Comments on: Updated Whip Count — To the Phones! http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:54:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: klynn http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27278 klynn Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:43:06 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27278 <p>Jane,</p> <p>The efforts on this Action Alert have been absolutely well coordinated. I have been humbled by the swift information turn-around. “That” element of this Action Alert has been quite effective in directing citizen action.</p> <p>Thank you so much!!!</p> Jane,

The efforts on this Action Alert have been absolutely well coordinated. I have been humbled by the swift information turn-around. “That” element of this Action Alert has been quite effective in directing citizen action.

Thank you so much!!!

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27277 Ann in AZ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:29:10 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27277 <p>There is a <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#more-40807" rel="nofollow">new post</a> up on the front page by Cynthia Kouril: “Update on the Albany Senate Putsch”</p> There is a new post up on the front page by Cynthia Kouril: “Update on the Albany Senate Putsch”

]]> By: redfish http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27276 redfish Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:19:39 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27276 <p>I don’t have to justify my writing style to you. But I’m curious why you went to kill innocent people on the other end of the world who never attacked us.</p> I don’t have to justify my writing style to you. But I’m curious why you went to kill innocent people on the other end of the world who never attacked us.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27275 SouthernDragon Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:15:00 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27275 <blockquote><p>arrested climbing the Pentagon walls on bedsheets</p></blockquote> <p>Would it have been too hard to add the word “symbolically” to your statement?</p> <p>I spent 3 years in the Mekong Delta with the Mobile Riverine Force and have nothing but the utmost respect for those who protested the war and/or left the country to avoid it. You don’t have to puff it up.</p>

arrested climbing the Pentagon walls on bedsheets

Would it have been too hard to add the word “symbolically” to your statement?

I spent 3 years in the Mekong Delta with the Mobile Riverine Force and have nothing but the utmost respect for those who protested the war and/or left the country to avoid it. You don’t have to puff it up.

]]> By: redfish http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27274 redfish Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:09:47 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27274 <p><em>The Pentagon march was the culmination of five days of nationwide anti-draft protests organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam — “the Mobe.” But a singular spark was provided by the Youth International Party (Yippies), a fringe group whose leaders, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, had announced that they planned an “exorcism” of the Pentagon. They would encircle the building, chant incantations, “levitate” the structure and drive out the evil war spirits.</em></p> <p>“The crowd drawn to Washington for the March on the Pentagon and a rally at the Lincoln Memorial numbered more than 100,000. Mailer and Hoffman were among the 681 arrested, most for disorderly conduct and breaking police lines. More than 2,500 Army troops protected the Pentagon</p> <p><em>“The Pentagon’s steps were spattered with blood. Tear gas was unleashed on the crowds. “People became frightened,” recalled Raskin, one of the speakers that day. “They began running every which way. At that moment, it turned into something else. A sense of chaos takes over.”</em></p> The Pentagon march was the culmination of five days of nationwide anti-draft protests organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam — “the Mobe.” But a singular spark was provided by the Youth International Party (Yippies), a fringe group whose leaders, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, had announced that they planned an “exorcism” of the Pentagon. They would encircle the building, chant incantations, “levitate” the structure and drive out the evil war spirits.

“The crowd drawn to Washington for the March on the Pentagon and a rally at the Lincoln Memorial numbered more than 100,000. Mailer and Hoffman were among the 681 arrested, most for disorderly conduct and breaking police lines. More than 2,500 Army troops protected the Pentagon

“The Pentagon’s steps were spattered with blood. Tear gas was unleashed on the crowds. “People became frightened,” recalled Raskin, one of the speakers that day. “They began running every which way. At that moment, it turned into something else. A sense of chaos takes over.”

]]> By: redfish http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27273 redfish Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:06:27 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27273 <p>There were dozens of protesters who approached the Pentagon with bedsheets tied together (what some of us did on the bus trip to Washington). The intent was to symbolically attempt to climb the walls. My father and I and many others were arrested and detained and released that evening.</p> There were dozens of protesters who approached the Pentagon with bedsheets tied together (what some of us did on the bus trip to Washington). The intent was to symbolically attempt to climb the walls. My father and I and many others were arrested and detained and released that evening.

]]> By: redfish http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27272 redfish Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:58:59 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27272 <p><em>“We will probably have a bill that we will put forward next week along with the Senate, and my understanding … is that quite a bit of progress was made,” House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra of California said Tuesday upon leaving a meeting with House Democratic leaders.</em></p> <p><em>Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Democratic Steering Committee co-chairman, said he was confident Democrats can get the 218 votes needed to pass the supplemental.</em></p> “We will probably have a bill that we will put forward next week along with the Senate, and my understanding … is that quite a bit of progress was made,” House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra of California said Tuesday upon leaving a meeting with House Democratic leaders.

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Democratic Steering Committee co-chairman, said he was confident Democrats can get the 218 votes needed to pass the supplemental.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27270 SouthernDragon Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:58:06 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27270 <p>Well, the good folks with VVAW will know of any incident involving bedsheets at the Pentagon. Seein’s how I’m a member I think I’ll check with them.</p> <p>Plus I’m curious how one gets close enough to attach bedsheets to a 5-story building with outstanding security.</p> Well, the good folks with VVAW will know of any incident involving bedsheets at the Pentagon. Seein’s how I’m a member I think I’ll check with them.

Plus I’m curious how one gets close enough to attach bedsheets to a 5-story building with outstanding security.

]]> By: redfish http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27268 redfish Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:57:39 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27268 <p><em>“What I hear is that the Pentagon could well run out of money for [the war in] Afghanistan and I am not willing to do that,” said Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who supports blocking the release of the photos.</em></p> “What I hear is that the Pentagon could well run out of money for [the war in] Afghanistan and I am not willing to do that,” said Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who supports blocking the release of the photos.

]]> By: Twain http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27267 Twain Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:51:17 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/updated-whip-count-to-the-phones/#comment-27267 <p>Am shocked at some of the names in the “yes” column - Barney Frank and George Miller! Who could have imagined?</p> Am shocked at some of the names in the “yes” column – Barney Frank and George Miller! Who could have imagined?

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