From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon Jan  1 10:31:37 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:31:37 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] meeting agenda Thursday Jan 4
Message-ID: <45995389.7020603@sbcglobal.net>

This is a call for agenda items for Thursday's meeting.

Thus far we have
by-laws proposal
new treasurer
another county council member - must ask if willing
MLK day activities

Let's have some more.

Jim Doyle



From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  1 12:54:40 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:54:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] meeting agenda Thursday Jan 4
In-Reply-To: <45995389.7020603@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <712930.20309.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>

Of course in old business you (Jim D.) were running through ideas for
outreach to different groups and we only got part way through that.

Another point.  For early February we have a talk on impeachment by the
well-known speaker and author Peter Phillips (Director of Project
Censored: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Phillips_%28activist%29 ).

Along those lines how about if we got our biodiesel talk with Bill
Micheal going for January or March???

more later...

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> This is a call for agenda items for Thursday's meeting.
> 
> Thus far we have
> by-laws proposal
> new treasurer
> another county council member - must ask if willing
> MLK day activities
> 
> Let's have some more.
> 
> Jim Doyle
> 
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From jims at greens.org  Mon Jan  1 18:56:03 2007
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:56:03 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposal For Meeting
References: <20061231090249.18036.qmail@web52204.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4599C9C3.65F9AC9B@greens.org>

Drew -

Thanks for clarifying the meeting day. (I probably would have showed up on
Tuesday.)

-- 
Jim



JamBoi wrote:
> 
> Howdy Jim,
> 
> Thank you for the obvious work you've put in to move this issue forward
> and to resolve this loophole.  It sounds like a good proposal.  But
> didn't you mean Thursday meeting, not Tuesday (ie. our GPSCC meeting is
> this Thursday)?  Please clarify.
> 
> Green solidarity!
> 
> Drew
> 
> --- Jim Stauffer <jims at greens.org> wrote:
> 
> > I am asking the GPSCC to sponsor a bylaw amendment proposal. Article
> > 10 of
> > the GPCA bylaws allow a local group to submit such proposals. I've
> > collaborated with Jonathan Lundell and Pat Gray from San Mateo on
> > this. They
> > will be pursuing SM sponsorship also, so this will be a
> > region-sponsored
> > proposal.
> >
> > The proposal should be self-explanatory. But there is a huge
> > back-story
> > behind why this proposal is necessary. I'll fill in those details at
> > the
> > meeting if people really want to hear it.
> >
> > Jim
> > =================================================================
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SUBJECT:
> >
> > Modify byalws section 7-1.4 to clarify that regions may replace their
> > Coordinating Committee (CC) representative during the course of a
> > term of
> > office.
> >
> >
> > BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
> >
> > In the course of recent debates over CC rep elections a disagreement
> > has
> > arisen in regards to the intent of the clause in section 7-1.4 that
> > says,
> > "CC representatives shall serve for a nominal term of two years or
> > until
> > their successors are elected."
> >
> > Some have interpreted this to mean that any person filling the office
> > of CC
> > rep cannot be removed from that office by his/her electing
> > constituency
> > during the course of the term. The one exception allowed is, "Section
> > 6-3.
> > Removal for Cause," which stipulates a narrow criteria under which a
> > CC rep
> > may be required to resign.
> >
> > Others among us believe that 7-1.4 has no such discernable intent;
> > that
> > there is no practical reason why a prohibition on rep replacement
> > should
> > exist; and that regions should have authority to choose their
> > member(s) on
> > the CC.
> >
> >
> > PROPOSAL:
> >
> > The proposed modification to Section 7-1.4 is based on these
> > assumptions:
> >
> > + As defined in our bylaws, the GPCA is comprised of two entities:
> > the state
> > organization and the county organizations. CC reps and General
> > Assembly
> > delegates are the human organizational interfaces between the two
> > entities.
> > Therefore, issues involving reps and delegates are not the exclusive
> > domain
> > of either entity, but must be resolved considering the needs of both
> > the
> > state and county organizations.
> >
> > + Since the office of CC rep is an interface between a region's
> > counties and
> > the state party, our principle of decentralization would tend to give
> > the
> > counties, rather than the state, preference over issues of filling
> > the CC
> > rep office.
> >
> > + The natural, unplanned personnel turn-over rate on the CC is
> > substantial,
> > so an occasional intended replacement of a rep would not
> > significantly
> > increase that turn-over rate.
> >
> > + There are no corroborating clauses in the bylaws that support an
> > interpretation of 7-1.4 that says CC reps can not be replaced by
> > their
> > electing constituencies. The bylaws are, in fact, silent on the
> > issue.
> > Therefore, a clear statement on a region's right to replace their rep
> > at
> > their discretion needs to be added to the bylaws.
> >
> >
> > Section 7-1.4 shall be modified by adding a second paragraph as
> > follows:
> >
> > Notwithstanding section 6-3, a region may also replace its
> > representative(s)
> > during the course of the term of office by conducting an election in
> > accordance with its approved procedure. The new representative(s)
> > shall
> > serve the remainder of the existing term of office.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
> >
> 
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> 
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  1 22:52:13 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:52:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Community Currencies: Re: Fwd: Green Party
	Values--at a bank???
In-Reply-To: <A947257B-2DCF-4682-9563-EB46BD3C03D5@cagreens.org>
Message-ID: <21672.32694.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>

I've been doing further research to understand 'Community Currencies'. 
Here are some valuable links:

Community Currencies:
* http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/cc/CC.html

* About All Sorts of Community Currencies in General:
http://www.ratical.org/ratitorsCorner/03.20.99.html#p1a

LETS, Local Exchange Trading System, "the most advanced form of local
currency in circulation."
* http://www.transaction.net/money/lets/

* This lays down the LETS basics:
http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/design/home.html

More LETS
* http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/

* Especially see this one which gives an Economist's analysis of LETS:
http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/zips/foundatn.zip

Resources including software for LETS:
http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/zips/

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org> wrote:

> I think bartering has the potential to shake up the economy in the  
> same way that local currency would--it's outside the system that  
> tracks and taxes.
> 
> On Dec 17, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> 
> > On many occasions I've traded one of my stickers for something
> else.
> > I don't think that would work for just anybody, and I rarely get  
> > repeat
> > customers. Still, I like it as a low stakes form of barter.
> >
> > JamBoi wrote:
> >
> >> I really, really like this idea of community currency!  I was  
> >> thinking
> >> about how we could practically put this idea in effect in the
> short
> >> run. One form of community currency I thought of that would work  
> >> for at
> >> least some people are VTA day pass tokens.  Can anyone think of  
> >> others
> >> forms that are available now in Santa Clara County?
> >>
> >> Green solidarity!
> >>
> >> Drew
> >>
> >> --- Tian Harter <tnharter at ispwest.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> It is interesting. There was a Berkeley hours program around the
> >>> turn of the millenium. I took about two Berkeley hours for some
> >>> consulting
> >>> work in the summer of '99 and had a hard time spending the money.
> >>> (Mexican money is MUCH easier to spend than that stuff was.)
> >>> Not only that, but nobody ever offered me any again. I would have
> >>> taken it, because I'm always up for an interesting spending
> >>> experience,
> >>> but they seem to have gone away at this point in time.
> >>>
> >>> Tian
> >>>
> >>> Larry Cafiero Liaison wrote:

>  There's nothing like gravity taking its course, Tian (after all,
> it's not just a good idea, it's the law . . .), but I seem to recall
> the Ithaca Hours program, which I believe was formed by a Green in
> Ithaca, N.Y., in the '90s and seems to be thriving in that upstate
N.Y. town.
> >>>> Here's their site: http://www.lightlink.com/hours/ithacahours/
> >>>>
> >>>> It's a very interesting concept, to say the least.
> >>>>
> >>>> Larry Cafiero
> >>>> Liaison to the Secretary of State
> >>>> Green Party of California
> >>>>
> >>>> Tian Harter wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> What's a "community currency"? I had a Mexican 20 pesos
> >>>>> note in my wallet for a couple of weeks. Spending it had many
> >>>>> of the same challenges in it that spending some other community
> >>>>> currency had. I ended up getting a dozen eggs from it at a
> >>>>> Farmers Market.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've met people that think a greenback working to aquire
> >>>>> something is proof the world works. I'm not so sure. I like to
> >>>>> ground my sense of reality by dropping a coin in a piggy bank
> >>>>> every now and then. One reason is that most of the communities
> >>>>> I consider myself to be part of have some respect for the laws
> of
> >>>>> physics.
> >>>>> The sound of a coin landing is evidence that the laws of
> physics
> >>>>> work for me.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm going to use A California quarter to push the send button
> >>>>> for this post, and then drop it in my pink piggy bank. Please
> >>>>> notice that no laws were broken in the making of this post.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> JamBoi wrote:
> I note that at the bottom of the page it lists Carol Brouillet
> as a contributer.  I'm not very up on it but I understand that Carol
> has worked for years on the concept of 'Community Currency'. 
> Before Carol got involved in exposing the truth of 9/11 she was into
> 'Community Currencies', hence the name of her web site:
> >>>>>> http://www.communitycurrency.org
> >>>>>> Here's a clearer description of what community currencies are
> >>> about:
> >>>>>> http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/cc/CC.html

> > -- 
> > Tian
> > Latest change: Added 12 reasons to Impeach Bush.
> > http://tian.greens.org


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From alexcathy at aol.com  Tue Jan  2 09:02:14 2007
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:02:14 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My DailyKos Diary on Ford, Reagan,
	Rumsfeld and Saddam
Message-ID: <8C8FCA6E2C322FF-F58-617F@WEBMAIL-DC20.sysops.aol.com>

Dear Green Friends, 
 
Does everybody in America have a bad case of amnesia?
 
I cannot believe that notorious 1983 picture of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam Hussein has not been posted a thousand places around the Web these last few days. 
 
(sigh) 
 
For what it's worth, see my "Diary" posted on the Daily Kos: 
 
Ford, Reagan, Rumsfeld and Saddam 
by Alex Walker 
Daily Kos Tuesday, January 2, 2006.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/2/10429/04482
 
 
The same article has also been posted on the Indybay Web Page: 
 
Ford, Reagan, Rumsfeld and Saddam 
by Alex Walker 
SFBay Area Independent Media Center, Tuesday, January 2, 2006.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/02/18343161.php 
 
 
We'll be hearing this nonsense about that "nice guy" Gerald Ford all day today.  In my article there is a link back to decent piece on that subject by, of all people, Christopher Hitchens.  Among other things, Ford and Kissinger double-crossed the Kurds in Iraq also (is there any sleazy thing that has happened on the planet in the last thirty-eight years that Henry Kissinger didn't have a hand in?). 
 
Peace, 
 
Alex Walker 
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  2 18:35:31 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:35:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeach Bush for war crimes: Thur.,
	Jan. 4 events in DC (fwd)
Message-ID: <69542.71482.qm@web52203.mail.yahoo.com>

World Can't Wait is a front for the Revolutionary Communist Party (AKA
Bob Avakian & Co http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Avakian ).  How about
us Greens get on the ball and start organizing these events???  We need
to add value to our society!

Green solidarity!

Drew

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 - Two Important Events on
the Day Congress Opens

7 p.m. - Voices Speak Out for Impeachment

Featuring Cindy Sheehan, Michael Ratner, John
Nichols, Debra Sweet and a special video message
from Gore Vidal

Ballroom, National Press Club
529 14th Street NW (Metro Center Metro Stop)
Washington, DC


12 Noon Rally at the Capitol

Upper Senate Park, Constitution & Delaware NW
(Union Station Metro Stop)
Speakers include: Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star
Families for Peace; Paul Magno, Torture Abolition
& Survivors Support Coalition; Imam Abdul-Alim
Musa, Masjid Al-Islam; Michael Ratner, Center for
Constitutional Rights; David Swanson, After
Downing Street; Elaine Brower & Sunsara Taylor,
World Can?t Wait; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop
Caucus; Scott McLarty, Green Party of the United States 


BUSH MUST GO!

IF WAR CRIMES, TORTURE, AND CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY ARE NOT REASON TO IMPEACH, WHAT IS?

The whole program of the Bush administration must
be stopped.  If George Bush is allowed to finish
out his term, all the destruction and the whole
direction he has taken society will be condoned,
legitimated and made permanent.  We demand
Congress investigate and hold accountable the
Bush Administration for criminal liability and
bring articles of impeachment against the
President. 

Generations from now people will ask what did the
people of this country do when they knew their
government was committing war crimes: launching a
war based on the unlawful doctrine of
?preventive? war; indiscriminately using cluster
bombs, depleted uranium and chemical weapons
against civilians; and carrying out an illegal
occupation? 

What will you say when they ask why a President
who decided he could order torture with impunity
stayed in office?

Will your answer be that we did nothing because
Congress refused to act, counseling governing
from the center and working with the President
and seeking unity and common ground with war
criminals, religious fanatics and fascists?

Your government, on the basis of outrageous lies,
is waging a murderous and utterly immoral and
illegitimate war in Iraq ? with Iran now in its
sights.

Your government is openly torturing people.  In
violation of international law, with the Military
Commissions Act of 2006, it has made torture
legal and granted itself immunity from criminal
prosecution.

Your government is creating a police state ?
obliterating basic constitutional protections,
such as the right to habeas corpus, the right to
privacy and the right to dissent.

For the war to end now, for torture to stop, to
restore rights stolen, we the people must act. 
No one will do this for us. That which you do not
resist and mobilize to stop, you will learn ? or
be forced ? to accept. 

We can and must create a political situation
where the Bush regime?s whole program is
repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from
office and where the whole direction he has been
taking society is reversed.

January 4, 2007 :  Demonstrate in Washington DC
as Congress opens!  Impeach Bush!  THE WORLD
CAN'T WAIT - DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME!
Rally at 12 Noon , Upper Senate Park,
Constitution & Delaware NW  (Union Station Metro
stop)

Endorsers for 12 noon rally:

James Abourezk
AfterDowningStreet.org
DC Anti-War Network
Democracy Rising
Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights*
Green Party of the United States
ImpeachBush.org
ImpeachForPeace.org
ImpeachBush.tv
Lucinda Marshall, Feminists for Peace
Cynthia McKinney
National Lawyers Guild
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace
United for Lt. Watada
Gore Vidal
The World Can?t Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus

*For identification purposes only.


January 4, Thursday, 7 p.m. 
Voices Speak Out for Impeachment 

Ballroom, National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

(Metro Center metro stop)

Speakers include Cindy Sheehan; John Nichols, The
Nation magazine; Michael Ratner, Center for
Constitutional Rights*; Debra Sweet, World Can't
Wait and a special video address from Gore Vidal.


Add your name to this Call for Jan. 4th - email
World Can't Wait National Director Debra Sweet
at: debra at worldcantwait.org.

For more information and to help plan and
mobilize for January 4, contact DC World Can't
Wait, dc at worldcantwait.org or call.

World Can't Wait DC Chapter  
dc at worldcantwait.org 
Donate to World Can't Wait DC at
http://www.worldcantwaitdc.org/ 
  
The World Can't Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime! 
http://www.worldcantwait.org/

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From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Tue Jan  2 20:32:03 2007
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:32:03 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My DailyKos Diary on Ford, Reagan,
	Rumsfeld and Saddam
In-Reply-To: <8C8FCA6E2C322FF-F58-617F@WEBMAIL-DC20.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <E1H1xnH-0003Pi-00@truffula>

>To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
>Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:02:14 -0500
>From: alexcathy at aol.com
>Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My DailyKos Diary on Ford, Reagan,
>	Rumsfeld and Saddam



>Dear Green Friends, 
> 
>Does everybody in America have a bad case of amnesia?

Not me.  Ford was the guy who told Indonesia they
could do East Timor.  Basically it was President
Kissinger and Ford was the front man.


> 
>We'll be hearing this nonsense about that "nice guy" Gerald Ford all day today.



From tnharter at ispwest.com  Tue Jan  2 22:02:23 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:02:23 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Happy New Year!
Message-ID: <459B46EF.9010003@ispwest.com>

I wish I had another message to start the new year with,
but on the front page of the Mercury News the other day were
words about the death of Saddam Hussien and Gerald Ford.

In my email was news that we would hold a vigil to morn the
3000th American death in Iraq. I took pictures at the event:

http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/MVVP/3000Dead/index.html

I wish I had better news to share, but I've been dealing with
a nasty cold and haven't come up with anything...

-- 
Tian
Happy New Year!
http://tian.greens.org



From fredd at freeshell.org  Wed Jan  3 17:51:36 2007
From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault)
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:51:36 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [ValleyForward] John Dean re:
 Congressional Oversight 'war coming' with BushCo/CheneyCo]]
Message-ID: <459C5DA8.4070703@freeshell.org>





-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Fwd: Re: [ValleyForward] John Dean re: Congressional 
Oversight 'war coming' with BushCo/CheneyCo]
Date: 	Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:05:04 -0800
From: 	Fred Duperrault <fredd at freeshell.org>
To: 	John Anderson <pjohna at rcn.com>
References: 	<459C338B.5080402 at freeshell.org> 
<B565571D-52BA-45B0-A9C8-C5A44A7DBE5F at rcn.com>



John,  I thought might be on the list, but was not sure.

Would you like to attend the GPSCC meeting tomorrow night.

If so, you can ride with me.

Fred

John Anderson wrote:

> Fred:
>     Thanks for the forwarding, but I'm on the mailing list.
>
>         - John.
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Fred Duperrault wrote:
>
>> John,  These messages are FYI.
>>
>> fred
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:    Re: [ValleyForward] John Dean re: Congressional 
>> Oversight  'war coming' with BushCo/CheneyCo
>> Date:    Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:46:27 -0800
>> From:    Fred Duperrault <fredd at freeshell.org>
>> To:    valleyforward at lists.riseup.net, JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com>
>> References:    <20070103203258.25118.qmail at web52212.mail.yahoo.com>
>>
>>
>> Drew,  Thanks for the John Dean commentary.
>>
>> What he is doing is great.
>>
>> However, no matter what Congress comes up with to expose the  secrets 
>> the
>> White House is hiding, I foresee  two years of  stonewall stalling by
>> Cheney and Bush  that will  succeed  until they are termed out.
>>
>> My humble opinion concludes that the surest route to obtaining the
>> dastardly secrets hiding within the White House and Pentagon walls is
>> through impeachment.
>>
>> If the Democrats side step impeachment, they will be undermining the
>> Constitution by complicity with the Republicans and by thumbing their
>> noses at the principle of checks and balances.
>>
>> There has been much ballyhooing about President Ford  "healing the
>> nation" with his  pardoning of Nixon.  It is one of the  media's  and 
>> the
>> power brokers' ways of "shaming"  the Dems into avoiding the demand  for
>> accountability.
>>
>> An Impeachment Movement is the people's best tool to pressure Congress
>> into upholding the the Constitution and to ending the growing  
>> tendencies
>> toward a fascist state.
>>
>> I also think that an Impeachment Movement would help, not hinder, the
>> movement to "Get Out of Iraq."
>>
>> Will the Green Party of Santa Clara and California take the  impeachment
>> campaign beyond it's resolution that was delivered to Rep. Anna Eshoo?
>> Or does it have more important priorities?
>>
>> Fred D.
>>
>>
>>
>> JamBoi wrote:
>>
>> >http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20061229.html
>> >What Should Congressional Democrats Do, When the Bush Administration
>> >Stonewalls Their Efforts To Undertake Oversight?:
>> >Part Two in a Three-Part Series
>> >By JOHN W. DEAN
>> >----
>> >Friday, Dec. 29, 2006
>> >
>> >"We see a war coming on Capitol Hill," a well-connected Republican
>> >attorney based in Washington recently told me, as I reported in my  
>> last
>> >column on the subject. The clash is not surprising, because Vice
>> >President Dick Cheney -- who is at the center of many of the subjects
>> >the Democratic Congress will be investigating -- is strongly  
>> opposed to
>> >Congress's inquiring into these areas. He believes the power of the
>> >presidency is at stake. Accordingly, as I noted earlier, he has  
>> made it
>> >quite clear that he is not going to cooperate with these
>> >investigations.
>> >
>> >Before the conflict develops, it might seem helpful to go over the
>> >rules of the game -- to appreciate who is on solid ground, who is on
>> >shaky ground, and why this is the case. But as it happens, there  
>> are no
>> >rules!
>> >
>> > That is, there is simply no well-established law of the land  
>> regarding
>> >what Congress can require a president, or a vice president, to  provide
>> >them. Similarly, there is no well-settled law regarding what the
>> >president can, and cannot, withhold from Congress by citing  "executive
>> >privilege" or other rationales. Thus, while this ground has been
>> >traveled many times, it still remains essentially uncharted.
>> >
>> >Of course, there are precedents, and even U.S. Supreme Court rulings,
>> >in this area. But they have virtually no applicability when the  
>> contest
>> >involves Congress and the White House. Also, while forests have
>> >doubtless been consumed to publish copious learned treatises, essays,
>> >articles, and reports on this subject, at bottom, this is a matter  not
>> >of law, but purely of politics. There is, however, evidence regarding
>> >this matter that can be drawn from history.
>> >
>> >Allow me to elaborate - in this column, and the next - on the  legal 
>> and
>> >political situation.
>> >
>> >The Elusive Rules Regarding Congress's Access to Executive Branch
>> >Information
>> >
>> >The Constitution is silent regarding Congress's power to investigate
>> >the president, and his constitutional partner, the vice president. It
>> >is equally silent about the power of a president and vice  president to
>> >withhold information from Congress, when it is requested.
>> >
>> >Thus, the implied powers of Congress and the President, respectively,
>> >are exclusively at issue; express constitutional language offers no
>> >guide.
>> >
>> >Moreover, federal courts often cede jurisdiction in disputes between
>> >these constitutionally co-equal entities, for they involve "political
>> >questions." In the end, such disputes are most frequently resolved by
>> >political accommodation by either the Congress, or the President.
>> >
>> >"Congressional oversight is one of the most important  responsibilities
>> >of the United States Congress," the Committee on Rules of the U.S.
>> >House of Representatives states, adding that this responsibility
>> >extends to "the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal
>> >agencies, programs and policy implementation, and it provides the
>> >legislative branch with an opportunity to inspect, examine, review  and
>> >check the executive branch and its agencies." For all practical
>> >purposes, then, there is nothing that transpires within the Executive
>> >Branch that is beyond Congressional oversight.
>> >
>> >Historical Practice: Congress Seeks and Gets Wide-Ranging Information
>> >on the Executive
>> >
>> >Indeed, since the beginnings of our government, Congress has sought,
>> >and been given, information relating to every facet of executive
>> >actions.
>> >
>> >The fact that a president's actions are undertaken pursuant to his
>> >Constitutional authority, such as that granted by the
>> >Commander-in-Chief clause or the "Take Care" clause, does not  preclude
>> >Congress from examining that activity. There is almost no area of
>> >presidential activity into which Congress has not previously made
>> >inquiry. Thus, Bush and Cheney are going to be hard-pressed to  justify
>> >any refusal to cooperate with the Democratic Congress.
>> >
>> >When Congress seeks information from the Executive Branch, it  
>> typically
>> >starts with an informal request at the staff level, made of an  
>> official
>> >in one of the departments or agencies. If the request is refused, the
>> >relevant congressional staffer goes to a member of his or her
>> >committee, and requests that the member seek the information. If the
>> >member is also turned down, the request is taken to the full  
>> committee,
>> >or its chair, and a decision is made whether to issue a subpoena.
>> >
>> >Often, before the Chairman or the full committee issues a subpoena,
>> >further informal negotiations occur. There is a long-existing
>> >tradition, recognized by all three branches, that Congress and the
>> >President are expected to work through a series of negotiations and
>> >accommodations to avoid a constitutional clash. Sometimes this  process
>> >works, and the Congress narrows its requests, agrees to keep the
>> >information confidential, or obtains the information informally. When
>> >it does not work, the president must claim privilege.
>> >
>> >The Bush Administration has been reluctant to claim "executive
>> >privilege" - given the bad name Nixon gave the use of the privilege.
>> >Accordingly, the Administration has on several occasions claimed a
>> >"deliberative privilege" - even though no such privilege exists,  
>> and it
>> >is merely another name for executive privilege.
>> >
>> >Often, Congress folds when the president invokes executive privilege,
>> >for there is no real judicial remedy (as noted above, courts tend to
>> >punt, citing the "political question" doctrine). However, a  determined
>> >Congress - or committee thereof - can prevail over a recalcitrant
>> >president (or vice president) if its members are determined and
>> >persistent.
>> >
>> >Thus, if the 110th Congress, controlled by the Democrats, fails to  get
>> >the information it needs -- and the public wants -- about the  workings
>> >of the Bush/Cheney presidency, it will not be because it does not  have
>> >the tools with which to obtain that information. Rather, it will be
>> >because it lacks the will to use those tools.
>> >
>> >Forcing Executive Compliance with Congressional Information Requests
>> >
>> >When Congress plays hardball, it gets the information it wants  from 
>> the
>> >president. The Congressional Reference Service (CRS) has prepared a
>> >complete manual on oversight, which they updated recently. In the
>> >manual, CRS has laid out all Congress needs to know to crack any
>> >stonewall Bush and Cheney may erect to block their oversight efforts.
>> >
>> >Lou Fisher, one of the authors of the CRS manual, catalogued a number
>> >of the methods available to Congress in his essay: "Congressional
>> >Access To Information: Using Legislative Will And Leverage."  
>> Drawing on
>> >historical examples, Fisher shows that Congress has a host of  
>> tools, of
>> >various size and shape and depending on the situation, to "extract
>> >information from the President."
>> >
>> >Together, the manual, the update, and Fisher's excellent article
>> >provide an adept guide to everything Congress needs to exercise
>> >meaningful oversight as to the Bush Administration - everything, that
>> >is except the intestinal fortitude required for winning this staring
>> >contest, without blinking.
>> >
>> >In my next column, I will take a specific look at some of the weapons
>> >in this awesome arsenal.
>> >
>> >___________________
>> >
>> >JamBoi
>> >Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
>> >
>> >"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
>> >http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
>> >
>> >__________________________________________________
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan  3 23:17:17 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 23:17:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: weekly vigil for impeachment
Message-ID: <20070104071717.31602.qmail@web52204.mail.yahoo.com>

--- Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: "Michael Fischetti" <drpesto at hotmail.com>

> Subject: [ValleyForward] vigil for impeachment
> 
> REMINDER
> 
> we will be at the corner of el camino and castro again this friday
> from 5:30-6:30  vigiling for the impeachment of bush and cheney
> 
> we need to do what we can to raise the issue - we should be a country
> of the rule of law
> 
> hope to see you
> 
> mike fischetti

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  4 10:51:44 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:51:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Eyewitness report from Sheehan arrest in Texas
Message-ID: <20070104185144.79290.qmail@web52215.mail.yahoo.com>

From: "Joni LeViness" <myths16 at cox.net>
To: <peace at lists.gp-us.org>
Subject: RE: [GPUS-PAX] Eyewitness report from Sheehan arrest in Texas
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:29:44 -0600
Reply-To: peace at lists.gp-us.org

Wow! Intense! We should have some spiritual counselors etc... Stationed
on a rotation basis at Camp Casey.

Cruel times!

I applaud these Patriots to place themselves continually in opposition 
to this increasingly fascist govt.!
Peace and Perseverence!,
joni 

Subject: [GPUS-PAX] Eyewitness report from Sheehan arrest in Texas

Report From Mikal Hutto of Military Families Speak Out in Texas on the
arrest of Cindy Sheehan and Friends just before the new year:

The three of us, Jon Axford with Vets for Peace, Suzette Mouchaty with 
Code Pink and myself left Houston about seven pm and drove up to Camp
Casey in Crawford, Texas.  When we arrived there were some old friends
sitting around a campfire smoking and talking, we stayed a visited
awhile then drove the five or six miles to McGregor to the motel.  No
one was there that we could see, but we were dead tired and went to
bed.

Got up the next morning at seven headed out for Camp Casey, it was a 
cold and windy day misting rain at first, but the sun came out later
and was bright.  We had to shuttle to the (First) check point out in
the middle of nowhere because they will not allow you to park your cars
along the road anywhere near there.  We all got out there were about
fifty of us total.  It seemed weird to be protesting out in the middle
of the prairie with only secret service and local law enforcement to
have for an audience.  They were waiting for us.

Usually there are only SS men there, but there were several local law
enforcement men with their squad cars lined up down the road there when

we arrived.  They already knew we were coming.  Several government
white 
vans drove through the check point and there were maybe five or six
tourists that tried to sight see and of course were told to turn around
and leave by the SS.

It was so windy several times one of our signs got away from us, 
someone had brought their little grandson with them he was about eleven
or twelve, he was the sign fetcher when one of the signs blew away he
would have to go and politely ask the law if he could fetch the signs. 
Most of the time they said yes, but a couple of times they refused to
let them get them.  I had the idea that the wind was SO strong we
should all line up and just let go of those signs they were like
missiles and would have whapped them all in the face. LOL  I wished so
much I had brought kites, we could have written stuff on them and it
would have been seen for miles.  Next time I am doing that.

Soon Gerry, Cindy's friend decided it was time to make something 
happen, Karl Risingmoore, with Vets for Peace agreed.  He and Gerry lay
down blocking the road to the "ranch" and refused to get up.

Cindy had been on the bull horn yelling "Bloody George" and various 
other things, she handed me the bull horn and went over and lay down on
the road with them.  Soon five in all were there.  They told them to
get up and of course they refused.  So they cuffed them and then they
all refused to get up so they had to carry them. It made them mad and
they got a little rough with them men.  To their credit they were
careful not to hurt the women.

They put each one of them in individual squad cars and took them off.  
All the time I was on the bull horn telling the law they were arresting
the wrong people, and alternately chanting.."what do you want? PEACE!
when do you want it?  NOW, and Tell me what Democaracy looks like?
This is what Democracy looks like!"

I also made it personal and confronted them asking them how they could 
work for a murderer and that the KNEW what he was doing was wrong.
There were several black men there, I brought up Katrina, etc etc. I 
would say..HEY I KNOW TIMES ARE HARD, but hey can't you find a better
job?  I  told them they were arresting the wrong people, they should
arrest "W". LOL

We stayed a couple of hours after they were arrested then headed to the
jail.  Normally this is a misdemeanor and you are out in two three 
hours with a ticket.  We got to the jail and I walked in and asked
about 
Cindy Sheehan, they lady went in on her computer and said, "She's not
here."
  
I was shocked, it's the McLendon County jail that is where they always 
take them, Waco is the county seat and that is where we were.  It had
been hours and it is only a thirty minute drive at MOST.  People
started calling  other local jails.  The law at the jail told us we had
to get out of the building we could not stay there.  So we go outside
in the parking lot and then a guard came out to me and said we had to
leave.  I said, "Why?"  He said that's my orders, he looked very
sheepish and he said, "I'm sorry."  I  felt he meant it.  So, I said..
"look sir, we aren't criminals we are just protesting this war, it's
our right, our friends are missing we need help. We can't just LEAVE
until we know what has happened to them."

First he said, "Well they are probably holding them in vans somewhere, 
we do that sometimes until we have them all rounded up." (like animals
right?)

I replied, "Sir it's been hours, you do not understand, please we can't
leave until we know the whereabouts of our friends."

He agreed to make some phone calls and try to find out where they were.
 
He went inside and called someone, then came out and said, "Look this
is 
going to sound really weird.  You won't understand it, but I have to
tell you anyway.  Your friends are here but not here, I do not have
their names, but they are here and it will be at least five pm before
anything happens."  (it was about one pm)  His demeanor was very
sheepish, I could tell he hated being part of it, and was apologetic
about it.

When we went back at five pm, we were told that our friends would have 
to spend the night in jail.  In essence what they did was hold them 
without booking them until they missed the Judge's last session of the
day.  I feel they did this because they had been ordered not to let
them go in case they would just return and repeat the action.

They were treated very nasty at the jail, they had to suffer delousing 
and the "anus exam".  They kept moving them around from cell to cell
and
although it was a cold day outside had the a/c on full blast so they 
were freezing the whole time.  They were served baloney sandwiches and
when nigh time came given one thin blanket to lay on the cold cement
floor.  Cindy repeatedly asked for more blankets because they were
cold.  They told them they did not have any. There was only one little
short ledge in the cell to allow one person to sit at a time, other
than that it was the floor.  They kept the a/c on full blast all night
long.

The three of us made the decision not to go home until we got them out 
of jail, as it did not seem that had proper backup, and we really had
no 
idea what would actually happen the next day as we knew we'd been lied
to, AGAIN.

To the press Local Law Enforcement claimed the reason they had to spend

the night because they had "missed" the Judge's last session of the
day.

Just another lie in a sea of lies we have all been dealing with ever 
since George Bush has taken office.

So that's the Crawford story.  LOL  I got back home to find television
broadcasting Americans "celebrating" and broadcasting the hanging of 
Saddam Hussein, then the announcement that just while we were
protesting three more soldiers had been killed.  Suzette's husband is
Syrian he says after the Adha (a muslim holy time that last three days)
is over there will be a rampage in Iraq due to the death of Saddam.

I still can't believe we killed Saddam, televised it and "celebrated"
it.  It seemed so horrible, even though I know he is a bad man and had
killed thousands, I could not help but compare his sins to George 
Bush's sins, Saddam pales beside the sins of Bush.  They should have
hung them together, if they were going to hang anyone.   Then you
would have seen some REAL celebrating.

When I was watching CNN it was so weird..an eerie feeling seeing Saddam
alive on tape and then dead.  Then another eerie feeling knowing that 
what we were watching in Iraq (people "celebrating") was propaganda and
contrived.  At one point a reporter actually said..you should tell the
audience this is NOT actually people in Iraq celebrating the hanging 
but another event in Lebanon.  LIES LIES and more LIES.

I wonder if that reporter got reprimanded for saying that, and if any 
other American even picked up on that.  I doubt many of them did. They
will actually believe that film of people dancing in the street
happened yesterday and in Iraq celebrating the death of Saddam.

This is scary.  Each day I become more and more aware of the dangers of
being a public person that disagrees with the government.  Each day I 
become more and more aware of how we are not safe anymore.  Jorges,
Suzettes husband was admonishing us, telling us how dangerous
everything we are doing is, and that it is futile.  Maybe it is.  I
said, "Jorges it is just as dangerous to walk to the grocery store
these days, you just do not realize it.  We can't roll over for it, no
matter what the dangers are, or soon they will be dragging us from our
homes putting us into camps."  For the first time last night, I felt
strongly this is true and realize more and more how we can't talk on
the phone or on here freely anymore.

How did we get to be in this place?

I can no longer control my tears - anytime I think of the dead troops I

am overcome, tears come into my eyes and my throat hurts so bad trying
to stop it.  I feel so fucking out of control.  Even typing it makes it
happen. How will I ever get through this memorial we are going to do on
Jan. 14?  I told Sherry I can't speak.  I won't be able to.  I don't
even know how I will function.  I left Suzettes's house in tears last
night overly tired and because on CNN they announced three more had
died just while I was away.

I don't understand why regular people don't feel this emotion, I 
alternate between feeling very angry at them and confused.  I guess it
doesn't matter, they don't.

(written by Mikal Hutto of Military Families Speak Out)

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From wrolley at charter.net  Thu Jan  4 11:58:36 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:58:36 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] meeting agenda Thursday Jan 4
In-Reply-To: <45995389.7020603@sbcglobal.net>
References: <45995389.7020603@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <459D5C6C.6030006@charter.net>


>This is a call for agenda items for Thursday's meeting.
>
>Thus far we have
>by-laws proposal
>new treasurer
>another county council member - must ask if willing
>MLK day activities
>
>Let's have some more.
>  
>
Here are a couple of ideas:

- what participation does SCC want to have in the development of a 
Standing General Assembly for GPCA?  There will be a meeting in San 
Mateo County this month, organized by Jo Chamberlain and Jonathan Lundell.

- If the GP-SCC wants to do anything for Earth Day, it is about time to 
start planning what that might me.

- Last year, I made a suggestion about using the idea of drinking Green 
Beer on St. Patrick's Day as a reason for a Green Party fundraiser.  Not 
just the wearin' o' the Green, but a livin' o' the Green.  Anyone want 
to take this on?

- Issues: The Santa Clara County Green Party has only one issue on it's 
web site: Bring the Troops Home NOW!!!
Is there energy for others? There are two local issues that were 
endorsed by GPSCC: OpenSpace 2006 (which lost in Nov.) and SaveBAREC 
(Bay Area Research and Extension Center).

What is the status on these local issues?  BAREC is still active... 
Warner was involved, I believe... before the elections consumed all his 
time. The Initiative from PLAN is dead for a while, but there is a 
change in the Land Use Santa Clara County Local Agencies Formantion 
Commission (LAFCO) has proposals for further changes to the processes 
for land use planning.  Do we care?



-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  4 12:14:46 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:14:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] meeting agenda Thursday Jan 4
In-Reply-To: <459D5C6C.6030006@charter.net>
Message-ID: <392800.15483.qm@web52211.mail.yahoo.com>

Excellante!  I'm thinking that we need to gather a group that really
focuses on (and by doing so helps the GPSCC focus on) local issues. 
Wes and Warner are obvious choices for such a group.  Any others
interested?  Jim S for instance?

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> >This is a call for agenda items for Thursday's meeting.
> >
> >Thus far we have
> >by-laws proposal
> >new treasurer
> >another county council member - must ask if willing
> >MLK day activities
> >
> >Let's have some more.
> >  
> >
> Here are a couple of ideas:
> 
> - what participation does SCC want to have in the development of a 
> Standing General Assembly for GPCA?  There will be a meeting in San 
> Mateo County this month, organized by Jo Chamberlain and Jonathan
> Lundell.
> 
> - If the GP-SCC wants to do anything for Earth Day, it is about time
> to 
> start planning what that might me.
> 
> - Last year, I made a suggestion about using the idea of drinking
> Green 
> Beer on St. Patrick's Day as a reason for a Green Party fundraiser. 
> Not 
> just the wearin' o' the Green, but a livin' o' the Green.  Anyone
> want 
> to take this on?
> 
> - Issues: The Santa Clara County Green Party has only one issue on
> it's 
> web site: Bring the Troops Home NOW!!!
> Is there energy for others? There are two local issues that were 
> endorsed by GPSCC: OpenSpace 2006 (which lost in Nov.) and SaveBAREC 
> (Bay Area Research and Extension Center).
> 
> What is the status on these local issues?  BAREC is still active... 
> Warner was involved, I believe... before the elections consumed all
> his 
> time. The Initiative from PLAN is dead for a while, but there is a 
> change in the Land Use Santa Clara County Local Agencies Formantion 
> Commission (LAFCO) has proposals for further changes to the processes
> 
> for land use planning.  Do we care?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Wes Rolley


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From wrolley at charter.net  Thu Jan  4 13:54:58 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:54:58 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Local Issues
Message-ID: <459D77B2.2090909@charter.net>

I have collected some material on the issues that follow on from the 
OpenSpace 2006 initiative.  They are now accessible through my personal 
blog http://www.refpub.com/Reflections/ 

If anyone thinks this is worth discussing at the meeting tomorrow, I 
suggest that they read.  The documents are short, small, pdf format.  
The larger document (the actual LAFCO staff report) is supposed to be on 
the LAFCO site, but the link is broken, so not available to the general 
public.

We supported the OpenSpace Initiative.  This is a continuation.  What do 
we do? Should someone solicit commentary from Peter Drekmeier? 

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  4 23:04:43 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 23:04:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Saturday Beach Impeach in SF event (was Fwd: Re:
	weekly Friday night vigil for impeachment)
Message-ID: <20070105070443.64516.qmail@web52215.mail.yahoo.com>

--- mikezelinski at aol.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: vigil for impeachment
> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:15:38 -0500
> From: mikezelinski at aol.com
> 
>  Hi,
>  
> I'll try to be there.
>  
> I'm thinking of going to the beach impeach event at Ocean Beach in
> San Francisco this Saturday, Jan 6 (I haven't registered yet).  Will
> be leaving early for the 10:30am meeting time.  If anyone else is
> interested and wants to carpool let me know.
>  
> for more info see:
> http://www.beachimpeach.org/
> http://beachimpeach.blogspot.com/
> 
> --Mike
> 650-988-0379
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
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> TNHarter at aol.com
> Cc: valleyforward at lists.riseup.net; wfleet2222 at yahoo.com;
> w_crofoot at hotmail.com
> Sent: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:07 PM
> Subject: vigil for impeachment
> 
> 
> REMINDER 
>  
> we will be at the corner of el camino and castro again this friday
> from 5:30-6:30 vigiling for the impeachment of bush and cheney 
>  
> we need to do what we can to raise the issue - we should be a country
> of the rule of law 
>  
> hope to see you 
>  
> mike fischetti 
>  
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From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Thu Jan  4 23:33:51 2007
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:33:51 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] overheard in news.admin.net-abuse.email
Message-ID: <E1H2jaJ-0007Zt-00@truffula>


"Why do you so want to believe that the US military is not being run by 
profoundly stupid people who are out in the area where cluelessness and 
evil merge, given the overwhelming evidence that this is the current 
reality?"

Question was why is the Naval Reserve trying
to send email from some gawd-forsaken spam hole
that everybody blocks.


Cameron




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  5 09:09:15 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:09:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Great News! Again the GPSCC Stands Up for
	Impeachment!
Message-ID: <20070105170915.5408.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com>

Fellow citizens, again we rejoice!  Last night by a 2 to 1 margin the
GPSCC again voted to reserve our representatives (Eshoo, Lofgren,
Honda, and newly elected McNerny) with the resolution we passed last
year for impeachment and to celebrate the even with a press release. 
Cameron also made the excellent point that many may not realize that
Rep. Cynthia McKinney already introduced an impeachment bill at the end
of the 2006 congressional session and that we would do well to remind
one and all that we are not breaking new ground here - its already been
done, we just need to repeat!

Below's relevant items about our resolution from off of our home web
page.

Green solidarity!

Drew

LETTER
March 24, 2006

Committee on the Judiciary
2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Member of the Committee on the Judiciary,

On March 7th, the Green Party of Santa Clara County, representing more
than 6,500 voters in the county, passed a resolution requesting
impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney,
Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Alberto Gonzalez.

It is incumbent on the House Judicial Committee to initiate the
impeachment process when such blatant violations of the United States
Constitution are carried out.

With grave concern for the future of our country,

Gerald S. Gras
Member of the County Council
Green Party of Santa Clara County


RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION OF THE GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
in defense of the Constitution of the United States demanding the
impeachment of George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney and two complicit
associates.

Whereas the Declaration of Independence declares securing "unalienable
Rights" including "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" to be
the purpose of government and

Whereas the Constitution of the United States establishes the firm
foundation for our rule of law and its Bill of Rights provides for the
precious individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all American
citizens,

Whereas, in the conduct of their offices, President George W. Bush,
Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H.
Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in violation of their
constitutional oaths to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution"
and to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed," have committed
any or all of the following "high Crimes and Misdemeanors:"

1. WARRANTLESS SEARCHES: ordering the National Security Agency to
conduct secret warrantless searches and seizures of the private
personal communications of American citizens, without oversight by the
legislative or judicial branches of the government, in violation of the
4th Amendment of the Constitution and the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of the Congress (FISA 1978);

2. TORTURE: authorizing and permitting torture against human beings, in
violation of the Geneva Conventions (1864-1949) and the United Nations?
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (1985);

3. INDEFINITE DETENTION: depriving American citizens of their
constitutionally guaranteed rights regarding unjust imprisonment and
speedy and public trial, in violation of their rights to guaranteed
liberty and due process of law in the 5th and 6th Amendments;

4. WAR OF AGGRESSION: launching an illegal, unjust and undeclared war
against the sovereign state of Iraq, in violation of Article I, Section
8 of the Constitution and Chapters 1, 6, and 7 of the Charter of the
United Nations (1945);

5. USE OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS: authorizing the use of illegal chemical and
radioactive weapons in military campaigns, notably white phosphorous
and depleted uranium in Iraq, in violation of the United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR 1948);

6. DELIBERATE DECEPTIONS: repeatedly, consciously, and with
forethought, lying to the American people and the U.S. Congress by
providing false and deceptive rationales for an unjustified and illegal
war in Iraq, obstructing justice by destroying evidence, and covering
up the truth about the 9-11 attacks;

7. ATTACKING CIVILIANS: authorizing, ordering, and condoning direct
military attacks on civilians and civilian homes and communities,
thereby causing widespread death, maiming and destruction in Iraq, in
violation of Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
and

8. VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES: violating and unilaterally
abrogating lawful signatory treaties, such as the Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty (1972) between the United States and Russia, the Treaty
of Rome (1950) establishing the International Criminal Court and the
Geneva Conventions providing for humane treatment of combatants and
civilians, in violation of Article VI of the Constitution acknowledging
these treaties to be "the Supreme Law of the Land."

Therefore, the Green Party of Santa Clara County demands the
impeachment and consequent removal from office of the four
aforementioned officials.

Be it further resolved that the Green Party of Santa Clara County
petitions the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress to initiate
Impeachment proceedings against all four identified officials.

Be it further resolved that copies of this Resolution be sent to our
Congressional representatives.

(Adopted at the Monthly Meeting on March 7, 2006 in Sunnyvale,
California)


Text of Speech March 18, 2006

I am afraid our democracy is slipping away.
I am afraid of a regime of indefinite detentions and torture.
I am afraid of a militarism that ignores the needs of its people.
I am afraid of a mass media that is the propaganda arm of the
government.
I am afraid that our children will not be free to worship as they
please.
I am afraid of laws by polititians owned by special interests.
I am afraid of rising police power, of spying and the infiltration of
peace groups.
I am afraid of fixed elections.
I am afraid of the supression of free speach.
In sum I am afraid our democracy is morphing into fascism.
BUT I am NOT afraid to stand up with you here today to demand our
democray, our civil rights and our country back.
And I am NOT afraid to remind our government that we the people are the
power and the rulers.
And I am NOT afraid to proclaim the we who are against the war are the
majority in this country and we demand an end to this illegal, immoral
and murderous enterprise.

___________________

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Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  5 10:08:06 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:08:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Forming an inter Health Care Committee :
	OneCareNow.org & HealthCareforAll.org
Message-ID: <659718.52619.qm@web52205.mail.yahoo.com>

There was a LOT of energy at last night's meeting to get something
rolling on health care.  I will speak to the other members of the
County Council about getting a Health Care committee going.  I don't
anticipate any opposition.  Please all those who would like to serve on
this committee speak up.  Fred, Mary-Lyle and others expressed interest
last night.  

May I suggest that one of our monthly Green Talks could be to invite
somebody to speak on the subject?  Here are two wonderful resources to
that could help us get such a speaker as well as educate us for letters
to the editor and other elements of a campaign for Single Payer /
Universal Insurance  : 
     http://www.onecarenow.org/index.html 
     http://healthcareforall.org/

Green solidarity!

Drew

___________________

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http://dailyJam.blogspot.com

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From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Jan  5 14:37:35 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:37:35 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] From Agenda to Action - A California/Denmark
	Workshop on Clean Technology
Message-ID: <459ED32F.8080300@charter.net>

Browsing for something else today, I cam across the following workshop.  
It sounds interesting. Yeah, it is come on promo for industry, but maybe 
it represents a paradigm shift in thinking, from Global Warming as hoax 
to Climage Change as business opportunity.  I know my new congressman 
would like to see San Joaquin County / Stockton become the Silicon 
Valley of renewable energy technologies.  Maybe he is too late.

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/events/view;jsessionid=23F4B517E4C3A6907D4342A0DCEA7EC4?id=44547

*Start date:* January 29, 2007
*End date:* February 2, 2007
*Cost:* $75.00 per day
*Location:* Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and the greater Bay Area

>
>       From Agenda to Action - A California/Denmark Workshop on Clean
>       Technology
>
In concerted efforts to advance their clean technology industries and 
implementation, prominent decision-makers in the US and Denmark have 
declared increased collaboration "vital" to the already highly aligned 
countires. 


*The Opportunity:*

The workshop will give companies from California and Denmark the 
opportunity to explore possibilities of partnerships, venture 
capitalists the chance to review the most promising technologies, and 
researchers the space to connect to other researchers and possible 
business partners.  Silicon Valley offers the ideal innovative and 
entrepreneurial setting for the move from agenda to action.

The objective of mapping the landscape of clean technology is to inspire 
Danish companies to get involved in helping California achieve the goal 
of becoming a world leader in clean technology.

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  5 15:54:43 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:54:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Forming Health Care Action Committee &
	Coalition w/ OneCareNow.org & HealthCareforAll.org
In-Reply-To: <659718.52619.qm@web52205.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20070105235443.35693.qmail@web52204.mail.yahoo.com>

Also the gathering last night wanted to send out some letters to the
editor at the next biz meeting (which BTW is Thurs. Feb 1st - heads
up!) so the desire was for some research to be submitted to the group
to give bullet points that would help us write those letters.  This
would be a wonderful first action for this Health Care Action
Committee!  I'd be up for helping out on getting this rolling, although
I'm not sure I'd be an ongoing member.

Also it occurs to me that we can start a new tradition of using the 
6:30-7:30pm time slot before the biz meeting starts not only for having
fun catching up with each other, but for a little letter mailing party
for letters to the editor and such.

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There was a LOT of energy at last night's meeting to get something
> rolling on health care.  I will speak to the other members of the
> County Council about getting a Health Care committee going.  I don't
> anticipate any opposition.  Please all those who would like to serve
> on this committee speak up.  Fred, Mary-Lyle and others expressed
> interest last night.  
> 
> May I suggest that one of our monthly Green Talks could be to invite
> somebody to speak on the subject?  Here are two wonderful resources
> to that could help us get such a speaker as well as educate us for
> letters to the editor and other elements of a campaign for Single 
> Payer / Universal Insurance  : 
>      http://www.onecarenow.org/index.html 
>      http://healthcareforall.org/

___________________

JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  5 16:19:25 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:19:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Our bylaws say all 7 County Council seats must be
	filled ASAP!
Message-ID: <340882.48814.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>

Lo and behold, I just now discovered looking at our bylaws that its not
just a desirable thing for us to get our County Council back up to its
full seven members - its a requirement!

"Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than seven
will be filled by appointment by the remaining County Council member(s)
within 30 days of the vacancy."

So since we need to strive to "reflect the diversity of the general
population in the county", and right now we have 3 white males (Jim
Doyle, Gerry Gras and me, Drew Johnson), we especially need to look to
gender balance and ethnic balance in appointing folks to fill out our
CC.  So let's put our heads together and come up with qualified
candidates for these positions.

Here's the bylaw in context:
http://cagreens.org/sclara/bylaws.shtml

"2.2.2 The County Council is designated by the State Green Party bylaws
to consist of seven members elected at large from the county's Green
Party constituency. Additional members may be appointed by the Council.
Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than seven
will be filled by appointment by the remaining County Council member(s)
within 30 days of the vacancy. The State Green Party Coordinating
Committee and the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters shall be informed of
all appointed members within two working days of the appointment. It
shall be an objective of the Green Party of Santa Clara County that its
County Council reflect the diversity of the general population in the
county and likewise reflect Green Party values."

Green solidarity!

Drew

___________________

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Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com

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From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Jan  5 17:06:55 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:06:55 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Our bylaws say all 7 County Council seats
 must be	filled ASAP!
In-Reply-To: <340882.48814.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <340882.48814.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <459EF62F.3010702@charter.net>

Drew, a good reminder.  You should also have posted section 2.3 of the 
bylaws, especially 3.3.1 (d).

2.3 Recall / Removal / Sanction

2.3.1 A member will be automatically removed from the Council in the 
event that the member:
a) Moves out of the county; or
b) Registers with another political party; or
c) Fails to maintain an updated, accurate registration in the Green 
Party; or
d) *Fails to attend at least three out of five consecutive County 
Council meetings. *

So, you will undoubtedly find your new members in the core group that 
attends most meetings.  I was disappointed that Alex Walker moved down 
south, as I was encouraging him to run.

>Lo and behold, I just now discovered looking at our bylaws that its not just a desirable thing for us to get our County Council back up to its full seven members - its a requirement!
>
>"Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County Council member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy."
>
>So since we need to strive to "reflect the diversity of the general
>population in the county", and right now we have 3 white males (Jim
>Doyle, Gerry Gras and me, Drew Johnson), we especially need to look to gender balance and ethnic balance in appointing folks to fill out our CC.  So let's put our heads together and come up with qualified
>candidates for these positions.
>
>Here's the bylaw in context:
>http://cagreens.org/sclara/bylaws.shtml
>
>"2.2.2 The County Council is designated by the State Green Party bylaws to consist of seven members elected at large from the county's Green Party constituency. Additional members may be appointed by the Council. Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County Council member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy. The State Green Party Coordinating Committee and the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters shall be informed of all appointed members within two working days of the appointment. It shall be an objective of the Green Party of Santa Clara County that its County Council reflect the diversity of the general population in the county and likewise reflect Green Party values.
>

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Jan  5 22:00:25 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:00:25 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Stephanie Schaaf
Message-ID: <459F3AF9.2070508@charter.net>

I am looking for an email address for Stephanie Schaaf. 

Wes

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan  6 00:20:51 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 00:20:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Our bylaws say all 7 County Council seats
	must be filled ASAP!
In-Reply-To: <459EF62F.3010702@charter.net>
Message-ID: <217178.84006.qm@web52202.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey Wes,

I'm not following you.  I didn't need to quote more of the bylaws since
I wasn't talking about removing anyone, I'm talking about filling out
all seven positions.  I posted the URL so anyone is free to read the
bylaws in whole and make whatever comment they want to on their own. 
So if you're trying to make a comment I'm not following you.  Also I'm
curious why you say "you will undoubtedly find your new members". 
After all last time I checked its your county party too.

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:

> Drew, a good reminder.  You should also have posted section 2.3 of
> the 
> bylaws, especially 3.3.1 (d).
> 
> 2.3 Recall / Removal / Sanction
> 
> 2.3.1 A member will be automatically removed from the Council in the 
> event that the member:
> a) Moves out of the county; or
> b) Registers with another political party; or
> c) Fails to maintain an updated, accurate registration in the Green 
> Party; or
> d) *Fails to attend at least three out of five consecutive County 
> Council meetings. *
> 
> So, you will undoubtedly find your new members in the core group that
> 
> attends most meetings.  I was disappointed that Alex Walker moved
> down 
> south, as I was encouraging him to run.
> 
> >Lo and behold, I just now discovered looking at our bylaws that its
> not just a desirable thing for us to get our County Council back up
> to its full seven members - its a requirement!
> >
> >"Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than
> seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County Council
> member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy."
> >
> >So since we need to strive to "reflect the diversity of the general
> >population in the county", and right now we have 3 white males (Jim
> >Doyle, Gerry Gras and me, Drew Johnson), we especially need to look
> to gender balance and ethnic balance in appointing folks to fill out
> our CC.  So let's put our heads together and come up with qualified
> >candidates for these positions.
> >
> >Here's the bylaw in context:
> >http://cagreens.org/sclara/bylaws.shtml
> >
> >"2.2.2 The County Council is designated by the State Green Party
> bylaws to consist of seven members elected at large from the county's
> Green Party constituency. Additional members may be appointed by the
> Council. Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less
> than seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County
> Council member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy. The State Green Party
> Coordinating Committee and the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters shall
> be informed of all appointed members within two working days of the
> appointment. It shall be an objective of the Green Party of Santa
> Clara County that its County Council reflect the diversity of the
> general population in the county and likewise reflect Green Party
> values.
> >
> 
> -- 
> Wes Rolley		 
> 17211 Quail Court	
> Morgan Hill, CA 95037
> (408)778-3024
> 
> "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in
> and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore
> 
> 
> 


___________________

JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan  6 01:04:01 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 01:04:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Our bylaws say all 7 County Council seats
	must be filled ASAP!
In-Reply-To: <217178.84006.qm@web52202.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <245221.28764.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>

Wes, another point that you might have missed: the County Council
meeting (that the bylaw speaks of) is not the same as the monthly
business meeting.

Green solidarity!

Drew


--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Wes,
> 
> I'm not following you.  I didn't need to quote more of the bylaws
> since
> I wasn't talking about removing anyone, I'm talking about filling out
> all seven positions.  I posted the URL so anyone is free to read the
> bylaws in whole and make whatever comment they want to on their own. 
> So if you're trying to make a comment I'm not following you.  Also
> I'm
> curious why you say "you will undoubtedly find your new members". 
> After all last time I checked its your county party too.
> 
> Green solidarity!
> 
> Drew
> 
> --- Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > Drew, a good reminder.  You should also have posted section 2.3 of
> > the 
> > bylaws, especially 3.3.1 (d).
> > 
> > 2.3 Recall / Removal / Sanction
> > 
> > 2.3.1 A member will be automatically removed from the Council in
> the 
> > event that the member:
> > a) Moves out of the county; or
> > b) Registers with another political party; or
> > c) Fails to maintain an updated, accurate registration in the Green
> 
> > Party; or
> > d) *Fails to attend at least three out of five consecutive County 
> > Council meetings. *
> > 
> > So, you will undoubtedly find your new members in the core group
> that
> > 
> > attends most meetings.  I was disappointed that Alex Walker moved
> > down 
> > south, as I was encouraging him to run.
> > 
> > >Lo and behold, I just now discovered looking at our bylaws that
> its
> > not just a desirable thing for us to get our County Council back up
> > to its full seven members - its a requirement!
> > >
> > >"Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than
> > seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County Council
> > member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy."
> > >
> > >So since we need to strive to "reflect the diversity of the
> general
> > >population in the county", and right now we have 3 white males
> (Jim
> > >Doyle, Gerry Gras and me, Drew Johnson), we especially need to
> look
> > to gender balance and ethnic balance in appointing folks to fill
> out
> > our CC.  So let's put our heads together and come up with qualified
> > >candidates for these positions.
> > >
> > >Here's the bylaw in context:
> > >http://cagreens.org/sclara/bylaws.shtml
> > >
> > >"2.2.2 The County Council is designated by the State Green Party
> > bylaws to consist of seven members elected at large from the
> county's
> > Green Party constituency. Additional members may be appointed by
> the
> > Council. Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to
> less
> > than seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County
> > Council member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy. The State Green
> Party
> > Coordinating Committee and the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters
> shall
> > be informed of all appointed members within two working days of the
> > appointment. It shall be an objective of the Green Party of Santa
> > Clara County that its County Council reflect the diversity of the
> > general population in the county and likewise reflect Green Party
> > values.
> > >
> > 
> > -- 
> > Wes Rolley		 
> > 17211 Quail Court	
> > Morgan Hill, CA 95037
> > (408)778-3024
> > 
> > "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe
> in
> > and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry
> Moore
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> ___________________
> 
> JamBoi
> Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> 
> "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> 
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan  6 08:49:28 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 08:49:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Our bylaws say all 7 County Council seats
	must be filled ASAP!
Message-ID: <46973.86232.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>

Wes and all,

The more I think about it, the more I think the notion that we need to
recruit the 4 additional County Council members from the 'usual
suspects' is 180 off where we need to go.  Most all the 'usual
suspects' have already served on the CC and if anything are burnt out! 
No, we need to beat the Bushes (so to speak) by incorporating new
people.  Obviously we'll have to get anyone we nominate familiarized
and in sync and make sure they are steady and will get to the CC
meetings, but no let's not just go for the same old people.

So hear ye, hear ye, we need at least 3 female type people first, and
overall some of the additional 4 need to be people of color to
represent the demographics of the Valley and diversify our lily white
CC.  Please put your thinking caps on and speak up with nominations. 
Its your County Council we are talking about.

Organize, Energize, & Co-allies the GPSCC!

Drew

--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wes, another point that you might have missed: the County Council
> meeting (that the bylaw speaks of) is not the same as the monthly
> business meeting.
> 
> Green solidarity!
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
> --- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey Wes,
> > 
> > I'm not following you.  I didn't need to quote more of the bylaws
> > since
> > I wasn't talking about removing anyone, I'm talking about filling
> out
> > all seven positions.  I posted the URL so anyone is free to read
> the
> > bylaws in whole and make whatever comment they want to on their
> own. 
> > So if you're trying to make a comment I'm not following you.  Also
> > I'm
> > curious why you say "you will undoubtedly find your new members". 
> > After all last time I checked its your county party too.
> > 
> > Green solidarity!
> > 
> > Drew
> > 
> > --- Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Drew, a good reminder.  You should also have posted section 2.3
> of
> > > the 
> > > bylaws, especially 3.3.1 (d).
> > > 
> > > 2.3 Recall / Removal / Sanction
> > > 
> > > 2.3.1 A member will be automatically removed from the Council in
> > the 
> > > event that the member:
> > > a) Moves out of the county; or
> > > b) Registers with another political party; or
> > > c) Fails to maintain an updated, accurate registration in the
> Green
> > 
> > > Party; or
> > > d) *Fails to attend at least three out of five consecutive County
> 
> > > Council meetings. *
> > > 
> > > So, you will undoubtedly find your new members in the core group
> > that
> > > 
> > > attends most meetings.  I was disappointed that Alex Walker moved
> > > down 
> > > south, as I was encouraging him to run.
> > > 
> > > >Lo and behold, I just now discovered looking at our bylaws that
> > its
> > > not just a desirable thing for us to get our County Council back
> up
> > > to its full seven members - its a requirement!
> > > >
> > > >"Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less
> than
> > > seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County
> Council
> > > member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy."
> > > >
> > > >So since we need to strive to "reflect the diversity of the
> > general
> > > >population in the county", and right now we have 3 white males
> > (Jim
> > > >Doyle, Gerry Gras and me, Drew Johnson), we especially need to
> > look
> > > to gender balance and ethnic balance in appointing folks to fill
> > out
> > > our CC.  So let's put our heads together and come up with
> qualified
> > > >candidates for these positions.
> > > >
> > > >Here's the bylaw in context:
> > > >http://cagreens.org/sclara/bylaws.shtml
> > > >
> > > >"2.2.2 The County Council is designated by the State Green Party
> > > bylaws to consist of seven members elected at large from the
> > county's
> > > Green Party constituency. Additional members may be appointed by
> > the
> > > Council. Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to
> > less
> > > than seven will be filled by appointment by the remaining County
> > > Council member(s)within 30 days of the vacancy. The State Green
> > Party
> > > Coordinating Committee and the Santa Clara Registrar of Voters
> > shall
> > > be informed of all appointed members within two working days of
> the
> > > appointment. It shall be an objective of the Green Party of Santa
> > > Clara County that its County Council reflect the diversity of the
> > > general population in the county and likewise reflect Green Party
> > > values.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Wes Rolley		 

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From wrolley at charter.net  Sat Jan  6 10:24:16 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:24:16 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] County Council Membership
Message-ID: <459FE950.6070002@charter.net>

Drew,

I am sorry that you did not get the point.  I should have made it more 
clear.  It was simply that one has to be willing to go to meetings and 
then to do the work or you are out.

I think that it would be an informative exercise to ask those who are no 
longer on the County Council to tell you why they dropped out.  They are 
still activist in their tendencies, just not doing it through GPSCC.  
e.g. Charlotte Casey - South Bay 
Mobilization.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/01/18342888.php  
Maybe they can help figure out what GPSCC needs to don to make things 
more vital and retain good people.

Within GPCA, there is a general interpretation of the "meeting" 
requirement that says the membership of any group or committee has to 
physically "meet" in order to maintain membership status and voting 
priviledges.  For Working Groups, that has been interpreted that you 
must attend a GA to be able to vote within the group... a restriction 
that makes it impossible to take action at times. For example, I am a 
member, but would not be allowed to vote on anything until I have 
attended at least 2 meetings.

> 1.2 Only *active members* will vote in official county Green Party 
> functions, should a vote be required according to the Consensus 
> Process described in Article 6. Official functions shall be those at 
> which decisions are made in the name of the Party.
>
> 1.3 An active member shall be a person who has attended *2 out of the 
> last 5 meetings* of the official functions at which (s)he wishes to 
> vote. For example, a vote at a General meeting, a committee meeting, a 
> local meeting, etc.
>
In practice, that provision is ignored.  However, if 15 new people 
showed up at a meeting some time and voted a number of non 10 KV 
positions, I am sure that someone would try to invoke that provision. We 
have never had the problem, but the GP San Francisco has.

The only group that does not have such a provision at the GPCA level is 
the CC.  They have a sepcial provision written into the bylaws that 
their meetings can be by telecon.  No other committee or working group 
has such a provision.
__
My comment about looking to the core group (which I agree is not a good 
thing) is that these are the people who have demonstrated a  willingness 
to spend their time going to meetings, for whom the 45 min - 1 hr each 
way is worth it.  For myself, evan as much as I try to find the time to 
do, the Green Party is not the most important thing that I work at.  
(maybe 2nd or 3rd) and that travel time is an obstacle.  I find it more 
productive to work through electronic media to reach those whom I can.  
I would rather spend the time posting something relevant to cagreening 
or in trying to expand the effectiveness of the Eco-Action Committee, of 
which I am a member.

I had previously made a suggestion to make a representative of the SJS 
Campus Greens into a member of the CC, even ex-officio.  Maybe one of 
the reasons that we do not get more young people is that we don't go 
where the leaders may come from.  Actually now, Campus Greens no longer 
exists at SJSU and I have no idea why this happened.  Per the SJSU web site:

> **Environmental Club at SJSU* <http://www.sjsuenvclub.org> (formerly 
> Campus Greens at SJSU)
> * Contact Person: Amie Frisch
> Phone: (408) 887-2562
> Email: info at sjsuenvclub.org <mailto:info at sjsuenvclub.org>
> Box: 179 
>
> To promote environmental activities to raise awareness on campus.
>
Another suggestion that I have made in the past is to make a direct 
contact with the San Jose Branch of MAPA.  Since Nativo Lopez (National 
President) is a registered Green and member of the LA County Council, 
perhaps there is a fertile ground here for collaboration and possible 
recruitment of members.

> MAPA- San Jose
> Daniel Garza - President
> Tel: (408) 259-8733
> Email: danielgarza at mapa-ca.org <mailto:%20danielgarza at mapa-ca.org>

Here is an idea to increase diversity.  Scan the list of Registered 
Greens in SCC.  Take all of those with Hispanic family names and contact 
(telephone, mail) each one directly, inviting them to a Community  
meeeting, asking if they have the time to become more involved as we 
continue the focus on expanding health care to all who require it and 
other key issues.  If that works, repeat for Vietnamese, Muslims, etc.

If you look at the GPSCC web site, there are links to other 
organizations (I suggest removing the link Latino Business, Community, 
Culture & Education <http://www.muybueno.net/>because it is not longer 
pointing to anything Latino.  It is just infobayarea.com, a source for 
networking mixers, etc. ) 

One of those links is to Silicon Valley De-Bug 
<http://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/> voice of young workers, writers, 
and artists.  I would suggest that this is another un-developed 
opportunity to make a Green Message heard.  Are there any writers / 
video developers / poets / photographers who are willing to work within 
this collective environment?  If we want the effort to stay vital, we 
have to be working on vital things within the community.  Here is a 
media outlet (print and online) that we are not using and probably 
should be.






-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore

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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sat Jan  6 17:38:34 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:38:34 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] minutes, Thursday Jan 4, 2007
Message-ID: <45A04F1A.8040201@sbcglobal.net>

Green Party of Santa Clara County Minutes of January 4, 2007

Facilitator Julia Hugh Note taker Jim Doyle
Timekeeper Pam Hugh Vibes Watcher Fred Duperrault

Announcements Tian handed out flyers re blood diamonds
Jim Stauffer gave away 2007 calendars
Roy told of a beachimpeach event in San Francisco

Treasurer?s report current balance about $2000
Received a check for $100 bringing balance to about $2100

Cameron has made contact with an FPPC tech support person, has visited
The registrar of voters office and has another appointment with the
Green Party of California Treasured, Kenny Mostern. In light of these
interviews and a new law that went into effect in September 2006 it is 
likely
that we will end up with a new general state committee id number.

A proposal to change state by-laws to allow regions to replace a 
regional representative
by conducting an election was presented by Jim Stauffer was passed by 
consensus.
It is the first step. San Mateo county must do the same. Then as a 
region it will go
to the state by-laws committee and from there to a statewide plenary for 
approval.

Fred proposed that there be additional follow up on the impeachment 
issue. Namely,
that copies of the impeachment resolution passed by the Green Party of Santa
Clara County last March be hand delivered to the offices of the 
representatives
Who represent Santa Clara county districts as well as a press release.

There was an unresolved concern as to the appropriateness and efficacy 
thereof as
well as the effect on the image of the Green Party. The proposal was put 
to a vote
Which passed 6 to 3 with 1 abstention.
Specific assignments as to who would arrange those presentations were 
not made.

Future events (possible tabling)
Sunday January 7-th celebration at the Chiddren?s Discovery Museum
Monday January 15-th Martin Luther King Day, Freedom Train

Public Forums (Fora?) Friday February 16-th Impeachment
March tentatively biodiesel Drew, Julia, Mary-Lyle Fred

Awareness discussion of the November 2008 general election.
Discussion of involvement in local politics.

Next meeting Thursday February 1, 2007



From drpesto at hotmail.com  Sat Jan  6 20:35:06 2007
From: drpesto at hotmail.com (Michael Fischetti)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:35:06 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW:  County Council Membership
Message-ID: <BAY22-F1837183DC891ECB9CAF280A4BD0@phx.gbl>


drew  and  wes

i thought i would add my 2 cents

i was on the county council for 2 years -  we had regular meetings at my 
house  and i attended most of the business meetings and a fair number of our 
actions and tablings

i worked on the city council races for stephanie and for tian

i coordinated a pilot fundraising campaign and a funrdraising activity for 
the county party

at the same time with other greens in mountain view i worked with mountain 
view voices for peace on many actions and participated in a few sbm actions

i enjoyed the actions and the campaigns more than the business meetings -

i don't go to business meeting anymore but find i am just as active

i have met many very dedicated, intellignet and innovative greens whom i 
admire and consider friends

we all have different interests

as i see it  there are 2 functions to be considered  1.  running the party 
mechanism  and 2. initiating and participating in actions, events etc

both are necessary

the county council should do the former  and everyone and anyone the latter

we should have a full county council of 7 who should hold regular business 
meetings (open to anyone of course)  - there are a number of members who 
regularly attend the current business meetings and already keep the function 
of the party on tract  - they should be immediately appointed to the county 
council and that council should hold regular business meetings - frequency 
and location at their discretion -- maybe quarterly or every other month or 
monthly - and important to coordinate with state meetings so delegate can be 
prepared for the plenary

then there should be action or planning or event or speaker meetings  -- 
with specific action items attended by the county council and anyone else  
-- these should be held monthly

i have seen many many greens attend a business meeting or 2 and never get 
enthused and never return

so many greens are active in all sorts of ways  - the environment, housing, 
the war, civil liberties, the death penalty, sentencing, peak oil   ete 
etc== these greens will continue to work on the issues important to them 
within or outside of the green party  -- we need to function in a way that 
alows them to garner support and action on their issues -- the monthly 
business meeting just does not cut it


feed back welcome

mike fischetti




>
>Drew,
>
>I am sorry that you did not get the point.  I should have made it more 
>clear.  It was simply that one has to be willing to go to meetings and then 
>to do the work or you are out.
>
>I think that it would be an informative exercise to ask those who are no 
>longer on the County Council to tell you why they dropped out.  They are 
>still activist in their tendencies, just not doing it through GPSCC.  e.g. 
>Charlotte Casey - South Bay 
>Mobilization.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/01/18342888.php  
>Maybe they can help figure out what GPSCC needs to don to make things more 
>vital and retain good people.
>
>Within GPCA, there is a general interpretation of the "meeting" requirement 
>that says the membership of any group or committee has to physically "meet" 
>in order to maintain membership status and voting priviledges.  For Working 
>Groups, that has been interpreted that you must attend a GA to be able to 
>vote within the group... a restriction that makes it impossible to take 
>action at times. For example, I am a member, but would not be allowed to 
>vote on anything until I have attended at least 2 meetings.
>
>>1.2 Only *active members* will vote in official county Green Party 
>>functions, should a vote be required according to the Consensus Process 
>>described in Article 6. Official functions shall be those at which 
>>decisions are made in the name of the Party.
>>
>>1.3 An active member shall be a person who has attended *2 out of the last 
>>5 meetings* of the official functions at which (s)he wishes to vote. For 
>>example, a vote at a General meeting, a committee meeting, a local 
>>meeting, etc.
>>
>In practice, that provision is ignored.  However, if 15 new people showed 
>up at a meeting some time and voted a number of non 10 KV positions, I am 
>sure that someone would try to invoke that provision. We have never had the 
>problem, but the GP San Francisco has.
>
>The only group that does not have such a provision at the GPCA level is the 
>CC.  They have a sepcial provision written into the bylaws that their 
>meetings can be by telecon.  No other committee or working group has such a 
>provision.
>__
>My comment about looking to the core group (which I agree is not a good 
>thing) is that these are the people who have demonstrated a  willingness to 
>spend their time going to meetings, for whom the 45 min - 1 hr each way is 
>worth it.  For myself, evan as much as I try to find the time to do, the 
>Green Party is not the most important thing that I work at.  (maybe 2nd or 
>3rd) and that travel time is an obstacle.  I find it more productive to 
>work through electronic media to reach those whom I can.  I would rather 
>spend the time posting something relevant to cagreening or in trying to 
>expand the effectiveness of the Eco-Action Committee, of which I am a 
>member.
>
>I had previously made a suggestion to make a representative of the SJS 
>Campus Greens into a member of the CC, even ex-officio.  Maybe one of the 
>reasons that we do not get more young people is that we don't go where the 
>leaders may come from.  Actually now, Campus Greens no longer exists at 
>SJSU and I have no idea why this happened.  Per the SJSU web site:
>
>>**Environmental Club at SJSU* <http://www.sjsuenvclub.org> (formerly 
>>Campus Greens at SJSU)
>>* Contact Person: Amie Frisch
>>Phone: (408) 887-2562
>>Email: info at sjsuenvclub.org <mailto:info at sjsuenvclub.org>
>>Box: 179
>>
>>To promote environmental activities to raise awareness on campus.
>>
>Another suggestion that I have made in the past is to make a direct contact 
>with the San Jose Branch of MAPA.  Since Nativo Lopez (National President) 
>is a registered Green and member of the LA County Council, perhaps there is 
>a fertile ground here for collaboration and possible recruitment of 
>members.
>
>>MAPA- San Jose
>>Daniel Garza - President
>>Tel: (408) 259-8733
>>Email: danielgarza at mapa-ca.org <mailto:%20danielgarza at mapa-ca.org>
>
>Here is an idea to increase diversity.  Scan the list of Registered Greens 
>in SCC.  Take all of those with Hispanic family names and contact 
>(telephone, mail) each one directly, inviting them to a Community  
>meeeting, asking if they have the time to become more involved as we 
>continue the focus on expanding health care to all who require it and other 
>key issues.  If that works, repeat for Vietnamese, Muslims, etc.
>
>If you look at the GPSCC web site, there are links to other organizations 
>(I suggest removing the link Latino Business, Community, Culture & 
>Education <http://www.muybueno.net/>because it is not longer pointing to 
>anything Latino.  It is just infobayarea.com, a source for networking 
>mixers, etc. )
>
>One of those links is to Silicon Valley De-Bug 
><http://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/> voice of young workers, writers, and 
>artists.  I would suggest that this is another un-developed opportunity to 
>make a Green Message heard.  Are there any writers / video developers / 
>poets / photographers who are willing to work within this collective 
>environment?  If we want the effort to stay vital, we have to be working on 
>vital things within the community.  Here is a media outlet (print and 
>online) that we are not using and probably should be.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>Wes Rolley		 17211 Quail Court
>Morgan Hill, CA 95037
>(408)778-3024
>
>"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, 
>if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore
>

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From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Sat Jan  6 22:34:37 2007
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:34:37 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Jim Moreno in Arizona
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From: "anniejimy<at>ispwest<dot>com" <anniejimy<at>ispwest<dot>com>
To: mailman-owner at cagreens.org
Subject: RE: cagreens.org mailing list memberships reminder
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:47:49 -0800

Hi everyone in Santa Clara County.  I hope you all
had a good Christmas.  I have not been receiving any
material from you but I still want to keep in touch.
 Here is Arizona the Green party is not on the ballot
and it is really hard to table etc because of the
active blocking of the party by the demopublicans. 
The reason, I think, that I haven't been receiving
anything is due to the fact that our computer was
stolen and it took a couple of months to get set up
again.  If anyone has any old Green Party material
they want to get rid of we can use it here, I will
pay for the shipment. Sorry for the disjounted
message--- Jim Moreno



------- Original Message -------
>From    :
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Sent    : 1/1/2007 5:04:11 AM
To      : anniejimy<at>ispwest<dot>com
Cc      : 
Subject : RE: cagreens.org mailing list memberships
reminder

 This is a reminder, sent out once a month, about
...


From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan  6 22:48:58 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:48:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Beach Impeach - Fwd: Now, THAT was SOMETHING ELSE!
Message-ID: <533208.78870.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>


--- Brad Newsham <volunteers at volunteerforchange.org> wrote:

> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 21:57:33 -0500
> From: Brad Newsham <volunteers at volunteerforchange.org>
> To: Drew J <jamboi at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Now, THAT was SOMETHING ELSE!
> 
> YOU GUYS ROCK! Everyone who was there already knows -- it was an
> incredible, a
> unique event, with a group feeling which, if it can be replicated
> (and of course
> it can be) will change the world -- and could certainly overturn this
> administration! More about that another day... but TODAY:
> 
> I'm told by folks who know, that the single most important thing WE
> can do right
> now (before this is yesterday's news) is to forward the press release
> adn the
> links below, containing the photos, to everyone we know all over the
> world, and
> ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW TO ANYONE IN THE MEDIA, NO MATTER HOW
> INSIGNIFICANT THEIR
> POSITION MAY SEEM TO YOU. The photos are phenomenal -- and please
> tell anyone
> that they are free to use them (for free) as long as photo credit is
> given to
> JOHN MONTGOMERY, our amazing photographer.
> 
> Much more later, I'm sure, but for now, take a look at the photos at
> the links
> below, and SEND THEM TO THE WORLD, PLEASE.
> 
> Everyone thinks the single best (most "news" appropriate) is at:
> 
> http://beachimpeach.com/photos.shtml
> 
> There are plenty more great ones (I really like the ones with the
> Golden Gate
> Bridge in the background) at:
> 
> http://beachimpeach.com/photos.shtml
> 
> Media folks want a press release to go along with the photos. Please
> send them
> this:
> 
> Saturday, January 6, 2007 -- Over 1000 people gathered in Nancy
> Pelosi's
> district, on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, to spell out the message
> "Impeach!"
> 
> "Amerca is a great country," said event organizer Brad Newsham, a
> local cab
> driver. "But President Bush has betrayed our faith.  He mislead us
> into a
> disasterous war, and is trampling on our Consitution.  He has to go. 
> Now.  I
> hope Nancy Pelosi is listening today."
> 
> A majority of Americans share Newsham's sentiments.  A 2006 Zogby
> poll found
> that 52% of Americans agreed with the statement: "If President Bush
> wiretapped
> American citizens without the approval of a judge, do you agree or
> disagree that
> Congress should consider holding him accountable through
> impeachment."
> 
> FEEL FREE to forward this email as far and wide as you'd like...
> 
> Easily one of the best days of my life... THANK YOU -- You guys ROCK!
> 
> Brad Newsham
> newsham at mac.com
> 
> (and forgive me if i'm slow to answer personal emails for a while...
> there were
> a couple hundred waiting for me when i got home... the Los Angeles
> CBS 6 o'clock
> news says they're running footage and want to speak with me for three
> minutes...
> my old friend Bird from northern Idaho just called to say that on his
> local 6
> o'clock news he saw an enormous IMPEACH! deal on the beach in San
> Francisco...!
> A Chinese newspaper just called asking for permission to use the
> photos -- I
> said sure, "JUST CREDIT JOHN MONTGOMERY."
> 
> ALSO -- if anyone is going to publish any of Heidi Alletzhauser's
> photos (linked
> on website) they should get her permission first, also.
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> You received this message because you signed up to volunteer at
> 
>     Beach Impeach Project
>     Sat 01/06
>     Ocean Beach
> 
> To see event details, or to modify or cancel your sign-up, please
> visit
> 
>    http://volunteerforchange.org/go/signup/6947++6862
> 


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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan  6 22:50:39 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:50:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Beach Impeach - Fwd: Associated Press Just asked
	to use the photos
Message-ID: <96315.70638.qm@web52213.mail.yahoo.com>


--- Brad Newsham <volunteers at volunteerforchange.org> wrote:

> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:43:23 -0500
> From: Brad Newsham <volunteers at volunteerforchange.org>
> To: Drew J <jamboi at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Associated Press Just asked to use the photos
> 
> And of course I said YES, YES, YES -- it's no sure thing, but they
> may be
> everywhere tomorrow.
> 
> IF YOU forward my previous email to the media, please include the
> following at
> the top -- I'm told it's all fairly useless without this:
> 
> 1000 PEOPLE SPELL OUT "IMPEACH!" IN PELOSI'S DISTICT
> 
> CONTACT: Brad Newsham, 415/305-8294, newsham at mac.com
> 
> PHOTOS: http://beachimpeach.com/photos.shtml
> 
> Sorry for all this email -- it'll dry up shortly -- I promise...
> SHORTLY AFTER
> IMPEACHMENT! That's a joke from a guy feeling a little punchy...
> please
> forgive...
> 
> ;-)
> 
> brad
> 
> ---
> You received this message because you signed up to volunteer at
> 
>     Beach Impeach Project
>     Sat 01/06
>     Ocean Beach
> 
> To see event details, or to modify or cancel your sign-up, please
> visit
> 
>    http://volunteerforchange.org/go/signup/6947++6862
> 


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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sun Jan  7 00:37:52 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:37:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] We are already having monthly events - hello!!!
	(was Re: FW: County Council Membership)
In-Reply-To: <BAY22-F1837183DC891ECB9CAF280A4BD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <278450.28002.qm@web52210.mail.yahoo.com>

One thing I always emphasize that Mike and Wes may be unaware of
because they haven't been with me & us at general business meetings:
The GPSCC general business meeting is necessary but almost by
definition boring, boring, boring.  I think its an incredibly bad idea
to invite new people to it (with some exceptions).  Of course it needs
to be open to the public but about the last thing I'd want to do is
invite people to it as a representation of the Green Party.  So where
does that lead us?

Well I don't think the conclusion that I came to long ago and that I
see Mike is also agreeing with and that I've heard many others state: 
We need to have Green Talks and other fun, informative and productive
events that we can invite new people to.

So in case people hadn't noticed it and hadn't been to the general
business meeting check this out: Starting with October we've held an
event each month that we are holding as a fun, informative and
productive event to invite new comers to.  To wit:

October 06 - Candidate Forum
November 07 - Tian and Carol's Election Day Party
December  - Greening Our Valley Holiday Party

Upcoming 07: 
Jan 16, some form of participation in MLK day breakfast and Freedom    
 
   Train events TBS
Feb 16 - @ Fred's Clubhouse: Impeach! A talk by w/ Peter Phillips  
 (well-known speaker and Director of Project Censored and co-author of 
 the book "Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney" by 
 Dr. Dennis D. Loo, Peter Phillips  
  http://www.projectcensored.org/impeach.htm
 More on Peter Phillips:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Phillips_%28activist%29 
March (details tbd) : Biodiesel Talk w/ Bill Michael
April: TBD, but probably related to Earth Day 

Okay, so this is already happening!  Actually I'm pretty sure I've told
both of you (Mike and Wes) that this was happening already when
conversing to you, so this probably isn't news to you.  So, let's pull
together and build, build, build up this party into the party that we
all know we can have.  Please everyone again don't invite people to the
general business meeting as their first experience of the GPSCC.

Organize, Energize, Co-Allies the GPSCC!

Drew

--- Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:

SNIP

> then there should be action or planning or event or speaker meetings 
 -- with specific action items attended by the county council and
anyone else  -- these should be held monthly

i have seen many many greens attend a business meeting or 2 and never
get enthused and never return
 
so many greens are active in all sorts of ways  - the environment,
housing, the war, civil liberties, the death penalty, sentencing, peak
oil etc== these greens will continue to work on the issues important to
them within or outside of the green party  -- we need to function in a
way that alows them to garner support and action on their issues -- the
monthly business meeting just does not cut it


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From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Sun Jan  7 12:08:52 2007
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:08:52 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] We are already having monthly events -
	hello!!!
Message-ID: <E1H3eK4-0002fr-00@truffula>


For a couple of years I led monthly day hikes in the Santa Cruz
Mountains, an informal Green Party event.

I stopped doing it because I didn't have the energy to do the
promotion and carpool organizing.

We've done two kinds of day hike.  The first kind is
a stroll for an hour or two.  People try to pack it into
a day when they are doing their usual weekend errands.
It's harder to find a place where an hour on the ground
is worth the three hours of carpooling and fiddling
around, but it's accessible to a lot more people.

The second kind really takes all day.  You get going
as early as you can manage, have lunch in the woods,
get out by dinner time really hungry, and more often
than not have dinner together in the town nearest
the trailhead.  You sleep really well that night and
wake up a little sore but thoroughly refreshed, and you
get pictures worth showing your friends.  These are
a lot harder to organize because most people can't
get away from city and civic life for a whole day,
and some people really can't walk five miles or climb
a thousand feet.  You need sturdy shoes and thick socks.

I'd be glad to start doing both kinds again if I could get
someone to work with me on the organizing.

Right now is the season to be doing "peak climbs."
The air is clear and you don't get overheated.
We have Mission Peak in Fremont, Nibbs Knob in
Uvas Canyon, Sand Point Overlook in Forest of Nicene
Marks for day trips.  Amazing views from all of them.
Several good short strolls along Skyline Drive and
on the south San Francisco Bay.
February through May is the time for redwood forests
and wildflowers.  A sunny day in a forest after
several days of rain works all your senses.  You can
smell the forest floor making new soil.  You can
practically hear things growing.  Stellers jays and
butterflies follow you around and the bugs aren't bad.
Life in the sprawl is crazy-making.  These trips
will keep you sane.


Cameron




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sun Jan  7 23:46:44 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:46:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green Party of Santa Clara County Stands up
	For Impeachment!
In-Reply-To: <32a.2ab8d115.32d329e4@aol.com>
Message-ID: <865312.69711.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>

Merriam the Outreach Director of South Bay Mobilization has nicely
summarized the thinking that we have done on our planned coalitional
action of re-presenting our GPSCC impeachment resolution.

Organize, Energize, Coalize!

Drew 

--- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote:

> Drew and I have been talking about having planned demonstrations at
> each reps office at the same time they deliver the resolution.
> 
> The idea we are thinking about is to take one day and go to one reps
> office at a time.  We would put together an impeachment resolution
> demonstration group entourage that travels with the Greens who are
delivering the resolution.  
> This demonstration group will stand in front of the reps office with
> signs in support of impeachment and the resolution while the
> Greens are inside the offce delivering the resolution.  Then we all
> go to the next reps office and do it all over again, we do this all
day from one rep office to the next
 
> I've already talked to some people about this and they want to be in
> the demonstration group.
> 
> Merriam

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  8 00:06:07 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:06:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Keith Olbermann blasting Bush on national tv
Message-ID: <185916.16622.qm@web52201.mail.yahoo.com>

--- Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: "Michael Fischetti" <drpesto at hotmail.com>
> Subject: keith oberman blasting bush on national tv

> everyone should listen to this  mike fischetti
> 
> >http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010307A.shtml

--------------------------------------------------
Not only that, but everyone can take heart by going to his web site and
watching the many Special Commentaries Olbermann has been blasting away
at Bush with for months now.  

Here's his Special Comments page: 
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16270176/ .  

Here's his home page: 
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

And if you get cable, you can enjoy his Bush blasting weekday nights on
MSNBC (channel 60 for most) at 5 and 9pm.

Green solidarity!

Drew

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  8 00:56:08 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:56:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Jan 15 MLK Day Breakfast and Freedom Train
Message-ID: <84732.60220.qm@web52205.mail.yahoo.com>

At our monthly business meeting we decided instead of doing a Green
Talk in January we'd focus our Green Party energy on participating in
MLK day events and our impeachment resolution action (more info on that
to follow).  Here's the scoop on tbe two most prominent MLK Day events
in Santa Clara County.  We need to talk through whether we want to try
to table or leaflet, etc. at these events.  Please post info on any
other MLK events in SCC also!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley presents:

* Mover of Mountains Award and Scholarship Breakfast 2007 Breakfast
http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-mover-of-mountains.htm

WHEN: Jan 15, 7:30AM
WHERE: Wyndham Hotel, 1350 N. First St.
HOW MUCH: $35 per single ticket, and $350 for a table of ten.  
   online http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-tickets.htm or at the event by cash
or check.

* 22nd Annual Freedom Train 2007
http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-freedom-train-san-jose-san-francisco.htm

WHAT: especially chartered train from SJ to SF to celebrate the Martin
Luther King holiday.  All celebrants on the train will be transported
by bus from the San Francisco train station directly to the Bill Graham
Civic Auditorium for Northern California's largest MLK celebration.  
 ( see http://www.norcalmlk.org/2007/event_115.html for details)

WHEN: Monday, January 15, 2007 
WHERE: ONLY BOARDING at the San Jose Diridon, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto
train stations :
HOW MUCH:  $10 each from volunteers at these station.
SCHEDULE:
San Jose Diridon: Depart 10:00 AM
Sunnyvale: Depart 10:15 AM
Palo Alto: Depart 10:34 AM

http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-freedom-train-san-jose-san-francisco.htm

-------------

Green solidarity!

Drew


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From baalavi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  8 08:52:23 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:52:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] keith oberman blasting bush on national tv
In-Reply-To: <BAY22-F3DA1A90610CB32D3DB563A4BC0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <921084.76504.qm@web52109.mail.yahoo.com>

Nice job Keith, and thanks Mike for posting it.
   
  It would have been very appropriate for Keith to have candidated the SOB for the next sacrifice.  Just remember, Saddam was hung for having sacrificeded 148 Shiites!!!!!!!!! (of course in that case some "minor details"; -- e. g. nearly 1,000,000 Kords & Iranians WMD'ed by none other than US, and European chemicals -- were left out.  Some speculate that the US and allies feared being implicated if those charges surfaced.  Therefore the rush in hanging the bastard agent).
   
  What's W's latest "sacrifice" count?  Take your guess, then cursor below!
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  How about the Afghani Civilian, then Iraqi Civilian casualties? ...  But there is more ...
   
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Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:
  everyone should listen to this mike fischetti


>http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010307A.shtml


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From baalavi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  8 08:56:38 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:56:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] ny times excoriates bush
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-F404711ED8F7DDCDC31670FA4BC0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <747347.85872.qm@web52104.mail.yahoo.com>

For more "signs of life", please chack the following:
   
  http://www.wrmea.com/archives/July_Aug_2004/0407027.html
   
  :^

Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:
  the ny times is escalating its critisism of bush as has been evident in the 
recent past --- i worder if the dems are up to it - so far pelosi and reed 
show some signs of life mike f


>http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0107-21.htm

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From jims at greens.org  Mon Jan  8 18:44:55 2007
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:44:55 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [ProChoiceOrNoChoice] Step Out for
	Pro-Choice, Jan. 22, Los Altos]
Message-ID: <45A301A7.4634A5CC@greens.org>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ProChoiceOrNoChoice] Step Out for Pro-Choice, Jan. 22, Los Altos
   Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 09:21:25 EST
   From: JudyPurrington at aol.com
     To: ProChoiceOrNoChoice at yahoogroups.com, svchoice at yahoogroups.com

This message has been sent to you by the Pro-Choice Coalition of Santa Clara
County.

Here's a great way to celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. This is a
lunch time event, put together by the Los Altos - Mountain AAUW. Make sure
you read the entire announcement and pass it on to your friends. The
organizers want an RSVP, and there's an option to buy a bag lunch. Hope to
see you there!


Step Out for Pro-Choice!
January 22, 2007, 12 Noon to 1:30 PM

The 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Join Los Altos-Mountain View AAUW,
And the Santa Clara County Pro-Choice Community


AS WE WALK FOR CHOICE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ALTOS!

For over 15 years the local Catholic Church in Los Altos has sponsored an
anti-choice walk in Los Altos on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
This year the pro-choice majority will once again be present to walk on the
opposite side of Main Street as we advocate for a woman's right to choose.

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:

Deborah L. Rhode, Professor of Law and Founding Director, Center on Ethics,
Stanford University

Location:  Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.  Walk
will depart at 12:35 PM from the Youth Center, cross San Antonio, continue
on State St. & return to the Youth Center via Main St.

BAG LUNCH AVAILABLE; COST IS $7, Payable to LA-MV AAUW.
Registration without lunch is $1 at the door.
RSVP by 1-20; mail checks (made out to AAUW), to 35 Mayer Court, LA 94022.

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  8 23:19:17 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:19:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cameron's Monthly Hikes Proposal
In-Reply-To: <E1H3eK4-0002fr-00@truffula>
Message-ID: <20070109071917.78366.qmail@web52211.mail.yahoo.com>

Awesome Cameron!  As we start upgrading our web site we could start by
giving a page devoted to this.  Eventually we could do something more
elaborate and interactive.  So would you like to schedule your first
date/location?

Cameron wrote:
"Life in the sprawl is crazy-making.  These trips
will keep you sane."

So true. :-)

Organize, energize, Coalize!

Drew

--- "Cameron L. Spitzer" <cls at truffula.sj.ca.us> wrote:
For a couple of years I led monthly day hikes in the Santa Cruz
Mountains, an informal Green Party event.

I stopped doing it because I didn't have the energy to do the
promotion and carpool organizing.

We've done two kinds of day hike.  The first kind is
a stroll for an hour or two.  People try to pack it into
a day when they are doing their usual weekend errands.
It's harder to find a place where an hour on the ground
is worth the three hours of carpooling and fiddling
around, but it's accessible to a lot more people.

The second kind really takes all day.  You get going
as early as you can manage, have lunch in the woods,
get out by dinner time really hungry, and more often
than not have dinner together in the town nearest
the trailhead.  You sleep really well that night and
wake up a little sore but thoroughly refreshed, and you
get pictures worth showing your friends.  These are
a lot harder to organize because most people can't
get away from city and civic life for a whole day,
and some people really can't walk five miles or climb
a thousand feet.  You need sturdy shoes and thick socks.

I'd be glad to start doing both kinds again if I could get
someone to work with me on the organizing.

Right now is the season to be doing "peak climbs."
The air is clear and you don't get overheated.
We have Mission Peak in Fremont, Nibbs Knob in
Uvas Canyon, Sand Point Overlook in Forest of Nicene
Marks for day trips.  Amazing views from all of them.
Several good short strolls along Skyline Drive and
on the south San Francisco Bay.
February through May is the time for redwood forests
and wildflowers.  A sunny day in a forest after
several days of rain works all your senses.  You can
smell the forest floor making new soil.  You can
practically hear things growing.  Stellers jays and
butterflies follow you around and the bugs aren't bad.
Life in the sprawl is crazy-making.  These trips
will keep you sane.


Cameron

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From tnharter at ispwest.com  Tue Jan  9 01:55:56 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:55:56 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: A Genuine Hollywood State]
Message-ID: <45A366AC.1070608@ispwest.com>

Please visit the following URL to get that
"I'm stepping into a cartoon" feeling...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	A Genuine Hollywood State
Date: 	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 03:03:19 EST
From: 	DontBeFuelish at aol.com
To: 	Everybody! please forward...


http://members.aol.com/tianharter

-- 
Tian
Latest picture: IMPEACH! with me in it.
http://tian.greens.org



From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Jan  9 08:36:03 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:36:03 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] MLK Tribute
Message-ID: <45A3C473.7010102@charter.net>

It is not a leaflet / tabling opportunity, but I would call attention to 
the MLK tribute being put on by the Oakland East Bay Symphony.   It 
involves the West Coast Premier of Black Suit Blues by Nolan Gasser.

http://www.oebs.org/page/jan.html

Are there any local (South Bay) performance tributes that you know of?

wes

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  9 09:10:44 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:10:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Peter Camejo diagnosed w/ Cancer
Message-ID: <217222.17243.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>

Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:44:32 -0800
From: civillib at cwnet.com
Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] NEWS ADVISORY: Former Green Party
	gubernatorial candidate diagnosed with cancer

PLEASE FORWARD


PRESS RELEASE FROM CAMEJO GROUP 



January 8, 2007 


Peter Miguel Camejo, who was the Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate in
2002, 2003 and 2006 and was the Vice Presidential Candidate with Ralph
Nader in 2004, has been diagnosed with cancer. 

The cancer was caught at an early stage and is considered treatable.

Mr. Camejo currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of
Progressive Asset Management Inc. He has been recently elected to serve
on the Board of Directors of Earth Share the Federation of more than
400
environmental organizations, where he is working on a special program
to
promote solar energy. 

For any further information, please contact Cathy Cartier Office
Manager of the Camejo Group (510-587-0800). 

-end- 

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From tnharter at ispwest.com  Tue Jan  9 23:24:33 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:24:33 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] MLK Tribute
References: 45A3C473.7010102@charter.net
Message-ID: <45A494B1.3000406@ispwest.com>

Wes Rolley wrote:

>It is not a leaflet / tabling opportunity, but I would call attention to 
>the MLK tribute being put on by the Oakland East Bay Symphony.   It 
>involves the West Coast Premier of Black Suit Blues by Nolan Gasser.
>
>http://www.oebs.org/page/jan.html
>
>Are there any local (South Bay) performance tributes that you know of?
>
>wes
>
>  
>
Saturday Jan 13th, 7:30 PM at the First Baptist Church in
(305 N. California [at Bryant, AKA "the bike blvd."]) Palo Alto,
there is a "Martin Luther King! birthday community Sing! along."

-- 
Tian
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jan 10 16:32:00 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:32:00 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] right to life march
Message-ID: <45A58580.1070104@sbcglobal.net>

Saturday January 20, 2007
Third annual right to life walk in San Francisco.
Starts at Justin Herman Plaza at noon.
Lasts at most two hours.



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jan 10 17:05:31 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:05:31 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] MLK events
Message-ID: <45A58D5B.5090009@sbcglobal.net>

1)

*Saturday, January 13*

*Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Celebration ? San **Jos?*

*3 ? 5 p.m.
Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock Branch Library
3090 Alum Rock Ave. - Community Room
*

Celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a movie and 
birthday party!

3 p.m. Movie and popcorn
4:30 p.m. MLK birthday cake and craft

Alum Rock presents the movie Selma, Lord, Selma, the exciting true story 
of a young Alabama girl who was inspired by King to fight against 
prejudice. The movie is appropriate for ages 7+. Younger children are 
welcome to join us at 4:30 for cake. This is a free event.

For more info: (408) 808-3090


2)

*Saturday, January 13*

*King Sing! ? Palo Alto
*Martin Luther King Community Sing-Along

*7:30 pm
Fellowship Hall
First Baptist Church
305 N. California (at Bryant)*

Bring your voices, good cheer and kids to our 7th annual tribute to 
Martin Luther King as we mark the birthday of this remarkable man with 
our popular Community Sing Along.

We'll be led once again by Folk This! (folk music with attitude) and 
their many friends.

Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
ppjc at peaceandjustice.org <mailto:ppjc at peaceandjustice.org>


3)

*Tuesday, January 16*

*Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Celebration ? San **Jos?*

*3 ? 4 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando St. - 3rd Floor*

We will sing Happy Birthday and eat cake following brief statements by 
library and City of San Jose dignitaries. For more information, please 
contact Jeff Paul at (408) 808-2636.




From baalavi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 11 21:48:37 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:48:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Interview with Ted Koppel
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Have a few minutes?
   
  Click on this & watch the interview (if you haven't seen it already).  Ted says it like it is:
   
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7yq_K_ZVxk&mode=related&search=
   
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From alexcathy at aol.com  Fri Jan 12 12:15:48 2007
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:15:48 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tom Lantos of San Mateo
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Dear Green Friends,
 
California Congressman Tom Lantos of San Mateo (on the peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose), was the one and only bona fide war hawk in the Bay Area congressional delegation.  
 
During the run-up to the war, the Peninsula Peace & Justice Center organized a sit-in at Tom Lantos? office in San Mateo.  Several people were arrested.  
 
Down on the street Paul George, PPJC director, asked me: ?Hey Alex!  Wanna do some mild civil disobedience?  Let?s just walk in front of the police cars while they are trying to take people away.? 
 
(I think Tian was there that day)  
 
So we did.  Paul George strolled in front of the police car on the right and starting walking s-l-o-w-l-y from right to left.  The officer yelled ?Get out of the way! Move on!  Move on!?  
 
Just before Paul moved off to the left, I walked in front on the right side walking s-l-o-w-l-y from right to left.  Several of us did this for several minutes.  When they finally threatened to arrest us, we quit.  But then another group started doing it.   
 
*  *  * 
 
In the ensuring years, many people have applied heckling, cajolery, and gentle pursuasion to get Tom to rejoin the reality-based community.  This includes some brave souls who ran against him for Congress on the Green Party line.  
 
 
*  *  * 
 
Today, Tom Lantos is the new Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Yesterday, I saw this exchange on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: 
 
 
Posted from the Web Site of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june07/reaction_01-11.html
 
TRANSCRIPT: SECRETARY RICE APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE
 
KWAME HOLMAN: As for Secretary Rice, she also was on the other side of the Capitol by mid-afternoon, appearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Tom Lantos, Democrat of California, is its new chairman.
 
REP. TOM LANTOS (D), California: What the American people are looking for is a responsible plan for de-escalation and not escalation. The president last night provided a plan of escalation.
 
.  .  . 
 
REP. TOM LANTOS: You cannot unscramble an omelet. What is the logic behind expecting that approximately 20,000 additional troops, basically in a city, a metropolis deeply divided of five million people, can really turn the corner?
 
 
It took 3 long years, 3,000 American dead, 600,000 Iraqi dead, chaos in Iraq and Lebanon and coming soon to Syria and Iran, but I guess this congressman is finally gonna start earning his pay as the people's  representative of the voters of Northern California.   
 
 
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From jgshurt69 at aol.com  Fri Jan 12 13:12:10 2007
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:12:10 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tom Lantos of San Mateo;
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I would like to suggest that Tom Lantos is ONLY POSTURING and APPEARING to oppose
escalation of the war. I believe that Lantos, like many others, probably sees the Iraq
debacle as a lost cause, but WATCH OUT for him advocating a WIDENING of the war to
Teheran, Damascus, and Mogadishu. If it's all about Israel, and oil, and "Radical Islam"
equating with terrorism, then let's not be fooled by Lantos APPEARING to be opposed to
the surge of insanity. And please, don't ever suggest that Tom represents ME, his
constituent, in this district.  Jeffrey in San Bruno
 
 
"The Way to do is to Be." Laozi
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: alexcathy at aol.com
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org; gplac-forum at cagreens.org
Sent: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:15 PM
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tom Lantos of San Mateo


  
Dear Green Friends,
 
California Congressman Tom Lantos of San Mateo (on the peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose), was the one and only bona fide war hawk in the Bay Area congressional delegation.  
 
During the run-up to the war, the Peninsula Peace & Justice Center organized a sit-in at Tom Lantos? office in San Mateo.  Several people were arrested.  
 
Down on the street Paul George, PPJC director, asked me: ?Hey Alex!  Wanna do some mild civil disobedience?  Let?s just walk in front of the police cars while they are trying to take people away.? 
 
(I think Tian was there that day)  
 
So we did.  Paul George strolled in front of the police car on the right and starting walking s-l-o-w-l-y from right to left.  The officer yelled ?Get out of the way! Move on!  Move on!?  
 
Just before Paul moved off to the left, I walked in front on the right side walking s-l-o-w-l-y from right to left.  Several of us did this for several minutes.  When they finally threatened to arrest us, we quit.  But then another group started doing it.   
 
*  *  * 
 
In the ensuring years, many people have applied heckling, cajolery, and gentle pursuasion to get Tom to rejoin the reality-based community.  This includes some brave souls who ran against him for Congress on the Green Party line.  
 
 
*  *  * 
 
Today, Tom Lantos is the new Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Yesterday, I saw this exchange on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: 
 
 
Posted from the Web Site of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june07/reaction_01-11.html
 
TRANSCRIPT: SECRETARY RICE APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE
 
KWAME HOLMAN: As for Secretary Rice, she also was on the other side of the Capitol by mid-afternoon, appearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Tom Lantos, Democrat of California, is its new chairman.
 
REP. TOM LANTOS (D), California: What the American people are looking for is a responsible plan for de-escalation and not escalation. The president last night provided a plan of escalation.
 
.  .  . 
 
REP. TOM LANTOS: You cannot unscramble an omelet. What is the logic behind expecting that approximately 20,000 additional troops, basically in a city, a metropolis deeply divided of five million people, can really turn the corner?
 
 
It took 3 long years, 3,000 American dead, 600,000 Iraqi dead, chaos in Iraq and Lebanon and coming soon to Syria and Iran, but I guess this congressman is finally gonna start earning his pay as the people's  representative of the voters of Northern California.   
 
 
Alex Walker 


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From tnharter at ispwest.com  Fri Jan 12 14:55:27 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:55:27 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Mountain View activists respond to Bush's speech
	on TV...
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We had two protests I took pictures of.



Click here to see what the Raging Grannies & friends did at noon:

http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/RagingGrannies/ElCaminoAndSanAntonio/index.html



Click here to see what the MVVP did after the sun went down:

http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/MVVP/BushSaysSurge/index.html



Both events got lots of supporting beeps from passing cars.

-- 
Tian
Latest change: Mtn View response to Bush speech of 1/10.
http://tian.greens.org



From alexcathy at aol.com  Fri Jan 12 16:45:33 2007
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:45:33 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] NOT in Praise of Tom Lantos
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 Oh! for heavens sakes, guys! 
 
  The point of my append was not to praise Lantos -- he's a Regular Democratic Party Hack and will be until the day he dies -- my point was to make a point we all know very well. 
 
 Progressive change does not now and never has come from the likes of Regular Democratic Party hacks. It never has and never will. It's "street heat" and radical grassroot agitation that changes the world (though, of course, the radicals never get credit for it). Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy was a Regular Democratic Party hack for twenty years, after he became Hubert Humphrey protege during the time they both set about purging the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota of all its radical elements. 
 
 Of course, today, the conventional wisdom is that the Great Eugene McCarthy was the man who sparked the anti Vietnam War movement. Not to take anything away from McCarthy -- he was great -- but the "spark" for the anti-Vietnam war movement came from a very different place. 
 
 No, I am absolutely, positively, NOT praising Tom Lantos. I am giving a pat on the back to people like Pat Gray who had the guts to challenge his sorry ass. 
 
 
 Alex Walker  
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From alexcathy at aol.com  Sat Jan 13 08:46:00 2007
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:46:00 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] One More Thing About Lantos
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 One more thing about Lantos and I'll drop this thread. 
 
 A couple of contributors to the South Bay Green list interpreted my append as praise for Tom Lantos. 
 
 Nothing could be further from the truth, so please do not misunderstand me. I purpose was NOT to praise Lantos, that world-class Democratic Party hack, but to give a pat on the back to people like San Mateo County Green Party leader, Pat Gray, who had courageously been challenging Lantos for more than four years. 
 
 PARADOX: AS WAR BECOMES MORE UNPOPULAR, ATTACKS ON THE ANTI-WAR LEFT ESCALATES
 
 
 I am not a big fan of Todd Gitlin, but the old 1960s SDS guys made an observation about two years ago which, I think, is relevant. 
 
 Gitlin recalled that support for the Vietnam War dropped precipitously after 1970. The funny thing was that even as the war become more and more unpopular and more and more people were asking the same question as the John Kerry: "How do you ask someone to be the last man to die for a mistake?" the anti-war movement became less and less popular, too. 
 
 Notice how, to this day, being tagged as a "McGovern Democrat" is an insult. Also notice how, to this day, almost every mainstream depiction of the anti-Vietnam War "peacenik" is a negative stereotype: unkempt bearded "nerdy" guys and bellicose not well-dressed and not "pretty" (but nonetheless implicitly promiscuous) gals. 
 
 Gitlin predicted, I think correctly, that as Mr. Bush's War became more and more unpopular, that we'd see more and more attacks on the anti-war left. Put it down to psychology -- some weird cognitive dissonance -- nobody is going to say "Yeah, you Greens and 'Lefties' were right to protest Bush's lies and we were cowards and suckers." 
 
 I saw a poll recently that reported Bush's support WITHIN THE MILITARY has dropped way down. Another poll shows that 70% of southerners opposed to so-called surge and about 80% of American generally. 
 
 And yet ...
 
 Six years after Bush - Gore - Nader, the general hostility for Greens seems not to have diminished one bit. 
 
 Lately, I've been doing some blogging on The Daily Kos and it's really weird. On the one hand, those "netizens" literally hate Bush and his crew. I mean, they have even posted gratuitously mean and nasty stuff over there about Mary Cheney's pregnancy. 
 
 They also hate Joe Lieberman (rightly in my opinion), as the world's greatest rat fink.
 
 And yet ...
 
 They still have this hostility toward anybody they perceive as being "To the Left" of regular liberal Democrats and a near hatred of the Greens, in particular. It is the most infuriating thing. In effect, they say we must be loyal to the Liebermans of the world even if they are rat finks. Why? Because they're Democrats! 
 
 BEING "GREEN" IS SUDDENLY RESPECTABLE 
 
 Also, have you noticed lately how that word "Green" has suddenly become super respectable? It is truly Kafkaesque. Almost every day I read some commentary about the need for "Green living" and "Green values" and "Green industry." They say Arnold Schwarzeneggar is gonna be a "Green governor." Thomas Friedman's latest project is gushing "Green Globalization." But they still conform to the totalitarian "party line" that you are never, ever supposed to say anything about the actual Green Party that does not invoke stereotypical images of... well... something like freaky "peaceniks." And while Friedman gushes being "Green" on a global scale he never notices that in the U.S. only ONE political party has that specific kiund of global orientation, namely the Green Party. 
  
 DEMOCRATS: "WE WON! WE WON! NOW, LET'S DUMP ON THE BLACKS"
 
 As a Green Party man who also happens to be African-American, I am particularly annoyed by the unmistakable tendency of these creepy Democrats to take that huge black Democratic vote totally for granted. Ninety percent of African-American big-city voters throw away their votes on corrupt and incompetent Democratic Party hacks. And then right after every election the "smart liberals" immediately start mouthing off about how "what Democrats need to do" is go suck-up (yet again) to southern white conservative voters! It's ridiculous! They are NEVER going to get those voters back. In some places the Democratic vote among southern whites has dropped below twenty percent. And if they do put somebody like Barack Obama on the ticket in 2008, mark my words, it will go even lower. 
 
 Some of the best progressive Democrats in Congress happen to be members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Notice how those guys get almost no credit fro ou "liberal" leaders. Joe Klein, bullshit "liberal" for Time Magazine, actually wrote that John Conyers and Charles Rangel were "an embarrassment" for the Democrats and that Nancy Pelosi should be commended for, in effect, keeping Conyers in his place on impeachment. I'm no big fan of Alcee Hastings of Florida, but he WAS just about the only member of the House Intelligence Committee who actually did his job and questioned Bush's lying intelligence. So, what was Hastings' reward? Being trashed by nearly everybody, including by the "netroots" who are supposed to be the anti-war avant garde. 
 
 CONTEMPT FOR THE "LEFT" AND CHEERS FOR THE "MODERATES"
 
 If you have been following the blogosphere in recent weeks, there has been a lot of talk about an alliance between the anti-war Democrats and the so-called libertarian Republicans. On the Daily Kos, where no good word is every written about that hated Greens, and where there is open contempt for millions of loyal Democratic voters who are people of color, there are shouts of hosanna! and hallelujah! every time some white Republican conservative rat jumps Bush's sinking ship. 
 
 If nothing else, all this demonstrates the lack of character and lack of intellectual honesty of the Democrats. 
 I concluded about ten years ago that while I agree with most of those guys on most issues and while I can work IN COALITION with them on matters of mutual interest, I DO NOT want to be one of them. In this life grown-up women and men respect people and associate with people who respect and want to be associated with them. 
 
 The struggle between Greens and Democrats will continue.
 
 
 Alex Walker 
  
 
  
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From baalavi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan 13 08:53:55 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:53:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] January 10 -- A day in history
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Just received the following.  Amazing, just amazing; we'll never learn.
   
  Click the link for the original, or read the entire passage as repeated below.
   
  ba
  =======================================
  > http://democracyrising.us/content/view/719/164/ 
> 
> 
> What happened on January 10, 1967.
> 
> The big news story that night? President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address.  The topic that dominated all others: Vietnam.
> 
> I'm going to guide you to some excerpts of that address -- exactly 40 years ago tonight. See how it compares to some of the excerpts from President Bush's speech that were just released minutes ago:
> 
> LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a
> larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and
> taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some
> authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them
> later.
> 
> GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Tonight in Iraq, the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in a
> struggle that will determine the direction of the global war on terror * and our safety here at home.
> The new strategy I outline tonight will change America's course in Iraq, and help us succeed in the
> fight against terror.
> 
> LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: I wish I could report to you that the conflict is almost over. This I cannot
> do. We face more cost, more loss, and more agony. For the end is not yet. I cannot promise you that
> it will come this year--or come next year. Our adversary still believes, I think, tonight, that he
> can go on fighting longer than we can, and longer than we and our allies will be prepared to stand
> up and resist.
> 
> GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Our past efforts to secure Baghdad failed for two principal reasons: There
> were not enough Iraqi and American troops to secure neighborhoods that had been cleared of terrorists
> and insurgents. And there were too many restrictions on the troops we did have.
> 
> LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: Our South Vietnamese allies are also being tested tonight. Because they must
> provide real security to the people living in the countryside. And this means reducing the
> terrorism and the armed attacks which kidnaped and killed 26,900 civilians in the last 32 months, to
> levels where they can be successfully controlled by the regular South Vietnamese security forces. It
> means bringing to the villagers an effective civilian government that they can respect, and that
> they can rely upon and that they can participate in, and that they can have a personal stake in. We
> hope that government is now beginning to emerge.
> 
> GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Only the Iraqis can end the sectarian violence and secure their people. And
> their government has put forward an aggressive plan to do it.
> 
> LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: This forward movement is rooted in the ambitions and the interests of Asian
> nations themselves. It was precisely this movement that we hoped to accelerate when I spoke at Johns
> Hopkins in Baltimore in April 1965, and I pledged "a much more massive effort to improve the life
> of man" in that part of the world, in the hope that we could take some of the funds that we were
> spending on bullets and bombs and spend it on schools and production.
> 
> GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: A successful strategy for Iraq goes beyond military operations. Ordinary Iraqi
> citizens must see that military operations are accompanied by visible improvements in their
> neighborhoods and communities. So America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has
> announced.
> 
> LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: We have chosen to fight a limited war in Vietnam in an attempt to prevent a
> larger war--a war almost certain to follow, I believe, if the Communists succeed in overrunning and
> taking over South Vietnam by aggression and by force. I believe, and I am supported by some
> authority, that if they are not checked now the world can expect to pay a greater price to check them
> later.
> 
> GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: The challenge playing out across the broader Middle East is more than a
> military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of our time*In the long run, the most
> realistic way to protect the American people is to provide a hopeful alternative to the hateful ideology
> of the enemy * by advancing liberty across a troubled region.
> 
> LBJ, Jan. 10, 1967: A time of testing--yes. And a time of transition. The transition is sometimes
> slow; sometimes unpopular; almost always very painful; and often quite dangerous. But we have
> lived with danger for a long time before, and we shall live with it for a long time yet to come. We
> know that "man is born unto trouble." We also know that this Nation was not forged and did not
> survive and grow and prosper without a great deal of sacrifice from a great many men.
> 
> GWB, Jan. 10, 2007: Victory will not look like the ones our fathers and grandfathers achieved.
> There will be no surrender ceremony on the deck of a battleship*A democratic Iraq will not be
> perfect. But it will be a country that fights terrorists instead of harboring them * and it will help
> bring a future of peace and security for our children and grandchildren.
> Not much to add here -- the words of Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush pretty much speak for
> themselves.
> 
> Two things, though. First of all, only 7,917 American troop had died in Vietnam through the end of
> 1966, or ten days before Johnson's speech. From the beginning of 1967 though the end of the war,
> an addition 50,285 -- more than six times as many -- Americans would lose their lives.
> Also, and we're not endorsing this action by any means, then or now, but it is interesting to note
> that in that 1967 SOTU, LBJ also called for a 6 percent surcharge on personal and corporate income
> taxes to pay for the cost of the war. That's a level of responsibility -- and yes, sacrifice --
> for war that our current president is unwilling to take.
> 


 
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From patgray.green at sbcglobal.net  Fri Jan 12 15:23:11 2007
From: patgray.green at sbcglobal.net (Pat Gray)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:23:11 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [gpsmc-d]  Tom Lantos of San Mateo;
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Jeffrey is right about Lantos.  He has never been against any war.  You can expect him to be urging the United States to go against Iran on behalf of Israel any day now.  
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 14 22:41:49 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:41:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Today MLK Day Breakfast and Freedom Train & Other
	MLK Events
Message-ID: <20070115064149.70089.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com>

Well I missed out Saturday on the King Sing along & Birthday party, but
I'm definitely going to the Freedom Train.   Last year on the train I
met persuaded Neil Penn to join the Green Party and Tian took the train
also and collected signatures for his Senate run.  So I can definitely
recommend the event for fun and for Green activism.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley presents:

* 1) Mover of Mountains Award and Scholarship Breakfast 2007 Breakfast
http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-mover-of-mountains.htm

WHEN: Jan 15, 7:30AM
WHERE: Wyndham Hotel, 1350 N. First St.
HOW MUCH: $35 per single ticket, and $350 for a table of ten.  
   online http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-tickets.htm or at the event by cash
or check.

* 2) 22nd Annual Freedom Train 2007
http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-freedom-train-san-jose-san-francisco.htm

WHAT: especially chartered train from SJ to SF to celebrate the Martin
Luther King holiday.  All celebrants on the train will be transported
by bus from the San Francisco train station directly to the Bill Graham
Civic Auditorium for Northern California's largest MLK celebration.  
 ( see http://www.norcalmlk.org/2007/event_115.html for details)

WHEN: Monday, January 15, 2007 
WHERE: ONLY BOARDING at the San Jose Diridon, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto
train stations :
HOW MUCH:  $10 each from volunteers at these station.
SCHEDULE:
San Jose Diridon: Depart 10:00 AM
Sunnyvale: Depart 10:15 AM
Palo Alto: Depart 10:34 AM

http://www.mlkscv.org/mlk-freedom-train-san-jose-san-francisco.htm

* 3) Tuesday, January 16

*Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Celebration ? San **Jos?*

3 ? 4 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando St. - 3rd Floor

We will sing Happy Birthday and eat cake following brief statements by 
library and City of San Jose dignitaries. For more information, please 
contact Jeff Paul at (408) 808-2636.

* 4) January 19, 2007
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland

A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
MLK tribute being put on by the Oakland East Bay Symphony.   It 
involves the West Coast Premier of Black Suit Blues by Nolan Gasser.

http://www.oebs.org/page/jan.html

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Green solidarity!

Drew

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 15 06:28:41 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:28:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: From CodePink:: Honoring Dr. King
Message-ID: <888023.70948.qm@web52202.mail.yahoo.com>


--- CODEPINK <codepink at mail.democracyinaction.org> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 15 Jan:43:48 -0500 (EST)
> From: CODEPINK <codepink at mail.democracyinaction.org>

> Subject: Honoring Dr. King
> 
> January 15, 2007
> 
> CODEPINK Women for Peace
> 
> Martin Luther King, Jr.'s tireless work for peace and non-violence
> continues to inspire our own work. In honor of his birthday today, we
> have put together a powerful Flash movie of Dr. King speaking out
> against war (http://codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=719). His
> cautionary words are just as resonant now. We need to listen to him
> again with fresh ears, to keep his work for peace alive.
> 
> In 1966, King said "I'm still convinced there's nothing more powerful
> to dramatize a social evil than the tramp tramp of marching people."
> 
> In this last week alone, we have harnessed the power of marching
> people. We protested Guantanamo,
> (http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=171) both
> in the streets around the world, and outside the detention center
> itself (http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=1447). We
> disrupted Condoleeza Rice's testimony
> (http://www.givepeaceavote.org/article.php?id=1282). We took to the
> streets to stop Bush's plan for escalation, to stop funding war and
> bring the troops home
> (http://codepinkalert.org/userdata_display.php?modin=54). Thanks to
> all of you who added your footsteps to the powerful tramp tramp of
> marching people across the globe.
> 
> On January 27, we will be taking our tramping feet to Washington DC
> to bring the Mandate for Peace to Congress and the Bush
> administration. Won't you join us? The more people on the street, the
> more loudly our message will be heard
> (http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=182).
> 
> Forty years ago at Riverside Church, people of conscience declared
> that "a time comes when silence is betrayal." 
> 
> "We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if
> our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane
> convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his
> convictions, but we must all protest," King preached that day.
> 
> Let's make our protest on January 27 powerful enough to stop the war
> (http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=182). We
> can think of no better way to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.'s memory.
> 
> With peace and love,
> Dana, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jodie, Liz, Medea, Nancy, Patricia, Rae,
> Samantha, and Sonia


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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 15 20:17:11 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:17:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] SF Greens Table & MLK Day & More Upcoming MLK
	Events
Message-ID: <912465.60248.qm@web52210.mail.yahoo.com>

As usual the SF Greens tabled at the Civic Center today as they have
the past three years I've gone to the event.  One of the most clever
things I see them doing is they have one bold person out in front of
their table simply asking for $1 for the Green Party.  They make some
bucks that way!  They have a really nice set of buttons at their booth
and a great variety of flyers and literature.  I'll share some more
about that later... SF Greens set a great example for us and I believe
they'll be hosting the next plenary!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Celebration ? San Jos?
3 ? 4 p.m.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando St. - 3rd Floor
We will sing Happy Birthday and eat cake following brief statements by 
library and City of San Jose dignitaries. For more information, please 
contact Jeff Paul at (408) 808-2636.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
MLK tribute being put on by the Oakland East Bay Symphony.   It 
involves the West Coast Premier of Black Suit Blues by Nolan Gasser.
http://www.oebs.org/page/jan.html
Paramount Theatre of the Arts
2025 Broadway, Oakland
COST: $20.00  
For More Info:
CONTACT: Oakland East Bay Symphony
PHONE: 510-444-0801
EMAIL: admin at oebs.org
WEB: www.oebs.org

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25
7:00 PM 2007 YMCA Martin Luther King, Jr. Great Community Banquet
Rotunda Building
300 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland
COST: $150.00  
For More Info:
CONTACT: YMCA East Bay
PHONE: (510) 451-8039 ext. 777
EMAIL: oaklandevents at ymcaeastbay.org
WEB: www.ymcaeastbay.org

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 17 01:08:17 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:08:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Time to remove a dictator
Message-ID: <527035.58275.qm@web52215.mail.yahoo.com>

Time to remove a dictator

By DOUG THOMPSON / January 15, 2007
Capitol Hill Blue
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/news2/2007/01/time_to_remove.html


Enough of this pussyfooting: It's time to
impeach.

Not just Bush: Bush and Cheney. Both belong
behind bars, not just for high crimes and
misdemeanors against the Constitution of the
United States but for war crimes and murder on an
international scale. Try them in the Senate and
then ship them to the Hague to be tried as war
criminals and for the deaths of each American
soldier and Iraqi civilian in their illegal and
immoral invasion of Iraq.

But let's not stop there: Arrest Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice and former Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as co-conspirators in a
plot to destroy the Democratic Republic of the
United States of America. Add, as fellow
conspirators, every member of Congress who voted
to authorize Bush's dirty little war and who
voted for the rights-robbing USA Patriot Act the
fist time around and/or extension of that vile
law the second time.

America is a country out of control, led by a
government that doesn't listen to its people.
Bush, on national television Sunday night,
admitted he doesn't much care what the American
people think about him or his war. He's going to
do whatever he damn well pleases because he knows
no one has the power or the balls to stop him.

Sadly, he's right. Bush consolidated his power by
leveraging a shell-shocked, Republican-led
Congress after 9/11 to give him everything he
wanted. Democrats share the blame. Most of them
also voted for the war and for the USA Patriot
Act.

The Republican leadership may be gone but the
Democrats who replaced them aren't listening to
the voters who put them into power. They talk
lamely of non-binding resolutions against the
war, hearings ad infinitum and the standard
political rhetoric that has, for too long,
replaced any real leadership in the halls of
Congress.

The time has come to stop talking. The time has
come to act. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
must remove the shackles from her colleagues who
want to impeach a President who has, with the
help of Congress, overthrown the government of
this country and established - for all practical
purposes - a dictatorship that answers to no one.

If Pelosi refuses to act, then let her term as
Speaker be a short one and put the reign of the
party of the jackass into mothballs when our turn
comes again at the ballot box. The Republicans
failed and the Democrats seem destined to follow.
Let's scrap the two-party system in this country
and look elsewhere for our leaders. Perhaps a
third party or perhaps no party. The political
system in America is an outmoded, scandal-ridden,
corrupt dinosaur that no longer listens to the
will of the people or cares a rat's ass about the
nation.

Bush must go. So must Cheney. And if the Congress
won't do the job, then they must go too.

The only real questions are how and how soon? Can
Americans afford to wait until 2008 to lance the
festering boils on the body politic?

I'm not sure we can.


? Copyright 2006 by Capitol Hill Blue

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 17 02:14:02 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:14:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Rescheduling Impeachment Resolution Delivery Day,
	Taking Bus Reservations
Message-ID: <20070117101402.97322.qmail@web52207.mail.yahoo.com>

Rescheduling Impeachment Resolution Delivery Day, Taking Bus
Reservations

Regarding our delivery of the Green Party's Impeachment Resolution to
our congressional representatives:

In order to get our logistical and media act more together SBM Outreach
Director Merriam Kathleen and I realized we need to give ourselves a
bit more time so we want to pick another Wednesday.  We want your
input!  Which upcoming Wednesday would be best?  Jan 31st, Feb 7, 14,
21 or 28?  

Also we are taking $15 reservations for the bus we are planning to use
for the event which will take 35+ participants and the media people. 
Please RSVP to my address to let me know you are planning to come.

A Green pressing forward!

Drew

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 17 14:34:50 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:34:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] U.S. soldiers petition for U.S. to leave Iraq
	Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Message-ID: <207185.79187.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>


http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1169028078300620.xml&coll=2
U.S. soldiers petition for U.S. to leave Iraq Wednesday, January 17,
2007
Sabrina Eaton
Plain Dealer Bureau 
Washington -- A group of active-duty U.S. soldiers Tuesday presented
Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich and other anti-war members of
Congress with a petition urging U.S. withdrawal from 
Iraq. 

"Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price," said the
petition signed by 1,034 soldiers. Kucinich, who arrived at the end of
their Capitol Hill news conference because his flight from Cleveland
was delayed, said he would enter it into the Congressional Record. 

Marine Sgt. Liam Madden of Quantico, Va., who served in Iraq, said the
group decided to present the petition to Congress "because our brothers
are dying while politicians are squabbling." 

 Organizers of the event said Kucinich was targeted because of his
outspoken opposition to the war. The rally was also attended by
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Jim McGov ern and a rep resentative 
of Georgia Democratic Rep. John Lewis. 

Although Kucinich insisted the troops who attended were "risking their
careers to deliver this message to Congress," soldiers at the rally
said they did not fear reprisal because they have a right to free
speech. 

"I am not here wearing a uniform," said Army National Guard Sgt. Jabbar
Magruder of Los Angeles, Calif., another Iraq veteran. "I am here as a
citizen, and as a citizen soldier, I have a right to speak out against
an unjust war." 

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: 

seaton at plaind.com, 216-999-4212 

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 17 14:39:18 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:39:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Service members rally against the war in Iraq
	(Air Force Times)
Message-ID: <757558.26092.qm@web52210.mail.yahoo.com>

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/01/ntRally070115/
Service members rally against the war in Iraq

By William H. McMichael - Staff Writer
Posted : Tuesday Jan 16, 2007 16:30:11 EST
   
A small group of out-of-uniform active-duty service members, supported
by veterans and academics, gathered inside a Norfolk, Va., church on
Martin Luther King Jr. Day to hold a rally calling for the immediate
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

Speakers invoked King's message of nonviolent resistance, along with
his eventual opposition to the Vietnam War, as an example worth
following during a war many at the rally said echoes that controversial
conflict of an earlier generation - and is a war that should end now.

"It is time for U.S. troops to come home," said Marine Corps Sgt. Liam
Madden, speaking to a crowd of about 80 - not including reporters -
gathered in the sanctuary of the Unitarian-Universalist Church in
downtown Norfolk. He said active-duty troops have the right to speak
out, and he said his opposition to the war is not driven by politics.

"It's not political when people heed the call of their conscience,"
said Madden, 22, who is stationed at Quantico Marine Corps Base and who
served in Iraq with Okinawa's 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as a
communications specialist. "Not one more of my brothers should die for
a lie. This is my generation's call to conscience." The remarks drew
cheers and a standing ovation.

"We're not anti-war," said Navy Mass Communications Specialist 3rd
Class Jonathan Hutto, 29, who enlisted in 2004 and is assigned to the
Norfolk-based carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which deployed to the Persian
Gulf in 2005-06. "We're not pacifists. We're anti-Iraq war."

The group's message, he said: "There is an organized, constructive
level of dissent with the ranks on this war."

Department of Defense directives allow active-duty service members to
speak their minds - short of disrespect for their commanders or the
president - or make a "protected communication" with members of
Congress as long as, generally, they're in the United States, out of
uniform and off duty.

Madden, Hutto and the other active-duty members who came to Monday's
rally are signatories to an online petition to Congress sponsored by
Appeal for Redress, a group for active-duty, Reserve and Guard
personnel started last fall by Hutto and Madden that calls for an end
to the war and the "prompt" withdrawal of all American military forces
and bases from Iraq.

Hutto said they've gathered about 1,000 signatures, mostly from
enlisted service members and nearly half from the Army, in ranks
ranging from E-1 to O-6.

Members of the group will present the petition to Congress on Tuesday
morning on the steps of the U.S. Capitol's Cannon House Office
Building. On hand to accept the petition, group members say, will be
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who opposes the Bush administration's
planned troop surge and favors cutting off funding for the war in an
effort to halt that surge.

"Dr. King would be proud," said Tom Palumbo of the local chapter of
Veterans for Peace.

Group members say they hope other members of Congress also get the
message.

"I want Congress tomorrow to realize that they are accountable to their
citizens," Madden said. "And their service members are on the front
line."

Matt Peters is one of those. A Navy electronics technician assigned to
the Norfolk-based carrier Enterprise, Peters, feeling the call to arms
following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, enlisted in November 2001. Then,
said the now-23-year-old, "There really was no talk of invading Iraq,"
he said. "We really went in a different direction than we're in today."

A 2003 Naval Academy graduate now in the Individual Ready Reserve used
tougher words. "This administration has betrayed our armed forces,"
said Lt. j.g. Fabian Bouthillette, 26. "I actually believe that the
conduct of this administration is more detrimental to the Constitution
than anything else. 
 This was begun on an immoral, illegal basis. And
we were lied to."

Peters said he continues to willingly serve despite his misgivings over
the war. "I signed up and said I'm going to do this," said Peters, who
along with his shipmates returned from duty off Iraq and elsewhere in
November and remains on tap to quickly redeploy if the carrier is
called upon. "But I don't believe in what we're doing over there. I
still do my job. Is it something that kind of hurts to do? Yes."

"Like any job, you make some compromises," said Navy Operations
Specialist 2nd Class Dave Rogers, 34, of the frigate Hawes, also based
in Norfolk.

While polls show that many favor pulling out of Iraq - and a Jan. 11
USA Today/Gallup Poll showed that 66 percent of respondents
"moderately" or "strongly" oppose sending more troops - many also
believe an immediate rather than gradual withdrawal would cause Iraq to
collapse in sectarian violence. Upheaval would certainly follow a
withdrawal, Madden and others said, but they said Iraq would right
itself more quickly without an American occupation.

During the Vietnam War, anti-war troops had no legal protection against
expressing their views and were forced to do so through underground
newspapers, said David Cortwright, one of the day's speakers.
Cortwright is a former soldier who served in Vietnam and wrote a book
about that era's military resistance, "Soldiers in Revolt."

But while the Internet has replaced those underground papers and
service members enjoy the limited protections of DoD directives,
Cortwright said, those "in uniform" who speak out must still endure
critics who would call them unpatriotic. Or, worse, cowards.

"It's not cowardice," Cortwright said. "It's an extraordinary
expression of conviction and courage."

None of the service members questioned said they'd received any
reprisals or negative feedback from their chains of command. "I've had
no one chastise me," Madden said. "Some feel awkward around me."

Added Hutto, "They understand that we're serious, and the threat of
reprisal isn't going to stop us."

Hutto said the reactions he gets from shipmates are twofold: "One, how
do I sign up? And two, I'm not so sure I can support Appeal for Redress
(http://www.appealforredress.org/), but I support whatever you're
doing."

Hutto said he is careful to separate his anti-war work with his
assigned Navy duties. "If someone comes up to me, I say, 'Give me your
number, I'll call you in the afternoon'," he said. "I tell people,
'When you're on duty, be on duty'."

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 17 14:43:08 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:43:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "Appeal for Redress"...website for troops to sign
	leave Iraq petition
Message-ID: <531169.86230.qm@web52202.mail.yahoo.com>

Appeal for Redress...website for troops to sign petition
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:07:28 -0500

http://www.appealforredress.org/
1131 Active Duty, Reserve, and Guard personnel have now signed the
appeal!

An Appeal for Redress from the War in Iraq Many active duty, reserve,
and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and 
support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Appeal for Redress provides
a way in which individual service members can appeal to their
Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the U.S.
military occupation. The Appeal messages will be delivered to members
of Congress at the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January
2007. 

The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is
patriotic and respectful in tone. 

As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I
respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the
prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq .
Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time
for U.S. troops to come home. 

If you agree with this message, click here.(go to link)

The Appeal for Redress is sponsored by active duty service members
based in the Norfolk area and by a sponsoring committee of veterans and
military family members. The Sponsoring committee consists of Iraq
Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families
Speak Out. 

Members of the military have a legal right to communicate with their
member of Congress. To learn more about the rights and restrictions
that apply to service members click here. 

Attorneys and counselors experienced in military law are available to
help service members who need assistance in countering any attempts to
suppress this communication with members of Congress.

Click here to send the Appeal to your elected representatives. (go to
link)

Appeal for Redress
PO Box 53052
Washington, DC 20009-3052
info at appealforredress.org
Phone: 360-241-1414
Fax: 360-694-8843
? 2006. All Rights Reserved.

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From baalavi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 17 19:02:56 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:02:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] letters of demand
Message-ID: <887991.38964.qm@web52102.mail.yahoo.com>


    Mike:  I admire all of you and wish you the best.   My handwritten letter, on crude ruled paper (which is repeated below) is on its way to you.  
  Good Luck. ba
   
  ====================
  Date:  January 17, 2007
     To:  The U.S. President George W. Bush
            c/o Mountain View, CA Congressional Representatives
                  in Washington, DC
   
   
  Dear President Bush,
   
  I am a vote and taxpayer in Mountain View, California who heard your January 10, 2007 speech.
   
  Then I saw excerpts of that speech alongside anothr "Jan 10" speech by president Johnson in 1967 -- Forty years earlier when our nation was engaged in Vietnam.  The similarity between the the two was amazing.
   
  Then there have been so many contradictions in your own statements over the past six years, along with so many other false statements that leave me bewildered and speechless.
   
  However, let me refer to some of your own statements in my sincere request to withdraw our troops from Iraq immediatelyand disengage the US from any other foreigh wars.
   
     "Where mistakes were made, the responsibility rests with me ..."
   
  Does that mean you accept the responsibility for those mistakes, or by making that statement you wish to sink the responsibility and all consequences in a blackhole?
   
  Mr. President, before our troops were engaged in Iraq in 2003, your statements referred to "Yellow Cakes, WMDs, Aluminum Tubes, Mobile Biological Labs,...", all of which turned to be FALSE.
   
  Now, over 3000 of our troops -- in your own words "America's Best" are dead, and the " ...responsibility rests with you ..."?
   
  Your past statements also included: "no nation building", "no US troops under foreign control", "no door to door fighting in Bagdad".  Now you are porposing to "imbed" 20,000 of "America's Best", with Iraqi units to "go door to door in Bagdad"?  Do you see the contradiction in these statements as I do?
   
  In 2003 you stated:  "Mission Accomplished" and "Resistance was in its last throws".  Then four years later, in 2007, after many thousands of lives you are still looking forward to committing another 20,000 troops to that war?  One such as myself can not help but wonder which 20,000.  Has it not been all over the news that our "armed forces *RESERVES*" have been commissioned to additional tours of duty?  Then as if that weren't enough, "National Guards" have been sent to help?
   
  One last point:  Do you have any intention to finish the business in Iraq before engaging our nation and armed forces in Iran?
   
  Mr. President, within the past few days I heard the news that North Korea -- which overtly tested their nuclear weapon -- was in talks with "Japan, China, and South Korea "!
   
  Why were the AMericans not involved in those talks?  Have we abandoned our mission in midstream?  Why is America left out of those talks?  Why are you not interested in engaging other nations in a constructive dialog with us?  Why do you insist in engaging "America's Best" in wars that result in more death?
   
  Please stop Iraq war now and stop any further involvement of our troops in foreign wars.
   
  Respectfully,
   
  B. Alavi
  PO Box 4547
  Mountain View, CA 94040
   
   
   
  ====================

Michael Fischetti <drpesto at hotmail.com> wrote:
  thanks bob - am leaving early am thurs the 25th - so bring what you have by 
wed the 24th thanks mike


>From: Bob Alavi 
>To: Michael Fischetti 
>Subject: Re: letters of demand
>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:30:15 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hello Mike, Thanks for your efforts and this note.
>
> I will bring mine (plus whatever I may be able to collect from others) 
>to you before Fri 1/26.
>
> ba
>
>Michael Fischetti wrote:
> hi all
>
>bush has elected to escalate the war
>
>the american people are now awake
>
>our congresspersons are not as awake and need a kick from us
>
>4 of us from mountain view voices for peace are going to wash dc for a
>united for peace and justice rally on sat 1/27
>
>on monday we will be meeting with our bay area congresspersons and
>delivering a petition and hand written letters demanding action to end the
>escalation and occupation
>
>as you know hand written letters carry a lot of weight with politicos
>
>SO i am ask you all to write a letter to your congressperson - house of
>reps - and mail it to me so i can take it to washington
>
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From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:39:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] The New Energy Debates: Will the new Congress act
	to change our disastrous energy policy?
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http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Jan2007/tokar0107.html
January 2007 Volume 20 Number 1

Green Tide

The New Energy Debates
Will the new Congress act to change our disastrous energy policy? 

By Brian Tokar

One of the most pressing issues facing us all, including the new
Democratic-controlled Congress, is what to do about energy policy and
climate change. With sweeping changes in the leadership of key
congressional committees and heightened public concerns about the
consequences of disruptive climate shifts, the time appears ripe for
significant changes in U.S. policy. Environmental lobbyists in
Washington, however, are bracing themselves for only minimal steps.
California Senator Barbara Boxer, the new chair of the Environment and
Public Works Committee, is planning comprehensive hearings on climate
and energy policy?a departure from the approach of her predecessor, the
notorious right-wing climate-denier James Inhofe of Oklahoma, who
called global warming ?the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind,?
and included popular fiction writer Michael Crichton among his ?expert?
witnesses. But with many congressional Democrats beholden to
automobile, agribusiness, and other corporate interests, Capitol Hill
is ready for only  incremental changes. 

The consequences of inaction on climate have become much clearer over
the past year, from ever-more disturbing changes in the daily weather
to unprecedented droughts and floods in many locations. Al Gore?s
self-promoting, but strikingly graphic and substantive film, An
Inconvenient Truth, helped bring the issues to the forefront of popular
attention last summer and the consensus predictions of climate experts
worldwide continue to point toward impending catastrophe. 

In a particularly noteworthy New York Review of Books article last
July, NASA climate expert James Hansen reported that a
business-as-usual scenario would result in at least 5 degrees
(Fahrenheit) of global warming this century and a concomitant 80-foot
rise in world sea levels. This would be enough to flood the homes of 50
million people in the U.S. (inundating most East Coast cities), as well
as 250 million in China, 150 million in India, and 120 million?almost
the entire population?in Bangladesh. Perhaps equally disturbing, the
lines on the map that link regions of equal temperature would double
their rate of movement toward the poles from 35 to at least 70 miles
per decade. The rate of migration of plant and animal species is only
about four miles per decade. In this scenario, more than half the
earth?s living species could become extinct, leading to widespread
ecological collapse. 

In October the British government released the results of a 16-month
climate study predicting significant declines in world food production
and water shortages affecting as many as 4 billion people, along with
coastal flooding, species extinctions, and a rapid fall in the world?s
standard of living. The study, led by Britain?s chief economist Sir
Nicholas Stern, was front page news across the UK?the Independent
proclaimed ?The day that changed the climate? when the report was
released?while the New York Times relegated it to page 15. Stern and
his colleagues projected a cost of at least $7 trillion to the world?s
economy for failing to take steps within the next decade to
significantly ameliorate global warming. Per capita consumption would
fall at least 5 percent on a global average basis; in practice, the
less well-off will bear a far greater burden. On the other hand, steps
toward stabilizing the climate could save as much as $2.5 trillion per
year. 

The U.S., with only 4.6 percent of the world?s population, is now
responsible for 23.5 percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide, the
primary greenhouse gas responsible for alterations in climate. U.S.
emissions per capita are twice that of Germany and Japan, three times
France and Italy?s, and five times the world average, according to
International Energy Agency statistics. During the 1970s and early
1980s, the U.S. economy made significant strides toward more efficient
use of energy. Economic growth became decoupled from energy use and
nearly as much energy was saved every year as a result of cumulative
conservation measures and efficiency improvements as was produced by
burning oil. Since 1979, however, public investment in energy research
and development has fallen by more than half and private spending has
also declined steadily, reaching its lowest level since the early
1960s. Per capita energy consumption has increased by half. While many
European economies have struggled to meet Kyoto Protocol requirements,
stabilizing and in a few cases reducing CO2 emissions, U.S. emissions
have steadily increased. 

What Is To Be Done? 

The emerging consensus is that emissions reductions of 60 to 80 percent
are needed to forestall the worst case scenarios, and that meaningful
steps toward these emissions goals need to begin almost immediately. Is
this possible? James Hansen and other analysts have posited an
alternative scenario in which CO2 production levels off by the end of
this decade and begin to decline rapidly as new technologies kick in by
mid-century. This would slow warming to less than 2 degrees, still
insufficient to prevent massive habitat losses or the submersion of
numerous island nations, but enough to reduce the projected sea level
rise to only 15 feet or so. Some economists, however, predict a
30-to-40-year turnover time for significant capital investments on a
large scale. So the question remains: can anything be done to head off
impending disaster? 

Hansen?s confidence that this can occur draws partly on the successful
phasing out of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs), once the world learned of
these chemicals? decisive role in the thinning of the earth?s ozone
layer, as well as in furthering global heating. ?If
growth of CFCs had
continued just one more decade,? Hansen reports, ?the stratospheric
ozone layer would have been severely depleted over the entire planet
and CFCs themselves would have caused a larger greenhouse effect than
CO2.? But when voluntary measures proved ineffective in curbing the use
of CFCs, especially for refrigeration, the U.S. and Europe took the
lead in negotiating the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which completely phased
out the chemicals and promoted the rapid development of alternative
refrigerants, coatings, and propellant compounds. 

Energy guru Amory Lovins, the founder of Colorado?s Rocky Mountain
Institute, has been a leading advocate for drastically reducing energy
use since the 1970s. He believes we can rapidly lower the energy
intensity of the world?s economies and save millions in doing so. His
data suggests that the efficiency of oil use can be doubled once again,
as it was in the 1970s, mainly through changes in the transportation
sector. Ultralight vehicles and biofuels, as well as the retooling of
buildings and factories, can dramatically lower energy consumption
without requiring dramatic lifestyle changes, he argues. Lovins
proposes a mix of fees and consumer rebates designed to favor the most
efficient vehicles in each size class, along with targeted changes in
government procurement, loan guarantees, and other ?market-oriented?
measures. He suggests that a $180 billion investment over ten years can
eventually produce net savings of $70 billion per year, a significant
boon to investors. 

Energy experts interviewed by the New York Times in October proposed an
equally ambitious research agenda aimed toward major improvements in
the efficiency of solar panels, as well as batteries able to store
large quantities of energy. These areas have languished since the
?energy crisis? years of the 1970s. Battery technologies, for example,
barely changed at all from the beginning of the 20th century to the
dawn of the hybrid car era, but they are essential for storing energy
from intermittent sources like the sun and wind, capturing energy when
it is most available and releasing it when needed. 

Lovins acknowledges that such changes in technology are ?fundamentally
disruptive to current business models,? yet he insists that business be
in the lead in implementing these necessary changes. While he supports
shifts in government procurement toward more efficient technologies?and
even large-scale buyouts of people?s old gas guzzlers ?he implies that
the sum of individual business decisions will be largely sufficient to
show the way forward. However, as the history of automobile fuel
economy standards shows, industries only alter their behavior on a
large scale in a short amount of time when they are mandated to do so
and all manufacturers have to follow the same rules. 

Are Biofuels The Answer? 

Of all the possible solutions to our current energy problems, biofuels
are by far the most aggressively promoted today. Stories in all the
major newspapers and national magazines, even ads from major auto
makers, suggest that ethanol fuel and biodiesel are the keys to
conserving oil, reducing pollution, and preventing climate change. Bill
Gates, Sun Microsystems? Vinod Khosla, and other major venture
capitalists are investing hundreds of millions in new biofuel
production, whether in the form of ethanol, mainly derived from corn in
the U.S. today, or biodiesel, mainly from soybeans and canola seed.
It?s literally a ?modern day gold rush,? as described by the New York
Times, paraphrasing the chief executive of Cargill, one of the main
beneficiaries of increased subsidies to agribusiness and tax credits to
refiners for the purpose of encouraging biofuel production. 

The Times reported last summer that some 40 new ethanol plants were
then under construction in the U.S., aiming toward a 30 percent
increase in domestic production. Archer Daniels Midland, the company
that first sold the idea of corn-derived ethanol as an auto fuel to
Congress in the late 1970s, has doubled its stock price and profits
over the last two years. ADM currently controls a quarter of U.S.
ethanol fuel production and recently hired a former Chevron executive
as its CEO. 

Several well-respected analysts have raised serious concerns about this
increasing diversion of food crops toward the production of fuel for
automobiles. WorldWatch Institute founder Lester Brown, long concerned
about the sustainability of world food supplies, says that fuel
producers are already competing with food processors in the world?s
grain markets. ?Cars, not people, will claim most of the increase in
grain production this year,? reports Brown, a serious concern in a
world where the grain required to make enough ethanol to fill an SUV
tank can also feed a person for an entire year. Others have dismissed
the push for ethanol fuel as little more than the subsidized burning of
food to run automobiles. 

The biofuel rush is having a significant impact worldwide as well.
Brazil, often touted as the the most impressive biofuel success story,
is using half its annual sugarcane crop to provide 40 percent of its
auto fuel, while increasing deforestation to grow more sugarcane and
soybeans. Malaysian and Indonesian rainforests are being bulldozed for
oil palm plantations?threatening endangered orangutans, rhinos, tigers,
and countless other species?in order to serve the booming European
market for biodiesel. 

Are these reasonable tradeoffs for a troubled planet or merely another
corporate push for profits? Two recent studies aim to document the full
consequences of the new biofuel economy and realistically assess its
impact on fuel use, greenhouse gases, and agricultural lands. One
study, originating from the University of Minnesota, is moderately
hopeful in the first two areas, but offers a strong caution about land
use. The other, from Cornell University and UC Berkeley, concludes that
all domestic biofuel sources?the ones currently in use as well as those
under development?produce less energy than is consumed in growing and
processing the crops. 

The Minnesota researchers attempted a full lifecycle analysis of the
production of ethanol from corn and biodiesel from soy. They documented
the energy costs of fuel production, pesticide use, transportation, and
other key factors and also accounted for the energy equivalent of soy
and corn byproducts that are available for other uses after the fuel is
extracted. Their paper, published in the July 25, 2006 edition of the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that ethanol
production offers a modest net energy gain of 25 percent, resulting in
12 percent less greenhouse gases than an equivalent amount of gasoline.
The numbers for biodiesel are more promising, with a 93 percent net
energy gain and a 41 percent reduction in greenhouse gases. 

The researchers cautioned, however, that these figures do not account
for the significant environmental damage from increased acreages of
these crops?including the impacts of pesticides and nitrate runoff into
water supplies?or the increased demand on water, as ?energy crops? like
corn and soy displace more drought tolerant crops such as wheat in
several Midwestern states. 

The most serious impact, though, is on land use. The Minnesota research
paper reports that in 2005, 14 percent of the U.S. corn harvest was
used to produce nearly 4 billion gallons of ethanol, equivalent to 1.7
percent of current gasoline usage. About 1.5 percent of the soy harvest
produced 68 million gallons of biodiesel, equivalent to less than
one-tenth of 1 percent of gas usage. This means that if all of the
country?s corn harvest was used to make ethanol, it would displace 12
percent of our gas; all of our soybeans would displace about 6 percent
of diesel use. But if the energy used in producing these biofuels is
taken into account?the fact that 80 percent of the energy goes into
production in the case of corn ethanol and almost 50 percent in the
case of soy biodiesel?the entire soy and corn crops combined would only
satisfy less than 3 percent of current gasoline and diesel use. This is
where the serious strain on food supplies and prices originates. 

The Cornell study is even more skeptical. Released a year earlier, it
was the product of an ongoing collaboration between Cornell
agriculturalist David Pimentel and engineering professor Ted Patzek of
the University of California at Berkeley and was published in the
journal Natural Resources Research. This study found that, on balance,
making ethanol from corn requires 29 percent more fossil fuel than the
net energy produced and biodiesel from soy results in a net energy loss
of 27 percent. Other crops, touted as solutions to the apparent
diseconomy of current methods, offer even worse results. 

Switchgrass, for example, can grow on marginal land and presumably
won?t compete with food production (recall George Bush?s mumbling about
switchgrass in his 2006 State of the Union speech), but it requires 45
percent more energy to harvest and process than the energy value of the
fuel that is produced. Wood biomass requires 57 percent more energy
than it produces and sunflowers require more than twice as much energy
than is available in the fuel that is produced. ?There is just no
energy benefit to using plant biomass for liquid fuel,? said David
Pimentel in a Cornell press statement. ?These strategies are not
sustainable.? 

The Cornell/Berkeley study has drawn the attention of numerous critics,
some of whom suggest that Ted Patzek?s background in petroleum
engineering disqualifies him from objectively assessing the energy
balance of biofuels. Needless to say, in a field where both oil and
agribusiness companies are vying for public subsidies, the technical
arguments can become rather furious. An earlier analysis by the
Chicago-area Argonne National Laboratory (once a Manhattan Project
offshoot) produced data much closer to the Minnesota results, but a
response by Patzek pointed out several potential flaws in that study?s
shared assumptions with an earlier analysis by the USDA. In another
recent article, Harvard environmental scientist Michael McElroy
concurred with Pimentel and Patzek: ?[U]nfortunately the promised
benefits [of ethanol] prove upon analysis to be largely ephemeral.? 

Even the extraction of ethanol from Brazilian sugarcane, touted as the
world?s model for conversion from fossil fuels to sustainable ?green
energy,? raises questions. The energy yield appears beyond question: it
is widely suggested that ethanol from sugarcane may produce as much as
eight times as much energy as it takes to grow and process. But a
recent World Wildlife Fund report for the International Energy Agency
challenges this approach to future energy independence. It turns out
that 80 percent of Brazil?s greenhouse gas emissions come not from
cars, but from deforestation?the loss of embedded carbon dioxide when
forests are cut down and burned. A hectare of land may save 13 tons per
year of carbon dioxide if it is used to grow sugarcane, but the same
hectare can absorb 20 tons of CO2 if it remains forested. If sugarcane
and soy plantations continue to encourage deforestation, both in the
Amazon and in Brazil?s Atlantic coastal forests, any climate advantage
is more than outweighed by the loss of the forest. 

Genetic engineering?which has failed to produce healthier or more
sustainable food and also fails to create a reliable source of
biopharmaceuticals without threatening the safety of our food supply?is
now being touted as the answer to more sustainable biofuel production.
Besides manipulating crops for nominally more efficient conversion to
fuel, biotech companies are proposing huge plantations of fast-growing
genetically engineered trees to temporarily sequester carbon and
ultimately harvest them for ethanol. Genetically engineered trees, with
their long life cycle, as well as seeds and pollen capable of spreading
hundreds of miles in the wild, are potentially a far greater
environmental threat than engineered varieties of annual crops (see Z
Magazine, March 2006). Even Monsanto, long the most aggressive promoter
of genetic engineering, has opted to rely instead on conventional plant
breeding for its biofuel research, according to the New York Times. 

Despite all these concerns, however, biofuels still prove advantageous
in many local applications, such as farmers using crop wastes to fuel
their farms and people running cars on waste oil that is otherwise
thrown away by restaurants. New innovations, such as extracting a
diesel substitute from pools of oil-rich algae, may also make an
important difference in certain settings. But as a solution to
long-term energy needs on a national or international scale, the costs
of a society-wide conversion to biofuels may far outweigh the benefits.


Promoting A Transition 

Whichever alternatives prove to be the most viable for addressing our
nearand longer-term energy needs, their development and full deployment
will require massive investments of labor and capital, as well as a
dramatic shift in investment priorities in both the public and private
sectors. How can such a transition come about? 

Proposals for financing a transition to a low-energy scenario tend to
hinge on one or more widely advocated approaches, including energy
taxes, capand-trade systems for CO2 emissions, renewable portfolio and
performance standards, and public works programs or incentives
mandating specific changes in technology. A full economic analysis of
these alternatives is beyond the scope of this discussion, but some
general comments on their differing political and environmental
implications are clearly in order. 

Energy taxes are a proposed solution long favored by many
environmentalists and some politicians. Al Gore, for example, has
proposed a gradually increasing tax, proportionate to each fuel?s level
of carbon dioxide emissions. He suggests decreasing social security
taxes at the same time so as to make the overall result
revenue-neutral. One difficulty with energy taxes, though, is that it
is difficult to design a system that doesn?t disproportionately hurt
those who are less well-off and invariably spend a much larger
proportion of their income on energy. A recent study from economists at
Stanford and NYU suggests that energy demand is sufficiently inelastic
that price increases would have to be three to four times greater than
a straightforward policy analysis might suggest. 

The problems with emissions trading have been discussed in detail
elsewhere (see Z Magazine, February 2006). It is the solution favored
by advocates of ?free market environmentalism,? and was enshrined in
the Kyoto Protocol on climate change following then-Vice President
Gore?s intervention in the proceedings. Carbon trading creates an
entirely artificial ?carbon market? on a global scale, one highly prone
to manipulation and abuse. It also encourages environmental damage,
such as the conversion of native forests to faster-growing commercial
tree plantations by companies and governments seeking to profit from
carbon credits or offsets. In the global South, this invariably leads
to displacement of peoples whose livelihood depends on the forest. The
wholly voluntary, corporate-supported carbon trading system currently
operating in the U.S., under the auspices of the Chicago Climate
Exchange, has been criticized for inflating the benefits of very small
changes in emissions and offering credits for some practices that make
no real difference for the climate at all. 

Performance and portfolio standards appear more promising, but have
high political hurdles to clear. They can require increased public
intervention in the hallowed ?free market,? something that has become
politically unfashionable in recent decades. Performance standards
include mandated fuel economy goals for automobiles?which have not
changed in the U.S. since the late 1980s?and standards for the
efficiency of household appliances, which have steadily improved over
the past two decades despite efforts by the Bush administration to slow
the process. Portfolio standards are a more recent invention and have
been adopted by more than 20 U.S. states, mandating utilities to obtain
a certain minimum percentage of their power from renewable energy
resources. 

The 2005 federal energy bill mandates that at least 7.5 billion gallons
of automotive fuel be obtained from renewable sources by 2012. The most
tangible expression of this policy is a 51 cents per gallon subsidy for
ethanol, which could be expanded to promote a much wider range of
renewable technologies. Public investment to support advances in energy
efficiency, as well as solar and wind energy technologies, could prove
far more cost effective than subsidies targeting ethanol production.
One new study commissioned by the International Institute for
Sustainable Development reports, with no intended irony, that current
U.S. biofuel subsidies could purchase 30-140 times as much savings in
greenhouse gas emissions if invested in existing ?carbon markets.? 

In recent years the most innovative steps toward reducing energy use
and promoting renewables have come from the state and local levels.
California?s recent energy legislation?which helped Arnold
Schwarzenegger bolster his environmental credentials prior to the
November election?mandated reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from
industries and automobiles and required builders to offer photovoltaic
roofing tiles, among other measures. California utilities are now only
allowed to enter into long-term power contracts with facilities that
meet the highest emissions standards. While many state-level programs
also emphasize emissions trading, including a recent program that
includes seven northeastern states, they allow a variety of approaches
to be implemented and tested, challenging two decades of inaction at
the federal level. 

?I?d put my money on the sun and solar energy,? the inventor Thomas
Edison told a colleague shortly before his death in 1931. ?I hope we
don?t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.?
Seventy-five years later, solar energy is still considered too
speculative by conventional capitalist standards. Despite his large
investments in subsidized ethanol production, venture capitalist Vinod
Khosla told the New York Times that he would not back solar power
because it did not show a profit without subsidies. Genuinely
forward-looking energy technologies are still at a significant
disadvantage compared to ?quick fixes? like ethanol. 

Similarly, no one has yet figured out how to make a fortune on
conservation and efficiency. While Amory Lovins and others have
demonstrated for 30 years that it is possible to reap huge savings at
minimal cost from investments in energy efficiency, corporations prefer
to seek even greater short-term gains from worker layoffs, outsourcing
production, and other socially disruptive measures. As predictions for
climate changes become ever more severe, we need to confront the
reality that the needs of the planet, and of a genuinely sustainable
society, remain in fundamental conflict with the demands of wealth and
profit.

Brian Tokar directs the Biotechnology Project at Vermont?s Institute
for Social Ecology (social-ecology.org). His books include Earth for
Sale (South End, 1997) and Gene Traders (Toward Freedom, 2004).  

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From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:42:16 -0500
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Says "I'm in"
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Dear Green Friends, 
 
Breaking News: Hillary Says  ?I?m in ?? 
 
Frankly, I was kind of hoping she wouldn?t go for it.  Why does everybody who is somebody in American politics have to run for president?  
 
She has just been easily reelected to a cushy six-year term as U.S. Senator from New York.  Isn?t it enough of an honor to be a United States senator?  (I wish they?d let me warm one of those seats)
 
Some will say ?Alex is just a kool-aid drinking True Believer? but honestly, after years of watching these Democrats thrash about from my vantage point in the big "Blue" state of California,  I don?t regret my decision to register with the California Green Party one little bit.  
 
I predict Hillary will be disaster.  Clinton and Obama will be basically going after the same people ? not radicals or lefties or serious activists, mind you ? but the same group of bullshit Establishment ?neoliberals.?  Notice how most of the article below is devoted to their fundraising among rich liberals in (where else?) New York and Hollywood!  Hillary already has a huge war chest and it says here that both Hillary and Barrack want to raise $75 million this year.  
 
$75 million in 2007?  
 
For what? 
 
The election isn't until November 2008!     
 
And I don?t know where this thing comes from about the Clintons being so great for African-Americans.  That?s a total crock!  As an African-American Green I consider it my personal responsibility to blow the whistle on that!  
 
These guys are going to end Republican cronyism and incompetence?
 
I don't think so!  
 
Most importantly, we will never get a serious debate about our issues because the one and only issue will be Hillary through a very long and very dreary recapitulation of all that irrelevant crap about all those Clinton shenanigans from the 1990s. 
 
I predict Hillary is gonna be a disaster, and thus, another opening for Greens.  We are truly going to be the ONLY alternative to the pay-to-play politics of the Democrats and Republicans.   
 
 
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/us/politics/21hillary.html?hp&ex=1169355600&en=71254e612de4c93b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
 
CLINTON ENTERS '08 FIELD, 
FUELING RACE FOR MONEY 
 
by Patrick Healy  
The New York Times 
January 21, 2007 
 
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped into the 2008 presidential race yesterday, immediately squaring off against Senator Barack Obama and the rest of the Democratic field in what is effectively the first Democratic primary, the competition for campaign donations.
 
?I?m in,? Mrs. Clinton said in an e-mail message to supporters early yesterday morning. ?And I?m in to win.?
 
If successful, Mrs. Clinton, 59, would be the first female nominee of a major American political party, and she would become the first spouse of a former president to seek a return to the White House.
 
Her entrance into the race followed Mr. Obama?s by less than a week, and highlighted the urgency for her of not falling behind in the competition for money, especially in New York, where the battle has already reached a fever pitch.
 
George Soros, the billionaire New York philanthropist, has made maximum donations in the past to both candidates, for instance, and last week he faced a choice: support Mr. Obama, who created his committee on Tuesday, or stay neutral and see what Mrs. Clinton and others had to say. In his case, the upstart won. Mr. Soros sent the maximum contribution, $2,100, to Mr. Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois, just hours after he declared his plans to run. 
 
?Soros believes that Senator Obama brings a new energy to the political system and has the potential to be a transformational leader,? said Michael Vachon, a spokesman for Mr. Soros.
 
Mrs. Clinton?s presidential operation is only one day old, but she already finds herself in a breakneck competition against Mr. Obama for fund-raising supremacy in two towns that she and her husband have mined heavily for political gold: New York and Hollywood. Mr. Obama?s entrance into the race has also put up for grabs other groups that are primary targets for Mrs. Clinton, including African-Americans and women. 
 
At this early stage in the nomination fight, securing donations and signing up fund-raisers are among the best ways of showing political strength in a crowded field (seven Democrats and counting). And Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton are looking to raise at least $75 million this year alone
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From baalavi at yahoo.com  Sat Jan 20 12:40:40 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:40:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] BREAKING NEWS: Hillary Says "I'm in"
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In line with what you noted, ...
   
  Before the Iraq-Afghan wars, I could have considered voting for ... even voting for Elizabeth Dole, let alone Hilary, just because I felt the US has been way overdue for a woman president.
   
  No one, and I mean it -- NO ONE - who voted for these wars, under the false pretenses as we all know (and I firmly believe THEY KNEW EVEN BETTER THEN when voting), deserves to receive any rewards.  
   
  My honest opinion may be summarized in:  "after about 1,000,000 casualties what shoud they receive in punishment"? (GIVEN THAT SADDAM was tried and hung [by basically the lackeys of the same bunch] for having killed 148 Shiites...  Yes, only 148.  Repeat: only 148.  
   
  Remember: mass murder of Kurdish and Iranians as well as the use of WMDs, including use of American Supplied Chemicals, were NEVER at issue in his trial.  The day after he was hung, the lackeys said "okay, there are these issues too, but since the culprit is dead ... CASE CLOSED! ).  Everyone, [especially those who voted for appropriation of these wars] knew fully well that negative ramifications of those issues at a trial may have revealed ugly operating aspects of the "US & allies" which they would have never wanted exposed to the world community.

  ba
alexcathy at aol.com wrote:
      
  Dear Green Friends, 
   
  Breaking News: Hillary Says  ???I???m in ?????? 
   
  Frankly, I was kind of hoping she wouldn???t go for it.  Why does everybody who is somebody in American politics have to run for president?  
   
  She has just been easily reelected to a cushy six-year term as U.S. Senator from New York.  Isn???t it enough of an honor to be a United States senator?  (I wish they???d let me warm one of those seats)
   
  Some will say ???Alex is just a kool-aid drinking True Believer??? but honestly, after years of watching these Democrats thrash about from my vantage point in the big "Blue" state of California,  I don???t regret my decision to register with the California Green Party one little bit.  
   
  I predict Hillary will be disaster.  Clinton and Obama will be basically going after the same people ??? not radicals or lefties or serious activists, mind you ??? but the same group of bullshit Establishment ???neoliberals.???  Notice how most of the article below is devoted to their fundraising among rich liberals in (where else?) New York and Hollywood!  Hillary already has a huge war chest and it says here that both Hillary and Barrack want to raise $75 million this year.  
   
  $75 million in 2007?  
   
  For what? 
   
  The election isn't until November 2008!     
   
  And I don???t know where this thing comes from about the Clintons being so great for African-Americans.  That???s a total crock!  As an African-American Green I consider it my personal responsibility to blow the whistle on that!  
   
  These guys are going to end Republican cronyism and incompetence?
   
  I don't think so!  
   
  Most importantly, we will never get a serious debate about our issues because the one and only issue will be Hillary through a very long and very dreary recapitulation of all that irrelevant crap about all those Clinton shenanigans from the 1990s. 
   
  I predict Hillary is gonna be a disaster, and thus, another opening for Greens.  We are truly going to be the ONLY alternative to the pay-to-play politics of the Democrats and Republicans.   
   
   
  Alex Walker 
   
   
  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = =
  Posted on Google News -- 37 Minutes Ago 
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/us/politics/21hillary.html?hp&ex=1169355600&en=71254e612de4c93b&ei=5094&partner=homepage
   
  CLINTON ENTERS '08 FIELD, 
  FUELING RACE FOR MONEY 
   
  by Patrick Healy  
  The New York Times 
  January 21, 2007 
   
  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped into the 2008 presidential race yesterday, immediately squaring off against Senator Barack Obama and the rest of the Democratic field in what is effectively the first Democratic primary, the competition for campaign donations.
   
  ???I???m in,??? Mrs. Clinton said in an e-mail message to supporters early yesterday morning. ???And I???m in to win.???
   
  If successful, Mrs. Clinton, 59, would be the first female nominee of a major American political party, and she would become the first spouse of a former president to seek a return to the White House.
   
  Her entrance into the race followed Mr. Obama???s by less than a week, and highlighted the urgency for her of not falling behind in the competition for money, especially in New York, where the battle has already reached a fever pitch.
   
  George Soros, the billionaire New York philanthropist, has made maximum donations in the past to both candidates, for instance, and last week he faced a choice: support Mr. Obama, who created his committee on Tuesday, or stay neutral and see what Mrs. Clinton and others had to say. In his case, the upstart won. Mr. Soros sent the maximum contribution, $2,100, to Mr. Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois, just hours after he declared his plans to run. 
   
  ???Soros believes that Senator Obama brings a new energy to the political system and has the potential to be a transformational leader,??? said Michael Vachon, a spokesman for Mr. Soros.
   
  Mrs. Clinton???s presidential operation is only one day old, but she already finds herself in a breakneck competition against Mr. Obama for fund-raising supremacy in two towns that she and her husband have mined heavily for political gold: New York and Hollywood. Mr. Obama???s entrance into the race has also put up for grabs other groups that are primary targets for Mrs. Clinton, including African-Americans and women. 
   
  At this early stage in the nomination fight, securing donations and signing up fund-raisers are among the best ways of showing political strength in a crowded field (seven Democrats and counting). And Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton are looking to raise at least $75 million this year alone
  ...
   
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 21 09:28:07 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:28:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tuesday, Capitola, Impeachment: Dennis Loo,
	Elizabeth de la Vega: 'The Case Against Bush and Cheney'
Message-ID: <20070121172808.23974.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com>

Tuesday, January 23

Dennis Loo and Elizabeth de la Vega: 'The Case Against Bush and Cheney'
? Capitola

7:30 p.m.
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue

Hear Dennis Loo, co-editor with Peter Phillips, of the book "Impeach
The President: The Case Against Bush And Chenney," and Elizabeth de la
Vega, the author of "United Sates v. George W. Bush et al." SBM's
Impeachment Study group is reading and discussing Dennis Loo's book.

"In her truly engrossing study, [de la Vega] conducts a hypothetical
but technically impeccable grand jury indictment. She marshals the
evidence to show that Bush et al. deliberately misinformed the people
about the reasons for our war against Iraq. It is much more powerful
than the 9/11 report. A tour de force.??Chalmers Johnson (Blowback, The
Sorrows of Empire). The crime is tricking the nation into war, or, in
legal terms, conspiracy to defraud the United States. A veteran federal
prosecutor, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, and a former member of
Organized Crime Strike Force and Branch Chief in San Jose, Elizabeth de
la Vega has reviewed the evidence, researched the law, drafted an
indictment, and presented it to a grand jury. If the indictment and
grand jury are both hypothetical, the facts are tragically real.

In the face of the threats the White House presents to civil liberties,
the Constitution, and international law, Dennis Loo?s persuasive
collection makes the case that a drastically different political
dynamic must be created right now. Contributors include Howard Zinn
Peter Phillips, Judith Volkart, Dahr Jamail, Greg Palast, Mark Crispin
Miller, and Michael Nagler. "An eye-opening, multi-layered indictment
of the lawless rule of the Bush White House reactionaries. A
well-edited, well-substantiated, a well-argued offering of hard-hitting
truths that can serve as a manual for political action." ? Michael
Parenti, (The Culture Struggle, Superpatriotism).

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From jims at greens.org  Sun Jan 21 17:16:16 2007
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:16:16 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] GPUS Delegation Survey
Message-ID: <45B41060.CA9CA63C@greens.org>

There is reported to be a survey that was circulated by our state delegation
to the GPUS regarding changing the delegate distribution among the states.
The survey was asking our opinion on what they're proposing.

Does anyone remember seeing that survey? I'm not sure when it was sent, but
I would guess within the last couple of months>

-- 
Jim



From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 22 01:25:48 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:25:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Wed,
	Jan 24th 1:30pm Matt Gonzalez speaking De Anza College, 
Message-ID: <772316.8910.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>

Wednesday, January 24, 2007   

1:30pm to 3:00pm   Youth, Grassroots Involvement and Political
Engagement  
(General Campus Events)

Hear Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of
Supervisors, share his experiences in grassroots organizing and
involving youth in the political process.

Location: Administration Building, Room 119 (entrance outside on south
side of bldg.)
Price: free
Sponsor: Visiting Speaker Series and DASB
Contact: Tom Izu
408-864-8986

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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Mon Jan 22 11:44:56 2007
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:44:56 EST
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Local Single Payer Meeting 4:30 pm Thursday
	Jan 25th
Message-ID: <d33.58a79b1.32e66e38@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/21/07 7:57:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com writes:


There  will be a meeting of all the organizations interested in passing  
SB840/Single Payer at the Low Income Self-Help Center 525 Alma St. San  Jose, 
Thursday, Jan. 25 at 4:30PM.
This notice is going to org. who  helped organize the great San Jose One Care 
Now Event on 10/26 and other  org. who have shown interest in the past in 
SB840.
We are creating a  San Jose Health Care Coalition of all these organizations. 
If you know  of others interested please forward this to them. Everyone is  
invited.
An agenda will follow.
Let me know if you have any  questions about this meeting. You are welcome to 
bring snacks to  share.
Lynn

Lynn Huidekoper, RN
Legislative Liaison
Health  Care for All Californians-Silicon Valley
Coalition
Menlo Park  CA.
650-322-9609
http://www.onecarenow.org
http://www.healthcareforall.org
With  Unity There is Strength






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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon Jan 22 17:01:25 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:01:25 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Feb 1 meeting agenda
Message-ID: <45B55E65.1070409@sbcglobal.net>

This is a call for agenda items for Thursday February 1-st.

For starters, let's have
Strategy Committee
Delivery of Green Party call for Impeachment to congressional offices
Speaker at "Fred's clubhouse" on impeachment Friday Feb 16-th

Send your suggestions to me.
Thanks,
Jim Doyle



From jamboi at yahoo.com  Tue Jan 23 10:41:48 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:41:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tomorrow 1:30 Matt Gonzalez speaking @ De
	Anza College, 
In-Reply-To: <772316.8910.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <189933.42863.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>

I'll be there.  Who else?

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wednesday, January 24, 2007   
> 
> 1:30pm to 3:00pm   Youth, Grassroots Involvement and Political
> Engagement  
> (General Campus Events)
> 
> Hear Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of
> Supervisors, share his experiences in grassroots organizing and
> involving youth in the political process.
> 
> Location: Administration Building, Room 119 (entrance outside on
> south
> side of bldg.)
> Price: free
> Sponsor: Visiting Speaker Series and DASB
> Contact: Tom Izu
> 408-864-8986
> 
> ___________________
> 
> JamBoi
> Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> 
> "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> 
> 
>  
>
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From tnharter at ispwest.com  Tue Jan 23 11:40:08 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:40:08 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Re: [G-C-F] Protests next weekend?]
Message-ID: <45B66498.8060606@ispwest.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [G-C-F] Protests next weekend?
Date: 	Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:49:20 -0800
From: 	Susan King <funking at mindspring.com>
To: 	Tian Harter <tnharter at ispwest.com>
CC: 	Greens California Forum <cal-forum at cagreens.org>
References: 	<45B52145.3050109 at ispwest.com>



In SF:

*Rally and March To End The War On Iraq
** Saturday, January 27, 2007, 12noon
** Powell and Market Streets
** San Francisco, CA*

/Troops out of Iraq Now!
// Stop racism against Arabs and Muslims!
// End the Occupation of Palestine!
/
Over 3,000 dead American soldiers, hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. 
It's time to put a stop to the war machine. Millions of people voted to 
get the Republicans out and end the war, but we can't leave it up to the 
Democrats to do the only reasonable thing: Bring All The Troops Home Now 
>From Iraq!

President Bush just announced his intent to escalate the number of 
troops in Iraq by over 20,000 more troops. It's time to get the anti-war 
movement back in the streets! On January 27, hundreds of thousands of 
people will march in Washington, DC to demand an end to the war.

We're bringing the same message to the streets of San Francisco. Make 
your own signs and banners and march with your friends, family, 
co-workers, classmates, church, union or organization. Join us to show 
Bush and the new Democratic Congress that the anti-war movement is back.

For more information *or to volunteer to be a security marshal at the 
march*, call 510-484-5242 or email j27committee at gmail.com 
<mailto:%20j27committee at gmail.com>or check out 
www.myspace.com/januarytwentyseventh 
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=270211902&url_num=3&url=http://www.myspace.com/januarytwentyseventh>

The SF Green Party will be in the march and have a booth at the end of 
the march, I think it ends at the civic center.

For info on volunteering with the Green party, contact Sue Vaughan 
at susan_e_vaughan at yahoo.com <mailto:susan_e_vaughan at yahoo.com>

peace,
susan
On Jan 22, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Tian Harter wrote:

> I'm of the impression that there is going to be a big protest in DC next 
> weekend.
> Anybody know of companion protests happening out here?
>
> -- 
> Tian
> I gave Mr. TV a South Dakota quarter.
> http://tian.greens.org
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 24 11:22:31 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:22:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Today 1:30 Matt Gonzalez speaking @ De Anza
	College, 
In-Reply-To: <189933.42863.qm@web52206.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <338086.47163.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>

Fred and I are going.  Others?  Fred and I are going to go to a talk on
Single Payer tomorrow at 4:30 - hopefully Fred will post the details.

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'll be there.  Who else?
> 
> Green solidarity!
> 
> Drew
> 
> --- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Wednesday, January 24, 2007   
> > 
> > 1:30pm to 3:00pm   Youth, Grassroots Involvement and Political
> > Engagement  
> > (General Campus Events)
> > 
> > Hear Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of
> > Supervisors, share his experiences in grassroots organizing and
> > involving youth in the political process.
> > 
> > Location: Administration Building, Room 119 (entrance outside on
> > south
> > side of bldg.)
> > Price: free
> > Sponsor: Visiting Speaker Series and DASB
> > Contact: Tom Izu
> > 408-864-8986
> > 
> > ___________________
> > 
> > JamBoi
> > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> > 
> > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
____________________________________________________________________________________
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> > 
> 
> 
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> 
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> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> 
> 
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Wed Jan 24 13:41:53 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:41:53 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] troops home petition
Message-ID: <45B7D2A1.5060001@sbcglobal.net>

I just came across this today,Wednesday the 24-th.
Perhaps some of you would sign such a petition.
Jim Doyle

F.  Peace and Justice Center - Petitions
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul George @ PPJC [mailto:paul at peaceandjustice.org] 
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:41 PM
To: Paul George
Subject: Reminder about petitions
Dear Local Group Leaders,  
     If you haven't already, please be sure to put out word to your
membership about the "No escalation - Troops home" petition.  Signatures are
rolling in very fast, but we could always use more -- and more!  It's just a
little over a week now until the petitions will be hand-delivered to Lantos,
Eshoo, Honda, Lofgren, Boxer and Feinstein in their Washington offices.
Delivery is set for the National Lobby Day on January 29, following the UFPJ
march in DC.
     Your members can sign online at:
 
http://peaceandjustice.org/staticpages/index.php?page=No-Escalation-Petition
Put a link on your website! 
Or you can download and print a paper copy for use at upcoming meetings,
church gatherings, etc:
http://www.peaceandjustice.org/docs/petition-end-war.pdf 
     If you are collecting signatures on paper copies, please be sure to
mail them in as they're completed.  Thanks again for all your help in this
important collective effort.
Peace,
Paul George
========================
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
457 Kingsley Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
http://www.peaceandjustice.org  ppjc at peaceandjustice.org
(650) 326-8837
"Peninsula Peace and Justice Center has been




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 24 16:32:16 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:32:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Today 1:30 Matt Gonzalez speaking @ De Anza
	College, 
In-Reply-To: <338086.47163.qm@web52212.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <965745.83799.qm@web52205.mail.yahoo.com>

Great talk!  Very specifically Green Party and lots of suggestions
about how to run campaigns.  And it was taped!  I'll look into
obtaining copies.

The place was packed, standing room only!  I didn't count, but there
were probably at least 150 people there (I'll go back and look at the
room capacity sign and that will give me a better idea).  Got several
new Greens that talked to Fred or me, so you'll be seeing some more new
folks around just from that one event.

Organize, Energize, Coalize!

Drew

--- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Fred and I are going.  Others?  Fred and I are going to go to a talk
> on
> Single Payer tomorrow at 4:30 - hopefully Fred will post the details.
> 
> Green solidarity!
> 
> Drew
> 
> --- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'll be there.  Who else?
> > 
> > Green solidarity!
> > 
> > Drew
> > 
> > --- JamBoi <jamboi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Wednesday, January 24, 2007   
> > > 
> > > 1:30pm to 3:00pm   Youth, Grassroots Involvement and Political
> > > Engagement  
> > > (General Campus Events)
> > > 
> > > Hear Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board
> of
> > > Supervisors, share his experiences in grassroots organizing and
> > > involving youth in the political process.
> > > 
> > > Location: Administration Building, Room 119 (entrance outside on
> > > south
> > > side of bldg.)
> > > Price: free
> > > Sponsor: Visiting Speaker Series and DASB
> > > Contact: Tom Izu
> > > 408-864-8986
> > > 
> > > ___________________
> > > 
> > > JamBoi
> > > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> > > 
> > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> > > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > >
> >
>
____________________________________________________________________________________
> > > The fish are biting. 
> > > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
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> > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > ___________________
> > 
> > JamBoi
> > Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer
> > 
> > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
> > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
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> 
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 24 16:41:58 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:41:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Th 1/25 Single Payer Health Care Coalition
	Meeting 4:30 San Jose
Message-ID: <580549.18330.qm@web52202.mail.yahoo.com>

Please note we are forming a committee that will deal with Health Care
(and other related issues).  Anyone interested please consider coming
to this meeting:

In a message dated 1/21/07 7:57:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com writes:

There  will be a meeting of all the organizations interested in passing
 
SB840/Single Payer at the Low Income Self-Help Center 525 Alma St. San 
Jose, Thursday, Jan. 25 at 4:30PM.

This notice is going to org. who  helped organize the great San Jose
One Care Now Event on 10/26 and other  org. who have shown interest in
the past in SB840.

We are creating a  San Jose Health Care Coalition of all these
organizations. 

If you know  of others interested please forward this to them. Everyone
is  invited.

An agenda will follow.
Let me know if you have any  questions about this meeting. You are
welcome to bring snacks to  share.
Lynn

Lynn Huidekoper, RN
Legislative Liaison
Health  Care for All Californians-Silicon Valley
Coalition
Menlo Park  CA.
650-322-9609
http://www.onecarenow.org
http://www.healthcareforall.org
With  Unity There is Strength

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From cbrouillet at igc.org  Wed Jan 24 17:31:43 2007
From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:31:43 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Upcoming 9/11 Truth/Impeachment Events
Message-ID: <E1H9tSr-0000T5-6k@elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Dear 9/11 Truth and Impeachment activists,

    Here are short and longer descriptions of 
upcoming events/activist opportunities, including 
a major 9/11 Truth conference in Arizona next month...

1) Anti-War Rally & March, Saturday, January 27,
noon, Powell and Market St., San Francisco- Join the 9/11 Truth Contingent

2) Neighborhood Meeting, Sunday January 28, 2-4 pm,
"Preparing for a flu pandemic" with Palo Alto's new Coordinator
  for Homeland Security and Public Outreach" 
Barron Park School, 800 Barron Avenue, Palo Alto

3) The film- ?Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath? Wednesday, Jan. 31,
7:00 pm, 2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB), UC Berkeley

4) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance 
Meeting, Thursday, February 1, 2007,
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., 522 Valencia St., just up from the 16th St. Bart Station

5) Film- "IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS" Saturday, February 3rd
  at 1:30 pm, Fremont Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont

6) Film  "America: Freedom To Fascism", Saturday, February 3, 2007
  at 7pm (doors 6:30PM), Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz

7) Educational Forum, Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2007
7-9 pm @ Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland

8) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance Meeting, Thursday, February 15, 2006
  7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Grand Lake Neighborhood 
Center, 530 Lake Park Avenue,  Oakland

9) Peter Phillips, "Impeachment," Friday, February 16, 2007,
7:30 pm, 500 W. Middlefield Road, Mountain View

10) Film Screening: High Crimes, (Speakers on 
Impeachment), Thursday, February 23, 2007
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, California

11) 9/11 Accountability - Strategies and 
Solutions Conference, February 23-25, 2007
Chandler Arizona,

More details....


1) Rally and March to End the War in Iraq
    Saturday, January 27th 2007, 12 noon, Powell 
and Market Street, San Francisco

Bring the Troops Home Now from Iraq! Stop Racist 
Attacks on Arabs and Muslims! End the Occupation of Palestine!
President Bush is vowing to continue the war and 
the danger grows every day that the US or Israel 
will attack Lebanon again or launch another 
"pre-emptive strike" against Syria or Iran. On 
January 27, hundreds of thousands of people will 
march in DC to demand an end to the war. Let's 
show Bush and the new Democratic Congress that 
the anti-war movement is back. See 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/22/18350691.php 
for flyer and more details.

Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance is 
endorsing this rally/march and we will have a 
9/11 Truth Contingent, and hopefully a table at 
some place for the rally/march, depending on the 
route and timetable. If you can volunteer to help 
carry banners, signs, the sound system, or 
manuever our 12' x 8' x 2' replica of the flawed 
9/11 Report, which will be on wheels and part of 
the march, or pass out our flyers/deception 
dollars... contact Carol- 650-857-0927. We'll try 
to meet at 11 am at Powell and Market.

2) Neighborhood Meeting, Sunday January 28, 2-4 
pm, "Preparing for a flu pandemic" with Palo Alto's new Coordinator
  for Homeland Security and Public Outreach" 
Barron Park School, 800 Barron Avenue, Palo 
Alto.  Please help Carol Brouillet, in her 
neighborhood, challenge the "Bogus War on 
Terrorism" and the "Bird Flu Hoax" at the Barron 
Park Association Annual Neighborhood 
Meeting.  The invite says we can look forward to 
remarks by the new mayor and to bring the whole 
family for refreshments and celebration, and 
encourages us to "Bring some cookies to 
share."  I'll be happy to bring cookies- and free 
literature which challenges the direction this 
town is going- building an expensive new police 
station and preparing for the next terrorist attack.

3) The film- ?Divided We Fall: Americans in the 
Aftermath,? Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:00 pm, 2040 
Life Sciences Building (LSB), UC Berkeley

PANA Institute?s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents- Divided We Fall
written and produced by Valerie Kaur, directed and produced by Sharat Raju

Divided We Fall is a film about the untold 
American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a 
moving story that brings us to the intersections 
of violence, identity, and power in America, and 
forces us to confront where we stand as a people.

Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in 
her car and began driving across the country. A 
man from her community had just been murdered. An 
elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman 
stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories 
sent across e-mail lists were not making the 
nightly news, only the towers falling over and 
over again between headshots of turbaned and 
bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American 
college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the 
two faces of America? the unity of a grieving 
nation and the fear dividing her country. At the 
end of September 2001, she left behind her junior 
year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America.

$5.00 at the door; or free with any valid student 
ID Please visit the film website 
http://www.dwf-film.com for more information. 
Every dollar raised will go back into film 
production. Sponsored by: PANA Institute, UC 
Berkeley Sikh Students Association, Gurdwara 
Sahib, El Sobrante, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).

4) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance 
Meeting, Thursday, February 1, 2007, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
522 Valencia St., just up from the 16th St. Bart 
Station, San Francisco, 9-11 Truth Alliance info/events line 1-866-268-2320

5) Film- "IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS" will 
be shown followed by a discussion led by Dr. Sharat G. Lin.
Saturday, February 3rd at 1:30 pm, Fremont 
Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd.( At Paseo Padre, by Lake Elizabeth.)

Presented by newly formed Tri-City independent 
Documentary Series, founded by Professor Paul 
Rea, a Newark resident, and Jane Bark of Fremont 
(Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance members) 
with the intention of showing current affairs 
documentaries monthly at the Fremont Library.

"IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS" will be shown 
followed by a discussion led by Dr. Sharat G. 
Lin. Dr. Lin writes on the Middle East, India, 
global political economy, and the environment. 
His articles include "Economic roots of conflict 
in the new world order" and "Who started it? 
Chronology of the latest crisis in the Middle East."

The film tells the story of what happens to 
everyday Americans when corporations go to war. 
Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald takes you 
inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, 
widows and children who have been changed forever 
as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq.

 From 880 freeway exit Stevenson, go approx. 2 
miles towards the hills, cross Paseo, turn right 
into library. From Fremont BART walk 2 blocks 
south on Civic Center (hills on your left), turn right on Stevenson.

6) Film Showing "America: Freedom To Fascism", 
Rio Theatre, Saturday, February 3, 2007 AT 7PM 
(doors 6:30PM), 1205 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz, CA

* The Income Tax is a Fraud
* National ID Cards with RFID Required
* Federal Reserve System is Unconstitutional

http://www.riotheatre.com

Advance Tickets $6, Door $7, Advance Tickets Streetlight Records
939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, (831) 421-9200, 
Sponsored by The Santa Cruz 9-11 Truth Network

7) Educational Forum, Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2007
7-9 pm @ Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland

The first hour will be Ed Rippy's basic "How 
Governments Use Thugs, Drug Dealers, and 
Religious Fanatics to Control Us and 'Justify' 
Endless War." The second hour will be the first 
installment of Frank Runninghorse's "CIA Jihad" 
series. Sponsored by Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance.

8) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance 
Meeting, Thursday, February 15, 2006, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
at The Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, 530 Lake 
Park Avenue, (between Lakeshore Avenue and Grand Avenue) in Oakland


9) Peter Phillips, Co-author of - Impeach the 
President - The Case Against Bush and Cheney
Friday, February 16, 2007, 7:30 pm, Willow Park 
Clubhouse, 500 W Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA

Peter Phillips,associate Professor at Sonoma 
State University and Director of Project Censored 
will be speaking in Mountain View about the 
crimes Bush/Cheney, on the case for impeachment, 
and the growing impeachment movement, and how we 
can all help. Detailed directions: Willow Park 
Condo Clubhouse, at the Intersection of Moffett 
Blvd. and W. Middlefield Rd. Mountain View (Enter 
from Moffett Blvd., just north of Middlefield Rd.)

Call 650-691-1215 for more details.
FREE, but DONATIONS will be much appreciated. A 
Benefit for the Silicon Valley impeachment Coalition

10) Film Screening: High Crimes, and Speakers on Impeachment!
Thursday, February 23, 2007, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, 
Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, California
Discussion panel featuring Impeachment and 
Scholarly Experts including Peter Phillips of 
Project Censored and author of a new book on 
impeachment and Larry Everest, scholar and author 
of "Oil, Power, and Empire" and a the brand new 
film by filmographer Jacob Clapsaddle.

A benefit for Impeach Bush-Cheney. Tickets- $15- 
7 sliding scale. Call 510- 845-4154. Get 
involved- Organizing meetings- Sundays- Beginning 
1/21 3PM @ 211 Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley. 
More details and downloadable flyers at http://www.impeachbush-cheney.com

11) 9/11 Accountability - Strategies and 
Solutions Conference, Chandler Arizona, February 23-25, 2007
The evidence is overwhelming. Accountability must 
be demanded! Join us for the 9/11 Accountability 
Conference focusing on Strategies and Solutions 
to hold those responsible . . . Accountable!

Keynote Speakers ? Entertainment ? Panel 
Discussions ? Strategy Workshops ? Documentary Film Marathon ? Networking

The Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance will 
be helping with the conference. The organizers 
are still looking for volunteers to help with all 
aspects of the conference. Get involved. http://www.911accountability.org

More Details at 
http://www.communitycurrency.org/events.html. 
There is a tremendous amount of organizing going 
on- so check the events calendar for updates.



From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 25 01:44:09 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:44:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] SV green action events in next 7 days Th - Th
	1/25-28/07
Message-ID: <382375.33942.qm@web52215.mail.yahoo.com>

The Green Party of SCC are working to get our calender function back to
working on our web site (http://cagreens/sclara ) , but in the meantime
here's some hot events in and around the Santa Clara Valley / South Bay
coming up in the next week:

Thu, 1/25/07: 
.............................................
4:30PM   California bill SB840/Single Payer 
San Jos? @ Low Income Self-Help Center, 525 Alma St. 
lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com
Health  Care for All Californians - Silicon Valley Coalition
http://www.healthcareforall.org/santa_clara.html

6PM-7:30PM - Jessie Denver: The Conscious Consumer: Human Health Risks
& Environmental Impacts of Personal Care Products
Cost: $25
Stanford: Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry Road, Palo Alto 94305  
Contact: Julie Anderson, 650-725-4416, julie.anderson at stanford.edu
Presented by: Health Improvement Program, Stanford University
Websites:  http://hip.stanford.edu 

7PM-9 Los Gatos: Elizabeth de la Vega Discusses her book 
"U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al."
Los Gatos, Borders Books; 116 University Ave.
Description: Local author and former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la
Vega discusses her new book, U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al, a
hypothetical grand jury presentation of the president's pre-Iraq
invasion intelligence fraud.
http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=192

7:30PM-9 Spirituality and Social Change: An Interfaith Roundtable
Palo Alto, Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University
http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=6797

8PM-9:30 Mexico's Zapatistas: Mujeres de "La Otra Campana"
Watsonville Brown Beret Office: 408 Main Street 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/24/18351219.php

Fr, 1/25/07:
.............................................
EVERY FRI 5:30PM-7: Impeachment Vigil 
Mountain View, El Camino @ Castro
Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition
Contact: Drew Johnson:  JamBoi at yahoo.com

7-9P View Palestine: Lecture, Slides, Video, Palestine, Israel's
apartheid wall, and non-violent resistance in the Occupied Territories,
Santa Clara: MCA Banquet Hall: 3003 Scott Blvd. 
Jonas Moffat joeskillet at riseup.net 415-503-7630
Jonas' Palestine blog: http://joeskillet.livejournal.com
MCA Social Committee
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/348280312_0f273a6f46.jpg?v=0

Sat, 1/26/07: 
.............................................
11:30AM-2PM: Peace Surge ~ Bush Purge
San Jos?: Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd
Description: Join the Special Peace Surge on a Day of Nationwide
Coordinated Protests...
EVERY SA & SU 11:30-2 @ the "Peace Crossroads" ? Stevens Creek and
Winchester Blvd to demand an end to the Iraq War and that the war
criminals ? Bush and Cheney ? be held accountable for their crimes.
Sponsored by South Bay Mobilization www.sbm4peace.org / (408) 998-8504

12-4PM  Sat, Have Fun & Learn About Universal Health Care
Campbell: "The Pruneyard" Mall
Contact: Barbara Lea, Email: barbara.lea at comcast.net
Sign a petition expressing your views and enjoy the music of Bill Todd
and his Dixieland Band
Health Care for All Californians - Silicon Valley Coalition
& the League of Women Voters of Southwest Santa Clara Valley

12:00pm - 1:00pm  Bay Area Vegetarians KFC Cruelty Protest  
Palo Alto
RSVP to Candace http://www.bayareaveg.org/rsvp.htm?id=1476
http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.htm

6:30P-8:30: Acterra Family Movie Night  ? An Acterra Event
City: Palo Alto
Description:  Grab your kids and some pillows and join Acterra for a
free screening of ?Hoot?. This charming PG tells how a few kids engage
in some fun hijinks to protect endangered owls from losing their
habitat. Small snack will be provided.
Cost: Free to the public. Donations welcome.
Location: Acterra's offices at 3921 East Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto 94303 
(map)
Contact: Ellen Wilkinson, 650-962-9876 x306, library at acterra.org
Presented by: Acterra
Websites:  http://www.acterra.org

9A-1P  Acterra Sat. Restoration Parties at Arastradero Preserve 
Palo Alto: Arastradero Preserve
Saturday Restoration Parties on second and fourth Saturdays from 9-1. 
Plant exciting new creek site. 
Contact: Sheri Lubin, (650)962.9876 x 311, sheril at acterra.org
Acterra http://www.arastradero.org

9A-12P: Canopy's E Palo Alto Tree Initiative work day - prep 67 trees 
Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, 1875 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, 94303,
Enter parking lot and follow signs  
Contact: Genevra Ornelas, 650-964-6110, genevra at canopy.org
Canopy http://www.Canopy.org

9A-1P Plant 30,000 California Native Bunch Grasses
Stanford: 
For more info and to register: robin at ecomagic.org or 650 323-7333.
Contact: Robin, 650-323-7333, robin at ecomagic.org
Magic and Stanford University, Websites:  http://www.ecomagic.org

11:30A-2:30P Solar Electric Info & Payback class
Los Altos Library, Community Room, 13 S. San Antonio Road  
Contact: Kurt Newick, 408 370-9636, KurtNewick at yahoo.com
Presented by: Sierra Club, Global Warming Committee, Loma Prieta
Chapter

1:30P-3P
Cleaning Products: Human Health & Environmental Impacts
San Jos?: Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 
150 E. San Fernado Street, 2nd Floor
Free slide show and talk on how to reduce your risks & ecological
footpriint, with alternative products on display, presented by Jessie
Denver, M. A., Environmental Services Dept., City of San Jose.
Librarian, 408 808-2397 Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/events/

6P-10P Direct Action Training for Sacred Site Protection
San Jos?: Communication Workers of America Local 9423 offices
2015 Naglee Avenue
Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Indigenous Environmental
Network, International Indian Treaty Council and Greenaction for Health
and Environmental Justice are putting on this training to teach people
about direct action to protect Indigenous peoples, lands, culture and
sacred sites. 
http://bayarea.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/01/20/18349482.php

Monday,  January 29, 2007   
.............................................
10A-12Noon Protecting Sacred Sites -- Protest Calpine!
San Jos?: Rally at 10 a.m. at Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park, South Market
Street and 50 W. San Fernando Street
12 Noon Protest at high noon at Calpine Headquarters
50 W. San Fernando Street, San Jose
Morning Star Gali: mstargali [at] gmail.com: 510.827-6719
http://bayarea.indymedia.org/newsitems/2007/01/20/18349473.php

7:30P-9: Lecture, Environmental Degradation, 1/29
Los Altos Library. At Library, 13 S. San Antonio Rd.
Jeff Langholz, Assoc. Prof., International Environmental Policy,
Monterey Inst. of International Studies, talks on
"Can the World Stop Enviornmental Degradation?" 
Cosponsors: World Affairs Council - Peninsula, 
Contact: Betty Gerard, (650)856-0912

Tuesday,  January 30, 2007   
.............................................
7:00 pm - 9 Acterra: Water - Where it comes from, where it goes 
Palo Alto: Acterra Conference Room at Peninsula Conservation Center,
3921 E. Bayshore Road  
Learn more about our local water systems from Greg Zlotnick, Director
of Santa Clara Valley Water District and Phil Bobel of the Palo Alto
Water Quality Control Plant. This evening is the first in a series of
Issue Briefings, deigned to give you in-depth information so you can
inform your friends and co-workers about local environmental concerns.
FREE to Acterra members; $5 general public. 
Contact: Debbie Mytels, (650) 962-9876 x302, debbiem at acterra.org
Presented by: Acterra http://www.acterra.org

Sunday,  January 31, 2007   
.............................................
10A-5P: Passes to Happy Hollow Park & Zoo for your old mobile phone
San Jos?: Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, 1300 Senter Road, San Jose, CA
Description: Now daily  through Feb 28 from 10A-4:30P, one mobile phone
= one free pass. Limit 2 passes per person.
  or can be mailed to:
Happy Hollow - Cell Phone Recycle Program, 
1300 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95112
Contact: Vanessa Rogier, 408-277-3065, Vanessa at bayarea.net
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, Orangutan Conservancy http://www.hhpz.org


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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 25 02:35:29 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:35:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FWD: talking points on climate change
Message-ID: <221875.90686.qm@web52210.mail.yahoo.com>

From: alsmith at hvgreens.org 
To: usgp-media at gp-us.org
Subject: [usgp-media] talking points on climate change
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:47:36 -0500 (EST)

(This) comes from Robert Wicke.  There is a lot of interest in the
topics of climate change and ethanol in our state party of late.

Sincerely,
Aimee Smith
GPMI



* The IPCC (Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change) will shortly be
bringing out a new report, which will put the effect of human
activities
on the production of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the greater than 90%
range. The Bush administration has up to very recently chosen to ignore
this relationship and and refused to even endorse the Kyoto treaty,
increasingly viewed by many climate scientists and others involved with
the issue, as markedly insufficient for actually counteracting climate
change.

*Atmospheric CO2 concentration is currently at about 380 parts per
million.  It is expected to reach 450 parts per million or even 550
later this century. Either figure would be disastrous.  At this
juncture, the United States, with a population of less than 5% of the
world total, contributes at least one quarter of the CO2 in the
atmosphere.

*This is a result of many factors, but they certainly include suburban
sprawl and the prodigious use of autos burning gasoline and the use of
semi-trailers, which burn diesel fuel, to move goods to market, . It
doesn't stop there, however, since about all of our activities,
including agriculture, construction, etc. are heavily oil-intensive, as
they originated in a cheap-oil framework.

*In addition to climate change, we are either at or nearing the stage
of
peak oil, when production has or will reach its maximum and from that
point on production will go down.  Recent advances in recovery have
only
accentuated this, due to the fact that we are draining fields faster
and
more completely; so that the decreasing side of the production curve
may
prove to be steeper than formerly thought.

* There are important ways that these twin emergencies should be
indicating similar courses of action, involving both conservation and
increased usage of renewables for the remainder of our energy use.

* During the eighties and nineties, funding for research into renewable
energy technologies was lower than necessary for timely development
that
would also possibly answer many of the as yet unanswered questions and
unsolved problems. A few of these technologies, such as plug-in hybrid
autos, may become an important part of the mix, anyway.  However, any
alternate technology must eventually meet the test of inputs and
outputs, which in energy research involves the formula, EROEI, energy
returned on energy invested.  It is especially important in applying
this formula to take into consideration the entire range of energy
invested

* Application of this formula reveals that one of the technologies
receiving the most attention, including prominent mention of it in the
annual state of the union address, namely, biofuels, is one that does
not really meet that test, has untenable ethical problems, and may
decrease over-all sustainability, especially if simply inserted into
the
oil-intensive large-scale system as we now have it.

* An article written by Brian Tokar, found in the online edition of
Counterpunch at <http://www.counterpunch.org/tokar11012006.html > is
based on two of the larger studies done on biofuels, at the University
of Minnesota and the University of Connecticut.  The first notes a
modest net energy gain, but also that the entire corn and soybean crop
would only displace "5.3% of current fuel needs."  (That's if one's
calculation takes into account the energy required of production of the
biofuels. And, why wouldn't that be taken into account?)

*The other study  found that "in balance, making ethanol from corn
requires 29% more fossil fuels than the net energy produced and
biodiesel from soy results in a net energy loss of 27%."

*However, Energy Bulletin, at
<http://www.energybulletin.net/24169.html>
has published an article by Sharon Astyk, entitled "Ethics of
Biofuels,"
that is wonderfully multi-factored, considering such factors as
industrial agriculture vs. small-scale, and vs. organic, meat-eating
vs.
vegetarianism, the needs for citizens in poorer nations vs. those in
richer ones, etc.  It's truly remarkable how different that analysis is
from the one found in the President's speech. The latter assumes so
many
givens and examines so few factors, and is so political in the worst
sense, by focussing on one aspect of the coming emergencies crossed
with
satisfying industrial agriculture's drive for more profits.

___________________

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Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

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From wrolley at charter.net  Thu Jan 25 07:39:56 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:39:56 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Obstructing Justice
Message-ID: <45B8CF4C.70701@charter.net>

Let's hope US Atty Carol Lam has an indictment for Ca Rep John DooLittle 
ready by Feb 15 - cuz Bush/Gonzales are trying to obstruct it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/opinion/25thu4.html?th&emc=th

Editorial
Political Meddling With Justice
Published: January 25, 2007


The federal investigation into Congressional corruption is approaching a 
crucial deadline and potential dead end. Feb. 15 is the last day on the 
job for United States Attorney Carol Lam of San Diego, the inquiry?s 
dedicated prosecutor, who is being purged by the Bush administration.

Her investigation led to the imprisonment of former Representative Randy 
Cunningham, the California Republican who took millions of dollars in 
bribes in exchange for delivering lucrative government contracts. But 
just as Ms. Lam was digging into other possible wrongdoing, the White 
House decided to force her from office without explanation.

Ms. Lam has been investigating the dealings of Brent Wilkes, a private 
contractor and deep-pocketed political contributor who was designated 
co-conspirator No. 1 in the Cunningham case. Mr. Wilkes developed other 
cozy relationships. Among other avenues, the inquiry has been looking 
into rich government contracts secured by corporations and lobbyists 
with ties to Representative Jerry Lewis ? the former appropriations 
chairman ? and his staff. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Mr. 
Wilkes could be indicted before Ms. Lam leaves office. The question now 
is whether her successor, as yet unnamed, will pursue the inquiry with 
the same dedication or will quietly smother it.

The outlook isn?t promising. The administration is defenestrating at 
least six other U.S. attorneys. Yet Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is 
refusing to provide Congress with details on these unmerited dismissals. 
He insists that there?s no attempt to quash fresh Republican scandals 
and says only the ?very best? will be named as replacements.

We are skeptical, especially since the White House?s reported choice to 
replace Little Rock?s federal attorney is a Republican operative close 
to Karl Rove. Congress must demand a clear explanation from Mr. Gonzales 
and the White House on why these prosecutors are being ousted. It must 
search out every shady aspect of this clearly politically motivated 
purge ? with a particular eye on Feb. 15.

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore

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From baalavi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 25 07:49:59 2007
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:49:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Obstructing Justice
In-Reply-To: <45B8CF4C.70701@charter.net>
Message-ID: <595120.47475.qm@web52106.mail.yahoo.com>

Thank you Wes, 
   
  In our daily talks, when the subject is corruption, we refer to "...South of the Border ..." as if we are angels from heaven "north of the border".
   
  It's interesting to read your note about "North of the border", while I read the following about the other side in Yahoo News.  I'd give Mexicans a thumbs up for it:
   
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_tijuana_police
   
  Yours,
   
  ba

Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:
  Let's hope US Atty Carol Lam has an indictment for Ca Rep John DooLittle ready by Feb 15 - cuz Bush/Gonzales are trying to obstruct it! 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/opinion/25thu4.html?th&emc=th 

Editorial 
Political Meddling With Justice 
Published: January 25, 2007 


The federal investigation into Congressional corruption is approaching a crucial deadline and potential dead end. Feb. 15 is the last day on the job for United States Attorney Carol Lam of San Diego, the inquiry???s dedicated prosecutor, who is being purged by the Bush administration. 

Her investigation led to the imprisonment of former Representative Randy Cunningham, the California Republican who took millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for delivering lucrative government contracts. But just as Ms. Lam was digging into other possible wrongdoing, the White House decided to force her from office without explanation. 

Ms. Lam has been investigating the dealings of Brent Wilkes, a private contractor and deep-pocketed political contributor who was designated co-conspirator No. 1 in the Cunningham case. Mr. Wilkes developed other cozy relationships. Among other avenues, the inquiry has been looking into rich government contracts secured by corporations and lobbyists with ties to Representative Jerry Lewis ??? the former appropriations chairman ??? and his staff. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Mr. Wilkes could be indicted before Ms. Lam leaves office. The question now is whether her successor, as yet unnamed, will pursue the inquiry with the same dedication or will quietly smother it. 

The outlook isn???t promising. The administration is defenestrating at least six other U.S. attorneys. Yet Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is refusing to provide Congress with details on these unmerited dismissals. He insists that there???s no attempt to quash fresh Republican scandals and says only the ???very best??? will be named as replacements. 

We are skeptical, especially since the White House???s reported choice to replace Little Rock???s federal attorney is a Republican operative close to Karl Rove. Congress must demand a clear explanation from Mr. Gonzales and the White House on why these prosecutors are being ousted. It must search out every shady aspect of this clearly politically motivated purge ??? with a particular eye on Feb. 15. 
--   Wes Rolley     17211 Quail Court   Morgan Hill, CA 95037  (408)778-3024    "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore
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From wrolley at charter.net  Thu Jan 25 08:09:00 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:09:00 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Nancy Pelosi appoints.....
Message-ID: <45B8D61C.7080406@charter.net>

For those who thought that the Democratic Congress would bring any 
change, I have news for you...The new chairman of the House Committee on 
Foreigh Affairs is Tom Lantos.  If one expects a more peaceful approach 
to foreign policy, based on reclaiming the moral authority that the 
United States once had, and that this administration squandered, you 
will not get that from Lantos.  If anyone expects a even-handed, 
un-biases view toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you will not get 
that from Tom Lantos. 

When all of the efforts of Pat Gray and others (mostly Democrats with 
ethnic backgrounds)  to unseat Lantos failed in 2004, we did not pay too 
much of a price since the Reublicans controlled things anyway.  Now, 
however, as Chairman of that committee, Lantos is in a position to do 
irreparable harm.

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 25 13:49:22 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:49:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Nancy Pelosi appoints..... Lantos
In-Reply-To: <45B8D61C.7080406@charter.net>
Message-ID: <773733.68239.qm@web52209.mail.yahoo.com>

Unfortunately we didn't even oppose Lantos in 2006.  The Repub was
actually an interesting and fairly green kinda guy but got zero support
from the Repubs (because as with Feinstein Lantos might as well be a
Repub so its counterproductive from their cynical scheming point of
view to run against their wolfish Repub in Sheepish Dem clothing).

Green solidarity!

Drew
 
--- Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:

> For those who thought that the Democratic Congress would bring any 
> change, I have news for you...The new chairman of the House Committee
> on 
> Foreigh Affairs is Tom Lantos.  If one expects a more peaceful
> approach 
> to foreign policy, based on reclaiming the moral authority that the 
> United States once had, and that this administration squandered, you 
> will not get that from Lantos.  If anyone expects a even-handed, 
> un-biases view toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you will not
> get 
> that from Tom Lantos. 
> 
> When all of the efforts of Pat Gray and others (mostly Democrats with
> 
> ethnic backgrounds)  to unseat Lantos failed in 2004, we did not pay
> too 
> much of a price since the Reublicans controlled things anyway.  Now, 
> however, as Chairman of that committee, Lantos is in a position to do
> 
> irreparable harm.
> 
> -- 
> Wes Rolley		 
> 17211 Quail Court	
> Morgan Hill, CA 95037
> (408)778-3024
> 
> "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in
> and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 25 14:17:00 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:17:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Durbin calls Cheney 'delusional'&#12288;
Message-ID: <20070125221700.39635.qmail@web52207.mail.yahoo.com>

Are the Dems only just now figuring this out???  Notice its 'harsh'
when a Dem says it, but how many incredibly harsh things have spilled
from Darth Cheney's mouth???

Green solidarity!

Drew Johnson
California

Durbin calls Cheney 'delusional'
By Margaret
Talev&#12288;http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/16544658.htm
McClatchy Newspapers

    * Cheney increasingly on the defensive

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney is "delusional" about what's
happening in Iraq, the Democrats' top Senate vote-counter said
Thursday.

That harsh assessment by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., two
days after President Bush sought bipartisan comity in his State of the
Union address, underscores how difficult achieving that may be.

Moreover, it illuminates how many in Congress especially blame Cheney
for the president's insistence on building up troop levels in Iraq
rather than pulling out of the sectarian violence there after nearly
four years and redeploying troops to Afghanistan and other terrorist
trouble spots.

During the Senate Democratic leadership team's weekly briefing with
reporters, Durbin cited a television interview from a day earlier in
which Cheney told CNN "there's been a lot of success" in Iraq and
rejected the idea that the situation was beyond control.

"To have Vice President Cheney suggest that we have had a series of
enormous successes in Iraq is delusional," Durbin said. "I don't
understand how he can continue to say those things while the president
calls them 'slow failure'."

That's the term President Bush used in a separate television interview
earlier this month, saying that's where the situation would be headed
unless another 21,500 troops were injected.

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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 25 14:19:01 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:19:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Durbin calls Cheney 'delusional'&#12288;
Message-ID: <20070125221901.40284.qmail@web52207.mail.yahoo.com>

Are the Dems only just now figuring this out???  Notice its termed
'harsh' by the media when a Dem says it, but how many incredibly harsh
things have spilled from Darth Cheney's mouth???

Green solidarity!

Drew Johnson
California

Durbin calls Cheney 'delusional'
By Margaret
Talev&#12288;http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/16544658.htm
McClatchy Newspapers

    * Cheney increasingly on the defensive

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney is "delusional" about what's
happening in Iraq, the Democrats' top Senate vote-counter said
Thursday.

That harsh assessment by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., two
days after President Bush sought bipartisan comity in his State of the
Union address, underscores how difficult achieving that may be.

Moreover, it illuminates how many in Congress especially blame Cheney
for the president's insistence on building up troop levels in Iraq
rather than pulling out of the sectarian violence there after nearly
four years and redeploying troops to Afghanistan and other terrorist
trouble spots.

During the Senate Democratic leadership team's weekly briefing with
reporters, Durbin cited a television interview from a day earlier in
which Cheney told CNN "there's been a lot of success" in Iraq and
rejected the idea that the situation was beyond control.

"To have Vice President Cheney suggest that we have had a series of
enormous successes in Iraq is delusional," Durbin said. "I don't
understand how he can continue to say those things while the president
calls them 'slow failure'."

That's the term President Bush used in a separate television interview
earlier this month, saying that's where the situation would be headed
unless another 21,500 troops were injected.

___________________

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"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
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From tnharter at ispwest.com  Thu Jan 25 17:04:50 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:04:50 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Lt. Watada on NPR, 7 PM.
Message-ID: <45B953B2.9010900@ispwest.com>

Fresh Air today is a long discussion of Lt. Watada's case. He gets ample
time to explain that he thinks Bush's Iraq war is illegal. He speaks 
well and
makes a good case. Totally worth listening to! Tune in to 88.5 at 7 PM.

-- 
Tian
Monday Eve: I saw Dennis Loo & Elizabeth De La Vega talk on Impeachment.
http://tian.greens.org



From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Jan 26 09:22:04 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:22:04 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Getting left at the gate
Message-ID: <45BA38BC.4080303@charter.net>

I still belong to the votepomboout email list, which everyone agreed 
should stay around in case he decided to try and cling to the trappings 
of power. Through that, I found a reference to an interesting project, 
one that seems like is designed to deliver solid Democratic Majorities 
in CA for the forseeable future.  http://www.precinctcaptains.org/

The combination of internet communications / project coordination and on 
the ground activism is one that is hard to beat.

-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From andid at cagreens.org  Sat Jan 27 14:58:59 2007
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:58:59 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] County Council Membership
In-Reply-To: <459FE950.6070002@charter.net>
References: <459FE950.6070002@charter.net>
Message-ID: <24E565E2-8970-4680-915B-3C2FBAE04CB5@cagreens.org>

Hi, Green colleagues,
This sounds like good advice from Wes.

I was on the Council for two terms and I believe that I attended  
every meeting, with a few exceptions when I was ill, etc.
The cc is a very important group of people who can help streamline  
discussions if they choose to do so, and can come up with innovative  
ideas if they choose to do so, especially when they are clear on  
their duties to the general membership and do not try to control but  
merely guide.
The strength of the cc is in the fewer numbers; the weakness is in  
the fewer numbers.  (Bear with the tiny bit of philosophy here.)

I dropped out because I felt it was time for fresh blood.  This is no  
criticism of those who remained on the cc, because a couple of people  
with a sense of the cc's history can be of tremendous help to the new  
people, especially if the former are willing to listen to new  
approaches and give way to new talents.
I hope the cc will pick up some new talent and sustain a solid gender  
balance, the latter being key to Green values.
Best wishes to all Greens,
Andrea

On Jan 6, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Wes Rolley wrote:

> Drew,
>
> I am sorry that you did not get the point.  I should have made it  
> more clear.  It was simply that one has to be willing to go to  
> meetings and then to do the work or you are out.
>
> I think that it would be an informative exercise to ask those who  
> are no longer on the County Council to tell you why they dropped  
> out.  They are still activist in their tendencies, just not doing  
> it through GPSCC.  e.g. Charlotte Casey - South Bay  
> Mobilization.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/ 
> 2007/01/01/18342888.php  Maybe they can help figure out what GPSCC  
> needs to don to make things more vital and retain good people.
>
> Within GPCA, there is a general interpretation of the "meeting"  
> requirement that says the membership of any group or committee has  
> to physically "meet" in order to maintain membership status and  
> voting priviledges.  For Working Groups, that has been interpreted  
> that you must attend a GA to be able to vote within the group... a  
> restriction that makes it impossible to take action at times. For  
> example, I am a member, but would not be allowed to vote on  
> anything until I have attended at least 2 meetings.
>> 1.2 Only active members will vote in official county Green Party  
>> functions, should a vote be required according to the Consensus  
>> Process described in Article 6. Official functions shall be those  
>> at which decisions are made in the name of the Party.
>>
>> 1.3 An active member shall be a person who has attended 2 out of  
>> the last 5 meetings of the official functions at which (s)he  
>> wishes to vote. For example, a vote at a General meeting, a  
>> committee meeting, a local meeting, etc.
>>
> In practice, that provision is ignored.  However, if 15 new people  
> showed up at a meeting some time and voted a number of non 10 KV  
> positions, I am sure that someone would try to invoke that  
> provision. We have never had the problem, but the GP San Francisco  
> has.
>
> The only group that does not have such a provision at the GPCA  
> level is the CC.  They have a sepcial provision written into the  
> bylaws that their meetings can be by telecon.  No other committee  
> or working group has such a provision.
> __
> My comment about looking to the core group (which I agree is not a  
> good thing) is that these are the people who have demonstrated a   
> willingness to spend their time going to meetings, for whom the 45  
> min - 1 hr each way is worth it.  For myself, evan as much as I try  
> to find the time to do, the Green Party is not the most important  
> thing that I work at.  (maybe 2nd or 3rd) and that travel time is  
> an obstacle.  I find it more productive to work through electronic  
> media to reach those whom I can.  I would rather spend the time  
> posting something relevant to cagreening or in trying to expand the  
> effectiveness of the Eco-Action Committee, of which I am a member.
>
> I had previously made a suggestion to make a representative of the  
> SJS Campus Greens into a member of the CC, even ex-officio.  Maybe  
> one of the reasons that we do not get more young people is that we  
> don't go where the leaders may come from.  Actually now, Campus  
> Greens no longer exists at SJSU and I have no idea why this  
> happened.  Per the SJSU web site:
>> Environmental Club at SJSU (formerly Campus Greens at SJSU)
>> Contact Person: Amie Frisch
>> Phone: (408) 887-2562
>> Email: info at sjsuenvclub.org
>> Box: 179
>>
>> To promote environmental activities to raise awareness on campus.
>>
> Another suggestion that I have made in the past is to make a direct  
> contact with the San Jose Branch of MAPA.  Since Nativo Lopez  
> (National President) is a registered Green and member of the LA  
> County Council, perhaps there is a fertile ground here for  
> collaboration and possible recruitment of members.
>> MAPA- San Jose
>> Daniel Garza - President
>> Tel: (408) 259-8733
>> Email: danielgarza at mapa-ca.org
> Here is an idea to increase diversity.  Scan the list of Registered  
> Greens in SCC.  Take all of those with Hispanic family names and  
> contact (telephone, mail) each one directly, inviting them to a  
> Community  meeeting, asking if they have the time to become more  
> involved as we continue the focus on expanding health care to all  
> who require it and other key issues.  If that works, repeat for  
> Vietnamese, Muslims, etc.
>
> If you look at the GPSCC web site, there are links to other  
> organizations (I suggest removing the link Latino Business,  
> Community, Culture & Education because it is not longer pointing to  
> anything Latino.  It is just infobayarea.com, a source for  
> networking mixers, etc. )
>
> One of those links is to Silicon Valley De-Bug voice of young  
> workers, writers, and artists.  I would suggest that this is  
> another un-developed opportunity to make a Green Message heard.   
> Are there any writers / video developers / poets / photographers  
> who are willing to work within this collective environment?  If we  
> want the effort to stay vital, we have to be working on vital  
> things within the community.  Here is a media outlet (print and  
> online) that we are not using and probably should be.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Wes Rolley		
> 17211 Quail Court	
> Morgan Hill, CA 95037
> (408)778-3024
>
> "Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe  
> in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry  
> Moore
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From jims at greens.org  Sat Jan 27 20:06:52 2007
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:06:52 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: GPUS Delegation Survey]
Message-ID: <45BC215C.95726A72@greens.org>

I didn't receive any replies to my inquiry, below. So I'll assume the answer
is "no." 

If someone does remember such a survey, please let me know. This involves a
proposal coming before the coordinating committee.

Jim



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: GPUS Delegation Survey
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:16:16 -0800
From: Jim Stauffer <jims at greens.org>
To: GPSCC <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>

There is reported to be a survey that was circulated by our state delegation
to the GPUS regarding changing the delegate distribution among the states.
The survey was asking our opinion on what they're proposing.

Does anyone remember seeing that survey? I'm not sure when it was sent, but
I would guess within the last couple of months>

-- 
Jim



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sat Jan 27 20:56:45 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:56:45 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] New Mexico impeachment initiative
Message-ID: <45BC2D0D.3070401@sbcglobal.net>

Two members of the New Mexico state legislature have
introduced legislation seeking an impeachment request
be sent to congress.

The full article is in the nation magazine and can be found at
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0126-25.htm

Here are some excerpts:

Prior to CNN personality Wolf Blitzer's testy-if-not-particularly 
substantive interview with the vice president on Wednesday, the 
network's resident rabble rouser, commentator Jack Cafferty, presented a 
reasonably favorable feature on a move by New Mexico state Senators 
Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, and John Grubesic, D-Santa Fe, to get 
that state's legislature to petition Congress to impeach both Cheney and 
Bush.

The New Mexico impeachment initiative, one of several currently moving 
forward in state legislatures around the country, is designed to force 
members of Congress to take seriously the increasingly-popular demand 
that the president and vice president be held to account for misleading 
Congress over the Iraq war, supporting torture, engaging in illegal 
spying on U.S. citizens and using their offices to punish critics.
...
The New Mexico legislators have taken their cue from Thomas Jefferson, 
who in a manual of congressional procedures written more than two 
centuries ago affirmed that state legislatures could petition the House 
to impeach federal officials.

The third president explained in Section 603 of his Manual on 
Parliamentary Practice and Rules of the House of Representatives, a 
volume that is still referred to by House leaders for precedents and 
guidance, that: "there are various methods of setting an impeachment in 
motion":
1) By charges made on the floor by a member of the House;
2) By charges preferred by a memorial filed by a House member;
3) By charges contained in a Resolution introduced by a House member;
4) By a message from the President; /
5) By charges transmitted by a State legislature/, or a grand jury;
6) By facts developed and reported by an investigating committee of the 
House."
...
 Well the way it works is that a state of course, cannot mandate 
impeachment of a president but the impeachment charges can be forwarded 
to the House of Representatives.

 The newspaper in Santa Fe, 'The New Mexican' reports the measure 
already is running into trouble even though Democrats control both 
chambers of the state legislature, and that's because no Republicans 
support it.

Senate leaders have assigned it to three different committee hearings, 
meaning that there are more chances to kill the measure before it ever 
makes it to a vote.

But the fact that the issue of impeaching a sitting president is being 
discussed seriously in a state legislature like New Mexico's speaks 
volumes."


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sat Jan 27 21:15:10 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:15:10 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] murphy's law
Message-ID: <45BC315E.3080805@sbcglobal.net>

This from the common dreams article
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0126-26.htm

In 2003 the Ig Nobel Prize for Engineering 
<http://www.improbable.com/ig/> was presented, somewhat belatedly, to 
the late Edward A. Murphy, Jr., and two others for their 1949 
formulation of a fundamental law of engineering: "If there are two or 
more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a 
catastrophe, someone will do it." This is known as "Murphy?s Law" and it 
is parsed popularly as "If anything can go wrong, it will."

Perhaps George W. Bush should be considered for an Ig Nobel prize this 
year, for exhaustively demonstrating the workings of Murphy?s Law in 
many different disciplines.

I....... and much further down

G) Murphy?s Law has not been repealed or disproved;


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sun Jan 28 09:54:13 2007
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:54:13 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] County Council Meeting
Message-ID: <45BCE345.7090603@earthlink.net>


There will be a county council meeting today
at Jim Doyle's house.

Date: Jan. 28, 2007
Time: 4:00 PM
Address: 1668 Nora Way

Gerry



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Jan 28 20:05:21 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:05:21 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call for agenda items for Feb 1
Message-ID: <45BD7281.3090902@sbcglobal.net>

This is a call for agenda items for Thursday February 1-st.

To date I have received the following suggestions
 
Strategy Committee
Green topics meetings and events committee
Delivery of Green Party call for Impeachment to congressional offices
Proposal for an amendment thereto
Review of membership / participation in the impeachment coalition
Speaker at "Fred's clubhouse" on impeachment Friday Feb 16-th

Green Focus 1) distribute  2) write article(s) for
Day hikes
wrting to congress members, letter or postcard
Reports
  1) media project
  2) GPUS delegation survey
  3)  Health care coalition
  4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan
  5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community

Tabling matters
  1) tabling kit
  2) buttons
  3) literature
  4)  when and where to table in February - need suggestions

Send your suggestions to me.
Thanks,
Jim Doyle


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Jan 28 20:18:56 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:18:56 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] awards breakfast
Message-ID: <45BD75B0.6020508@sbcglobal.net>

The annual human relations awards breakfast will be on
Friday February 23-rd at the Wyndham hotel.  Cost is $45 per person.

South Bay Mobilisation will be receiving one of the awards
as will the council on american islamic relations
and the San Jose Immigrant Rights Coalition, too.

A networking opportunity.  Perhaps the GPSCC could finance
the breakfast for one of our members.

Sponsorship opportunities are available.



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Jan 28 20:23:27 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:23:27 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] organise cafeteria workers Monday the 29-th 5:30
	pm
Message-ID: <45BD76BF.6070806@sbcglobal.net>

*_F. Monday, January 29^th  ? Service Workers Rising Campaign Kick Off 
Event_*

-----Original Message-----
*From:* catherine cusic [mailto:ccusic at pacbell.net]
*Sent:* Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:09 PM
*To:* Socorro McCord
*Subject:* thought this would interest you-

Join special guests Danny Glover and Dolores Huerta to kick off a

new organizing effort of low-wage Cafeteria Workers in Santa Clara

and San Mateo counties! Thousands of immigrant workers are subcontracted to

work in high tech and bio tech corporate cafeterias.

Together we are starting a national movement

here to create new standards for this invisible workforce.

*Campaign*

*Kick-Off Event!*

When: Monday, January 29 ?

Time: 5:30 pm

Where: Antioch Baptist Church

268 East Julian St., downtown San Jose (between N. 6th and N. 7th Street)

UNITEHERE!

For more information and shuttle transportation to the event call 
415-282-2204

opeiu 3 AFL-CIO 174

----------------


From fredd at freeshell.org  Mon Jan 29 12:36:51 2007
From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:36:51 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss]  call for agenda items for Feb 1
Message-ID: <45BE5AE3.3010406@freeshell.org>

This is a call for agenda items for Thursday February 1-st.

To date I have received the following suggestions

Strategy Committee
Matt Gonzalez' talk to approximately 200 on De Anza Campus
Green topics meetings and events committee
Delivery of Green Party call for Impeachment to congressional offices
Proposal for an amendment thereto
Review of membership / participation in the impeachment coalition
Speaker at "Fred's clubhouse" on impeachment Friday Feb 16-th

Green Focus 1) distribute  2) write article(s) for
Day hikes
wrting to congress members, letter or postcard
Reports
   1) media project
   2) GPUS delegation survey
   3)  Health care coalition
   4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan
   5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community

Tabling matters
   1) tabling kit
   2) buttons
   3) literature
   4)  when and where to table in February - need suggestions

Send your suggestions to me.
Thanks,
Jim Doyle
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From wrolley at charter.net  Mon Jan 29 13:09:41 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:09:41 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call for agenda items for Feb 1
In-Reply-To: <45BE5AE3.3010406@freeshell.org>
References: <45BE5AE3.3010406@freeshell.org>
Message-ID: <45BE6295.8030209@charter.net>

Fred Duperrault wrote:

Several comments, since I will not be there.

- the idea of the strategy committee is a good one.  I support it.

As a member of the Green Focus Editorial Board, I am very much 
interested in more local involvement.
I have two questions:
- some are asking for Spanish Languauge translation for every issue.  
Yes? / No?
- Green Focus costs money, does not break even. Would there be 
objections to selling ad?

The following three are very important items on which the GPSCC should 
have positions, or at least full understanding.

   3)  Health care coalition
   4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan - though this is almost past the time for commentary.  It is very important for S. County. 
   5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community


> This is a call for agenda items for Thursday February 1-st.
>
> To date I have received the following suggestions
>
> Strategy Committee
> Matt Gonzalez' talk to approximately 200 on De Anza Campus
> Green topics meetings and events committee
> Delivery of Green Party call for Impeachment to congressional offices
> Proposal for an amendment thereto
> Review of membership / participation in the impeachment coalition
> Speaker at "Fred's clubhouse" on impeachment Friday Feb 16-th
>
> Green Focus 1) distribute  2) write article(s) for
> Day hikes
> wrting to congress members, letter or postcard
> Reports
>    1) media project
>    2) GPUS delegation survey
>    3)  Health care coalition
>    4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan
>    5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community
>
>   


-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore



From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 29 19:30:25 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:30:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] awards breakfast - SBM to get award
In-Reply-To: <45BD75B0.6020508@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <61629.65835.qm@web52210.mail.yahoo.com>

Our new member Merriam Kathaleen is a very active member of SBM (her
SBM self-title is 'Outreach Director' :-) )  Maybe she'll be going or
could be persuaded to.  I agree that it would be appropriate to pay the
person's way.

Organize, Energize, Coalize!

Drew
 
--- Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> The annual human relations awards breakfast will be on
> Friday February 23-rd at the Wyndham hotel.  Cost is $45 per person.
> 
> South Bay Mobilisation will be receiving one of the awards
> as will the council on american islamic relations
> and the San Jose Immigrant Rights Coalition, too.
> 
> A networking opportunity.  Perhaps the GPSCC could finance
> the breakfast for one of our members.
> 
> Sponsorship opportunities are available.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
> 


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Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com


 
____________________________________________________________________________________
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 29 20:29:57 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:29:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Santa Clara Co. To Conduct Homeless Census
Message-ID: <20070130042957.97226.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com>

Santa Clara Co. To Conduct Homeless Census

(BCN) SAN JOSE As the nights get colder, Santa Clara County is trying
to get a count on the number of homeless people that are living in the
county, Margaret Gregg of the Affordable Housing Office said.

On Jan. 29 and 30, volunteers will take to the streets to count the
homeless people living both in shelters and on the streets.

The survey is mandated to take place every other year by the Department
of Housing and Urban Development as an attempt to ascertain numbers of
homeless people and to track fluctuations in the homeless population,
Gregg said.

Among the volunteers counting this year will be homeless people, Gregg
said.

?They know exactly where the encampments are and where to look,? said
Gregg.

The 2004 survey revealed there to be 4,868 homeless people in Santa
Clara County, including 240 people who belonged to entirely homeless
families.

The 2007 report is due out within a couple of months of the survey,
Gregg said.


___________________

JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com


 
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From jamboi at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 29 20:34:12 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:34:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Locals are how we will avoid "Getting left at the
	gate"
In-Reply-To: <45BA38BC.4080303@charter.net>
Message-ID: <644616.5993.qm@web52202.mail.yahoo.com>

That's why we Greens have to create Locals and start getting serious
about the hard work of electoral campaigning.  So lets get the South
County Local up and running!

Organize, Energize, Coalize!

Drew

--- Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:

> I still belong to the votepomboout email list, which everyone agreed 
> should stay around in case he decided to try and cling to the
> trappings of power. Through that, I found a reference to an
interesting project, one that seems like is designed to deliver solid
Democratic Majorities in CA for the forseeable future. 
http://www.precinctcaptains.org/
> 
> The combination of internet communications / project coordination and
> on the ground activism is one that is hard to beat.


___________________

JamBoi
Jammy The Sacred Cow Slayer

"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon)
http://dailyJam.blogspot.com


 
____________________________________________________________________________________
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From fredd at freeshell.org  Mon Jan 29 23:31:10 2007
From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:31:10 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call for agenda items for Feb 1
In-Reply-To: <45BE5AE3.3010406@freeshell.org>
References: <45BE5AE3.3010406@freeshell.org>
Message-ID: <45BEF43E.6040503@freeshell.org>

I didn't write this.  I just added an item to the agenda.

fd

Fred Duperrault wrote:

Several comments, since I will not be there.

- the idea of the strategy committee is a good one.  I support it.

As a member of the Green Focus Editorial Board, I am very much
interested in more local involvement.
I have two questions:
- some are asking for Spanish Languauge translation for every issue.
Yes? / No?
- Green Focus costs money, does not break even. Would there be
objections to selling ad?

The following three are very important items on which the GPSCC should
have positions, or at least full understanding.

    3)  Health care coalition
    4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan - though this is almost past the 
time for commentary.  It is very important for S. County.
    5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community


> This is a call for agenda items for Thursday February 1-st.
>
> To date I have received the following suggestions
>
> Strategy Committee
> Matt Gonzalez' talk to approximately 200 on De Anza Campus
> Green topics meetings and events committee
> Delivery of Green Party call for Impeachment to congressional offices
> Proposal for an amendment thereto
> Review of membership / participation in the impeachment coalition
> Speaker at "Fred's clubhouse" on impeachment Friday Feb 16-th
>
> Green Focus 1) distribute  2) write article(s) for
> Day hikes
> wrting to congress members, letter or postcard
> Reports
>    1) media project
>    2) GPUS delegation survey
>    3)  Health care coalition
>    4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan
>    5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community
>
>   


-- 
Wes Rolley		
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in 
and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore

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From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Jan 30 08:31:16 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:31:16 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Immigration
Message-ID: <45BF72D4.8020202@charter.net>

I blogged <http://cagreening.blogspot.com/> today re: Immigration.  It 
is still the number one state wide issue, according the the Public 
Policy Institute of California. 

At least, there is a Spanish translation of the new Immigration Plank 
that I was able to make into a publishable (for tabling) PDF file and 
make available along the the blog entry.  You can also get it here 
<http://www.refpub.com/GreenDocs/Verdes_en_Imgracion.pdf>:  It has been 
suggested as being good for tabling.


-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore




From jamboi at yahoo.com  Tue Jan 30 12:56:11 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:56:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Love America - Climb on Impeachment Train on
	Valentines, Wed. Fe 14,
	Impeachment Green Talk w/ Peter Phillips, Fr. Fe 16
Message-ID: <20070130205611.68367.qmail@web52208.mail.yahoo.com>

Reminder of Green Party Action Events Coming Up:

+ This Thursday the 1st of Fe.  We have our GPSCC General meeting at
the San Jose Peace Center.  See http://cagreens.org/sclara

+ What: Weekly Impeachment Vigil, every Fri. 5:30-7P, MV @ Castro & El
Camino, *& on The 14th it will be followed by...

+What: Love America Impeachment Train, Delivery of Impeachment
Resolution
When: Wednesday, Valentines Day Fe 14th, 9AM Apologies that . 
We moved the date again (from the 7th).   More detailed info soon.  
Where: The Pruneyard, Campbell Ave & Bascom: Meet at Mike Honda's
office at the back of the Pruneyard
Transport: A couple blocks south of the Light Rail station on Hamilton
and near Bascom.
Bus: VTA lines #60, #26 : see vta.org:
http://www.vta.org/schedules/schedules_bynumber.html
Parking: Park at The Pruneyard parking garage in the back
More detailed info soon!

+ *What: Green Talk by Peter Phillips, Co-Author of "Impeach the
President" and founder of Project Censored.
When: Fri. Fe 16th, 7:30
Where:
at (Fred's) the clubhouse in Mountainview just NE of the intersection
of Moffett and Middlefield.

___________________

JamBoi
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 jamboi at yahoo.com  Tue Jan 30 13:03:32 2007
From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:03:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Single Payer Event in City of Santa Clara,
	Planning meeting, Feb. 9th
Message-ID: <728331.66563.qm@web52213.mail.yahoo.com>

If anyone would like to help put on this single payer advocacy event
that GPSCC is working in coalition to put on, please contact me or
Fred.

Organize, Energize, Coalize!

Drew
 
--- Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: "Lynn Huidekoper" 
> Subject: Would love your help planning the Santa Clara One Care Now
> Event
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:59:03 -0800
> 
> Hello SCCSPHCC folks,
> Last week at the Thursday meeting at the LISHC some of you voiced an 
> interest in helping HCA folks plan their One Care Now events coming
> up.
> Carol Dalrymple is the HCA contact for the Santa Clara city event on
> Sunday, 
> July 8,2007.
> She is holding a planning meeting on Friday, Feb. 9.
> Her contact info is:
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Jan 30 13:57:11 2007
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:57:11 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] candidate's forum
Message-ID: <45BFBF37.5010407@sbcglobal.net>

San Jose City Council District #6 candidate Forum

1/31/2007 Wednesday 7 P.M. at 1922 Alameda 
(it's the United Way building)
 
Special election scheduled for March 6, 2007.




From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Jan 30 15:49:23 2007
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:49:23 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd:  PEACE AND UNITY MARCH AND RALLY, FEB 3,
	SATURDAY AT  10AM - 2PM]
Message-ID: <45BFD983.9060500@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Gerry

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fw: PEACE AND UNITY MARCH AND RALLY, FEB 3,
SATURDAY AT [[10AM - 2PM]]
From: "WILPFpeninsula" <wilpfpeninsula at comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:06:25 -0800
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>

<snip>

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US TO MARCH FOR PEACE AND UNITY.  LIVE IN PEACE!!!

Friends and neighbors:

Please pass the word around EPA, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding 
cities.

"We are a coalition group of community organizations, churches, youth 
groups, leaders and concerned citizens working together to restore peace 
and unity in the East Palo Alto community. "  PLEASE JOIN US TO STOP THE 
VIOLENCE.   Please march and rally with us. We are actively working to 
improve our community and respond to our children. We face the 
challenges of developing  services and interventions to serve our 
community in time of need. We need ACTION! We need strategies that will 
work to provide safety and security for all children and family members. 
  We need prevention!   Abuse and violence against the innocent is NOT 
ACCEPTED NOR TOLERATED.  Through churches, schools, parents, city 
officials, survivors and activists, community organizing efforts, and 
ground breaking work, we are working on prevention  in order to create 
viable strategies for changing the social and institutional norms that 
perpetuate violence. Come and  help STOP THE VIOLENCE. Violence is NOT 
tolerated.

  OUR MESSAGE IS TO LIVE IN PEACE!   STOP THE VIOLENCE!
  We will march from the rally location at Clarke and Donohoe, and walk 
to Jack Farrell Park, East Palo Alto on:

When :                    February 3, 2007, Saturday
Time:                       10am - 2pm
Message:              "Live in Peace" and   STOP THE VIOLENCE!
Starting point:       March will begin at 10am at the corner of Clarke 
and Donohoe street, EPA.

Please call to register. You may register for this event by leaving your 
name, number, email and or a brief message at:
Email -     epa.peace at gmail.com
Phone -  ( 650)  646 3855



'Ofa atu,
Miss 'Alisi

Ms. 'Alisi M. Fineasi, MA
Ravenswood City School District
Pacific Island Parent Specialist
Cesar Chavez School
Phone (650) 329-6700 Ext104
Email afineasi at ravenswood.k12.ca.us







From fredd at freeshell.org  Tue Jan 30 19:59:52 2007
From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:59:52 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss]   call for agenda items for Feb 1
Message-ID: <45C01438.5040201@freeshell.org>

This is a call for agenda items for Thursday February 1-st.

To date I have received the following suggestions

Strategy Committee
Matt Gonzalez' talk to approximately 200 on De Anza Campus (Fred and Drew)
Santa Clara County Health Care For All Coalition (Drew and Fred)
Green topics meetings and events committee
Delivery of Green Party call for Impeachment to congressional offices
Proposal for an amendment thereto
Review of membership / participation in the impeachment coalition
Speaker at "Fred's clubhouse" on impeachment Friday Feb 16-th

Green Focus 1) distribute  2) write article(s) for
Day hikes
wrting to congress members, letter or postcard
Reports
    1) media project
    2) GPUS delegation survey
    3)  Health care coalition
    4)  Coyote Valley Specific Plan
    5)  Mercury News Forum for the Latino community

Tabling matters
    1) tabling kit
    2) buttons
    3) literature
    4)  when and where to table in February - need suggestions

Send your suggestions to me.
Thanks,
Jim Doyle
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sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
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From tnharter at ispwest.com  Wed Jan 31 01:22:59 2007
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:22:59 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] My pictures from the March in San Francisco on
	Saturday.
Message-ID: <45C05FF3.4050707@ispwest.com>


http://tian.greens.org/SanFrancisco/PeaceMarch/Jan07/

Click the pictures to see more of what I came across...

-- 
Tian
Latest change: added Saturday's San Francisco pictures.
http://tian.greens.org



From cbrouillet at igc.org  Wed Jan 31 08:41:54 2007
From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:41:54 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Upcoming 9/11 Truth/Impeachment Meetings/Events
Message-ID: <E1HCIX0-0005ek-PP@elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net>


Here are Upcoming 9/11 Truth and Impeachment 
Events and MEETINGS.  I've included meetings, 
because if we want 9/11 Truth to be a part of 
rallies, marches, events- we must be present at 
other groups meetings.  We could have had a 9/11 
Truth speaker at the recent anti-war rally, had 
we participated more in the organizing meetings.
1) Film- Divided We Fall: Americans in the 
Aftermath" Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:00 pm, 2040 Life 
Sciences Building (LSB), UC Berkeley
2) World Can't Wait Organizing Meeting, 
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 6-8 pm, Redstone 
Building, 2940 16th St, second floor, San Francisco
3) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance 
Meeting, Thursday, February 1, 2007, 7 p.m. to 10 
p.m., 522 Valencia St., San Francisco
4) Film- "IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS" w' 
Dr. Sharat G. Lin., Saturday, February 3rd at 
1:30, Fremont Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd.
5) Film Showing "America: Freedom To Fascism", 
Saturday, February 3, 2007 AT 7PM, Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz
6) Impeach Bush-Cheney Coalition Meeting, Sunday, 
February 4, 2007, 3 to 5 PM, 2161 Alston Way Suite B, Berkeley
7) Ken Jenkins, talk with film clips- 9/11 and 
wars February 8, 2007 , 7 PM Unitarian 
Universalist Fellowship, 2124 Brewster Ave. (at Lowell St.), Redwood City
          8) Educational Forum (Ed Rippy), 
Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2007, 7-9 pm @ Grand Lake 
Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland
          9) Screening of "9/11 Press For Truth", 
Friday, February 09, 7:00 PM, Round Table Pizza, 
20920 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley
        10) Film - 9/11 Mysteries, Part 1: 
Demolitions, Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 4:00 
PM, SFSU, Cesar Chavez Student Center, Rosa Parks D, 1600 Holloway Ave.,
        11) Northern California 9-11 Truth 
Alliance Meeting, Thursday, Feb. 15th, 2007, 7-10 
pm @ Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland
        12) Peter Phillips, Impeach the 
President, Friday, February 16, 2007, 7:30 pm, 
Willow Park Clubhouse, 500 W Middlefield Road, Mountain View
        13) Film Screening: High Crimes, and 
"Setting the Table for Impeachment", Thursday, 
February 22, 2007, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland
        14) 9/11 Accountability - Strategies and 
Solutions Conference, Chandler Arizona, February 23-25, 2007
        15) Justice and Freedom Conference, March 
9-11, 2007, The Atrium Hotel, 18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, CA

_______________________________________________________________________________________

See http://www.communitycurrency.org/events.html 
for the latest details.  Here are fuller descriptions:

1)          The film- ?Divided We Fall: Americans 
in the Aftermath?, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:00 pm

              2040 Life Sciences Building (LSB), UC Berkeley

PANA Institute?s project on Civil Liberties and Faith presents- Divided We Fall
written and produced by Valerie Kaur
directed and produced by Sharat Raju

Divided We Fall is a film about the untold 
American story in the aftermath of 9/11. It is a 
moving story that brings us to the intersections 
of violence, identity, and power in America, and 
forces us to confront where we stand as a people.

Valarie Kaur was twenty years old when she got in 
her car and began driving across the country. A 
man from her community had just been murdered. An 
elderly man nearly beaten to death. A woman 
stabbed in the head. Fragments of these stories 
sent across e-mail lists were not making the 
nightly news, only the towers falling over and 
over again between headshots of turbaned and 
bearded Osama bin Laden. As a Sikh American 
college student, Valarie wanted to reconcile the 
two faces of America? the unity of a grieving 
nation and the fear dividing her country. At the 
end of September 2001, she left behind her junior 
year and began a journey across the country, looking for the heart of America.

Award-winning director Sharat Raju and his team 
joined Valarie Kaur in 2004 to create the footage 
into a feature-length documentary. The crew 
retraced Valarie's steps in summer 2005 in a 
second phase of production on 16mm film and 
interviewed again the people Valarie first met in 
2001. The team has created a film that explores 
what it means to be American five years in the aftermath.

$5.00 at the door; or free with any valid student 
ID Please visit the film website www.dwf-film.com 
for more information. Every dollar raised will go back into film production.


2)    World Can't Wait Organizing Meeting, Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 6-8 pm
        Redstone Building, all welcome,
         2940 16th St, second floor, San Francisco

3)     Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance 
Meeting, Thursday, February 1, 2007, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
         522 Valencia St., just up from the 16th 
St. Bart Station, San Francisco, 9-11 Truth 
Alliance info/events line 1-866-268-2320

4)     Film- "IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS" 
will be shown followed by a discussion led by Dr. Sharat G. Lin.
         Saturday, February 3rd at 1:30
          Fremont Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd.( 
At Paseo Padre, by Lake Elizabeth.)

Presented by newly formed Tri-City independent 
Documentary Series, founded by Professor Paul 
Rea, a Newark resident, and Jane Bark of Fremont 
(Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance members) 
with the intention of showing current affairs 
documentaries monthly at the Fremont Library.

"IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS" will be shown 
followed by a discussion led by Dr. Sharat G. 
Lin. Dr. Lin writes on the Middle East, India, 
global political economy, and the environment. 
His articles include "Economic roots of conflict 
in the new world order" and "Who started it? 
Chronology of the latest crisis in the Middle 
East." The film tells the story of what happens 
to everyday Americans when corporations go to 
war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald takes 
you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, 
widows and children who have been changed forever 
as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq.

 From 880 freeway exit Stevenson, go approx. 2 
miles towards the hills, cross Paseo, turn right 
into library. From Fremont BART walk 2 blocks 
south on Civic Center (hills on your left), turn right on Stevenson.

5)     Film Showing "America: Freedom To 
Fascism", Rio Theatre, Saturday, February 3, 2007 AT 7PM (doors 6:30PM)
         1205 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz, CA

* The Income Tax is a Fraud
* National ID Cards with RFID Required
* Federal Reserve System is Unconstitutional

www.riotheatre.com

Advance Tickets $6, Door $7
Advance Tickets Streetlight Records
939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, (831) 421-9200
Sponsored by The Santa Cruz 9-11 Truth Network

6) Impeach Bush-Cheney Coalition Meeting, Sunday, 
February 4, 2007, 3 to 5 PM, 2161 Alston Way 
Suite B, Berkeley ( 1 block from downtown Berkeley BART line)

7) Ken Jenkins, talk with film clips- the 
connections between 9/11 and wars that answers 
the questions, "Who benefits from what happened 
on 9/11/2001 and the ongoing war in Iraq?" 
February 8, 2007 , 7 PM Unitarian Universalist 
Fellowship, 2124 Brewster Ave. (at Lowell St.), Redwood City

All are welcome to attend the talk to become more 
aware of the truths that can end wars. This talk 
is part of the Smokin' Gun Discussion Series 
sponsored by the Peninsula Ministry of Truth and 
the Social Action Committee of UUFRC. A $10 donation is suggested.

About Ken Jenkins -Ken Jenkins has produced seven 
DVDs with leading 9/11 author David Ray Griffin, 
including "9/11 - The Myth and Reality." Ken has 
a background in electrical engineering and 
psychology, and has spoken at many 9/11 conferences and film premiers.

Map / Driving: http://www.uufrc.org/howfind.html, 
Public Transit: 1-(800) 660 - 4 BUS / http://transit.511.org

About Peninsula Ministry of Truth The Peninsula 
Ministry of Truth rectifies misinformation by 
studying, discussing and sharing the hidden 
truths that contrast markedly with the stories 
and political messages that pervade our popular 
culture. Our goal is to inspire you to reveal 
what you know, to expose more of what you learn 
with others, and to support you to act in ways 
that reduce your support for the damaging lies 
that abound. We strive to help each other learn 
to interpret our popular myths such as the ones 
connected to the crimes that occurred around the 
time of eleven September 2001.

To be informed of future Ministry of Truth 
events, subscribe by sending email to 
mot-subscribe at lists.riseup.net or visit http://smoking-gun.us.to

Help co-sponsor by posting this message to your 
website and mailing list. Subscribers of the 
Ministry of Truth events mailing list can 
download a flyer of the event to print at 
http://lists.riseup.net/www/d_read/mot/2-8-07jenkins.pdf 
or contact us to receive a copy.

8) Educational Forum, Thursday, Feb. 8th, 2007, 
7-9 pm @ Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland

The first hour will be Ed Rippy's basic "How 
Governments Use Thugs, Drug Dealers, and 
Religious Fanatics to Control Us and 'Justify' 
Endless War." The second hour will be the first 
installment of Frank Runninghorse's "CIA Jihad" 
series. Sponsored by Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance.



9) Peace and Pizza time Screening of "9/11 Press 
For Truth", Friday, February 09, 7:00 PM, Round 
Table Pizza, 20920 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley
HOSTED BY: South Alameda County Peace and Justice 
Coalition ; Code Pink Hayward. FREE. RSVP required.

For more details and to RSVP, please visit: 
http://pressfortruth.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/8862

About the film:
Although independent investigations began within 
weeks of both Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy 
assassination, the same was not true of the 
attacks of September 11th. Most are unaware that 
formation of the 9/11 Commission was strongly 
opposed by many in Washington, including the Bush 
administration. It was only due to pressure from 
the 9/11 families, led by a particular twelve 
calling themselves the Family Steering Committee, 
that, fourteen months after the attacks, the first hearing finally began.

In 9/11: PRESS FOR TRUTH, five of the most 
prominent members of the Family Steering 
Committee, including three of the Jersey Girls , 
tell their story for the first time, providing 
the most powerful argument yet for why 9/11 still needs investigation.

Adapting Paul Thompson's definitive Complete 9/11 
Timeline (published by HarperCollins as The 
Terror Timeline), the filmmakers stitch together 
rare, overlooked news clips, buried stories, and 
government press conferences, revealing a pattern 
of official lies, deception, and spin.

To learn more, or find another screening to 
attend, please visit: http://pressfortruth.bravenewtheaters.com/

10) Film - 9/11 Mysteries, Part 1: Demolitions, 
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 4:00 PM, San 
Francisco State University, Cesar Chavez Student Center, Rosa Parks D
1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco,

The film 9/11 Mysteries, Part 1: Demolitions 
(www.911WeKnow.com) will be screened and a 
follow-up discussion will be held. For questions 
or further information please contact nineelevenmovement at yahoo.com.

11) Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance 
Meeting, Thursday, Feb. 15th, 2007, 7-10 pm @ 
Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland
Directions-
 From Hwy. 580 East (coming from the Bay Bridge 
or Berkeley), take the Grand Ave./Lakeshore exit 
(the exit ramp merges into MacArthur which 
intersects with Grand at the light), make a left 
at the light onto Grand, make a right onto Lake 
Park Ave. (the Grand Lake Theater will be on the 
corner on your far right). Go about a block, past 
the BofA, which will be on your left, and the 
GLNC will also be on your left. Park on the 
street or turn right into free public parking under the freeway.

 From Hwy. 580 West (coming from Hayward), take 
the Lakeshore Ave. exit (get as far to the right 
when approaching the exit before, the 
Harrison/Oakland exit, then continue moving to 
the right). When you exit at Lakshore Ave., you 
will be on Lake Park. Go straight at the light 
(you'll see a Busy Body Home Fitness store in 
front of you to the right), crossing Lakeshore 
Ave. The GLNC will be a few storefronts down on 
your right. Park on the street or turn left into 
free public parking under the freeway across from 
GLNC. If you cross Grand Ave. (and the theater) you've gone too far.

Buses (check schedules):
The 57 Macarthur, to Kaiser hospital, 40th and 
the Emeryville shopping district.
The NL, via Grand to downtown Oakland and San Francisco

12) Peter Phillips, Co-author of - Impeach the 
President - The Case Against Bush and Cheney, 
Friday, February 16, 2007, 7:30 pm
Willow Park Clubhouse, 500 W Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA

Peter Phillips,associate Professor at Sonoma 
State University and Director of Project Censored 
will be speaking in Mountain View about the 
crimes Bush/Cheney, on the case for impeachment, 
and the growing impeachment movement, and how we 
can all help. Detailed directions: Willow Park 
Condo Clubhouse, at the Intersection of Moffett 
Blvd. and W. Middlefield Rd. Mountain View (Enter 
from Moffett Blvd., just north of Middlefield Rd.)

Call 650-691-1215 for more details. FREE, but 
DONATIONS will be much appreciated. A Benefit for 
the Silicon Valley impeachment Coalition

13) Film Screening: High Crimes, and "Setting the 
Table for Impeachment", Thursday, February 22, 
2007, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland
Discussion panel featuring Impeachment and 
Scholarly Experts including Peter Phillips of 
Project Censored and author of a new book on 
impeachment and Larry Everest, scholar and author 
of "Oil, Power, and Empire" and a the brand new 
film by filmographer Jacob Clapsaddle.

A benefit for Impeach Bush-Cheney. Tickets- $15- 
7 sliding scale. Call 510- 845-4154. Get 
involved- Organizing meetings- Sundays- Beginning 
1/21 3PM @ 211 Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley. 
More details and downloadable flyers at impeachbush-cheney.com

14) 9/11 Accountability - Strategies and 
Solutions Conference, Chandler Arizona, February 23-25, 2007
Keynote Speakers ? Entertainment ? Panel 
Discussions ? Strategy Workshops ? Documentary Film Marathon ? Networking
The Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance will 
be helping with the conference. The organizers 
are still looking for volunteers to help with all 
aspects of the conference. Get involved. http:///www.911accountability.org

15) Justice and Freedom Conference, March 9-11, 
2007, The Atrium Hotel, 18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, CA

Speakers include:

William Rodriguez
Steven Jones
Kevin Barrett
Dylan Avery, Korey Rowe, or Jason Bermas (creators' of Loose change)
April Gallop (survivor from the Pentagon 
attack),br> William Blume (Author of innumerable 
exposes on the CIA- including Killing Hope)
Webster Griffin Tarpley

Details at http://www.livefreenow.org




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From WB4D23 at aol.com  Wed Jan 31 09:08:21 2007
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:08:21 EST
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Save the Date - Green Party strategic
	retreat February 23rd-25th
Message-ID: <d3c.136b7ed.32f22705@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/29/07 5:18:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
mfeinstein at feinstein.org writes:

Dear  fellow GPCA member

This is an email to alert you to an upcoming Green  Party Stategic
Retreat, February 23-25 (Friday-Sunday) in Sonoma  County.

The retreat is open to all GPCA members, with a particular  focus on

- members of GPCA statewide Standing Committees and Working  Groups and
others active on the state level
- members of GPCA County  Councils and others active on the county level
- former (and future) GPCA  candidates, campaign managers and campaign
workers
- former and present  Greens holding elected and appointed office

During this retreat,  Saturday's focus during the daytime will be on GPCA
electoral strategy for  2007-2008, and the sessions be coordinated by our
state party's Campaigns  & Candidates Working Group.

Saturday evening will feature a special  suprise guest that you won't
want to miss.

On Sunday, the focus will  be on various GPCA internal party issues that
would benefit from free  flowing discussions, before they are brought
forward to our state business  meetings (General Assemblies) for
decision-making.

These sessions  will be coordinated by our state party's Strategy
Committee, with  presentations by GPCA members involved with each issue
at  hand.

Sunday will also feature a gathering of present and past  Green
officeholders, with the goal of establishing a California  Green
Officeholders Network.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

The  location for the Stategic Retreat will be at a lodge/camp in Sonoma
County,  just outside of the city of Sonoma, about 45 minutes north of
San  Francisco.

The reason for choosing such a venue, is so that party  members can
benefit from the informal contact, social/networking and  team-building
opportunities that staying in the same place together can  provide.
In order to make this possible, inexpensive lodging on site will  be
available - and is encourged - for both Friday and Saturday  evenings.

The exact registration fee will be established later this  week and
you will receive a follow up email with that and all other  relevant
logistical information.

To see the current draft schedule,  go to

http://www.cagreens.org/cc/internal/strategy/retreat/

An  updated agenda (with more background links and materials) will come
out  soon, along with the registration information.

We look forward to  seeing you in Sonoma.

Sincerely,

Warner Bloomberg, Campaigns  & Candidates Working Group
Mike Feinstein, Strategy  Committee




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From wrolley at charter.net  Wed Jan 31 09:32:33 2007
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:32:33 -0800
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Good advice from Pasadena
Message-ID: <45C0D2B1.1060502@charter.net>

Roger Gray, Pasadena Green, has good comments 
<http://socalgreen.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-get-appointed-primer-part-ii.html> 
about how to start gaining the experience in local governance that is a 
requirement for getting elected at the local level. 

That is picked up by Michael Rochmes at Vibes Watch 
<http://greeninlosangeles.blogspot.com/2007/01/thanks-to-him-unwritten-rules-are-just.html> 
for application to all of LA County.

As part of our local strategy development maybe we should start 
emulating this model.  It worked in Pasadena, which is a far more 
conservative city than any in the Silicon Valley.


-- 
Wes Rolley		 
17211 Quail Court	
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024

"Happiness is to be fully engaged in the activity that you believe in and, if you are very good at it, well that's a bonus." -- Henry Moore

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