From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Mar  1 00:00:51 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:51 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] What I saw at the Pro Wisconsin Rally in Sacramento on
	Saturday
Message-ID: <4D6CA7B3.8000805@aceweb.com>

http://tian.greens.org/Sacramento/SuportWisconsin11/index.html
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: A support Wisconsin Demonstration in Sacramento.
The '00 PB Park pin is on a GU quarter on 2/28.


From vdf at juno.com  Tue Mar  1 17:06:50 2011
From: vdf at juno.com (Valerie D. Face)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 01:06:50 GMT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: [GPCA-CCWG] Fwd: BW and Color UC Protest flyer
Message-ID: <20110301.170650.2248.2@webmail01.vgs.untd.com>

Hi everyone,

Cres Vellucci's email below announces the new downloadable one-page Green Focus that focuses on student issues.  There are links to the color and black & white versions at the top of http://www.cagreens.org --

http://www.cagreens.org/greenfocus/pdfs/StudentProtestFlyer.pdf
http://www.cagreens.org/greenfocus/pdfs/StudentProtestFlyer.bw.pdf

Valerie

~*~*~*~*~*~
Be there for public transit so it will be there for you!
Good service is maintained where there is good ridership.

---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:30:34 -0800
From: civillib <civillib at comcast.net>
To: Greens - GPCA CCWG Greens - GPCA CCWG <gpca-ccwg at cagreens.org>
Subject: [GPCA-CCWG] Fwd: BW and Color UC Protest flyer


Folks,

It's too big to send to the list, but we now have a
flyer - 2-sided, in color and Black&White - that can be downloaded
used in the UC March 2nd student fee hike protests. We can distribute 
these throughout the crowd, etc.

We should have this up on the cagreens.org website tonight. Or just
email me and I'll get it to you. :)

For a list of many of the protest go to http://mobilizeberkeley.com/

It can also be used as a tabling piece at any time. It's not really 
time-dated. It's basic, but it illustrates our platform and positions 
supporting students.

***NOTE that there is a space at the bottom to place your local Green
contact information.

Please spread quickly and completely. I don't know how to get it on
the Contacts List, but....

This came about because Barry wanted something downloadable for the 
upcoming protests Wednesday. Hopefully I'll be doing one soon for the 
upcoming March 19 anti-war protests.

Thanks,
Cres

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From jgshurt69 at aol.com  Wed Mar  2 09:34:27 2011
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:34:27 -0500
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: The Tables Get Turned by Cindy Sheehan
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Wow,?
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From jgshurt69 at aol.com  Wed Mar  2 20:59:11 2011
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:59:11 -0500
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Bradley Manning Charged With 22 New Counts,
	Including Capital Offense
In-Reply-To: <012201cbd935$2839c5c0$3628b745@pc.cs.cmu.edu>
References: <012201cbd935$2839c5c0$3628b745@pc.cs.cmu.edu>
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Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 3:54 pm
Subject: Bradley Manning Charged With 22 New Counts, Including Capital 
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News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government
02 Mar 2011
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Breaking: WikiLeaks: Bradley Manning faces 22 new charges 'Aiding the 
enemy' among charges Army private faces in military's investigation 
into leak of classified documents 02 Mar 2011 The Army said Wednesday 
it has filed 22 additional charges against Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, the 
soldier suspected of providing classified government documents 
published by the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy group. CBS News reports that 
the new charges for the first time formally accuse Manning of aiding 
the enemy. Army officials said the charges accuse Manning of using 
unauthorized software on government computers to extract classified 
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Mar  2 23:41:26 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:41:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ray McGovern
Message-ID: <4D6F4626.3060901@earthlink.net>


"Prosecution of Ray McGovern is Dropped"

http://www.justiceonline.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5557&news_iv_ctrl=1003

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Wed Mar  2 23:59:05 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 23:59:05 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ray McGovern
In-Reply-To: <4D6F4626.3060901@earthlink.net>
References: <4D6F4626.3060901@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W17994EE6AEA3FA497F5C069EC30@phx.gbl>



   This 51-second video shows how strange the CNN coverage was.     They called Mr.
McGovern a heckler but there's no indication that he started talking until they were 
hustling him out. 
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8R8c7j4UgU

   



> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 23:41:26 -0800
> From: gerrygras at earthlink.net
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Ray McGovern
> 
> 
> "Prosecution of Ray McGovern is Dropped"
> 
> http://www.justiceonline.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5557&news_iv_ctrl=1003
> 
> Gerry
> 
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From fredlois2 at gmail.com  Wed Mar  2 11:52:01 2011
From: fredlois2 at gmail.com (fred Duperrault)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:52:01 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: An Email Address Change
References: <001CB6F1-61D6-4C37-A331-428895F5A470@gmail.com>
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: fred Duperrault <fredlois2 at gmail.com>
> Date: March 2, 2011 11:44:48 AM PST
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: An Email Address Change
>
> Dear Green Party Friends,
>
> We (Fred & Lois Duperrault) have a new Email address  and have lost  
> many of our friends' and colleagues' Email addresses.
>
> It would be very much appreciated if you would change our Email  
> address to  "fredlois2 at gmail.com."   Also, if those with whom we  
> have exchanged messages before would send us a message so we would  
> have your address in our "Address Book,"  we would be grateful.
>
> With thanks and warm regards,
>
> Fred and Lois
> fredlois2 at gmail.com
> Tel. 650-691-1215
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Mar  3 11:13:45 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:13:45 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Wisconsin
Message-ID: <4D6FE869.6080401@earthlink.net>


Some Democratic Assemblymen have moved their desks
outside the capitol to be accessible to their constituents.
(According to weather.com, the temperature there is
currently 37 degrees and feels like 27 degress).

"Wisconsin Legislators Move Desks Out of Capitol
Locked Down By Governor"
     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/03-9

========== excerpt ==========

With them was former US Representative Dave Obey, a Democrat who began 
his political career as an Assembly member.

Obey said that, on Wednesday, he was denied entry to the Capitol for the 
first time in his five decades of public service and active citizenship.

?I think the governor is a political bully and a political thug,? Obey 
said, who urged the governor to stop locking citizens?and in some cases 
legislators?out of the building and begin negotiating with the fourteen 
Democratic senators who fled to Illinois when it became evident that the 
governor and his cronies were not going to allow an honest debate on the 
union-busting bill.

...

========================

Gerry



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Mar  3 13:15:37 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:15:37 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Juneteenth
Message-ID: <4D7004F9.5090608@sbcglobal.net>

The application form for the Juneteenth celebration
has arrived.
The dates are Saturday and Sunday June 18-th and 19-th.

There is a 5% discount for early payment of the booth fee.
$150 less $7.50 is $142.50 for two days.

Last year did not work out so well for us so de we want to
go back again this year?




From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Mar  3 16:41:02 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:41:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Earth Day at SJSU
Message-ID: <4D70351E.90509@sbcglobal.net>

Here are the questions from the SJSU Environmental Resource Center.

Do we want to raffle something?
Do we want to sell items?
Or something else creative?


Hi Jim,

Thank you for being interested in attending!

If you would like to have space to sell items, do a raffle, or host an 
interactive
game for example, we would like to know so we can make space for you.

I'd like for you to answer the following questions for your attendance:

What is your phone number and address?

Will you need a parking permit? How do you want to receive it
(mail or pick it up on Earth Day Celebration)

How many tables will you be requiring? (1 or 2 is usually good. Tents
or canopies are not provided. We will provide 2 chairs per table and
more if necessary)

What activity or display will you be showing?

Are you providing any of the following? Animals, vehicle display, food,
drinks, electronic needs, donations, sound and audio, clothes.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net 
<mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
Hello Cathy,
Yes, The Green Party of Santa Clara County will be there.
What other opportunities will we have other than tabling?
Re your questions: fire away.

Jim Doyle


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Mar  3 16:45:55 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:45:55 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] turning your back on Hillary Clinton
Message-ID: <4D703643.1080804@sbcglobal.net>

see  
http://www.justiceonline.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5557&news_iv_ctrl=1003

for the full article

*Prosecution of Ray McGovern
is Dropped**
*

He had been standing silently with his back turned to Secretary of State 
Hillary
Clinton when she delivered her address on Feb. 15 at George Washington
University, in which she insisted other governments around the world not
stifle free expression.


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Mar  3 21:56:26 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:56:26 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bidder 70 convicted
Message-ID: <4D707F0A.6030405@earthlink.net>


The climate change activist, Tim DeChristopher,
has been convicted.

L.A. Times:
 
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-utah-verdict-20110304,0,7603441.story

Huffington Post
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-henn/tim-dechristophers-speech_b_831156.html

Tim's speeech:
 
http://www.casavaria.com/cafesentido/2011/03/03/7871/tim-dechristopher-speech-after-guilty-verdict-video-transcript/

Another view:
 
http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/02/28/why-is-obama-prosecuting-tim-dechristopher-the-gas-lease-pranker/

History:
     http://www.peacefuluprising.org/climate-trial

Gerry



From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Mar  4 12:41:36 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:41:36 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Food costs keep climbing.  Time to think Greens
Message-ID: <4D714E80.7040906@charter.net>

I have just submitted my most recent column for the MH Times. It should 
run on Tuesday, but you can read it now.

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the 
cost of food increased in February for the eighth consecutive month and 
reached an all time high. You heard a bit of this in the news coverage 
of the grassroots protests in Tunisia and Egypt. While not even the 
major cause of the unrest, frustration over the cost of food played a part.

I read a comment today on a blog that had posted it's take on this fact. 
Someone said ?In the U.S., where we spend less than 20% of household 
income on food, at least at first, this will have little impact on us. 
However, over time it will become more and more of an issue. ?

I had to disagree. It is already becoming an issue. Most residents of 
this suburbanite enclave might be somewhat immune to the rising costs, 
limiting their reactions to a bit of grumbling while loading up at 
Safeway or Nob Hill. That would not be the case were you dependent on a 
Food Bank for your next meal. They are being forced to purchase a larger 
portion of their supplies and these are costing more every month.

It is useful to understand the causes of this unprecedented rise in 
prices. I find three of them to be key: extreme weather events, the cost 
of fossil fuels and US Energy / Agriculture policy.

We have seen enough of the extreme weather events in the news that some 
have begun to write about catastrophe fatigue. Most importantly, the 
extreme heat in Russia last year severely damaged their wheat crop. 
Russia has stopped exporting wheat. That might not be so bad had we not 
had two more extreme events that affect world wide wheat prices. There 
is a long lasting drought in the Shandong province of China, their major 
wheat production area. This will reduce the 2011 crops and maybe eve 
2012 depending on how long the drought lasts... remember that we are 
just coming out of a three year drought. Among the other wheat 
exporters, Australia is very limited due to droughts in the Southwest 
and floods in Queensland.

Without opening up the discussion of whether or not climate change is 
human caused, this increase in extreme weather events is to be expected 
given the undeniable fact that our weather is warming.

Most of world-wide agriculture is very dependent on factory scale 
application of fertilizers, chiefly nitrogen that is derived from 
natural gas. That is only one link. Another is the fact that less and 
less of our food supply is grown locally, requiring significant fuel use 
just to transport it from the field to the table. It is no longer like 
the days when I was a student when we ate whatever was available locally 
and a mandarin orange was a Christmas stocking treat. The next time you 
go shopping, look at the country of origin on the item and think about 
the cost of getting that into your shopping cart.

It is a privilege to be able to eat peaches in February and kiwi in 
July. We just need to acknowledge that there is a cost for that 
privilege and that cost will continue to rise. We are using more fossil 
fuel energy every year and finding less new energy reserves. That can 
not be good for reducing costs.

Finally, I listed US Energy and Ag policies as one of the causes. At 
present, over 10% of the world-wide corn production is consumed to 
produce ethanol for fuel. In the US, this is over 30%. This is good the 
for big corporate agribusiness which is getting massive governmental 
subsidies while it over uses inputs of natural gas derived nitrogen. It 
is not good for you and I, but we can't do anything about it. The 
politics is such that corn state senators will block any effort to 
change either the ethanol requirement or the subsidies for corn.

Come to think of it, our CA Senators favor subsidies for Ag's commodity 
crops themselves, just cotton and rice rather than corn.

So what are we to do? My wife and I grow as much of our own food as we 
can. We share with neighbors. We joined the California Rare Fruit 
Growers to learn more about what we should be doing. I registered Green 
as the big parties just don't get it yet. I have joined Transition 
California to help us all prepare for the days when the costs of fossil 
fuels and the price of food leads us down the same path followed by the 
Tunisians and Egyptians.




From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Mar  5 00:56:53 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:56:53 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Last Week in Wisconsin
Message-ID: <4D71FAD5.1070603@earthlink.net>


Crazy ...

"Scott Walker Down the Rat Hole with the Palace Guard"
     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/04-8

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sun Mar  6 10:21:02 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:21:02 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Controversialization
Message-ID: <4D73D08E.2090008@earthlink.net>



FYI,

I don't know if there is anything really new here,
but somehow it gives (to me) a new perspective on
the left/right difference.

"Controversialization: A Key to the Right?s Continuing
Domination of Public Debates"
     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/06

Gerry



From MLause at cinci.rr.com  Sun Mar  6 10:24:19 2011
From: MLause at cinci.rr.com (Mark A. Lause)
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 13:24:19 -0500
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Controversialization
In-Reply-To: <4D73D08E.2090008@earthlink.net>
References: <4D73D08E.2090008@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <62A9D4C3DD184BF39C8EBE10AD3362BB@HewDownstairs>

The deeper problem is that the real world doesn't lend itself to this kind 
of reductionism.  There are always more than two points of view...and the 
ones that seem to pose the biggest threat to the power structure are always 
the one excluded before the debate even starts.

ML





From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sun Mar  6 11:41:22 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:41:22 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Controversialization
In-Reply-To: <62A9D4C3DD184BF39C8EBE10AD3362BB@HewDownstairs>
References: <4D73D08E.2090008@earthlink.net>,
	<62A9D4C3DD184BF39C8EBE10AD3362BB@HewDownstairs>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W288D27BF5DBA774DB0D809EC40@phx.gbl>



The false dichotomy is a favorite of sophists, both in its black-white form (either
we seize the Canadian oil fields now, or we face economic decline and third world 
status) and in its gray-gray form (are liberals morons, or are they idiots?  You 
decide).


> From: MLause at cinci.rr.com
> To: gerrygras at earthlink.net; sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 13:24:19 -0500
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Controversialization
> 
> The deeper problem is that the real world doesn't lend itself to this kind 
> of reductionism.  There are always more than two points of view...and the 
> ones that seem to pose the biggest threat to the power structure are always 
> the one excluded before the debate even starts.
> 
> ML
> 
> 
> 
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From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sun Mar  6 18:45:52 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:45:52 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Changes to the web site
Message-ID: <4D7446E0.4090708@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello, All:


       I've edited the "Resources" page on the Santa Clara Greens web 
site.  Specifically, I've added the "No Credit Card Debt" tri-fold and 
bookmark and removed the impeachment resolution "demanding the 
impeachment of George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney and two complicit 
associates".  [Impeachment seems to be only for removing serving public 
officials from office.(a)  If we want to continue to go after Bush and 
Cheney, we would need a different vehicle.]  (I only found one other 
item that was clearly stale:  One of 7 documents in the "Juneteenth" zip 
file calls "for realistic debate in the 2008 Presidential race".  The 
other 6 seem like they could still be used.)  I've included the 
OpenOffice source for the tri-fold and bookmark in case anyone wants to 
edit it further;  I can delete that if you feel it adds only clutter.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer


#############################

(a) Wikipedia, "Impeachment" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment)

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Fri Mar  4 10:06:10 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:06:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: April 16 Health Fair and Forum Sat. April 16 9-1PM
Message-ID: <731257.34900.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I responded that I would like to attend. Anybody else interested? It was fun 
last year.
Caroline



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com>
To: mcbeattie at jps.net; melanstro at yahoo.com; bobnroz at gmail.com; 
kbock3 at sbcglobal.net; perrysandy at aol.com; jam at batnet.com; brogregm at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 11:59:18 PM
Subject: April 16 Health Fair and Forum Sat. April 16 9-1PM

Hello,
?
You participated in our very successful Health Fair and SB810 Forum last year on 
June 12 at Andrew Hill High School. We were asked to put on one this year and it 
will be on April 16. It was because of your presence that the event was so well 
received.
?
If you are able to participate this year that would be great. Please RSVP as 
soon as possible so we can order enough food for you. Some of you have already 
been contacted by another member of our Single Payer Coalition in which case you 
can let them know if you are planning to attend.
?
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
?
Thanks,
Lynn????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 
?
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
 FREE HEALTH FAIR

THE HUMAN FACES OF HEALTH CARE
?
TIME: Saturday, April 16 from 9 am to 1 pm
PLACE: Andrew Hill High School Auditorium
3200 Senter Road, San Jose (Capitol Expressway and Senter)
?
Come to a FREE Health Fair and public discussion on health care. Learn how to 
access your human right to health care, get free health screenings and have your 
voices heard on health care. Free food and refreshments provided.
?
?
?
Sponsored by:
?
Andrew Hill Health and Human Services Program 
Santa Clara County Single Payer Health Care Coalition
SIREN (Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network)
California Nurses Association
Health Care for All ? Santa Clara County Chapter
Assemblymember Nora Campos 
Supervisors George Shirakawa and Dave Cortese
City Councilmembers Madison Nguyen and Ash Kalra 
?
Lynn Huidekoper, RN 
Co-Director
Health Care for All Californians-Silicon Valley Coalition 
Co-Chair , Santa Clara County Single Payer Coalition
Senator Mark Leno's Single Payer bill, SB810
John Conyer's Single Payer bill, HR 676
Menlo Park CA. 
650-322-9609 
http://www.californiaonecare.org/ 
http://www.healthcareforall.org 
Health Care is a Human Right
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar  7 16:24:00 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:24:00 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Great new video for organizing!
Message-ID: <4D757720.8060402@earthlink.net>


FYI,

a joint effort of Annie Leonard and Public Citizen.

Gerry

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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar  7 17:44:23 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:44:23 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Michael Moore's speech in Madison
Message-ID: <4D7589F7.8090900@earthlink.net>


Michael Moore spoke Saturday, March 5, at the Wisconsin
capitol.  Videos available at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/7/michael_moore_joins_wisconsin_labor_protests

He sounds like a politician, maybe he should run for office.

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Mar  8 13:08:05 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:08:05 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] New Independent Org?
Message-ID: <4D769AB5.80800@earthlink.net>


FYI,

"Jeff Cohen, co-founder and board member of the new online advocacy 
group RootsAction, says most current net based organizing groups are too 
connected to the Democratic Party and this ties their hands politically 
and strategically."

"New Netroots Organization Founded Independent of Dems"

     http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/03/08-0

Gerry

P.S. Jeff Cohen also founded FAIR.



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Mar  8 16:26:44 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:26:44 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda item - Berryessa Arts And Wine Festival
Message-ID: <4D76C944.8040007@sbcglobal.net>

The application form has arrived.
So it is time to decide do we aparticipate,
and if so, who will do the tabling.
*Berryessa Art and Wine Festival**
Community Row Application*

*Saturday, May 7, 2011**
10:00 am to 5:00 pm**

**Setup from **7:30 am to 9:30 am
Takedown from 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm *


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Mar  9 13:38:47 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:38:47 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Naomi Klein on Democracy Now
Message-ID: <4D77F367.5020901@earthlink.net>


Naomi Klein was on Democracy Now this morning (March 9).
I think it was one of the better Democracy Now episodes.

You can see it in pieces here:
     http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/03/09-0

or the whole episode here:
     http://www.democracynow.org/

Gerry



From jgshurt69 at aol.com  Wed Mar  9 20:22:25 2011
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:22:25 -0500
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: March 14th - GAS OUT - DON'T PUMP GAS!!!
In-Reply-To: <126B5065-587B-472A-8DEB-CC29453DDCC7@me.com>
References: <AANLkTin0-hQRO+RH__EYRBFSEEoxm8yEmfNXb-Hh2CU6@mail.gmail.com>
	<126B5065-587B-472A-8DEB-CC29453DDCC7@me.com>
Message-ID: <8CDACF1E2035256-1CD0-1BA69@webmail-m103.sysops.aol.com>

Monday 3/14....Please buy No Gasoline.
One day makes a difference

jeffrey


-----Original Message-----
From: Victoria Valencia <vikina at me.com>
To: Lamont Phemister <stop1070incalifornia at gmail.com>; Gutierrez-Marco 
<marcosg106 at aol.com>; Skinner-Joan <msmsft at hotmail.com>; Juan Castro 
<sanjo_ca at att.net>; Jorge Valencia <jorgevalencia47 at hotmail.com>; 
Rodriguez-Joanie <joanfr at sbcglobal.net>; Shurtleff-Jeffery 
<jgshurt69 at aol.com>; MIGUEL Ldrs ARAUJO <hablemosclaro at aol.com>; MIGUEL 
Ldrs ARAUJO <Fairgov at gmail.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 8:00 pm
Subject: Fwd: March 14th - GAS OUT - DON'T PUMP GAS!!!


Friends of P.U.C.D.
I my opinion this is one of the projects that "we" have to support,?
Something immediately flag on.
Mis mejores deseos por el ?xito del bloqueo, boicot?
Victoria v

www.vickyvalencia.com






Begin forwarded message:



From: MG <kikin68 at gmail.com>
Date: March 9, 2011 7:08:26 PM PST
Subject: March 14th - GAS OUT - DON'T PUMP GAS!!!





Please forward to all your internet connections~!

Don't pump gas on March 14 2011.

In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of 
gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all internet users are to not go to a gas station in 
protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.50 a gallon in most 
places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet 
Network and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on the 14th, it would take 
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil company?s
Pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on 
March 14th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil 
industry for
at least one day.

If you agree (which I can?t see why you wouldn?t) resend this to all 
your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on March 14"

--
Monica
"Every person who has ever lived has come out of the womb of a woman. 
When the world takes care of women, women take care of the world. 
Education, health, and gender equality are the cornerstones ...of 
women?s empowerment, of a livable planet, and of a more hopeful world". 
- Jane Roberts, "34 Million Friends" of UNFPA

=


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Wed Mar  9 22:09:13 2011
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 22:09:13 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Tony Blair at De Anza College Thurs. Night
Message-ID: <BAY140-W95E0E7493C125BFBCA9579EC80@phx.gbl>


Flint Center.  Parking available across Steven's Creek Blvd behind the shopping center.  
Meet up at 6:45.

Endorsed by SJP&J, called by Code Pink.

 
 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Mar 10 13:06:52 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:06:52 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Wisconsin
Message-ID: <4D793D6C.7040409@earthlink.net>


In case there is anyone out there that is not paying
attention, check the news of what is going on in
Wisconsin.  Unbelievable.

And Michael Moore said on Democracy Now this morning
that something worse is happening in Michigan.

Gerry



From wrolley at charter.net  Thu Mar 10 19:12:59 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:12:59 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Wisconsin
In-Reply-To: <4D793D6C.7040409@earthlink.net>
References: <4D793D6C.7040409@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <4D79933B.9070808@charter.net>

On 3/10/2011 1:06 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> And Michael Moore said on Democracy Now this morning
> that something worse is happening in Michigan. 
And Rachel Maddow spent time on something worse in Pennsylvania.  
Setting up a single office, one person, with the authority to set aside 
any regulation, and law, any permit process in the state if they deem it 
would have a negative affect on jobs.  So, no matter what what the 
public wants, one coal industry support individual can just set it 
aside.  Such regulation was in the Governor's budget.


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Mar 10 19:18:00 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:18:00 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items
Message-ID: <4D799468.4050805@sbcglobal.net>

Tabling coordinators
    tabling coordinators are needed for
       Junior State   -  Saturday, April 9-th  time to be announced
       Earth Day     -  Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.
       Berryessa Art and Wine Festival - Saturday May 7-th  -  10 am to 5 pm
       Juneteenth     -  June 18-th and 19-th  -  noon to 7 pm
    preparation of some literature specific to those events

you tube videos to the web site

goals

re goals
    goal  -  an object or end that one strives to attain   (from 
Webster's dictionary)

       a list of "goals" has been produced
       but without striving to attain they are only aims
       striving to attain needs a quantity, a timeline, and a workforce

    realistic - tending to face facts; practical rather than visionary   
(from Webster's dictionary)
       for us this means considering the available workforce
       or more specifically, how much available time the workforce has

    hence, an agenda item for the determination of available time of our 
workforce
    as a prelude to the setting of realistic goals

      


From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sat Mar 12 17:49:30 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:49:30 -0800
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Provident CU:  2.26% on checking?
Message-ID: <4D7C22AA.8050308@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello, All:


       Does anyone have information or an opinion on Provident Credit 
Union (www.providentcu.org)?  They currently offer "Beyond Ordinary: 
Checking That Pays 2.26% APY".  That's so different from any other 
checking service I know that I wonder if there is something I'm not 
seeing.  (If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.)


       Thanks,
       Spencer


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Mar 13 13:35:59 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:35:59 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Provident CU
Message-ID: <4D7D2AAF.2040004@sbcglobal.net>

It is true.  2.26 % rate, 2.3 % yield.
Conditions:  1) a monthly automatic transfer, be it in or out,
via ACH automated clearing house
    2)  10 uses of a debit card they issue
    3)  max $ 25,000.

I have the telephone company withdrawing the monthly bill amount
to satisfy the ACH requirement,
the same as GPSCC is doing from its bank.




From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sun Mar 13 13:53:22 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:53:22 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Provident CU
In-Reply-To: <4D7D2AAF.2040004@sbcglobal.net>
References: <4D7D2AAF.2040004@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <4D7D2EC2.4030307@structuremonitoring.com>

Hi, Jim:


       Thanks.


       It just seemed strange, as they were the only financial 
institution I found offering anything close to that.  Others might have 
something similar, but I checked all the credit unions on the "No Credit 
Card Debt" brochure we produced plus Wells Fargo.  If any of them offer 
more than 0.25% interest, I couldn't find it.


       Spencer


On 3/13/2011 1:35 PM, Jim Doyle wrote:
> It is true.  2.26 % rate, 2.3 % yield.
> Conditions:  1) a monthly automatic transfer, be it in or out,
> via ACH automated clearing house
>    2)  10 uses of a debit card they issue
>    3)  max $ 25,000.
>
> I have the telephone company withdrawing the monthly bill amount
> to satisfy the ACH requirement,
> the same as GPSCC is doing from its bank.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From WB4D23 at aol.com  Sun Mar 13 16:18:16 2011
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:18:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Agenda Item for Thurday's Meeting -- Plenary Delegates
	and Alternates
Message-ID: <18cee.44582618.3aaeaab8@aol.com>

The next regularly scheduled GPSCC general meeting after March 17th is  
April 28th (4th Thursday) which will be too late for designation of our  
Delegates and Alternates for the next Plenary in Oakland, CA (April 30th - May  
1at), so we need to take care of this business, at least tentatively, on  
Thursday, and authorize the County Council to make any needed additions or  
subtractions so the names can be submitted before the deadline.   Warner
 
 

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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Mon Mar 14 16:43:45 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:43:45 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [Fwd: Update: Japan nuclear crisis takes turn
 for worse/take action]]
Message-ID: <4D7EA831.5070902@aceweb.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Fwd: Update: Japan nuclear crisis takes turn for worse/take 
action]
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:30:16 -0700
From: Don Eichelberger <done7777 at sbcglobal.net>
To: GreenIssuesWorkingGroup at yahoogroups.com, 
green-issues-wg at cagreens.org,  GPCA Energy 
<GPCA-Energy at yahoogroups.com>,  GreenIssuesWorkingGroup at yahoogroups.com, 
  SFGP Sus-active <sustainactive at sfgreens.org>
CC: Nancy Pelosi <sf.nancy at mail.house.gov>, Roger <rogerh at energy-net.org>

Friends-

If you take no other action today on behalf of the future of our earth:
please tell your congressional representative NO MORE MONEY TO DEVELOP
NUCLEAR POWER.

Read the following Japan update and report from NIRS and do what you can
to destroy nuclear power before it destroys us.We must act immediately
in the light of now knowing how very quickly a disaster of this
magnitude can come to pass.

MY COMMENTARY- Sadly,we cannot evade acting now on this warning from the
events in Japan.

With all the rest of the concerns that have been raised about nuclear
power, we now see that we must reevaluate the potential role of tsunamis
in the siting and safety of nuclear power reactors, in addition to their
seismic safety.

I have seen both Diablo Canyon Reactor and San Onofre Reactors' majestic
perches before the sea.  Each stands before faults running as little as
two miles off shore capable of producing large quakes and tsunamis at
any moment.

Even if they are not capable of producing tsunamis as gargantuan as
those in Japan, a much smaller one could devastate either reactor. We
saw relatively small waves, after traveling thousands of miles, do
millions of dollars damage to boat harbors in Santa Cruz and the north
coast.

Diablo Canyon is especially vulnerable; Diablo Cove could act like a
funnel, leading directly toward its on-site spent fuel storage ponds.

In addition to calling for an end to our tax dollars being used to
subsidize the building of more nuclear power reactors, we should see
that our Pacific Coast reactors are placed on emergency stand-by for
shut-down, or outright shut down, and evaluated for tsunami potential in
light of what we are learning out of Japan.

May the spirit of the Japanese people stay strong and find healing from
this as they have from past catastrophes. On behalf of them, the
survivors, present victims and future victims of events unfolding, we
urge you to make a voice.

Don Eichelberger
Abalone Alliance Safe Energy Clearinghouse

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Update: Japan nuclear crisis takes turn for worse
Date: 	Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:02:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	Nuclear Information and Resource Service <nirsnet at nirs.org>
Reply-To: 	nirsnet at nirs.org
To: 	done7777 at sbcglobal.net



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301-270-6477; nirsnet at nirs.org [ mailto:nirsnet at nirs.org ]; www.nirs.org 
[ http://www.nirs.org ]

*UPDATE: NUCLEAR CRISIS IN JAPAN TAKES TURN FOR THE WORSE

IMPLICATIONS (AND ACTIONS) FOR U.S. NUCLEAR POWER*


Sunday, March 13, 2011, 6:30 pm

Dear Friends,

The nuclear crisis in Japan has taken a turn for the worse this 
afternoon, as Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has reported that six to ten 
feet of the core of its Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 reactor has been 
uncovered for a considerable period of time despite efforts to pump 
seawater into the reactor. Moreover, Tepco says it believes water may be 
leaking and preventing the water from covering the core. According to a 
translation of a Tepco statement by our Japanese colleagues, "The fuel's 
integrity has been considerably compromised. We are assessing a 
considerably serious situation." This unit uses plutonium-based MOX 
(mixed-oxide) fuel; accident consequences from a reactor that uses MOX 
fuel are even higher than for a more traditional uranium-fueled reactor.

At this point it is clear there has been some fuel melting at Fukushima 
Daiichi, probably at both Units 1 and 3. What we don't know yet is 
whether that will continue or whether utility workers will be successful 
at preventing any further melting. We hope they are successful and wish 
them our best. They are working under intolerable conditions and getting 
exposed to high levels of radiation in their ongoing effort to prevent a 
broader disaster. We believe that a catastrophic accident still can be 
prevented.

In all, there remain six reactors in various stages of trouble at two 
sites in Fukushima. Another three reactors, further north at Onagawa, 
are in a low-level state of emergency, although the utility there says 
they are under control.

We are regularly updating the situation as we receive reliable 
information and posting new relevant documents as we identify them. 
Check the front page of our website, www.nirs.org [ http://www.nirs.org 
], often for these updates.

I*mplications for the U.S.*
It would be nice to think that U.S. politicians and authorities will 
suddenly snap to their senses and begin work to end nuclear power and 
prevent new nuclear reactor construction. It won't be that easy.

However, one prominent pro-nuclear politician, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) 
this morning did call for a moratorium on new reactors until any lessons 
from Japan can be incorporated. And Rep. Ed Markey wrote a strong letter 
to President Obama calling for a moratorium and other actions (we will 
post it on our website as soon as it is posted on Rep. Markey's site).

Still, it's going to take all of us working as hard as we can right now 
to make a real difference.

*Our number one priority today: ending taxpayer subsidies for new 
nuclear power.* If you haven't yet sent a letter to your 
Congressmembers, please do so now [ 
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5848 
]. If you haven't yet passed the word on to your friends and colleagues, 
organizational e-mail lists, shared the action page [ 
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5848 
] on Facebook, Twitter, etc., please do so now. We need the broadest 
outreach possible. More than 18,000 letters have gone in so far (thank 
you!), but we'll need more than that.

*Beyond that, however, we want to know what your priorities are and help 
develop a coordinated plan of action.* Thus, we are sponsoring two 
grassroots conference calls this week. The first is tomorrow, Monday, 
March 14, 2011 at 4 pm eastern time. This will be a "listening" call. We 
invite you to call in with your concerns and suggestions: we will listen 
to them and we ask all of you to listen respectfully to each other. The 
call-in number is 218-237-3840; the code is 110336#.

>From that call and the ideas generated, we will put together a second grassroots strategy call later in the week. If you are interested in this second call (date/time have not been set yet), please send an e-mail with your name, organization (if one) and location to us at nirsnet at nirs.org [ mailto:nirsnet at nirs.org ].

*Finally, we urgently need donations for a rapid response to the 
developments in Japan and the strongest possible actions here in the 
U.S. **We need to be letting all Americans know that a nuclear future is 
not needed, that we can end nuclear subsidies now, that out of this 
disaster can come real hope for the future. Thank you to everyone who 
has donated this weekend. We ask everyone who can to please dig a little 
deeper right now and support our expanded efforts at this crucial time [ 
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=341 
].*

Thanks for all you do,

Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
nirsnet at nirs.org [ mailto:nirsnet at nirs.org ]
www.nirs.org [ http://www.nirs.org ]

*Stay Informed:

NIRS on Facebook:
*
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]

http://www.facebook.com/nonukesnirs [ http://www.facebook.com/nonukesnirs ]

http://www.causes.com/causes/49098-no-nukes-nuclear-information-and-resource-service 
[ 
http://www.causes.com/causes/49098-no-nukes-nuclear-information-and-resource-service 
]

NIRS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nirsnet [ 
http://twitter.com/#!/nirsnet ]


Please note: NIRS never sells, rents, trades, or otherwise makes our 
e-mail lists available to other organizations or individuals for any 
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-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: A badge for the drive less challenge.
The '00 PB Park pin is on a 98 quarter on 3/14.


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 14 13:06:31 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:06:31 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "What's Left of the American Left?"
Message-ID: <4D7E7547.8000405@earthlink.net>


Organize, anyone?

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/14-2

Gerry



From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Tue Mar 15 16:25:50 2011
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [Fwd: Update: Japan nuclear crisis takes
	turn for worse/take action]]
Message-ID: <20110315232550.C64F56A9AE@truffula.sj.ca.us>


For the last 25 years, a mutual fund manager could get fired
for suggesting his fund invest in a nuke fission power plant.
The defacto moratorium began not with any enviro groups'
lawsuit nor any safety disaster.  It was the WPPSS bond default
that killed nuke fission in the US.  That's because nuke fission
is wildly expensive compared to any other widely deployed
prime mover, and only *seems* cost-competitive when huge public
subsidies are hidden.  WPPSS failed to secure the usual
subsidies, and its investors lost everything.  Nuclear power
isn't just unsafe, it's a collossal scam!

The big public subsidy in the US is the Price Anderson Act
liability cap.  Without that, no nuke fission operator can
afford insurance.  All it would take to kill nuke fission in
the US permanently would be to repeal Price Anderson.

I believe that's where activists should focus.  Safety
arguments are vulnerable because people don't know how to
assess risk rationally, so they become uninformed, nonsensical
shouting matches.  So you don't convince anyone who wasn't
already on your side.  Safety arguments preach to the choir.
But when you argue cost, you sound like you know what you're
talking about and you can convince people who are proud of
their skepticism.

-Cameron



From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Tue Mar 15 17:48:03 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:48:03 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [Fwd: Update: Japan nuclear crisis
 takes	turn for worse/take action]]
In-Reply-To: <20110315232550.C64F56A9AE@truffula.sj.ca.us>
References: <20110315232550.C64F56A9AE@truffula.sj.ca.us>
Message-ID: <4D8008C3.1060200@structuremonitoring.com>

       Nuclear proponents might rebut Cameron's statement by claiming 
that WPPSS defaulted because the irrational concerns of 
environmentalists drove up their costs unnecessarily.


       Cameron's analysis is strengthened by an understanding of "normal 
accidents", also called "system accidents"(a):  In brief, it is humanly 
impossible to manage any complex system to ultra-high levels of 
reliability, because people learn that the system still functions 
without the redundant safety systems.  As a result, the safety systems 
are not maintained properly and warnings may be overridden.  If my 
memory is correct, engineers overrode warnings at both Three Mile Island 
and Chernobyl.  In Fukushima, the backup safety systems failed.  I heard 
a nuclear industry representative say that Fukushima was built in 1971, 
and more modern facilities have better safety systems.  However, the 
documented history of "normal accidents" indicates that the "better 
safety systems" in more modern plants may not get the inspection & 
maintenance they need to actually function when needed -- like the welds 
in PG&E's gas pipeline in San Mateo.  Inspection costs money, etc.


       For me, the record of  "normal accidents" is the key to resolving 
this debate -- as Cameron has otherwise eloquently outlined.


       Spencer


(a) Wikipedia, "System Accident" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_accident)



On 3/15/2011 4:25 PM, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
> For the last 25 years, a mutual fund manager could get fired
> for suggesting his fund invest in a nuke fission power plant.
> The defacto moratorium began not with any enviro groups'
> lawsuit nor any safety disaster.  It was the WPPSS bond default
> that killed nuke fission in the US.  That's because nuke fission
> is wildly expensive compared to any other widely deployed
> prime mover, and only *seems* cost-competitive when huge public
> subsidies are hidden.  WPPSS failed to secure the usual
> subsidies, and its investors lost everything.  Nuclear power
> isn't just unsafe, it's a collossal scam!
>
> The big public subsidy in the US is the Price Anderson Act
> liability cap.  Without that, no nuke fission operator can
> afford insurance.  All it would take to kill nuke fission in
> the US permanently would be to repeal Price Anderson.
>
> I believe that's where activists should focus.  Safety
> arguments are vulnerable because people don't know how to
> assess risk rationally, so they become uninformed, nonsensical
> shouting matches.  So you don't convince anyone who wasn't
> already on your side.  Safety arguments preach to the choir.
> But when you argue cost, you sound like you know what you're
> talking about and you can convince people who are proud of
> their skepticism.
>
> -Cameron
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
>


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Mar 15 20:15:21 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:15:21 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items
Message-ID: <4D802B49.40205@sbcglobal.net>

As before

Tabling coordinators
   tabling coordinators and tablers are needed for
      Junior State   -  Saturday, April 9-th  time to be announced
      Earth Day     -  Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.
      Berryessa Art and Wine Festival - Saturday May 7-th  -  10 am to 5 pm
      Juneteenth     -  June 18-th and 19-th  -  noon to 7 pm
   preparation of some literature specific to those events

you tube videos to the web site

goals for GPSCC including quantity and timeline

And here additional items:

GPCA statewide voter registration drive

then, if there is time,
youth brigade
low power radio
speakers

Jim Doyle




From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Wed Mar 16 19:29:30 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:29:30 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Provident CU
In-Reply-To: <4D7D2AAF.2040004@sbcglobal.net>
References: <4D7D2AAF.2040004@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <4D81720A.1000902@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello, All:


	  Just an update:  The woman at Provident Credit Union who took our 
application explained how it works:  If I understand correctly, various 
companies operating under an umbrella like Visa offer debit card 
services, and charge the merchants a few percent of each use.  Provident 
found one of these debit card clearinghouses that would give them a 
portion of what they get, and they offer that as an incentive for people 
to bank there AND use their debit card.  Thus, they make more money if 
we use a debit card rather than a credit card or a check, and they pass 
some of those savings on to us.


	  Spencer


###########################
Hi, Jim:


       Thanks.


       It just seemed strange, as they were the only financial 
institution I found offering anything close to that.  Others might have 
something similar, but I checked all the credit unions on the "No Credit 
Card Debt" brochure we produced plus Wells Fargo.  If any of them offer 
more than 0.25% interest, I couldn't find it.


       Spencer


On 3/13/2011 1:35 PM, Jim Doyle wrote:
> It is true.  2.26 % rate, 2.3 % yield.
> Conditions:  1) a monthly automatic transfer, be it in or out,
> via ACH automated clearing house
>    2)  10 uses of a debit card they issue
>    3)  max $ 25,000.
>
> I have the telephone company withdrawing the monthly bill amount
> to satisfy the ACH requirement,
> the same as GPSCC is doing from its bank.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Mar 17 12:22:25 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:22:25 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] call for Agenda items
Message-ID: <4D825F71.70706@aceweb.com>

Please post them to this thread. I'm going to come back in an hour and
roll them and what I can remember into an agenda. See you this evening!
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: First thought about the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.
The '00 PB Park pin is on a 76 quarter on 3/15.


From carolineyacoub at att.net  Thu Mar 17 12:36:52 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:36:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Fwd: Who is being asked to "Sacrifice"
In-Reply-To: <SNT127-W8D0C357D17AA55D3584C582B10@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT127-W8D0C357D17AA55D3584C582B10@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <201368.92705.qm@web81207.mail.mud.yahoo.com>





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Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 12:04:37 PM
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>
>
>
>Must See Chart: This Is What Class War Looks Like
>>via?dailykos.com
>>
>>
>>via?dailykos.com
>>
>>This chart puts the class war in simple, visual terms. On the left you have the 
>>"shared sacrifices" and "painful cuts" that the Republicans claim we must make 
>>to get our fiscal house in order. On the right, you can plainly see WHY these 
>>cuts are "necessary."
>>
>>?
>>

Bonnie Klett
bonnieklett at sbcglobal.net
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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Mar 17 13:02:15 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:02:15 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Fwd: Who is being asked to "Sacrifice"
In-Reply-To: <201368.92705.qm@web81207.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <SNT127-W8D0C357D17AA55D3584C582B10@phx.gbl>
	<201368.92705.qm@web81207.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4D8268C7.6070809@aceweb.com>

I saw the 420 million for "legal services for the poor" and I thought
"typical government reasoning." The poor shouldn't need legal help.
They need the laws of physics to play a predictable and understandable
role relative to cultural components such as what I call "public trust".

Caroline Yacoub wrote:
(snip)
>>
>>
>>     *Must See Chart: This Is What Class War Looks Like
>>     <http://jackdean.posterous.com/must-see-chart-this-is-what-class-war-looks-l>*
>>
>>     *
>>     via dailykos.com
>>     <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/09/954301/-The-Must-See-Chart-(This-Is-What-Class-War-Looks-Like)>*
>>
>>     via dailykos.com
>>     <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/09/954301/-The-Must-See-Chart-(This-Is-What-Class-War-Looks-Like)>
>>
>>     This chart puts the class war in simple, visual terms. On the left
>>     you have the "shared sacrifices" and "painful cuts" that the
>>     Republicans claim we must make to get our fiscal house in order.
>>     On the right, you can plainly see WHY these cuts are "necessary."
>>
(snip)
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: First thought about the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.
The red security brick is on an AR quarter as of 3/17.


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Mar 17 13:41:18 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:41:18 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items
Message-ID: <4D8271EE.4070701@sbcglobal.net>

Tian
I have one new item:  Raffle at SJSU on Earth Day

and a whole bunch of older items, to wit,
Here is a collection of agenda items I have previously sent to
the discussion list

As before

Tabling coordinators
  tabling coordinators and tablers are needed for
     Junior State   -  Saturday, April 9-th  time to be announced
     Earth Day     -  Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.
     Berryessa Art and Wine Festival - Saturday May 7-th  -  10 am to 5 pm
     Juneteenth     -  June 18-th and 19-th  -  noon to 7 pm
  preparation of some literature specific to those events

you tube videos to the web site

goals for GPSCC including quantity and timeline

And here additional items:

GPCA statewide voter registration drive

then, if there is time,
youth brigade
low power radio
speakers

Jim Doyle

The application form has arrived.
So it is time to decide do we aparticipate,
and if so, who will do the tabling.
*Berryessa Art and Wine Festival**
Community Row Application*

*Saturday, May 7, 2011**
10:00 am to 5:00 pm**

**Setup from **7:30 am to 9:30 am
Takedown from 5:00 pm to 5:55 pm *

Here are the questions from the SJSU Environmental Resource Center.

Do we want to raffle something?
Do we want to sell items?
Or something else creative?


Hi Jim,

Thank you for being interested in attending!

If you would like to have space to sell items, do a raffle, or host an 
interactive
game for example, we would like to know so we can make space for you.

I'd like for you to answer the following questions for your attendance:

What is your phone number and address?

Will you need a parking permit? How do you want to receive it
(mail or pick it up on Earth Day Celebration)

How many tables will you be requiring? (1 or 2 is usually good. Tents
or canopies are not provided. We will provide 2 chairs per table and
more if necessary)

What activity or display will you be showing?

Are you providing any of the following? Animals, vehicle display, food,
drinks, electronic needs, donations, sound and audio, clothes.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net 
<mailto:j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
Hello Cathy,
Yes, The Green Party of Santa Clara County will be there.
What other opportunities will we have other than tabling?
Re your questions: fire away.

Jim Doyle

he application form for the Juneteenth celebration
has arrived.
The dates are Saturday and Sunday June 18-th and 19-th.

There is a 5% discount for early payment of the booth fee.
$150 less $7.50 is $142.50 for two days.

Last year did not work out so well for us so de we want to
go back again this year?




From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Mar 17 16:22:07 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:22:07 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Agenda I'm bringing
Message-ID: <4D82979F.1060409@aceweb.com>

Green Party of Santa Clara County
Proposed Agenda for Thursday March 17, 2011

Selection of Facilitator, Note Taker, Timekeeper, Vibes Watcher	  8 min
Introductions and Announcements (open go around)		12 min

Finalize Agenda							 5 min

Selection of Agenda Preparer for next meeting			3 min

Treasurer's report:					1 min  Jim D

 tabling coordinators and tablers are needed for
 
   Junior State   -  Saturday, April 9-th  time to be announced

    Earth Day     -  Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.

    Berryessa Art and Wine Festival - Saturday May 7-th  -  10am to 5pm
       The application form has arrived. So it is time to decide do we
       participate, and if so, who will do the tabling.

    Juneteenth     -  June 18-th and 19-th  -  noon to 7 pm

 preparation of some literature specific to those events

Coalition for a Downtown Hospital			 5 min  Jim D

you tube videos to the web site

goals for GPSCC including quantity and timeline

GPCA statewide voter registration drive

then, if there is time,
youth brigade
low power radio
speakers
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: First thought about the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.
The red security brick is on an AR quarter as of 3/17.


From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Thu Mar 17 22:30:12 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:30:12 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] March Monthly Meeting
In-Reply-To: <4D82979F.1060409@aceweb.com>
References: <4D82979F.1060409@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D82EDE4.40002@structuremonitoring.com>



On 3/17/2011 4:22 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> Green Party of Santa Clara County
> Proposed Agenda for Thursday March 17, 2011
>
> Selection of Facilitator, Note Taker, Timekeeper, Vibes Watcher      8 
> min
> Introductions and Announcements (open go around)        12 min
>
Notetaker:  Spencer
Facilitator:  Tian
Vibeswatcher:   Fred
Timekeeper:  Caroline


Tian
Shirley
Werner
Jim Stauffer
Cameron
Spencer
Caroline
Merriam
Dana
Gerry
Fred
Jim Doyle


> Finalize Agenda                             5 min
>
> Selection of Agenda Preparer for next meeting            3 min


Caroline


> Treasurer's report:                    1 min  Jim D:  ~$2,700 bank 
> balance.


Caroline:  Fred should be reembursed $40 for the use of his clubhouse.  
Approved.


Plenary delegates:  Next meeting will be Thursday, Apr. 28, which is 
after the deadline for designating delegates for the next state plenary, 
April 30 & May 1 in Oakland.  We can have 4 delegates and 4 alternates.  
Werner would volunteer.  Caroline & Merriam volunteers.  There will be a 
prep meeting at Werner's house.  Jim Stauffer.  Tian volunteers to be a 
subalternate.


Decision:  Delegates:  Werner, Caroline and Merriam are designated as 
delegates with Jim Stauffer and Tian alternates, & the county council 
should try to recruit others.  We have a consensus.


Regional rep election (Jim Stauffer):


         * PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE APRIL MEETING.  San 
Mateo County needs to have a similar election.  Werner is running for 
regional rep.  Spencer Graves and Roy Nordblum volunteered to serve as 
alternates.


       * 9 people volunteered for 12 at-large state coordinating council 
delegates.  They are supposed to be elected by an on-line vote two weeks 
after the next plenary, April 30 & May1.

>
> tabling coordinators and tablers are needed for 

>
>   Junior State   -  Saturday, April 9-th  time to be announced:  
> Caroline (Santa Clara Mariott Hotel)  Tian.  (Maybe Merriam & Jim 
> Doyle).  Sirley.  [During tabling, have a sign-up sheet for people to 
> volunteer to help coordinate for the 2012 Green Party National 
> Convention if it's in the Bay Area.]

>
>    Earth Day     -  Thursday, April 21st, 10:00am to 2:00pm.:  At San 
> Jose State & maybe Santa Clara U.:  Tian will take the lead for SJSU.  
> Fred may help, tentatively.  They offer parking permits;  Doyle 
> requested 2.  They asked also if we were having a raffle or selling 
> anything.

>
>    Berryessa Art and Wine Festival - Saturday May 7-th  -  10am to 5pm:
>       The application form has arrived. So it is time to decide do we
>       participate, and if so, who will do the tabling.  Werner & 
> Caroline will take a morning shift & set up.  Jim Stauffer will do the 
> afternoon & take home.

>
>    Juneteenth     -  June 18-th and 19-th  -  noon to 7 pm:  2-days:  
> booth = $150 - 5% = $142.50.  Cesar Chavez Plaza.  Tian will co-lead 
> with Merriam unless negated later.  Werner:  This is a good place for 
> us to be visible, especially since this is a constituency we would 
> want to reach.  We have consensus.

>
> preparation of some literature:  Caroline has printed one copy of the 
> Green Focus is now only 1 page this month.  Gerry has > 100 pie chart 
> budget fliers.  There was a recent update to the Green party platform.

Proposed:  Order 25 Green party platform summaries to arrive for Junior 
State.


Jim Stauffer:


       1.  Mother's day cards?  Caroline will look.


       2.  Bookmark on getting rid of nuclear power?  Spencer & Caroline 
will draft something.


Caroline will host a button making party tomorrow night.


* films at SJ Peace & Justice Center:   Merriam proposed the Green Party 
host a film showing the first Friday of every month.  Merriam will be 
the movie coordinator but needs people to come and help out.  Tian can 
help the 2nd or 4th Fridays.  Merriam will see if she can get the 2nd.  
Cameron and Tian can serve on the committee.


       * Werner:  We could use this for outreach within the Green Party 
membership.  We could use this for phone banking.  Cameron has the lists.


            * We could ask them to attend & help set up for Friday 
evening movie night, or tabling or help organize the 2012 Green Party 
National Convention.  Werner will write a script and send to Caroline.  
Give Cameron the list of zip codes at least 2 days in advance.


* fireplace tiles for Peace & Justice Center:  Selling commemorative 
tiles for $100 for the Collins Foundation.  Tian will volunteer to 
prepare art:  A sunflower labeled the Green Party of Santa Clara 
County.  We pay $150 / year for rent.  (Jim Doyle:  asked if we could 
make a pledge rather than paying it.)  Consensus.


* Co-sponsor events (Jim Doyle & Fred D.):


             ** Proposed we volunteer to serve as a co-sponsor a talk by 
the leader of Project Censored with the Peace Center, Peter Phillips, 
who also teaches at Sonoma State -- if he would be willing to come.  
Dana volunteered to ask the Humanists Society and WILPF to also 
co-sponsor.  Also ask Paul George, Peninsula Peace & Justice Center -- 
possibly at the First Christian Church.  (Talk with Shelby;  Merriam 
will email Shelby's contact information to Jim Doyle.)  We have agreed 
to co-sponsor Peter Phillips.


       * Contact person for someone interested in Green Party (Gerry):  
Someone in Berryessa called asking about how to get more information 
about the Green Party.  Gerry will (1) invitation him to Caroline's 
button party tomorrow night, (2) give him Caroline's phone number, (3) 
ask if he'd like a call from Jim Satuffer and (4) mention Green party 
tabling at the Berryessa Art and Wine Festival.


       * Michael Parrenti usually charges $2,000 to speak and is willing 
to talk in May at the First Christian Church for ~$250 to raise money 
for the people who have been arrested / harassed by the FBI for peaceful 
assembly and petitioning for a redress of grievances, possibly the 
second Friday in May.  Merriams thinks that this seems primarily a 
harrassment of Palestinian Americans & others involved in the Middle 
East issue "on the wrong side".  Merriam proposes that we co-sponsor and 
allocate $100 towards the cost, with our liability limited to $100 -- 
and we can get that back if they raise enough.  First Christian Church 
charges $100.  She will also contact Betsy about the ACLU 
co-sponsoring.  (Another possible event:  Show the film, Co-Intel Pro 101.)



>
> Coalition for a Downtown Hospital             5 min  Jim D
>
> you tube videos to the web site
>

> goals for GPSCC including quantity and timeline:   Jim Doyle proposes 
> we try to raise $3,650 over the next year.  Werner says we would need 
> an active fund raising committee to make this happen.


Monday, March 28:  Picket like at Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel in 
support of workers there.


Other issues tabled until next week.

> GPCA statewide voter registration drive
>
> then, if there is time,
> youth brigade
> low power radio
> speakers


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Mar 18 12:22:55 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:22:55 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Anti War Rally Saturday
Message-ID: <4D83B10F.2010002@earthlink.net>


this Saturday at noon in San Francisco:

     http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/18/18674880.php

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Mar 18 12:24:09 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:24:09 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Impeach Obama?
Message-ID: <4D83B159.6060906@earthlink.net>



Ralph Nader on Democracy Now said that Obama
is doing all the things that Bush did, and
possibly more in Afghanistan.  And he said
that if Bush deserved to be impeached, then
Obama deserves to be impeached.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/18/daniel_ellsberg_joins_peace_activists_risking

Gerry



From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Sat Mar 19 16:45:10 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:45:10 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Antinuclear bookmark?
Message-ID: <4D854006.90206@structuremonitoring.com>

Hello:


       Is anyone interested in helping with text for an anti-nuclear 
bookmark?  Below please draft text for such.


       This is 109 words.  The "Credit Card and the Great Recession" 
bookmark is only 73 words, but it also has a plot that consumes a 
quarter of the available space.  For art, I was thinking of the 
"radiation warning symbol" with a red X over it, thick enough so the X 
is visible but not so thick as to create doubt about the identity of the 
radiation warning symbol 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_contamination).


       Comments?
       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

######################
Safe Nuclear Power?

US nuclear industry representatives say that our nuclear plants are 
newer and have better safety features than the Fukushima facility and 
would not likely encounter similar problems.

This ignores the historical evidence indicating that it is impossible to 
manage complex systems to ultra-high levels of reliability, because the 
safety systems required for such high reliability are typically not 
properly maintained.  This phenomenon is called "normal accidents" or 
"system accidents".1

Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal power do not have this problem:  An 
accident won't create an area the size of San Francisco where it's too 
dangerous for humans to live for a hundred years, as Chernobyl did.2


########################
footnotes, which will have to be abbreviated for a bookmark:


1.  Wikipedia, "System Accident", 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_accident, accessed 2011.03.19.


2.  The current nuclear radiation level in the exclusion zone today, 25 
years after the accident, is between 10 and 100 times background.  This 
radiation comes primarily from Cesium 137 and Strontium 90, both with 
half lives of 30 years.  Thus, 30 years from now, the radiation level 
there will range between 5 and 50 times background;  120 years from now, 
the radiation will range between double and 12 times background.  
Wikipedia, "Chernobyl disaster", 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster;  The exclusion zone 
around Chernobyl is 488.7 km2;  The City and County of San Franciso 
encompasses 600.7 km2.  Wikipedia, "Chernobyl after the disaster", 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_after_the_disaster#Chernobyl_today;  
"San Francisco", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco, accessed 
2011.03.19.


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Mar 20 13:49:32 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:49:32 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] nuclear bookmark
Message-ID: <4D86685C.2090107@sbcglobal.net>

A much shorter version could be the two slogans
NO to Nuclear Power
YES to Renewable Energy

with plenty of room for Green Party positions.

Nuclear NO
SolarYES

would fit on a button.

I request that some button art with the nuclear no solar yes
be prepared for our next few tabling events.

If it would fit, a mushroom cloud with a NO in it and a
sun with a YES in it.

Jim Doyle



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Mar 20 13:50:28 2011
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:50:28 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] nuclear no buttons
Message-ID: <4D866894.8080502@sbcglobal.net>

P.S.  Don't forget the Green Party name on the button.

Jim Doyle



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sun Mar 20 20:15:38 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:15:38 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Dems re Libya
Message-ID: <4D86C2DA.1030700@earthlink.net>




"Liberal Democrats in Uproar over Libya Action"
     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/20-1

"A hard-core group of liberal House Democrats is questioning the
constitutionality of U.S. missile strikes against Libya, with one
lawmaker raising the prospect of impeachment during a Democratic Caucus
conference call on Saturday."

Gerry



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Mon Mar 21 22:25:29 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:25:29 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Found in the GPSCC mailbox
Message-ID: <4D8832C9.5000702@aceweb.com>

Anybody want to go to this?

http://tian.greens.org/SantaClaraCounty/GreenParty/Mailbox/March2111.html

They invested a stamp to tell us about it...
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: First thought about the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima.
The red security brick is on an KS quarter as of 3/21.


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Mar 22 09:22:40 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:22:40 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Wisconsin
Message-ID: <4D88CCD0.60702@earthlink.net>


"Wisconsin's Radical Break"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22cronon.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp

A perspective based on history.

Gerry



From wrolley at charter.net  Tue Mar 22 13:38:47 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:38:47 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [GPCA-MediaComm] Green Wave
Message-ID: <4D8908D7.6080605@charter.net>

Are Carol and I the only names from Santa Clara County?

Thank you, Carol.

What else do we need to do to make it up to $7,000?



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[GPCA-MediaComm] Green Wave
Date: 	Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:21:33 -0700
From: 	Marnie Glickman <marnie.glickman at gmail.com>
To: 	gpcamedia <gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org>



Hi Media Committee members. Below are the names of the GPCA leaders
who have pledged to donate to our $7,000 fundraising drive by May 1.

Please donate at: http://www.cagreens.org/donate.

I'll add your name to the list!

Peace,
Marnie Glickman
415.259.7121

GREEN WAVE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS AS OF 3/22/2011

Holly Bragman, Green Party of Marin County Council Member
Larry Bragman, Green Party of Marin County Council Member, Mayor of Fairfax, CA
Carol Brouillet, former congressional candidate, Green Party of Santa
Clara County Council member
Hank Chapot, Green Party of CA spokesman, former candidate
David Cobb, Green Party of Humboldt County Council Member, former
Green Party candidate for President of the United States
Masada Disenhouse, Green Party of San Diego County Council Member
Ron Rodarte, former Green Party of Marin County Council Member
Ben Emery, Green Party of Nevada County leader, former candidate
Sanda Everette, Green Party of San Mateo County Council
Mike Feinstein, Green Party of Los Angeles County Council Member,
former Mayor of Santa Monica, CA
Gerald Milton Fritts, former candidate for the CA State Assembly, Placer County
Jim Geraghty, Green Party of Marin County Council Alternate, former candidate
Marnie Glickman, Green Party of Marin County Council Co-chair
Kendra Gonzales, Green Party of Ventura County&  GPCA Campaigns&
Candidates Working Group
Pam Hartwell-Herrero, Green Party of Marin County Council Member, Vice
Mayor of Fairfax, CA
Micheas Herman, former Green Party of San Francisco County Council member
Greg Jan, Green Party of Alameda County Council Member
Dorothy Kemeny, Green Party of Los Angeles County Council Member
Peggy Koteen, Green Party of San Luis Obispo County Council Member
Michael McCue, elected member of the Studio City Neighborhood Council
Hugh Moore, Green Party of San Diego County Council Member
Joe Navarro, elected member of the Hollister School Board, San Benito County
Adrienne Prince, Co-chair GPCA Coordinating Committee, former
candidate for State Assembly, Green Party of Ventura County Council
Member
Wes Rolley, author of the blog CA Greening, http://cagreening.blogspot.com/
Gary Ruskin, Green Party of Marin County Council Member
Dana Silvernale, Green Party of Humboldt County Council Member,
elected board member of Nothern Humboldt Union High School District
Lauren Sinnott, Vice Mayor of Pt. Arena, CA
Ruth Smith, Green Party of Monterey County Council Member
Rich Stone, Green Party of San Francisco County Council Member
Akio Tanaka, Alameda County Green Party member
Lisa Taylor, LA Greens Volunteer Coordinator
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From wrolley at charter.net  Wed Mar 23 15:35:25 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:35:25 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Stop Sen. Blakeslee from making a brutal
 situation much, much worse.
Message-ID: <4D8A75AD.7020508@charter.net>

This is for Greens in State Senate District 15, like I am.

I knot Matt Lockshin.  He was one of the key blogger / social network 
folks who helped stop Richard Pombo in 2006.

I also know what will happen to the schools in Morgan Hill if the tax 
extensions are not put on the ballot and passed.  It will not be good 
for anyone and especially bad for the students.

If you can follow the scrpit (tailored we my name) that Matt provided, I 
hope that you can make the call.

Blakeslee campaigned on his background in education.  Make him decide 
whether he is that, or just another Republican flunky.

Wes

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Stop Sen. Blakeslee from making a brutal situation much, much 
worse.
Date: 	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:58:13 -0500
From: 	Matt Lockshin, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
To: 	Wesley Rolley <wrolley at charter.net>




CREDO Action | more than a network. a movement.


	
	

*Stop Sen. Blakeslee from making a brutal situation much, much worse.*

*Call Sen. Blakeslee today! (916) 651-4015 *

Save our schools

*Tell Sen. Blakeslee to give his constituents a vote by putting Governor 
Brown's tax extensions on the ballot. Then click here to report your 
call. <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=1>*

Report your call! 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=2>

Dear Wesley,

When Governor Jerry Brown proposed his plan to close the estimated $26 
billion budget deficit, there was little to cheer about. It has not 
gotten better.

Even in the best-case scenario, we will see more cuts to vital services 
that create even bigger holes in the social safety net.

And the tax extensions Governor Brown wants to put before the voters in 
a special election disproportionately affect the Californians who can 
least afford them. We would have preferred a tax proposal that included 
an oil severance tax and closing tax loopholes granted to big businesses 
only two years ago.

*However, this is a crisis. Now is not the time to make brutal cuts even 
more devastating by refusing to extend taxes already on the books. Doing 
so would only lead to billions more in cuts to education.*

*Yet Sen. Blakeslee, who represents you, wants to make a brutal budget 
situation much, much worse. He is refusing the governor's call to put 
these tax extensions on the ballot and let the people of California vote 
on whether we want to save our public schools.*

Only two Republicans in each chamber of the legislature would have to 
vote to allow Californians to weigh in on this question, but so far they 
have been unanimous in their opposition to this plan.

Sen. Blakeslee needs to hear from you. The worst thing we can do in the 
face of implacable obstructionism from Republicans is give them a pass 
on their blind adherence to anti-tax dogma.

*Call Sen. Blakeslee today and tell him to give his constituents a vote 
by putting Governor Brown's tax extensions on the ballot. Then click 
here to report your call. 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=3>*

Here's the number to call and a sample script:

PHONE NUMBER: (916) 651-4015

SCRIPT: /Hi, my name is Wesley and I am a constituent living in Morgan 
Hill. I am calling because I want Sen. Blakeslee to vote to place the 
governor's proposed tax extensions on the ballot. Sen. Blakeslee should 
stop obstructing the process and put the tax extensions before the 
voters. Otherwise I'll hold him accountable for making a brutal budget 
situation much, much worse. /

*When you're done, please report your call by clicking here. 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7409&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=4>*

*Thank you* for speaking out. Your activism matters.

Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets 
<http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=11&id=18398-3377560-BFG18Fx&t=5>

	
	

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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Wed Mar 23 18:11:15 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:11:15 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] What I saw at the peace march last Saturday in San
	Francisco
Message-ID: <4D8A9A33.70700@aceweb.com>

Here is a fairly large percentage of the messages there were to catch:

http://tian.greens.org/SanFrancisco/PeaceMarch/March11/index.html

I'm wishing I'd seen a lot more "get off oil" type signs.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: Pictures of and words about Saturdays SF Peace March.
The red security brick is on an NE quarter as of 3/23.


From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Mar 24 09:59:34 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:59:34 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] US Government promotes Fear of Itself
Message-ID: <4D8B7876.2080805@earthlink.net>


FYI,

"Glenn Greenwald: How the US Government Strikes Fear in Its Own Citizens 
and People Around the World"

http://www.alternet.org/rights/150330/glenn_greenwald_how_the_us_government_strikes_fear_in_its_own_citizens_and_people_around_the_world?page=entire

Gerry



From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Mar 25 08:15:06 2011
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:15:06 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [G-C-F] Green Jan Shriner tries to get her Marina
 Coast Water District Board to televise itsmeetings
Message-ID: <4D8CB17A.40708@charter.net>

We should try to put the same suggestion to the SCVWD board.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[G-C-F] Green Jan Shriner tries to get her Marina Coast Water 
District Board to televise itsmeetings
Date: 	Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:50:39 -0700
From: 	Mike Feinstein <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
To: 	cal-forum at cagreens.org



http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/1382267451.html



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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Fri Mar 25 08:40:07 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:40:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Just in Case - Earth Day Events?
Message-ID: <557958.44900.qm@web81201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

We have SJSU covered. Anybody want to contact the farm?



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Andrea Dorey <andi at wrytor.com>
To: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net>
Sent: Fri, March 18, 2011 3:04:34 PM
Subject: Just in Case - Earth Day Events?


Here are two 2 more Earth Day events coming up in April. ?I hope we can get a 
couple of volunteers for each of these Days. ?The first event is?at San Jose 
State University on Thursday, April 21st 10:00 - 2:00.?

The second one is at Full Circle Farm at 1055 Dunford Way, Sunnyvale, Sunday 
April 17th, 10:00 - 3:00. ?Their web site 
is??http://www.fullcirclesunnyvale.org/

Please let me know if you can work for a couple of hours handing out CNPS and 
gardening literature to the public. ?If you have any questions please e-mail me, 
or call my cell phone (408) 373-4497


DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A FARM IN SUNNYVALE??? ?
Andrea
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sun Mar 27 17:20:10 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:20:10 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] German Greens Gain
Message-ID: <4D8FD43A.7030302@earthlink.net>


"Germany's Merkel Suffers Election Blow Over Nuclear Policy"
     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/27-1

"The Greens finished second with 24.9 percent and the SPD, their likely 
allies, took 23.4 percent."  [In Baden-Wuerttemberg]


Gerry



From carolineyacoub at att.net  Mon Mar 28 10:35:10 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:35:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
Message-ID: <116739.81825.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>





----- Forwarded Message ----
From: shane que hee <squehee at ucla.edu>
Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 8:58:09 PM
Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!


From: Bob Marsh <bob at marsh.name>
>Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:16:28 -0700
>Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
>
>
>In the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany (home to 11M people) the 
>Greens got enough votes to become the lead party in a potential coalition with 
>the Social Democrats (SDP). The Greens and SDP combined received 57.3% of the 
>votes and the Greens got 1% more votes than the SDP, an amazing result!
>
>This is what can happen when states adopt proportional representation.
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12876083
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 28 10:45:36 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:45:36 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] State Banks
Message-ID: <4D90C940.50705@earthlink.net>


"A Choice for States: Banks, Not Budget Crises"

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/28-7

Gerry



From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Mon Mar 28 12:27:47 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:27:47 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
In-Reply-To: <116739.81825.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <116739.81825.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4D90E133.4090804@structuremonitoring.com>

       According to the link below, "The results gave the Greens 24.2% 
and their Social Democrat allies 23.1%, with Mrs Merkel's party on 39% 
and its Free Democrat (FDP) allies on 5.3%."  Thus, the Greens + Social 
Democrats got 47.3% (not 57.3%), with the Greens the senior partner by 
1.1 percentage points vs. 44.3% for the Christian Democratic Union + 
FDP.  The Greens still appear set to lead the government in the German 
state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, but that's not certain.  Other parties 
control 8.6% of the vote.  If the CDU+FDP coalition can capture 6 of the 
8.6 percentage points of other parties, they will continue to govern.  
The Greens + Social Democrats need 2.8 of the 8.6 to actually form the 
next government.  I assume that it will be easier for the Greens to get 
2.8% than it will be for the CDU to get 6%, but that's not certain;  if 
the latter were likely, I think the election results would likely have 
been written differently.  (The Greens were also set to gain in 
elections in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, but I have not seen any 
results yet.)


       Spencer


On 3/28/2011 10:35 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: shane que hee<squehee at ucla.edu>
> Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 8:58:09 PM
> Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
>
>
> From: Bob Marsh<bob at marsh.name>
>> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:16:28 -0700
>> Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
>>
>>
>> In the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany (home to 11M people) the
>> Greens got enough votes to become the lead party in a potential coalition with
>> the Social Democrats (SDP). The Greens and SDP combined received 57.3% of the
>> votes and the Greens got 1% more votes than the SDP, an amazing result!
>>
>> This is what can happen when states adopt proportional representation.
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12876083
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
>> sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
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-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San Jos?, CA 95126
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 28 15:04:10 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:04:10 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
In-Reply-To: <4D90E133.4090804@structuremonitoring.com>
References: <116739.81825.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<4D90E133.4090804@structuremonitoring.com>
Message-ID: <4D9105DA.4040307@earthlink.net>


According to a friend in Germany, if you get less than 5%,
you don't get seats in parliament, and coalitions require
a majority of seats.  So the Greens and SPD will be enough
in Baden Wuertemberg.  With the Greens in the lead.  Which
will be a historical first.

And if I understand correctly, the SPD / Greens will
probably govern in Rheinland-Pfalz.

Gerry


Spencer Graves wrote:
>    According to the link below, "The results gave the Greens 24.2% and
> their Social Democrat allies 23.1%, with Mrs Merkel's party on 39% and
> its Free Democrat (FDP) allies on 5.3%." Thus, the Greens + Social
> Democrats got 47.3% (not 57.3%), with the Greens the senior partner by
> 1.1 percentage points vs. 44.3% for the Christian Democratic Union +
> FDP. The Greens still appear set to lead the government in the German
> state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, but that's not certain. Other parties
> control 8.6% of the vote. If the CDU+FDP coalition can capture 6 of the
> 8.6 percentage points of other parties, they will continue to govern.
> The Greens + Social Democrats need 2.8 of the 8.6 to actually form the
> next government. I assume that it will be easier for the Greens to get
> 2.8% than it will be for the CDU to get 6%, but that's not certain; if
> the latter were likely, I think the election results would likely have
> been written differently. (The Greens were also set to gain in elections
> in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, but I have not seen any results yet.)
>
>
> Spencer
>
>
> On 3/28/2011 10:35 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message ----
>> From: shane que hee<squehee at ucla.edu>
>> Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 8:58:09 PM
>> Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
>>
>>
>> From: Bob Marsh<bob at marsh.name>
>>> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:16:28 -0700
>>> Subject: Greens win BIG, very BIG in So.Germany!
>>>
>>>
>>> In the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany (home to 11M people) the
>>> Greens got enough votes to become the lead party in a potential coalition with
>>> the Social Democrats (SDP). The Greens and SDP combined received 57.3% of the
>>> votes and the Greens got 1% more votes than the SDP, an amazing result!
>>>
>>> This is what can happen when states adopt proportional representation.
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12876083
>>>
>>>
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 28 16:41:27 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:41:27 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Greens in Baden-Wuerttemberg
Message-ID: <4D911CA7.3070706@earthlink.net>


Here is an email from my friend in Germany, with a lot more info.

Gerry


Linda wrote:
> Hi Gerry!
>

<clip>

> The rest are still to be counted. Then I can give
> you the results for Hessen.
>
> But of course the big sensations were in the Landtagswahl elections in
> Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-W?rttemberg, since they were voting for
> their state governments!
>
> As for Baden-W?rttemberg: the sensation is this:
> The CDU went from 44.2% to just 39% and the FDP went from 10.7% to
> just 5.3%. That means those two parties can no longer get together
 > to form a majority (>50%) and present a government.
> On the other side: the SPD also slightly lost votes, going from
> 25.2% to 23.1%, but the Greens more than doubled their presence,
> jumping from 11.7% to 24.2%. The left party (Die Linke) didn't make
> the 5% hurdle and neither did the other splinter parties.
>
> That means, when they give out the parliament seats: CDU goes from 69
> seats down to 60. The FDP goes from 17 seats down to 7. The SPD goes
> from 38 seats down to 35 and the Greens edge out the SPD by going from
> 15 to 36 seats, one more than the SPD!
>
> As you can see, the CDU is still the biggest fraction, with 60 seats,
> but SPD + Green have 71 seats, which is an absolute majority, so they
> can form the government. Since the Greens have one more seat than the
> SPD, they get to be Ministerpr?sident - the first Green
> Ministerpr?sident ever!!! The government will be called Green-Red
> instead of Red-Green to reflect this. Hurray!
>
> The sensation in Rheinland-Pfalz was that the FDP did so poorly that
> they didn't even get 5% (dropped from 8% to 4.2%), so they got kicked
> out of parliament this go-round. Again, the SPD and CDU are neck and
> neck. SPD went from 53 seats down to only 42, a BIG loss! The CDU
> had a
> small gain from 38 seats to 41. But it wasn't enough, since the Greens
> went from being out of parliament (no seats because only 4.6% of the
> vote) to having a whopping 15.4%, thus picking up 18 seats. A red-
> green government will therefore be able to stay in power with 60 seats
> to the CDU's 41 seats. As with B-W, Die Linke party and the other
> splinter parties didn't make the 5% hurdle.
>
> It's quite exciting and a new milestone in German politics. They have
> now shut down all of the old (pre-1980) reactors and it is
> questionable
> whether they will ever be turned on again (including Biblis near me in
> Koblenz). The arguments here are along the lines of: will the energy
> companies be allowed to take the remaining time on these reactors and
> add that to the remaining time of the other reactors? Will the deal
> that
> allowed the energy giants to extend the running time of all their
> reactors well beyond the original timeline worked out by the SPD/Green
> government (Schroeder/Fischer/Trittin) be reneged? Can it be reneged?
> The energy giants are already considering legal action (breach of
> contract, etc.). It will be very interesting to see what happens. I
> think the CDU/FDP government was quite shocked at all the anti-nuke
> people who came out of the woodwork when they closed the new deal last
> Nov which extended the timeline of all the nuclear plants. And the
> protests just took off after Fukushima. Merkel saw the writing on the
> wall, but couldn't do anything about it.
>
> To be realistic though, it's just a drop in the bucket, since Germany
> only has 17 nuclear plants. But I'll take what I can get. Shut them
> all
> down! Stop generating nuclear waste! Get out of this business and go
> back to being on the cutting edge of alternative energy generation!
>
> - Linda
>
> On 28 Mar, 2011, at 22:33 , Gerry Gras wrote:
>
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> the recent election results from Germany have created some
> excitement among Greens here (Santa Clara County and
> California, at least, probably for the GPUS, but I don't
> know).
>
> Apparently there is some chance that the Greens may lead
> the coalition there, but it is by no means clear, due to
> what it takes for anyone to get 50%.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12876083
> http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/27-1
>
> It's not clear to us how likely it is for the Greens
> to be able to form a coalition, because we don't know
> anything about the parties other than CDU, FDP, SDP,
> and Greens.
>
> Apparently, the main reason for the Greens doing so well
> is the Fukushima troubles. Ah well.
>
> Gerry
>




From the_alliance47 at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 28 17:54:11 2011
From: the_alliance47 at yahoo.com (Edward)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Catholic Church against capitalism too
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1301338801.1093.sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org>
Message-ID: <132448.32922.qm@web161402.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

http://distributistreview.com/mag/2011/03/is-a-free-market-a-good-thing/

The above is an interesting article I found online, which highlights the Catholic Church's long-standing criticism of unbridled capitalism and how there is a better economic system outside of the usual socialist-capitalist dichotomy.

-edward



      
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Mar 28 20:27:51 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:27:51 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] More re German Greens
Message-ID: <4D9151B7.7090908@earthlink.net>


"How Germany's Greens rose from radical fringe to ruling power"

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2011/0328/How-Germany-s-Greens-rose-from-radical-fringe-to-ruling-power

There is some spin I am not happy with, but I still
found it interesting.

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Mar 29 09:07:33 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:07:33 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Dems, Earth Day, and Million Letter March
Message-ID: <4D9203C5.8020603@earthlink.net>


FYI,

Progressive Democrats of America
     http://www.pdamerica.org/

has an Earth Day action:
     http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=36560501

supporting the Million Letter March:
     http://www.millionlettermarch.org/

and Citizens Climate Lobby:
     http://citizensclimatelobby.org/

in the Million Letter March Campaign.

The Million Letter March is trying to move Congress
on Climate Change by getting a million people to
write letters to Congress.  It is supported by
Bill McKibben (of http://350.org ) and James Hansen
(climatologist).

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Mar 29 18:28:12 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:28:12 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fukushima Trouble
Message-ID: <4D92872C.4050009@earthlink.net>


"Japan May Have Lost Race to Save Nuclear Reactor"

     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/29-7

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Mar 30 11:46:22 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:46:22 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "Censorship: Made in the USA"
Message-ID: <4D937A7E.6030901@earthlink.net>


About how technology developed in the U.S. is being used
by foreign governments to suppress opposition.

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/30-1

Gerry



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Wed Mar 30 11:49:54 2011
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:49:54 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] "What Location Tracking Looks Like"
Message-ID: <4D937B52.9010309@earthlink.net>


About how cell phone companies can track where people go.

     http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/30-2

Gerry



From alexcathy at aol.com  Wed Mar 30 19:57:15 2011
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:57:15 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] This Weekend - 9to5 Association of Working Women
Message-ID: <8CDBD6679C77C4B-D71C-A57F@TSTMAIL-D09.sysops.aol.com>


 Dear Green Friends, 

 This is it.  This is the fight of our lifetimes.  Working families are fighting for their lives in Wisconsin, Indiana,Michigan, and Ohio.  This war on workers is being waged by the utterly cynical men who rule over us in the name of "fiscal responsibility" even as they insist on squanderingtrillions of dollars on wars and dangerous money pits like nuclear power.  

One of my slogans is "Think Globally, Act Locally."  This war on workers is not being waged on the other side of theworld, but right here.  More than 400Santa Clara County workers continue to face abusive misclassification as "dependent contractors". 
 
Each year, the Bay Area Chapter of 9to5, National Association of Working Women convenes a public leadership conference to highlight changes needed for family friendly workplaces. Click the picture below to view a 6-minute video about issues at our upcoming conference:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFX_dS0afcs


    What:
    Changing the Workplace, Changing the World 
    Leadership Conference


    Welcome:
    Erik Larsen, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 



    Keynote Address:
    Kim Bobo, Executive Director and founder of Chicago?s Interfaith Worker Justice Center 



    Special Luncheon Guest:
    Sally Lieber, Former Speaker Pro Tempore California State Assembly 



    Presenters:
    Brandy Davis, Labor Project for Working Families 
    Peter Woiwode, California Partnership 
    Tiffany Crain, Young Workers United 



    When and Where:
    2302 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA ? Second Floor 
    San Jose, CA  95131 
    Saturday, April 2, 2011 
    8:30 AM


Noted community organizer, author and workers' rights advocate Kim Bobo will address 9to5?s 7th annual leadership conference, "Changing the Workplace, Changing the World", in San Jose. Bobo isExecutive Director and founder of Chicago?s Interfaith Worker Justice Center, the nation?s largestnetwork of people of faith engaging in local and national actions to improve wages, benefits, andconditions for workers, especially those in the Low-wage economy. She is co-author of "Organizing forSocial Change", a widely used manual for organizers, and of "Wage Theft in America: Why Millions ofAmerican Workers are Not Getting Paid and What We Can Do About It."

As I write this, it appears the State of California is headed for, yet another,budget meltdown.  Join us for a day of workshops and discussionsabout how to fight for California's working families.


    More Info:
    408-2066-7992 
        http://9to5.org/local/california/RLC




    9to5 Bay Area, National Association of Working Women
2302 Zanker Road 
San Jose, CA 95131






I know some of you are already planning to attend and participate. Please support the good work of 9to5.  We really need it now more than ever. 

 Truly yours,

Alex Walker
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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Wed Mar 30 23:05:18 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:05:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: SB810 will be heard Wed. April 27,
	2011 1:30PM in Senate Health
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References: <SNT114-W4961F8CA765631EB56C53D93BF0@phx.gbl>
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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com>
To: Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 10:52:00 PM
Subject: SB810 will be heard Wed. April 27, 2011 1:30PM in Senate Health

April 27, 2011. Press Conference on SB 810 in the morning andSenate Health 
Committee hearingon SB 810 in the afternoon in Sacramento 1:30PM in Rooom 4203. 

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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Wed Mar 30 23:21:47 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:21:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: URGENT-wrong contact info on SB810 Sample Support
	Letter-here's the revised one
Message-ID: <883880.74536.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>





----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com>
To: Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 7:09:41 PM
Subject: URGENT-wrong contact info on SB810 Sample Support Letter-here's the 
revised one

I discovered today that important contact info on the Sample Support letter for 
SB810 was wrong. I have attached the corrected sample. 

?
The fax# for Senate Health was wrong and Senate Health doesn't want emails 
because they are getting ones iwth viruses attached.
?
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From jgshurt69 at aol.com  Thu Mar 31 10:44:41 2011
From: jgshurt69 at aol.com (jgshurt69 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:44:41 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A__=5BAggressiveProgressives=5D_Green?=
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http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2011/03/31/green-party-is-right-wings-new-boogeyman/

The story posted here includes mailers being sent to attack Oklahoma
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From carolineyacoub at att.net  Thu Mar 31 19:03:47 2011
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:03:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] PUC meeting
Message-ID: <38987.6555.qm@web81208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

On Tuesday April 5, 2011, from 5:00 to 10:00 at the Senior Center, 1555 Crystal 
Springs Road, San Bruno, the California PUC? will be meeting to accept public 
comment on proposed new safety and reliablity regulations for natural gas 
transmission and distribution pipelines.

If you cannot attend this hearing and would like additional information on how 
to participate, contact:
Public Advisor's Office
505 Van Ness Ave., Rm 2103
San Francisco, CA 94102
1-415-703-2074 or 1-866-849-8390
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From jims at greens.org  Thu Mar 31 19:50:00 2011
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:50:00 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Numbers Trivia
Message-ID: <4D953D58.7000202@greens.org>

This year we're going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 
11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that's not all...
Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born -now add the age 
you will be this year, and the result will be 111 for everyone...!!
This year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays.


From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Thu Mar 31 19:57:01 2011
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:57:01 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Numbers Trivia
In-Reply-To: <4D953D58.7000202@greens.org>
References: <4D953D58.7000202@greens.org>
Message-ID: <4D953EFD.6040208@prodsyse.com>

<in line>


On 3/31/2011 7:50 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
> This year we're going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 
> 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that's not all...
> Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born -now add 
> the age you will be this year, and the result will be 111 for 
> everyone...!!
> This year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays.


111 is NOT a prime number (i.e., is not divisible by any integers other 
than 1 and itself).  This is easily seen, because the sum of the digits 
1+1+1 = 3.  This means it is divisible by 3.  Indeed, 111 = 3*37.  This 
is less interesting than Jim's observations, but answers a question that 
Jim's observations brought to my mind.


       Spencer


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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Mar 31 20:31:15 2011
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:31:15 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Numbers Trivia
In-Reply-To: <4D953EFD.6040208@prodsyse.com>
References: <4D953D58.7000202@greens.org> <4D953EFD.6040208@prodsyse.com>
Message-ID: <4D954703.9010803@aceweb.com>

Ummm... If you were born in '00 and you add your age this year you get 
11, not 111. You need to have been born before '00 for the math below
to add up.

Spencer Graves wrote:
> <in line>
> 
> 
> On 3/31/2011 7:50 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
>> This year we're going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 
>> 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that's not all...
>> Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born -now add 
>> the age you will be this year, and the result will be 111 for 
>> everyone...!!
>> This year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays.
> 
> 
> 111 is NOT a prime number (i.e., is not divisible by any integers other 
> than 1 and itself).  This is easily seen, because the sum of the digits 
> 1+1+1 = 3.  This means it is divisible by 3.  Indeed, 111 = 3*37.  This 
> is less interesting than Jim's observations, but answers a question that 
> Jim's observations brought to my mind.
> 

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: Pictures of and words about Saturdays SF Peace March.
The red security brick is on an OK quarter as of 3/31.


From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com  Thu Mar 31 20:41:48 2011
From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:41:48 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Numbers Trivia
In-Reply-To: <4D954703.9010803@aceweb.com>
References: <4D953D58.7000202@greens.org> <4D953EFD.6040208@prodsyse.com>
	<4D954703.9010803@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4D95497C.5080707@structuremonitoring.com>

Excellent, Tian:  Of course 1900 is also '00, and it works for that.  It 
won't work if your were born in 1800, but if you were born in 1800 and 
are still alive, you've concealed it very well.  sg


On 3/31/2011 8:31 PM, Tian Harter wrote:
> Ummm... If you were born in '00 and you add your age this year you get 
> 11, not 111. You need to have been born before '00 for the math below
> to add up.
>
> Spencer Graves wrote:
>> <in line>
>>
>>
>> On 3/31/2011 7:50 PM, Jim Stauffer wrote:
>>> This year we're going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 
>>> 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that's not all...
>>> Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born -now add 
>>> the age you will be this year, and the result will be 111 for 
>>> everyone...!!
>>> This year October will have 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays.
>>
>>
>> 111 is NOT a prime number (i.e., is not divisible by any integers 
>> other than 1 and itself).  This is easily seen, because the sum of 
>> the digits 1+1+1 = 3.  This means it is divisible by 3.  Indeed, 111 
>> = 3*37.  This is less interesting than Jim's observations, but 
>> answers a question that Jim's observations brought to my mind.
>>
>