From fredd at freeshell.org Sun Apr 1 00:29:37 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:29:37 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Dennis Kucinich Message-ID: <460F5F61.8060303@freeshell.org> I met and heard Dennis Kucinich and his wife talk today at a Palo Alto fund raiser. He's taking on the whole Democratic Party with his Green like platform: No funds for advancing the war; "Single Payer Health Care" ; IRV; No Attack on Iran; Honor the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and rid the world of all nuclear bombs; Reparations for the destruction of Iran, but not by contracting American corporations; Returning control of Iraq's oil to Iraq; Organizing multinational assistance for Iran by replacing American with UN elements if requested by Iraq; and Possibly calling for impeachment at a strategic time. Also heard Chris Hedges, author of "American Fascists: the Christian Right and War On America," describe how the Christian Right fundamentalist movement, with the cooperation of many allies in all three branches of government and the corporate world, is gaining ground toward its desire to make the United States a theocratic, fascist nation. He really berated the U.S. two party system and placed the blame for Bush's presence in the White House strictly on the Democrats. His defense of Nader was very strong. He too, sounded much like a Green or a Socialist. The approximately 200 people who attended, applauded him vigorously. There were about 25 people in line to buy his book. Fred D. From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon Apr 2 13:30:48 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:30:48 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] save coyote valley Message-ID: <461167F8.2010907@sbcglobal.net> /An update - April 1, 2007 /www.savecoyotevalley.com Save Coyote Valley on Myspace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To All Concerned, In the past two months, a group of students, community members and activists have come together to fight the proposed Coyote Valley Development just South of San Jose. The Development would sit on fragile riparian and wetland habitats, prime agricultural land, and what was once the home of the Native Ohlone People. The area is also important because it is habitat for many endangered species, and is a potential wildlife corridor between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range to the East. Are we going to sit by and let the last stretch of what was once called "The Valley of Heart's Delight" get paved over? The Coyote Valley Specific Plan reflects a short sightedness on the part of our City and County Leaders. There are areas of downtown San Jose that are dying, there are segments of the community that are in need of support. The new San Jose City Hall was built with over $100 million of taxpayer money while community centers and hospitals have closed. There are plans to develop over and gentrify the Berryessa Flea Market, a decades old anchor for ethnic and lower income communities of San Jose. We should not let our city develop based on money interests. Instead, we should take the high road, preserve what open space we have left, continue to develop with infill growth, and provide for the needs of our community. We invite you to join us in our efforts to speak out against the current trend of Development in the South Bay, and tell our civic leaders what we think needs to happen in our community! Let's build a better, more beautiful Santa Clara County together! Save Coyote Valley! We need your help! if you are interested in getting involved, please e-mail us at coyotevalley at inbox.com or call Mark Anthony Medeiros at (408) 607-1709 For more information, read on: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALENDAR OF EVENTS - We Encourage you to participate 7PM - APRIL 4 - PLANNING MEETING TO SAVE COYOTE VALLEY: Interested in getting involved? This Wednesday, you'll have a chance to get up to speed about what's being done, and provide input on what direction this group should take. All are welcome! The meeting will take place at the San Jose Peace Center , on 7th Street between San Fernando and Santa Clara Streets in downtown San Jose. directions 1PM, APRIL 14 and 28 - HIKES to COYOTE RIDGE: The Silicon Valley Land Conservancy is offering free interpretive hikes to view one of the most diverse and rare wildflower blooms in the Bay Area. This is your chance to view rare plants and animals such as the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly, Tule Elk, and Burrowing Owl and get a good view of Coyote Valley. The trip is 2.5 miles long with 900 feet elevation gain, and will last from 1-5pm. April 14 and April 28 are special dates reserved for South Bay students and those interested in Coyote Valley, and will be led by SJSU students Mark Anthony Medeiros and Megan Fluke. To reserve your spot, call (408) 260.3043 or e-mail rebecca.svlc at gmail.com 5:30PM, APRIL 16 - COYOTE VALLEY TASK FORCE MEETING: The Coyote Valley Task Force is a group of community stake holders that will interpret the upcoming Environmental Impact Report and are gathering input from the local community. It is important that AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE attend all Coyote Valley Task Force Meetings, so that we can make our presence known and have our feelings about the development on public record. The CVTF meeting takes place in rooms 118-120 at San Jose City Hall at 4th and Santa Clara Streets Downtown. 6:00PM, APRIL 19 - COMMUNITY MEETING AT COYOTE CREEK GOLF CLUB: This is one of several "community meetings" scheduled to gather feedback from South Bay residents about the development. Coyote Creek Golf Club is off of Coyote Creek Golf Drive, on 101 between SJ and Morgan Hill. Arrive on time, because registration is at 6pm! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other News - For those of you who want to know HOPE: A few of us attended the last Coyote Valley Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (TAC). There were representatives from several agencies expressing concern about parts of the Coyote Valley Specific Plan that don't make sense. VTA said that there isn't public money to fund all the public transportation that developers are promising, others pointed out that this ideal, "live-able, walkable community" does not have the triggers in place to insure that jobs and housing will come at the appropriate times. Between these issues, the problem of moving industry into an area that is supposed to have much less parking than a conventional development, and other environmental issues, the Coyote Valley Plan is a lot of empty promises. As one activist put it, "This project has no feet." If we can organize, attend public meetings, and get our voice out in the press, we believe we can really change the direction on this issue, but it has to be done quickly! PETITION: A petition has been drafted, and right now we organizers are trying to decide exactly which demand we want to make, and who we should target. Once it is finished, we will need help collecting signatures as quickly as possible, so that we can show the city council, mayor, and county supervisors there is broad support of preserving Coyote Valley. INFORMATIONAL NIGHT - EARLY MAY: We are planning an informational night, scheduled for early May, where community members can learn about the natural history of Coyote Valley, the EIR process, how they can get involved. If you would like to help with this event or have resources you'd like to offer, please contact us. HELP: A lot has been done, but we desperately need more support from community members and students. Additional manpower is needed to collect signatures, plan an upcoming informational night, work on our websites, and other outreach activites. If you are interested in getting involved, please e-mail us at coyotevalley at Inbox.com or call Mark Anthony Medeiros at (408) 607-1709 *Support the Truth www.denniskyne.com ** www.sonicbids.com/denniskyne ** www.myspace.com/denniskyne * ** From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon Apr 2 13:34:46 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:34:46 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Agenda items for Thursday Message-ID: <461168E6.7050909@sbcglobal.net> This is a call for agenda items for Thursday April 5-th. Help me get beyond treasurer's report and events for tabling. Jim Doyle From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 2 14:29:12 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:29:12 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal: Anti Iran Attack Resolution Message-ID: <461175A8.5000701@earthlink.net> Hi, It seems quite likely that the U.S. will attack Iran soon. And I believe that such an attack at this time would be a disaster for the U.S.. So I would like to see the GPSCC, at its next meeting, pass a resolution against an attack on Iran. In March (on the 13th?) the Berkeley City Council passed a resolution. I have modified it slightly to provide a draft resolution below. And I have included the Berkeley resolution for reference. (The Berkeley resolution has been modified slightly to fix typos). Comments, questions? Gerry P.S. I could have provided, and can still provide copies of the resolutions as attachments, but did not because I believe that in-line text is more suitable for this list. P.P.S. Both bills (House and Senate) are now in committees. I have no idea how long they might sit there. ============ Draft #1 Proposed Resolution ============ RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Iran poses no imminent nuclear threat as it could take Iran eight years to manufacture a nuclear device (1), or in extreme worst-case scenario, three years (2), and the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran diverted nuclear material to a weapons program (3), and a senior United Nations (U.N.) diplomat in Iran said regarding Western spy services' tips about secret Iranian weapons, "Pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong" (3); and WHEREAS, up to five United States (U.S.) generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they see as a reckless attack on Iran (4), and an attack on Iran could backfire (5), and Senators Boxer and Feinstein have both called for diplomacy in accordance with international law rather than preemptive war (6); and WHEREAS, the U.S. has ratified the U.N. Charter which states that no nation shall use force or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation (Article 2.4) and that, only if attacked, a nation may respond only once before informing the UN and bringing the conflict before the U.N. Security Council (Article 51); and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2007 U.S. religious leaders met in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad who declared that Iran has no intention to acquire or use nuclear weapons and stated that he has no reservation about talks with American officials if there is goodwill (7), and in 2003 Dick Cheney and Karl Rove reviewed an offer from the Iranian government to increase transparency of its nuclear program and hold negotiations, according to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, which offer the Bush administration ignored (8), and the CIA tried to censor related reporting (9), yet Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to Iran (10); and WHEREAS, Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution provides that only the Congress has the authority to declare war; and WHEREAS, while recognizing that inflammatory rhetoric may discourage diplomacy, it does not constitute a security threat, and dozens of Iranian scholars reacted to the Tehran Holocaust conference by condemning the immoral stance of Holocaust denial (11), as did the U.N. General Assembly (12). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of Santa Clara County recommend to the four Representatives of Santa Clara County (Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Zoe Lofgren, and Jerry McNerny) that they support H.R. 770 (13) "To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization," and request that Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein cosponsor Senator Jim Webb's bill (S. 759) prohibiting funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of Congress (14), and that they recommend an appropriations amendment or rider to restrict funds, such as: [1] No funds from any source shall be used for any military action against Iran, Syria, or any new target, and [2] Any executive violation shall be construed as a high crime and misdemeanor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of Santa Clara County supports the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to verify Iran's nuclear activities, encourages Iran to cooperate fully with those efforts, and applauds the action of the United Nations General Assembly in condemning Holocaust denial. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of Santa Clara County send copies of this signed Resolution promptly to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Jim Webb, Bernard Sanders, Robert Byrd, Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos, Chair House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, Chair House Intelligence Committee Silvestre Reyes; the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and the U.S. League of Cities; and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa. (1) reprinted from NY Times in SF Chronicle on 1/27/07 "Iran going ahead with nuclear program, UN official says - ElBaradei urges all sides to ratchet down tensions" by Mark Landler and David Sanger www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9DNQ6KP1.DTL (2) Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org/cgi-bin/ucountdown.pl; 11th clause of Senator Bernard Sanders' Concurrent Resolution 13: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.CON.RES.13: (3) "UN Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable" by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy LA Times 2/25/07 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,0,4451045.story?coll=la-home-headlines (4) "US Generals `Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack" by Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter Sunday Times Online 2/25/07 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece (5) "Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report" 3/5/07 www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329734502-111322,00.html (6) "Confronting Iran: Will we learn from our mistakes and apply tough diplomacy-or rely once again on the failed doctrine of preemption?" by Dianne Feinstein, LA Times 4/15/06 http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19119 On 2/26/07 Sen. Boxer wrote to a Berkeleyan that she believes the U.S. and the international community must continue to pursue diplomatic options and that she will continue to push for a diplomatic solution re Iran. (7) www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48794/ www.nccinterfaith.blogspot.com/ www.ncccusa.org/news/070222.irantalks.html www.afsc.org/iran/ (8) www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=41 "Ex-Congressional Aide: Karl Rove Personally Received (And Ignored) Iranian Peace Offer in 2003" www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/26/157241& mode=thread&tid=25 (9) "Former NSC official says White House tried to censor him" reprinted from the LA Times in the SF Chronicle 12/19/06. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/19/MNGMAN244T1.DTL (10) "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran" by Jason Leopold http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2 (11) www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/middleeast/27holocaust.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (12) www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21355&Cr=holocaust&Cr1= (13) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00770: (14) Press release on Senator Webb's website: http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=270138 ========== End Draft #1 Proposed Resolution ========== ================ Berkeley Resolution ================= ***** Modified from original ***** Kriss Worthington Councilmember, City of Berkeley District 7 2180 Milvia Street, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704 PHONE 510-981-7170 FAX 510-981-7177 kworthington at ci.berkeley.ca.us CONSENT CALENDAR March 13, 2007 To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: Councilmember Kriss Worthington Subject: Opposition to US Military Intervention or Use of Force in Iran RECOMMENDATION: That the Berkeley City Council opposes any form of military intervention or use of force against Iran. BACKGROUND: The attached resolution was officially approved by the Peace and Justice Commission on March 5, 2007. While the Bush administration has recently been involved in gathering United Nations support to tighten sanctions against Iran, it has been sending unclear messages to Iran and the international community about its willingness to engage in a military confrontation with Iran. Vice President Dick Cheney, having publicly voiced his support for a "regime change," has also noted that the administration has to this point noted that "we haven't taken any options off the table." Last month, President Bush ordered an additional aircraft carrier into waters within striking distance of Iran, hoping that military force might pressure Iran into negotiations. These actions have only publicly emboldened President Ahmadinejad. In light of the increasing escalation in Iraq, and the potential for increased instability in the Middle East, military action used in a confrontation or as a threat would only worsen an already difficult situation for the United States, both in the region and internationally. This resolution represents the Council's opposition of the use of force, particularly without international support or honest diplomacy. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: NONE CONTACT PERSON: Councilmember Kriss Worthington 981-7170. Attachment: 1. Resolution RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Berkeley Municipal Code Section 3.68 states that the Peace and Justice Commission shall "Advise the Berkeley City Council on all matters relating to the City of Berkeley's role in issues of peace...," and "The residents of Berkeley have continually demonstrated their concern for peace and justice based on equality among all peoples..."; and WHEREAS, Iran poses no imminent nuclear threat as it could take Iran eight years to manufacture a nuclear device (1), or in extreme worst-case scenario, three years (2), and the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran diverted nuclear material to a weapons program (3), and a senior United Nations (U.N.) diplomat in Iran said regarding Western spy services' tips about secret Iranian weapons, "Pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong" (3); and WHEREAS, up to five United States (U.S.) generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they see as a reckless attack on Iran (4), and an attack on Iran could backfire (5), and Senators Boxer and Feinstein have both called for diplomacy in accordance with international law rather than preemptive war (6); and WHEREAS, the U.S. has ratified the U.N. Charter which states that no nation shall use force or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation (Article 2.4) and that, only if attacked, a nation may respond only once before informing the UN and bringing the conflict before the U.N. Security Council (Article 51); and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2007 U.S. religious leaders met in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad who declared that Iran has no intention to acquire or use nuclear weapons and stated that he has no reservation about talks with American officials if there is goodwill (7), and in 2003 Dick Cheney and Karl Rove reviewed an offer from the Iranian government to increase transparency of its nuclear program and hold negotiations, according to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, which offer the Bush administration ignored (8), and the CIA tried to censor related reporting (9), yet Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to Iran (10); and WHEREAS, Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution provides that only the Congress has the authority to declare war; and WHEREAS, while recognizing that inflammatory rhetoric may discourage diplomacy, it does not constitute a security threat, and dozens of Iranian scholars reacted to the Tehran Holocaust conference by condemning the immoral stance of Holocaust denial (11), as did the U.N. General Assembly (12). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Berkeley City Council commend Representative Barbara Lee for sponsoring H.R. 770 (13) "To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization," and request that Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein cosponsor Senator Jim Webb's bill prohibiting funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of Congress (14), and that they recommend an appropriations amendment or rider to restrict funds, such as: [1] No funds from any source shall be used for any military action against Iran, Syria, or any new target, and [2] Any executive violation shall be construed as a high crime and misdemeanor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley City Council encourage concerned Berkeleyans to ask amenable contacts in other districts to lobby their Representatives to cosponsor H.R. 770 and get it out of Committee, and their Senators to cosponsor Senator Webb's bill. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Berkeley supports the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to verify Iran's nuclear activities, encourages Iran to cooperate fully with those efforts, and applauds the action of the United Nations General Assembly in condemning Holocaust denial. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley City Council direct the City Clerk, with a Peace and Justice Commissioner's assistance, to send copies of this signed Resolution promptly to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Jim Webb, Bernard Sanders, Robert Byrd, Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos, Chair House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, Chair House Intelligence Committee Silvestre Reyes; the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and the U.S. League of Cities; and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and U.N. General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa. (1) reprinted from NY Times in SF Chronicle on 1/27/07 "Iran going ahead with nuclear program, UN official says - ElBaradei urges all sides to ratchet down tensions" by Mark Landler and David Sanger www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9DNQ6KP1.DTL (2) Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org/cgi-bin/ucountdown.pl; 11th clause of Senator Bernard Sanders' Concurrent Resolution 13: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.CON.RES.13: (3) "UN Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable" by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy LA Times 2/25/07 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,0,4451045.story?coll=la-home-headlines (4) "US Generals `Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack" by Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter Sunday Times Online 2/25/07 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece (5) "Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report" 3/5/07 www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329734502-111322,00.html (6) "Confronting Iran: Will we learn from our mistakes and apply tough diplomacy-or rely once again on the failed doctrine of preemption?" by Dianne Feinstein, LA Times 4/15/06 http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19119 On 2/26/07 Sen. Boxer wrote to a Berkeleyan that she believes the U.S. and the international community must continue to pursue diplomatic options and that she will continue to push for a diplomatic solution re Iran. (7) www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48794/ www.nccinterfaith.blogspot.com/ www.ncccusa.org/news/070222.irantalks.html www.afsc.org/iran/ (8) www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=41 "Ex-Congressional Aide: Karl Rove Personally Received (And Ignored) Iranian Peace Offer in 2003" www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/26/157241& mode=thread&tid=25 (9) "Former NSC official says White House tried to censor him" reprinted from the LA Times in the SF Chronicle 12/19/06. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/19/MNGMAN244T1.DTL (10) "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran" by Jason Leopold http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2 (11) www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/middleeast/27holocaust.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (12) www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21355&Cr=holocaust&Cr1= (13) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00770: (14) Press release on Senator Webb's website: http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=270138 ============== End Berkeley Resolution =============== From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 2 14:46:04 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:46:04 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] TODAY: [Fwd: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto] Message-ID: <4611799C.20304@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:39:18 EDT From: Nnamazian at aol.com To: undisclosed-recipients:; Please join us to discuss: Campaigning to Establish a Cabinet Level US Department of Peace www.thepeacealliance.org Day: April 2, 2007 Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM Location: Unity Palo Alto Community Church, Y.E.S. Hall 3391 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94306-3049 DIRECTIONS:: From FWY 101, Exit Oregon Expressway, Turn left on Middlefield Rd, Pass several blocks, Unity church is on left side. Contact: Nikoo Namazian Congressional District Team Leader (CDTL) Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign nnamazian at aol.com 650/867-9993 "Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace. There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives (HR 808). This landmark measure will augment our current problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See what's free at AOL.com . From fredd at freeshell.org Mon Apr 2 17:01:03 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:01:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal: Anti Iran Attack Resolution Message-ID: <4611993F.2050005@freeshell.org> Excellent proposal, Gerry. If we pass a resolution, it should also be submitted to the media serving Santa Clara County. Fred Hi, It seems quite likely that the U.S. will attack Iran soon. And I believe that such an attack at this time would be a disaster for the U.S.. So I would like to see the GPSCC, at its next meeting, pass a resolution against an attack on Iran. In March (on the 13th?) the Berkeley City Council passed a resolution. I have modified it slightly to provide a draft resolution below. And I have included the Berkeley resolution for reference. (The Berkeley resolution has been modified slightly to fix typos). Comments, questions? Gerry P.S. I could have provided, and can still provide copies of the resolutions as attachments, but did not because I believe that in-line text is more suitable for this list. P.P.S. Both bills (House and Senate) are now in committees. I have no idea how long they might sit there. ============ Draft #1 Proposed Resolution ============ RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Iran poses no imminent nuclear threat as it could take Iran eight years to manufacture a nuclear device (1), or in extreme worst-case scenario, three years (2), and the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran diverted nuclear material to a weapons program (3), and a senior United Nations (U.N.) diplomat in Iran said regarding Western spy services' tips about secret Iranian weapons, "Pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong" (3); and WHEREAS, up to five United States (U.S.) generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they see as a reckless attack on Iran (4), and an attack on Iran could backfire (5), and Senators Boxer and Feinstein have both called for diplomacy in accordance with international law rather than preemptive war (6); and WHEREAS, the U.S. has ratified the U.N. Charter which states that no nation shall use force or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation (Article 2.4) and that, only if attacked, a nation may respond only once before informing the UN and bringing the conflict before the U.N. Security Council (Article 51); and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2007 U.S. religious leaders met in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad who declared that Iran has no intention to acquire or use nuclear weapons and stated that he has no reservation about talks with American officials if there is goodwill (7), and in 2003 Dick Cheney and Karl Rove reviewed an offer from the Iranian government to increase transparency of its nuclear program and hold negotiations, according to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, which offer the Bush administration ignored (8), and the CIA tried to censor related reporting (9), yet Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to Iran (10); and WHEREAS, Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution provides that only the Congress has the authority to declare war; and WHEREAS, while recognizing that inflammatory rhetoric may discourage diplomacy, it does not constitute a security threat, and dozens of Iranian scholars reacted to the Tehran Holocaust conference by condemning the immoral stance of Holocaust denial (11), as did the U.N. General Assembly (12). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of Santa Clara County recommend to the four Representatives of Santa Clara County (Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Zoe Lofgren, and Jerry McNerny) that they support H.R. 770 (13) "To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization," and request that Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein cosponsor Senator Jim Webb's bill (S. 759) prohibiting funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of Congress (14), and that they recommend an appropriations amendment or rider to restrict funds, such as: [1] No funds from any source shall be used for any military action against Iran, Syria, or any new target, and [2] Any executive violation shall be construed as a high crime and misdemeanor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of Santa Clara County supports the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to verify Iran's nuclear activities, encourages Iran to cooperate fully with those efforts, and applauds the action of the United Nations General Assembly in condemning Holocaust denial. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of Santa Clara County send copies of this signed Resolution promptly to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Jim Webb, Bernard Sanders, Robert Byrd, Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos, Chair House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, Chair House Intelligence Committee Silvestre Reyes; the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and the U.S. League of Cities; and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa. (1) reprinted from NY Times in SF Chronicle on 1/27/07 "Iran going ahead with nuclear program, UN official says - ElBaradei urges all sides to ratchet down tensions" by Mark Landler and David Sanger www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9DNQ6KP1.DTL (2) Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org/cgi-bin/ucountdown.pl; 11th clause of Senator Bernard Sanders' Concurrent Resolution 13: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.CON.RES.13: (3) "UN Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable" by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy LA Times 2/25/07 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,0,4451045.story?coll=la-home-headlines (4) "US Generals `Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack" by Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter Sunday Times Online 2/25/07 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece (5) "Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report" 3/5/07 www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329734502-111322,00.html (6) "Confronting Iran: Will we learn from our mistakes and apply tough diplomacy-or rely once again on the failed doctrine of preemption?" by Dianne Feinstein, LA Times 4/15/06 http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19119 On 2/26/07 Sen. Boxer wrote to a Berkeleyan that she believes the U.S. and the international community must continue to pursue diplomatic options and that she will continue to push for a diplomatic solution re Iran. (7) www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48794/ www.nccinterfaith.blogspot.com/ www.ncccusa.org/news/070222.irantalks.html www.afsc.org/iran/ (8) www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=41 "Ex-Congressional Aide: Karl Rove Personally Received (And Ignored) Iranian Peace Offer in 2003" www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/26/157241& mode=thread&tid=25 (9) "Former NSC official says White House tried to censor him" reprinted from the LA Times in the SF Chronicle 12/19/06. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/19/MNGMAN244T1.DTL (10) "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran" by Jason Leopold http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2 (11) www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/middleeast/27holocaust.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (12) www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21355&Cr=holocaust&Cr1= (13) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00770: (14) Press release on Senator Webb's website: http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=270138 ========== End Draft #1 Proposed Resolution ========== ================ Berkeley Resolution ================= ***** Modified from original ***** Kriss Worthington Councilmember, City of Berkeley District 7 2180 Milvia Street, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704 PHONE 510-981-7170 FAX 510-981-7177 kworthington at ci.berkeley.ca.us CONSENT CALENDAR March 13, 2007 To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: Councilmember Kriss Worthington Subject: Opposition to US Military Intervention or Use of Force in Iran RECOMMENDATION: That the Berkeley City Council opposes any form of military intervention or use of force against Iran. BACKGROUND: The attached resolution was officially approved by the Peace and Justice Commission on March 5, 2007. While the Bush administration has recently been involved in gathering United Nations support to tighten sanctions against Iran, it has been sending unclear messages to Iran and the international community about its willingness to engage in a military confrontation with Iran. Vice President Dick Cheney, having publicly voiced his support for a "regime change," has also noted that the administration has to this point noted that "we haven't taken any options off the table." Last month, President Bush ordered an additional aircraft carrier into waters within striking distance of Iran, hoping that military force might pressure Iran into negotiations. These actions have only publicly emboldened President Ahmadinejad. In light of the increasing escalation in Iraq, and the potential for increased instability in the Middle East, military action used in a confrontation or as a threat would only worsen an already difficult situation for the United States, both in the region and internationally. This resolution represents the Council's opposition of the use of force, particularly without international support or honest diplomacy. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: NONE CONTACT PERSON: Councilmember Kriss Worthington 981-7170. Attachment: 1. Resolution RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Berkeley Municipal Code Section 3.68 states that the Peace and Justice Commission shall "Advise the Berkeley City Council on all matters relating to the City of Berkeley's role in issues of peace...," and "The residents of Berkeley have continually demonstrated their concern for peace and justice based on equality among all peoples..."; and WHEREAS, Iran poses no imminent nuclear threat as it could take Iran eight years to manufacture a nuclear device (1), or in extreme worst-case scenario, three years (2), and the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran diverted nuclear material to a weapons program (3), and a senior United Nations (U.N.) diplomat in Iran said regarding Western spy services' tips about secret Iranian weapons, "Pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong" (3); and WHEREAS, up to five United States (U.S.) generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they see as a reckless attack on Iran (4), and an attack on Iran could backfire (5), and Senators Boxer and Feinstein have both called for diplomacy in accordance with international law rather than preemptive war (6); and WHEREAS, the U.S. has ratified the U.N. Charter which states that no nation shall use force or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation (Article 2.4) and that, only if attacked, a nation may respond only once before informing the UN and bringing the conflict before the U.N. Security Council (Article 51); and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2007 U.S. religious leaders met in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad who declared that Iran has no intention to acquire or use nuclear weapons and stated that he has no reservation about talks with American officials if there is goodwill (7), and in 2003 Dick Cheney and Karl Rove reviewed an offer from the Iranian government to increase transparency of its nuclear program and hold negotiations, according to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, which offer the Bush administration ignored (8), and the CIA tried to censor related reporting (9), yet Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to Iran (10); and WHEREAS, Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution provides that only the Congress has the authority to declare war; and WHEREAS, while recognizing that inflammatory rhetoric may discourage diplomacy, it does not constitute a security threat, and dozens of Iranian scholars reacted to the Tehran Holocaust conference by condemning the immoral stance of Holocaust denial (11), as did the U.N. General Assembly (12). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Berkeley City Council commend Representative Barbara Lee for sponsoring H.R. 770 (13) "To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization," and request that Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein cosponsor Senator Jim Webb's bill prohibiting funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of Congress (14), and that they recommend an appropriations amendment or rider to restrict funds, such as: [1] No funds from any source shall be used for any military action against Iran, Syria, or any new target, and [2] Any executive violation shall be construed as a high crime and misdemeanor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley City Council encourage concerned Berkeleyans to ask amenable contacts in other districts to lobby their Representatives to cosponsor H.R. 770 and get it out of Committee, and their Senators to cosponsor Senator Webb's bill. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Berkeley supports the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to verify Iran's nuclear activities, encourages Iran to cooperate fully with those efforts, and applauds the action of the United Nations General Assembly in condemning Holocaust denial. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley City Council direct the City Clerk, with a Peace and Justice Commissioner's assistance, to send copies of this signed Resolution promptly to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Jim Webb, Bernard Sanders, Robert Byrd, Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos, Chair House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, Chair House Intelligence Committee Silvestre Reyes; the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and the U.S. League of Cities; and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and U.N. General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa. (1) reprinted from NY Times in SF Chronicle on 1/27/07 "Iran going ahead with nuclear program, UN official says - ElBaradei urges all sides to ratchet down tensions" by Mark Landler and David Sanger www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9DNQ6KP1.DTL (2) Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org/cgi-bin/ucountdown.pl; 11th clause of Senator Bernard Sanders' Concurrent Resolution 13: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.CON.RES.13: (3) "UN Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable" by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy LA Times 2/25/07 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,0,4451045.story?coll=la-home-headlines (4) "US Generals `Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack" by Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter Sunday Times Online 2/25/07 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece (5) "Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report" 3/5/07 www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329734502-111322,00.html (6) "Confronting Iran: Will we learn from our mistakes and apply tough diplomacy-or rely once again on the failed doctrine of preemption?" by Dianne Feinstein, LA Times 4/15/06 http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19119 On 2/26/07 Sen. Boxer wrote to a Berkeleyan that she believes the U.S. and the international community must continue to pursue diplomatic options and that she will continue to push for a diplomatic solution re Iran. (7) www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48794/ www.nccinterfaith.blogspot.com/ www.ncccusa.org/news/070222.irantalks.html www.afsc.org/iran/ (8) www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=41 "Ex-Congressional Aide: Karl Rove Personally Received (And Ignored) Iranian Peace Offer in 2003" www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/26/157241& mode=thread&tid=25 (9) "Former NSC official says White House tried to censor him" reprinted from the LA Times in the SF Chronicle 12/19/06. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/19/MNGMAN244T1.DTL (10) "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran" by Jason Leopold http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2 (11) www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/middleeast/27holocaust.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (12) www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21355&Cr=holocaust&Cr1= (13) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00770: (14) Press release on Senator Webb's website: http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=270138 ============== End Berkeley Resolution =============== _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From egroups at duendevision.com Mon Apr 2 19:07:27 2007 From: egroups at duendevision.com (Duende) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:07:27 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Dennis Kucinich In-Reply-To: <460F5F61.8060303@freeshell.org> References: <460F5F61.8060303@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <98B0F926-2C2B-40F5-A2C9-D7CB234CF230@duendevision.com> I'm sorry I missed this. I was cleaning up my room and came across the flyer but the time was 3:30PM (explicative deleted). A producer friend of mine was Dennis's more or less official videographer when he came into the bay area last election cycle. I either assisted her when he came or covered him by myself. I had gotten to see Dennis up close in all kinds of circumstances and went from a "talk is cheap my little new age sounding friend" to a real believer in his authenticity as a human being. There are few people on this planet that have the respect I have for him (Tian was another one but he's been eaten regardless of what those forged emails say :-) I've never heard him put down another person but with out a doubt he would point out practices that didn't benefit the greater whole and offer alternatives. He has always kept his focus on what he is for. Yes he's small and doesn't have the 5 second sound bite persona and has a gnats ass chance in hell of winning an election with the national mentality the ways it's been in the past but there are no other viable choices at this juncture. I'd love to see him and Cynthia McKinney run together. I'd have no problem if the Greens Supported him at this point. I lost my trust for Gore when he was in office. The Inconvenient truth while welcome doesn;t address US imperialism and neither do I believe will Gore, by word or by practice. Peace Duende On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:29 AM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > I met and heard Dennis Kucinich and his wife talk today at a Palo > Alto > fund raiser. He's taking on the whole Democratic Party with his Green > like platform: No funds for advancing the war; "Single Payer Health > Care" ; IRV; No Attack on Iran; Honor the Nuclear Non-Proliferation > Treaty and rid the world of all nuclear bombs; Reparations for the > destruction of Iran, but not by contracting American corporations; > Returning control of Iraq's oil to Iraq; Organizing multinational > assistance for Iran by replacing American with UN elements if > requested > by Iraq; and Possibly calling for impeachment at a strategic time. > > Also heard Chris Hedges, author of "American Fascists: the Christian > Right and War On America," describe how the Christian Right > fundamentalist movement, with the cooperation of many allies in all > three branches of government and the corporate world, is gaining > ground > toward its desire to make the United States a theocratic, fascist > nation. He really berated the U.S. two party system and placed the > blame for Bush's presence in the White House strictly on the > Democrats. > His defense of Nader was very strong. He too, sounded much like a > Green or a Socialist. > > The approximately 200 people who attended, applauded him vigorously. > There were about 25 people in line to buy his book. > > Fred D. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." Albert Einstein From WB4D23 at aol.com Mon Apr 2 20:50:39 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 23:50:39 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Agenda items for Thursday Message-ID: In a message dated 4/2/07 1:35:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net writes: This is a call for agenda items for Thursday April 5-th. Tentatively designate delegates to May 26-27th plenary in San Francisco so agenda packet review meeting can be planned. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Mon Apr 2 22:46:29 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:46:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [SPAM] LAFCO Commission likely to VOTE on Ag. Mitigation Policies 4/4/07] Message-ID: <4611EA35.2060605@charter.net> For those who are interested in San Jose's plans for Coyote Valley, this should be on your calendar. Wes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SPAM] LAFCO Commission likely to VOTE on Ag. Mitigation Policies 4/4/07 Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:04:37 -0700 From: Michele Beasley To: mbeasley at greenbelt.org Hello Everyone! I would like to encourage you to come to the LAFCO meeting this coming Wednesday. *Here are the details: * When: Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 1:30pm Where: Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium (next to Board of Supervisors Chambers) 70 West Hedding Street, First Floor San Jose, CA 95110 Why: The Commissioners are likely to vote on Santa Clara Countywide Agricultural Mitigation Policies. We need people to voice support for strong policies. *If you can?t join us, a quick email to the Commissioners stating your support for these policies will be helpful. Here are their email addresses: *County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado blanca.alvarado at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us County Supervisor Don Gage don.gage at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us San Jose Councilman Pete Constant pete.constant at sanjoseca.gov City Representative John Howe jh2 at aol.com Public Representative Susan Vicklund-Wilson: susan at svwilsonlaw.com Over the years it has been all too easy to pave over a valuable resource, farmland. Cities should be focusing on infill opportunities near transit instead of always sprawling out onto farmland. While it may be difficult to stop paving all the farmland right away, we can at least ensure that prime farmland is protected as a result of the new developments. *Greenbelt Alliance encourages you to ask for the following: * That no less than /one acre of farmland be protected for every acre paved over/. That the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act definition of prime farmland be used instead of the LESA model which has failed to protect farmland in Gilroy. In other words, /fallow farmland should trigger mitigation. / /Cities should craft their own ordinances/ that assure LAFCO that mitigation will be fulfilled at the time of development and that the mitigation requirement be recorded against the property. For more information, please visit: http://www.santaclara.lafco.ca.gov/pdf-files/AgMitgation20070404.pdf http://www.greenbelt.org/regions/southbay/camp_santaclara_farmland.html Thank you for your support! Best, Michele ~~~~~~~~~ Michele Beasley South Bay Field Representative Greenbelt Alliance 1922 The Alameda, Suite 213 San Jose, CA 95126 Ph: 408.983.0856 Fx: 408.983.1001 SF main: 415.543.6771 www.greenbelt.org Greenbelt Alliance protects open space and promotes livable communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Join us today at www.greenbelt.org . Your donation helps make the Bay Area a great place to live, work, and play. Michele Beasley South Bay Field Representative Greenbelt Alliance 1922 The Alameda, Suite 213 San Jose, CA 95126 Ph: 408.983.0856 Fx: 408.983.1001 SF main: 415.543.6771 www.greenbelt.org Greenbelt Alliance protects open space and promotes livable communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Join us today at www.greenbelt.org . Your donation helps make the Bay Area a great place to live, work, and play. -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From cbrouillet at igc.org Tue Apr 3 10:43:00 2007 From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet) Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:43:00 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Posters/Postcards/Press for Impeachment Rally Message-ID: We made 1000 postcards and are working on 200 posters now for the Impeachment Rally (to save $200- we are painting them at my house- it's fun- we could use help, though!) I posted my press advisory as an article on Indymedia.org (the image is our postcard). If you want to help paint or put up posters- or help with mailing out the press advisories (which need to go out today) or help post the event on calendars electronically- I would greatly appreciate it. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388290.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thus far I have SGA, tabling, proposal on an anti Iran attack treasurer's report, committee reports Jim Doyle From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 3 18:23:12 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 18:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 2nd Thursday (was Re: meeting agenda items) In-Reply-To: <461294F0.1060201@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <727875.88687.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Especially in order to make certain we include Carol Brouillet and Brian Good (who have a years-long-standing meeting the same 1st Thursday of each month) I'd like to propose that we move future meetings (starting in May) to the second Thursday of the month. I'd like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move it this Thursday. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Jim Doyle wrote: > This is a call for agenda items for the Thursday meeting. > Thus far I have > SGA, tabling, proposal on an anti Iran attack > treasurer's report, committee reports > > Jim Doyle ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Apr 3 18:43:03 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:43:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Help: Copies Needed! Message-ID: <461302A7.8030909@earthlink.net> Hi, I will need about 10 paper copies of the proposed anti Iran attack resolution. But I have no printer and Dana has lost her internet connection. Is there anyone who could make 10 copies of the proposed resolution? Gerry From MKmusic03 at aol.com Tue Apr 3 23:26:13 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 02:26:13 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] meeting agenda items Message-ID: Hi Jim, Please add the following. Thanks, Merriam Action Items: Upcoming Elections Impeachment Rally & March, April 11, Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto Planning Calendar (we discussed this at the Strategy Retreat last Saturday) Tax Day Action Earth Day Event (Mitchell Park, Palo Alto) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070405063743.74761.qmail@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Warner, would you have an alternative proposal, since we can't keep it on the first Thursday. The Third Thursday? Impeach for Peace! Drew --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > jamboi at yahoo.com > writes: > > I'd > like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move > it > this Thursday. > > > > 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > Neighborhood > Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html From fredd at freeshell.org Thu Apr 5 00:05:29 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:05:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 2nd Thursda... Message-ID: <46149FB9.9020601@freeshell.org> Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it is the third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. Never on the 2nd Thursday. Fred In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com writes: I'd like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move it this Thursday. 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown Neighborhood Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: file:///tmp/nsmail-1.asc URL: From andid at cagreens.org Thu Apr 5 01:20:05 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 01:20:05 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Food Irradiation to be label-listed as "Pasteurized!" Message-ID: We have 90 days to respond to federal food regulators and the U.S. incorporates who dominate them! Irradiation is to be hidden on food labels as pasteurization! This will include baby food, dairy, snacks, sandwich meats, etc. This will be another way for the food terrorists to get around the regulations in the organic food industry. Andrea From tnharter at ispwest.com Thu Apr 5 10:35:01 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:35:01 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Suggested agenda item: Counties: Letter of Intent to Host 2008 - DUE APRIL 15] Message-ID: <46153345.2070406@ispwest.com> Should we talk about endorsing this this evening? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Please affirm and reply!! Counties: Letter of Intent to Host 2008 - DUE APRIL 15 Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 07:57:49 -0700 From: Leslie Bonett To: Del , Jim Stauffer CC: Warner Bloomberg , Jo Chamberlain , Tim Morgan , Nancy LaFortuna , June Brashares , Ken Smith , Gayle McLaughlin , Juan Reardon , WILSON RILES JR , Victoria Ashley , Patti Marsh , Khurshid Khoja , , Bob Marsh , Wendy Carson , Tian Harter , Mike Wyman , Sharon Peterson , Craig Peterson , Kathy Guruwaya , Paul Franklin County Councilors and Contacts, Please let me know if this has been discussed and the outcome in YOUR COUNTY!! I sent this to you March 10. Please take this to your County Council meetings and/or online discussion and indicate if you wish to be included, and let me know ASAP. *This is simply a letter of intent, which is due to the Green Party of the US by April 15.* A real proposal with lodging, logistics, prices, etc. is due June 15. We are seeking appropriate venues. There is no financial obligation expected by this intent, or by any eventual commitment,; but some intent to provide volunteers and support as this moves forward. The National Party will provide deposit money, and will also hire one or more local people as Event Coordinators. *WOULD YOU LIKE TO have the Presidential Nominating Committee here, locally, in our back yards?? Let's show them what an organized Green Party can do!!* The Green National Committee will vote on all proposals from different states sometime after June 15, and choose the 2008 Presidential Convention locale. The convention is expected to be in June 2008. It occurs to me we might get the best rate if we could go with Memorial Day weekend. To County Councils of: San Francisco Alameda Marin San Mateo Santa Clara Sonoma Solano Contra Costa Napa (is there?) Santa Cruz Am I missing any counties?? *Proposal:* *The Green Parties of the San Francisco Bay Area (will be named), in conjunction with the Green Party of California, hereby state our intent to Host the 2008 National Presidential Convention in our region. We are particularly focused on San Francisco or Oakland, with major media markets, good conference facilities, public transportation, and easy access for local greens and all interested people to come in off the street to our events.* Thank you, Leslie Bonett, Oakland Green National Committee Delegate -- Tian http://tian.greens.org This evening I gave Joschka Fischer a MEND YOUR FUELISH WAYS sticker. From fredd at freeshell.org Thu Apr 5 11:32:58 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:32:58 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] meeting agenda items Message-ID: <461540DA.60104@freeshell.org> Jim et al, One important item that should be on the agenda is support for SB 840, the new Single Payer Health Care measure. A letter from the GPSCC to the memmers of the State Senate Health Committee, with copies to our SCC area senators, will be important. ( Stationary that has a GPSCC letter head logo is recommended.) Hopefully the state GP will do the same. Fred D. Hi Jim, Please add the following. Thanks, Merriam Action Items: Upcoming Elections Impeachment Rally & March, April 11, Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto Planning Calendar (we discussed this at the Strategy Retreat last Saturday) Tax Day Action Earth Day Event (Mitchell Park, Palo Alto) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: file:///tmp/nsmail-1.asc URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 5 11:51:22 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:51:22 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal: Anti Iran Attack Resolution Message-ID: <4615452A.9080902@earthlink.net> I have changed the last "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED" part to have fewer names to send to. Gerry ============ Draft #2 Proposed Resolution ============ RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Iran poses no imminent nuclear threat as it could take Iran eight years to manufacture a nuclear device (1), or in extreme worst-case scenario, three years (2), and the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran diverted nuclear material to a weapons program (3), and a senior United Nations (U.N.) diplomat in Iran said regarding Western spy services' tips about secret Iranian weapons, "Pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong" (3); and WHEREAS, up to five United States (U.S.) generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they see as a reckless attack on Iran (4), and an attack on Iran could backfire (5), and Senators Boxer and Feinstein have both called for diplomacy in accordance with international law rather than preemptive war (6); and WHEREAS, the U.S. has ratified the U.N. Charter which states that no nation shall use force or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation (Article 2.4) and that, only if attacked, a nation may respond only once before informing the UN and bringing the conflict before the U.N. Security Council (Article 51); and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2007 U.S. religious leaders met in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad who declared that Iran has no intention to acquire or use nuclear weapons and stated that he has no reservation about talks with American officials if there is goodwill (7), and in 2003 Dick Cheney and Karl Rove reviewed an offer from the Iranian government to increase transparency of its nuclear program and hold negotiations, according to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, which offer the Bush administration ignored (8), and the CIA tried to censor related reporting (9), yet Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to Iran (10); and WHEREAS, Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution provides that only the Congress has the authority to declare war; and WHEREAS, while recognizing that inflammatory rhetoric may discourage diplomacy, it does not constitute a security threat, and dozens of Iranian scholars reacted to the Tehran Holocaust conference by condemning the immoral stance of Holocaust denial (11), as did the U.N. General Assembly (12). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Green Party of Santa Clara County recommend to the four Representatives of Santa Clara County (Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Zoe Lofgren, and Jerry McNerny) that they support H.R. 770 (13) "To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization," and request that Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein cosponsor Senator Jim Webb's bill (S. 759) prohibiting funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of Congress (14), and that they recommend an appropriations amendment or rider to restrict funds, such as: [1] No funds from any source shall be used for any military action against Iran, Syria, or any new target, and [2] Any executive violation shall be construed as a high crime and misdemeanor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of Santa Clara County supports the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to verify Iran's nuclear activities, encourages Iran to cooperate fully with those efforts, and applauds the action of the United Nations General Assembly in condemning Holocaust denial. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Green Party of Santa Clara County send copies of this signed Resolution promptly to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Jim Webb, Bernard Sanders, Robert Byrd, Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos. (1) reprinted from NY Times in SF Chronicle on 1/27/07 "Iran going ahead with nuclear program, UN official says - ElBaradei urges all sides to ratchet down tensions" by Mark Landler and David Sanger www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9DNQ6KP1.DTL (2) Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org/cgi-bin/ucountdown.pl; 11th clause of Senator Bernard Sanders' Concurrent Resolution 13: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.CON.RES.13: (3) "UN Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable" by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy LA Times 2/25/07 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,0,4451045.story?coll=la-home-headlines (4) "US Generals `Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack" by Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter Sunday Times Online 2/25/07 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece (5) "Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report" 3/5/07 www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329734502-111322,00.html (6) "Confronting Iran: Will we learn from our mistakes and apply tough diplomacy-or rely once again on the failed doctrine of preemption?" by Dianne Feinstein, LA Times 4/15/06 http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19119 On 2/26/07 Sen. Boxer wrote to a Berkeleyan that she believes the U.S. and the international community must continue to pursue diplomatic options and that she will continue to push for a diplomatic solution re Iran. (7) www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48794/ www.nccinterfaith.blogspot.com/ www.ncccusa.org/news/070222.irantalks.html www.afsc.org/iran/ (8) www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=41 "Ex-Congressional Aide: Karl Rove Personally Received (And Ignored) Iranian Peace Offer in 2003" www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/26/157241& mode=thread&tid=25 (9) "Former NSC official says White House tried to censor him" reprinted from the LA Times in the SF Chronicle 12/19/06. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/19/MNGMAN244T1.DTL (10) "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran" by Jason Leopold http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2 (11) www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/middleeast/27holocaust.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (12) www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21355&Cr=holocaust&Cr1= (13) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00770: (14) Press release on Senator Webb's website: http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=270138 ========== End Draft #2 Proposed Resolution ========== ================ Berkeley Resolution ================= ***** Modified from original ***** Kriss Worthington Councilmember, City of Berkeley District 7 2180 Milvia Street, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704 PHONE 510-981-7170 FAX 510-981-7177 kworthington at ci.berkeley.ca.us CONSENT CALENDAR March 13, 2007 To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: Councilmember Kriss Worthington Subject: Opposition to US Military Intervention or Use of Force in Iran RECOMMENDATION: That the Berkeley City Council opposes any form of military intervention or use of force against Iran. BACKGROUND: The attached resolution was officially approved by the Peace and Justice Commission on March 5, 2007. While the Bush administration has recently been involved in gathering United Nations support to tighten sanctions against Iran, it has been sending unclear messages to Iran and the international community about its willingness to engage in a military confrontation with Iran. Vice President Dick Cheney, having publicly voiced his support for a "regime change," has also noted that the administration has to this point noted that "we haven't taken any options off the table." Last month, President Bush ordered an additional aircraft carrier into waters within striking distance of Iran, hoping that military force might pressure Iran into negotiations. These actions have only publicly emboldened President Ahmadinejad. In light of the increasing escalation in Iraq, and the potential for increased instability in the Middle East, military action used in a confrontation or as a threat would only worsen an already difficult situation for the United States, both in the region and internationally. This resolution represents the Council's opposition of the use of force, particularly without international support or honest diplomacy. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: NONE CONTACT PERSON: Councilmember Kriss Worthington 981-7170. Attachment: 1. Resolution RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Berkeley Municipal Code Section 3.68 states that the Peace and Justice Commission shall "Advise the Berkeley City Council on all matters relating to the City of Berkeley's role in issues of peace...," and "The residents of Berkeley have continually demonstrated their concern for peace and justice based on equality among all peoples..."; and WHEREAS, Iran poses no imminent nuclear threat as it could take Iran eight years to manufacture a nuclear device (1), or in extreme worst-case scenario, three years (2), and the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no proof that Iran diverted nuclear material to a weapons program (3), and a senior United Nations (U.N.) diplomat in Iran said regarding Western spy services' tips about secret Iranian weapons, "Pretty much all the intelligence that's come to us has proved to be wrong" (3); and WHEREAS, up to five United States (U.S.) generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they see as a reckless attack on Iran (4), and an attack on Iran could backfire (5), and Senators Boxer and Feinstein have both called for diplomacy in accordance with international law rather than preemptive war (6); and WHEREAS, the U.S. has ratified the U.N. Charter which states that no nation shall use force or threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation (Article 2.4) and that, only if attacked, a nation may respond only once before informing the UN and bringing the conflict before the U.N. Security Council (Article 51); and WHEREAS, on February 24, 2007 U.S. religious leaders met in Tehran with President Ahmadinejad who declared that Iran has no intention to acquire or use nuclear weapons and stated that he has no reservation about talks with American officials if there is goodwill (7), and in 2003 Dick Cheney and Karl Rove reviewed an offer from the Iranian government to increase transparency of its nuclear program and hold negotiations, according to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, which offer the Bush administration ignored (8), and the CIA tried to censor related reporting (9), yet Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to Iran (10); and WHEREAS, Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution provides that only the Congress has the authority to declare war; and WHEREAS, while recognizing that inflammatory rhetoric may discourage diplomacy, it does not constitute a security threat, and dozens of Iranian scholars reacted to the Tehran Holocaust conference by condemning the immoral stance of Holocaust denial (11), as did the U.N. General Assembly (12). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Berkeley City Council commend Representative Barbara Lee for sponsoring H.R. 770 (13) "To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization," and request that Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein cosponsor Senator Jim Webb's bill prohibiting funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of Congress (14), and that they recommend an appropriations amendment or rider to restrict funds, such as: [1] No funds from any source shall be used for any military action against Iran, Syria, or any new target, and [2] Any executive violation shall be construed as a high crime and misdemeanor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley City Council encourage concerned Berkeleyans to ask amenable contacts in other districts to lobby their Representatives to cosponsor H.R. 770 and get it out of Committee, and their Senators to cosponsor Senator Webb's bill. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Berkeley supports the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to verify Iran's nuclear activities, encourages Iran to cooperate fully with those efforts, and applauds the action of the United Nations General Assembly in condemning Holocaust denial. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Berkeley City Council direct the City Clerk, with a Peace and Justice Commissioner's assistance, to send copies of this signed Resolution promptly to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Jim Webb, Bernard Sanders, Robert Byrd, Chair Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos, Chair House Armed Services Committee Ike Skelton, Chair House Intelligence Committee Silvestre Reyes; the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and the U.S. League of Cities; and U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and U.N. General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Al Khalifa. (1) reprinted from NY Times in SF Chronicle on 1/27/07 "Iran going ahead with nuclear program, UN official says - ElBaradei urges all sides to ratchet down tensions" by Mark Landler and David Sanger www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/MNG9DNQ6KP1.DTL (2) Federation of American Scientists, www.fas.org/cgi-bin/ucountdown.pl; 11th clause of Senator Bernard Sanders' Concurrent Resolution 13: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.CON.RES.13: (3) "UN Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable" by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy LA Times 2/25/07 www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,0,4451045.story?coll=la-home-headlines (4) "US Generals `Will Quit' If Bush Orders Iran Attack" by Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter Sunday Times Online 2/25/07 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1434540.ece (5) "Attack on Iran would backfire, warns report" 3/5/07 www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329734502-111322,00.html (6) "Confronting Iran: Will we learn from our mistakes and apply tough diplomacy-or rely once again on the failed doctrine of preemption?" by Dianne Feinstein, LA Times 4/15/06 http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19119 On 2/26/07 Sen. Boxer wrote to a Berkeleyan that she believes the U.S. and the international community must continue to pursue diplomatic options and that she will continue to push for a diplomatic solution re Iran. (7) www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48794/ www.nccinterfaith.blogspot.com/ www.ncccusa.org/news/070222.irantalks.html www.afsc.org/iran/ (8) www.sandersresearch.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=41 "Ex-Congressional Aide: Karl Rove Personally Received (And Ignored) Iranian Peace Offer in 2003" www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/26/157241& mode=thread&tid=25 (9) "Former NSC official says White House tried to censor him" reprinted from the LA Times in the SF Chronicle 12/19/06. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/19/MNGMAN244T1.DTL (10) "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran" by Jason Leopold http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2007/index.htm#2 (11) www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/middleeast/27holocaust.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (12) www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21355&Cr=holocaust&Cr1= (13) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00770: (14) Press release on Senator Webb's website: http://webb.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=270138 ============== End Berkeley Resolution =============== _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From cbrouillet at igc.org Thu Apr 5 12:14:20 2007 From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:14:20 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment Actions- Show It Off Campaign... Message-ID: The Show It Off! campaign (the mass wearing of impeachment garb) will start in the week preceding April 28. If we can get just 5% of the 58% who want to see Bush/Cheney gone, we're talking millions of people whose visibility would bypass the media's indifference. It could change the whole political atmosphere and put impeachment on the front burner. One of the building tactics I have in mind in the weeks leading up to A28 is for teams of people (e.g., 3-8 people) all wearing appropriate shirts in the same color (e.g., Bush is Over! Cheney is Over! Torture is Over! in black) and going onto subway cars, into stations, on buses, in parks, down sidewalks, etc. carrying flyers promoting the SIO and A28, T's, armbands and bright peach or orange decals that people could buy on the spot and put on. Individuals could this too and they could recruit people to join them on the spot! The decals could be manufactured in rolls and each decal sold for $1 each. If we could have a cameraperson along who could record this, these "I-teams" could be popularized and spread nationally via YouTube, et al. If you picture what teams of people going out this way dressed up this way would look like, you can get a sense of how this could become a sensation. For the T's, go to http://bushisover.org. They're are on the bottom of the page. This is the pitch that I made for the SIO idea originally: The rationale for this proposal is this: we are confronting a very difficult situation because we cannot rely on the mass media to give us decent coverage of our protests. Unlike what we saw in the 1960s, the mass media are a different entity today. The Democratic Party has also moved decidedly to the right and are vigorously opposing impeachment proceedings. And thus, we are facing the combined opposition of the Democratic Party and the mass media. This is the main factor holding people back till now because the opposition to impeachment by the opinion leaders of the society is a huge impediment. All of this occurs in the face of the fact that a substantial majority of people actually support impeachment. How do we then make a breakthrough given these factors and the urgency of the situation? We need to take advantage of our strengths and minimize our weaknesses. One of our strengths is that we DO have a majority of people behind us, but that support is latent, unorganized, and largely unexpressed (save the November 2006 election results). The big elephant in the room doesn't realize that it's an elephant and therefore hasn't begun to throw its weight around. We need to find ways to get this widespread support to be manifested and for it to be manifested in ways that by-pass to a significant extent mass media coverage. If even 5% of the 58% plus who support impeachment were to wear an impeachment T-shirt or orange armband or buttons, etc. we're talking MILLIONS of people. The ubiquity of such an action would mean that it doesn't matter whether mass media cover us or not because millions of Americans will be seeing this with their own eyes in their own towns, cities, schools, workplaces, communities, etc. This would be an extension/adjunct to Jacob's Big Billboards' campaign in that the masses of people will be walking and talking small billboards all over the country. (And it will cost a lot less! LOL) Moreover, the sales for T's and other materials will be very large and a major fundraiser in its own right. These proceeds could help us pay for things like TV commercial time and billboards. Not only will this give heart to the people who are dying to see this regime ended TO SEE OTHERS OUT THERE, but it will allow people to LINK UP with each other - exchanging contact information with each other to carry forth further actions both on that day and on succeeding days. Since people will be by definition doing these things in their own local communities, the people they hook up with also live in the same area and we would give a huge boost to the ranks of the movement. This idea could be supplemented with a campaign to get people to put impeachment bumper stickers on their cars also and take up wearing big orange stickers on their persons and posting these stickers in the world. People could do mass assemblies on this day or these days and take pictures of it, including things like the Impeach on the Beach actions. We could make orange the recommended color of the day (as WCW has because of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib) and people could find different ways to do this - wear an impeachment shirt (like the "Impeach Bush & Cheney" shirt that afterdowningstreet.org has), wear a button, an orange armband, a wrist band, an impeachment cap, etc. We ought to TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ENTHUSIASM OF YOUTH too, and take this out to the HIGH SCHOOL and COLLEGE campuses ahead of the day and have them take this up and help to popularize it. Freeway blogging/signs could be part of this too. To promote this we could encourage groups of people, esp. youth, to don appropriate gear (e.g., 5-8 people all wearing black "Bush Is Over!" T-shirts) and going out into gatherings like clubs, subways, buses, parks, walking down the street, etc. with wide orange armbands with IMPEACH on them, t-shirts, decals on rolls, flyers, and a camera person to record this, and encourage people to don the gear, buy and use the stickers. We want this to take on the character of a sensation that starts to spread like wildfire. People could do the "Bush is Over," "Torture is Over," "Cheney is Over," "War is Over," etc. on their bodies and on signs as a part of this campaign. The point is, we have at least 58% of the people in support of impeachment, but we need to find ways besides mass demonstrations (which are, of course, terribly important), to manifest this fight and get people to start talking to each other about this. People like David Swanson and Cindy Sheehan (and Dinah Mason) who make a regular practice of wearing an impeachment shirt all report that people approach them and start excitedly talking about it. Impeachment T Day could be abbreviated as "IT," which, of course, works with the "I want it, do you want it?" slogan that Jacob proposed. Sociologist Noelle Neumann has a phrase, the "spiral of silence," that describes how people who think that their views are in the minority shut themselves up in the face of what seems to be the prevailing dominant opinion. The fact that a large majority support impeachment is a strategic factor in our favor. The fact that the mass media are on the other side is of course a strategic factor going against us. We want to make impeachment a dividing line question in society as a whole and get people debating this and choosing sides. With a lot people everywhere wearing something to show their support for impeachment, it doesn't matter in a way if mass media don't cover us, although if this succeeds, of course, they will cover us to some extent. The point is that we should carry this out in a way that makes media's coverage or non-coverage a secondary or tertiary factor or even almost a non-factor because our t's and other visible messages are so widespread. We want to get the backward forces - those who oppose impeachment - who now dominate the airwaves and political institutions to have to step back and deal with the strength, numbers, visibility and determination of our forces. The reason I suggest making a special effort to get high school and college students to take this up ahead of time is because they can be a catalyst to broader sections of the people and also, of course, because the presence of youth and students is lagging and badly needs to be buttressed and it needs to bloom. Dennis Loo, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology -----Original Message----- Dennis, Thanks for calling this morning! I posted our postcard and this text on indymedia.org at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388290.php The text on the postcard reads: 9/11 Truth The 21st century's defining event is the crime of 9/11, used by the Bush Administration to launch illegal wars and assaults on the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and habeas corpus. The institutionalization of torture, and the Military Commissions Act's authorization of the use of martial law and military force against US citizens, were supported by Congress and unchallenged by the media. They have both failed to investigate and report the basic facts about 9/11. 115 serious omissions and distortions in the 9/11 Report are listed by Dr. David Ray Griffin in his essay, "The 571 Page Lie." The lies, the cover-up, and the conspiracy theory Bush and Cheney used to connect 9/11 to invasion of Iraq are high crimes meriting impeachment. communitycurrency.org, 911truth.org, 911review.com National Shopping Boycott - April 15-22nd Impeach for Peace and Justice To defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, to hold accountable those who through fraud and malfeasance have sought endless war, demonstrated endemic corruption and heartless disregard for the weakest among us, for justice, we will begin a one-week shopping boycott, along with other civil disobediences, uniting citizens who agree we must do something NOW. Simultaneously withdrawing from the retail economy, millions of us can send a wake-up call to the corporations that back our national leaders. During this week, shop only at local independent stores. We can show the corporate powers and our elected representatives that we are determined, that the time for truth and justice has come, that "We're not buying it any more" and a full accounting is expected from Washington and Wall Street both. www.wearenotbuyingit.org The National Day of Action for Impeachment (April 28th) www.a28.org We're almost out of the first 1000 and could print more for the weekend/rally/march. Where do you have a write-up of your "show support for impeachment idea?" We should be able to slip that in somewhere- at least on our website- http://www.communitycurrency.org/impeach.html I look forward to seeing you on the 15th! Sincerely, Carol Brouillet Press Advisory April 4, 2007 Media Contacts- Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance, http://www.communitycurrency.org/impeach.html Carol Brouillet- (home) 650-857-0927, cbrouillet at igc.org 411 on 911 Rally and March for 9/11 Truth and Impeachment On Wednesday, April 11, 2007, protesters will rally at 1:00 p.m. at Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto to demand 9/11 Truth and the impeachment of Bush/Cheney. Speakers will include Janette MacKinlay?a survivor of the 9/11 attacks; David Kubiak?International Campaign Advisor of 911Truth.org; Gabriel Day?organizer of the "9/11- Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming the Future" conference; Ed Rippy?of the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance; and Riva Enteen?of the National Lawyers Guild. Music will be provided by "Annie and the Vets." The march will begin at 2:00 p.m. and will conclude at Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's office at 698 Emerson Street. The grassroots demand for an investigation into 9/11 began in 2001, taking stronger form in January of 2002 with marches on Senator Feinstein and Congresswoman Eshoo's offices. From a small weekly "Listening Project" in downtown Palo Alto (every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), the 9/11 Truth movement has grown into an international effort with countless websites and numerous documentaries, books and articles criticizing and challenging the 9/11 Commission Report, the NIST Report, the "War on Terrorism," the PATRIOT Act, and the policies of the Bush Administration that hinge upon the official story. In January of 2003 the demands of the 9/11 Truth movement to "stop the 9/11 cover-up, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and demand pre-emptive impeachment of Bush," prior to the war, were dismissed by Eshoo and the Congress, who continue to fund the war and have failed to respond to growing public demands for the impeachment of Bush, Cheney, and Gonzales. This failure can be seen in Eshoo's response to Carol Brouillet after the recent March 14th Impeachment rally in Palo Alto: "I've lived through an impeachment process and witnessed firsthand how it tears the country apart. The election in November was a resounding rejection of the President's policies and the policies of his party. I think it's time to bring the country together and move forward. In my view, impeachment will heavily distract from the important work of reversing the disastrous course this Administration has set and will virtually bring to a halt progress on important issues including healthcare and global warming." Activists have been outraged to see Congress expand funding for the war and work with those widely considered to be "war criminals." Activists are calling for a truly independent investigation of 9/11, a nationwide shopping boycott from Tax Day to Earth Day, and a national day of "impeachment actions" on April 28th. Citizen-led initiatives are taking place across the country to force a real investigation of 9/11 (Vermont, for instance), and to push Congress to initiate impeachment through state legislatures, as well as through city and county resolutions. Grassroots efforts have included "becoming the media." Activists have distributed millions of "Deception Dollars," tens of thousands of DVDs, produced television shows, radio shows, music videos, CDs to reach people in the streets and via the internet. Polls show they have won over public opinion and that only 16% of Americans believe what the Administration has told them about 9/11.* Impeachment activists placed their bodies on the beach to spell "Impeach!" in San Francisco, to send a message to Pelosi and Congress. On April 28th people are encouraged to spell "Impeach" everywhere, forcing the topic into the national discourse. The national shopping boycott is designed to help people flex their economic muscle and send a message to the corporations who sponsor politicians and profit from war. There is a convergence of the anti-war, anti-corporate globalization, peace and justice, impeachment and truth movements taking place now, seeking to turn policies away from fear-mongering and war and towards community building, healing and a just peace. The rally and march are part of a larger continuum of educational and empowerment events addressing 9/11 and impeachment. * Americans Question Bush on 9/11 Intelligence- Source New York Times/CBS News, www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13469http From tnharter at ispwest.com Thu Apr 5 14:53:51 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:53:51 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment Actions- Show It Off Campaign... References: E1HZXPI-0002Dx-Dy@elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net Message-ID: <46156FEF.9030808@ispwest.com> Carol Brouillet wrote: >The Show It Off! campaign (the mass wearing of >impeachment garb) will start in the week >preceding April 28. If we can get just 5% of the >58% who want to see Bush/Cheney gone, we're >talking millions of people whose visibility would >bypass the media's indifference. It could change >the whole political atmosphere and put impeachment on the front burner. > > Despite the blatantly commercial nature of the above email, I liked it so much I forwarded it to many friends. :-/ -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Last evening I gave Joschka Fischer a MEND YOUR FUELISH WAYS sticker. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 6 00:10:26 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:10:26 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [SVBC] coyote valley plan update] Message-ID: <4615F262.8000306@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SVBC] coyote valley plan update Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:21:56 EDT From: AnneNg at aol.com To: bikes at svbcbikes.org The "Coyote Valley Specific Plan" will be presented and discussed at Community Meetings April 16 and 19. The Draft Environmental Impact Report is available for review. Comments may be submitted up to June 1. See below and (_http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/_ (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/) ). In a message dated 4/3/2007 4:31:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, eltgroth at garlic.com writes: > To All Interested Parties: > > We are sending you a copy of the Notice of Availability for the Coyote Valley Specific Plan (CVSP) Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). Please note that there is a 60-day public review period (March 30, 2007 to June 1, 2007) for the CVSP DEIR, during which the City of San Jose will be accepting comments on the document. The DEIR is available for review on the City's web page (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/planning/eir/eir.asp), by CD at the Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement, and at all San Jose, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy libraries, as indicated below. Comments and questions should be referred to Darryl Boyd in the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement at (408) 535-7898, via e-mail: darryl.boyd at sanjoseca.gov, or Jared Hart at (408) 535-7904, via e-mail: jared.hart at sanjoseca.gov, by fax at (408) 292-6055, or by regular mail at the mailing address listed on the attached NOA. > > The CVSP Task Force meeting on April 16, 2007 will focus on the findings of the DEIR, and is open to the public. Additionally, two CVSP community meetings are scheduled on April 19, 2007 at 6 P.M. at the Coyote Creek Golf Club, and May 2, 2007 at 3 P.M. at the Camden Community Center. Please check the CVSP website at the following link: (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/) for any meetings updates. Thank you for your interest in this project. > > Darryl D. Boyd, AICP > Principal Planner > Dept. of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement > Voice mail: (408) 535-7898 > Fax: (408) 292-6055 > email: darryl.boyd at sanjoseca.gov > > City of San Jose > 200 East Santa Clara Street > San Jose, CA 95113-1905 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ bikes at svbcbikes.org mailing list To unsubscribe from the SVBC discussion list or change your options, please visit http://lists.svbc.dreamhost.com/options.cgi/bikes-svbc.dreamhost.com/. You can also unsubscribe via e-mail by sending a message from your subscribed e-mail account to subscribe at svbcbikes.org with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject or body--don't include the quotation marks. You will be asked to confirm your request to unsubscribe for security reasons. List information: http://lists.svbc.dreamhost.com/listinfo.cgi/bikes-svbc.dreamhost.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 6 00:12:50 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:12:50 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [gpsmc-d] CA Democrats Leading the Way to Bring our Troops Home] Message-ID: <4615F2F2.40200@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gpsmc-d] CA Democrats Leading the Way to Bring our Troops Home Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:43:16 -0700 From: Jo Chamberlain To: gpsmc-d at cagreens.org Dear Democrats: Today, California Senate President pro Tem Don Perata unveiled legislation that would make California the first state in the nation to call on President Bush to immediately withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq. I completely support it! Frustrated by the Bush administration's failure to end the war after more than four years, Senator Perata announced plans to place the advisory measure on California's statewide ballot as part of next year's February 5 presidential primary. The text of the resolution is as follows: "The people of California, in support of the men and women serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, urge President Bush to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq and immediately begin the safe and orderly withdrawal of all United States forces; and further urge President Bush and the United States Congress to provide the necessary diplomatic and non-military assistance to promote peace and stability in Iraq and the Middle East." "We've had nearly 3,300 Americans killed and spent more than $350 billion, with no end in sight," Senator Perata said. "We've established a democratic government in Iraq, now it's up to the Iraqis to make it work. With the possible exception of George Bush, we all know it's time to go." To learn more about Senator Perata's legislation, and to lead the way by signing the Vote US Out of Iraq Resolution, please visit here . Sincerely, Senator Art Torres (Ret.) Chairman, California Democratic Party Paid for by the California Democratic Party 1401 21st Street, Suite 200, Sacramento CA 95814 Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. -- /Jo Chamberlain. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: nsmail.txt URL: From alexcathy at aol.com Fri Apr 6 14:56:02 2007 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:56:02 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Environmental Racism Message-ID: <8C946AD80CEDB5D-1868-77D3@FWM-M07.sysops.aol.com> One of the biggest "Big Lies" in American politics today is the oft-expressed view that "Green issues" in general only matter to eccentric upper-middle-class Euro-Americans and the Green Party in particular is irrelevant to communities of color. Black Agenda Report, a progressive African-American web site, has an article posted this week about a new study which concluded that (surprise! surprise!) ?Environmental injustice in minority communities is as much or more prevalent today than 20 years ago, according to a follow-up study to the landmark ?Toxic Waste and Race in the United States? report that put the environmental justice movement on the map two decades ago?? See my Post on the California Greening Blog: Environmental Racism by Alex Walker (http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2007/04/environmental-racism.html ) A couple of cities that are known to have had serious problems are right here in California: Oakland and Richmond. Alex Walker PS: After neraly a decade of Democratic Party Machine cronyism and incompetence, the good citizerns of Richmond, California elected Gayle McLaughin as the first Green Party mayor of Richmond in 2006. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Apr 6 22:15:28 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:15:28 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] California's Health Care Crisis: What Can You Do About It? Message-ID: <461728F0.9090301@ispwest.com> *California's Health Care Crisis: What Can You Do About It?* Wednesday, April 11 2007 @ 07:00 PM PDT Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto 505 E. Charleston Road Palo Alto *Description: *California's Health Care Crisis: What Can You Do About It? What are the proposals in Sacramento? Free Public Forum Speakers: Sara Rogers, Health Consultant, Office of Senator Sheila Kuehl Greg Miller, RN, Board of Directors, California Nurses Association and featuring the documentary "The Healthcare Solution: California OneCare" Sponsored by Health Care for All California (San Francisco/Mid-Peninsula Chapter) and League of Women Voters of Palo Alto Co-sponsored by American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Palo Alto Branch, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Midpeninsula Chapter, Humanist Community, Adult Religious Education Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church, City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, Palo Alto Council of PTAs, Sixth District (Santa Clara County) PTA, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Peninsula Branch For additional information, contact Rich Watters at 650-856-7430 or richwatters at mindspring.com -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Last evening I gave Joschka Fischer a MEND YOUR FUELISH WAYS sticker. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Apr 7 13:56:51 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:56:51 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Excise Tax Refund Message-ID: <46180593.8010703@earthlink.net> Here is an article by Nader about getting a refund on the telephone excise tax (but must do before April 17th). "Get Your Telephone Excise Tax Refund: It's Your Money" http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/07/375/ Gerry P.S. I think this is a war tax. From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 7 18:26:41 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 18:26:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Counties: Letter of Intent to Host 2008 - DUE APRIL 15] In-Reply-To: <46153345.2070406@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <738918.52587.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Oh Tian, I wish I'd seen this before the meeting! At the County Council level we'd briefly discussed it but I hadn't seen it in this form till now. I'm very much in favor of this. What do others think? County Council Members do you endorse it??? I vote yes. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > Should we talk about endorsing this this evening? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Please affirm and reply!! Counties: Letter of Intent to > Host > 2008 - DUE APRIL 15 > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 07:57:49 -0700 > From: Leslie Bonett > To: Del , Jim Stauffer > > CC: Warner Bloomberg , Jo Chamberlain > , Tim Morgan , Nancy > LaFortuna , June Brashares > , Ken Smith , Gayle > > McLaughlin , Juan Reardon , > > WILSON RILES JR , Victoria Ashley > , Patti Marsh , Khurshid > Khoja > , , Bob Marsh > , Wendy Carson , Tian Harter > , Mike Wyman , Sharon > Peterson > , Craig Peterson , Kathy > Guruwaya , Paul Franklin > > > > County Councilors and Contacts, > Please let me know if this has been discussed and the outcome in YOUR > > COUNTY!! I sent this to you March 10. > > Please take this to your County Council meetings and/or online > discussion and indicate if you wish to be included, and let me know > ASAP. *This is simply a letter of intent, which is due to the Green > Party of the US by April 15.* A real proposal with lodging, > logistics, > prices, etc. is due June 15. We are seeking appropriate venues. There > is > no financial obligation expected by this intent, or by any eventual > commitment,; but some intent to provide volunteers and support as > this > moves forward. > The National Party will provide deposit money, and will also hire one > or > more local people as Event Coordinators. > > *WOULD YOU LIKE TO have the Presidential Nominating Committee here, > locally, in our back yards?? Let's show them what an organized Green > Party can do!!* > > The Green National Committee will vote on all proposals from > different > states sometime after June 15, and choose the 2008 Presidential > Convention locale. The convention is expected to be in June 2008. It > occurs to me we might get the best rate if we could go with Memorial > Day > weekend. > > To County Councils of: > San Francisco > Alameda > Marin > San Mateo > Santa Clara > Sonoma > Solano > Contra Costa > Napa (is there?) > Santa Cruz > Am I missing any counties?? > > *Proposal:* > *The Green Parties of the San Francisco Bay Area (will be named), in > conjunction with the Green Party of California, hereby state our > intent > to Host the 2008 National Presidential Convention in our region. We > are > particularly focused on San Francisco or Oakland, with major media > markets, good conference facilities, public transportation, and easy > access for local greens and all interested people to come in off the > street to our events.* > > Thank you, > Leslie Bonett, Oakland > Green National Committee Delegate ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Apr 8 14:09:37 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:09:37 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] forum on SB 840 single payer Message-ID: <46195A11.3010901@sbcglobal.net> *Here's a chance to find out what SB 840 is really all about - from the primary writer of the universal single-payer health care plan. Call 408-396-8039 (Joan) for carpooling from San Jose.* * * *California's Health Care Crisis: What Can You Do About It?* Wednesday, April 11, 2007 @ 7:00 PM PDT Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto 505 E. Charleston Road Palo Alto California's Health Care Crisis: What Can You Do About It? What are the proposals in Sacramento? Free Public Forum Speakers: Sara Rogers, Health Consultant, Office of Senator Sheila Kuehl Greg Miller, RN, Board of Directors, California Nurses Association and featuring the documentary "The Healthcare Solution: California OneCare" Sponsored by Health Care for All California (San Francisco/Mid-Peninsula Chapter) and League of Women Voters of Palo Alto Co-sponsored by American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Palo Alto Branch, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Midpeninsula Chapter, Humanist Community, Adult Religious Education Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church, City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, Palo Alto Council of PTAs, Sixth District (Santa Clara County) PTA, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Peninsula Branch For additional information, contact Rich Watters at 650-856-7430 or richwatters at mindspring.com From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Apr 8 14:16:41 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:16:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] forum on SB 840 single payer (2) Message-ID: <46195BB9.1020108@sbcglobal.net> Would someone like to go and publicly state before the full audience that the Green Party supports single payer health insurance? Make that a national comprehensive single payer health insurance. I'm sorry to say that that does not fit in my schedule. Jim Doyle From fredd at freeshell.org Mon Apr 9 07:39:33 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:39:33 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] forum on SB 840 single payer (2) Message-ID: <461A5025.3010401@freeshell.org> On Friday Evening (7:30 pm), May 19, OneCareNow will conduct a Single Payer Health Care Forum at the Mountain View Willow Park Clubhouse. Two of our GPSCC members ( Dana St. George and Mike Fischetti) will be on the Panel. A staff person from one of SB-840's sponsors, and others, will also be part of the Panel. Each panelist will speak for 5 minutes before the Q & A discussion session begins. The program will begin with the 22 minute DVD, "The California Solution: One Care." Would the GPSCC like to be listed as a co-sponsor of the May 19 Mountain View event? Fred Duperrault Would someone like to go and publicly state before the full audience that the Green Party supports single payer health insurance? Make that a national comprehensive single payer health insurance. I'm sorry to say that that does not fit in my schedule. Jim Doyle _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:02:24 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [gpsmc-d] CA Democrats Leading the Way to Bring our Troops Home] In-Reply-To: <4615F2F2.40200@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <500035.31345.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'm happy if it happens, regardless of who initiates it. So if the Dems succeed with this, bully for them I say! Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > FYI, > > Gerry > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gpsmc-d] CA Democrats Leading the Way to Bring our Troops > Home > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:43:16 -0700 > From: Jo Chamberlain > To: gpsmc-d at cagreens.org > > > > Dear Democrats: > > Today, California Senate President pro Tem Don Perata unveiled > legislation that would make California the first state in the nation > to > call on President Bush to immediately withdraw all U.S. forces from > Iraq. I completely support it! > > Frustrated by the Bush administration's failure to end the war after > more than four years, Senator Perata announced plans to place the > advisory measure on California's statewide ballot as part of next > year's > February 5 presidential primary. > > The text of the resolution is as follows: > > "The people of California, in support of the men and women serving in > the Armed Forces of the United States, urge President Bush to end the > U.S. occupation of Iraq and immediately begin the safe and orderly > withdrawal of all United States forces; and further urge President > Bush > and the United States Congress to provide the necessary diplomatic > and > non-military assistance to promote peace and stability in Iraq and > the > Middle East." > > "We've had nearly 3,300 Americans killed and spent more than $350 > billion, with no end in sight," Senator Perata said. "We've > established > a democratic government in Iraq, now it's up to the Iraqis to make it > work. With the possible exception of George Bush, we all know it's > time > to go." > > To learn more about Senator Perata's legislation, and to lead the way > by > signing the Vote US Out of Iraq Resolution, please visit here > . > > Sincerely, > > > Senator Art Torres (Ret.) > Chairman, California Democratic Party > > Paid for by the California Democratic Party > 1401 21st Street, Suite 200, Sacramento CA 95814 > Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. > > > -- > > /Jo Chamberlain. > > > _______________________________________________ > gpsmc-d mailing list > gpsmc-d at cagreens.org > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpsmc-d > http://cagreens.org/sanmateo/ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:06:21 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:06:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Elaine Brown to Seek Green Party Presidential Ticket Message-ID: <20070410000621.73229.qmail@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Not that I've made a choice about who I'm going to support yet because I haven't, but regarding to reports that Elaine Brown not having anything about the Green Party on her web site, this is what I found there today. Its full of positive statements about the Green Party as far as I see. Impeach for Peace! Drew Elaine Brown to Seek Green Party Presidential Ticket Former Black Panther Party leader, noted author, community and prison justice activist Elaine Brown announced this week that she intends to seek the Green Party?s nomination for a presidential bid in 2008. "The 2006 elections signified a mass rejection of Bush?s policies--not a shift to the Democrats. We have arrived at a powerful moment when the majority of the country is seeking a political alternative, toward embracing progressive values and realizing a progressive agenda. I haven?t seen this potential since the 1960s." Brown, who ran as a Green in the 2005 Brunswick, Georgia, mayoral election where Republicans succeeded in illegally removing her name from both the ballot and the voter roll, intends to run on a platform that addresses the interests of poor and working families, in terms of living wages, free healthcare, decent housing and increased funding for public education and higher education; ending the war in Iraq; restoring the environment and bringing about economic parity. Strategically, she intends to target non-voters, specifically women under 30 and African Americans, constituencies she believes are not represented by the nearly identical agendas of the Democrat and Republican parties, stating these crucial constituencies "have the power to build up an alternative party to truly challenge the status quo." "I believe I have the ability to raise consciousness among disaffected and disenfranchised poor and working people, women and blacks, to galvanize them to vote for a real second party. Such a broadening of the Green Party base will allow us to start winning big time, at the state level and nationally, so that we can overturn some of the most egregious policies and laws (like the three strikes crime bill which has so devastated black communities) and introduce progressive legislation. There are a lot of great community organizations working for change, performing Sisyphean tasks that cannot address the fundamental problems. I believe the time is right to use the ballot to make the kinds of changes we know must be made to serve the people we represent." Brown stated she is running as a Green because: "Not only does the Green Party support reparations for slavery, but the party?s ten key values represent the values and interests of poor and working people. Only the Green Party offers clear positions on the needs of the people, in terms of a living wage, decent housing, food, education, and medical care. The Democrats and Republicans offer black and poor people nothing." When asked what she hopes to achieve with her run, Brown said: "I know the party can earn a significant increase in votes and membership, which will increase our viability to take congressional seats, state house seats, and local offices; so that we can really start changing the way government operates." February 1, 2007. ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:12:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:12:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment's Back in the News, over 50% of Americans want it! Message-ID: <263091.92108.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Impeachment's Back in the News By Dave Lindorff This Can't Be Happening!, April 6, 2007 http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/ You?d have to call it progress when impeachment, which for almost a year has been a banned word in the corporate media and the halls of Congress, starts being discussed as a serious matter, even if it is only to say that it shouldn?t be done. In an April 5 article, the Washington Times interviewed several members of Congress, noting along the way that Congressional Democrats report that ?constituents are clamoring? for impeachment of the president. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) is quoted as saying he gets ?one call after another? calling on him to impeach the president, but he goes on to say impeachment would be ?a very divisive thing and at this point I don?t see that happening.? Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), one of the House?s most liberal members, reportedly calls impeachment pointless and a distraction from the presidential election. Diane Watson (D-CA), another of the most liberal members of Congress, says she gets calls for impeachment from every crowd she speaks to, and says that while she would support impeachment herself, it?s ?not a strategy our new leadership would want to start with.? That comment, of course, really gets to the heart of it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), has for almost a year been hammering home her opposition to impeachment, saying repeatedly that it is ?off the table? and (as she said again last week on NBC?s ?Meet the Press?) that ?Democrats are not about impeachment.? Pelosi has enforced her will on this issue by not so subtly threatening pro-impeachment members of the Democratic caucus with loss of desired committee assignments or even committee chair postings--likely the reason that a leading impeachment advocate in 2004-6, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), has for months retreated into an embarrassed silence on the issue. Lately, however, there are signs that even Conyers, whose obeisance got him the chairmanship of the House Judiciary Committee that should have been his by virtue of seniority alone, is chafing a bit at Pelosi?s strictures. Anthony St. Martin, founder of the website PledgetoImpeach.org, reports being told by Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL), and by staff members in the offices of both Rep. Watson and Rep. Conyers, that all three of those members of the House would be willing to push for impeachment if they received a petition from voters in their districts representing one percent of the district population (about 6500 signatures). If true, this may then be the strategy for moving things forward. If last fall?s Newsweek poll is correct that over 50 percent of the American public wants the president impeached--and that would be consistent with earlier polls taken before the election that showed similar support for impeachment--it should not be hard to come up with those kinds of numbers on impeachment petitions, especially in districts that elected people like Davis, Watson and Conyers. At the same time, efforts are underway now in at least eight states to push through impeachment resolutions in both houses of state legislatures. One attempt failed in New Mexico because of improper arm-twisting by top national Democrats, and a second was sidetracked in Washington state in the same way, but legislative campaigns continue to move ahead in Vermont, Texas, Wisconsin, Maryland and elsewhere. Should one of these states manage to pass a bi-cameral legislative petition calling on the House to initiate impeachment, under Thomas Jefferson?s ?Manuel? for rules of the House, the House of Representatives in Washington would be obligated to hold a hearing on impeachment. Pelosi and other Democratic congressional leaders can be expected to plead that it?s ?too late? in the president?s second term to begin impeachment hearings, but this is an absurd argument. Impeachment of the president on some grounds--most notably his willful violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and his abuse of signing statements to invalidate laws passed by the Congress--is so straightforward and the offenses are so self-evident that hearings would hardly be needed. The Judiciary Committee could draw up and vote out bills of impeachment in a flash. Besides, the counter-argument to the lateness dodge is that it would be important to impeach this president even if it were done after the November ?08 election, because not to impeach Bush for his many crimes and abuses of power would be to give them the stamp of Congressional approval, making them the standard of acceptable behavior for all future presidents. Pelosi never gets asked that question by reporters when she talks about impeachment being ?off the table.? As for divisive--what does one call appointing an ambassador via a ?recess appointment? who has been summarily rejected by the Senate? What does one call sending 25,000 more troops into the Iraq War killing fields after an election that showed the American people to want a quick end to that war? Clearly the Bush administration is divisive. Divisiveness already is the prevailing condition of government in Washington. Impeachment would, in any even, not be divisive; it would be a national cathartic that would bring a majority of Americans back together around the support of our founding charter. There are signs that at least some Democratic members of Congress, after years of acting like lower life forms, are beginning to evolve spines and a belated recognition that there is a need to respond to the views of the public, not just the party elite. If they do begin impeachment proceedings, they may even find some support among Republican members of Congress, who also are looking at facing the voters in 2008 with growing anxiety. Impeachment is coming back. 8:22 am pdt See also: Work for impeachment. Sign the Pledge http://www.pledgetoimpeach.org/ THE CASE FOR IMPEACHMENT: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/id16.html ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:18:09 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:18:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto] In-Reply-To: <4611799C.20304@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <145277.31312.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Did anyone of us make it to this meeting? I strongly support this idea and think the Green Party should support it also. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > FYI, > > Gerry > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday > 4/2/07 in Palo Alto > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:39:18 EDT > From: Nnamazian at aol.com > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > > > > Please join us to discuss: > > > > Campaigning to Establish a Cabinet Level US Department of Peace > > > www.thepeacealliance.org > > > > Day: April 2, 2007 > > Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM > > Location: Unity Palo Alto Community Church, Y.E.S. Hall > > 3391 Middlefield Road > > Palo Alto, CA 94306-3049 > > DIRECTIONS:: From FWY 101, Exit Oregon > Expressway, > Turn left on > > Middlefield Rd, Pass several blocks, Unity church > is on left side. > > > > Contact: Nikoo Namazian > Congressional District Team Leader (CDTL) > Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign > nnamazian at aol.com > > 650/867-9993 > > > > "Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. > Department of Peace. There is currently a bill before the U.S. House > of > Representatives (HR 808). This landmark measure will augment our > current > problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to > the problems of domestic and international conflict" > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See what's free at AOL.com > . > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:19:43 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:19:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Labor Notes Troublemaker's Institute in SJ, April 28th Message-ID: <568772.18301.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --- Adam Welch wrote: > Subject: [sfj_deanza] Labor Notes Troublemaker's Institute in SJ, > April 28th > > Hey folks, I just wanted to see who all is interested > in coming out to this. I've already registered, but > I'm not sure if the word has gotten out too widely on > this. Labor Notes is an organization that help folks > advocate for greater democracy and militancy within > the labor movement. They also publish a newspaper > focusing on news inside the labor movement from this > perspective. > > -Adam > > -------------------------------- > > Labor Notes Bay Area Troublemaker's Institute > http://labornotes.org/events/bayareaschool > > Saturday, April 28 > 9am-4pm > > Location: > CWA 9423 > 2015 Naglee Ave. > San Jose, California, 95128 > > Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the > Bay Area for a > Troublemaker's Institute Saturday, April 28 in San > Jose, California. > > We?re inviting union and non-union workers young and > old to join us > for > a day of workshops, main sessions, and breakout > meetings aimed at > strengthening the labor movement one worker at a time. > Past > Troublemaker?s trainings have helped strengthen unions > with > steward?s > trainings, classes dealing with racism and sexism, and > contract > campaign > strategy. They?re a great opportunity to get new > members involved, or > just hone your skills. > > Tentative Workshop Topics and Themes > > While workshops are still being organized, what we do > know is that > we'll > have several to choose from. For those coming with a > group, split up > and > you can learn from them all. Proposed workshops > include: > > Involving Young Workers > Fighting Discrimination > Assertive Grievance Handling > Building a Steward's Program > Labor and the War > Fighting for Health Care > Negotiations 101 > > > Tentative Agenda (UPDATED 4.2.07) > > 8:45am - 9:30 Breakfast and Registration > 9:30 - 10:00 Opening Session > 10:15 - 11:45 Workshops A > 11:45 - 12:45 Open Lunch and Networking > 12:45 - 2:15 Workshops B > 2:30 - 3:00 Wrap Up > 3:00 - 4:00pm Break Out Sessions > > > Break Outs > > This wouldn't be a Labor Notes event without space for > optional break > out meetings that you can organize. If your > organization, union, or > campaign would like to use this opportunity to > organize a meeting, > contact us! > > -- > The working class and the employing class have nothing > in common. There > can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found > among millions of > the working people and the few, who make up the > employing class, have > all the good things of life. > > Join the One Big Union! - http://www.iww.org/ > > > "History cannot provide confirmation that something better is > inevitable; > but it can uncover evidence that it is conceivable." > > ---Howard Zinn > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love > (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:28:41 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:28:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Health Care Committee Event (Re: forum on SB 840 single payer) In-Reply-To: <461A5025.3010401@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <755068.99106.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I add my voice to Jim D.'s and cast my County Council Member vote as a yes that the GPSCC does want to be listed as a co-sponsor of this Single Payer Health Care event. Other CC members??? Note that Jim D., Fred, Mike F., Drew, Brenda Pierce (and Dana if she's interested) are on the GPSCC Health Care Committee and that we've already been active in the SCC Single Payer Health Care Coalition, participating in meetings and planning for several events. We'd love to include others interested in this extremely hot topic, so please speak up if you're interested. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > On Friday Evening (7:30 pm), May 19, OneCareNow will conduct a > Single > Payer Health Care Forum at the Mountain View Willow Park Clubhouse. > Two > of our GPSCC members ( Dana St. George and Mike Fischetti) will be on > > the Panel. A staff person from one of SB-840's sponsors, and others, > will also be part of the Panel. Each panelist will speak for 5 > minutes > before the Q & A discussion session begins. > > The program will begin with the 22 minute DVD, "The California > Solution: > One Care." > > Would the GPSCC like to be listed as a co-sponsor of the May 19 > Mountain > View event? > > Fred Duperrault > > > Would someone like to go and publicly state before > the full audience that the Green Party supports single > payer health insurance? > > Make that a national comprehensive single payer health insurance. > > I'm sorry to say that that does not fit in my schedule. > > Jim Doyle ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 17:45:28 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:45:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CA Greens: Perata Iraq pullout resolution a scheme to repair Democrats' image.( was re: CA Democrats Leading the Way to Bring our Troops Home) In-Reply-To: <500035.31345.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <245900.47521.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I just found this news release. I still say its better that something tried something, no matter how impure their motives are than for everyone to just sit on their thumbs and let the bastard illegit BushCo have its way. Impeach for Peace! Drew CA Greens: Perata Iraq pullout resolution a scheme to repair Democrats' image. Green Party of California www.cagreens.org April 06, 2007 Released April 05 Contact: Susan King, spokesperson, 415.823-5524 funking at mindspring.com Dr. Bob Vizzard, spokesperson, 916.206 8953, thevizz at aol.com Sara Amir, spokesperson, 310.270-7106 saraamir at earthlink.net Cres Vellucci, press secretary, 916.996-9170 civillib at cwnet.com Greens blast Perata Iraq pullout resolution as a 'self-serving' scheme to repair Democrats' image as party that calls for peace, but funds war SACRAMENTO -- Legislation to put a measure on next year's presidential primary ballot calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is nothing more than Democrats playing "self-serving" politics while Americans - including Californians - continue to die, said members of the Green Party of California today. Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata said Thursday he would introduce a resolution to immediately begin the withdrawal of U.S. forces, and urge the president and Congress to provide the diplomatic and non-military assistance to promote peace in the region. But Greens said it was way too little, and way too late. "Last month, Democrats in Congress voted to fully fund the war through late 2008. Now Democrats here are calling for the return of the troops? This bill is nothing more than a self-serving attempt by the Democratic Party to repair its image as a party that says it wants peace but votes for war," said Jeff Kravitz, a 2006 Green Party congressional candidate (5th CD). He noted that Perata and other state Democrats would do better spending their time with the California Democrats in Congress - starting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - who voted for the $124 billion supplemental House funding bill. "The death toll in Iraq, for U.S. and Iraqi civilians, continues to climb and all Democrats can do is claim to be opposed to the war, while funding it. This resolution would have been a good idea...four years ago. It's way too late and way too little," added Kravtiz, who pointed out that the Green Party has been opposed to the war in Iraq, unlike Democrats and Republicans, since it began. The Democratic Party-controlled Legislature even failed to move legislation last year that called for a return of the California National Guard from Iraq. The measure died in committee after languishing for months because the Democratic Party leadership refused to put it up for a vote. Three Democrats refused to vote or voted against it in committee. It failed 3-3. --- JamBoi wrote: > I'm happy if it happens, regardless of who initiates it. So if the > Dems succeed with this, bully for them I say! > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > > > > FYI, > > > > Gerry > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [gpsmc-d] CA Democrats Leading the Way to Bring our Troops > > Home > > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:43:16 -0700 > > From: Jo Chamberlain > > To: gpsmc-d at cagreens.org > > > > > > > > Dear Democrats: > > > > Today, California Senate President pro Tem Don Perata unveiled > > legislation that would make California the first state in the > nation > > to > > call on President Bush to immediately withdraw all U.S. forces from > > Iraq. I completely support it! > > > > Frustrated by the Bush administration's failure to end the war > after > > more than four years, Senator Perata announced plans to place the > > advisory measure on California's statewide ballot as part of next > > year's > > February 5 presidential primary. > > > > The text of the resolution is as follows: > > > > "The people of California, in support of the men and women serving > in > > the Armed Forces of the United States, urge President Bush to end > the > > U.S. occupation of Iraq and immediately begin the safe and orderly > > withdrawal of all United States forces; and further urge President > > Bush > > and the United States Congress to provide the necessary diplomatic > > and > > non-military assistance to promote peace and stability in Iraq and > > the > > Middle East." > > > > "We've had nearly 3,300 Americans killed and spent more than $350 > > billion, with no end in sight," Senator Perata said. "We've > > established > > a democratic government in Iraq, now it's up to the Iraqis to make > it > > work. With the possible exception of George Bush, we all know it's > > time > > to go." > > > > To learn more about Senator Perata's legislation, and to lead the > way > > by > > signing the Vote US Out of Iraq Resolution, please visit here > > > . > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Senator Art Torres (Ret.) > > Chairman, California Democratic Party > > > > Paid for by the California Democratic Party > > 1401 21st Street, Suite 200, Sacramento CA 95814 > > Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. > > > > > > -- > > > > /Jo Chamberlain. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gpsmc-d mailing list > > gpsmc-d at cagreens.org > > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpsmc-d > > http://cagreens.org/sanmateo/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to > their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC > > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 18:05:18 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:05:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Labor Notes Troublemaker's Institute in SJ, April 28th In-Reply-To: <568772.18301.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <927550.95491.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> More info from Adam on this group... __________________ Here you go: http://www.labornot es.org/ and http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Labor_Notes I'm not a member or connected with the group, but if you have any more questions email me off list. A group of young people from Silicon Valley De-Bug are planning on attending the conference (www.siliconvalleyd ebug.org) -Adam Welch at SJSU --- JamBoi wrote: > > --- Adam Welch wrote: > > > > Subject: [sfj_deanza] Labor Notes Troublemaker's Institute in SJ, > > April 28th > > > > Hey folks, I just wanted to see who all is interested > > in coming out to this. I've already registered, but > > I'm not sure if the word has gotten out too widely on > > this. Labor Notes is an organization that help folks > > advocate for greater democracy and militancy within > > the labor movement. They also publish a newspaper > > focusing on news inside the labor movement from this > > perspective. > > > > -Adam > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > Labor Notes Bay Area Troublemaker's Institute > > http://labornotes.org/events/bayareaschool > > > > Saturday, April 28 > > 9am-4pm > > > > Location: > > CWA 9423 > > 2015 Naglee Ave. > > San Jose, California, 95128 > > > > Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the > > Bay Area for a > > Troublemaker's Institute Saturday, April 28 in San > > Jose, California. > > > > We?re inviting union and non-union workers young and > > old to join us > > for > > a day of workshops, main sessions, and breakout > > meetings aimed at > > strengthening the labor movement one worker at a time. > > Past > > Troublemaker?s trainings have helped strengthen unions > > with > > steward?s > > trainings, classes dealing with racism and sexism, and > > contract > > campaign > > strategy. They?re a great opportunity to get new > > members involved, or > > just hone your skills. > > > > Tentative Workshop Topics and Themes > > > > While workshops are still being organized, what we do > > know is that > > we'll > > have several to choose from. For those coming with a > > group, split up > > and > > you can learn from them all. Proposed workshops > > include: > > > > Involving Young Workers > > Fighting Discrimination > > Assertive Grievance Handling > > Building a Steward's Program > > Labor and the War > > Fighting for Health Care > > Negotiations 101 > > > > > > Tentative Agenda (UPDATED 4.2.07) > > > > 8:45am - 9:30 Breakfast and Registration > > 9:30 - 10:00 Opening Session > > 10:15 - 11:45 Workshops A > > 11:45 - 12:45 Open Lunch and Networking > > 12:45 - 2:15 Workshops B > > 2:30 - 3:00 Wrap Up > > 3:00 - 4:00pm Break Out Sessions > > > > > > Break Outs > > > > This wouldn't be a Labor Notes event without space for > > optional break > > out meetings that you can organize. If your > > organization, union, or > > campaign would like to use this opportunity to > > organize a meeting, > > contact us! > > > > -- > > The working class and the employing class have nothing > > in common. There > > can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found > > among millions of > > the working people and the few, who make up the > > employing class, have > > all the good things of life. > > > > Join the One Big Union! - http://www.iww.org/ > > > > > > "History cannot provide confirmation that something better is > > inevitable; > > but it can uncover evidence that it is conceivable." > > > > > ---Howard Zinn > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love > > (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. > > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 > > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to > their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC > > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast > with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From wrolley at charter.net Mon Apr 9 19:28:04 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:28:04 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto] In-Reply-To: <145277.31312.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <145277.31312.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <461AF634.70801@charter.net> JamBoi wrote: > Did anyone of us make it to this meeting? I strongly support this idea > and think the Green Party should support it also. > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > One of the more vocal Rural Greens is a long time advocate for a department of Peace. He lives the talk. I have a link to his Blueberry Peace Farm from CAGREENING. http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-2pFwr_01crQtY3JxeTxyijTaSodJ -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From wrolley at charter.net Mon Apr 9 19:33:05 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:33:05 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] McNerney Volunteer needs help, since we don't have universal health care. Message-ID: <461AF761.2080605@charter.net> Kamran Alavi posted something about this on the Cal Forum list this morning. I apologize to those who read it twice. Vicki Cosgrove was one of the volunteers who really put energy into the McNerney campaign. Now, she and her husband both have very serious health problems and no jobs. You can read the story in this post at dailykos. The author of this diary, babaloo, was one of the lead writers at SayNoToPombo. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/9/193456/8587 If you have an id on dailykos, please recommend this to keep it prominent. If you get there, read the comments because many are from those who worked with Vicki on the McNerney Campaign and earlier. And, here is another good reason to work for SB 840. -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 19:44:54 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:44:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] BAREC Update; Final EIR Released Message-ID: <750546.52682.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> BAREC Update; Final EIR Released Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 02:44:35 -0700 BAREC Friends (the City of Santa Clara is trying to move things VERY quickly, so you will see a few emails from us in the coming weeks): FINAL EIR RELEASED: After having begun the BAREC EIR in the Summer of 2002, the State and City of Santa Clara have finally released the Final EIR (FEIR) for BAREC/Santa Clara Gardens last week. It is a much larger document electronically than in a hard copy format. As with the Draft EIR, attorneys have been retained to comment on the FEIR. Following is the City's website for the EIR: http://www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/city_gov/city_gov_90nwinchester_barec_update.html. You can also read the two volume hard copy at Santa Clara's main library on Homestead or check it out (applying for a library card is easy even if you are not a resident). If you care about saving BAREC, than these are the meetings you should attend. If you can only come to one meeting, choose the City Council May 8th meeting because that may be a voting day. We need standing room only out the door support especially at this meeting. We need to have as many people as possible state their opinions about why the BAREC 17 acres should remain as public land. Written comments can be made up until the day before the City Council votes to change BAREC's zoning by writing or emailing: Mayor and City Council, City Hall, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA or MayorandCouncil at ci.santa-clara.ca.us. We only need three votes to stop the development and the most likely ones to support open space would be: Dominic Caserta djcaserta at hotmail.com, Kevin Moore MRKEVMOORE at aol.com, and Will Kennedy willkennedy-sclara at pacbell.net. The public meetings on Certification of the FEIR and consideration of the entitlement applications schedules are below. They will be held at the Santa Clara City Council Chambers at City Hall, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050. * Planning Commission - Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 7:00 pm The Commission will receive a staff presentation and applicants? presentations, and will take public comments. The Commission may continue the public hearing to another date and time, as necessary, to conclude their review and make recommendations to the City Council. * City Council - Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 7:00 pm The Council will receive a staff presentation and applicants? presentations, and will take public comments. The Commission may continue the public hearing to another date and time, as necessary, to consider the Planning Commission recommendations and make decisions. The Council must wait at least a week before they vote after the May 8th meeting before a final legal vote to change BAREC's zoning from agriculture to medium density housing (May 15). IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT BAREC ISSUES: Getting the city government of San Jose to become part of the BAREC discussion is an important alternative to saving BAREC. If you know a San Jose City Councilperson, please immediately set up an appointment with him or his staff to educate him/her about BAREC. Let us know when you plan to meet with the councilperson (info at savebarec.org) and we will either educate you about the issues or have a more informed person attend the meeting with you. Write the San Jose Mayor and Council and express your opinion (mayoremail at sanjoseca.gov). We hope BAREC will be on the San Jose Council Agenda in the near future and that they will vote to begin negotiating with the State and City of Santa Clara to make BAREC a part of San Jose rather than Santa Clara. SAN JOSE?S VICE MAYOR CORTESE AS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO SAVEBAREC: San Jose Vice Mayor Dave Cortese has a great deal of experience to help save BAREC. He is an attorney from a third generation Valley farm family and President of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) so he understands BAREC's importance to our Valley, to the region, and to our history. His legal mind understands the law that requires the State to offer BAREC to San Jose before they offered it to a developer and that this did not happen. This is why San Jose can and should begin negotiating with the State to bring BAREC into the San Jose park system. BAREC is currently on the Possible San Jose Park Greenprint Plan. District 6 is missing 80 acres of required open space and BAREC is the largest available public land in or near it. Another alternative is to work with County District 4 (Supervisor Ken Yeager) because the county wasn't offered BAREC as well. County District 4 is the only county district which has no county park and BAREC is in the center of this district. OLIVERIO WINS SAN JOSE DISTRICT 6 COUNCIL SEAT: Pierluigi Oliverio's campaign statements supported keeping BAREC in open space. Oliverio has 18 months to help us deliver on these statements. Vice Mayor Cortese and Save BAREC supporters will be working with him closely on BAREC to help get him up to speed on the BAREC issues. Write Oliverio and tell him what you think (District6 at sanjoseca.gov). www.SaveBAREC.org 888-BAREC-80 ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 9 19:56:32 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Save Coyote Valley! Hike this Saturday and Meeting this Wednesday! Message-ID: <268154.39315.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Save Coyote Valley! Hike this Saturday and Meeting this Wednesday! Hey guys! Just thought I'd remind you: if anyone is free and would like to go on a hike to Coyote Ridge this Saturday, you're welcome to come! All you need to do is e-mail rebecca.svlc@ gmail.com to get put on the list. You can also just call me at (408) 607-1709 if that is more convenient. I'll be leading the hike, and there's a lot of cool people coming so it should be really fun. Coyote Ridge is a strip of rare serpentine habitat that is home to rare plants and animals such as the bay checkerspot butterfly, badger, tule elk and burrowing owl. It's super cool, and the wildflower bloom is at its peak right now. The place is also one of the areas that will be affected by the Coyote Valley Development, and from the top you can get a great view of the whole area and really get scared thinking about how it's gonna be all paved over! In case you don't know, Coyote Valley is 7,200 acres of open space and farmland that the City of San Jose wants to develop. A group of us are organizing ourselves to fight the development and kick many asses. Save Coyote Valley is having its second meeting at 7pm this Wednesday at the San Jose Peace Center. We're making some great headway on framing the issue, contacting ally organizations, deciding on city council members we'd like to schedule meetings with and coming up with informational materials. You guys are very busy, so no pressure, but if anyone could make it out, it'd be great! We need help with everything, from research to art and music making... Get involved! Mark Anthony Medeiros www.savecoyotevalle y.com coyotevalley@ inbox.com ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 9 19:59:20 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:59:20 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Prop. Rep. in Sunnyvale !?!?! Message-ID: <461AFD88.4080004@earthlink.net> I have just heard that choice voting will probably be discussed in the Sunnyvale City Council meeting TOMORROW, TUESDAY. Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 9 20:18:20 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:18:20 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto] References: <145277.31312.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <461B01FC.5000903@earthlink.net> Dana and I attended. Gerry JamBoi wrote: > Did anyone of us make it to this meeting? I strongly support this idea > and think the Green Party should support it also. > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > >>FYI, >> >>Gerry >> >> >>-------- Original Message -------- >>Subject: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday >>4/2/07 in Palo Alto >>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:39:18 EDT >>From: Nnamazian at aol.com >>To: undisclosed-recipients:; >> >> >> >> Please join us to discuss: >> >> >> >>Campaigning to Establish a Cabinet Level US Department of Peace >> >> >> www.thepeacealliance.org >> >> >> >>Day: April 2, 2007 >> >>Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM >> >>Location: Unity Palo Alto Community Church, Y.E.S. Hall >> >> 3391 Middlefield Road >> >> Palo Alto, CA 94306-3049 >> >> DIRECTIONS:: From FWY 101, Exit Oregon >>Expressway, >>Turn left on >> >> Middlefield Rd, Pass several blocks, Unity church >>is on left side. >> >> >> >>Contact: Nikoo Namazian >> Congressional District Team Leader (CDTL) >> Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign >> nnamazian at aol.com >> >> 650/867-9993 >> >> >> >>"Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. >>Department of Peace. There is currently a bill before the U.S. House >>of >>Representatives (HR 808). This landmark measure will augment our >>current >>problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to >>the problems of domestic and international conflict" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>See what's free at AOL.com >>. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC > > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Apr 9 23:11:08 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:11:08 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Health Care Committee Event (Re: forum on SB 840 single payer) Message-ID: As a County Council Member I vote yes to be listed as co-sponsor. Merriam Subj: [Sosfbay-discuss] Health Care Committee Event (Re: forum on SB 840 single payer)? Date: 4/9/2007 5:29:07 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jamboi at yahoo.com To: fredd at freeshell.org, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) I add my voice to Jim D.'s and cast my County Council Member vote as a yes that the GPSCC does want to be listed as a co-sponsor of this Single Payer Health Care event.? Other CC members??? Note that Jim D., Fred, Mike F., Drew, Brenda Pierce (and Dana if she's interested) are on the GPSCC Health Care Committee and that we've already been active in the SCC Single Payer Health Care Coalition, participating in meetings and planning for several events.?? We'd love to include others interested in this extremely hot topic, so please speak up if you're interested. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > On Friday Evening (7:30 pm), May 19,? OneCareNow will conduct a > Single > Payer Health Care Forum at the Mountain View Willow Park Clubhouse. > Two > of our GPSCC members ( Dana St. George and Mike Fischetti) will be on > > the Panel. A staff person from one of SB-840's sponsors, and others, > will also be part of the Panel. Each panelist will speak for 5 > minutes > before the Q & A discussion session begins. > > The program will begin with the 22 minute DVD, "The California > Solution: > One Care." > > Would the GPSCC like to be listed as a co-sponsor of the May 19 > Mountain > View event? > > Fred Duperrault > > > Would someone like to go and publicly state before > the full audience that the Green Party supports single > payer health insurance? > > Make that a national comprehensive single payer health insurance. > > I'm sorry to say that that does not fit in my schedule. > > Jim Doyle ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Speakers will include Janette MacKinlay?a survivor of the 9/11 attacks; David Kubiak?International Campaign Advisor of 911Truth.org; Gabriel Day? organizer of the ?9/11- Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming the Future? conference; Ed Rippy?of the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance; and Riva Enteen?of the National Lawyers Guild. Music will be provided by ?Annie and the Vets.? The march will begin at 2:00 p.m. and will conclude at Congresswoman Anna Eshoo?s office at 698 Emerson Street. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 10 01:26:39 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:26:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto] In-Reply-To: <461B01FC.5000903@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <894521.48542.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Could you give a summary of things learned? Is there some sort of coalitional effort being formed that we can join in? Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > Dana and I attended. > > Gerry > > > JamBoi wrote: > > > Did anyone of us make it to this meeting? I strongly support this > idea > > and think the Green Party should support it also. > > > > Impeach for Peace! > > > > Drew > > > > --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > > > > >>FYI, > >> > >>Gerry > >> > >> > >>-------- Original Message -------- > >>Subject: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: > Monday > >>4/2/07 in Palo Alto > >>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:39:18 EDT > >>From: Nnamazian at aol.com > >>To: undisclosed-recipients:; > >> > >> > >> > >> Please join us to discuss: > >> > >> > >> > >>Campaigning to Establish a Cabinet Level US Department of Peace > >> > >> > >> www.thepeacealliance.org > >> > >> > >> > >>Day: April 2, 2007 > >> > >>Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM > >> > >>Location: Unity Palo Alto Community Church, Y.E.S. Hall > >> > >> 3391 Middlefield Road > >> > >> Palo Alto, CA 94306-3049 > >> > >> DIRECTIONS:: From FWY 101, Exit Oregon > >>Expressway, > >>Turn left on > >> > >> Middlefield Rd, Pass several blocks, Unity > church > >>is on left side. > >> > >> > >> > >>Contact: Nikoo Namazian > >> Congressional District Team Leader (CDTL) > >> Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign > >> nnamazian at aol.com > >> > >> 650/867-9993 > >> > >> > >> > >>"Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a > U.S. > >>Department of Peace. There is currently a bill before the U.S. > House > >>of > >>Representatives (HR 808). This landmark measure will augment our > >>current > >>problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions > to > >>the problems of domestic and international conflict" ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 10 01:32:01 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:32:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] IRV Supported by Sunnyvale too!?!? (was Re: Proportional Representation in Sunnyvale )!?!?! In-Reply-To: <461AFD88.4080004@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <435691.22151.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Interestingly enough as I was going through the mountain of paper that Sunnyvale gave me for my Housing and Human Services Commissioner work, I found that Sunnyvale's paid lobyist is directed to support IRV!!! Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > I have just heard that choice voting will probably be > discussed in the Sunnyvale City Council meeting TOMORROW, > TUESDAY. > > Gerry ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 10 01:47:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:47:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Food Irradiation to be label-listed as "Pasteurized!" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <547716.56422.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Andie, could you put together some links/talking points to educate us on the subject and a proposed resolution for the GPSCC to endorse? This could be one of the topics our new Media Committee could tackle for a letter to the editor and government writing campaign! Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > We have 90 days to respond to federal food regulators and the U.S. > incorporates who dominate them! > > Irradiation is to be hidden on food labels as pasteurization! > This will include baby food, dairy, snacks, sandwich meats, etc. > This will be another way for the food terrorists to get around the > regulations in the organic food industry. > > Andrea > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Tue Apr 10 11:17:50 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 10 Apr 2007 18:17:50 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] visit with Dana and two hikes! Message-ID: <20070410181750.21054.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Tian, Gerry, and I had a really nice visit with Dana Sunday night. She cooked us a feast to celebrate the equinox and other good things! Dana was out of communication for a while, overcoming a deadly nerve disease. Then her modem got sprayed with a caustic liquid and failed. But Dana and her computer survived and she's back. Don't bomb her with email. JamBoi's leading a hike in the Coyote hills Saturday. I will be leading one at Joseph Grant county park real soon, still taking suggestions for the best day. Enough of J.D. Grant park is flat, and this hike will be more or less wheelchair accessible. Cameron From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Apr 10 14:45:00 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:45:00 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Silicon Valley Department of Peace Campaign meeting: Monday 4/2/07 in Palo Alto] References: <894521.48542.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <461C055C.3010206@earthlink.net> JamBoi wrote: > Could you give a summary of things learned? A lot was said, but most I have forgotten already. Let's see: - The most memorable thing for me is that they claim to already have a lot of information about how to reduce violence at both the local and international levels. - Apparently there are about 60 cosponsors of the house bill (H.R. 808). For more info: http://thomas.loc.gov - They claim that many of the cosponsors chose to be cosponsors due to persistent lobbying efforts, (responding over time "No .. No .. No .. Maybe .. Maybe .. Yes"). - Someone said that Anna Eshoo prefers to be bipartisan, which means she prefers to work on something that has some Republican support. At the meeting was the local organizer, the Northern California orgnaizer, two people from the national staff (D.C.), and about a half dozen others. The organizers believe that this is a national movement. Most attendees seemed pretty enthusiastic. NOTE: They are trying to have at least one organizer in every Congressional District. NOTE: The local organization has "Silicon Valley" in its name, and covers the districts for Anna Eshoo, Zoe Lofgren, and Mike Honda. The current project is Mother's Day actions. One idea has to do with the original Mother's Day proclamation, well worth reading: http://www.quaker.org/chestnuthill/motherdy.htm http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=217 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation > Is there some sort of > coalitional effort being formed that we can join in? The Peace Alliance considers themselves an umbrella organization. http://www.thepeacealliance.org For more info, check out the above website. Gerry From cbrouillet at igc.org Tue Apr 10 15:05:25 2007 From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:05:25 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 411 on 911 - 9/11 Truth and Impeachment Rally and March Message-ID: 411 on 911 Rally and March in Palo Alto- Please come and spread the word!!!! Here's a posting of our press advisory with the image on the 1000 postcards we printed to promote the event. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388290.php Images of the posters we made can be seen at the event website- http://www.communitycurrency.org/impeach.html The Rally begins at 1 pm at Lytton Plaza, University x Emerson, Downtown Palo Alto The March begins at 3 pm The rally and march are being sponsored by the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance with support from some dedicated activists. We will have some great speakers including-Janette MacKinlay?a survivor of the 9/11 attacks; David Kubiak?International Campaign Advisor of 911Truth.org; Gabriel Day?organizer of the ?9/11- Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming the Future? conference; Ken Jenkins?of the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance; and Riva Enteen?of the National Lawyers Guild. Music will be provided by ?Annie and the Vets.? We will also be filming the event for community access and internet broadcasting. We will have our giant 12' x 8' x 2' replica of the 9/11 Report (with enormous holes in it- a feature of our SF Tea Party for 9/11 Truth http://www.communitycurrency.org/sfteaparty.html), with a sound system for the great new impeachment and 9/11 Truth songs for the march. We will have lots of signs, banners, handouts and encourage people to bring their own, as well. Our demand for an investigation into 9/11 began in 2001, taking stronger form in January of 2002 with marches on Senator Feinstein and Congresswoman Eshoo?s offices. From the weekly ?Listening Project? (every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. which will again proceed the 411 on 911 rally), the 9/11 Truth movement has grown into an international effort. In January of 2003 the demands of the 9/11 Truth movement to ?stop the 9/11 cover-up, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and demand pre-emptive impeachment of Bush,? prior to the war, were dismissed by Eshoo and the Congress, who continue to fund the war and have failed to respond to growing public demands for the impeachment of Bush, Cheney, and Gonzales. This failure can be seen in Eshoo?s response to Carol Brouillet after the recent March 14th Impeachment rally in Palo Alto: ?I've lived through an impeachment process and witnessed firsthand how it tears the country apart. The election in November was a resounding rejection of the President's policies and the policies of his party. I think it's time to bring the country together and move forward. In my view, impeachment will heavily distract from the important work of reversing the disastrous course this Administration has set and will virtually bring to a halt progress on important issues including healthcare and global warming.? Activists have been outraged to see Congress expand funding for the war and work with those widely considered to be "war criminals." We are calling for a truly independent investigation of 9/11, a nationwide shopping boycott from Tax Day to Earth Day (http://www.wearenotbuyingit.org), and for people to "Show it Off" (sporting their Impeachment garb and message) (http://showitoffnow.blogspot.com/) prior to the national day of ?impeachment actions? on April 28th (http://www.a28.org). 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The GPSCC Media Committee generally shall have authority to transmit information about GPSCC programs and events. The GPSCC Media Commitee also may copy and resend announcements from the Green Party of California Media Committee and may transmit policy statements approved by the GPSCC County Council or general membership. The GPSCC shall not independently create policy statements. The GPSCC Media Committee shall provide a monthly report of its activites to the County Council or general membership. At least one member of the GPSCC Media Committee shall serve as liaison with the GPCA Media Committee. Additionally, the Media Committee shall have responsibility for creating, planning and implementing: Media training activities; Video development and distribution; and Coordination with Green Party candidates and their media managers. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 10 22:19:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:19:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] RELEASE Maryland passes a paper ballot bill Message-ID: <801051.42098.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Note that the way this bill is written the OVC scheme of a computer assisted marking of a paper ballot would Paper Ballots:*All* truly advanced democracies use this most advanced technology mankind has ever derived to acheive truly secret ballots! (ie. the U.S. is not an advanced democracy) Drew RELEASE Maryland passes a paper ballot bill Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:29:23 -0700 (PDT) >From Linda Schade .... http://TrueVoteMD.org RELEASE April 9, 2007 Contact: Shazia Anwar, Director TrueVoteMD (301) 537-4862 (cell) (301) 270-6150 office Maryland Passes Paper Ballot Bill 'A Victory for Democracy' Annapolis, Maryland. In the closing hours of the 2007 legislative session, a four year effort to require paper ballots for Maryland's voting system passed the House and the Senate unanimously. The bill, SB 392/HB18, requires a voter-verified paper trail to be implemented in 2010. "This is a victory for democracy in Maryland. Thousands of voters who worked to make this a reality are celebrating tonight," said Shazia Anwar, Director of TrueVoteMD.org the election watchdog group that spearheaded efforts for a paper ballot. "We crossed a major hurdle tonight, now we have to make sure the bill is fully implemented." Last week it looked there was no chance a bill would pass in 2007, but consistent citizen pressure -- emails, phone calls and voter visits -- let the Senate leadership know this was an issue of utmost importance to Maryland voters. "We're very pleased elected officials in both Houses decided this was the year to put in place a voter verified paper record that could used independent audits and meaningful recounts" said Anwar. "TrueVoteMD.org was founded four years ago in order to create elections that voters in Maryland could trust," said Linda Schade, founder of TrueVoteMD. "I'm pleased that we've made significant progress tonight." The final bill ensures that any new voting system certified for use must include a voter verified paper record. The bill requires an optically scannable paper ballot marked by hand or with the help of a ballot marking device. The final bill also ensures that disabled voters will be able to vote independently and privately. The bill is expected to save Maryland taxpayer money as studies have shown that operating costs for optical scanning equipment are 30% to 40% lower than the cost of Maryland's current touchscreen machines. The final step for enactment of the bill into law is the signature of Governor Martin O'Malley. O'Malley has expressed support for a voter verified paper ballot during his gubernatorial campaign. A poll conducted by the State Board of Election last year found that 69% of Maryland voters supported a paper trail. Maryland was one of the first states to use electronic voting machines and is one of the last to require a voter verified paper ballot. Twenty-seven states require either a voter verified paper ballot or a paper ballot based system and seven other states do not use electronic voting machines. Over 30 states use optical scan systems 50% will vote on them in 2008. ADDITIONAL INFO: *22 states require voting machines to produce a VVPAT *(AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IL, ME, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, UT, WA, WV, WI) *5 states require paper-based ballot systems* (MI, MN, NH, NM, VT) *Of the 22 states that require voting machines to produce a VVPAT, 17 use electronic voting machines in at least one jurisdiction *(AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, IL, MO, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, UT, WA, WV, WI) *while 5 do not use any electronic voting machines *(CT, ID, ME, MT, OR). *15 states and the District of Columbia use electronic voting machines in at least one jurisdiction and do not require VVPATs *(DE, DC, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WY) *7 states do not use any electronic voting machines and do not have any regulations requiring VVPATs *(AL, MA*, NE, ND, OK, RI, SD) Notes: Mississippi, does not require VVPATs but in the 77 counties that received electronic voting machines in 2005, the machines produce a VVPAT. Massachusetts is in the process of selecting an accessible voting system. Source: http://VoteTrustUSA. org ___________________ JamBoi The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) http://dailyJam.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 11 01:31:32 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:31:32 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment, All Down The Line Message-ID: <461C9CE4.7050105@earthlink.net> Robert Jensen's list of those who should be impeached is rather extensive: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/10/431/ Gerry From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Apr 11 10:38:08 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:38:08 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up References: 461C7088.3000805@charter.net Message-ID: <461D1D00.2060106@ispwest.com> This Saturday in Palo Alto there is a Step It Up event in Mitchell Park, 1 PM to 3 PM. I plan to be there. Wes Rolley wrote: >The following was copied from Carl Pope's blog, where today, Bill >McKibbon was the "guest blogger." >It sounds like good news, especially if they meet their grassroots >goal. Funny, a grassroots effort run by the Green Group right from the >beltway. But hey, if it work.... >__ > >It's looking increasingly likely that Congress will finally do something >about global warming. The question is, how much and how fast? > >The science, by now, is uncomfortably clear. Only really dramatic >action, beginning now and lasting long into the future, has any hope of >making enough difference. If we'd started taking action as soon as we >found out about climate change twenty years ago, we'd be halfway there >by now and able to take gradual and measured action. But instead we've >had a twenty-year bipartisan effort to do nothing, and hence our backs >are against the wall. NASA scientist James Hansen has told us we need to >reverse the flow of carbon into the atmosphere in the next decade, a >tall order here and a much taller one abroad. But our only hope of >persuading China and India to think in new directions is if we start >taking credible action ourselves. > >When we started Stepitup07.org in January, >some people said our goal of 80 percent cuts by 2050 was too stiff, that >it would scare people off. Instead, it seems to have drawn them in -- >the total number of rallies is now nearing 1,350 -- by far the largest >day of grassroots environmental action since Earth Day 1970. And what >seemed radical eleven weeks ago seems more and more mainstream all the >time -- last week, for instance, John Edwards became the first of the >Democratic presidential candidates to release a comprehensive energy >plan, and it called for: 80 percent cuts in carbon emissions by 2050. We >sent up a cheer at our small HQ when we heard the news, and we're >confident others will follow. > >We're equally glad that the environmental community -- the big >organizations that join together in the Beltway's Green Group to work on >policy initiatives -- seem to be holding firm for the same size targets. >Sometimes in the past, one or two have peeled away and reached separate >deals with special interests to water down environmental demands. But, >if all those rallies on April 14 mean anything, that won't happen this >time. We'll stick to the fight for real action. > >Because it's what the science demands, and because it's what the people >want. > > > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org According to pg. 3 of the New York Times for 4/8/07, a durian is a smelly fruit. We import 1000 metric tons of durians, all from Thailand. The USDA estimates the value of those imported fruit at $1.7 million. From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 11 10:42:58 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:42:58 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] merit of vigils vs marches Message-ID: <461D1E22.5070803@sbcglobal.net> The spanish language radio program Noticias y mas con Celina Rodriguez. a news, discussion, call in program that is from 9 - 10 am M-F at 1370 am on the dial had a live interview with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren last Monday. The format was first pose a question in english, translate it into spanish for the listening audience, then listen to her response in english followed by the translation into spanish. One of the questions was "What do you think of the large scale protest marches that took place last year?" Her answer included that she was impressed and moved by them. However, she pointed out that it made some conservative members of congress afraid. As such, the vigils, especially or in particular, the vigils held in churches had a better effect on such conservatives because of the relationship to "family values". That is, the vigils were more effective than the marches. From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 11 11:53:11 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:53:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] TODAY 1-4PM, LYTTON PLAZA IN PA Re: 411 on 911 - 9/11 Truth and Impeachment Rally and March In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <171273.23600.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> EVERYONE COME JOIN US rain or shine to do our part to end the illegitimate, illegal, immoral rain of would be King George W. Bush and Richard Cheney, tyrannts over the American Empire which is oppressing the entire planet and all of humanity! Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Carol Brouillet wrote: > 411 on 911 Rally and March in Palo Alto- Please come and spread the > word!!!! > > Here's a posting of our press advisory with the > image on the 1000 postcards we printed to promote the event. > http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388290.php > > > > Images of the posters we made can be seen at the > event website- > http://www.communitycurrency.org/impeach.html > > > > The Rally begins at 1 pm at Lytton Plaza, > University x Emerson, Downtown Palo Alto > The March begins at 3 pm > > The rally and march are being sponsored by the > Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance with > support from some dedicated activists. We will > have some great speakers including-Janette > MacKinlay?a survivor of the 9/11 attacks; David > Kubiak?International Campaign Advisor of > 911Truth.org; Gabriel Day?organizer of the ?9/11- > Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming the Future? > conference; Ken Jenkins?of the Northern > California 9/11 Truth Alliance; and Riva > Enteen?of the National Lawyers Guild. Music will > be provided by ?Annie and the Vets.? > > We will also be filming the event for community > access and internet broadcasting. We will have > our giant 12' x 8' x 2' replica of the 9/11 > Report (with enormous holes in it- a feature of > our SF Tea Party for 9/11 Truth > http://www.communitycurrency.org/sfteaparty.html), > with a sound system for the great new impeachment > and 9/11 Truth songs for the march. > > We will have lots of signs, banners, handouts and > encourage people to bring their own, as well. > > Our demand for an investigation into 9/11 began > in 2001, taking stronger form in January of 2002 > with marches on Senator Feinstein and > Congresswoman Eshoo?s offices. From the weekly > ?Listening Project? (every Wednesday from 11:00 > a.m. to 1:00 p.m. which will again proceed the > 411 on 911 rally), the 9/11 Truth movement has > grown into an international effort. > > In January of 2003 the demands of the 9/11 Truth > movement to ?stop the 9/11 cover-up, repeal the > PATRIOT Act, and demand pre-emptive impeachment > of Bush,? prior to the war, were dismissed by > Eshoo and the Congress, who continue to fund the > war and have failed to respond to growing public > demands for the impeachment of Bush, Cheney, and > Gonzales. This failure can be seen in Eshoo?s > response to Carol Brouillet after the recent > March 14th Impeachment rally in Palo Alto: > > ?I've lived through an impeachment process and > witnessed firsthand how it tears the country > apart. The election in November was a resounding > rejection of the President's policies and the > policies of his party. I think it's time to bring > the country together and move forward. In my > view, impeachment will heavily distract from the > important work of reversing the disastrous course > this Administration has set and will virtually > bring to a halt progress on important issues > including healthcare and global warming.? > > Activists have been outraged to see Congress > expand funding for the war and work with those > widely considered to be "war criminals." We are > calling for a truly independent investigation of > 9/11, a nationwide shopping boycott from Tax Day > to Earth Day (http://www.wearenotbuyingit.org), > and for people to "Show it Off" (sporting their > Impeachment garb and message) > (http://showitoffnow.blogspot.com/) prior to the > national day of ?impeachment actions? on April 28th > (http://www.a28.org). > > Please, add your voice to ours, join us if you > can, or hold an action in solidarity, wherever > you are. There will also be an event this Sunday > kicking of the National Shopping Boycott in Berkeley- > (http://sfbaycantwait.org/Home.html) King Middle > School, 1781 Rose St, Berkeley, 2-4:30 pm > entitled- VOICES FOR IMPEACHMENT- A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION with > Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips; Editors of the book, Impeach the > President > Debra Sweet; National Director, The World Can?t > Wait ? Drive Out the Bush Regime! > Elizabeth de la Vega; Author, United States v. George W. Bush et al > Sophie deVries; National Impeachment Coordinator, Democrats.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 11 16:57:10 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:57:10 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tabling Sunday April 22-nd Message-ID: <461D75D6.50500@sbcglobal.net> Who would like to table at the Los Gatos Farmer's Market Sunday April 22-nd for a few, 2 or 3 or more, hours between 8 am and 12:30 pm? This fits the schedule of the high school student who wanted to do community service with the Green Party. From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 12 01:43:38 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:43:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FWD: [GPCA-MediaComm] Calling on videographers Message-ID: <227642.52649.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> From: ErikaSF at aol.com Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] Calling on videographers To: gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi folks, We decided last night on our conference call to post this on the home page of the cagreens.org site so we can enlist some videographers. GPCA Media Committee looking for volunteer videographers to edit and produce streaming video!!! Do you want to help make positive political change? Do you have experience working with MovieWorks, iMovie, Final Cut Pro or other such program? The Green Party of California is looking for volunteers to help edit political footage of Green Party members and events, for streaming video for use on YouTube and elsewhere. Please contact Erika McDonald, the Media Committee Co-Coordinator at _erikasf at aol.com_ (mailto:erikasf at aol.com) or 415-337-1499. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 12 01:48:24 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:48:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Upcoming Meetings of Ca. Clean Money of Political Campaigns Message-ID: <636269.84723.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Would you like to help make government accountable to voters instead to special interest campaign contributors? Assemblymember Loni Hancock has re-introduced a new version of AB 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act, the groundbreaking bill that last year became the first public financing bill to make it through the California Assembly in years. SPECIAL ACTION ALERT to all Clean Money Supporters April is a very important month for the Clean Money movement in California. On Tuesday, April 17, the Elections Committee of the State Assembly will hold a hearing on AB 583 -- the Clean Money bill that was passed by the Assembly last year and would establish a Clean Money system for California's state elections. And, on Wednesday, April 18, the Banking, Finance, and Insurance Committee of the State Senate will hold a hearing on SB 536 - the bill to create a Clean Money election system for the Insurance Commissioner position. Come to Sacramento April 17th and 18th For more info on Clean Money Lobby Days in Sacramento, contact Danny Medress: Danny at CAclean.org Carpools will be going to the hearings to lobby and testify from most parts of the state. Send an email to the address below to find out about joining one! Whether you can go to Sacramento or not, be sure to join other volunteers working in your community to build support for AB 583 and Clean Money full public-funding of campaigns in your community at our next meeting, also! Find out how you can help and bring your ideas. Working together, we'll help make Clean Money happen so that elections become about ideas, not money. North Bay Area Meeting WHEN: Thu, April 12th from 7:30pm - 9:00pm. Introductory video at 7:15pm. WHERE: 800 6th St. Petaluma, CA 94952 MORE INFO: http://www.caclean.org/events/northbayarea.php South Bay Area Meeting WHEN: Thu, April 19th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Introductory video at 6:45pm. WHERE: Remax Realty Office, Suite 210 (2nd floor) 19200 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino, CA 95014 MORE INFO: http://www.CAclean.org/events/southbayarea.php San Francisco Area Meeting WHEN: Sat, April 21st from 11:00am - 1:00pm . Introductory video at 10:40am. WHERE:592 Pennsylvania Ave (A home on Potrero Hill between 20th & 22nd Streets) San Francisco, CA MORE INFO: http://www.CAclean.org/events/sf.php East Bay Area Meeting WHEN: Sat, April 21st from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Introductory Video at 12:40am. WHERE: Laney College B Complex, Room B210 900 Fallon St. Oakland, CA 94607 MORE INFO: http://www.CAclean.org/events/eastbayarea.php Palo Alto Area Meeting WHEN: Tue, April 24th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Introductory video at 6:45pm WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, Room 9 505 E. Charleston Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 MORE INFO: http://www.CAclean.org/events/paloalto.php Marin County Meeting WHEN: Sat, May 5th from 10:00am - 12:00pm. WHERE: The Town Center Community Room 770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201 Corte Madera, CA 94925 MORE INFO: http://www.CAclean.org/events/marin.php California Clean Money Campaign Susan Lerner......... Executive Director Daniel I. Medress.... Field Organizer Felipe Agredano...... Los Angeles Field Director Moira Brennan........ Development Director Brooklynn Mitchell... Office Administrator Jo Seidita........... President Trent Lange.......... Vice President Contact us at Info at CAclean.org or at (800) 566-3780 TOOLS FOR CHANGE Become a member. www.CAclean.org/join Become a member by mail or phone. Call (800) 566-3780 for questions and options. California Clean Money Campaign 11844 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Ask your friends to join too, because they care as much as you. www.CAclean.org/tellafriend/ Learn more. www.CAclean.org ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 12 02:15:04 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GP-US Outreach Committee Call for Nominations for GP-US Mascot Message-ID: <20070412091504.78264.qmail@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The GP-US Outreach Committee is calling for nominations for a vote and selection of a mascot (ie. the GP-US equivalent of the Dem's Donkey or the Repub's Elephant). Please send your nomination along with a brief explanation of why you think it would be a good choice. Please Cc: emily at gp.org, brent at gp.org, JamBoi at Greens.org Please forward this note on to any Green Party related e-mail lists that haven't been notified so far. Drew Johnson GP-US Media Committee Liasson to the GP-US Outreach Committee JamBoi at Greens.org ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL From wrolley at charter.net Thu Apr 12 08:17:37 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:17:37 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-MediaComm] FINAL/SENDING: NEWS ADVISORY: Greens back cloned-animal labeling bill...] Message-ID: <461E4D91.8060203@charter.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] FINAL/SENDING: NEWS ADVISORY: Greens back cloned-animal labeling bill... Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:06:29 -0700 From: civillib at cwnet.com To: gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org News Advisory THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Contact: Susan King, spokesperson, 415.823-5524 funking at mindspring.com Dr. Bob Vizzard, spokesperson, 916.206 8953, thevizz at aol.com Sara Amir, spokesperson, 310.270-7106 saraamir at earthlink.net Cres Vellucci, press secretary, 916.996-9170 civillib at cwnet.com Greens back cloned-animal labeling bill, explain measure necessary to protect state consumers from ?potentially dangerous' food SACRAMENTO, Ca. (April 11, 2007) ? Green Party environmental specialists today voiced support for legislation to mandate clear labels on any food derived from a cloned animal or its offspring, and said the bill is in the "public interest" and necessary to protect consumers from "potentially dangerous" food products. Senate Bill 63, authored by State Senator Carole Migden, D-Marin/San Francisco, was approved in the Senate Health Committee Wednesday. "The federal government continues to make it difficult for citizens to know what they are putting in their bodies. First, they attacked Proposition 65 that requires warning labels on products known to contain hazardous ingredients, then fought local governments from controlling Genetically Engineered Agriculture and now they want to allow growers to hide the fact that their animals were cloned," said Wes Rolley, of the Green Party of United States Eco-Action Committee. "It is all part of the same plan to keep the public in the dark," added Rolley. "The federal government continues to rubber stamp biotech foods. In 1992, over the objections of government scientists, it was decided that genetically engineered foods are ?substantially equivalent' to natural foods and do not need to be safety tested or labeled," said Erica Martenson, a Napa County Green who works on the GPCA Platform Committee regarding food safety issues. "This decision was made despite the agency's own scientists' statements that genetically engineered foods are different and carry different risks, including allergenicity, toxicity, antibiotic resistance, nutritional problems and cancer. Now, several years later, the FDA is doing the same thing with milk and meat from cloned animals," she added. "These decisions are not in the public interest. Only biotech corporations benefit from this lack of regulation. We need politicians at the state level to intervene on behalf of the public by at least mandating that these foods be labeled, so that consumers can protect their own health and well-being by avoiding these potentially dangerous products," Martenson said. -30- _______________________________________________ GPCA-MediaWG mailing list GPCA-MediaWG at marla.cagreens.org http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-mediawg -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From tnharter at ispwest.com Thu Apr 12 11:27:36 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:27:36 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] The Evidence for Dangerous Climate Change Message-ID: <461E7A18.6070803@ispwest.com> * >John Allen* *>April 10* *>The Evidence for Dangerous Climate Change* > > >John Allen, software engineer and entrepreneur, worked at IBM and >Lockheed before starting his own software company - Upstairs Software Inc. >One of his current interests, and the focus of this talk, is public outreach on >the evidence for dangerous climate change, as accumulated by Al Gore and >presented by him in the Oscar winning documentary/ The Inconvenient Truth/. > >John, personally trained by Al Gore, will summarize the key points from the >film and also present some extra material about what we can do to be part of >the solution. If time permits, he will discuss some of his other interests, >including Building Performance and Solar Thermal, and the work he has >done at home to reduce his own carbon footprint. John Allen began by asking for shows of hands in answer to a few questions. Once he knew that we were all fairly knowledgeable on the subject, he zoomed through his slides in order to spend as much time as possible on Q&A. Highlights from the slide show included: A slide of a Russian guy's truck that had gotten mired down when the permafrost melted, possibly because of global warming. John explained "The inconvenient truth for him was that his truck got mired. The scary truth for us is that the melting means that a lot of methane is outgassing from the melting permafrost and becoming a greenhouse gas." Another slide showed a night shot of the earth from space. Forests all over the southern hemisphere glowed red. John explained those were burning because humans wanted to use the land for other things. Europe and much of the USA glowed white. John explained that was where a lot of electricity is used for illumination. There was a patch of yellow in Siberia. John explained that was where natural gas was being flared from Oil fields. He finished his discussion of that slide by saying "those are our big carbon dioxide emissions." Another slide showed that the average American uses something like twice as much energy as the average European, and much more than any other average citizen on the planet. That was followed by one that showed total energy consumption per country for most of the big countries on Earth. John said that "China's total energy consumption will be more than that for the USA for the first time this year." Several people made surprised sounds. Another slide was side by side satellite photos of Brazilian rain forest in 1970 and today. The '70 picture was a green square. The modern picture had hash marks all over it. John explained that they were putting in roads and farms because they want the same consumer lifestyle we enjoy. Another slide showed the average per capita energy consumption for various groups, and how it has changed over time, and how we expect it to change over time going forward. California was broken out from the rest of the USA, and was a somewhat lower line. John said that "we have little leverage telling China what to do until we get as low as them on per capita emission of green house gases." During Q&A a lot of interesting things came up: In a typical American home lighting is a modest percentage of the energy used. The bigger consumption item is heat, both for hot water and air. In response to a question about peak oil, John said "Last year was the first year in human history that we pumped less oil than the previous year, so peak oil may already have passed." John has some funny stories about his struggles to reduce his families energy consumption. He thinks the most efficient shower arrangement is a shower head with a manual valve in series with shower head for reducing volume to meet personal minimums which may vary during a shower. John committed to give Climate Change presentations at least ten times when he took Al Gore's training. So far he has done seven, including this one. One thing he learned from the groups he has given his talk to is that the youth of today get it on this issue a lot more than he would have expected. John heard during the Solar Power 2006 conference in San Jose that it is possible to get about 40% efficiency out of PV - Photo Voltaic, solar panels. The best ones being manufactured right now are about 20% efficient. John routinely gets 50% out of very ordinary solar thermal panels. He believes that the obstacles to making solar thermal cost competitive with current PG&E prices for natural gas are solvable and he welcomes collaboration. Find out more at: http://svallens.com/hst/index.php?title=Main_Page Somebody mentioned Chili Pepper Appliance, who makes energy saving things: http://chilipepperapp.com/ Somebody else mentioned voluntary local gasoline taxation for change: http://dimeagallon.org/ John Allen has a website you can see at: http://dangerousclimatechange.org/ He also has two invitation only google groups that I set up http://groups.google.com/group/sdcc-1 SDCC - Slow Down Climate Change for anybody who has been to one of my presentaions and wants to stay in touch woith others of like mind. http://groups.google.com/group/solar-buddies - For folks specifically interested in Solar Thermal -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added 411 on 911 From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 12 12:32:42 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:32:42 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Urgent! Vote Now to Put Green Party on National TV] Message-ID: <461E895A.9020704@earthlink.net> Note: I have made minor edits to this email because it came to me in HTML, my mailtool is configured to send only text, and if I just forwarded what I had it would probably unreadable. (Just in case I will also forward it "as is".) Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Urgent! Vote Now to Put Green Party on National TV Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:13:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Green Party of the United States Reply-To: scotty at gp.org To: santaclara at cagreens.org Vote Now for "To Be Green" to Air on National TV! http://www.current.tv/ With your help, we can air "To Be Green" a documentary about Green Governor candidate Cliff Thornton aired on National TV! The documentary, produced by Dave Pond, highlights the Green Party, Cliff's campaign, and their creative response to being exculded from the debates. The video is currently ranked #2, and the #1 video gets on National TV! Your vote will make a difference! go to the main page, http://www.current.tv/ Watch it and vote vote vote. Send this to everyone you know and get them to watch it and vote. We have until 6 pm on Thursday afternoon to be the winning video. It is in the viewer created content box in the right hand well, and it is called "To Be Green" - this is awesome for us! Thanks for taking action! http://www.current.tv/ Email: Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 12 12:33:50 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:33:50 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Urgent! Vote Now to Put Green Party on National TV] Message-ID: <461E899E.3010403@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Urgent! Vote Now to Put Green Party on National TV Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:13:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Green Party of the United States Reply-To: scotty at gp.org To: santaclara at cagreens.org Back to GP.org [Green Party] Vote Now for "To Be Green" to Air on National TV! http://www.current.tv/ With your help, we can air "To Be Green" a documentary about Green Governor candidate Cliff Thornton aired on National TV! The documentary, produced by Dave Pond, highlights the Green Party, Cliff's campaign, and their creative response to being exculded from the debates. The video is currently ranked #2, and the #1 video gets on National TV! Your vote will make a difference! go to the main page, http://www.current.tv/ Watch it and vote vote vote. Send this to everyone you know and get them to watch it and vote. We have until 6 pm on Thursday afternoon to be the winning video. It is in the viewer created content box in the right hand well, and it is called "To Be Green" - this is awesome for us! Thanks for taking action! http://www.current.tv/ [Donate to GP Fund] Email: office at gp.org Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 13 00:02:59 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <46149FB9.9020601@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? Nominations for other times? As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we may be able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with the Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact its painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to other possibilities). I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the South Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different folks. I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant in Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it is > the > third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. > Never > on the 2nd Thursday. > > Fred > > In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > jamboi at yahoo.com > writes: > > I'd > like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move > it > this Thursday. > > > > 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > Neighborhood > Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 13 00:32:12 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:32:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] BAREC EIR - NO Action by Planning Dept....postponed two weeks. Message-ID: <799841.67330.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Subject: BAREC EIR - NO Action by Planning Dept....postponed two weeks. Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:44:16 -0700 This short note is to update you regarding the latest news regarding BAREC. At last night?s City of Santa Clara Planning Commission meeting the BAREC EIR was not certified and a final decision was postponed until April 26th. This meeting is scheduled to begin at 6pm. At last night?s meeting, so many important points and new information were presented to the Commission that they asked the EIR consultants to return with their response to our assertions. Last night was very informative and enlightening even for long time BAREC supporters. Many speakers with much experience and numerous with professional credentials and experience challenged the conclusions and data presented by the consultants hired by the presumptive developers of the 17 acres. The greater numbers of folks that attend the April 26 t meeting will make the Commissioners think hard before they brush off our concerns and decide it better to not certify the EIR that was submitted. On May 8, 2007, the Santa Clara City Council will be deliberating whether to allow the sale of BAREC property for a large housing development or allow the cleanup and use proposed by SaveBAREC. We urge you to attend both meetings, but if that is not possible, plan to attend the City Council meeting on May 8th. Please contact us if you have any questions. SaveBAREC www.SaveBAREC.org 888-BAREC-80 info at SaveBAREC.org ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 13 00:56:47 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:56:47 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... References: <459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <461F37BF.9080301@earthlink.net> I am unclear why the third Thursday is winning. In fact the general process is unclear. When I have done this sort of thing in the past, I made a list of dates, then asked everyone which dates were good / ok / no good, then I picked the date that has the fewest "no good" responses. I think Fred said 3rd Thursday was no good. And, although I am no longer on the Sunnyvale BPAC, I would like to be able to attend on occasion, and it is on the 3rd Thursday. Gerry JamBoi wrote: > So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? > Nominations for other times? > > As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays > are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we may be > able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with the > Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact its > painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to > other possibilities). > > I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the > General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the South > Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different folks. > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant in > Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > Organize, Energize, Coalize! > > Drew > > --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > > >>Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it is >>the >>third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. >>Never >>on the 2nd Thursday. >> >>Fred >> >>In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >>jamboi at yahoo.com >>writes: >> >>I'd >>like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move >>it >>this Thursday. >> >> >> >>2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown >>Neighborhood >>Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner >> > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. > approx 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 13 02:53:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:53:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <461F37BF.9080301@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <929674.89214.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Gerry, I was refering to the in-person results at the General Meeting where it certainly looked like the Third Thursday is the most available for the most people so far. I'd note that no one has brought up the same level of unavailability for the Third Thursday as they had for the first or second Thursday, (ie. both Fred and your concerns are competing events that each would like to have the option to go to but are not the kind of required meeting that Warner, Carol or Brian were talking about). As I said, Mondays would be available at the Peace Center, but Wednesdays are currently not available there and would require finding a different location. I've made my proposal for the 3rd Thursday and that continues to be my preference but if anyone else has a particular Monday or Wednesday proposal that they think will work better for the most people, please feel free to make the alternative suggestion or show an alternative way to make the group decision. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Gerry Gras wrote: > > I am unclear why the third Thursday is winning. > In fact the general process is unclear. When > I have done this sort of thing in the past, I > made a list of dates, then asked everyone which > dates were good / ok / no good, then I picked > the date that has the fewest "no good" responses. > > I think Fred said 3rd Thursday was no good. > > And, although I am no longer on the Sunnyvale BPAC, > I would like to be able to attend on occasion, and > it is on the 3rd Thursday. > > Gerry > > > JamBoi wrote: > > > So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? > > Nominations for other times? > > > > As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and > Thursdays > > are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we > may be > > able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with > the > > Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact > its > > painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open > to > > other possibilities). > > > > I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the > > General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the > South > > Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different > folks. > > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant > in > > Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > > > Organize, Energize, Coalize! > > > > Drew > > > > --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > > > > > >>Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it > is > >>the > >>third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. > >>Never > >>on the 2nd Thursday. > >> > >>Fred > >> > >>In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > >>jamboi at yahoo.com > >>writes: > >> > >>I'd > >>like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to > move > >>it > >>this Thursday. > >> > >> > >> > >>2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > >>Neighborhood > >>Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner > >> > > > > > > > > ___________________ > > > > JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > > > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > > See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > "To the brave belong all things" > > Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous > Romans asked. > > approx 400BC > > > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 13 02:59:52 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GreenCommons.org back on-line! Message-ID: <599507.66803.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey all Green bloggers and folks wanting to follow what's happening in the world of the Green Parties in the US, http://GreenCommons.org is back up in operation! Please come join us! Impeach for Peace! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From MKmusic03 at aol.com Fri Apr 13 03:05:06 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:05:06 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up/Mitchell Park Palo Alto event/are we tabling at this event? Message-ID: Hi All, The Step It Up event this Saturday (4/14) at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto is the event we said we would table. Are we still going to table at it? The 4/5 business meeting agenda has the date for this event as 4/18. The correct date is Saturday 4/14. Tian are you planning to table or just attend? Who else is going to table. I can only be there from 1pm - 2pm. I thought I could be there til 3pm but I have to be back at San Jose for an important meeting. Merriam Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up? Date: 4/11/2007 10:36:04 AM Pacific Standard Time From: tnharter at ispwest.com To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) This Saturday in Palo Alto there is a Step It Up event in Mitchell Park, 1 PM to 3 PM. I plan to be there. Wes Rolley wrote: >The following was copied from Carl Pope's blog, where today, Bill >McKibbon was the "guest blogger." >It sounds like good news, especially if they meet their grassroots >goal.? Funny, a grassroots effort run by the Green Group right from the >beltway.? But hey, if it work.... >__ > >It's looking increasingly likely that Congress will finally do something >about global warming. The question is, how much and how fast? > >The science, by now, is uncomfortably clear. Only really dramatic >action, beginning now and lasting long into the future, has any hope of >making enough difference. If we'd started taking action as soon as we >found out about climate change twenty years ago, we'd be halfway there >by now and able to take gradual and measured action. But instead we've >had a twenty-year bipartisan effort to do nothing, and hence our backs >are against the wall. NASA scientist James Hansen has told us we need to >reverse the flow of carbon into the atmosphere in the next decade, a >tall order here and a much taller one abroad. But our only hope of >persuading China and India to think in new directions is if we start >taking credible action ourselves. > >When we started Stepitup07.org in January, >some people said our goal of 80 percent cuts by 2050 was too stiff, that >it would scare people off. Instead, it seems to have drawn them in -- >the total number of rallies is now nearing 1,350 -- by far the largest >day of grassroots environmental action since Earth Day 1970. And what >seemed radical eleven weeks ago seems more and more mainstream all the >time -- last week, for instance, John Edwards became the first of the >Democratic presidential candidates to release a comprehensive energy >plan, and it called for: 80 percent cuts in carbon emissions by 2050. We >sent up a cheer at our small HQ when we heard the news, and we're >confident others will follow. > >We're equally glad that the environmental community -- the big >organizations that join together in the Beltway's Green Group to work on >policy initiatives -- seem to be holding firm for the same size targets. >Sometimes in the past, one or two have peeled away and reached separate >deals with special interests to water down environmental demands. But, >if all those rallies on April 14 mean anything, that won't happen this >time. We'll stick to the fight for real action. > >Because it's what the science demands, and because it's what the people >want. > >? > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org According to pg. 3 of the New York Times for 4/8/07, a durian is a smelly fruit. We import 1000 metric tons of durians, all from Thailand. The USDA estimates the value of those imported fruit at $1.7 million. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Fri Apr 13 08:42:55 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 13 Apr 2007 15:42:55 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... Message-ID: <20070413154255.15911.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Third Thursday works for me. One reason we left the Indian place was the cost. Dinner, a beer, and a tip would come close to twenty bucks. Another reason is they don't heat the place in the winter. I caught a cold there once. Third reason was the limited menu. Some people don't like Indian cuisine, or it doesn't agree with them. Even if you like it, it gets monotonous. I think we should approach progressive churches again. A lot of them have been given bad advice that their tax status is at risk if they do *anything* for a political party. I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is they're not allowed to spend more than 10% of their resources electioneering, promoting specific candidates or legislation, etc. Renting out a room once a month at cost doesn't come close, even allowing that the rules are enforced more strictly against progressives than against the adminitration's friends. We'd need to get some real legal advice first. Last year's WILPF Holiday Peace Fair was at United Methodist in Campbell. The back room where the child care was would be perfect. Good acoustics, good lighting, there's a kitchen across the hall, and a variety of carry-out nearby. No Internet access, but you can't have everything. Cameron From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 13 09:59:03 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:59:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up/Mitchell Park Palo Alto event/are we tabling at this event? References: Message-ID: <461FB6D7.4080108@earthlink.net> I will be there. I can table. But I have no materials. Who will bring materials to and from the event? Gerry MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > The Step It Up event this Saturday (4/14) at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto > is the event we said we would table. Are we still going to table at > it? The 4/5 business meeting agenda has the date for this event as > 4/18. The correct date is Saturday 4/14. > > Tian are you planning to table or just attend? Who else is going to > table. I can only > be there from 1pm - 2pm. I thought I could be there til 3pm but I have > to be back at San Jose for an important meeting. > > Merriam > > Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up > Date: 4/11/2007 10:36:04 AM Pacific Standard Time > From: tnharter at ispwest.com > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > This Saturday in Palo Alto there is a Step It Up event > in Mitchell Park, 1 PM to 3 PM. I plan to be there. > > Wes Rolley wrote: > > >The following was copied from Carl Pope's blog, where today, Bill > >McKibbon was the "guest blogger." > >It sounds like good news, especially if they meet their grassroots > >goal. Funny, a grassroots effort run by the Green Group right from the > >beltway. But hey, if it work.... > >__ > > > >It's looking increasingly likely that Congress will finally do something > >about global warming. The question is, how much and how fast? > > > >The science, by now, is uncomfortably clear. Only really dramatic > >action, beginning now and lasting long into the future, has any hope of > >making enough difference. If we'd started taking action as soon as we > >found out about climate change twenty years ago, we'd be halfway there > >by now and able to take gradual and measured action. But instead we've > >had a twenty-year bipartisan effort to do nothing, and hence our backs > >are against the wall. NASA scientist James Hansen has told us we need to > >reverse the flow of carbon into the atmosphere in the next decade, a > >tall order here and a much taller one abroad. But our only hope of > >persuading China and India to think in new directions is if we start > >taking credible action ourselves. > > > >When we started Stepitup07.org in January, > >some people said our goal of 80 percent cuts by 2050 was too stiff, that > >it would scare people off. Instead, it seems to have drawn them in -- > >the total number of rallies is now nearing 1,350 -- by far the largest > >day of grassroots environmental action since Earth Day 1970. And what > >seemed radical eleven weeks ago seems more and more mainstream all the > >time -- last week, for instance, John Edwards became the first of the > >Democratic presidential candidates to release a comprehensive energy > >plan, and it called for: 80 percent cuts in carbon emissions by 2050. We > >sent up a cheer at our small HQ when we heard the news, and we're > >confident others will follow. > > > >We're equally glad that the environmental community -- the big > >organizations that join together in the Beltway's Green Group to work on > >policy initiatives -- seem to be holding firm for the same size targets. > >Sometimes in the past, one or two have peeled away and reached separate > >deals with special interests to water down environmental demands. But, > >if all those rallies on April 14 mean anything, that won't happen this > >time. We'll stick to the fight for real action. > > > >Because it's what the science demands, and because it's what the people > >want. > > > > > > > > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > According to pg. 3 of the New York Times for 4/8/07, a durian is a > smelly fruit. We import 1000 metric tons of durians, all from Thailand. > The USDA estimates the value of those imported fruit at $1.7 million. > > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From andid at cagreens.org Fri Apr 13 10:48:11 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:48:11 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 2nd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <46149FB9.9020601@freeshell.org> References: <46149FB9.9020601@freeshell.org> Message-ID: Second Thursdays are fine with me. I hope to be back attending regularly when my health problems are resolved. Andrea On Apr 5, 2007, at 12:05 AM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it > is the third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth > Thursday. Never on the 2nd Thursday. > > Fred > > In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > jamboi at yahoo.com > writes: > > I'd > like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to > move it > this Thursday. > > > > 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > Neighborhood > Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 From andid at cagreens.org Fri Apr 13 10:48:53 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:48:53 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <44E5BFDF-51DC-4219-BDB1-D60B8CAF21CF@cagreens.org> They also have wifi access! Andrea On Apr 13, 2007, at 12:02 AM, JamBoi wrote: > So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? > Nominations for other times? > > As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays > are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we > may be > able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with > the > Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact its > painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to > other possibilities). > > I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the > General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the South > Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different > folks. > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant in > Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > Organize, Energize, Coalize! > > Drew > > --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > >> Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it is >> the >> third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. >> Never >> on the 2nd Thursday. >> >> Fred >> >> In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >> jamboi at yahoo.com >> writes: >> >> I'd >> like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move >> it >> this Thursday. >> >> >> >> 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown >> Neighborhood >> Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous > Romans asked. > approx 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Apr 13 10:52:50 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:52:50 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up/Mitchell Park PaloAlto event/are we tabling at this event? In-Reply-To: 461FB6D7.4080108@earthlink.net References: 461FB6D7.4080108@earthlink.net Message-ID: <461FC372.5050208@ispwest.com> I don't have a table or a chair. I can table if we need someone to do it but I'd much rather wander around taking pictures. Tian Gerry Gras wrote: >I will be there. I can table. But I have no materials. >Who will bring materials to and from the event? > >Gerry > > >MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > > > >>Hi All, >> >>The Step It Up event this Saturday (4/14) at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto >>is the event we said we would table. Are we still going to table at >>it? The 4/5 business meeting agenda has the date for this event as >>4/18. The correct date is Saturday 4/14. >> >>Tian are you planning to table or just attend? Who else is going to >>table. I can only >>be there from 1pm - 2pm. I thought I could be there til 3pm but I have >>to be back at San Jose for an important meeting. >> >>Merriam >> >>Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] [G-C-F] Step it up >>Date: 4/11/2007 10:36:04 AM Pacific Standard Time >>From: tnharter at ispwest.com >>To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>Sent from the Internet (Details) >> >> >> >>This Saturday in Palo Alto there is a Step It Up event >>in Mitchell Park, 1 PM to 3 PM. I plan to be there. >> >>Wes Rolley wrote: >> >> >The following was copied from Carl Pope's blog, where today, Bill >> >McKibbon was the "guest blogger." >> >It sounds like good news, especially if they meet their grassroots >> >goal. Funny, a grassroots effort run by the Green Group right from the >> >beltway. But hey, if it work.... >> >__ >> > >> >It's looking increasingly likely that Congress will finally do something >> >about global warming. The question is, how much and how fast? >> > >> >The science, by now, is uncomfortably clear. Only really dramatic >> >action, beginning now and lasting long into the future, has any hope of >> >making enough difference. If we'd started taking action as soon as we >> >found out about climate change twenty years ago, we'd be halfway there >> >by now and able to take gradual and measured action. But instead we've >> >had a twenty-year bipartisan effort to do nothing, and hence our backs >> >are against the wall. NASA scientist James Hansen has told us we need to >> >reverse the flow of carbon into the atmosphere in the next decade, a >> >tall order here and a much taller one abroad. But our only hope of >> >persuading China and India to think in new directions is if we start >> >taking credible action ourselves. >> > >> >When we started Stepitup07.org in January, >> >some people said our goal of 80 percent cuts by 2050 was too stiff, that >> >it would scare people off. Instead, it seems to have drawn them in -- >> >the total number of rallies is now nearing 1,350 -- by far the largest >> >day of grassroots environmental action since Earth Day 1970. And what >> >seemed radical eleven weeks ago seems more and more mainstream all the >> >time -- last week, for instance, John Edwards became the first of the >> >Democratic presidential candidates to release a comprehensive energy >> >plan, and it called for: 80 percent cuts in carbon emissions by 2050. We >> >sent up a cheer at our small HQ when we heard the news, and we're >> >confident others will follow. >> > >> >We're equally glad that the environmental community -- the big >> >organizations that join together in the Beltway's Green Group to work on >> >policy initiatives -- seem to be holding firm for the same size targets. >> >Sometimes in the past, one or two have peeled away and reached separate >> >deals with special interests to water down environmental demands. But, >> >if all those rallies on April 14 mean anything, that won't happen this >> >time. We'll stick to the fight for real action. >> > >> >Because it's what the science demands, and because it's what the people >> >want. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >>-- >>Tian >>http://tian.greens.org >>According to pg. 3 of the New York Times for 4/8/07, a durian is a >>smelly fruit. We import 1000 metric tons of durians, all from Thailand. >>The USDA estimates the value of those imported fruit at $1.7 million. >> >> >> >> >> >>************************************** >>See what's free at http://www.aol.com. >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added 411 on 911. I got a book of "forever" stamps today. From andid at cagreens.org Fri Apr 13 10:52:40 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:52:40 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 411 on 911 - 9/11 Truth and Impeachment Rally and March In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Carol, KPFA had an interesting discussion on 9-11 commission and the latest (third, I think) version of the "truth" from the feds. On Guns and Butter program, I think. Pretty interesting stuff. Andrea On Apr 10, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Carol Brouillet wrote: > 411 on 911 Rally and March in Palo Alto- Please come and spread the > word!!!! > > Here's a posting of our press advisory with the image on the 1000 > postcards we printed to promote the event. > http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388290.php > > Images of the posters we made can be seen at the event website- > http://www.communitycurrency.org/impeach.html > > The Rally begins at 1 pm at Lytton Plaza, University x Emerson, > Downtown Palo Alto > The March begins at 3 pm > > The rally and march are being sponsored by the Northern California > 9/11 Truth Alliance with support from some dedicated activists. We > will have some great speakers including-Janette MacKinlay a > survivor of the 9/11 attacks; David Kubiak International Campaign > Advisor of 911Truth.org; Gabriel Day organizer of the ?9/11- > Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming the Future? conference; Ken Jenkins > of the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance; and Riva Enteen of > the National Lawyers Guild. Music will be provided by ?Annie and > the Vets.? > > We will also be filming the event for community access and internet > broadcasting. We will have our giant 12' x 8' x 2' replica of the > 9/11 Report (with enormous holes in it- a feature of our SF Tea > Party for 9/11 Truth http://www.communitycurrency.org/ > sfteaparty.html), with a sound system for the great new impeachment > and 9/11 Truth songs for the march. > > We will have lots of signs, banners, handouts and encourage people > to bring their own, as well. > > Our demand for an investigation into 9/11 began in 2001, taking > stronger form in January of 2002 with marches on Senator Feinstein > and Congresswoman Eshoo?s offices. From the weekly ?Listening > Project? (every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. which will > again proceed the 411 on 911 rally), the 9/11 Truth movement has > grown into an international effort. > > In January of 2003 the demands of the 9/11 Truth movement to ?stop > the 9/11 cover-up, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and demand pre-emptive > impeachment of Bush,? prior to the war, were dismissed by Eshoo and > the Congress, who continue to fund the war and have failed to > respond to growing public demands for the impeachment of Bush, > Cheney, and Gonzales. This failure can be seen in Eshoo?s response > to Carol Brouillet after the recent March 14th Impeachment rally in > Palo Alto: > > ?I've lived through an impeachment process and witnessed firsthand > how it tears the country apart. The election in November was a > resounding rejection of the President's policies and the policies > of his party. I think it's time to bring the country together and > move forward. In my view, impeachment will heavily distract from > the important work of reversing the disastrous course this > Administration has set and will virtually bring to a halt progress > on important issues including healthcare and global warming.? > > Activists have been outraged to see Congress expand funding for the > war and work with those widely considered to be "war criminals." We > are calling for a truly independent investigation of 9/11, a > nationwide shopping boycott from Tax Day to Earth Day ( http:// > www.wearenotbuyingit.org), and for people to "Show it > Off" (sporting their Impeachment garb and message) ( http:// > showitoffnow.blogspot.com/) prior to the national day of > ?impeachment actions? on April 28th (http://www.a28.org). > > Please, add your voice to ours, join us if you can, or hold an > action in solidarity, wherever you are. There will also be an event > this Sunday kicking of the National Shopping Boycott in Berkeley- > ( http://sfbaycantwait.org/Home.html) King Middle School, 1781 Rose > St, Berkeley, 2-4:30 pm entitled- VOICES FOR IMPEACHMENT- A > ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION with > Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips; Editors of the book, Impeach the > President > Debra Sweet; National Director, The World Can?t Wait ? Drive Out > the Bush Regime! > Elizabeth de la Vega; Author, United States v. George W. Bush et al > Sophie deVries; National Impeachment Coordinator, Democrats.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 13 10:56:34 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:56:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070413175634.81473.qmail@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Andi, but how about the Third Thursday? (Warner had his neighborhood meeting on the 2nd Thursday). Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > Second Thursdays are fine with me. I hope to be back attending > regularly when my health problems are resolved. > Andrea > > On Apr 5, 2007, at 12:05 AM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > > > Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it > > is the third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth > > Thursday. Never on the 2nd Thursday. > > > > Fred > > > > In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > jamboi at yahoo.com > > writes: > > > > I'd > > like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to > > move it > > this Thursday. > > > > > > > > 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > > Neighborhood > > Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > > www.aol.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Apr 13 11:04:39 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:04:39 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 411 on 911 - 9/11 Truth and Impeachment Rallyand March In-Reply-To: D9D2B07A-79F4-4362-85E0-2FB05422BEC9@cagreens.org References: D9D2B07A-79F4-4362-85E0-2FB05422BEC9@cagreens.org Message-ID: <461FC637.80604@ispwest.com> There was a nice picture of the march on page 2 of yesterday's PADN. I took a picture of it, which you can see by clicking the bill of rights at: http://tian.greens.org/PaloAlto/411on911/index.html BTW: The page at that URL has my pictures of the event on it. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added 411 on 911. I got a book of "forever" stamps today. From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 13 11:16:07 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:16:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <20070413154255.15911.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Message-ID: <20070413181607.15521.qmail@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I interpret the results so far for the Third Thursday to be the best. Fred had MVPP *sometimes* conflicting and Gerry has the (not required, but Gerry desires to attend sometimes) Sunnyvale Bicycle & Ped. Commission conflicting. If Gerry or others want to go into a more complex process of including a larger array of dates I'll leave that to them to propose, but so far IMO it looks very good for the 3rd Thursday. Thank you Cameron for providing the background info on moving from the Indian restaraunt. I think holding it there occaisionally would still be a good idea. I think the idea of holding meetings at progressive churches is excellent. One thing hopefully someone here can inform us about though that came up when I talked to the very same aforementioned First United Methodist Church of Campbell is the need for event liability insurance. They don't provide it and expected us to provide it. Does the state party cover us on this or do we need to make some sort of arrangements of our own? Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- cls at truffula.sj.ca.us wrote: > > Third Thursday works for me. > > One reason we left the Indian place was the cost. > Dinner, a beer, and a tip would come close to twenty bucks. > Another reason is they don't heat the place in the winter. > I caught a cold there once. > Third reason was the limited menu. Some people don't like > Indian cuisine, or it doesn't agree with them. Even if > you like it, it gets monotonous. > > I think we should approach progressive churches again. > A lot of them have been given bad advice that > their tax status is at risk if they do *anything* > for a political party. I'm not a lawyer, but my > understanding is they're not allowed to spend more > than 10% of their resources electioneering, promoting > specific candidates or legislation, etc. Renting > out a room once a month at cost doesn't come close, > even allowing that the rules are enforced more > strictly against progressives than against > the adminitration's friends. We'd need to get some > real legal advice first. > > Last year's WILPF > Holiday Peace Fair was at United Methodist in Campbell. > The back room where the child care was would be > perfect. Good acoustics, good lighting, there's > a kitchen across the hall, and a variety of > carry-out nearby. No Internet access, but you > can't have everything. > > Cameron ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Fri Apr 13 13:32:14 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 13 Apr 2007 20:32:14 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] tabling material inventory Message-ID: <20070413203214.20427.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> I had an action from last week to count the tabling stuff. we have: 1 easy-up canopy, ten feet square 1 rickety brown table 1 green tablecloth 1 large suitcase full of stuff In the suitcase: 9 bicycle design white tee shirts 4 platform summaries 3 2002 platforms 70 Green Party buttons, various designs 4 Marijuana is medicine buttons 20 other peace/anti bush buttons that don't say green party a few recent Green Focus 9 current Green Pages 7 bumper stickers (not counting Vote Camejo) stack of color donkey-elephant flyers, about an inch thick stack of green party "contacts" flyers, same stack of partido verde trifolds, maybe quarter inch stack of voter reg forms, about 1.5 inches Large Green Party of Santa Clara County banner Smaller GREEN PARTY banner (PARTIDO VERDE banner is missing) stack of gp.org The Real Difference cards stack of cagreens.org bookmarks each about 3/4 inch 2 Knoppix 5.1.1 CDs with flyers 2 donation jars with change Miscellaneous scissors, rocks, clips, tape, green crepe streamer two clipboards If we want to sell buttons the thing to make is more Marijuana is medicine. It would be really great if that design could be modified to say green party somehow So if you want the leaf you get green party as well. Cameron From andid at cagreens.org Fri Apr 13 14:37:33 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:37:33 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] =?windows-1252?q?Fwd=3A_Video_of_Testing_of_AT?= =?windows-1252?q?=26T_U-Verse_System_for_PEG=97URGENT!!!?= References: Message-ID: <2ED37CC4-3602-4EA2-8E71-56B7F6A71198@cagreens.org> From Communications Officer of City of Cupertino FYI all Greens FYI all interested parties in the last remnant of visual free speech left PLEASE ACCESS URL TO SEE AT&T's PLAN TO KILL PUBLIC ACCESS!!! PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO ALL PROGRESSIVE GROUPS!!! Begin forwarded message: > From: "Rick Kitson" > Date: April 13, 2007 12:33:27 PM PDT > To: "TICC" , , > > Cc: "Brian Szabo (E-mail)" , "City Channel" > , "Andrea Dorey (E-mail)" > > Subject: FW: Video of Meeting on Testing of AT&T U-Verse System for > PEG > > FYI, > > Information on the AT&T PEG service delivery model. > > > > > > > http://411productions.blogspot.com/2007/04/meeting-on-testing-of-at- > u-verse-system.html > > A Videoblog for 411 Productions, a non-profit organization > dedicated to educating youth and the public on media issues and how > to create their own media content. 411 Productions produces The 411 > Show and assists in the production of additional shows on Public > Access Television in San Antonio Texas and produces independent > videos for various uses. They also teach how to create video for > various media. To view sample shows, check www.411show.blogspot.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Apr 13 16:44:41 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:44:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to3rd Thursda... References: 459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com Message-ID: <462015E9.6080402@ispwest.com> JamBoi wrote: >So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? >Nominations for other times? > >As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays >are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we may be >able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with the >Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact its >painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to >other possibilities). > >I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the >General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the South >Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different folks. > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant in >Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > Over and over I've learned that keeping meetings in one place is the winning formula. I reccomend finding a good spot and keeping it. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added 411 on 911. I got a book of "forever" stamps yesterday. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 13 22:50:25 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:50:25 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Government Files Released to ACLU Reveal Human Cost of War] Message-ID: <46206BA1.9000607@earthlink.net> Interesting info about war casualties and government errors. Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Government Files Released to ACLU Reveal Human Cost of War Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:27:51 -0500 (CDT) From: ACLU Online Reply-To: ACLU Online Organization: ACLU To: gerrygras at earthlink.net ACLU Online The e-newsletter of the American Civil Liberties Union Friday, April 13, 2007 ********************************* IN THIS ISSUE: -- Government Files on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq Released -- The Real Face of Real ID -- As Un-American Military Commissions Resume, ACLU Monitors at Guant?namo Bay -- After Stunning Internal Report, Congress Moves to Act on FBI Patriot Abuses -- FCC Proposal Attacks Free Speech -- STAND UP! IN THE STATES: * Florida Clemency Reform Not All It's Cracked Up to Be * Over City's Protests, Judge Allows NYCLU to Release Documents on Spying During RNC ********************************* GOVERNMENT FILES ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ RELEASED Since U.S. troops first set foot in Afghanistan in 2001, the Defense Department has gone to unprecedented lengths to control and suppress information about the human costs of war. But documents made public by the ACLU this week provide a vivid window into the lives of innocent Afghans and Iraqis caught in conflict zones. Hundreds of claims for damages by family members of civilians killed by Coalition Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan were recovered through a Freedom of Information Act request filed in June 2006. The claims and related materials highlight the cost of government efforts to suppress information, through policies including: * Banning photographers on U.S. military bases from covering the arrival of caskets containing the remains of U.S. soldiers killed overseas; * Paying Iraqi journalists to write positive accounts of the U.S. war effort; * Inviting U.S. journalists to "embed" with military units but requiring them to submit their stories to the military for pre-publication review; * Erasing journalists' footage of civilian deaths in Afghanistan, and * Refusing to disclose statistics on civilian casualties. In Afghanistan in March 2002, then-head of U.S. Central Command General Tommy Franks said "You know we don't do body counts." Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said in November 2003, "We don't do body counts on other people." The ACLU released a total of 496 files: 479 from Iraq and 17 from Afghanistan. Of those claims, 198 were denied based on an exemption for combat situations. The documents released by the ACLU are available online in a searchable database at: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=maymBGvwkt0BpEefprE1gA.. . In one file, a civilian from the Salad Ad Din province in eastern Iraq states that U.S. forces opened fire with over one hundred rounds on his sleeping family, killing his mother, father and brother. "Although these files are deeply disturbing to read, they allow us to understand the human cost of war in a way that the usual statistics and platitudes do not" said Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Director of the ACLU's National Security Program. In a separate effort, the ACLU filed a FOIA request in October 2003 for records concerning the abuse of prisoners held by U.S. forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guant?namo Bay. That request has resulted in the release of more than 100,000 pages, all of which are available online at: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=PrbxOaCS-1ujg1kf4yeNaw.. . ********************************* THE REAL FACE OF REAL ID If your local DMV already feels like a bureaucratic nightmare, hang on, because it may be getting worse. If the government's new Real ID rules come to your state, you can count on longer lines, worse services, bureaucratic snarls and higher fees. And a national ID card that will invade our privacy. Get a firsthand look at all this in a special Freedom Files video short. The piece features Bill Cattorini, a retired Chicago fireman who has been caught in a bureaucratic limbo due to a discrepancy between his birth date as listed on his driver's license and the date on his social security card. That was never an issue until Illinois began trying to comply with some parts of Real ID. Now Cattorini can't drive. A battle over Real ID is now raging in state legislatures across the nation, with a growing number of states rebelling against this expensive (and unfunded) scheme. Already Maine and Idaho have declared that they won't comply, and many other states are quickly moving toward similar actions. >> VIDEO: A new Freedom Files video short explains the problems with the Real ID Act through the problems experienced by one Chicago man. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=YPAe9KL16FMeU1XsC1ZH4w.. >>MAP: A map showing the status of anti-Real ID legislation in each state is online at: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=ajd6dZkCFgEuCK0TSxdipA.. >>TAKE ACTION Find out what action you can take in your state at: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=uRe0ThZbS7pCoUO1GlJHAg.. ********************************* AS UN-AMERICAN MILITARY COMMISSIONS RESUME, ACLU MONITORS AT GUANTANAMO BAY As the Guant?namo Bay military commission proceedings commenced under new, flawed rules, the ACLU reiterated the call to close Gitmo and return to a legal system in line with the Constitution and the right to due process. The ACLU is one of four organizations that have been granted status as human rights observers at the military commission proceedings. After two Supreme Court decisions rejected the Bush administration's detention policies at the facility, the legal status of the detainees there remains unresolved. Already, several measures have been introduced in Congress to fix the Military Commissions Act. The ACLU is urging Congress to enact both measures. The "Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007" (H.R.1416/S.185) would restore habeas corpus for those detained by the American government. The "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007" (H.R. 1415/S.576) would also reinstate habeas rights and clarify the definition of "enemy combatants." Additionally, it would block the federal government from making up its own rules on torture and abuse. Ask your Members of Congress to support these bills: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=kHqh6IuFKJv8XxnUTxedzQ.. The ACLU has also continued to hold government leadership accountable by litigating a Freedom of Information Act request for documents concerning the treatment of prisoners held in U.S. custody. So far, more than 100,000 pages of government documents detailing the torture and abuse of detainees have been released. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=PqMrYOnLRL91uFO2FYz6eg.. >>BLOG Staff Attorney Ben Wizner was in Guant?namo Bay witnessing the first proceedings of the new flawed military commissions. The ACLU continues to call for the closure of the facility and the restoration of due process: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=2QgkY0urpBFa_4elu-UkfQ.. ********************************* AFTER STUNNING INTERNAL REPORT, CONGRESS MOVES TO ACT ON FBI PATRIOT ABUSES Since the Justice Department revealed serious FBI abuses of the Patriot Act's "National Security Letter" (NSL) provisions, momentum has been building in Congress for real oversight and a full overhaul of the NSL rules. Congresswoman Jane Harman of California, Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, has introduced legislation to rein in the National Security Letter authority expanded by the Patriot Act. Her move follows a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing where members grilled government witnesses on the recent revelations that the FBI abused the NSL authority. Many members of the Intelligence hearing, Democratic and Republican alike, believe the law regarding NSLs should be changed. The Patriot Act includes dangerous expansions to the government's "National Security Letter" authority, which allows the FBI to demand records without prior court approval. Anyone who receives an NSL is forbidden, or "gagged," from telling anyone about the record demand. Since the Patriot Act was authorized in 2001, there has been an astronomical increase in NSL demands. While reports previously indicated a hundred-fold increase to 30,000 NSLs issued annually, an extraordinary March 2007 report from the Justice Department's own Inspector General puts the actual number at over 143,000 NSLs issued between 2003 and 2005. The same investigation also found serious FBI abuses of regulations and numerous potential violations of the law. Harman's legislation would require a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge or designated United States Magistrate Judge to approve the issuance of an NSL. It would also require the attorney general to submit semiannual reports on NSLs to Congress. "The IG's findings are clear evidence that the FBI's leadership turned a blind eye to a pattern of willful indifference to the law and Congress needs to put proper checks and balances into the vast NSL power, said Timothy D. Sparapani, an ACLU Legislative Counsel. "The Constitution and our laws are not merely advisory, but this administration has treated them as such." >>Read more about NSLs and take action http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=hWWU74e0gWWieMUatvBKAQ.. ********************************* FCC PROPOSAL ATTACKS FREE SPEECH According to press reports, the FCC will soon recommend that television violence be regulated the same way indecency is regulated, meaning no violent content could air between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on broadcast channels. There is even some discussion of expanding the prohibitions to cable and satellite channels. If Congress acts upon the FCC recommendations, it would be a full frontal attack on the First Amendment. The FCC's effort to lay the groundwork for regulation of television violence could violate every American's right to free speech. These recommendations are a naked political ploy. How would violence be counted--in drops of blood? Would the producers of a show like 24 be forced to change the show's subject matter? Would Saving Private Ryan be relegated to the wee hours of the morning because of its depiction of the brutality of war? The ACLU thinks that government should allow parents to make decisions about what is best for their families to watch. Parents already have the tools to help them monitor and control what their children watch on television. Parents can block channels or programs, use the V-chip, record and review appropriate programs, or just turn off the television. Additionally, there are several web sites that rate television programming to help parents evaluate appropriate programs for their children. Oppose the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to regulate violence on television. Take action now: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=JiKRmY9yDGvqOa9aQa3eyw.. ********************************* THE THIRD ANNUAL STAND UP FOR FREEDOM CONTEST If you're between the ages of 17 and 29, we want you to produce a video PSA or a podcast about how the government is abusing its power. Make it funny, slam it, turn it into a documentary--this is your chance to make some noise about the news that bugs you. StandUp. Get creative. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=N2xPOniyViiP6DprDyL2zQ.. StandUp Comics: A Legal Guide to the War on Terror In the latest installment of StandUp comics, Matt Bors illustrates the new rules on policing terror and Geneva-free destinations. Read it. E-mail it to friends. Print it out. Post it everywhere. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=e9_74TJKmCzCkfD2A_4kBg.. ********************************* IN THE STATES: * Florida Clemency Reform Not All It's Cracked Up to Be New rules passed last week by Florida's Board of Executive Clemency and Governor Charlie Crist fall far short of fixing Florida's civil and voting rights crisis. The rules are crucially ambiguous especially as to whether individuals released years and decades ago still face the burden of collecting their records and applying for the restoration of civil and voting rights. The ACLU called for a paperless and immediate automatic restoration process for all ex-offenders who have completed the non-monetary terms of their sentence. "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Florida - more than any other state - who have had their fundamental civil or voting rights taken away by the state based on a Civil War Reconstruction-era scheme to deprive as many people as possible of their right to vote," said Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida. The vast majority of ex-offenders are the nearly one million citizens who have already been released, completed their sentences and are working to support their families in Florida. These disenfranchised citizens receive fewer reprieves under the new rules. An executive order issued by the governor with the support of at least two cabinet members could immediately and automatically restore rights to these citizens. Many people are unable to work because there are dozens of state-issued occupational licenses, such as nursing, that cannot be obtained until a person's rights have been restored. Reaching this large population and educating them on the new rules will be a daunting task. A system that would proactively benefit the majority of the disenfranchised should be automatic, immediate and paperless, said the ACLU, not require a tedious, bureaucratic paperwork process and waiting period to receive a certificate of restoration. * Over City's Protests, Judge Allows NYCLU to Release Documents on Spying During RNC The NYCLU recently made public reams of documents and dozens of hours of video about the New York Police Department's policing of the 2004 Republican National Convention. The release follows a February federal judge's ruling that New York City could not stop the NYCLU from sharing the documents with the public. "The public has a right to see these documents," said NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman. "The court recognized that democracy dies behind closed doors, and we carry out that court's mandate to keep it alive." The judge's ruling came in connection with the NYCLU's two post-RNC lawsuits challenging mass arrests and detentions during the 2004 Republican National Convention. The documents and videos were obtained by the NYCLU in pre-trial discovery. New York City said the documents in question were secret and could not be shared; the NYCLU countered that there was nothing sensitive about the documents and that they should be part of the public record. The judge, James C. Francis IV, ruled on the side of the NYCLU. The city did not appeal. The documents illuminate how the 2004 Republican National Convention was policed. Highlights include: The Pier 57 NYPD Officer Medical Reports, filed with the NYPD's own medical division by 40 of the NYPD's own officers. NYPD complainants report that they were exposed to various harmful substances while assigned to Pier 57 during the convention. The reports indicate that protesters' concerns about conditions of detention at Pier 57 were shared by the officers assigned to the area. The RNC No-Summons Memo of May 4, 2004, which announces that NYPD officers would not give summonses to protesters during the convention, instead arresting and fingerprinting them. This policy caused lengthy detentions of demonstrators; without it, 1,500 of the 1,800 arrestees would have been eligible for summons and quick release. The RNC Arrest-to-Arraignment Charts, which show that RNC arrestees were arraigned much more slowly than non-RNC arrestees during the week of the convention. The documents are available on the NYCLU's website at: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=z0zwSCRZ60kj8FNO1ynwVA.. ********************************* Vote for the ACLU on the Working Assets Donations Ballot! The more votes you give us, the more money we get. It's that simple. 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At the ACLU Web site, the ACLU gathers anonymous summary statistics on the responses to our email newsletters in order to better serve list subscribes and ACLU members. To review our Privacy Statement, click here. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=vxlTAn1feNzeDmdkOO7Jag.. Click here to view this message as HTML in your browser. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=oCjsI2iyp1vc3V6U78oFEg.. Click here to forward this message. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=HpKiGu7WJLzRflGztHVwlQ.. Click here to change your email preferences. http://action.aclu.org/site/CO?i=LsIdtPW7BRefCv7JC6yYhAuTvL6GRCAd&cid=0 Privacy Statement http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=TpsaNtLRZIm4PIdM-8U0sA.. From palmheaven at gmail.com Sat Apr 14 10:18:46 2007 From: palmheaven at gmail.com (Palm Haven Handyman) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:18:46 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <46149FB9.9020601@freeshell.org> <459556.28749.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Third Thursday works for me. I like having the meetings at the Collins House. I like it that the Peace Center and the Green party help each other. The location is good for me, personally. (Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 also meets there, third Wednesday) I am up for occasionally having meetings at other venues in the county. P.S. you guys rock. Roy Nordblom III, lurker Greenbuilding Consultant On 4/13/07, JamBoi wrote: > > So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? > Nominations for other times? > > As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays > are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we may be > able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with the > Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact its > painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to > other possibilities). > > I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the > General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the South > Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different folks. > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant in > Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > Organize, Energize, Coalize! > > Drew > > --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > > > Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it is > > the > > third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. > > Never > > on the 2nd Thursday. > > > > Fred > > > > In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > jamboi at yahoo.com > > writes: > > > > I'd > > like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to move > > it > > this Thursday. > > > > > > > > 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > > Neighborhood > > Association. Schedule conflict for me. Warner > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans > asked. > approx 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > -- Greenbuilder CA General Contractor B #756438 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From MKmusic03 at aol.com Sat Apr 14 10:58:14 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:58:14 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... Message-ID: Hi All, Third Thursday woorks for me. I also like having the meeting at the Peace Center. I like the Peace Center as our "home" meeting place and then once in a while meet in other locals in the county to accommodate others and be inclusive. Thanks Drew for getting this going. Merriam Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda...? Date: 4/14/2007 10:19:27 AM Pacific Standard Time From: palmheaven at gmail.com To: JamBoi at greens.org CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org, fredd at freeshell.org Sent from the Internet (Details) Third Thursday works for me. I like having the meetings at the Collins House.? I like it that the Peace Center and the Green party help each other.? The location is good for me, personally. (Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 also meets there, third Wednesday) I am up for occasionally having meetings at other venues in the county. P.S. you guys rock. Roy Nordblom III, lurker Greenbuilding Consultant On 4/13/07, JamBoi wrote: > So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning.??Any other input? > Nominations for other times? > > As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays > are open.??Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we may be > able to negotiate something with them).??Also we are not stuck with the > Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact its > painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to > other possibilities). > > I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the > General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the South > Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different folks. > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant in > Sunnyvale.??So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > Organize, Energize, Coalize! > > Drew > > --- Fred Duperrault < fredd at freeshell.org> wrote: > > > Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) meets on Thursday. Often it is > > the > > third Thursday. Sometimes it is on the first or fourth Thursday. > > Never > > on the 2nd Thursday. > > > > Fred > > > > In a message dated 4/3/07 6:23:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > > jamboi at yahoo.com > > writes: > > > > I'd > > like to receive comments here in on-line and take the action to??move > > it > > this Thursday. > > > > > > > > 2nd Thursdays are the regular meeting time for the Japantown > > Neighborhood > > Association.??Schedule conflict for me.?? Warner > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans > asked. > approx 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam???Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > -- Greenbuilder CA General Contractor B #756438 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From MKmusic03 at aol.com Sat Apr 14 11:53:25 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:53:25 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Mid-County Local/first gathering is a movie night/please join Mon. 4/16 7:00pm Message-ID: Hi All, Calling all who live in the mid-county area (San jose, Campbell, Los Gatos). We are starting a local from this area. Our first get together is a social event/movie night this Moday, 4/16 at 7:00pm. We will be showing the film, "American Blackout". We are showing it at a private home located near Campbell Ave and San Tomas Aquino Rd. Please RSVP and I will give you the address and directions. Merriam mkmusic03 at aol.com 408-482-6032 American Blackout: Your Outrage Is Waiting http://imdb.com/title/tt0492443/ Plot Outline: American Blackout: "A look at the career of U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney from Georgia and the historical suppression of black voters in the United States" Plot summary: http://imdb.com/title/tt0492443/plotsummary "Chronicles the recurring patterns of disenfranchisement witnessed from 2000 to 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who not only took an active role in investigating these election debacles but also found herself in the middle of one after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Some call Cynthia McKinney a civil rights leader among the ranks of Shirley Chisholm and Malcolm X. Others call her a conspiracy theorist and a 'looney.' American Blackout gains unprecedented access to one of the most controversial and dangerous politicians in America and examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence political dissent. The film features interviews with: US Congressional Representatives, John Lewis, Cynthia McKinney, John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones; former US Civil Rights Commissioner & Dean of UC Berkeley's School of Law, Christopher Edley; BBC journalist Greg Palast; and, Van Jones, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center. Written by Ian Inaba" ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 14 12:13:32 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:13:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Mon. 4/16 7:30PM Campbell "American Blackout" DVD House Party (was Re: MidValley Local/first gathering is a movie night/please join Mon. 4/16 7:00pm In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <638162.25696.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Note also that everyone is invited (not just those from the Mid-Valley Local area). Just RSVP to Merriam for directions. Note also that this event (from the natal Events Committee) in addition to beginning our MidValley Local is also a beginning to our efforts to form Feminist Issues Group/Woman's Caucus and People of Color Caucus chapter. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Calling all who live in the mid-county area (San jose, Campbell, Los > Gatos). > We are starting a local from this area. Our first get together is a > social event/movie night this Moday, 4/16 at 7:00pm. We will be showing the > film, "American Blackout". > > We are showing it at a private home located near Campbell Ave and San > Tomas Aquino Rd. Please RSVP and I will give you the address and directions. > > Merriam > mkmusic03 at aol.com > 408-482-6032 > > American Blackout: Your Outrage Is Waiting > http://imdb.com/title/tt0492443/ > > Plot Outline: > American Blackout: "A look at the career of U.S. Representative > Cynthia > McKinney from Georgia and the historical suppression of black voters > in > the United States" > > Plot summary: http://imdb.com/title/tt0492443/plotsummary > "Chronicles the recurring patterns of disenfranchisement witnessed > from 2000 to 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman > Cynthia McKinney, who not only took an active role in investigating these > election debacles but also found herself in the middle of one after > publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9-11 terrorist > attacks. Some call Cynthia McKinney a civil rights leader among the > ranks of Shirley Chisholm and Malcolm X. Others call her a conspiracy > theorist and a 'looney.' American Blackout gains unprecedented access > to one of the most controversial and dangerous politicians in America > and examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic > process and silence political dissent. The film features interviews > with: US Congressional Representatives, John Lewis, Cynthia McKinney, > John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones; former US > Civil Rights Commissioner & Dean of UC Berkeley's School of Law, > Christopher Edley; BBC journalist Greg Palast; and, Van Jones, > Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center. Written by Ian Inaba" ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 14 12:35:00 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Heavy General Meeting attendance not a County Council emphasis. (was re: Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda...) In-Reply-To: <462015E9.6080402@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <711957.28342.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Tian, I think that would assume that our 'winning formula' involves having a goal of getting a lot of people coming to the General Meeting. Quite frankly the County Council doesn't necessarily have that as a major goal. The CC has consistently said among ourselves that we're not wanting to emphasize the General Meeting as if it were representative of being a GPSCC member (ie. its not!) and instead want to emphasize fun, functional and informative events, like our our candidates forum, the holiday party, our weekly Friday night SVIC Impeachment Vigils (Castro and El Camino 5:30-7pm) with dinner afterwards, or the upcoming Monday showing of American Blackout or our Health Care Committee, Media Committee, Event Committee, or Strategic Committee meetings. Now maybe if we can succeed in recreating the General Meeting experience so its not ust a have-to-do boring business meeting with overly much contentiousness we'll alter our direction on this, but for the time being part of the reason you'll find the turnout is small is that we (the CC) is quite consciously de-emphasizing it. So I'll re-phrase your statement and say that as a social justice organizer for many, many years I've found that deemphasizing contentious boring business meetings and actually having fun getting things done and connecting with real issues is the winning formula! Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew > Over and over I've learned that keeping meetings in one place is the > winning formula. I reccomend finding a good spot and keeping it. > > -- > Tian --- Tian Harter wrote: > JamBoi wrote: > > >So far the Third Thursday seems to be winning. Any other input? > >Nominations for other times? > > > >As far as the Peace Center goes it appears that Monday and Thursdays > >are open. Wednesday currently has a group using it (although we may > be > >able to negotiate something with them). Also we are not stuck with > the > >Peace Center (despite the fact it has many advantages and the fact > its > >painful to go through the search process we can certainly be open to > >other possibilities). > > > >I'd like us to consider the possibility of sometimes holding the > >General Meeting in other parts of the county - particularly the > South > >Valley and North Valley so that we can be inclusive of different > folks. > > I've also been asked repeatedly why we left the Indian restaurant > in > >Sunnyvale. So I'd be open to rotating locations sometimes. > > > > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 14 12:36:20 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:36:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] College Students Politically Know More About Politics: stereotypes all wrong new study finds Message-ID: <469425.34597.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I've been saying this for a long time! I have lots of direct contact with college educated young adults, and I maintain its a bum rap these fellow GenX and GenYers have been getting. In particular I believe political humor such as The Daily Show and Colbert Report (aimed squarely at this demographic group) are amazing tonics for the Body Politic! This is an extremely important demographic I think we should target. Impeach for Peace! Drew Johnson California College Students Politically Know More About Politics: stereotypes all wrong new study finds http://news.yahoo.com/s livescience collegestudentsknowmoreaboutpoliticsthanamericanidol_ylt=Ar3teP6yKJZKvcm8mBsqO.uyFz4D College Students Know More About Politics Than American Idol LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Thu Apr 12, 9:30 PM ET The stereotype of the self-involved, culture-obsessed U.S. college student is wrong, according to a new study. American college students today are actually very engaged in politics to the point that they are much more likely to know the names of their U.S. senators or congressional representatives than the names of winners of "American Idol," says political scientist Kent E. Portnoy of Tufts University. His analysis of a national survey of 1,000 non-military men and women ages 18 to 24 included equal mixes of college students and non-college students and drew upbeat conclusions about the youngest cohort of potential voters. "Young people seem to know more about politics than they know about popular culture," he said in a prepared statement. "This level of political knowledge stands in stark contrast to the image of young people as uninterested in and ignorant about politics and government." Other findings in the study released today by Tufts include: * About 79 percent of the college students and more than 73 percent of the subjects not in college said they voted in the November 2006 elections. * Only 10 to 12 percent reported ever voting in "American Idol." * More than 61 percent of college students and 48 percent of those not in college had participated in online political discussions or visited a politically oriented website. * 58 percent of college students and 37 percent of those not in school reported being somewhat, moderately or very involved in their communities. * Subjects belonged to an average of four advocacy groups on Facebook, a popular social networking website for young people. * One in four subjects said they read political blogs. * College students tended to be more involved in community service and volunteering than those not in college, Portnoy said. "While political commentators like Joe Scarborough may lament that you can't count on young people to participate or they'll 'leave you at the altar,' there is surprisingly little evidence to support this conventional wisdom," he said. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From cbrouillet at igc.org Sat Apr 14 14:02:49 2007 From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:02:49 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Third Thursday Message-ID: I have Northern California 9/11 Truth Meetings every 3rd Thursday (since 2005) so couldn't get to those meetings... Carol brouillet From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat Apr 14 17:23:44 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:23:44 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] draft minutes of 4-5-2007 Message-ID: <46217090.5000709@sbcglobal.net> Minutes of 04-05-2007 (Draft) Facilitator Merriam Notetaker Jim D Timekeeper Warner Vibeswatcher Tian Treasurer?s Report 1) current balance $2,307.40 2) monthly phone bill is $25 Proposal: Add Merriam to the County Council ? passed by consensus Proposal: Add Tim to the County Council ? deferred, for Tim not present Proposal: Authorize disbursements for three tabling events ? passed by consensus 1) Gay Pride Parade Sunday 6-10-2007 $25 2) America Festival July 4-th ?weekend? $225 3) Tapestry Arts Labor Day weekend $150 ?Earth Day? tabling events 1) Wed 4-18 San Jose State University Drew and Merriam indicated their willingness 2) Wed 4-18 Santa Clara University Tian indicated his willingness 3) Sat 4-14 Mitchell Park in Palo Alto Gerry, Tian, and Merriam were willing * Jim D to request more volunteers via email list Junior Statesman tabling: Jim S., Merriam, Drew, Cameron; Tian to make some buttons Tabling material requirements Cameron and Tian to take inventory of the literature they have, Jim D to order more button ?blanks? Tian requested, proposed(?) a reimbursement for color ink (outcome?) Plenary preparations ? tentatively Sunday April 29-th, depends on availability of plenary packet Delegates and alternatives to be selected at next meeting Standing General Assembly: distributed an outline from Mike Wyman Discussion: one affirmation of the principle Several concerns: modify the by-laws too soon, more detail needed, there are other proosals, Online voting is an enormous IT undertaking, the past history of online voting found 3 times in 3 months to be too much to handle Proposal: Approve a resolution re no war on Iran and send it to the representatives of Santa Clara county who are on on city councils, county councils, state assembly representatives. Discussion led to removal of item #4 and editing of item #6 Revised version passed by consensus. Proposal: pay a reimbursement of $40 for mailing costs - approved by consensus meetingminutes/minutes of 4-5-2007 From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat Apr 14 17:40:32 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:40:32 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Jim Doyle's availability Message-ID: <46217480.8000806@sbcglobal.net> My wife and I are having company for three weeks beginning Saturday April 21-st. As such I will be but of very limited availability. That's the bad news. The good news is that the visitors are our grandchildren and their parents. Jim Doyle From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 14 18:43:04 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:43:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Third Thursday In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <230513.65644.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Groan! Oh, I thought if we moved off of the first Thursday we'd be making it possible for you and Brian to participate since that was the 9/11 Truth meeting I was aware of. I didn't know you also have one on the 3rd Thursday. The second Thursday which I'd talked specifically to you about conflicted with Warner's neighborhood meeting, and since we're trying to be inclusive of all the key activists that didn't work. Since the third Thursday is looking pretty good for most everyone (with some exception from Gerry and Fred), would you have the ability and the willingness to influence your group to move their Third Thursday meeting to another date? Failing that would you have an alternative Monday that you'd propose (I think Wednesdays are going to be very tough for me and several people have nixed Tuesday and I think the concensus is that Fri, Sat, Sun nights are not workable)? Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- Carol Brouillet wrote: > I have Northern California 9/11 Truth Meetings every 3rd Thursday > (since 2005) so couldn't get to those meetings... > > Carol brouillet ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger See http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From WB4D23 at aol.com Sun Apr 15 11:57:05 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:57:05 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... Message-ID: In a message dated 4/13/07 12:55:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, gerrygras at earthlink.net writes: And, although I am no longer on the Sunnyvale BPAC, I would like to be able to attend on occasion, and it is on the 3rd Thursday. I am in a similar situation with Southbay Jewish Voice for Peace -- which meets on the third Thursday of the month. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Sun Apr 15 12:22:43 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:22:43 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: BAREC Final EIR Planning Comm Meeting Apr 11 Recap Message-ID: Folks: The following is forwarded from the Save BAREC email list. About two years ago, the GPSCC endorsed the Save BAREC effort. I have suggested that this issue offers the GPSCC an opportunity to identify City of Santa Clara GPSCC members who might be willing to become more active. As with everything else, it takes time and energies to go through our voter registrations list and make telephone calls. But... at some point this issue might involve circulating referendum petitions for City of Santa Clara residents. Let me know if there are any questions about these comments or the following information. Warner ****************************************************************************** ************************** In a message dated 4/13/07 8:53:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, kmathewson at secretgardens.com writes: BAREC Friends: At Wednesday night?s BAREC Final EIR (FEIR) meeting the Santa Clara City Planning Commission were shown the developer?s BAREC plans and heard public comments. Their agenda was scheduled to approve the FEIR but the vote was continued to their next meeting on April 25th at 7 pm. It was an event that would be a great movie or a chapter in a book. We should be proud of the diversity of people who spoke in favor of open space, their well prepared and diverse comments, and the huge number of EIR flaws that were brought out in a few hours with little preparation time. There were people who always speak, people who we have never heard speak, BAREC neighbors, passionate people, historians, students, seniors, a mix of people from around the Valley including many from the City of Santa Clara, and people with technical backgrounds in science and agriculture and law. Long term Save BAREC supporters and the commissioners learned a great deal. What a wonderful group of people BAREC has brought together! The commissioners were especially interested in the County Historical Commission's support letter for BAREC to be on the State historical registry and its criticism of the EIR. The issues of open space where people live, quality of life and not just housing everywhere, our agricultural history, cultural landscapes, and bioremediation to clean contaminated soils were discussed. These are subjects which will bring balance to the Mission City and the Valley of Hearts Delight. On the other side was the developer?s team presenting their housing project which we have seen many times. Their plan does not change. It looks like all the other housing projects in the Valley. Why can?t they learn from this unique piece of land and design buildings and landscapes which reflect the land ?s history and have a sustainable theme? Methodist Homes brought a bus load of seniors. After the senior home presentation was finished they requested those supporting senior housing stand up. About 25 seniors stood up. These seniors remained quiet in the comment period that followed. Even after public comment it is unclear if these seniors understand that they are part of a plan to take away our history and public land. The highlight of the evening was when our new San Jose District 6 Councilman, Pierluigi Oliverio, addressed the commission and told them about walking during his campaign on streets where the majority of people had cancer. He urged the city of Santa Clara not to get into the kind of Watson Park soil contamination nightmare San Jose is currently going through. The liabilities and costs ($24 million for San Jose) are too great for any city. He suggested that they slow down and consider carefully how they will clean up BAREC to make it safe for future generations. Thank you Pierluigi! Public comment ended late so there was no time to discuss the issues with the State's FEIR consultants. After hearing both sides, the commissioners were unclear how to vote and unanimously voted for a continuance. It is clear that we need to continue educating this commission as well as both the Santa Clara and San Jose City Councils. Commissioner Teresa O'Neil specializes in urban agricultural education. She did not attend this meeting but hopefully will be at the April 25th meeting so the commission's conversation will be a bit more informative. We encourage as many people as possible to attend the April 25th meeting. If you made EIR comments, you should read the FEIR?s comments to your comments. See our website to find your comment letter _www.savebarec.org_ (http://www.savebarec.org/) . Vol 1 #2 will tell your comment number. You should also read the Master Responses (#3) on the subjects on which you have an interest. Respond back because most of the responses are weak although wordy. Anyone can get information into the public record until the City Council votes. After hearing the community at three meetings, this same commission voted in January 2003 for BAREC as open space! However, this is an entirely different commission. They are new to the BAREC issues and history so our comments are important. You can go to the Santa Clara main library on Homestead and check out or read the DEIR or visit my home in the Shasta Hanchett neighborhood and I will have a copy which I have checked out. Thank you especially to those who came to the meeting, who wrote EIR comment letters, and to the thousands of people who inform their friends and elected leadership about the BAREC issues and the importance of saving this historical 17 acres. Kathryn Mathewson 408-292-9595 kmathewson at secretgardens.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... 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URL: From andid at cagreens.org Sun Apr 15 12:38:16 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:38:16 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] =?windows-1252?q?Fwd=3A_Video_on_Testing_of_AT?= =?windows-1252?q?=26T_U-Verse_System_for_PEG=97URGENT!!!?= References: Message-ID: <209B2485-4314-4802-9429-35DBBF6598E4@cagreens.org> To all Greens: This is a "forward" from the Communications Officer for the city of Cupertino to the Executive Producer of The Better Part. Please check out the URL cited below to reveal the total assault on Public Access TV, AKA the only free speech TV left. Don't think PBS? they already accept sponsorship that has expanded to advertising and control over content, unlike Public Access (PEG). If we don't protect it now, we will lose it. KPFA and KKUP are fine as far as radio goes, but this visual medium is powerful. > http://411productions.blogspot.com/2007/04/meeting-on-testing-of-at- > u-verse-system.html Regards, Andrea Green Party of Santa Clara County Begin forwarded message: > From: "Rick Kitson" > Date: April 13, 2007 12:33:27 PM PDT > To: "TICC" , , > > Cc: "Brian Szabo (E-mail)" , "City Channel" > , "Andrea Dorey (E-mail)" > > Subject: FW: Video of Meeting on Testing of AT&T U-Verse System for > PEG > > FYI, > > Information on the AT&T PEG service delivery model. > > > > > > > http://411productions.blogspot.com/2007/04/meeting-on-testing-of-at- > u-verse-system.html > > A Videoblog for 411 Productions, a non-profit organization > dedicated to educating youth and the public on media issues and how > to create their own media content. 411 Productions produces The 411 > Show and assists in the production of additional shows on Public > Access Television in San Antonio Texas and produces independent > videos for various uses. 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I think a heavy-duty fundamentalist (add any brand religion here) would have a rough time sitting through some of the meetings and seminars that the humanist communities sponsor. BTW, Hammurabi had a code that is the source for the more modern moral codes. See on the web: The Code of Hammurabi Excerpt of laws from the sixth king of the Amorite Dynasty of Old Babylon. www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/ world_civ_reader_1/ hammurabi.html - 10k - Much of later legal and religious societies built on this elegant set of morals but, in most cases, added little of substance that deviated from the original. Most fundamentalists seem to be blank on this fact. Goes along with their insistence that the U.S. was built on the Christian religion by religious men! Not the men whose works I have read! Most of them were wary of any religion. BTW, I agree that Atheists can be very dogmatic, like many fundamentalists! I'm an Agnostic, open to proof of the existence of a deity, but willing to concede that it is impossible to prove s/he/ it does NOT exist. Reality-based and science educated, I understand the implications of the latter. Andrea On Mar 29, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Duende wrote: > I enjoyed your post Drew. > > The one thing the Greens may need to impress on others more is that > they are populists. When the uninformed (or informed by the PR of the > empire) see Green Party they'reir thinking. Yeah, save the tree but > screw me. BAck to impressing the interdependence that being for a > tree is surely being for all mankind and if you're for mankind you > must consider the tree as well. That inter dependance, be it as a > spiritual/metaphysical axiom or the natural laws (remember that > party?) of a functioning biosphere seem to get lost so much of the > time. > > Paz > > Duende > > On Mar 29, 2007, at 11:36 AM, JamBoi wrote: > >> "Humanist" has an overly-specific meaning if we were looking for a >> term >> to apply to Greens in general. Humanists reject the transcendent >> (ie. >> faith) and focus on human reason and human self-determination. There >> are a number of Humanists in the GPSCC and for myself I feel very >> comfortable hanging with Humanists and I share many of their values. >> However being a person of faith that term wouldn't describe me >> unless I >> said I'm a Christian-humanist and even that wouldn't quite do it for >> me. I'm definitely a humanitarian though! :-) Among other things >> I'm >> a Celtic-Christian-existialist Green Humanitarian. :-) >> >> Progressive works for me. Liberal does not because I'm not in >> agreement with the tenents of Liberalism (or Conservativism for that >> matter). There's a vast difference IMO between Liberal and >> Progressive >> and the two are by no means synonyms. Liberals can be Progressives, >> yes, but Progressive covers a much broader group of both Moderates >> (like myself) and further left than Liberal types. >> >> Greens are also Populist. We are for The People! We have our >> roots in >> earlier Progressive Populist movements in the US and around the >> world. >> Greens are a unique species that are not easily identified on the >> reductionistic left-right spectrum. The increasingly popular move in >> Political Science to represent parties in a two dimensional space >> that >> includes a Y axis to show Populist/Libertarian v Totalitarian >> tendencies puts us closer to the Populist/Libertarian end. >> >> We are fairly similar to the Libertarian Socialists (like the >> Zapatistas) except we're explicitly dedicated to nonviolence whereas >> they are not. We are truly the children of the nonviolence >> movement of >> MLK and Gandhi IMO. >> >> Impeach for Peace! >> >> Drew >> >> >> --- Duende wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mar 28, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Duende wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm uncomfortable with the label of liberal >>>> >>>> >>>> "Liberal" became a 4 letter word for me after Gore attacked >>>> Nader in late October, 2000. Now I have mixed feelings. >>>> >>>>> or even progressive anymore. >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm still ok with "progressive", but I think I see your point. >>>> >>>>> I'm more prone to use the label "humanist". >>>> >>>> >>>> I have been a member of the local humanist organization >>>> http://humanists.org/ >>>> and the national organization >>>> http://www.americanhumanist.org/index.html >>>> for years. At least 3 other GPSCC members have participated. >>> >>> I met a guy who was a Humanist and recommended that site. I never >>> checked it out since he was such a fundamentalist in his atheism >>> that >>> >>> I was a bit turned off about what he was trying to tell me. >>>> >>>>> Let me define >>>>> humanist as someone concerned with the survival of the human race >>>>> (self) and realizes that this survival requires cooperation as >>>>> opposed to competition. A humanist recognizes or at least >>>>> acknowledges the interdependence of all living thing and sees his >>>>> survival as linked with the survival of others. >>>> >>>> >>>> The dictionary says: >>>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/humanist >>>> The local humanist group says: >>>> http://humanists.org/hum_def.htm >>>> The American Humanist Association says: >>>> http://www.americanhumanist.org/about/faqs.php >>>> http://www.americanhumanist.org/3/HumandItsAspirations.php >>>> >>>> None of these talk specifically about the survival of the human >>>> race. (I assume they prefer a more positive approach). But I >>>> think most humanists are quite concerned with the current state >>>> and do recognize the interdependence. >>> >>> I want to define humanist as recognizing that interdependence as >>> part >>> >>> of the mission statement..not as an aside that some members >>> recognize >>> >>> it. Other wise we end up with species arrogance which has created a >>> >>> lot of suffering all the way around. The interdependance is a must >>> since our humanity is reflected in this. >>> >>> And the repetition of the word "supernaturalism" through out their >>> manifestos. it seems they're so afraid of fundamentalist religions >>> that it appears they've closed the door on spirituality and the meta >>> >>> physical as well. This limits the human experience as well as >>> possibilities. >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> Also, the word >>>>> "humanist" make it pretty hard for the right to attack >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't know about that. The right has vociferously attacked >>>> "secular humanists". And the American Humanist Association >>>> fights for separation of church and state and does other >>>> things as well that the right would not like. >>> >>> Ahhhh. They're stuck in their own anti supernaturalism dogma. Our >>> laws (state) are going to express our morality as a people. What >>> they >>> >>> need to do is inject their own morality (dignity for human kind) >>> into >>> >>> the laws rather than trying to take the "church's" out... mater of >>> fact make the churches morality which is supposed to be based on a >>> man who told us to love one another, make that morality the one >>> expressed in our laws. >>> >>> I'll need to request that they qujit using the name of Humanist >>> until >>> >>> the can get over this personality clash :-) >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Becoming the change that you want to see is a lot more than just >>>>> recycling and riding a bike. >>>> >>>> >>>> For sure! >>>> >>>> In fact, I believe in the assumptions held by those who talk >>>> about "The Great Turning", namely that the human race is facing >>>> an unprecedented situation, where things will get either much >>>> worse or much better, there is nothing in between. And to get >>>> much better requires a lot of changes. >>>> http://www.joannamacy.net/html/great.html >>>> http://thegreatturning.net/ >>> >>> I'm definitely going to check out the sites on "The Great Turning". >>> There's definitely something in the air (other than pollution) This >>> is a time of great opportunity and I tend to feel that it's a >>> time to >>> >>> make great choices and it's not if I should use Linux or Windows >>> Vista. (OS X wins of course) >>> >>> Peace >>> >>> Duende >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> The basis of life is Freedom >>> The objective of life is Joy >>> The result of life is Growth >>> - Abraham, 1989 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >>> >> >> >> ___________________ >> >> JamBoi >> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >> See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi >> >> The Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when questioned >> by the nervous Romans around 400BC >> "To the brave belong all things" >> >> Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer >> >> "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) >> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> ______________ >> Bored stiff? Loosen up... >> Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. >> http://games.yahoo.com/games/front > > ________________________________________________________ > "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise > they'll kill you." > > Oscar Wilde > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Sun Apr 15 13:31:41 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 15 Apr 2007 20:31:41 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... Message-ID: <20070415203141.1207.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> That's at least three people who can't do the third Thursday. How about Monday. Fewer meetings earlier in the week? From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 15 14:33:45 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:33:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: <20070415203141.1207.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Message-ID: <247285.70314.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Cameron, We need a particular Monday to talk about. Mondays in general are open for me. Which Monday are you proposing? I would NOT like it to be the first Monday. Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew ---Cameron (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) wrote: > > That's at least three people who can't do the third Thursday. > How about Monday. Fewer meetings earlier in the week? ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From andid at cagreens.org Sun Apr 15 15:41:53 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:41:53 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Al Gore as Green Party Candidate? In-Reply-To: <8C9421F56159D58-6D4-5A41@webmail-me14.sysops.aol.com> References: <460DA85A.4050000@freeshell.org> <8C9421F56159D58-6D4-5A41@webmail-me14.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <9A2317BE-20DA-4B5D-A852-1036CD97CF3B@cagreens.org> On Mar 31, 2007, at 7:48 PM, alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > > I don't think I have said it this bluntly before, but now that my > wife, Cathy, and I have moved from One-Party Democratic Santa Clara > County into an almost all-Black middle-class neighborhood in One- > Party Democratic Los Angeles, I am today more convinced than ever > that if we are ever to get where we say we want to go then the > Democratic Party Machines I am personally familiar with in Los > Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Chicago, New York, St. > Louis, Atlanta, Richmond, Washington, Norfolk, Baltimore, > Philadelphia, and Boston must be destroyed. > > In 2000 the Democratic Party Machines in Miami and Palm Beach > allowed Bush to steal the election from Gore. > > In 2004 the Democratic Party Machine in Cleveland allowed Bush to > steal the election from Kerry. > > Ralph Nader and the Greens have NOTHING to apologize for. The > Democratic Party must be destroyed. > They certainly have done little to help the real citizens of this country. I, with some others on this chat group, have never regretted my vote for Nader every year since his first run. He, alone of all candidates, is the only one to speak anywhere near the truth. And the loyal opposition has done everything short of murder to shut him up. Can't be done. Andrea > > Alex Walker > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free from AOL at AOL.com. > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andid at cagreens.org Sun Apr 15 15:53:02 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:53:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Food Irradiation to be label-listed as "Pasteurized!" In-Reply-To: <547716.56422.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <547716.56422.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <7D0C1912-90F6-42AE-BCBE-D4A0868E6A93@cagreens.org> I don't know that I have time, Drew. I have the lawyer's interrogatories (my knee accident) to fill in, a couple of medical appointments to take care of, taxes to finish up tomorrow, finish weed whacking for the county, and get someone to water my lawn in Sunnyvale while I'm gone May 7-21. I've got a bit too much on the plate right now. Andrea On Apr 10, 2007, at 1:47 AM, JamBoi wrote: > Hey Andie, could you put together some links/talking points to educate > us on the subject and a proposed resolution for the GPSCC to endorse? > This could be one of the topics our new Media Committee could tackle > for a letter to the editor and government writing campaign! > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > >> We have 90 days to respond to federal food regulators and the U.S. >> incorporates who dominate them! >> >> Irradiation is to be hidden on food labels as pasteurization! >> This will include baby food, dairy, snacks, sandwich meats, etc. >> This will be another way for the food terrorists to get around the >> regulations in the organic food industry. >> >> Andrea >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=JamBoi > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celts invading the Italian Penninsula's reply when queried as to > their intentions by nervous Romans around 400BC > > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. > Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html > From andid at cagreens.org Sun Apr 15 16:02:28 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:02:28 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-MediaComm] FINAL/SENDING: NEWS ADVISORY: Greens back cloned-animal labeling bill...] In-Reply-To: <461E4D91.8060203@charter.net> References: <461E4D91.8060203@charter.net> Message-ID: <80C3AAA1-F5F7-46B6-828D-7A0FBDA46FF9@cagreens.org> BTW, Wes, did you know that Dolly was not a cloned animal? She was created by a complete cell from one animal and a cell still full of cytoplasm from another animal. Cytoplasm contributes heavily to the development of the new individual. Also, out of 1000 eggs created, very few actually produced a viable fetus, and of those few, only one produced a living "normal" animal. All this was not reported by the "creators" of Dolly, so they did not follow the usual method of scientific reportage. The "normal" animal, Dolly, lived a shortened life span. Andrea On Apr 12, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Wes Rolley wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] FINAL/SENDING: NEWS ADVISORY: Greens back > cloned-animal labeling bill... > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:06:29 -0700 > From: civillib at cwnet.com > To: gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org > > > > News Advisory > THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Wednesday, April 11, 2007 > Contact: Susan King, spokesperson, 415.823-5524 funking at mindspring.com > Dr. Bob Vizzard, spokesperson, 916.206 8953, thevizz at aol.com > Sara Amir, spokesperson, 310.270-7106 saraamir at earthlink.net > Cres Vellucci, press secretary, 916.996-9170 civillib at cwnet.com > > > Greens back cloned-animal labeling bill, > explain measure necessary to protect state > consumers from ?potentially dangerous' food > > SACRAMENTO, Ca. (April 11, 2007) ? Green Party environmental > specialists > today voiced support for legislation to mandate clear labels on any > food > derived from a cloned animal or its offspring, and said the bill is > in the > "public interest" and necessary to protect consumers from "potentially > dangerous" food products. > > Senate Bill 63, authored by State Senator Carole Migden, D-Marin/San > Francisco, was approved in the Senate Health Committee Wednesday. > > "The federal government continues to make it difficult for citizens > to know > what they are putting in their bodies. First, they attacked > Proposition 65 > that requires warning labels on products known to contain hazardous > ingredients, then fought local governments from controlling > Genetically > Engineered Agriculture and now they want to allow growers to hide > the fact > that their animals were cloned," said Wes Rolley, of the Green > Party of > United States Eco-Action Committee. > > "It is all part of the same plan to keep the public in the dark," > added > Rolley. > > "The federal government continues to rubber stamp biotech foods. In > 1992, > over the objections of government scientists, it was decided that > genetically engineered foods are ?substantially equivalent' to natural > foods and do not need to be safety tested or labeled," said Erica > Martenson, a Napa County Green who works on the GPCA Platform > Committee > regarding food safety issues. > > "This decision was made despite the agency's own scientists' > statements > that genetically engineered foods are different and carry different > risks, > including allergenicity, toxicity, antibiotic resistance, nutritional > problems and cancer. Now, several years later, the FDA is doing the > same > thing with milk and meat from cloned animals," she added. > > "These decisions are not in the public interest. Only biotech > corporations > benefit from this lack of regulation. We need politicians at the > state > level to intervene on behalf of the public by at least mandating > that these > foods be labeled, so that consumers can protect their own health and > well-being by avoiding these potentially dangerous products," > Martenson said. > -30- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GPCA-MediaWG mailing list > GPCA-MediaWG at marla.cagreens.org > http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-mediawg > > > > -- > > I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. > Knowing is not enough; we must apply. > Being willing is not enough; > We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci > Wesley C. Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 15 17:01:53 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:01:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <653503.35466.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Is there a Monday (that is not the 1st Monday) that you'd like to propose? Impeach for Peace! Drew --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/13/07 12:55:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > gerrygras at earthlink.net writes: > > And, although I am no longer on the Sunnyvale BPAC, > I would like to be able to attend on occasion, and > it is on the 3rd Thursday. > > > > I am in a similar situation with Southbay Jewish Voice for Peace -- > which > meets on the third Thursday of the month. Warner > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 15 17:31:52 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Canadian, US Greens urge diplomacy on Persian Gulf tensions Message-ID: <39729.92009.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Our own Bob Alavi contributed in an indirect way to this press release! Impeach for Peace! Drew http://gp.org/press/pr_2007_04_11.shtml Canadian, US Greens urge diplomacy on Persian Gulf tensions Green Party of the United States www.gp.org Green Party of Canada http://www.greenparty.ca April 11, 2007 Green Parties in Canada and United States warn of disastrous consequences of an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities OTTAWA - At the initiative of the Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May, the Canadian and U.S. Green Parties are jointly calling for a comprehensive and open dialogue to stop the escalation of tension in the Persian Gulf. The escalating tension, combined with suggestions the U.S. may have a war plan that includes targeting Iran 's nuclear facilities, led the Green Parties of the U.S. and Canada to state today that nuclear facilities should never be targeted for deliberate attack. "There can be no justification for attacking nuclear facilities," said Janina Komaroff, Green Party of Canada critic for International Cooperation. "Such an attack would have only one outcome - disaster." Citing the potentially catastrophic environmental and health consequences of such attacks, the Greens jointly called upon all parties in the current stand off to refrain from war and to enter into meaningful negotiations. The Canadian and U.S. Green Parties are collaborating with Green Parties in Europe on this issue. "Western governments know the dangers of attacks on nuclear facilities. The vulnerability of their own nuclear facilities to terrorist attacks has been an ongoing concern since 9/11," said Julia Willebrand, Co-Chair of the International Committee of the Green Party of the U.S. "The idea that any western country would engage in or support such attacks on the facilities of another nation should be unthinkable." Global double standards are the crux of the current crisis over Iran's uranium reprocessing. While the nuclear weapons states have failed to live up to their commitment made under the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970 to dismantle their own nuclear weapons, they have selectively allowed some states like Israel, India and Pakistan to develop nuclear weapons, while threatening and/or bombing countries like Iraq and Iran. Clearly, as this crisis demonstrates, the status quo is not working and is not providing security and stability in the Middle East or the world. While the situation in the Middle East is complex and involves many issues beyond the current nuclear crisis, a de-escalation of the current nuclear crisis is essential to addressing these complex problems. It is time to end the threats and the war games and to enter into a meaningful dialogue that addresses the issues and concerns of all parties involved. Contact: Green Party of Canada http://www.greenparty.ca Janina Komaroff, International Cooperation Critic, 514-887-3832, janina.komaroff at greenparty.ca Silvaine Zimmermann, International Representative to the Global Greens, Green Party of Canada and Director at Large, Green Party of British Columbia, 778-997-3366, mucki at shaw.net Camille Labchuk, Press Secretary, 613-882-4761, clabchuk at greenparty.ca Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org Julia Willebrand, Co-Chair, International Committee, julia.willebrand at verizon.net Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Apr 15 18:02:04 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:02:04 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to 3rd Thursda... References: <653503.35466.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4622CB0C.2000706@earthlink.net> Why not try all the Monday's for which the Peace Center is available? Gerry JamBoi wrote: > Is there a Monday (that is not the 1st Monday) that you'd like to > propose? > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > > >> In a message dated 4/13/07 12:55:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >>gerrygras at earthlink.net writes: >> >>And, although I am no longer on the Sunnyvale BPAC, >>I would like to be able to attend on occasion, and >>it is on the 3rd Thursday. >> >> >> >>I am in a similar situation with Southbay Jewish Voice for Peace -- >>which >>meets on the third Thursday of the month. Warner >> >> >> >>************************************** See what's free at >>http://www.aol.com. >> >>>_______________________________________________ >>> >>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. > approx 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > From tnharter at ispwest.com Sun Apr 15 22:19:19 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:19:19 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Greens are Progressive and Populist (wasRe:Humanists; was Re: Dems won't try ...) In-Reply-To: 75CD4145-9C2D-48FE-AA94-F3120B17C134@cagreens.org References: <828475.67772.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 75CD4145-9C2D-48FE-AA94-F3120B17C134@cagreens.org Message-ID: <46230757.2000702@ispwest.com> Andrea Dorey wrote: >I, like Gerry, have been a member of the American Humanist >Association through the local group here in the Bay Area. Humanists >vary from Atheists through Agnostics, Goddess and Wicca persuasions, >and Unitarian Universalists, the longtime Christian-lite beliefs. I >think a heavy-duty fundamentalist (add any brand religion here) would >have a rough time sitting through some of the meetings and seminars >that the humanist communities sponsor. BTW, Hammurabi had a code >that is the source for the more modern moral codes. > >See on the web: >The Code of Hammurabi >Excerpt of laws from the sixth king of the Amorite Dynasty of Old >Babylon. >www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/ world_civ_reader_1/ >hammurabi.html - 10k - > > > I like discussions like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfDWwWKXqQ I've only been to one or two humanist meetings, but I end up going to a baseball game every year or two. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added 411 on 911. Yesterday I delivered green Green at Home flyers to homes on Metro Circle. From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Sun Apr 15 22:39:20 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 16 Apr 2007 05:39:20 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] (no subject) Message-ID: <20070416053920.3182.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> >Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:01:53 -0700 (PDT) >From: JamBoi >To: WB4D23 at aol.com, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General Meetings to > 3rd Thursda... >Is there a Monday (that is not the 1st Monday) that you'd like to >propose? I propose the second, third, and fourth, since the fifth doesn't always happen. Cameron From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 15 22:49:54 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:49:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <20070416053920.3182.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Message-ID: <802882.20628.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Which one? I'm open on all (except the first Monday). Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- cls at truffula.sj.ca.us wrote: > >Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:01:53 -0700 (PDT) > >From: JamBoi > >To: WB4D23 at aol.com, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal to move future General > Meetings to > > 3rd Thursda... > > >Is there a Monday (that is not the 1st Monday) that you'd like to > >propose? > > I propose the second, third, and fourth, since the fifth > doesn't always happen. > > > Cameron ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From andid at cagreens.org Sun Apr 15 23:25:40 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:25:40 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Greens are Progressive and Populist (wasRe:Humanists; was Re: Dems won't try ...) In-Reply-To: <46230757.2000702@ispwest.com> References: <828475.67772.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 75CD4145-9C2D-48FE-AA94-F3120B17C134@cagreens.org <46230757.2000702@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <74551905-7724-4FB3-BDD3-41E8E34A3E12@cagreens.org> That was a very interesting essay on YouTube by a committed Atheist; very cogent argument, Tian. Andrea On Apr 15, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Tian Harter wrote: > Andrea Dorey wrote: > >> I, like Gerry, have been a member of the American Humanist >> Association through the local group here in the Bay Area. Humanists >> vary from Atheists through Agnostics, Goddess and Wicca persuasions, >> and Unitarian Universalists, the longtime Christian-lite beliefs. I >> think a heavy-duty fundamentalist (add any brand religion here) would >> have a rough time sitting through some of the meetings and seminars >> that the humanist communities sponsor. BTW, Hammurabi had a code >> that is the source for the more modern moral codes. >> >> See on the web: >> The Code of Hammurabi >> Excerpt of laws from the sixth king of the Amorite Dynasty of Old >> Babylon. >> www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/ world_civ_reader_1/ >> hammurabi.html - 10k - >> >> >> > I like discussions like this one: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUfDWwWKXqQ > > I've only been to one or two humanist meetings, but > I end up going to a baseball game every year or two. > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Added 411 on 911. > Yesterday I delivered green Green at Home flyers to homes on Metro > Circle. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon Apr 16 10:30:03 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:30:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] tabling Sunday 4/22 in Los Gatos Message-ID: <4623B29B.1040307@sbcglobal.net> This is a call for help at a table at the Los Gatos Farmer's Market on Sunday April 22-nd. Thus far Farida and one high school student have agreed to table for a couple of hours each. The Farmer's Market's hours are 8 am to 12:30 pm. Farida is an early bird and Gareth pefers to start later. Please contact me to let me know you cn help. Jim Doyle From tnharter at ispwest.com Mon Apr 16 15:12:26 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:12:26 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Step It Up 2007 in Palo Alto Message-ID: <4623F4CA.5010704@ispwest.com> Hello Y'all, Saturday there was what I can only call a remarkable Step It Up event in Palo Alto. Check out my pictures and commentary at: http://tian.greens.org/PaloAlto/StepItUp/index.html -- Tian http://tian.greens.org From andid at cagreens.org Mon Apr 16 15:32:23 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:32:23 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Step It Up 2007 in Palo Alto In-Reply-To: <4623F4CA.5010704@ispwest.com> References: <4623F4CA.5010704@ispwest.com> Message-ID: Tian, thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful pictures from the Palo Alto event--I was so sorry to not be there--I see that I missed a lot of fun! Andrea PS - Carol Vesecky sent info on Green at Home and I emailed them directly to get more info--maybe for a BET TV show in the near future for our seniors. On Apr 16, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Tian Harter wrote: > Hello Y'all, > > Saturday there was what I can only call a remarkable Step It Up > event in > Palo Alto. > Check out my pictures and commentary at: > > http://tian.greens.org/PaloAlto/StepItUp/index.html > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From drpesto at hotmail.com Mon Apr 16 17:17:18 2007 From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:17:18 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go Message-ID: mountain view voices for peace will be having it annual (ugh) tax day protest tuesday 4/17 at the post office in mountain view at hope and dana street from 10 am - midnight -- it is a great way to engage the citizenry - lots of handouts - everyone is invited to show up a do a shift --- it has been fun and educational and we reach a lot of people - another way to be anti war mike f >* >Folks, > >This is FYI on the news release I've sent to three newspapers and four TV >stations. > >Fred > >Here is a TAX DAY news tip to: KPIX-TV >. >From: Fred Duperrault, 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org of >Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) > > >News Item: WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO? > >On Tuesday, April 17, graphic examples of how your federal taxes are >spent will be displayed in front of the Mountain View U.S. Post Office >between 10:30 am and 6:00 pm. ( The Mountain View P.O. is located on >the corner of Villa and Hope Streets, one block south of the CalTrain - >VTA transportation hub.) > >The "WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?" demonstration is an annual action of the >Mountain View Voices for Peace group (MVVP). Much information from the >National Priorities Project and other tax research entities is made >available to the P.O. patrons on Tax Day. > >One of the displays illustrates the shocking size of the five year cost >of the IRAQ WAR with a pile of PINTO BEANS one millionth the size of >$500 billion, the cost of the war. > >Each visitors will receive a souvenir PINTO BEAN representing $1,000,000. >A pile of 500,000 PINTO BEANS will help apprehend how much >$500,000,000,000 really is. > >Contact person: Fred Duperrault, (650) 691-1215 or fredd at freeshell.org >* > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. 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There's a world out there folks. > [Original Message] > From: Michael Fischetti > To: > Date: 4/16/2007 5:17:18 PM > Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go > > mountain view voices for peace will be having it annual (ugh) tax day > protest tuesday 4/17 at the post office in mountain view at hope and dana > street from 10 am - midnight -- > > it is a great way to engage the citizenry - lots of handouts - everyone is > invited to show up a do a shift --- it has been fun and educational and we > reach a lot of people - another way to be anti war > > > mike f > > > >* > >Folks, > > > >This is FYI on the news release I've sent to three newspapers and four TV > >stations. > > > >Fred > > > >Here is a TAX DAY news tip to: KPIX-TV > >. > >From: Fred Duperrault, 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org of > >Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) > > > > > >News Item: WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO? > > > >On Tuesday, April 17, graphic examples of how your federal taxes are > >spent will be displayed in front of the Mountain View U.S. Post Office > >between 10:30 am and 6:00 pm. ( The Mountain View P.O. is located on > >the corner of Villa and Hope Streets, one block south of the CalTrain - > >VTA transportation hub.) > > > >The "WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?" demonstration is an annual action of the > >Mountain View Voices for Peace group (MVVP). Much information from the > >National Priorities Project and other tax research entities is made > >available to the P.O. patrons on Tax Day. > > > >One of the displays illustrates the shocking size of the five year cost > >of the IRAQ WAR with a pile of PINTO BEANS one millionth the size of > >$500 billion, the cost of the war. > > > >Each visitors will receive a souvenir PINTO BEAN representing $1,000,000. > >A pile of 500,000 PINTO BEANS will help apprehend how much > >$500,000,000,000 really is. > > > >Contact person: Fred Duperrault, (650) 691-1215 or fredd at freeshell.org > >* > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings > https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search =mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117 > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From snug.bug at hotmail.com Mon Apr 16 21:17:30 2007 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:17:30 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go In-Reply-To: <410-2200742172259687@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Hi Curt, I have to respectfully disagree with your claim that the budgetary issue is a selfish one. I've been so swamped lately that I completely forgot, but my intention for months had been to produce the linked essay as a leaflet for the tax-filing crowds at the post office. It claims that the tax-budget pie we're all familiar with is wrong, and that actually 67% of every tax dollar goes to the military. Military spending is conventionally under-reported because many military expenses such as veterans' care, service of military debt, and the Atomic Energy Commission are left out of the military budget. Also, trust-funded programs such as Social Security and Medicare are counted as government expenditures when they should be left out of the tax-funded pie. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050605/NEWS/506050332/1030/FEATURES15&template=printart Let's all do all we can to derail the war machine that is blighting the planet, including educating the taxpayers about its true cost! Brian >From: "Curt Wechsler" >Reply-To: wechslertoo at earthlink.net >To: "Michael Fischetti" , sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go >Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:02:59 -0700 > >OK, this is not going to make any fans, but... > >with close to 800,000 civilian deaths in Iraq (more than estimated deaths >in Dafur), I think this approach is very selfish. War crimes should take >precedence to budgetary issues. There's a world out there folks. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Michael Fischetti > > To: > > Date: 4/16/2007 5:17:18 PM > > Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go > > > > mountain view voices for peace will be having it annual (ugh) tax day > > protest tuesday 4/17 at the post office in mountain view at hope and >dana > > street from 10 am - midnight -- > > > > it is a great way to engage the citizenry - lots of handouts - everyone >is > > invited to show up a do a shift --- it has been fun and educational and >we > > reach a lot of people - another way to be anti war > > > > > > mike f > > > > > > >* > > >Folks, > > > > > >This is FYI on the news release I've sent to three newspapers and four >TV > > >stations. > > > > > >Fred > > > > > >Here is a TAX DAY news tip to: KPIX-TV > > >. > > >From: Fred Duperrault, 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org of > > >Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) > > > > > > > > >News Item: WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO? > > > > > >On Tuesday, April 17, graphic examples of how your federal taxes are > > >spent will be displayed in front of the Mountain View U.S. Post Office > > >between 10:30 am and 6:00 pm. ( The Mountain View P.O. is located on > > >the corner of Villa and Hope Streets, one block south of the CalTrain - > > >VTA transportation hub.) > > > > > >The "WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?" demonstration is an annual action of the > > >Mountain View Voices for Peace group (MVVP). Much information from the > > >National Priorities Project and other tax research entities is made > > >available to the P.O. patrons on Tax Day. > > > > > >One of the displays illustrates the shocking size of the five year cost > > >of the IRAQ WAR with a pile of PINTO BEANS one millionth the size of > > >$500 billion, the cost of the war. > > > > > >Each visitors will receive a souvenir PINTO BEAN representing >$1,000,000. > > >A pile of 500,000 PINTO BEANS will help apprehend how much > > >$500,000,000,000 really is. > > > > > >Contact person: Fred Duperrault, (650) 691-1215 or >fredd at freeshell.org > > >* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings > > >https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search >=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ From MKmusic03 at aol.com Tue Apr 17 01:19:27 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:19:27 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [SBM] Catalysts of HOPE in San Jose 20th April - 23rd April Message-ID: Hi All, The Bike4Peace group will be in San Jose for discussions and events. The following is their events schedule. Last month we had talked about sponsoring them in some sort of event. Do we want to see if we can sponsor the event at the PAGES location in San Jose on Sunday April 20? Merriam ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Donna Wallach Subject: [SBM] Catalysts of HOPE in San Jose 20th April - 23rd April Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:53:50 -0700 Size: 27250 URL: From MKmusic03 at aol.com Tue Apr 17 02:48:52 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:48:52 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tabling at SJSU Earth Day Wednesday 4/18 Message-ID: Hi Jim, Can you send me the email you sent out about the information for tabling. I must have deleted your email. I'm planning on tabling and hope that others can join me. Do we need to bring our own table? If so I don't know how I will get it to SJSU. I can't fit a table in my car. Merriam ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baalavi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 17 04:46:42 2007 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <61681.58052.qm@web52104.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Perhaps everyone IS TALKING about the same thing: First the URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/hossein04162007.html Then the article ========================================> The Pentagon budget for the current fiscal year (2007) is about $456 billion. President Bush's proposed increase of 10% for next year will raise this figure to over half a trillion dollars, that is, $501.6 billion for fiscal year 2008. A proposed supplemental appropriation to pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq "brings proposed military spending for FY 2008 to $647.2 billion, the highest level of military spending since the end of World War II-higher than Vietnam, higher than Korea, higher than the peak of the Reagan buildup."[1] Using official budget figures, William D. Hartung, Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York, provides a number of helpful comparisons: Proposed U.S. military spending for FY 2008 is larger than military spending by all of the other nations in the world combined. At $141.7 billion, this year's proposed spending on the Iraq war is larger than the military budgets of China and Russia combined. Total U.S. military spending for FY2008 is roughly ten times the military budget of the second largest military spending country in the world, China. Proposed U.S. military spending is larger than the combined gross domestic products (GDP) of all 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The FY 2008 military budget proposal is more than 30 times higher than all spending on State Department operations and non-military foreign aid combined. The FY 2008 military budget is over 120 times higher than the roughly $5 billion per year the U.S. government spends on combating global warming. The FY 2008 military spending represents 58 cents out of every dollar spent by the U.S. government on discretionary programs: education, health, housing assistance, international affairs, natural resources and environment, justice, veterans' benefits, science and space, transportation, training/employment and social services, economic development, and several more items.[2 ======================================== I have to respectfully disagree with your claim that the budgetary issue is a selfish one. I've been so swamped lately that I completely forgot, but my intention for months had been to produce the linked essay as a leaflet for the tax-filing crowds at the post office. It claims that the tax-budget pie we're all familiar with is wrong, and that actually 67% of every tax dollar goes to the military. Military spending is conventionally under-reported because many military expenses such as veterans' care, service of military debt, and the Atomic Energy Commission are left out of the military budget. Also, trust-funded programs such as Social Security and Medicare are counted as government expenditures when they should be left out of the tax-funded pie. http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050605/NEWS/506050332/1030/FEATURES15&template=printart Let's all do all we can to derail the war machine that is blighting the planet, including educating the taxpayers about its true cost! Brian >From: "Curt Wechsler" >Reply-To: wechslertoo at earthlink.net >To: "Michael Fischetti" , sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go >Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:02:59 -0700 > >OK, this is not going to make any fans, but... > >with close to 800,000 civilian deaths in Iraq (more than estimated deaths >in Dafur), I think this approach is very selfish. War crimes should take >precedence to budgetary issues. There's a world out there folks. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Michael Fischetti > > To: > > Date: 4/16/2007 5:17:18 PM > > Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go > > > > mountain view voices for peace will be having it annual (ugh) tax day > > protest tuesday 4/17 at the post office in mountain view at hope and >dana > > street from 10 am - midnight -- > > > > it is a great way to engage the citizenry - lots of handouts - everyone >is > > invited to show up a do a shift --- it has been fun and educational and >we > > reach a lot of people - another way to be anti war > > > > > > mike f > > > > > > >* > > >Folks, > > > > > >This is FYI on the news release I've sent to three newspapers and four >TV > > >stations. > > > > > >Fred > > > > > >Here is a TAX DAY news tip to: KPIX-TV > > >. > > >From: Fred Duperrault, 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org of > > >Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) > > > > > > > > >News Item: WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO? > > > > > >On Tuesday, April 17, graphic examples of how your federal taxes are > > >spent will be displayed in front of the Mountain View U.S. Post Office > > >between 10:30 am and 6:00 pm. ( The Mountain View P.O. is located on > > >the corner of Villa and Hope Streets, one block south of the CalTrain - > > >VTA transportation hub.) > > > > > >The "WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?" demonstration is an annual action of the > > >Mountain View Voices for Peace group (MVVP). Much information from the > > >National Priorities Project and other tax research entities is made > > >available to the P.O. patrons on Tax Day. > > > > > >One of the displays illustrates the shocking size of the five year cost > > >of the IRAQ WAR with a pile of PINTO BEANS one millionth the size of > > >$500 billion, the cost of the war. > > > > > >Each visitors will receive a souvenir PINTO BEAN representing >$1,000,000. > > >A pile of 500,000 PINTO BEANS will help apprehend how much > > >$500,000,000,000 really is. > > > > > >Contact person: Fred Duperrault, (650) 691-1215 or >fredd at freeshell.org > > >* > > > --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drpesto at hotmail.com Tue Apr 17 09:29:24 2007 From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:29:24 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Documentary Message-ID: to watch wed nite --- moyers had stood up from the beginning mike f > >Regarding Bush's lies about the war, watch Bill Moyers, PBS, Wed April 25, >9-10:30 PM and check this out >http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041207D.shtml G. >>> > _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117 From jims at greens.org Tue Apr 17 11:58:25 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:58:25 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Buttons and Flyers Message-ID: <462518D1.316BC08D@greens.org> I volunteered to put our button and flyer files on our web site. I started with what I had on my computer, and others can contribute. The artwork must be ready to print, and preferably in PDF format. Look for the "Resources" link in the left frame of our home page - http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/. -- Jim From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 17 12:26:35 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:26:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Iacocca: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Message-ID: <850181.58024.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21233 Iacocca: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2007-04-13 15:48. Media Excerpt:from the book: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? By Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney Had Enough? Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course." Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic. I'll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out! You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies.Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don't need it). The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving pom-poms instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you? I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. My friends tell me to calm down. They say, "Lee, you're eighty-two years old. Leave the rage to the young people." I'd love to, as soon as I can pry them away from their iPods for five seconds and get them to pay attention. I'm going to speak up because it's my patriotic duty. I think people will listen to me. They say I have a reputation as a straight shooter. So I'll tell you how I see it, and it's not pretty, but at least it's real. I'm hoping to strike a nerve in those young folks who say they don't vote because they don't trust politicians to represent their interests. Hey, America, wake up. These guys work for us. Who Are These Guys, Anyway? Why are we in this mess? How did we end up with this crowd in Washington? Well, we voted for them, or at least some of us did. But I'll tell you what we didn't do. We didn't agree to suspend the Constitution. We didn't agree to stop asking questions or demanding answers. Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason. Where I come from that's a dictatorship, not a democracy. And don't tell me it's all the fault of right-wing Republicans or liberal Democrats. That's an intellectually lazy argument, and it's part of the reason we're in this stew. We're not just a nation of factions. We're a people. We share common principles and ideals. And we rise and fall together. Where are the voices of leaders who can inspire us to action and make us stand taller? What happened to the strong and resolute party of Lincoln? What happened to the courageous, populist party of FDR and Truman? There was a time in this country when the voices of great leaders lifted us up and made us want to do better. Where have all the leaders gone? The Test of a Leader I've never been Commander in Chief, but I've been a CEO. I understand a few things about leadership at the top. I've figured out nine points, not ten (I don't want people accusing me of thinking I'm Moses). I call them the "Nine Cs of Leadership." They're not fancy or complicated. Just clear, obvious qualities that every true leader should have. We should look at how the current administration stacks up. Like it or not, this crew is going to be around until January 2009. Maybe we can learn something before we go to the polls in 2008. Then let's be sure we use the leadership test to screen the candidates who say they want to run the country. It's up to us to choose wisely. So, here's my C list: A leader has to show CURIOSITY. He has to listen to people outside of the "Yes, sir" crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complicated place. George W. Bush brags about never reading a newspaper. "I just scan the headlines," he says. Am I hearing this right? He's the President of the United States and he never reads a newspaper? Thomas Jefferson once said, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter." Bush disagrees. As long as he gets his daily hour in the gym, with Fox News piped through the sound system, he's ready to go. If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn't put his beliefs to the test, how does he know he's right? The inability to listen is a form of arrogance. It means either you think you already know it all, or you just don't care. Before the 2006 election, George Bush made a big point of saying he didn't listen to the polls. Yeah, that's what they all say when the polls stink. But maybe he should have listened, because 70 percent of the people were saying he was on the wrong track. It took a "thumping" on election day to wake him up, but even then you got the feeling he wasn't listening so much as he was calculating how to do a better job of convincing everyone he was right. A leader has to be CREATIVE, go out on a limb, be willing to try something different. You know, think outside the box. George Bush prides himself on never changing, even as the world around him is spinning out of control. God forbid someone should accuse him of flip-flopping. There's a disturbingly messianic fervor to his certainty. Senator Joe Biden recalled a conversation he had with Bush a few months after our troops marched into Baghdad. Joe was in the Oval Office outlining his concerns to the President, the explosive mix of Shiite and Sunni, the disbanded Iraqi army, the problems securing the oil fields. "The President was serene," Joe recalled. "He told me he was sure that we were on the right course and that all would be well. 'Mr. President,' I finally said, 'how can you be so sure when you don't yet know all the facts?'" Bush then reached over and put a steadying hand on Joe's shoulder. "My instincts," he said. "My instincts." Joe was flabbergasted. He told Bush,"Mr. President, your instincts aren't good enough." Joe Biden sure didn't think the matter was settled. And, as we all know now, it wasn't. Leadership is all about managing change, whether you're leading a company or leading a country. Things change, and you get creative. You adapt. Maybe Bush was absent the day they covered that at Harvard Business School. A leader has to COMMUNICATE. I'm not talking about running off at the mouth or spouting sound bites. I'm talking about facing reality and telling the truth. Nobody in the current administration seems to know how to talk straight anymore. Instead, they spend most of their time trying to convince us that things are not really as bad as they seem. I don't know if it's denial or dishonesty, but it can start to drive you crazy after a while. Communication has to start with telling the truth, even when it's painful. The war in Iraq has been, among other things, a grand failure of communication. Bush is like the boy who didn't cry wolf when the wolf was at the door. After years of being told that all is well, even as the casualties and chaos mount, we've stopped listening to him. A leader has to be a person of CHARACTER. That means knowing the difference between right and wrong and having the guts to do the right thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you want to test a man's character, give him power." George Bush has a lot of power. What does it say about his character? Bush has shown a willingness to take bold action on the world stage because he has the power, but he shows little regard for the grievous consequences. He has sent our troops (not to mention hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens) to their deaths. For what? To build our oil reserves? To avenge his daddy because Saddam Hussein once tried to have him killed? To show his daddy he's tougher? The motivations behind the war in Iraq are questionable, and the execution of the war has been a disaster. A man of character does not ask a single soldier to die for a failed policy. A leader must have COURAGE. I'm talking about balls. (That even goes for female leaders.) Swagger isn't courage. Tough talk isn't courage. George Bush comes from a blue-blooded Connecticut family, but he likes to talk like a cowboy. You know, My gun is bigger than your gun. Courage in the twenty-first century doesn't mean posturing and bravado. Courage is a commitment to sit down at the negotiating table and talk. If you're a politician, courage means taking a position even when you know it will cost you votes. Bush can't even make a public appearance unless the audience has been handpicked and sanitized. He did a series of so-called town hall meetings last year, in auditoriums packed with his most devoted fans. The questions were all softballs. To be a leader you've got to have CONVICTION, a fire in your belly. You've got to have passion. You've got to really want to get something done. How do you measure fire in the belly? Bush has set the all-time record for number of vacation days taken by a U.S. President, four hundred and counting. He'd rather clear brush on his ranch than immerse himself in the business of governing. He even told an interviewer that the high point of his presidency so far was catching a seven-and-a-half-pound perch in his hand-stocked lake. It's no better on Capitol Hill. Congress was in session only ninety-seven days in 2006. That's eleven days less than the record set in 1948, when President Harry Truman coined the term do-nothing Congress. Most people would expect to be fired if they worked so little and had nothing to show for it. But Congress managed to find the time to vote itself a raise. Now, that's not leadership. A leader should have CHARISMA. I'm not talking about being flashy. Charisma is the quality that makes people want to follow you. It's the ability to inspire. People follow a leader because they trust him. That's my definition of charisma. Maybe George Bush is a great guy to hang out with at a barbecue or a ball game. But put him at a global summit where the future of our planet is at stake, and he doesn't look very presidential. Those frat-boy pranks and the kidding around he enjoys so much don't go over that well with world leaders. Just ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who received an unwelcome shoulder massage from our President at a G-8 Summit. When he came up behind her and started squeezing, I thought she was going to go right through the roof. A leader has to be COMPETENT. That seems obvious, doesn't it? You've got to know what you're doing. More important than that, you've got to surround yourself with people who know what they're doing. Bush brags about being our first MBA President. Does that make him competent? Well, let's see. Thanks to our first MBA President, we've got the largest deficit in history, Social Security is on life support, and we've run up a half-a-trillion-dollar price tag (so far) in Iraq. And that's just for starters. A leader has to be a problem solver, and the biggest problems we face as a nation seem to be on the back burner. You can't be a leader if you don't have COMMON SENSE. I call this Charlie Beacham's rule. When I was a young guy just starting out in the car business, one of my first jobs was as Ford's zone manager in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. My boss was a guy named Charlie Beacham, who was the East Coast regional manager. Charlie was a big Southerner, with a warm drawl, a huge smile, and a core of steel. Charlie used to tell me, "Remember, Lee, the only thing you've got going for you as a human being is your ability to reason and your common sense. If you don't know a dip of horseshit from a dip of vanilla ice cream, you'll never make it." George Bush doesn't have common sense. He just has a lot of sound bites. You know, Mr.they'll-welcome-us-as-liberators-no-child-left-behind-heck-of-a-job-Brownie-mission-accomplished Bush. Former President Bill Clinton once said, "I grew up in an alcoholic home. I spent half my childhood trying to get into the reality-based world, and I like it here." I think our current President should visit the real world once in a while. The Biggest C is CRISIS. Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down. On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. Where was George Bush? He was reading a story about a pet goat to kids in Florida when he heard about the attacks. He kept sitting there for twenty minutes with a baffled look on his face. It's all on tape. You can see it for yourself. Then, instead of taking the quickest route back to Washington and immediately going on the air to reassure the panicked people of this country, he decided it wasn't safe to return to the White House. He basically went into hiding for the day, and he told Vice President Dick Cheney to stay put in his bunker. We were all frozen in front of our TVs, scared out of our wits, waiting for our leaders to tell us that we were going to be okay, and there was nobody home. It took Bush a couple of days to get his bearings and devise the right photo op at Ground Zero. That was George Bush's moment of truth, and he was paralyzed. And what did he do when he'd regained his composure? He led us down the road to Iraq, a road his own father had considered disastrous when he was President. But Bush didn't listen to Daddy. He listened to a higher father. He prides himself on being faith based, not reality based. If that doesn't scare the crap out of you,I don't know what will. A Hell of a Mess. So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership. But when you look around, you've got to ask: "Where have all the leaders gone?" Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, competence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point. Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened. Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time. Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when "the Big Three" referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it? Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry. I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bobblehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change? Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope. I believe in America. In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, the 1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this: You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a call to action for people who, like me, believe in America. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the horseshit and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had enough Excerpted from Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (C) 2007 by Lee Iacocca. All rights reserved. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From tnharter at ispwest.com Tue Apr 17 22:18:32 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:18:32 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Corporate Shopping Boycott now in progress Message-ID: <4625AA28.8030702@ispwest.com> Hello Y'all, I've decided that this corporate shopping boycott is IMPORTANT, and it needs to be more visible. So I got this artist friend who goes by "The TransDimensionalMystic" to make a funky graphic, and I put it at the top of my website. You can see it there: http://tian.greens.org My plan is to take it down soon after Earth Day. Also, while it is up I'm going to avoid going into any store with a nationally recognised name. I would like to urge you to do that kind of thing with whatever oportunities to create visibility you have. Together we can make a much softer sound of no registers ringing than any one of us can do! -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS thingie. From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 00:34:19 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:34:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] DeAnza Short Eco Classes still open!!! Water & Politics, Eco Protection of Marin Message-ID: <41706.17785.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Greens, here's some fantastic opportunities for evening/Saturday classes. Check it out and sign up RIGHT AWAY if this catches your fancy. You may register on-line at the De Anza College web site http://deanza.edu. For more information or questions, call the center at (408) 864-8712. And BTW if you didn't know, for future planning @ De Anza we have the beautiful new Kirsch Environmental Center with a number of Enviro Sci classes, not to mention some fantastic applied politics and sociology classes including classes on organizing for social justice. Just ask me if any of that is of interest... http://www.deanza.edu/schedule/classes/schsearch.html , CHECK THIS OUT!!! http://www.calhistory.org/courses.html#marin Preservation of the Marin County Communities Course: HIST-107X-96 (2 Units) BR>Instructor: Chatham Forbes Marin has an outstanding history of locally initiated environmental protection. Completion of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937 triggered attempted by developers to build large communities on the unoccupied lands. Groups of concerned private citizens rose to resist, with notable success. Lectures: Thursdays, April 19 & May 3, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Field Trips: Saturdays, April 28 & May 12, 2007 Water and the California Dream HIST-51X-95 (2 Units) Instructor: Betty Hirsch In the last one hundred years, imported water has transformed the Golden State with land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism, dramatically altering both urban and rural communities. Th ekey to this transformation has been expanded access to water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River, and Northern California Rivers. This class will examine how the importation of water has shaped the state's population growth and has, at the same time, damaged the environment. The Santa Clara Valley Water District's History will also be covered. Various water sites will be visited as part of the class. Lectures: Thursdays, May 31 & June 14, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Field Trip: Saturdays, June 9 & June 16 The San Mateo Coast HIST-107X-95 (2 Units) Instructor: Betty Hirsch In the early 1850s James Johnston fell in love with the Coastside, particularly the open country around Half Moon Bay, and was determined to live there - even though to get into that seculded region one had to either walk or ride a horse. Up to that time no wheeled vehicles had ever been maneuvered over the steep hills. Explore life on the Coastside, past and present, with its sea, hills, farmlands, and beautiful vistas. The class will visit Half Moon Bay, Pigeon Point Lighthouse, the restored home of James Johnston, Ano Nuevo, and other coastal sites. Lectures: Thursdays, April 26 & May 10, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Field Trips: Saturdays May 5 & May 19, 2007: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Gold Rush Towns of the Central Mother Lode HIST-107X-97 (2 Units) Instructor: Chatham Forbes Goldseekers by the thousands poured into the Sierra foothills, into raw new towns like Grass Valley, Nevada City, Rough and Ready, and Placerville. The story of the California Gold Rush is a social, economic, and political epic in American History. Students unable to take the field study may write a term paper. Lectures: Thursdays, May 25 & June 7, 2007: 6:20 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Field Trip: Saturdays and Sunday, June 2 & 3, 2007 Impeach for Peace! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 08:22:24 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:22:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] National Boycott to Impeach for Peace and Justice! (was re: Shopping Boycott now in progress) In-Reply-To: <4625AA28.8030702@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <571557.21482.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Here's some more info on this national action taking place NOW! http://www.wearenotbuyingit.org/ Boycott to Impeach (for Peace)! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > Hello Y'all, > > I've decided that this corporate shopping boycott is IMPORTANT, > and it needs to be more visible. So I got this artist friend who goes > by "The TransDimensionalMystic" to make a funky graphic, and > I put it at the top of my website. You can see it there: > > http://tian.greens.org > > My plan is to take it down soon after Earth Day. Also, while it > is up I'm going to avoid going into any store with a nationally > recognised name. > > I would like to urge you to do that kind of thing with whatever > oportunities to create visibility you have. Together we can make a > much softer sound of no registers ringing than any one of us can do! > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS > thingie. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Apr 18 10:04:41 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:04:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: We Will Find Him] Message-ID: <46264FA9.8010602@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: We Will Find Him Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:34:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "Anthony D. Romero, ACLU" Reply-To: "Anthony D. Romero, ACLU" Organization: ACLU To: gerrygras at earthlink.net ****************************** YOU CAN HELP FIND HIM http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=61NFn0y35h0KhNlp5lEM0Q.. ****************************** Dear ACLU Friends, Last October, all of us at the ACLU vowed that we would leave no stone unturned in our effort to reverse the newly-passed Military Commissions Act -- an affront to our Constitution. To preserve our American values of freedom and fairness, Congress must act now to reverse this law and to begin to undo the damage done by almost seven years of Bush Administration assaults on our civil liberties. That's why the ACLU is launching a major campaign to repair the damage and restore the Constitution. As part of that effort, we'll be doing all the things you expect the ACLU to do -- lobbying members of Congress, pursuing high-profile lawsuits, running radio and newspaper ads, and more. But, to be successful, we know we need to reach a broader audience and get them involved in our work. So we're doing something a bit new for us, in an online campaign to raise awareness through a little character who's meant to embody the idea of habeas corpus. Let me introduce "Mr. Habeas Corpus." You may have already seen him. As an unflagging champion of justice and due process of law, Habeas has been looking out for us all. Now he needs us to look out for him before the rights he has been protecting for centuries are lost forever. As part of the ACLU community, we wanted you to be the first to learn about our Find Habeas outreach effort and the ACLU Campaign to Restore Our Constitutional Rights. Our goal is to engage as many people as possible in our campaign to find Habeas Corpus and restore him to his rightful place in the Constitution. We know that once the public learns all the facts, the majority won't support laws that run counter to long-held Constitutional principles. That is where you come in. Your involvement -- your voice, your network of friends and family -- is critical to this effort. Please visit our Find Habeas website and find out how you can add your voice to this effort. -- Tell your friends: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=cfW0O4ZVLTiB1eON6x4TNQ.. -- Check out the blog: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=EG_eqZyC4pO5JGIjgyfRtw.. -- Download stickers and postcards: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=G3pkKbdRcgyx0SFemMXQeA.. -- Get involved: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=ylMDdy4g3JehlFovZJanXg.. You'll be hearing more about how you can help in this effort in the days and weeks to come. With your help, we can restore habeas corpus and due process and win a victory for freedom and the Constitution. Sincerely, Anthony D. Romero Executive Director American Civil Liberties Union ****************************** ? ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 To unsubscribe from receiving ACLU email, or to change your email preferences, go to: http://action.aclu.org/site/CO?i=aXDmf5O93ssQnyCnhplWFhvo6PsMKKKU&cid=0 From fredd at freeshell.org Wed Apr 18 11:02:11 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:02:11 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go Message-ID: <46265D23.7030107@freeshell.org> Whoever replied to the MVVP annual "Tax Day" demonstration is correct that "War crimes should take precedence to budgetary issues," However, the Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP), with its limited number of activists, uses most every strategy possible to try to end the slaughtering that has been going on in Iraq for more that three years. Educating. or reminding, taxpayers that the largest chunk of their fed- eral taxes are used to support the five year $500,000,000,000 Iraq Debacle is just another effective way to stimulate outrage over the onslaught. It is a way to reach people on the fence or who support the war. Some people may not be as concerned about the casualties of the victims of America's violent jingoism as does the criticizer of MVVP, but they are the ones who are supporting our government to continue the occupation. Another point: The people who participated in the "Tax Day" demonstration have each spent hundreds, possibly thousands, of hours of their free time participating in variety of actions trying to stop the stupid exercise in Iraq. They know "There's a world out there..." Fred D. OK, this is not going to make any fans, but... with close to 800,000 civilian deaths in Iraq (more than estimated deaths in Dafur), I think this approach is very selfish. War crimes should take precedence to budgetary issues. There's a world out there folks. > [Original Message] > From: Michael Fischetti > To: > Date: 4/16/2007 5:17:18 PM > Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Do Your Taxes Go > > mountain view voices for peace will be having it annual (ugh) tax day > protest tuesday 4/17 at the post office in mountain view at hope and dana > street from 10 am - midnight -- > > it is a great way to engage the citizenry - lots of handouts - everyone is > invited to show up a do a shift --- it has been fun and educational and we > reach a lot of people - another way to be anti war > > > mike f > > > >* > >Folks, > > > >This is FYI on the news release I've sent to three newspapers and four TV > >stations. > > > >Fred > > > >Here is a TAX DAY news tip to: KPIX-TV > >. > >From: Fred Duperrault, 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org of > >Mountain View Voices for Peace (MVVP) > > > > > >News Item: WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO? > > > >On Tuesday, April 17, graphic examples of how your federal taxes are > >spent will be displayed in front of the Mountain View U.S. Post Office > >between 10:30 am and 6:00 pm. ( The Mountain View P.O. is located on > >the corner of Villa and Hope Streets, one block south of the CalTrain - > >VTA transportation hub.) > > > >The "WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO?" demonstration is an annual action of the > >Mountain View Voices for Peace group (MVVP). Much information from the > >National Priorities Project and other tax research entities is made > >available to the P.O. patrons on Tax Day. > > > >One of the displays illustrates the shocking size of the five year cost > >of the IRAQ WAR with a pile of PINTO BEANS one millionth the size of > >$500 billion, the cost of the war. > > > >Each visitors will receive a souvenir PINTO BEAN representing $1,000,000. > >A pile of 500,000 PINTO BEANS will help apprehend how much > >$500,000,000,000 really is. > > > >Contact person: Fred Duperrault, (650) 691-1215 or fredd at freeshell.org > >* > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings > https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search =mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 15:49:25 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [GPUS-PAX] Re: Dennis the K files for Impeachment Message-ID: <468438.49426.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I don't know what he's been waiting for but this is welcome news if true. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- jacqui deveneau wrote: > From: jacqui deveneau > To: Peace > Subject: [GPUS-PAX] Re: Dennis the K files for Impeachment > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:10:08 -0700 (PDT) > > Wanted to share this with you all.Love,Jacqui > > Articles of Impeachment to Be Filed On Cheney By Mary Ann > Akers 17 Apr 2007 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)... declared in a > letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he > plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President [sic] > Dick Cheney... Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution gives > Congress the authority to impeach the president, vice president and > "all civil Officers of the United States" for "treason, bribery, or > other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Sources tell the Sleuth that in > light of the mass killings at Virginia Tech Monday, Kucinich's > impeachment plans have been put on hold. There will be no action this > week, they say. > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 16:40:16 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Kucinich: Impeach Cheney First? Message-ID: <421769.96337.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Impeach Cheney First? John Nichols Wed Apr 18, 12:26 AM ET The Nation -- It is no secret that Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has been toying with the idea of moving articles of impeachment against a member of the Bush administration. And he appears to be focusing more and more of his attention on the man that many activists around the country see as the ripest target for sanctioning: Vice President Dick Cheney. Despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record)'s efforts to convince Democrats to keep presidential accountability "off the table," Kucinich is just one of many House Democrats who have acknowledged in recent days that they are hearing the call for action loud and clear from their constituents and from grassroots activists across the country. "I get one call after another saying, 'Impeach the president,'" says Congressman John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pennsylvania. Congresswoman Diane Watson (news, bio, voting record), D-California, says constituents in Los Angeles "are saying impeachment. I am hearing that more and more and more." Kucinich, for his part, has sent more signals than anyone else in the caucus about his interest in raising accountability issues. The congressman, who has broken with Pelosi on issues relating to the funding of the war in Iraq, has been blunt about his frustration with the caution of Congress when it comes to addressing executive excess. "This House cannot avoid its constitutionally authorized responsibility to restrain the abuse of Executive power," he told the House last month, adding that "impeachment may well be the only remedy which remains to stop a war of aggression against Iran." Around the same time, in a letter to supporters of his anti-war bid for the 2OO8 Democratic presidential nomination, Kucinich asked it it was time to put impeachment on the table. The response was an overwhelming "yes." Earlier this week, according to media reports Kucinich emailed House colleagues with a note that began, "I intend to introduce Articles of Impeachment with respect to the conduct of Vice President Cheney." Kucinich put the plan on hold after the Virginia Tech shooting massacre. But the general expectation is that he will raise the issue anew after a decent interval. Cheney's office sees no grounds for impeachment. "The vice president has had nearly 40 years of government service and has done so in an honorable fashion," says Megan McGinn, Cheney's deputy press secretary. McGinn got that line out with a straight face. Americans of who are not on the vice president's payroll are inclined to recognize Cheney's manipulation of intelligence prior to the Iraq War, his active role in going after administration critic Joe Wilson (news, bio, voting record) and Wilson's wife Valarie Plame, and his ongoing links to the Halliburton war-profiteering cartel as arguments against giving the vice president any prizes for "honorable" government service. Impeachment activists have in recent months pushed an "Impeach Cheney First" message, in part to counter the complaint that impeaching Bush would put an even darker figure in charge. Of course, going after the most powerful vice president in history has consequences, as well. In the unlikely event that Cheney were removed from office, one line of reasoning goes, Bush would for the first time find himself in charge. --------------------------------------------------------------------- John Nichols' new book is THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT: The Founders' Cure for Royalism. Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson hails it as a "nervy, acerbic, passionately argued history-cum-polemic [that] combines a rich examination of the parliamentary roots and past use of the 'heroic medicine' that is impeachment with a call for Democratic leaders to 'reclaim and reuse the most vital tool handed to us by the founders for the defense of our most basic liberties.'" ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 16:42:59 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney Message-ID: <124932.32238.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/04/articles_of_impeachment_to_be.html Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney Looks like he's reached his boiling point. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. Kucinich has made ending the war in Iraq the central theme of his campaign. He has even taken aim at the leading Democratic presidential candidates in the field for their votes on authorizing the war. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to impeach the president, vice president and "all civil Officers of the United States" for "treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Sources tell the Sleuth that in light of the mass killings at Virginia Tech Monday, Kucinich's impeachment plans have been put on hold. There will be no action this week, they say. Kucinich's office had no comment on the Congressman's "Dear Colleague" letter -- which apparently was drafted over the weekend, before the school massacre -- or on what the focus of articles of impeachment against Cheney would be. But Kucinich shouldn't hold his breath on getting anywhere with his impeachment plan. "We'll see a Kucinich Administration before we'll see a Cheney impeachment," quipped one Democratic aide. Here is the text of his letter, a copy of which was forwarded to the Sleuth: April 17, 2007 Dear Colleague: This week I intend to introduce Articles of Impeachment with respect to the conduct of Vice President Cheney. Please have your staff contact my office . . . if you would like to receive a confidential copy of the document prior to its introduction in the House. Sincerely, /s/ Dennis J. Kucinich Member of Congress By Mary Ann Akers | April 17, 2007; 10:09 AM ET ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 18:00:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Coyote Valley Meeting Tonight Message-ID: <572271.39037.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --- Michael Wood wrote: > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:54:35 -0800 > From: Michael Wood > Subject: Coyote Valley Meeting Tonight > To: coyotevalley at inbox.com > --------------------------------- Nice to meet you all today! We are having a Coyote Valley Meeting tonight at Mark Anthony's Appartment, 460 South 10th Street, Appt #17, if you'd like to attend, please show up at 7pm! For more specific directions, contact Megan Fluke at (408) 329-8851. Mark Anthony Medeiros Save Coyote Valley! (408) 607-1709 ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 18:12:14 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:12:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Vice President's office will look into impeachment report Message-ID: <990638.45259.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Cheney_on_impeachment_papers_No_comment_0418.html Vice President's office will look into impeachment report Michael Roston Published: Wednesday April 18, 2007 Vice President Dick Cheney's office was looking into news that Articles of Impeachment will be filed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich for crimes which have not yet been identified by the Democratic Congressman. The news appeared on a blog last night produced by the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. "Cheney's deputy press secretary, Megan McGinn, said she couldn't comment on Kucinich's email because she hadn't seen it," wrote Sabrina Eaton at the Plain Dealer's blog Openers. She added, "Asked whether Cheney had done anything he could be impeached for, McGinn replied: 'The vice president has had nearly 40 years of government service and has done so in an honorable fashion.'" RAW STORY also contacted McGinn yesterday, and was told that the Vice President's office would look into the question. Yesterday, the Washington Post's Mary Ann Akers at her blog The Sleuth revealed Kucinich's plans to file Articles of Impeachment against Cheney. "This week I intend to introduce Articles of Impeachment with respect to the conduct of Vice President Cheney," Kucinich, who is running for president, wrote in a "dear colleague" letter to fellow Members of Congress. Kucinich noted that the actual charges themselves were "confidential" prior to their formal introduction to the House of Representatives. Kucinich's congressional staff refused to comment on the subject, and his campaign staff told RAW STORY that only his congressional office could answer questions on the matter. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 22:26:05 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:26:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bicycle4Peace Fwd: Catalysts of HOPE in San Jose - 20th to 23rd April Message-ID: <623547.39324.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --- Donna Wallach wrote: > To: anneng at aol.com, > jamboi at greens.org > From: Donna Wallach > Subject: Catalysts of HOPE in San Jose - 20th to 23rd April > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:13:32 -0700 > > Greetings Anne and Drew, > > Below is the email message I sent out about the Catalysts of HOPE/ > Bike4Peace cross country bike ride. Thank you for forwarding to > others. > > Donna > > > > Catalysts of HOPE (Healing Our People & Earth) > Bike4Peace > > The bike riders will be entering San Jose on Friday 20th April, check > > out the website: > http://www.catalystsofhope.org > > Catalysts of HOPE Discussion in San Jos? > Where: Pagesincolor.com Fair Trade & Crafts Store > Address: 888 East Santa Clara St., San Jos? (near 19th St, & across > street from Roosevelt Park) along route of buses 22, 64, 522 > When: Sunday 22nd April, 2007 > Time: 17:00 potluck > 18:00 discussion > For more info call (408) 293-4774 > > > Vision & Mission > We celebrate the unity of all life sharing common interests, and our > > strength from physical and ideological diversity. We support creative > > collaboration through compassionate communication. We seek to network > > healthy, independent communities striving toward sustainable, > peaceful, simple living. > > We are strong and capable, and we acknowledge interdependence. We ask > > for assistance from others only if it improves their own lives. We > trust that love will assure abundance, for which we are grateful. We > > are called to this Journey for a purpose beyond our own > understanding. We invite you to engage lovingly with us as you feel > called. > > Community of Cyclists Crossing the Continent > Imagine a nationwide network of communities dedicated to living > sustainably in a manner that removes the justification from war. More > > are realizing this vision every day and we are weaving together the > network with a Journey of Hope. There is room for you to be part of > our journey across the continent, whether you ride with us or support > > us from home. We are especially reaching toward organizers with whom > > we can establish synergy. > > George W. Bush says US troops are fighting to preserve the American > way of life. That would include consuming far more than our share of > > the planet's resources, especially oil. Our consumption and fighting > > over limited resources are combining to effect the climate, pollute > our home, and threaten the survival of our species. It's time for a > transformation. > > We know how to live without oil. Our ancestors did it. Many cultures > > still use a fraction of what we use in the USA and live happily. We > don't necessarily have to give up every modern convenience, but we > must build our tools to last and use them sensibly. The biggest > challenge is to stop relying on automobiles. To demonstrate how > easily this can be done, our community will get around by bicycle, > though we may use biofuels to move some supplies. The children will > ride in bike trailers behind the adults. We'll carry camping gear, > though we'll often be sleeping in the homes of our hosts. > > Catalysts of HOPE (Healing Our People & Earth) are building in > conjunction with Bike4Peace, whose cyclists ride from Everett, WA to > > Washington, DC annually since 2005. This year, we envision rides > leaving from several points on the West Coast to converge in DC on > Sat 22 Sept (World Car Free Day). To continue the momentum, we will > cycle south from Portland, Corvallis, and Eugene in mid-March, > delivering workshops and empowering conversations down the West Coast > > and across the country to the East Coast. Utilizing principles of > Sarvodaya Shramadana pioneered in Sri Lanka and other models of > cooperative community building, the Journey plans to engage in > collaborative efforts with community planners, activists, and > advocates around the country for the many refugees of Hurricane > Katrina. > > Cross continental bicyclists are the core of our journey, who welcome > > additional riders for any portion of the trip. Some will ride across > > town, some across state, and some the rest of the way to DC. It's > especially nice to be joined by riders who know the local terrain > when we're trying to find a specific place or determine the safest > route. A local cyclist leading the pack can be a great asset, > especially if her panniers contain lunch. > > Of course, collaboration is the true heart of a bicycle trip. This > ride simply could not happen without the support of the generous > people who open their homes or churches to the riders. Different > levels of support are appropriate at different times. Cyclists are > prepared to sleep outside, bathe out of a pot with a towel and some > Dr. Bronner's, or eat whatever is available, but they really > appreciate a warm shower, a lovingly prepared meal, or soft bed. > Hosts who can provide massage, chiropractic care, or a sauna can > achieve legendary status. We've found that a simple diet of diverse > fruits, veggies, seeds, and nuts is best. We especially appreciate > locally grown organic produce. Perhaps a pot luck, with the challenge > > of using food grown within the county, would be appropriate in your > community. > > Catalysts of HOPE and Bike4Peace are building a network of people > devoted to the search for a sustainable lifestyle and collaborative > community. We can use your help with communication, passing the word > > along to encourage participation, or donating an item from our wish > list. We want you to feel unity with a whole nation full of good > people who are only a bike ride away. Together we can build a > peaceful world. > > > Sponsors > NW Earth Institute > Veterans for Peace > Sarvodaya USA > Oregon PeaceWorks > Bike4Peace > Love Makes a Family > Whitefeather house > > Contact Info > The Journey is a moving target. The most reliable way to reach us is > > to contact a host, but we only publish their contact information with > > permission. Check the route & schedule to see if this method will > work for you. > > Vernon's cell phone is 425-438-8985. He has voice mail and checks it > > whenever he can. Unfortunately, Cingular service can be sketchy in > rural areas. Rebecca's cell phone (541-829-3379) is with Sprint and > may have different coverage. > > When the Internet is available, Michele (satyagrahi at riseup.net) and > Vernon (kashimbi at earthlink.net) will check their inboxes. > > Catalysts of HOPE Discussion in San Jos? > Where: Pagesincolor.com Fair Trade & Crafts Store > Address: 888 East Santa Clara St., San Jos? (near 19th St, & across > street from Roosevelt Park) along route of buses 22, 64, 522 > When: Sunday 22nd April, 2007 > Time: 17:00 potluck > 18:00 discussion > > For more info call (408) 293-4774 > > > > > > > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > World Centric Fair Trade & Eco Store > http://www.worldcentric.org/store/ > We have created and live in a world of gross social and economic > inequalities[1] and are at the same time severely impacting[2] the > natural eco-systems and regenerating bio-capacity of the planet. > Our every action has an impact on the well-being of our planet and > our everyday decisions[3] can help create a better world for all. > > In keeping with this fact and our vision, the World Centric Fair > Trade/Eco Online Store provides everyday consumption choices, which > > can help minimize social & economic inequalities, reduce the impact > > of our consumption on the environment and help create a better and > > sustainable world. > > 1. http://www.worldcentric.org/stateworld/socialjustice.htm > 2. http://www.worldcentric.org/stateworld/environment.htm > 3. http://www.worldcentric.org/sustain/index.htm > > *<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->* > > Pagesincolor.com > Fair Trade Crafts, Alternative Media > John F. 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Santa Clara St. > San Jose, CA 95116 > tel: 408-924-0846 > pagesincolor at aol.com > http://www.pagesincolor.com > > *<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->*<->* > > ---> Free Mumia Abu-Jamal <--- > http://www.mumia.org http://www.freemumia.org > +++> Bring Leonard Peltier Home Now! <+++ > http://www.leonardpeltier.org > http://www.myspace.com/freepeltier > ===> Hands Off Assata Shakur! <=== > http://www.assatashakur.org > ***> Free the MOVE 9 <*** > http://www.onamove.com > ---> Free Rocky Boice Jr. <--- > http://www.ibiblio.org/twf/carsonten.html > +++> Free Lori Berenson <+++ > http://www.freelori.org > ===> Release Hugo Pinell from Prison NOW <=== > http://www.hugopinell.org > ***> Free Tre Arrow <*** > http://www.trearrow.org/ > ---> Free all Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War! <--- > http://prisonactivist.org/pps+pows/pplist-alpha.shtml > +++> Abolish the racist & classist death penalty! <+++ > ===> Palestinian Statehood Not Israeli Occupation <=== > ***> Support Palestinian Right to Return <*** > http://www.badil.org http://www.al-awda.org > ---> Divest from Israel! Boycott products made in Israel! <--- > http://www.boycottisraeligoods.org > +++> Tear down the Israeli Apartheid Wall <+++ > http://www.stopthewall.org > ===> End the U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan NOW! <=== > ***> End U.S./British Occupation of Iraq NOW! <*** > http://www.iraqintifada.net > > > > > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From drpesto at hotmail.com Thu Apr 19 09:32:39 2007 From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:32:39 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: [Sosfbay-news] "It's Getting Hot in Here!" Global Climate ChangeDiscussion Panel Message-ID: remember amie ? -- she is a green at san jose state and is active on environmental issues there mike f >From: "Amie Frisch" >To: sosfbay-news at cagreens.org >Subject: [Sosfbay-news] "It's Getting Hot in Here!" Global Climate >ChangeDiscussion Panel >Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:28:26 -0700 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN is giving away a trip to Vegas to see Elton John.? Enter to win today. http://msnconcertcontest.com?icid-nceltontagline -------------- next part -------------- "It's Getting Hot in Here!" Global Climate Change Discussion Panel Thursday, April 19th Hal Todd Theatre, SJSU Hugh Gillis Hall 103 7.00p - 8.00p Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However, by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and temperatures are rising. There is no doubt we can solve this problem. In fact, we have a moral obligation to do so. Small changes to your daily routine can add up to big differences in helping to stop global warming. The time to come together to solve this problem is now! Join SJSU's top experts for an illuminating discussion on global climate change. Learn about the latest scientific research, effective government policies, progress in industry and business, promising green technologies, and how individuals and communities can be part of the solution. Panelists: Eugene Cordero is a Professor in the Department of Meteorology. His research interests are aligned with understanding how our climate is changing as a result of both natural and anthropogenic processes. Asim Zia is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies. His research, teaching and community outreach focuses on alternative energy sources, climate change, decision analysis and environmental policy. Annette Nellen is a Professor in the Department of Business. She has taught classes and made presentations on the environment and taxation for the past several years. Karl Gee is the former Energy Manager at SJSU. He has spent his career in the energy management field and is currently working with several renewable energy companies in early and mid stage growth. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: text5.txt URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 19 13:51:21 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:51:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Just in time for Earthday Celebration: Whale beaches itself in NYC, dies Message-ID: <791620.25767.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Is Gaia trying to tell us something??? Are we listening??? Impeach for Peace! Drew http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Brooklyn_Whale.html Whale beaches itself in NYC, dies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/aponline/63393.69Brooklyn-Whale.sff.jpg In this photo released by the United States Coast Guard, a minke whale swims in New York City's Gowanus canal, Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Marine biologists were dispatched to investigate the whale that found its way into the narrow Brooklyn waterway best known for industrial pollution. It was not known whether the animal was in distress. (AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Thomas D'Amore) NEW YORK -- A young whale that swam aimlessly for two days in a small bay off an industrial section of Brooklyn beached itself at an oil depot dock Wednesday and died suddenly. Animal activists said the minke whale, about a year old, was too young to survive on its own. "It's very sad," said Kim Durham, a rescue specialist at the Long Island-based Riverhead Foundation for Research and Preservation, who had monitored the troubled animal's activities around the clock. "It was a very young whale that became confused and disoriented." Earlier, experts had reported seeing nothing to indicate the mammal was sick, such as swimming erratically or in tight circles. With only the whale's dorsal fin visible at times, observers could only guess whether it was injured. "It would be great if we could say to the whale, 'Say "ahhh" and stick your tongue out,'" said Durham, who had expressed hope earlier that the whale would find its way back into open water in New York harbor. But she said the situation took a bad turn in the early afternoon, when the whale's swimming patterns changed. Durham said a colleague, marine biologist Robert DiGiovanni, was observing the animal when "it suddenly began heavy splashing, hit the dock and then just went quiet." The whale died about 5 p.m. The end was witnessed by spectators who had been drawn to the dock area in Gowanus Bay by news accounts of the whale. A police harbor boat secured the whale's carcass, estimated to weigh 3,500 to 5,000 pounds, to the Hess Oil Co. dock, where it was to remain overnight. It was to be towed to an Army Corps of Engineers dock in Jersey City, N.J., on Thursday for a necropsy, according to Peter Shugert, a Corps spokesman. The whale was first spotted on Tuesday in Gowanus Bay, a small estuary off industrial south Brooklyn that is the outlet from the Gowanus canal, a narrow 1.2-mile waterway once lined with coal yards, scrap yards and small industries. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 19 13:58:56 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Betraying Thomas Jefferson: Abetting Crimes Against the Constitution Message-ID: <626994.27967.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff04192007.html April 19, 2007 Abetting Crimes Against the Constitution Betraying Thomas Jefferson By DAVE LINDORFF The enemies of the Constitution are growing in number and are to be found now, not just in the White House and the Congress, but also in state capitals, from Washington to Vermont. Not only do we have a president and vice president who are almost daily undermining and rending at the fabric of the Constitution. Not only do we have Democratic Party leaders actively barring the party's elected representatives from standing up to the president by submitting bills of impeachment, as called for in the Constitution. We now have Democratic Party leaders in state legislatures betraying Founder Thomas Jefferson, by sabotaging grassroots efforts to get joint legislative resolutions passed demanding the start of impeachment proceedings in the House. Thomas Jefferson, a complex and personally deeply conflicted human being was, as a philosopher of government, incredibly prescient. Not only did he foresee the critical need for a section laying out the inalienable rights of man in the nation's founding document. He also understood the concept of a "beltway bubble" long before there were even paved roads, much less interstate highway beltways. Jefferson understood that a monomaniacal and unprincipled president, particularly in time of war or national crisis, could intimidate members of Congress-particularly a weak Congress riven by political rivalries-and prevent that body from going forward with impeachment. He understood that members of Congress themselves, remote geographically and politically from their constituents, could eventually become so isolated they would fail to act in accordance with the wishes of the voters who sent them to Washington. That's why Jefferson came up with an alternative way of initiating impeachment proceedings, in addition to the standard Constitutionally-prescribed method of having a House member submit an impeachment bill. His solution, laid out in his Manual of the Rules of the House, was to allow a joint resolution by any state's legislature calling for impeachment to also require the House to initiate impeachment. Over the past year, there have been grassroots campaigns underway in at least 10 states to get such resolutions passed. Unfortunately, the Democratic leaders of a number of state legislatures, working in collusion with, or at the direction of even more craven Democratic Party leaders in Washington, are undermining Jefferson, and are sabotaging his carefully crafted mechanism for defending and protecting the Constitution and ensuring the survival of democratic freedoms. In New Mexico, Democratic leaders in the state senate, after earlier voting in favor of an impeachment resolution, suddenly turned around and defeated a procedural effort to bring an impeachment resolution to the floor for a vote, effectively killing the measure. A similar effort was made by party leaders in the Washington State Senate, though a second effort to get that bill, Senate 8016, to a floor vote will be made tomorrow (Friday). In Vermont, where 38 town meetings in March all voted out impeachment resolutions, and called on the state's legislature to pass an impeachment resolution, the Democratic leaders of the state House and Senate are apparently blocking attempts to move a resolution to a floor vote (where it would likely pass). In each case, there is evidence that Congressional leaders in Washington, often with the assistance of members of each state's own Congressional delegation, have been leaning on Democratic legislative leaders in the statehouses, to pressure them to kill the impeachment resolutions. This tactic represents a grotesque betrayal of Thomas Jefferson, who expressly saw the state legislative resolution route to impeachment as a way of letting the public, at the state level, send a message to Congress, not the other way around. By squelching such efforts from Washington, the Democratic Party is using top-down power to undermine the popular will. Polls have repeatedly shown that a majority of Americans, and an overwhelming majority of Democrats, want to see the president impeached and brought up on charges for lying to put the country into an illegal war, for illegally ordering the National Security Agency to spy on Americans without a warrant, for abusing power by invalidating acts of Congress, for ordering torture, for covering up the outing of a CIA undercover agent, and for myriad other crimes. Yet the Democratic Party leadership has decided that it is in the Democratic Party's short-term interest to ignore these dangerous assaults on the Republic and the Constitution. The thinking among party leaders is that by laying low and doing little, Democrats can reap gains in the 2008 national election. Maybe they're right about that. Maybe they're not. But impeachment in any case is not about partisan gain. It is a process mandated by the Constitution when freedom is under threat. Every member of Congress took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution from attack by enemies foreign and domestic. We all know that the Bush administration is wrecking the Constitution, and that it is trying to turn the presidency into an all-powerful dictatorship. In the face of that assault, the national Democratic Party, far from standing up for the Constitution and for democracy, is proving to be an abettor in the crime. Now state party leaders are showing themselves to be just as craven and cowardly. Dave Lindorff is the author of Killing Time: an Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. His n book of CounterPunch columns titled "This Can't be Happening!" is published by Common Courage Press. Lindorff's newest book is "The Case for Impeachment", co-authored by Barbara Olshansky. He can be reached at: dlindorff at yahoo.com ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 19 14:00:33 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeaching Cheney First. Finally! (Next Wed Ap 25th???) Message-ID: <862810.29727.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/041907Lindorff2.shtml Impeaching Cheney First. Finally! by Dave Lindorff Kucinich's move comes as citizens across the country are bringing impeachment resolutions to town meetings, city councils, Democratic Party county and state committees, and even state legislatures--and getting them passed. Sources close to the office of Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) confirmed that the progressive Democratic congressman and Democratic presidential aspirant intends to introduce a bill of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 25. The move will mark the second time that an impeachment bill has been submitted against a member of the Bush administration. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) filed a bill of impeachment against President Bush in December of last year, just as the 109th Congress was about to end, and as Rep. McKenney was about to leave office (she was defeated in last November's election). Kucinich's bill will go to the Judiciary Committee, where Chairman John Conyers (R-MI) and the other members will have to decide whether to request subpoena powers and to begin a hearing into impeachable offenses by the vice president. Kucinich's action marks a major step forward for impeachment activists, who have been frustrated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who has repeatedly stated that she has no interest in having the House hold impeachment hearings against president or vice president (and who has been leaning hard on Democratic caucus members in the House not to file impeachment bills). By bucking Pelosi and filing his bill, Kucinich may force the mainstream corporate media to start discussing the idea. There has been a virtual blackout on impeachment in the media, which has not even been asking the question in polls, since a year ago, when Pelosi made it clear she had no interest in impeachment. Kucinich's move comes as citizens across the country are bringing impeachment resolutions to town meetings, city councils, Democratic Party county and state committees, and even state legislatures--and getting them passed. The Democratic Party Establishment has been resisting impeachment, fearing that it could "turn off" independent voters, although the few polls that have been conducted suggest that a majority of Americans, and even not a few Republicans, favor impeaching the president. But as the administration's scandals have grown in number and seriousness, from financial chicanery to voter suppression to political firings of federal prosecutors to illegal spying on citizens, and as the president's War in Iraq has lurched from bad to catastrophic, public pressure is mounting for Democrats to take tougher action. Kucinich's bill may not in itself put Bush's impeachment back on the Congressional table, but it could whet the public's appetite for more substantial fare. Dave Lindorff is the author of Killing Time: an Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Another book is of CounterPunch columns, titled This Can't Be Happening!, is published by Common Courage Press. Lindorff's latest book is The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office, co-authored by Barbara Olshansky. Visit his website for more information. Lindorff may be reached at dlindorff at yahoo.com. This story is published in the Baltimore Chronicle with permission of the author. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From andid at cagreens.org Thu Apr 19 15:03:49 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:03:49 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Hearing on Atty General Gonzales? Message-ID: Judging from the assessment by the (New Review?) Republican magazine, Albert has disappointed and disgraced himself and the Republican Party; they are ready to jettison him, although only one Republican told him in the hearing that he should resign. One Democrat told him that he should suffer the fate of the eight prosecutors, implying that he should be summarily fired. I think this poor fool is on his way out. Andrea From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Thu Apr 19 16:36:11 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 19 Apr 2007 23:36:11 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] El Salvador benefit April 27 Message-ID: <20070419233611.8529.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Dennis Kyne (SJPC) asked me to forward this. Here is another wonderful opportunity to support our brothers and sisters in El Salvador. You can also meet some wonderful people and purchase some amazing photographs from El Salvador. Do consider coming by. SOA Watch San Jose whole-heartedly supports this Walls of Hope benefit. [School of the Americas Watch] --- In peace and solidarity, Larry Lauro Dear friends, We'd like to warmly invite you to Dare to Hope: supporting the vision of healing through art, a photography exhibit and sale to benefit the Walls of Hope art school and open studio in Perqu?n, El Salvador. This event will be held Friday, April 27 at the First Unitarian Church of San Jose. Doors open at 6:30 pm. An historical presentation will begin at 7 pm, and during the exhibit pupusas, wine and beer will be available. All sales benefit Walls of Hope. Please circulate this announcement to others who may be interested. First Unitarian Church of San Jos? 160 N. 3rd Street San Jos?, CA 408-292-3858 Much more information is available at our website http://www.redegggallery.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 19 16:58:45 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Hearing on Atty General Gonzales? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <258383.29541.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I think you're right and I think this is part of the on-going disentegration of Cheney/BushCo. First out went Ashcroft (obviously upset about what he was being asked to do and eventually didn't want any of it), Powell, a series of spokespeople, Rumsfeld, a series of Generals have threatened to quit if ordered to attack Iran, and now Gestapo Gonzales is on his way out to be followed by Cheney and Bush. As I've said many times, just as with Nixon, just as with Gonzales today it will be the Republicans who in the end get Cheney and Bush out of there because they want to have *some* chance to get back into the White House someday. :-) Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > Judging from the assessment by the (New Review?) Republican magazine, > > Albert has disappointed and disgraced himself and the Republican > Party; they are ready to jettison him, although only one Republican > told him in the hearing that he should resign. One Democrat told him > > that he should suffer the fate of the eight prosecutors, implying > that he should be summarily fired. > > I think this poor fool is on his way out. > > Andrea ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Reply from Celts invading the Italian penninsula's when nervous Romans asked. approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From tnharter at ispwest.com Thu Apr 19 17:29:35 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:29:35 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Just in time for Earthday Celebration In-Reply-To: <791620.25767.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <791620.25767.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4628096F.30401@ispwest.com> I found this in the Green Party mailbox: http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/NoDriveDay.html If you want one of the posters, let me know how to get it to you. I have almost a dozen of them, and they seem to be a random act of beauty by somebody out there that wanted to do something. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS thingie. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Apr 19 23:21:03 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:21:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Action Alert re small publishers Message-ID: <46285BCF.2030008@earthlink.net> I read an article written by Robert McChesney about a proposal to raise postal rates for small publishers. This is alleged to be a big deal for the small publishers because it would make them less competitive with the larger publishers, and therefore tend to increase media consolidation. This article is available at: "Post Office to the First Amendment: Drop Dead" http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/17/575/ Please note that there are a variety of opinions appended from readers, and some are apparently from small publishers. I was curious what The Nation had to say and below is their response. Gerry P.S. It is probably due to my having an old browser, but I was unable to find out what the addresses are for the two members of the USPS that we are supposed to write to. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [INFX] Are the proposed new postal rate Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:57:34 -0400 From: Peter Rothberg To: gerrygras at earthlink.net Thanks for your interest. They are a huge problem for The Nation. We've been campaigning. This post will explain everything. Thanks for reading and for your support. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow?pid=187140 From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 19 23:33:49 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:33:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: SJ Immigration Forums This Weekend Message-ID: <663476.64008.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --- Adam Welch wrote: > To: SFJ Deanza , > sfj_sjsu at yahoogroups.com, > Margarita Garcia > From: Adam Welch > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:59:39 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [sfj_deanza] SJ Immigration Forums This Weekend > > Hey folks, check these out... > > MAY 1st, 2007: INFO & EVENTS IN SAN JOSE-- We hope you can spread the word, we hope you can join us, we hope you are marching with us this May 1st, 2007! > > Add to get the 411: http://www.myspace.com/accionprimerodemayo > > "Public Forum on Immigration?--Dialogue on Current > Legislative Proposals, Learn the Rights of > Unidocumented Individuals > Friday, April 20th, 6-8pm at CET, 701 Vine St., Sal?n 128 > > Sponsored by: San Jose Coalition for Immigrant Rights > (SJCIR) > 408-280-7770 x33 > ----------- > ?Dandonos la Mano? Immigration Forum > Saturday April 21, 20007 > 4pm-7pm @ Mi Pueblo Plaza in San Jose at 1775 Story > Rd. San Jose, CA > Congressman Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, co-author of > the STRIVE ACT for comprehensive Immigration Reform > will be present to speak and answer your questions. > Voluntarios de la Comunidad: > www.voluntariosdelacomunidad.org > Jose Sandoval: 408.203.1696, josanlo at msn.com > ---------- > "THINK BEFORE YOU MARCH, PIENSE ANTES DE MARCHAR? > Jueves, April 26th, 2007, 6-8pm > Youth Educational Forum/Why we March on May 1st? > WHERE: MLK Library 5th floor, Cultural Heritage Center > Room, 4th St. & San Fernando Street, Downtown SJ. VTA > Bus Line 81/72/73/85/22/64 > AND then MARCH with Youth, Students, Artists" > "MARCHA con Jovenes, Estudiantes y Artistas" > Tuesday, May 1st, 2007, 4pm-? At: Shakeys/Mi > Pueblo/Story & King Rd) > WHAT TO BRING: Wear a white shirt and a brown arm band > for solidarity > Why we march? > ? Stop the militarization of the Mexican border > ? Stop the unjust deportation and criminalization of > Mexican and all immigrants > ? Support worker?s rights in Mexico, in the U.S. and > around the world. > ? Unconditional legalization for all > ? Stop the military recruitment of Mexican/Latino > youth > Information: maiz_mex at hotmail.com, 408.250.9245 > www.myspace.com/maiz_mex ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From MKmusic03 at aol.com Fri Apr 20 01:39:59 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:39:59 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bicycle4Peace Fwd: Catalysts of HOPE in San Jose - 20th to 23rd April Message-ID: Hi All, Do we want to participate with the Bicycle4Peace/Catalysts of HOPE? They are going to be in San Jose Fri. April 20 - Monday April 23. They are wanting bicylists from this area to join them bicyling around San Jose. They are speaking Sunday April 22 at 5:00pm in San Jose at Pagesincolor Fair Trade & Craft Store, 888 East Santa Clara St. This will be a potluck and discussion. I have been asked if we want to co-sponsor their event on Sunday. Are we interested in co-sponsoring? I'm planning on attending the potluck and discussion on Sunday, who else will going to represent our Green Party? Merriam Catalysts of HOPE (Healing Our People & Earth) > Bike4Peace > > The bike riders will be entering San Jose on Friday 20th April, check >? > out the website: > http://www.catalystsofhope.org > > Catalysts of HOPE Discussion in San Jos? > Where: Pagesincolor.com Fair Trade & Crafts Store > Address: 888 East Santa Clara St., San Jos? (near 19th St, & across? > street from Roosevelt Park) along route of buses 22, 64, 522 > When: Sunday 22nd April, 2007 > Time: 17:00 potluck >? ? ? 18:00 discussion > For more info call (408) 293-4774 > > > Vision & Mission > We celebrate the unity of all life sharing common interests,? and our >? > strength from physical and ideological diversity. We support creative >? > collaboration through compassionate communication. We seek to network >? > healthy, independent communities striving toward sustainable,? > peaceful, simple living. > > We are strong and capable, and we acknowledge interdependence. We ask >? > for assistance from others only if it improves their own lives. We? > trust that love will assure abundance, for which we are grateful. We > > are called to this Journey for a purpose beyond our own? > understanding. We invite you to engage lovingly with us as you feel? > called. > > Community of Cyclists Crossing the Continent > Imagine a nationwide network of communities dedicated to living? > sustainably in a manner that removes the justification from war. More >? > are realizing this vision every day and we are weaving together the? > network with a Journey of Hope. There is room for you to be part of? > our journey across the continent, whether you ride with us or support >? > us from home. We are especially reaching toward organizers with whom > > we can establish synergy. > > George W. Bush says US troops are fighting to preserve the American? > way of life. That would include consuming far more than our share of > > the planet's resources, especially oil. Our consumption and fighting > > over limited resources are combining to effect the climate, pollute? > our home, and threaten the survival of our species. It's time for a? > transformation. > > We know how to live without oil. Our ancestors did it. Many cultures > > still use a fraction of what we use in the USA and live happily. We? > don't necessarily have to give up every modern convenience, but we? > must build our tools to last and use them sensibly. The biggest? > challenge is to stop relying on automobiles. To demonstrate how? > easily this can be done, our community will get around by bicycle,? > though we may use biofuels to move some supplies. The children will? > ride in bike trailers behind the adults. We'll carry camping gear,? > though we'll often be sleeping in the homes of our hosts. > > Catalysts of HOPE (Healing Our People & Earth) are building in? > conjunction with Bike4Peace, whose cyclists ride from Everett, WA to > > Washington, DC annually since 2005. This year, we envision rides? > leaving from several points on the West Coast to converge in DC on? > Sat 22 Sept (World Car Free Day). To continue the momentum, we will? > cycle south from Portland, Corvallis, and Eugene in mid-March,? > delivering workshops and empowering conversations down the West Coast >? > and across the country to the East Coast. Utilizing principles of? > Sarvodaya Shramadana pioneered in Sri Lanka and other models of? > cooperative community building, the Journey plans to engage in? > collaborative efforts with community planners, activists, and? > advocates around the country for the many refugees of Hurricane > Katrina. > > Cross continental bicyclists are the core of our journey, who welcome >? > additional riders for any portion of the trip. Some will ride across > > town, some across state, and some the rest of the way to DC. It's? > especially nice to be joined by riders who know the local terrain? > when we're trying to find a specific place or determine the safest? > route.? A local cyclist leading the pack can be a great asset,? > especially if her panniers contain lunch. > > Of course, collaboration is the true heart of a bicycle trip. This? > ride simply could not happen without the support of the generous? > people who open their homes or churches to the riders. Different? > levels of support are appropriate at different times. Cyclists are? > prepared to sleep outside, bathe out of a pot with a towel and some? > Dr. Bronner's, or eat whatever is available, but they really? > appreciate a warm shower, a lovingly prepared meal, or soft bed.? > Hosts who can provide massage, chiropractic care, or a sauna can? > achieve legendary status. We've found that a simple diet of diverse? > fruits, veggies, seeds, and nuts is best. We especially appreciate? > locally grown organic produce. Perhaps a pot luck, with the challenge >? > of using food grown within the county, would be appropriate in your? > community. > > Catalysts of HOPE and Bike4Peace are building a network of people? > devoted to the search for a sustainable lifestyle and collaborative? > community.? We can use your help with communication, passing the word >? > along to encourage participation, or donating an item from our wish? > list. We want you to feel unity with a whole nation full of good? > people who are only a bike ride away. Together we can build a? > peaceful world. > > > Sponsors > NW Earth Institute > Veterans for Peace > Sarvodaya USA > Oregon PeaceWorks > Bike4Peace > Love Makes a Family > Whitefeather house > > Contact Info > The Journey is a moving target. The most reliable way to reach us is > > to contact a host, but we only publish their contact information with >? > permission. Check the route & schedule to see if this method will? > work for you. > > Vernon's cell phone is 425-438-8985. He has voice mail and checks it > > whenever he can. Unfortunately, Cingular service can be sketchy in? > rural areas. Rebecca's cell phone (541-829-3379) is with Sprint and? > may have different coverage. > > When the Internet is available, Michele (satyagrahi at riseup.net) and? > Vernon (kashimbi at earthlink.net) will check their inboxes. > > Catalysts of HOPE Discussion in San Jos? > Where: Pagesincolor.com Fair Trade & Crafts Store > Address: 888 East Santa Clara St., San Jos? (near 19th St, & across? > street from Roosevelt Park) along route of buses 22, 64, 522 > When: Sunday 22nd April, 2007 > Time: 17:00 potluck >? ? ? 18:00 discussion > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 20 02:34:22 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:34:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bicycle4Peace Fwd: Catalysts of HOPE in San Jose - 20th to 23rd April In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <306111.98406.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I vote yes on co-sponsoring. I'll come with my bike (providing the weather is decent). Impeach for Peace! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Do we want to participate with the Bicycle4Peace/Catalysts of HOPE? > They are > going to be in San Jose Fri. April 20 - Monday April 23. They are > wanting > bicylists from this area to join them bicyling around San Jose. They > are > speaking Sunday April 22 at 5:00pm in San Jose at Pagesincolor Fair > Trade & Craft > Store, 888 East Santa Clara St. This will be a potluck and > discussion. > > I have been asked if we want to co-sponsor their event on Sunday. > Are we > interested in co-sponsoring? > > I'm planning on attending the potluck and discussion on Sunday, who > else will > going to represent our Green Party? > > Merriam > > > Catalysts of HOPE (Healing Our People & Earth) > > Bike4Peace > > > > The bike riders will be entering San Jose on Friday 20th April, > check > >? > > out the website: > > http://www.catalystsofhope.org > > > > Catalysts of HOPE Discussion in San Jos? > > Where: Pagesincolor.com Fair Trade & Crafts Store > > Address: 888 East Santa Clara St., San Jos? (near 19th St, & > across? > > street from Roosevelt Park) along route of buses 22, 64, 522 > > When: Sunday 22nd April, 2007 > > Time: 17:00 potluck > >? ? ? 18:00 discussion > > For more info call (408) 293-4774 > > > > > > Vision & Mission > > We celebrate the unity of all life sharing common interests,? and > our > >? > > strength from physical and ideological diversity. We support > creative > >? > > collaboration through compassionate communication. We seek to > network > >? > > healthy, independent communities striving toward sustainable,? > > peaceful, simple living. > > > > We are strong and capable, and we acknowledge interdependence. We > ask > >? > > for assistance from others only if it improves their own lives. We? > > > trust that love will assure abundance, for which we are grateful. > We > > > > are called to this Journey for a purpose beyond our own? > > understanding. We invite you to engage lovingly with us as you > feel? > > called. > > > > Community of Cyclists Crossing the Continent > > Imagine a nationwide network of communities dedicated to living? > > sustainably in a manner that removes the justification from war. > More > >? > > are realizing this vision every day and we are weaving together > the? > > network with a Journey of Hope. There is room for you to be part > of? > > our journey across the continent, whether you ride with us or > support > >? > > us from home. We are especially reaching toward organizers with > whom > > > > we can establish synergy. > > > > George W. Bush says US troops are fighting to preserve the > American? > > way of life. That would include consuming far more than our share > of > > > > the planet's resources, especially oil. Our consumption and > fighting > > > > over limited resources are combining to effect the climate, > pollute? > > our home, and threaten the survival of our species. It's time for > a? > > transformation. > > > > We know how to live without oil. Our ancestors did it. Many > cultures > > > > still use a fraction of what we use in the USA and live happily. > We? > > don't necessarily have to give up every modern convenience, but we? > > > must build our tools to last and use them sensibly. The biggest? > > challenge is to stop relying on automobiles. To demonstrate how? > > easily this can be done, our community will get around by bicycle,? > > > though we may use biofuels to move some supplies. The children > will? > > ride in bike trailers behind the adults. We'll carry camping gear,? > > > though we'll often be sleeping in the homes of our hosts. > > > > Catalysts of HOPE (Healing Our People & Earth) are building in? > > conjunction with Bike4Peace, whose cyclists ride from Everett, WA > to > > > > Washington, DC annually since 2005. This year, we envision rides? > > leaving from several points on the West Coast to converge in DC on? > > > Sat 22 Sept (World Car Free Day). To continue the momentum, we > will? > > cycle south from Portland, Corvallis, and Eugene in mid-March,? > > delivering workshops and empowering conversations down the West > Coast > >? > > and across the country to the East Coast. Utilizing principles of? > > Sarvodaya Shramadana pioneered in Sri Lanka and other models of? > > cooperative community building, the Journey plans to engage in? > > collaborative efforts with community planners, activists, and? > > advocates around the country for the many refugees of Hurricane > > Katrina. > > > > Cross continental bicyclists are the core of our journey, who > welcome > >? > > additional riders for any portion of the trip. Some will ride > across > > > > town, some across state, and some the rest of the way to DC. It's? > > especially nice to be joined by riders who know the local terrain? > > when we're trying to find a specific place or determine the safest? > > > route.? A local cyclist leading the pack can be a great asset,? > > especially if her panniers contain lunch. > > > > Of course, collaboration is the true heart of a bicycle trip. This? > > > ride simply could not happen without the support of the generous? > > people who open their homes or churches to the riders. Different? > > levels of support are appropriate at different times. Cyclists are? > > > prepared to sleep outside, bathe out of a pot with a towel and > some? > > Dr. Bronner's, or eat whatever is available, but they really? > > appreciate a warm shower, a lovingly prepared meal, or soft bed.? > > Hosts who can provide massage, chiropractic care, or a sauna can? > > achieve legendary status. We've found that a simple diet of > diverse? > > fruits, veggies, seeds, and nuts is best. We especially appreciate? > > > locally grown organic produce. Perhaps a pot luck, with the > challenge > >? > > of using food grown within the county, would be appropriate in > your? > > community. > > > > Catalysts of HOPE and Bike4Peace are building a network of people? > > devoted to the search for a sustainable lifestyle and > collaborative? > > community.? We can use your help with communication, passing the > word > >? > > along to encourage participation, or donating an item from our > wish? > > list. We want you to feel unity with a whole nation full of good? > > people who are only a bike ride away. Together we can build a? > > peaceful world. > > > > > > Sponsors > > NW Earth Institute > > Veterans for Peace > > Sarvodaya USA > > Oregon PeaceWorks > > Bike4Peace > > Love Makes a Family > > Whitefeather house > > > > Contact Info > > The Journey is a moving target. The most reliable way to reach us > is > > > > to contact a host, but we only publish their contact information > with > >? > > permission. Check the route & schedule to see if this method will? > > work for you. > > > > Vernon's cell phone is 425-438-8985. He has voice mail and checks > it > > > > whenever he can. Unfortunately, Cingular service can be sketchy in? > > > rural areas. Rebecca's cell phone (541-829-3379) is with Sprint > and? > > may have different coverage. > > > > When the Internet is available, Michele (satyagrahi at riseup.net) > and? > > Vernon (kashimbi at earthlink.net) will check their inboxes. > > > > Catalysts of HOPE Discussion in San Jos? > > Where: Pagesincolor.com Fair Trade & Crafts Store > > Address: 888 East Santa Clara St., San Jos? (near 19th St, & > across? > > street from Roosevelt Park) along route of buses 22, 64, 522 > > When: Sunday 22nd April, 2007 > > Time: 17:00 potluck > >? ? ? 18:00 discussion > > > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From wrolley at charter.net Fri Apr 20 07:59:20 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:59:20 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: SJ Immigration Forums This Weekend In-Reply-To: <663476.64008.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <663476.64008.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4628D548.6000407@charter.net> JamBoi wrote: > --- Adam Welch wrote: > > >> To: SFJ Deanza , >> sfj_sjsu at yahoogroups.com, >> Margarita Garcia >> From: Adam Welch >> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:59:39 -0700 (PDT) >> Subject: [sfj_deanza] SJ Immigration Forums This Weekend >> >> Hey folks, check these out... >> >> MAY 1st, 2007: INFO & EVENTS IN SAN JOSE-- We hope you can spread the word >> This is just a reminder. There is a 2 page document entitle Verdes en Emigracion available on the GROW web site. http://www.cagreens.org/grow/flyers/Verdes_en_Emigracion.pdf This is suitable for printing front / back as a handout. It was developed by a native Spanish speaking Green based on the 10 KV and our current platform position in Immigration. -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Apr 20 08:59:49 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:59:49 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [gpsmc-d] Beach Impeach! We need you, please read] Message-ID: <4628E375.4080103@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gpsmc-d] Beach Impeach! We need you, please read Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:10:50 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Cindy Marcopulos Reply-To: Cindy Marcopulos To: GreenParty list serve to all I have been in contact with the organizer for the Beach Impeach which will take place on April 28th, next Saturday at 10:30 -- I have requested the letter "I" (the "!" is already taken by the World Can't Wait who will weare all orange prison jumpsuits; the "C" by Code Pink wearing all pink) We need 68 (sixty-eight) bodies to fill the "I" -- please attend and wear all GREEN. We need to show the world that the Green Party is in the forefront of the impeachment issue, having seen that the National and the California have already endorsed impeachment. Remember, we are more than just a political party and we are more than just an organization whose members just cast their votes during elections...we are, as the San Mateo Green Party, members of our community and, as such, we should have a presence at this important event. So, we'll all meet at the "I" in green, see you there. Thank you, Cindy Marcopulos If you're not fighting for our democracy, then you're part of the problem. _______________________________________________ gpsmc-d mailing list gpsmc-d at cagreens.org http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpsmc-d http://cagreens.org/sanmateo/ From wrolley at charter.net Fri Apr 20 09:46:29 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need native Spanish speaker Message-ID: <4628EE65.9050806@charter.net> I am working making improvements to the tabling materials available and need the help of a native Spanish speaker to evaluate two documents. Both involve the 10 Key Values of the Green Party. - version one is a bilingual handout for tabling. Page 1 is in English, Page 2. in Spanish. Layout is good to print front and back. - version 2 is being offered from a different source. I have been told that the translation for version one is "stiff". Is there someone on this list who can help. Version 1 is at http://www.cagreens.org/grow/flyers/TenKeyVal4.pdf Version 2 is at http://www.cagreens.org/grow/flyers/Diez_Valores_Principales.pdf I have the source documents and so can convert Version 2 to the Version 1 format for tabling materials. Wes -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 20 10:03:12 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:03:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need native Spanish speaker In-Reply-To: <4628EE65.9050806@charter.net> Message-ID: <707021.25946.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In addition to Tim Alvarado (who appears to speak fairly fluently but is demure about his spanish skills) at the Cesar Chavez march Merriam and I spoke recently to another native Spanish speaking registered Green Party member from the South Valley area, Rueben (last name???). He's would be a fairly ideal person to help with this. Merriam and I can see if we can put him in touch with you about this AND about the the forming South Valley local (not to mention getting a chapter of the Latino/People of Color Caucus up and running which is another express goal of mine). ?Organizar, energizarte, coalici?n! Drew --- Wes Rolley wrote: > I am working making improvements to the tabling materials available > and > need the help of a native Spanish speaker to evaluate two documents. > > Both involve the 10 Key Values of the Green Party. > - version one is a bilingual handout for tabling. Page 1 is in > English, > Page 2. in Spanish. Layout is good to print front and back. > - version 2 is being offered from a different source. > > I have been told that the translation for version one is "stiff". > > Is there someone on this list who can help. > > Version 1 is at http://www.cagreens.org/grow/flyers/TenKeyVal4.pdf > Version 2 is at > http://www.cagreens.org/grow/flyers/Diez_Valores_Principales.pdf > > I have the source documents and so can convert Version 2 to the > Version > 1 format for tabling materials. > > Wes > > -- > > I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. > Knowing is not enough; we must apply. > Being willing is not enough; > We must do. ???Leonardo DaVinci > Wesley C. Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 20 10:35:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Vermont senate adopts resolution to impeach Bush Message-ID: <370019.63823.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2045661020070420 Vermont senate adopts resolution to impeach Bush Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:02AM EDT BOSTON (Reuters) - The Vermont state senate passed a symbolic resolution on Friday calling on the U.S. Congress to impeach U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over their handling of the unpopular Iraq war. The resolution, passed by a 16 to 9 vote, urges Vermont's representatives in Washington to introduce a resolution in Congress requiring the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to start impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney. Vermont's congressional delegation has shown no serious interest in the idea, and the new Democratic-controlled Congress has also steered clear of the subject. Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold's call last year to censure Bush -- a step short of an impeachment -- found scant support on Capitol Hill, even among fellow Democrats. Reuters Pictures Vermont, known for its colonial inns, maple sugar, autumn foliage and century-old dairy farms, has been at the vanguard of a grass-roots protest movement to impeach Bush. About 40 Vermont towns passed resolutions at their annual meetings this year calling for impeachment, putting pressure on state lawmakers to bring the message to Washington. The state, which was once a republic, has a history of political independence. Last year it elected Bernie Saunders, the U.S. Senate's first Democratic Socialist. But it ranks 49th out of the 50 states in population, with about 623,000 people, according to 2005 Census Bureau estimates. Bush and Cheney "have exercised the duties of their respective offices with respect to both domestic and foreign affairs in ways that raise serious questions of constitutionality, statutory legality, and abuse of public trust," the resolution said. A similar version is pending in Vermont's state House Judiciary Committee. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Apr 20 10:53:51 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:53:51 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [gpsmc-d] Beach Impeach! We need you, please read] In-Reply-To: <4628E375.4080103@earthlink.net> References: <4628E375.4080103@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <4628FE2F.2090100@ispwest.com> I'd love to be there! Any of you car people want to drive? I'd be glad to pay for gas or something like that... Tian Gerry Gras wrote: >FYI, > >Gerry > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [gpsmc-d] Beach Impeach! We need you, please read >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:10:50 -0700 (GMT-07:00) >From: Cindy Marcopulos >Reply-To: Cindy Marcopulos >To: GreenParty list serve to all > >I have been in contact with the organizer for the Beach Impeach which >will take place on April 28th, next Saturday at 10:30 -- > >I have requested the letter "I" (the "!" is already taken by the World >Can't Wait who will weare all orange prison jumpsuits; the "C" by Code >Pink wearing all pink) > >We need 68 (sixty-eight) bodies to fill the "I" -- please attend and >wear all GREEN. We need to show the world that the Green Party is in >the forefront of the impeachment issue, having seen that the National >and the California have already endorsed impeachment. > >Remember, we are more than just a political party and we are more than >just an organization whose members just cast their votes during >elections...we are, as the San Mateo Green Party, members of our >community and, as such, we should have a presence at this important event. > >So, we'll all meet at the "I" in green, see you there. > >Thank you, > >Cindy Marcopulos > >If you're not fighting for our democracy, then you're part of the problem. >_______________________________________________ >gpsmc-d mailing list >gpsmc-d at cagreens.org >http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpsmc-d >http://cagreens.org/sanmateo/ > > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS thingie. From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Apr 20 11:11:59 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:11:59 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] What do you guys think of this resolution? Message-ID: <4629026F.7060307@ispwest.com> http://www.resolutionpeace.org/ An old friend of mine is behind it, and he wants it endorsed by more than just the Democrats... -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS thingie. From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Fri Apr 20 12:21:46 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 20 Apr 2007 19:21:46 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tabling CD Message-ID: <20070420192146.11592.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> We've been offering Knoppix as part of the county party's tabling literature. It's a general purpose "live Linux" disk, equally suited for use as a basic workstation, server, rescue disk, what have you. I'm switching to Ubuntu Desktop for a while. It's prettier, somewhat easier to use, and a lot more popular. Doesn't come with the server and software development tools that Knoppix had. Folks who need those know where to get them. Here are some screen shots. http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-62956.html Here's the flyer. http://cagreens.org/sclara/resources/flyers/ubucd.pdf It's a big fat file. Openoffice exported the fonts into it. The Open Document Format is a lot smaller. http://cagreens.org/sclara/resources/flyers/ubucd.odt Cameron From wrolley at charter.net Fri Apr 20 16:43:05 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:43:05 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] More on Coyote Valley Message-ID: <46295009.2030709@charter.net> I received a notice from the Greenbelt Alliance about another Coyote Valley event, scheduled for May 6. It is all on a large image that did not automaticallygo to this list, so I uploaded it to my own site and am just giving you the link: http://www.refpub.com/Stuff/3b6f83.jpg This Community Forum on the Wildlife of Coyote Valley will be held on Sunday afternoon, May 6 at the Almaden Library & Community Center. It is not yet on the greenbelt.org/calendar page. -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 07:04:57 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:04:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Huge Win for Impeachment in Vermont: Impeachment Movement picking up steam Message-ID: <121400.5681.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2007/042007Lindorff.shtml Huge Win for Impeachment in Vermont by Dave Lindorff Slowly, steadily, the public, grassroots movement to impeach this criminal president and vice president, and to restore the rule of law, and the Constitution, is building. The impeachment movement, which has been building steam since the November election, got a big boost this morning when the Vermont Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the US Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings against President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The 16-9 vote, which saw the Senate?s six Republicans joined by only three Democrats, will make it difficult for Vermont House Speaker Gaye Symington, a Democrat who has opposed the impeachment resolution drive, to keep the measure from being voted on the House floor. Symington has been arguing against such a resolution, claiming it would be ?divisive.? The vote in the state senate was a huge victory for grassroots Democratic activists, who had been forced over recent months to overcome opposition to impeachment from the national Democratic Party leadership, and from their own state?s Democratic Congressional Delegation. Leading Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), have been arguing that impeachment could hurt Democratic prospects among independent voters in the November 2008 elections. But impeachment activists have countered that the president and vice president have violated the law and undermined the Constitution, and that it is inappropriate to let strategic and tactical interests of the Democratic Party enter into the decision on whether to impeach. To get around opposition from leading Democrats, Vermont?s impeachment activists organized a statewide grassroots campaign to have as many towns as possible endorse impeachment in resolutions introduced at the annual town meetings that are the primary form of governance in most of the state?s municipalities. In the end, 39 towns voted for impeachment resolutions in their annual meetings in February. This sent a strong message to state legislators about the mood of the voters in the state. In the end, that message trumped pressure from Washington. "This gives an immeasurable boost to the national push for impeachment, and the timing could not be better, ? said David Swanson, a leader of the national impeachment movement who runs a website at www.afterdowingstreet.com. Swanson noted that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a candidate for the Democratic Party?s presidential nomination, is preparing to introduce a bill of impeachment against the Vice President Cheney next Wednesday. And adds that impeachment groups are planning coordinated events all over the country on April 28th (www.a28.org) He said, ?What just happened in Vermont went down exactly the way things should in a democracy. Citizens raised their voices, passed local resolutions, and demanded that their state senators act. The hard work of Dan DeWalt, Ellen Tenney, and so many other Vermonters is beginning to pay off. Vermont may be remembered as the state that saved the Republic." The mass movement for impeachment in Vermont has also had its impact on the local media there, which in turn may have pushed the state?s senators to act. On April 13, a week before the senate vote, the state's third-ranked newspaper, the Brattleboro Reformer, ran an editorial headlined ?Impeach Bush or Get Out of the Way.? The paper wrote: There will be a time when future generations will look at us and wonder why President Bush and Vice President Cheney were not removed from office. They will look at us and question why, when confronted by the most corrupt and incompetent administration ever witnessed in the United States, nothing was done to stop Bush and Cheney. They will look at the craven behavior of the Democrats, too afraid to take on the president when it mattered. They will look at the Republicans, so intoxicated with power that they backed their president to the hilt, even as he ran this country off a cliff. They will look at the press, and how too many journalists were cowed into parroting the words of the administration. They will look at the voters, and shake their heads in disbelief that a number of Americans voted for all this -- the electoral equivalent of the chickens voting Colonel Sanders president. And they will look at Vermont, and how a bottom-up impeachment effort with broad support ran into a brick wall of indifference in Montpelier as well as Washington. The editorial pointedly attacked House leader Symington and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, saying: History will not look kindly on House Speaker Gaye Symington for her insistence that her chamber must focus on "important matters" and that the House "does not have the time" to deal with impeachment. History will not look kindly on Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, who has talked loudly about impeaching Bush and Cheney, but won't pursue the issue as long Symington says no. The grassroots and media pressure clearly worked on Shumlin, who had long insisted he supported impeachment, but that there ?wasn?t time? for an impeachment resolution. Shumlin allowed the vote today, and it sailed through, belying concerns about time. Now the pressure shifts to Symington. The Vermont Senate vote carries enormous significance. If it is followed by a similar vote in the Vermont House, where a similar resolution has 20 sponsors, Vermont will be the first state in the nation to have a joint resolution calling for Congress to begin impeachment of the president. One newspaper, the Vermont Guardian, reports that House impeachment backers plan to spend the next few days collecting signatures from fellow representatives to introduce an identical resolution next Wednesday in their chamber. Says State Rep. Dave Zuckerman, ?We will take the same language the Senate passed today and turn it in Tuesday afternoon, which gives people around the state time to call their representatives and ask them to sign it; we would then have it on the calendar for Wednesday and the speaker will either let it be voted on or have it sent to committee.? He added, ?Many of us are quite pleased they took the vote, but it?s clear that it only happened because citizens got involved.? Under Thomas Jefferson?s Manual for Rules of the House, such a joint resolution, should it pass, is an alternative route to impeachment, and would require the House Judiciary Committee to initiate an impeachment hearing to determine whether grounds for impeachment of the president and vice president exist. It would no longer be possible, in other words, for Speaker Pelosi to continue blocking impeachment and intimidating representatives from filing impeachment bills. It would also be a strong signal that the American public wants impeachment. Finally, it would be impossible for the corporate media to continue to maintain, as it has done for over a year now, that impeachment is simply the desire of a group of fringe left-wing Democrats. Bush and Cheney are still a long way from being in the dock in Congress, but today?s vote in the Vermont Senate has to have sent a cold chill up the spine of both men, who now have to start contemplating about the fate of Richard Nixon. Certainly when the late Father Robert Drinan (D-MA) filed his initial impeachment bill against Richard Nixon, who had won re-election by a landslide, no one expected to see the president actually facing impeachment hearings and removal from office. But hearings, and more bills of impeachment, followed, Nixon?s crimes were laid bare on prime time TV, and in the end three articles of impeachment were voted out of the House Judiciary Committee, one of them unanimously. Nixon resigned from office in disgrace when it became clear he would be impeached in the House and removed by the Senate if he tried to stay on. Slowly, steadily, the public, grassroots movement to impeach this criminal president and vice president, and to restore the rule of law, and the Constitution, is building. Soon it will be the leaders of Congress, not of the Vermont legislature, who will be facing the wrath of angry voters demanding that they stop dithering and start honoring their oaths of office to uphold and defend the Constitution. As the Brattleboro Reformer put it, Congress is ?shirking its responsibility? because when it comes to impeaching Bush and Cheney, ?nothing is more important.? Dave Lindorff is the author of Killing Time: an Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Another book is of CounterPunch columns, titled This Can't Be Happening!, is published by Common Courage Press. Lindorff's latest book is The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office, co-authored by Barbara Olshansky. Visit his website for more information. Lindorff may be reached at dlindorff at yahoo.com. This story is published in the Baltimore Chronicle with permission of the author. Copyright ? 2007 The Baltimore Chronicle. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Baltimore Chronicle content is expressly prohibited without their prior written consent. This story was published on April 20, 2007. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celts invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans approx 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 09:30:33 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:30:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Analysis: Iraq surge may be extended Message-ID: <262852.26110.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070421/ap_on_go_pr_wh/iraq_troop_boost Analysis: Iraq surge may be extended By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer 2 hours, 13 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is laying the groundwork to extend the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq. At the same time, the administration is warning Iraqi leaders that the boost in forces could be reversed if political reconciliation is not evident by summer. This approach underscores the central difficulty facing President Bush. If political progress is not possible in the relatively short term, then the justification for sending thousands more U.S. troops to Baghdad ? and accepting the rising U.S. combat death toll that has resulted ? will disappear. That in turn would put even more pressure on Bush to yield to the Democratic-led push to wind down the war in coming months. If the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki does manage to achieve the political milestones demanded by Washington, then the U.S. military probably will be told to sustain the troop buildup much longer than originally foreseen ? possibly well into 2008. Thus the early planning for keeping it up beyond late summer. More than half of the extra 21,500 combat troops designated for Baghdad duty have arrived; the rest are due by June. Already it is evident that putting them in the most hotly contested parts of the capital is taking a toll. An average of 22 U.S. troops have died per week in April, the highest rate so far this year. "This is certainly a price that we're paying for this increased security," Adm. William Fallon, the senior U.S. commander in the Middle East, told a House committee Wednesday. He also said the United States does not have "a ghost of a chance" of success in Iraq unless it can create "stability and security." The idea of the troop increase, originally billed by the administration as a temporary "surge," is not to defeat the insurgency. That is not thought possible in the near term. The purpose is to contain the violence ? in particular, the sect-on-sect killings in Baghdad ? long enough to create an environment in which Iraqi political leaders can move toward conciliation and ordinary Iraqis are persuaded of a viable future. So far the results are mixed, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates said this week during a visit to Iraq that he wants to see faster political progress by the Iraqis. "The clock is ticking," he said, referring to the limited time the administration can pursue its strategy before the American public demands an end to the war. Gates also said he told al-Maliki that the United States will not keep fighting indefinitely. Gates' remarks reflected the administration's effort to strike a balance between reassuring the Iraqis of U.S. support and pressuring their leaders to show they can bring the country together and avert a full-scale civil war. Anthony Cordesman, an Iraq watcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Friday that even if the Iraqis pass the desired legislation, it probably would take months longer to find out if it proves workable. "The U.S. should definitely keep up the pressure on the Iraqis, but we should have no illusions," Cordesman said. "Iraqis are driven more by their own politics than outside pressure." When Bush announced the troop boost in January, administration officials pointedly left unclear how long the extra troops would remain in Iraq. Some, including Gates, suggested that troop levels could be reduced to the previous standard of about 135,000 as early as September ? assuming the addition of 21,500 combat troops and roughly 8,000 support troops this spring proved to be an overwhelming success or a clear-cut failure. Three months later, with troops still flowing into Baghdad, the Pentagon is beginning to take steps that suggests it expects to maintain higher troop levels into 2008 and beyond, yet officials still won't say whether the increase is intended as a short-term move. Some believe the lack of clarity is a mistake because it adds to the strain on troops and their families and it may lessen the psychological pressure on the belligerents. Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute, whose January report on changing the U.S. military strategy in Iraq was largely adopted as part of Bush's new approach to the war, said in an interview Thursday that it appears the administration believes it will have to sustain the troop buildup much longer. "They seem to be taking the steps that would make it possible to sustain it for longer, which is good," Kagan said. "But they seem to be reluctant to commit to a willingness to do that, which I think is unfortunate." Kagan says the troops, the Iraqi government and the insurgents all ought to be convinced that U.S. forces will keep up the pressure, particularly in the most contested neighborhoods in Baghdad, for at least another year. "If I were running the show I would say, 'Look, everyone should assume that we're going to sustain this through 2008 ? the Iraqis should assume that, too ? and if we can turn it off sooner, then everyone would be happy," Kagan said. Gen. James T. Conway, the commandant of the Marine Corps, takes a similar view. In an interview earlier this month he pondered the thought process of a U.S. commander in Iraq evaluating the way ahead. "In six months, if it's working, is he going to say, 'OK, it worked, now you guys can go home'?" Conway thinks there is a reasonable chance for success, and for planning purposes he is preparing to sustain the troop buildup. The Marines added about 4,000 to their contingent in western Anbar province, the focal point of the Sunni Arab insurgency. In March the Marines made a little-noticed move that gives them the flexibility to continue at the higher rate in Iraq at least into 2008. They extended the tours of Marines in Okinawa, Japan, which freed up other Marine units in the United States to deploy to Iraq later this year instead of Okinawa. Also, the Pentagon announced earlier this month that normal tours of duty in Iraq will be 15 months instead of 12 months. Gates said that gives the military the capability to maintain the higher troop levels in Iraq until next spring. ___ EDITOR'S NOTE ? Robert Burns has covered the military for The Associated Press since 1990. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From wrolley at charter.net Sat Apr 21 12:05:22 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:05:22 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "the key to preserving the planet may rest in the nation's youth" - McCloskey Message-ID: <462A6072.4050602@charter.net> Comments from today's SJ Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_5720759 But for all his work, McCloskey said that the key to preserving the planet may rest in the nation's youth. Just as they did 37 years ago, young people today must get involved, he said, and insist that their elders do likewise. "It was a force out there that nobody wanted to take on," McCloskey said. "That, really, is the explanation of why Earth Day was successful." -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From jims at greens.org Sat Apr 21 17:38:40 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:38:40 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Delegate Count for State Meeting Message-ID: <462AAE90.4C184471@greens.org> The delegate allocaton for the May state meeting has been posted - http://www.cagreens.org/liaison/docs/delegates.html. Santa Clara gets four delegates. -- Jim From baalavi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 20:02:52 2007 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:02:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Sean Penn's open address to Bush Message-ID: <181280.3592.qm@web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Here is about 8 minutes of audio by Sean Penn addressing the White House. One may consider it a summary of US Foreign Policy! http://podcast.medianext.com/stations/kcbs/media/mpeg/Sean_Penn_s_Letter_to_President_Bush-1174766920.mp3 --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 21:12:26 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:12:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "the key to preserving the planet may rest in the nation's youth" - McCloskey In-Reply-To: <462A6072.4050602@charter.net> Message-ID: <950353.76626.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> My extensive experience with youth and young adults gives me tons o' hope and is one of the key reasons I have such an optimistic outlook on where the GPSCC, the GPCA, the GP-US, America and the Earth are going! Its the Boomers and older that tend to be constantly downbeat (and if there's was the full story I might agree). Hope is on its way! If I was ever tempted to be down about things I just remember about the tremendous amount of energy for progess the youth and young adults are bringing and I realize how good its going to be. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Wes Rolley wrote: > Comments from today's SJ Mercury News: > > http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_5720759 > > But for all his work, McCloskey said that the key to preserving the > planet may rest in the nation's youth. Just as they did 37 years ago, > > young people today must get involved, he said, and insist that their > elders do likewise. > > "It was a force out there that nobody wanted to take on," McCloskey > said. "That, really, is the explanation of why Earth Day was > successful." > > -- > > I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. > Knowing is not enough; we must apply. > Being willing is not enough; > We must do. ???Leonardo DaVinci > Wesley C. Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 21:50:00 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:50:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] TEN REASONS TO IMPEACH CHENEY AND BUSH NOW Message-ID: <131979.62717.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_allen_l__070421_ten_reasons_to_impea.htm April 21, 2007 at 16:37:51 TEN REASONS TO IMPEACH CHENEY AND BUSH NOW by Allen L Roland http://www.opednews.com We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men: George Orwell Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality." http://cbs2chicago.com/national/topstories_story_110100239.html Please join myself and millions of Americans in standing with Vermont, whose state motto is FREEDOM AND UNITY, in calling for the impeachment, on April 28th, of George W Bush and Dick Cheney for the following reasons: 1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths. 2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross. 3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel. 4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm. 5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant. 6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress. 7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. 8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution. 9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus. 10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming. Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/04/21.html ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 22:11:07 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Libertarian streak intact as Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) seeks GOP nod Message-ID: <784678.67203.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070414/OPINION01/704140310/1035/archive Libertarian streak intact as Paul seeks GOP nod April 14, 200 Impressions of the candidiates This is part of a series of essays based on meetings of presidential candidates with the Register?s editorial board. They are meant to provide an account of each meeting and give readers a sense of what it?s like to meet the candidate in person. Texas Congressman Ron Paul sounds like a liberal when he bemoans the growth of the military-industrial complex. And he sounds like a conservative when he puts down bureaucrats and big government. Wearing black sneakers for his meeting with the Register editorial board, Paul walks a different philosophic path than the other candidates in the presidential race. He was the1988 presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party, but is running this time for the Republican nomination. The strong Libertarian streak remains, though. He champions individual rights, limited government and low taxes. His beliefs may tread the edge of mainstream thought, but he doesn't harangue. Indeed, almost everything about him appears understated: dark-gray suit, gray-patterned tie and his hands folded in front of him for most of the meeting. A slight man, he gets a twinkle in his eyes and the pitch of his voice rises with incredulity as he recounts government excesses. The federal No Child Left Behind law, pushed by President Bush, "essentially doubles the size of the Department of Education," he said. "Do you think that's going to help the students? No, it entrenches the bureaucrats." He's dismayed by the notion that fighting terrorism demands erosion of civil liberties. "I don't feel safer by yielding up our freedoms. I think we're less safe because of our foreign policy." Then he chuckled. "That's what worries me." At times he grins almost impishly. It's as if he can't believe his own government is so foolhardy, and he wants to make sure his audience recognizes the absurdity. "The claim is ... that they attack us because we're free and prosperous," he said. "I don't think that's the reason at all. I think they tell the truth when they say, 'We don't like you over in our face, putting military troops on our soil, which we consider sacred territory and holy land.'" He would disentangle from foreign engagements, withdrawing troops not only from Iraq but also from South Korea and Europe and paring other spending by the defense and state departments. "Why does this country have to spend more money on the military than any other country in the world, and there's not one single country capable of, nor thinking of, attacking us?" he asked. He would use the savings for transitional payments to shift away from government-funded entitlements - Social Security, Medicare - and toward individual savings accounts to pay for retirement and health care. Paul has seen health care up close. He's a doctor, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. His Web site says he's delivered more than 4,000 babies. Government distortion of the marketplace has "manufactured" many of the problems in health care, including the large number of uninsured people, he contended. "No one sits around and says, 'How are we going to get poor people computers and telephone and television sets,' they just end up getting them, because the market helps provide, when there's an incentive," he said. "Those prices are driven down. But when you get the government involved, and there's subsidies, and there's pressure on housing, education and medicine, even with improved technology, prices go up." Paul is an experienced public servant, serving more than 16 years in Congress, in three stints. He's also an avid walker and prefers comfortable shoes after knee surgery (hence the walking shoes). He says he's in the race to win. And he's convinced his distinctive message will resonate with voters. But he's been around enough to know he's got a long walk ahead. - Carol Hunter ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 21 23:33:28 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope, Event TONIGHT Sunday SJ 5PM, Earth Day Ap 22 Message-ID: <164326.51990.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Bob Alavi, Tian Harter and I met with Michelle Darr and her husband and cycling partner Vernon Huffman and got to here a little about the cross-country biking journey they are on (to culminate in a multi-rider gathering Sat Sept 22 World Car-Free Day. Michelle and Vernon invited all who can to join in on their cross-country trip and/or join in supporting the trip. I will be proposing the GPSCC to be co-sponsors of their endeavor. I expect Tian will post some photos from our time together. Below are the DETAILS OF EVENT TONIGHT! Green Means Go! Drew http://www.catalystsofhope.org/ Title: Cross Continental Bicycle Journey for Peace & Sustainability START DATE: Sunday April 22 TIME: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location Details: Pagesincolor.com 888 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95116 @ 19th St. Event Type: Teach-In Contact Name John Thielking Email Address pagesincolor [at] aol.com Phone Number 408-924-0846 Address 888 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95116 Junction of Santa Clara and 19th st. http://www.CatalystsofHOPE.org Healing Our People & Earth Cross Continental Bicycle Journey for Peace & Sustainability will facilitate a discussion on Building Community _________________ ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 22 00:41:55 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:41:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] TODAY EARTH DAY EVENTS IN Santa Clara Valley Message-ID: <536583.94663.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> San Jose: + Earth Day Celebration FUCSJ's PACT Local Organizing Committee and Green Sanctuary Action Group team up for a big Earth Day celebration fun for all! Please join us during social hour, in HPH, to k More Information: Contact: Carol Stephenson 408-292-3858 ext.27 Location: First Unitarian Church of San Jose http://www.sanjoseuu.org/ 160 North Third Street San Jose, CA (408) 292-3858 Room(s): Classroom 2 | Classroom 3 | Classroom 6 Price: N/A Phone: 408-292-3858, x 27 Web Page: http://my.serviceu.com/public/frame.asp?OrgID=3442 + An Earth Day Fair to increase awareness and provide information to the community. Price: Admission to fair is free. Dinner: Adults $8, Children 12 and under $3 Age Suitability: All Ages St. Julie's Church, 366 St. Julie Drive, San Jose, CA at the corner of Cottle and Curie. 408-226-3595 ___________________ Sunnyvale: + Earth Day - April 22, 2007 Learn, Celebrate and Make a Difference Find your own way to be a part of and celebrate Earth Day 2007. Choose what fits your lifestyle. The options are plentiful! Have a waste-free lunch in the park, use a reusable grocery shopping bag, hold a sale or shop at the Sunnyvale Garage Sale! Attend a workshop at the Sunnyvale Library, shop the Sunnyvale Farmers' Market, or try public transportation. Appreciate nature! + Charles Street Gardens Annual Earth Day Plant Sale Sunday, April 22, noon - 4 p.m. @ 433 Charles St. Visit the gardens, have your questions answered by the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County, and purchase plants (money goes to the garden non-profit). + First United Methodist Church - Sunnyvale http://www.sunnyvaleumc.org/ 535 Old San Francisco Road, Sunnyvale, CA Sister Margaret Hoffman, SND, Communications Director at Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur of California, will discuss Earth Day and Scripture. 9:15am to 10:15am, Fireside Room. Price: Free Phone: 408-739-0826 Age Suitability: All Ages _____________________ Los Gatos: + Council of Churches' Earth Day: "Let It Begin with Me" Speakers, a panel and videos on green living so that you and your congregation can be part of the solution. More Information: Benefit from the experiences of churches who are already "growing green". View Moyer's "Is God Green?" Our speaker, J. Matthew Sleeth, M.D. will share how he simplified his life in response to his faith. Learn about soils, composting, solar panels and how to become a Green Business. The public is invited. Child care provided. Price: free Phone: 408-297-2660 Web Page: http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org Age Suitability: All Ages Los Gatos United Methodist Church http://www.lgumc.org/ 111 Church St. Los Gatos, CA (408) 354-4730a _____________________ Los Altos: + Shamanic Drumming Experience the power of shamanic drumming and the power of the circle in celebration of Earth Day, and all that Mother Earth contributes to every day health and wellbeing. Connect with your own healing intentions for Earth, offer healing to places and cir Price: FREE Elephant Pharmacy - Los Altos Web Page: http://www.elephantpharmacy.com 4470 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA Phone: 650.472.6800 _____________________ Palo Alto: + Celebrating Earth Day: Where we came from and where we?re going Earth Day: Where we came from and where we?re going. Speaker Peter Drekmeier, Palo Alto City Council Member and environmental activist. Public welcome. Age Suitability: All Ages Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto http://www.uucpa.org/main/home.html 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto, CA (650) 494-0541 ______________________ Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge 1-4 PM: South Bay Bird Fest in Fremont: Bird walks, live bird shows, and fun and educational hands-on activities. For information, please visit: http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/BirdFest.htm. Reservations required: call 408-262-5513 to make a reservation. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From tnharter at ispwest.com Sun Apr 22 13:08:16 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:08:16 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [SBM] Happy Earth Day, April 22nd, Happiness Is a Smaller Eco-Footprint] Message-ID: <462BC0B0.50306@ispwest.com> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SBM] Happy Earth Day, April 22nd, Happiness Is a Smaller Eco-Footprint Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:22:30 EDT From: Vidagol at aol.com To: sbm at lists.riseup.net *PEACE BE ON EARTH* *IN THIS EMAIL: Earth Day* -- (1) History (2) Issues Of Concern (3) What Can We Do (Our Enviromental Responsibility) (4) Happiness Is a Smaller Eco-Footprint ************************************* * HISTORY/ BACKGROUND* ************************************** "on April 22, 1970, *Earth Day was held, one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy " -American Heritage Magazine, October 1993 * *_How the First Earth Day Came About:_* By Senator Gaylord Nelson , Founder of Earth Day Actually, the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. For several years, it had been troubling me that the state of our environment was simply a non-issue in the politics of the country. Finally, in November 1962, an idea occurred to me that was, I thought, a virtual cinch to put the environment into the political "limelight" once and for all. More http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html ******************************************* * SOME ISSUES OF CONCERN * ******************************************* **1* _Global Warming: Earth Under Fire_* _Learn the Facts:_ ** CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING NOW: Human beings have changed the ratio of gases in our Earth's atmosphere. Since Industrialization the level of CO2 (carbon-dioxide) has spiked up dramatically. The global weather system is immensely vast and complex, but life is being adversely impacted _now_. Within as little as 10 years we could trigger another ice age (beginning in Europe) and/or within 20-50 years sea levels could rise high enough to claim millions of lives. More: http://www.earthdayenergyfast.org/science.html ** UN Efforts: http://www.ipcc.ch/present/graphics.htm ** A beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming. http://www.whrc.org/resources/online_publications/warming_earth/index.htm ** 10 MYTHS about Global Warming. http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/actions.html **2* _Water Crisis: World Water Supply Is Dramatically Decreasing_* ** While the world's population tripled in the 20th century, the use of renewable water resources has grown six-fold. Within the next fifty years, the world population will increase by another 40 to 50 %. This population growth - coupled with industrialization and urbanization - will result in an increasing demand for water and will have serious consequences on the environment. More: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=25 ** Water is one of our most critical resources, but around the world it is under threat. http://www.worldwater.org/data.html ** *Water* policy topics and transboundary handled by International intergovernmental and NGO network. www.*worldwater*council.org/ **3* _Uncontrolled Urbanization & Industerialization:_* *_Species Die-Offs & Loss Of Habitat_* A large portion of the world is becoming more and more urbanized as time progresses. By 2025, east Asia is estimated to be 63% urbanized, Latin America 85%, and Africa 54%. Unless the right steps are taken to control suburban growth, many more populations and species are going to disappear under the concrete slabs of a city in the next half-century. More: http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/why/indirect.habitat.html *********************************** * WHAT CAN BE DONE?** * ************************************* **1* _Say No To Genetic Engineering_* While scientific progress on molecular biology has a great potential to increase our understanding of nature and provide new medical tools, it should not be used as justification to turn the environment into a giant genetic experiment by commercial interests. More: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/genetic-engineering **2* _Explore Organic Food_* Most people are aware that organically grown food is free from exposure to harmful chemicals, but that is only one small part of what organic is about. A larger part of organic agriculture involves the health of the soil and of the ecosystems in which crops and livestock are raised. More: http://www.localharvest.org/?lat=37.7747&lon=-122.421295&scale=1 **3* _Tips to save energy._* http://www.epa.gov/earthday/tips-saveenergy.htm **4* _Tips to use water efficiently._* http://www.epa.gov/earthday/tips-water.htm **5* _Tips to Reduce / Reuse / Recycle._* http://www.epa.gov/earthday/tips-reduce.htm **6** _ *15 Very Important Things to Do about Global Warming.*_* ** * http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org/pages/actions.html **7* _Be a Green Teacher: Education for Planet Earth_.** *http://www.greenteacher.com *TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A GREEN DIFFERENCE* Published on Sunday, April 22, 2007 by Inter Press Service http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/22/678/ *Earth Day 2007: Happiness Is a Smaller Eco-Footprint** *by Stephen Leahy BROOKLIN, Canada - Today?s children will live in a new world of climate change and greatly diminished natural resources, which may give way to a nightmarish reality, or it could give birth to a happier and lighter way of living on the Earth, say environmentalists.The scientific evidence for environmental troubles ? from rising sea levels to species extinction to desertification ? sends a clear signal that we are running into the limits of spaceship Earth to support us as it has for millennia. ?This world is ending; we need to lay the foundations for a new world,? says Alice Klein, a magazine editor and documentary filmmaker in Toronto. ?We have a great opportunity to make a better world,? she told IPS.Klein?s film ?Call of the Hummingbird?, to premiere on Earth Day ? Apr. 22 ? at Toronto?s Hot Docs film festival, tracks the 13 days when some 1,000 teachers, eco-activists, farmers, Mayans, Rastafarians, holistic health-workers, non-governmental organisation executives, student leaders from all over Latin America and a few from Europe and North America camped out together in central Brazil in 2005.Their purpose was to live on the land and co-create a temporary peace eco-village in harmony with nature and each other.It wasn?t easy or harmonious. There were problems with garbage, sanitation and, not surprisingly given the diversity of their backgrounds, simply getting along with each other.?There is very little training or study in our formal education systems about conflict resolution and how to get along with each other,? says Klein, noting that, instead, we are constantly exposed to violent and conflict-ridden programming in our media.Another fundamental issue in modern culture is separation from nature,? she says. ?We don?t see that we are connected to the natural world.? With more people living in cities than in rural areas for the first time in human history, the delusion of separation is likely to worsen.A recent scientific study found that more children knew the characters of the video game Pokemon than could recognise an oak tree or an otter, according to the Ecological Society of America, a Washington DC-based organisation of 10,000 ecological scientists.Visits to national and state parks in the United States have declined by as much as 25 percent in the last decade, while kids remain indoors watching TV and playing computer games. And yet there is ample evidence that children who connect with nature perform better in school, have higher academic testing scores, exhibit fewer behavioural challenges, and experience fewer attention-deficit disorders, the ESA said in a recent statement. The organisation is promoting the *?No Child Left Indoors?* campaign to challenge all citizens ? young and old ? to take a child into the natural world for a shared educational experience on or around Earth Day.There is also ample evidence that more material things ? toys, games, computers, TVs, designer clothes ? do not make children or adults happier, says Sam Thompson, researcher at the New Economics Foundation (NEF), an environmental think tank in London.?People in many Latin American countries report that they have a very good quality of life but use only a fraction of the resources that Europeans or Americans do,? Thompson said in an interview.The foundation has compiled data about the ecological footprint, life-satisfaction and life expectancy for people in countries around the world to develop what it calls the *?**Happy Planet Index?. * This index reflects the average number of years of contented living produced by a nation or group of nations, per unit of planetary resources consumed.In other words, the Happy Planet Index reveals the efficiency with which countries convert the Earth?s finite resources into well-being experienced by their citizens. The people of the United States and Germany are at the same level of happiness and life expectancy, but the U.S. population uses far more resources and is thus much less efficient at producing satisfaction. *?The evidence is unequivocal that a focus on materialistic lifestyle makes people less happy,?* Thompson said. The most efficient, according to the index, is the economically poor Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu.*?The index clearly shows that you can have a better quality of life with less use of resources,? *he said. However, despite these facts and decades of talk about sustainability, all economies are still based on the concept of endless growth. Advertising and media in most cultures continue to define personal success as having more and bigger stuff.Economies have to change radically, but we have yet to figure out how, said Thompson.In all of this, avoiding despair about the future is crucial, especially for young people, says Nic Marks, head of NEF?s centre for well-being.?The things that bring us joy or happiness and a good life don?t have to cost the Earth,? Marks told IPS. Things that make us truly happy are our relationships, using our skills and strengths to meet challenges or participate in exciting activities and doing things in our own way. Meeting the challenge of de-materialising our economics and lifestyles can be done in a fun way, he says.The future life of today?s children will be different from their parents? generation but it isn?t happiness or well-being or even comfort that is at stake. Life will just be different and possibly much better if the young and their parents become engaged with the exciting challenging changes, according to the NEF experts.?Use your skills and strengths to be part of the solution,? says Marks. Copyright ? 2007 IPS-Inter Press Service. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS thingie. From wrolley at charter.net Sun Apr 22 16:24:44 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:24:44 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate Draft Plenary Agenda] Message-ID: <462BEEBC.6050307@charter.net> I recommend that the our Santa Clara County Council affirm this alternative agenda. Wes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate Draft Plenary Agenda Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:28:00 EDT From: WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com To: gpca-ccwg at cagreens.org To CCWG elist participants: Below you will find a copy of email that has been sent to the CoCos list. It is mostly self-explanatory. As CCWG Coordinator, I also am asking two things: (1) If you wish to add your individual affirmation of this agenda, please send me a private email, and I will compile a list of affirmers. (2) If you wish to forward this information to your local County GP and request affirmance by its County Council or next membership meeting, please feel free to do so. That action should be reported to the Coordinating Committee through your Regional Representative(s) -- unless you have a dysfunctional Reg Rep -- in which case find someone else on the CC who can receive your communication (see the list below; there are several CC members supporting the alternate agenda proposal). I know it is a bit difficult to sort this out because the proposals have not been generally published. Those will be collected and published on a webpage. Please post any clarifying questions to this CCWG email list so I can address questions to the entire group. Warner Bloomberg CCWG Coordinator ***************************************************************************************************** As most of you know, the GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) has been paralyzed relative to decision-making for over a year. A CC vote led to the formation of an ad-hoc Agenda Committee empowered to present an Agenda for CC approval and for ultimate General Assembly approval at the May 26/27 2007 Plenary in San Francisco. There was an Agenda Call that asked for materials to be submitted by March 16 2007. Subsequently, the ad hoc Agenda Committee produced a draft Agenda distributed to the Co-Cos E mail list that did not include proposals that were submitted in a timely manner and that lacked balance, especially regarding the CC delegate situation relative to Los Angeles. Because of these objections, the Agenda Committee had an expanded telephone conference on April 12 at which, by a disputed 3-0 vote, another ad hoc committee was permitted to submit an alternative agenda for CC approval. The following April 16 CC meeting ended in no consensus on either Agenda. The alternative Agenda was further polished at a April 19 telephone conference, and is the current draft below. We ask all Co-Cos, CC members, and Agenda Committee members to sign on if you support the Agenda (below) for the May 26/27 2007 Plenary in San Francisco: Warner Bloomberg (Co-Co, CCWG) Michael Borenstein (Co-Co, GROW) Jo Chamberlain (Co-Co, ERWG) Sharon Peterson (Co-Co, CC) Shane Que Hee (Co-Co Platform) Jim Stauffer (Co-Co, IT) Mike Wyman (Agenda Comm volunteer) Chuck Giese (CC rep, East Bay; Candidate for Agenda Comm since Dec. 14) +++++++++++++++++++++++++ SATURDAY 8:00 Breakfast/Registration 9:00 Delegate Orientation / Opening Ceremony 9:20 ACTION: Facilitators / Confirm Quorum 9:30 PROPOSAL: Confirm Agenda 10:00 PROPOSAL: Consent Calendar (13 items) * Endorsement of AB 583 public funding - (Sponsor - ERWG) * Endorsement of AB 852 open source equipment - (Sponsor - ERWG) * Endorsement of AB 1294 ranked voting - (Sponsor - ERWG) * Endorsement of Unity Blueprint For Immigration Reform * Recognition of Black Caucus and People of Color Caucus as GPCA * Diversity Caucusus - CC, if CC decides on April 9 Meeting * Establish beginning and ending times for CC terms - (Sponsor - Bylaws) * Noticing, Conducting, Reporting and Filing of CC Election Results and Procedures - Bylaws * World Oil Depletion - GIWG * Global Warming & Peak Oil - GIWG * County Polling on Ballot Measures - CCWG * State Office Endorsements for GP Members Only - Bylaws * Tresurer / Liaison Confirmation 10:15 PROPOSAL: Approve Minutes from Last Two Plenaries 10:20 PRESENTATION: Treasurer's report 10:30 PROPOSAL: 2007-2008 GPCA Budget 11:45 ELECTION: CC (two seats) / GPUS Del. 12:00 LUNCH & People of Color Caucus / Ross Mirkarimi 1:00 ACTION: Confirm Quorum 1:05 PRESENTATION: Standing General Assembly 1:55 PROPOSAL: Campaign Support Fund Comm. 2:25 PROPOSAL: Delegate Selection for Nat'l Nom. Convention 3:25 PROPOSAL: GPCA Strategic Plan 4:15 ACTION: Election Results 4:20 BREAKOUT SESSION: SCs / WGs * Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) * Media Commitee (either Sat aft or Sun morning, pending call-back from Media Co-Co) * Finance Commitee * Platform Working Group 5:30 BREAKOUT SESSION: Regional Caucuses 6:00 END SUNDAY 8:00 Registration / Delegate Sign-in / Breakfast 9:00 ACTION: Introduce Facilitators / Confirm Quorum 9:20 Consent Calendar Bring-Back 9:30 PROPOSAL: Three Platform planks 10:30 BREAKOUT SESSION: SCs / WGs * Media Commitee (either Sat aft or Sun morning, pending call-back from Media Co-Co) * Green Organizing Working Group (GROW) * Electoral Reform Working Group (ERWG) (meeting agenda) * International Protocol Commitee 11:40 CONFIRMATION: GPCA Treasurer & Liaison 11:55 LUNCH & Womens' Caucus / GPUS Alt Del Election 12:55 ACTION: Facilitators / Confirm Quorum 1:05 PROPOSAL: IRV PROCEDURE to Resolve Conflicts over GPUS Affiliation and Presidential Ballot Line 1:35 PROPOSE/PRESENT: Report / Interpretation on Bylaw Sections AND Rep Replacement Proposal 2:20 PROPOSAL: Set next GA location and approximate date 2:30 BREAKOUT SESSION: SCs & WGs * Bylaws Committee * Green Issues Working Group (GIWG) * Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) * Information Technology Sub-Commitee & Clearinghouse Sub-Commitee 3:40 ACTION: Confirm Quorum 3:45 PROPOSAL: Confirm / Introduce new SC/WG coordinators 4:00 PRESENTATION: SC/WG Reports 4:20 Meeting Evaluation / Closing Ceremony ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See what's free at AOL.com . -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: file:///C|/DOCUME%7E1/WES/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/nsmail.txt URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Apr 22 22:06:41 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:06:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Beach Impeach Message-ID: <462C3EE1.90003@earthlink.net> So the National Impeach Day is now less than a week away: http://www.a28.org/ I would like to know how many Greens are planning to be part of the Beach Impeach event in San Francisco. In particular, I would like to know how many would be willing to be part of a Green letter. (Apparently Code Pink will be creating a pink "C".) I have heard that it takes 68 people per letter. Well I don't think that GPSCC can provide 68 people, but maybe we could join with some other counties. I'll ask around. NOTE: If one wants to go, they request that you sign up here, for planning purposes: http://www.volunteerforchange.org/event/details/987 Gerry From tnharter at ispwest.com Sun Apr 22 23:21:26 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:21:26 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Beach Impeach In-Reply-To: <462C3EE1.90003@earthlink.net> References: <462C3EE1.90003@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <462C5066.8060908@ispwest.com> Gerry Gras wrote: >So the National Impeach Day is now less than a week away: > > http://www.a28.org/ > >I would like to know how many Greens are planning to be >part of the Beach Impeach event in San Francisco. > >In particular, I would like to know how many would be >willing to be part of a Green letter. (Apparently Code >Pink will be creating a pink "C".) I have heard that it >takes 68 people per letter. Well I don't think that >GPSCC can provide 68 people, but maybe we could join with >some other counties. I'll ask around. > >NOTE: If one wants to go, they request that you sign up >here, for planning purposes: > > http://www.volunteerforchange.org/event/details/987 > >Gerry > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > I know that someone in San Mateo County signed us up for the "I". I'm looking forward to being part of that "I". If too many of us show up we can just help with other letters. Fred is putting together a carload of us from this area. Call now while seats are still available! -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added CORPORATE SHOPPING BOYCOTT NOW IN PROGRESS thingie. From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Apr 23 00:04:25 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:04:25 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] TONIGHT Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope Event, Sunday SJ 5PM, Earth Day Ap 22 Message-ID: Hi All, Tonight definitely was inspiring. Vernnon, Michele and her three children Willow and Gracie (both under two years old) and Tala her 11 year old daughter are amazing. They will be spending the next 5 months bicycling across the country and meeting with groups in every city and town they travel to. They are called Catalysts Of Hope. They truely are catalysts. The discussions they facilitate with the people they meet, such as us tonight, starts the imagination going. Imagination in the sense of "I imagine I can do this" ( develop a community in my neighborhood, create a community garden, build the much needed multiparty Democracy, etc) and then "Imagine" how to bring these ideas into reality. I'm pleased our Green Party is co-sponsoring Vernon and Michele's Catalysts Of Hope/Bike For Peace Tour. That's great that they will be wearing our T-shirts as they travel across the U.S. However, If we could also co-sponsor by donating some money I'm sure that would help them greatly. My idea is if we all donated $5 - $10 dallars and gave the money to Cameron to put in our checking account then Cameron could write them a Green Party check for that same amount and we could mail it to them at one of their stops on their itinerary. What do you all say? Can we do that? Who will donate? I pledge $10.00. Who else will pledge? Merriam Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-news] TONIGHT Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope Event, Sunday SJ 5PM, Earth Day Ap 22? Date: 4/22/2007 10:48:07 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jamboi at yahoo.com Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org To: sosfbay-news at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) Merriam, Bob, Cameron, and I made it to this event.? As co-sponsors of the event we got our famous Green Party t-shirts with the bicyclists for the riders and this should get our Green Party name out there not only in California but all over the country!? We gave them some Green Pages and other GP literature as well. The discussion questions of the evening were 1) what are we most concerned about our society.? 2) what kind of society would we like to build?? 3) What changes in our personal lives would we like to see to get there? In general we came up with the vision that we'd like to see more creativity, individual empowerment, voluntary work, egalitarian community self-governance, Peace Social Enterprise (as opposed to Military Industrial Complex), creative nonviolent conflict resolution techniques, multiparty Democracy, flowers, bees, community gardens and other community building. A fun and inspiring time! --- JamBoi wrote: > We managed to wrangle a "Co-sponsorship" status for the GPSCC on this > event. > > I'm (& I think Merriam too are) going to try to make it to tonight's > http://PagesinColor.com event at 5PM (detailed below) and hope that > others will join me.? > > Bob Alavi, Tian Harter and I met with Michelle Darr, 3 of her daughters and her partner-in-cycling Vernon Huffman and got to here a little about the > cross-country biking journey they are on (to culminate in a > multi-rider > gathering Sat Sept 22 World Car-Free Day. in Washington DC). > Michelle > and Vernon invited all who can to join in on their cross-country trip > and/or join in supporting the trip.? I will be proposing the GPSCC to > be co-sponsors of their endeavor.? I expect Tian will post some > photos > from our time together.? Below are the DETAILS OF EVENT TONIGHT! > > http://www.catalystsofhope.org/ >? > Title:? Cross Continental Bicycle Journey for Peace & Sustainability > START DATE: ? ? Sunday April 22 > TIME: ? ? 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM > Location Details: Pagesincolor.com 888 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA > 95116 @ 19th St. > Event Type: ? ? Teach-In > Contact Name? ? John Thielking > Email Address? ? pagesincolor [at] aol.com > Phone Number? ? 408-924-0846 > Address? ? 888 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95116 > Junction of Santa Clara and 19th st. > http://www.CatalystsofHOPE.org >? > Healing Our People & Earth Cross Continental Bicycle Journey for > Peace > & Sustainability will facilitate a discussion on Building Community > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam?? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Apr 23 00:30:36 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:30:36 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] please join us for a discussion in san jose Message-ID: Hi All, A friend sent me this email about a very interesting movement that has started across the country. On May 1st the Root Force campaign is coming to San Jose. Merriam ROOT FORCE: DEMOLISHING COLONIALISM AT ITS FOUNDATIONS Attacking the System?s Weak Points dear all ? we are facing an unprecedented opportunity to effect revolutionary change as more and more people question the foundational underpinnings of our exploitative culture ? neo-liberal development projects are increasingly being challenged, and in some cases,?defeated by?local resistance ? the ongoing ecocide that is the inevitable result of our civilized culture is awakening more and more people ? ruthless american imperialist aggression?against the peoples of?iraq, afghanistan, somalia, haiti, colombia, iran, palestine and indeed the whole world, and continued repression and openly fascist tactics here in the us are awakening more and more people ? we recently became aware of the Root Force campaign whose goal is "demolishing colonialism at it's foundations" ? we were sufficiently impressed that we are actively organizing in hopes of generating a conversation within our community around the Root Force campaign ? please join with us in san jose on mayday at 7pm for the Root Force Road Show at PagesInColor, 888 E Santa Clara St. San Jose, CA 95116 ? for more info check out the Root Force website at ? http://rootforce.org/english/ ? in the struggle to expose and defeat exploitation and armed violent expropriation doug 408-458-6788 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Mon Apr 23 07:39:41 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:39:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] The Farmland Connection Message-ID: <462CC52D.1060000@charter.net> I read an interesting story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6582571.stm on the BBC web site this morning. The headlines were that "Pollution 'hits China's farmland'" How big is the problem? > Arable land shrank by nearly 307,000 hectares (760,000 acres) in the > first 10 months of 2006, government officials were quoted as saying. We have a similar problem in California, only we are not looking at the total in any one statistic. We are nibbling away at the edges, a little bit every day as more and more farmland is converted to residential development so that working people can afford to have the American Dream and spend too much of their lives in a car driving to work. At least one group is doing something about it. The Farmland Working Group, based in Stanislaus County, is pushing the idea that developers who want to build in farmland must mitigate the effect of that by purchasing agricultural easements, protecting an equal amount of land for agricultural use in perpetuity. It is nearly too late for that in Santa Clara County. When the Olson Cherry Farm was developed in Sunnyvale, it marked the end of an era. The last vestiges of agriculture are to be found in Coyote Valley and in the unincorporated areas South of Morgan Hill. The management of unincorporated lands is part of the responsibilities of the Santa Clara County _L_ocal _A_gency _F_ormation _CO_mission. (LAFCO). > LAFCO?s mission is to discourage urban sprawl, preserve open space and > prime agricultural lands, promote the efficient provision of > government services and encourage the orderly formation of local > agencies. LAFCO will consider impacts to agricultural lands along with > other factors in its evaluation of proposals. LAFCO had two issues on it's current agenda. One is the incorporation (finally) of the Town of San Martin. The other was the adoption of Agricultural Lands Mitigation Policy similar to that which is recommended by the Farmland Working Group. The language that LAFCO finally adopted was "advisory" in nature and ultimately will be meaningless. The Cities involved (San Jose, Morgan Hill, Gilroy) did not want this as it limits their decision making and their ability to manage growth, always an objective for Cities as it brings more property tax revenue. As we continue to watch what is happening in Coyote Valley, we need to continuously watch was the City of San Jose is doing and how well it meets the LAFCO guidelines. -- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; We must do. ?Leonardo DaVinci Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 - http://cagreening.blogspot.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 10:27:23 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:27:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: A Great Idea from Charlotte/Start a bicycling group for peace in Santa Clara Co. Message-ID: <757155.88229.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hmm... great idea Charlotte! A local Bike4Peace event or series of events! Awesome! I like that right there up front in the name the purpose of the whole event would be for peace! Folks in the SVBC were trying for a long time to get a Critical Mass going in the S.Bay (CM started in SF here's a web page of a Critical Mass activist & writer, Cris Carlsson http://www.scorcher.org/cmhistory/ ), and held a number of them a few of which I participated in. However I think in the end they may have found them a bit too 'edgy' and backed away. But the Green Party could be the obvious place to go to find leadership for this new, leading edge concept of Bike4Peace which as I noted even 'peace' in the title would mitigate against some of the destructive tendencies that the Critical Mass has sometimes exhibited. I think the idea has strong merit and I think it would be especially good if the GPSC found ways like this to get out front in leading the progressive community in political activism, not just tagging along with other groups. What do the other cycling activists, like Gerry, Bob, Cameron and Tian think about this idea??? Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > From: MKmusic03 at aol.com > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:19:14 EDT > Subject: A Great Idea from Charlotte/Start a bicycling group for > peace in Santa Clara Co. > > Hi Drew, > I was talking to Charlotte tonight after I got home. I told her > about Vernon And Michele. > Charlotte came up with a brilliant idea. She said let's start a > bicycling group for peace. > We can bike through the college campuses, the shopping malls, > downtowns etc. > and have our Impeach, Peace not War, etc. signs on our bikes. She > thinks this kind of group would appeal to students and that they would join this kind of a group. She also thinks it would be great for the Green Party to head this up. Charlotte asked if I had a bike, I said for something like this I would get a bike. I bet you she would even get involved with this. > > What do you think of the idea? > Merriam ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jims at greens.org Mon Apr 23 11:47:17 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:47:17 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] JOIN A NATIONAL COMMITTEE!!] Message-ID: <462CFF35.DFE05737@greens.org> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] JOIN A NATIONAL COMMITTEE!! Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:07:03 -0700 From: County Contacts Reply-To: contacts2006 at cagreens.org To: County Contacts GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. Follow the contact directions stated in the email. GET MORE INVOLVED!! JOIN A NATIONAL COMMITTEE!! Please forward this announcement as appropriate! The GPUS is recruiting California Greens to participate in the party-building work to be done at the national level. The only requirements are that you're a registered California Green, willing and able to commit to the position, and can work well with others....well, ok, and have regular access to email and willingness to participate in teleconferences, usually monthly. Most standing national committees have open seats for California Greens: CA list of membership in GPUS committees can be found at http://www.votegreen.org/gpus-ca/members/committees with links to each of the national committees. A GPUS list of all the committees can be found at http://www.gp.org/committees.shtml The positions of voting members are by appointment; non-voting observers may join committees without prior appointment, just contact the committee chairs directly. All appointed positions are for two-year terms and are renewable. Because women and historically marginalized communities are underrepresented at the national level, we are strongly encouraging members of those groups to apply. RECRUITING WILL BE ONGOING UNTIL THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLED. A short 2-paragraph biography of your past party (or related) experience and why you're interested in the position is required for all applicants to be considered. One or two references are appreciated, especially for newer Greens. Local or state party experience is desired, but not required. Please send it to sanda at greens.org. Committee positions may be appointed by the GPUS-CA Standing Delegation at their next monthly teleconference or at the next plenary meeting, whichever comes first. For further information or questions, you can contact me, at sanda at greens.org. Thank you for considering increasing your participation in our party! Sanda Everette co-chair, CA delegation _______________________________________________ Contacts2006 mailing list Contacts2006 at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 From tnharter at ispwest.com Mon Apr 23 12:40:20 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:40:20 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] TONIGHT Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope Event, Sunday SJ 5PM, Earth Day Ap 22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <462D0BA4.5050901@ispwest.com> MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > / > > I'm pleased our Green Party is co-sponsoring Vernon and Michele's > Catalysts Of Hope/Bike For Peace Tour. That's great that they will be > wearing our T-shirts as they travel across the U.S. > However, If we could also co-sponsor by donating some money I'm sure > that would help them greatly. My idea is if we all donated $5 - $10 > dallars and gave the money to Cameron to put in our checking account > then Cameron could write them a Green Party check for that same amount > and we could mail it to them at one of their stops on their itinerary. > > What do you all say? Can we do that? Who will donate? I pledge > $10.00. Who else will pledge? > > > / I'll give $25. We could just bundle a pile of checks and write on the card that goes with it "these are from Green Party of Santa Clara County members." I took a bunch of good pictures, and I hope to have them up soon... -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added Tax Day Protest pictures with aftermath details. From WB4D23 at aol.com Mon Apr 23 15:27:34 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:27:34 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: BAREC: Urgent Action Items, Final EIR Meeting April 25 Message-ID: The GPSCC endorsed Save BAREC in March 2005. Warner In a message dated 4/23/07 9:16:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, kmathewson at secretgardens.com writes: Dear BAREC Supporters: It is Earth Day, a day to celebrate BAREC and the good it has brought all of us today and for the past 125 plus years. In the last decades of the 18th Century many places in our Valley of Heart?s Delight had a common theme ? people could be healed by surrounding themselves with healthy food and living in a garden setting. The 1880s BAREC sanitarium for ?feebleminded children? was one of several in the Valley with this theme including Agnew State Hospital. Although the cast of residents changed from seniors to Civil War veteran families to UC agricultural researchers, the food/garden/health theme persisted and is even more needed today than in BAREC?s past. Wouldn?t it be wonderful to bring back this theme to Silicon Valley? BAREC HISTORY TALK TO SANTA CLARA CITIZENS ADVISORY GROUP: Monday, April 23 7 p.m., Santa Clara City Hall Council Chambers REALITY CHECK: This Wednesday, April 25th at 7 p.m., the Santa Clara Planning Commission will meet to discuss and approve the Final EIR which states that all BAREC?s 17 acres will be devoted to housing (with a private locked park and a one acre public park) and no plans to recognize BAREC?s historical importance. The State?s first BAREC EIR writer was an outstanding local company (David Powers and Associates) but they were fired and the Sacramento EDAW firm was hired. Don?t local firms know our history better than those in Sacramento? Meeting location: City Hall, 1500 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, Council Chambers PROBLEM #1: The Santa Clara planning staff is saying that there will be no public comment at this April 25th public meeting. Their minutes show that this was voted upon by the Commissioners. However, those of us who attended the meeting never heard such a motion let alone a vote. Given that the State took one year and 1500 pages to write the Final EIR, that the public had one week and an Easter week-end to review it and publicly complained to the commission about this problem, and that the Commission agreed that there was not enough time for public comment, why in the world would they vote not to take more public comment and more time to consider the BAREC issues? PROBLEM #2: The Draft EIR public hearing for the 600,000 square foot expansion of Valley Fair across the street from BAREC is being held the same night as the April 25th BAREC hearing. Since the Valley Fair hearing canceled their first hearing because of the Santa Clara?s Planning Commission?s first BAREC hearing, it seems logical that the city of Santa Clara should do the same and cancel their April 25th hearing. These two EIRs are huge changes in the community. The community needs to be able to participate in both of these hearings. Santa Clara citizens must complain to Mayor Mahan and their councilpersons on these two problems/issues. Email: Mayor&Council at ci.santa-clara.ca.us; call: 408-615-2250 or 408-241-0484 (Mahan?s office). These two decisions along with the City Council?s decision not to allow any BAREC questions for the two campaign debates last fall, makes one wonder what kind of democracy is being practiced in the city of Santa Clara. There were at least 7 BAREC audience questions which were not allowed to be presented to the candidates. PROBLEM #3: IN TWO WEEKS (MAY 8TH) SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULED TO VOTE TO APPROVE BAREC FINAL EIR AND TO CHANGE ITS ZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL TO HOUSING: Given the above issues, it appears that the Santa Clara City staff and commissions are not about to get in the way of the council?s schedule to begin building housing on BAREC. If the council votes to approve the Final EIR and changes the zoning, then we are left with no alternative then to file for an Initiative and a law suit at the same time. CORTESE, MAHAN, YEAGER, OLIVERIO LEGISLATORS AGREE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BAREC LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT TO DISCUSS SAVING BAREC: Finally at the ninth hour four legislators (San Jose Vice Mayor David Cortese, Mayor Patricia Mahan, County Supervisor Ken Yeager, and San Jose Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio) agree that our local and state legislators, Save BAREC, and the state need to come together at one table. They are busy and the problem is finding a time when they all can meet before the Santa Clara City Council votes. Encourage your legislators to attend this important meeting and to slow down Santa Clara City Council?s vote on May 8th. KEEP THE VISION: The 40 year old UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems _www.casfs.ucsc.edu_ (http://www.casfs.ucsc.edu/) (CASFS) has promised to repeat their award winning program at BAREC. It will help us all learn more about our dysfunctional food system which contributes to health problems and how to change our habits and markets to improve the situation just as it has done for Santa Cruz County. In just three and one-half years the UC Santa Cruz farm is producing one-third of the food for the campus (total budget is $60 million), producing all the cafeteria plates/utensils/napkins from vegetables, recycling all the food waste and plates/utensils/napkins into a machine that makes oil for the buses and machines on the campus. This is true sustainability and something our Valley cities, businesses, and schools need to consider and have as a goal?a closed supply loop. Wouldn? t it be great to have this kind of thinking here in Silicon Valley and to have UC Santa Cruz CASFS show us the way? BAREC ON PUBLIC RADIO WEDNESDAY APRIL 25 7 A.M.: Kathryn Mathewson will be interviewed about the current BAREC issues on Public Radio station KKUP 91.5 ? Free and Clear?. Call in questions at 408-260-2999. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Kathryn Mathewson" Subject: BAREC: Urgent Action Items, Final EIR Meeting April 25 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:11:36 -0700 Size: 23233 URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 15:57:24 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:57:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope In-Reply-To: <462D0BA4.5050901@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <127884.82017.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The other thing that we can donate is literature. We gave them t-shirts and some Green Pages, but getting them a good supply of literature would be awesome! I'm going to approach elements within the national party (like the Outreach Committee and the Peace Action Committee or GPAX) to see if they'll sponsor too. I think the chances are quite good. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > > > / > > > > I'm pleased our Green Party is co-sponsoring Vernon and Michele's > > Catalysts Of Hope/Bike For Peace Tour. That's great that they will > be > > wearing our T-shirts as they travel across the U.S. > > However, If we could also co-sponsor by donating some money I'm > sure > > that would help them greatly. My idea is if we all donated $5 - $10 > > > dallars and gave the money to Cameron to put in our checking > account > > then Cameron could write them a Green Party check for that same > amount > > and we could mail it to them at one of their stops on their > itinerary. > > > > What do you all say? Can we do that? Who will donate? I pledge > > $10.00. Who else will pledge? > > > > > > / > > I'll give $25. We could just bundle a pile of checks and write on the > card that goes with it "these are from Green Party of Santa Clara > County > members." > > I took a bunch of good pictures, and I hope to have them up soon... > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Added Tax Day Protest pictures with aftermath details. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 16:02:34 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:02:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cameron's Joseph Grant Hike In-Reply-To: <20070410181750.21054.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Message-ID: <125952.36019.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Cameron, when we gonna do it??? We need to reserve next Sunday for our County Council meeting, but how about May 5th, the first Saturday in May? Green means go! Drew --- cls at truffula.sj.ca.us wrote: >snip< > I will be leading {a hike} at Joseph Grant county park > real soon, still taking suggestions for the best day. > Enough of J.D. Grant park is flat, and this hike > will be more or less wheelchair accessible. > > > Cameron ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 16:16:02 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:16:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Beach Impeach & Saturday April 28th Will Be National Impeachment Day Message-ID: <902617.68468.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Ocean Beach, San Francisco - Saturday morning, April 28, 2007 http://www.bodiescount.org/sfa28.html If you want to ride with the GPSC/SVIC group that's participating please contact Fred ("Fred Duperrault" ). To register that you're participating (so that we can hype it to the media, etc.) please go here: http://www.volunteerforchange.org/event/details/987 Gerry Gras wrote: >So the National Impeach Day is now less than a week away: > > http://www.a28.org/ > >I would like to know how many Greens are planning to be >part of the Beach Impeach event in San Francisco. > >In particular, I would like to know how many would be >willing to be part of a Green letter. (Apparently Code >Pink will be creating a pink "C".) I have heard that it >takes 68 people per letter. Well I don't think that >GPSCC can provide 68 people, but maybe we could join with >some other counties. I'll ask around. > >NOTE: If one wants to go, they request that you sign up >here, for planning purposes: > > http://www.volunteerforchange.org/event/details/987 > >Gerry Tian replied: I know that someone in San Mateo County signed us up for the "I". I'm looking forward to being part of that "I". If too many of us show up we can just help with other letters. Fred is putting together a carload of us from this area. Call now while seats are still available! -- http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/223579/april_28th_will_be_national_impeachment.html April 28th Will Be National Impeachment Day By L. Vincent Poupard Organizations, such as A28, are calling for a National Day Of Impeachment Protests to take place of April 28th of this year. The target of these protests is to raise awareness about the reasons why they believe that President George Bush and Vice President Dick Chaney should be impeached. Currently, A28's website lists over 80 organized protests that are planned across the United States on April 28th. During these protests, a28 members, and members of similar organizations will attempt to explain what impeachment is, and what actions of the current Presidential Administration have done that would warrant for Articles of Impeachment. The website for the Vote to Impeach Organization (www.votetoimpeach.org) currently has an online petition in the works for the impeachment of Bush and Chaney. The organization has stated that there are currently over 865,000 people that have electronically signed the document. The organizations that are calling for these impeachments are stating many reasons for the impeachment of the President and Vice President. They stand fast in their views that the pair have committed multiple crimes of war, disobeyed many federal laws, and have abused their power while in office. Historically, there has been more of a movement across the United States for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Chaney then for any possible impeachment. The supporters for the impeachment of the pair seam to gain more and more support everyday. This week Representative Dennis Kucinich will officially be filing Articles of Impeachment against Dick Chaney. Representative Kucinich will be doing this despite a lot of criticism from both major political parties. Many argue that it would be futile to attempt to impeach the President or Vice President. Those opposed to impeachment believe that impeachment hearings will take too long at this point, and be too costly. There are others that state that it is currently too late to impeach either President Bush, or Vice President Chaney. Impeachment hearings would most likely take until the end of the current Presidential Administration's time in office. Organizations, such as A28, point out the fact that if impeachment hearings were not to happen, the crimes that they site of the current Administration would most likely never be looked into by Congress. These organizations believe that it would cause for more cover-ups, and more crimes to happen. Whatever your point of view might be, you will be hearing more and more about impeachment over the next few months. You will learn more about impeachment then you will ever want to know ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 16:41:09 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:41:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FYI Fwd: Democratic San Diego Convention Schedule Correction Message-ID: <836428.5203.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> FYI, news from 'over the fence' from the progressive Dems. This is from a progressive Democrat Jeeni Criscenzo who ran for congress in '06 in So. CA with support from the group Progressive Democrats for America (PDA, which has some Greens who participate, most noteably Medea Benjamin). ... Note that Medea Benjamin will be addressing some PDA folks there. Green Means Go! Drew --- Jeeni Criscenzo wrote: > From: "Jeeni Criscenzo" > Subject: San Diego Convention Schedule Correction > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:45:24 -0700 California Democratic Party 2007 State Convention Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM-- Kucinich Volunteer Organizing Party Kucinich Rooms at Handlery Hotel and Resort, 950 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 Meet fellow Kucinich supporters and help prepare for the Convention by making signs & Issues Arm Bands, getting your volunteer assignments and planning the weekend. Later, we can carpool to the PDA event (see below) 2.5 miles away. MAP 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM- PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) Event Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino del Rio South - San Diego CA 92108 Meeting the Historic Challenge: War, Peace and the 2007 California DemocraticParty Convention. Hear from Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen, SteveCobble, Mimi Kennedy & Tim Carpenter. Find out moreabout what PDA is doing at the convention at www.pdamerica.org. Friday, April 27, 2007 San DiegoConvention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA92108 PDA will be pushing for several resolutions to be passed at this convention, including: End the Iraq occupation No Attack on Iran Nonprofit Single-Payer Health Insurance for All Clean, Transparent Elections Fair Trade, Not Corporatist "Free Trade" Investigations of the White House (with impeachment on the table) Please stop at the PDA table to find out how you can help make this happen andpick up your colored armbands to wear on your sleeve the issues yousupport. And come to the Kucinich table to pick up your T-shirt, bumper stickers, signs etc. Friday, Inside the Convention, Schedule: 1:00-2:30PM Workshop for New Delegates - Introduction to the State Party Workshop: Campaign Finance Reporting Workshop 1:00 PM PDA Pre-Convention Briefing 2:30-9:00PM Registration* 3:00-4:30PM Workshops 3:00 PM PDA Caucus & Committee meetings 3:30PM Resolutions Committee Rules Committee 3:30-5:00PM Caucus Meetings 5:00-6:30PM Caucus Meetings 6:30-7:30PM Chair's Welcome Reception 7:30-9:00PM Caucus Meetings 9:00-10:30PM Women's Caucus 10:00PM Hospitality Suites 10:00 PM-- Midnight - KucinichCampaign Folk Festival Room 10 (UpperLevel) An old-time hootenanny -- join folksingers Peter & Betty Anderson, Kathleen Beck & JimLydick and others singing those songs that galvanized the Vietnam era peace movement and some new songs for today. (If you're a folk singer and would like toperform, please contact info at SoCal4Kucinich.com.) Enjoy organic tortillachips and locally grown, organic salsa fresca and guacamole. Hear from theKucinich campaign about what Dennis Kucinich is doing now and what he'll dowhen he's in the White House. Meet the next First Lady, ElizabethKucinich. All are welcome - no convention registration is necessary for thehospitality suites. We hope to have a late visit from Dennis Kucinich. 10:00 PM-- Midnight - PDA Action Center Meet fellow activists and find out what you can do to make the convention a success for progressives! Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:30 AM - -- Native American Caucus 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM - Tables open to the public Volunteers are needed to help PDA get their resolutions passed - stop at their table to offer your help. It is not necessary to be registered as anobserveror delegate to visit the tables in the exhibit area. 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM - General Session Only open to delegates and those with observer passes. 2:00 AM - 3:00 PM -- A-28 Beach Impeach North Beach by Tower 6 - Torrey Pines State Public Beach. Put your body on the line! For more information go to http://beachblogger.net. 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM - General Session Only open to delegates and those with observer passes 3:30 PM (approx) -- DennisKucinich Addresses the Convention San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92108 - Exhibit Hall Dennis Kucinich will address theGeneral Session. Only delegates and observers will be permitted in the hall. Besure to bring your Kucinich signs and wear your Kucinich T-shirts. 4:00 - 6:30 PM -- Impeachment Rally MLK Park - across the street from the convention center Also many other groups will be demonstrating throughout the Convention at this location. 7:30 - 9:30 PM -- Tribute Dinner to Nancy Pelosi If you have a ticket to this dinner and would like to join me in presenting a petition to Nancy Pelosi, please send me an email at jeeni1 at criscenzo.com. 10:00 PM-- Midnight - Kucinich Campaign Red, White and Blues Jam San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92108 - Room 10 (UpperLevel) Calling all blues musicians to make some music. Bring your instrument & rig and let's see what happens when people get together to make something good happen! Not a musician? - come to hear the magic happen. Enjoy locally-grown, organic strawberries with organicyogurt dipping sauce (That's the Red & White part of the party). All are welcome - no convention registration is necessary for the hospitality suites. Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM-- Tables Open to the Public San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92108 - Exhibit Hall Volunteers needed to staff thetable and tear-down at the end of the convention. It is not necessary to beregistered as an observer or delegate to work at the tables in the exhibit area. 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM- or later -- General Session and voting on resolutions San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92108 4:00 - 5:00 PM -- PDA Post Convention Wrap-up 5:30 - 8:30 PM -- Kucinich Fundraiser in OB - see below! Jeeni Criscenzo invites you to Meet Elizabeth Kucinich A fundraiser for Kucinich for President 2008 Sunday, April 29, 2007- 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM at the home of Ted & Nelisse Muga 1865 Froude Street, Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA 92107 (map) (SW on Sunset Cliffs, left on Newport, right on Froude -3rd house on left) A perfect way to topoff the California Democratic Convention! Come meet fellow Kucinich supporters and hear from Elizabeth why Dennis is our only chance to turn this country around. $20 minimum contribution Also Meet Special Guests: Medea Benjamin & Col. Ann Wright RSVP tmuga at aol.com or 619-222-2120 ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 16:57:17 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] JOIN A NATIONAL COMMITTEE!!] In-Reply-To: <462CFF35.DFE05737@greens.org> Message-ID: <452555.38974.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello Greens, Wes Rowley (EcoAction Committee, and Rural Caucus), Cameron Spitzer(supports the whole technical infrastructure) and I (Drew Johson member of Media, Outreach, Dispute Resolution Committees, the Disabled Caucus and observer to Peace Action Committee, ) are the only ones I'm aware of in the GPSC that particpate on national Committees. As I told Warner I'd prefer it if there were so many that wanted to participate there was a lengthy waiting list and that it was out of the question to be a member of 3 Committees as I'm am. I can not emphasize enough how much of a a golden opportunity for someone to make a difference nationally! As the annoucement notes people of color, women and the disabled are especially needed to represent a more diverse set of inputs. Many of the GP-US Committees and Caucuses are in much need for new input and energy, so please step up and participate if you have any inkling to do so at all. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Jim Stauffer wrote: > Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] JOIN A NATIONAL COMMITTEE!! > Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:07:03 -0700 > > > This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. > > GET MORE INVOLVED!! JOIN A NATIONAL COMMITTEE!! > > Please forward this announcement as appropriate! > > The GPUS is recruiting California Greens to participate in the > party-building work to be done at the national level. The only > requirements are that you're a registered California Green, willing and able to commit to the position, and can work well with others....well, ok, and have regular access to email and willingness to participate in teleconferences, usually monthly. > > Most standing national committees have open seats for California > Greens: CA list of membership in GPUS committees can be found at > http://www.votegreen.org/gpus-ca/members/committees with links to > each of the national committees. A GPUS list of all the committees can be found at http://www.gp.org/committees.shtml > > The positions of voting members are by appointment; non-voting > observers may join committees without prior appointment, just contact the committee chairs directly. All appointed positions are for two-year terms and are renewable. Because women and historically marginalized communities are underrepresented at the national level, we are strongly encouraging members of those groups to apply. > > RECRUITING WILL BE ONGOING UNTIL THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLED. A short > 2-paragraph biography of your past party (or related) experience and > why you're interested in the position is required for all applicants to be considered. One or two references are appreciated, especially for > newer Greens. Local or state party experience is desired, but not > required. Please send it to sanda at greens.org. > > Committee positions may be appointed by the GPUS-CA Standing Delegation at their next monthly teleconference or at the next plenary meeting, whichever comes first. > > For further information or questions, you can contact me, at > sanda at greens.org. Thank you for considering increasing your > participation in our party! > > Sanda Everette > co-chair, CA delegation ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 23 17:55:31 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:55:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Rally Tuesday AM v SCC Supes Plan to Slash Mental Health Funding even after Virgina Tech!!! Message-ID: <185949.63848.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> This is huge folks! I'm planning to go and hope others will join me. If we want to prevent more Virgina Techs we can NOT afford to cut back on public funding of mental health care as the County Supervisors are planning to do! Health care for all! Drew Rally to Support Mentally Health, San Jose When: Tuesday, April 24 2007 @ 09:00 AM PDT - 11:00AM Contact: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 408-583-0001 Where: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors 70 West Hedding, San Jose Description: All who are concerned about the welfare of mentally ill people in our community are invited to join this important rally. A $34 million cut to mental health services has been proposed. We are gathering to urge our supervisors to continue making these crucial services possible. County Supervisors need to understand what a huge impact the proposed cuts would have on mentally ill people and their loved ones. These cuts would result in a discharge of about 7,200 mental health consumers who do not have Medi-Cal or other health insurance. Budget cuts since 2002 have already resulted in loss of services to about 4,000 clients. Over the same period there has been a 20% increase in the number of persons suffering from mental illness in the jail population. Currently 75 persons seeking help are turned away each day when they call the Mental Health Department. The number of unexpected deaths of mental health clients has increased by 46% since the 2002 cuts. The County is facing a significant shortfall, but the proposed budget reduction to mental health services is twice as large as those proposed for other county services. We ask members of your churches to help us advocate for mentally ill persons in our community and the services that are so crucial to their lives. This rally is sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Santa Clara County, the Mental Health Advocacy Project, and the Association of Mental Health Contract Agencies. ________________ http://kcbs.com/pages/366379.php?contentType=4&contentId=422254 Posted: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 1:17PM Non-Profits Rally Against Santa Clara County Budget Cuts new billsSAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is facing a $238 million budget cut this year, including a $34 million ax to the mental health budget. Representatives from over 40 non-profits came to the county?s Children, Seniors and Family Committee meeting to plead their case and urge supervisors not to ?cut the safety net.? While supervisors say the county needs to balance its checkbook at all costs, critics claim that keeping preventative services in place will end up saving the county money. _____________ http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/editorial/17096856.htm Face the real issue, untreated mental illness By Patty Fisher San Jose Mercury News (MCT) Every year, 1,100 college students in America kill themselves. That's an average of three suicides a day. Most are quiet tragedies that don't make the evening news. Cho Sueng-Hui made sure his death would not be a private affair. His suicidal rampage left more than 30 people dead. And it left people asking how the carnage could have been prevented, why the cops didn't lock down the campus. I think those are the wrong questions. Instead of calling for metal detectors and key cards, Americans should be calling for improved mental-health care. We should be asking how weird and anti-social someone has to be before he's identified as a danger to himself and others. We should be asking how a severely depressed young man could walk into a Roanoke, Va., gun store and buy a Glock 9-mm handgun. And in Santa Clara County, Calif., we should be asking why our county supervisors are considering cutting $34 million from the mental-health budget next year and closing four community clinics. It's natural in the aftermath of such an unthinkable tragedy to look around for someone to blame. And it's natural for parents to want to build safe cocoons for their college kids so they won't have to worry about them. But folks, I think the problem this tragedy highlights isn't campus security, it's campus suicide. If anything positive is to come from the events at Virginia Tech, it will be that our leaders finally commit to providing adequate mental-health resources - on campuses and in communities. "I kept having to tell myself there is no way we could have known this was coming," a classmate of Cho's told reporters Tuesday. "We saw all the signs, but never thought this could happen." Studies show that 90 percent of young people who commit suicide suffer from depression or some other mental illness, though most don't seek treatment. But usually, there are warning signs, cries for help. Sometimes the signs are ignored. Often, worried friends and family members see the signs but can't find affordable treatment in time. Melanie Hale sees the problem every day. A counselor at Foothill College, she meets with dozens of students each month who are suffering from depression, anxiety and other problems that are on the rise at American colleges and universities. Lately she's been concerned about the number of students who are addicted to violent video games. "They spend hours online, they fall behind in their classwork and suffer from sleep deprivation." Sometimes students with problems seek her out. Others are referred by professors, parents or friends who are disturbed by a student's e-mails, compositions or conversations. But her office can only offer students a few counseling sessions. She can't prescribe drugs or provide intensive therapy. "We have to have places to refer them to," she said. "But so many services are drying up." Suicide is preventable, but long-term treatment is expensive. Most medical insurance doesn't cover it. And in our area, it's going to get worse. As part of a massive cost-cutting plan, Santa Clara County is proposing to cut mental health services to 8,000 people - including nearly 800 children and adolescents. The North County in Palo Alto, which is closest to Foothill, would close. If that happens, where will troubled students get help - before they become desperate? "We have to maintain our mental health services in the community," Hale said. "And they have to be accessible to students." Otherwise, even if we turn our campuses into fortresses, our students will be increasingly at risk. --- ABOUT THE WRITER Patty Fisher is a columnist for the San Jose Mercury News. Readers may send Fisher e-mail at pfisher at mercurynews.com. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Apr 23 23:42:00 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:42:00 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope Message-ID: Drew, Getting the outreach committee and the Peace Action Committee or GPAX involved is a good idea, but please remember sponsorship is not only about getting Catalysts Of Hope to give out literature it is also about our financial sponsorship. Vernon, Michele and her daughters are touring for 5 months and they are going to need money. Tian has pledged $25 and I have pledged $10 so right now we have $35 to send them. Any body else wanting to help by pledging? Also I like Tian's idea to bundle up our pledge checks and write on the card"these are from Green Party of Santa Clara County members". Merriam Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope? Date: 4/23/2007 4:04:03 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jamboi at yahoo.com Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org To: tnharter at ispwest.com, MKmusic03 at aol.com CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) The other thing that we can donate is literature.? We gave them t-shirts and some Green Pages, but getting them a good supply of literature would be awesome!? I'm going to approach elements within the national party (like the Outreach Committee and the Peace Action Committee or GPAX) to see if they'll sponsor too.? I think the chances are quite good. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > > > / > > > > I'm pleased our Green Party is co-sponsoring Vernon and Michele's > > Catalysts Of Hope/Bike For Peace Tour.? That's great that they will > be > > wearing our T-shirts as they travel across the U.S. > > However, If we could also co-sponsor by donating some money I'm > sure > > that would help them greatly. My idea is if we all donated $5 - $10 > > > dallars and gave the money to Cameron to put in our checking > account > > then Cameron could write them a Green Party check for that same > amount > > and we could mail it to them at one of their stops on their > itinerary. > > > > What do you all say?? Can we do that?? Who will donate?? I pledge > > $10.00.? Who else will pledge? > > > > > > / > > I'll give $25. We could just bundle a pile of checks and write on the > card that goes with it "these are from Green Party of Santa Clara > County > members." > > I took a bunch of good pictures, and I hope to have them up soon... > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Added Tax Day Protest pictures with aftermath details. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 24 00:25:33 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <903763.83270.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Merriam, I'm not sure why you'd think there was any conflict between sending money and sending literature. Do both! Go Green! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Drew, > > Getting the outreach committee and the Peace Action Committee or GPAX > > involved is a good idea, but please remember sponsorship is not only > about getting > Catalysts Of Hope to give out literature it is also about our > financial > sponsorship. Vernon, Michele and her daughters are touring for 5 > months and they are > going to need money. > > Tian has pledged $25 and I have pledged $10 so right now we have $35 > to send > them. Any body else wanting to help by pledging? > > Also I like Tian's idea to bundle up our pledge checks and write on > the > card"these are from Green Party of Santa Clara County members". > > Merriam > > Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of > Hope > Date: 4/23/2007 4:04:03 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: jamboi at yahoo.com > Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org > To: tnharter at ispwest.com, MKmusic03 at aol.com > CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > The other thing that we can donate is literature. We gave them > t-shirts and some Green Pages, but getting them a good supply of > literature would be awesome! I'm going to approach elements within > the > national party (like the Outreach Committee and the Peace Action > Committee or GPAX) to see if they'll sponsor too. I think the > chances > are quite good. > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Tian Harter wrote: > > > MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > > > > > / > > > > > > I'm pleased our Green Party is co-sponsoring Vernon and Michele's > > > > Catalysts Of Hope/Bike For Peace Tour. That's great that they > will > > be > > > wearing our T-shirts as they travel across the U.S. > > > However, If we could also co-sponsor by donating some money I'm > > sure > > > that would help them greatly. My idea is if we all donated $5 - > $10 > > > > > dallars and gave the money to Cameron to put in our checking > > account > > > then Cameron could write them a Green Party check for that same > > amount > > > and we could mail it to them at one of their stops on their > > itinerary. > > > > > > What do you all say? Can we do that? Who will donate? I pledge > > > > $10.00. Who else will pledge? > > > > > > > > > / > > > > I'll give $25. We could just bundle a pile of checks and write on > the > > card that goes with it "these are from Green Party of Santa Clara > > County > > members." > > > > I took a bunch of good pictures, and I hope to have them up soon... > > > > -- > > Tian > > http://tian.greens.org > > Latest change: Added Tax Day Protest pictures with aftermath > details. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From MKmusic03 at aol.com Tue Apr 24 01:38:49 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:38:49 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cameron's Joseph Grant Hike Message-ID: FYI Our Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition mini-walk at Westgate Shopping Center is Sat. May 5th as well, though the time has not been set yet. Merriam Subj: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cameron's Joseph Grant Hike? Date: 4/23/2007 4:05:20 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jamboi at yahoo.com Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org To: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) Hey Cameron, when we gonna do it???? We need to reserve next Sunday for our County Council meeting, but how about May 5th, the first Saturday in May? Green means go! Drew --- cls at truffula.sj.ca.us wrote: >snip< > I will be leading {a hike} at Joseph Grant county park > real soon, still taking suggestions for the best day. > Enough of J.D. Grant park is flat, and this hike > will be more or less wheelchair accessible. > > > Cameron ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 24 08:34:24 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cameron's Joseph Grant Hike In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <353751.41094.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Ah, Merriam you may have missed it, but I requested we do the miniwalk in downtown San Jose not in the much-less-frequented Westgate. Also they can be at different times of day so they don't conflict and they'll probably be two mostly different sets of people anyway. Go Green! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > FYI > > Our Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition mini-walk at Westgate > Shopping > Center is Sat. > May 5th as well, though the time has not been set yet. > > Merriam > > Subj: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cameron's Joseph Grant Hike > Date: 4/23/2007 4:05:20 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: jamboi at yahoo.com > Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org > To: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > Hey Cameron, when we gonna do it??? We need to reserve next Sunday > for > our County Council meeting, but how about May 5th, the first Saturday > in May? > > Green means go! > > Drew > > --- cls at truffula.sj.ca.us wrote: > >snip< > > > I will be leading {a hike} at Joseph Grant county park > > real soon, still taking suggestions for the best day. > > Enough of J.D. Grant park is flat, and this hike > > will be more or less wheelchair accessible. > > > > > > Cameron > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Apr 24 08:39:30 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: The GOP’s Cyber Election Hit Squad Message-ID: <244975.18163.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> GOP computer network aided 2004 vote theft in Ohio (Steven Rosenfeld & Bob Fitrakis, Free Press) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:18:27 -0700 (PDT) The GOP?s Cyber Election Hit Squad By Steven Rosenfeld and Bob Fitrakis The Free Press (Columbus, Ohio), April 23, 2007 http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2007/2553 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/23/705/ Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on Election Night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bush?s re-election?The answer appears to be yes. There is more than ample documentation to show that on Election Night 2004, Ohio?s ?official? Secretary of State website - which gave the world the presidential election results - was redirected from an Ohio government server to a group of servers that contain scores of Republican web sites, including the secret White House e-mail accounts that have emerged in the scandal surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales?s firing of eight federal prosecutors. Recent revelations have documented that the Republican National Committee (RNC) ran a secret White House e-mail system for Karl Rove and dozens of White House staffers. This high-tech system used to count and report the 2004 presidential vote- from server-hosting contracts, to software-writing services, to remote-access capability, to the actual server usage logs themselves - must be added to the growing congressional investigations. Numerous tech-savvy bloggers, starting with the online investigative consortium epluribusmedia.org and their November 2006 article cross-posted by contributor luaptifer to Dailykos, and Joseph Cannon?s blog at Cannonfire.blogspot.com, outed the RNC tech network. That web-hosting firm is SMARTech Corp. of Chattanooga, TN, operating out of the basement in the old Pioneer Bank building. The firm hosts scores of Republican websites, including georgewbush.com, gop.com and rnc.org. The software created for the Ohio secretary of state?s Election Night 2004 website was created by GovTech Solutions, a firm co-founded by longtime GOP computing guru Mike Connell. He also redesigned the Bush campaign?s website in 2000 and told ?Inside Business? magazine in 1999, ?I wouldn?t be where I am today without the Bush campaign and the Bush family because the Bushes truly are about family and I?m loyal to my network.? Ohio?s Cedarville University, a Christian school with 3,100 students, issued a press release on January 13, 2005 describing how faculty member Dr. Alan Dillman?s computing company Government Consulting Resources, Ltd, worked with these Republican-connected companies to tally the vote on Election Night 2004. ?Dillman personally led the effort from the GCR side, teaming with key members of Blackwell?s staff,? the release said. ?GCR teamed with several other firms - including key players such as GovTech Solutions, which performed the software development - to deliver the end result. SMARTech provided the backup and additional system capacity, and Mercury Interactive performed the stress testing.? On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohio?s 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters. Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohio?s 2004 election while tinkering with the results. Did Ohio Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell or other GOP operatives inflate the president?s vote totals to secure George W. Bush?s margin of victory? On Election Night 2004, many of the totals reported by the Secretary of State were based on local precinct results that were impossible. In Clyde, Ohio, a Republican haven, Bush won big after 131 percent voter turnout. In Republican Perry County, two precincts came in at 124 percent and 120 percent respectively. In Gahanna Ward 1, precinct B, Bush received 4,258 votes despite the fact that only 638 people voted for president. In Concord Southwest in Miami County, the certified election results proudly proclaimed at 679 out of 689 registered voters cast ballots, a 98.55 percent turnout. FreePress.org later found that only 547 voters had signed in. These strange election results were routed by county election officials through Ohio?s Secretary of State?s office, through partisan IT providers and software, and the final results were hosted out of a computer based in Tennessee announcing the winner. The Cedarville University releases boasted the system ?was running like a champ.? It said, ?The system kept running through the early morning hours as users from around the world looked to Ohio for their election results.? All the facts are not in, but enough is known to warrant a serious congressional inquiry. Beginning with a timeline on Election Night after a national media consortium exit poll predicted Democrat John Kerry would win Ohio, the first Ohio returns were from the state?s Democratic urban strongholds, showing Kerry in the lead. This was the case until shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 5, when for roughly 90 minutes the Ohio election results reported on the Secretary of State?s website were frozen. Shortly before 2am EST election returns came in from a handful of the state?s rural Republican enclaves, bumping Bush?s numbers over the top. It was known Bush would carry rural Ohio. But the vote totals from these last-to-report counties, where Karl Rove said there was an unprecedented late-hour evangelical vote giving the White House a moral mandate, were highly improbable and suggested vote count fraud to pad Bush?s numbers. Just how flimsy the reported GOP totals were was not known on Election Night and has not been examined by the national media. But an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff begun after Election Day 2004 and completed before the Electoral College met on Jan. 6, 2005, was first to publicly point to vote count fraud in rural Ohio. That report, ?Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio,? cited near-impossible vote totals, including 19,000 votes that were mysteriously added at the close of tallying the vote in Miami County. The report cited more than 3,000 apparently fraudulent voter registrations - all dating back to the same day in 1977 in Perry County. The report noted a homeland security emergency was declared in Warren County, prompting its ballots to be taken to a police-guarded unauthorized warehouse and counted away from public scrutiny, despite local media protests. In our book, ?What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election? (The New Press, 2006), we go beyond the House Judiciary Democratic report to analyze precinct-by-precinct returns and we print copies of the documents upon which we base our findings. We found many vote-count irregularities based on examining the certified results, precinct-level records and the actual ballots. The most eyebrow-raising example to emerge from parsing precinct results was finding 10,500 people in three Ohio?s ?Bible Belt? counties who voted to re-elect Bush and voted in favor of gay marriage, if the official results are true. That was in Warren, Butler and Clermont Counties. The most plausible explanation for this anomaly, which defies logic and was not seen anywhere else in the country, was Kerry votes were flipped to Bush while the rest of the ballot was left alone. While we have some theories about how that might have been done by hand in a police-guarded warehouse, could full Republican control of the vote-counting software and servers also have played a role? The early returns on the Secretary of State?s website suggest Blackwell?s vote-tallying and reporting system could manipulate large blocks of votes. Screenshots taken during the early returns in Hamilton County, where Cincinnati is located, gave Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb 39,541 votes, which was clearly incorrect. Similarly, early return screenshots in Lucas County, where Toledo is located, gave Cobb 4,685 votes, another clear error. (The screenshots are in our book). Were these innocent computer glitches or was a GOP vote-counting and reporting system moving and dumping Kerry votes? There?s more evidence the late returns from Ohio?s Republican-majority countryside were not accurate. During the spring and summer of 2006, several teams of investigators associated with Freepress.org, notably one team led by Ron Baiman, a Ph.D. statistician and researcher at Chicago?s Loyola University, examined the actual election records from precincts in Miami and Clermont Counties. These records - from poll books where voters sign in, to examining the actual ballots themselves - were not publicly accessible until last year, under orders from Ohio?s former Republican Secretary of State. Baiman compared the number of voters who signed in with the total number of votes attributed to precincts. He found hundreds of ?phantom? votes, where the number of voter signatures was less than the reported vote total. That discrepancy also suggests vote count fraud. There was other evidence in the observable paper trail of padding the vote, including instances in Delaware County where in one precinct, 359 of the final punch-card ballots cast on Election Day contained no Kerry votes, which means the day?s last voters all were Bush supporters, which also is improbable. In another Delaware County precinct, Bush allegedly received the last 210 votes of the day. Were partisan local election workers trying to mask what was happening electronically to tilt the vote count? Ohio?s 2004 ballots were to be destroyed last September. However that fate was blocked by a federal judge, who ruled in the early phase of trying a Voting Rights Act lawsuit that accused Ohio officials of suppressing the minority vote in Ohio?s cities. The state?s new Secretary of State and Attorney General, both Democrats, are now holding settlement talks for that suit, suggesting its claims have merit. However, unlike Florida after the 2000 election, there still has yet to be a full accounting of Ohio?s presidential vote. What?s clear, however, is the highest ranks of the Republican Party?s political wing, including White House counselor Karl Rove, a handful of the party?s most tech-savvy computer gurus and the former Republican Ohio Secretary of State, created, owned and operated the vote-counting system that reported George W. Bush?s re-election to the presidency. Moreover, it appears the votes that gave Bush his 118,775-vote margin of victory - the boost from Ohio?s countryside - have yet to be confirmed as accurate. Instead, the reporting to date suggests that what happened on the ground and across Ohio?s rural precincts is at odds with the vote tally released on Election Night. As numerous congressional committees attempt to retrieve and examine the secret White House e-mails surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales? firing of eight federal prosecutors, those panels must also probe the privatization and partisan manipulation of the 2004 presidential vote count in Ohio. The lessons from 2004 have yet to be fully understood or learned. Similarly, the House Administration Committee, which is expected to soon mark up H.R. 811, a bill by Rep. Rush Holt, D-NJ, to regulate electronic voting technology, also must take heed. The vote count and outcome of American elections cannot be left in the hands of known partisans, who can control and manipulate how the votes are counted and what is reported to the media and American people. Public vote counts on private, partisan servers and secret proprietary software have no place in a democracy. Bob Fitrakis is a political science professor and attorney in the King Lincoln Bronzeville civil rights lawsuit against Ken Blackwell. Fitrakis, Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman are authors of ?What Happened in Ohio? A documentary record of theft and fraud in the 2004 election,? (New Press, 2006). KEY LINKS: To trace the site-hosting history of election.sos.state.oh.us, go to: http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://election.sos.state.oh.us (You will note on Nov. 3, 2004, the Ohio Secretary of State?s website was moved from a Columbus-based company, OARnet, to SMARTECH CORPORATION.) Ken Blackwell Outsources Ohio Election Results to GOP Internet Operatives, Again http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2006/11/7/115314/922 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/7/144314/082 Who is Michael L. Connell? Part II: Behind the firewall http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/4/2/6328/14926 The White House, vote theft, and the email trail http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/03/ gwb43-white-house-vote-theft-and-email.html Cedarville University A Major Player in Ohio?s Election Tallying Efforts http://www.cedarville.edu/departments/ marketing/publicrelations/newsarticle.cfm? ID=2132271177 ?What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election,? by Robert Fitrakis, Steven Rosenfeld, Harvey Wasserman. http://www.thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task =view_title&metaproductid=1597 Rove-ing emails: what else could go missing? by Todd Johnston http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/4/22/ 33926/1773 http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2006/11/9/61233/1283 This shows a screen capture of the TN server 64.203.98.137 which in 2004 was where election.sos.state.oh.us was hosted from, and in 2006 it was still getting live data from Ohio, even though election.sos.state.oh.us was hosted on OARnet servers in Ohio. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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And if you want to see what the mainstream media is saying, just search for "impeachment" at: http://news.google.com Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: A28: Kucinich Files Three Impeachment Articles against Cheney Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:32:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Jacob Park Reply-To: jacob at a28.org To: gerrygras at earthlink.net April 24, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join Our Mailing List [http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101553123022] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Gerry, Well, he's finally done it! Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has just introduced Articles of Impeachment against Vice-President Dick Cheney. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kucinich Files Three Articles of Impeachment against Cheney Article I The Vice President of the United States, Richard B. 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Cheney, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the the United States, and done so with the United States' proven capability to carry out such threats, thus undermining the national security of the United States. The full text of H. Res. 333 is now available here [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=iyeed4bab.0.9p7kd4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0243&p=http%3A%2F%2Fkucinich.house.gov%2FSpotlightIssues%2Fdocuments.htm], along with supporting documentation. cheneyisover [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=iyeed4bab.0.q7p6u6bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0243&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.a28.org%2F] Okay folks, it's on! 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A woman in Iowa is driving across the state to photograph people in different towns holding IMPEACH signs. Some people are spelling out the word IMPEACH in flowers or candles, with tennis balls in a chain-link fence, or with driftwood and seaweed on a beach. Still others people are "freewayblogging"--posting large signs on highway overpasses--about impeachment. As the anonymous Freewayblogger says, this is a great way to reach 100,000 people for less than $1.00. For information about freeway blogging, go here [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=iyeed4bab.0.bq7kd4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0243&p=http%3A%2F%2Ffreewayblogger.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fputting-text-in-front-of-traffic.html] and for a great instructional video check this out [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=iyeed4bab.0.cq7kd4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0243&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.current.tv%2Fwatch%2F28655462]. Some larger groups are throwing small rallies at the offices of their representatives in Congress or on the steps of their City Halls (which you can often do for free and on short-notice if you contact your city government). An organizer in New York is setting up a table in a city park with her musician friends to have a 'Write a letter to Congress' party. Others are organizing smaller human murals, mock impeachment trials, launching IMPEACH kites and helium balloons, selling (im)peach pies at farmer's markets, and and throwing impeachment picnics in large parks or along busy roads. To brainstorm with other A28 folks about what to do for A28, check out the discussion in the A28 Forum [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=iyeed4bab.0.8qwnb4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0243&p=http%3A%2F%2Fnetwork.a28.org%2Fforum]. 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Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response Message-ID: <741307.54966.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070425/cm_thenation/15189758 Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response The Nation Wed Apr 25, 12:05 AM ET The Nation -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich has now filed his three articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney, and the Ohio Democrat is clearly serious about the holding the vice president to account for manipulating intelligence to fabricate a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, manipulating intelligence to fabricate a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, and openly threatened aggression against Iran absent any real threat to the the United States. Kucinich's House website ( see http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm ) contains the text of the resolution, H.R. 333, along with pages of documentation supporting the articles, a summary of impeachment procedures, and a copy of the congressman's letter to the vice president. On Tuesday afternoon, Kucinich explained his initiative at a Capitol Hill press conference that he began by delivering the following statement: We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that, among these, are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the government; and, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it. These words from the Declaration of Independence are instructive at this moment. Because not only whenever any form of government, but whenever any government official becomes destructive of the founding purposes, that official or those officials must be held accountable. Because I believe the vice president's conduct of office has been destructive to the founding purposes of our nation. Today, I have introduced House Resolution 333, Articles of Impeachment Relating to Vice President Richard B. Cheney. I do so in defense of the rights of the American people to have a government that is honest and peaceful. It became obvious to me that this vice president, who was a driving force for taking the United States into a war against Iraq under false pretenses, is once again rattling the sabers of war against Iran with the same intent to drive America into another war, again based on false pretenses. Let me cite from the articles of impeachment that were introduced this afternoon, Article I, that Richard Cheney had purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and the Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States armed forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security. That despite all evidence to the contrary, the vice president actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and the Congress of the United States about an alleged threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. That preceding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the vice president was fully informed that no legitimate evidence existed of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The vice president pressured the intelligence community to change their findings to enable the deception of the citizens and the Congress of the United States. That in this the vice president subverted the national security interests of the United States by setting the stage for the loss of more than 3,300 United States service members and the loss of 650,000 Iraqi citizens since the United States invasion; the loss of approximately $500 billion in war costs, which has increased our federal debt; the loss of military readiness within the United States armed services, through an overextension and lack of training and lack of equipment; and the loss of United States credibility in the world affairs and decades of likely blowback created by the invasion of Iraq. That with respect to Article II, that Richard Cheney manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and the Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and Al Qaida in order to justify the use of United States armed forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security. And that, despite all evidence to the contrary, the vice president actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and Al Qaida. That preceding to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the vice president was fully informed that no credible evidence existed of a working relationship between Iraq and Al Qaida, a fact articulated in several official documents. With respect to Article III, that in his conduct while vice president of the United States, Richard Cheney openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran, absent any real threat to the United States, and has done so with the United States's proven capability to carry out such threats, thus undermining the national security interests of the United States. That despite no evidence that Iran has the intention or the capability of attacking the United States, and despite the turmoil created by the United States's invasion of Iraq, the vice president has openly threatened aggression against Iran. Furthermore, I point out in the articles that Article VI of the United States Constitution states, and I quote, "This Constitution and the laws of the United States shall be made in pursuance thereof and all treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the United States shall be the supreme law of the land. Any provision of an international treaty ratified by the United States becomes the law of the United States." The United States is signatory to the U.N. Charter, a treaty among the nations of the world. Article II, Section 4 of the United Nations Charter states, and I quote, "All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations." The articles conclude by pointing out that the vice president's deception upon the citizens and the Congress of the United States that enabled the failed United States invasion of Iraq forcibly altered the rules of diplomacy so that the vice president recent belligerent actions toward Iran are destabilizing and counterproductive to the national security of the United States of America. These articles of impeachment are not brought forth lightly. I've carefully weighed the options available to members of Congress and found this path the path that is the most important to take. The justifications used to lead our nation to war have unquestionably been disproved. Brave soldiers and innocent civilians have lost their lives in a war the United States should never have initiated. The weight of the lies used to lead us into war has grown heavier with each death. Now is the time for Congress to examine the actions that led us into this war, just as we must work to bring the troops home. This resolution is a very serious matter, and I will urge the Committee on Judiciary to investigate and carefully consider this resolution. --------------------------------------------------------------------- John Nichols, the best-selling biographer of Vice President Dick Cheney, is the author of a new book: THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT: The Founders' Cure for Royalism. Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson hails it as a "nervy, acerbic, passionately argued history-cum-polemic [that] combines a rich examination of the parliamentary roots and past use of the 'heroic medicine' that is impeachment with a call for Democratic leaders to 'reclaim and reuse the most vital tool handed to us by the founders for the defense of our most basic liberties.'" ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 25 11:36:29 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:36:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] May tabling opportunities Message-ID: <462F9FAD.70008@sbcglobal.net> Tuesday May 1 march in San Jose re immigration Saturday May 5 Cinco de Mayo Saturday May 12 Berryessa Art and Wine booth applied for Sunday May 13 Mother's Day Saturday-Sunday May 19-20 Mountain View a la carte Wine Festival Step right up and hel table at these events. From eameece at california.com Mon Apr 23 13:58:35 2007 From: eameece at california.com (E. Alan Meece) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:58:35 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] save internet radio Message-ID: <462D1DFB.7C8F@california.com> We are looking into internet radio at KKUP, but may not be able to if congress doesn't act soon. Here's a notice I got: I suppose most have already heard about this but I've not seen anything mentioned here about what is happening to Internet Radio. I received an email from Pandora about unfair copyright fees placed on IR and thought I would forward this along to those who haven't heard... Please sign the petition urging your Congressional representative to act to save Internet radio: http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541 Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy because of a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, DC to almost triple the licensing fees for Internet radio sites like Pandora. The new royalty rates are irrationally high, more than four times what satellite radio pays and broadcast radio doesn't pay these at all. Left unchanged, these new royalties will kill every Internet radio site, including Pandora. In response to these new and unfair fees, we have formed the SaveNetRadio Coalition, a group that includes listeners, artists, labels and webcasters. I hope that you will consider joining us. Please sign our petition urging your Congressional representative to act to save Internet radio: http://capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541 Please feel free to forward this link/email to your friends - the more petitioners we can get, the better. Understand that we are fully supportive of paying royalties to the artists whose music we play, and have done so since our inception. As a former touring musician myself, I'm no stranger to the challenges facing working musicians. The issue we have with the recent ruling is that it puts the cost of streaming far out of the range of ANY webcaster's business potential. I hope you'll take just a few minutes to sign our petition - it WILL make a difference. As a young industry, we do not have the lobbying power of the RIAA. You, our listeners, are by far our biggest and most influential allies. As always, and now more than ever, thank you for your support. -Tim Westergren (Pandora founder) From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Apr 25 13:01:54 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:01:54 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tax Day to Earth Day Message-ID: <462FB3B2.5000903@ispwest.com> I boycotted corporate shopping from Tax Day to Earth Day. For me the surprise of the week was that it ment I couldn't shop at Safeway. I'd expected the impact on my eating of no soymilk, cheese and the like, but the part I hadn't realized was that I couldn't pick up any cash there. All the ATMS where my cards are wecome for free are much further away than Safeway. Oh well, the week worked out anyhow... Actually, for activism it was a glorious week. I was busy almost every day. The only days I used my camera though were Tax Day: http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/MVVP/TaxDay2007/index.html and the day before Earth Day. That was when the Catalysts of Hope, a family riding their bikes from Washington State to Washington DC spent time in San Jose and Berkeley. You can see those pictures at: http://tian.greens.org/SanJose/CatalystsOfHope/index.html Actually, that bike trip might be a good thing to support. I suggest finding out if it is passing near you and checking it out then. You can find out more about it at: http://www.catalystsofhope.org -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added Earth Day pictures with some comentary. From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 26 14:36:21 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:36:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GP-US Release: Greens at 'Impeach Bush & Cheney' events on April 28 Message-ID: <604796.13850.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 26, 2007 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org Green Party leaders join and lead events on April 28 calling for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called Rep. Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) filing of articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney an important first step towards holding the Bush Administration accountable for numerous impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors. "The Green Party endorsed a resolution in 2003 calling for impeachment of President Bush, and Green leaders have expanded the call to include Mr. Cheney, who is clearly the brains behind many of the White House's worst and most illegal actions," said Carl Romanelli, Pennsylvania Green candidate for the US Senate in 2006. "The chief obstacle to impeachment has been the Democratic Party leadership, which has indulged and enabled the Bush Administration's abuses of power every step of the way." Greens across the US plan to participate in various events in Washington, DC, and across the US calling for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney this coming weekend . In Utah, the Desert Greens Green Party of Utah and People for Peace and Justice of Utah have organized an 'Impeach' rally at noon on April 28 at the Federal Building in Salt Lake City, 100 South State Street. The Green Parties of Santa Clara and San Mateo (California) will participate in a Beach Impeach action, and will gather to create the 'I' in 'IMPEACH' on the beach . The Green Party of the United States passed a resolution in July, 2003, urging impeachment of President Bush . The Green Party's impeachment page can be visited at . A Green petition for impeachment is at . After the initial illegal invasion of Iraq, said Green Party leaders, the crimes of the Bush Administration began to mount precipitously: ? manipulation of intelligence to deceive the public into supporting the war (fraudulent claims about Iraqi WMDs, collusion between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, attempts by Saddam to obtain nuclear weapons materials) ? cover-ups of the administration's knowledge of information about the impending 9/11 attacks ? encouragement of torture and 'extraordinary rendition' of prisoners to exact information ? denial of habeas corpus and due process ? warrantless surveillance of US citizens ? hundreds of 'signing statements' purportedly exempting the Bush Administration from over 1,000 federal laws ? censoring and tampering with scientific research to conceal the seriousness of global warming ? threats to attack Iran despite Iran's lack of any real threat to the US." The effects of these crimes and abuses of power include: ? the deaths of more than 3,300 US service members and 650,000 Iraqi citizens, as well as countless more injured because of the US invasion ? anger and hostility towards the US and US citizens throughout the world, especially in Muslim nations ? broken treaties and alienation of US allies ? damage to US democracy and entrenchment of the administrations' theory of 'unitary executive power' ? danger to captured US service personnel and citizens in retaliation for torture committed at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, and other sites ? a possible regional or global conflict if the US attacks Iran ? the US treasury plundered for the benefit of arms makers, oil companies, and other corporate profiteers like Halliburton and Blackwater ? severe damage to public health and the environment in coming decades because of the White House's failure to address climate change Greens also noted that some of the Bush Administration's crimes were carried out with the cooperation of Democrats and Republicans in Congress. "Let's not forget that a bipartisan congressional vote in October, 2002, transferred war power from Congress to the White House, violating the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution," said Rebecca Rotzler, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States and Deputy Mayor of New Paltz, New York, where Greens are planning to assemble a 'human pyramid' for impeachment on Saturday. "After public deception and manipulation of intelligence were revealed, Democratic Party leaders supported continuing the war on Iraq, and recently voted for war funding and a delayed 'timetable' for withdrawal of US troops. And even now, Democratic presidential hopefuls like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards -- apparently reading from the same memo -- are saying that an attack on Iran isn't 'off the table.'" The Green Party has called for immediate withdrawal of all US troops and military contractors from Iraq, condemned threats of an assault on Iran, and urged dramatic steps, including a major conservation effort, to curb global warming. Greens supported a bill introduced by Rep. Cynthia McKinney in December, 2006, in which she filed articles of impeachment against Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . 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 Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml "Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response" By John Nichols, The Nation, April 25, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070425/cm_thenation/15189758 "George W. Bush's Proxy War Crimes in Iraq: Violations of the Nuremberg and U.N. Charters and the U.S. Constitution" By Chuck Tripp (who will speak at the rally in Salt Lake City) http://www.gput.org/proxywarcrimes.shtml "Ten Reasons to Impeach Cheney and Bush Now" By Allen L Roland, OpEdNews.com, April 21, 2007 http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_allen_l__070421_ten_reasons_to_impea.htm ~ END ~ ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jims at greens.org Thu Apr 26 17:39:05 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:39:05 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need a Tabler at the JSA evnet this Saturday Message-ID: <46314629.A60D820B@greens.org> We need 1 or 2 more tablers at the Junior States of America event on Saturday. Right now we have only two people for the entire day. We need 1 or 2 people to take a half-day shift. This is one of our favorite tabling events. These JSA high schoolers will restore your faith in our political future. -- Jim From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Apr 26 23:12:04 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:12:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] MV May 1st March and Rally for Immigrant Rights Message-ID: <858626.72563.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mtn View on MAY 1 What: March and Rally for Immigrant Rights When: Tuesday 5:00pm, May 1, 2007 Where: March starts at corner of Escuela Ave. and California Street, in Mountain View at 5pm Mountain View City Hall on Castro Street (corner Mercy St.) Grannies, will start gathering in front of the City Hall at 5:00pm. It will give us a chance to rehearse. In case of inclement weather, there is Starbucks very close by on the same side of the street as the City Hall....find us there. You can also use bathrooms there. WEAR A WHITE BLOUSE OR SHIRT IF YOU ARE ABLE (in solidarity with the movement) Immigrant Laborers Speak Out *Community Supporters join March and Rally Organized by Day Workers* Immigrants in Mountain View, California, joining similar rallies across the country, will hit the streets on May 1 in their latest effort to push for legislation that would give millions of undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. In Mountain View the plea for protection of workers' rights comes from the hearts of a group of day workers and their supporters. Men and women laborers from the Mountain View Day Worker Center will start off a march at Escuela Ave/California Street, marching in white shirts and carrying signs in both English and Spanish. The march will conclude in a rally at Mountain View City Hall starting sometime between 5:30 and 6:00pm (depending on how long the march takes) where the day laborers will sing "God Bless America". Speakers include Mountain View Mayor Laura Macias and East Palo Alto Council member Ruben Abrica. The Raging Grannies of San Jose and the Action League Raging Grannies will sing. Pam Walton will be filming this event for the Raging Grannies documentary Questions or directions contact Granny Ruth at info at raginggrannies.com __._,_.___ ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From MKmusic03 at aol.com Thu Apr 26 23:55:46 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:55:46 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need a Tabler at the JSA evnet this Saturday Message-ID: I can't table on Saturday at the JSA event. Saturday is the National Impeach day and our South Bay Impeachment Committee is tabling in front of MLK Library in San Jose. Merriam Subj: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need a Tabler at the JSA evnet this Saturday? Date: 4/26/2007 5:39:02 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jims at greens.org To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) We need 1 or 2 more tablers at the Junior States of America event on Saturday. Right now we have only two people for the entire day. We need 1 or 2 people to take a half-day shift. This is one of our favorite tabling events. 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URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 27 14:33:46 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:33:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GPSCC County Council Meeting, this Sunday Apr 29th 3PM Books Inc MV Message-ID: <685959.57992.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The Green Party of Santa Clara County will hold our County Council meeting this Sunday April 29th @ 3PM at Books Inc in Mountain View on Castro Street: http://www.booksinc.net/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?page=275903&s=storeinfo& All are welcome! Please post any agenda items you'd like covered to the discussion list. Please pardon a little bit of uncoordination this month with the CC meeting and with the General Meeting - the masterful Jim Doyle usually gets our agenda coordinated so magnificently is hosting guests this month and so Gerry, Merriam and I will do our best to pull this off smoothly. :-) Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Apr 27 15:00:53 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:00:53 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] visit of Iraqis Message-ID: <46327295.5060504@sbcglobal.net> Follow up on The Greens have also promised a donation, is needed. *Update on the June 10 event in San Jose featuring Iraqi labor leaders Faleh Abood Umara (general secretary of the Southern Oil Company Union) and Ms. Hashimia Mohsen al Hussein (president of the Electrical Utility Workers Union).* Faleh Abood Umara was one of the two oil workers who spoke in SJ in 2005 ? and was warmly received. Given the ever more dire conditions in Iraq and the pending Oil Law which opens the way to privatization of resources under foreign corporations, we need to hear directly from the workers affected. The executive committee of SBM reviewed information and agreed to contribute $500 and to be cosponsor (pending approval by the core group) providing the labor community provided $500 and a venue. We now have more than that amount pledged, as well as support from other South Bay peace and justice groups. This represents outstanding enthusiasm for the upcoming event. (Funds beyond the $1000 for transportation will go to the two Iraqi unions.) To date, the Central Labor Council and its affiliates have pledged $750 (including personal donations by Louie Rocha and Louise Auerhahn). The Laborers rep offered use of the Laborers Hall and will request a donation to the event of $500. Members of the following unions will be asking their locals for a contribution: Plumbers, Painters, UFCW 5, and SEIU 1877. The San Jose Peace Center, WILPF, Labor Party, our developing world and Vets for Peace are contributing a total of $400. The Greens have also promised a donation, and contacts are in the works with Council on American Islamic Relations, Council of Churches, plus the Interfaith Council on Religion, Race and Economic and Social Justice endorsements (no cash) Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, SJ United for Peace and Justice Joan Bazar, South Bay liaison with the Bay Area organizing committee for the tour US Labor Against War joanbazar at sbcglobal.net 408-243-4359 From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Apr 27 17:26:05 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:26:05 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Discuss plenary issues at next Thursday's meeting? Message-ID: So... As of today, the agenda and proposals for the next state meeting in San Francisco May 26-27th have not been publicly posted. The GPSCC can be expected to have four delegates. At minimum, we need to choose delegates and alternates at next Thursday's meeting and discuss how, if at all, to instruct those delegates. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 27 20:48:15 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:48:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] visit of Iraqis In-Reply-To: <46327295.5060504@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <549580.47330.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sounds good. Questions: Who's working on our end to arrange our part in this? Are we going get mentioned in the ads, credit on the night of the event and can we put up our banners and table at the event? And once these questions are answered what kind of dollar amount do people think would be appropriate? Green means GO! Drew --- Jim Doyle wrote: > Follow up on > The Greens have also promised a donation, > is needed. > > *Update on the June 10 event in San Jose featuring Iraqi labor > leaders Faleh Abood Umara (general secretary of the Southern Oil Company Union) and Ms. Hashimia Mohsen al Hussein (president of the Electrical Utility Workers Union).* Faleh Abood Umara was one of the two oil workers who spoke in SJ in 2005 ? and was warmly received. Given the ever more dire conditions in Iraq and the pending Oil Law which opens the way to privatization of resources under foreign corporations, we need to hear directly from the workers affected. > > The executive committee of SBM reviewed information and agreed to > contribute $500 and to be cosponsor (pending approval by the core > group) providing the labor community provided $500 and a venue. > > We now have more than that amount pledged, as well as support from > other South Bay peace and justice groups. This represents outstanding > enthusiasm for the upcoming event. (Funds beyond the $1000 for > transportation will go to the two Iraqi unions.) > > To date, the Central Labor Council and its affiliates have pledged > $750 (including personal donations by Louie Rocha and Louise Auerhahn). > The Laborers rep offered use of the Laborers Hall and will request a > donation to the event of $500. > > Members of the following unions will be asking their locals for a > contribution: Plumbers, Painters, UFCW 5, and SEIU 1877. > > The San Jose Peace Center, WILPF, Labor Party, our developing world > and Vets for Peace are contributing a total of $400. > > The Greens have also promised a donation, and contacts are in the > works with Council on American Islamic Relations, Council of Churches, plus the Interfaith Council on Religion, Race and Economic and Social > Justice endorsements (no cash) Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, SJ United for Peace and Justice > > Joan Bazar, South Bay liaison with the Bay Area organizing committee > for the tour US Labor Against War > joanbazar at sbcglobal.net 408-243-4359 ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 27 20:57:07 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:57:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Palast: U.S. media have lost the will to dig deep Message-ID: <993585.43703.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> U.S. media have lost the will to dig deep L.A. Times A changed news culture has let several important investigative stories slip through the cracks. By Greg Palast, GREG PALAST is the author of "Armed Madhouse: From New Orleans to Baghdad -- Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild." April 27, 2007 IN AN E-MAIL uncovered and released by the House Judiciary Committee last month, Tim Griffin, once Karl Rove's right-hand man, gloated that "no [U.S.] national press picked up" a BBC Television story reporting that the Rove team had developed an elaborate scheme to challenge the votes of thousands of African Americans in the 2004 election. Griffin wasn't exactly right. The Los Angeles Times did run a follow-up article a few days later in which it reported the findings. But he was essentially right. Most of the major U.S. newspapers and the vast majority of television news programs ignored the story even though it came at a critical moment just weeks before the election. According to Griffin (who has since been dispatched to Arkansas to replace one of the U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department), the mainstream media rejected the story because it was wrong. "That guy is a British reporter who accepted some false allegations and made a story up," he said. Let's get one fact straight, Mr. Griffin. "That guy" is not a British reporter. I am an American living abroad, putting investigative reports on the air from London for the British Broadcasting Corp. I'm not going to argue with Rove's minions about the validity of our reporting, which led the news in Britain. But I can tell you this: To the extent that it was ignored in the United States, it wasn't because the report was false. It was because it was complicated and murky and because it required a lot of time and reporting to get to the bottom of it. In fact, not one U.S. newsperson even bothered to ask me or the BBC for the data and research we had painstakingly done in our effort to demonstrate the existence of the scheme. The truth is, I knew that a story like this one would never be reported in my own country. Because investigative reporting ? the kind Jack Anderson used to do regularly and which was carried in hundreds of papers across the country, the kind of muckraking, data-intensive work that takes time and money and ruffles feathers ? is dying. I've been through this before, too many times. Take this investigative report, also buried in the U.S.: Back in December 2000, I received two computer disks from the office of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Analysis of the data, plus documents that fell my way, indicated that Harris' office had purged thousands of African Americans from Florida's voter rolls as "felons." Florida now admits that many of these voters were not in fact felons. Nevertheless, the blacklisting helped cost Al Gore the White House. I reported on the phony felon purge in Britain's Guardian and Observer and on the BBC while Gore was still in the race, while the count was still on. Yet the story of the Florida purge never appeared in the U.S. daily papers or on television. Until months later, that is, after the Supreme Court had decided the election, when it was picked up by the Washington Post and others. U.S. papers delayed the story until the U.S. Civil Rights Commission issued a report saying our Guardian/BBC story was correct: Innocents lost their vote. At that point, protected by the official imprimatur, American editors felt it safe enough to venture out with the story. But by then, George W. Bush could read it from his chair in the Oval Office. Again and again, I see this pattern repeated. Until there is some official investigation or allegation made by a politician, there is no story. Or sometimes the media like to cover the controversy, not the substance, preferring an ambiguous and unsatisfying "he said, she said" report. Safe reporting, but not investigative. I know some of the reasons why investigative reporting is on the decline. To begin with, investigations take time and money. A producer from "60 Minutes," watching my team's work on another voter purge list, said: "My God! You'd have to make hundreds of calls to make this case." In America's cash-short, instant-deadline world, there's not much room for that. Are there still aggressive, talented investigative reporters in the U.S.? There are hundreds. I'll mention two: Seymour Hersh, formerly of the New York Times, and Robert Parry, formerly of the Associated Press, who uncovered the Iran-Contra scandal. The operative word here is "formerly." Parry tells me that he can no longer do this kind of investigative work within the confines of a U.S. daily newsroom. One of the biggest disincentives to doing investigative journalism is that it jeopardizes future access to politicians and corporate elite. During the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial, the testimony of Judith Miller and other U.S. journalists about the confidences they were willing to keep in order to maintain access seemed to me sadly illuminating. Expose the critters and the door is slammed. That's not a price many American journalists are willing to pay. It's different in Britain. After the 2000 election, when Harris' lawyer refused to respond to our evidence, my BBC producer made sure I chased him down the hall waving the damning documents. That's one sure way to end "access." Reporters in Britain must adhere to extraordinarily strict standards of accuracy because there is no Bill of Rights, no "freedom of the press" to provide cover against lawsuits. Further, the British government fines reporters who make false accusations and jails others who reveal "official secrets." I've long argued that Britain needs a 1st Amendment right to press freedom. It could, of course, borrow ours. We don't use it. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 27 21:03:29 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate Draft Plenary Agenda] In-Reply-To: <462BEEBC.6050307@charter.net> Message-ID: <355812.38530.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Do we have any discussion on this? I'm feeling a little uncertain since I'm not very clear on what the underlying issues are that make it necessary for an 'alternative' agenda and what the pros and cons of it all are. Green means GO! Drew "Green Discuss" CC: WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate Draft Plenary Agenda] I recommend that the our Santa Clara County Council affirm this alternative agenda. Wes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate Draft Plenary Agenda Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:28:00 EDT From: WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com To: gpca-ccwg at cagreens.org To CCWG elist participants: Below you will find a copy of email that has been sent to the CoCos list. It is mostly self-explanatory. As CCWG Coordinator, I also am asking two things: (1) If you wish to add your individual affirmation of this agenda, please send me a private email, and I will compile a list of affirmers. (2) If you wish to forward this information to your local County GP and request affirmance by its County Council or next membership meeting, please feel free to do so. That action should be reported to the Coordinating Committee through your Regional Representative(s) -- unless you have a dysfunctional Reg Rep -- in which case find someone else on the CC who can receive your communication (see the list below; there are several CC members supporting the alternate agenda proposal). I know it is a bit difficult to sort this out because the proposals have not been generally published. Those will be collected and published on a webpage. Please post any clarifying questions to this CCWG email list so I can address questions to the entire group. Warner Bloomberg CCWG Coordinator ***************************************************************************************************** As most of you know, the GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) has been paralyzed relative to decision-making for over a year. A CC vote led to the formation of an ad-hoc Agenda Committee empowered to present an Agenda for CC approval and for ultimate General Assembly approval at the May 26/27 2007 Plenary in San Francisco. There was an Agenda Call that asked for materials to be submitted by March 16 2007. Subsequently, the ad hoc Agenda Committee produced a draft Agenda distributed to the Co-Cos E mail list that did not include proposals that were submitted in a timely manner and that lacked balance, especially regarding the CC delegate situation relative to Los Angeles. Because of these objections, the Agenda Committee had an expanded telephone conference on April 12 at which, by a disputed 3-0 vote, another ad hoc committee was permitted to submit an alternative agenda for CC approval. The following April 16 CC meeting ended in no consensus on either Agenda. The alternative Agenda was further polished at a April 19 telephone conference, and is the current draft below. We ask all Co-Cos, CC members, and Agenda Committee members to sign on if you support the Agenda (below) for the May 26/27 2007 Plenary in San Francisco: Warner Bloomberg (Co-Co, CCWG) Michael Borenstein (Co-Co, GROW) Jo Chamberlain (Co-Co, ERWG) Sharon Peterson (Co-Co, CC) Shane Que Hee (Co-Co Platform) Jim Stauffer (Co-Co, IT) Mike Wyman (Agenda Comm volunteer) Chuck Giese (CC rep, East Bay; Candidate for Agenda Comm since Dec. 14) +++++++++++++++++++++++++ SATURDAY 8:00 Breakfast/Registration 9:00 Delegate Orientation / Opening Ceremony 9:20 ACTION: Facilitators / Confirm Quorum 9:30 PROPOSAL: Confirm Agenda 10:00 PROPOSAL: Consent Calendar (13 items) * Endorsement of AB 583 public funding - (Sponsor - ERWG) * Endorsement of AB 852 open source equipment - (Sponsor - ERWG) * Endorsement of AB 1294 ranked voting - (Sponsor - ERWG) * Endorsement of Unity Blueprint For Immigration Reform * Recognition of Black Caucus and People of Color Caucus as GPCA * Diversity Caucusus - CC, if CC decides on April 9 Meeting * Establish beginning and ending times for CC terms - (Sponsor - Bylaws) * Noticing, Conducting, Reporting and Filing of CC Election Results and Procedures - Bylaws * World Oil Depletion - GIWG * Global Warming & Peak Oil - GIWG * County Polling on Ballot Measures - CCWG * State Office Endorsements for GP Members Only - Bylaws * Tresurer / Liaison Confirmation 10:15 PROPOSAL: Approve Minutes from Last Two Plenaries 10:20 PRESENTATION: Treasurer's report 10:30 PROPOSAL: 2007-2008 GPCA Budget 11:45 ELECTION: CC (two seats) / GPUS Del. 12:00 LUNCH & People of Color Caucus / Ross Mirkarimi 1:00 ACTION: Confirm Quorum 1:05 PRESENTATION: Standing General Assembly 1:55 PROPOSAL: Campaign Support Fund Comm. 2:25 PROPOSAL: Delegate Selection for Nat'l Nom. Convention 3:25 PROPOSAL: GPCA Strategic Plan 4:15 ACTION: Election Results 4:20 BREAKOUT SESSION: SCs / WGs * Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) * Media Commitee (either Sat aft or Sun morning, pending call-back from Media Co-Co) * Finance Commitee * Platform Working Group 5:30 BREAKOUT SESSION: Regional Caucuses 6:00 END SUNDAY 8:00 Registration / Delegate Sign-in / Breakfast 9:00 ACTION: Introduce Facilitators / Confirm Quorum 9:20 Consent Calendar Bring-Back 9:30 PROPOSAL: Three Platform planks 10:30 BREAKOUT SESSION: SCs / WGs * Media Commitee (either Sat aft or Sun morning, pending call-back from Media Co-Co) * Green Organizing Working Group (GROW) * Electoral Reform Working Group (ERWG) (meeting agenda) * International Protocol Commitee 11:40 CONFIRMATION: GPCA Treasurer & Liaison 11:55 LUNCH & Womens' Caucus / GPUS Alt Del Election 12:55 ACTION: Facilitators / Confirm Quorum 1:05 PROPOSAL: IRV PROCEDURE to Resolve Conflicts over GPUS Affiliation and Presidential Ballot Line 1:35 PROPOSE/PRESENT: Report / Interpretation on Bylaw Sections AND Rep Replacement Proposal 2:20 PROPOSAL: Set next GA location and approximate date 2:30 BREAKOUT SESSION: SCs & WGs * Bylaws Committee * Green Issues Working Group (GIWG) * Campaigns & Candidates Working Group (CCWG) * Information Technology Sub-Commitee & Clearinghouse Sub-Commitee 3:40 ACTION: Confirm Quorum 3:45 PROPOSAL: Confirm / Introduce new SC/WG coordinators 4:00 PRESENTATION: SC/WG Reports 4:20 Meeting Evaluation / Closing Ceremony ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Apr 27 21:41:44 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] New Proposal: Primarily Promote Locals & keep our General Meeting date 1st Thursday Message-ID: <486065.83363.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Proposal: Instead of trying to shift the General Meeting date to try to incorporate all the Key GP Activists (as I'd proposed before), instead keep the General Meeting on the 1st Thursday and put more emphasis on the Locals meeting at times that allow THEIR particular Key GP Activists to participate. Explanation: >From what we've learned so far from our conversation about when our core activists are free, we've seen that any date so far suggested will exclude one or more key activists. Originally my inspiration was to find a way to include Carol Brouillet and Brian Good. However the only date we've found that would work for them and for most others is the 2nd Thursday, but that didn't work for Warner who has an important neighborhood meeting on that date. So at first I was feeling frustrated by not succeeding in finding a mutually agreeable time, but then something else occurred to me - since we are not trying to focus our primary energy on getting people to the General Meeting but rather to the Local meetings, why not encourage the North Valley Local to meet on the 2nd Thursday when Carol and Brian can participate and trust that one or more of the many other No. Valley activists would represent the interests of that local to the General Meeting? By the same token each of the locals can pick dates that are best for their own members. Since to begin with that will be a smaller set of people to try to coordinate and since we really want our Locals to be our primary focus, and since for ultimate success it is our Locals that will become our Campaign arms, and since we Greens maintain the Key Values of Grassroots Democracy and Decentralization, I think should work much better. Feedback? Organize, Energize, Coalize! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 28 08:27:25 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:27:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need a Tabler at the JSA evnet this Saturday In-Reply-To: <46314629.A60D820B@greens.org> Message-ID: <932108.33230.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Although Cameron didn't post here, I have an inkling that he is planning to participate as he did last time and he arranged to pick up the button-making machine from Fred. I figured out that after my morning event I may be able to make it over for some of the fun. :-) Go Green! Drew --- Jim Stauffer wrote: > We need 1 or 2 more tablers at the Junior States of America event on > Saturday. Right now we have only two people for the entire day. We > need 1 or > 2 people to take a half-day shift. > > This is one of our favorite tabling events. These JSA high schoolers > will > restore your faith in our political future. > > -- > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com Sat Apr 28 18:24:14 2007 From: WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com (WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:24:14 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate ... Message-ID: In a message dated 4/27/07 9:03:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com writes: Do we have any discussion on this? I'm feeling a little uncertain since I'm not very clear on what the underlying issues are that make it necessary for an 'alternative' agenda and what the pros and cons of it all are. Short story: The Agenda Team is a subcommittee of the GPCA Coordinating Committee. It prepared a proposed agenda (not to be confused with Michael Feinstein's proposed agenda). But the Agenda Team apparently feels compelled to seek CC approval of its draft before publishing an agenda packet, including the text of all of the proposals. The CC is deadlocked into inaction on just about anything and has not even considered the draft agenda. A group of some Agenda Team members, some CC members, and some SC/WG CoCos (nonexclusive categories) prepared an alternate agenda which has been informally circulated. We are requesting affirmations of this just to have a draft agenda to publish and present as the first order of business at the plenary. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 28 18:53:00 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:53:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Need a Tabler at the JSA evnet this Saturday In-Reply-To: <932108.33230.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <608933.35200.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I believe at least Jim Stauffer and Cameron Spitzer made it. I went this afternoon (after they closed the "Political Fair") and tabled in the loby. I had several great contacts including some youth from Harker Academy right here in SCC. Fun! I talked to one young woman that was impressed with some of the things Cameron had to say. Yeah Team Green! Go Green! Drew --- JamBoi wrote: > Although Cameron didn't post here, I have an inkling that he is > planning to participate as he did last time and he arranged to pick > up the button-making machine from Fred. > > I figured out that after my morning event I may be able to make it > over for some of the fun. :-) > > Go Green! > > Drew > > --- Jim Stauffer wrote: > > > We need 1 or 2 more tablers at the Junior States of America event > on Saturday. Right now we have only two people for the entire day. We > > need 1 or 2 people to take a half-day shift. > > > > This is one of our favorite tabling events. These JSA high > schoolers will restore your faith in our political future. > > > > -- > > Jim ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 28 18:54:52 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:54:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA-CCWG] Request for Affirmation of Alternate ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <314269.18233.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Okay, sounds reasonable to me. I vote yes. Impeach for Peace! Drew --- WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/27/07 9:03:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > jamboi at yahoo.com writes: > > Do we have any discussion on this? I'm feeling a little uncertain > since I'm not very clear on what the underlying issues are that make > it > necessary for an 'alternative' agenda and what the pros and cons of > it > all are. > > > > > Short story: The Agenda Team is a subcommittee of the GPCA > Coordinating > Committee. > It prepared a proposed agenda (not to be confused with Michael > Feinstein's > proposed agenda). But the Agenda Team apparently feels compelled to > seek CC > approval of its draft before publishing an agenda packet, including > the text > of all of the proposals. The CC is deadlocked into inaction on just > about > anything and has not even considered the draft agenda. A group of > some Agenda > Team members, some CC members, and some SC/WG CoCos (nonexclusive > categories) > prepared an alternate agenda which has been informally circulated. > We are > requesting affirmations of this just to have a draft agenda to > publish and > present as the first order of business at the plenary. Warner > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 28 20:07:21 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Paul Pelosi Jr.'s environmentalist leanings Message-ID: <717303.96120.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:14:46 +0000 http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/lifestudies/articles/2007/04/paul_pelosi life studies: the environmentalist Paul Pelosi, Jr., is a policy maker, marathon runner, and carb-burning green machine. In January, 2007, a San Francisco magazine published a photo of a young man, his face half-obscured, under the headline "Guess Who's Reading The Nob Hill Gazette?" Tall, trim, and blue-eyed, he looked like a more earnest version of Luke Wilson. He may not be gracing the front page of The Washington Post yet, but 25 people guessed, correctly, that the mystery reader was Paul Pelosi, Jr. One of them was his sister Christine. He has three others, including the documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi. His cousin is Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco. His father is Paul Pelosi, Sr., the investor, and his mother (you might have guessed) is Nancy Pelosi, the recently ascended speaker of the House. If the Pelosis are America's new political dynasty, then Paul Jr. is its rising prince. Lolla-Pelosi aside, Pelosi tries to keep a low profile. At 38, he doesn't drink, works out regularly at the Olympic Club, and, unless business calls, which it does increasingly, sticks close to home. His axis of leisure comprises San Francisco (hometown), Napa (the family retreat), and Tahoe (where skiing and jigsaw puzzles are to the Pelosi clan what touch football was to the Kennedys). But lately, as president of San Francisco's Commission on the Environment, a position he was appointed to in 2003 by then mayor Willie Brown, Pelosi has been logging even more miles than he does in marathons. "If we think there's an environmental hazard that can be prevented, then we don't wait for that risk to emerge," he said recently over breakfast at a Greenwich Village caf?. "I'm a momentum person," he went on, ordering a breakfast of iced tea ("It's good to stay hydrated") and a three-egg omelet, which, coming from the food-is-strictly-fuel school of consumption, he deemed paltry. "If I was at home, I'd have six eggs," he said. "It's like a rocket ship?you want to have electricity in your veins." Pelosi?"Paulie" to the family?may not be a natural-born nomad but, materially speaking, he lives like one: specifically, in an apartment in San Francisco's Marina district, where he abstains from using heat or air conditioning and doesn't wash his clothes during peak energy consumption hours. He usually takes the electric bus, but when he does drive, it's a Smart car, a hand-me-down from Mom and Dad. The Commission on the Environment has no legislative power, but it recommends policy to area lawmakers, so Pelosi, who has both a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Georgetown, believes in leading by example. "What we try and do," he said, "is identify it on the human level. I try and make it part of your experience, your food, your home." So far the commission has succeeded in, among other initiatives, eliminating Styrofoam takeout containers in San Francisco and securing funding for an exploration into tidal-power turbines under the Golden Gate Bridge, which could one day provide as much as 6 percent of the city's energy. Pelosi would like to levy a fee on plastic grocery bags (17 cents per bag), a plan that seems likely to pass. It's hard to imagine Jenna or Barbara Bush, Pelosi's Republican counterparts of sorts, asking excitedly at 8:00 a.m., "Are you familiar with the precautionary principle?" Or "Do you know that San Francisco recycles 67 percent of all materials it uses?" So is Pelosi bucking the second-generation-slacker role in favor of a career in politics? He responds with a "who me?" smile: "I think Mom handles that pretty well at this point."?LAUREN COLLINS ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 28 20:11:33 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 2, 000 Participate in Beach Impeach (including GPSCC Greens!) Message-ID: <737683.16062.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> April 28, 2007 -- Ocean Beach, San Francisco: 2,000 people send a message to Washington - Impeach NOW!, Peace NOW! Photos here: http://www.bodiescount.org/sfa28_photos.html ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From MKmusic03 at aol.com Sat Apr 28 20:32:42 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:32:42 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [SBM] Army targets Latino Youth! Message-ID: Hi All, This is from David Ledesma of Think First, South Bay Mobilization's counter-recruitment group. Please pass it on to your all the activist groups you know. We need to stop the Army and stop these kind of recruitment tactics that draw in the innocent youth with lies. Merriam ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: david ledesma Subject: [SBM] Army targets Latino Youth! Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:55:23 -0700 Size: 9316 URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Apr 28 20:40:11 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:40:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Progress Towards Impeachment is Going Well Message-ID: <680357.83350.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_070427_progress_towards_imp.htm April 27, 2007 at 11:27:48 Progress Towards Impeachment is Going Well by Rob Kall http://www.opednews.com Impeachment will happen step by step. The things that have to happen have been falling into place as they should As I've envisioned and predicted here, here and here, 1- congressionial investigations would turn up more and more corruption in the Bush Administration. 2- witnesses at lower levels of power, below the whitehouse, will start providing evidence of more and more corruption, making it clearer and clearer that the Whitehouse has been criminal and incompetent (Bush's Monica- No Blowjob-- Just Screwing) 3-Republicans will begin waking up to the realization that if they continue to allow the investigations without doing something, the Republican party will virtually die, becoming a weak minority party, for years to come. 4- There will be no impeachment. A group of republicans-- enough when added to the democrats to pass impeachment-- will take "THE WALK" to the whitehouse to inform Bush and Cheney that they have to go to salvage the future of the Republican party and to save the senators' own necks. I don't think I've said this before, but I'm going to guess; 5. These republicans will negotiate with the dems to appoint a president and vice president who will definitely NOT run for president-- maybe George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton. 6-Unfortunately, Bush and Cheney will probably come out of this with pardons. The current battle over Iraq funding will be a good predictor of how congress will handle impeachment. If the Dems cave on holding to requiring a deadline, then I'd reduce my hopes for eventually removing Cheney and Bush from office. Last night, when asked who would support Kucinich's legislation to impeach cheney, none of the others raised their hands. Dennis explained why he was doing it, pulling out a small pocket size edition of the constitution. Kucinich replied that he was protecting the constitution and following the law. The others, at least the ones in congress need to be told that this is what you want. I'll be out getting petitions signed tomorrow-- petitions to impeach Bush and Cheney-- petitions to get my congressman to protect and obey the constitution. I want him to know that there are a lot of people who voted for him, who contributed money to him and canvassed and phone banked for him who want him to impeach the criminals in the whitehouse. It won't be the last time I go out. This is an off year, politically. Bush and Cheney will not last out their terms, but we have work to do to help their departure. Meanwhile, the hearings will continue. Most of the hearings are about new issues, that have developed since the November elections. We're waiting for some good stuff coming up-- Condi-- whether she obeys the subpoena or not, Gonzales' answers to the questions he couldn't remember-- he's been told to get the answers--, and of course, Monica Goodling, with immunity. Then there's that Karl Rove email investigation by the office of the special counsel. There's lots of ammo coming, and each Bush appointee who screws up or gets caught does more to embarass the Republican party. The Iraq budget, WITH timetable, was passed by 51 senators, even though Joe Lieberman opposed it and another dem senator was still recovering from his stroke. The Republicans will, ultimately, finish the criminals off, doing THE WALK. The longer they wait, the more power the Dems will have to decide who replaces Cheney and Bush. The longer they wait, the worse the Republican party will last. I wonder who will be among the last remaining Republican senators to remain loyal to whitehouse criminals who have so horrribly assaulted our nation, our freedom, our democracy and our constitution. Hatch? Brownback? McCain? Imhofe, Stevens, Kyl, McConnell. The longer they wait the worse they will look to their constituents. Rob Kall is executive editor and publisher of OpEdNews.com, President of Futurehealth, Inc, and organizer of several conferences, including StoryCon, the Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story and The Winter Brain Meeting on neurofeedback, biofeedback, Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology. He is a frequent Speaker on Politics, The art, science and power of story, heroes and the hero's journey, Positive Psychology, Stress, Biofeedback and a wide range of subjects. See more of his articles here and, older ones, here. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Apr 28 21:11:49 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:11:49 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeach Photos Message-ID: <46341B05.2050704@earthlink.net> Available now: http://www.bodiescount.org/ Gerry From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 29 08:06:11 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:06:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cobb Recommends Greens Run Woman for Presidential in 2008 Message-ID: <778825.38542.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Going back into the archives for an article by my friend and fellow Electoral Justice activist, 'Autorank'... Cobb has some interesting input on what kind of candidate he thought we should run in 2008: namely A woman! Drew http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0510/S00004.htm Cobb Will Not Run for 2008 Presidential Nomination Monday, 3 October 2005, 9:46 am Passing the Torch: Cobb Will Not Run for Green Party 2008 Presidential Nomination Exclusive Announcement to "Scoop" at National Summit to Save Our Elections. Report By DU & PI Poster autorank On special assignment for "Scoop" at the conference Portland, Oregon, USA: David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate announced that he would not seek the 2008 Green Party Nomination. Speaking exclusively to Scoop's conference correspondent, Cobb said: "I think that the Green Party should run a woman for president in 2008. Under the right circumstances, I'd be happy to be the Vice Presidential candidate of the right Green woman because the Greens take gender equality seriously." This is a major announcement given Cobb's prominent role in the Green party. Cobb's leadership role has resulted in significant increases in Green Party membership, candidates, and "ballot" positions throughout the country. The Greens also made history in 2004 by aligning with the Libertarian Party to challenge the outcome of the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election. David Cobb Denounces Partisan Manipulation of Ohio Election at hearing. Cobb played a major role at the Summit to Save Our Elections. As keynote speaker, he outlined a comprehensive program to bring much broader participation the political system and fundamentally expand the democratic options of Americans. He strongly defended his decision to challenge 2004 Ohio, arguing that Kerry had abdicated his duty as the winning candidate. Cobb also engaged in "retail" dialog with numerous individuals at the meeting. Cobb is currently working on model local initiatives for his new home, Eureka, CA. He's forwarding local ordinance that would limit contributions for local elections to firms and individuals within the locality. A large national retailer recently contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in a local election. This type of outside influence, Cobb argues, is offensive to the notion of local rule. Cobb said that he will continue the litigation in Ohio. Many interviewed at the Summit see Cobb as a hero of the voting rights and election integrity movement. Some even cite Cobb's challenge in Ohio as the spark that ignited the growing election integrity movement. One attendee said, "With out Cobb, we'd have no means to challenge one of the greatest political crimes in American history." END ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 29 08:06:31 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:06:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cobb Recommends Greens Run Woman for Presidential Candidate in 2008 Message-ID: <784284.40134.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Going back into the archives for an article by my friend and fellow Electoral Justice activist, 'Autorank'... Cobb has some interesting input on what kind of candidate he thought we should run in 2008: namely A woman! Drew http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0510/S00004.htm Cobb Will Not Run for 2008 Presidential Nomination Monday, 3 October 2005, 9:46 am Passing the Torch: Cobb Will Not Run for Green Party 2008 Presidential Nomination Exclusive Announcement to "Scoop" at National Summit to Save Our Elections. Report By DU & PI Poster autorank On special assignment for "Scoop" at the conference Portland, Oregon, USA: David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate announced that he would not seek the 2008 Green Party Nomination. Speaking exclusively to Scoop's conference correspondent, Cobb said: "I think that the Green Party should run a woman for president in 2008. Under the right circumstances, I'd be happy to be the Vice Presidential candidate of the right Green woman because the Greens take gender equality seriously." This is a major announcement given Cobb's prominent role in the Green party. Cobb's leadership role has resulted in significant increases in Green Party membership, candidates, and "ballot" positions throughout the country. The Greens also made history in 2004 by aligning with the Libertarian Party to challenge the outcome of the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election. David Cobb Denounces Partisan Manipulation of Ohio Election at hearing. Cobb played a major role at the Summit to Save Our Elections. As keynote speaker, he outlined a comprehensive program to bring much broader participation the political system and fundamentally expand the democratic options of Americans. He strongly defended his decision to challenge 2004 Ohio, arguing that Kerry had abdicated his duty as the winning candidate. Cobb also engaged in "retail" dialog with numerous individuals at the meeting. Cobb is currently working on model local initiatives for his new home, Eureka, CA. He's forwarding local ordinance that would limit contributions for local elections to firms and individuals within the locality. A large national retailer recently contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in a local election. This type of outside influence, Cobb argues, is offensive to the notion of local rule. Cobb said that he will continue the litigation in Ohio. Many interviewed at the Summit see Cobb as a hero of the voting rights and election integrity movement. Some even cite Cobb's challenge in Ohio as the spark that ignited the growing election integrity movement. One attendee said, "With out Cobb, we'd have no means to challenge one of the greatest political crimes in American history." END ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Apr 29 19:50:22 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:50:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Draft Minutes for 4/29/07 County Council Meeting Message-ID: <171497.37111.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 4/29/07 GPSCC County Council Present: Merriam Kathaleen, Gerry Gras, Drew Johnson Absent: Jim Doyle Minutes by Drew 1) Thursday agenda Gerry is willing to e-mail put it together. 2) May tabling Merriam will work on getting a team together and delegating. E-mail re: May 1st organizing. 3) Iraqui labor tour CC concensus affirms co-sponsoring. 4) Alternative Plenary Agenda Gerry is going to query Warner & get conversation going about why we should endorse this. 5) Iran No Attack Resolution Gerry wrote letters including the requested changes from Jim Stauffer. Gerry handed over to Tian for official stationary. 6) Changing Meeting Date Concensus on keeping the 1st Thursday 7) Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope Link to their blog on our web site. Money contributions? Drew will make proposal $100 GPSC contribution. 8) Bringing County Council to Full Strength (minimum 7 positions). Tim may not have the availability for now. Need Treasurer and Secretary. Potentials: Kaisha, Brenda Pierce, Rich Wood, Pat, Gabi Laux, Evonne, Ruben, Natasha Wist, Gina discussed. 9) On-line Forums - Drupal Cameron said he?d experiment with it for our website. 10) Locals Another Mid-Valley Local meeting coming up, North Valley Local on 2nd Thursday to include Carol Brouillet and Brian Good. South Valley has a number of interested people, Natasha Wist, Tim Alvarado, Wes Rolley, Stephen (last name), Ruben (last name?) 11) Candidate strategy Roy Nordblum for Congress v Lofgren May still have time before deadlines for Congress (ie. looking for candidate to run v Honda). ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jims at greens.org Sun Apr 29 23:19:29 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:19:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] Alternate Agenda, San Francisco Plenary (May26-27, 2007)] Message-ID: <46358A71.AD69AFAE@greens.org> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Alternate Agenda,San Francisco Plenary (May26-27, 2007) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:12:18 -0700 From: County Contacts Reply-To: contacts2006 at cagreens.org To: County Contacts GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. Follow the contact directions stated in the email. As most of you know, the GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) has been paralyzed relative to decision-making for over a year. A CC vote led to the formation of an ad-hoc Agenda Committee empowered to present an Agenda for CC approval and for ultimate General Assembly approval at the May 26-27, 2007 Plenary in San Francisco. Subsequently, the ad hoc Agenda Committee produced a draft Agenda distributed to the Co-Cos email list that did not include proposals that were submitted in a timely manner and that lacked balance, especially regarding the CC delegate situation relative to Los Angeles. Because of these objections, the Agenda Committee had an expanded telephone conference on April 12 at which, by a disputed 3-0 vote, another ad hoc committee was permitted to submit an alternative agenda for CC approval. The following April 16 CC meeting ended in no consensus on either Agenda. The alternative Agenda can be found at:: http://cagreens.org/plenary/preview/ You will need the standard GPCA username and password to enter the site (if you do not know them, please ask a County Councilmember). To read proposals in full, please click on the links. A fully updated, printable version is being produced, and we will let you know when it's ready for download. (PLEASE NOTE: A Logistics Packet, with details on transportation, directions and lodging, is also being produced, and we will let you know when it is ready for download.) We ask all County Locals, Co-Cos, CC members, and Agenda Committee members to sign on if you support the alternate agenda for the May 26-27, 2007 Plenary in San Francisco. Please send your input to agenda-team at cagreens.org . SIGNERS: Warner Bloomberg (Co-Co, CCWG) Michael Borenstein (Co-Co, GROW) Jo Chamberlain (Co-Co, ERWG) Bob Vizzard (Co-Co, ERWG) Sharon Peterson (Co-Co, CC) Shane Que Hee (Co-Co Platform) Jim Stauffer (Co-Co, IT) Mike Wyman (Agenda Comm volunteer) Chuck Giese (CC rep, East Bay; Candidate for Agenda Comm since Dec. 14) Tim Smith (Agenda Comm member) Jared Laiti (CC rep) Larry Mullen (CC rep) Craig Peterson (CC alternate rep) Cameron Spitzer (IT staff) _______________________________________________ Contacts2006 mailing list Contacts2006 at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006 From wechslertoo at earthlink.net Mon Apr 30 09:43:49 2007 From: wechslertoo at earthlink.net (Curt Wechsler) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:43:49 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] STOP THE WAR NOW! EMERGENCY PROTESTS CALLED! Message-ID: <410-22007413016434931@earthlink.net> Congress?s Supplemental Appropriations Bill gives Bush $124 billion more for the Iraq war -- MORE money than he asked for, and enough to fund the war well into the next administration. But because it also has a timetable to begin withdrawing troops Oct. 1st, Bush is set to veto it. (Note: acccording to the media, this is most likely to happen Wednesday, May 2nd.) The bill itself is an outrage. It does not condemn the unjust war on Iraq. It takes no real steps to end the occupation and bring the troops home from the region. Yet Bush demands even more. His veto means he demands absolute unchecked power to continue and escalate the war. As long as Bush?s malicious hubris and Congress?s enabling complicity in endless war and Orwellian repression goes on - it goes on in your name. It?s time to bring all this to a halt! We call on all people of conscience to drop the convenience and cynicism of daily life in America -- drop the complacency of waiting for change to fall from on high ? and take meaningful action to stop this war and remove the regime that started it. If the people do not pour into the streets in protest, if we do not demand STOP THE WAR NOW! Bush's veto will stand and Congress will return to its business as usual: continuing the war, the torture, the detention without due process, more troops in Afghanistan, giving Bush the green light to attack Iran. On Wednesday May 2nd -- OR WHATEVER DAY BUSH VETOS THE BILL: 1) At every college and high school campus, RALLY AT NOON and then MARCH to converge -- downtown, at town centers or at military recruiting stations for 5:00 pm RALLIES. 2) IN SAN FRANCISCO: Converge and Rally at 5:00 PM in San Francisco at Fifth & Market (Powell Street BART). Bring pots and pans to bang on, noisemakers, everyone you know ? and bring your sense of outrage and urgent responsibility for all the lives hanging in the balance. Enough! The World Can?t Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime! Impeach Bush for War Crimes! www.worldcantwait.org (415) 864-5153 sf at worldcantwait.or From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 30 13:43:18 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:43:18 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Request for Agenda Items Message-ID: <463654E6.6070406@earthlink.net> I will be assembling the agenda for this Thursday's meeting. Please submit your agenda items to me as soon as possible. PLEASE include - a short item description to be put in the agenda, (hopefully not more than 5 words) - presenter's name - time needed (if no time submitted I will specify between 0 and 5 minutes) Thank you, Gerry From fredd at freeshell.org Mon Apr 30 14:05:40 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:05:40 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Oxfam eNews: Stop Mining on Sacred Grounds] Message-ID: <46365A24.8080707@freeshell.org> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Oxfam eNews: Stop Mining on Sacred Grounds Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:52:11 GMT From: Tim Fullerton, Oxfam America Reply-To: notice-reply-webnndu4fx6bi5k at ga-mail.act.oxfamamerica.org To: Fred Duparrault Fred, Tell Barrick to Stop Mining on Sacred Grounds Barrick Gold has been mining Shoshone lands without consent and is expanding into Mount Tenabo and Horse Canyon, NV--areas considered sacred to the Shoshone. Take action today! (http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/barrick/webnndu4fx6bi5k?) "Bee" Sweet to Mom This Mother's Day, forget the flowers. Thank Mom with something that's as sweet as she is: a symbolic gift of Fair Trade Honey, or one of the other unique offerings at Oxfam America Unwrapped (http://act.oxfamamerica.org/ct/ipS1g5F1iEIa/). Shop now for unexpected gifts that do good. Spreading the Wealth Oxfam's innovative Saving for Change program is helping poor people in Mali, Senegal, and Cambodia make a decent living and build better futures by improving their access to financial services. Learn how one woman in Mali is benefiting from the program. (http://act.oxfamamerica.org/ct/idS1g5F1iEI1/) As the Need in Darfur Grows, so Does the Difficulty in Delivering Aid About 4 million people in Darfur now depend on humanitarian assistance. But as their numbers mount--and as violence and attacks on aid workers escalate--so does the difficulty in reaching them. Read an on-the-ground update from Darfur. 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URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 30 15:47:40 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:47:40 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] More Impeachment Photos and Stories Message-ID: <4636720C.10106@earthlink.net> The main page (that I know of) about Saturday's impeachment events is: http://www.a28.org/ Yesterday the only noteworthy reporting was about the San Francisco beach event. Today there are stories from many cities. Tomorrow there may be more. Recommended parts to check: - the map (can anyone explain the difference between the red and blue markers? or the airplanes?) - the San Francisco section (the largest crowd) - the Washington, DC section (note: there is a photo that includes the Washington momument in it, and the photo below it was taken from the monument - The Sacramento section (about the "billboard" visible from I-5) - Delray Beach (Bush and Cheney are convicted) - the Boston section (Bush and Cheney are convicted) - the Atlanta Progressive News page (it has a nightime photo) The pink "C"s are due to Code Pink, and the orange "!" is due to "The World Can't Wait (Drive Out the Bush Regime)". And there are more pictures of the San Francisco event at: http://www.bodiescount.org/ ... But I could not find a single word about all this from the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, or the Palo Alto Daily News, either in the paper or online. I wish they would do a national poll. The last poll I heard about was over a year ago, where a slight majority supported impeachment. Imagine what it might be now, post attorney firings, after further Iraq War degradations, after Iran attack threats, after ... (what have I forgotten?) Gerry From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 30 18:37:10 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GreenLine: Greens Boast most Green Office Holders 'Ever' Message-ID: <342610.21728.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> GreenLine April 2007 The Free Monthly Newsletter of the Green Party of the U.S. Most Green Officeholders 'Ever' - Thanks to Recent Victories in Wisconsin and Illinois! The Green Party now has 230 officeholders, the most ever thanks to elections this month in Wisconsin and Illinois. In Wisconsin, seven out of fourteen Green Party candidates won election on April 3, bringing the total of Wisconsin Green elected officials to twenty-two. Pete Karas, endorsed by the Kenosha/Racine Green Party, won re-election in a tight race for alderperson in District 9 of the Racine Common Council. Four out of five Green women candidates, all endorsed by Four Lakes Green Party, won seats on the Madison Common Council. Brenda Konkel, who ran unopposed for re-election, Satya Rhodes-Conway, Robbie Webber, and Marsha Rummel were all victorious on April 3rd. "The Madison's sixth district overwhelmingly showed support for progressive and green values, said Rummel. "I'm honored and look forward to serving the next 2 years. My priorities are affordable housing, water quality, jobs that support families, and government that supports the people." Tony Palmeri, endorsed by the Lake Winnebago Green Party, came in second out of 6 candidates running for 3 seats, earning a place on the Oshkosh Common Council. "This is a victory for the Green agenda - open government, and social and economic justice, which were the themes of my campaign", said Palmeri. "Oshkosh voters made it clear they want a progressive, forward looking council." Amy Heart, endorsed by the Portage County Green Party, won her race for Stevens Point Common Council. In Illinois, three out of six Illinois Green Party members were elected on April 17th, Robert Braam was elected as Trustee of the Manhattan Public Library District, receiving 107 votes as a write-in. Kris Campbell won reelection to the Poplar Grove Village Trustee. With 340 votes (20%), Campbell was second in a six-way race for three seats. Carol Larson earned 3,370 votes (53.74%) and was the top vote-getter for three seats on the Oak Lawn-Hometown School Board. Larson and Braam join Campbell, Dale Bowen (Winnebago Public Library Trustee), Jim Long (Kirby Park School Board) and Jon Murray (Mt. Morris Village Trustee) on the list of Illinois Green Party elected officials. So far this year, the Green Party has elected fourteen officeholders, bringing our total number of officeholders to 230, the most in Green Party history. Greens Call for Efforts to Curb Global Warming Green Party leaders, are in favor of a massive conversion of the US economic system to curb the threat of global warming in the coming decades. You can read the Green Party press release here. Greens can help stop the privatization of our water All across the United States, municipal water systems are being bought up by multinational corporations, turning one of our last remaining public commons and our most vital resource into a commodity. The road to privatization is being paved by our own government. The Bush administration is actively working to loosen the hold that cities and towns have over public water, enabling corporations to own the very thing we depend on for survival. Read the rest of the story at AlterNet, Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water By Tara Lohan, Posted on April 25, 2007, Printed on April 27, 2007. Greens Get Ready for May 1st Electing Ren?e will help push the pro-corporate City Council to really examine the issues that affect working-class District families in Ward 4 and throughout this fine City. She is tired of the massive gentrification being tauted as the way forward. We need community level development with an eye for sustainability and accountability. She will take her years of service as ANC Commissioner, political activist, and union member to provide a much needed ethical and progressive voice in District politics. For more information go to http://reneebowser.com/ward4.php. Mayor Jason West drew worldwide attention in 2004 when he took the courageous stand of marrying same sex couples in New Paltz, NY. Under West's tenure as Mayor, New Paltz is a leading the way in developing renewable energy resources and affordable housing programs for the city and is setting an example for new progressive leadership at the municipal level. Help reelect Jason on May 1st. For more information go to http://www.jasonwest.org. Maryland Greens help Pass Paper Ballot Bill 'A Victory for Democracy' 69% of Maryland voters support a paper trail for elections. Thanks to the efforts of TrueVoteMD.org, founded by Maryland Green Party member and candidate Linda Schade, the Maryland Green Party, and others the MD State Legislature listened. On April 10 the Maryland House and Senate unanimously passed bill SB392/HB18 requiring a voter verified paper trail by 2010. "TrueVoteMD.org was founded four years ago in order to create elections that voters in Maryland could trust," said Linda Schade, "I'm pleased that we've made significant progress tonight." The final bill ensures that any new voting system certified for use must include a voter verified paper record. The bill requires an optically scannable paper ballot marked by hand or with the help of a ballot marking device. The final bill also ensures that disabled voters will be able to vote independently and privately. The bill is expected to save Maryland taxpayer money as studies have shown that operating costs for optical scanning equipment are 30% to 40% lower than the cost of Maryland's current touch screen machines. Maryland Green Tim Willard presented testimony in support of the bill stating "A paper trail would allow for a meaningful recount in the event of local elections or in the event of votes lost by the machines or the cards that record the votes. Several recent elections have ended in controversy when close votes could not be recounted or alleged irregularities checked. Without a paper trail, these problems are impossible to resolve". The Maryland Green Party lobbied in support of the Paper Ballot Bill as part of their legislative agenda. For more information on check out: http://www.mdgreens.org/agenda2007.html The Maryland Legislature also passed the nation's first statewide Living Wage bill on the same day. The Green Party of the United States advocates for access to Living Wage Jobs for all. Plan to attend: Please visit the online registration store to register for the national meeting (to be held in Reading, Pa. on July 12-15) and purchase meals and event passes. You can click here to register. We're meeting at the Abraham Lincoln Wyndham Hotel. Don't forget you'll need to mention that you are attending the Green Party meeting when you make your reservations. Or, you can place the following code into the Group Code box when making your online reservations: 0712823PA. Please visit gpanc.org for details about directions, local shops, restaurants and other attractions in the Reading, PA area. This website was established by the Berks County Green Party for the national meeting. Green Party Animal Mascot??? Forget Republican elephants and Democrat donkeys it's time we have our own animal mascot to represent the Greens! The Animal Mascot will not replace either the Sunflower nor the Earthflower symbols but rather be an addition to them. The Green Party will elect it's Green Party Animal Mascot in 2007. The nominations process is open to all Greens. If you have not done so already, please email your nomination for the Green Party Mascot to mascot at gp.organd help spread the word. Green Party Initiates Impeachment Petition The Geen Party has been opposed to the war in Iraq from before it started and we have called for impeachment almost as long. You can now sign the recently created Green Party Petition to Impeach Bush and Cheney here. Please go here to write your congress person or local newspaper using the Green Party automated system. Register Green. Vote Green. 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Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Apr 30 19:00:46 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:00:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Propose Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope & Donating $100 min. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <749656.4535.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I propose the GPSCC Cosponsor the Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope trip AND send them a check for at least $100 which would include all individual donations from GPSCC who wishes to contribute. (By word of explanation here's how this would work: if people donate more than $100 for the project we'd send however much was donated and if it didn't reach $100 then we'd still send $100 from our treasury. Note that $35 of individual donations have already been offered - $25 from Tian and $10 from Merriam) . I make this motion on behalf of the County Council who discussed the many virtues of this group in our 4/29 meeting and reached concensus on making this motion. Green Means Go! --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Drew, > > Getting the outreach committee and the Peace Action Committee or GPAX > involved is a good idea, but please remember sponsorship is not only > about getting Catalysts Of Hope to give out literature it is also about our > financial sponsorship. Vernon, Michele and her daughters are touring for 5 > months and they are going to need money. > > Tian has pledged $25 and I have pledged $10 so right now we have $35 > to send them. Any body else wanting to help by pledging? > > Also I like Tian's idea to bundle up our pledge checks and write on > the card"these are from Green Party of Santa Clara County members". > > Merriam > > Subj: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cosponsoring Bike4Peace/Catalysts of > Hope? > Date: 4/23/2007 4:04:03 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: jamboi at yahoo.com > Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org > To: tnharter at ispwest.com, MKmusic03 at aol.com > CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > The other thing that we can donate is literature.? We gave them > t-shirts and some Green Pages, but getting them a good supply of > literature would be awesome!? I'm going to approach elements within > the national party (like the Outreach Committee and the Peace Action > Committee or GPAX) to see if they'll sponsor too.? I think the > chances are quite good. > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Tian Harter wrote: > > > MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > > > > > / > > > > > > I'm pleased our Green Party is co-sponsoring Vernon and Michele's > > > > Catalysts Of Hope/Bike For Peace Tour.? That's great that they > will > > be > > > wearing our T-shirts as they travel across the U.S. > > > However, If we could also co-sponsor by donating some money I'm > > sure > > > that would help them greatly. My idea is if we all donated $5 - > $10 > > > > > dallars and gave the money to Cameron to put in our checking > > account > > > then Cameron could write them a Green Party check for that same > > amount > > > and we could mail it to them at one of their stops on their > > itinerary. > > > > > > What do you all say?? Can we do that?? Who will donate?? I pledge > > > > $10.00.? Who else will pledge? > > > > > > > > > / > > > > I'll give $25. We could just bundle a pile of checks and write on > the > > card that goes with it "these are from Green Party of Santa Clara > > County > > members." > > > > I took a bunch of good pictures, and I hope to have them up soon... > > > > -- > > Tian > > http://tian.greens.org > > Latest change: Added Tax Day Protest pictures with aftermath > details. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Apr 30 21:57:00 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:57:00 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: A28 a huge success: impeachment back on the table!] Message-ID: <4636C89C.5020606@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: A28 a huge success: impeachment back on the table! Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 00:17:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Jacob Park Reply-To: jacob at a28.org To: gerrygras at earthlink.net April 30, 2007 In This Message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join Our Mailing List [http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101553123022] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A28 is a proud member of the Impeach07 campaign [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.tfy9z6bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impeach07.org%2F] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Gerry, I am amazed, overwhelmed, and deeply grateful to all of you who came out on Saturday around the country (and the world) to participate in A28. The stories and photos continue to pour in, and nearly everyone reports that the day was a special experience and that the reaction from the public was overwhelmingly positive. In Miami, participants have said it was the largest rally they've ever seen in their city. In Atlanta, the honks of approval from passing cars was nonstop. In San Francisco, 1500 people formed the words "IMPEACH NOW" on the beach with letters 100-feet tall. All told, impeachment actions took place in more than 125 locations around the United States and half a dozen foreign countries. I believe that this past week may come to be seen as the tipping point for impeachment. On Monday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney. On Wednesday, the Impeach07 coalition held a major press conference in Washington, with prominent figures speaking in favor of impeachment. This weekend, at the Democratic Party convention in California, the largest state Democratic party organization in the nation voted overwhelmingly to call for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. And then there was A28. Did we have an impact? As Dave Lindorff reports, "A day after the national demonstrations, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), speaking on the CBS News program Face the Nation, told host Bob Schieffer that impeachment is 'one of the ways Congress has to influence the president.' The comment so shocked Schieffer, that he immediately homed in on it asking, 'Are you seriously talking about contemplating an impeachment of this president?' Murtha did not back off, and responded, 'I'm just saying that's one way to influence the president.'" And then late this afternoon, Murtha unequivocally put impeachment back on the table, telling NPR's Melissa Block [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.j4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D9929716]: "I'm just saying that's one of the options that Congress has on the table, I'm getting more and more calls from people about the President on impeachment." Given the significance that has attached to Nancy Pelosi's claim that impeachment was "off the table," Murtha would not use that language casually. This is a major statement that can be seen as a trial balloon to gauge whether the support of the public is there to actually go ahead with this. Now is to the time to flood Murtha's office with phone calls and letters to tell him you want it. Please contact him [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.k4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.house.gov%2Fmurtha%2Fcontact.shtml] immediately to thank him for putting impeachment back on the table and to ask him to move forward with the impeachment of Bush and Cheney immediately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A28 in words and pictures Here is a glimpse at some of the stories and images submitted from around the nation. I've received literally thousands of photos since Saturday, and what follows below is just a smattering. Nevertheless, it is an inspiring montage of democracy in action. Apologies if you don't see yours in here. I made a vow to send you all an update today and it's almost midnight, so I've got to stop (not to mention that this may be the longest e-mail ever sent--sorry!). But you can all share your images in the Photos section of the site and your stories in the Forum. Enjoy! Anacortes, WA Amherst, MA Amherst spelled it out this weekend - I M P E A C H! Activists for the Impeachment of Bush and Cheney joined demonstrators across the country by spelling it out with jumbo letters in the center of town at noon on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Representatives from Amherst's Democratic Town Committee, Town Meeting, Women in Black, and the Amherst Peace Vigil participated over the three days. Women in Black have been protesting the Iraq war every Friday since late 2001. They made the giant letters from the insides of outmoded political lawn signs and wore them on Friday April 27 at noon until 1PM. Saturday, April 28, was a National Protest for Impeachment. Those activists for impeachment from the Amherst Democratic Town Committee and Town Meeting who couldn't join their colleagues in Boston stood in the center of town with the seven letters. On Sunday, April 29 the letters were worn at the regular Peace Vigil at noon on the Common. Ann Arbor, MI Our rally was located outside of the Federal Building right in the center of town and we had lots of foot & car traffic pass by us. About 60 people showed up, with a max of 40 at one time. Lots of honks, thumbs up and cheers of support. Surprisingly a local Democratic Party official, who happened to walk by, said we should call them next time and they would give us impeach bumper stickers and people. Amazingly about 2 out of every 3 people we asked actually signed the petition; just Ann Arbor, or is the nation as sick of watching our Constitution being dismantled as we all are? There was a great energy in our group. Someone made large signs of the impeach letters and the other big & small signs had slogans on them. We had a battery-operated megaphone that was great. One of us is a highway blogger for impeachment. He made 20+ of signs for blogging on highway overpasses. (We will do a lot more of that next time!) You all have provided some great ideas! I really like the Impeach cake, pretzels and walking the letters across the street with the cross walk light - very energetic without dividing the group! A wonderful start! Atlanta, GA It was great! We had about 40 people in the morning, lots of good response from people passing by. George Bush and Dick Cheney arrived and that got an appropriate response too--we read them the articles of impeachment and handcuffed them (poor George couldn't swig on his oil after that!). Our local CBS affiliate showed up with a camera to do a few interviews so we made the 6 o'clock news. Then on to the Inman Park parade a few blocks away to march with the impeachment coningent. More great response from the crowd. Then back at the park at 7:30 to spell it out with candles. As soon as we set them up and started lighting tem, passersby began honking in support. Some parked and joined us to see what we were about--mainly wanting to stay in touch for future actions. I brought the editor of Atlanta Progressive News to this event, and you can read the article here [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.l4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlantaprogressivenews.com%2Fnews%2F0149.html] Austin, TX Bainbridge Island, WA Twenty of us participated in two actions on Bainbridge Island today. We were surprised and pleased by the strength of the enthusiastic response from so many of our neighbors and island visitors. Our signs looked great, and drew many positive comments. In the morning we leafleted at the Farmers' Market, and at noon we assembled at the intersection of Winslow Way and Highway 305, where Women in Black has stood every Friday for over four years. We met two ferry-loads of drivers and passengers, well over a thousand people. We know this is the first of many such events this year, and we will be back. Berks County, PA Here in Berks County, PA, we didn't just have impeachment day, we had impeachment week. It started last Saturday when we convinced our Berks County Democratic Committee to finally, after working on them for 3-1/2 years, pass a resolution to impeach under Jefferson's Manual that is being presented to our PA commonwealth house of representatives. Then, of course Dennis Kucinich introduced the articles of impeachment for Dick Cheney. Then last night we had a rally on Penn Street Bridge and there was lots of positive response. Today we had three consecutive rallies in different locations, again with a very positive response. At each of the rallies we had about 25 people but it seemed like more because we had big black on white fabric banners saying "Impeach for Peace," "Impeach for the Kids," "Impeach Bush & Cheney," "Impeach for Justice" and my favorite "Impeach the Crooks & Liars." The third rally was at a very busy intersection in conservative Pottstown, PA, and we were actually stunned by the almost raucus honking, thumbs up, peace signs, waving, and after doing this for 4-/12 years, what I found most interesting was they were smiling at us. I guess they were so happy to see that there were others who feel the same way. It was an amazing week!!! And a great lift for so many of us who were getting very tired. And, while our local media refused to cover anything about the Democratic Committee Resolution or the rallies, a young cameraman from our local television station Channel 69 just happened to be driving by one of today's rallies and he pulled over and ended up doing a terrific piece on our event which they actually aired. See http://wfmz.com/view/?id=90640. Boston, MA The highlight of the afternoon occurred at about 2:30, after the Raging Grannies had just finishing singing a song of protest in favor of impeachment. Several hundred had gathered on the square, surrounding the flag-draped casket and memorial set up by Carlos Arredondo. As the Grannies' words rang out, a town crier stepped up to read a proclamation. He proclaimed that because the government had failed to act for accountability, the demonstrators and audience were to constitute a Citizen's Council on Impeachment. At that point two colonial guardsmen and a drummer boy cleared a path through the crowd to lead the honorable Judge Justine Grace to the podium. With Judge Grace overseeing the proceedings, the town crier called out for the accused to step up. Two members of Veterans for Peace, dressed as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, were lead through the crowd at musket-point by the colonial guardsmen. Both were wearing crowns. Although the guardsmen helped ensure their safe passage to the impeachment hearing, they were made to suffer no small amount of jeers by an angry crowd! The crier read the charges while the Raging Grannies, as the Greek Chorus of the event, repeated each charge in short. After some words of wisdom from the Judge, a vote was held. All those in favor of impeachment say Aye! And with that prompt, the crowd of hundreds declared in their most empowered voice "Aye!", many with raised fists. All those against, say Nay! And with that prompt, only the sad and lonesome Billionaires for Bush counter-protesters sung out in small numbers, and were met with boos and jeers. "They ayes have it!" The Judge instructed the crier to read the accused their Miranda Rights and the guardsmen removed the crowns that had been upon their heads. The emotion from the empowered crowd was overwhelmingly energetic, and they took great notice of the fact that Bush and Cheney were told that an attorney would be provided for them if they could not afford one. Brooklyn, NY Bryn Mawr, PA We had a great morning in Bryn Mawr! At least fifty people gathered in front of Ludington Library and liberated the horns of the morning traffic with myriad signs calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. A dedicated core of seven, each with one of the letters of the word IMPEACH, marched across the road at each "Walk" light to let the waiting drivers know that Impeachment is on the table! Spontaneously, the cheerleader in the crowd called for us to give him each letter, then asked us what we get: "Impeach!" rang out across the intersection. The spirit was high and the traffic couldn't have been more supportive. It was a great beginning to the "Summer of Impeachment," the months ahead when Congress will be pressed by citizens like us to live out their constitutional responsibility to "check" this Imperial Executive. Burlington, VT Charlotte, NC Some 25 people gathered at a busy intersection near Rep. Sue Myrick's office in the upscale Southpark area of Charlotte calling for the impeachment of President Bush & Vice President Cheney. There was an overwhelming amount of support from passersby honking in response to a "Honk to Impeach Bush & Cheney" sign. It was incredible with the whole area being filled with honking horns and cheers of support at times throughout the rally. Almost every single person showed support by smiling, waving and flashing peace signs & raised fists. Even little kids were flashing peace signs at us. Cleveland, OH Several of us went with some ySDS youths to the local recruiting station and held up an impeachment banner and did some street theatre with a "detainee" The recruiting station shut down and we plastered the windows with "Impeach Bush and Cheney for War Crimes" and "Not Our President" signs. We then went to Lincoln Park where about 100 people showed up. We held up large letters and banners along the main drag and did some strong agitation and open mic to an audience that formed across the street by a local church. We recieved many honks and thumbs up. We formed the word impeach in the grass (on top of plastic) and some of us them marched to Pat's In the Flats with 911Truth folks and did some strong agitation outside of local yuppie restaurants ...some folks came out and clapped others yelled at us but we held our positions and had really good agitation going on the whole time. We also had a detainee in jumpsuit with us doing stress positions which always gets attention.At Pat's In The Flats we tabled, danced and listened to Anti-Bush bands until the wee hours of the morning. We also did some impeach petitions and made new contacts. It was a successful day and we met many new faces and activists. Folks really liked the idea of being part of a national movement happening all over. Some expressed interest in doing impeachment actions every week! Cornwall, CT Delray Beach, FL Close to 80 good people gathered at the crossroads of Federal Highway and George Bush Boulevard with their I-M-P-E-A-C-H signs today. We would have had more, but many folks from our area (Palm Beach County) travelled 60 miles south to Miami to protest at Miami-Dade College, where George Bush himself was scheduled to present the commencement address. It was a beautifully sunny day, and very HOT! We made it hot for Bush and Cheney, too! We held a mock trial and found them both guilty of a dozen different impeachable offenses. The Raging Grannies were there and so were folks from CodePink, Democracy for America, Veterans for Peace, Project Truth, and more. We had lots of supportive honks and thumbs up, and several passersby pulled their cars over to join us. For some, it was their first demonstration, and a measure of their disgust with the current administration that they were willing to come and stand with us today. Let's all keep the pressure on until we FIRE THE LIARS! Stay in trouble....Granny Vicki Ryder Eureka, CA Federal Way, WA We had 70 amazing and enthusiastic people show up at a local intersection. We had four sets of "IMPEACH" t-shirts, one letter per shirt, one set per corner. We had lots of enthusiastic honks from passing motorists, some even got out of their cars and joined us. We also had a few thumbs down and partial waves (middle finger only). Our attendees brought great signs, we passed out "imPeach" candies, and we had many requests for an encore rally. Ft. Collins, CO Ft. Myers, FL We rallied in Centennial Park. Thirty-five people participated, holding signs, and ten of us spoke. We got coverage from our CBS and Fox TV affiliates. Our seven-poster IMPEACH sign was broadcast on both channels. A major goal was to use this event to launch a standing impeachment organization in Fort Myers. A young woman who was moved by it has taken on the responsibility to organize such a group. Grand Rapids, MI Our action was taking place on a walking bridge that goes over a river through the middle of Grand Rapids. I brought a 30-foot banner that screamed IMPEACH! and as people came down they said they could see it driving up the surrounding highways! There was a university graduation at the local arena a couple of blocks down the road, so we decided to relocate to the next bridge over when it got done with. We got a ton of honks and waves (along with a finger or two) and 115 signatures for our petition. This was my first attempt at organizing any sort of event and it turned out great! 3 of us hadn't had enough at the end of our rally, so we walked a 10-foot IMPEACH! banner 3 miles home. :) It was a lot of fun and everyone can't wait for the next one! Greensboro, NC The rally in Greensboro was a big hit! We were about 30 strong. We posted people on all 4 corners of the intersection. There was a positive response from most of the cars and pedestrians that came past. Lots of horn honking, screams, yells, and waves. There were a few who were disgusted by our actions, and most of them made sure they expressed themselves in some distasteful way. That did not dampen anyones siprits, though. We spelled out I-M-P-E-A-C-H with signs on 2 corners, and had many other signs as well. We had a drum, a 5gal. bucket drum, and a couple of steel pans making sounds of impeachment. Our group was very spirited, and everyone had a fun time! Media coverage was sparse, despite a call from Fox 8 saying they would be there. There was a reporter, from an unknown source, who interviewed a few of our group. Homer, AK Honolulu, HI About 50 people spelled I-M-P-E-A-C-H with large florescent poster boards at 5 city intersections and a freeway overpass. Response was overwhelmingly positive (running about 15 supporting for every person opposing). Lots of passers-by raised their fists, laid on their horns, shouted, or gave an enthusiastic shaka. Trolleys transporting loads of tourists from one mall to another rang their bells, and lots of city bus and truck drivers honked their horns. At one intersection two groups holding poster boards became "cheerleaders" - enthusiastically shouting "give me in 'I'...give me an 'M'...and raising the appropriate letter. The team holding their signs over a busy freeway overpass were there for an hour before police threatened arrest for "creating a traffic hazard" - finally forcing them to move to a nearby crowded intersection. Many people stopped to give their opinions about Bush or Cheney - ranging from complete outrage to "we just gotta wait until the elections". But the support for impeachment was obvious, with many saying Bush should have been impeached long ago. Houston, TX Iowa Jamestown, NY In all, 175 street size signs and 10 overpass size signs were hung. Most people were very positive, but one couple started yelling that my signs were illegal. It was a great day, folks. Like I told Jacob, if it is happening here, the NY bastion of conservativism, it is happening everywhere. And this is just the beginning. Kalamazoo, MI We had a very exciting day spelling out Impeach here. A dozen people spelled out Impeach outside graduation day at Western Michigan University. Although campus security made us leave campus, we regrouped nearby and hundreds of motorists gave us an overwhelmingly positive thumbs up, laid on their horns and yelled and whooped support out their windows. We then moved to a very busy intersection by a shopping center and held two sets of Impeach letters on opposite corners. Again we got over 90% positive responses, with some stopping to buy bumper stickers. It was obvious that the tide has turned overwhelmingly against the Bush Regime and for impeachment. Two high school students who joined us for the day took back calls, yard signs, bumper stickers and plan to organize at their school in a little town between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids! Kansas City, MO In one week of fast-track planning and promotion, through email and fliering, we pulled together 85 folks on a beautifully warm, sunny day on the bank of an incredibly stinky creek in the heart of Kansas City and spelled it out with our bodies. We chanted 'I-M-P-E-A-C-H . . . We can't wait until '08!" while we laid in the sun and laughed about how hard we were working for the Republic... Actually, we all work very hard at this--we deserve to lay down on the job for a change! A group of four MU students from Columbia, MO joined us, and a group from Lawrence, KS made the hour drive, as well. And it was great to see people from one year old to 84 years young climb the hill to make this happen. Three dedicated folks hoofed it to the other side of the creek (it's wide...) and photographed the event, giving up their place in the formation, when our photographer didn't come early enough. Sporting my fabulous, trendy, and much-admired "BUSH IS OVER" tee, and with my mother-of-six voice (a little louder than your average mamabear) I reminded the crowd that our Representatives work for us! We pay them, we can fire them! Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, our rep on the Missouri side of KC, told us at our recent 4th anniversary of the war protest, "Impeachment is a distraction." Rep. Dennis Moore, on the Kansas side, doesn't even list the Iraq War as one of the "issues" discussed on his site!! We agreed that it's imperative that they support and cosponsor Kucinich's House Res 333, and that we'd call, write, and visit--It's time they listen to the people who hired them. We pledged to not support or vote for anyone who won't work for impeachment. Period. And we signed impeachment petitions. Recognizing the real value and rarity of having a "captive" audience, I shared with the crowd my theory that until we become an "inconvenience" for the powers that be, they have no reason to listen to us. It takes two minutes to call our reps--one Rep and two Senators takes six minutes... Only six minutes of our time, only six minutes of their staff's time. But if 100 of us call them each day, that's 600 minutes of their time (TEN hours each day!), and if 1000 of us call every day, that's 6,000 minutes of staff time! Now THAT is just damned inconvenient. One activist reminded us that one phone call is perceived to represent 13,000 constituents, in PoliticThink. Lafayette, CA We had a most successful day, posted three IMPEACH signs around Lafayette. Early am, tennis balls were worked into the chainlink fence of Springhill School along Pleasant Hill Rd. Lasted until softball started up mid-morning. Then at 2:00 in the afternoon, we used glittery redwhitenblue tinsel to spell it out over Hiway 24 on the Curtola overpass. Hundreds of cars honked in support as they drove under. Los Angeles, CA Main Line, PA Martinsburg, WV Memphis, TN Miami, FL It was the largest strictly street action I've ever been involved with outside of Washington. And the traffic response was PHENOMENAL!! 1500 to 2000 people protested and demanded the impeachment of Bush and Cheney from the sidewalk at the entrance to MDC. It is hard to tell because people joined and left from 3PM to past 7PM The traffic was heavy and I've never seen so many cameras taking pictures of protesters from cars before. Thousands drove by, and the overwhelming majority supported us by cheering, applauding and honking from their vehicles. A diverse group of patriotic Americans got together as never before in Miami. Prior to yesterday, I referred to Miami as the "Apathy Capital of the United States." The only notification of this demonstration came through email, flyers and word-of-mouth. Milwaukee, WI We had close to 30 people in our group and almost everyone had a sign. We also had a battery-operated megaphone that many in our group took turns using. We had a police escort following us on foot, but they were very polite to us. They were polite to us and one of the officers accepted a DVD and took one of our website cards. He seemed interested in our cause. We stopped at our Federal Building and took some pictures as we chanted IMPEACH BUSH-CHENEY "NOW" over and over. We had many car horns going off, thumbs up, and a lot of cheers from people thatobserved us. We were seen and heard and were ready to do it again and again and again. Minneapolis, MN Monterey, CA Naples, FL We had over 25 people which is incredible in Naples FL--we had a great time and got ALOT of honks of support :) New Paltz, NY New York, NY (Tompkins Square Park) We had a great day in Tompkins Square Park, where the Rude Mechanical Orchestra (NYC's original radical marching band) drew a crowd and led a dance party as we collected 100 letters to Congress calling for impeachment that we then used to spell out IMPEACH on a huge banner. The response was incredibly positive and had a wonderful time. While I strutted around in my Bush Is Over shirt before and after the event, I got a smile from almost everyone. This was honestly one of the best days of my life and I can't wait for round 2! New York, NY (Central Park) Paris, France Philadelphia, PA I attended the rally in Philadelphia, and marched right up front carrying the banner! It was good times with a rather large turnout! I'd say it all went fairly well as we had people on the sidewalks, coming out of stores and restaurants, and even on the tour buses clapping and cheering for us! One woman was even sweet enough to run out with water bottles for some us! And I KNOW that there were a TON of people taking pictures the entire time, but I haven't been able to find any at all, much to my dismay *sighs* I'm hoping the Metro or the Bulletin will have something tomorrow, I'd love to have some pictures for memories. Portland, ME The Maine Campaign to Impeach organized two major Impeachment Week events - We jumped the gun a bit, starting on 4/26 by placing an 8-person IMPEACH! sign in front of the Bush family estate at Walker's Point, Kennebunkport, Maine. Then on Saturday, our Impeachment Day event was the Maine Impeachment Town Meeting at the old First Parish Church in Portland, attended by 280 very vocal impeachment supporters stating their opinions on impeachment and planning strategy pushing for impeachment action by Maine's two Congressmen and the Maine State Legislature. Presentations were made by the Maine Lawyers for Democracy who have had two press conferences in the past three weeks announcing support for impeachment. We were VERY fortunate to also have as a speaker David Swanson from AfterDowningStreet.org who pumped the audience up with a terrific speech. After the meeting, some of the attendees went across the street to the Portland Press Herald newspaper offices and woke their staff up by banging on their windows and shouting impeachment slogans because the paper did not cover the Town Meeting Event. The paper responded by phoning the Maine Campaign to Impeach for interviews. One of Portland's major TV stations, WGME-TV (CBS), gave great coverage to the Impeachment Town Meeting and featured the story as the lead item on their Saturday night 11 PM newscast. Stay tuned at www.maineimpeach.org as we approach our goal of 10,000 Maine citizens' names on our MaineImpeach petition. Pottstown, PA I feel so great, it's beyond words! I put up my IMPEACH letters at my house first thing in the morning yesterday. Then it was onto Wyomissing for the first stop in our three stop rally. The response was overwhelming! While there were some middle fingers and Pro-Bush responses, most people were honking their horns, giving us peace or thumbs up signs in support. It gives me chills now just thinking back on it and realizing just how many people in this country are waking up to the reality. I truly can't express in words how exhilirating the whole experience was. I know there is alot of work to do yet and that the reality of the picture as whole is not so bright. But it is days like yesterday that are so crucial for my soul. It is what gives me hope, feeds my optimism and tells me I need to keep going. I can't wait to read about and see pictures from other actions that happened yesterday. Peace & love to you all. Reno, NV Rome, Italy Rome, Italy was great. We started collecting photos from people out and about in Rome early in the week. And on Thurs and Fri our mobile photo-op team, The Flying Seven, went around Rome with t-shirts, each with a letter, and posed in front of monuments and, of course, the U.S. Embassy. . On Saturday we were in front of the Colosseum with small letters, huge letters, balloons, wind wheels and plum cakes, all spelling out Impeach! Weather was gorgeous. We got lots of support from people from all over the world. And wave and peace signs from the open top tourist buses passing by Sacramento, CA WE GOT A MILLION BEEPS FOR IMPEACHMENT and I feel, took back our flag today. We flew big beautiful red-white-and-blues on both corners of our demo. for 3 hours. There were at least 35 people at all times, I guess. I got Raleys to make a big sheet cake saying "Impeach Bush/Cheney." Note, that's corporate Raleys. I stuck with my request, eventually they said Sure! with a smile. We had music and hugs and promises to gather more people next time. This hit a part of town which never sees this stuff. Matt from Redding (17 years old) brought his friends the 100 miles down here. On the way they hung a bedsheet "Impeach" sign from a cliff overlooking I-5; the cliff is OWNED by an older woman who called them to donate her "Bill Board." It's PERMANENT. Salt Lake City, UT San Diego, CA We had 202 people spell it out on the beach! But the clouds were too low for the plane to get a photo. The IMPEACHMENT resolution is a new tool! It was very encouraging that right across the street from the convention entrance A-28 had organized a very enthusiastic and creative IMPEACHMENT demonstration. And right at the entrance delegates had to walk past large PDA banners urging IMPEACHMENT and OUT OF IRAQ in order to get into the convention hall. I and someother delegates to the convention had an opportunity to walk over and join the demonstration for a short amount of time. Most of the delegates at the convention were in support of a resolution to IMPEACH and wore buttons and stickers proclaiming their position. It passed by unanimous consent. San Francisco, CA April 28 was the second Beach Impeach, and this time over 1,500 people came to San Francisco's Ocean Beach to make sure the message was even bigger and bolder. This time the letters were one hundred feet tall, and said IMPEACH NOW! It was a great crowd, with a certain sense of purpose and community in the air as people found their places in the giant letters. The mood grew even more enthusiastic as the helicopter whirred into view, much cheering and waving - as if people felt they were sending their message and their presence out to people all over the rest of the country and the world. Seattle, WA The Seattle Chapter of World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime's A28 protest had a great day Freeway Blogging on overpasses of I-5 from 1-4 pm. It turned out to be a GREAT day for blogging in Seattle, not just because of the great sunny day we had, but also because of the incredible amount of traffic flowing southbound. The traffic stayed very heavy all three hours of our event! Not so great for the people trying to get through to Seattle, but great for getting our message across to thousands of drivers. About 30 - 40% of these drivers gave us the "thumbs up," or pumped their fists, or gave us the "peace sign" and there was lots of horns being honked in support of our message to IMPEACH BUSH and CHENEY. Of course we got some other more negative signals too, but those were by far the exception. Other groups on other overpasses in the Seattle area also received a great response. So, the response was overwhelmingly positive! At 5:00 pm we rushed to Safeco field and handed out IMPEACH! Balloons and engaged in some interesting conversations with the people going in to see the Mariner's Game. South Seattle, Washington A small group of us came together for a local Impeachment rally at our favorite protest site--the walking bridge over Rainier Ave at MLKing. We were a small group of very spirited and determined friends. We passed out "Ten Reasons for Impeaching Bush and Cheney." We got many resounding honks, waves and thumbs up of support. Next time, which will be soon, we hope to gather more people and have bigger signs. St. Petersburg, FL Staten Island, NY Trenton, NJ Tulsa, OK The April 27 Impeach Cheney First protest was a wonderful success! Several groups from Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Stillwater came together to create a ruckus and everyone had a chance to say their piece as there were 6 or 8 media outlets on hand. We even drew a reporter from Tele-Mundo! Contrary to local media accounts about 95 people showed up with a max of about 75 at any one time. We chanted, sang, waved signs and read the names of the Oklahoma soldiers who to this day have died in Iraq. To those that made it, thanks for the great turn out! To those that couldn't, I'm sorry you missed a good time. Venice, CA Ventura, CA Our IMPEACH went over without a hitch here in Ventura. The man didnt shut us down and it looked great. We had old and young on the beach movin stones and sand. The relief looked AWESOME. About 90 feet by 12 feet and its gonna stay awhile for all to see. Its sad that we've come to a point where we have to use the most ancient means of communication, stones to get a message across, but it was worth every last one. The irony was not lost on us. Hundreds of people who probably otherwise would never have known about the movement are now in the loop. I got lots of greats pics not to mention lots of new supporters for the movement. And like the other IMPEACHER said we took back our flag today. Man it felt sooo good to be out there claiming it! Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Washington, DC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A28 media coverage A number of you have written to ask about media coverage. Although I certainly would have welcomed more of it, we did pretty well considering the almost complete media blackout on the issue of impeachment. Anybody who's worked on the issue can tell you it's almost impossible to get the media to cover it. I've got a plan to change this, which I'll tell you about in the next couple of days. In the meantime, here are some articles that have either been about or have mentioned A28. The NY Daily News and the Washington Post, right-wing rags that they are, tried their best to downplay what we did, strenuously avoiding the 99% positive aspects of the events. But in this case, any publicity really is good publicity. I'm not worried about winning the debate; I just want to see it started. Meanwhile, we had plenty of more positive press, including a very kind article in The Nation by John Nichols. I know that there are more articles out there and I haven't even tried to collect the radio and TV coverage, but have heard that this was covered by more than a few stations. If you see something not listed below, please send it on to me. Complete Articles AM New York: Pro-impeachment movement heating up in NYC [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.m4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amny.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fam-impeach0427%2C0%2C2309852.story] Atlanta Progressive News: Atlantans Spell IMPEACH with Candles at Intersection [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.l4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlantaprogressivenews.com%2Fnews%2F0149.html] Cornell Daily Sun: Local Activists Demand Pres. Bush's Impeachment [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.n4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fcornellsun.com%2Fnode%2F23251] Eureka Reporter: Impeachment Rally [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.o4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurekareporter.com%2FArticleDisplay.aspx%3FArticleID%3D23440] Ithaca Journal: Protesters call for Bush's ouster [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.p4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theithacajournal.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20070430%2FNEWS01%2F704300321] KSL News Radio: Rally Called for Cheney's Impeachment [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.q4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ksl.com%2F%3Fnid%3D148%26sid%3D1158678] Las Vegas Sun: Las Vegas Sun: Anti-war protesters in Reno call for impeachment of Bush, Cheney [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.r4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasvegassun.com%2Fsunbin%2Fstories%2Fnevada%2F2007%2Fapr%2F28%2F042810582.html] Miami Herald: Protesters Driven by War [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.s4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2F460%2Fstory%2F90360.html] The Nation: Spell It Out: "I-M-P-E-A-C-H!" [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.t4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenation.com%2Fblogs%2Fthebeat%3Fbid%3D1%26pid%3D190875] New York Daily News: Coney Island 'impeach' draws a thin crowd [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.u4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2F2007-04-29_coney_island_impeach_draws_a_thin_crowd.html] The Raw Story: Impeach protests coordinator hopes 'Republicans can see which way the wind is blowing' [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.v4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Frawstory.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2FImpeachment_protests_coordinator_hopes_Republicans_can_0428.html] The Raw Story: Protesters demand impeachment as President Bush speaks at Miami-Dade College [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.w4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Frawstory.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2FProtesters_demand_impeachment_as_President_Bush_0428.html] Washington Post: Washington Post: Sending a Message, With Unimpeachable Clarity [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.x4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F04%2F28%2FAR2007042800963.html] Mentions American Chronicle: California Democratic Party Passes Resolution Demanding Impeachment of Bush and Cheney [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.y4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanchronicle.com%2Farticles%2FviewArticle.asp%3FarticleID%3D25712] Baltimore Chronicle: Rep. Murtha Puts Bush Impeachment Front and Center [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.z4ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fbaltimorechronicle.com%2F2007%2F043007Lindorff2.shtml] Baltimore Chronicle: Huge Win for Impeachment in Vermont [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.94ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fbaltimorechronicle.com%2F2007%2F042007Lindorff.shtml] FOXNews.com: Kucinich Prepares Impeachment Articles Against Dick Cheney [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.84ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C267968%2C00.html] Miami Herald: Bush Arrives in Miami [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.74ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamiherald.com%2F416%2Fstory%2F89866.html] New York Times: Bush Asks Florida Graduates to Back Immigration Change [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.64ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Fwashington%2F29bush.html] Z Magazine: Impeachment Fever Rises [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=noddk4bab.0.54ztk4bab.owp697bab.5298&ts=S0242&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zmag.org%2Fcontent%2Fprint_article.cfm%3FitemID%3D12662%26sectionID%3D51] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's next for A28? A lot of people have been asking what happens now that April 28 has come and gone. Will A28 continue? What do we do next? The short answer is HELL YES. April 28 was not the culmination of A28, it was just the beginning. Keep your signs and banners and t-shirts handy because you're gonna want to be using them again soon. Between Kucinich and Murtha and A28 we've created an opening this past week. Now we've got to hit them (Congress, the media, the Bush administration) with everything we've got. The pressure this summer needs to be relentless. In the coming days I'll be discussing with you different ideas for how to do this. As always, everybody's suggestions and input are welcomed. Stay tuned for much more to come. 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