<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>The only time slot I'd probably be in favor of having a standing monthly discussion about any particular topic would be 6:30-7pm. We have lots of business we must do every month which doesn't leave time for standing discussions about global issues that frankly individually and collectively we know very little about. So rather than have a monthly kicking about our (frankly) lack of information on Iran and Syria, my suggestion at last month's meeting (which seemed to be well-received) was to schedule a talk by Dr. Shirat Lin or another knowledgable person to speak to these issues. He's an expert on this part of the world, and has spoken about related topics at the Peace and Justice Center, Tian's club house and at my church, New Community of Faith (where the Spencer's Anti-Foreclosure Alliance is having its
summit on September 15th). I'd love to have another of these talks happen soon and the topic is timely, and we'd already invited Dr. Lin to do another talk at New Community of Faith, so if John or others would like to help with organizing that'd be welcome.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Green is Global!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal; ">Drew</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px; position: static; z-index: auto; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Good <snug.bug@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> wrolley@charter.net; "sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org" <sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:40 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GPSCC-chat] monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<br>Also available for Kindle users if you have a library card for Los Gatos,<br>Santa Clara City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, or Palo Alto. <br><br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:20:34 -0700<br>> From: wrolley@charter.net<br>> To: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.<br>> <br>> On 8/21/2012 6:03 PM, John Thielking wrote:<br>> > Additional items for the agenda:<br>> > 1) We need to be sure to have our monthly discussion re: Iran and Syria.<br>> <br>> This discussion is important, but I think that it needs to be understood <br>> as part of a wider context, that of the "Drift" of American policy <br>> toward increased militarism.<br>> <br>> You may wonder why I put the word "Drift" in quotes. It is the title of <br>> a book by Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) that chronicles the changes in or <br>> attitude toward the use of the military from the days
when Pres. Madison <br>> did not like the idea of a permanent standing army through the most <br>> recent times of Vietnam, Regan's use of the military in Grenada and then <br>> the wars with Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. "Drift" is available from the <br>> Santa Clara County Library system where the wait list is generally <br>> shorter than the number of copies available. Yeah, that is a <br>> recommendation to read it.<br>> <br>> I also would consider the relative importance of this subject and the <br>> long range implication of making it the center of Green advocacy. But <br>> that is the subject of another post which I will send a bit later today.<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list<br>> sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss<br></div> </div></div>
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