From jac07 at dcn.org  Tue Jan  3 19:31:52 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:31:52 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] about Alito?Petition and STOP ALITO- message from
	Howard Dean, DNC
In-Reply-To: <3s149t$lrk3dm@mailer.democrats.org>
Message-ID: <BFE081A8.7C0A%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: Howard Dean <democraticparty at democrats.org>
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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:17:21 -0500
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: What about Alito?

 
       
     Dear John,  <http://www.democrats.org/alito> We now know that George
Bush personally ordered American intelligence services to spy on American
citizens without the consent of any court and repeatedly directed officials
to take actions that explicitly violated the law. Our courts are the last
line of defense against abuses of power like this, and every judicial
nominee must demonstrate that they will honor their most important
responsibility: protecting our rights and freedoms. Samuel Alito will not.
During the course of his judicial career, Samuel Alito has compiled a record
of looking the other way when abuses of power threaten our basic freedoms.
He has deferred to unscrupulous prosecutors who constructed all-white juries
to try black defendants. He repeatedly failed to protect our right to
privacy. He was even the lone judge voting to uphold the illegal
strip-search of a 10-year old girl. Next week Judge Alito's confirmation
hearings will begin. Already over 750,000 people have signed a petition
asking Senators to oppose Alito -- today I add my name. Please join me:
http://www.democrats.org/alito A broad coalition of groups will deliver this
petition to Senators in less than 48 hours. You and I have the chance to
push the total over a million if we spread the word. Moderate Republicans
who have expressed concern about the domestic spying program also have
serious questions about Judge Alito, and an outpouring from ordinary
Americans could force them to do the right thing and vote against him. Even
before the domestic spying story broke, Senators in both parties had
expressed concern about Judge Alito's credibility. On everything from his
ideological streaks to his rulings in cases where he had a clear conflict of
interest, Judge Alito seems to be willing to say whatever it takes to get
confirmed. After bragging about his membership in an ultra-conservative
group on his college campus to boost his right-wing credentials, he's now
waffling on exactly what his relationship with the group was. And he
explicitly broke a promise he made under oath to the Senate that he would
recuse himself from cases where he had a personal financial interest. Across
the country more and more people are realizing that if Judge Alito is
confirmed, the impact on our rights and our lives will be felt for
generations. Join the drive for a million people calling on the Senate to
reject the Alito nomination: http://www.democrats.org/alito Judge Alito's
record of currying favor with the extreme right and favoring government
power over individual liberties might make him qualified as a favorite
speaker at conservative think tanks, but it does not qualify him to sit on
the Supreme Court. People who put politics over the rule of law cannot be
trusted to guard our freedoms. Every American should shudder at the prospect
of a judge with a history of ethical lapses and appeasing right-wing
extremists getting a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land.
Send a message to Senators now and join the 750,000 Americans speaking out
against this dangerous nomination: http://www.democrats.org/alito The Senate
must reject Samuel Alito. Thank you. Governor Howard Dean, M.D. P.S. -- For
more information about Judge Alito's deeply concerning ethical lapses and
ideological rulings, see these resources:
http://www.democrats.org/alitoresources

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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Mon Jan  9 18:04:22 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:04:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Real 24 hour notice Davis Democrat Club board
	meeting on January 10
Message-ID: <200601100204.k0A24GWn069900@afes.com>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

This is a real announcment for a real meeting.  I apologize for last month.
That was a bad month with too many things going on.  I heard that both
meetings went well, the actual meeting and the unofficial one that was on
the following week.

First, we really need Arun Sen to attend this meeting.  If he does not see
this e-mail, please contact him and let him know that we need him at this
meeting.  Arun is our parlimentarian.

The meetings are now back on Tuesdays.  The next meeting is tomorrow at 7PM
in the little conference room.  Please attend.  I will try to telephone
board members this afternoon to let them know about the meeting.

We are going to have club elections.  This will be a general election of the
officers of the board.  We need board members, to discuss the slate that
will be mailed out in the Newsletter or a special mailing if it is too late
to mail it out before the next meeting.

One Day Notice.
There will be a Davis Democrat Club board meeting on Tuesday, January 10 at
7PM in the small conference Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County
Library.  The address is 315 East 14th Street.

Please note that any Davis Democrat Club member is welcome to attend the
meetings.  We normally have at least 1 to 4 guests per meeting.  We have
never had a meeting without someone from the public in attendance.  

The club by-laws say that board members cannot miss 3 meetings in a row
without an excuse.  

There is going to be a Tuesday, January 14 General Meeting of the
membership.  We will discuss the details at the meeting.

If you have any suggestions for the agenda, please send them to Kingsley,
Tony, or me via the list.  This is the final agenda.  Please also be aware
that someone will be telephoning the board members to remind them of the
meeting.  I have already received some unofficial input from other DDC board
members on this preliminary agenda.

Please find below the location and time for the next meeting:

DDC Board Meeting
Time: 7 PM to 8:04 PM
Place: Small Conference Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library.  
                315 East 14th Street.

Please find the agenda below.

Agenda.   The agenda may change as it is worked on by the President and Vice
President.  

              Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda 
                Tuesday, January 10, 7 pm - 8 pm
     Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library.  
                315 East 14th Street.

I.  Introduction   (15 minutes)
        i.    Approval of Agenda  
        ii.   Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted 
              (none planned to be submitted for this meeting).
        iii.  Comments and issues from the Public and general members.
              a. from public for unscheduled presentations.
        iv.   Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats
              a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, Lyle S.
              b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats, Lyle or Rich.
              c. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats, Angela T.
              d. Report on the President's activities for the club, Tony G.
                 (Report on State Democrat Party and November Election)
              e. Report on the December meeting of the YDDC.

II.  Treasurer's Report     (4 minutes)

III. Discussion of Planning of General Meeting on February 14  (15 minutes)
        i.   Chair
        ii.  Discussion on event 2 years ago
        iii. Potluck event? and theme (Valentine's Day)
        iv.  Officer slate

IV. Discussion of Planning of other General Meetings  (5 minutes)
        i.   Chair
        ii.  Discussion of past years
        
V.  Content of the Next Newsletter (6 minutes)
        i.   Circulation -- is everyone happy?
        ii.  Update by newsletter committee
        iii. Need for volunteers
        iv.  Story ideas
        v.   Ballot  

VI.  New and Unfinished Business (12 minutes)
        i.   Announcements- upcoming events 
        ii.  Items for next meeting  
        iii. Next Meeting Time/Location 
        iv.  Meeting adjournment

Time:  57 minutes

All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so
people can leave by 8PM.  





From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Wed Jan 11 01:37:41 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:37:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democrat Club election general meeting on
	February 14, 2006
Message-ID: <20060111093741.0ED21200373A@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club members,

DDC General Meeting for Election of Officers and Endorsement of Candidates
-- June Elections
Time: 6 PM to 8:00 PM
Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library.  
                315 East 14th Street.

              Davis Democratic Club Meeting 
                Tuesday, February 14, 6 pm - 8 pm
     Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library.  
                315 East 14th Street.

There will be a potluck on Valentine's Day sponsored by the Davis Democrat
Club starting at 6PM.  This is an event to break bread with fellow Democrats
and discuss the state of the state and the union as we work to successfully
elect a Democrat Governor and host of other Dems for state office.  If
people want to use this opportunity to pass out election and Democratic
party information or articles to the membership, they can do so.  This
should be a fun event with plenty of food.  [For instance, I will be
bringing both a large combo pizza with Pepperoni, Ham, Mushrooms, Green
Peppers, Onions, Olives, Sausage and Real Bacon Bits and a Hawaiian Pizza
(Canadian Bacon and Pineapple).]  

Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase,
either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 6 to 8 or 10 people.  The
Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate kisses, and
if they can be found, candied hearts.  The suggested donation at the door
will be $5.  If you need guidance in what food to bring to the event, please
phone Bob Bockwinkel at 219-1896 or G Richard Yamagata at 848-8364.

The club will also have its bi-annual election of officers.  The business
meeting with the election will start at 6:45PM.  At this time there is no
planned speaker, except for the outgoing and incoming presidents.  Please
come to vote or to turn in your ballot.  The By-Laws allow for nominations
from the floor.  It is expected that the election will take up most of the
hour slated for this meeting.  

While ballots are tabulated, there is one item on the agenda, placed there
by President Tony Gruska, the endorsement of candidates for elected office
or primary candidates in June.  Since the general membership will be at this
meeting, this will facillitate the endorsement of candidates by the Davis
Democrat Club.  

The slate of officers offered by the DDC Board for this election are:
President:  Arun Sen
Vice President:  John Chendo
Treasurer:  Betty Weir
Publicity:  Mary Lou Hernandez
Corresponding Secretary:  Julia Sanchez
Recording Secretary:  G Richard Yamagata

Our other board members serving for 2006 to 2008 will be:
Immediate Past President:  Tony Gruska 
Past President:  Bob Bockwinkel
Past Vice President:  Kingsley Melton
Past Publicity Officer:  Barbara Slemmons
Newsletter Editor:  Tanya Chalupa
Membership:  John Chendo
Rhonda Gruska
Adrienne Kandell
Max Rothe
Lyle Smith 
Pam Nieberg  
Jim Pollock




From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Thu Jan 12 01:51:44 2006
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:51:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] More Details about Davis Democrat Club election
	general meeting on February 14, 2006
Message-ID: <20060112095144.9D9E9200358E@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club members,

There are more details on this event.  For the Potluck, the following
breakdown is being suggested:  
A-K  Bring a main dish
L-R  Bring a salad dish (green, macaroni, or potato or other)
S-Z  Bring a dessert

The ballot for the election will not be included in the newsletter.  What
Betty Weir has asked is that people come to the meeting and will pick-up the
ballot after paying their club dues.  If you have already paid your dues,
there will be a list on which your name will be present.

If you need more information, please call G Richard Yamagata at 848-8634 or
Bob Bockwinkel at 219-1896.

DDC General Meeting for Election of Officers and Endorsement of Candidates
-- June Elections
Time: 6 PM to 8:00 PM
Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library.  
                315 East 14th Street.

              Davis Democratic Club Meeting 
                Tuesday, February 14, 6 pm - 8 pm
     Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library.  
                315 East 14th Street.





From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 12 08:46:09 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:46:09 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] DNC Alert: Alito Hearings & Body Armor
In-Reply-To: <3s149t$m3gvf3@mailer.democrats.org>
Message-ID: <BFEBC7D1.7E70%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: Democratic Party <democraticparty at democrats.org>

Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:28:29 -0500
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: DNC Alert: Alito Hearings & Body Armor

 
       
     Dear John, Democrats should be prepared to talk about two issues
dominating headlines this week. First, Senate Democrats began to question
Judge Samuel Alito this week. Alito faced tough questions about his
decisions during 15 years on an appeals court. Second, a recent Pentagon
study revealed that "80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq
from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body
armor." According to The New York Times, "such armor has been available
since 2003," but the Pentagon declined to supply it to the troops. Democrats
are calling for congressional investigations. [New York Times, 1/7/06]
Talking points on both issues are below..
DNC Secretary Nomination of Judge Alito: KEY POINT: Americans are still
unsure about Judge Alito. Too many writings in his record curry favor with
the extreme right, which show a willingness to favor government power over
individual liberties. A lack of credibility has emerged as Judge Alito has
tried to distance himself from his record and prior statements. Judge Alito
has attacked Americans' personal liberties by approving the inappropriate
strip search of a 10-year old child and defending the construction of
all-white juries by unscrupulous prosecutors trying black defendants. Judge
Alito's decisions, such as his attacks on the Family Medical Leave
protections and his willingness to excuse the grossest form of sexual
harassment in the workplace based on technicalities, have harmed working
people. As President Bush face increasing criticism over his secret
warrantless spying on American citizens, Judge Alito must demonstrate that
he too understands the limits of executive power. In 1984, Alito supported
the use of illegal, warrantless wiretaps and wrote that the attorney general
should be shielded from lawsuits. Judge Alito failed to recuse himself from
a major Vanguard Mutual funds case, despite pledging-under oath during
confirmation hearings for his third circuit judgeship-to do so, because of
his financial ties to the company. How can we believe that Judge Alito will
put aside his personal beliefs and keep an open mind when he has already
broken one promise made to the American people? America needs strength now
and America needs a Supreme Court where personal and political
considerations do not appear to influence any decision at any time. Please
click here 
<http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/p
dfs/20060111_alitocred.pdf>  for an op-ed by Senator Edward Kennedy entitled
"Alito's Credibility Problem." Pentagon Study on Body Armor for Troops: KEY
POINT: This study is the latest example of the Bush Administration's
appalling disregard for the safety of our troops. President Bush's rhetoric
doesn't match the actions of his Administration and unnecessary combat
fatalities are the result. Our troops and their families deserve better. It
is unacceptable and unconscionable that lives of numerous soldiers and
Marines could have been saved if the Pentagon and the President had supplied
them with armor that they already had. Since the beginning of the Iraq War,
the Bush Administration has failed to keep our troops safe. They have not
made sure our soldiers have all the resources they need to get the job done.
Our troops deserve better leadership in Washington. We need to immediately
equip men and women in combat with every resource available, to keep them
safe and help them defeat the enemy. Congress should hold hearings to
investigate. The American people deserve full assurance our troops will not
face unnecessary risks or danger caused by lack of resources. Why weren't
the necessary steps taken to protect our soldiers? The least we can do is to
give our men and women in uniform the option of having the very best body
armor and armored vehicles to make sure they can be as safe as possible.

For those of you receiving this email from the Secretary of the Democratic
National Committee for the first time, we are reaching out to Democratic
leaders across the nation. We hope you will use this material on talk radio,
for letters to the editor, and share it with your activist community. We
would appreciate your feedback or other information that might be of help to
us. Lastly, if there are others who may be interested in being included,
please send us their names and email addresses. Thanks again for your help.
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Sat Jan 14 08:54:29 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:54:29 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: free numbers to phone Dem senators:
 filibuster to save the Supreme Court--against neocon alito
In-Reply-To: <BFED7C9A.7EC0%jac07@dcn.org>
Message-ID: <BFEE6CC5.7EDD%jac07@dcn.org>



Subject: Toll-free to phone Dem senators: filibuster to save the Supreme
Court

1-800-426-8073  or 1-888-355-3588 TO FILIBUSTER FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES ; VS. BIG CORPORATIONS, CORPORATE MEDIA, RELIGIOUS
THEOCRACY. 

The defense of our constitution and Supreme Court depends on the small
number of senators below; especially senators from small states--if you know
of constituents in those small states, please have them call their senators;
their voice carries tremendous weight, disproportionate to population. And
they will be available to have more time to listen to callers. Over this
long weekend, you will be able to leave short messages usually on a
senator's voicemail. Or phone and fax their local intra-state offices.

Fight for Martin Luther King's legacy, not the Princeton legacy rule of
affirmative action for the rich!

Dems:  Akaka--Hawaii
        Baucus-Montana
        Bayh-Indiana
        Biden-De.
        Bingaman-N.Mex.
        Boxer-Calif.
        Byrd-Va.
        Maria Cantwell-Wa.
        Tom Carper-De.
        Clinton-NY
        Conrad-ND
        Corzine-NJ
        Dayton-Minn.
        Dodd-Conn.
        Dorgan-ND

        Durbin-Ill.
        Feingold-Wisc.
        Feinstein-Calif.
        Harkin-Iowa
        Inouye-Hawaii
        Johnson-SD
        Jeffords-Vermont-Independent
        Kennedy-Ma.
        Kerry-Ma.
        Kohl-Wisc.
        Mary Landrieu-La.
        Lautenberg-NJ

        Leahy-Vt.
        Levin-Mich.
        Lieberman-Conn.
        Blanche Lincoln-Arkansas
        Barbara Mikulski-Md.
        Patty Murray-Wa.
        Ben Nelson-Neb.
        Bill Nelson-Fla.
        Barak Obama- Ill.
        Pryor-Ark.
        Rockefeller-W.Va.
        Harry Reid-Nevada
        Jack Reid-R.I.
        Ken Salazar-Co.
        Paul Sarbanes-Md.
        Charles Shumer-NY

        Debbie Stabenow_Mich.
        Ron Wyden-Oregon

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Sat Jan 14 09:15:01 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:15:01 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] numbers to phone all senators: filibuster to save
 the Supreme Court--against neocon alito-updated emergency
In-Reply-To: <BFEE6EE8.7F01%jac07@dcn.org>
Message-ID: <BFEE7195.7F05%jac07@dcn.org>






1-800-426-8073  or 1-888-355-3588 TO FILIBUSTER FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES ; VS. BIG CORPORATIONS, CORPORATE MEDIA, RELIGIOUS
THEOCRACY, UNCHECKED EXECUTIVE POWER.
  DEMAND SENATE POSTPONE VOTE FROM WEDNESDAY, JAN.18, TILL THE FOLLOWING
WEEK, THURSDAY, JAN.26.TO STUDY ALITO'S EXTENSIVE LEGAL RECORD.

The defense of our constitution and Supreme Court depends on the small
number of senators below; especially senators from small states--if you know
of constituents in those small states, please have them call their senators;
their voice carries tremendous weight, disproportionate to population. And
they will be available to have more time to listen to callers. Over this
long weekend, you will be able to leave short messages usually on a
senator's voicemail. Or phone and fax their local intra-state offices.

Fight for Martin Luther King's legacy, not the Princeton legacy rule of
affirmative action for the rich!

Dems:  Akaka--Hawaii
        Baucus-Montana
        Bayh-Indiana
        Biden-De.
        Bingaman-N.Mex.
        Boxer-Calif.
        Byrd-Va.
        Maria Cantwell-Wa.
        Tom Carper-De.
        Clinton-NY
        Conrad-ND
        Corzine-NJ
        Dayton-Minn.
        Dodd-Conn.
        Dorgan-ND

        Durbin-Ill.
        Feingold-Wisc.
        Feinstein-Calif.
        Harkin-Iowa
        Inouye-Hawaii
        Johnson-SD
        Jeffords-Vermont-Independent
        Kennedy-Ma.
        Kerry-Ma.
        Kohl-Wisc.
        Mary Landrieu-La.
        Lautenberg-NJ

        Leahy-Vt.
        Levin-Mich.
        Lieberman-Conn.
        Blanche Lincoln-Arkansas
        Barbara Mikulski-Md.
        Patty Murray-Wa.
        Ben Nelson-Neb.
        Bill Nelson-Fla.
        Barak Obama- Ill.
        Pryor-Ark.
        Rockefeller-W.Va.
        Harry Reid-Nevada
        Jack Reid-R.I.
        Ken Salazar-Co.
        Paul Sarbanes-Md.
        Charles Shumer-NY

        Debbie Stabenow_Mich.
        Ron Wyden-Oregon

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Mon Jan 16 09:11:25 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:11:25 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Against Alito: "Opinion - Editorial:
 Constitutional powers hanging in the balance - sacbee.com"
In-Reply-To: <27b.33bc4a4.30fc4e67@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BFF113BD.7F45%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: <ECESaur at aol.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:18:31 EST

Click Here: Check out "Opinion - Editorial: Constitutional powers hanging in
the balance - sacbee.com"
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14072835p-14903371c.html> I
It looks like our Sacramento Bee is indeed the  newspaper we thought it
was...
Emily





From jac07 at dcn.org  Mon Jan 16 09:26:21 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:26:21 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Sac Bee's Great Editorial against Alito
In-Reply-To: <5F.89.20580.946CBC34@web01.moveon.org>
Message-ID: <BFF1173D.7F65%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: Emily Saur <ecesaur at aol.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:14:01 UT
To: "john c. chendo" <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Sac Bee's Great Editorial against Alito



x - close Recent Stories By


Editorial: Constitutional powers hanging in the balance
Alito nomination gives senators a chance to re-assert the rightful role of
Congress

Published 2:15 am PST Sunday, January 15, 2006
Story appeared in Forum section, Page E6
These are tough times for Congress. In recent years, both President Bush and
the Supreme Court have aggressively claimed powers at the expense of the
legislative branch.

The president has asserted "inherent powers" and "exclusive authority"
regardless of laws passed by Congress and language in the U.S. Constitution
- and has used the purported powers as a reason to withhold information and
exclude Congress from decisions. For its part, the Rehnquist Court began
limiting the power of Congress in the "Revolution of 1995" with a series of
5-4 decisions striking down laws passed by Congress.

Now, with Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito for a lifetime appointment to
the Supreme Court, members of the Senate have an opportunity to reclaim
their constitutional role.

Unfortunately, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing was a huge
disappointment, groveling obsequiousness on one side and rote responses on
the other. The questioning belies what is at stake. No issue is more
important right now than unfettered presidential power. Senators of both
parties should look at their decision on Alito through that prism.

The fact is, Alito has been in the front lines of a project initiated during
the Reagan presidency, when he was a lawyer in the Office of the Legal
Counsel, that asserts "unitary executive" powers at the expense of Congress
and the courts. The Bush administration has advanced this project,
undermining the system of checks and balances in our republic.

For example, even as he signed an anti-torture amendment, Bush declared the
executive branch will follow the law only where it fits with his notions of
the "unitary executive branch" and "limitations on judicial power." Bush
claims this authority not just with wartime powers, but with all laws.

As a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Alito noted
in a 2000 speech that the Supreme Court has not accepted the theory of the
unitary executive, instead balancing interests of Congress and the
president. His own view, however, was that "The president has not just some
executive powers, but the executive power - the whole thing."

Asked directly this week whether the president can ignore or disobey laws
passed by Congress, Alito testified that "the president must take care that
the statutes of the United States that are consistent with the Constitution
are complied with" (emphasis added). This, of course, is the crux.

Bush's has been to sign laws (instead of vetoing them, which is what he
should do if he believes they're unconstitutional) and then to claim an
exclusive power to interpret the Constitution as he sees fit, ignoring
Congress and the courts. Alito's artful response would seem to support that
and is hardly reassuring.

Equally disturbing, Alito seems willing to go further than the current court
in overturning laws passed by Congress. Alito has shown throughout his
career that he has a cramped view of congressional power and an expansive
view of presidential power. That, surely, is a prime reason why Bush
nominated him.

Are members of Congress of both parties going to stand up against this
corrosive agenda? If not now, when?


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From jac07 at dcn.org  Mon Jan 16 09:40:23 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:40:23 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] AL GORE-TODAY-12 NOON ON CSPAN- CONSTITUTIONAL
	CRISIS- MUST WATCH
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From: Gary Beckwith <gary at solarbus.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:28:40 -0500
To: <newsletter at solarbus.org>
Subject: Heads up; this could be big

Friends of truth, justice, and the Solar Bus,

A quick heads up to let you know that Al Gore is going to give a big speech
today, which will be televised on CSPAN at 12 noon Eastern.  Put your VCRs
on record, and do what you can to let others know.

Word is that Gore is going to explain to the American people that we are
facing a Constitutional crisis. By authorizing both torture and domestic
wiretapping, the President clearly has broken the law.  He continues to do
so, because the Republicans controlling both houses, and there are no
checks and balances on the system; we are truly facing a crisis of large
proportion.

The speech will probably not get a lot of airplay on the regular media
channels so we must do what we can to get the word out.

Tune in to CSPAN on TV or watch the speech at c-span.org at 12pm, Eastern.

Regards,

Gary Beckwith
The Solar Bus

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Jan 18 13:17:43 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:17:43 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: National Call-in Day to Oppose Alito:
	tollfree 1-877-851-6437
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:55:34 -0500 (EST)
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: National Call-in Day to Oppose Alito: Make Your Voice Heard!

 



January 18, 2006 
Urge Senators to Oppose Alito:
National Call-In Day TODAY!DIAL YOUR SENATORS TOLL FREE AT 877-851-6437

If you?ve been reading the papers, you know that some people are trying to
make it look like no one cares and no one is fighting Samuel Alito?s
nomination to the Supreme Court.  If fact, nothing could be farther from the
truth.

Today, we posted to our blog the names of over 90 organizations
<http://capwiz.com/nwlc/utr/1/GSNYFJXBQU/HPIKFJXDEN/585222521> ,
representing millions of constituents across the country who are fired up in
opposition to Alito, and we know that you are, too! Getting your voice heard
in Washington may never matter more than it does today. Today at noon,
Democratic senators are meeting to decide their Alito strategy.  And
Republican senators are trying to suggest that everyone on their side of the
aisle supports Alito.  Call today and tell them you oppose Alito!

Call Your Senators Toll Free TODAY, January 18th
877-851-6437
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step-by-step instructions for calling your senators directly.Some Senators
have already begun making public statements about their position on the
confirmation, so CALL NOW!We need to let senators know that we want them to
do everything possible to defeat Alito?s nomination. If there was ever any
doubt that Alito?s nomination is the most important showdown in a generation
for those concerned with preserving the guarantees of our Constitution,
Alito?s testimony last week made it abundantly clear: if confirmed, Alito
will likely roll back important gains made in protecting and advancing civil
rights, vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, condone the abuse of power by the
president, go too far in allowing government instrusion in your personal
life, and help curtail Congress? ability to protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the American people.  He will join the conservative
Scalia/Thomas/Roberts wing of the Court.This is about more than Alito?s
confirmation; it?s about the future of the country.  Don?t let your senators
get through another day without hearing from you.  For more information, go
to www.NominationWatch.org
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Jan 18 13:27:49 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:27:49 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] [SPAM?] FW: Democrats meet about Alito within
	hours. Call now!1-877-851-6437
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:09:51 -0800
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Democrats meet about Alito within hours. Call now!

 

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Dear? john,

Yesterday, we urged you to call Democratic senators and their leaders before
they meet to decide their Alito strategy.

This meeting happens around noon today!

If you haven't called to say you're counting on senators to do everything
possible to defeat this nomination, do so right now! Call toll free, (877)
851-6437.

If you've already called your senators or if neither of them is a
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curtail Congress' ability to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
American people.

Call your Democratic senator(s) or Senators Reid and Leahy right now while
your activism will have its greatest impact -- right now.

(877) 851-6437

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 19 12:31:03 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:31:03 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Benefit of the Doubt
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------ Forwarded Message
From: Senator Ted Kennedy <action at tedkennedy.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:51:19 -0500
To: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Benefit of the Doubt

 
   
   Dear John, Last week, Samuel Alito had the opportunity to answer the
numerous and troubling questions about his record.  Regrettably, he chose
diversion over candor - and left the Senate Judiciary committee with even
more uncertainty about his commitment to fairness and equal justice for all.
Our Constitution places awesome power in our Supreme Court justices, and the
responsibility to use it wisely. Accordingly, any nominee to its bench must
meet a high bar and prove a steadfast commitment to "equal justice under the
law." Unfortunately, when it comes to meeting this standard, Mr. Alito asks
the American people to give him the benefit of the doubt.  I believe he is
asking too much. In response to our email last week, an overwhelming number
of you wanted to know about Mr. Alito's views on the scope of executive
power. Like most Americans, you are concerned that President Bush authorized
the National Security Agency to spy on Americans in their homes, has said he
will ignore the new McCain law banning torture, and wants the government to
continue to have access without a warrant to many of your private records
and communication. There is little doubt from the record that Judge Alito is
a cheerleader for vast presidential powers, even though he tried to distance
himself from his own remarks in the hearing.  I'm sure you share my view
that we want a Supreme Court justice who will blow the whistle on abuses of
power as a violation of our rights, and it's clear that Judge Alito will not
do that. If confirmed, Samuel Alito will be charged with guarding our great
traditions of justice and freedom.  Time and again we see him contort the
law and find for the powerful rather than the weak.  Numerous studies of his
cases - by law professors and the press - found that he ruled in favor of
the government, corporations, and powerful interests more than 80 percent of
the time.  He ruled against the handicapped, minorities, and women facing
job discrimination.  He said it's okay to reject African Americans to create
all-white juries.  He even ruled in favor of the authorities when they
strip-searched a 10-year-old little girl. America can do better than Samuel
Alito. No Supreme Court confirmation should be based on the benefit of the
doubt.  That's why I will vote no on his confirmation. Thank you for your
valuable support over the past few weeks. Sincerely, Senator Ted Kennedy
P.S.  I just finished giving a speech at the Center for American Progress
that covered my decision in further detail.  You can get the full text here:
http://www.tedkennedy.com/alitospeech
<http://www.tedkennedy.com/page/m/gs7v1ffnlgs/00vGhN>
   
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 19 14:13:33 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:13:33 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Conference Call 5:20PM (EST) about shutting down
 the revolving
 door of K Street money and elected representatives-vs. Rick Santorum
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:34:16 GMT
To: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Reminder: Conference Call 5:20PM (EST)

    
  
  <http://www.bobcaseyforpa.com>
   
   Dear John, 



I just wanted to remind you to tune in to our ethics conference call, just 1
hour away, at 5:20PM (EST). Let's discuss what's really going on in
Washington.

When: Today
Time: 5:20pm
Call in number: (800) 967-7135
Confirmation Code: 9345523

If you haven't signed our petition asking Rick Santorum to shut down the K
Street Project, please do so now and forward it to your friends.
 

Sign the petition <http://ga4.org/ct/6dSoS8M1VRtl/>

Thousands of you have already signed the petition and I can assure you that
your voice is being heard. Join me at 5:20PM tonight and let's hold
accountable those responsible for the ethics mess in Congress.
 

Talk to you soon,

Bob Casey


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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 19 14:18:28 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:18:28 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Democrats met on Alito, now.
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:18:43 -0800
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Democrats met on Alito, now.

 

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Dear john,


Following yesterday's meeting of Senate Democrats, a consensus to fight
Alito's nomination is emerging, but a final strategy has not yet been
decided.
?
We can't tell you what will happen today or tomorrow, but we can tell you
that your activism has had a real impact in this critical time and will
continue to. Thanks in part to the thousands of calls you poured into Senate
offices yesterday, senators are becoming more vocal in their opposition to
Alito. Just today, senators off the Judiciary Committee -- including Max
Baucus, Tom Harkin, Barbara Mikulski,?and Ken Salazar?-- have announced
their opposition to Alito.

Today three members of the Committee -- the Committee's Democratic leader,
Senator Leahy, and Senators Kennedy and Durbin -- are announcing their
positions in speeches around the country. Normally such statements would be
made on the Senate floor, but in a move that has wrankled many Democrats,
the Senate's Republican leader, Bill Frist, has already moved to limit
debate by denying them time to speak in the Senate chamber.
?
If you haven't called your senators yet to let them know you're counting on
them to stop Alito, please do so right now. If neither of your senators is?a
Democrat, call Democratic leader Harry Reid or the Judiciary Committee's top
Democrat, Patrick Leahy.
?
Call toll-free! 1-877-851-6437
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Jan 20 03:29:19 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:29:19 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Urgent Phone Action: IT'S FILIBUSTER FRIDAY!!
In-Reply-To: <20060120060512.07F54200421A@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:06:38 -0800
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Urgent Phone Action: IT'S FILIBUSTER FRIDAY!!


CALL ALL YOUR SENATORS LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICES NOW TO OPPOSE ALITO

We have gotten many emails from our participants, asking "what more can we
do?"  Some have reported senators arbitrarily turning off their answering
machines at night, or long waits on hold.  Are they trying to hide from the
thousands and thousands of their constituents who are raising their voices
to demand that they filibuster the evasive Alito?  Even if you have already
sent your personal message by email or made some phone calls, we have added
a FABULOUS extra function to the main action page where you can instantly
lookup all your senators local district offices phone and fax numbers with
just one click.

http://www.nocrony.com

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT FILIBUSTER FRIDAY

If the other side can have a so-called "Justice Sunday", we can have our own
"Filibuster Friday", and that day is tomorrow.  In just the last 24 hours we
have seen a major shift in momentum.  Today, Senator Leahy came out with a
very strong statement that he recognizes the immense threat to our freedom
and democracy in allowing a dangerous and unpopular president to install a
fifth and controlling vote to hold that our Constitution actually intended
to create an executive dictatorship.  Tomorrow we need to show our support
for those senators who are starting to stand up now by hitting every phone
they've got right down to the district level with our phone calls and faxes.
Get all your numbers with one easy click at

http://www.nocrony.com

Those you who like to call in to progressive radio programs, we have all
their call in numbers too at the site above in the right column.  Call them
and ask them to talk up Filibuster Friday all day and night long!  Let's
start early and snowball the thing all day long.  Ask them to give out the
easy to say and remember URL above as much as possible.  Senators have said
they are "undecided" on a filibuster.  But we the American people HAVE
decided and all our senators have to do it get it.

Some senators who are too still too cowardly to demand a filibuster are
saying they will make Alito an issue in the 2006 election.  It'll be an
issue alright, in their OWN primaries! Any officeholder who will not stand
up for this one must never hold public office in any capacity ever again.
And the difference is whether you will stand up YOURSELF right now and make
those calls to their local district offices.  Make calls to the toll-free
numbers 888-355-3588, 888-818-6641 and 800-426-8073 if you can get through
there too.

It is not enough to vote "No."  They must vote "Hell, NO!" It's called a
filibuster.  Filibuster Friday.

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Jan 20 04:11:36 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:11:36 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] TODAY please call to oppose Judge Alito
In-Reply-To: <p05210602bff5dfd3e379@[66.81.62.170]>
Message-ID: <BFF61378.810E%jac07@dcn.org>

> 
> 
> Keep our Supreme Court Fair: Call your senators to oppose Judge Alito!
> Dear shielda,
> The moment of truth is here: Judge Samuel Alito Jr.'s nomination to a lifetime
> seat on the Supreme Court is about to be decided. The final vote over whether
> Judge Alito will replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on our nation's highest
> court could come in just one short week, which means most senators are making
> their decision right now.
> Earthjustice is opposing a Supreme Court nominee for the first time since we
> opposed and helped block Robert Bork's nomination in 1987. This decision was
> not made lightly: We believe that Judge Alito could reverse decades of
> progress in protecting public health and the environment if confirmed to the
> court.
> More than 10,000 of you have contacted your senators with your concerns about
> Judge Alito-now we need to keep the momentum going! Please take the next step
> to make your voice heard: call your senators and tell them that you want them
> to do everything possible to defeat Alito's nomination.
> 
>  
> Please call your senators <http://ga0.org/ct/cdz7-v513RQX/> TODAY!
> It's easy:
> 1. CALL 1-800-426-8073 to be connected (toll-free!) to the Capitol Operator,
> and ask to speak to one of your senator's offices;
> 2. When the staff answers, give your name and where you are from (so they know
> you are a constituent);
> 3. Explain you are concerned that Judge Alito could reverse decades of
> progress in protecting public health and the environment if confirmed to the
> court; and
> 4. Clearly say that you want the senator to do everything possible to defeat
> Alito's nomination. Then call your other senator!!
> Calling your senate offices is the best way to build opposition to Judge
> Alito's nomination. Two minutes of your time could make a big difference:
> please call today!
> * Want more information? Find out what's at stake
> <http://ga0.org/ct/c1z7-v513RQB/> !
>  <http://ga0.org/ct/cdz7-v513RQX/>
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Sat Jan 21 14:44:49 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:44:49 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Heads up: Monday-constitutional crisis-democrats
 must fight and
 fax to save the Supreme Court and U.S.Constitution-numbers for all
 senators
Message-ID: <BFF7F961.8191%jac07@dcn.org>

I plan to send out by Monday the local district fax numbers for all U.S.
Senators.Check your emails Sunday evening.  All the Washington D.C. phone
lines and fax lines at the U.S. Capitol  will probably be clogged on Monday.

  So we should use their local district office fax numbers. Please spend the
money to send faxes: they will get through and make a bigger impact.  At
this point, we need also to  fax all the Republican senators to let them
know that it is un-American to sell our Bill of Rights and our
constitutional checks and balances for a pot of oil in the Middle East,or
for a permanent war against all evildoers.

Al Gore stated the case very plainly a few days ago, as did the Sacramento
Bee's editorial last Sunday in the Forum section. Alito is not worthy to
take the determining moderate "swing" seat of the first woman, Sandra Day
O'Connor.

Points against Alito:
1)In cases where he had   a conflict of interest, financially or personally,
he refused to recuse himself and keep his hands off deciding between
parties. This is like Scalia, who has refused to recuse himself in a case
which would reveal the membership of Cheney's secret "national energy
committee."

2)bizarre judicial philosophy throughout his legal career: presidency in the
executive branch is not a co-equal branch of government; the president is
unilaterally  supreme in interpreting the laws (over the Supreme Court) and
is supreme in canceling or disregarding or not enforcing laws (over the
House and Senate).Bush has canceled 375 environmental regulations.

3)refused to join ROTC or the military during Viet Nam War-yet uses that as
his excuse for joining C.A.P.,which basically fought for affirmative action
for the rich and privileged. An insult to veterans who fought for the
American dream of equal opportunity.

4) hid behind wife's tears at job interview ( a p.r. Trick of Mafia men when
dragged into court)

5)supports secret governnment and secret war, on the president's authority
without congressional declaration or oversight.

Look for fax numbers tomorrow. Also on www.capwiz.org  or www.nocrony.org or
www.nwlc.org




From jac07 at dcn.org  Sun Jan 22 04:16:23 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:16:23 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Fax all U.S. Senators vs. alito,
 a walking constitutional amendment-followup to previous headsup
Message-ID: <BFF8B797.819E%jac07@dcn.org>

We want Republicans not to use the nuclear option to  overrule the right to
filibuster; we want Democrats to filibuster.
If the filibuster does not work, then we must have some Republicans voting
against  Alito (51 is majority; present membership is 55 Rep-45 Dem&Indep).

Following are best fax numbers, usually local offices.
  
Elizabeth Dole-R-NC-919-856-4053
Mary Landrieu-D- Louisiana- 202-224-9735 or 504-589-4023
Susan Collins-R-Maine-207-990-4604
Olympia Snowe-R-Maine-207-874-7631
Blanche Lincoln-D-Arkansas-202-228-1371
Patty Murray-D-Wash-206-553-0891
Cantwell-D-Wash-206-220-6404
Clinton-D-NY=716-854-9731
Mikulski-D-Md-410-962-4760
Lisa Murkowski-R-Alaska-907-276-4081
Kay Bailey Hutchison-R-Tex-important in senate leadership
Debbie Stabenow-D-Mich-517-203-1778
Feinstein-D-Ca.-619-231-1108
Boxer-D-Ca-415-956-6701-she is solid rock

Ben Nelson-D-Nebraska-402-476-8753
Pryor-D-Arkansas-501-324-5320
Robert Byrd-D-W.Va-304-343-7144
Jay Rockefeller-304-347-5371
Pat Leahy-Vt-202-224-3479 or 802-229-0569
Jim Jeffords-Independent-Vt-802-223-0416
Lincoln Chafee-R-RI-401-453-5085
Richard Lugar-R-Indiana-202-228-0360


Kent Conrad-D-N. Dakota-701-258-1254
Byron Dorgan-D-N.Dakota-701-250-4484
Johnson-D-So.Dakota-605-332-2824
Durbin-D-Illinois-217-492-4382
Max Baucus-D-Montana-406-657-6793

Arlen Specter-R-Penna-215-597-0406
John Warner-R-Va-804-739-3478
Joe Biden-D-Delaware-302-573-6351
Harry Reid-D-Nevada-702-388-5030
Bennett-R-Utah-801-524-5730
Orrin Hatch-R-Utah-801-524-4379
Allard-R-Colorado-202-224-6471
Ken Salazar-D-Colorado-303-455-8851 or 202-228-5036

Chuck Hagel-R-Neb-402-758-9165
George Voinovich-R-Ohio-614-469-7733
John McCain-R-Ariz-602-952-8702
John Kyl-R-Ariz-602-957-6838
David Vitter-R-La-337-262-6373
Talent-R-Missouri-314-432-5694
Judd Gregg-R-NH-
Sununu-R-NH-603-647-9352
Trent Lott-R-Miss-601-965-4007-important,running in 2006
Gordon Smith-R-Oregon-503-326-2900

Kohl-D-Wisc-414-297-4455
Feingold-D-Wisc-608-828-1203


Craig Thomas-R-Wy-307=265-6706
Mike Enzi-307-682-6501
Ensign-R-Nev-702-388-6501
Thune-R-SD-202-228-5429
Shelby-R-Ala-205-759-5067
Sessions-R-Ala-334-244-7091
Mel Martinez-R-Fla-407-423-0941
Lamar Alexander-R-Tenn-615-269-4803
George Allen-R-Va-804-771-8313 or 202-224-5432
Johnny Isakson-R-Ga-770-661-0768
James Imhofe-R-Oklahoma-918-748-5119

Cornyne-R-Texas
Levin-D-Mich-313-226-6948
Lautenberg-D-NJ-973-639-8723 or 202-228-4054
Bob Menendez-D-NJ-202-228-2197
Joe Lieberman-D-Conn-860-549-8478
Bill Nelson-D-Fla- 239-334-7710 or 202-228-2183 or 407-872-7165
Tom Harkin-D-Iowa-515-284-4937

Kennedy-D-Mass-617-565-3183
Kerry-D-Mass-617-248-3870
Akaka-D-Hawaii-202-224-2126
Inouye-D-Hawaii-202-224-6747 or 808-541-2549
Ron Wyden-D-Ore-503-326-7528 or 202-228-2717
Barak Obama-D-Illinois-312-886-3514
Jack Reed-D-RI-401-464-6837
Schumer-D-NY-716-846-4113
Carper-D-Delaware-302-674-5464
Bingaman-D-New Mex-505-992-8435
Domenici-R-New Mex

Sorry that I have missed some. Idaho has a tradition of libertarianism-and
has of course 2 senators. Tollfree phone numbers for the U.S. Senate
switchboard are 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073 or 877-851-6437 or
888-818-6641.






From jac07 at dcn.org  Sun Jan 22 04:38:23 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:38:23 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Heads up: Monday-constitutional crisis-democrats
 must fight and
 fax to save the Supreme Court and U.S.Constitution-numbers for all
 senators
Message-ID: <BFF8BCBF.81AA%jac07@dcn.org>

I plan to send out by Monday the local district fax numbers for all U.S.
Senators.Check your emails Sunday evening.  All the Washington D.C. phone
lines and fax lines at the U.S. Capitol  will probably be clogged on Monday.

  So we should use their local district office fax numbers. Please spend the
money to send faxes: they will get through and make a bigger impact.  At
this point, we need also to  fax all the Republican senators to let them
know that it is un-American to sell our Bill of Rights and our
constitutional checks and balances for a pot of oil in the Middle East,or
for a permanent war against all evildoers.

Al Gore stated the case very plainly a few days ago, as did the Sacramento
Bee's editorial last Sunday in the Forum section. Alito is not worthy to
take the determining moderate "swing" seat of the first woman, Sandra Day
O'Connor.

Points against Alito:
1)In cases where he had   a conflict of interest, financially or personally,
he refused to recuse himself and keep his hands off deciding between
parties. This is like Scalia, who has refused to recuse himself in a case
which would reveal the membership of Cheney's secret "national energy
committee."

2)bizarre judicial philosophy throughout his legal career: presidency in the
executive branch is not a co-equal branch of government; the president is
unilaterally  supreme in interpreting the laws (over the Supreme Court) and
is supreme in canceling or disregarding or not enforcing laws (over the
House and Senate).Bush has canceled 375 environmental regulations.

3)refused to join ROTC or the military during Viet Nam War-yet uses that as
his excuse for joining C.A.P.,which basically fought for affirmative action
for the rich and privileged. An insult to veterans who fought for the
American dream of equal opportunity.

4) hid behind wife's tears at job interview ( a p.r. Trick of Mafia men when
dragged into court)

5)supports secret governnment and secret war, on the president's authority
without congressional declaration or oversight.

Look for fax numbers tomorrow. Also on www.capwiz.org  or www.nocrony.org or
www.nwlc.org




From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Sun Jan 22 09:29:38 2006
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:29:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Prescription drug rip off
Message-ID: <20060122172938.10093.qmail@web81108.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

COSTCO! read this whole article...especially the end! (Remember to pass on to others) 


COSTCO!   read this...

Let's hear it for Costco!! (This is just mind-boggling!)  Make sure you read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed below is a Budget Analyst out of federal Washington, DC offices.


Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet. We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA. As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension, a significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America. 


The data below speaks for itself.


Celebrex: 100 mg                                                
Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.60
Percent markup: 21,712%




Claritin: 1 0 mg 
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17 
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71
Percent markup: 30,306% 




Keflex: 250 mg 
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39 
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88
Percent markup: 8,372% 






Lipitor: 20 mg 
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37 
Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80
Percent markup: 4,696% 




Norvasc: 10 mg < tablets): (100 price>Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14
Percent markup: 134,493% 




Paxil: 20 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27 
Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60
Percent markup: 2,898% 

 

Prevacid: 30 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77 
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01
Percent markup: 34,136% 






Prilosec: 20 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97 
Cost of general active ingredients $0.52
Percent markup: 69,417% 




Prozac: 20 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets) : $247.47 
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11
Percent markup: 224,973% 




Tenormin: 50 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47 
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13
Percent markup: 80,362% 






Vasotec: 10 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37 
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20
Percent markup: 51,185% 




Xanax: 1 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79 
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024
Percent markup: 569,958% 




Zestril: 20 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89
Cost of general active ingredients $3.20
Percent markup: 2,809 




Zithromax: 600 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19 
Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78
Percent markup: 7,892% 




Zocor:/B<B 40 mg 
Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27 
Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63
Percent markup: 4,059% 





Zoloft: 50 mg
Consumer price: $206.87
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75
Percent markup: 11,821%








Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought everyone should know about this. Please read the following and pass it on. It pays to shop around. This helps to solve the mystery as to why they can afford to put a Walgreen's on every corner. On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News in Detroit, did a story on generic drug price gouging by pharmacies. He found in his investigation, that some of these generic drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's not a typo.....three thousand percent! So often, we blame the drug companies for the high cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you had to buy a prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for 100 pills. The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you are "saving" $20. What the pharma
 cist is
 not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may have only cost him $10! 


At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and he said that Costco consistently charged little over their cost for the generic drugs. 

 

I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and get its online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with the online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my own experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent nausea in chemo patients.





I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS. I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at Costco for $28.08.


I would like to mention, that although Costco is a "membership" type store, you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as it is a federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in. (this is true)


I went there this past Thursday and asked them.  I am asking each of you to please help me by copying this letter, and passing it into your own e-mail, and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail address.


Sharon L. Davis 
Budget Analyst
U.S . Department of Commerce
Room 6839
Office Ph: 202-482-4458
Office Fax: 202-482-5480
E-mail Address: sdavis at doc.gov 


From jac07 at dcn.org  Wed Jan 25 20:01:26 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:01:26 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] "tipping point" very near: FIRST time in 90 years
 ALL Senate
 Judiciary members of minority party vote together against nominee to
 Supreme Court
In-Reply-To: <BAY112-F365534AD56EF07CB7929CA0150@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BFFD8996.82E0%jac07@dcn.org>




Subject: tipping point very near: against big brother sam

Don't give away our birthrights as Americans for a mess of mideast porridge
and bush's protection racket.Our constitution now rests in the votes of a
few U.S. senators. Fax them tonight (tomorrow may be the final vote). Faxing
will get through; phoning may be clogged. preferably you have contacts for
constituents  in these states,but fax away,fax away,fax away, blitzen:

Maine: Ms. Olympia Snowe (R)--207-874-7631;Ms. Susan Collins(R)
207-990-4604. Both moderate women.

Vermont: Jim Jeffords(Independent)  802-223-0416. Left Republican party in
2001.

Ohio: George Voinovich (R)-614-469-7733. Argued against Bolton becoming UN
ambassador. Former mayor of Cleveland.

Nebraska: Ben Nelson(D) 402-476-8753.

Tennessee: Lamar Alexander ?R- 615-269-4803. Former head od U.S. Dept. of
Education. Should know better. Given full 3-year free tuition to NYU Law
School in expectation that he would devote his legal career to the poor. In
return for his free ride, he is eligible to be reminded of his ideals and
his promises.

Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee-R-401-453-5085

Alaska: Ted Stevens-R- phone Stevens? office and ask for his fax number.



The above are fax numbers. The following are toll free telephone numbers to
the U.S. Senate Switchboard:888-355-3588;  888-818-6641; or 877-851-6437.

Remember,  D.C. (Eastern)Voting time is 3 hours later than our time. So
don?t delay!

Pay no attention to the corporate news media's predictions. This is the
FIRST time in 90 years that ALL members of the minority party on the Senate
Judiciary Committee voted against the President's pick. Work tonight on the
filibuster of a judge who advocates unlimited presidential power--to break
the laws of Congress and international treaties--as Al Gore said last week,
What can the President not do --since he can kidnap, torture, and wiretap
without authorization of any other court or congressional oversight. We will
have one branch government, sold  to some of the most corrupt
multi-nationals on the planet--Enron and Halliburton among the foremost.

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 26 04:09:14 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:09:14 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Is There ONE Senator Who Will lead filibuster
 To Stop Alito?perhaps Boxer
In-Reply-To: <20060126112515.5098D2003544@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>
Message-ID: <BFFDFBEA.82F8%jac07@dcn.org>


------ Forwarded Message
From: Activists <activist.thepen at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:28:04 -0800
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Is There Not ONE Senator Who Will Even TRY To Stop Alito?


SEARCH YOUR CONSCIENCE AND CALL FOR A FILIBUSTER

This will be a short message.

Get the LOCAL office district numbers (most effective) of your own senators
at

NEW ACTION PAGE: http://www.nocrony.com

or call them toll free at 888-355-3588, 888-818-6641 or 800-426-8073.

As a result of the crescendo of opposing voices raised so far, what we are
hearing now is that virtually all Democratic members of the Senate are
prepared to vote "No" on the Alito nomination. Many have already made strong
statements about how dangerous it would be to allow ANOTHER extreme
reactionary on to our Supreme Court. What they must now understand is that a
"No" vote not in the form of a filibuster is in fact a "Yes" vote, because
that would be the result.

Harry Reid has been quoted as saying that there are 8 Democratic senators
still not supporting a filibuster, but has abdicated his leadership role and
any responsibility for pressuring them to come on board. It is a "conscience
vote" he says.

So we ask each of our individual senators in turn. Is there not one of you
who will vote their conscience to START a filibuster? If your putative
leader has in fact freed your hands. If you concede that your constituents
are strongly opposed to this appointment. If you concede that YOU are
opposed to this appointment. And if you recognize that there is nothing that
will ACTUALLY stop Alito BUT a filibuster. Then you must call for a
filibuster as a matter of conscience.

No one can predict at this moment how a cloture vote would come out. We
believe if just one senator would find the courage of conviction to start
the process many more would rally to their side, including vast additional
numbers of their own constituents who have remained silent so far ONLY
because they don't believe you will EVER stand up for them. But whether a
filibuster succeeds or not, your constituents will never forgive you,
senator, for not even trying.

We are calling on our participants to unite behind one message today.

IS THERE NOT ONE SENATOR WHO WILL EVEN TRY TO STOP ALITO?

Feel free to phrase it any way you like in your own words. In fact, please
do so. We need to call them on all their LOCAL district office numbers, and
you can get them all at using the instant lookup function at

NEW ACTION PAGE: http://www.nocrony.com

There have been reports of answering machines at capacity and so on in
Washington, but many people are also still getting through on the toll free
numbers 888-355-3588, 888-818-6641 and 800-426-8073. Call the local numbers,
call the toll-free numbers. Call and call again. Send a real time personal
message using the one click form on the page above.

And then you will be able to look back and say that you did absolutely
everything you could to save our Supreme Court, our democracy, and our
country. If only we can find just one senator who will do as much.

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be
ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 26 04:40:51 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:40:51 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Senator BOXER'S brilliant statement on Samuel
 Alito-quotation from OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
In-Reply-To: <BFFE01FB.82FF%jac07@dcn.org>
Message-ID: <BFFE0353.8302%jac07@dcn.org>


------ Forwarded Message
From: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:35:07 -0800
To: "rumseyfarm at aol.com" <rumseyfarm at aol.com>, Robert Stack
<bob at jumpingfrog.org>
Conversation: Senator Boxer's brilliant statement on Samuel Alito-quotation
from OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES!!!!
Subject: FW: Senator Boxer's brilliant statement on Samuel Alito-quotation
from OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES!!!!


------ Forwarded Message
From: PAC for a Change <info at pacforachange.com>
Reply-To: <notice-reply-5gibb82v53ndtt at ga4.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:45:42 GMT
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Senator Boxer's statement on Samuel Alito

  
   <http://www.barbaraboxer.com>
  
  Dear john, We thought you may be interested in reading the text of a
speech that Senator Boxer delivered yesterday, laying out her opposition to
the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court:

> Today, I am announcing my opposition to the nomination of Samuel Alito to the
> Supreme Court of the United States.  According to Article II of the
> Constitution, justices of the Supreme Court may not be appointed by the
> president without the advice and consent of the United States Senate. So it is
> our solemn duty to consider each nomination carefully, keeping in mind the
> interests of the American people. And this nomination is particularly crucial
> because the stakes have rarely been so high. First, consider the context in
> which this nomination comes before us. The seat that Judge Alito has been
> nominated for is now held by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who came to the
> Court in 1981.  For years, Justice O'Connor has provided the tie-breaking vote
> and a commonsense voice of reason in some of the most important cases to come
> before the Court, including a woman's right to choose, civil rights, and
> freedom of religion. Second, consider the tumultuous political climate in our
> nation. President Bush understood that in 2000 when he promised to govern from
> the center, and be "a uniter, not a divider." Sadly, this nomination shows
> that he has forgotten that promise because it is notnfrom the center and it is
> not uniting the nation.   The right thing to do would have been to give us a
> justice in the mold of Justice O'Connor, and that is what the president should
> have done. Let me be clear: I do not deny Judge Alito's judicial
> qualifications. He has been a government lawyer and judge for more than 20
> years and the American Bar Association rated him well qualified. He is an
> intelligent and capable person. His family should be proud of him and all
> Americans should be proud that the American dream was there for the Alito
> family.   But after reviewing the hearing record and the record of his
> statements, writings and rulings over the past 24 years, I am convinced that
> Judge Alito is the wrong person for this job.  I am deeply concerned about how
> Justice Alito will impact the ability of other families to live the American
> dream -- to be assured of privacy in their homes and their personal lives, to
> be secure in their neighborhoods, to have fair treatment in the workplace, and
> to have confidence that the power of the executive branch will be checked.
> As I reviewed Judge Alito's record, I asked whether he will vote to preserve
> fundamental American liberties and values -- Will Justice Alito vote to uphold
> Congress' constitutional power to pass laws to protect Americans' health,
> safety, and welfare?  Judge Alito's record says NO. In the 1996 Rybar case,
> Judge Alito voted to strike down the federal ban on the transfer or possession
> of machine guns because he believed it exceeded Congress' power under the
> Commerce Clause. His Third Circuit colleagues sharply criticized his dissent
> and said that it ran counter to "a basic tenet of the constitutional
> separation of powers." And Judge Alito's extremist view has been rejected by
> six other circuit courts and the Supreme Court. Judge Alito stood alone and
> failed to protect our families. In a case concerning worker protection, Judge
> Alito was again in the minority when he said that federal mine health and
> safety standards did not apply to a coal processing site. He tried to explain
> it as just a "technical issue of interpretation." I fear for the safety of our
> workers if Judge Alito's narrow, technical reading of the law should ever
> prevail. Will Justice Alito vote to protect the right to privacy, especially a
> woman's reproductive freedom? Judge Alito's record says NO. We have all heard
> about Judge Alito's 1985 job application, in which he wrote that the
> constitution does not protect the right of a woman to choose. He was given the
> chance to disavow that position during the hearings -- and he refused to do
> so. He had the chance to say, as Judge Roberts did, that Roe v. Wade is
> settled law, and he refused.  He had the chance to explain his dissent in the
> Casey decision, in which he argued that the Pennsylvania spousal notification
> requirement was not an undue burden on a woman seeking an abortion because it
> would affect only a small number of women, but he refused to back away from
> his position. The Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, found the provision to be
> unconstitutional, and Justice O'Connor, co-writing for the Court, criticized
> the faulty analysis supported by Judge Alito, saying that "the analysis does
> not end with the one percent of women" affected... "it begins there." To my
> mind, Judge Alito's ominous statements and narrow-minded reasoning clearly
> signal a hostility to women's rights, and portend a move back toward the dark
> days when abortion was illegal in many states, and many women died as a
> result. In the 21st century, it is astounding that a Supreme Court nominee
> would not view Roe v. Wade as settled law when its fundamental principle -- a
> woman's right to choose -- has been reaffirmed many times since it was
> decided.  Will Justice Alito vote to protect Americans from unconstitutional
> searches? Judge Alito's record says NO. In Doe v. Groody in 2004, he said a
> police strip search of a 10-year-old girl was lawful, even though their search
> warrant didn't name her. Judge Alito said that even if the warrant did not
> actually authorize the search of the girl, "a reasonable police officer could
> certainly have read the warrant as doing so..." This casual attitude toward
> one of our most basic constitutional guarantees -- the Fourth Amendment right
> against unreasonable searches -- is almost shocking. As Judge Alito's own
> Third Circuit Court said regarding warrants, "a particular description is the
> touchstone of the Fourth Amendment." We certainly do not need Supreme Court
> justices who do not understand this fundamental constitutional protection.
> Will Justice Alito vote to let citizens stop companies from polluting their
> communities? Judge Alito's record says NO.   In the Magnesium Elektron case,
> Judge Alito voted to make it harder for citizens to sue for toxic emissions
> that violate the Clean Water Act. Fortunately, in another case several years
> later, the Supreme Court rejected the Third Circuit and Alito's narrow reading
> of the law. Judge Alito doesn't seem to care about a landmark environmental
> law. Will Justice Alito vote to let working women and men have their day in
> court against employers who discriminate against them? Judge Alito's record
> says NO. In 1997, in the Bray case, Judge Alito was the only judge on the
> Third Circuit to say that a hotel employee claiming racial discrimination
> could not take her case to a jury. In the Sheridan case, a female employee
> sued for discrimination, alleging that after she complained about incidents of
> sexual harassment, she was demoted and marginalized to the point that she was
> forced to quit. By a vote of 10 to 1, the Third Circuit found for the
> plaintiff.  Guess who was the one? Only Judge Alito thought the employee
> should have to show that discrimination was the "determinative cause" of the
> employer's action. Using his standard would make it almost impossible for a
> woman claiming discrimination in the workplace to get to trial. Finally, will
> Justice Alito be independent from the executive branch that appointed him, and
> be a vote against power grabs by the president? Judge Alito's record says NO.
> As a lawyer in the Reagan Justice Department, he authored a memo suggesting a
> new way for the president to encroach on Congress' lawmaking powers. He said
> that when the president signs a law, he should make a statement about the law,
> giving it his own interpretation, whether it was consistent with what Congress
> had written or not. He wrote that this would "get in the last word on
> questions of interpretation" of the law. In the hearings, Judge Alito refused
> to back away from this memo.  When asked whether he believed the president
> could invade another country, in the absence of an imminent threat, without
> first getting the approval of the American people, of Congress, Judge Alito
> refused to rule it out.  When asked if the president had the power to
> authorize someone to engage in torture, Alito refused to answer. The
> Administration is now asserting vast powers, including spying on American
> citizens without seeking warrants -- in clear violation of the Foreign
> Intelligence Surveillance Act -- violating international treaties, and
> ignoring laws that ban torture.  We need justices who will put a check on such
> overreaching by the executive, not rubberstamp it. Judge Alito's record and
> his answers at the hearings raise very serious doubts about his commitment to
> being a strong check on an 'imperial president.'  In addition to these
> substantive matters, I remain concerned about Judge Alito's answers regarding
> his membership in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton and his failure to recuse
> himself from the Vanguard case, which he had promised to do. During the
> hearings, we all felt great compassion for Mrs. Alito when she became
> emotional in reaction to the tough questions her husband faced in the
> Judiciary Committee. Everyone in politics knows how hard it is for families
> when a loved one is asked tough questions. It is part of a difficult process,
> and whoever said politics is not for the faint of heart was right. Emotions
> have run high during this process. That's understandable. But I wish the press
> have focused more on the tears of those who will be affected if Judge Alito
> becomes Justice Alito and his out-of-the mainstream views prevail.   I worry
> about the tears of a worker who, having failed to get a promotion because of
> discrimination, is denied the opportunity to pursue her claim in court. I
> worry about the tears of a mentally ill woman who is forced by law to tell her
> husband that she wants to terminate her pregnancy and is afraid that he will
> leave her or stop supporting her. I worry about the tears of a young girl who
> is strip searched in her own home by police who have no valid warrant.  I
> worry about the tears of a mentally retarded man, who has been brutally
> assaulted in his workplace, when his claim of workplace harassment is
> dismissed by the court simply because his lawyer failed to file a well written
> brief on his behalf.  These are real cases in which Judge Alito has spoken.
> Fortunately, he did not prevail in these cases. But if he goes to the Supreme
> Court, he will have a much more powerful voice -- a radical voice that will
> replace a voice of moderation and balance. Perhaps the most important
> statement Judge Alito made during the entire hearing process was when he told
> the Judiciary Committee that he expects to be the same kind of justice on the
> Supreme Court as he has been a judge on the Circuit Court.  That is precisely
> the problem. As a judge, Samuel Alito seemed to approach his cases with an
> analytical coldness that reflected no concern for the human consequences of
> his reasoning. Listen to what he said about a case involving an
> African-American man convicted of murder by an all white jury in a courtroom
> where the prosecutors had eliminated all African-American jurors in many
> previous murder trials as well.  Judge Alito dismissed this evidence of racial
> bias and said that the jury makeup was no more relevant than the fact that
> left-handers have won five of the last six presidential elections. When asked
> about this analogy during the hearings, he said it "went to the issue of
> statistics... (which) is a branch of mathematics, and there are ways to
> analyze statistics so that you draw sound conclusions from them..."
> That response would have been appropriate for a college math professor, but it
> is deeply troubling from a potential Supreme Court justice. As the great
> jurist and Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wrote in 1881,
> "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience... The law
> embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries, and it
> cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a
> book of mathematics."  What Holmes meant is that the law is a living thing,
> that those who interpret it must do so with wisdom and humanity, and with an
> understanding of the consequences of their judgments for the lives of the
> people they affect. It is with deep regret that I conclude that Judge Alito's
> judicial philosophy lacks this wisdom, humanity and moderation. He is simply
> too far out of the mainstream in his thinking. His opinions demonstrate
> neither the independence of mind nor the depth of heart that I believe we need
> in our Supreme Court justices, particularly at this crucial time in our
> nation's history.
>          
> That is why I will oppose this nomination.
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 26 15:54:24 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:54:24 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Senator John Kerry to Lead Filibuster!
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Jan 26 21:11:35 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:11:35 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Delete if you don't care that John Kerry is
 leading filibuster vs. Alito
Message-ID: <BFFEEB87.835A%jac07@dcn.org>

Monday, Jan. 30, at 4pm: Vote in the U.S. to close debate (prevent
filibuster-needing 41 votes). If filibuster is prevented, then ---

Tuesday, Jan.31, at 11:30am: Final vote on Alito.

Tuesday, Jan.31, evening: president gloating with power; or else living
under the law.

John Kerry and Ted Kennedy are asking that we fax the following senators to
have them vote YES FOR FILIBUSTER: we need their votes for filibuster vote
on Monday at 4pm.

Red State Dems: a vote vs. Alito is worthless unless they vote YES FOR
FILIBUSTER:
Kent Conrad-D-N.Dakota-701-258-1254
Byron Dorgan-D-N.Dakota-701-250-4484
Blanche Lincoln-D-Arkansas-202-228-1371
Mark Pryor-D-Arkansas-501-324-5320
Salazar-D-Colorado-303-455-8851 or 202-228-5036
Mary Landrieu-D-La-202-224-9735 or 504-589-4023

Obama-D-Ill.-312-886-3514
Feinstein-D-Calif-619-231-1108
Boxer-D-Calif-916-448-2563
Dodd-D-Conn-telephone to get local fax
Lieberman-D-Conn-860-549-8478
Biden-D-Delaware-302-573-6351
Durbin-D-Ill-217-492-4382
Bayh-D-Indiana-tell him he can't be presidential nominee if he doesn't stand
up for filibuster vs. alito

Harry Reid-Nev-702-388-5030


Blue State Republicans:"unitary executive" violates constitutional checks
and balances:
Olympia Snowe-R-Maine-207-874-7631
Lincoln Chafee-R-RI-401-453-5085
Susan Collin-R-Maine-207-990-4604
Lisa Murkowski-R-Ak-907-276-4081
Gordon Smith-R-Oregon-telephone to ged local fax
Ted Stevens-R-Alaska-telephone to get local fax


Schumer-D-NY-716-846-4113

Clinton-D-NY-716-854-9731-tell her she cannot be presidential nominee if she
doesn't stand up for filibuster vs. Alito

Feingold-D-Wisc- tell him the same thing as Hilary

Byrd-D-W.Va-tell him he wrote a book "Losing the Republic"--he must
filibuster to save his own Senate legislation from Alito's ax--Alito is vs
the common person whenever a monopoly or big government is involved

Ben Nelson-D-Neb-???supports Alito??/tell him he's vs. the common working
person
Tim Johnson-D-So.Dak-605-332-2824 ???suppors Alito???tll him he's vs. the
common working person

Lamar Alexander-R-Tenn-

Jim Jeffords-Independent-VT-802-223-0416


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From jac07 at dcn.org  Fri Jan 27 03:42:52 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:42:52 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Delete if you don't care that Kerry & Kennedy are
 leading filibuster vs. Alito
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Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:22:09 -0500
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: KERRY:  Filibuster Alito!

GrassrootsWest.org

KERRY WANTS FILIBUSTER AGAINST ALITO
It's not too late!  John Kerry <http://www.johnkerry.com>  (remember him?)
is calling for a filibuster of the Alito nomination. His post on
DailyKos.com tonight asks us to continue to apply pressure to our senators.

Time to tell Feinstein and Byrd, Mr. Constitution himself (of all people):
"It's the civil liberties, stupid!" Alito does not believe in American
values. Every nasty assault on our civil liberties by Bu$hCo has been
founded on Alito's long-held un-American views.

Call the Capitol Switchboard toll free and ask for your senator's office
(both of them, one at a time, and if you live in a Republican-controlled
state, even better yet):
* 1-888 355 3588 
* 1-888 818 6641 
* 1-877 851 6437
Already called?  Call again. And call your friends and neighbors and get
them to call.

CNN has a poll trashing Kerry's filibuster stance: Is it conviction or
politics for him? Let's "freep" its stupid poll and stick it up CNN's
corporate media nose: Vote "conviction".
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/alito/index.html
<http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/alito/index.html>



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From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Sat Jan 28 04:42:46 2006
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:42:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Fwd: Alert Alert Conaway Ranch meeting 
Message-ID: <20060128124246.14179.qmail@web81109.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Bob Schneider <verve2006 at comcast.net> wrote:  From: "Bob Schneider" <verve2006 at comcast.net>
To: "Bob Schneider" <verve2006 at comcast.net>
Subject: Alert Alert Conaway Ranch meeting 
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:43:49 -0800

      st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                  
Subject: Alert Alert Conaway Ranch meeting 
Importance: High

   
  Folks,  (Please forward this to your friends and lists)
   
  Thank you for your support for the Yolo County Board of Supervisors in their efforts to purchase the 17,500 acre Conaway Ranch.  Future generations will benefit and appreciate this legacy purchase.  The property was purchased by Sacramento developers through the PGE bankruptcy process knowing that Yolo County intended to buy it and was prepared to use eminent domain if necessary.  
   
  These owners are developers (including Steve Guidaro) responsible for much of Sacramento?s sprawl making a play to develop Yolo County.  
   
  Let?s just say NO to developers, and support the Yolo County effort to protect habitat, water, open space and our agricultural working landscape.
   
  The meeting is open but hardly neutral.  It is being held at the Yolo County Farm Bureau office in Woodland and the Farm Bureau has voted to oppose the purchase.  After several days of negotiations, the Board confirmed that one  member, possibly two, of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, and  County Administrator, Sharon Jensen, will attend the (so called) Town Hall  Meeting: "What's Next for Conaway Ranch," 
   
  Seating will be limited; the discussion will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
   
  Both the County and the developers will make short presentations at the start of the meeting, and then the floor will be opened up to the public to ask questions of the guests.
   
  Please attend and support the Conaway purchase.  Stop the developers.  Let us control our own destiny.
   
  When: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
  Where: Yolo County Farm Bureau, 69 W. Kentucky Ave., Woodland.
  Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
   
  Thanks.
   
  Cheers,
  Bob
   
  Please note my new email address is
  verve2006 at comcast.net
   
  Bob Schneider
  Tuleyome 
  P.O. Box 74304
  Davis, CA 95617
  530-304-6215
  bschneider at tuleyome.org
  www.tuleyome.org
   





From jac07 at dcn.org  Sat Jan 28 08:06:17 2006
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:06:17 -0800
Subject: [Davis Democrats] From DNC:another week of presidential
 incompetence-we should trust him to spy on everyone?
In-Reply-To: <3s149t$mhmjne@mailer.democrats.org>
Message-ID: <C000D679.83CF%jac07@dcn.org>

Filibuster alito who will  extend rbitrary presidential power and limit
congressional oversight
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:30:28 -0500
To: john chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Week In Review

 
   
   
  <http://www.democrats.org/a/communities/women/>
<http://www.democrats.org/a/communities/women/>
     
  

Friday, January 27, 2006
A Week Of Presidential Incompetence
It's been a tough week for President Bush. Americans learned of the deadly
consequences of the Bush Administration's failures from a
Pentagon-commissioned study about how the Bush Administration has hallowed
out our Armed Forces, and reports that the Bush Administration was warned
the levees in New Orleans were likely to break following Hurricane Katrina.
And saw the release of a government report that documented fraud,
incompetence and confusion in the two years of occupation immediately
following the Iraq War. From failed policies that have overstretched our
military to failing to properly plan for post-war reconstruction in Iraq to
the problems low-income seniors have in obtaining prescription drugs, this
week has again highlighted the serious consequences of the Bush
Administration's incompetence.

The American people are hungry for change. Democrats will work to help our
soldiers win the war on terror, and are committed to restoring honesty and
integrity in government. Democrats will get the job done, because America
deserves better."

Pentagon Study: US Military Overextended. The U.S. military is overextended
and can't sustain the pace of troop deployments required to defeat the
insurgency in Iraq or maintain stability in Afghanistan, according to a
study commissioned by the Pentagon. 'The ground forces required to provide
the necessary level of stability and security to Afghanistan and Iraq
clearly exceed those available for the mission,' said the analysis for the
Pentagon by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a
Washington-based defense policy research group. [Bloomberg, 1/25/06]

Report By Albright And Perry: Ground Forces Under Tremendous Strain.
According to a report by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and
former Secretary of Defense William Perry, 'the Army and Marine Corps ground
forces are stretched to the breaking point by the prolonged large commitment
of troops to Iraq and Afghanistan and cannot sustain the current pace of
deployments 'without doing real damage to their forces.' Secretary Perry
said "although the U.S. forces are performing 'superbly' in the war on
terror, "our ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not
soon relieved, will have highly corrosive and potentially long-term effects
on the force.'" [Copley News Service, 1/25/06]

Bush Was Warned About Katrina. Documents released this week by Congress show
that two days before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the White
House received detailed damage forecasts from Homeland Security officials
predicting that the city's levees might be overtopped or breached. Yet in
the days after the storm struck on Aug. 29, federal officials, including
President Bush, said the levee breaches could not have been foreseen.
Embattled former FEMA Director Michael Brown said, 'I think we were all
taken aback by the fact that the levees did break in so many places and
caused such widespread devastation.'" [AP, 1/24/06]

Study: Iraq Reconstruction Plagued By Fraud, Misuse Of Funds. A new audit of
American financial practices in Iraq has uncovered irregularities including
millions of reconstruction dollars stuffed casually into footlockers and
filing cabinets, an American soldier in the Philippines who gambled away
cash belonging to Iraq, and three Iraqis who plunged to their deaths in a
rebuilt hospital elevator that had been improperly certified as safe. The
audit, released Tuesday by the office of the Special Inspector General for
Iraq Reconstruction, expands on its previous findings of fraud, incompetence
and confusion as the American occupation poured money into training and
rebuilding programs in 2003 and 2004. The audit uncovers problems in an area
that includes half the landmass in Iraq." [New York Times, 1/24/06]

Low-Income Seniors Not Signing Up For Bush's Failed Prescription Drug Plan.
"Low-income seniors without Medicaid or prescription coverage are signing up
for a new Medicare drug benefit at a far slower rate than others, a sign the
program isn't reaching many of those who need it most. Fewer than 300,000 of
the 3.6 million people who have voluntarily enrolled in the drug program
were approved for a low-income subsidy. That's just 4% of the 8.2 million
people the Bush administration estimated could qualify for the subsidy. By
contrast, more than 3.3 million people have signed up for coverage without
qualifying for the subsidy. That's nearly 25% of an estimated 14 million
people without full prescription drug coverage who are not low-income." [USA
Today, 1/25/06]

The American people are hungry for change. Democrats will work to help our
soldiers win the war on terror, and are committed to restoring honesty and
integrity in government. Democrats will get the job done, because America
deserves better."
DEMOCRATS HAVE A PLAN FOR THE US MILITARY
The strains on the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are serious and growing, and
the viability of our All Volunteer Force is at risk. The Bush
Administration's failures have created a strain on our ground forces, in
spite of the superb job that our men and women in uniform are doing. This
strain, if not relieved soon will have a potentially disastrous effect on
the force - a force that is critical to protecting and advancing our
national interests, now and in the future.

Democrats offer a clear plan to address the problem and prepare for future
military needs:
> 
> 1. Fully fund the post-Iraq recovery and transformation of our ground forces.
> 2. Adapt the National Guard and Reserves for the future.
> 3. Increase the deployable Army forces by at least 30,000 personnel.
> 4. Rebalance U.S. military capabilities for 21st century missions such as
> combating terrorism. and insurgency and conducting reconstruction operations.
> 5. Increase support for recruiting and retention efforts.

Democrats know if we do not take action, the risks are clear:

The Army and the Marine Corps cannot sustain today's operational tempo
indefinitely without doing real damage to their forces. And if recruiting
trends do not improve over the next year, the Army, both active and reserve,
will experience great difficulty fully manning its planned force structure
and providing the needed rotation base for operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan. This reality not only threatens the viability of our all All
Volunteer force, but limits America's ground force capability ready to
respond to other contingencies.

The American military deserves better. Resetting, recapitalizing and
modernizing our nation's ground forces will be no small challenge and will
require substantial and sustained investment. Democrats are unwavering in
our commitment to keeping our nation safe and supporting our Armed Forces.
We want to act now to protect and restore our armed forces and guarantee
U.S. national security. The American military deserves better. The American
people deserve better.
DEMOCRATS TAKING THE LEAD
STATE OF THE UNION WATCH PARTIES - JANUARY 31, 2006

Interested in attending a State of the Union watch party with other
Democrats? Ready to look at GOP Congress for the last time before we take
back the House and Senate in 2006? Then visit the DNC's online State of the
Union event page to learn about events in your area or sign up to be a host
for this important night.

http://www.democrats.org/events/sotu

We'll set you up with a proposed agenda, a fact sheet with specific
information for your state about the true impact of misguided Republican
priorities on your state, a State of the Union bingo game and a Democracy
Bonds Community Building Kit. Then join the nationwide conference call will
begin after Governor Tim Kaine (D-VA) delivers the Democratic response. Sign
up by Monday, January 30 to have your materials in hand before the start of
the speech at 9 pm e.s.t.
CLOSING NOTE: LET THE GIRLS PLAY!
Next week on February 1 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of National Girls
and Women in Sports, a day designated by Congress in 1986 to honor female
athletic achievement and recognize the importance of sports and fitness
participation for all girls and women. As we approach the 2006 Winter
Olympics, where female athletes will represent our country in a variety of
events from snowboarding to speed skating, we are reminded of the positive
opportunities girls and women find in sports participation. The Democratic
Party is proud to continue working for equality and access for women and men
in sports, specifically through Title IX.
    
     
     
   

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