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

[Donna Wallach]

The reason to protest at Lofgren's office is because lots of traffic go by,
lots of cars and many buses and lightrail trains with lots of passengers -
so lots of people see our signs.

Donna


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Brian Good <snug.bug at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
> Interesting blog post Spencer. Any clue as to how to enable comments
> posting?
>
> John Thielking
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>
> *To:* John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* GPSCC <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>; Donna Wallach <
> palestineis at dslextreme.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 3, 2013 10:05 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [GPSCC-chat] Zoe Lofgren's Office Protest Thursday 4-5PM
>
>        Thanks, John, for this.
>
>
>       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".
>
>
>
>       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.
>
>
>       Best Wishes,
>       Spencer
>
>
> 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).
>
>
>
> On 9/3/2013 9:40 PM, John Thielking wrote:
>
>  All,
>
>  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.
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  John Thielking
>
>
>
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