Comments on: Let’s Hit The Phones And Faxes… http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:52:05 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: katiejacob http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320785 katiejacob Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:42:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320785 <p>That was perfect. If you don’t mind, I am going to copy and fax.</p> That was perfect. If you don’t mind, I am going to copy and fax.

]]> By: boba http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320717 boba Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:54:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320717 <p>Wow, it’s amazing that over at TPM a whole different version of the house FISA effort appears and it has no immunity provision,a two year sunset and exclusivity. Go check it out ey?</p> Wow, it’s amazing that over at TPM a whole different version of the house FISA effort appears and it has no immunity provision,a two year sunset and exclusivity. Go check it out ey?

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320633 Ann in AZ Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:26:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320633 <p>Just checked back and saw your comment. I don’t mind anyone forwarding it to anywhere, but you can go to my facebook page contact me about my name and the city is Glendale, AZ. Most papers also want phone numbers and e-mail addresses which I don’t think is advisable to publish here. In facebook, there are ways of contacting one another to exchange that sort of information. I just published the letter under the heading “Open Letter to Congress” <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/members/RecentBlogs" rel="nofollow">here</a>, so you can take my blog name, remove the word “blog” and add at (the sign, not the word)cox dot net for my email.</p> Just checked back and saw your comment. I don’t mind anyone forwarding it to anywhere, but you can go to my facebook page contact me about my name and the city is Glendale, AZ. Most papers also want phone numbers and e-mail addresses which I don’t think is advisable to publish here. In facebook, there are ways of contacting one another to exchange that sort of information. I just published the letter under the heading “Open Letter to Congress” here, so you can take my blog name, remove the word “blog” and add at (the sign, not the word)cox dot net for my email.

]]> By: lobolouky http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320302 lobolouky Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320302 <p>Thank you for a wonderful letter. I was inspired and will write one myself.</p> <p>With your permission I’d like to forward it to my local paper (Louisville Courier Journal) and ask if they would publish it, not as letter to editor per se due to length, but maybe as commentary. Would that suit you? If so I am guessing they would want your name and city in AZ, but I don’t know how that kind of info gets passed.</p> Thank you for a wonderful letter. I was inspired and will write one myself.

With your permission I’d like to forward it to my local paper (Louisville Courier Journal) and ask if they would publish it, not as letter to editor per se due to length, but maybe as commentary. Would that suit you? If so I am guessing they would want your name and city in AZ, but I don’t know how that kind of info gets passed.

]]> By: DWBartoo http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320176 DWBartoo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:00:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320176 <p>Quite po-lite and suggesting a circumspect (meaning ‘watchful’) perspective on your part. Should this be deemed ‘overmuch’ by those who would represent our collective interests, then, perhaps they should seek other ‘employment’. You have merely reminded them, gently yet firmly, just what their ‘job’ in fact, actually entails. It is not all adulation and greasing the skids for an even cushier sinecure as a lobbyist. Some of them seem a tad bit dense, these days. You’ve actually been very kind, considering what they will deserve should they, once again, fail to honor and protect the Constitution and, thereby fail to faithfully serve true needs of the people of this nation.</p> <p>Good on you.</p> Quite po-lite and suggesting a circumspect (meaning ‘watchful’) perspective on your part. Should this be deemed ‘overmuch’ by those who would represent our collective interests, then, perhaps they should seek other ‘employment’. You have merely reminded them, gently yet firmly, just what their ‘job’ in fact, actually entails. It is not all adulation and greasing the skids for an even cushier sinecure as a lobbyist. Some of them seem a tad bit dense, these days. You’ve actually been very kind, considering what they will deserve should they, once again, fail to honor and protect the Constitution and, thereby fail to faithfully serve true needs of the people of this nation.

Good on you.

]]> By: CTuttle http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320168 CTuttle Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:54:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320168 <p>Woo-Hoo! Pow wow Rawks…! *g*</p> <blockquote><p>P.S. Chris Dodd has promised to continue his opposition to a flawed ‘conference committee’ product. Note that his ability to block such a product dramatically improves shortly before a Congressional recess, which will be the case next week (it’s the last week of work before Congress takes at least a couple of weeks off). He may not have to filibuster next week (but instead simply object to Unanimous Consent requests) to successfully push any final action and seriously-taxing filibuster off until after the upcoming recess.</p></blockquote> Woo-Hoo! Pow wow Rawks…! *g*

P.S. Chris Dodd has promised to continue his opposition to a flawed ‘conference committee’ product. Note that his ability to block such a product dramatically improves shortly before a Congressional recess, which will be the case next week (it’s the last week of work before Congress takes at least a couple of weeks off). He may not have to filibuster next week (but instead simply object to Unanimous Consent requests) to successfully push any final action and seriously-taxing filibuster off until after the upcoming recess.

]]> By: PinkyLeftBrain http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320161 PinkyLeftBrain Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:44:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320161 <p>My letter. Hope it’s not too ‘impolite’.</p> <blockquote><p>RE: Telecom immunity and being a ‘good German’.<br /> HUNTER S. THOMPSON: We used to ridicule it, the good Germans who just went along with it because that’s what the Fuehrer wanted.<br /> MARY SUMA: You’ve said the president has destroyed the country, the economy and our relationship with the rest of the world.<br /> HUNTER S. THOMPSON: … Democracy is on its last legs in this country, and freedom, you know, the Free World?<br /> MARY SUMA: Mm-hmm.<br /> HUNTER S. THOMPSON: … This country is no more a capital or bastion of freedom now than Nazi Germany was in the 1940s. This country is a rogue nation in a way, but worse than a rogue nation. We’re a war-crazy, war-dependent … nation… It is ridiculous. … Winston Churchill said, “In times of war, the first casualty is always the truth.” Truth is the first casualty of any war.<br /> MARY SUMA: In lieu of fear.<br /> (From Democracy Now)</p> <p>The founding documents of this country have stood the test of time. They have lasted over 200 years! They have been tested and rectified in the past. The Church Commission springs to mind.</p> <p>Why be a good German and give George Bush the tools of further harassment? Do you not remember what led to the creation of the Church Commission? Have you forgotten the abuses of the past? Is George W. Bush so powerful that you fear standing up to him and his outrageous attacks on the foundation of this country?</p> <p>Who is the bigger traitor to the constitution and the foundation of this country, George W. Bush for concocting these crimes or Congress for ignoring their fiduciary duty and going along with them?</p> <p>I urge you to stand up and deny the criminals their cover. No one, especially the President of the United States can compel any corporation to commit crimes and then no Congress, that represents the people (We the people…) should assist that president in absolving the crimes! NO CONGRESS! AT NO TIME!</p> <p>Otherwise then the ‘rule of law’ is truly dead in America, just as it was in Haiti and Zimbabwe and Germany and so many despotic dictatorships throughout time.</p> <p>How much must we give away? How much must we absolve? How many of our rights and our laws must we sacrifice for George W. Bush and his regime? How much of our freedom and democracy must we forfeit for the protection of those that do the dirty work of George W. Bush?<br /> How long must we wait for someone to standup for freedom and democracy here in America? How long until George W. Bush is stopped.</p></blockquote> My letter. Hope it’s not too ‘impolite’.

RE: Telecom immunity and being a ‘good German’.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON: We used to ridicule it, the good Germans who just went along with it because that’s what the Fuehrer wanted.
MARY SUMA: You’ve said the president has destroyed the country, the economy and our relationship with the rest of the world.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON: … Democracy is on its last legs in this country, and freedom, you know, the Free World?
MARY SUMA: Mm-hmm.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON: … This country is no more a capital or bastion of freedom now than Nazi Germany was in the 1940s. This country is a rogue nation in a way, but worse than a rogue nation. We’re a war-crazy, war-dependent … nation… It is ridiculous. … Winston Churchill said, “In times of war, the first casualty is always the truth.” Truth is the first casualty of any war.
MARY SUMA: In lieu of fear.
(From Democracy Now)

The founding documents of this country have stood the test of time. They have lasted over 200 years! They have been tested and rectified in the past. The Church Commission springs to mind.

Why be a good German and give George Bush the tools of further harassment? Do you not remember what led to the creation of the Church Commission? Have you forgotten the abuses of the past? Is George W. Bush so powerful that you fear standing up to him and his outrageous attacks on the foundation of this country?

Who is the bigger traitor to the constitution and the foundation of this country, George W. Bush for concocting these crimes or Congress for ignoring their fiduciary duty and going along with them?

I urge you to stand up and deny the criminals their cover. No one, especially the President of the United States can compel any corporation to commit crimes and then no Congress, that represents the people (We the people…) should assist that president in absolving the crimes! NO CONGRESS! AT NO TIME!

Otherwise then the ‘rule of law’ is truly dead in America, just as it was in Haiti and Zimbabwe and Germany and so many despotic dictatorships throughout time.

How much must we give away? How much must we absolve? How many of our rights and our laws must we sacrifice for George W. Bush and his regime? How much of our freedom and democracy must we forfeit for the protection of those that do the dirty work of George W. Bush?
How long must we wait for someone to standup for freedom and democracy here in America? How long until George W. Bush is stopped.

]]> By: DWBartoo http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320160 DWBartoo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:42:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320160 <p>Thanks for info on pow wow’s comment. A clear, ‘non-technical’ description, well worth the read, absolutely, Jim.</p> Thanks for info on pow wow’s comment. A clear, ‘non-technical’ description, well worth the read, absolutely, Jim.

]]> By: JimWhite http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320155 JimWhite Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:36:14 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320155 <p>Yes, and he already has said that he will. That has been reported back by callers to his office on the Glenn Greenwald comments, including a comment by pow wow that is worth reading. See page 5 of the comments.</p> Yes, and he already has said that he will. That has been reported back by callers to his office on the Glenn Greenwald comments, including a comment by pow wow that is worth reading. See page 5 of the comments.

]]> By: CTuttle http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320150 CTuttle Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:29:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/07/lets-hit-the-phones-and-faxes/#comment-1320150 <blockquote><p>The plan of the House leadership is to pass this specific bill in the House, <strong>send it to the Senate</strong> (where telecom immunity will be added in by the same bipartisan Senate faction that already voted for immunity)</p></blockquote> <p>I have a small question; Couldn’t Dodd filibuster it at that juncture…?</p>

The plan of the House leadership is to pass this specific bill in the House, send it to the Senate (where telecom immunity will be added in by the same bipartisan Senate faction that already voted for immunity)

I have a small question; Couldn’t Dodd filibuster it at that juncture…?

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