<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">More power to all the individual Greens that work behind the scenes to accomplish so much of value! Please also though let's be more forthcoming about our Green affiliation. Loud, Proud and Green!<br><br>Green is GO!<br><br>Drew <br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>~*~*~*~<br>Jill Stein for President -- A Green New Deal for America<br>Campaign website: http://www.jillstein.org/<br>Climate Voter Power Pledge: http://www.jillstein.org/dc_climate_protests<br> First TV Ad http://tinyurl.com/JillStein1stAd<br></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size:
12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Spencer Graves <spencer.graves@structuremonitoring.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Drew <RainbeauFriend@yahoo.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 24, 2013 4:40 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GPSCC-chat] Meet the Green Shadow Cabinet--including one of
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<div class="yiv7981612211moz-cite-prefix">Hi, Drew et al.: <br>
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On 4/24/2013 2:55 PM, Drew wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Just a note: we shouldn't avoid mentioning the Green
Party. We do that way too much and as a result many
prominent Greens limit their impact because no one knows
they are Greens. Obviously there are times and places that
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I agree that we should not be shy about identifying ourselves
as Green. <br>
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However, we can accomplish a lot writing for Wkimedia projects
such as Wikepedia and Wikinews. To do that we must comply with
their "neutral point of view" standards. I believe that writing for
Wikipedia and Wikinews is one of the highest leverage activities I
can engage in. (My Wikipedia name is DavidMCEddy. This gives me a
certain anonymity, which I breach by mentioning that name in places
like this.) <br>
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I spent maybe half my work hours last week improving Wikipedia
articles relating to the Consumer Price Index because it's a current
political football, and a friend (Pablo Ghenis) suggested that
better information about the "chained CPI" and the "CPI for the
elderly" could help move the debate in a direction I believe is more
sensible. <br>
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Last Saturday, Lawrence Lessig noted that Aaron Schwartz spent
a year contacting all the individuals and groups he could find who
might be willing to oppose SOPA and PIPA. Part of that work led to
the creation of Wikipedia articles on SOPA and PIPA that got a
million views between Thanksgiving and Christmas, 2011. Without
Aaron's incredible effort and the Wikipedia articles, the other
things that happened that swung the debate might not have occurred,
and those bills might have become law. Sometimes one person can
make a major difference. <br>
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Spencer <br>
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<div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;
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<div>Drew</div>
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<div>~*~*~*~<br>
Jill Stein for President -- A Green New Deal for America<br>
Campaign website: <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7981612211moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.jillstein.org/">http://www.jillstein.org/</a><br>
Climate Voter Power Pledge:
<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7981612211moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://www.jillstein.org/dc_climate_protests">http://www.jillstein.org/dc_climate_protests</a><br>
First TV Ad <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7981612211moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/JillStein1stAd">http://tinyurl.com/JillStein1stAd</a><br>
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<hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
Spencer Graves
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> <br>
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sosfbay-discuss <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7981612211moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org"><sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org></a>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:17 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [GPSCC-chat] Meet the Green Shadow
Cabinet--including one of our own.<br>
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That's great. <br>
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Congratulations, Sandy! <br>
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I could volunteer to help this group and
others improve Wikipedia and write for
Wikinews. Last week, I passed 1,000 edits in
Wikimedia projects. This included 2 stories in
Wikinews plus a third that I abandoned, because
I could not find the time to respond to all the
reviewers' comments while the story was still
news. Activities like these could increase
substantially the impact of Green Party ideas.
When we do this without mentioning the Green
Party, we pull the mainstream closer to our
positions. <br>
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Some people get paid full time to try to
modify Wikipedia to conform to the propaganda of
the ultra-right. We need more people like us
demanding that these ideologues write from a
neutral point of view citing serious sources or
be banned from further edits. <br>
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Spencer <br>
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On 4/24/2013 11:46 AM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:<br>
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It's nice to see that our own Sandy
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--- On <b>Tue, 4/23/13, shane que hee
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From: shane que hee <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7981612211moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:squehee@ucla.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:squehee@ucla.edu"><squehee@ucla.edu></a><br>
Subject: Another Government is
Possible: Meet the Green Shadow
Cabinet<br>
To: <br>
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 8:11 PM<br>
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Another Government is Possible:
Meet the Green Shadow Cabinet<br>
Reply-To: "Green Shadow Cabinet"
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From: "Green Shadow Cabinet" <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv7981612211moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:info@greenshadowcabinet.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:info@greenshadowcabinet.us"><info@greenshadowcabinet.us></a><br>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:48:46
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<b>This Earth Week, another
government is possible . . .<br>
</b><br>
<b>Meet the new Green Shadow
Cabinet<br>
</b><br>
Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri
Honkala, the 2012 Green Party
presidential and
vice-presidential nominees, have
marked the beginning of Earth
Week by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=7&qid=22308">announcing
a new Green Shadow Cabinet</a>
that will serve as an
independent voice in U.S.
politics, putting the needs of
people and protection of the
planet ahead of profits for big
corporations. The Cabinet will
operate in the tradition of
shadow cabinets in other
countries, such as the United
Kingdom and Mexico, responding
to actions of the government in
office, and demonstrating that
another government is possible.<br>
<br>
The Green Shadow Cabinet, which
is viewable at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=7&qid=8261">www.GreenShadowCabinet.US</a>,
includes <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=8&qid=8261">nearly
100 prominent scientists,
community and labor leaders,
physicians, cultural workers,
veterans, and more,</a> and
will provide an ongoing
opposition and alternative voice
to the dysfunctional government
in Washington D.C..<br>
<br>
The Cabinet is organized into
six federal branches: Democracy,
Economy, Ecology, Foreign
Affairs, General Welfare, and
Justice. Topics include the
economy, environment and climate
change, health and general
welfare, democratization, rights
of workers, wages and labor,
community power, closing
military bases, ending wars for
resources and restoring the rule
of law. Among the top priorities
will be advocating for full
employment through a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=9&qid=8261">
Green New Deal</a> and
confronting climate change and
the ecological crisis through a
program of creating a
carbon-free and nuclear free
energy economy.<br>
<br>
<b>Public statements from
Cabinet members . . .<br>
</b><br>
In honor of the launch of the
Green Shadow Cabinet, twenty
members of the Cabinet have
issued public statements for
Earth Week. These are available
for republication at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10&qid=8261">http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements</a><br>
<br>
The Green Shadow Cabinet
includes not only scientists and
leaders of social change
organizations, but also artists
and writers. The talented
comedian Lee Camp offers this
video "statement" on the need
for the Cabinet: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=8&qid=22308">http://youtu.be/m3zNyEIR-Ww</a><br>
<br>
<b>What you can do . . .<br>
</b><br>
Tell everyone you know about the
Green Shadow Cabinet, and get
them to sign up for news at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=9&qid=22308">http://greenshadowcabinet.us/subscribe-our-newsletter</a><br>
<br>
Make a donation toward getting
this Cabinet moving - send a
donation made out to Green
Shadow Cabinet, Attention: Ben
Manski, PO Box 260217, Madison,
WI 53726-0217<br>
<br>
Urge blogs, newspapers, and
others in the media to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10&qid=22308">contact
the Green Shadow Cabinet</a>
to schedule interviews and to
publish articles.<br>
<br>
There will be more in the weeks
and months to come. Thank you.<br>
<br>
For website:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=90&qid=22308">
Green Shadow Cabinet of the
United States of America</a>
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President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
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