[Sosfbay-discuss] California Hack du jour - US Sen. Diane Feinstein

[Tian Harter]

I realized some of the implications of the fact that the Greens are a
Political Party back in the mid '90s. I was sitting in the back of the
room at a Statewide meeting when somebody said "Feinstein said
(whatever)" That person was talking about the Feinstein in the Senate.

Somebody else said "Feinstein's position is (the opposite)." My friend
was talking about the Feinstein who was then already a wheel in Santa
Monica politics. Later I found out there is a pianist named Michael
Feinstein, also from Santa Monica. I got one of his cassettes, just
for the entertainment value of seeing the name of a friend in my music
collection. I guess that's a natural consequence of his common name.

I just sat there quietly with a giggly feeling. Sometimes when I see an
author appearance by Rebecca Solnit I remember Daniel Solnit, the Green
activist whose spirituality was a great influence back in the early days
of the GPCA. I wonder if they are related. How much does it matter 
anyhow? Both of them have a green sensibility in their politics for 
whatever reason.

Other times I think of the people I've talked to that got their last
name at Ellis Island, part of the "welcome to America" ritual. Some such 
individuals have much less pride in their names than I was raised with.
I'm still convinced there are a lot of lessons about our history in the
name game.

Tian

alexcathy at aol.com wrote:
> Dear Green Friends,
> 
> By now you've probably heard that our dear Sen. Diane Feinstein 
> announced her support for Michael Mukasey as Bush's next attorney 
> general.  Her "explanation" is published as an op-ed in today's Los 
> Angeles Times.  I have posted a blog entry on Green Commons, but there 
> is so much stuff about Feinstein that it's more than one day's work.  
> Please leave comments with your favorite examples of Feinstein mendacity 
> (her record is s-o-o-o bad it has probably hurt my friend, Mike 
> Feinstein, that he must go through life with the same last name!). 
> 

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Tian
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