[GPSCC-chat] Zoe Lofgren's Office Protest Thursday 4-5PM

[Drew]

I tend to agree in this case with Brian's points and be skeptical at best
about congress critters.  I will never forget or forgive the way Anna
Eshoo (the congress person who supposedly used to represent and hence work
for me -- now with the redistricting its Lofgren) sold us out on NAFTA and
how she stuck up for the criminals when we personally called upon her to
participate in impeachment against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice.  Horrid. 
Shameful excuse for a "representative".  Represents corporations of the
Military Industrial complex, big pharma, big real estate, etc. maybe.  Not
humans.  Honda is also a sorry excuse for a "representative."  Lofgren is
maybe only slightly better.  Certainly she is not consistently
progressive.

Nevertheless I do think its important to actively protest and work to
influence public opinion, even if no changes are effected in the actions
of the "representative" or the government.

Green is non-violent!

Drew

> Those of us who vigiled for the impeachment of Bush at Lofgren's office
> will remember that she met with us at least three times, she made clear
> that she knew what was what and what was at stake, but when it came
> down to Kucinich's one-afternoon Judiciary Committee impeachment
> hearing (scheduled on a Friday, so it would get zero news coverage) Zoe
> didn't even make a pretty speech to make her mark in history.
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> As Laura Wells says:  Don't lobby our Congressional Reps--Replace our
> Congressional Reps.  Zoe showed where she sits.  She's comfortable with
> what she is.  She's useless.  I asked Ms. Wells a couple of years ago to
> move
> to Zoe's district and run an informational campaign about the corrupting
> influence of campaign finance (Lofgren and Eshoo are poster girls for
> that)
> but she had other ideas.
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> So who's gonna run against Lofgren, Honda, and Eshoo?
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> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 22:28:54 -0700
> From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com
> To: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com
> CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org; palestineis at dslextreme.com
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Zoe Lofgren's Office Protest Thursday 4-5PM
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> Interesting blog post Spencer. Any clue as to how to enable comments
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> John Thielking
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>         From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>
>  To: John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>
> Cc: GPSCC <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>; Donna Wallach
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>  Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Zoe Lofgren's Office Protest Thursday 4-5PM
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>           Thanks, John, for this.
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>             Zoe may be officially undecided, but she signed two
>       different letters reminding Obama that he does NOT have the
>       authority to attack Syria without explicit authorization from
>       Congress.  One of these letters states essentially that the
>       decision to use force in Libya was unconstitutional.  Reading
>       between the lines, this suggests to me (and I hope to Obama) that
>       if he goes into Syria and it turns into a mess (which it most
>       likely will), he could convince enough Democrats to join with most
>       Republicans to approve articles of Impeachment in the House and
>       convict in the Senate;  see
> "http://lofgren.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=825:zoe-on-the-crisis-in-syria-the-us-constitution-and-the-war-powers-resolution&catid=41:of-note-content&Itemid=160".
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>             I agree that protesting and lobbying Zoe and other members
>       of the House and Senate is wise.  Boxer and Feinstein have both
>       stated support for intervention.  A recent poll indicated 56%
>       opposed, 19% for with 25% undecided
> (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/03/us-syria-crisis-usa-idUSBRE97T0NB20130903).
>       Boxer and Feinstein should know that if US involvement in Syria
>       produces seriously negative results, it could be trouble for
>       them.
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>             Best Wishes,
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>             Spencer
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>       p.s.  You may be interested in my blog on Syria if you haven't
>       seen it already
> (https://sites.google.com/site/effectivedefenseorg/blog/intervening-in-syria).
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>       On 9/3/2013 9:40 PM, John Thielking wrote:
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>         All,
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>         There will be a protest
>           against the impending US war against Syria in front of Zoe
>           Lofgren's office this Thursday September 5, 2013 from
>           4PM-5PM.  The office is located at 635 N 1st Street, San Jose,
>           CA.  Zoe Lofgren is undecided on how to vote on the war
>           resolution concerning Syria, though she sympathizes with Sam
>           Farr who is going to vote against it. We need to show her that
>           we are serious. Thank you.
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>         Sincerely,
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>         John Thielking
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