ummm, fitz?

Fitz

i read a comment somewhere yesterday that summed it up well – “change or become irrelevant” let’s hope they listen

one grain of sand at a time……….

Well you just got front paged on DKos, anyone wanna put a stop watch how long it’ll take before the rest of the books are bought? The swarming potential of the net still amazes me.

Is an FDL ACTION planned for the Hayden hearings tomorrow? CA-Roots has been emailing, faxing, and calling Senator Feinstein’s office for the past week. We’d like to think some of her apparent movement away from unconditional love for General Hayden is due to our efforts. Will there be more pressure from the roots tomorrow during the hearings?

I’m wishing for Fitzmas, but I’d hate to see online participatory democracy swamped by a PJF press conference….

I see that Pach forwarded a request to deliver a copy to Chris Dodd as part of the Democratic Congress. What about Holy Joe; did someone already stuff him with a copy?

Or is he considered a Republican now?

Christy – Is anyone coordinating (i.e. spoon feeding) information to the media regarding the Crashing The Gates book spree? Will the event be covered?

As Karl Rove and GWB can tell you: in any campaign it’s not just what you say that matters, it’s who you reach.

I just ordered a copy — I hope it will go to the Evan Bayh staff. I wish there were an online store where I could also buy a clue for the Senator…

I would be happy to pay for a couple of copies — but it wasn’t clear to me where I should have them delivered? Help!

This is a great idea, IMHO. I already bought copies for our congressional candidate, Selden Spencer, and for our county democratic chair.

Sorry, “In Store Pickup”. I read the paragraph 3 times before I actually read it. My bad.

Bob Adams (7) — don’t you think sending CtG to Joementum is casting pearls after swine? money down a rathole? One of the most important things good investors learn is how to cut their losses, isn’t it?

Redd — I wonder whether a donation via a PayPal button with a notation for the “Roots Project” might help folks who can only swing $10…?? Maybe Jay could host one at their site?

order as many as you wish — just mark the order for in-store pickup. The store will then know who it is for. Just to make sure: there’s also a comment box in the ordering process: I told them that its for the books for congress project.

Ed N Sted – Just select “in store pickup.” They’ll take care of the rest.

OT outrage: has it really come to this?

Think Progress via atrios:
New Executive Order Permits Intelligence Director To Authorize Telcos To Lie Without Violating Securities Law

There’s gonna be full Intelligence Committee briefings on the “spy programs” today. It’ll be interesting to hear what the Dems have to say about the “programs” after their briefings.

I wonder if they’ll get panties to sniff….

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITI…..index.html

Ed n Sted at 10 — Select “In Store Pick-up” as per the instructions. You can put “For the CtG Project” in the notes as well and the bookstore will make sure it gets to the right people. It’s a small store, and the Roots folks are coordinating very closely with them on this. HTH!

Ed N Sted, as percy says, select “in store pickup” and I also wrote in the comment section net root project just to make sure

Rayne at 13 — we thought about a PayPal button, but then they take a percentage chunk from the donor and the recipient. This way, the money goes directly to the book store for a book — and it ends up costing somewhere around $16 bucks with the discount taken off per book.

The note just changed the meeting time for the CIA Leak grand jury. It’s now meeting at 1:00. Hopefuly, Fitz will be meeting with them.

I second the paypal idea.

Rayne, I think CTG would have the same effect on Lieberman as a bucket of water cast onto the Wicked Witch of the West…the second the book touches Joe’s hands, he’ll turn to wet ash and dissolve, screaming “What a world, what a world…where did my popular support go?”

“lie without violating [the] law” . . .

True story time: Back when I was two – yes, two – things had been quiet in our house long enough that my mom started wondering what her dear little boy was up to. She found me in our little fenced-in back yard, up in our little peach tree. “What are you doing up there? I’ve told you no climbing trees!” Said her dear little boy: “You said no climing that tree . . .” pointing to a different tree. Sad to say, mom wasn’t buying it.

Back in the day, Mom was a big republican. (Her mom still thinks Nixon was framed, BTW). When the Senate hearings on Watergate preempted her soaps, she was not pleased. By the time they were done, it wasn’t CBS she was pissed at. Sadly, she’s been backsliding over the last 10 years – but Dubya’s doing his best to push her back to the Dems.

Lying without violating the law. That makes “depends on what the definition of is, is” sound downright trivial.

Crash those gates, folks!!!

Help Impeach too… There is plenty of work to do, this one doesn’t cost anything so if you can’t cover for a book… Talk to a friend, email a link, post a note.

http://tinyurl.com/a6erq

^^^ HELP IMPEACH TODAY

Keep the pressure on Congress… Talking about impeachment wakes people up… They question, it’s a strong motivator to get people thinking. It also lets Congress know how intense the dissapproval is for this President… They seem to be a little slow on the uptake. So please:

1) Sign petitions if you have not done so
2) Send a letter to Congress (both Senators & House rep)
3) Send a copy to the media
4) Enlist friends and family to help, ask them to chip in time
5) Spread the link around, email it (with a request to forward) post it on a blog, or in the comments of a news story.

Help out!!!

Thanks :)

OT, but speaking of gates and walls and barriers:

just finished listening to Kennedy roar about immigration and enjoyed it thoroughly– he stated that the reason the number of deaths of illegals has gone up is because they are risking much more by having to avoid the wall in CA. He said employers here are still luring them (wrongly) and they will come for the jobs and then they die in the hot desert and drown, etc.– he snarked very well and said that may not bother some of my colleagues,etc. He did voice support for a virtual fence with cameras and UAVs. Now Kyl is up in support of the wall that WATB Sessions is proposing. He is complaining that rocks being thrown at border patrol are a major risk. He wants a clear fence so you can see what the rock thrower is doing, plus the current fence is ugly and they want something that looks nice!!! Now Box Turtle is up– ick. Have to change the picture on the teevee now.

What an unholy trinity — Sessions, Kyl and Cornyn.

I think the idea of paypal unneccesarily clutters a pretty tight and focused project. Paypal takes a cut and you’d be left with left over money for sure. After the discount it only cost me about 16 bucks, if you can’t swing that then there’ll be other opportunities for helping no doubt.

I see that Pach forwarded a request to deliver a copy to Chris Dodd as part of the Democratic Congress

Actually, Dodd’s office contacted me, and sent out a request for CT volunteers. We’d like to have constituents deliver books whenever possible.

If we can make the schedule work, the senator wants to receive the book personally, and I’d like a CT netrooter to hand it to him. It’s a better photo op for both parties.

Christy – Is anyone coordinating (i.e. spoon feeding) information to the media regarding the Crashing The Gates book spree? Will the event be covered?

The plan is two press releases, one on Friday and one on the day of the event. We also intend to contact all the Capitol Hill offices on the same schedule.

paypal

It isn’t just the cost. It is very convenient for people. I use it all the time.
When Josh Marshal was setting up Muckrakers I used it to donate.

My credit card is 2 flights down and in the car. My computer is in front of me. I’m slightly disabled and my paypal account is set up for just this kind of thing. Sorry, I’m a fan.

OK, Thanks. Have done this. I take it the moderator is killing all the comments with the order #s? No problem. Just wanted to verify that there was no need for us to post the order numbers here.

Redd — I wonder whether a donation via a PayPal button with a notation for the “Roots Project†might help folks who can only swing $10…?? Maybe Jay could host one at their site?

We’ve discussed different alternatives. We had offers to front the money, and get paid back with donations, for example.

But this not just about getting the books. It’s about being able to say to the elected official that a citizen bought this book for you. We want a citizen to have a tangible sense of having taken a concrete action that expresses his idea of how he or she should be governed.

Each of those citizens is now more fully engaged, just as everyone who bought a rubberstamp is more fully engaged.

Jay, I just emailed you. Keep me posted.

There’s no need to post order numbers. But I kinda like that that practice sprung up.

Maybe some good “news”?

rawstory reporting that Rick Stengel has been named managing editor of Time. This guy, at one time, was a speech writer for Bill Bradley – democrat.

I think I also remember reading somewhere that Matt Cooper had been named political editor – or something like that. Don’t know his political affiliation, but as we all know, Cooper was reporting The Plot Against Wilson at the same time Bob Novak was doing BushCo’s bidding.

So, is this a change to catch the political wind? Is it possible we may be seeing some actual truth-in-journalism coming out of Time in the future?

The bad news is that MSNBC this morning is touting the bogus WaPo poll that says 63% of Americans don’t mind Bush spying on their phone calls. That, despite the fact that MSNBC is hooked up with Newsweek, whose own poll basically debunked the WaPo poll. MSNBC: your agenda is showing…

jay (32) — would I feel less engaged if I couldn’t afford an entire book? probably. I understand where you’re coming from, but I think many FDL’rs (and Kossacks) are being deluged with financial requests right now. Cripes, I’m getting an average of (5) a day, from fundraisers for local candidates to requests from national groups, to indy media like Truthout all asking for money. Sometimes it’s easier for me to spread (5) at $10 each than be forced to make a choice of any (1). Many of the folks here are on fixed incomes or limited budgets and still want to be engaged even if it’s a small amount.

(Mind you, I bought a CtG; I view it as paying back Jane and Rick Perlstein for a karmic debt owed. Thanks, Jane, Rick.)

Done! What a wonderful project; thank you for giving me the chance to participate. [Sure hope the lessons of CTG ‘take.’]

Cheers,

I belong to another group that offers a PayPal option at a slightly higher price to offset the commission. So you pays your money and takes your choice. As Deadeye once said, “It’s very do-able.”

And thanks for supporting indy booksellers. Those roots run deep in my household.

Another book ordered. This is a powerful and fulfilling feeling in the midst of events that engender just the opposite.

Bob Adams (23) – Heh-heh. Joe-melt’em…

Nah. There’s been several dozen times the waxen likeness of a former Democrat should have melted already without receiving a copy of CtG, including the withering response of women to his Alito bullsh*t or his walk-it-off-victim attitude about Plan B. If these didn’t do it, Joe-melt’em is reall a Republican-funded, DARPA-engineered automaton made of some new space-age material, without any actual on-board intelligence.

Just got in on the CTG project – feels so good!

For those either wanting a little diversion from hitting the F5 key every few seconds – not that there’s anything wron with that – or in need of a little morale boost, this Laura Rozen post should help:

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/004213.html

This game is very winnable. Just keep playing.

For those of us who can’t seem to type any more, “wron” = “wrong”. Dammit.

Patriot games featured an amazing scene – a zoom in from a US satellite on a women on a beach.
You could see down the front of her bikini.
Now the last evil empire wants to place ‘ bug zapper’s’ on these same 80’s vintage satellite’s the heat is on.
The only thing standing between the last evil empire’s plan’s for world domiation is the intercommunal ( Huey Newton ) net roots. The net roots project in the Interzone ( William Burroughs) is a Policy Analysis Market or PAM that has been described here…

http://www.nex.com/innews.htm

This PAM should have been up and running like the Iowa prediction market in 2004. All it needs is a ‘ V’ for venture capitalist …or a netroots blogswarm. The bones of a new law enforcement paradigm lie buried online in-plain-sight. ( http://www.stiffs.com and therottendeadpool.com ) ‘ Anarchy is not lack of order – it is lack of ORDERS!’ James Dalton Bell.
We are halfway there and those who knocked down this constitution will hear from all of us soon. Real soon in real time the outlaw justice posse is coming. Tell them anarchy is here.

Rayne 36

would I feel less engaged if I couldn’t afford an entire book? probably. I understand where you’re coming from, but I think many FDL’rs (and Kossacks) are being deluged with financial requests right now. Cripes, I’m getting an average of (5) a day, from fundraisers for local candidates to requests from national groups, to indy media like Truthout all asking for money. Sometimes it’s easier for me to spread (5) at $10 each than be forced to make a choice of any (1). Many of the folks here are on fixed incomes or limited budgets and still want to be engaged even if it’s a small amount.

That’s one reason we kept this action so limited. Just democratic Capitol Hill elected officials. Folks who want to help elsewhere can and will. I think you’ll agree that we were not wrong in our expectation it would get people excited, at least from reading comments. But I do appreciate your point.

Others will do similar things in different ways, and that’s all to the good. We (thoughtfully) chose this path. It’s not right for everybody, but no such path is.

A PayPal option at a slightly higher price

and

supporting indy booksellers.

are not really both possible in this case. the ordering system is essentially a manual process.

Bought a copy yesterday and will be a ‘delivery boy’ on the 23rd,if needed.
Now off topic;Its wendsday at 1:00,do you know where Jason Leopold is????

Jeralyn at TalkLeft just mentioned he-who-shall-not-be-mentioned http://talkleft.com/new_archives/014864.html

Ordered a book for any Democratic member of Congress. Go, progressives!

DMM:

Attending his creative writing class?

Nedrenaline! Weicker endorses — http://www.courant.com/news/op…..lines-oped

jayackroyd #46:

So PayPal is off the table forever? Or just this time?

I’ll trade you some yellow-cake for a helicopter contract.

Berlusconi and Bush under scrutiny over deal that cut Sikorsky out of the presidential chopper making business.

http://www.alternet.org/story/36183/

-GSD

I ordered a copy, messed up again with my card number, and then had to reorder by phone.
Then I responded to Jay and my server was messed up so my email got sent multiple times. I throw up my hands at push button technology and slow servers.
Bob Adams (7). Do you *really* want to meet with Lieberman? If the meeting was in CT, I’d be fine with “crashing Dodd’s gate,” but *not* Lieberman’s. I think Lieberman doesn’t get anything.

Good for Weicker– thanks for the link *ilson!
Go Ned!

AAAHHH! Weicker endorsing Lamont is a very very good thing for Ned !!!

but Sikorsky is a Connecticut corporation! You mean Bush screwed good ole Joe from delivering the bacon (so to speak) ?

This about Leopold;
“Schultz asked him if he thought he was being attacked by blogs because of jealousy. He responded that it’s not jealousy, it’s hatred.”
I don’t hate him.I just don’t belive him.We don’t need a ‘Drudge’,one is enough.
Thanks for the link *ilson

Man oh man, there are so many war criminals and so much filth and money. blech.

Two more copies on the way.

Wait a minute jayackroyd (32), I sent you a confused email (server blinked three times.) But if constituents can’t meet directly with the senators, maybe we could write letters to be handed with the copy? Just a thought.

I just like this quote;
`Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside …

“And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.”

New thread

Rayne #17:
Bob Adams (7) — don’t you think sending CtG to Joementum is casting pearls after swine? money down a rathole? One of the most important things good investors learn is how to cut their losses, isn’t it?

Think of it as a retraining manual for his staffers after Lamont wins the primary. We progressives are very much in favor of training programs for people in obsolete jobs. ;-)

angie (55) That’s the “big guy.” :))
Daytime is hectic. Gotta rush.

Thanks for keeping up the great work supporting this action FDLers.

Your support by donating these books, especially when the economy is so weak for regular Americans and you can’t fill up your gas tanks without dropping $60, is extremely appreciated.

I’m sure everyone one of our volunteers who does the delivery in DC will be able to honestly and authentically convey the care and passion this community has for grassroots political change.

i know it’s kind of silly, but i posted this as a bulletin on myspace.
if i were in the dc area i’d certainly volunteer to deliver the books, but alas, i work in NYC and commute in from NJ.
good luck with this… let’s all get on the same page and kick some butt.

Just ordered 2 copies for the project.

Good luck.

1:56 ET, two more copies on the way!

Alright, ordered a copy and marked it in store pickup. Too bad they didnt have a Paperback, but I guess 37% off makes brings it down to a paperback price.

Hope it makes it to a member of congress :)

Been lurking a long time, but this is my first post here. Ordered 3 copies hoping to build the pie higher. Love the site and probably will return to lurking, but keep up the great work.

jayackroyd #46:

So PayPal is off the table forever? Or just this time?

This is entirely a one-off–just like all our projects are gonna be. I just happened to be the one who ran with this.

I know this is hard to convey, but there is no leadership. There are no policy decisions. There are no leaders. If you have an idea about using paypal for an action, go for it. All the coordinating folks will do is let you know if there are competing or complementary ideas out there, and give you advice if you want it.

The NE folks have a very different way of looking at the roots than the NY folks too–and that’s the whole idea. Ideas will bubble up and evolve. When this particular event is over, those of us who worked on it will discuss it. If there are any best practices we want to recommend we’ll send it to the coordinators, and if they agree that there’s value in them, the coordinators will pass them on.

This is an organic, evolutionary organizational model, leaderless and driven by passion and ideas.

So it’s just not a well-formed statement in this framework to say anything is off the table. It’s your table too, and I’m not taking anything off our shared table.

mui said

Wait a minute jayackroyd (32), I sent you a confused email (server blinked three times.) But if constituents can’t meet directly with the senators, maybe we could write letters to be handed with the copy? Just a thought.

I’m not answering for jay, but it is not difficult to send an e-mail or letter to your senator. Even if it can’t get there with the book, just do it! The people who have put this all-volunteer program together very understandably want to keep it from getting more complicated than it already is. The senators themselves have very limited time, so one way to approach the system is to try to get an appointment with a staffer, to at least get in the door to let them know your position and to try to get ideas from them on how to advance your position.

Ordered a copy for ya…..good project, good idea.

…de-lurking…
2 more books in the pile… how close are we now?
And since I haven’t said it before, big thanks to Jane, Christy and all of you fine contributors for creating my favorite blog.

Crazycajun 71 –

Thanks for de-lurking — and a super big THANKS for the books!!!

Build the Pie Higher!!!

I, too, threw a book in the pile a little earlier (1:45?)…Waiting for an update.

Placed my order! Please send my copy to Lieberman – hee hee.

This is a cool project ;)

Operation Rubber Stamp turned out well, it was cool to see the action on the panel and floor. Maybe with this going on we can let our leaders know whats up with the homeland folks like us and whats on our mind.

Perhaps I should have read the book first, but at this point any action seems like good action. The roots are setting and the grass is looking beautiful, keep up the hard work.

Lurk OFF:

Order Information:
Order Number: 496863

Lurk ON:

**MMMWAHHH** BIG smooch to all of you FDL’rs and Kossacks who stepped up and bought a book!

Thanks!

WE DID IT! Hoorah!
Thats freedom, and I HELPED!

If any of you came in after Mission Accomplished, please consider donating to Levee for Life, which is buying books for Louisiana libraries damaged & destroyed by Katrina. The standard contribution is less than $10, and a little goes a long way.

As an aside, kudos to the American Library Association for taking their convention to New Orleans this year.

Thanks.