From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Sun Dec 2 17:42:58 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:42:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Preliminary Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday December 4, 2007 Message-ID: <200712030142.lB31gwrH045332@backup.afes.com> This is a preliminary agenda. Please send agenda items to Arun Sen at bubusen at hotmail.com, syvanen at ucdavis.edu, or me -- at yamagata at virtual-markets.net Please note: we are placing all reports, communications and unscheduled public comment at the end of the meeting. This was suggested as a way to speed up the meetings and it seemed to have worked at the last meeting. This is preliminary. The final agenda will be published on Monday evening. PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT THE BLANCHARD ROOM OF THE DAVIS BRANCH YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY. The meeting starts at 7PM and will end before 9PM. We must vacate with the room clean and in order by 9PM. If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE MEETING. Please note that all Davis Democrat Club members are welcome to attend the board meeting. Usually, we have several guests, both members and non-members, at these meetings. Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda Wednesday, December 4, 7 pm - 8:50 pm Place: Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street. I. Introduction (5 minutes) i. Approval of Agenda ii. Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted (Minutes from December Board Meeting may be distributed -- NO VOTE.) II. Treasurer's Report -- Betty Weir (10 minutes) i. General finances and budget of the club ii. Report on Holiday Party finances III. Report from Budget Committee -- Bill Ritter Chair and Carl Schmid member (2 minutes) IV. Report from Membership Committee Carl Schmid Chair, Rick Gonzales member (7 minutes) i. Report on latest membership renewal drive ii. Report on update of the DDC Mailing List -- people did not receive newsletter... V. Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes) i. Report by newsletter committee by Bill Ritter ii. Volunteer tasks iii. Story ideas iv. Announcements and articles that must go into the newsletter VI. Davis Democratic Club January General Meeting (15 minutes) i. Date: Thursday, January 24, 6 to 9 PM. ii. Place: Needs to be finalized iii. Suggested time: 6 to 9PM iv. Suggested program: at least 2 resolutions submitted for this meeting. iv. Suggested food: Potluck VII. Future General Meetings (5 minutes) i. Tuesday, February 12, 6 to 9 PM. PLACE needs to be finalized. (Valentine's Day Party) ii. Thursday, February 28, 6 to 9 PM. PLACE needs to be finalized. iii. Thursday, March 27, 6 to 9 PM. PLACE needs to be finalized. VIII. Officer Nomination Committee -- assigned by president after last meeting. (10 minutes) (For board officer election at February 28 General Meeting) IX. Report from Community Outreach and Fundraising Committees (0 minutes) Chair for these committees are needed. X. New and Unfinished Business (15 minutes) i. Unfinished business items from past meetings. Discussion of general vote items for January general meeting (if not discussed earlier) ii. Report on Mail List Project by Mike Syvanen XI. Kudos (5 minutes) XII. Communications (18 minutes) i. Comments and issues from the Public and general members. a. From public for unscheduled presentations. ii. Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, from invited representative. b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats c. Report from Yolo County Blue (Lyle Smith) d. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats by President or VP e. Report from Davis High Democrats f. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen. g. Report on the September meeting of the YCDCC (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee) XIV. Closing (8 minutes) i. Items for next meeting ii. Announcements- upcoming events not covered in Communications and Reports. iii. Next Meeting Time/Location (January 10 Blanchard Room, February 6 Blanchard Room) iv. Meeting adjournment Time: 110 minutes All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so meeting can end by 8:50 PM. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. For public service to the Democratic Party of Yolo County, Recipient of the 2007 Williamson-Weir Award ========================== The Virtual Markets ================================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Reedley - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Dec 3 20:27:42 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:27:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] FINAL Agenda for Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday December 4, 2007 Message-ID: <200712040427.lB44RgrH083348@backup.afes.com> This is the FINAL agenda. PLEASE NOTE -- THIS MEETING IS AT THE BLANCHARD ROOM OF THE DAVIS BRANCH YOLO COUNTY LIBRARY. The meeting starts at 7PM and will end before 9PM. We must vacate with the room clean and in order by 9PM. If you received your DDC board member folder, PLEASE BRING YOUR FOLDER TO THE MEETING. Please note that all Davis Democrat Club members are welcome to attend the board meeting. Usually, we have several guests, both members and non-members, at these meetings. Davis Democrat Club Board Meeting on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda Tuesday, December 4, 7 pm - 8:50 pm Place: Davis Branch, Yolo County Library in Davis. 315 East 14th Street. I. Introduction (5 minutes) i. Approval of Agenda ii. Approval of Minutes for past meetings as they are submitted (Minutes from December Board Meeting may be distributed -- NO VOTE.) II. Treasurer's Report -- Betty Weir (10 minutes) i. General finances and budget of the club ii. Report on Holiday Party finances III. Report from Budget Committee -- Bill Ritter Chair and Carl Schmid member (2 minutes) IV. Report from Membership Committee Carl Schmid Chair, Rick Gonzales member (7 minutes) i. Report on latest membership renewal drive ii. Report on update of the DDC Mailing List V. Content of the Next Newsletter (10 minutes) i. Report by newsletter committee by Bill Ritter ii. Volunteer tasks iii. Story ideas iv. Announcements and articles that must go into the newsletter VI. Davis Democratic Club January General Meeting (15 minutes) i. Date: Thursday, January 24, 6 to 9 PM. ii. Place: Needs to be finalized iii. Suggested time: 6 to 9PM iv. Suggested program: at least 2 resolutions submitted for this meeting. iv. Suggested food: Potluck VII. Future General Meetings (5 minutes) i. Tuesday, February 12, 6 to 9 PM. PLACE needs to be finalized. (Valentine's Day Party) Date might be changed to Feburary 14 ii. Thursday, February 28, 6 to 9 PM. PLACE needs to be finalized. iii. Thursday, March 27, 6 to 9 PM. PLACE needs to be finalized. VIII. Officer Nomination Committee -- assigned by president after last meeting. (10 minutes) (For board officer election at February 28 General Meeting) IX. Report from Community Outreach and Fundraising Committees (0 minutes) Chair for these committees are needed. X. New and Unfinished Business (15 minutes) i. Unfinished business items from past meetings. Discussion of general vote items for January general meeting (if not discussed earlier) ii. Report on Mail List Project by Mike Syvanen XI. Kudos (5 minutes) XII. Communications (18 minutes) i. Comments and issues from the Public and general members. a. From public for unscheduled presentations. ii. Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus Democrats a. Specific report from the Woodland Club, from invited representative. b. Report from Yolo County Young Democrats c. Report from Yolo County Blue (Lyle Smith) d. Report from UCDavis Campus Democrats by President or VP e. Report from Davis High Democrats f. Report on the President's activities for the club, Arun Sen. g. Report on the September meeting of the YCDCC (Yolo County Democratic Central Committee) XIV. Closing (8 minutes) i. Items for next meeting ii. Announcements- upcoming events not covered in Communications and Reports. iii. Next Meeting Time/Location (January 10 Blanchard Room, February 6 Blanchard Room) iv. Meeting adjournment Time: 110 minutes All times are approximate and only placed to help keep meeting on track, so meeting can end by 8:50 PM. G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. For public service to the Democratic Party of Yolo County, Recipient of the 2007 Williamson-Weir Award ========================== The Virtual Markets ================================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Reedley - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From richard-peterson at hotmail.com Wed Dec 5 09:35:12 2007 From: richard-peterson at hotmail.com (Richard Peterson) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:35:12 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: [Yolodems] Hip Holiday Party Friday December 7th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > From: OBRUIN at aol.com> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 01:52:10 -0500> To: DPSC at yahoogroups.com; yolodems at yolodems.com; scyd at yahoogroups.com; cyd at yahoogroups.com; sacramentofordemocracy at yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Yolodems] Hip Holiday Party Friday December 7th> > > Region 3 Holiday Party> > Friday Dec 7th> 6pm-9pm> Oddfellows Hall > 415 2nd Street> Davis CA> For more information contact> Bob Bockwinkel> email:mybock at dcn.org> phone:(530)219-1896> > This is a thanks to all of the work you have done and for all of the work > you WILL do in 2008. As regional director I appreciate your dedication and > commitment to the party!> > > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products.> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)> _______________________________________________> Yolodems mailing list> Yolodems at yolodems.com> http://yolodems.com/mailman/listinfo/yolodems_yolodems.com From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Dec 5 09:49:06 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:49:06 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Dec.7, 7pm, Iraq Movie : NO END IN SIGHT with ex-Marine Bill Durston, MD, Dem candidate running vs. Lungren In-Reply-To: <5d381da6e48f2a7f3a130294135e3b2d@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Cathlyn Daly Reply-To: Cathlyn Daly Subject: Movie Night: NO END IN SIGHT with guest Dr. Bill Durston This message was sent by your Capitol Area Progressives (CAP) organizer, Cathlyn Daly. Hi everyone, This Friday night, December 7th, Capitol Area Progressives in partnership with Sacramento Progressive Alliance will be showing the acclaimed movie NO END IN SIGHT (see movie synopsis below). If you have not yet had the privilege of seeing this movie, I highly recommend that you do. It is the best Iraq War expose to date. We are honored to have as our guest at this film showing, Dr. Bill Durston, candidate for Congress in Congressional District 3. Dr. Bill Durston will be leading an audience discussion/Q&A following the viewing of the movie. Feel free to bring along family members, friends, co-workers, etc. FREE MOVIE, FREE POPCORN and FREE SODA! We always have a great time at these Friday night movies and would love for you to join us. We are showing the movie at CSUS, Hinde Auditorium in the University Union (maps on the CSUS website). The previews start at 6:30pm and the movie begins promptly at 7:00pm. Parking is free on Friday evenings. Free Movie, Free Popcorn, Free Soda, Free Parking, Outstanding Guest Speaker and a roomful of like-minded progressives! What better way to spend a Friday night?! We look forward to seeing you there! Cathlyn MOVIE SYNOPSIS The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy - the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military - largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? NO END IN SIGHT dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration's decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. NO END SIGHT alternates between U.S. policy decisions and Iraqi consequences, systematically dissecting the Bush Administration's decisions. ?The consequences of those decisions now include 3,000 American deaths and 20,000 American wounded, Iraq on the brink of civil war, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths, the strengthening of Iran, the weakening of the U.S. military, and economic costs of over $2 trillion. It marks the first time Americans will be allowed inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad's Green Zone to understand for themselves what has become the disintegration of Iraq. ? -- You can update your email preferences at: http://www.dfalink.com/edit_profile.php?t=privacy ------------------------------------------------------------------ Paid for by Democracy for America, www.democracyforamerica.com, and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 213797 ------ End of Forwarded Message From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Wed Dec 5 17:25:00 2007 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:25:00 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Hip Holiday Party for Democrats this Friday Message-ID: <200712060125.lB61P0rH045134@backup.afes.com> Greetings Fellow Democrats, Yesterday we had a full house at the board meeting. Of 15 active board members, 12 participated with the other three contacting us well before hand, letting us know that they were not able to attend. We had one guest, Davis Democratic Club member, Judy Reynolds, who was welcomed warmly to the meeting! At the board meeting, Bob Bockwinkel announced a Hip Holiday Party this Friday on December 7, from 6 to 9PM at the Oddfellows Hall, 415 Second Street in Downtown Davis. This is a Region 3 California Democratic Party potluck event. There is live entertainment by Lenny Goldberg and band. There is no entrance fee. Donations will be accepted and we would like you to bring your favorite food and enough to feed 4 to 6 people. Drinks, plates, plasticware and other acoutraments will be provided. But, BYOB (Buy Your Own Beer), they will be available for purchase. Call Bob Bockwinkel at 758-7389 for information or e-mail him at bbockwinkel at golyon.com G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ http://vme.net/bcards/bio.html Phone: 530-VIV-VMEI or 530-848-8634 G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democratic Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Chapter 169 and the Business Link of Woodland and Davis. For public service to the Democratic Party of Yolo County, Recipient of the 2007 Williamson-Weir Award ========================== The Virtual Markets ================================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Reedley - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, WBL, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Mon Dec 17 13:04:58 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:04:58 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Senator Patrick Leahy(D-Vt.): Judiciary Committee holds Rove In contempt of Congress In-Reply-To: <20071214172437.23081.742.qmail@omail2.sac.getactive.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Patrick Leahy Reply-To: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:24:37 GMT To: John Chendo Subject: In contempt of Congress Dear John, It should never have had to come to this. Yesterday, on a bipartisan vote of 12-7, the Senate Judiciary Committee ruled that White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove are in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued in the U.S. Attorneys investigation. As Chairman of the Committee, I have gone to real lengths to avoid this sort of legal confrontation, but after many months the White House has yet to cooperate with these requests from our investigation -- and the American people deserve the truth. The President denies any involvement in the political firings of Justice Department officials. Yet he and his staff continue to hide behind the veil of "executive privilege." They have essentially asserted that this privilege -- historically applied very narrowly -- covers all documents and information in their possession. It's a dramatic departure from precedent, and the Bush-Cheney administration's blanket claim of immunity from congressional subpoenas flies in the face of our system of checks and balances. This is not about pulling a partisan "gotcha" or scoring political points. After all, Committee members of both parties supported yesterday's ruling. No, this is about defending Congress's oversight function and protecting the right of the American people to know the whole truth about the mass firings of attorneys at the Justice Department. Withholding critical evidence requested by a subpoena is a serious crime, and it's time we reminded the President and his staff that they are not above the law. The White House's refusal to cooperate with our investigation casts further doubt on its contention that it had nothing to do with the political firings of Justice Department officials. In fact, it's now quite clear that political officials in the White House pressured federal prosecutors to bring partisan cases and sought retribution against those who refused. Since World War II, presidential advisers have testified before Congress 74 times, either voluntarily or compelled by subpoenas -- never once refusing to comply. Executive privilege should not be invoked to prevent investigations into wrongdoing, and certainly should not prevail. Thank you for your support for holding the Bush-Cheney Administration accountable as we get to the bottom of the mass firings of U.S. attorneys. Sincerely, Patrick Leahy U.S. Senator Visit LeahyForVermont.com | Contribute today! Paid for by Leahy for U.S. Senator Committee, Inc. PO Box 1042 Montpelier, VT 05601 Invite your friends family to join Leahy for Vermont today! Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Leahy for Senate . This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL email from Leahy for Senate, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via email with "remove or unsubscribe" in the subject line). ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Mon Dec 17 19:02:54 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:02:54 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] You did it again! Sen.Dodd(D-CT) threatens filibuster--no immunity for spying In-Reply-To: <20071218021410.869.10119.qmail@omail5.getactive.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America" Reply-To: Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:14:10 GMT To: John Chendo Subject: You did it again. You did it! Minutes ago, Senator Reid pulled the FISA bill from the Senate floor. Since Friday at noon, you made 2,443 reported calls to Senator Reid demanding he stop this bill. All weekend internet blogs, like Firedoglake and DailyKos, kept it in the news cycle. >From the ACLU to the Courage Campaign, progressives took action. And today, Senator Dodd threatened to filibuster. Together, we won. Today is a victory. Contribute $15 right now to keep up the fight. http://www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/contribute Tonight, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we get back to work. -Charles Senator Harry Reid 202-224-3542 I do not support any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunication companies who helped the Bush Administration spy on Americans. I'm counting on Senator Reid to stand up to President Bush and for the Constitution." Senator Reid did withdraw the bill that would have let ATT and other big companies off the hook for violating laws against spying. Thank you for everything you do. -Charles Charles Chamberlain Political Director If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Democracy for America . This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL email from Democracy for America, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via email with "remove or unsubscribe" in the subject line). Paid for by Democracy for America, www.DemocracyforAmerica.com and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Tue Dec 18 15:45:33 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: 18 Dec 2007 23:45:33 -0000 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FCC Votes for Big Media: Petition Congress to outlaw new regs Message-ID: <20071218234533.20857.18899.qmail@t1web1> Dear Friend, The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will further consolidate local media markets -- taking away independent voices in cities already woefully short on local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if 100,000 people demand it, they'll have to listen. Click on the link below to sign the open letter to Congress urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest. http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter/ http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter?rk=z1MaYHE1uyCvW From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Dec 19 20:44:46 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: 20 Dec 2007 04:44:46 -0000 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Take Action to Fight Global Warming Today Message-ID: <20071220044446.2929.8247.qmail@web5.sac.getactive.com> The Environmental Protection Agency denied California's waiver request to cut global warming pollution from automobiles. EPA's action is nothing more than a heavy handed stroke to limit the authority of states to fight global warming and protect our environment. Take action today! http://action.environmentaldefense.org/campaign/EPA_decwaiver?rk=m7aDfW7qNux5W ****************************** This email is Powered by Convio, Inc. http://www.convio.com ****************************** From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Dec 19 20:49:23 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:49:23 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Beat back Telecom Immunity -Warrantless Spying began 7 months BEFORE 9-11 In-Reply-To: <491613968.-1855870888@org.orgDB.mail.democracyinaction.org> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Bill of Rights Defense Committee Reply-To: Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:43:28 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: Beat back Telecom Immunity - Shut Down Guantanamo Dear John, Our time is now - time to use our grassroots power to hold elected officials accountable!? Here are two immediate opportunities: 1. Call your senators to insist that they don't vote to let telecommunication companies off the hook for their role in warrantless wiretapping. 2. Organize locally to mark the sixth anniversary of the first detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo, January 11. Beat Back Telecom Immunity The people have spoken:? Impartial U.S. courts with juries must decide the cases of the telecommunications companies' role in warrantless wiretapping.? It must not be a political decision!? Offering immunity is a cover-up that prevents government accountability. On Monday, after a long day of Senate debate on S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act , which would have provided immunity, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, fearing a filibuster, pulled the contentious bill off the floor and postponed consideration of the bill until the Senate returns from recess on January 8, 2008. According to the New York Times , the administration approached telephone companies about warrantless wiretapping in February 2001, a revelation that disproves the administration's claims that the program and immunity are justified by the threat of terrorism or by Congress's October 2001 authorization to use military force. What you can do: If you called your Senators to express your concerns about S. 2248, thank you!? Keep it up! We have a few weeks to call Senate offices and to meet with Senators holding January town hall meetings in their home states.? Call 1-202-224-3121 today, and ask the switchboard operator to connect you to both of your senators or look up their direct office telephone numbers at www.senate.gov .? Here are sample talking points: Tell your senators either to allow the Protect America Act to sunset OR to support the Judiciary Committee version of S. 2248.? Remind them that: * The administration's wiretapping program predated the September 11th terrorist attacks, so any attempts to justify the program as narrowly focused on suspected terrorists are bogus. * Congress must let the cases against the phone companies go forward.? The American people need to know about government abuses of our Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches.? Granting immunity to the telecommunications companies in order to scuttle those cases has nothing to do with national security.? And remember, not all telecom companies handed over customer records.? The refusal of Qwest to cooperate without a warrant shows that companies had a clear choice - to follow the law, or not. * Immunity for the telecommunications companies sets a pitiful precedent that Congress's laws are meant to be broken, and that when they are broken by the administration, the corporations or both, Congress will simply rewrite the laws to legalize their crimes and misdemeanors. Organize to Shut Down Guantanamo January 11 BORDC is endorsing the January 11 action of Witness Against Torture to shut down Guant?namo.? Our aim is to raise public awareness about the lack of due process and continued abuses that U.S. media ignores, and to explore effective strategies for demanding accountability from our elected representatives, who so far have gotten away with sanctioning much lawlessness.? Organizations can endorse the national action in Washington D.C., and you take action in your community.? Tools and other resources for your local action can be found here . Meanwhile, you can learn more about the news you're missing daily about Guantanamo by reading this article by Dahlia Lithwick on the new book, Eight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side, by Reprieve director Clive Stafford Smith . Upcoming BORDC 2008 Campaign The time to stand up against these abuses so we can be our most effective is now!? We cannot afford to watch as another administration is elected in 2008 that will allow the machinery that rolls over our Bill of Rights protections to keep rolling on.? We must do all we can in our communities to raise public awareness and hold our elected officials (and candidates for office) accountable!? We will be contacting you soon about participating in our 2008 campaign to make government accountability a reality. Thank you for all you do! Nancy Talanian, Director Hope Marston, West Region Organizer Ben Grosscup, East Region Organizer Michael Berg, Field Organizer Barbara Haugen, Administrator http://bordc.org ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Thu Dec 20 06:57:10 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:57:10 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Jim Hightower: Action alert: Stop the FCC from monopolization of media In-Reply-To: <20071220054325.6463.qmail@hale.civicactions.net> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Date: 20 Dec 2007 05:43:25 -0000 To: Subject: Hightower: Action alert: Stop the FCC | Video -- New Year's gifts | Battling Monsanto FULL ALERT, friends. The Kleptocratic, Autocratic, Plutocratic Corporate Conglomerated Media is chipping more at our Democracy. Kevin Martin and two of his fellow FCC Commissioners voted yesterday to allow more media consolidation in local markets--further eroding independent voices and true investigative journalism. That means more profits for media owners and fewer choices for us average Joes and Janes. But enough bad news. We can stop that from happening by deluging Congress wit demands that it reverse the FCC's regressive action. Congress has in the past responded to grassroots pressure, so let's push their buttons again. Free Press is coordinating a national petition drive on this. Check it out at freepress.net--and join the revolt! THIS WEEK'S COMMON-SENSE VIDEO COMMENTARY: Gifts for a happier New Year Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America's power elites for Christmas. http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/1489 THE E. COLI LOOPHOLE Thursday, December 13, 2007 Posted by Jim Hightower Step right up, consumers, and get your pre-cooked, USDA-approved package of E. coli beef! Wait. Did he say E. coli? Isn't that the bacteria that live in cow intestines... [read more ] BATTLING MONSANTO'S DOCTORED MILK Friday, December 14, 2007 Posted by Jim Hightower Time for another Gooberhead Award [Beanie Cap Breakdown] - presented periodically to people in the news who have their tongues running 100 miles an hour... but forgot to put their brains in gear. ... [read more ] LETTER TO AMERICAN AIRLINES Monday, December 17, 2007 Posted by Jim Hightower You frequent fliers will call me a fool for even thinking that I could reason with the CEO of a major airline. You're right - I couldn't even reach him. I'm... [read more ] THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Posted by Jim Hightower Whether it's Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, the Winter Solstice, or some other spiritual and cultural occasion that you're celebrating this month - never forget what the Powers That Be expect of you: shop, purchase, consume, spend! ... [read more ] COMMANDER BUSH "WINS" ONE Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Posted by Jim Hightower At last, George W can claim a breakthrough in his six year war in Afghanistan. Things have not been going well there. Bush has spent $127 billion and lost 469 American... [read more ] To unsubscribe from this e-mail list, send a blank email to announce-unsubscribe at lists.jimhightower.com. Make sure that you send the message from the email account that you want to remove. You can also visit the mailing list management center at http://www.jimhightower.com/mlm. ------ End of Forwarded Message From julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net Sun Dec 23 14:52:39 2007 From: julia.sanchez0927 at sbcglobal.net (Julia Sanchez) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:52:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Greetings! Message-ID: <833686.85101.qm@web83209.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Friends, (Especially Bob B , S Souza, Richard P,) I hope all of you and your families will be blessed by Our Lord during this most Holy Season and the coming New Year. Looking forward to seeing all of you next year. Julia Sanchez From jac07 at dcn.org Mon Dec 24 13:19:47 2007 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:19:47 -0800 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Working Assets is now Credo, a phone service which refuses to do surveillance without a legal warrant In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Conversation: Working Assets is now Credo, which does not lobby for immunity from the law Subject: FW: Working Assets is now Credo, which does not lobby for immunity from the law ------ Forwarded Message From: "Michael Kieschnick, CREDO Mobile" Sign up and get*: * Buyout of your current contract (up to $200) * Free Katana? II camera phone * Free solar charger Join today! Offer ends 12.31.2007. 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See the invitation and details here: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/TYNYBNPZXBEWJZNHURFA/danceforyouth Come join us. It will be a great time! Claire Black Slotton (530) 756 2887 Claire at iClaire.com