_reform. About New America Foundation New America Foundation is a nonprofit, post-partisan, public policy institute whose purpose is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation?s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Headquartered in our nation's capital, New America also has offices in California and New York. For more information about New America or the Political Reform Program, go to www.newamerica.net/california ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Compare mortgage rates for today. Get up to 5 free quotes. www2.nextag.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 22 00:35:47 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:35:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Apple made $25, 000 contribution to Republican Governors Association! Message-ID: <937621.19619.qm@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> Just ran across this fantastic on-line tool that displays all political donors. http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/ Hmm... I wouldn't have guessed this: 8 . APPLE COMPUTER INC 6/30/2005 $25,000.00 CUPERTINO, CA 95014 N/A[Contribution to a 527 organization] Republican Governors Association Green Party of the US http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/x_pacpg.exe?DoFn=C0037022106 Green Party of California http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/x_pacpg.exe?DoFn=C0036026306 Search for a state Green party (or any other party or PAC): http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/x_pac_init.exe?DoFn= Many more ways to find info: http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/ Green solidarity! Drew ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420k for $1,399/mo. Calculate new payment! www.LowerMyBills.com/lre From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 22 11:39:32 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:39:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] RICHMOND Mayor concedes race -- city largest in nation with Green leadership Message-ID: <460901.57311.qm@web52211.mail.yahoo.com> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/22/BAGM1MI0TF1.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea San Francisco Chronicle RICHMOND Mayor concedes race -- city largest in nation with Green leadership Carl T. Hall, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Richmond Mayor Irma Anderson conceded defeat Tuesday in her bid for re-election and congratulated her opponent, Gayle McLaughlin, a member of the City Council and an activist in the Green Party. In a news release, Anderson said it was clear that the voters of Richmond had "opted for a different vision for Richmond." Assuming officials certify the results as expected, the election makes Richmond the biggest city in the country with a Green Party mayor -- and apparently the first with a predominately minority population. About three-fourths of the city's 103,000 residents are African American and other minorities. The Green Party's traditional base has been among mostly white, well-educated people concerned about environmental causes. McLaughlin describes herself in her official City Council biography as a "lifelong social activist" for progressive causes. She is the product of a union family in Chicago and holds an undergraduate degree in psychology. Anderson has been mayor for five years. She described it as a time of "many challenges, necessitating tough decisions that I made for the health and well being of our community." She said she would work closely with McLaughlin to assure a smooth transition. Anderson said in her news release that she was declining interviews. McLaughlin couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday night. E-mail Carl T. Hall at chall at sfchronicle.com. ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Compare mortgage rates for today. Get up to 5 free quotes. www2.nextag.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Nov 22 11:44:55 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:44:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green Focus requests post-election candidate's reports Message-ID: <375253.42811.qm@web52215.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:03:52 -0800 From: Mike Feinstein Subject: [GPCA-CCWG] post-election report from Green Lake County School Board candidate To: gpca-ccwg at cagreens.org Message-ID: <45620A28.7020609 at feinstein.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed folks i am gathering material for the green focus article on our november elections here is a response from one of our candidates, whom we gave $600 to from the campaign support fund -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: GPCA post-election report Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:45:47 -0800 From: Herb Gura To: Herb Gura: Konocti Unified School District. Lake County, CA This was my fourth time elected as a Trustee, although I was not officially registered as a Green Party member for the first run. These are four year terms so I have been a member of this board for 12 years and my win this time will mean that it will be 16 years when the term is over. During my years on the board, there have been 6 elections. Two other seats come up for election in the 2 year cycle in between my own elections. As a result, I have served with some 10 other Trustees over the years. None of them have been particularly progressive. I have been on the board with Democrats and Republicans and there have been some battles over wedge issues. School board elections are technically non-partisan so no party affiliation is listed on the ballot. But my green politics are well known around here. I am politically active on many levels and very outspoken. This last election, my campaign was based on making the district more eco-conscious, taking the emphasis away from No Child Left Behind, supporting music and the arts in the schools, keeping pace with technology, and making physical improvements in our campuses. My campaign spent about $1200. $600 came from the California Green Party, $100 came from the local Progressive Democratic Club, $200 came from an individual donor, and the balance from small individual donations. The money was spent on signs and on print ads in the local papers. The ads were mostly statements and endorsements from local educators and other well known local people. I had the support of the local Sierra Club, the local Green Chapter, and one of the unions in our school district. I think I won because people know me by now and I have built a base of supporters. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Feinstein [mailto:mfeinstein at feinstein.org] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:03 PM Dear fellow California Greens, Congratulations on your candidacy in the November 2006 elections. I am writing articles about California Green candidates, for both our state and national party newsletters. What I looking from you is anything from a few sentences to a few hundred words, about - the issues you ran on - how you campaigned/what you raised/spent - why you won - endorsements/coalitions/media - role of Green Party in your campaign - something interesting about you/your qualifications for running for office I don't need anything fancy - just send me text and I will edit it into the articles. Thanks so much, Mike Feinstein Santa Monica http://www.feinstein.org for info on Greens in the November 2006 elections, see http://www.greens.org/elections http://www.cagreens.org/history/elections_summary_by_year.html http://www.cagreens.org/media/Election2006.shtml ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Degrees online in as fast as 1 Yr MBA, Bachelor's, Master's, Assoc http://yahoo.degrees.info From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Nov 23 11:08:06 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:08:06 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] holiday peace fair Message-ID: <4565F196.6010202@sbcglobal.net> Volunteers needed to staff table between 11 am and 4 pm on Saturday December 2-nd at the United Methodist Church which is in Campbell - on Winchester close to Hamilton. Which includes someone to set up Green Party table to have it ready by 11 am and finally a designated person to pack up at the end of the Fair. Also, the Holiday Peace Fair has several components other than the participating organisation's table that require volunteers from the organisations that participate in the Holiday Peace Fair: Setup of the hall (taking tables and chairs out of storage, putting them in place) (as early as 8 am, lasts until the task is done - 9:30 or 10 am in the past) Entrance Door (for at least an hour between 11 am and 4 pm) Takedown (putting the furniture away, sweeping the floor, ...) Raffle Gift Article(s) for a dessert table (Pies, chocolates are the favorites) "merchandise" such as T-shirts, tote bags, etc. with logos for the table We should provide at least one person for any one of setup, entrance, takedown. I am asking for a volunteer. I am asking for suggestions for a raffle gift (Green Party T-shirt?) I am asking for someone to provide a dessert item (home made cookies?) I am asking for volunteers to table a couple of hours, not necessarily the entire time, in the 11 am to 4 pm time frame. Jim Doyle From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Thu Nov 23 12:27:18 2006 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:27:18 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] holiday peace fair Message-ID: One of the goals of this event is to give people a place to shop for holiday gifts so they can avoid malls, walmart, etc. WILPF has encouraged us to treat it a little bit like a garage sale. Surplus toys, clothing, artwork, crafts, books in good condition. Look around and see if you've got anything gift-worthy. Be creative. Last year I ordered a case of Zapatista coffee in one pound bags (caferebelion.com/catalog.html) to use as hospitality gifts. This was a big success because it's really good coffee. (Recommended to me by David Rovics and Nathalie Paravacini.) Stay out of the damn mall. Cameron From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Nov 24 00:54:29 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:54:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Today is International Buy Nothing Day! Message-ID: <20061124085430.11862.qmail@web52201.mail.yahoo.com> http://www3.sympatico.ca/dalia/buy0/buytoc.htm Be a Consumer Hero! Stand up against the pressure to BUY! BUY! BUY! On the last Friday of November, thousands of people around the world celebrate International Buy Nothing Day by buying absolutely nothing for 24 hours. Learn about this day and help yourself and the environment too! Be a Consumer Hero Scavenger Hunt http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/ ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com From jims at greens.org Fri Nov 24 17:34:19 2006 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:34:19 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] holiday peace fair References: <4565F196.6010202@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <45679D9B.6024CB2E@greens.org> I can take a shift. -- Jim Jim Doyle wrote: > > Volunteers needed to staff table between 11 am and 4 pm > > on Saturday December 2-nd at the United Methodist Church > which is in Campbell - on Winchester close to Hamilton. > > Which includes someone to set up Green Party table to have it ready > by 11 am and finally a designated person to pack up at the end of the Fair. > > Also, the Holiday Peace Fair has several components other than > the participating organisation's table that require volunteers from > the organisations that participate in the Holiday Peace Fair: > > Setup of the hall > (taking tables and chairs out of storage, putting them in place) > > (as early as 8 am, lasts until the task is done - 9:30 or 10 am in > the past) > Entrance Door (for at least an hour between 11 am and 4 pm) > Takedown (putting the furniture away, sweeping the floor, ...) > > Raffle Gift > Article(s) for a dessert table > (Pies, chocolates are the favorites) > > "merchandise" such as T-shirts, tote bags, etc. with logos > for the table > > We should provide at least one person for any one of > setup, entrance, takedown. I am asking for a volunteer. > > I am asking for suggestions for a raffle gift > (Green Party T-shirt?) > > I am asking for someone to provide a dessert item > (home made cookies?) > > I am asking for volunteers to table a couple of hours, not > necessarily the entire time, in the 11 am to 4 pm time frame. > > Jim Doyle > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Nov 24 22:05:47 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:05:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] holiday peace fair In-Reply-To: <45679D9B.6024CB2E@greens.org> Message-ID: <20061125060547.92147.qmail@web52206.mail.yahoo.com> I think I can participate in the afternoon. Green solidarity! Drew --- Jim Stauffer wrote: > I can take a shift. > > -- > Jim > > > > > Jim Doyle wrote: > > > > Volunteers needed to staff table between 11 am and 4 pm > > > > on Saturday December 2-nd at the United Methodist Church > > which is in Campbell - on Winchester close to Hamilton. > > > > Which includes someone to set up Green Party table to have it ready > > by 11 am and finally a designated person to pack up at the end of > the Fair. > > > > Also, the Holiday Peace Fair has several components other than > > the participating organisation's table that require volunteers from > > the organisations that participate in the Holiday Peace Fair: > > > > Setup of the hall > > (taking tables and chairs out of storage, putting them in > place) > > > > (as early as 8 am, lasts until the task is done - 9:30 or 10 am > in > > the past) > > Entrance Door (for at least an hour between 11 am and 4 pm) > > Takedown (putting the furniture away, sweeping the floor, ...) > > > > Raffle Gift > > Article(s) for a dessert table > > (Pies, chocolates are the favorites) > > > > "merchandise" such as T-shirts, tote bags, etc. with logos > > for the table > > > > We should provide at least one person for any one of > > setup, entrance, takedown. I am asking for a volunteer. > > > > I am asking for suggestions for a raffle gift > > (Green Party T-shirt?) > > > > I am asking for someone to provide a dessert item > > (home made cookies?) > > > > I am asking for volunteers to table a couple of hours, not > > necessarily the entire time, in the 11 am to 4 pm time frame. > > > > Jim Doyle > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat Nov 25 16:29:26 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:29:26 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] church installs solar panels Message-ID: <4568DFE6.6070900@sbcglobal.net> This notice is from http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org/article.php?story=LGUMC Los Gatos United Methodist Church is sincere about growing green. They truly believe: Our Faith, our planet, our responsibility. Thanks to a generous gift from members Mimi and Eric Carlson, the church has alrady installed 5 banks of solar panels on the roof of their education building. The panels have generated 6,370 kilowatt hours of electricity in just two months. This has allowed LGUMC to prevent 12,740 pounds of greenhouse gases (over 6 tons) from being poured into the atmosphere. Of course, the church has been able to save a lot of money on its electricity bills, too. The church went from using 7,000 kilowatt hours in the month of July last year to just 74 kilowatt hours this July. The numbers speak volumes. And the installation of the panels has inspired the congregation to do as much as they can to care for God's creation in their offices and in their own homes. The church has become a member of California Interfaith Power and Light and is in the process of applying to become certified as a Green Business through the Santa Clara County program. From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Nov 25 17:48:16 2006 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:48:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] church installs solar panels In-Reply-To: <4568DFE6.6070900@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <66141.55613.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com> Cool! If we spread this around maybe we can get the nonprofit and then maybe the forprofit sector here in the Valley competing for 'most greeness'! :-) Green solidarity! Drew --- Jim Doyle wrote: > This notice is from > http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org/article.php?story=LGUMC > > Los Gatos United Methodist Church is sincere about growing green. > They > truly believe: Our Faith, our planet, our responsibility. Thanks to a > > generous gift from members Mimi and Eric Carlson, the church has > alrady > installed 5 banks of solar panels on the roof of their education > building. The panels have generated 6,370 kilowatt hours of > electricity > in just two months. > This > > has allowed LGUMC to prevent 12,740 pounds of greenhouse gases (over > 6 > tons) from being poured into the atmosphere. > > Of course, the church has been able to save a lot of money on its > electricity bills, too. The church went from using 7,000 kilowatt > hours > in the month of July last year to just 74 kilowatt hours this July. > > > > > The numbers speak volumes. And the installation of the panels has > inspired the congregation to do as much as they can to care for God's > > creation in their offices and in their own homes. The church has > become > a member of California Interfaith Power and Light and is in the > process > of applying to become certified as a Green Business through the Santa > > Clara County program. > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited From andid at cagreens.org Tue Nov 28 13:24:03 2006 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:24:03 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: News From the Stop Global Warming Virtual March References: <227599913.308161101@org.orgDB.null> Message-ID: FYI. Any interest to GP? Andrea Begin forwarded message: > From: Laurie David > Date: November 14, 2006 11:22:25 AM PST > To: andid at cagreens.org > Subject: News From the Stop Global Warming Virtual March > Reply-To: laurie at stopglobalwarming.org > > DIRTY COAL ON THE RISE IN TEXAS > > With all of the attention on the recent elections, you may have > missed a story with serious implications for the future of our planet. > > In Texas, the TXU Corporation plans to spend $10 billion to build > 11 new dirty coal-fired power plants that will guarantee huge > amounts of global warming emissions for decades to come. The > company announced it is also considering major coal plant projects > in the Northeast and Midwest. According to a recent New York Times > article, opposition groups say "that TXU is embarking on its > immense construction campaign without taking account of its role in > an emerging environmental catastrophe." And the state of Texas is > already the number one carbon emitter in the country. It appears > that Governor Rick Perry is fast-tracking the permit process for > TXU so that the plants can be built before federal laws will > hopefully be put in place. > > A growing number of Texas mayors are opposing the TXU proposal > through the Texas Cities for Clean Air Coalition, including the > mayors of Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, and over a dozen > other cities statewide from both political parties. Conservative > Republican Robert Cluck, the mayor of Arlington, is leading the > charge on global warming in Texas -- concerned for the > environmental impact but as a medical doctor also for the public > health impacts of dirty coal. > > > SPREAD THE WORD: "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH" AVAILABLE ON DVD NOVEMBER 21 > > Movie critic Roger Ebert said, "In 39 years, I have never written > these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to > yourself to see this film." Buy two copies of "An Inconvenient > Truth" and donate one to a school. BUY DVD NOW > > > TAKE ACTION IN SCHOOLS > > Teachers and Students: To learn more ways to take action at your > school, visit the new Classroom section of StopGlobalWarming.org > > > TELL A FRIEND > > By marching, you have taken the first step to be part of the > movement to stop global warming. We are now over 517,000 marchers > strong. The best way to grow the movement to stop global warming is > to urge your friends and family to join the March too. CLICK HERE > to invite friends to join the March. > > Keep Marching! > > Laurie David > > Founder > StopGlobalWarming.org > > > To sign up for the Stop Global Warming Virtual March, please visit > http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/ > > If you do not want futher messages from Stop Global Warming, simply > go here and we will remove you from our list. > Buzztone, 15260 Ventura Blvd. Suite 2100 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Nov 28 16:45:17 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:45:17 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] hearings on new nuclear Message-ID: <456CD81D.2000001@sbcglobal.net> The Department of Energy wants to design and build a new generation of nuclear weapons in new facilities across the country. ANA http://www.ananuclear.org/ is fighting DOE?s ?Complex 2030? plan and working to make sure that DOE cleans up the contamination from Cold War production of nukes. Here is an extract from an email notice from Physicians for Social Responsibility: The Bush Administration has selected your state as a possible site for a new $5 billion to $10 billion facility to build the next generation of nuclear weapons. Some local leaders in your area are already arguing that this new plant will create jobs and spur economic development. The U.S. can create jobs without building the next generation of nuclear weapons that would escalate the arms race and pose a greater threat to our planet. The U.S. government has moral and legal obligations to eliminate its nuclear weapons, not build new ones. Over the next few weeks, the Energy Department will hold public hearings in your state to discuss plans for this new bomb plant, assess public reaction, and build political support for these proposals. Physicians for Social Responsibility has a fact sheet on this topic http://www.psr.org/site/DocServer/bombplex_fs.pdf?docID=1281 The scheduled meeting times and dates are *December 12, 2006 Livermore, CA* Robert Livermore Community Center 4444 East Avenue 11 am 3 pm ANA Local organizer: Marylia Kelley 925-443-7148 Tri-Valley CAREs *December 12, 2006 Tracy, CA* Tracy Community Center 950 East Street 6 pm 10 pm NA Local organizer: Marylia Kelley 925-443-7148 Tri-Valley CAREs From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Nov 28 16:53:03 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:53:03 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Gates confirmation hearings Message-ID: <456CD9EF.6080204@sbcglobal.net> The confirmation hearings for Secretary of Defense nominee Robert Gates will begin on December 5. After only 93 legislative days this year for which they have been paid $163,000 each in salary or more, Congress failed to ?write the checks? for all government services, except the services that use guns and spying. In the last year, Congress has finished only two of the 11 funding bills that set spending levels for the federal government. Now Congress has decided not to finish the remaining 9 spending bills. Instead, Congress will meet for just one week in early December and then adjourn. From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Nov 28 17:17:51 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:17:51 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Saturday tabling Message-ID: <456CDFBF.4000505@sbcglobal.net> What do you think of having some sun dried tomatos or some sun dried raisins at the table at the Peace Fair on Saturday. Consider them as examples of solar power. Would that draw any donations? From alexcathy at aol.com Wed Nov 29 09:39:02 2006 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:39:02 -0500 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GAYLE McLAUGHLIN ELECTED RICHMOND MAYOR! Message-ID: <8C8E1F4648733A2-9B0-11B68@WEBMAIL-MB19.sysops.aol.com> Dear Green Friends, For those of you unfamiliar with the history, economics, and demographics of the north San Francisco Bay area, the election of GAYLE McLAUGHLIN as the Green Party mayor of Richmond, California is a really, really, big deal. I don't want to get carried away, so I'll try to be brief. Richmond, California is a classic working-class industrial city. During World War II, many African-Americans migrated to Richmond to work at building "Liberty Ships" at the large shipyard. Many of them were women, which is why this is the site for the "Rosie the Riveter" memorial today. In recent years, however, Richmond has fallen on hard times. The shipyard has long since shut down. The largest local employer is the Chevron Oil Company which has a large refinery in Richmond. Chevron, now merged with Texaco, is notorious for pollution, health & safety violations, racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and general criminal wheeling 'n dealin' all around the world (which is why they picked Professor Condoleeza Rice to serve on their board of directors and why Dr. Rice, being the utterly immoral scum that she is, accepted). In recent years, Richmond has had a lot of trouble with gangs, guns, and crime. And as always when you're talking about a large "minority" community, the Bay Area mainstream tabloid media never gets tired of talking about that. Poor schools in Contra Costa, like poor schools everywhere in California, have had a hard time, too. At one point a group of kids, on their own, organized a march from Contra Costa to Sacramento to lobby Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar for more funding for poor schools. After the kids came all that way, Ah-nold (the one hailed by the upper-class, corporate media as a good "moderate" Republican), refused to see them (I guess the kids' parents were not Hollywood "liberal" Democrats). * * * GAYLE McLAUGHLIN is a Euro-American social worker and longtime activist from an old Chicago union family. In 2004 she was elected to the Richmond City Council on a shoestring budget campaign. At the time it was considered a big upset, but likely just a fluke. I met her at the Green Party Plenary in 2005 and was very much impressed. At a campaign and candidates workshop I asked her how she she had managed to get the endorsement of the Sierra Club and some of the unions. She replied that she won those endorsements, first, by working with those groups in their causes, and then by, well, by asking for their support. * * * This November Ms. McLaughlin has scored a spectacular victory by ousting the incumbent mayor. Richmond is now the largest city in the United States with a Green Party mayor. McLaughlin defeated a sitting Democratic Party incumbent seeking re-election. Richmond mayor Irma Anderson brazenly accepted $110,000 from the evil Chevron Oil, Pacific Gas and Electric and other corporate interests while Ms. McLaughlin refused corporate contributions during her campaign. This is a spectacular Green victory. Who says "minority" communities will not respond to an aggressive Green campaign? THE GODDAMNED MAINSTREAM MEDIA Remember how the Mainstream Media (MSM) made such a big deal about Oakland and Los Angeles electing "white" mayors? Remember how the MSM hyped the Harvard-educated Cory Booker as a "Good Black" mayor for Newark, New Jersey even before he was elected? Remember how the MSM badmouthed Matt Gonzalez when he came within an eyelash of being elected mayor of San Francisco? So, why the hell isn't McLaughlin's spectacular victory a big national story? I've been surfin' the web this morning and this is how ther are "spinning' it: San Francisco Chronicle, November 21st: "Assuming officials certify the results as expected, the election makes Richmond the biggest city in the country with a Green Party mayor -- and apparently the first with a predominantly minority population. About three-fourths of the city's 103,000 residents are African-American and other minorities. The Green Party's traditional base has been amonth the mostly white, well-educated people concerned about environmental causes..." Don't you just love the way these creeps casually refer to the MAJORITY of the people of California as "minorities?" And in their litte minds, "well-educated people concerned about environmental causes" means "White." Contra Costa Times, November 21st Also Printed in the San Jose Mercury News: "McLaughlin, a Green Party member who refused to accept corporate donations, has been on the council for two years. She spent $28,000 on her campaign. Anderson, 75, who received major contributions from Chevron, the Council of Industries and the Chamber of Commerce, spent more than $110,000. McLaughlin, 54, benefited from a third mayoral candidate, Gary Bell, a former council member who, like Anderson, is black. Bell received 4,800 votes, which many believe would have gonemostly to Anderson had he not been in the race. Anderson, a retired public nurse, has deep ties to Richmond's black community. She was married to the late Rev. Booker T. Anderson, who was a former mayor and councilman. ... Anderson was criticized for being the city's top political figure when Richmond suddenly discovered a $35 million budget deficit in 2004. The crisis resulted in the cutting of hundreds of city jobs and reductions of city services. ... McLaughlin's win may not have been a victory for Green principles as much as it was voter dissatisfaction with city government after the 2004 budget crisis. Yes, fellow Americans, we do have a serious race problem in this country... and the goddamned mainstream media is part of the problem. "She was married to the late Rev. Booker T..." Please! It is interesting to compare and contrast this "spin" to the kind of stuff they said when Richard Riordan or James Hahn was elected mayor of Los Angeles or Jerry Brown was elected mayor of Oakland or when Cory Booker was elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey on his second try. Then it was like: "Hurray! Hurray! THOSE PEOPLE have finally come to their senses and elected moderates and conservatives!" Don't hold your breath waiting for them to say: "Hurray! Hurray! American voters in Richmond have finally come to their senses and thown out a corrupt, clueless Democrat and elected an honest, progresive Green!" Dear friends, we should savor our sweet victories even if they don't. If the MSM is unhappy then we must be doing something right. Alex Walker ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Wed Nov 29 21:18:12 2006 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:18:12 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Mind Control Message-ID: <456E6994.3020601@charter.net> As a jazz fan, I listen frequently to KCSM.(College of San Mateo) Looking for somethng there tonight. I noted the following on their WWW site. *FCC PROPOSES $15,000 FINE FOR KCSM *The FCC has proposed to fine KCSM-TV $15,000 for broadcasting a PBS documentary produced by Martin Scorsese entitled "The Blues: Godfathers and Sons" on March 11, 2004, between the hours of 8:00-10:00 p.m. PT. In this installment of the acclaimed series documenting the birth and world-wide influence of the blues as a musical genre, interviews with artists and others in which they expressed their feelings of oppression by the music industry contained language that the FCC has determined to be "indecent." The language used was part of the context of the history of the blues as a respected art form and was not in any sense pandering or titillating. The FCC's ruling, however, improperly ignores the historical and artistic context of the film. As FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein correctly stated in his dissent from the ruling, "It is clear from a common sense viewing of the program that coarse language is a part of the culture of the individuals being portrayed. To accurately reflect their viewpoint and emotions about blues music requires airing of certain material that, if prohibited, would undercut the ability of the filmmaker to convey the reality of the subject of the documentary. . . The majority's decision today . . . is certain to strike fear in the hearts of news and documentary makers, and broadcasters that air them, which could chill the future expression of constitutionally protected speech." The FCC's indecency rulings are required to be based on contemporary community standards. KCSM was not the only PBS station in the San Francisco Bay Area market to run this program, but it is the only station to be punished by the FCC. KCSM believes that the hallmarks of the Bay Area and its viewing audience are diversity, tolerance and an emphasis on understanding and encouraging the free expression of all points of view. The use of strong language in such expressions is tolerated by this audience if used appropriately in the context of the program. "Godfathers and Sons" clearly met that standard, as FCC Commissioner Adelstein recognized. KCSM plans to contest this ruling. Discuss this now in our online forum. -- Wes Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Nov 30 15:07:27 2006 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:07:27 -0800 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Welcome back Tian Message-ID: <456F642F.1070405@sbcglobal.net> Welcome back Tian. You are just in time to help us with our preparations for the Holiday Peace Fair. For you see, at the Junior Statesman event we ran out of both button images and button fronts and backs. The latter because the need was underestimated. Cameron and Drew spent almost all of their time making buttons at the Junior Statesman event. Please contact Cameron and Jim Doyle so that we can make more buttons at the Holiday Peace Fair on Saturday.