From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Jun 1 00:02:39 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FWD: Single Payer SB840: Kuehl's staff asking us to lobby for a Yes vote next week Message-ID: <879565.50305.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> From: "Lynn Huidekoper" Subject: Kuehl's staff asking us to lobby for a Yes vote next week Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 16:48:36 -0700 I just got this email from Sen. Kuehl's office with the list of who to lobby(with their contact info) for the Senate vote next week. We need officially 21 votes to pass but it would be ideal to have all 25 Democrats supporting Single Payer to keep the flame burning. Thanks for helping this important cause. The whole US is looking to us for leadership. Lynn From: Senator.Kuehl at outreach.senate.ca.gov Subject: SB 840 (Kuehl) Passes Senate Appropriations Committee Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 16:34:58 -0700 Dear SB 840 supporters: Genuine universal health care won a significant victory today! SB 840 (Kuehl), The California Universal Healthcare Act, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on a vote of 10-6. SB 840 now heads to the Senate Floor for its first vote of the year by the full Senate. This will be the most important vote so far this year. It is urgent that constituents of the following Senators contact their offices to let them know you support SB 840. Top 3 Priorities: Calderon, Ron D- 30 400 North Montebello Blvd State Capitol Suite 100 Room 4088 Montebello, CA 90640-4712 Sacramento, CA 95814 (323) 838-5858 (916) 651-4030 Correa, Louis D-34 2323 N Broadway State Capitol Suite 302 Room 4062 Santa Ana, CA 92706 Sacramento, CA 95814 (714) 558-4400 (916) 651-4034 Machado, Mike D-05 (previous aye) w/Sacramento, Stockton, Vacaville 1020 N St. State Capitol Suite 506 Room 5066 Sacramento, CA 95814 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-1511 (916) 651-4005 Non-Co-authors but previously voted aye Ducheny, Denise Moreno D-40 (previous aye) 637 3rd Avenue State Capitol Suite A-1 Room 5035 Chula Vista, CA 91910 Sacramento, CA 95814 (619) 409-7690 (916) 651-4040 Kehoe, Christine D-39 (previous aye) 2445 Fifth Avenue State Capitol Suite 200 Room 4040 San Diego, CA 92101 Sacramento, CA 95814 (619) 645-3133 (916) 651-4039 Maldonado, Abel R-15 w/ SLO, San Jose, Monterrey 1356 Marsh Street State Capitol San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Room 4082 (805) 549-3784 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-4015 Negrete McLeod, Gloria D-32 (previous aye) 4959 Palo Verde Street State Capitol Suite 100B Room 2059 Montclair, CA 91763 Sacramento, CA 95814 (909) 621-2783 (916) 651-4032 Scott, Jack D-21 (previous aye) 215 N. Marengo Avenue State Capitol Suite 185 Room 2082 Pasadena, CA 91101 Sacramento, CA 95814 (626) 683-0282 (916) 651-4021 Simitian, S. Joseph D-11 (previous aye) 160 Town & Country Village State Capitol Palo Alto, CA 94301 Room 2080 (650) 688-6384 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-4011 Torlakson, Tom D-07 (previous aye) 2801 Concord Boulevard State Capitol Concord, CA 94519 Room 5050 (925) 602-6593 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-4007 Vincent, Edward D-25 (previous aye) 1 Manchester Blvd. State Capitol Suite 600 Room 5052 Inglewood, CA 90301 Sacramento, CA 95814 (310) 412-0393 (916) 651-4025 To find your State Senator, go to www.sen.ca.gov. For more information about SB 840, go to http://dist23.casen.govoffice.com/SB840. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 1 11:49:37 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:49:37 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] agenda for next Thursday 6/7/07 Message-ID: <46606A41.6080803@sbcglobal.net> This is a call for agenda items for next thursday's meeting. One item was already requested: by laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating committee. Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. Jim Doyle From egroups at duendevision.com Sat Jun 2 09:31:20 2007 From: egroups at duendevision.com (Duende) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 09:31:20 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green Activists wanted Message-ID: <29B97348-8442-4197-952E-85608DF7DE7B@duendevision.com> I saw this on craigs list and couldn't think of a better forum to get this to. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/tfr/342307566.html Peace Duende ______________________________________________ "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." Albert Einstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 2 12:22:36 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 12:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Rove aide resigns over 'vote caging' revelation (Brad Blog; Slate) Message-ID: <823810.9174.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The Brad Blog http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4620 BLOGGED BY Brad Friedman ON 5/31/2007 9:58PM House Judiciary Chair Tells Palast in Interview: 'We're Not Through With Griffin by Any Means' Indicates Caging Operation Could Not Have Been Done Without Knowledge of Rove, According to Palast Team... As reported previously , investigative journalist Greg Palast was scheduled to meet with John Conyers this evening for an on-camera interview for the BBC. His team, just out from the interview, sends this dispatch to The BRAD BLOG... << Rove Pick for US Attorney Resigns After Conyers Seeks Evidence from BBC Tim Griffin, formerly right hand man to Karl Rove, resigned Thursday as US Attorney for Arkansas hours after BBC Television 'Newsnight' reported that Congressman John Conyers requested the network's evidence on Griffin's involvement in 'caging voters.' Greg Palast, reporting for both BBC Newsnight and Democracy Now, obtained a series of confidential emails dating from the 2004 presidential election in which the GOP operative transmitted so-called 'caging lists' of voters to state party leaders. Experts have concluded the caging lists were designed for a mass challenge voters right to cast ballots. The caging lists were heavily weighted with minority voters including African-American homeless men, students and soldiers sent overseas. Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee investigating the firing of US Attorneys, met Thursday evening in New York with Palast. After reviewing key documents, Conyers stated that, despite Griffin's resignation, "we're not through with him by any means." Conyers indicated that he thought it unlikely that Griffin could carry out this massive 'caging' operation without the knowledge of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rove. Griffin, who was chosen as US Attorney at Rove's request, has not responded to requests by BBC to explain the 'caging' memos. >> For more on the caging lists, see Palast's BRAD BLOG Exclusive from last week , just after Monica Goodling's stunning admissions concerning vote caging allegations about Griffin in her House Judiciary Committee testimony. Also see our coverage of Slate's article late this afternoon as they become the first MSM-ish outlet to give a serious look at Goodling's overlooked-by-the-MSM, yet bombshell statement. Palast first reported on the emails from Griffin containing vote caging lists for BBC's Newsnight, prior to the 2004 Presidential Election. * * * * * Raging Caging What the heck is vote caging, and why should we care? By Dahlia Lithwick Slate, May 31, 2007 http://www.slate.com/id/2167284/ Last week, in her testimony before the House judiciary committee, Monica Goodling referred several times to "vote caging" possibly done by Arkansas' soon to be ex-interim, never-confirmed U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin. Yet Goodling was questioned about this almost not at all, nor did the media do much more than report the words of the former liaison between the White House and Alberto Gonzales (why a "liaison" is required between two institutions with no boundaries between them is incomprehensible, but perhaps another story). Meanwhile, liberal talk radio, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the blogosphere went nuts. So, which is it: Is vote caging the most underreported part of this U.S. attorneys scandal or the most over-hyped? One of the reasons the mainstream news reports (including mine) barely touched the vote-caging story was that nobody had any idea what Goodling was talking about. "Vote caging, what's that?" we e-mailed each other at Slate. The confusion seemed to extend to Goodling herself. The subject came up in her testimony about former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty. In saying he had not been forthright with the House judiciary committee in his testimony on the firing of the U.S. attorneys, she cited three areas, one of which was McNulty's failure "to disclose that he had some knowledge of allegations that Tim Griffin had been involved in 'vote caging' in the president's 2004 campaign," when he spoke to Congress. Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., asked Goodling to "explain what caging is," clarifying that she was unfamiliar with the term. Goodling fumbled around, muttered something about, "it's a direct-mail term, that people who do direct mail, when, when they separate addresses that may be good versus addresses that may be bad," then made sure to end with, "I don't I believe that Mr. Griffin doesn't believe that he, that he did anything wrong there and there, there actually is a very good reason for it, for a very good explanation." Which explanation Goodling did not then provide. To recap, Goodling told the judiciary committee that: 1) Griffin was possibly involved in caging; 2) he doesn't believe he did anything wrong (she is less certain, it seems); and 3) McNulty lied under oath when he downplayed his knowledge of these allegations to the committee. That would suggest that vote caging is a big deal. Is it? Vote caging is an illegal trick to suppress minority voters (who tend to vote Democrat) by getting them knocked off the voter rolls if they fail to answer registered mail sent to homes they aren't living at (because they are, say, at college or at war). The Republican National Committee reportedly stopped the practice following a consent decree in a 1986 case. Google the term and you'll quickly arrive at the Wizard of Oz of caging, Greg Palast, investigative reporter and author of the wickedly funny Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans?Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild. Palast started reporting allegations of Republican vote caging for the BBC's Newsnight in 2004. He's been almost alone on the story since then. Palast contends, both in Armed Madhouse and widely through the liberal blogosphere, that vote caging, an illegal voter-suppression scheme, happened in Florida in 2004 this way: << The Bush-Cheney operatives sent hundreds of thousands of letters marked "Do not forward" to voters' homes. Letters returned ("caged") were used as evidence to block these voters' right to cast a ballot on grounds they were registered at phony addresses. Who were the evil fakers? Homeless men, students on vacation and?you got to love this?American soldiers. Oh yeah: most of them are Black voters. Why weren't these African-American voters home when the Republican letters arrived? The homeless men were on park benches, the students were on vacation?and the soldiers were overseas. >> Palast supplies evidence linking Tim Griffin, then-research director for the RNC, to this caging plot; specifically, a series of confidential e-mails to Republican Party muckety-mucks with the suggestive heading "RE: caging." The e-mails were accidentally sent to a George Bush parody site. They also contained suggestively named spreadsheets, headed "caging" as well. The names on the lists are what Palast's researchers deemed to be homeless men and soldiers deployed in Iraq. Here are the e-mails. As Palast points out?and Griffin himself has observed?the American media barely touched this story, and Griffin has yet to explain the e-mails or the lists. He did tell The New Yorker's Jane Mayer last March that "caging is not a derogatory term. ... [I]t's a direct-mail term. It derives from caging categories of mail in steel shelves and files." Still, that hardly explains why he was allegedly caging only transient African-American voters in those shelves or files, which would likely violate the Voting Rights Act. Palast is surely not above overstatement. He is one of many who have repeated the claim that, "In an Aug. 24 e-mail, the Justice Department's Monica Goodling wrote to Sampson, that Griffin's nomination would face opposition in Congress because he was involved 'in massive Republican projects in Florida and elsewhere by which Republicans challenged tens of thousand of absentee votes. Coincidentally, many of those challenged votes were in black precincts.' " Goodling wrote no such thing. That quote is from an article circulated by Goodling on Aug. 24. It's an unfair smear of both Griffin and Goodling (both of whom have proven amply capable of smearing themselves). Still, Palast's vote-caging claims are hardly unbelievable. Republicans have been systematically trying to suppress minority votes for decades, most recently calling it pushback for rampant liberal voter fraud. Our own former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was alleged to have mastered the art. And while bouncing voters from the rolls on the basis of their race violates federal law, it's not beyond imagining that eager young "loyal Bushies" aren't all that bothered by federal laws, especially if there's a way to bend rather than overtly break them. >From the point of view of the ongoing DoJ scandal, perhaps what's most urgent about the vote-caging claims is that they go a long, long way toward explaining why Karl Rove and Harriet Miers were so determined to get Griffin seated in the Arkansas U.S. Attorney's office, and to do so without a confirmation hearing. If, as the Justice Department has continued to insist, Griffin was eminently qualified for the position, why did he need to be spared the hearing at all costs? And once it became clear that he would undergo a hearing, why did Griffin sideline himself with the colorful observation that undergoing Senate confirmation would be "like volunteering to stand in front of a firing squad in the middle of a three-ring circus?" Griffin?who is now in job talks with the Fred Thompson campaign?sure looks like a guy hiding something, and if vote caging is that something, it becomes even more interesting that the White House was pushing him forward. Why did Goodling choose to shine a beacon on the vote-caging allegations in her perfectly rehearsed, highly coached testimony last week? Having slaved to secure Griffin's U.S. attorney post, why raise the allegations against him and then subtly distance herself from him, if there is nothing to see here? Professor Rick Hasen of Loyola Law School, who wrote earlier this month about voter fraud, is my personal voting-law guru. (Everyone needs one.) When I asked him whether the mainstream media were making a mistake in blowing off the vote-caging story, he said Goodling's mention of it "makes me suspect that there's something there worth investigating by the MSM, even if you don't buy into the grand conspiracy theories." ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat Jun 2 12:51:04 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:51:04 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] agenda for next Thursday 6/7/07 Message-ID: <4661CA28.7050405@sbcglobal.net> This is a call for agenda items for next thursday's meeting. One item was already requested: by laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating committee. I would add upcoming events: Gay Pride Parade, Iraqi oil workers, Juneteenth Any others? Of course plenary report as well as committee reports. Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. Jim Doyle From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 2 15:10:35 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:10:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Agenda input for County Council meeting 3:30p Sunday 6/3/07 @ Jim Doyle's (was Open Email to the GPSCC County Council; Bylaws Amendment Proposal) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <752183.70120.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Please post any additional agenda items The County Council will be meeting again tommorrow (3:30 at Jim Doyle's) so we can take a look at Warner's bylaws proposal. All are welcome to join us at Jim's: 1668 Nora Way a side street off of Camden Avenue about 3/8 mile south of highway 85 VTA bus line 65 stops on Camden at Merrill Drive, just one street past Nora Way Green = sticking to the knitting! Drew --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > To the GPSCC County Council: The following is a > proposal for GPSCC Bylaws > Amendments. Please go read the GPSCC Bylaws to see > what you are supposed to > do in response. In Struggle! Warner S. Bloomberg > III > ********************************************************** > May 29, 2007 Proposal for New GPSCC (and GPSMC) > Bylaws > > New Proposed 7.2 Choice of Regional Representative > and Alternate > (Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties). A candidate > for Regional > Representative to the GPCA Coordinating Committee > shall announce their availability as a > candidate on the County Party email list at least > fifteen days before the next > meeting when a vacancy or replacement is considered. > The candidate shall > describe their background that supports their > candidacy and briefly describe > her or his goals in seeking the position. The > candidate will > personally appear at the meeting to answer > questions. The applicable > meeting may be a general membership meeting, a > business meeting or > a County Council meeting -- depending on the > practice in the county. > However, the candidacy must be announced on the > agenda using the usual practices in > each County. The decision will then be placed on > the agenda and made at the > next monthly meeting. If a candidate is approved in > Santa Clara County, the > same candidate must also be approved in San Mateo > County. If a different > candidate is chosen by one of these County Green > Parties, the decision must be > retaken by both until there is agreement on > a candidate. The Silicon Valley Region Alternate to > the GPCA Coordinating > Committee will be chosen by the same procedures. > Where candidates are > available, the Regional Representative and the > Alternate will not be from > the same county. > > This Bylaw Amendment will become effective upon its > adoption by > both the Green Party of Santa Clara County and the > Green Party of > San Mateo County and shall not be effective until > adopted by both > County Green Parties. Upon adoption, the County > Council from each > County Green Party shall separately and > independently notify the > Green Party of California of their bylaws > amendments opting out of > the default procedures provided by the state Green > Party Bylaws. > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From MKmusic03 at aol.com Sun Jun 3 00:49:48 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 03:49:48 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] San Jose Says Impeachment Is On The Table!!!/Saturday June 9th Message-ID: Hi All, This is the first in a series of spelling IMPEACH with our bodies. San Jose City Hall is the first action and then Mt. View, Saratoga, Los Gatos, etc. in the next months. Tian is photographing us on the 9th. Come out and join us and pass the word on to every BODY you know. ALL OUT FOR IMPEACHMENT!!! Merriam San Jose Says Impeachment Is On The Table!!! Saturday June 9 1:00pm - 3:00pm San Jose City Hall We are spelling IMPEACH for the world to see.? Join us Saturday June 9th at the San Jose City Hall,at the corner of 5th St & E, Santa Clara St.? We will spell out IMPEACH! with our bodies.? Meet in front of the City Hall fountains.at 1:00pm.? 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The article itself is: "White House Revises Post-Disaster Protocol" (Boston Globe) http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/02/1623/ Gerry Gerry Gras wrote: > From Mark Morford in today's Chronicle, (well, > at least online): > > http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/30/1533/ > > > On the same subject from Truthout: > > http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052107T.shtml > > > And this is what they are referring to: > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html > > Gerry > From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Jun 3 11:59:24 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:59:24 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] agenda request reminder Message-ID: <46630F8C.4000909@sbcglobal.net> This is your daily reminder call for agenda items for next Thursday's meeting. One item was already requested: by laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating committee. I would add upcoming events: *July 4-th tabling at the America Festival *(3 days) * *Tuesday June 5-th Discussion of Coyote Valley Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report Tuesday June 5-th Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman Juneteenth Any others? Of course plenary report as well as committee reports. Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. Jim Doyle From snug.bug at hotmail.com Mon Jun 4 00:42:58 2007 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:42:58 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Zbigniew Brzezinski in SJ 6/6; SF 6/7 Message-ID: San Jose: 6:30 p.m. $35 The Montgomery Theater, 291 South Market Street, San Jose San Francisco 6:30 $120 The Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell Street I'm thinking this could be a great leafletting opportunity, especially to promote Dr. Bowman's appearances on 6/10 at the Humanist Hall in Oakland and 6/12 in Campbell. Brzezinski wrote a great op-ed piece in WaPo March 25. "The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America." "[T]he little secret here may be that the vagueness of the phrase was deliberately (or instinctively) calculated by its sponsors. Constant reference to a "war on terror" did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear. Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue." "To justify the 'war on terror,' the administration has lately crafted a false historical narrative...." "[F]ear-mongering, reinforced by security entrepreneurs, the mass media and the entertainment industry, generates its own momentum." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301613.html Dr. Brzezinski told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in February that he feared that a terrorist incident in the US, blamed on Iran, might be used to justify "defensive" (HIS quote marks!) war against Iran. http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001916.php I have found that people going to hear a speaker are quite receptive to free literature written by that speaker. I have formatted the WaPo piece as a booklet folded from one 8-1/2 X 11 sheet, and I can print these cheaply. Inside we could have a half-sheet flyer describing the Senate testimony and Zbig's "Grand Chessboard" observations about the role of the control of Central Asia in any global dominance plan and the reluctance of US citizens to support wars unless they are scared. He notes that "The public supported America's engagement in World War II largely because of the shock effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor." (pp 24-5) and "[T]he pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being.... Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization." http://fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/zbig.html We could also include a leaflet describing Dr. Bowman's Bay Area appearances. I have formatted his "Some Dare Call It Treason-Wake Up America!" essay also as a folded one-sheet booklet. http://alternativesmagazine.com/28/bowman.html I have scheduling conflicts with these for Wednesday and Thursday both. Maybe I could stop by Thursday before the SF 9/11 meeting. Wednesday I want to agitate with some election fraud people for throwing Sequoia Systems's black box machines out of Santa Clara County. Does anybody have enthusiasm for propagandizing these traffic streams? Brian _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the i?m Initiative now. It?s free. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_June07 From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Jun 4 18:29:58 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:29:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Re: Cindy Sheehan Message-ID: <710085.16309.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Thanks Laura, you continue to rock! Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Laura Wells wrote: > CC: Patti Marsh , > Bob Marsh , > Conor Dixon > From: Laura Wells > Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cindy Sheehan > Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:45:35 -0700 > To: JamBoi at Greens.org > > Forwarding to a few Greens who are from Berkeley (I > think Conor is).. > Peace, > Laura > > On May 31, 2007, at 9:10 AM, JamBoi wrote: > > Hey Laura, > > Jim Doyle had the following idea marvelously > friendly > and generous idea... could one of y'all in Alameda > County make use of this idea (news reports say she'd > relocated to Berkeley from her previous home in > Vacaville)? > > > Green = living out the 10 Key Values and leading by > example > > Drew > > > --- Jim Doyle wrote: > > > >> If I were cindy Sheehan's neighbor I would bring > > her a pot of home made chicken soup and a loaf of > home made bread. > > >> Jim Doyle > > > --- JamBoi wrote: > > > Jim, that's a great idea! Since she's moved to > > Berkeley who do we know in Berkeley GP (or > thereabouts) to forward that kind idea to? > > > > > > > > Green = Care for the Core and let the rest flow, > > > > Drew > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans > around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" > (anon) > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ____________ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and > hotels with Yahoo! > FareChase. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > > > Laura Wells > At-Large Rep, Green Party of California > (510) 986-0879 - www.laurawells.org ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon Jun 4 18:52:58 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:52:58 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call for agenda items Message-ID: <4664C1FA.8080903@sbcglobal.net> There is still time to submit items for the agenda for Thursday's meeting. At the moment we have by-laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating committee. *July 4-th tabling at the America Festiva*l (3 days) --- Just for info (announcements) Tuesday June 5-th Discussion of Coyote Valley Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report 2 - 4 pm in the MLK Library Tuesday June 5-th Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative ---- Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, am Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, 2 - 4 pm Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman 7 pm Juneteenth http://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth.htm Sat-Sun June 16-17 noon to 8 pm $100 security deposit, they offer table and 2 chairs for $30 for one day or $55 for two days Picnics 1) regional 2) start up a mid valley local promotion Green Party candidates Reboot CoCo Any others? Of course plenary report as well as committee reports. Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. Jim Doyle From jims at greens.org Mon Jun 4 20:19:59 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:19:59 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call for agenda items References: <4664C1FA.8080903@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <4664D65F.58F3C2C4@greens.org> I'd like to expand the reg rep issue to include discussion of the status of the current reps, and possibly a regional meeting. -- Jim Jim Doyle wrote: > > There is still time to submit items for the agenda for Thursday's meeting. > > At the moment we have > > by-laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating > committee. > > *July 4-th tabling at the America Festiva*l (3 days) > > --- Just for info (announcements) > Tuesday June 5-th Discussion of Coyote Valley Specific Plan > Draft Environmental Impact Report 2 - 4 > pm in the MLK Library > Tuesday June 5-th > Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative > ---- > Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display > Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, am > Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, 2 - 4 pm > Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman 7 pm > Juneteenth http://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth.htm Sat-Sun June 16-17 > noon to 8 pm > $100 security deposit, they offer table and 2 chairs for $30 for one > day or $55 for two days > > Picnics 1) regional 2) start up a mid valley local promotion > > Green Party candidates > Reboot CoCo > > Any others? > > Of course plenary report > as well as committee reports. > > Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. > > Jim Doyle > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Jun 5 10:42:07 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:42:07 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call fopr agenda items Message-ID: <4665A06F.5080302@sbcglobal.net> I'd like to expand the reg rep issue to include discussion of the status of the current reps, and possibly a regional meeting. There is still time to submit items for the agenda for Thursday's meeting. At the moment we have by-laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating committee. discussion of status of current reps need for a regional meeting *July 4-th tabling at the America Festiva*l (3 days) --- Just for info (announcements) Tuesday June 5-th Discussion of Coyote Valley Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report 2 - 4 pm in the MLK Library Tuesday June 5-th Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative ---- Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, am Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, 2 - 4 pm Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman 7 pm Juneteenth http://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth.htm Sat-Sun June 16-17 noon to 8 pm $100 security deposit, they offer table and 2 chairs for $30 for one day or $55 for two days Picnics 1) regional 2) start up a mid valley local promotion Green Party candidates Reboot CoCo Any others? Of course plenary report as well as committee reports. Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. Jim Doyle From alexcathy at aol.com Tue Jun 5 12:52:24 2007 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:52:24 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green Factionalism Part of General Political Crisis Message-ID: <8C975C22BF4CECC-1430-5419@FWM-M18.sysops.aol.com> Dear Green Friends, Here is a link to my "two cents" about the problem of factionalism in the GP. Alex Walker ? Green Factionalism Part of General Political Crisis "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity" -- William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming," 1921 Green Party Factionalism is an inevitable byproduct of the general crisis of American politics. The Republican Party is in turmoil. The Democratic Party is in turmoil. The old politics is in it's death throes ? Read More at www.greencommons.org . . . ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at ispwest.com Tue Jun 5 18:08:02 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:08:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call fopr agenda items In-Reply-To: <4665A06F.5080302@sbcglobal.net> References: <4665A06F.5080302@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <466608F2.5070401@ispwest.com> How about endorsing this resolution? http://resolutionpeace.org/ Unfortunately, I've got to be late. There is a free concert in the park about then. Tian Jim Doyle wrote: >I'd like to expand the reg rep issue to include discussion of the status of >the current reps, and possibly a regional meeting. > >There is still time to submit items for the agenda for Thursday's meeting. > >At the moment we have > >by-laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating >committee. >discussion of status of current reps >need for a regional meeting > >*July 4-th tabling at the America Festiva*l (3 days) > >--- Just for info (announcements) >Tuesday June 5-th Discussion of Coyote Valley Specific Plan > Draft Environmental Impact Report 2 - 4 >pm in the MLK Library >Tuesday June 5-th >Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative >---- >Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display >Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, am >Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, 2 - 4 pm >Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman 7 pm >Juneteenth http://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth.htm Sat-Sun June 16-17 >noon to 8 pm > $100 security deposit, they offer table and 2 chairs for $30 for one >day or $55 for two days > >Picnics 1) regional 2) start up a mid valley local promotion > >Green Party candidates >Reboot CoCo > >Any others? > >Of course plenary report >as well as committee reports. > >Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. > >Jim Doyle > > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added Green Party Plenary pictures. Lately I've been wondering if the idea "WalMart is to Arkansas as Disney is to Anaheim" holds water. From jims at greens.org Tue Jun 5 18:54:56 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:54:56 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] call fopr agenda items References: <4665A06F.5080302@sbcglobal.net> <466608F2.5070401@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <466613F0.61D77C9@greens.org> That site says: In an effort to bring power to the peaceful, Resolution Peace seeks to grow the peace movement with concrete actions and rapid response aimed at keeping the Democratic Party moving in the direction of ending the Iraq War and stopping an attack on Iran. To implement this strategy the constituencies that sent the Democrats to Congress voice their support for Resolution Peace. When a critical mass of the Democratic Clubs and progressive political organizations throughout America pass Resolution Peace the Democratic Congress will do what we ask. -- This resolution sounds like it's all about the Democrat Party. -- Jim Tian Harter wrote: > > How about endorsing this resolution? > > http://resolutionpeace.org/ > > Unfortunately, I've got to be late. There is a free concert in the park > about then. > > Tian > > Jim Doyle wrote: > > >I'd like to expand the reg rep issue to include discussion of the status of > >the current reps, and possibly a regional meeting. > > > >There is still time to submit items for the agenda for Thursday's meeting. > > > >At the moment we have > > > >by-laws changes re selection of regional rep to the coordinating > >committee. > >discussion of status of current reps > >need for a regional meeting > > > >*July 4-th tabling at the America Festiva*l (3 days) > > > >--- Just for info (announcements) > >Tuesday June 5-th Discussion of Coyote Valley Specific Plan > > Draft Environmental Impact Report 2 - 4 > >pm in the MLK Library > >Tuesday June 5-th > >Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative > >---- > >Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display > >Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, am > >Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, 2 - 4 pm > >Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman 7 pm > >Juneteenth http://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth.htm Sat-Sun June 16-17 > >noon to 8 pm > > $100 security deposit, they offer table and 2 chairs for $30 for one > >day or $55 for two days > > > >Picnics 1) regional 2) start up a mid valley local promotion > > > >Green Party candidates > >Reboot CoCo > > > >Any others? > > > >Of course plenary report > >as well as committee reports. > > > >Submit your suggested topics either to the list or to me. > > > >Jim Doyle > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > > > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Added Green Party Plenary pictures. > Lately I've been wondering if the idea "WalMart > is to Arkansas as Disney is to Anaheim" holds water. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Jun 6 10:13:16 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:13:16 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] proposed meeting agenda Message-ID: <4666EB2C.1070604@sbcglobal.net> Proposed Agenda Green Party of Santa Clara County Thursday June 7, 2007 Selection of Facilitator, note taker, timekeeper, and vibes watchperson (5) group** Introductions (if necessary) and announcements (10) group Finalizing the agenda (5) group 7:50 TREASURER?S REPORT (5) Cameron FUNDRAISING IDEAS (2) Jim Doyle TABLING SUPPLIES (Literature, buttons) (10) (or 3 minutes to find a coordinator) TABLING OPPORTUNITIES (20) Jim D Saturday June 9-th 10 year anniversary of Mayfair Improvement Initiative Saturday June 9-th SVIC Impeachment Display Sunday June 10-th *Gay Pride Parade*, am Sunday June 10-th Iraqi oil workers, 2 - 4 pm Tuesday June12th retired Lt.Col. Bob Bowman 7 pm Saturday-Sunday June 16-17 Juneteenth noon to 8 pm *JULY 4-TH TABLING* at the America Festival July 8-th Speaker at Muslim event (Gerry) 8:30 Status of current coordinating committee regional reps (5) Jim Stauffer *PROPOSED BY-LAWS CHANGES:* selecting regional reps (30) Warner Text is on back of this page Possible need for a regional meeting (5) Jim Stauffer GPSCC County Council Candidate (5) Roy N. REBOOT COCO (10) Drew GREEN PARTY CANDIDATES (5) Merriam 9:25 COMMITTEE REPORTS Media, strategy, outreach, health, Green Forums, County Council: Picnics 1) regional 2) start up a mid valley local promotion Consider endorsing a peace resolution. (10) Tian Adjourn From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 6 18:45:55 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 18:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Great News! Single Payer SB 840 (Kuehl) Passes State Senate, heads to Assembly Health Message-ID: <582261.4682.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> From: Senator.Kuehl at outreach.senate.ca.gov Subject: SB 840 (Kuehl) Passes State Senate Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:17:50 -0700 For Immediate Release June 6, 2007 Contact Sara Rogers (916) 651-4023 SB 840 Passes Senate Floor, heads to Assembly Health Senator Sheila Kuehl invites Filmmaker Michael Moore and patient witnesses to Legislative briefing next Tuesday discussing the soon to be released documentary ?SiCKO? Large Rally to follow featuring Moore, Kuehl and the California Nurses Association National premiere for ?SiCKO? follows later that evening at the CREST Theater SACRAMENTO -- The California Universal Health Care Act, SB 840, which establishes a single payer universal health care system in California, passed the Senate Floor by a vote of 22-14 (final vote of 24-16 expected) and now heads to the California State Assembly. SB 840 covers every California resident with comprehensive health benefits, contains the growth in health care spending, and provides patients with total choice over their doctors and hospitals. California is leading the nation on health care reform with passage of SB 840, stated Senator Kuehl. "This is the gold standard for health reform and the only way to achieve the kind of health care system that Californians want and deserve." Next Tuesday, Senator Kuehl, chair of the Senate Health Committee, will chair a legislative briefing featuring filmmaker Michael Moore and three witnesses who star in Moore's upcoming film SiCKO. Moore's documentary is an up-close view of America's crumbling health care system and what the health care crisis has meant in real terms for many insured Americans. "This film will hopefully serve as a wake up call about the way that insurance companies are mismanaging our healthcare system", stated Senator Kuehl. "It shows that insurance companies don?t really want to improve care, they simply exist to avoid risk. As a result the system doesn't work for those who have any kind of medical risk. Sooner or later that is every one of us." 'Important documentaries like Michael Moore's film lead people to want to get involved", stated Senator Kuehl, "SiCKO supports the growing feeling in California that single payer universal health care is inevitable." The briefing will take place on Tuesday, June 12th from 12:00 pm-1:30 pm at the State Capitol Room 4203. All media and press are invited to attend. The briefing will be viewable at multiple locations around the capitol. A rally, sponsored by the California Nurses Association, will take place at 2:00 on the West Steps of the Capitol. ### ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 6 19:21:23 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Open Email to the GPSCC County Council; Bylaws Amendment Proposal In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <761150.33980.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Warner, I think I mostly agree with your proposed amendment. I have two concerns that you might be able to address. 1) Why don't we assert our right to recall our rep as well? I understand that the state bylaws need clarification on that point, but while we are working on our own bylaws I think we should make it a standard practice to provide for both election/appointment and recall whenever we are adding bylaws for a position. 2) Is there a way that this could be formulated where it could be a more practical model for regions that have more than two counties? I just worry that it could be cumbersome coordinating three or more counties for this procedure and I think it would be good if we were doing this in such a way that we could easily promote it as a broad solution for other regions as well. Green means Peace! Drew --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > To the GPSCC County Council: The following is a > proposal for GPSCC Bylaws > Amendments. Please go read the GPSCC Bylaws to see > what you are supposed to > do in response. In Struggle! Warner S. Bloomberg > III > ********************************************************** > May 29, 2007 Proposal for New GPSCC (and GPSMC) > Bylaws > > New Proposed 7.2 Choice of Regional Representative > and Alternate > (Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties). A candidate > for Regional > Representative to the GPCA Coordinating Committee > shall announce their availability as a > candidate on the County Party email list at least > fifteen days before the next > meeting when a vacancy or replacement is considered. > The candidate shall > describe their background that supports their > candidacy and briefly describe > her or his goals in seeking the position. The > candidate will > personally appear at the meeting to answer > questions. The applicable > meeting may be a general membership meeting, a > business meeting or > a County Council meeting -- depending on the > practice in the county. > However, the candidacy must be announced on the > agenda using the usual practices in > each County. The decision will then be placed on > the agenda and made at the > next monthly meeting. If a candidate is approved in > Santa Clara County, the > same candidate must also be approved in San Mateo > County. If a different > candidate is chosen by one of these County Green > Parties, the decision must be > retaken by both until there is agreement on > a candidate. The Silicon Valley Region Alternate to > the GPCA Coordinating > Committee will be chosen by the same procedures. > Where candidates are > available, the Regional Representative and the > Alternate will not be from > the same county. > > This Bylaw Amendment will become effective upon its > adoption by > both the Green Party of Santa Clara County and the > Green Party of > San Mateo County and shall not be effective until > adopted by both > County Green Parties. Upon adoption, the County > Council from each > County Green Party shall separately and > independently notify the > Green Party of California of their bylaws > amendments opting out of > the default procedures provided by the state Green > Party Bylaws. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 6 19:28:33 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:28:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Agena Item: Reboot the CC! Message-ID: <492760.36844.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear fellow Greens, Here again is the Reboot Proposal (in full below) along with my reasoning as to why I support it: We need Green uniTEA my sisters and brothers! I think its high time for us to assert our independence of these two factions and to say to them "NO! you won't have my endorsement and you destroy my party!" Join those of us who refuse to be sucked into either faction's weak and self-serving justification for their destructive actions. We must save our party from the tunnel vision of these two factions. This Reboot the CC action will be the first step but it can not be considered the complete solution. We must alter our culture and possibly our bylaws in such a way whereby we do not allow any group of people to hijack the party and we do not allow the *service* organization of the CC to be perverted into an executive function and become a political football grinding us to a halt again. Together we must consider how we solve these vexing issues. We can not stand idly by and allow objectionable domination behavior by anyone to control our party. We must change our culture from one of passive acceptance of any old crazy behavior from factions or individuals to a smoothly running self governance style where we uphold our 10 Key Values and turn them into the virtues they can be. As a party if we actually contribute and add value to people's lives we will have no problem attracting members! Reboot the CC first! Then let's put our heads together to make our party functional, effective and progressive leaders. Drink Green uniTEA, not factional koolaid! Drew Johnson Santa Clara County delegate to the GA preparing to vote for CC Reboot! ________________________________ Subject: "Reboot the CC!" says Green uniTEA Nonaligned Movement; Proposal for GA from Bylaws Committee Time to drink Green uniTEA: The Team Earth Antifaction! ;-) I speak for the vast majority of Greens that hate that two factions have brought our party to its knees. A pox on both their houses! Yet all of us are to blame also for letting this insanity drag on and on. Now we have an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start over. That's right, what do you do when an electronic product fails? Reboot! Thankfully the Bylaws Committee has prepared the following proposal for us to start afresh with the CC. The CC was always supposed to be a service organization, not an executive function. It has ceased to serve ANY function. Time to reboot! Some have said 'why throw out the good apples with the bad?'. I say 'good apples??? Which good apples are those?' - although I love these people as individuals, as a collective they have utterly failed to serve their function. Time to reboot! As John Morton said: "This party belongs to not to the CC reps, not to the GA delegates, not even to the 150,000 registered Greens in CA. It belongs to the hundreds of thousands, the millions, who, if given the chance, would agree with the 10 KV and commit to whatever degree to participate in their propagation." Time to reboot! Drink Green uniTEA, not factional koolaid! Drew Johnson Santa Clara County delegate to the GA preparing to vote for reboot! TITLE: RESOLVING THE IMPASSE: RECONSTITUTING THE GPCA COORDINATING COMMITTEE PRESENTERS: Mike Wyman (mswyman at comcast.net), Marilyn Ditmanson (mditmanson at sbcglobal.net) APPROVED BY: Green Party of Marin county council BACKGROUND: The GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) has been deadlocked since October 2006. This is a result of an ongoing conflict that goes back to 2001. Many hours of meetings over the past 6 years have been rendered useless due to infighting around "the LA situation," meaning which group from LA gets to vote on the CC. Proposals of mediation and compromise have only resulted in more infighting. The number of regions with contested seats has instead increased to 4. The result is that the CC is no longer able to perform its main function of planning plenaries. This proposal reconstitutes the CC with people who are not and have not been involved in the party infighting, much as a professional committee in the business world will be reconstituted when unable to do its work. It is reconstituted with representation more proportionate to membership, as California has promoted in the national party. Part of the CC deadlock has been caused by the chaos around the facilitation procedures for the CC. Using supermajority voting thresholds for facilitation decisions has resulted in the following situations: * meetings being unable to be held at all, and no items even discussed in the interest of consensus-building, due to lack of 2/3 approval of an agenda * facilitators taking 45-minute stacks on whether to add 5 minutes to an item * long stretches of valuable meeting time wasted on discussions of whether to add an item to the agenda, alter the agenda or choose a new facilitator * two different voting thresholds applying based solely on whether the vote itself is taken online or during a teleconference, allowing proposals to be subject to manipulations based on voting thresholds. This proposal also clarifies basic facilitation procedures for GPCA coordinating committee (CC) meetings in order to avoid such situations. These facilitation procedures are based on two main premises: 1. The decision-making body has authority over its agenda. 2. Basic facilitation decisions, such as agenda approval, agenda amendment, and addition or subtraction of discussion time, are not intended to involve whole separate consensus processes and stacks of clarifying questions, concerns and affirmations on the facilitation decision. (Note that the facilitation rules passed out at plenaries do not suggest this, either.) This proposal is a combination of a variety of ideas for solving the CC's problems that have been brought forward over recent months. The presenters hope that adoption of this proposal will finally end the CC's infighting based on historical animosities and give the new CC a real opportunity to do its bylaws-mandated job. PROPOSAL: I.The General Assembly hereby reconstitutes the GPCA Coordinating Committee (CC) a. All seats on the CC (except for the ones filled at the SF Plenary) are vacant as of 30 days from the passage of this proposal. b. Per Paragraph 7-1.2 of the GPCA bylaws, the GA shall allocate the 16 regional representative seats proportionally to the Green Party membership in each region. This calculation shall be performed by the outgoing Liaison to the Secretary of State (Larry Cafiero) according to the Method of Equal Proportions described in the appendix to the GPCA bylaws. c. All regions shall announce new elections to fill the regional representative seats as soon as possible. Regions must hold open, transparent elections with at least 3 weeks notice distributed as widely as possible in the region. Notice of upcoming regional representative vacancies shall be posted to the county contacts list as soon as possible after passage of this proposal. Regions without alternate processes may adopt temporary alternate processes for the purpose of filling the seats in a timely manner. d. No one who has served on the CC, or who has claimed to serve on the CC, as representative or alternate, over the course of the past 5 years, is eligible to run for or fill any representative or alternate seat on the CC for the next 2 years. e.Transitional term lengths shall be varied in order to stagger the ending dates. This depends on the new apportionment by the Liaison, but end dates of the transitional terms would be expected to fall as follows: Even-Numbered Years 1 Emerald January 2008 2 At-large spring GA 2008 1 San Francisco May 2008 1 Silicon June 2008 1 East Bay July 2008 3 Los Angeles November 2008 1 San Diego/Imperial August 2008 1 ORSB November 2008 Odd-Numbered Years 2 At-large spring GA 2009 2 Central May 2009 1 North Bay May 2009 1 East Bay July 2009 1 Monterey Bay August 2009 1 Central Coast August 2009 1 ORSB November 2009 II.CC Facilitation Guidelines GPCA CC meeting facilitation shall proceed according to the following guidelines: a.Proposals for CC meetings must be posted to the CC listserv at least one week in advance of a scheduled meeting. b. CC meeting agendas shall be approved by the CC prior to or at the beginning of a meeting, with a simple majority threshold for approval. c. Changes in announced facilitation require a simple majority threshold for approval. d. Adding time to an agenda item or altering the approved agenda requires a simple majority approval of the CC. e. Adding a last minute item that was not submitted to the CC list one week prior to the meeting requires a 2/3 threshold. f. The CC prefers to discuss decision items on teleconferences and at in-person meetings. If an item is discussed at a meeting and scheduled for an online vote, the threshold for that vote is the same as if the vote had occurred during the meeting (2/3 for regular meetings, 80% for a special meeting not scheduled at a prior meeting at least a week in advance). If an item goes to an online vote without being discussed at a meeting, it has an 80% threshold. g. Decisions may not be made after the regularly scheduled adjournment time of the meeting unless a majority (over half) decides to extend the call for a specific amount of time. Decisions must then be made within the time of the approved extension. h. Simple majority approval votes on basic facilitation decisions can be done by asking quickly for "ayes" and "nays," and only going to a roll call if approval is unclear. i. The new CC is requested to hire a Secretary to take thorough minutes of meetings, post them to the CC list, amend them according to posted corrections, and post the final version to both the CC listserv and the archive of minutes. The new CC shall draft a job description and hiring criteria for this position. j. The new CC shall form a schedule of its basic tasks that follow from the GPCA bylaws and integrate this schedule with the 2-year GPCA work plan, when it is adopted. TIMELINE: Vacancies effective upon passage. Elections may take place starting 2 weeks after passage of this proposal. Elected CC members may meet on teleconferences but may not make any decisions until a quorum of 14 is achieved. RESOURCES: Hiring a Secretary will require the CC budgeting funds for this. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front From WB4D23 at aol.com Wed Jun 6 21:26:40 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:26:40 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Open Email to the GPSCC County Council; Bylaws Amendmen... Message-ID: In a message dated 6/6/07 7:21:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com writes: Hey Warner, I think I mostly agree with your proposed amendment. I have two concerns that you might be able to address. 1) Why don't we assert our right to recall our rep as well? I understand that the state bylaws need clarification on that point, but while we are working on our own bylaws I think we should make it a standard practice to provide for both election/appointment and recall whenever we are adding bylaws for a position. Reply: I have no objection to this. I sent the draft to the GPSCC email list and the CC list for both counties to try to get this moving (after many previous attempts). IMO, what is needed is text that both the San Mateo and Santa Clara County GPs can accept. Presumably, the first hurdle is to get both County Councils to agree on the same or similar provisions and then have them adopted according to each County GP's procedures. 2) Is there a way that this could be formulated where it could be a more practical model for regions that have more than two counties? Reply: This is a proposal for the current configuration of the Silicon Valley Region. What other county are you planning to annex? (Juuust Kidding!!!!) But really... I don't think we have any business setting rules for other regions. You know... decentralization... grassroots democracy... "And all that jazz!" In Struggle! Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Wed Jun 6 21:28:14 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:28:14 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Agena Item: Reboot the CC! Message-ID: In a message dated 6/6/07 7:28:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com writes: I think its high time for us to assert our independence of these two factions What makes you think there are only two factions? Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 7 12:27:35 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:27:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Agena Item: Reboot the CC! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <619350.99597.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Yes there are a number of factions, but there are two major factions that are grinding everything to a halt. Green is Peace! Drew --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 6/6/07 7:28:48 PM Pacific > Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com > writes: > > I think its high time for us to assert our > independence of these two factions > > > What makes you think there are only two factions? > Warner > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 7 12:30:57 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Open Email to the GPSCC County Council; Bylaws Amendmen... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <22249.1786.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/6/07 7:21:32 PM Pacific > Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com > writes: > > Hey Warner, > > I think I mostly agree with your proposed amendment. > > I have two concerns that you might be able to > address. > 1) Why don't we assert our right to recall our rep > as > well? I understand that the state bylaws need > clarification on that point, but while we are > working > on our own bylaws I think we should make it a > standard > practice to provide for both election/appointment > and > recall whenever we are adding bylaws for a > position. > > Reply: I have no objection to this. I sent the > draft to the GPSCC email > list and the CC list for both counties to try to get > this moving (after many > previous attempts). IMO, what is needed is text > that both the San Mateo and > Santa Clara County GPs can accept. Presumably, the > first hurdle is to get both > County Councils to agree on the same or similar > provisions and then have > them adopted according to each County GP's > procedures. > > > 2) Is there a way that this could be formulated > where > it could be a more practical model for regions that > have more than two counties? > Reply: This is a proposal for the current > configuration of the Silicon > Valley Region. What other county are you planning > to annex? (Juuust Kidding!!!!) > But really... I don't think we have any business > setting rules for other > regions. You know... decentralization... grassroots > democracy... "And all that > jazz!" > > In Struggle! Warner I feel quesey about something in the ratification process that I haven't been able to put a finger on yet. If we can do something that can be an effective model for other Regions then I'd prefer to do that rather than something that only helps our Region. You know, leading by example. :-) Green is Peace! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting From wrolley at charter.net Thu Jun 7 13:05:29 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:05:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Open Email to the GPSCC County Council; Bylaws Amendmen... In-Reply-To: <22249.1786.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <22249.1786.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <46686509.2020508@charter.net> JamBoi wrote: > I feel quesey about something in the ratification > process that I haven't been able to put a finger on > yet. If we can do something that can be an effective > model for other Regions then I'd prefer to do that > rather than something that only helps our Region. You > know, leading by example. :-) > As someone has posted to this list before.... "Lead, follow or get out of the way." Ok, lead by example. Warner has suggested a very specific proposal . If you can improve it, make a friendly amendment. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From MKmusic03 at aol.com Thu Jun 7 13:07:39 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:07:39 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] REMINDER: San Jose Says Impeachment Is On The Table!!!/Saturday June 9th Message-ID: Hi All, Who is coming out to help us spell IMPEACH? Please join us and pass the word on to every BODY you know. Merriam San Jose Says Impeachment Is On The Table!!! Saturday June 9 1:00pm - 3:00pm San Jose City Hall We are spelling IMPEACH for the world to see.? Join us Saturday June 9th at the San Jose City Hall,at the corner of 5th St & E, Santa Clara St.? We will spell out IMPEACH! with our bodies.? Meet in front of the City Hall fountains.at 1:00pm.? ALL OUT FOR IMPEACHMENT!!! RSVP mkmusic03 at aol.com? (or call Merriam at 408-482-6032). ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 7 14:00:05 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:00:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Open Email to the GPSCC County Council; Bylaws Amendmen... In-Reply-To: <46686509.2020508@charter.net> Message-ID: <983722.85702.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Oh, don't worry Wes, that was coming... :-) No prompting required. Jim and I are both already working on rewrites. Green is Peace! Drew --- Wes Rolley wrote: > JamBoi wrote: > > I feel quesey about something in the ratification > > process that I haven't been able to put a finger > on > > yet. If we can do something that can be an > effective > > model for other Regions then I'd prefer to do that > > rather than something that only helps our Region. > You > > know, leading by example. :-) > > > As someone has posted to this list before.... "Lead, > follow or get out > of the way." > > Ok, lead by example. Warner has suggested a very > specific proposal . If > you can improve it, make a friendly amendment. > > -- > "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I > seem to know far too much and this knowledge > obscures the really significant facts, but I am > getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh > > Wesley C. Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 > http://www.refpub.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 7 20:23:08 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:23:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Come join us for Sunday Morning's San Jose Gay Pride Parade: June 10th Message-ID: <623394.3501.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sunday June 10-th Gay Pride Parade Join us between 9-10A Victory Parking Lot 64 N. Market (Corner Market St. & St. John) The actual parade time brief: 11-11:30 This is a fun event that Warner, Jim, Tian and other report really enjoying in the past. Drew, Tian and Iliad will be there and we'd love it if others would join us to represent! :-) The more people who join in the more impact we'll have. Life is Green! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Jun 8 00:15:13 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:15:13 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Fwd: With allies in enemy ranks, GIs in Iraq are no longer true believers] Message-ID: <46690201.3000103@ispwest.com> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: With allies in enemy ranks, GIs in Iraq are no longer true believers Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:54:04 EDT From: JJITHarter at aol.com To: tnharter at ispwest.com -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added Green Party Plenary pictures. Lately I've been wondering if the idea "WalMart is to Arkansas as Disney is to Anaheim" holds water. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: LJBJBB at aol.com Subject: With allies in enemy ranks, GIs in Iraq are no longer true believers Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 13:59:07 EDT Size: 19106 URL: From MKmusic03 at aol.com Sat Jun 9 00:14:18 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 03:14:18 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] REMINDER: San Jose Says Impeachment Is On The Table!!!/Saturday June 9th Message-ID: Hi All, Who is coming out to help us spell IMPEACH?? Please join us and pass the word on to every BODY you know. Merriam San Jose Says Impeachment Is On The Table!!! Saturday June 9 1:00pm - 3:00pm San Jose City Hall We are spelling IMPEACH for the world to see.? Join us Saturday June 9th at the San Jose City Hall,at the corner of 5th St & E, Santa Clara St.? We will spell out IMPEACH! with our bodies.? Meet in front of the City Hall fountains.at 1:00pm.? ALL OUT FOR IMPEACHMENT!!! RSVP mkmusic03 at aol.com? (or call Merriam at 408-482-6032). ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Sat Jun 9 07:38:03 2007 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:38:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bowman 6/12 and San Jose Impeach Message-ID: I will bring half-sheet fliers to the San Jose event about Bowman in Campbell, also posters for the 6/13 Palo Alto. Pick some up! Brian _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2 From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Jun 9 11:50:22 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:50:22 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Pivotal Vote on Gonzales MONDAY] Message-ID: <466AF66E.1000909@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Pivotal Vote on Gonzales MONDAY Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:10:40 -0700 From: "PFAW Activist Network" Reply-To: To: "Gerald Gras" [PFAW Action Alert] [www.pfaw.org] Forward this e-mail | Subscribe to PFAW Action Alerts PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY June 9, 2007 [PFAW_banner] [PFAW_red_underline] <#> [transparent] Forward the Petition Dear Gerald, A moment of truth is here. On Monday, Senate will make its first move to hold a Vote of No Confidence on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. We're delivering our petitions to the Senate on Monday morning before the vote, and although it's hot here in Washington, we want those boxes of petitions to be as heavy as possible. We're very close to our goal of 50,000 signatures. Can you help us get there by Monday? We appreciate your being part of this petition effort. Now please help by forwarding this message to your friends and family or urging them to go to: http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo A few senators need some extra pressure, and we can use more signers from their states. In particular, since it may take 60 votes on Monday to cut off debate and bring the no confidence resolution to a vote, we need the votes of Republicans, a number of whom have already called for Gonzales' resignation or who have stated serious concerns about his ability to lead the Department of Justice. We need these senators to put their money where their mouths are and vote to defend the Constitution. Take a look at the senators below. If you have contacts in these senators' states, please pass the petition on to them. Minnesota: Senator Coleman New Hampshire: Senator Sununu Oregon: Senator Smith Pennsylvania: Senator Spector Nebraska: Senator Hagel Oklahoma: Senator Coburn Arizona: Senator McCain Missouri: Senator Bond Kansas: Senator Roberts Alabama: Senator Sessions Ask them to sign the Gonzales Must Go petition! http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo -- Your Allies at People For the American Way ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message was sent to: gerrygras at earthlink.net Manage your People For profile and e-mail subscriptions at: http://www.pfaw.org/go/my_profile To ensure that People For e-mails are not diverted to your spam or bulk folders, please add alerts at pfaw.org to your address book and/or "safe list." Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. Replies will not be read. To contact us online, please use the web form at: http://www.pfaw.org/go/contact_us/ PFAW ? 2007 Remove yourself from this mailing . From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Jun 9 11:52:18 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:52:18 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Pivotal Vote on Gonzales MONDAY] Message-ID: <466AF6E2.3060406@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Pivotal Vote on Gonzales MONDAY Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:10:40 -0700 From: "PFAW Activist Network" Reply-To: To: "Gerald Gras" Dear Gerald, A moment of truth is here. On Monday, Senate will make its first move to hold a Vote of No Confidence on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. We're delivering our petitions to the Senate on Monday morning before the vote, and although it's hot here in Washington, we want those boxes of petitions to be as heavy as possible. We're very close to our goal of 50,000 signatures. Can you help us get there by Monday? We appreciate your being part of this petition effort. Now please help by forwarding this message to your friends and family or urging them to go to: http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo A few senators need some extra pressure, and we can use more signers from their states. In particular, since it may take 60 votes on Monday to cut off debate and bring the no confidence resolution to a vote, we need the votes of Republicans, a number of whom have already called for Gonzales' resignation or who have stated serious concerns about his ability to lead the Department of Justice. We need these senators to put their money where their mouths are and vote to defend the Constitution. Take a look at the senators below. If you have contacts in these senators' states, please pass the petition on to them. Minnesota: Senator Coleman New Hampshire: Senator Sununu Oregon: Senator Smith Pennsylvania: Senator Spector Nebraska: Senator Hagel Oklahoma: Senator Coburn Arizona: Senator McCain Missouri: Senator Bond Kansas: Senator Roberts Alabama: Senator Sessions Ask them to sign the Gonzales Must Go petition! http://www.pfaw.org/go/GonzalesMustGo -- Your Allies at People For the American Way ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message was sent to: gerrygras at earthlink.net From fredd at freeshell.org Sat Jun 9 11:58:45 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:58:45 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Local Green Chapter Message-ID: <466AF865.1030607@freeshell.org> To GPSCC Members of North & Western Santa Clara County: A local chapter of the Green Party of Santa Clara County will hold its first meeting on Thursday, June 14. at 7:00pm. The meeting site will be in Lois & Fred Duperrault's Willow Park Condo Unit 45, at the intersection of W. Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd., in Mountain View. The general purpose of a local chapter is to: 1) Accommodate members who prefer to participate as Greens closer to home; 2) In no way usurp any of the official business or other reponsibilities of the county party or take the place of the regular GPSCC monthly meetings; 3) Provide opportunities to explore and discuss topics of interest that are too often left out of the GPSCC monthly meeting agendas because of time constraints; 4) Stimulate creativity and participation in an informal meeting environment. During the first meeting we will contemplate the possible schedules, logistics, procedures and substance of the meetings. Green Party members outside the NW part of the county are also welcome. On behalf of the instigators of the new chapter, Fred Duperrault RSVP to 650-691-1215 or fredd at freeshell.org would be helpful. fd From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat Jun 9 18:04:16 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:04:16 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: INVITE: CAIR Annual Family Picnic] Message-ID: <466B4E10.4010508@earthlink.net> The GPSCC has been invited by CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) to send a representative to their picnic on July 8th. This representative will be able to speak for up to 15 minutes. We need to decide if we want to send a representative and if so, whom. The invitation is below. Their website is http://cair.com/ (National) http://www.cair-california.org/ (California) I could not find anything specific about the picnic. Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: INVITE: CAIR Annual Family Picnic Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 20:05:01 -0500 From: "Shazia Jafri" To: Hello Mr. Gras, I hope this finds you in the best of health. Let me first thank you for speaking with me earlier today. Per our discussion, The Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CAIR-SFBA) is pleased to invite a representative from the Green Party to address the American Muslim community at our 3rd Annual Picnic scheduled for Sunday, July 8th at the Baylands Park in Sunnyvale from 11 AM to 4 PM. Each year the picnic draws in upwards of 500 guests from across the Bay Area including Muslims community members and leaders, Interfaith leaders, and Public officials. The theme for this event is ?2008 Elections: Know the Issues, ? where spokespeople from various political parties will provide a general overview of the issues the party is focusing on, discuss particular topics of concern to the American Muslim community, and the names of the potential candidates for the 2008 elections. For this, we?ve allocated 15 minutes per presenter. If you?d like more information, please feel free to contact me at 408.986.9874 or sjafri at cair.com . I sincerely hope you will take this opportunity to speak to one of the largest Muslim communities in America. Thank you. Sincerely, Shazia Jafri Shazia Jafri, Communications Coordinator | CAIR-SFBA | Office: 408-986-9874 | Fax: 408-986-9875 | www.cair.com From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Jun 10 12:12:41 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:12:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] latino community health care forum Message-ID: <466C4D29.4050607@sbcglobal.net> Here is an announcement I just received from the SB 840 supporters: >The National Association of Hispanic Journalists >invites you to a Town Hall Meeting on The Health >Insurance Crisis: how it's affecting the Latino >community and what you need to know as you >search for medical coverage, at 7 PM, on >Tuesday, June 12th, at the Mexican Heritage >Plaza, at 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, at King, in San >Jose. > >The Speaker of California Legislature, Fabian >Nunez has been invited to speak about the plans >being considered in Sacramento and how you can >Influence the vote. You will also hear from >Latino Coalition for a Healthy California?s Lupe >Alonzo Diaz and Valley Medical Center?s C-E-O, >Kim Roberts. This Town Hall Meeting is part of The National >Association of Hispanic Journalists? National >Convention in San Jose. > >For more information log onto w-w-w dot NAHJ dot org. > (click on convention, then events) Tuesday 7 PM - 9 PM *NAHJ Town Hall - The Health Care Crisis: Legislation, Politics and the Impact on the Latino Community * Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue Friday 8 PM - MIDNIGHT *Noche de Fiesta * Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue The Latino Coalition for a Healthy Calif. has not shown support for 840 in the past . Speaker Nunez has one or two health care bills of his own which are only partial improvements. As do state senator Peralta and governor Schwarzenegger. From alexcathy at aol.com Sun Jun 10 13:13:26 2007 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:13:26 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown Message-ID: <8C979B2F0618CB7-97C-13190@webmail-me19.sysops.aol.com> Dear Green Friends, I have written four letters-to-the-editor and posted 4 web sites about the "meltdown" by the two supposedly front-running DEM candidates in the special congressional election in Los Angeles/Long Beach. You can read my Post on California Greening at: CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton (http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2007/06/ca-37-bipartisan-meltdown-in-compton.html?) This is the thing.? I also posted a Democrat-friendly version on The Daily Kos at: DailyKos: CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton? (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/10/152652/554) If Wes Rolley and my past experience holds, the "Kossaks" will probably go crazy because I actually wrote something nice about a Green Party candidate.? And so, if any of you have userids for DailyKos a friendly comment will be greatly appreciated. B.T.W.? I did attend the candidates debate in Compton Thursday night and Daniel was great.? Richardson, Oropeza, and McDonald are not ready for prime time.? The Republican candidates are... well... Republicans and the Black Republican, L.J. "Bishop" Guillory is a total buffoon.?? The other "minor" candidates are... well... nuts.? The 37th CD is an extremely diverse district.? Thanks to the bipartisan gerrymandering of the districts, the very diverse and mostly progressive City of Long Beach is partly represented by the rightwing openly racist Republican?wingnut Dana Rohrabacher, who once said global warming might be caused by "dinosaur flatulence" and prisoners could do the work of immigrant farmworkers from Mexico.? Taking everything into account, Daniel Abraham Brezenoff is, by far, the best?person?to represent this district in the United States House of Representatives. Alex Walker?? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexcathy at aol.com Sun Jun 10 13:47:47 2007 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:47:47 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPLAC-Forum] CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown In-Reply-To: <8C979B2F0618CB7-97C-13190@webmail-me19.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C979B2F0618CB7-97C-13190@webmail-me19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8C979B7BCE46551-97C-132BC@webmail-me19.sysops.aol.com> Sure enough.? Here is?the very first comment to my post on The Daily Kos: IF accurate, it's politicians acting badly- plus there's probably some bad past personal history involved between the two. However, I hold Greens in lower regard than I do Republicans DEMS are a piece of work!? And people wonder how the hell Bush got into power. -----Original Message----- From: alexcathy at aol.com To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org; sosfbay-discuss at greens.org Sent: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 1:13 pm Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown Dear Green Friends, I have written four letters-to-the-editor and posted 4 web sites about the "meltdown" by the two supposedly front-running DEM candidates in the special congressional election in Los Angeles/Long Beach. You can read my Post on California Greening at: CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton (http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2007/06/ca-37-bipartisan-meltdown-in-compton.html?) This is the thing.? I also posted a Democrat-friendly version on The Daily Kos at: DailyKos: CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton? (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/10/152652/554) If Wes Rolley and my past experience holds, the "Kossaks" will probably go crazy because I actually wrote something nice about a Green Party candidate.? And so, if any of you have userids for DailyKos a friendly comment will be greatly appreciated. B.T.W.? I did attend the candidates debate in Compton Thursday night and Daniel was great.? Richardson, Oropeza, and McDonald are not ready for prime time.? The Republican candidates are... well... Republicans and the Black Republican, L.J. "Bishop" Guillory is a total buffoon.?? The other "minor" candidates are... well... nuts.? The 37th CD is an extremely diverse district.? Thanks to the bipartisan gerrymandering of the districts, the very diverse and mostly progressive City of Long Beach is partly represented by the rightwing openly racist Republican?wingnut Dana Rohrabacher, who once said global warming might be caused by "dinosaur flatulence" and prisoners could do the work of immigrant farmworkers from Mexico.? Taking everything into account, Daniel Abraham Brezenoff is, by far, the best?person?to represent this district in the United States House of Representatives. Alex Walker?? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 14:36:24 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FWD: On SJ Gay Pride day a note about Jesus' speaking out against gay-baiting In-Reply-To: <004501c7ab97$6d0e17c0$0200a8c0@GeorgeRyan> Message-ID: <354213.85974.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Thank you George, that was very enlightening. And appropriate for today since we in San Jose had our annual Gay Pride Parade which I and a couple of other Greens participated in. I hope that someday soon we might be able to have a Lavender Greens chapter started in our county. Greens are people of (Rainbow) color! Drew Johnson California --- "George DeCarlo, CH" wrote: Drew, This may also be appreciated. The word has various spellings and is translated in various manners in some Bibles but the true meaning is ignored. It would seem that our Green members may give more thought instead of contributing to the hate. I always find it sad that amongst Gays/Lesbians and almost all progressives when arguing for the rights such as marriage they do not have knowledge such as this at their fingertips especially given their credentials (I guess they just pass courses and did little else.). For instance, any Gay/Lesbian Christian Rev. that has not read books such as those written by Boswell usually poor arguments against their counterparts. This statement was made at the Sermon on the Mount. -- George Matthew at 5:22, where the King James version reads: "But I say unto you, that...whosoever shall say to his brother, Racha, shall be in danger of the counsel..." Racha This word is found only in some manuscripts of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew at 5:22, where the King James version reads: "But I say unto you, that...whosoever shall say to his brother, Racha, shall be in danger of the counsel..." The text of the gospel includes no explanatory gloss, as is usual with foreign words that would otherwise have been unintelligible to the Greek reader, and the majority of modern commentators understand the word as Semitic: raka = Hebrew r?q? "empty, empty-headed, brainless." Yet there is an alternative meaning proposed in 1922 by Friedrich Schulthess, an Expert in Syriac and Palestinian Christian Aramaic; he equated the word with Hebrew rakh, "soft," which would thus be equivalent to Greek malakos/malthakos, which denotes the passive-effeminate homosexual. Further, in 1934 a papyrus was published from Hellenistic Egypt of the year 257 before the Christian era that contained the word rachas in an unspecified derogatory sense, but a parallel text suggests that it had the meaning kinaidos ("faggot"). It would thus have been a loan-word from Hebrew in the vulgar speech of the Greek settlers in Egypt. A modern Counterpart is the word rach, "tender, soft, effeminate, timid, cowardly" in the Gaunersprache, the argot of German beggars and criminals, which has absorbed many terms from Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic because of social conditions that created a linguistic interface between the Jewish "fence" and the gentile thief. The import of the Gospel passage is that whereas the old Law forbade only murder, the new morality of the church forbids aggression even in purely symbolic, verbal forms, and the ascending scale of offenses and penalties is tantamount to a prohibition of what is called in Classical Arabic mufaharah, the ritualized verbal duel that is often the prelude to Combat and actual bloodshed. So Jesus is represented as forbidding his followers to utter insults directed at the other party's masculinity -- a practice that has scarcely gone out of fashion in the ensuing nineteen centuries, as the contemporary usage of faggot well attests. ....What the text in Matthew demonstrates is that he forbade acts of violence, physical and verbal, against those to whom homosexuality was imputed, in line with the general emphasis on self-restraint and meekness in his teaching.... (This is quoted, nearly in its entirety, from Warren Johnson's entry in the Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, Edited by Wayne R. Dynes, published by Garland.) -- George DeCarlo, CH Consulting Hypnotist 908-342-1275 (cell) VOTE Green Party! -----Original Message----- From: usgp-media-admin at gp-us.org [mailto:usgp-media-admin at gp-us.org] On Behalf Of JamBoi Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:25 PM To: George DeCarlo, CH; usgp-media at gp-us.org Subject: RE: [usgp-media] Re "Christian Zionists" Re: 4th draft - 2 quote takers needed - Sad but true George, sad but true. And the truth about Jesus is lost in the scuffle. Jesus was far more radical than any of us could ever claim to be. But his emphasis was not on political radicalism either as is ours or as the "religious right's" but on radical compassion towards our fellow humans. Let us all recall that Jesus (the "Christ", Greek for Messiah where the term "Christian" is derived from) whom many claim to follow was ALL ABOUT radically loving one another. Here's some nice New Testament radical love verses for y'all to hold onto when you're confronted the religious people (right, left or middle) who want to claim to be Christians but are in deep denial about their hate-speech and hateful actions: " Jesus said: "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 6:27-28 (New International Version) This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17 (New International Version) And from Jesus' companion John: Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8 (New International Version) >From another early Jesus-follower: Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:10 (New International Version) The founder of Christianity (Jesus) has made it very clear: his followers are people of love. If someone is a real Jesus-follower they are to be all about love. Hate has no place in the life of a Jesus-follower. So if you meet someone who is claiming to be a Jesus follower but living a life of hate, just remember that real Christians are all about love and pray for yourself and for that person to learn Jesus' commandment: "love one another". Green is Peace! Drew --- "George DeCarlo, CH" wrote: > Drew, > > You will notice that what some conservative pundits > speak about is true. > Many progressives will attack and justify their > attacks as best they can in > chipping away at Christians at every angle they can > get away with. The > Green Party is not immune to this. > > George > > -- > George DeCarlo, CH > Consulting Hypnotist > 908-342-1275 (cell) > > VOTE Green Party! ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 14:27:08 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:27:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPLAC-Forum] CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown In-Reply-To: <8C979B7BCE46551-97C-132BC@webmail-me19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <274322.12210.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Yeah Alex! If I hadn't been thrown off of DailyKos (for being openly an unabashedly Green) I'd rate you up. :-) Green for Change! Drew --- alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > > Sure enough. > > > > Here is the very first comment to my post on The > Daily Kos: > > > > IF accurate, it's politicians acting badly- plus > there's probably some bad past personal history > involved between the two. > > However, I hold Greens in lower regard than I do > Republicans > > > DEMS are a piece of work! > > And people wonder how the hell Bush got into power. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: alexcathy at aol.com > To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org; > sosfbay-discuss at greens.org > Sent: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 1:13 pm > Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown > > > > Dear Green Friends, > > I have written four letters-to-the-editor and posted > 4 web sites about the "meltdown" by the two > supposedly front-running DEM candidates in the > special congressional election in Los Angeles/Long > Beach. > > You can read my Post on California Greening at: > > > > CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton > (http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2007/06/ca-37-bipartisan-meltdown-in-compton.html ) > > This is the thing. I also posted a > Democrat-friendly version on The Daily Kos at: > > DailyKos: CA-37 - "Bipartisan" Meltdown in Compton > > (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/10/152652/554) > > If Wes Rolley and my past experience holds, the > "Kossaks" will probably go crazy because I actually > wrote something nice about a Green Party candidate. > And so, if any of you have userids for DailyKos a > friendly comment will be greatly appreciated. > > B.T.W. I did attend the candidates debate in > Compton Thursday night and Daniel was great. > > Richardson, Oropeza, and McDonald are not ready for > prime time. The Republican candidates are... > well... Republicans and the Black Republican, L.J. > "Bishop" Guillory is a total buffoon. > > The other "minor" candidates are... well... nuts. > The 37th CD is an extremely diverse district. > Thanks to the bipartisan gerrymandering of the > districts, the very diverse and mostly progressive > City of Long Beach is partly represented by the > rightwing openly racist Republican wingnut Dana > Rohrabacher, who once said global warming might be > caused by "dinosaur flatulence" and prisoners could > do the work of immigrant farmworkers from Mexico. > > Taking everything into account, Daniel Abraham > Brezenoff is, by far, the best person to represent > this district in the United States House of > Representatives. > > > Alex Walker > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out > more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 14:40:28 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] Apply to be a GP-US Delegate Message-ID: <956849.94216.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS MESSAGE This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply. Follow the contact directions stated in the email. Announcement/Open for application: Position of GPCA Delegation member (or alternate) to the Green Party of United States National Committee Election at September 8th-9th GPCA General Assembly Applications due July 9th, 2007; send to mailto:applications at cagreens.org Dear GPCA member, The Green Party of California is always looking for interested members to serve at the national level of the Green Party. In particular, with the 2008 election cycle nearly upon us, the next couple of years promise to be a very exciting time on the national level -- and hence a good reason for YOUR participation and input. Currently, the GPCA has 13 Delegate seats and 13 Alternate seats. and all delegation seats were filled at recent May 26th-27th General Assembly in San Francisco. However, Delegate Apportionment has recently changed at the national level, and when all states are officially given their new numbers, our GPCA delegation will increase to 42 members. Some of these extra seats were filled in San Francisco, at least four delegate and up to 40 alternate seat still remain. To fill them, there will be elections by the General Assembly at the GPCA Plenary in Riverside on September 8-9, 2007 for those seats. The job description for these positions is at http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/job_gpus_delegation.php To apply, you must send your biography/applications in at least 60 days in advance of the September General Assembly for inclusion in the plenary packets, as is specified in our state party bylaws. An editable application (including space for an optional campaign statement) can be found at http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/application_gpus_delegation.rtf . (Past applications are available for review at http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/applications_2007/gpus_delegation) PLEASE SEND YOUR APPLICATION BY JULY 9th TO mailto:applications at cagreens.org . It will then go onto a website to be viewed by all. Because the GP-US delegation often makes its own recommendations to GPCA General Assembly delegates about who to choose as National Committee members, we in the GPUS delegation also want to know more about you. We strongly encourage those who self-identify as a minority, whether by region, gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, or disability. So please send a copy of your application to one or both of the delegation co-chairs listed below. We also prefer those who have already been involved on the state and/or county party level. (If you think we may not be familiar with your Green Party activity, please send a referral from a state or county representative.) For more information about the GPCA's delegation to the GPUS, including a roster of current member, you can go to http://www.votegreen.org/gpus-ca. Note also that the GP-US Annual National Meeting will be held in Reading, PA on July 12-15. All Greens are welcome to come as observers to the meeting... even if you are not a delegate. There will also be a variety of workshops. For more information about that important meeting, see www.gpanc.org/ And don't forget that if you are elected now, you have the opportunity to be part of the delegation at the annual meeting occuring during the 2008 Presidential convention. Feel free to contact the Co-Chairs with your questions. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Sincerely Sanda Everette - sanda at greens.org Cat Woods - cat801 at mindspring.com GPCA California Delegation to GPUS, Co-Chairs http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/notice2_gpus_delegate_2007.php ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html From jims at greens.org Sun Jun 10 19:21:27 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:21:27 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Seeking Regional Rep to the Coordinating Committee Message-ID: <466CB1A7.F4C354E0@greens.org> Greens - Some of you may recall that late last year our Reg Rep to the CC and the alternate rep both resigned for various personal reasons. Jo Chamberlain and I agreed to fill those posts temporarily while we searched for permanent replacements. Our region consists of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The current term extends to June 2008. We are seeking qualified individuals who would like to work with the state Coordinating Committee on behalf of our region. The CC is an administrative body that plans and coordinates the activities of the party, and executes decision made by the General Assembly. The committee description from our bylaws is copied below, and a Rep job description can be found at http://cagreens.org/cc/reps.pdf. The job entails mostly email and teleconferences. You must keep up with the online proposals and their discussions, and attend the teleconferences to discuss and vote on the issues. You are also encouraged to involve yourself with the state party by volunteering to be a liaison between the CC and a committee or working group. The time commitment depends on how much you want to put into it. A nominal 2-3 hours a week is probably the base. If you enjoy lengthy email discussions, your time will increase. If you find you enjoy working at the state level, there's plenty of opportunities to put in more time. Lastly, you've all likely heard that the CC has become "dysfunctional." This is mostly true. The CC is at a low point in its history. But, besides the battles that have garnered so much attention, there are a number of decent, hard-working Greens on the CC who are there to serve the Party. And the CC was delivered an unequivocal message at the last state meeting about getting itself together. That message was not lost on most of the CC members. Yes, there still exists the obstructionists who will never change. But there ability to obstruct is waning. If you are interested in the position, please respond to this list. -- Jim Stauffer FROM THE STATE BYLAWS: Section 7-1. Coordinating Committee 7 1.1 Duties and Authority The Coordinating Committee shall be generally responsible for coordinating meetings, internal communications and other administrative tasks, including the following: a) Establish agenda and select facilitators for general meetings. b) Monitor and assist committee work and refer matters to committees. c) Request and receive regular reports from committees. d) Authorize and ratify specific expenditures e) Authorize and carry out the decisions of the GPCA general membership and make executive decisions (but not set policy) between General Assembly meetings. f) May make statements in the name of the party g) Is authorized to retain legal council on behalf of the GPCA. h) Is authorized to make decisions which legal counsel advises. From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Jun 11 01:09:47 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:09:47 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [SBM] SJ Area Residents Spell IMPEACH! with their Bodies Message-ID: In a message dated 6/10/2007 3:26:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, sharatlin at hotmail.com writes: > Subj: [SBM] SJ Area Residents Spell IMPEACH! with their Bodies > Date: 6/10/2007 3:26:55 AM Pacific Standard Time > From: sharatlin at hotmail.com > To: sbm at lists.riseup.net, unite at justicetoolbox.org > Sent from the Internet > > > > San Jose Area Residents Spell IMPEACH! with their Bodies > > Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition organized an impeach "spell-in" where > people laid down in San Jose City Hall Plaza to spell IMPEACH! with their > bodies on Saturday, June 9, 2007. > > Read all about it at: > > http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/10/18426477.php > > Thanks to Merriam, Barb, and others for organizing this! > > > Sharat > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Our Developing World Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition San Jose Peace Center Green Party Of Santa Clara County South Bay Mobilization Code Pink Friday Peace Vigil/United For Peace And Justice Willow Glen Peace Vigil San Jose Labor Council Lawyers Guild Veterans For Peace 911 Truth And thank you to our photograhpers Sharat Lin and Tian Harter.? Merriam P.S. We will be doing another body spelling next Sunday June 17th at City Hall at 1:00 pm.? This time we will be spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW!? Please join us and pass onto everyBODY you know. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "G. Sharat Lin" Subject: [SBM] SJ Area Residents Spell IMPEACH! with their Bodies Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:25:50 +0000 Size: 3605 URL: From wrolley at charter.net Tue Jun 12 09:36:59 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:36:59 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Santa Clara Valley Water District Message-ID: <466ECBAB.20008@charter.net> The Santa Clara Valley Water District seems to be walking a tight rope. On Channel 2 today, I noted that most of the counties in the Bay Area have begun to request voluntary conservation measures for water due to the shut down of the pumps in Tracy. The total story is not getting out to the public and it is not coming form the Water District. If you go to the Water District Web Site (http://www.valleywater.org/) you find that they are not saying much recently. Especially when you go to the section of press releases, you note a May 31, 2007 release: "The state shuts down Delta pumps. What does that mean for Santa Clara County?s water supply? We?re doubly threatened" However, it looks as if that press release has been pulled, since the link to the text is broken. At the same time, the Morgan Hill Times today (and the Gilroy Dispatch last Saturday) reported that Valley Farmers would lose discounts for water that they use in Agriculture. This appears to be moving faster than you can follow unless you are paying close attention. However, I have noted several tendencies. - some will blame the California Endangered Species Act for the problems now. That was very clear in a KPIX (CBS5) report by Simon Perez recently. - there will be calls for voluntary reductions couched in language that makes this seem to be a temporary situation. - bureaucracies of all forms act in terms of self-preservation. This came our when a State Depart of Water Resources scientist hinted that the problem was not the export of water from the delta, but rather an invasive species of clam that competed from food with the delta smelt. What the scientist did not say is that this species of clam is oceanic, likes salt water rather than fresh, and if they are competing with the smelt for food it is only because the delta is becoming increasingly saline. What none of the agencies, water districts, cooperative users will say is that we have an increasing demand (population growth, more intensive agriculture) for a diminishing supply of water (due to global warming). The agencies have always operated on the assumption that there was an engineering solution to everything... build more dams, build more canals, lay more pipeline. The fact is that we are suffering from decades of poor planning and ineffectual oversight and it is time that communities started to demand something better. I promised to lay out some new direction at a blog called delta levees. It isn't there yet, but a number of the options are outlined in the reports that are linked from that site or from the delta links at http://cagreening.blogspot.com/ We need to keep a close eye on what the water district is doing, Some consider them one of the more predatory of water districts in the state and they have some degree of power given the role that State Sen. Simitian (D. Palo Alto) plays. Some version of Simitian's SB 27 will undoubtedly influence the direction that the State of California takes. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From fredd at freeshell.org Tue Jun 12 10:16:24 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:16:24 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Santa Clara Valley Water District Message-ID: <466ED4E8.8060801@freeshell.org> Wes, I certainly don't claim to be an expert on the Delta and California's water resources, but your comments here make sense to me. Thanks for being well informed,for your insight and your foresight. Fred D. The Santa Clara Valley Water District seems to be walking a tight rope. On Channel 2 today, I noted that most of the counties in the Bay Area have begun to request voluntary conservation measures for water due to the shut down of the pumps in Tracy. The total story is not getting out to the public and it is not coming form the Water District. If you go to the Water District Web Site (http://www.valleywater.org/) you find that they are not saying much recently. Especially when you go to the section of press releases, you note a May 31, 2007 release: "The state shuts down Delta pumps. What does that mean for Santa Clara County?s water supply? We?re doubly threatened" However, it looks as if that press release has been pulled, since the link to the text is broken. At the same time, the Morgan Hill Times today (and the Gilroy Dispatch last Saturday) reported that Valley Farmers would lose discounts for water that they use in Agriculture. This appears to be moving faster than you can follow unless you are paying close attention. However, I have noted several tendencies. - some will blame the California Endangered Species Act for the problems now. That was very clear in a KPIX (CBS5) report by Simon Perez recently. - there will be calls for voluntary reductions couched in language that makes this seem to be a temporary situation. - bureaucracies of all forms act in terms of self-preservation. This came our when a State Depart of Water Resources scientist hinted that the problem was not the export of water from the delta, but rather an invasive species of clam that competed from food with the delta smelt. What the scientist did not say is that this species of clam is oceanic, likes salt water rather than fresh, and if they are competing with the smelt for food it is only because the delta is becoming increasingly saline. What none of the agencies, water districts, cooperative users will say is that we have an increasing demand (population growth, more intensive agriculture) for a diminishing supply of water (due to global warming). The agencies have always operated on the assumption that there was an engineering solution to everything... build more dams, build more canals, lay more pipeline. The fact is that we are suffering from decades of poor planning and ineffectual oversight and it is time that communities started to demand something better. I promised to lay out some new direction at a blog called delta levees. It isn't there yet, but a number of the options are outlined in the reports that are linked from that site or from the delta links at http://cagreening.blogspot.com/ We need to keep a close eye on what the water district is doing, Some consider them one of the more predatory of water districts in the state and they have some degree of power given the role that State Sen. Simitian (D. Palo Alto) plays. Some version of Simitian's SB 27 will undoubtedly influence the direction that the State of California takes. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From wrolley at refpub.com Tue Jun 12 10:35:33 2007 From: wrolley at refpub.com (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:35:33 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Water District Phase 2. Message-ID: <466ED965.6080705@refpub.com> When I noted that the Water district link for their press release was not working, I also sent a note to the water district asking if they pulled the release. The link is now working. http://www.valleywater.org/News_and_events/News_releases/May_31,_2007.shtm However, if you read the release, there some of the bureaucratic self protection that I mentioned before as well as the tendency to see this as an infrastructure investment problem... read send the water district more money... read that is why they raised the rates. > The shutting down of the pumps demonstrates the vulnerability of the > Bay Area?s water supply and the need to invest in water resources and > infrastructure, while finding a viable solution to challenges in the > Delta. There is absolutely no acknowledgment of the fact that we are rushing toward a head on collision between unconstrained growth and a diminishing supply and you can not engineer that solution by building infrastructure. Well, maybe you can if you rip up the Lost Forest and take the water from Honeydew (>100 in. per year) and channel it south. That would be good. SoCal taking water from the Delta while the Bay Area takes water from Humboldt County. Makes a lot of sense. Oh well, what do I know. I am only a tax payer, rate payer, Gaia dreamer. They are the experts who need to find something to do to justify their unusually high salaries. > For Mid-Management Association jobs, the average salary was almost 7% > higher then comparable markets. This represented a decrease from 2004 > when the average was almost 8% higher. Specific salaries ranged from about > 0.4% below market for Facilities Management positions to 17% above market > for Laboratory Services positions. Source: http://www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/jury/GJreports/2006/SCValleyWaterDistrict.pdf From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Jun 12 11:30:43 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:30:43 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] this weeks events Message-ID: <466EE653.4010603@sbcglobal.net> Tuesday retired Lt Col Robert Bowman Campbell community Center 7 pm Tuesday Forum on Health Care with state assembly speaker Nunez and others sponsored by the Hispanic Journalists at the Mexican American Heritage Plaza 7 pm Saturday and Sunday Juneteenth Cesar Chavez Park in San Jose Noon to 8 pm The Green Party has reserved a space in the information tent We are to bring our own table and chairs Jim Doyle From cbrouillet at igc.org Tue Jun 12 11:49:45 2007 From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:49:45 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Impeachment Rally Wednesday June 13th Message-ID: Heroes for 9/11 Truth, for Peace, for Impeachment Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at 1 pm at Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto, heroes will rally to support Representative Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney, H.R. 333. The master of ceremonies, award-winning investigative journalist and host of KPFA's Flashpoints, Dennis Bernstein--together with Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Yoda--will pass out awards honoring "Heroic Citizens for 9/11 Truth" to Dr. Robert Bowman, Richard Gage, Janette MacKinlay, Cosmos, Jim Hoffman, and Aaron Dames. Superman (musician- August Bullock) will sing "Heroes of America," which inspired the theme of this and last month's impeachment rallies. After the award presentations, heroic citizens will march at 2 pm through downtown Palo Alto to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's office at 698 Emerson Street. 9/11 has been used to sell wars, pass the PATRIOT Act, construct the Homeland Security apparatus, to institutionalize torture and to weaken the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Heroic citizens have exposed lies and omissions in the Commission Report, demanded the release of suppressed evidence and called for a genuine investigation. From a one-woman "Listening Project" in downtown Palo Alto (Wednesdays 11 am -- 1 pm), the 9/11 Truth movement has grown and raised awareness through numerous websites and conferences to the point where the majority of Americans now doubt the government's 9/11 narrative. The demands of the 9/11 Truth movement in 2003 to "stop the 9/11 cover-up, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and demand pre-emptive impeachment of Bush," prior to the war, were dismissed by Rep. Eshoo and other members of Congress, who continued to fund the war and have failed to respond to a growing public outcry for the impeachment of Bush, Cheney, and Gonzales. Dr. Bob Bowman, Lt. Col., USAF, ret. flew 101 combat missions in Vietnam and directed "Star Wars" weapons programs under presidents Ford and Carter. After retiring from the Air Force in 1978 Dr. Bowman, whose Ph.D. is in Aeronautics from Caltech, managed advanced space programs in industry. He resigned in 1982 when he felt that his job inhibited his ability to challenge US programs of offensive space weapons. Dr. Bowman has spoken out about the need for new investigations of 9/11, and charged Bush and his cronies with treason in 2003. Appearing locally in his "Patriot Tour," Bowman calls for a government that (1) Follows the Constitution, (2) Honors the Truth, and (3) Serves the People. He will be speaking in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Campbell, Monterey, Santa Cruz and Kentfield between June 8th and 14th. Richard Gage, AIA, the founding member of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth has, in 20 years practicing architecture, worked on numerous fire-proofed steel-framed buildings. Most recently he has performed construction administration for a new $120M High School campus including a $10M steel-framed gymnasium, and is currently engaged in design development for a 1.5 million square foot retail/office project utilizing about 1,200 tons of steel framing. Gage's interest in 9/11 began when Dr. David Ray Griffin spoke on KPFA radio about the catastrophic disintegration of the World Trade Center towers and Building 7. Gage was so shocked he pulled his car to the side of the road to listen. He investigated the facts for himself, and has since shared his findings in public presentations to over 75 architects in the Bay Area, and to universities, including San Diego, Sonoma, Chico, and Winnipeg in Canada. He has received encouragement from members of local chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Over 100 architecture and engineering professionals have joined Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth to call for new investigations of the destruction of the World Trade Center. Janette MacKinlay is a 9/11 survivor, author and artist. From her apartment across the street she witnessed the destruction of WTC 1. Her book "Fortunate: A Personal Diary of 9/11" recounts her struggle to come to terms through her ikebana art with her memories of that day. Cosmos, host of Truth Revolution on We The People Radio Network, founded the National Days of Truth Action Campaign, at http://www.truthaction.org. In just a few months, Cosmos's vision for Truth events on the 11th of every month has spread from San Francisco to 35 cities in 6 countries. Jim Hoffman, created the http://911research.wtc7.net website. In 2003, he gave the first in a series of talks, The Twin Towers' Demolition, exposing the fraudulence of the official collapse investigations and providing evidence of demolition. A software developer by profession, he performed pioneering work in mathematical visualization and has co-authored articles in Science and Macromolecules for work in polymer science. Aaron Dames, a junior at San Francisco State University studying International Relations. Since investigating 9/11, he has worked to educate the public, primarily through weekly meetings and campus and library film screenings. Earlier this year he demonstrated in front of the White House and Capitol building and will return to DC in July. He works at a hostel in San Francisco. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Jun 13 00:10:18 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:10:18 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Join the SF Green Party in the Pride Parade] Message-ID: <466F985A.7060108@ispwest.com> Anybody want to march up in San Francisco with me on the 24th? Tian -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Join the SF Green Party in the Pride Parade Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:31:51 -0700 (PDT) From: susan vaughan To: susan king Hello Everyone, We are inviting regional Greens to join the San Francisco Green Party in the Gay Pride on Sunday June 24. Parade participants will be meeting at the staging area on Beale Street somewhere near Folsom or Howard (look for the Greens!) at around 10:30 a.m. Also, we have one contingent monitor (Jeanne Rosenmeier), but we need another one. If you can be a contingent monitor, please let me know. Contingent monitors must attend a one-hour training. The list of training workshops follows: /*Weekday*/ /*Date*/ /*Time*/ /*Location*/ Tuesday June 12 8:30pm- 9:30pm Head Over Heels hosted by Cheer SF, 1250 45th Street, Emeryville, sponsored by Cheer SF [MAP ] Wednesday June 13 7:00pm- 8:00pm The SF Citadel, 1277 Mission St, SF [MAP ] Friday June 15 7:00pm- 8:00pm San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 995 Market St, 2nd Floor, SF [MAP ] Saturday June 16 11:00am- Noon Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St., SF [MAP ] Sunday June 17 1:00pm- 2:00pm Castro Country Club, 4058 18th St, SF [MAP ] Sunday June 17 4:30pm- 5:30pm Freedom in Christ Church, St. Marks Square Urban Life Center, 111 O'Farrell St., SF [MAP ] Friday June 22 7:00pm- 8:00pm Larkin Hall, Polk and Grove Streets, San Francisco [MAP ] Hope to see you on Sunday, June 24. And please send this email around. Sue Vaughan (415) 601-9297 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added San Jose IMPEACH pictures. From wrolley at charter.net Wed Jun 13 07:14:31 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:14:31 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: BAREC: Kathryn & Yolanda on KKUP Radio Wed 7 to 8 am, City Council vote June 19] Message-ID: <466FFBC7.9000706@charter.net> Since SCC Greens voted to support this, I thought everyone should know what is going on and join in the effort if you are in Santa Clara. Wes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: BAREC: Kathryn & Yolanda on KKUP Radio Wed 7 to 8 am, City Council vote June 19 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:29:20 -0700 From: Kathryn Mathewson To: BAREC Friends: We have been busy preparing for a BAREC Legislative Summit on Saturday and getting ready for the June 19th 7 pm Santa Clara City Council BAREC meeting. The agenda for this meeting is to have a public hearing, approve the Final EIR for housing, and change BAREC's zoning from agriculture to housing. It is important that everyone attend this important meeting. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP KEEP BAREC IN OPEN SPACE. Even though it is late notice I thought you might like to know that I will be on radio with Yolanda Reynolds talking about BAREC tomorrow morning on KKUP's "Free and Clear" program (91.5 FM) from 7 am to 8 am. You can call in with questions (408-260-2999) or tell your friends. Get the latest update on our efforts to keep BAREC in open space and keep public land public. Kathryn Mathewson 408-292-9595 kmathewson at secretgardens.com -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Jun 13 11:28:21 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:28:21 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers Message-ID: <46703745.2010907@sbcglobal.net> We need more helping hands this coming weekend at the Juneteenth festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park in San Jose from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Please contact me or post your offer to this list. Fundraisers like to say give generously. I say give generously of your time. Jim Doyle (408) 269-3299 From MKmusic03 at aol.com Wed Jun 13 11:51:20 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:51:20 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] We'll be spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW! with our bodies Sun. June 17 Message-ID: Hi All, Come join us as we spell OUT OF IRAQ NOW! with our bodies. We will spell our message on Sunday June 17th at San Jose City Hall, E. Santa Clara Street and 4th Street.? Meet in front of the fountains in City Hall Plaza at 1:00pm.? Sharat Lin will be our photographer. Please call San Jose Peace Center to RSVP 408-297-2299 or email Merriam at mkmusic03 at aol.com. See you there. Merriam ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 13 17:32:38 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Cal Nurses Assoc & Michael Moore Rally for Single Payer, (SB 840 passed Senate, now in House) Message-ID: <688392.39505.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Many Greens are also participating in coalition to get Single Payer finally passed in California. This report is from our Single Payer Health Care Coalition of Santa Clara County (which the GPSCC is a coalition member of) lobbyist. Green is Health! Drew VIDEO: http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/ From: "Lynn Huidekoper" Subject: Michael Moore in Sacramento today-unforgettable Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:15:15 -0700 {Yesterday} was an unbelievable day thanks to Michael Moore and CNA. Busloads of nurses, CSEA, CARA folks, PNHP/CaPA, SF Universal Health Care Coalition folks and more descended upon the Capitol to hear Michael Moore testify about his movie Sicko in the Assembly hearing room. CNA went all out and had huge tents with huge TV screens showing the hearing. The only folks in the hearing room were CNA members. He and Sheila Kuehl were peas in a pod-both funny comedians(Sheila was a comic prior to going to Harvard law School) who are passionate about exposing the health care system and crisis. Michael explained how he became interested in the health care crisis to produce Sicko and that he is expecting us in Calif. to lead the nation as we have many times before. 3 witnesses spoke after him-all 3 in his film. 1) Dr. Pinto(?) who admitted that as an MD reviewer she was hired by Humana to deny care to their pts. One man died as a result of her following company policy to deny as much as you can. She has felt guilty ever since. She testified before Congress back in 1996. She flew in from Kentucky to give her testimony. 2) The manager of a Skid Row Mission for the homeless and mentally ill where pt. "dumping" occurs often. One elderly woman was dropped off by a taxi in front of the mission and left to wander down the street in her hospital gown. The hospital personnel sent her in a taxi in spite of being ill and demented. This manager took her in and called for her to be returned to the hospital for proper care. As a result, a social worker and MD worked to get her into a group home. 3) A tragic story(esp. for me a Pediatric nurse)-a 13-month old girl who had a high fever and lethargy was turned away for care because the Mom lacked the proper insurance. She was transferred to another hospital where she died 15 minutes later. I wondered if a nurse interfaced with this pt. because it would have been totally unethical to turn this mother away. Michael asked Kuehl to present a bill to file criminal charges against insurance companies who deny care and there are negative outcomes. Lunch provided by CNA-gourmet Afternoon Rally on Capitol steps with all of the above and David Himmelstein, founder of PNHP, who works at a Cambridge, Mass hospital. chanting and live music, Sheila, RoseAnn Demoro,etc. Sicko The Crest theater is a really cool old at deco theater. Michael said it's one of his favorite theaters. The movie is unbelievable. Brings you to tears mixed with laughter as he compares our system to Canada's, Frances, and England's. Interviewed doctors, pts.,etc. It's a must see. I want to see it again as there's lots there. I see ads already about June 29 and the main activity For us will be to coordinatie with other groups to do the leafletting needed at every Santa Clara Cty. movie showing. So....RSVP if you want to leaflet the theaters showing Sicko on Friday, June 29. The more tickets sold that night the more that it gets shown at other theaters. Thanks, Lynn http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/blogs/marquee/2007/06/michael-moore-takes-sicko-to-sacramento.html http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_6123940 California nurses rally for Michael Moore's new film "Sicko" By LAURA KURTZMAN Associated Press Writer Article Launched: 06/12/2007 05:45:40 PM PDT SACRAMENTO?Filmmaker Michael Moore teamed up with the California Nurses Association on Tuesday to promote his new documentary "Sicko" at a legislative briefing and a rally on the Capitol steps. The nurses union, famous for the bruising battle it waged against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005, used Moore's visit to push for a single-payer health care system, which the governor opposes. The nurses donned red "Sicko" T-shirts, packed the hearing room and cheered as Moore bashed the health insurance industry and said companies that deny claims should be criminally prosecuted. "I'd like to see executives of these companies in a perp walk in handcuffs," Moore told about a dozen lawmakers, all of them single-payer supporters, who turned out for the informational briefing. The meeting, held when most lawmakers are at lunch, was chaired by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, the Santa Monica Democrat who is pushing a single-payer bill, which Moore also supports. Three other people testified, all of them featured in Moore's film, but no one spoke from the health insurance industry. The state Legislature passed Kuehl's bill last year. But it was mostly a symbolic gesture, since the bill lacked a funding mechanism. Schwarzenegger vetoed it. Mohit Ghose, a spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans, said polls show most Americans prefer a system of private insurance over a single-payer system that would get rid of insurance companies. Advertisement "The American public, election after election, year after year, has rejected the idea of a government-run system," he said. Moore acknowledged that his appearance in California, where both the governor and legislators are pushing health care reform, would help promote his new movie. Asked during a news conference if he was worried the film might be used by Democratic politicians to promote their agenda, Moore replied, "I thought it was the other way around." Kuehl, who has toiled on the single-payer issue for years, also noted the public relations benefits of being associated with Moore. When the filmmaker created a link from his Web site to hers, Kuehl said, "We got more links on the first day than all the other senators combined last month." Moore's documentary about the nation's health care system was scheduled to have its U.S. premiere Tuesday night in Sacramento. It opens in theaters June 29. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 13 17:39:40 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Article: Time to cut back on water in Santa Clara Valley Message-ID: <28626.97279.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> As if Wes' points needed any further illustration. now this from the SCVWater District: Green is Health! Drew http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6128589?source=rss Article: Time to cut back on water in Santa Clara Valley Time to cut back on water in Santa Clara Valley DISTRICT ASKS RESIDENTS TO TRIM 10 PERCENT By Paul Rogers and Julie Sevrens Lyons San Jose Mercury News Article Launched:06/ 13/2007 01:37:14 AM PDT Citing a dry winter and problems with supplies from San Francisco Bay's delta, the Santa Clara Valley Water District Tuesday asked its 1.7 million customers to voluntarily cut their water use by 10 percent. The request takes effect immediately and will continue until the end of the year. It marks the first time since 1994 that the San Jose-based district has asked for voluntary conservation. South Bay residents can meet the target by watering lawns at night instead of in the day and by installing low-flow shower heads, water-efficient toilets and washing machines, said district spokeswoman Susan Siravo. The district provides rebates of $100 or more to help purchase water-saving appliances. The decision follows similar requests this spring by water agencies in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and other areas. Santa Clara Valley water officials have said in recent months that cutbacks - voluntary or mandatory - were unnecessary in the South Bay because the area is blessed with large groundwater aquifers, which are full after more than a decade of rainy winters. But the decision two weeks ago by state officials to shut off the massive pumps at the State Water Project near Tracy to protect the delta smelt, a two-inch endangered fish, provided a wake-up call. "That definitely was the trigger," Siravo said. "We are not sure what's going to happen with the pumps in the near future. We felt this was the proper time to ask people to conserve." California is a state with a Mediterranean climate. Much of it, including San Jose, receives about 15 inches of rain a year, the same as Morocco. For the last 15 years, Northern Californians have gotten off easy with year after year of normal or above-normal rainfall. The last time there was mandatory water rationing in Santa Clara County was during the 1987-1992 drought, when a 25 percent reduction was imposed in 1991. Siravo said mandatory rationing is not on the table. "That hasn't been discussed as of yet," she said. "It could change." Although the state Department of Water Resources turned on the delta pumps on Sunday, they remain at 10 percent flows while biologists wait for the endangered smelt to complete an annual migration away from the lethal intake systems. Santa Clara County gets roughly 50 percent of its drinking water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The other half comes from local groundwater sources. In addition to rebates for water efficient appliances, the district - which estimates it will lose $6 million in water sales from the voluntary cutbacks - offers free water audits of homes and businesses. It also has set up a water conservation hotline at (408) 265-2607, extension 2554. And it has posted water-saving tips at www.valleywater. org. It's unclear yet whether people in other areas are embracing voluntary conservation. But water districts are working hard to put the best face on their public relations efforts. Consider: The East Bay Municipal Utilities District asked for a 10 percent voluntary cutback from its customers on April 24. In May, its customers consumed 233 million gallons of water a day - the same as last May and more than in 2005, when consumption totaled 205 million gallons a day. But district spokesman Charles Hardy said his agency had hoped to reduce water use by 10,000 acre-feet by Oct. 1, and already it has cut 3,400 acre-feet toward that total. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which supplies water from the Hetch Hetchy system to 2.4 million people in San Francisco and the Peninsula, asked for a 10 percent voluntary cutback on April 11. District officials reported Tuesday that water use in their district from May 29 to June 4 was 11 percent lower than the same week in 2004, a somewhat dry year. But 2004 saw the highest demand for water in the San Francisco PUC service area than any time back to at least 1993. The agency's customers used more water this March and April than they did in March and April of 2006, 2005, 2003, 1998 and 1995, all of which were wetter years. But they used more water this March and April than in March and April of 1994, a similarly dry year to 2007. "It's early in the season," said Michael Carlin, assistant general manager of the San Francisco PUC. "This is a long process. Saving water is like keeping money in the bank for us. This voluntary reduction is very real." In Santa Cruz, where it is now against the law for residents to water their lawns from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., conservation is something many residents are thinking about once again, said Toby Goddard, the city's water conservation manager. So far, no tickets have been issued. "We receive daily reports of people who are either watering at the wrong time or wasting water," Goddard said. "We try to get their attention and have them correct the situation." ____________ _________ _________ __ Contact Paul Rogers at progers at mercurynews .com or (408) 920-5045. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! 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Drew --- Jim Doyle wrote: > We need more helping hands this coming weekend at > the Juneteenth > festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park in > San Jose > from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. > > Please contact me or post your offer to this list. > > Fundraisers like to say give generously. > I say give generously of your time. > > Jim Doyle > > (408) 269-3299 > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 13 17:47:11 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:47:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Greens boost Irish PM to third term Message-ID: <859783.19397.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.thestar.com/News/article/225154 Greens boost Irish PM to third term Jun 13, 2007 08:09 PM DUBLIN?Ireland's Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back a coalition deal that puts it in government for the first time and guarantees a third term for Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. "This, my friends, is the proudest day of my life," Trevor Sargent, who will step down as party leader after brokering the deal, told fellow Greens. They voted by 441 votes to 67 in favour of joining a government dominated by Ahern's centrist Fianna Fail party. "It is a day when courage won out over caution. It is a day when huge change won out over the status quo," said Sargent. Fianna Fail emerged largely unscathed from May 24 national elections with 78 legislators in the 166-seat Dail (lower house of parliament) but needed new allies after its pro-business Progressive Democrat coalition partners suffered big losses. Backing from six Greens will give Ahern a slim majority when parliament votes on a prime minister on Thursday. He is likely to bolster support to 90 by keeping on two remaining Progressive Democrat legislators and bringing in four independents. That will also dilute the influence of any one partner and ensure that while the new government will have a greener flavour, Fianna Fail's long-standing dominance as Ireland's biggest political party will likely be little impaired. The Greens had been tipped to join the main opposition Fine Gael party and left-leaning Labour after the election in a "rainbow coalition" designed to end Ahern's decade in power. In the event the three parties did not win enough seats between them to form a majority and the Greens opted to talk to Ahern in the hope of getting some of their policies implemented. Having repeatedly criticised Ahern over his environmental and social record during last month's campaign, Sargent said on Wednesday he would honour an old pledge to step down as party leader if his party ended up in government with Fianna Fail. Although the Greens had to shelve some key policies in order get their first taste of power, including opposition to the use of Irish airports by U.S. troops bound for Iraq, Ahern has agreed to adopt some of their environmental priorities. A draft of the programme for government agreed between the two sides, seen by Reuters, showed commitments to cut greenhouse emissions by 3 per cent a year, phase in a carbon levy, improve building standards and promote renewable energy. "We have a better chance of doing what we have set out to achieve in government rather than remaining on the opposition benches for another five years," said pensioner Neil Hurley after voting in favour of the coalition deal. But some felt betrayed by the decision to share power with a party the Greens so vehemently opposed in the election. "They have sold out for a Mercedes with a nice leather interior," said 41-year-old John O'Driscoll, who works for one of the multinationals drawn to Ireland by its thriving economy. "They have sold us down the river," he said. "Everything they campaigned for in the election was rejected tonight." Ahern has yet to say which ministries he will hand over to the Greens in return for their support but party officials said they wanted those responsible for the environment and transport. Finance Minister Brian Cowen is set to keep his job after consolidating his standing in the election as the most likely successor to Ahern, who has said this will be his last term. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz From fredd at freeshell.org Wed Jun 13 21:32:38 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:32:38 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Local Green Chapter Message-ID: <4670C4E6.3050407@freeshell.org> This is a reminder of the Local Green Party Chapter get together at 7:00pm tomorrow night (Thursday) in Unit #45 of the Willow Park Condo Community in Mtn. View., Duperraults' apartment, not the Clubhouse. See the details below. Fred To GPSCC Members of North & Western Santa Clara County: A local chapter of the Green Party of Santa Clara County will hold its first meeting on Thursday, June 14. at 7:00pm. The meeting site will be in Lois & Fred Duperrault's Willow Park Condo Unit 45, at the intersection of W. Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd., in Mountain View. The general purpose of a local chapter is to: 1) Accommodate members who prefer to participate as Greens closer to home; 2) In no way usurp any of the official business or other reponsibilities of the county party or take the place of the regular GPSCC monthly meetings; 3) Provide opportunities to explore and discuss topics of interest that are too often left out of the GPSCC monthly meeting agendas because of time constraints; 4) Stimulate creativity and participation in an informal meeting environment. During the first meeting we will contemplate the possible schedules, logistics, procedures and substance of the meetings. Green Party members outside the NW part of the county are also welcome. On behalf of the instigators of the new chapter, Fred Duperrault RSVP to 650-691-1215 or fredd at freeshell.org would be helpful. fd From tim at alvco.com Wed Jun 13 21:55:07 2007 From: tim at alvco.com (Tim) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:55:07 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers In-Reply-To: <189140.43374.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <189140.43374.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4670CA2B.4050408@alvco.com> I'll be there a couple of hrs, Sat. pm. Tim JamBoi wrote: > I'm coming on Saturday! > > Greens are People of Color! > > Drew > > --- Jim Doyle wrote: > > >> We need more helping hands this coming weekend at >> the Juneteenth >> festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park in >> San Jose >> from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. >> >> Please contact me or post your offer to this list. >> >> Fundraisers like to say give generously. >> I say give generously of your time. >> >> Jim Doyle >> >> (408) 269-3299 >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. > http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > From MKmusic03 at aol.com Thu Jun 14 00:43:33 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:43:33 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers Message-ID: According to Jim Doyle the tabling at the Juneteenth event is for both SaturdayJune16t Sunday June 17th. The times are noon to 8:00pm. We need to bring our own table and chairs. Who is bringing the table and chairs for both days? I think we need to have a schedule. I suggest 2 - 3 people for each shift. Saturday June 16th noon - 4:00pm (who is tabling?) 4:00pm - 8:00pm (who is tabling?) (Merriam will table) Sunday June 17th noon - 4:00pm (who is tabling?) 4:00pm - 8:00pm (who is tabling?) The table won't fit in my car, therefore I can't be responsible for geting the table there or taking it away. I do have a folding chair I will bring. On Sunday June 17th the San Jose Peace Center and the Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition are having another body spelling at San Jose City Hall Plaza. We are spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW! with our bodies. We were so successful with spelling IMPEACH! we decided to do it again. We are spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW! at 1:00pm. Hopefully Greens will come and spell with us and then go to the Juneteenth event. Merriam I'll be there a couple of hrs, Sat. pm. Tim JamBoi wrote: > I'm coming on Saturday! > > Greens are People of Color! > > Drew > > --- Jim Doyle wrote: > >?? >> We need more helping hands this coming weekend at >> the Juneteenth >> festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park in >> San Jose >> from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. >> >> Please contact me or post your offer to this list. >> >> Fundraisers like to say give generously. >> I say give generously of your time. >> >> Jim Doyle >> >> (408) 269-3299 >> _______________________________________________ ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 14 11:57:15 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <97899.66233.qm@web52202.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'll do noon to 4 on Saturday. :-) Green is Prosperity! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > According to Jim Doyle the tabling at the Juneteenth > event is for both > SaturdayJune16t Sunday June 17th. The times are > noon to 8:00pm. We need to bring > our own table and chairs. Who is bringing the table > and chairs for both days? > > > I think we need to have a schedule. I suggest 2 - 3 > people for each shift. > > Saturday June 16th > noon - 4:00pm (who is tabling?) > 4:00pm - 8:00pm (who is tabling?) (Merriam will > table) > > Sunday June 17th > noon - 4:00pm (who is tabling?) > 4:00pm - 8:00pm (who is tabling?) > > The table won't fit in my car, therefore I can't be > responsible for geting > the table there or taking it away. I do have a > folding chair I will bring. > > On Sunday June 17th the San Jose Peace Center and > the Silicon Valley > Impeachment Coalition are having another body > spelling at San Jose City Hall Plaza. > We are spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW! with our bodies. > We were so successful with > spelling IMPEACH! we decided to do it again. We are > spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW! > at 1:00pm. Hopefully Greens will come and spell > with us and then go to the > Juneteenth event. > > Merriam > > I'll be there a couple of hrs, Sat. pm. Tim > > JamBoi wrote: > > I'm coming on Saturday! > > > > Greens are People of Color! > > > > Drew > > > > --- Jim Doyle wrote: > > > > > >> We need more helping hands this coming weekend at > >> the Juneteenth > >> festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park > in > >> San Jose > >> from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. > >> > >> Please contact me or post your offer to this > list. > >> > >> Fundraisers like to say give generously. > >> I say give generously of your time. > >> > >> Jim Doyle > >> > >> (408) 269-3299 > >> _______________________________________________ ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 14 12:03:55 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] saturday tabling In-Reply-To: <46717946.1050309@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <3478.1036.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Absolutely Tian, please join us! Jim, also don't forget that Tim said "I'll be there a couple of hrs, Sat. pm. Tim". Jim, Merriam said we need to bring our own table, but is that accurate Jim, or will they provide one? I can't bring one since I'm on my bicycle. I'll do noon to 4 on Saturday. :-) Green is Prosperity! --- Jim Doyle wrote: > Tian, You wrote > I can give a lot of time on Saturday. Would that > help? > > Absolutely, definitely. > You see, so far it was only Drew and Merriam. > And the event runs from 12 noon to 8 pm. Which is a > lot for just two > persons. > So yes, please be there. > > Details on who spends how much time there need to be > worked out. > > Jim Doyle > > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu Jun 14 16:31:00 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:31:00 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] saturday tabling Message-ID: In a message dated 6/14/07 12:04:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jamboi at yahoo.com writes: Jim, Merriam said we need to bring our own table, but is that accurate Jim, or will they provide one? I can't bring one since I'm on my bicycle I have table and chairs if needed. I do not think I will be available Saturday but not sure... Definitely not available Sunday. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wes -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Community Presentation on Water Conservation Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:34:03 -0700 (PDT) From: San Benito County Green Party To: sbcgreens at yahoo.com COMMUNITY PRESENTATION ON WATER CONSERVATION TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007. 7:00 PM LOCATION: YMCA, 339 FIFTH STREET, HOLLISTER SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Shawn Novack of the Water Resources Association of San Benito County TOPICS: Water conservation The water shortage and drought in the region The impact of growth on water resources Question & Answer dialogue Sponsored by: The Green Party of San Benito County For more information: (831) 634-0263, sbcgreens at yahoo.com ________________________________________ Please visit our local website http://www.greencalifornia.org/gpsbc/gpsbc.html to learn a little more about the Green Party of San Benito County. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Jun 15 15:14:32 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:14:32 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] saturday tabling Message-ID: In a message dated 6/15/07 11:12:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net writes: They would have charged $55 for table and two chairs for two days. When I signd up I opted out of that. So yes, we are to bring our own table and chairs. This weekend my wife and I will have a hard days and nights work baby sitting our one month old grandson. That takes me out of the loop. Jim Doyle ----- Original Message ----- From: _WB4D23 at aol.com_ (mailto:WB4D23 at aol.com) To: _JamBoi at Greens.org_ (mailto:JamBoi at Greens.org) ; _j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net_ (mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net) Cc: _sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org_ (mailto:sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org) Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] saturday tabling In a message dated 6/14/07 12:04:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, _jamboi at yahoo.com_ (mailto:jamboi at yahoo.com) writes: Jim, Merriam said we need to bring our own table, but is that accurate Jim, or will they provide one? I can't bring one since I'm on my bicycle I have table and chairs if needed. I do not think I will be available Saturday but not sure... Definitely not available Sunday. Warner So... If someone is going to pick up table and chairs, they should call me. 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URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Jun 15 21:57:03 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:57:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Can I Find Original Patriot Act Votes? References: <8C97DDCB860F2D2-10FC-5B43@webmail-dd06.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <46736D9F.6050908@earthlink.net> alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > For a writing project, I am trying to find out who voted against the > original Patriot Act back in 2001. > > (This is so frustrating you'd think by now one of the peace groups would > have these votes posted and indexed on the web) > > Please advise. > > Alex Walker I googled "USA Patriot Act" and the second item on the list is for http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html which says that it is H.R. 3162 and has a copy of the act. Then I went to the place that keeps info about the bills: http://thomas.loc.gov/ and looked for H.R. 3162 in the 107th Congress (that was 6 years ago, the current congress is the 110th Congress), and found the bill. Then went to "Major Actions" which showed a brief history: 10/23/2001 - introduced in House 10/24/2001 - passed by House 10/25/2001 - passed by Senate 10/26/2001 - signed by President AND provided links to roll calls for House and Senate: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll398.xml http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00313 I hope that is what you are looking for. Gerry From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Jun 15 23:32:02 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:32:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Write-up and photos of the June 13th Rally] Message-ID: <467383E2.1030306@ispwest.com> You can also see my pictures with many fewer words at: http://tian.greens.org/PaloAlto/Impeachment/June13/index.html Tian -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Write-up and photos of the June 13th Rally Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:53:54 -0700 From: Carol Brouillet Dear friends, Thanks for the photos, speeches, editing! I've posted a report on the rally on my website at http://www.communitycurrency.org/impeach.html#LA and at http://www.911blogger.com, and at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/15/18427769.php . I'm sure there are mistakes and omissions, but it's almost 11 pm and I still need to pack for the river trip with the boy scouts- we have to leave here at 6:50 am tomorrow morning. All the best! Much love, Carol -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added San Jose IMPEACH pictures. From baalavi at yahoo.com Fri Jun 15 19:47:11 2007 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:47:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Thank You -- ALC 6 Bike ride is over Message-ID: <932426.9452.qm@web52109.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Greetings Jack: The SF to LA bike ride was over last Saturday, June 9. Thanks to you again, I made it! Rode all the way and arrived in LA around 1 pm. Daniel arrived ahead of me. That goes without saying! Our actual ride turned out to be around 560 miles. Each day would start out of the camp between 6:30 to 8:30 AM, with stops for snacks, water, refreshments and lunch. Dinners were served in overnight camps. ?Portapotties? and (semi) truck showers accounted for our ?facilities. Tents were provided for camping. Humidity increased overnight to such a point that made everything wet. We did not have ?time? to let them dry out in the morning. Our best hope was to make it early enough to the next camp to let them dry in the afternoon sun. Some of you may wonder about our ?route?! Although some parts were along ?101?, then others along ?1?; our group of about 2300 bicyclists, then another 500 + support crew, stayed off those major roads as much as possible. The mood was very festive and spirits high. On Wednesday (6/6) and Thursday (6/7) we had hurricane level winds! Then all along we came across scenes that were awesome and breathtaking. Day 5, Thursday 6/7 was called the "Red Dress Day". I had heard of it before, then interpreted it to mean "dress in red something". For a majority, the interpretation was different. See "Day 5 pictures". It turned out to be more outrageous than San Francisco Haloween Parade -- short of nudity! It was explained to me that many years ago a truck driver beat up a bicyclist in a fiat of road rage. Then this was a group response and reaction to commemorate that event. The stretch from Santa Barbara to Ventura was mainly on ?bicycle paths and trails? which made it specially pleasant. Schedules were very individual. We got up and went to bed as we wished. There were ?closing times? for breakfast, camps, and break stops. After each closing time, anyone remaining would have been ?swiped? (a truck or van would have picked and driven the rider and bicycle to the next camp). Daniel and I were not swiped. Some riders did have minor accidents and/or heatstroke along the route. Again, thank goodness, we made it okay. Both of us had a chance to help other riders to fix flats, loose chains or tangled cables and continue their ride. My sweetest surprise came during an uphill struggle. Then all at once I found myself moving easily. When I looked to my left, it was Daniel with his right hand on my back, pushing me uphill! I don?t quite know how I might have been riding ahead of him. Perhaps I may have skipped a stop, or he might have overstayed one; or both! But the exhilaration of that moment is beyond description. There were some pleasant, unscheduled surprises all along the way. The huge, sweet and delicious strawberries (size of an apple) near Santa Cruz, support ?letters from Grade School Children? in Bradley, ?M&Ms? near San Luis Obispo (and elsewhere) in addition to the huge block party near Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara (ALC riders called it ?paradise pit?) come to mind. Those are but a few that came to my mind to jot down, but the ride had a lot more surprises that were easily felt, but not so easy to articulate. Oh, one more thing! I had a honeybee sting (on left ankle) in our Day 2 Camp in King City ! Not a pleasant thing, but nothing that couldn?t be dealt with either. I hope I have been able to give you a brief summary with my thanks. It was an experience, well worth the first time. Daniel thinks he may want to repeat it. I am not so sure, although I will repeat sections of it, especially between Santa Barbara and Ventura with bike trails all along Pacific Coast . Then in North Los Angeles County and Malilbu, again along the Pacific Coast . I have been blessed to have gone through ?similar? spots in the central coast ( San Luis Obispo to Pismo Beach ), or around Santa Cruzto San Francisco. As soon as I arrived in Veterans Center in LA; I managed to rush to LAX to pick up my rental car, before the rush of ALC crowd. Thank god, I was able to do that. Then Daniel and I drove to his place in Orange County , then after taking a shower, I headed back North, arriving in Mountain View by Noon on Sunday June 10, 2007. ALC 6 raised over $11 million through your generosity, plus coordinated effort of thousands of others. Let?s hope the spirit of it may transpire to other facets of our lives. Then the proceeds may help eradicate AIDS forever. Thanks again, Bob Alavi Here are the ?official? ALC pictures for all seven days. (Day 7 -- pic 13 of 141 -- is Daniel, the only one with UC, Irvine Cycling Jerseys J http://aidslifecycle.typepad.com/alc6/2007/05/aidslifecycle_6_1.html A ?rider? had these pictures: Photos Page 1 Photos Page 2 Another had these detailed ?Write up? and photos: write up of the event Here. photos can be found here. (photo transfer rate may be slow) Elevation gains for each day were as follows: Day 1 - 5206 Day 2 - 2588 Day 3 - 2191 Day 4 - 3254 Day 5 - 1853 Day 6 - 2828 Day 7 ? 1407 I took some pictures, but have not had a chance to organize them yet! --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Sat Jun 16 08:57:04 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:57:04 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren Message-ID: <46740850.1070405@charter.net> HR 2642 passed yesterday by a vote of 409 - 2. This was an appropriations bill to fund some Military construction and the Veterans Administration. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren did not vote. Seems not to have been in Washington yesterday, as they voted on nothing. Maybe we should track what our congress folk do. Eshoo, Honda, Lofgren, McNerney Wes -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From wrolley at charter.net Sat Jun 16 09:02:06 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:02:06 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [SPAM] Help Save Castro Valley Ranch!] Message-ID: <4674097E.8020608@charter.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SPAM] Help Save Castro Valley Ranch! Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:05:59 -0700 From: Michele Beasley To: mbeasley at greenbelt.org *Help Save an 8,000 acre Ranch Southwest of Gilroy from Future Development!! Immediate Action Alert!!!!!! *This coming *Tuesday, June 19*, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to approve a subdivision for the environmentally-pristine, 8,000-acre Castro Valley Ranch in the hills just outside of Gilroy. *Please contact the Supervisors and tell them to oppose this growth-inducing project! *The subdivision would rearrange 16 existing lots in a way that would facilitate their further division into smaller parcels. It would also provide road access to lots that are currently not served by any roads and would significantly improve the one existing road on the ranch. The draft environmental impact report failed to analyze the obviously growth inducing impacts of the project. *Why this is important: *Land parcelization is a hidden but critical threat to the long-term integrity of the Bay Area?s greenbelt. It usually happens in a piecemeal fashion, meaning sprawl can occur outside of public view and with little planning or oversight. The parcelization of large tracts of open land such as Castro Valley Ranch breaks up contiguous blocks of habitat essential for many wildlife species and carves up otherwise-intact farming areas. * *Parcelization puts large demands on rural roads and other infrastructure and it would be expensive to provide services to such remote locations. This creates pressure for sprawl-inducing infrastructure expansion. By undermining the values of an intact greenbelt, parcelization makes it more likely that a given area will be converted to full-blown suburban sprawl in the future. This threat is most acute in Sonoma and Santa Clara Counties. * What YOU can do: (because your voice matters and needs to be heard!) *The Board of Supervisors will decide this coming Tuesday, *June 19,* whether to approve the subdivision. Please call, email or fax your County Supervisor asking that they deny the Castro Valley Ranch Subdivision. It would fragment the greenbelt, harm the environment and could lead to full blown suburban sprawl. don.gage at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us Tel: (408) 299-5010 blanca.alvarado at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us Tel: (408) 299-5020 ken.yeager at bos.sccgov.org Tel: (408) 299-5040 primo.mchugh at bos.co.scl.ca.us Tel: (408) 299-5030 liz.kniss at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us Tel: (408)-299-5050 Thank you for your time and energy! Michele Beasley South Bay Field Representative Greenbelt Alliance 1922 The Alameda, Suite 213 San Jose, CA 95126 Ph: 408.983.0856 Fx: 408.983.1001 SF main: 415.543.6771 www.greenbelt.org Greenbelt Alliance protects open space and promotes livable communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Join us today at www.greenbelt.org . Your donation helps make the Bay Area a great place to live, work, and play. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From fredd at freeshell.org Sat Jun 16 12:01:33 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:01:33 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Where Can I Find Original Patriot Act Votes? In-Reply-To: <8C97DDCB860F2D2-10FC-5B43@webmail-dd06.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C97DDCB860F2D2-10FC-5B43@webmail-dd06.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <4674338D.8070409@freeshell.org> Hi Alex, 1)Go to Wikipedia and type in "Patriot Act." 2)Click on to the first item (link) at the left. 3) At the bottom of the column (box) click on "Yeas & Nays" (The listings of the Senate and House are separate.) The "PA" is HR 3161. Rus Feingold (WI) was the only Senator to vote "Nay." Fred D. alexcathy at aol.com wrote: > For a writing project, I am trying to find out who voted against the > original Patriot Act back in 2001. > > (This is so frustrating you'd think by now one of the peace groups would > have these votes posted and indexed on the web) > > Please advise. > > Alex Walker I googled "USA Patriot Act" and the second item on the list is for http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html which says that it is H.R. 3162 and has a copy of the act. Then I went to the place that keeps info about the bills: http://thomas.loc.gov/ and looked for H.R. 3162 in the 107th Congress (that was 6 years ago, the current congress is the 110th Congress), and found the bill. Then went to "Major Actions" which showed a brief history: 10/23/2001 - introduced in House 10/24/2001 - passed by House 10/25/2001 - passed by Senate 10/26/2001 - signed by President AND provided links to roll calls for House and Senate: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll398.xml http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00313 I hope that is what you are looking for. Gerry _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From tim at alvco.com Sat Jun 16 18:50:01 2007 From: tim at alvco.com (Tim) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:50:01 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers In-Reply-To: <4670CA2B.4050408@alvco.com> References: <189140.43374.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4670CA2B.4050408@alvco.com> Message-ID: <46749349.5000308@alvco.com> where is this park? Tim wrote: > I'll be there a couple of hrs, Sat. pm. Tim > > JamBoi wrote: > >> I'm coming on Saturday! >> >> Greens are People of Color! >> >> Drew >> >> --- Jim Doyle wrote: >> >> >> >>> We need more helping hands this coming weekend at >>> the Juneteenth >>> festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park in >>> San Jose >>> from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. >>> >>> Please contact me or post your offer to this list. >>> >>> Fundraisers like to say give generously. >>> I say give generously of your time. >>> >>> Jim Doyle >>> >>> (408) 269-3299 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>> >>> >>> >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> >> ___________________ >> >> JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer >> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com >> >> "To the brave belong all things" >> Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC >> >> "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. >> http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > From tim at alvco.com Sat Jun 16 18:51:52 2007 From: tim at alvco.com (Tim) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:51:52 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers In-Reply-To: <4670CA2B.4050408@alvco.com> References: <189140.43374.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4670CA2B.4050408@alvco.com> Message-ID: <467493B8.1020509@alvco.com> 11 Spinnaker Way, North of the west end of University Avenue- Marina/Northwest Berkeley ? I thought it was in San Jose. Tim Tim wrote: > I'll be there a couple of hrs, Sat. pm. Tim > > JamBoi wrote: > >> I'm coming on Saturday! >> >> Greens are People of Color! >> >> Drew >> >> --- Jim Doyle wrote: >> >> >> >>> We need more helping hands this coming weekend at >>> the Juneteenth >>> festival which will be held in Cesar Chavez park in >>> San Jose >>> from noon until 8 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. >>> >>> Please contact me or post your offer to this list. >>> >>> Fundraisers like to say give generously. >>> I say give generously of your time. >>> >>> Jim Doyle >>> >>> (408) 269-3299 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>> >>> >>> >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> >> ___________________ >> >> JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer >> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com >> >> "To the brave belong all things" >> Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC >> >> "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. >> http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Sat Jun 16 19:49:20 2007 From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (cls at truffula.sj.ca.us) Date: 17 Jun 2007 02:49:20 -0000 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] need more tablers Message-ID: <20070617024920.6648.qmail@truffula.sj.ca.us> Market street between San Fernando and San Carlos, a quarter mile south of Santa Clara st in downtown san Jose. No charge for parking in the garages at Second and San Carlos and Market and Julian. Cameron From MKmusic03 at aol.com Sun Jun 17 00:37:25 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:37:25 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] REMINDER/We'll be spelling OUT OF IRAQ NOW! with our bodies Sun. June 17 Message-ID: Hi All, We need your BODY!!! Come join us as we spell OUT OF IRAQ NOW! with our bodies. We will spell our message on Sunday June 17th at San Jose City Hall, E. Santa Clara Street and 4th Street.? Meet in front of the fountains in City Hall Plaza at 1:00pm.? Sharat Lin will be our photographer. Please call 408-482-6032 or email Merriam at mkmusic03 at aol.com to RSVP. See you there. Merriam ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cagreens.org at replyall.org Sun Jun 17 19:29:27 2007 From: cagreens.org at replyall.org (cagreens.org at replyall.org) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:29:27 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Nothing could whack Bush like a pedophile scandal(even/especially a satirical one!). Let's start a contest/audition for the best "I was molested by Bush" YouTube.com video! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Message-ID: <4675EE07.AA6AF62D@replyall.org> -- Dear Impeachment Greens, I hope you are well. Sorry for my lack of attendance. Thank you for your intentions. I have finally discovered what would make me REALLY COMMITTED TO A CANDIDATE... ...if I was the only one who could prove they were a child molestor! Think of it! Have you ever seen a top elected official from "the Federal ruling class" dissappear faster than Florida Republican Representative Mark Foley(over some "ever so slightly" suggestive emails to high school boys)? If my candidate wins, I could whack them anytime I want! Finally!... ..."Real live," teethy "Checks & Balances!" But how could we find such a hot news item? Why not make it memorable to the "If They Believe O'Reilly They Would Believe Anything Prudes on the Religious Right" AND the Jon Stewart/DailyShow fans on the Left at the same time!!! "Fake News" to the rescue!!!! Now.... ...think of all those Crawford(Texas) High School kids... ...out for the summer and nothing better to do than... ...save the planet by making up a mystery suspense story! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Let's start a contest/audition for the best "I was molested by President Bush" YouTube.com video! (for example, a comedy routine like the classic Smother's Brothers replacing "Mom always liked you best" with "George always liked me best") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Think of all those Wyoming(Cheney's home state) High School kids... ...out for the summer and nothing better to do than... ...save the planet! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Let's start a contest/audition for the best "I was molested by Cheney" YouTube.com video! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Think of all those Austin High School kids... ...out for the summer and nothing better to do than... ...save the planet! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Let's start a contest/audition for the best "I was molested by Governor Bush" YouTube.com video! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...soon we will have young people all over the country claiming that they were molested first... ...or they were molested worst... Please reply. Warmest Regards, Jeff Brooks, owner www.ImpeachGeorgeWBush.org, www.ImpeachDickCheney.com, www.ImpeachPresidentClinton.com, etc. [Please note: This email is intended only for the recipient] ___OOO=====@ - - - - - :-( :-( :-( - - - - @=====OOO___ \OOOOOO/ \OOOOOO/ there are wars because there are hawks, there are hawks because there are hawks-in-the-media (that make being a hawk sound reasonable), there are hawks-in-the-media because there are sponsors (for their hawk shows), there are sponsors because there are customers, there are customers that are doves who refuse to push any button like this: mailto:HawkCampaignContributorsToBeBoycotted at yahoogroups.com,HawkGovtRepresentativesToBecomeDoves at yahoogroups.com,President at WhiteHouse.gov,VoteCounter at ThankyouMichaelMoore.com,CNNandBBCpolls at yahoogroups.com,AntiWarLeadersWhoDontWanaFeelAlone at yahoogroups.com?subject=We_want_the_killing_to_stop&&body=Dear_Hawk_Co.s,_I_will_boycott_you.__Dear_Govt,_I_will_impeach_you.__Dear_Media_and_others,_Keep_me_in_this_tight_loop. ============================================================= To have Mr.Brooks phone you click mailto:jbrooks at ihot.com?subject=Please_phone_me_at_the_number_you_know_or_(AreaCode(???)-???-????&&body=Hi_Jeff,_Please_phone_me_between_the_hours_of_?AM_and_?PM ============================================================= Please be aware that conversations with Mr.Brooks may assume that you are educated as to some basic research results: Festinger(thoughts beget feelings beget actions beget thoughts, etc. ) Skinner(conditioning) Dr.David D Burns(wrong thoughts beget upsets. Right thoughts kill wrong thoughts and upsets.) Milgram(showed we will all kill on command) The Little Fish(Human ancestor famous for our inherited trait of exaggerating fears) The Stick Man(thinks shameful thoughts we need never say we thought) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cagreens.org at replyall.org Sun Jun 17 20:00:05 2007 From: cagreens.org at replyall.org (cagreens.org at replyall.org) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:00:05 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Dear Anti Global Warning Activists, ...knock Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma into the water before Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma knocks the "last" glacier into the water... References: <45F59030.76A219ED@ihot.com> <45F53734.98AC.00D9.0@ci.santa-clara.ca.us> Message-ID: <4675F535.BFEC46EA@replyall.org> Dear Anti Global Warning Activists, Fans of Vice President Al Gore, Thank you for your efforts. I have a fund raising idea that may become a "media darling." Recall the old county faire "dunk the clown with the softball toss?" What if the clown suspended over the water had his own softballs and he was tossing them at a glacier, trying to knock it into the water? What if the clown had a mask on? What if that mask was the face of Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma? What if the task of the faire goer was to knock Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma into the water before Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma knocks the glacier into the water? What if little movies were made of each faire goer's participation? What if the little movies were given to each faire goer and each faire goer put them up on YouTube? Please reply. Warmest Regards, Jeff Brooks http://www.twisterdisplay.com/twister/products/easyDunker/makeMoney.htm [Please note: This email is intended only for the recipients] PS For the Miami presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Miami is submerged." For the low lying Boston presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before low lying Boston is submerged." For the Long Beach presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Long Beach is submerged." For the Atlantic City presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Atlantic City is submerged." For the Manhattan presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Manhattan is submerged." For the low lying San Francisco presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before low lying San Francisco is submerged." For the Dutch presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Holland is submerged." For the Venician presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Venice is submerged." For the Shanghai presentation, the (white styrofoam) glacier would be labeled "last glacier before Shanghai is submerged." PPS Image the "anti science senator" attacking "the last glacier" that talks back! We must have a clown dressed as a glacier (and labeled as "the last glacier"). Some possible lines for "the last glacier:" ... ..."I don't mind that this congressman is anti science, but I don't think he'll like it when he wakes up to find me in bed with his wife... at their beach front property!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Invitation to a Regional Picnic Meeting at the San Mateo Central Park (3 blocks from San Mateo Cal-train station) on Saturday, July 21st or Sunday, July 22nd, starting at noon. Would like to also invite Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey County Green Parties to join us. 2. Suggested agenda items for the Regional Meeting are: a report from the GPUS delegation, candidate speeches, regional representative election (if not resolved prior to the meeting), songs lead my Pat Gray and other raging folks, Frisbee fun or other appropriate park games, issue of adding Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito to our Region, fundraising coordination, discussion of shared issue(s) to work together for success. 3. Tentative approval of language for the Regional Representative and Alternate further action will be coordinated with GPSCC. Please see following for exact language approved. ---Begin approved language at GPSMC GAM June 16, 2007 Choice of Regional Representative and Alternate (Silicon Valley Region) A candidate for Regional Representative to the GPCA Coordinating Committee shall announce their availability as a candidate on the [gpsmc-d email list] at least fifteen days before the General Administrative meeting at which a vacancy or replacement is considered, and the candidacy shall be announced on the agenda for that meeting. The candidate shall describe their background relevant to their candidacy and briefly describe their goals in seeking the position. The candidate shall personally appear at the meeting to answer questions. The decision shall then be placed on the agenda of the following monthly meeting. If a candidate is approved for regional representative in Santa Clara County, the same candidate must also be approved for regional representative in San Mateo County, or vice versa. Should the two counties choose different candidates for Regional Representative, the decision shall be retaken by both counties until there is agreement on a regional representative. The regional alternate to the GPCA Coordinating Committee shall be chosen by the same procedure. If candidates are available, the regional representative and the alternate shall not be from the same county. This amendment shall be effective upon its adoption in substantially the same form by both the Green Party of Santa Clara County and the Green Party of San Mateo County, and shall not be effective until adopted by both County Green Parties. It shall remain effective until rescinded by either county, or until the definition of the Silicon Valley Region changes. Upon adoption, the County Council from each County Green Party shall separately and independently notify the Green Party of California of their bylaws amendments opting out of the default procedures provided by the state Green Party Bylaws. ---end. -- /Jo Chamberlain. _______________________________________________ SC-SM mailing list SC-SM at lists.sonic.net http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/sc-sm From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Jun 18 12:43:02 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:43:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] CC Meeting to discuss CAIR invitation Message-ID: <4676E046.4070004@earthlink.net> There will be a County Council meeting tonight to determine our response to the invitation by CAIR (Committee on American-Islamic Relations) for the GPSCC to send a speaker. It will be tonight, Monday, at 7:00 PM, at my apartment. Directions below. Gerry - - - - - Directions to Gerry's Apartment Address: 655 S. FairOaks Ave. Apt #H211 Sunnyvale CA 94086 (about 1500? feet north of El Camino) NOTE: The name of the complex is "Fair Oaks West". Phone: 408-732-6701 By bus: #22 Westbound Get off at FairOaks, walk back to Fair Oaks, take a left, follow "Northbound on Fair Oaks" directions. #22 Eastbound Get off at FairOaks, walk back to Fair Oaks, cross the intersection to the opposite corner, start walking north on Fair Oaks, follow "Northbound on Fair Oaks" directions. By Caltrain: Get off at the Sunnyvale train station, turn left onto Evelyn. At this point you will be heading in the same direction as the train was. Go about 1/3 or 1/2 of a mile. Turn right on Fair Oaks. After a few blocks, you will cross Old San Francisco, with a Mexican Restaurant on the far right corner. Follow "Southbound on Fair Oaks" directions. My apartment is about 1.5 miles from the train station. By Car: from 101 Take the Fair Oaks exit, heading south. Go about 4 miles on Fair Oaks. NOTE: about a mile from 101 there is a fork in the road, Wolfe goes left, Fair Oaks goes right, stay on Fair Oaks. You will go over a bridge, and eventually you will cross Old San Francisco with a Mexican Restaurant on the far right. Follow the "Southbound on Fair Oaks" directions. from 280 take the Sunnyvale Saratoga exit (or maybe it is the DeAnza exit) heading north. Go about 2 or 3 miles. Eventually you will cross Fremont. The next intersection is Remington. Take a right on Remington. Remington goes straight, and then curves to the left. Then it crosses El Camino and becomes Fair Oaks. Follow the "Northbound on Fair Oaks" directions. Southbound on Fair Oaks: Immediately after the Mexican restaurant is the Fair Oaks West apartment complex. The complex has two entrances. Turn right at the second entrance. Follow the "In the Complex" directions. Northbound on Fair Oaks: Immediately after El Camino, on the left, is a Spoons restaurant. After that is an apartment complex, I can't remember the name, it has changed recently. After that is the Fair Oaks West appartment complex. Take a left at the first entrance. Follow the "In the Complex" directions. If you reach Old San Francisco, you have gone too far. Turn around and follow the "Southbound on Fair Oaks" directions. In the Complex: This is a large complex with 16 residential buildings and a few miscellaneous other stuff. I am in building H. If you turn into the complex at the correct entrance, directly ahead there will be a small map of the complex, showing where the buildings are. If you turn into the complex at either one of the two entrances off Fair Oaks, wou will have an option of turning left or right. Turn left. Go straight as far as you can go. Eventually the driveway will take a right turn. Take the right. Soon you will be passing a building that is parallel to the driveway. Then there will be a building perpendicular to the driveway. The perpendicular building is building H. - If you come by car, park in any uncovered parking space. - If you come by bicycle, bring it up to my apartment. Go to the lobby of building H, (in the middle, on the West side). Find my name and buzz me. I'll let you into the elevator entrance. Come up to the 2nd floor. My apartment is the closest to the elevator. If you get lost: Call me at 408-732-6701 From the_alliance47 at yahoo.com Mon Jun 18 16:01:18 2007 From: the_alliance47 at yahoo.com (Edward) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:01:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] YouTube Contest In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <329867.24414.qm@web54305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> To Jeff Brooks and other participants: Child molestation is not a laughing matter and definitely ought not be trivialized. About 3 out of every 20 students in America will be sexually abused by a member of the school staff during their school career. Half of all victims are under 12 years old. That's just in the United States alone where anti-pedophilia laws exist. In many developing countries and less developed countries, sex trafficking and child pornography is still a very big problem. Can you imagine if your child's teacher was a pedophile or your child was the unfortunate victim of a sexual assault? While people are entitled to their views in favor of impeaching the Bush administration, nobody should use child molestation as a satirical tool to achieve impeachment. The Bush administration betrayed democracy by lying about WMDs in Iraq. Satirizing child molestation is a betrayal to all humanity. --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 11:15:03 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:15:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Promoting Greens in ALC6 In-Reply-To: <733306.82369.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <807640.11567.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Here's a direct link: http://www.gr8shots.com/mp_client/pictures.asp?action=viewphotos&size=fullsize&pagenum=1509&id=2767378&eventid=20158 Awesome Bob! Green means GO! Drew --- Bob Alavi wrote: > Click this link: > > > http://www.gr8shots.com/mp_client/pictures.asp?action=viewphotosloggedin&size=thumbnails&resetsession=no&bypass=&eventid=20158 > > and lookup pic # 1514 :) (It's on page 61, just > in case :) > > > --------------------------------- > TV dinner still cooling? > Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV.> _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 11:17:23 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:17:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] SJSU Env. Club (Formerly SJSU Greens) holding a hike this Saturday Message-ID: <153435.69429.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> The San Jose State Environmental Club is holding the following hike: Hike this Saturday I hope everyone's summer is going well. It's time for a hike. I'm going to the Fall Creek Unit of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park this time. The hike is a little over 6 miles and moderate, mostly in the redwoods. We'll leave SJ at 9 am. If anyone needs a ride, let me know and we can meet at MLK. Dan :-) 408-893-0376 ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 12:39:10 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:39:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Investigators find secret White House email accounts: 88 senior officials implicated Message-ID: <179395.30268.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/19/whitehouse_cogr_emails/ Investigators find secret White House email accounts 88 senior officials implicated By John Oates → Published Tuesday 19th June 2007 12:12 GMT The Committee of Oversight and Government Reform has released its initial findings after investigating the use of parallel email accounts by officials in Bush's White House. According to the Presidential Records Act, White House officials are obliged to keep and preserve all communications which they send on official government business. But some 88 Bush officials ignored this law. Instead, they used addresses supplied by the Republican National Committee (RNC), which raises funds and promotes the Republican Party. It also appears that White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales knew officials were using these accounts for official communications but did nothing about it. The committee first learnt of the parallel email system when investigating which White House officials had contact with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Karl Rove's PA, Susan Ralston, sent an email to Abramoff's associate Todd Boulanger, which said: "I now have an RNC BlackBerry which you can use to email me at any time. No security issues like my WH email." In March 2007, the White House said only a handful of officials had such accounts. That number has now risen to 88. Many of these emails have been destroyed. The RNC has no emails for 51 of the accounts, although it has saved over 140,000 emails sent or received by Karl Rove. But there are big gaps - only 130 emails to or from Rove exist from the first Presidential term - the first Rove email the RNC preserved dates from November 2003. For many other officials there are no emails dated before autumn 2006. In total the RNC has preserved 674,367 emails of which 36 per cent were sent or received from .gov addresses - suggesting the mails related to government business. The committee also dismissed the claim that officials acted out of ignorance. White House Counsel issued "clear written policies" in February 2001 that White House staff should only use the official White House email system for official communications. Named officials included Andrew Card, former White House chief of staff, Ken Mehlman, former director of political affairs, and Scott Jennings, special assistant to the President. The White House spokesman yesterday said the accounts were set up to avoid violations of the Hatch Act - designed to stop officials using government systems for party political purposes. The next step in the investigation is to discover whether other copies of these missing mails exist. The committee has written to 25 government agencies to see if they have copies, and initial responses are encouraging. It is also asking the White House for more information on why these emails were not preserved. And it is considering taking further action against the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign which is refusing to identify the full list of officials with RNC email addresses. The committee said of the campaign's refusal: "This recalcitrance is an unwarranted obstacle to the committee's inquiry into potential violations of the Presidential Records Act." A great clip of Bush talking about "The Google" and why he doesn't send or receive emails is available here. The report, with names of all 88 officials, is available as a pdf here. ? ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 12:41:23 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Rove sent 140,00 backchannel e-mails Message-ID: <539185.5889.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21936708-401,00.html Bush adviser sent 140,000 sneaky emails >From correspondents in Washington June 20, 2007 12:00am Article from: The Australian PRESIDENTIAL adviser Karl Rove sent more than 140,000 emails through the Republican National Committee's computer system, circumventing a law intended to guarantee the preservation of presidential records. House of Representatives investigators have found Mr Rove was the biggest user of the back-channel system at the White House, and more than half his communications dealt with official business. The White House has previously acknowledged that aides to US President George W. Bush improperly used the political email accounts. But the material released yesterday details for the first time how frequently they used the accounts and what for. The house oversight committee found White House aides used the RNC account for official matters such as appointments and grant announcements. Bush spokesmen initially said about 50 presidential aides used the Republican Party email system to avoid sending political messages through the White House system, which is supposed to be reserved for government business. But the line between official communications and partisan political messages seems to have been blurred. Susan Ralston, a former aide to Mr Rove, told congressional investigators he sent almost all his emails through the RNC system and used a Blackberry he received from the Republican Party from his first day at the White House. Although 140,216 of Mr Rove's emails have been preserved, committee investigators found emails from 51 of the 88 White House aides who used the back-channel message system appear to have been destroyed. Investigators said they could find no record of emails from Ken Mehlman, a former Rove aide who later became Republican Party chairman. Ms Ralston told investigators Mr Mehlman regularly used the RNC system when he was at the White House. "At this point in the investigation, it is not possible to determine how many presidential records have been destroyed," the committee said. Investigators had evidence of "potentially extensive violations of the Presidential Records Act by senior White House officials". The 1978 law requires the White House to preserve official documents. US Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales, who was White House counsel at the time, may have known about the White House aides' use of the RNC email system, but he took no action to stop destruction of the records, the investigators found. A Republican Party spokeswoman dismissed the committee report as "political spin". But Democrats suggested White House aides used the back-channel email system to hide potentially embarrassing or even incriminating messages, an allegation the White House denied. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 18:40:23 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren In-Reply-To: <46740850.1070405@charter.net> Message-ID: <276985.50622.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Good idea. Keep track of what our reps DON'T do mostly. :-) Green is Peace! Drew --- Wes Rolley wrote: > HR 2642 passed yesterday by a vote of 409 - 2. > This was an > appropriations bill to fund some Military > construction and the Veterans > Administration. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren did not > vote. Seems not to > have been in Washington yesterday, as they voted on > nothing. > > Maybe we should track what our congress folk do. > Eshoo, Honda, Lofgren, > McNerney > > Wes > > > -- > "I find I have a great lot to learn ??? or unlearn. > I seem to know far too much and this knowledge > obscures the really significant facts, but I am > getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh > > Wesley C. Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 > http://www.refpub.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 21:20:23 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:20:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Local movie theaters showing SiCKO, (promotes Single Payer) Message-ID: <517776.58416.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> List of theaters in Santa Clara County showing SiCKO NYBLOM Camera 7 Campbell CA 95008 6/29/2007 AOL Moviephone AMC AMC Cupertino 16 Cupertino CA 95014 6/29/2007 MovieTickets.com CINMRK Century Cinema 16 - Mountain View Mountain View CA 94043 6/29/2007 Cinemark. AMC AMC Mercado 20 Santa Clara CA 95054 6/29/2007 MovieTickets.com AMC AMC Eastridge Mall 15 San Jose CA 95122 6/29/2007 MovieTickets.com AMC AMC Saratoga 14 San Jose CA 95130 6/29/2007 MovieTickets.com NYBLOM Camera Stadium 12 San Jose CA 95113 6/29/2007 AOL Moviephone CINMRK Century 20 Oakridge San Jose CA 95123 6/29/2007 Cinemark.com CINMRK Century Capitol 16-San Jose San Jose CA 95136 6/29/2007 Cinemark.com CENTRY CineArts at Santana Row San Jose CA 95128 6/29/2007 Fandango CINMRK Century 20 Great Mall Milpitas CA 95035 6/29/2007 Cinemark.com List of theaters in Southern San Mateo County showing SiCKO CINMRK Century Park Redwood 12 Redwood City CA 94063 6/29/2007 Cinemark.com CINMRK Century 12 Downtown San Mateo San Mateo CA 94401 6/29/2007 Cinemark.com ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 19 21:29:09 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:29:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Healthcare/Single Payer Tabling Opportunity: Wellness Fesitval Sunday Ju 24 Message-ID: <983032.26095.qm@web52203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Wes forwarded this and asked if we might want to table here. I might be up for it. I know Tian already asked if any of us wanted to join the SF Greens at the SF Gay Pride event that day. I've thought about that opportunity and decided I want to stay closer to home. So this would be a better choice for me. Anyone else? Green is Healthy! Drew -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FESTIVAL IN THE PARK OFFERS ROADMAP TO HEALTHY LIVING Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:35:47 -0700 From: Santa Clara County Parks Reply-To: sccparks at trgandassociates.com To: wrolley at charter.net *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * June 19, 2007 *FESTIVAL IN THE PARK OFFERS ROADMAP TO HEALTHY LIVING* *LOS GATOS, Calif. *The Santa Clara County Parks Department is sponsoring *Festival in the Park - Where Wellness Meets Fun!* on Sunday, June 24, 2007 from 11 am to 4 pm at Hellyer County Park in San Jose. The wellness and recreation fair is designed to inspire local residents to take charge of their health through fitness, fun and adventure. If we are to see significant progress in combating disease, obesity and the myriad of health risks, we all must work together to embrace lifestyle change, said Santa Clara County Parks Director Lisa Killough. The County of Santa Clara, along with our many event partners and participants, are committed to improving the health and fitness of our community. The festival will feature activities aimed at educating and inspiring people to take action and live well. Many organizations will have booths featuring health, wellness and recreation information while a large stage will serve as the focal point for performances and demonstrations. Hands-on activities will take place throughout the park and include bike rides, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, healthy cooking demonstrations and much more. A free healthy lunch plus complimentary fruits and vegetables will be provided. The goal of the wellness and recreation fair is to motivate people to become more physically active and make healthy lifestyle choices, says Killough. To that end, Santa Clara County Parks provides 45,000 acres of beautiful outdoor space for fitness, fun and adventure right in our own backyard. Santa Clara County Parks offer opportunities for all County residents to recreate in a beautiful, natural environment. For more information, visit www.ParkHere.org . # # # ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From gpca at greens.org Tue Jun 19 19:42:06 2007 From: gpca at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:42:06 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Regional Picnic July 21 Message-ID: <467893FE.AE403595@greens.org> San Mateo is hosting our sort-of-annual picnic this year. It will be at San Mateo Central Park on July 21. Mark your calendars. More details to follow. -- Jim From MKmusic03 at aol.com Wed Jun 20 01:49:24 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:49:24 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Local movie theaters showing SiCKO, (promotes Single Payer) Message-ID: SBM and San Jose Peace Center are planning on having a group movie night (or afternoon) at Camera 12 in downtown San Jose. I'll let you know when the date is. Merriam Subj: [Sosfbay-discuss] Local movie theaters showing SiCKO, (promotes Single Payer)? Date: 6/19/2007 9:20:53 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jamboi at yahoo.com Reply-to: JamBoi at Greens.org To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Sent from the Internet (Details) List? of theaters in Santa Clara County showing SiCKO NYBLOM?? Camera 7?? Campbell?? CA?? 95008?? 6/29/2007 AOL Moviephone AMC?? AMC Cupertino 16?? Cupertino?? CA?? 95014? 6/29/2007?? MovieTickets.com CINMRK?? Century Cinema 16 - Mountain View?? Mountain View?? CA?? 94043? ? ? ? ? ?? 6/29/2007? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Cinemark.? AMC?? AMC Mercado 20?? Santa Clara?? CA?? 95054? 6/29/2007?? MovieTickets.com AMC?? AMC Eastridge Mall 15?? San Jose?? CA?? 95122? 6/29/2007?? MovieTickets.com?? AMC?? AMC Saratoga 14?? San Jose?? CA?? 95130? 6/29/2007?? MovieTickets.com?? NYBLOM?? Camera Stadium 12?? San Jose?? CA?? 95113? 6/29/2007?? AOL Moviephone?? CINMRK?? Century 20 Oakridge?? San Jose?? CA?? 95123? 6/29/2007?? Cinemark.com?? CINMRK?? Century Capitol 16-San Jose?? San Jose?? CA? 95136?? 6/29/2007? Cinemark.com?? CENTRY?? CineArts at Santana Row?? San Jose?? CA? 95128?? 6/29/2007?? Fandango CINMRK?? Century 20 Great Mall?? Milpitas?? CA?? 95035 ? 6/29/2007?? Cinemark.com? ?? List? of theaters in Southern San Mateo County showing SiCKO CINMRK?? Century Park Redwood 12?? Redwood City?? CA? 94063?? 6/29/2007? ? ? ? ? ? Cinemark.com?? CINMRK?? Century 12 Downtown San Mateo?? San Mateo? CA?? 94401?? 6/29/2007? ?? Cinemark.com?? ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From MKmusic03 at aol.com Wed Jun 20 01:59:49 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:59:49 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Group GOING to San Jose Immigrant Rights MOVIE Join us! Message-ID: Hi All, Please join us at the free showing of El Gigante, the documentary of San Jose ?s spectacular and massive Immigrant Rights March of May 1, 2006. The following is an invitation by Granny Ruth Robertson of the Ragging Grannies. Merriam The Grannies are going to the free showing of El Gigante at 5:00pm?on Saturday June 23rd and will probably find a place to go for a casual bite to eat after.We would love to see any and all of our friends at that showing, if it is a convenient time for you! Shart: Thanks for correcting me on the size of the demo on that historic date of May 1, 2006.? ....you are right, my memory failed me...how could it?? Such an amazing event it was, and the film will bring back all the memories....we SO look forward to seeing it!? SBM friends: Sharat contributed to the film's production.? He is to be congratulated! LOCATION: ?Soto Theatre, 701 Vine Street, San Jos?. >For more information and tickets, see: http://www.elgiganteawakens.com .Granny Ruth > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Jun 20 12:33:53 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:33:53 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Kill-A-Watt Metering! Message-ID: <46798121.7060607@ispwest.com> Bruce Karney introduced me to a nifty little gadget, the Kill-A-Watt Meter. It's a grey box, about six inches long, three inces wide, an inch or so deep, with a plug sticking out the back. To use it you plug it into the wall, then plug the device being observed into it. It tells you about how much power that thing uses over time. The idea is to learn from using it where your home uses energy, so you can change your habits so they are less resource consumptive. I borrowed his Kill-A-Watt meter and looked at what the power use of all the things that plug in around here is. You can see what I learned at: http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/My/PowerUse/index.html If you are wondering where the carbon footprint of your home comes from, this is a good exercise to go through. -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Monday I got a copy of Blessed Unrest, a new book by Paul Hawken. From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 20 19:45:04 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Service Opportunity - Support Network for Battered Women - Tu 6:30p Message-ID: <156750.46713.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey fellow Greens, I connected with the Support Network for Battered Women from my Sunnyvale Housing and Human Services Commission work and would like to invite any who would enjoy learning about them and helping them out with their fundraising mailing. Where: 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (Near intersection of Tasman and Reamwood) When: Tu, June 26th 6:30 ? 9:00p Care! Drew _______ Letter from Support Network for Battered Women: We are really excited that you're adopting our Gala Mailing Project on Tuesday, June 26th from 6:30pm ? 9:00pm THANK YOU! As requested, we are able to host a short presentation on the services provided by the Support Network at the beginning of the evening... 6:30pm ? 7:00pm. We have 1,200 invitations to prepare for mailing. To complete this mailing project our estimate is that it will take a team of about 12-16 Volunteers each working 2 hours (not including presentation time). We can also be flexible with the arrival time of Volunteers if some need to arrive later, or need to leave earlier that is no problem we can make information available for those who missed the presentation. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. With much appreciation, Lorraine Lorraine Michelle Volunteer Program Director Support Network for Battered Women Engaging Volunteers in the Support Network's mission to empower our diverse community to live free of domestic violence. _________ Support Network for Battered Women invites members of the Great Exchange Covenant Church to volunteer as "MAGNIFICENT MAILERS" Can you help stuff, seal, and mail 1,200+ invitations for Support Network?s annual ?Raise a Glass? Gala & ?Raise a Racquet? Tennis Tournament WHEN? Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Volunteer for two hours, or more, between 6:30pm and 9:00pm. 6:30pm ? 7:00pm Presentation on Support Network WHERE? Support Network?s main office, 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 WHY? To help raise $100,000+ for critical services for individuals and families experiencing and recovering from the devastating impact of domestic violence. Can you help? If you can donate an hour, or more, of your energy and time to participate in this invaluable fundraiser, please tell Drew Johnson! Located in Sunnyvale, the Support Network for Battered Women is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to empowering our diverse community to live free of domestic violence. For individuals and families experiencing and recovering from domestic violence throughout Santa Clara County, the Support Network provides a comprehensive range of services - these include a 24-hour toll-free help line (1-800-572-2782), emergency shelter, counseling, legal services, victim advocacy, programs for children and teens, and community outreach/education. All services are completely confidential, are either free or low cost, and are offered in both Spanish and English. Further information is available at www.snbw.org. ______ ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Jun 20 21:52:06 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:52:06 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] July 4-th weekend tabling dates Message-ID: <467A03F6.4060302@sbcglobal.net> Here is the most recent set of information re the July 4-th weekend events. Tabling will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday July 1, 3, and 4. Sunday Noon to 9:00 pm Tuesday 3pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday noon to 10:30 pm Jim Doyle -------- Here is an excerpt of the details: -------- Please find below your load in information for the upcoming San Jose America Festival for Independence with new dates and times. Please take advantage of the early bird load in on saturday day june 30th from 5 pm - 7pm if you can! Space Vendor Name A-011 Green Party of Santa Clara Party ARTS + CRAFTS A01-A50 & Business B1-B50 and all D?s We look forward to your participation in the FESTIVAL for INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND JULY 1, 3 & 4, 2007. Event hours are SUNDAY July 1, from Noon to 9:00 pm KFOX presents Kihncert On The Green Expected Attendance of 8K CLOSED Monday JULY 2nd (24 Hour Security) TUESDAY July 3 from 3pm to 10:30 pm Channel 104.9 Day On The Meadow Expected Attendance of 6K WEDENESDAY JULY 4, from noon to 10:30 pm America Festival for Independence & Fireworks Show Expected Attendance of 60K in the park EARLY BIRD LOAD IN ON Saturday JUNE 30TH THIS YEAR from 5 pm ? 7 pm, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT and save yourself a lot of waiting in line! All spaces will be chalked, and marked. All booth spaces will have a printed sign, with your company name and space number. They are 10' X 10' areas and, in most instances, next to another vendor. Paid parking is available at River Park Towers garage on Woz Way at West San Carlos, beginning at 8am . The other parking lot located at Woz Way and Almaden Blvd is NOT available this year. Vendor Credentials: There is no gate fee on July 4th therefore no credentials needed. Please find enclosed 2 (per non food) and (4) per food booth for each day wristbands for in / outs on July 1st & 3rd.. Orange Music Instruments are good for July 1st. Green Day On The Meadow Wristbands are good July 3rd. VENDOR CHECK-OUT The Fireworks will begin at approximately 9:40 p.m. July 4!!! After the fireworks, the Band will perform until 10:30 p.m. Hopefully the park will be clear by 11:00-11:30 p.m. For those of you who want to make load out go faster, you may at any time hand carry your products and walk them out of the park. From MKmusic03 at aol.com Thu Jun 21 00:30:49 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:30:49 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] We did it!!! We spelled OUT OF IRAQ! with our bodies Message-ID: Hi All, On Sunday June 17th San Jose sent the message,"OUT OF IRAQ!", with our bodies. We had a great spell-in. We spelled OUT OF IRAQ! with our bodies. See photos and article in IndyBay below. Merriam http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/18/18428340.php ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fredd at freeshell.org Thu Jun 21 14:04:49 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:04:49 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" Message-ID: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout the country - and particularly in California - active proponents of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first showing. If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" will gain significantly. Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the theaters who have just seen SiCKO. I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. _It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the same in other locals around the county._ PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at the theater site.) I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. See "SiCKO" soon! Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 21 14:38:34 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <22070.85168.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I would like to join with the GP North Valley Local in seeing 'SiCKO' w/ y'all that evening. Just one ticket, thanks, Green is Health! Drew --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in > various ways, exposes > the United States' chaotic, broken health care > system, will open on > Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout > the country - and > particularly in California - active proponents of a > "universal single > payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning > to urge groups, as > well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first > showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand > to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly > increase attendance > nationwide. Consequently, support for "single > payer" will gain > significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer > health care, we members > could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, > preferably, attending the > movie on the opening night. We could also hand out > the soon to be > available flyers to people coming out of the > theaters who have just seen > SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, > or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in > Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be > scheduled on Friday, June > 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > _It would be good if one or more others would > volunteer to do the same > in other locals around the county._ > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at > Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please > tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to > purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can > reimburse me at the > theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get > the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is > available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jun 21 15:29:48 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:29:48 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "Nader Ponders Run ..." Message-ID: <467AFBDC.4040305@earthlink.net> Unfortunately this article contains the usual biases against Nader. But it has an interesting quote from Nader about Gore's autograph in a book. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/21/2020/ Gerry From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 21 15:46:36 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:46:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Venezuela Launches Sale of "Bolivarian" Computers Message-ID: <586508.15384.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2326 Venezuela Launches Sale of "Bolivarian" Computers Tuesday, Jun 12, 2007 By: Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com The Bolivarian computer, model VIT C2660 M?rida, June 12, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)? The Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez announced the launch of their "Bolivarian Computers" last week, consisting of four different models produced in Venezuela with Chinese technology. The new computers will run the open-source Linux operating system and will first be used inside the government "missions" and state companies and institutions but eventually are expected to be sold across Venezuela and Latin America. Venezuela?s President Hugo Chavez presented the new machines to the public last week at an event in the state of Falcon as he donated them to a school there. The new computers are produced by the joint venture VIT (Venezuela de Industria Tecnol?gica), which is owned by the Chinese company Lang Chao and the Venezuelan Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce. "The price of other similar brands is US$ 930, and the price of our computer is almost 40% less," explained President Chavez. "But, in addition, it has an added value, given that it comes with open-source software and a three year guarantee, while other brands only offer one year." Production of the models began in the end of 2006 and the first 1,619 units were distributed to students of Integral Medicine in the government program Mission Sucre. Chavez promised last October to give a computer to every one of the 11,100 students in the second year of the new medical education program Integral Community Medicine (MIC) and began to follow through with that promise last May. "I feel excited because the president came through with his promise, and that makes us be more responsible with the program, more dedicated, since it is a big help that motivates us to keep moving forward," said one student. Units have also been given to the Urban Transportation Fund, the Agrarian Bank, the national mail service Ipostel, and the Experimental University of Simon Rodriguez. And although the first units have been donated to the public sector, the new Bolivarian computers will also be sold inside Venezuela and exported. "We are working with cooperatives and small companies to form our own distribution network," said the manager of sales Eduardo Hernandez. "It's a slow process. This month we have already completed the formation (of a distribution network) in Caracas and by the end of the year we will have distribution and technical support throughout the whole country." The computer factory is located on the Paraguana Peninsula in the state of Falcon and has an annual capacity of 150,000 units. For this year the factory is expected to assemble 80,000 units and 6,000 laptop computers. Until now Venezuela has always imported computers both from well-known brands and generic brands from the developed world. With this new venture the Venezuelan government hopes to diversify national production, integrate national productive chains, and work towards technological independence for the country. According to the web page of the new state company, VIT has the objective of "production, marketing and sale of technological products, with an emphasis in manufacturing and assembling computers and accessories. Our efforts are also focused on national export, with a future projection to the international market." By the end of the year, the intention is to begin to locally produce some of the technology in order to substitute some of the imported components used in the assembly of the machines for components produced in Venezuela. In order to do this, the government has built installations for research and development in order to design the components inside the same factory. The company is offering 3 different desktop models and one laptop with a price range of US$ 405 (Bs. 870,750) to US$ 1,400 (Bs. 3,010,000). The processors will range in speed from 1.5 GHz to a 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium IV and the laptop will use a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. With respect to the operating system, Venezuela has taken a strong position in favor of open-source software in order to "promote technological development" and help "reach technological independence." For this reason the computers will use the open-source Linux, but the components are also compatible with the Windows operating system. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jun 21 17:23:02 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:23:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Early showing of Sicko on Sat. 6/23 in SF and Emeryville] Message-ID: <467B1666.70505@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Early showing of Sicko on Sat. 6/23 in SF and Emeryville Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:53:05 -0700 From: Lynn Huidekoper To: HCAC Activists , One Care Now --_44c7f0cd-24f5-4941-bf09-7d05b050e0f9_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here are theaters which will be getting SiCKO this Sat. 6/23. In this email it explains why the limited distribution on 6/29. They don't think that folks will want to see a film on health care. It will be interesting to see the turnout for this early release and the reviews. It was shown yesterday to members of Congress where Michael pushed for Single Payer. Here are some of the media coverage so far that I am aware of(by word of mouth): 1) Oprah 2) A full half hour with Terry Moran on Nightline filmed in Sacto last Tuesday 3) The Director for the Homeless Mission in LA where the confused woman was dumped off in a hosp. gown after a hospital sent her in a cab was on 60 Minutes 4) 3 full hour programs so far on KPFA of Amy Goodman on the Democracy Now program. [Ed. Note: KPFA is part of Pacifica, and Democracy Now can be heard on over 300 readio and TV stations.] I heard a little bit today from one of the Ground Zero folks with serious lung damage whom Michael took to Cuba for superior medical care. 5) Michael on David Letterman-great interview-funny. You can catch on CBS online. 6) Frequent TV ads with great reviews from movie critics. Has he been on the Daily Show yet? or any other exposure? Lynn - - - - - - - From: marilyncle at earthlink.netTo: healthcare-now at lists.healthcare-now.orgDa= te: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:41:54 -0400Subject: [Healthcare-now] SiCKO is opening in 49 more theatres this Saturday! Be there! Go see the film and take a crowd this weekend! You are going to love it! Leaflet and organize people to fight for national single payer healthcare after they see the film. Michael Moore came out for H.R. 676 yesterday at the Congressional press conference [he] called on everyone to contact their Members of Congress to get them signed on. Marilyn Clement, National Coordinator Healthcare-NOW www.healthcare-now.org Michael Moore's office informed us that SiCKO will be premiered in 49 cities THIS SATURDAY. It is critical that we get this information out because the distribution of the film next Friday will depend on the numbers they see on Saturday. I have included the link to the website and a listing of the theaters below. Can you help us get the word out and pack each theater NATIONALLY? Please distribute widely asking people to go even if they suspect they won't get in or will have to stand in line. The distribution company is looking at a very limited release of the film because they don't know if people will see a film about health care. We can show them that SiCKO will be THE film of the summer and that health reform matters to people. http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/about/sneak/ Harkins Cine Capri/North Scottsdale 101 Scottsdale AZ Pacific ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood CA AMC Santa Monica 7 Santa Monica CA Edwards University Town Center 6 Irvine CA Pacific Galleria Stadium 16 Sherman Oaks CA Century 9 San Francisco Centre San Francisco CA AMC Bay Street 16 Emeryville CA Century Stadium 14 Sacramento CA AMC Mission Valley 20 San Diego CA Landmark La Jolla Village Cinemas 4 La Jolla CA Landmark Mayan 3 Denver CO LCE Georgetown Theatre Washington DC Regal Hollywood 20-Sarasota Sarasota FL AMC Sunset 24 Theatres South Miami FL Regal South Beach 18 Miami Beach FL Landmark Midtown Cinema 8 Atlanta GA AMC River East 21 Chicago IL Landmark Century Centre Chicago IL Landmark Keystone Art Cinema Indianapolis IN AMC Studio 27 Olathe KS LCE Boston Common Boston MA Landmark Kendall Square Cambridge MA NA Showcase Cinemas Randolph Randolph MA Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema Bethesda MD Muvico Egyptian 24 Hanover MD Uptown Birmingham 8 Birmingham MI NCG Trillium Cinema Grand Blanc MI Landmark Lagoon Theater Minneapolis MN Landmark Plaza Frontenac 6 Frontenac MO Ritz Voorhees Voorhees NJ Century Rio 24-Albuquerque Albuquerque NM Century Orleans 18 Las Vegas NV Regal Crossgates Stadium 18 Guilderland NY Cedar Lee 6 Cleveland Heights OH AMC Lennox Town Center 24 Columbus OH Regal Fox Tower 10 Portland OR Ritz East Philadelphia PA LCE Waterfront Theatre West Homestead PA Angelika Film Center & Cafe Dallas TX Edwards Greenway Palace Stadium 24 Houston TX Regal Arbor Cinemas @ Great Hills Austin TX AMC Pacific Place Theatre 11 Seattle WA Landmark Oriental 3 Milwaukee WI From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jun 21 17:53:24 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:53:24 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Official Launching Event for The Political Reform Initiative of 2008] Message-ID: <467B1D84.8090805@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Official Launching Event for The Political Reform Initiative of 2008 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:41:33 -0700 From: "The Committee to Reform Democracy in California" To: "Santa Clara County Gree" THE COMMITTEE TO REFORM DEMOCRACY IN CALIFORNIA INVITES YOU TO ATTEND A PARTY TO KICKOFF OUR QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY IN CALIFORNIA: The Political Reform Initiative of 2008 Dear Santa Clara County Greens, Hi. We are a grassroot group trying to end open bribery?s domination of California politics. Our tool is an Initiative we crafted, and are attempting to qualify for the Nov. ?08 general election. We invite you to check it out, introduce it to your membership if you see fit, and assist us in spreading the word among all Santa Clara County Greens, if ya?ll approve of our efforts. Our initiative prohibits direct contributions from non-voters. The initiative forces all outside money contributed to politicians through the parties, and limits the parties contributions to canidates to no more than 30% of the total contributions of local voters. Our initiative puts the local voters back in charge of OUR politicians. Our initiative allows outside money into OUR elections, but subordinates it to the money of the local voters. We request you check our our initiative, and tell us what you think about it. A copy of the initiaitive is appended after the invitation to our kick off event. We are holding the official kickoff event for our initiative on the 4th of July. If any of you are near by, please come by and meet us. If you have any friends or associates near Oakland, please tell them to come by and check us out. If you have any questions or comments, please give us a call, or shoot us an email. Thanks, Alex Contact info follows the invite, and the initiative follows the invite. WHEN: July 4th, 2007, High Noon. WHERE: Kat and Nicks Backyard, 4276 Howe, Oakland, Ca. Google Map : Bart and Busses are close by, but call or email if you need a ride, have a ride, need further directions, or if you have any questions or suggestions. WHAT: Official Launch of the Political Reform Initiative of 2008. Read the Initiative : Inform yourself, decide what it means to you, and ACT! WHY: The initiative is designed to drive political Corruption out of the center of California Politics, and push it back into the shadows, where corruption belongs, in honor of the 4th of July! HOW: We are having a birthday party for the Declaration of Independence. We are inviting individuals, organizations, and the media to join our fight to restore freedom and democracy in California. This will be Unlike any other Independence Day you have experienced. This Independence day we invite you to join us in forming, and giving a gift to our state to get us back to the Revolutionary Spirit started in 1776. You are invited to join us in launching the Political Reform Initiative of 2008. THE GOAL: To Change the Way Politics Work in California. Join with friends and kindred spirits of democratic freedom over a few Burgers, Beers, Bunting, and Speeches, to launch a Revolutionary Political Reform Initiative for California. The Main Event is a Signing Ceremony, where we will invite 25 Citizens to sign the Initiative, as required by law, and submit it to the Office of the Legislative Counsel. This is the First Offical Step to get the Initiative rolling towards the NOVEMBER, ?08 GENERAL ELECTION. CAN YOU HELP? Participate! Would you like to speak? Do you know anyone who might be interested? Invite them. Contributions to support the Keg and Burgers gladly accepted. Help with obtaining decorations and a small platform for speeches gladly accepted. Have a favorite media outlet? Tell them about the event. We are working hard to announce the Initiative to every major news outlet in California. Are You Down? RSVP: AlexWierbinski at CommitteeforDemocracy.Org 2437 Piedmont Ave, #202 Berkeley, California 94704 510-644-1328 CHECK OUT THE COMMITTEE NEWS AND UPDATES FOR: June 21, 2007 Our website: HOME PAGE THE INITIATIVE WHY THE PLAN HOW TO HELP LINKS INITIATIVE UPDATES CORRUPTION UPDATES CONTACT US THE POLITICAL REFORM INITIATIVE OF 2008: Prologue: The General Principals 1. Initiative. 1. This Initiative shall be known and may be cited as the ?Political Reform Initiative of 2008.? 2. Findings and Declarations. The people find and declare as follows: 1. State and local government cannot serve the needs and respond to the wishes of their constituents when outside interests finance their campaigns; 2. Costs of conducting election campaigns have increased greatly in recent years, and candidates have been forced to finance their campaigns by seeking large contributions from lobbyists and organizations who thereby negate the constituents' influence over their representatives, and the governmental decisions they take; 3. Lobbyists often make their contributions to incumbents, who cannot be effectively challenged because contributions from outside the election give the recipient an unfair advantage over competition and reduce voter support and influence to secondary status. 4. That wealthy individuals and organizations, which have no franchise rights in elections, make large campaign contributions, and frequently extend their influence by employing lobbyists and spending large amounts to influence legislative and administrative actions by funding lobbyists? campaign contributions, thereby rendering the democratic link between the voter and their politicians secondary to the financial link between the politician and outside contributors; 5. Previous laws regulating political contributions have proven insufficient to balance the voter?s democratic rights with the rights of non-voters to assemble, speak freely, and petition their government. 3. Purpose of Initiative. The people enact this initiative to accomplish the following purposes: 1. To restrict the participation of lobbyists, special interests, and other non-voting entities in elections to their due free Speech and petitions rights, by preventing their contributions from corrupting the voter?s local franchise right to democratically choose, among themselves, their own representatives. 2. To prevent financial support for candidates or officeholders by individuals not qualified to vote in the election from exercising greater influence on election outcomes than the contributions of the voters in their elections. 3. To abolish contributions from non-voters which unfairly favor incumbents in order that elections be decided by the local voters, rather than contributions from non-voting outside interests. 4. To prevent public officials from appearing and behaving corruptly in the electoral and legislative processes. 5. To provide adequate enforcement mechanisms to public officials and private citizens in order that this initiative will be vigorously enforced. The Main points of the Political Reform Act of 2008: The First Point: There will be no contributions to political candidates or officeholders from any source other than individuals qualified and registered to vote in the election for that office, except as specified in the second point. The Second Point: The contributions of political parties to their candidates for office or officeholders shall not exceed 30% of the contributions candidates collect from individuals qualified and registered to vote in the election for that office. The Third Point: Candidates and officeholders in California may not accept any gifts, of any type, from any sources, except from individuals qualified and registered to vote in the election for their office, and under the limits specified in California election law. The Fourth Point: The maximum contribution to any political party in California is five thousand dollars ($5000.) per year. The Fifth Point: Political action groups are encouraged to speak freely to the public, and advance their ideals in petition to officeholders, but are prohibited from contributing any material aid or remuneration to any candidate or officeholder in California. TEXT. THE POLITICAL REFORM INITIATIVE OF 2008: (The changes in the laws below are changes in the Political Reform Act. The full text of the Political Reform Act may be accessed at: http://www.fppc.ca.gov/index.html?id=51. This is a rather large PDF file. This is the full text of California's campaign finance laws. The changes below attempt to be an index of the regulations on the sources of contribution. Every effort was made to conform the text of the initiative to change the law to voter-only sourced contributions.) This initiative is designed to change the legal definition of contributors from ?persons? to ?People qualified and registered to vote in the election of the candidates to which they contribute.? The goal is to prohibit all contributions to political candidates except from voters qualified and registered to vote in the election for that office. The reform Initiative of 2008 will make the following changes to California Elections Codes. Bold underlined sections are the changes the Initiative makes to the Codes. Chapter 5. Limitations on Contributions. Article 3. Contribution Limitations. 85301. Limits on Contributions from Persons. 85301. (a) Shall now read: A person, qualified to vote in the election for that office, other than a political party committee, may not make to any candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office, and a candidate for elective state office other than a candidate for statewide elective office may not accept from a person, any contribution totaling more than three thousand dollars (3,000) per election. 85301. (b) Shall now read: Except to a candidate for governor, a person qualified to vote in the election for that office, other than a political party committee, may not make to any candidate for statewide elective office, and except a candidate for Governor,?(the text continues unmodified to the end of the paragraph.) 85301. (c) Shall now read: A person, qualified to vote in the election for that office, other than a small political party committee may not make to any candidate for Governor, and a candidate for governor may not accept from any person other than a small contributor committee or political party committee, and contribution totaling more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per election. 85302. Limits on Contributions from Small Contributor Committees. 85302. (a) Shall now read: A small contributor committee may not make any contributions to any candidates for elective state office. Small contributor committees are restricted to issue advocacy. 85302. (b) is deleted. 85302. (c) is deleted. 85303. Limits on Contributions to Committees and Political Parties. 85303. (b) Shall now read: A person may not make to any politicaly party committee, and a political party committee may not accept, and contribution totaling more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per calendar year for the purpose of making contributions for the support or defeat of candidates for elective state office. Political parties may contribute, and candidates may receive, no more than 30% of the candidate's total contributions received from qualified voters in the election. Notwithstanding Section 85312, this limit applies to contributions made to a political party used for the purpose of making expenditures at the behest of a candidate for elective state office for communications to party members related to the candidate's candidacy for elective state office Chapter 5. Limitations on Contributions. Article 7. Additional Contribution Requirements. 85702. Contributions from lobbyists. 85702. Shall now read: An elected state officer or candidate for elected state office may not accept a contribution from a lobbyist, and a lobbyist may not make a contribution to an elected state officer or candidate for elected state office. (A period is added here and the rest of the paragraph is deleted.). Chapter 9.5. Ethics. Article 2. Gifts. 89503. Gift Limits. 89503. (a) Shall now read: No elected state officer, elected officer of a local government agency, or other individual specified in Section 87200 shall accept gifts from any source other than persons qualified to vote in the election for that office they hold, and shall not accept gifts from any single source in any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). 89503. (b) Shall now read: (b)(1) No candidate for elective state office, for judicial office, or for elective office in a local government agency shall accept gifts from any source other than persons qualified to vote in the election for that office, and any single source in any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (The text continues unmodified to the end of the paragraph.). 89503. (c) Shall now read: No member of a state board or commission or designated employee of a state or local government agency shall accept gifts from any (single) source in any calendar year with a total value of more than two hundred fifty ($250) if the member or employee would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on his or her statement of economic interests. (The highlighted text is deleted from the original text.) Chapter 9.5. Ethics. Article 4. Campaign Funds. 89510. Acceptable Contributions. 89510. (c) This section, section (c) is an addition, and Shall read: A candidate for elective state office may only accept contributions from people qualified to vote in the election for that office. Only voters registered and qualified to vote in an election may contribute to candidates in that election. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jun 21 18:17:03 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:17:03 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "Imperial Presidency Declared Null and Void" Message-ID: <467B230F.3010902@earthlink.net> IMHO, a pretty strong article against the Bush Admin. "Imperial Presidency Declared Null and Void" http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/21/2011/ Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jun 21 18:18:19 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:18:19 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: It's About Time] Message-ID: <467B235B.7060807@earthlink.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: It's About Time Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:47:27 -0500 (CDT) From: ACLU Reply-To: ACLU Organization: ACLU To: gerrygras at earthlink.net ************************************** ACLU It's About Time ************************************** Dear Gerald, It's about time! Congress is finally taking steps to hold the Bush Administration accountable for its cavalier and lawless behavior. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee began the process of issuing subpoenas to government officials, demanding documents and real answers about President Bush's infamous NSA spy program. Congress may finally be mobilizing to repair six years of damage to our basic rights. We're mobilizing too, and there's more you can do today. The ACLU and dozens of other groups have already collected more than 140,000 petition signatures. We're hand-delivering our petitions next Tuesday, when thousands gather live in Washington, D.C. for our national Day of Action. Help send the loud, clear message: We the people demand that Congress hold this administration accountable for its actions and demand the restoration of habeas corpus and all our constitutional rights. If you haven't signed our petition to Restore Our Rights, now is the time: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=j76dQq2s3cK4dAB2o1T6pw.. Across the country, momentum is building around the demand for restored rights and real oversight. If you can't be with us in person next Tuesday, you can still participate in planned activities in your state. Please check out our June 26 map to find out what's going on near you and get involved locally: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=VhCgNrr0gsoc2WDGy23ptg.. We'll also have live video of the Rally to Restore Law and Justice: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=MtkAnQ_hGLVk3AN7qG_cbw.. We have an opportunity this summer to begin restoring our Constitution and ensuring these abuses don't happen again. Be part of the momentum by signing the petition: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=W9Q_8adP2GqsPQljikz4XA.. I hope you'll join us locally or online as we work to Restore Our Constitutional Rights and fight for the values we all hold so dear. Thank you for all you've done and all you continue to do and for standing with us. Sincerely, Anthony D. Romero Executive Director Unsubscribe from receiving email, or change your email preferences: http://action.aclu.org/site/CO?i=FQEZSUdfjkgD0618Ttbr-f2CURiyOujI&cid=0 From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Jun 21 20:05:46 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:05:46 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] tablers needed for 4 July weekend Message-ID: <467B3C8A.9090003@sbcglobal.net> The america Festival times and dates are Tabling will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday July 1, 3, and 4. Sunday Noon to 9:00 pm Tuesday 3pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday noon to 10:30 pm Please notify Merriam or me. Merriam will do the scheduling of tablers for this 3 day (out of four) event because I will be out of town the first three weeks of July. Tian, the first responder, has committed to Tuesday the 3-rd of July. Commit now, help Merriam establish a schedule. Jim Doyle From wrolley at charter.net Fri Jun 22 08:45:02 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:45:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Progress in the OC Message-ID: <467BEE7E.4090808@charter.net> I have spent some time this spring working remotely with a group of individuals in Orange County. The original intent was to mount a campaign the out Congressman Crazy, a.k.a. Dana Rohrabacher. (CA-46) I find that what they are doing might sere as a good model for action here in Santa Clara County. To begin with, since the target is a Republican and there is not yet an announced Democratic Candidate (Green Tom Lash has said that he "intends" to run... again) to replace him, the group consists of active Greens (One is a National Delegate) and PDA Democrats. This may change, but this group knows that they will have to make this decision at some point in time. One of the first tasks that took place was to establish effective communications channels. This consists of a blog (crazydana.blogspot.com) and an email list (sane46). The latter took about a month until everyone understood what it took to keep that list operational and effective. (The participants in the Green California Forum could take a lesson from this.) After some discussion, the pieces started meld together into a work plan that is being executed. - The have a voter registration list for the District and it is on a personal computer. - They have decided to target three specific issue areas: SB 840, Iraq War, Climate Change. At some point in time, they will have to figure out what to do about Immigration, since that is where Dana opens his mouth almost every day. - Regarding SB 840, they have decided to also target State Senator Tom Harmon (SD-35), whose district is closely aligned with CA-46. Harmon calls it "socialized medicine" and gets most of his campaign contributions from big pharma. - The have a plan to maximize the Letters to the Editors exposure in every local newspaper including the very Libertarian (surprise) Orange County Register. - They will be tabling at all of the showing of Sicko - objectives - Ridicule Harmon, Hit Rohrabacher on his miserable Congressional voting record (against funding veterans trauma care, 11% rating from the American Public Health Assn.) and registering new voters if possible. - They will start walking precincts in Harmon's district (especially where it overlaps with Rohrabacher's Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Seal Beach). Issue: Health Care. Targets: both. But, they will feed back the results of contacts into the voter registration DB, making it a contact management system for use later. This is still all grassroots without any connection to the Democratic Party apparatus in OC. However, some leading OC Greens are on the sane46 email list: including 2 members of the County Council. The degree of coordination that has been achieve between the various activities is extraordinary for a group that has been in existence for only a very short time. They demonstrate a political maturity in that they are using individual actions to feed into an overall plan, one that can be executed in sections over the time that they have. This is something that this county could benefit from. We do a lot of work, but have not yet established the processes to connect them with each other or with an overall strategy. They have also been able to bring together three constituencies: anti-war, environmental and Health Care in such a way as to allow individuals to work on that which motivates them the most and still to connect it into the overall objective, which is to Retire Dana Rohrabacher. While everyone cares deeply about the issues, the purpose of this collaboration is political, not just to advance the issues. It appears to me that much of what we do in Santa Clara County is only about the issues and not enough is done to use those issues to build a constituency for local political action. My contributions to this have been: - getting the Crazy Dana blog going. There is one other author - a young PDA type who is also blogging against another SoCal Republican Congressman. We are now to the place where, if one does a google alert on the name Dana Rohrabacher, you get the hits from our Crazy Dana Blog. - some basic research for issues: e.g. Rohrabacher's voting record on Veterans Health care, and his scorecard with health care organizations and getting this information to the people who will use it... e.g. Military Families Speak Out.. - establishing and setting the tone for the discussion on sane46 - encouraging the use of targeted letter to the editor campaigns. I did a couple of letters myself, responded on some newspaper owned blogs, made sure that the sane46 email list knew about what I had done, encouraged others to do the same. Now, they do it themselves without my having to spend time on it. - connecting the Rohrabacher record back to some national news organizations and blogs, e.g. TPM Cafe. E.g. The recent Republican attack on Pelosi for her "diplomatic" role regarding Israel / Syria was labeled hypocrisy when Rohrabacher had done the same thing himself with the Taliban in early 2001. (Interesting sidelight here in that one reporter writing on this story was D. Kucinich's daughter.) I may just back off and monitor this for a while... too much going on in the Delta. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From wrolley at charter.net Fri Jun 22 09:36:36 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:36:36 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [G-I-wg] This tuesday take a drive through the Delta Islands] Message-ID: <467BFA94.4050504@charter.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [G-I-wg] This tuesday take a drive through the Delta Islands Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:11:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Kalmran Alavi To: cal-forum at cagreens.org, green-issues-wg at cagreens.org Hi all, This coming tuesday 6/26/07 there will be Delta Risk Management Study Session in Rio Vista Then later on at 7:30 pm, there will be restore the Delta meeting at The Valley Brew inStockton, where local micro brew is erved (dinner also) and a group of Delta enthusiasts have it as our goal to make the Delta fishable,swimmable,drinkable and farmable by 2010. the group has one capable WOMAN leading the worthwhile endeavor. If interested I will find out the location of the Rio Vista meeting Note: Rio Vista is half an hour south of Sacramento on hiway 160 and 25 minutes east of Fairfield on hiway 12. On your way from Rio Vista to stockton (another half an hour drive) you would be going through Lodi, where more wine is made than Napa, and then labeled "made in Napa". Kamran ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: file:///C|/DOCUME%7E1/WES/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/nsmail.txt URL: From andid at cagreens.org Thu Jun 21 17:46:02 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:46:02 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <92B9AB1F-039D-46AE-A2C6-876F3C85C893@cagreens.org> Fred, I would like to go to see SICKO in Mountain View on the 29th. I will also help with flyers for as long as I can stand on my feet. Would prefer to go at an early showing, before dark. One Senior ticket, if such exists. Are people planning to meet before, after, or sometime to discuss the movie? Andrea On Jun 21, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, > exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, > will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout > the country - and particularly in California - active proponents > of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly > campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a > "SiCKO" first showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase > attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" > will gain significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we > members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, > attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out > the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the > theaters who have just seen SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, > June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the > same in other locals around the county. > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at > the theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From andid at cagreens.org Thu Jun 21 18:11:04 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:11:04 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <4A16E333-9813-4BB9-BECB-59A0B469AB69@cagreens.org> Remember Ron Regalia at Camera 12 who showed "An Unreasonable Man"? I would love to support his theater when/if he gets to show SICKO. Andrea On Jun 21, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, > exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, > will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout > the country - and particularly in California - active proponents > of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly > campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a > "SiCKO" first showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase > attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" > will gain significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we > members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, > attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out > the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the > theaters who have just seen SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, > June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the > same in other locals around the county. > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at > the theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From fredd at freeshell.org Fri Jun 22 13:30:25 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:30:25 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <467C3161.2060806@freeshell.org> Andrea, I'll post the theaters and times when the schedules for the 29th of June are announced. Fred Remember Ron Regalia at Camera 12 who showed "An Unreasonable Man"? I would love to support his theater when/if he gets to show SICKO. Andrea On Jun 21, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, > exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, > will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout > the country - and particularly in California - active proponents > of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly > campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a > "SiCKO" first showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase > attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" > will gain significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we > members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, > attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out > the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the > theaters who have just seen SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, > June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the > same in other locals around the county. > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at > the theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Jun 22 13:41:08 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:41:08 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <467C33E4.6020800@earthlink.net> Fred, Lois Salo says that 1) she is trying to get the Raging Grannies to go on the 29th (in M.V.) 2) there are two showings then 3) she expects the Grannies to go to the first of the showings I'll keep you posted. Gerry Fred Duperrault wrote: > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, > exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, will > open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout the country > - and particularly in California - active proponents of a "universal > single payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning to urge > groups, as well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase attendance > nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" will gain > significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we members > could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, attending the > movie on the opening night. We could also hand out the soon to be > available flyers to people coming out of the theaters who have just seen > SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, June > 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the same in > other locals around the county. > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at the > theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From fredd at freeshell.org Fri Jun 22 13:59:42 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:59:42 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <467C383E.4020701@freeshell.org> HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON "SICKO" - The list of theaters at which Michael Moore's movie will be shown on June 29 will be announced early next week. The schedule of show times will probably be available by then, also. Sneak previews of "Sicko" will be featured tomorrow (Saturday) night at many theaters around the country. They want to prove there will be a good demand so the promoters will be able to book next Friday's showing in thousands of theaters nationwide. Tomorrow, "Sicko" will be previewed at 7:30 pm in three Northern California movie venues: Century 9 in the San Francisco Centre at 5th St. and Market; Bay Street 16 in Emeryville; and Century Stadium 14 in Sacramento. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. Fred D. Fred, I would like to go to see SICKO in Mountain View on the 29th. I will also help with flyers for as long as I can stand on my feet. Would prefer to go at an early showing, before dark. One Senior ticket, if such exists. Are people planning to meet before, after, or sometime to discuss the movie? Andrea On Jun 21, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Fred Duperrault wrote: > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, > exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, > will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout > the country - and particularly in California - active proponents > of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly > campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a > "SiCKO" first showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase > attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" > will gain significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we > members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, > attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out > the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the > theaters who have just seen SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, > June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the > same in other locals around the county. > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at > the theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Jun 22 15:19:41 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:19:41 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467C3161.2060806@freeshell.org> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> <467C3161.2060806@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <467C4AFD.9070401@ispwest.com> Fred Duperrault wrote: >Andrea, I'll post the theaters and times when the schedules for the >29th of June are announced. > >Fred > >Remember Ron Regalia at Camera 12 who showed "An Unreasonable Man"? >I would love to support his theater when/if he gets to show SICKO. >Andrea > > Me to, but seeing it in Mountain View also sounds like a good idea... -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Kill-A-Watt metering shots! From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 22 15:30:46 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:30:46 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467C33E4.6020800@earthlink.net> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> <467C33E4.6020800@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <1603D6E8-16E1-4CC7-8D9F-2ADEFF7F4B38@cagreens.org> Gerry/Fred: That sounds like good timing to me! I'll help give out flyers there, as I did for the electric car movie (for as long as I can stand comfortably); how early are the flyers getting there? BTW, I have completed the 2-part TV program on electric cars, and we finished editing the first part today! It will be shown for review on Tuesday at our planning meeting. Andrea On Jun 22, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > Fred, > > Lois Salo says that > 1) she is trying to get the Raging Grannies to go on the 29th (in > M.V.) > 2) there are two showings then > 3) she expects the Grannies to go to the first of the showings > > I'll keep you posted. > > Gerry > > > Fred Duperrault wrote: > >> Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, >> exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, will >> open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout the >> country >> - and particularly in California - active proponents of a "universal >> single payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning to urge >> groups, as well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first showing. >> >> If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will >> require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase >> attendance >> nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" will gain >> significantly. >> >> Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we >> members >> could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, >> attending the >> movie on the opening night. We could also hand out the soon to be >> available flyers to people coming out of the theaters who have >> just seen >> SiCKO. >> >> I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the >> first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, >> however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, >> June >> 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. >> >> It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the >> same in >> other locals around the county. >> >> PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in >> Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many >> adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at >> about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at the >> theater site.) >> >> I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule >> information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. >> >> See "SiCKO" soon! >> >> Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 22 15:33:21 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:33:21 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <467C4AFD.9070401@ispwest.com> References: <467AE7F1.1060808@freeshell.org> <467C3161.2060806@freeshell.org> <467C4AFD.9070401@ispwest.com> Message-ID: Tian, I don't mind seeing it twice, especially if I can give out flyers at both places. Andrea On Jun 22, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Tian Harter wrote: > Fred Duperrault wrote: > >> Andrea, I'll post the theaters and times when the schedules for the >> 29th of June are announced. >> >> Fred >> >> Remember Ron Regalia at Camera 12 who showed "An Unreasonable Man"? >> I would love to support his theater when/if he gets to show SICKO. >> Andrea >> >> > Me to, but seeing it in Mountain View also sounds like a good idea... > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Kill-A-Watt metering shots! > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 22 15:47:36 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:47:36 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <410-22007522917366515@earthlink.net> References: <410-22007522917366515@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <0496A8E1-13D9-4C3E-9135-A493181FFF80@cagreens.org> McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens after what happened to Nader?once a useful friend too soon becomes an enemy for perceived missteps? Andrea On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler wrote: > Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the Democratic > Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off their collective > asses. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org > Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on possible Green run > > Dear Green Friends, > > I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia McKinney. > Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so coy about this. I > can't believe that after all she has been through she's still > mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic Party. > > Get a divorce, Cynthia! > > Each individual must travel her or his own path and we all > understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage of the game I am > starting to get impatient even with some people inside the Greens > who can't quite get their brains around the fact that WE ARE an > independent political party. I fear that some of our messy > internal disputes have something to do with people thinking of us > as an "interest group" rather than a "political party." If you are > an "interest group" then you fight like hell over policy details > because influencing policy is the main thing interests groups do. > Thus, for example, when I was active with the San Jose Peace > Center, we had intense debates over how to handle the Palestinian- > Israeli question. Early in the war we had fights over the > relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with International > A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but necessary because, > after all, agitating for peace is the main work of a peace center. > > On the other hand, if you are a "political party", then recruiting > and training good candidates, contesting elections, framing your > differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY GOVERNING is the main > thing. If you are the Green Party it's not important that some > people like bicycles and some people like electric cars. The main > thing is getting people into office committed to breaking the > addiction to oil. > > For six months I've been saying "It's too early to talk about > 2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy politicking it is no > longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia McKinney so I guess I need > to write her a letter urging her to quit the Democrats, register > Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. I would like her > to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for Daniel Brezenoff in > California's 37th Congressional District. > > Get a divorce, Cynthia! > > > Alex Walker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Que Hee > To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org > Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am > Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible Green run in 2008; > Memorial Day speech in Georgia > > > >Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) > > >From: Scott McLarty > > >Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in 2008; > > >Memorial Day speech in Georgia > > > > > > > > >Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About > > >Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for > > >President > > > > > >Ballot Access News > > >Edited by Richard Winger > > >May 28th, 2007 > > >http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- > interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- > president/ > > > > > >On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney > > >participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio > > >Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the > > >possibility that she may seek the Green Party > > >presidential nomination in 2008. She said, ???With > > >the failure of the Democratic Congress to repeal > > >the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the > > >Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously > > >question my relationship with the Democratic > > >Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the > > >current Democrats running for president support > > >the principle of potential military action > > >against Iran; none of them is for impeachment of > > >the President. They can???t speak for me. I am open > > >to a lot of ideas in 2008.??? Thanks to Darcy > > >Richardson for this news. > > > > > > > > >* * * * * > > > > > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free from AOL at AOL.com. > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 22 15:50:31 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:50:31 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: You say you want a revolution...] In-Reply-To: <465C81F7.4090406@earthlink.net> References: <465C81F7.4090406@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Yup. There are several bad winds blowing lately, but one good one has appeared suddenly with the opening doors to low-power stations. Door will close in October. If GP is interested in getting in the game, now's the time. Andrea On May 29, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > Anyone hear anything about this from some other source? > > Gerry > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: You say you want a revolution... > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:04:54 -0700 > From: "Adam Green, MoveOn.org Civic Action" help at list.moveon.org> > To: "Gerald S. Gras" > > > > > Clicking here will add your name: > > "The public airwaves should be used for the public good. The > government > must protect our airwaves from corporate gatekeepers who would stifle > innovation and competition in the wireless Internet market." > CN9rVu&t=1> > [click here] > > > Dear MoveOn member, > > The federal government is on the verge of turning over a huge > portion of > our public airwaves to companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast?who > will use them for private gain instead of the public good. > > These newly available airwaves are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to > revolutionize Internet access?beaming high-speed Internet signals to > every park bench, coffee shop, workplace, and home in America at more > affordable prices than current Internet service. Phone and cable > companies don't want this competition to their Internet service?they'd > rather purchase the airwaves at auction and sit on them.1 > > In June, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will make a major > decision: Use the public airwaves for the public good, or turn them > over > to big companies who will stifle competition, innovation, and the > wireless Internet revolution. > > The FCC is only accepting public comments for a few more days. Can you > sign this petition to them today, and send it to your friends? > > "The public airwaves should be used for the public good. The > government > must protect our airwaves from corporate gatekeepers who would stifle > innovation and competition in the wireless Internet market." > > Sign here: > http://www.civic.moveon.org/airwaves/?id=10433-824573-CN9rVu&t=3 > > > > We'll deliver your petition signature and any accompanying note > directly > to the FCC's public comment record, which FCC Commissioners use to > guide > their decisions. > > There are many innovative companies jumping at the opportunity to > forge > ahead with the wireless Internet revolution?bringing us high-speed > wireless networks from coast to coast and all sorts of innovative > wireless devices. But the old phone and cable companies are > aggressively > trying to block this progress. They've spent billions laying wires, > and > they enjoy having their customers locked in with few alternatives. > > Without access to the public airwaves, wireless innovators can't enter > the marketplace. So the strategy of companies like AT&T, Verizon, and > Comcast is to buy the administrative rights of our airwaves at > auction?and then use those rights to block competition. They also > stifle > the development of new wireless devices by only letting their own > endorsed products work on their networks. > > We're urging the FCC to protect the public good by setting auction > rules > that prohibit this anti-competitive behavior. If the government > auctioned off the right to maintain a public highway to Ford, we would > certainly not let Ford block Toyotas from the roads. Likewise, big > phone and cable should not be able to keep innovative companies off > our > airwaves. > > They also shouldn't be able to tell their wireless Internet customers > which websites they can access?as they do now. And just as phone > companies can't tell customers what phones can be plugged into a wall > jack, cell and wireless companies should not be able to dictate which > phones or wireless devices people use on their networks. > > The opportunity to revolutionize the Internet and wireless world is at > our fingertips. The only question is whether our government will > embrace > it, and whether regular people will fight for it. > > The FCC is only accepting public comments for a few more days. Can you > sign the petition to them today, and send it to your friends? > > Sign here: > http://www.civic.moveon.org/airwaves/?id=10433-824573-CN9rVu&t=4 > > > > Thanks for all you do. > -Adam Green, MoveOn.org Civic Action > Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 > > PS?Most people haven't heard about this critical issue yet?so it's > really important that we spread the word and get others involved. > As you > consider who else to tell about this issue, here's what innovation and > competition in the wireless world means for regular people: > > * Families would no longer be forced to choose solely between > high-priced phone and cable Internet. A new wireless > market?including lots of competition within that market? > would mean > more affordable Internet access for families. > * Poor and rural communities which phone and cable companies > never > bothered to wire with high-speed Internet access could now have > high-speed Internet signals beamed directly into their homes. > * Blackberry and other handheld wireless users are currently > blocked > by phone companies from accessing Internet-based phone > service and > other innovative services.2 The FCC could stop these > anti-competitive, anti-consumer practices by mandating wireless > Net Neutrality. > * Socially responsible buyers could someday go to a store, > scan the > bar codes of products with an Internet-equipped cell phone, and > find out which items are socially responsible. Phone > companies can > currently block such innovations from working with their > devices > (they often try to shake down innovators into giving them a > massive cut of their profits)?but the FCC can prohibit such > practices on these newly available airwaves. > * Technology consumers in America are currently denied all > sorts of > cutting-edge technology that people in other countries have? > like > using Internet-equipped cell phones to buy products, transfer > money, or give to charity. By opening the doors to > competition and > innovation, the FCC can change that. > > P.P.S. Can you support this people-powered campaign today? As > corporations like AT&T and Verizon spend millions to get public policy > skewed in their favor, we will win these fights because of the > power of > regular people. A donation of $10, $20, or more would go a long > way. You > can donate here: > https://civic.moveon.org/donatec4/creditcard.html?id=10433-824573- > CN9rVu&t=5 > > CN9rVu&t=5> > > > Sources: > > 1. Paper describing "warehousing" of airwaves by dominant companies to > keep competition out of the market?by Simon Wilkie, Director of Center > for Communication Law and Policy at the University of Southern > California, March 26, 2007 > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2594&id=10433-824573-CN9rVu&t=6 > > > 2. "Wireless Net Neutrality: Cellular Carterfone and Consumer > Choice in > Mobile Broadband," Working Paper by Prof. Tim Wu, February 15, 2007 > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2592&id=10433-824573-CN9rVu&t=7 > > > Hooking Up," Prof. Tim Wu commentary in Forbes, May 18, 2007 > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2627&id=10433-824573-CN9rVu&t=8 > > > 3. "Use spare spectrum for the Net; High-speed internet should be > one of > the FCC's priorities as it auctions valuable airwave rights," Los > Angeles Times editorial, April 13, 2007 > http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2593&id=10433-824573-CN9rVu&t=9 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Subscription Management: > This is a message from MoveOn.org Civic Action. To change your email > address, update your contact info, or remove yourself (Gerald S. Gras) > from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: > http://moveon.org/s?i=10433-824573-CN9rVu > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 22 16:11:01 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:11:01 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Santa Clara Valley Water District In-Reply-To: <466ECBAB.20008@charter.net> References: <466ECBAB.20008@charter.net> Message-ID: <1465F898-CAD0-4BD8-978A-E93CA7CCCA8E@cagreens.org> One of the things they need to do is get control of PRIVATE water companies that have less than five households that cannot be controlled regarding the use of water from their private wells (connected together to form a so-called water "company"). These are free to use as much water as they wish and are answerable only to their own membership, and to hell with everyone around them whose wells are going dry. Andrea On Jun 12, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Wes Rolley wrote: > The Santa Clara Valley Water District seems to be walking a tight > rope. > On Channel 2 today, I noted that most of the counties in the Bay Area > have begun to request voluntary conservation measures for water due to > the shut down of the pumps in Tracy. The total story is not getting > out > to the public and it is not coming form the Water District. > > If you go to the Water District Web Site (http://www.valleywater.org/) > you find that they are not saying much recently. Especially when > you go > to the section of press releases, you note a May 31, 2007 release: > "The > state shuts down Delta pumps. What does that mean for Santa Clara > County?s water supply? We?re doubly threatened" However, it looks > as if > that press release has been pulled, since the link to the text is > broken. > > At the same time, the Morgan Hill Times today (and the Gilroy Dispatch > last Saturday) reported that Valley Farmers would lose discounts > for water > that they use in Agriculture. > > This appears to be moving faster than you can follow unless you are > paying close attention. However, I have noted several tendencies. > - some will blame the California Endangered Species Act for the > problems > now. That was very clear in a KPIX (CBS5) report by Simon Perez > recently. > - there will be calls for voluntary reductions couched in language > that > makes this seem to be a temporary situation. > - bureaucracies of all forms act in terms of self-preservation. This > came our when a State Depart of Water Resources scientist hinted that > the problem was not the export of water from the delta, but rather an > invasive species of clam that competed from food with the delta smelt. > What the scientist did not say is that this species of clam is > oceanic, > likes salt water rather than fresh, and if they are competing with the > smelt for food it is only because the delta is becoming increasingly > saline. > > What none of the agencies, water districts, cooperative users will say > is that we have an increasing demand (population growth, more > intensive > agriculture) for a diminishing supply of water (due to global > warming). > The agencies have always operated on the assumption that there was an > engineering solution to everything... build more dams, build more > canals, lay more pipeline. > > The fact is that we are suffering from decades of poor planning and > ineffectual oversight and it is time that communities started to > demand > something better. > > I promised to lay out some new direction at a blog called delta > levees. > It isn't there yet, but a number of the options are outlined in the > reports that are linked from that site or from the delta links at > http://cagreening.blogspot.com/ > > We need to keep a close eye on what the water district is doing, Some > consider them one of the more predatory of water districts in the > state > and they have some degree of power given the role that State Sen. > Simitian (D. Palo Alto) plays. Some version of Simitian's SB 27 will > undoubtedly influence the direction that the State of California > takes. > > > > > -- > "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know > far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant > facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh > > Wesley C. Rolley > 17211 Quail Court > Morgan Hill, CA 95037 > (408)778-3024 > http://www.refpub.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From jamboi at yahoo.com Fri Jun 22 16:16:39 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:16:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <0496A8E1-13D9-4C3E-9135-A493181FFF80@cagreens.org> Message-ID: <490468.48381.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'll believe she's serious when she actually steps forward. She's been teasing us for a very long time. Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. I think her ties are too strong to the Dems (including the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in concrete... Impeach for Peace! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens after > what happened to > Nader???once a useful friend too soon becomes an > enemy for perceived > missteps? > Andrea > > On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler wrote: > > > Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the > Democratic > > Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off > their collective > > asses. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org > > Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM > > Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on > possible Green run > > > > Dear Green Friends, > > > > I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia > McKinney. > > Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so coy > about this. I > > can't believe that after all she has been through > she's still > > mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic > Party. > > > > Get a divorce, Cynthia! > > > > Each individual must travel her or his own path > and we all > > understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage of > the game I am > > starting to get impatient even with some people > inside the Greens > > who can't quite get their brains around the fact > that WE ARE an > > independent political party. I fear that some of > our messy > > internal disputes have something to do with people > thinking of us > > as an "interest group" rather than a "political > party." If you are > > an "interest group" then you fight like hell over > policy details > > because influencing policy is the main thing > interests groups do. > > Thus, for example, when I was active with the San > Jose Peace > > Center, we had intense debates over how to handle > the Palestinian- > > Israeli question. Early in the war we had fights > over the > > relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with > International > > A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but > necessary because, > > after all, agitating for peace is the main work of > a peace center. > > > > On the other hand, if you are a "political party", > then recruiting > > and training good candidates, contesting > elections, framing your > > differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY > GOVERNING is the main > > thing. If you are the Green Party it's not > important that some > > people like bicycles and some people like electric > cars. The main > > thing is getting people into office committed to > breaking the > > addiction to oil. > > > > For six months I've been saying "It's too early to > talk about > > 2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy > politicking it is no > > longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia McKinney > so I guess I need > > to write her a letter urging her to quit the > Democrats, register > > Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. I > would like her > > to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for > Daniel Brezenoff in > > California's 37th Congressional District. > > > > Get a divorce, Cynthia! > > > > > > Alex Walker > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shane Que Hee > > To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org > > Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am > > Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible Green > run in 2008; > > Memorial Day speech in Georgia > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) > > > > >From: Scott McLarty > > > > >Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in 2008; > > > > >Memorial Day speech in Georgia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About > > > > >Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for > > > > >President > > > > > > > > > >Ballot Access News > > > > >Edited by Richard Winger > > > > >May 28th, 2007 > > > > > >http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- > > > > interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- > > > president/ > > > > > > > > > >On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney > > > > >participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio > > > > >Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the > > > > >possibility that she may seek the Green Party > > > > >presidential nomination in 2008. She said, > ???????With > > > > >the failure of the Democratic Congress to repeal > > > > >the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the > > > > >Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously > > > > >question my relationship with the Democratic > > > > >Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the > > > > >current Democrats running for president support > > > > >the principle of potential military action > > > > >against Iran; none of them is for impeachment of > > > > >the President. They can????????t speak for me. I > am open > > > > >to a lot of ideas in 2008.??????? Thanks to Darcy > > > > >Richardson for this news. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >* * * * * > > > > > > > > > > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out > more about what's > > free from AOL at AOL.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ From alexcathy at aol.com Fri Jun 22 17:39:43 2007 From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:39:43 -0400 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Wes Rolley's Report on Orange County In-Reply-To: <467BEE7E.4090808@charter.net> References: <467BEE7E.4090808@charter.net> Message-ID: <8C98346206D69C4-A9C-26A1@WEBMAIL-RA20.sysops.aol.com> Dear Green Friends, See pasted below a?fantastic report from Wes Rolley about what's up down in Orange County.? I was just thinking this morning that one way to get around this pain-in-the-neck "spoiler" argument from the Dems while also giving those Ron Paul "libertarian" types something useful to do, would be to start organizing serious attacks on the Republican wingnut Machine in places like Orange County. I have always said that another argument for?the Green Party IS that we are NOT Democrats in places where, for various reasons, a lot of folks will NEVER vote for Democrats.? Say "Democrat" in Orange County and everybody immediately thinks about Los Angeles gangsterism, cronyism, and incompetence.? Wes, do you know?Crazy Dana's district includes part of Long Beach and lies right next door to CA-37?? A strong showing or a win by Daniel Brezenoff?FOLLOWED by a simultaneous?GREEN attack in BOTH districts in 2008 would be too beautiful for words!? (Oops!? I shouldn't say "attack" How about an outbreak of GREEN LOVE in BOTH districts in 2008).? Alex Walker -----Original Message----- From: Wes Rolley To: Green Discuss Sent: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 8:45 am Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Progress in the OC I have spent some time this spring working remotely with a group of ndividuals in Orange County. The original intent was to mount a ampaign the out Congressman Crazy, a.k.a. Dana Rohrabacher. (CA-46) I ind that what they are doing might sere as a good model for action here n Santa Clara County. To begin with, since the target is a Republican and there is not yet an nnounced Democratic Candidate (Green Tom Lash has said that he intends" to run... again) to replace him, the group consists of active reens (One is a National Delegate) and PDA Democrats. This may change, ut this group knows that they will have to make this decision at some oint in time. One of the first tasks that took place was to establish effective ommunications channels. This consists of a blog crazydana.blogspot.com) and an email list (sane46). The latter took bout a month until everyone understood what it took to keep that list perational and effective. (The participants in the Green California orum could take a lesson from this.) After some discussion, the pieces started meld together into a work plan hat is being executed. - The have a voter registration list for the District and it is on a ersonal computer. They have decided to target three specific issue areas: SB 840, Iraq ar, Climate Change. At some point in time, they will have to figure ut what to do about Immigration, since that is where Dana opens his outh almost every day. Regarding SB 840, they have decided to also target State Senator Tom armon (SD-35), whose district is closely aligned with CA-46. Harmon alls it "socialized medicine" and gets most of his campaign ontributions from big pharma. The have a plan to maximize the Letters to the Editors exposure in very local newspaper including the very Libertarian (surprise) Orange ounty Register. They will be tabling at all of the showing of Sicko - objectives - idicule Harmon, Hit Rohrabacher on his miserable Congressional voting ecord (against funding veterans trauma care, 11% rating from the merican Public Health Assn.) and registering new voters if possible. They will start walking precincts in Harmon's district (especially here it overlaps with Rohrabacher's Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, ountain Valley, Seal Beach). Issue: Health Care. Targets: both. But, hey will feed back the results of contacts into the voter registration B, making it a contact management system for use later. This is still all grassroots without any connection to the Democratic arty apparatus in OC. However, some leading OC Greens are on the ane46 email list: including 2 members of the County Council. The degree of coordination that has been achieve between the various ctivities is extraordinary for a group that has been in existence for nly a very short time. They demonstrate a political maturity in that hey are using individual actions to feed into an overall plan, one that an be executed in sections over the time that they have. This is omething that this county could benefit from. We do a lot of work, but ave not yet established the processes to connect them with each other r with an overall strategy. They have also been able to bring together three constituencies: nti-war, environmental and Health Care in such a way as to allow ndividuals to work on that which motivates them the most and still to onnect it into the overall objective, which is to Retire Dana ohrabacher. While everyone cares deeply about the issues, the purpose of this ollaboration is political, not just to advance the issues. It appears o me that much of what we do in Santa Clara County is only about the ssues and not enough is done to use those issues to build a onstituency for local political action. My contributions to this have been: getting the Crazy Dana blog going. There is one other author - a oung PDA type who is also blogging against another SoCal Republican ongressman. We are now to the place where, if one does a google alert n the name Dana Rohrabacher, you get the hits from our Crazy Dana Blog. some basic research for issues: e.g. Rohrabacher's voting record on eterans Health care, and his scorecard with health care organizations nd getting this information to the people who will use it... e.g. ilitary Families Speak Out.. establishing and setting the tone for the discussion on sane46 encouraging the use of targeted letter to the editor campaigns. I did couple of letters myself, responded on some newspaper owned blogs, ade sure that the sane46 email list knew about what I had done, ncouraged others to do the same. Now, they do it themselves without my aving to spend time on it. connecting the Rohrabacher record back to some national news rganizations and blogs, e.g. TPM Cafe. E.g. The recent Republican ttack on Pelosi for her "diplomatic" role regarding Israel / Syria was abeled hypocrisy when Rohrabacher had done the same thing himself with he Taliban in early 2001. (Interesting sidelight here in that one eporter writing on this story was D. Kucinich's daughter.) I may just back off and monitor this for a while... too much going on in he Delta. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baalavi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 23 21:36:53 2007 From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [SBM] SICKO / Group Tickets /Health-Care-for-All leafleting Message-ID: <271036.21519.qm@web52101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> FYI terry koch wrote: SICKO / Group Tickets /Health-Care-for-All leafleting The San Jose Labor Party has been pressing for universal health care for years and now is active in the "Adopt-a-Theater' effort for the Michael Moore movie "SICKO" in the South Bay. Their next meeting is Tuesday, June 26th at 7pm at the Low Income Self Help Center, 525 West Alma Ave, San Jose, where logistics will be discussed to leaflet movie-goers at local theaters. Come and be part of this wave of social reform created by the fortunate coincidence of Sheila Kuehl's bill SB 840, the national single-payer bill HR 676 and Mr. Moore's excellent film about the abysmal state of health care in the U.S. Also, group tickets to see "SICKO" at the Camera 12 theater in downtown San Jose will be $5.00 each and will soon be available from members of SouthBay Mobilization and the San Jose Peace (and Justice) Center.. If interested, answer this email, call Terry at 243-4479,call the South Bay Mobilization office (408) 998-8504 or come to the Friday Peace vigil at the Federal Bldg in San Jose where volunteers will be selling tickets. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// We should be starting a separate email discussion list for the Single Payer issue in order to not clog the SBM anti-war-focused email discussion list. Please respond to this email if you would like to be included in such a list for the purpose of keeping abreast of issues, volunteer opportunities and events in the South Bay. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Please see the upcoming flyers for theaters where the movie 'SICKO' will be showing as well as for upcoming events including: Sunday, July 8th, 2007 2 to 4 pm Redwood Room Santa Clara Central Park Library 2635 Homestead Road //////// Come to a free community forum on: Monday, July 9, 2007 7-9PM Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship Chapel 1112 S.Bernardo Ave. Corner of Bernardo and Remington Enter into S. Bernardo Parking Lot SUNNYVALE Everybody In, Nobody Out! --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! 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The San Jose City Council is trying to push the Coyote Valley Development Plans through without the public knowing! Don't stand by while our beautiful valley gets paved over! It sounds more complicated than it is, but please, PLEASE come to this City Council Meeting. If you do, WE'LL GIVE YOU A FREE T-SHIRT! We'll be there with t-shirts so that you can represent at the meeting! Attached is a message explaining dates and times, newspapers you can write letters to, and contact info of all City Council Members. THIS IS THE ONE WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH! If you would like more details, please contact Mark Anthony Medeiros at (408) 607-1709 Save Coyote Valley! San Jose IS NOT planning to include Coyote Valley in the General Plan Update! Tell the city council that it is imperative that the GP directive to have 25,000 dwelling units and50,000 jobs in Coyote Valley needs serious, city-wide discussion. (see agenda item4.3 http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/062607/062607a.pdf) At their meeting on Tuesday the City Council has the opportunity to direct city staff to include discussion of possible changes to these pre-requisite numbers as part of the general plan update process. These numbers have driven the specific plan design and are largely responsible for the inappropriate development footprint in Coyote Valley. The seriously flawed DEIR found 92 significant environmental impacts. A reduced scale development would have substantially less impact. Does Coyote Valley need to be developed? Does it need to contain a new city of80,000 people? Won???t this create traffic and air quality problems for San Jose and the region? How can an adequate wildlife corridor be ensured when the current plan does not address this issue? A YES vote by the city council to include the 25,000/50,000 criteria in the GP work program means the CVSP planning process must be SUSPENDED until the GP update is complete. That means this ill-considered project will be put on hold while the general plan update and the Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Communities Conservation Plan proceeds.Better information leads to a better plan. One that is consistent with current conditions, not conditions in 2002 (when the CVSP task force formed) or 1994 when the last GP update occurred. Also, agenda item 4.2 is focused on renewing the contract agreement between the CHG (developer/funders) and the city for more funding for the planning process. Attend the city council meeting on Tuesday June 26th and speak out 1:30PM San Jose City Hall 200 E. Santa Clara Street Send an email to all San Jose City Council members and ask them to include the25,000/50,000 in the general plan update, Envision San Jose 2040 Mayor Chuck Reed Mayoremail at sanjoseca.gov Pete Constant District1 at sanjoseca.gov Forrest Williams forrest.williams at sanjoseca.og Sam Liccardo District3 at sanjoseca.gov Nora Campos District5 at sanjoseca.gov Pierluigi Oliverio District6 at sanjoseca.gov Madison Nguyen District7 at sanjoseca.gov Vice Mayor Dave Cortese dave.cortese at sanjoseca.gov Judy Chirco District9 at sanjoseca.gov Nancy Pyle District10 at sanjoseca.gov Send a Letter to the Editor ??? Let the whole city know what???s going on in Coyote Valley Letters to the San Jose Mercury News should be sent to letters at mercurynews.com (125 word or less, with no attachments, and include full name, address and daytime phone) >From the Staff Memo (http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/062607/062607_04.03.pdf) Implications for the Covote Vallev Specific Plan (CVSP) Staff is continuing its work on the Coyote Valley Specific Plan. The language in the San Jose 2020 General Plan states "the Prerequisite Conditions (triggers)shouldonly be modified during a comprehensive update of the General Plan involving a community taskforce similar to the San Jose 2020 General Plan update process." The project description in the CVSP Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) includes a General Plan text amendment to modify the purpose of the existing triggers and their timing to allow the City Council to adopt a CVSP and Planned Community designation without having to first meet the triggers. This text amendment would not change the Prerequisite Conditions themselves, but would rather change the timing of when those conditions are to be met. This means that the specific plan could be adopted, but no residential development could be approved prior to satisfying all the triggers. As noted above, any proposed changes to the Prerequisite Conditions can only be considered during the General Plan Update, per the San Jose 2020 General Plan. In addition, any proposed change to the 25,000dwelling unit and 50,000job minimum development capacities proposed for the CVSP should only occur during the General Plan Update. Neither of these issues is currently included in the General Plan Update Work Program. Staff is recommending that the Work Program not include either item. If the City Council would like to consider changes to either or both of these topics, then they should be incorporated into the General Plan Update Work Program and schedule, and work on the CVSP process should be suspended until the conclusion of the Update process. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 23 23:31:33 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:31:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [SBM] SICKO / Group Tickets /Health-Care-for-All leafleting In-Reply-To: <271036.21519.qm@web52101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <215386.6875.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> As I alluded to when to Bob at our weekly Friday Impeachment Vigil (Castro & El Camino) about how the Green Party is getting a block of tickets together to see SiCKO... we (the GPSCC) are in a coalition called the Single Payer Healthcare Coalition of SCC. The Labor Party (mentioned below in a forwarded SBM e-mail) is also a sister member of that coalition. This coalition is putting on events to educate and lobby for Single Payer and the movie SiCKO also promotes Single Payer. If you want to go to see SiCKO with fellow Greens on Friday the 29th in Mountain View, please e-mail Fred Green is Health! Drew --- Bob Alavi wrote: > FYI > > terry koch wrote: > > > SICKO / Group Tickets /Health-Care-for-All > leafleting > > The San Jose Labor Party has been pressing for > universal health care for years and now is active > in > the "Adopt-a-Theater' effort for the Michael Moore > > movie "SICKO" in the South Bay. Their next > meeting is Tuesday, June 26th at 7pm at the Low > Income Self Help Center, 525 West Alma Ave, > San Jose, where logistics will be discussed to > leaflet movie-goers > at local theaters. > > Come and be part of this wave of social reform > created by > the fortunate coincidence of Sheila Kuehl's bill > SB 840, the national > single-payer bill HR 676 and Mr. Moore's excellent > film about the > abysmal state of health care in the U.S. > > Also, group tickets to see "SICKO" at the Camera > 12 theater in downtown > San Jose will be $5.00 each and will soon be > available from members of SouthBay Mobilization and > the San Jose Peace (and Justice) Center.. If > interested, answer this email, call Terry at > 243-4479,call the South Bay Mobilization office > (408) 998-8504 or come to the Friday Peace vigil > at the Federal Bldg in San Jose where volunteers > will be selling tickets. > > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > We should be starting a separate email discussion > list for the > Single Payer issue in order to not clog the SBM > anti-war-focused > email discussion list. Please respond to this > email if you would like to be included in such a > list for the purpose of keeping abreast of issues, > volunteer opportunities and events in the South Bay. > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > Please see the upcoming flyers for theaters where > the movie 'SICKO' will be showing as well as for > upcoming events including: > Sunday, July 8th, 2007 > 2 to 4 pm > Redwood Room > Santa Clara Central Park Library > 2635 Homestead Road > //////// > Come to a free community forum on: > Monday, July 9, 2007 > 7-9PM > Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship > Chapel > 1112 S.Bernardo Ave. > Corner of Bernardo and Remington > Enter into S. Bernardo Parking Lot > SUNNYVALE > > Everybody In, Nobody Out! > > > --------------------------------- > Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out > tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. > > > --------------------------------- > Expecting? Get great news right away with email > Auto-Check. > Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.> _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ From jims at greens.org Sun Jun 24 19:43:51 2007 From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:43:51 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Santa Clara - San Mateo Picnic Message-ID: <467F2BE7.678311CA@greens.org> Reminder / Update Our regional picnic will be July 21 in San Mateo Central Park. A map is now available at http://cagreens.org/sclara/events/SanMateoPark.pdf -- Jim From jamboi at yahoo.com Sun Jun 24 22:41:47 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:41:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Update on Bike4Peace/Catalysts of Hope bicycle journey Message-ID: <710560.81308.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Gerry and Merriam heard through the grapevine a few months ago that there was a bicycling community that was riding across America fostering community conversations about how we might create "a nationwide network of communities dedicated to living sustainably in a manner that removes the justification from war." http://www.catalystsofhope.org/ Bob, Merriam, Tian and I all got a chance to actually go out and bicycle with the group and several of us also went to participate in their community discussion they held in downtown San Jose. We were so enthusiastic about it that we consenses at the GPSCC General Meeting that we sponsor the trip by bundling our contributions together of at least $100 (which a number of us, including I contributed to). Time has arrived to cut the check so please if send all your contributions to Cameron and he'll send it out. I called up Vernon last Saturday and got to hear about the journey so far. They're well and making their way across TX now with the potential goal of spending some time in Crawford, before continuing on to the East Coast, arriving in DC on Sat 22 Sept (World Car Free Day). On this page you can see the links to the rider's blogs and lots more about the trip: http://www.catalystsofhope.org/ Today's aprox. location in TX: Sun June 24 Rankin - Mertzon Here's their aproximate schedule: http://www.catalystsofhope.org/south.html Green is hope! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Jun 25 01:31:16 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:31:16 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] tablers needed for 4 July weekend/Please sign up for a time slot Message-ID: Hi All, The america Festival times and dates are Tabling will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday July 1, 3, and 4. Sunday Noon to 9:00 pm Tuesday 3pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday noon to 10:30 pm PLEASE SIGN UP FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TIMES: Sunday July 1 Setup: 11:30am Tabling: noon - 3:00pm Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:00pm Tabling: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Tuesday July 3 Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:30pm Tabling: 6:30pm - 10:30pm Wednesday July 4 Tabling: Noon - 3:30pm Tabling: 3:30pm - 6:30pm Tabling: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Takedown 9:30pm - 10:30pm Please let me know what day and time you sign up for. Thanks, Merriam mkmusic03 at aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Jun 25 11:57:11 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] tablers needed for 4 July weekend/Please sign up for a time slot In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <594625.53706.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'd like to table with Tim in Gilroy on Sunday the 1st (and maybe Natasha would like to join in???) Then on Tuesday J3 I'd do 3-5:30 and Wed J4 I'd do 12-3:30 like to join in the San Jose fun. Green is Connectness! Drew --- MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > The america Festival times and dates are > Tabling will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday > July 1, 3, and 4. > Sunday Noon to 9:00 pm > Tuesday 3pm to 10:30 pm > Wednesday noon to 10:30 pm > > PLEASE SIGN UP FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TIMES: > > Sunday July 1 > Setup: 11:30am > Tabling: noon - 3:00pm > Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:00pm > Tabling: 6:00pm - 9:00pm > > Tuesday July 3 > Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:30pm > Tabling: 6:30pm - 10:30pm > > Wednesday July 4 > Tabling: Noon - 3:30pm > Tabling: 3:30pm - 6:30pm > Tabling: 6:30pm - 9:30pm > Takedown 9:30pm - 10:30pm > > Please let me know what day and time you sign up > for. > > Thanks, > Merriam > mkmusic03 at aol.com > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Jun 25 17:14:52 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:14:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Service Opportunity - Support Network for Battered Women - Tu 6:30p Message-ID: <932004.96038.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Please reply to JamBoi at Greens.org if you can join us. Dear Greens, I connected with the Support Network for Battered Women from my Sunnyvale Housing and Human Services Commission work and would like to invite as many of y'all as would enjoy learning about them and helping them out with their fundraising mailing. Where: 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (Northern Sunnyvale @ Tasman and Reamwood which is close to Tasman & Lawrence ) Mapquest: http://tinyurl.com/25o4cr When: Tu, June 26th 6:30 ? 9:00p We are Caring for our Community! Drew _______ Letter from Support Network for Battered Women: We are really excited that the members of your church are adopting our Gala Mailing Project on Tuesday, June 26th from 6:30pm ? 9:00pm THANK YOU! As requested, we are able to host a short presentation on the services provided by the Support Network at the beginning of the evening... 6:30pm ? 7:00pm. We have 1,200 invitations to prepare for mailing. To complete this mailing project our estimate is that it will take a team of about 12-16 Volunteers each working 2 hours (not including presentation time). We can also be flexible with the arrival time of Volunteers if some need to arrive later, or need to leave earlier that is no problem we can make information available for those who missed the presentation. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. With much appreciation, Lorraine Lorraine Michelle Volunteer Program Director Support Network for Battered Women Engaging Volunteers in the Support Network's mission to empower our diverse community to live free of domestic violence. _________ Support Network for Battered Women invites volunteers to be "MAGNIFICENT MAILERS" Can you help stuff, seal, and mail 1,200+ invitations for Support Network?s annual ?Raise a Glass? Gala & ?Raise a Racquet? Tennis Tournament WHEN? Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Volunteer for two hours, or more, between 6:30pm and 9:00pm. 6:30pm ? 7:00pm Presentation on Support Network WHERE? Support Network?s main office, 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 WHY? To help raise $100,000+ for critical services for individuals and families experiencing and recovering from the devastating impact of domestic violence. Can you help? If you can donate an hour, or more, of your energy and time to participate in this invaluable fundraiser, please join us! Located in Sunnyvale, the Support Network for Battered Women is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to empowering our diverse community to live free of domestic violence. For individuals and families experiencing and recovering from domestic violence throughout Santa Clara County, the Support Network provides a comprehensive range of services - these include a 24-hour toll-free help line (1-800-572-2782), emergency shelter, counseling, legal services, victim advocacy, programs for children and teens, and community outreach/education. All services are completely confidential, are either free or low cost, and are offered in both Spanish and English. Further information is available at www.snbw.org. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Jun 25 17:30:47 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:30:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] San Carlos placed third on Yahoo's Greenest Cities contest Message-ID: <85292.2972.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Basically yahoo held a contest encouraging people to take actions that were environmentally sound and made a contest out of it. http://better.yahoo.com/planet/map/index.php Green is rising! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Mon Jun 25 18:01:32 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:01:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Video - Daniel Brezenoff at candidate forum, Compton 6/7/07 Message-ID: <164967.86095.qm@web52206.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Great stuff! I think we all need to put our backs into helping push Daniel Brezenoff forward! Let's walk precincts and send $$ to help the Brezenoff campaign. Green's lead the way! Drew > Video - Congressional Candidate Forum > Martin Luther King Transit Center > Compton, California > June 7th, 2007 > Congressional Special Election > > featuring > > Daniel Brezenoff > http://www.danielforcongress.com > Green Congressional candidate > 37th District - Long Beach/Los Angeles > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7R8Rzz2Jw4 ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 From MKmusic03 at aol.com Mon Jun 25 22:57:52 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:57:52 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] S.O.S.! /SAVE OUR SOIL, Save BAREC Message-ID: HI All, Please help if you can. David Ledesma sent me this about the latest on the SAVE BAREC front. Merriam Subj: S.O.S.!? Date: 6/25/2007 12:29:43 PM Pacific Standard Time From: svtriathlete at hotmail.com To: svtriathlete at hotmail.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Greetings Friends (Santa Clara residents)- On Tuesday evening, June 19, the Santa Clara Mayor and City Council, voted unanimously to change the zoning of the 17 acre BAREC property on Winchester (at Forest) from agriculture to high density housing. The grassroots "Save BAREC" committee mobilized members of the community to speak out at the Council meeting to save the property by maintaining the zoning as agriculture, and to work with the committee to develop a 17 acre organic Urban Farm for the community. Save BAREC organized over 200 supporters to attend the meeting, and the developers sadly? manipulated a few dozen elderly citizens to support the high density housing development.? Before the Council vote, well over 100 people filled out speaker cards to give a 2 minute talk in support of? either position.? Some 90% of the speakers favored maintaining the zoning as agriculture.? Speakers took to the podium one after another until 2:15am! Despite the huge outpouring of the community in favor of a 17 acre organic Urban Farm at the site, the Mayor and Council voted unanimously to change the zoning to make the property available to sell to the greedy developers for high density housing, even though ValleyFair Mall and Santana Row are planning for expansion, which will further complicate traffic problems at an already congested area. Despite this setback, Save BAREC is now planning to place an Initiative on the ballot to allow Santa Clara voters to reject the Mayor and Council's eager plan to sell out the best interest of Santa Clara residents.? We must gather about 8,500 signatures of eligible Santa Clara voters on our petition to place the initiative on the ballot.? This must be completed in 3 weeks! The Petition is being drawn up by our Attorney, then will be sent to the printer and we hope will be ready for signatures on Tuesday, June 26.? For more information on our work you can visit our website at http://www.savebarec.org. Prior to the name "Silicon Valley", Santa Clara Valley was known as "The Valley of Hearts Delight", due to the numerous orchards and crops grown in the fertile soil that is now covered with concrete and asphalt.? Let's keep 17 acres of Santa Clara GREEN!? Tell the Mayor and the Council that you want the BAREC property to stay zoned agriculture and to plan for an organic Urban Farm for our community. S.O.S. - "Save Our Soil". Please spread the word about this important issue to orgs that may have registered Santa Clara voters , and visit our website for further information.? Thank You.? -D. http://www.savebarec.org P L E A S E?? D I S T R I B U T E?? W I D E L Y!!! ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rob.means at electric-bikes.com Tue Jun 26 07:09:10 2007 From: rob.means at electric-bikes.com (Rob Means) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:09:10 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] "HONK TO IMPEACH" Message-ID: <008701c7b7fb$91a08940$6401a8c0@INTERBIKE06> This sounds like fun. Rob Means, Electro Ride Bikes and Scooters 408-262-8975 rob.means at electric-bikes.com 1421 Yellowstone Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035-6913 Discover cycling that's Easy, Safe, Fast - and FUN! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- July 4: Honk to Impeach Americans celebrate July 4 as a day of patriotism, but the true spirit of July 4 has been lost. After all, July 4, 1776 was the day our Founding Fathers declared the American Revolution against King George. So let's use this July 4 to declare our independence from King George W - and let's make some noise! Local impeachment activists report great success holding signs at busy intersections that say "HONK TO IMPEACH!" Most of the drivers who pass these signs are delighted to honk - which makes them happy and makes our activists happy too. Best of all, the drivers and pedestrians discover how much support there is for impeachment - something they never knew because the Corporate Media won't tell them or even conduct a poll. Here's a great report from Bob Feuer of Great Barrington, Mass: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/honktoimpeach-1 July 4 is a great day to "HONK TO IMPEACH" because there's already lots of noise from fireworks and people are relaxed. So here's our plan: Check your local community calendar for the fireworks celebration near you, and note the time and main parking location. Pick an intersection outside the entrance where all the cars will come and go. Visit that intersection if you can to see how the traffic flows and pick the safest spot to stand. Add a marker for your intersection's location to our ImpeachMap at http://www.communitywalk.com/impeach. Be sure to include the time, exact location, and your contact info in your marker description, and use the category "Honk to Impeach" Click the Share/Export link on the ImpeachMap to e-mail it to your friends, get a link to it, or embed it in your blog, website, or profile. Bring signs that say "HONK TO IMPEACH" and "Text IMPEACH to 30644" (see below) and bring extra sign paper and magic markers if more activists show up. Or make a large banner like the one in this video. Or bring the big I-M-P-E-A-C-H letters you used on A28. Bring wooden stakes and staples to make carrying easier. Bring American flags and Uncle Sam outfits to capture the July 4 spirit. Try this sign: "BE A PATRIOT: HONK TO IMPEACH CHENEY AND BUSH" Bring cameras, upload your photos/videos, and publish your reports here: http://www.impeachspace.com/ Keep building our nationwide movement by scheduling a weekly "HONK TO IMPEACH" in front of your local media outlets and Congressional district offices, and post it to our ImpeachMap at http://www.communitywalk.com/impeach Why hold a sign saying "Text IMPEACH to 30644"? Because we've invented a great new way to enlist more impeachment activists, especially younger people who use their cellphones for text messaging. When they text "IMPEACH" to 30644 they are prompted to enter their e-mail addresses so we can connect them with all the impeachment work we're doing, both nationally and locally. This way the HONK TO IMPEACH events will actually grow the movement. July 4 will be the launch of the HONK TO IMPEACH movement nationwide this summer. People who have already tried it report a great deal of enthusiasm and excitement and we encourage you to make this a regular (e.g. weekly) event. If you decide to do so, please update your markers on the ImpeachMap following July 4 with whatever location and time you choose for your weekly honkathon. If you need any help, e-mail jacob at a28.org. Of course moving cars are dangerous so please put safety first. Here are more detailed instructions and tips: http://www.democrats.com/july-4-honk-to-impeach ______________________________ From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Jun 26 12:58:05 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:58:05 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] county council meeting Message-ID: <46816FCD.4000107@sbcglobal.net> There will be a meeting of the county council in my home Thursday evening from 7 to 9 or 9:30 pm. Jim Doyle 1668 Nora Way San Jose (408) 269-3299 VTA bus route 65 runs from downtown San Jose on 7-th St near Santa Clara St, passes the train station, and stops at Merrill Drive and Camden Ave just one short block past Nora Way. From andid at cagreens.org Tue Jun 26 13:18:22 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:18:22 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <490468.48381.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <490468.48381.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1DB15CD0-D0ED-4043-B270-2C5E5C7FCF10@cagreens.org> Possibly. If so, that's a shame. I would like to see good women running, especially black women who seem to have the backbone to stand up alone and vision to see what's going on to the down-in-the- trenches real citizens. I wish white women and men would show that capacity. A. On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote: > I'll believe she's serious when she actually steps > forward. She's been teasing us for a very long time. > Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. I > think her ties are too strong to the Dems (including > the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in > concrete... > > Impeach for Peace! > > Drew > > --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > >> McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens after >> what happened to >> Nader?once a useful friend too soon becomes an >> enemy for perceived >> missteps? >> Andrea >> >> On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler wrote: >> >>> Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the >> Democratic >>> Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off >> their collective >>> asses. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> To: >> gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org >>> Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on >> possible Green run >>> >>> Dear Green Friends, >>> >>> I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia >> McKinney. >>> Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so coy >> about this. I >>> can't believe that after all she has been through >> she's still >>> mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic >> Party. >>> >>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! >>> >>> Each individual must travel her or his own path >> and we all >>> understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage of >> the game I am >>> starting to get impatient even with some people >> inside the Greens >>> who can't quite get their brains around the fact >> that WE ARE an >>> independent political party. I fear that some of >> our messy >>> internal disputes have something to do with people >> thinking of us >>> as an "interest group" rather than a "political >> party." If you are >>> an "interest group" then you fight like hell over >> policy details >>> because influencing policy is the main thing >> interests groups do. >>> Thus, for example, when I was active with the San >> Jose Peace >>> Center, we had intense debates over how to handle >> the Palestinian- >>> Israeli question. Early in the war we had fights >> over the >>> relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with >> International >>> A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but >> necessary because, >>> after all, agitating for peace is the main work of >> a peace center. >>> >>> On the other hand, if you are a "political party", >> then recruiting >>> and training good candidates, contesting >> elections, framing your >>> differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY >> GOVERNING is the main >>> thing. If you are the Green Party it's not >> important that some >>> people like bicycles and some people like electric >> cars. The main >>> thing is getting people into office committed to >> breaking the >>> addiction to oil. >>> >>> For six months I've been saying "It's too early to >> talk about >>> 2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy >> politicking it is no >>> longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia McKinney >> so I guess I need >>> to write her a letter urging her to quit the >> Democrats, register >>> Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. I >> would like her >>> to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for >> Daniel Brezenoff in >>> California's 37th Congressional District. >>> >>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! >>> >>> >>> Alex Walker >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Shane Que Hee >>> To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org >>> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am >>> Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible Green >> run in 2008; >>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia >>> >>> >>>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) >>> >>>> From: Scott McLarty >>> >>>> Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in 2008; >>> >>>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About >>> >>>> Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for >>> >>>> President >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Ballot Access News >>> >>>> Edited by Richard Winger >>> >>>> May 28th, 2007 >>> >>> >> >> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- >> >>> >> > interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- >> >>> president/ >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney >>> >>>> participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio >>> >>>> Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the >>> >>>> possibility that she may seek the Green Party >>> >>>> presidential nomination in 2008. She said, >> ???With >>> >>>> the failure of the Democratic Congress to repeal >>> >>>> the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the >>> >>>> Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously >>> >>>> question my relationship with the Democratic >>> >>>> Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the >>> >>>> current Democrats running for president support >>> >>>> the principle of potential military action >>> >>>> against Iran; none of them is for impeachment of >>> >>>> the President. They can???t speak for me. I >> am open >>> >>>> to a lot of ideas in 2008.??? Thanks to Darcy >>> >>>> Richardson for this news. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> * * * * * >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out >> more about what's >>> free from AOL at AOL.com. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>> >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> > > > ___________________ > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > "To the brave belong all things" > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos > new Car Finder tool. > http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From jamboi at yahoo.com Tue Jun 26 14:34:43 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:34:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <1DB15CD0-D0ED-4043-B270-2C5E5C7FCF10@cagreens.org> Message-ID: <587210.49036.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'm totally with you sister. I wish *anyone* would show that capacity. The Congressional Black Caucus has really been the only elected voice for progressive issues in the last few years. No one else seems to have the courage to join them. The latest on McKinney (in the past day or so) is still some mixed reports that on the one hand some Greens who have spoken to her say she's got to take care of some unspecified issues before she can make an announcement but say she's intending to and on the other hand the Media Committee just got another report that said "According to a message from nothing has been decided and it is totally inappropriate to make such an announcement about my schedule when I don't even know what my schedule is yet." " So I'm not happy about what I see as an extended tease. Green is Growth! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > Possibly. If so, that's a shame. I would like to > see good women > running, especially black women who seem to have the > backbone to > stand up alone and vision to see what's going on to > the down-in-the- > trenches real citizens. I wish white women and men > would show that > capacity. > A. > > On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote: > > > I'll believe she's serious when she actually steps > > forward. She's been teasing us for a very long > time. > > Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. I > > think her ties are too strong to the Dems > (including > > the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in > > concrete... > > > > Impeach for Peace! > > > > Drew > > > > --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > > > >> McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens > after > >> what happened to > >> Nader???once a useful friend too soon becomes an > >> enemy for perceived > >> missteps? > >> Andrea > >> > >> On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler > wrote: > >> > >>> Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the > >> Democratic > >>> Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off > >> their collective > >>> asses. > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: > >>> To: > >> > gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org > >>> Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on > >> possible Green run > >>> > >>> Dear Green Friends, > >>> > >>> I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia > >> McKinney. > >>> Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so > coy > >> about this. I > >>> can't believe that after all she has been > through > >> she's still > >>> mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic > >> Party. > >>> > >>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! > >>> > >>> Each individual must travel her or his own path > >> and we all > >>> understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage of > >> the game I am > >>> starting to get impatient even with some people > >> inside the Greens > >>> who can't quite get their brains around the fact > >> that WE ARE an > >>> independent political party. I fear that some > of > >> our messy > >>> internal disputes have something to do with > people > >> thinking of us > >>> as an "interest group" rather than a "political > >> party." If you are > >>> an "interest group" then you fight like hell > over > >> policy details > >>> because influencing policy is the main thing > >> interests groups do. > >>> Thus, for example, when I was active with the > San > >> Jose Peace > >>> Center, we had intense debates over how to > handle > >> the Palestinian- > >>> Israeli question. Early in the war we had > fights > >> over the > >>> relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with > >> International > >>> A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but > >> necessary because, > >>> after all, agitating for peace is the main work > of > >> a peace center. > >>> > >>> On the other hand, if you are a "political > party", > >> then recruiting > >>> and training good candidates, contesting > >> elections, framing your > >>> differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY > >> GOVERNING is the main > >>> thing. If you are the Green Party it's not > >> important that some > >>> people like bicycles and some people like > electric > >> cars. The main > >>> thing is getting people into office committed to > >> breaking the > >>> addiction to oil. > >>> > >>> For six months I've been saying "It's too early > to > >> talk about > >>> 2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy > >> politicking it is no > >>> longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia > McKinney > >> so I guess I need > >>> to write her a letter urging her to quit the > >> Democrats, register > >>> Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. > I > >> would like her > >>> to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for > >> Daniel Brezenoff in > >>> California's 37th Congressional District. > >>> > >>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! > >>> > >>> > >>> Alex Walker > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Shane Que Hee > >>> To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org > >>> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am > >>> Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible > Green > >> run in 2008; > >>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia > >>> > >>> > >>>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) > >>> > >>>> From: Scott McLarty > >>> > >>>> Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in > 2008; > >>> > >>>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About > >>> > >>>> Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for > >>> > >>>> President > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> Ballot Access News > >>> > >>>> Edited by Richard Winger > >>> > >>>> May 28th, 2007 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- > >> > >>> > >> > > > interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- > >> > >>> president/ > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia > McKinney > >>> > >>>> participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio > >>> > >>>> Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the > >>> > >>>> possibility that she may seek the Green Party > >>> > >>>> presidential nomination in 2008. She said, > >> ???????With > >>> > >>>> the failure of the Democratic Congress to > repeal > >>> > >>>> the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the > >>> > >>>> Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously > >>> > >>>> question my relationship with the Democratic > >>> > >>>> Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the > >>> > >>>> current Democrats running for president support > >>> > >>>> the principle of potential military action > >>> > >>>> against Iran; none of them is for impeachment > of > >>> > >>>> the President. They can????????t speak for me. > I > >> am open > >>> > >>>> to a lot of ideas in 2008.??????? Thanks to > Darcy > >>> > >>>> Richardson for this news. > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> * * * * * > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out > >> more about what's > >>> free from AOL at AOL.com. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>> > >> > > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >> > > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > > > > > > ___________________ > > > > JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > > The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > > http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > > "To the brave belong all things" > > Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans > around 400BC > > > > "Live humbly, laugh often and love > unconditionally" (anon) > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________ > > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check > out Yahoo! Autos > > new Car Finder tool. > > http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz From fredd at freeshell.org Tue Jun 26 16:15:27 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:15:27 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" Message-ID: <46819E0F.1030401@freeshell.org> Friends, Michael Moore's "SiCKO" (See previous message below.) that is opening on Friday, June 29, at Century 16 in Mountain View and other SCC theaters. has completed the daily show times schedule. (SEE BELOW) I haven't, as yet, received the information on whether or not there will be group (lower) prices available. I'll try to contact the manager again. IN THE MEANTIME, I'll get tickets, to the Friday 7:30 pm showing for those of you who will attend at that time. (IT'S IMPORTANT TO SWELL the size of the opening day crowds so that "SiCKO" can extend its schedule of showings because of a significant demand. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME if you would like me to obtain your ticket for the Friday, 7:30 pm showing at Century 16, on Shoreline, in Mountain View. SO FAR, Bob Alavi(and possibly Farah), Drew Johnson, Andrea D. Tian H, Lois Duperrault and I have delegated me to get them tickets. (You can reimburse me at the theater.) THE REGULAR PRICES (Ages 12 - 64 yrs.) are $10:25 each, and SENIORS' tickets are $7.50 each. IF we can get "Group" rates the tickets will probably not cost less that $7.50. (Reg.tickets for showings before 6:00 pm on weekdays are discounted to $7.50. On Sat. and Sun., they're $7.50 before 2:00 pm.) The M.V. CENTURY 16 "SiCKO" SCHEDULE, starting on Friday, June 29, is: 11:00 am; 12:45 pm; 1:55 pm; 3:45 pm; 4:40 pm; 6:45 pm; 7:30 pm; 9:35 pm; 10:20 pm. Please RESPOND ASAP! Fred, at 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org . Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout the country - and particularly in California - active proponents of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first showing. If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" will gain significantly. Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the theaters who have just seen SiCKO. I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. _It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the same in other locals around the county._ PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at the theater site.) I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. See "SiCKO" soon! Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 From tnharter at ispwest.com Tue Jun 26 22:38:47 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:38:47 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <587210.49036.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <587210.49036.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4681F7E7.80007@ispwest.com> Don't forget, the minute she announces she becomes subject to a whole bunch of reporting requirements. October is a good time frame for her to announce. After that getting on the various ballots starts to get harder if she doesn't. At this point she is still the only potential candidate that came and looked at us. That's worth something! Tian JamBoi wrote: >I'm totally with you sister. I wish *anyone* would >show that capacity. The Congressional Black Caucus >has really been the only elected voice for >progressive issues in the last few years. No one else >seems to have the courage to join them. > >The latest on McKinney (in the past day or so) is >still some mixed reports that on the one hand some >Greens who have spoken to her say she's got to take >care of some unspecified issues before she can make an >announcement but say she's intending to and on the >other hand the Media Committee just got another report >that said "According to a message from nothing has >been decided and it is totally inappropriate to make >such an >announcement about my schedule when I don't even >know what my schedule is yet." " So I'm not happy >about what I see as an extended tease. > >Green is Growth! > >Drew > > >--- Andrea Dorey wrote: > > > >>Possibly. If so, that's a shame. I would like to >>see good women >>running, especially black women who seem to have the >>backbone to >>stand up alone and vision to see what's going on to >>the down-in-the- >>trenches real citizens. I wish white women and men >>would show that >>capacity. >>A. >> >>On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote: >> >> >> >>>I'll believe she's serious when she actually steps >>>forward. She's been teasing us for a very long >>> >>> >>time. >> >> >>>Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. I >>>think her ties are too strong to the Dems >>> >>> >>(including >> >> >>>the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in >>>concrete... >>> >>>Impeach for Peace! >>> >>>Drew >>> >>>--- Andrea Dorey wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens >>>> >>>> >>after >> >> >>>>what happened to >>>>Nader???once a useful friend too soon becomes an >>>>enemy for perceived >>>>missteps? >>>>Andrea >>>> >>>>On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler >>>> >>>> >>wrote: >> >> >>>>>Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Democratic >>>> >>>> >>>>>Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off >>>>> >>>>> >>>>their collective >>>> >>>> >>>>>asses. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: >>>>>To: >>>>> >>>>> >>gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org >> >> >>>>>Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM >>>>>Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on >>>>> >>>>> >>>>possible Green run >>>> >>>> >>>>>Dear Green Friends, >>>>> >>>>>I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia >>>>> >>>>> >>>>McKinney. >>>> >>>> >>>>>Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so >>>>> >>>>> >>coy >> >> >>>>about this. I >>>> >>>> >>>>>can't believe that after all she has been >>>>> >>>>> >>through >> >> >>>>she's still >>>> >>>> >>>>>mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Party. >>>> >>>> >>>>>Get a divorce, Cynthia! >>>>> >>>>>Each individual must travel her or his own path >>>>> >>>>> >>>>and we all >>>> >>>> >>>>>understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>the game I am >>>> >>>> >>>>>starting to get impatient even with some people >>>>> >>>>> >>>>inside the Greens >>>> >>>> >>>>>who can't quite get their brains around the fact >>>>> >>>>> >>>>that WE ARE an >>>> >>>> >>>>>independent political party. I fear that some >>>>> >>>>> >>of >> >> >>>>our messy >>>> >>>> >>>>>internal disputes have something to do with >>>>> >>>>> >>people >> >> >>>>thinking of us >>>> >>>> >>>>>as an "interest group" rather than a "political >>>>> >>>>> >>>>party." If you are >>>> >>>> >>>>>an "interest group" then you fight like hell >>>>> >>>>> >>over >> >> >>>>policy details >>>> >>>> >>>>>because influencing policy is the main thing >>>>> >>>>> >>>>interests groups do. >>>> >>>> >>>>>Thus, for example, when I was active with the >>>>> >>>>> >>San >> >> >>>>Jose Peace >>>> >>>> >>>>>Center, we had intense debates over how to >>>>> >>>>> >>handle >> >> >>>>the Palestinian- >>>> >>>> >>>>>Israeli question. Early in the war we had >>>>> >>>>> >>fights >> >> >>>>over the >>>> >>>> >>>>>relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with >>>>> >>>>> >>>>International >>>> >>>> >>>>>A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but >>>>> >>>>> >>>>necessary because, >>>> >>>> >>>>>after all, agitating for peace is the main work >>>>> >>>>> >>of >> >> >>>>a peace center. >>>> >>>> >>>>>On the other hand, if you are a "political >>>>> >>>>> >>party", >> >> >>>>then recruiting >>>> >>>> >>>>>and training good candidates, contesting >>>>> >>>>> >>>>elections, framing your >>>> >>>> >>>>>differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY >>>>> >>>>> >>>>GOVERNING is the main >>>> >>>> >>>>>thing. If you are the Green Party it's not >>>>> >>>>> >>>>important that some >>>> >>>> >>>>>people like bicycles and some people like >>>>> >>>>> >>electric >> >> >>>>cars. The main >>>> >>>> >>>>>thing is getting people into office committed to >>>>> >>>>> >>>>breaking the >>>> >>>> >>>>>addiction to oil. >>>>> >>>>>For six months I've been saying "It's too early >>>>> >>>>> >>to >> >> >>>>talk about >>>> >>>> >>>>>2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>politicking it is no >>>> >>>> >>>>>longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia >>>>> >>>>> >>McKinney >> >> >>>>so I guess I need >>>> >>>> >>>>>to write her a letter urging her to quit the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Democrats, register >>>> >>>> >>>>>Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. >>>>> >>>>> >>I >> >> >>>>would like her >>>> >>>> >>>>>to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Daniel Brezenoff in >>>> >>>> >>>>>California's 37th Congressional District. >>>>> >>>>>Get a divorce, Cynthia! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Alex Walker >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Shane Que Hee >>>>>To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org >>>>>Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am >>>>>Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible >>>>> >>>>> >>Green >> >> >>>>run in 2008; >>>> >>>> >>>>>Memorial Day speech in Georgia >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>From: Scott McLarty >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in >>>>>> >>>>>> >>2008; >> >> >>>>>>Memorial Day speech in Georgia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>President >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Ballot Access News >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Edited by Richard Winger >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>May 28th, 2007 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- > > >interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- > > >>>>>president/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>McKinney >> >> >>>>>>participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>possibility that she may seek the Green Party >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>presidential nomination in 2008. She said, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>???????With >>>> >>>> >>>>>>the failure of the Democratic Congress to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>repeal >> >> >>>>>>the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>question my relationship with the Democratic >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>current Democrats running for president support >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>the principle of potential military action >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>against Iran; none of them is for impeachment >>>>>> >>>>>> >>of >> >> >>>>>>the President. They can????????t speak for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>I >> >> >>>>am open >>>> >>>> >>>>>>to a lot of ideas in 2008.??????? Thanks to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>Darcy >> >> >>>>>>Richardson for this news. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>* * * * * >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out >>>>> >>>>> >>>>more about what's >>>> >>>> >>>>>free from AOL at AOL.com. >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>>>>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>>>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > >>>___________________ >>> >>>JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer >>>The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >>>http://dailyJam.blogspot.com >>> >>>"To the brave belong all things" >>>Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans >>> >>> >>around 400BC >> >> >>>"Live humbly, laugh often and love >>> >>> >>unconditionally" (anon) >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >______________________________________________________________________ > > >>>______________ >>>Choose the right car based on your needs. Check >>> >>> >>out Yahoo! Autos >> >> >>>new Car Finder tool. >>>http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ >>>_______________________________________________ >>>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>> >>> >>> >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > >>_______________________________________________ >>sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> >> >> >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > >___________________ > >JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer >The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > >"To the brave belong all things" >Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC > >"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Got a little couch potato? >Check out fun summer activities for kids. >http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Pride Not Prejudice shots from SF! From fredd at freeshell.org Tue Jun 26 22:51:17 2007 From: fredd at freeshell.org (Fred Duperrault) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:51:17 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" Message-ID: <4681FAD5.4090107@freeshell.org> The LATEST ON GROUP RATES is that the number in the group must be 50 or more to get a discounted rate. That won't work for us. I'll buy the "SiCKO" tickets for the Friday, June 29 showing, on Thursday afternoon. If more requests come in after Thursday Noon, I'll buy more about Noon on Friday. Fred Friends, Michael Moore's "SiCKO" (See previous message below.) that is opening on Friday, June 29, at Century 16 in Mountain View and other SCC theaters. has completed the daily show times schedule. (SEE BELOW) I haven't, as yet, received the information on whether or not there will be group (lower) prices available. I'll try to contact the manager again. IN THE MEANTIME, I'll get tickets, to the Friday 7:30 pm showing for those of you who will attend at that time. (IT'S IMPORTANT TO SWELL the size of the opening day crowds so that "SiCKO" can extend its schedule of showings because of a significant demand. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME if you would like me to obtain your ticket for the Friday, 7:30 pm showing at Century 16, on Shoreline, in Mountain View. SO FAR, Bob Alavi(and possibly Farah), Drew Johnson, Andrea D. Tian H, Lois Duperrault and I have delegated me to get them tickets. (You can reimburse me at the theater.) THE REGULAR PRICES (Ages 12 - 64 yrs.) are $10:25 each, and SENIORS' tickets are $7.50 each. IF we can get "Group" rates the tickets will probably not cost less that $7.50. (Reg.tickets for showings before 6:00 pm on weekdays are discounted to $7.50. On Sat. and Sun., they're $7.50 before 2:00 pm.) The M.V. CENTURY 16 "SiCKO" SCHEDULE, starting on Friday, June 29, is: 11:00 am; 12:45 pm; 1:55 pm; 3:45 pm; 4:40 pm; 6:45 pm; 7:30 pm; 9:35 pm; 10:20 pm. Please RESPOND ASAP! Fred, at 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org . Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in various ways, exposes the United States' chaotic, broken health care system, will open on Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout the country - and particularly in California - active proponents of a "universal single payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning to urge groups, as well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first showing. If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand to see it will require showings in more theaters and will greatly increase attendance nationwide. Consequently, support for "single payer" will gain significantly. Because the Green Party supports single payer health care, we members could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, preferably, attending the movie on the opening night. We could also hand out the soon to be available flyers to people coming out of the theaters who have just seen SiCKO. I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, or more, of the first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in Mountain View. First, however, I will get the times when it will be scheduled on Friday, June 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. _It would be good if one or more others would volunteer to do the same in other locals around the county._ PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at Century 16, in Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please tell me how many adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to purchase and at about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can reimburse me at the theater site.) I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get the schedule information, and will forward it as soon as it is available. See "SiCKO" soon! Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From MKmusic03 at aol.com Wed Jun 27 00:23:39 2007 From: MKmusic03 at aol.com (MKmusic03 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:23:39 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tabling for 4th of July Festival Message-ID: Hi All, The america Festival times and dates are the following: Tabling will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday July 1, 3, and 4. Sunday Noon to 9:00 pm Tuesday 3pm to 10:30 pm Wednesday noon to 10:30 pm THE FOLLOWING GREENS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TABLING: Sunday July 1 ? Setup: 11:30am Cameron ? Tabling: noon - 3:00pm ? Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:00pm ? Tabling: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Merriam Tuesday July 3 ? Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:30pm Drew ? Tabling: 6:30pm - 10:30pm Tian Wednesday July 4 ? Tabling: Noon - 3:30pm Drew ? Tabling: 3:30pm - 6:30pm Jim Stauffer ? Tabling: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Edward ? Takedown 9:30pm - 10:30pm Cameron Any more Greens going to sign up for Sunday July 1? If so please contact me. Thanks, Merriam mkmusic03 at aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Wed Jun 27 16:43:10 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <4681F7E7.80007@ispwest.com> Message-ID: <305852.73241.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Tian, Actually she's not *the only candidate that's come to look at us*. While she may be the highest profile candidate (with the possible exception of Elaine Brown who unlike CM has long been a declared Green), there are actually a whole set of candidates who've already announced. The GP-US Media Committee (which I'm on) is about to put out a press release regarding the candidates who've announced and those that will be in Reading and I'll share it with y'all when its posted. The one candidate that seems to be doing actual campaigning is Alan Augustson. He's been a frequent poster on GreenCommons.org. http://augustson2008.us/ Green is essence! Drew --- Tian Harter wrote: > Don't forget, the minute she announces she becomes > subject > to a whole bunch of reporting requirements. October > is a good > time frame for her to announce. After that getting > on the various > ballots starts to get harder if she doesn't. > > At this point she is still the only potential > candidate that came > and looked at us. That's worth something! > > Tian > > JamBoi wrote: > > >I'm totally with you sister. I wish *anyone* would > >show that capacity. The Congressional Black Caucus > >has really been the only elected voice for > >progressive issues in the last few years. No one > else > >seems to have the courage to join them. > > > >The latest on McKinney (in the past day or so) is > >still some mixed reports that on the one hand some > >Greens who have spoken to her say she's got to take > >care of some unspecified issues before she can make > an > >announcement but say she's intending to and on the > >other hand the Media Committee just got another > report > >that said "According to a message from nothing has > >been decided and it is totally inappropriate to > make > >such an > >announcement about my schedule when I don't even > >know what my schedule is yet." " So I'm not happy > >about what I see as an extended tease. > > > >Green is Growth! > > > >Drew > > > > > >--- Andrea Dorey wrote: > > > > > > > >>Possibly. If so, that's a shame. I would like to > >>see good women > >>running, especially black women who seem to have > the > >>backbone to > >>stand up alone and vision to see what's going on > to > >>the down-in-the- > >>trenches real citizens. I wish white women and > men > >>would show that > >>capacity. > >>A. > >> > >>On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I'll believe she's serious when she actually > steps > >>>forward. She's been teasing us for a very long > >>> > >>> > >>time. > >> > >> > >>>Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. I > >>>think her ties are too strong to the Dems > >>> > >>> > >>(including > >> > >> > >>>the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in > >>>concrete... > >>> > >>>Impeach for Peace! > >>> > >>>Drew > >>> > >>>--- Andrea Dorey wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens > >>>> > >>>> > >>after > >> > >> > >>>>what happened to > >>>>Nader????????once a useful friend too soon > becomes an > >>>>enemy for perceived > >>>>missteps? > >>>>Andrea > >>>> > >>>>On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler > >>>> > >>>> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>>Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth > the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Democratic > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Party... she's challenging the Greens to get > off > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>their collective > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>asses. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>From: > >>>>>To: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org > >> > >> > >>>>>Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM > >>>>>Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>possible Green run > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Dear Green Friends, > >>>>> > >>>>>I am disappointed with this statement by > Cynthia > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>McKinney. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>coy > >> > >> > >>>>about this. I > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>can't believe that after all she has been > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>through > >> > >> > >>>>she's still > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Party. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Get a divorce, Cynthia! > >>>>> > >>>>>Each individual must travel her or his own path > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>and we all > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage > of > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>the game I am > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>starting to get impatient even with some people > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>inside the Greens > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>who can't quite get their brains around the > fact > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>that WE ARE an > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>independent political party. I fear that some > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>of > >> > >> > >>>>our messy > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>internal disputes have something to do with > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>people > >> > >> > >>>>thinking of us > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>as an "interest group" rather than a "political > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>party." If you are > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>an "interest group" then you fight like hell > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>over > >> > >> > >>>>policy details > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>because influencing policy is the main thing > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>interests groups do. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Thus, for example, when I was active with the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>San > >> > >> > >>>>Jose Peace > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Center, we had intense debates over how to > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>handle > >> > >> > >>>>the Palestinian- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Israeli question. Early in the war we had > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>fights > >> > >> > >>>>over the > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>International > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>necessary because, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>after all, agitating for peace is the main work > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>of > >> > >> > >>>>a peace center. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>On the other hand, if you are a "political > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>party", > >> > >> > >>>>then recruiting > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>and training good candidates, contesting > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>elections, framing your > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>GOVERNING is the main > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>thing. If you are the Green Party it's not > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>important that some > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>people like bicycles and some people like > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>electric > >> > >> > >>>>cars. The main > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>thing is getting people into office committed > to > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>breaking the > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>addiction to oil. > >>>>> > >>>>>For six months I've been saying "It's too early > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>to > >> > >> > >>>>talk about > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>politicking it is no > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>McKinney > >> > >> > >>>>so I guess I need > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>to write her a letter urging her to quit the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Democrats, register > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Green, and make a commitment to the Green > Party. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>I > >> > >> > >>>>would like her > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Daniel Brezenoff in > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>California's 37th Congressional District. > >>>>> > >>>>>Get a divorce, Cynthia! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>Alex Walker > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>>From: Shane Que Hee > >>>>>To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org > >>>>>Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am > >>>>>Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>Green > >> > >> > >>>>run in 2008; > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Memorial Day speech in Georgia > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>From: Scott McLarty > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>2008; > >> > >> > >>>>>>Memorial Day speech in Georgia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>President > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Ballot Access News > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Edited by Richard Winger > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>May 28th, 2007 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- > > > > > >interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- > > > > > >>>>>president/ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>McKinney > >> > >> > >>>>>>participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>possibility that she may seek the Green Party > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>presidential nomination in 2008. She said, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>???????????? ???With > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>the failure of the Democratic Congress to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>repeal > >> > >> > >>>>>>the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>question my relationship with the Democratic > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All > the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>current Democrats running for president > support > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>the principle of potential military action > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>against Iran; none of them is for impeachment > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>of > >> > >> > >>>>>>the President. They can??????????????????t > speak for me. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>I > >> > >> > >>>>am open > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>to a lot of ideas in 2008.??????????????? > Thanks to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>Darcy > >> > >> > >>>>>>Richardson for this news. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>* * * * * > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>more about what's > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>free from AOL at AOL.com. > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>>>>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>>>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > >>>___________________ > >>> > >>>JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > >>>The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > >>>http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > >>> > >>>"To the brave belong all things" > >>>Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans > >>> > >>> > >>around 400BC > >> > >> > >>>"Live humbly, laugh often and love > >>> > >>> > >>unconditionally" (anon) > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > >>>______________ > >>>Choose the right car based on your needs. Check > >>> > >>> > >>out Yahoo! Autos > >> > >> > >>>new Car Finder tool. > >>>http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > >>_______________________________________________ > >>sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >> > >> > >> > >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > > > > > >___________________ > > > >JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > >The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > >http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > > > >"To the brave belong all things" > >Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans > around 400BC > > > >"Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" > (anon) > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >Got a little couch potato? > >Check out fun summer activities for kids. > >http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz > > >_______________________________________________ > >sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > > > > > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Pride Not Prejudice shots from SF! > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed Jun 27 17:31:50 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:31:50 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Party at Tian's, 7 PM, 7/7/7! Message-ID: <46830176.1010003@ispwest.com> I was browsing my email, and there was something from Al Gore saying "we're throwing a planet wide party, why not host it in your world?" I thought maybe. The MoveOn sent me an email on the same subject and I succumbed. So I'm throwing a party on Saturday July 7th: http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/777PartyAnoucement.html They are urging us to do a low waste thing, so keep that in mind when you decide what to bring. At least bring your own cup! I'll have plenty of plates from TV dinners... -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Pride Not Prejudice shots from SF! From andid at cagreens.org Wed Jun 27 17:44:35 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:44:35 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Read This & Weep - CINDY SHEEHAN Message-ID: Another try to get through.... See comments below. (Small software problem on this end....) Andrea resend----------------------- From: Andrea Dorey Date: June 22, 2007 3:52:19 PM PDT To: Duende Cc: sosfbay-discuss at greens.org Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Read This & Weep - CINDY SHEEHAN Ditto. We're good at trashing old friends, aren't we? Only the perfect survive? Andrea On May 29, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Duende wrote: Alex I've been weeping for a decade. Most people who are on this, yourself included wept decades ago...yet they still keep stepping up and valiantly doing battle with windmills.ce Duende -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tim at alvco.com Wed Jun 27 22:21:28 2007 From: tim at alvco.com (Tim) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:21:28 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Tabling for 4th of July Festival In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46834558.7040205@alvco.com> Hi- I can be there 3-6p Sunday. Tim MKmusic03 at aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > The america Festival times and dates are the following: > Tabling will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday July 1, 3, and 4. > Sunday Noon to 9:00 pm > Tuesday 3pm to 10:30 pm > Wednesday noon to 10:30 pm > > *THE FOLLOWING GREENS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TABLING:** > > *Sunday July 1 > Setup: 11:30am Cameron > Tabling: noon - 3:00pm > Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:00pm > Tabling: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Merriam > > Tuesday July 3 > Tabling: 3:00pm - 6:30pm Drew > Tabling: 6:30pm - 10:30pm Tian > > Wednesday July 4 > Tabling: Noon - 3:30pm Drew > Tabling: 3:30pm - 6:30pm Jim Stauffer > Tabling: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Edward > Takedown 9:30pm - 10:30pm Cameron > > Any more Greens going to sign up for Sunday July 1? If so please > contact me. > > Thanks, > Merriam > mkmusic03 at aol.com > > > > > > > > ************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From wrolley at charter.net Thu Jun 28 11:25:17 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:25:17 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Leading the charge for Moore Healthcare Message-ID: <4683FD0D.8050705@charter.net> Green Vern Nelson is leading the charge using Sicko to lobby for better health care in Orange County. Also, he is turning this into a weapon to target two legislators (State and Congress) whose districts have considerable overlap. That is Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and State Senator Tom Harman. Using an issue such as this with specific intent to build a constituency for electoral action is exactly what we should all be doing. This involves standard practices like tabling ... > Actually this looks to be a lot simpler than I expected. I thought > the film was opening in 16 theaters in 13 OC towns....but it really > looks like it's JUST: > > Aliso Viejo's Edwards Aliso 20, at 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 10:10 > > Huntington Beach's Bella Terra at 11:15, 2, 4:50, 7:40, and 10:30 > > Irvine's University Town Center 6 at 11:35 AM, 11:55, 2:10, 2:30, > 4:50, 5:05, 7:30, 8, 10:05, and 10:20 > > Orange's AMC 30 at the Block, at 10:20AM, 11:20 AM, 1:20, 2:20, 4:20, > 5:20, 7:10, 8:10, 10:05, 11:10 and 12:30 am > > Laguna Niguel's Mann Rancho Niguel at 25471 Rancho Niguel Road, at > 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30, 5:30, 6:30, 8:30, and 9:30 > > AND Newport Beach's Edward Island 7 at 1, 3:50, 7:20, and 10 > > SO I aim to have people handing out info/flyers Friday, Saturday and > Sunday at the above times and places. We (CARA's Sandy Goldfarb and > I) can get you the material in the next couple of days. If we manage > to fill up the time slots below, then we'll probably just have to get > a few thousand copies to whoevers doing the first showings, and they > can then pass their stuff on to their replacements when they show up. > > What worked well at the "sneak preview" last Saturday was we actually > went into the movie (we would have paid but it was sold out, but then > they also weren't too strict checkin on people) and as soon as Michael > says his last line, that he is going to "have the government do his > laundry," and everyone laughs, two of us get to the exits and get > stuff to people just as they're leaving. THEY WILL BE REALLY > RECEPTIVE. We said stuff like "we are the people in California trying > to do something about this problem and we need your help." and he reached out to the local press to counter a Big Pharma ad disguised as an OpEd by Harman. (Rohrabacher has a 11% rating from the American Public Health Assn.) > > > Oh yeah, my new FAVORITE local paper the HB Independent > printed my attack on Tom Harman almost in full here: > http://www.hbindependent.com/articles/2007/06/28/opinion/hbi-soundoff28.txt > but of course all I can do is obsess over my nasty sentences > that they cut out! > oh and in the print version they illustrated it with a > cartoon -- a little silly but it seems sympathetic. > Entitled "two approaches to healthcare", it features a > picture of Michael Moore captioned "Moore" and a picture of > a pinched-up, scroogy Harman captioned "Less" > And finally, they have started to walk precincts in those towns where Harman's district overlaps with Rohrabacher's. For each contact, they are feeding back information on initial attitude toward (1) the issue, (2) Harman and (3) Rohrabacher. Since they already have a voter registration DB, this is a real basis for understanding what is affecting the district and will help them refine the message as they go along. If I were a football commentator I would be talking about basic blocking and tackling and execution. Since this is about politics, it is about having a plan and execution. All of the good intention is not worth much without execution. Now, I believe that the CCWG (correct me if I am wrong, Warner) favors finding overlapping districts where a common issue can be used against both candidates and focusing energy in that manner. In this way, a smaller group can have a bigger impact. So, the question here is one of whether Santa Clara County can identify and exploit an issue for electoral gain in the same manner. -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu Jun 28 12:28:10 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:28:10 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Callers for Save BAREC Needed to Contact City of Santa Clara Greens Message-ID: Cameron has provided me with a copy of GPSCC registered voters living in the City of Santa Clara. Email or call me if you want to help contact these folks to encourage them to sign the Save BAREC referendum petition. Warner Bloomberg (408-295-9353) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 28 15:57:11 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green Party presidential candidates, Ralph Nader to attend Green meeting in Reading, PA. Message-ID: <452672.43377.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Please see: http://gp.org/press/pr_2007_06_27.shtml Green says Essence! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Thu Jun 28 16:32:37 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] L.A. Times article re: 37th CD race - Brezenoff in lead paragraph!! Message-ID: <878946.42519.qm@web52208.mail.re2.yahoo.com> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-race28jun28,1,6195158.story?coll=la-news-politics-california L.A. Times article re: 37th CD race - Brezenoff in lead paragraph!! Richardson favored in congressional runoff The Assembly Democrat tops state Sen. Jenny Oropeza in the special election to fill the post of the late Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald. By John L. Mitchell, Times Staff Writer June 28, 2007 At a Long Beach coffee shop Wednesday morning, Green Party candidate Daniel A. Brezenoff held a news conference to remind voters that the race for the 37th Congressional District is not over. Assemblywoman Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) outpolled Brezenoff and 16 others in the special election Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald. But because Richardson did not received more than 50% of the vote, the top Democratic vote-getter must face a runoff against the other parties' top candidates Aug. 21. That means Richardson will be on the ballot along with Brezenoff; Libertarian Herb Peters, a retired aerospace engineer; and Republican John Kanaley, a Long Beach police officer. In the heavily Democratic district, Richardson is considered the overwhelming favorite. "I understand the odds," Brezenoff said. "She has more staff, more money, more political connections. I'm going to do the best I can, make some noise and I think we can surprise some people." Derek Humphrey, Richardson's campaign manager, said his candidate is up for the challenge: "We are going to campaign hard." In Tuesday's results, Richardson had 37.8% of the total, compared with second-place finisher, state Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), who had 31%. In third place was Democrat Valerie McDonald, daughter of Millender-McDonald, with 9%, followed by Kanaley at 7.6%. According to the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder, 11% of the district's 265,000 registered voters cast ballots in the election. The district encompasses Compton, Carson, much of Long Beach and parts of South Los Angeles. _______ Green Party candidate optimistic By Kelly Puente, Staff writer Article Launched: 06/27/2007 03:26:29 PM PDT LONG BEACH - Daniel Abraham Brezenoff acknowledges his chances might be slim for winning a seat in the 37th Congressional District. But the Green Party candidate remains optimistic. "Anything is possible in a democracy," he said. Brezenoff won 352 votes (1.2 percent) in Tuesday's primary election to replace the late Juanita Millender-McDonald. As the lone Green Party candidate, he will advance to the runoff election Aug. 21, and face off against Republican John M. Kanaley, Libertarian Herb Peters and Democrat Laura Richardson. The 37th District is a heavily Democratic district. "I intend to make (Richardson) work very hard for that seat," Brezenoff said in a Wednesday morning conference at Hot Java on 2105 E. Broadway. Brezenoff views his political run as a "chance to make some noise for the Green Party." "Getting the name of the Green Party out there is more important than me getting recognition," he said. As a Green Party candidate, Brezenoff wants to end the war in Iraq and promote environmental sustainability. His "New Deal for Sustainability" proposal is a federal and state public works program that promotes public transportation, solar power, electric cars and other green-friendly actions. "The 37th District could be transformed into a model for urban sustainability," he said. Brezenoff urged people Wednesday not to be afraid to vote for a third party candidate. "The (37th District) race has no chance of being thrown to a Republican," he said. "This election is a safe time to vote for a third party." A clinical social worker, Brezenoff said his experience working with drug addicts, abused children and disabled vets gives him an understanding of people that doesn't come with vast political experience. He cites Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau as political inspirations. But more recently, he admires 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel, a former Alaskan senator, for standing firm in his beliefs. "He knows he doesn't have much of a chance of winning, but he's still out there speaking the truth," he said. Kelly Puente can be reached at kelly.puente at presstelegram.com or at (562) 499-1305. http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_6243460 ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Jun 28 18:10:32 2007 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:10:32 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Request for Agenda Items Message-ID: <46845C08.4070201@earthlink.net> I will be assembling the agenda for this Thursday's (7/5) meeting. Please submit your agenda items to me before Monday, (7/2) 7:00PM. PLEASE include - a short item description to be put in the agenda, (hopefully not more than 5 words) - presenter's name - time needed (if no time submitted I will specify between 0 and 5 minutes) Thank you, Gerry From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri Jun 29 11:39:21 2007 From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:39:21 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] People are still dying from Agent Orange sprayed in Vietnam Message-ID: <468551D9.6040703@ispwest.com> Wednesday evening there was a fascinating presentation about the issue up in San Francisco's Veterans Building. You can see my take on it at: http://tian.greens.org/SanFrancisco/VeteransForPeace/AgentOrange/index.html -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: SF Agent Orange Press Conferance pictures and words. BTW: If you are free and around, come to my party on Saturday the 7th! From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 29 13:08:59 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:08:59 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] by-law re regional rep to GPCA CC Message-ID: <468566DB.8090509@sbcglobal.net> The county council has worked out the following draft of an amendment to the by-laws of GPSCC. It is to be discussed at next Thursday's business meeting, July 5-th. -------- ARTICLE 9 REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, ALTERNATES 9.1 Representation on the statewide coordinating committee is on a regional basis. Regional representatives and alternates to the statewide coordinating committee are elected biannually for a nominal two year term that expires at the end of the term at which time the seat will remain open until a new election is held. The election will be announced on email lists at least 15 days in advance and the announcement will be an agenda item. 9.2 Declaring Candidacy Candidates shall announce their availability on the email lists of the county councils of the region prior to the administrative meeting at which a vacancy or replacement is considered. 9.3 Candidate Presentations The administrative meeting will have agenda items for the candidates to present themselves, to describe their goals, and to answer questions. 9.4 Decision Approval of a representative will be a decision item at the administrative meeting following the one at which the candidates made their presentations. 9.5 Regional Coordination A candidate must be approved by the several counties of the region. If different candidates are approved the decision(s) shall be retaken by the counties until agreement is reached. 9.6 Regional Balance The regional representative and the first alternate regional representative shall be from a different county as far as candidates are available. 9.7 Replacement A regional representative or an alternate regional representative may be replaced using the same process for selecting a regional representative or an alternate regional representative. 9.8 Expiration of Article 9 The process for the selection of regional representatives to the statewide coordinating committee shall lapse whenever regions are redefined. ---------- From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 29 13:49:59 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:49:59 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Request for Agenda Items In-Reply-To: <46845C08.4070201@earthlink.net> References: <46845C08.4070201@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Anyone care for an update about the TV media group? Anyone else want to join me in a short report? Andrea PS - Where are we meeting these days? On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:10 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > > I will be assembling the agenda for this Thursday's > (7/5) meeting. > > Please submit your agenda items to me before Monday, > (7/2) 7:00PM. > > PLEASE include > - a short item description to be put in the agenda, > (hopefully not more than 5 words) > - presenter's name > - time needed (if no time submitted I will specify between > 0 and 5 minutes) > > Thank you, > > Gerry > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From andid at cagreens.org Fri Jun 29 13:52:16 2007 From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:52:16 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: <4681F7E7.80007@ispwest.com> References: <587210.49036.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <4681F7E7.80007@ispwest.com> Message-ID: I agree, Tian. And we need a good national candidate to stir things up. Politicians are too complacent these days post-Nader. Andrea On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Tian Harter wrote: > Don't forget, the minute she announces she becomes subject > to a whole bunch of reporting requirements. October is a good > time frame for her to announce. After that getting on the various > ballots starts to get harder if she doesn't. > > At this point she is still the only potential candidate that came > and looked at us. That's worth something! > > Tian > > JamBoi wrote: > >> I'm totally with you sister. I wish *anyone* would >> show that capacity. The Congressional Black Caucus >> has really been the only elected voice for >> progressive issues in the last few years. No one else >> seems to have the courage to join them. >> >> The latest on McKinney (in the past day or so) is >> still some mixed reports that on the one hand some >> Greens who have spoken to her say she's got to take >> care of some unspecified issues before she can make an >> announcement but say she's intending to and on the >> other hand the Media Committee just got another report >> that said "According to a message from nothing has >> been decided and it is totally inappropriate to make >> such an >> announcement about my schedule when I don't even >> know what my schedule is yet." " So I'm not happy >> about what I see as an extended tease. >> >> Green is Growth! >> >> Drew >> >> >> --- Andrea Dorey wrote: >> >> >> >>> Possibly. If so, that's a shame. I would like to >>> see good women >>> running, especially black women who seem to have the >>> backbone to >>> stand up alone and vision to see what's going on to >>> the down-in-the- >>> trenches real citizens. I wish white women and men >>> would show that >>> capacity. >>> A. >>> >>> On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'll believe she's serious when she actually steps >>>> forward. She's been teasing us for a very long >>>> >>>> >>> time. >>> >>> >>>> Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. I >>>> think her ties are too strong to the Dems >>>> >>>> >>> (including >>> >>> >>>> the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in >>>> concrete... >>>> >>>> Impeach for Peace! >>>> >>>> Drew >>>> >>>> --- Andrea Dorey wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens >>>>> >>>>> >>> after >>> >>> >>>>> what happened to >>>>> Nader???once a useful friend too soon becomes an >>>>> enemy for perceived >>>>> missteps? >>>>> Andrea >>>>> >>>>> On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler >>>>> >>>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>>> Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Democratic >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> their collective >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> asses. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: >>>>>> To: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org >>> >>> >>>>>> Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> possible Green run >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Green Friends, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> McKinney. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> coy >>> >>> >>>>> about this. I >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> can't believe that after all she has been >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> through >>> >>> >>>>> she's still >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Party. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! >>>>>> >>>>>> Each individual must travel her or his own path >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> and we all >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage of >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> the game I am >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> starting to get impatient even with some people >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> inside the Greens >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> who can't quite get their brains around the fact >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> that WE ARE an >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> independent political party. I fear that some >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> of >>> >>> >>>>> our messy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> internal disputes have something to do with >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> people >>> >>> >>>>> thinking of us >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> as an "interest group" rather than a "political >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> party." If you are >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> an "interest group" then you fight like hell >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> over >>> >>> >>>>> policy details >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> because influencing policy is the main thing >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> interests groups do. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Thus, for example, when I was active with the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> San >>> >>> >>>>> Jose Peace >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Center, we had intense debates over how to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> handle >>> >>> >>>>> the Palestinian- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Israeli question. Early in the war we had >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> fights >>> >>> >>>>> over the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> International >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> necessary because, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> after all, agitating for peace is the main work >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> of >>> >>> >>>>> a peace center. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On the other hand, if you are a "political >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> party", >>> >>> >>>>> then recruiting >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> and training good candidates, contesting >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> elections, framing your >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> GOVERNING is the main >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> thing. If you are the Green Party it's not >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> important that some >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> people like bicycles and some people like >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> electric >>> >>> >>>>> cars. The main >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> thing is getting people into office committed to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> breaking the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> addiction to oil. >>>>>> >>>>>> For six months I've been saying "It's too early >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> to >>> >>> >>>>> talk about >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> 2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> politicking it is no >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> McKinney >>> >>> >>>>> so I guess I need >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> to write her a letter urging her to quit the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Democrats, register >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> I >>> >>> >>>>> would like her >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Daniel Brezenoff in >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> California's 37th Congressional District. >>>>>> >>>>>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Alex Walker >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Shane Que Hee >>>>>> To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org >>>>>> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am >>>>>> Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> Green >>> >>> >>>>> run in 2008; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Scott McLarty >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> 2008; >>> >>> >>>>>>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> President >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ballot Access News >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Edited by Richard Winger >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> May 28th, 2007 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- >> >> >> interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- >> >> >>>>>> president/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> McKinney >>> >>> >>>>>>> participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> possibility that she may seek the Green Party >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> presidential nomination in 2008. She said, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> ???????With >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> the failure of the Democratic Congress to >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> repeal >>> >>> >>>>>>> the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> question my relationship with the Democratic >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> current Democrats running for president support >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> the principle of potential military action >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> against Iran; none of them is for impeachment >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> of >>> >>> >>>>>>> the President. They can????????t speak for me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> I >>> >>> >>>>> am open >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> to a lot of ideas in 2008.??????? Thanks to >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>> Darcy >>> >>> >>>>>>> Richardson for this news. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * * * * * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> more about what's >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> free from AOL at AOL.com. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>>>>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>>>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >>>> ___________________ >>>> >>>> JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer >>>> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >>>> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com >>>> >>>> "To the brave belong all things" >>>> Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans >>>> >>>> >>> around 400BC >>> >>> >>>> "Live humbly, laugh often and love >>>> >>>> >>> unconditionally" (anon) >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> >> >>>> ______________ >>>> Choose the right car based on your needs. Check >>>> >>>> >>> out Yahoo! Autos >>> >>> >>>> new Car Finder tool. >>>> http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >>> >>> >>> >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> >> >> ___________________ >> >> JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer >> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger >> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com >> >> "To the brave belong all things" >> Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC >> >> "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _______________ >> Got a little couch potato? >> Check out fun summer activities for kids. >> http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities >> +for+kids&cs=bz >> _______________________________________________ >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >> http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >> >> >> > > > -- > Tian > http://tian.greens.org > Latest change: Pride Not Prejudice shots from SF! > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From wrolley at charter.net Fri Jun 29 16:44:26 2007 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:44:26 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Sicko Message-ID: <4685995A.5040308@charter.net> One of the things I am working on is a blog about Dana Rohrabacher, as I did with the on about Pombo. I share authoring with a young man from Orange County named Andrew Davey In connection with your viewing of Sicko, please read Andrews' very personal blog entry at Calitics. It will remind you what this is all about. http://www.calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3173 -- "I find I have a great lot to learn ? or unlearn. I seem to know far too much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh Wesley C. Rolley 17211 Quail Court Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408)778-3024 http://www.refpub.com/ From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Jun 29 18:44:35 2007 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:44:35 EDT Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] by-law re regional rep to GPCA CC Message-ID: "Administrative" meetings are used by San Mateo County. The word "administrative" should be removed from the Santa Clara County version since we conduct major decisions at our general membership (aka business) meetings. Warner ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 10:43:21 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:43:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] by-law re regional rep to GPCA CC In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <435313.4844.qm@web52205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Or even better we should use the format you (Warner) used in your original proposal that made it crystal clear that the meeting could be either a General County Meeting OR a County Council meeting. We kept the Administrative Meeting nomenclature as a way to mean either type of meeting, but we could just as easily spell it out as you did previously. Green is beautiful! Drew --- WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > "Administrative" meetings are used by San Mateo > County. The word > "administrative" should be removed from the Santa > Clara County version since we conduct > major decisions at our general membership (aka > business) meetings. Warner > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 10:49:00 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:49:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <763967.55813.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> So again please see the candidate list (so far) of aspirants to the Green Party's and note that CM is hardly 'the only potential candidate that came and looked at us' http://gp.org/press/pr_2007_06_27.shtml Green rocks the planet! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > I agree, Tian. And we need a good national > candidate to stir things > up. Politicians are too complacent these days > post-Nader. > Andrea > > On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Tian Harter wrote: > > > Don't forget, the minute she announces she becomes > subject > > to a whole bunch of reporting requirements. > October is a good > > time frame for her to announce. After that getting > on the various > > ballots starts to get harder if she doesn't. > > > > At this point she is still the only potential > candidate that came > > and looked at us. That's worth something! > > > > Tian > > > > JamBoi wrote: > > > >> I'm totally with you sister. I wish *anyone* > would > >> show that capacity. The Congressional Black > Caucus > >> has really been the only elected voice for > >> progressive issues in the last few years. No one > else > >> seems to have the courage to join them. > >> > >> The latest on McKinney (in the past day or so) is > >> still some mixed reports that on the one hand > some > >> Greens who have spoken to her say she's got to > take > >> care of some unspecified issues before she can > make an > >> announcement but say she's intending to and on > the > >> other hand the Media Committee just got another > report > >> that said "According to a message from nothing > has > >> been decided and it is totally inappropriate to > make > >> such an > >> announcement about my schedule when I don't even > >> know what my schedule is yet." " So I'm not > happy > >> about what I see as an extended tease. > >> > >> Green is Growth! > >> > >> Drew > >> > >> > >> --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Possibly. If so, that's a shame. I would like > to > >>> see good women > >>> running, especially black women who seem to have > the > >>> backbone to > >>> stand up alone and vision to see what's going on > to > >>> the down-in-the- > >>> trenches real citizens. I wish white women and > men > >>> would show that > >>> capacity. > >>> A. > >>> > >>> On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I'll believe she's serious when she actually > steps > >>>> forward. She's been teasing us for a very long > >>>> > >>>> > >>> time. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green. > I > >>>> think her ties are too strong to the Dems > >>>> > >>>> > >>> (including > >>> > >>> > >>>> the need to retire Dem debt). Feet stuck in > >>>> concrete... > >>>> > >>>> Impeach for Peace! > >>>> > >>>> Drew > >>>> > >>>> --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> after > >>> > >>> > >>>>> what happened to > >>>>> Nader????????once a useful friend too soon > becomes an > >>>>> enemy for perceived > >>>>> missteps? > >>>>> Andrea > >>>>> > >>>>> On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>>> Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth > the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Democratic > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Party... she's challenging the Greens to get > off > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> their collective > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> asses. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: > >>>>>> To: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> > gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org > >>> > >>> > >>>>>> Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> possible Green run > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Dear Green Friends, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I am disappointed with this statement by > Cynthia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> McKinney. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being > so > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> coy > >>> > >>> > >>>>> about this. I > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> can't believe that after all she has been > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> through > >>> > >>> > >>>>> she's still > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Party. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Each individual must travel her or his own > path > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> and we all > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> understand this. Nevertheless, at this stage > of > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> the game I am > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> starting to get impatient even with some > people > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> inside the Greens > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> who can't quite get their brains around the > fact > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> that WE ARE an > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> independent political party. I fear that > some > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> of > >>> > >>> > >>>>> our messy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> internal disputes have something to do with > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> people > >>> > >>> > >>>>> thinking of us > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> as an "interest group" rather than a > "political > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> party." If you are > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> an "interest group" then you fight like hell > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> over > >>> > >>> > >>>>> policy details > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> because influencing policy is the main thing > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> interests groups do. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Thus, for example, when I was active with the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> San > >>> > >>> > >>>>> Jose Peace > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Center, we had intense debates over how to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> handle > >>> > >>> > >>>>> the Palestinian- > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Israeli question. Early in the war we had > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> fights > >>> > >>> > >>>>> over the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> relationship of the San Jose Peace Center > with > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> International > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> A.N.S.W.E.R. Those fights were painful but > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> necessary because, > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> after all, agitating for peace is the main > work > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> of > >>> > >>> > >>>>> a peace center. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On the other hand, if you are a "political > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> party", > >>> > >>> > >>>>> then recruiting > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> and training good candidates, contesting > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> elections, framing your > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> GOVERNING is the main > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> thing. If you are the Green Party it's not > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> important that some > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> people like bicycles and some people like > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> electric > >>> > >>> > >>>>> cars. The main > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> thing is getting people into office committed > to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> breaking the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> addiction to oil. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> For six months I've been saying "It's too > early > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> to > >>> > >>> > >>>>> talk about > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> 2008!" Well, as we go into a summer of heavy > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> politicking it is no > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> longer too early.&n bsp; I like Cynthia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> McKinney > >>> > >>> > >>>>> so I guess I need > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> to write her a letter urging her to quit the > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Democrats, register > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Green, and make a commitment to the Green > Party. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> I > >>> > >>> > >>>>> would like her > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Daniel Brezenoff in > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> California's 37th Congressional District. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Get a divorce, Cynthia! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Alex Walker > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: Shane Que Hee > >>>>>> To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org > >>>>>> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am > >>>>>> Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> Green > >>> > >>> > >>>>> run in 2008; > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> From: Scott McLarty > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> 2008; > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>> Memorial Day speech in Georgia > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> President > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Ballot Access News > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Edited by Richard Winger > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> May 28th, 2007 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- > >> > >> > >> > interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- > >> > >> > >>>>>> president/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> McKinney > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>> participated in a 23-minute interview on > Radio > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> possibility that she may seek the Green > Party > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> presidential nomination in 2008. She said, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> ???????????? ???With > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>> the failure of the Democratic Congress to > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> repeal > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>> the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, > the > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> question my relationship with the Democratic > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All > the > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> current Democrats running for president > support > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> the principle of potential military action > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> against Iran; none of them is for > impeachment > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> of > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>> the President. They can??????????????????t > speak for me. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> I > >>> > >>> > >>>>> am open > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>> to a lot of ideas in 2008.??????????????? > Thanks to > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> Darcy > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>> Richardson for this news. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> * * * * * > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find > out > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> more about what's > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> free from AOL at AOL.com. > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>>>>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > >> > >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>>>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > >> > >>>> ___________________ > >>>> > >>>> JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > >>>> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > >>>> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > >>>> > >>>> "To the brave belong all things" > >>>> Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans > >>>> > >>>> > >>> around 400BC > >>> > >>> > >>>> "Live humbly, laugh often and love > >>>> > >>>> > >>> unconditionally" (anon) > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > _____________________________________________________________________ > > >> _ > >> > >> > >>>> ______________ > >>>> Choose the right car based on your needs. > Check > >>>> > >>>> > >>> out Yahoo! Autos > >>> > >>> > >>>> new Car Finder tool. > >>>> http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > >> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ___________________ > >> > >> JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer > >> The Green Parties' #1 Blogger > >> http://dailyJam.blogspot.com > >> > >> "To the brave belong all things" > >> Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans > around 400BC > >> > >> "Live humbly, laugh often and love > unconditionally" (anon) > >> > >> > >> > >> > _____________________________________________________________________ > > >> _______________ > >> Got a little couch potato? > >> Check out fun summer activities for kids. > >> > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities > > >> +for+kids&cs=bz > >> _______________________________________________ > >> sosfbay-discuss mailing list > >> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > >> > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tian > > http://tian.greens.org > > Latest change: Pride Not Prejudice shots from SF! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 11:04:30 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Request for Agenda Items In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <551154.61998.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey Andi, That'd be great! As I e-mailed you and the other prospective Media Committee folks previously we are definitely hot to move on this. And we're still meeting at the San Jose Peace Center on 7th st. near SJSU. Green is powerful! Drew --- Andrea Dorey wrote: > Anyone care for an update about the TV media group? > Anyone else want to join me in a short report? > Andrea > PS - Where are we meeting these days? > > On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:10 PM, Gerry Gras wrote: > > > > > > > I will be assembling the agenda for this > Thursday's > > (7/5) meeting. > > > > Please submit your agenda items to me before > Monday, > > (7/2) 7:00PM. > > > > PLEASE include > > - a short item description to be put in the > agenda, > > (hopefully not more than 5 words) > > - presenter's name > > - time needed (if no time submitted I will specify > between > > 0 and 5 minutes) > > > > Thank you, > > > > Gerry > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 11:14:02 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:14:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] See "SiCKO" In-Reply-To: <4681FAD5.4090107@freeshell.org> Message-ID: <175567.78996.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hey fellow Greens, This moving was absolutely *amazing*. A whole group of Greens, Raging Grannies and other progressives filled the theatre Friday night at Shoreline in Mtn View. Andrea Dorey and I sat together and along with Tian, Fred, Louis, Merriam, Cameron, etc., etc., etc., We and everyone who we talked to afterward were extremely moved and pleased at the effectiveness of MM's presentation on what's wrong with not only our U.S. health system but America's democracy in general. Go see it as soon as you can! Green is healthy! Drew --- Fred Duperrault wrote: > The LATEST ON GROUP RATES is that the number in the > group must be 50 or > more to get a discounted rate. > > That won't work for us. > > I'll buy the "SiCKO" tickets for the Friday, June 29 > showing, on > Thursday afternoon. If more requests come in after > Thursday Noon, I'll > buy more about Noon on Friday. > > Fred > > Friends, > > Michael Moore's "SiCKO" (See previous message > below.) that is opening on > Friday, June 29, at Century 16 in Mountain View and > other SCC theaters. > has completed the daily show times schedule. (SEE > BELOW) > > I haven't, as yet, received the information on > whether or not there will > be group (lower) prices available. I'll try to > contact the manager again. > > IN THE MEANTIME, I'll get tickets, to the Friday > 7:30 pm showing for > those of you who will attend at that time. (IT'S > IMPORTANT TO SWELL > the size of the opening day crowds so that "SiCKO" > can extend its > schedule of showings because of a significant > demand. > > PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME if you would like me to > obtain your ticket for > the Friday, 7:30 pm showing at Century 16, on > Shoreline, in Mountain View. > SO FAR, Bob Alavi(and possibly Farah), Drew Johnson, > Andrea D. Tian H, > Lois Duperrault and I have delegated me to get them > tickets. (You can > reimburse me at the theater.) > > THE REGULAR PRICES (Ages 12 - 64 yrs.) are $10:25 > each, and SENIORS' > tickets are $7.50 each. IF we can get "Group" rates > the tickets will > probably not cost less that $7.50. (Reg.tickets for > showings before 6:00 > pm on weekdays are discounted to $7.50. On Sat. and > Sun., they're $7.50 > before 2:00 pm.) > > The M.V. CENTURY 16 "SiCKO" SCHEDULE, starting on > Friday, June 29, is: > > 11:00 am; 12:45 pm; 1:55 pm; 3:45 pm; 4:40 pm; > 6:45 pm; 7:30 pm; > 9:35 pm; 10:20 pm. > > Please RESPOND ASAP! > > Fred, at 650-691-1215 and fredd at freeshell.org . > > Michael Moore's latest movie, "SiCKO", which, in > various ways, exposes > the United States' chaotic, broken health care > system, will open on > Friday, June 29, in many area theaters. Throughout > the country - and > particularly in California - active proponents of a > "universal single > payer health care system" are hurriedly campaigning > to urge groups, as > well as individuals, to attend a "SiCKO" first > showing. > > If SiCKO draws well on the 29th, the growing demand > to see it will > require showings in more theaters and will greatly > increase attendance > nationwide. Consequently, support for "single > payer" will gain > significantly. > > Because the Green Party supports single payer > health care, we members > could use this opportunity to boost SiCKO" by, > preferably, attending the > movie on the opening night. We could also hand out > the soon to be > available flyers to people coming out of the > theaters who have just seen > SiCKO. > > I will volunteer to buy a bunch of tickets for one, > or more, of the > first showings at the Century 16 Theaters in > Mountain View. First, > however, I will get the times when it will be > scheduled on Friday, June > 29. I'll also obtain the flyers. > > _It would be good if one or more others would > volunteer to do the same > in other locals around the county._ > > PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you want to attend "SiCKO" at > Century 16, in > Mountain View, on June 29. When doing so, please > tell me how many > adult, senior and children tickets you'd like me to > purchase and at > about what time you'd prefer to attend. (You can > reimburse me at the > theater site.) > > I'm going to the Century 16 Theaters today to get > the schedule > information, and will forward it as soon as it is > available. > > See "SiCKO" soon! > > Fred D. at fredd at freeshell or 650-691-1215 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat Jun 30 16:14:29 2007 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:14:29 -0700 Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bowman Message-ID: <4686E3D5.60202@sbcglobal.net> Did anyone go hear ret Lt Col Bowman speak? I would like ot know what he said, roughly, and what your take was on his appearance (as a speaker.) Jim Doyle From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 21:27:22 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:27:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Bowman In-Reply-To: <4686E3D5.60202@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <949124.23390.qm@web52210.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I know several Greens heard his Tuesday evening talk, and a few more heard him speak Wed. at Carol's impeachment/9-11 rally in Palo Alto. I didn't get a chance to focus on his speech but he appeared to be well-spoken. More conservative in some of his views that most Greens would probably go for, but on 9-11 stuff they ate it up. Green never sleeps! Drew --- Jim Doyle wrote: > Did anyone go hear ret Lt Col Bowman speak? > I would like ot know what he said, roughly, > and what your take was on his appearance (as a > speaker.) > > Jim Doyle > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! 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Drew --- A Parx wrote: > From: A Parx > To: usgp-media at gp-us.org > Subject: [usgp-media] Fw: Release: Green Candidate > Drops '08 Presidential Bid] > Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:43:45 -0700 (PDT) > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan > Augustson" > To: "Alan Augustson" > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:47 AM > Subject: [Fwd: Release: Green Candidate Drops '08 > Presidential Bid] > > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: > > > > GREEN CANDIDATE DROPS '08 PRESIDENTIAL BID > > > > Augustson to Target Emanuel's Seat House Seat > > > > ----- > > > > Dear Greens, Friends and Allies: > > > > As the heading above should make somewhat obvious, > as of the time of > > this writing I will cease to actively pursue the > 2008 Green Party > > nomination for President of the United States. > > > > This is not an action I take lightly. The > conditions that, I felt, > > forced me to run have not changed: Green > Presidential candidates exist, > > but they are not waging visible, effective, > issue-based campaigns. Some > > appear to be waiting for the endorsement of a > bigger name; others for a > > big-name candidate to enter the race. I charge > these people to remember: > > a big-name candidate may not endorse the whole > Green Party platform. > > S/he may not be willing to run without the aid of > PAC or lobby money. > > > > And, worst of all, s/he may not run to win. I have > said from the very > > beginning that a candidate who does not have an > intention to win, nor a > > plan to govern thereafter, is not helping the > Green Party. The time for > > symbolic campaigns is long past; there is simply > too much at stake. > > There is no hope in the Green message if we > concede that it is a losing > > message. The voters, the media, and your fellow > Party members will not > > respect, contribute to, or vote for a candidate > without the intellect, > > persuasive power or strength of will to win an > election. I charge my > > fellow candidates to consider their commitment to > change, and redouble > > their efforts as befits a Presidential candidate. > > > > I may re-visit the possibility of a Presidential > bid at some later time. > > For now, I am turning my attention to the pursuit > of a different target: > > the Fifth Congressional District of Illinois. > This, my home district, is > > currently represented by Mr. Rahm Emanuel (D), who > is scheduled to run > > unopposed in 2008. Mr. Emanuel has also, > unfortunately, failed to heed > > and obey the mandate of the American people in the > mid-term elections. > > He has supported the reprehensible so-called ?USA > PATRIOT Act? through > > which we are made less free, though not one bit > safer, with each passing > > day. He has also callously failed to support a > timetable for withdrawal > > from Iraq, and has not given Universal Healthcare > the support it deserves. > > > > This is a more manageable target, and a smarter, > more efficient use of > > my time and energy. I believe the people of > Illinois will stand up for a > > real alternative, and from this position I will be > able to push the > > Green point of view more visibly and effectively > than as a > > severely-underfunded presidential candidate. > > > > I remain grateful for the friends I have made > throughout this process, > > and hope that they will stay tuned as the Green > Party continues the > > quest to heal America. You have all my best > wishes. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > Alan Augustson, MPP > > > > --------------------------------- > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 21:37:03 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:37:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Green media people please check out national A-V e-list Message-ID: <451014.98246.qm@web52207.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Here's a national Greens e-mail list for colaboration on multi-media projects. Please join in! media-a-v at lists.gp-us.org Green never stops! Drew ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 22:23:18 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:23:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] Call for Applications: Delegate to GPUS National Committe Message-ID: <453261.17526.qm@web52204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> -------- SUMMARY ---------------------- Announcement/Open for application: Position of GPCA Delegation member (or alternate) to the Green Party of United States National Committee Election at September 8th-9th GPCA General Assembly Applications due July 9th, 2007; send to applications at cagreens.org --------------------------------------------- Dear GPCA member, The Green Party of California is always looking for interested members to serve at the national level of the Green Party. In particular, with the 2008 election cycle nearly upon us, the next couple of years promise to be a very exciting time on the national level -- and hence a good reason for YOUR participation and input. We strongly encourage those who self-identify as a minority, whether by gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, or disability. Currently, the GPCA has 13 Delegate seats and 13 Alternate seats. and all delegation seats were filled at recent May 26th-27th General Assembly in San Francisco. However, Delegate Apportionment has recently changed at the national level, and when all states are officially given their new numbers, our GPCA delegation will increase to 42 members. Some of these extra seats were filled in San Francisco, at least four delegate and up to 40 alternate seat still remain. To fill them, there will be elections by the General Assembly at the GPCA Plenary in Riverside on September 8-9, 2007 for those seats. The job description for these positions is at www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/job_gpus_delegation.php To apply, you must send your biography/applications in at least 60 days in advance of the September General Assembly for inclusion in the plenary packets, as is specified in our state party bylaws. An editable application (including space for an optional campaign statement) can be found at www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/application_gpus_delegation.rtf . Applications/bios will be posted at http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/applications_2007_02/gpus_delegation/ (Past applications are available for review at www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/applications_2007/gpus_delegation) PLEASE SEND YOUR APPLICATION BY JULY 9th TO applications at cagreens.org . It will then go onto a website to be viewed by all. Because the GPUS delegation often makes its own recommendations to GPCA General Assembly delegates about who to choose as National Committee members, we in the GPUS delegation also want to know more about you. So please send a copy of your application to one or both of the delegation co-chairs listed below. We also prefer those who have already been involved on the state and/or county party level. (If you think we may not be familiar with your Green Party activity, please send a referral from a state or county representative.) For more information about the GPCA's delegation to the GPUS, including a roster of current member, you can go to www.votegreen.org/gpus-ca. Note also that the GPUS Annual National Meeting will be held in Reading, PA on July 12-15. All Greens are welcome to come as observers to the meeting... even if you are not a delegate. There will also be a variety of workshops. For more information about that important meeting, see www.gpanc.org/ And don't forget that if you are elected now, you have the opportunity to be part of the delegation at the annual meeting occuring during the 2008 Presidential convention. Feel free to contact the Co-Chairs with your questions. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. Sincerely Sanda Everette - sanda at greens.org Cat Woods - cat801 at mindspring.com GPCA California Delegation to GPUS, Co-Chairs http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/notice2_gpus_delegate_2007.php ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz From jamboi at yahoo.com Sat Jun 30 22:26:09 2007 From: jamboi at yahoo.com (JamBoi) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] An Awesome First Night for 'Sicko' Message-ID: <425474.89901.qm@web52211.mail.re2.yahoo.com> >From http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=213 Saturday, June 30th, 2007 An Awesome First Night for 'Sicko' Friends, Thank you so much to the hundreds of thousands of you who went to see my movie last night and this afternoon. The studio tells me that we are on track to have the second largest opening weekend for a documentary in the history of the movies! ('Fahrenheit 9/11' was first.) Many theaters have been selling out. The Bush administration's investigation of this movie is certainly not keeping people away. Thanks for all the pictures you sent me of people packing in to see 'Sicko!' The movie is making impact big and small. I thought you would enjoy this story about a family that Aetna was forcing to pay a $65,000 hospital bill that the insurance company was supposed to cover! Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz7uRmMUSZM The critics, too, have been more than kind. Can I show you what a few of them said? 'It's as uplifting and heart-rending a thing as you will see at the movies all year. And it speaks of Moore's enduring faith -- his angry, nettled, exasperated belief that 'despite all our differences, we sink or swim together.' ' -- Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle 'The weight of evidence Moore marshals for taking the profit motive out of medicine is overwhelming. In a summer of dumb, shameless drivel, Moore delivers a movie of robust mind and heart. You'll laugh till it hurts.' -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone ''Sicko' is a beyond brilliant, nonpartisan expose' on American politics that should be mandatory for every student in America. Some rich person -- like maybe Angelina Jolie -- should sponsor a program where DVDs are sent to families or free screenings are held at local churches.' -- Caroline Kepnes, E! For more of this, click here. http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/pressroom/ There's a moment in 'Sicko' when the former British MP, Tony Benn, says, 'If we have the money to kill people (with war), we've got the money to help people.' That line always gets the loudest applause in the theater. It is estimated that, before Bush's War is over, we will have spent two trillion dollars on it. Let me say this: I NEVER want to hear again from ANY politician that we 'don't have the money' to fix our schools, to take care of the poor, to provide health care for every American. Clearly, the money IS there when we want to illegally invade another country and then prolong a disastrous occupation. From now on, we have to demand that our tax dollars be there for the things we need, not the things that make us one of the most detested countries on earth. If you haven't seen 'Sicko,' go see it tonight. I want this film to have as much impact as it can. How well it does in terms of attendance this first weekend will determine how many other towns get to see it. It's all about the 'first weekend box office' with the studios these days. If it does well in the 400 theaters it's in, they will put it in more theaters next weekend. And trust me, the White House and their friends in the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries know this, too. It's no surprise to me that an original master of 'Sicko' was stolen and widely distributed on the internet before the film's release. I'm one of the few people in the movie business who doesn't believe in prosecuting teenagers who want to share music or films (although I make my movies to be seen on a big screen and that's how I hope people see them!). I called up Mr. Bush's FBI last week. I wanted to know if they had asked themselves the first question any cop would ask about this particularly unique theft: 'Who has a vested interest in destroying the first weekend of Michael Moore's new film by stealing his movie's master copy and placing it on the internet?' Needless to say, they showed little interest in investigating who's behind this. That's ok. I realize what's at stake for them and I accept that this is a battle with serious consequences. The drug and insurance companies have dumped over a half billion dollars in the pockets of Congress and the White House in the last 10 years. This movie may end up being their worst nightmare. But here's the good news: There's more of us than there are of them. So, it's up to the rest of you to help me help this movie have a great opening weekend. If over a half million people come out to see it by tomorrow night, the studio will take that to mean it should be in more cities and more theaters. Let's make that happen. And I promise you, if you go, you'll see a movie unlike any other you've seen this year. Last night, the industry polled the people coming out of 'Sicko.' 93% said they would 'strongly recommend 'Sicko'' to their friends and family. The pollster said he'd never seen a number that high (the norm for most movies is about 45%). It was a heartening piece of news. Thanks again and see ya tonight at the movies! Yours, Michael Moore Lynn Huidekoper, RN Legislative Liaison Director -Health Care for All Californians-Silicon Valley Coalition Sheila Kuehl's Single Payer SB840 Menlo Park CA. 650-322-9609 http://www.onecarenow.org http://www.healthcareforall.org With Unity There is Strength ___________________ JamBoi: Jammy, The Sacred Cow Slayer The Green Parties' #1 Blogger http://dailyJam.blogspot.com "To the brave belong all things" Celt's invading Etrusca reply to nervous Romans around 400BC "Live humbly, laugh often and love unconditionally" (anon) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news