Comments on: Stand Up And Be Counted http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:53:58 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Katherine http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491586 Katherine Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:28:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491586 <p>It would be easier to contact our congress people if we all had a good list of the possible consequences of a war with Iran. I can think of a few, but I’m sure there are lots more.</p> It would be easier to contact our congress people if we all had a good list of the possible consequences of a war with Iran. I can think of a few, but I’m sure there are lots more.

]]> By: TiredFed http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491461 TiredFed Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:01:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491461 <p>this is already EPU’d but Perris @ 95 - you are correct. now what do we do about it?</p> this is already EPU’d but Perris @ 95 – you are correct. now what do we do about it?

]]> By: Lady of the Lake http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491440 Lady of the Lake Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:42:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491440 <p>Christy,<br /> For 3 years I have been calling, writing, sending emails…to no avail. I hope with enough others doing the same, they will have no choice but to pay attention.<br /> What is really profane is that while they continue to dick around, more people are dying. HURRY UP!</p> Christy,
For 3 years I have been calling, writing, sending emails…to no avail. I hope with enough others doing the same, they will have no choice but to pay attention.
What is really profane is that while they continue to dick around, more people are dying. HURRY UP!

]]> By: John H. Farr http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491400 John H. Farr Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:17:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491400 <p>This is all good. But we don’t need “proof” of anything. We know what’s in our hearts.</p> <p>It’s simply WRONG to kill without provocation. In order to take even a life in self-defense, <i>we have to take the first blow</i>. PERIOD. Otherwise it’s all projection, fear, and madness. </p> <p>As I posted at Digby’s SuperBowl commercial thread however, I’m afraid it’s going to take a tragedy of unimaginable proportions to rub our collective face in the shit to the point where we acknowledge what’s in our own souls. That’s how the universe works, and right now the hell-train is coming straight at us with its throttle welded open.</p> This is all good. But we don’t need “proof” of anything. We know what’s in our hearts.

It’s simply WRONG to kill without provocation. In order to take even a life in self-defense, we have to take the first blow. PERIOD. Otherwise it’s all projection, fear, and madness.

As I posted at Digby’s SuperBowl commercial thread however, I’m afraid it’s going to take a tragedy of unimaginable proportions to rub our collective face in the shit to the point where we acknowledge what’s in our own souls. That’s how the universe works, and right now the hell-train is coming straight at us with its throttle welded open.

]]> By: tdraicer http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491347 tdraicer Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:40:26 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491347 <p>I’m all for us trying, and Congress acting, but if Bush/Cheney is determined to attack Iran (or allow Israel to do so, which for our troops in Iraq will amount to the same thing) we won’t be able to stop them. So I see our real job as not preventing a worse debacle (we can’t if they are really that stupid) but ensuring not only this administration but the GOP as a whole gets stuck with the political tab for the disaster that would result.</p> I’m all for us trying, and Congress acting, but if Bush/Cheney is determined to attack Iran (or allow Israel to do so, which for our troops in Iraq will amount to the same thing) we won’t be able to stop them. So I see our real job as not preventing a worse debacle (we can’t if they are really that stupid) but ensuring not only this administration but the GOP as a whole gets stuck with the political tab for the disaster that would result.

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491323 Adie Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:28:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491323 <p><a href="#comment-491281"><em>Mauimom @<br /> 96 </em></a></p> <blockquote><blockquote>But I’m not quite ready to spend every waking hour of my day picking up tiny colored plastic pegs.</blockquote> <p>Much worse is <b>stepping</b> on the damn things [or Lego blocks].</p> <p>Ow, ow, <b>OW</b>!!</p></blockquote> <p>oh yeahhhh. those middle-of-the-night treks in the dark are downright dangerous. *g*</p> Mauimom @
96

But I’m not quite ready to spend every waking hour of my day picking up tiny colored plastic pegs.

Much worse is stepping on the damn things [or Lego blocks].

Ow, ow, OW!!

oh yeahhhh. those middle-of-the-night treks in the dark are downright dangerous. *g*

]]> By: carolyn urban http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491321 carolyn urban Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:27:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491321 <p>Thanks Christy. You’re absolutely right. I’ll hit the phones shortly.</p> Thanks Christy. You’re absolutely right. I’ll hit the phones shortly.

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491312 Adie Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:22:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491312 <p>Morning everyone!</p> <p>Dear Christy. Thank you yet again for a well-aimed and perfectly-timed elbow to the ribs for a good cause.</p> <p>I vowed to get a letter together and send it off to all our legislators from OH, PLUS any others who have stuck their heads up above the crowd toying with presidential ambitions. Will also try to hit some MSM, and our local newspapers.</p> <p>Give the Peanut a hug for us. Hope you guys are staying warm. OH finally started its winter with a vengence, and schools are closed all over the state, just because of the awful wind-chill.</p> <p>I know, I know, you guys in AK are thinking we ain’t seen nothin’. But, frankly, the ones who worry me most are those in the south, and the homeless, who also are experiencing record cold, and yet don’t have the comfy insulation we well-sheltered northerners enjoy. </p> <p>Poor dear folks all over, not receiving the care they so desperately need! We just HAVE to wrench this country’s priorities back to HELPING instead of hurting!</p> <p>Got my letter done. Yayyy. Now - Off to pester with it. Back LATER to lurk and savor FDL. Thanks again for the timely nudge… ;-></p> Morning everyone!

Dear Christy. Thank you yet again for a well-aimed and perfectly-timed elbow to the ribs for a good cause.

I vowed to get a letter together and send it off to all our legislators from OH, PLUS any others who have stuck their heads up above the crowd toying with presidential ambitions. Will also try to hit some MSM, and our local newspapers.

Give the Peanut a hug for us. Hope you guys are staying warm. OH finally started its winter with a vengence, and schools are closed all over the state, just because of the awful wind-chill.

I know, I know, you guys in AK are thinking we ain’t seen nothin’. But, frankly, the ones who worry me most are those in the south, and the homeless, who also are experiencing record cold, and yet don’t have the comfy insulation we well-sheltered northerners enjoy.

Poor dear folks all over, not receiving the care they so desperately need! We just HAVE to wrench this country’s priorities back to HELPING instead of hurting!

Got my letter done. Yayyy. Now – Off to pester with it. Back LATER to lurk and savor FDL. Thanks again for the timely nudge… ;->

]]> By: Peterr http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491296 Peterr Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:12:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491296 <p><a href="#comment-491264"><em>Christy Hardin Smith @ 94</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Peterr at 92 — Now, THAT is genius! Thanks!</p></blockquote> <p>Found it on while looking on line for some missing instructions for one of those Lego vehicle kits - couldn’t find the instructions, but found this! </p> <p>You gotta love the toobz!</p> Christy Hardin Smith @ 94

Peterr at 92 — Now, THAT is genius! Thanks!

Found it on while looking on line for some missing instructions for one of those Lego vehicle kits – couldn’t find the instructions, but found this!

You gotta love the toobz!

]]> By: NaNOO http://firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491284 NaNOO Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:04:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/02/05/stand-up-and-be-counted/#comment-491284 <p>Coleman doesn’t have a chance again, especially now that Al Franken plans to run for the senate. Coleman is so phony, but I’ll call anyway even though I never voted for him. Predictions were April for Iran to be attacked, that’s been moved up to March. No time to waste. Wish Congress would stop this now and quite wasting time on non-binding crap.</p> Coleman doesn’t have a chance again, especially now that Al Franken plans to run for the senate. Coleman is so phony, but I’ll call anyway even though I never voted for him. Predictions were April for Iran to be attacked, that’s been moved up to March. No time to waste. Wish Congress would stop this now and quite wasting time on non-binding crap.

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