From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Fri Feb  1 11:55:41 2008
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:55:41 -0500
Subject: {news} CT GREEN DELEGATES TO NC Support for statement on Venezuaela
	needed.
Message-ID: <192201c864f3$4797f270$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear CT Delegates Cliff Thornton, Richard Duffee and Tim McKee,

Mike Derosa and Charlie Pillsbury have voted in support of the IC initiated Venezuela paper.
I urge you all to vote in support. The IC spent much time writing and deliberating over this paper.
Please vote for it, but in any case please vote so that a quorum will be reached.

Thanks, 
Justine
co-chair, International Committee
GPUS 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Julia Willebrand 
To: estebandido at gmail.com 
Cc: International Committee GPUS 
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:27 AM
Subject: USGP-INT URGENT!! Support for our statement on Venezuaela needed.


Dear IC,


I just checked the vote page for our VEnezuela statement. Right now the vote stands 47 YES, 6 NO, 8 ABSTAIN. Voting ends tomorrow. The proposal could fail for lack of a quorum. So please vote if you are a delegate. And  urge your state delegates to vote YES.

A lot of effort went into this project. It would be a great shame to see it fail to become a useful document b/c of insufficient support.


So please vote and make some lobbying calls.


Greenly,


Julia






On Feb 1, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Steve Herrick wrote:


  On Feb 1, 2008 1:19 AM, Claire Mortimer <clairebearhonu at hotmail.com> wrote:


     Sounds to me like we should recruit Jennifer to work on the IC!


  Maybe we should. I'm an observer on the NC list these days, and I was
  stunned to see the negativity our Venezuela paper generated. Of
  course, it may just be a reflex -- everything generates negativity
  there. This list is an oasis of lucidity and support.  Whatever we're
  doing right, we need to bottle it and sell it. What a fundraiser that
  would be!


  -- 
  Steve Herrick


  You can fool some of the people all of the time,
  and all of the people some of the time,
  but you can make a fool of yourself any time.
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Sat Feb  2 23:45:39 2008
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:45:39 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Upcoming Connecticut Events for Peace and Immigrant
	Rights[AFSC]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: greens at ctgreens.org 
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: Upcoming Connecticut Events for Peace and Immigrant Rights


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Jan 31 2008   
                                 
                                 .    Feb 3: Anti-war protest at John McCain campaign rally  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Feb 6: Protest Against Granting the Danbury Police 287-G Access  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Feb 17: From Palestine to Pakistan: A Creaking Empire, a CTUP Conference  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Feb 3: Anti-war protest at John McCain campaign rally  
                                 
                                Anti-war protest at John McCain campaign rally -- Special guests: Joe Lieberman, Chris Shays, Rob Simmons

                                WHEN: Sunday, February 3 -- 12 Noon
                                WHERE: Sacred Heart University -- University Commons -- 151 Park Avenue Fairfield

                                John McCain, the most pro-war candidate for President in 2008, will be holding a campaign rally on the campus of Sacred Heart University. He will be joined by pro-war cronies Joe Lieberman, Chris Shays and Rob Simmons.

                                McCain has been a staunch supporter of the War on Iraq, and is an advocate of going to war with Iran.

                                Details for parking and an assembly area will follow as quickly as we can verify them. Anti-war activists need to come out in force and let John McCain know that war is not the answer. 

                                Campaign signs and stickers for political candidates ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION. We want our focus on our opposition to the war and McCain's support of a failed policy. This rally is about our opposition to the war, and all the issues that are affected by the war. Our economy is in a recession because of all the money being wasted in Iraq coupled with tax cuts for those who least need them. Please bring lots of signs and noisemakers!!! 

                                For more information; contact John Murphy murphy at ccag.net 860-995-3389 or Dan Diaz dan at ccag.net 860-233-2132. 
                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Feb 6: Protest Against Granting the Danbury Police 287-G Access  
                                 
                                On Wednesday February 6th the Danbury city council is set to approve 287-G, a federal program, coordinating with the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) that would give local police unprecedented new powers to to detain immigrants. The Mayor of Danbury and the police refuse to disclose the full scope of this program yet, but from what they've already told the press, this much is clear:

                                287(g) authorizes the Danbury police to stop and interrogate any city resident who they suspect of being undocumented. 

                                They could access ICE's national database and determine if ICE is looking for the person in question. 

                                They could arrest that person, impound their property, fingerprint and photograph them, and hand them over to ICE. 

                                It would give them the authority to conduct raids against people in their homes and workplaces - all they would need is a warrant and ICE authorization.

                                Join in Solidarity with Immigrant Families, Workers, Brothers and Sisters as Statewide Coalitions speak out and protest in opposition to the proposed 287g ICE ACCESS program in Danbury, which will face its' final vote in Danbury on FEBRUARY 6TH 2008!

                                Where: Danbury City Hall, Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury CT. 
                                When : 2/6/2008 6:30 pm

                                This is a legal, and peaceful demonstration. Legal Observers will be present, and a parade permit will be obtained prior to the date of protest.

                                The protest is organized by Greater Danbury Partnership for Unity For more info Call : (English) Jean Hislop, 203-512-3452. 

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Feb 17: From Palestine to Pakistan: A Creaking Empire, a CTUP Conference  
                                 
                                From Palestine to Pakistan: A Creaking Empire
                                A Connecticut United for Peace Educational Conference
                                Sunday, Feb. 17th
                                1-5 p.m.
                                Church of the Holy Trinity, side door
                                381 Main St. Middletown, CT


                                Program:
                                Riham Baghouti, activist with Adalah, NYC, on Palestine

                                Michael Schwartz, author, War without End: The Iraq Debacle in Context

                                Junaid Ahmad, Muslim Law Students Association, on Pakistan

                                Ester Hyneman, Women for Afghan Women, on Afghanistan

                                Lenni Brenner, author, Zionism in the Age of Dictators, on Saudi Arabia

                                Saeed Ahghari, CT physcian who served as medic in Iran-Iraq war, on Iran

                                Refreshments will be served.

                                There will be a short CTUP business meeting in the middle of the afternoon.

                                Agenda points include Iraq Veterans Against the War and their Winter Soldier campaign; March 19th and local actions around the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war, local antiwar actions as part of New Haven Mayday, and the New England Regional Antiwar Conference to be held in late April

                                For more information contact Stan Heller at mail at TheStruggle.org 
                                http://www.ctup.8k.com/  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Mon Feb  4 00:45:12 2008
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:45:12 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Buses from Hartford to Feb 6th Danbury Immigrant Rights
	Rally
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: greens at ctgreens.org 
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 6:00 PM
Subject: Buses from Hartford to Feb 6th Danbury Immigrant Rights Rally


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Feb 3 2008   
                                 
                                 .    Feb 6: Buses from Hartford to Danbury Immigrant Rights Rally  
                                   
                                 
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Feb 6: Buses from Hartford to Danbury Immigrant Rights Rally  
                                 
                                Friends,

                                Please read the message below from Marela Zacarias. There are buses leaving from the Hartford area to the immigrant rights rally in Danbury to protest the city council there from approving the 287-G agreement that would deputize local police as immigration enforcement agents.

                                In solidarity,

                                David Amdur


                                Hello everyone,

                                This has been a very exciting and scary month in the
                                immigrant rights movement. As many of you already know
                                the mayor of Danbury wants to pass a 287 G bill that
                                would deputize the police and create a worse
                                environment of fear and racial profiling than the one
                                that already exists. The plan is for the Danbury Common Council to vote this bill Wednesday, Feb 6th.

                                Two weeks ago there was a meeting in Danbury of more
                                than 1000 Brazilian immigrants that are ready to fight
                                against this bill. The meeting was one of the most
                                inspiring events i have ever been to. In the meeting
                                it was decided to have a huge demonstration outside of
                                Danbury's City Hall and a boycott . Many Latino and Brazilian businesses will
                                close the doors of their business on that day.

                                The immigrants of Danbury need our support. As
                                activists in the immigrant rights struggle we need to
                                show our solidarity. Remember that if this law is
                                passed in Danbury it will come to other parts of the
                                state- just like the raids. We need to stop it NOW.

                                There will be two buses leaving from Trinfo Cafe
                                (corner of Broad and Vernong in Hartford CT.) at 4:40pm 
                                on Wedensday Feb 6th. The bus is FREE for everyone. If
                                you would like to go to Danbury on the bus please email me at marelazz at yahoo.com or call 860-538-3921

                                In solidarity,

                                Marela Zacarias 
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Mon Feb  4 10:14:17 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:14:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} [usgp-nc] URGENT: HELP ARIZONA **NOW**
Message-ID: <45839.97675.qm@web44812.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>



Cat Woods <cat801 at mindspring.com> wrote: Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:23:00 -0800
From: Cat Woods <cat801 at mindspring.com>
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org
Subject: [usgp-nc] URGENT: HELP ARIZONA **NOW**

 I recently spoke with Claudia Ellquist of the Arizona Green
Party and Danene Provencher of the GPUS Ballot Access
committee about Arizona's ballot access drive. Despite many
appeals, and despite quite a few promises of help, Claudia
informed me that she has yet to have a single non-Arizonan
show up to help.

STATUS OF DRIVE

Arizona has collected about half of the 22,000 signatures
legally needed, about a third of the number they really need
to collect to win. The deadline is March 6. 

This is still doable, if we can get people to help and get
the momentum going. Most of our successful ballot access
drives have achieved most of their signatures in the last
few weeks of the campaign.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

Arizona's and Texas' ballot access battles will likely set
the stage for Green Party ballot access nationwide this
year. If the Green Party fails to win these two ballots, its
presidential candidate will have far less credibility in the
race, and morale for other ballot access campaigns will be
lost.

This year's presidential race is an opportunity for
anti-war, people-over-corporations politics that we haven't
seen in over a decade -- where the "Anyone But" arguments
are less of a threat, since there is no diabolical Bush as a
front runner and since there are other possibilities of
independent candidates who are neither Nader nor Green to
open up the race more. (Also, of course, because the
front-running Democrats have voted for war funding and are
pro-corporate, but that was the case in 2004 as well.) A
Green candidate needs to get on as many ballot lines as
possible in order to be taken at all seriously. Losing this
fight would be like turning down the volume on our political
voice in this country at a time when the Green Party message
is so needed.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Arizona Greens will provide places for volunteer petitioners
to stay, meals, and transportation within town. Non-Arizona
petitioners will work in partnership with an Arizonan Green.
(Non-Arizonans can hold petitions and ask for the
signatures, but an Arizonan Green has to be within eyesight
and earshot for the signatures to be legal.)

* If you have some money but no time to travel to Arizona
and petition, then we ask that you volunteer to pay for a
plane ticket or half a plane ticket for someone else to go.
Let Claudia know (contact info below), and we'll use your
money to give Arizona another petitioner.

* If you could petition but can't afford to get to Tucson or
Phoenix on your own, let Claudia know (contact info below)
and we will work on getting you a plane ticket.

* Also, please help with recruitment to and coordination of
these efforts. Please re-post this appeal to your local
listservs. But email is not enough. Please also phone people
you know are good petitioners or who could afford some time
or some money and crunch them to contribute it now.

THE TIME IS NOW

Previous appeals have all received sincere expressions of
support but little actual help. Now is the time to act to
help the Green Party achieve ballot access in Arizona. Below
is a schedule of key events, when petitioning will be most
effective. I myself will be in Arizona the 23rd through the
28th.

Thanks for anything you can do.  

Sincerely,

Cat Woods
California GPUS delegate


CONTACT INFO FOR ARIZONA PETITION DRIVE:

Claudia Ellquist
520.622.3339
ellquist.co.atty at juno.com


BALLOT ACCESS LINKS:

GPUS Ballot Access Committee
http://www.gp.org/committees/ballot/ 

Ballot Access News
http://www.ballot-access.org/

Green Party of Arizona
http://www.azgp.org/

Gren Party of Texas
http://txgreens.org/drupal/


TIMES/PLACES TO PETITION IN ARIZONA:

Now until February 14, 15 [10-6pm], &17 [10-5pm], Tucson Gem
& Mineral Show, TCC 
 
Thursday Feb 21, Rodeo Parade.  Parade starts at 9am, vols
should be there at 7am.

February, 23, 11am-5pm Peace Fair, Reid Park Bandshell.  A
few hundred, and we've hit this crowd, but there are always
some new folks.  
 
Other events:
 
Februay 1-3, play, "Defending the Caveman," Leo Rich Theatre
Februay 2 [7:30pm] Charlie King Concert, UU church, 4831 E
22d [6pm, free dinner]
Februay 2&3 AZ Opera "Gems" TMH
Feb 2, First Saturday Arts Walk, Prescott
Feb 3, Festival of Hope rally  [anti-torture], downtown
Feb 4, morning, rally at fed courthouse, re trial of
protestors
Februay 6 -10, 10am-5pm,   Arts Festival, TUBAC
Februay 7-10, TSymphonyOrch,  TMH
February 8  Battle of the Bands, downtown
Februay 8, 9, musical "Bark,"  TMA
Februay 9  [1pm]  Dan Zanes, Rialto
Februay 9  [8pm] St Pertersburg Ballet, "Giselle"  Crowder
Februay 9-deadline, weekends, 10-6pm, Society of Creative
Anarchronist, Apache Junction
Februay 10- Mach 2, play, "Miracle Worker," UA Marroney
Theatre
Februay 11, George Clinton, Rialto
Februay 12, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Rialto
Februay 16, Roger Clyne & Peacemakers, Rialto
Februay 23, Parada del Sol, [rodeo parade] Scottsdale,
scottsdalejaycees.org
Februay 19-24,  play, "Spelling Bee,"   TMH
Februay 20 [7pm] "Say Goodnight Gracie", Berger
Februay 21 Filmed opera, "LaTraviata,"  Fox
Februay 23  Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rialto  
Feb 29-March 2, WorldFest, Margaret Hance Park, 2d
St/Moreland. PHX
March 1-2 Localto Global Teach-in, AZU [Farmer Ed Bldg]
March 2  [1pm] All Faiths/Muslim Jewish Peace Walk, Islamic
Center of 
Tucson
 
Tuesdays [8am-noon] CommFoodBank Farmer's Market

Thursdays [10-11am] 17th St Market;
[noon] Lunchtime at La Placita Plaza concerts;
[3-6pm] Santa Cruz Farmer's Market

Saturdays [11:30-3:30] 17th St Market
 
Always, in front of the Wilmot Library and the downtown
library, and along 4th Avenue shops, and on the stoop at the
big bookstores, and the video rental places.

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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Mon Feb  4 10:42:51 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:42:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Nuclear Industry loves OBAMA,
	Clinton (please forward to any lists)
Message-ID: <16203.56325.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Nuclear industry loves Obama, Clinton
 
 Nuclear interests pull a big switch
 Dan Morain and Maloy Moore |  Los Angeles Times |  02.03.2008
 
 Looking back, Joseph Cosgrove said he was naive to think that Sen. Barack Obama could require that nuclear power plant operators publicly disclose any radioactive releases.         
   
 Cosgrove and others who live and work in the hamlet of Godley, Ill., sought help after discovering years after the fact that there had been releases from the nearby Braidwood Generating Station.         
   
 Two years later, Obama's legislation, lobbied by one of his largest corporate backers, has stalled.         
   
 Cosgrove, glimpsing the nuclear industry's sway, said he watched as the bill's "teeth" were removed.         
   
 Many references to "nuclear" were stripped. More important, Obama allowed deletion of a provision that nuclear plant operators "shall immediately notify" state and local officials about any release.         
   
 The issue is relevant in the 2008 presidential campaign. In an about-face, companies that have a stake in the nuclear energy industry are giving large sums to Democrats running for president, after having showered their money on Republicans in past campaigns.         
   
 In Washington and elsewhere, nuclear energy is being promoted as a way to generate large amounts of electricity without spewing greenhouse gases that exacerbate global warming.         
   
 Obama is the largest beneficiary of money from companies that have a stake in nuclear energy's future. The Braidwood plant's owner, Exelon Corp., has donated $275,000 to Obama over his career.         
   
 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a co-author on the 2006 bill, is the second-largest recipient. Neither candidate has come out in opposition to nuclear power, unlike their onetime rival, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.         
   
 The donations come as the industry reasserts itself. Several companies have filed or are considering filing applications to build plants after a generation-long moratorium.         
   
 The shift is an example of what has troubled Republicans and heartened Democrats in this campaign: Interests once loyal to the GOP are tilting toward Democrats.         
   
 "Partly what is happening has less to do with the Democratic candidates' positions than a pragmatic assessment of what these business interests see happening in the campaign," said California Democratic consultant Garry South, who is not involved in the race.         
   
 That employees of firms with a stake in nuclear energy are shading Democratic is noteworthy as Obama of Illinois and Clinton of New York seek votes in California, where anti-nuke attitudes run deep.         
   
 In 2006, Obama introduced a measure requiring public disclosure whenever there were discharges of radioactivity. His inspiration was the unannounced release of radioactive water from Braidwood, 50 miles from Chicago.         
   
 The spills were said to have posed no health threat. But there was no disclosure until a lawsuit was filed years later, alarming Godley residents who drink from a shallow aquifer.         
   
 "We want people to be notified," Cosgrove, 52, said Saturday. He is a director of a park district in Godley that includes a child-care center for 150 children. "Think about it. They had releases and no one was told. How would you like to turn on the tap and [have to] think, 'Should I drink this?' "         
   
 The weakened bill ultimately stalled in the Senate. The New York Times detailed the saga of the bill this weekend. Obama's aides insisted Saturday that the senator was stymied by what had been a Republican-controlled Senate in 2006. He since has reintroduced the legislation -- in its weakened version.         
   
 Elizabeth Moler, who oversees Exelon's lobbying operation, said the company opposed the bill as it was introduced. But after working with Obama's staff, the company has "committed to Sen. Obama that we will support it."         
   
 This time, Clinton is not a co-sponsor.         
   
 Compared with the unprecedented sums of money raised in this campaign, the amount delivered by executives and employees of utilities and other companies that own or are involved in nuclear power plant construction, operation and waste handling is modest.         
   
 But with nine months left in the campaign, the current total of $830,000 already approaches what employees at the firms spent in the entire campaign four years ago.         
   
 Democrats have received the bulk -- $536,000 to Republicans' $294,000, a Times analysis of Federal Election Commission records shows. That is a shift from the last two presidential elections, when George W. Bush received 3 1/2 times the amount collected by his Democratic foes, Al Gore and John F. Kerry.         
   
 Obama last year raised nearly $266,000, more than Gore and Kerry combined. Clinton raised more than $166,000. Sen. John McCain of Arizona leads Republicans with about $107,000.         
   
 The bulk of Obama's nuclear energy-related money, $190,000, has come from Exelon's employees. The Chicago-based company is the nation's largest nuclear power plant operator, with 10 facilities representing 20% of the nation's nuclear energy.         
   
 Exelon recently earmarked $100 million to help it decide whether to build more nuclear plants, likely in Texas, which holds its primaries March 4. Like most of the donors, Exelon has varied interests. It also operates coal-fired plants.         
   
 Obama has refused money from Washington lobbyists, including those who represent Exelon. But like other energy companies, Exelon has a lobby presence in the nation's capital. It spent $1.7 million on lobbying in the first half of 2007.         
   
 One of Obama's major bundlers is Frank Clark, chief executive of Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edison. Clark and Obama have been friends since the mid-1990s, when Obama was a state senator and Clark oversaw the utility's lobbying in Springfield, Ill.         
   
 Exelon's Moler said donations from company executives and employees were "not surprising" given Obama's Chicago roots. "He will end up being either president or a senator from Illinois," Moler said. "He speaks to their values. They feel like they know him."         
   
 Among Clinton's backers, David Crane, chief executive of NRG Energy Inc., which operates power plants nationally, is a "HillRaiser." Clinton bestows the title on donors who have raised at least $100,000.         
   
 In September, the Princeton, N.J.-based company became the first in 25 years to submit applications to build nuclear power plants, seeking to construct two in Texas. NRG spent $600,000 on Washington lobbying in the first half of 2007, reports show.         
   
 Among Republicans, McCain regularly talks about nuclear power as a way to stem climate change. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney also is supportive. But industry leaders see a change among Democrats and think that Obama and Clinton are, if not supportive, at least not opposed.         
   
 "We see a field of candidates neutral to very positive," said Michael J. Wallace, head of the Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Nuclear, which operates three nuclear power plants and is considering building more. "We expect very critical questioning. We need that tough question."         
   
 In 2005, Obama voted for and Clinton voted against wide-ranging energy legislation that authorized the Department of Energy to provide loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants. The measure was signed into law.         
   
 "The need for loan guarantees was critical for new nuclear power plants to be built," Wallace said.         

  Learn more: 
 
 Corporations, Corruption, Pollution, Energy
 
 
 

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  Manchester CT
  Home-860-643-2282
  Cell-860-778-1304
  Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Feb  4 17:46:50 2008
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:46:50 -0500
Subject: {news} USGP-INT The vote results - Venezuela proposal passes NC
Message-ID: <08df01c8677f$d4ca3bb0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear CT Greens,

The "green" paper /proposal on Venezuela submitted to the GPUS National Committee by the International Committee (IC) has passed.
The votes of all delegates are below, followed by the proposal itself.

As you can see, there was lots of support. Objections focused around 2 issues:
 
1) Term limits:  a few delegates were uncomfortable with, or opposed to, the proposal's positive slant on eliminating term limits as Chavez (unsuccessfully) proposed in the recent referendum.        

2) IC  "green" background paper versus "proposal":  a few delegates were uncomforable  "approving" what was a background/policy paper on Chavez and the Venezuelan revolution. This is something the IC is  also struggling with.   That is, when we write background/position  papers on foreign policy--part of our committee's mission--should we submit them as proposals for NC approval or should they simply be archived and available as resources for the party, especially for candidates?  Clearly, the IC will continue to discuss this issue especially as informed by this recent proposal.

Peace, 
Justine McCabe
Co-Chair, International Committee   
=================================================
From: Jill Bussiere 
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org 
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: USGP-INT The vote results - Venezuela

Voting for the following proposal is now closed. Here are the results:
 

Proposal ID: 337 

Proposal: Green Party of the United States Policy Statement towards Venezuela 

Floor Manager: Budd Dickinson, budd.dickinson at sbcglobal.net 

Discussion: 01/14/2008 - 01/27/2008 

Voting: 01/28/2008 - 02/03/2008 

 

Result: Adopted 

 

119 Total Votes Received from 39 States/Caucuses

Presens Quorum: 34 0.6666 of 50 Accredited States/Caucuses

Consens Quorum: 55 A Majority of 108 Yes and No Votes

 

Yes: 93

No: 15

Abstain: 11

 

Yes: Gene Hunter - Alabama

No: Claudia Ellquist - Arizona

Yes: Andrew Spencer - Arizona

Yes: Mark Jenkins - Arkansas

Yes: Jim Lendall - Arkansas

Yes: Jan Arnold - California

No: Warner Bloomberg - California

Yes: Tom Bolema - California

Yes: Leslie Bonett - California

Yes: Tim Casebolt - California

Yes: Budd Dickinson - California

Yes: Marilyn Ditmanson - California

Yes: Jim Dorenkott - California

Yes: Sanda Everette - California

Yes: Derek Iversen - California

Yes: Greg Jan - California

No: Drew Johnson - California

Yes: Jared Laiti - California

Yes: Bob Marsh - California

No: Bill Meyers - California

Yes: John Morton - California

No: Orval Osborne - California

No: Linda Piera-Avila - California

Yes: Dana Silvernale - California

Yes: Akio Tanaka - California

Yes: Kate Tanaka - California

No: Lisa Taylor - California

Yes: Craig Thorsen - California

Yes: Cat Woods - California

No: Sandy Lemberg - Colorado

Yes: Romney Philpott - Colorado

No: Claire Ryder - Colorado

Yes: S. Michael DeRosa - Connecticut

Yes: Tim McKee - Connecticut

Yes: Charlie Pillsbury - Connecticut

Yes: Cliff Thornton - Connecticut

Yes: David McCorquodale - Delaware

Yes: David Bosserman - District of Columbia

Yes: Julia Aires - Florida

Yes: Michael Canney - Florida

Yes: Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks - Florida

Yes: Sarah echo Steiner - Florida

Abstain: Tom Abram - Illinois

Yes: Jack Ailey - Illinois

Yes: Terry Campbell - Illinois

Yes: Phil Huckelberry - Illinois

Abstain: Kevin O'Connor - Illinois

Abstain: Marc Sanson - Illinois

Yes: Alicia Snyder - Illinois

Abstain: Sarah Dillon - Indiana

Yes: Jeff Sutter - Indiana

No: Paul Krumm - Kansas

Yes: David Strand - Lavender Caucus

Yes: Morgen D'Arc - Maine

Yes: Jacqui Deveneau - Maine

Yes: John Rensenbrink - Maine

Yes: Theresa Savage - Maine

Yes: Anna Trevarro - Maine

Yes: Tony Zeli - Maine

Yes: Laura Barnitz - Maryland

Yes: Karen Jennings - Maryland

Abstain: Jamie McLaughlin - Massachusetts

No: Elie Yarden - Massachusetts

Yes: Matthew Abel - Michigan

Yes: Louis Novak - Michigan

Yes: Karen Shelley - Michigan

Yes: Fred Vitale - Michigan

Yes: Bill Oldfather - Minnesota

Yes: Heidi Sheen - Minnesota

Abstain: John Wages - Mississippi

Yes: Dee Berry - Missouri

Yes: Chris Frazier - Montana

Yes: Paul Steven Juntunen - Nevada

Yes: Elizabeth Arnone - New Jersey

Yes: Naomi Canaan - New York

Yes: Matt Funiciello - New York

Yes: Howie Hawkins - New York

Yes: Carl Lundgren - New York

Abstain: Jason Nabewaniec - New York

Abstain: Rebecca Rotzler - New York

No: Roger Snyder - New York

Abstain: J. Rebecca White - New York

Yes: Jan Martell - North Carolina

Yes: Gray Newman - North Carolina

Yes: Gwen Marshall - Ohio

Yes: Kimberly Wise - Ohio

No: Joni LeViness - Oklahoma

Yes: Lori Burton - Oregon

Yes: Erik Douglas - Oregon

Yes: Steve Geiger - Oregon

Yes: Marnie Glickman - Oregon

Yes: Teresa Keane - Oregon

Yes: Paul Loney - Oregon

Yes: Hillary Aisenstein - Pennsylvania

No: Alex Gillett - Pennsylvania

Yes: Skip Mendler - Pennsylvania

Yes: John Murphy - Pennsylvania

Abstain: Diane White - Pennsylvania

Yes: James DeBoer - Rhode Island

Yes: Greg Gerritt - Rhode Island

Yes: David Whiteman - South Carolina

Yes: John Miglietta - Tennessee

Yes: Howard Switzer - Tennessee

Yes: Esther Choi - Texas

Yes: Joel West - Texas

Yes: Thomas King - Utah

Yes: Eileen McCabe - Utah

No: Audrey Clement - Virginia

Yes: Christopher Fink - Virginia

Yes: Aram Falsafi - Washington

Abstain: Mike Gillis - Washington

Yes: Brent White - Washington

Yes: Karen Grubb - West Virginia

Yes: Frank Young - West Virginia

Yes: Jill Bussiere - Wisconsin

Yes: Monte LeTourneau - Wisconsin

Yes: Jeff Peterson - Wisconsin

Yes: Bryce Ruddock - Wisconsin

Yes: Julia Willebrand - Women's Caucus



Thank you and have a wonderful day!

The GP-US Voting Admin



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PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE,

 GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES

 

 

PRESENTER
 

International Committee, Green Party of the United States

Julia Willebrand (NYSGP) and Justine McCabe (GPCT), Co-Chairs



CONTACT
Jill Bussiere, GPWI

Justine McCabe, GPCT



SUBJECT

 

Green Party of the United States Policy towards Venezuela



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE



One of the functions of the International Committee is to prepare policy papers as a background for Green candidates, to educate our own membership and the general public about international issues, and to develop and advise on international aspects of the National Platform.  The International Committee of the Green Party of the United States has prepared this policy statement on Venezuela to be used by candidates, the media committee, and the general membership in the work of the party.



SYNOPSIS



This paper reviews the Bolivarian revolution, which began with the presidency of Hugo Chavez and aims at transforming Venezuela's capitalistic system toward a new socialistic one, including partial decentralization of state power to more local, popular control. Except for the narrow defeat of the constitutional reform referendum in 2007, the Venezuelan people have supported this revolution at the ballot box.  The successes and dangers of this unique Venezuelan experiment are identified. The USGP supports the self-determination of the Venezuelan people and opposes any US interference.
 

FULL PROPOSAL



Green Party of the United States Policy Statement on Venezuela



INTRODUCTION

Venezuelan Democracy and Constitutional Reform Under Chavez 

Hugo Chavez has become a polarizing figure internationally, alternately regarded as a hero or demon from the opposing ends of the political spectrum (e.g., see Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006).

 

To his supporters, Chavez is determined to bring social justice and equality to millions of mostly impoverished Venezuelans, while bravely standing up to interference from the world's sole superpower, the U.S.    

To his opponents, especially the Bush administration and U.S. media, the most persistent criticism is that Chavez is anti-democratic--an egomaniacal dictator whose election to the presidency in December 1998 initiated the growing consolidation of power for himself under the guise of helping the poor.

This charge was magnified in the lead up to the December, 2007 vote on Constitutional Reforms to the 1999 Constitution, itself the result of reforms of the old (1961) Constitution, initiated by the first Chavez government.  (Between Venezuela's independence from Spain in 1811 and 1961 there had been 26 constitutions.)  

The 1999 Constitution was drafted by a constitutional assembly created by popular referendum and ratified by a 72% popular vote. This reformed Constitution focused on restructuring Venezuelan government including the establishing a Federal Council on Government to facilitate a process of decentralization and transfer of power from the federal government to states and municipalities (Article 185), and institutionalizing the use of the popular referendum to initiate a constitutional assembly, to reform and/or overturn laws and to recall politicians, including the president. http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/70

Significantly, the tenor of the new Constitution emphasized the development of human capacities (e.g., Articles 20, 102, 299) and guarantee of human rights, including free education up to the tertiary level, free quality health care, access to a clean environment, "the right and duty of each generation to protect the environment for its own benefit and that of the world of the future," (Article 127), rights of minorities (especially indigenous peoples) and the elimination of the death penalty.

Proposed changes to the 1999 constitution were voted on in the December, 2007 referendum, organized in two Blocks: "A" (33 changes to its 350 articles) initiated by Chavez and amended by the National Assembly as well as 13 others proposed by the National Assembly itself; and "Block B," in which all 26 reforms were proposed by the National Assembly. (The National Assembly had voted on the reforms by sections, e.g., "Constitutional Exceptions," containing specific articles, during three special legislative sessions before seeking ratification in the national referendum.) Venezuelans were able to vote each block up or down separately, but not on the sections or articles, a process that has elicited criticism, including by Chavez supporters. 

The No vote against the constitutional reform proposal won 50.7 percent to 49.3 percent, with 45% abstaining. About nine million Venezuelans or 50 percent of those eligible, voted, fewer than expected.  This appears to reflect the ambivalence many felt about wanting the social policy reforms but not those extending the power of the president, especially the "Constitutional Exceptions."  http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/2950  

Public education of these proposed reforms was widespread: 10 million copies of the reforms were distributed (in a country with 26 million), with one poll indicating that 77 percent of Venezuelans had read them; national discussions of the changes took place via at least 9000 public events during a 47-day period (August 16 to October 7), and a special hotline through which 80,000 phone calls were made registering the public's opinion on the proposed changes. (See Angelo Rivero Santos, Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2007) 

Downplayed or unmentioned in the U.S. press were the social policy highlights of the proposed reforms which included decreasing the work week from 44 hours to 36; establishing the first social security fund for the 50 percent of Venezuelans who are self-employed as street vendors, taxi drivers, etc., free university education, prohibiting foreign funding of elections while including gender parity among candidates, outlawing discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation, and lowering the voting age from 18 to 16--changes that European progressives, including Greens, would recognize.  

Despite the narrow defeat of the proposed reforms, the current (1999) Constitution still gives Chavez the authority to introduce many of these social policy reforms in the National Assembly or by executive order that must be authorized in advance by an enabling act of the National Assembly.  Chavez conceded that the reform proposal lost "for now," suggesting that he may try to initiate these changes sometime before his current term ends in 2012.  

Most controversial among the proposed changes were those concerning the increase in presidential power: the president's term of office would increase from six to seven years and term limits would be eliminated; the "constitutional exceptions" during states of emergency would no longer be limited to 180 days but as long as emergency conditions persist. For example, press freedom ("right to information") would no longer be protected during these periods; and the Supreme Court's approval for the states of exceptions would be eliminated with only National Assembly approval required.

It is important to note that while the elimination of term limits (Article 230) was proposed by Chavez, all the articles under "Constitutional Exceptions" (Articles 337, 338, 339) were initiated by the National Assembly itself, though admittedly these elected legislators are predominantly from Chavez coalition parties. (See Gregory Wilpert, Center for Research on Globalization, Global Research, November 25, 2007)

In fact, eliminating term limits enhances democracy, as it merely allows candidates to run for office repeatedly while leaving the choice to voters, as is the case in England, France, Germany, Australia, among others.

Instead, the pertinent questions raised here are what conditions prevent Venezuelans--or for that matter, U.S. citizens-from electing leaders they want, and from having the society they want? 

In the U.S., the existence of presidential term limits since 1947 has not facilitated democracy.  But more significant structural impediments in the U.S. electoral system remain: a winner-take-all voting system (versus a system of proportional representation); election of presidents by the Electoral College (rather than by popular vote); corporate financing of campaigns (versus public financing); and a centralized and ever homogenizing two-party system to represent a highly diverse population who have little real institutional power at the local level. 

Which brings us to the second question raised by the Venezuela's proposed constitutional reforms:  What facilitates Venezuelans in having the society they want?          

THE VENEZUELAN EXPERIMENT

The fundamental source of criticism of President Chavez by the Venezuelan opposition and the West (especially the U. S.) is the political economy he envisions: an alternative to capitalism.  Thus far, this vision been supported by the majority of Venezuelans at the ballot box. 

The Chavez presidency has become synonymous with the Venezuelan or Bolivarian "revolution" for this reason.  However, at the start, it did not reject capitalism per se but intended to create a different form of it. (Michael Lebowitz, Monthly Review, July-August, 2007). For Chavez, that different form stressed the development of a social economy whose focus is human development rather than the development of capital.

By 2005, Chavez' emphasis on creating a social economy (versus a capitalist one) was explicitly termed socialism, but one to be pursued in a form different from that of the Soviet Union.  Speaking at the 2005 World Social Forum, Chavez said, "We must reclaim socialism as a thesis, a project and a path, but a new type of socialism, a humanistic one, which puts humans and not machines of the state ahead of everything."

Re-elected by a land-slide in December, 2006 on this message of creating a new socialism for Venezuela, the Chavez government moved to empower people at the local, communal level, primarily through the establishment of "communal councils" a process which began with the 2006 Law of Communal Councils and viewed as a major vehicle for transforming the state.  Currently numbering over 18,000, these local councils are expected to reach 50,000 at the end of 2007, and have responsibility over areas like infrastructure and some social welfare projects, with authority transferred to them from municipal and state governments. (See Chris Carlson, November 23, 2007, venezuelanalysis.com) 

In tandem with state power, according to some analysts (George Ciccariello-Maher, Monthly Review, September, 2007), these councils create a situation of "dual power," which challenges critics who claim that the Venezuelan Revolution is basically a statist one in which Chavez' main interest is consolidating power from above. 

However, unlike Lenin's view of "dual power" as operating through the state, Chavez has been influenced by Antonio Negri's (1999) ideas of "constituent" and "constituted" powers, the former referring to the power of people, which can atrophy, become lethargic, and the latter referring to the power of legally constituted structures, which can become inflexible and stagnant.

To understand the ongoing proposed changes in the Venezuelan law and constitution from the viewpoint of Chavez and his supporters (the majority of Venezuelans, who are historically poor and disenfranchised), it is important to consider their view of "law" in general.  From their "revolutionary"perspective, law is derived from below, from the people, in order to more closely reflect their social reality rather than the reverse in which their experience must accommodate to a more distant, abstract idea of that experience. (See George Ciccariello-Maher, Monthly Review, September, 2007) 

Thus, from the view of Chavez supporters, the Venezuelan revolution and Chavez' power are still driven primarily from below. And, in turn, the Chavez government responds by using state power to reactivate this popular--"constituent"-power in an attempt to sustain the ongoing dialogue between the state and the local populace.  This process was especially apparent in the grassroots defense of Chavez during the 2002 coup attempt by his opposition, in which millions of Chavez supporters rallied to return him to office.

It is unclear how the Venezuelan experiment to create a more just and democratic society will evolve.  The Green Party of the United States acknowledges that such social experiments, however well intentioned, are fraught with dangers and can fail. Some of these dangers in the Venezuelan situation include: external interference, especially U.S.; general political and economic instability; the failure of people at the local level (e.g., the communal councils) to assert themselves sufficiently vis-?-vis the state; that internal corruption and cronyism will continue; that the Venezuelan revolution is really a Chavista revolution, dependent on the rule of one man; that the former ruling oligarchy will be replaced by a new Bolivarian oligarchy; that if given more power (e.g., to declare "states of exception"), Chavez will abuse it; and that as an oil-based economy, Venezuela's transition to local economic development and more local control, will not occur in the long term; rather, that the country's primary embrace of oil will increase ecological stress, and that the oil income will diminish before the goals of the Venezuelan revolution can be reached.     

However, as a political party of the United States, we also recognize that our capitalistic system is not only limited in addressing our significant problems of poverty, growing economic disparity and environmental degradation, but is also a major cause of these social and ecological ills worldwide. 

We know that the Venezuelan revolution offers hope and the concrete possibility of a better life for the peoples of Venezuela and perhaps for those throughout Latin America. At this point, we support this experiment primarily by opposing our government's interference with it.     

Therefore, the Green Party of the United States supports the right of the Venezuelan people to sovereignty and self-determination, and recognizes the democratically-elected government of Venezuela as the legitimate expression of the will and interests of the Venezuelan people.

The Green Party strongly advocates a US policy of friendship and cooperation with Venezuela, and opposes all actions by the US government to intervene in Venezuela's internal affairs, whether by political, economic or military means.

We commend the Venezuelan government for its efforts to promote fair trade agreements, and to support equitable and just economic practices in its relations with developing countries. We also applaud Venezuela's declaration of independence from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

We look forward to other countries' emulating Venezuelan programs that have contributed to a 31% drop in the official poverty rate from 1998 to the close of 2006: low-cost food markets, medical clinics, new schools, literacy training, four-legged bookmobiles, university scholarships, worker-owned and run cooperative economic ventures, and the purchase of unutilized acreage for use by landless farmers.

We are grateful for Venezuela's program for providing oil at low cost for the economically disadvantaged in other countries, including here in the US, a policy in sharp contrast to the greed-driven policies of the US oil multinationals.

The Green Party of the United States supports the position of the Venezuelan Green Party in opposing the Chavez government's efforts to increase the mining and usage of coal, and in opposing the construction and use of nuclear power. The Green Party of the United States stands with Greens around the world in advocating for efficiency and conservation as a first priority for a sane energy future followed by increased development of renewable energy sources.

Venezuela, public airwaves and the non-renewal of RCTV's broadcast license



The Green Party supports the constitutional decision made by the Chavez administration not to renew the broadcast license of Radio Caracas Televisi?n (RCTV) when it expired, and we denounce the dishonest attempts by US political leaders and the mainstream media to portray this decision as an attack on free speech and freedom of the press in Venezuela. The broadcast spectrum is a public resource under the laws of both Venezuela and of the US, and any nation has the right to hold private corporations accountable to the laws that govern use of the public airwaves.

During the 20-year term of RCTV's broadcast license, the company committed more than 600 violations of Venezuelan laws, including broadcasting pornography, promoting smoking and alcohol drinking, and refusing to pay fines and taxes. By far the greatest crime committed by RCTV, in violation of its broadcast license, was the station's direct role in organizing the April 2002 US-backed violent military coup that temporarily overthrew Venezuela's democratically elected government.

Despite claims by leaders of both major parties in the US, the non-renewal of RCTV's broadcast license is not a case of the Chavez government "silencing dissent." It is a legal and constitutional matter. Venezuela's right to protect the public interest and enforce its own laws must be upheld. The vast majority of media outlets in Venezuela continue to be operated by private entities that oppose the Chavez government. In fact, seventy-nine out of 81 TV stations, 706 out of 708 radio stations and virtually all the Venezuelan newspapers are privately owned, constitutionally protected and uncensored.

The Green Party views the proper role of the news media in Venezuela, the US and all countries, as primarily serving the public interest with investigative reporting from an independent perspective, rather than corporate-sponsored propaganda disguised as "news" that serves the interests and agenda of a powerful elite.

We support the efforts of the Chavez government since taking office to increase the people's exercise of the right to use the nation's airwaves not by silencing the rich minority who have a near-monopoly on the media, but legalizing a number of previously illegal private community radio stations (the sort that are still illegal in the United States).

The Green Party of the United States deplores the misreporting by the largely corporate-owned US media, infamous for its skewed reporting in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, as it again reveals its bias by failing to report the real issues involved in the non-renewal of RCTV's license.

US Foreign Policy toward Venezuela

The misreporting by US media on events in Venezuela and statements by the Bush Administration and Democratic Party leaders condemning Venezuela have nothing to do with valuing democracy and free speech. Instead, the defining drivers in US foreign policy are:

US ACCESS TO OIL MARKETS

In 2001, after several elections had established a new constitution and a new National Assembly dedicated to eradicating poverty, Venezuelans passed a law asserting the authority to control its most vital resource, oil. Within five months, Venezuela's elite attempted a coup, supported by the Bush administration, using United States taxpayer money through the so-called National Endowment for Democracy.

Exxon, Mobil, BP and Chevron had come to Venezuela's oil fields in earlier times when the royalties were as low as 1% and there were no taxes. In May 2007, Chavez nationalized the last of the nation's private oil fields, asserting Venezuela's right to benefit from its own resources. In May, the country raised its stake in the oil profits from 30-49% to 60%. The oil companies have been permitted to stay and work the oil fields, but Venezuela will receive more of the profit. Although this will not immediately affect the US supply of oil, Venezuela has let it be known that it would like to sell its oil to more countries. The US is currently the largest consumer of Venezuelan oil, and Venezuela is the third largest exporter of oil to the United States. 

Venezuela's increased oil income is to be channeled to benefit its citizens through social justice programs, such as healthcare, literacy and agricultural reform, to better the lives of the country's many poor.

US AMBITION FOR ECONOMIC DOMINANCE

Venezuela has made strides toward economic independence from the United States by repaying its International Monetary Fund and World Bank loans.  Chavez is the initiator of the Banco del Sur, a regional lending institution created by and for the benefit of South American countries. This reduces South American dependence upon the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with their goal of economic dominance through privatization. We support these efforts, in addition to Venezuela's right to independent diplomacy and to negotiate trade agreements with other sovereign nations for mutual benefit.

Venezuela's Military Strength

US intelligence sources misreported the existence of a secret agreement between Iran and Venezuela that involved Iran sending nuclear weapons to Venezuela and Cuba. Venezuela's leaders have denied any such agreement, noting that their military agreements are "totally clear and public". They condemn nuclear proliferation and have called for worldwide nuclear disarmament. In the Caribbean, in May 2006, the US, Holland and Britain carried out the largest military games held there since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Since then, Venezuela has been purchasing conventional weapons to prepare for defense against possible US attack. Venezuela spends 1.6% of its GNP in military expenditures, a percentage similar to Venezuela's pre-Chavez expenditures. (In comparison, the US currently spends over 4.0% of its GDP on the military.) It is well behind Colombia and Chile, both US allies, in weapon purchases.

The Green Party of the United States notes that the avowed purpose of the US military is to defend the United States when threatened, not to attack for dominance in economic and/or oil markets. Greens support the same sovereign right to defend against attack for Venezuela and other nations. However, we deplore our nation's use of nuclear weapons and call for all nuclear nations to disarm.

Summary

We call upon our government to respect Venezuela's democratically elected government, its sovereign right to act on behalf of its own economic well-being, its right to hold public airwave licensees accountable to Venezuelan laws and the right of the Venezuelan government to act as it sees fit regarding the rights and well-being of all its citizens.

We recognize Venezuela as a leader in making a serious effort to meet the basic needs of its people, alleviating poverty, improving healthcare, increasing literacy, fostering democracy, encouraging cooperatives as an economic development tool, and promoting community radio stations and regional economic independence.

TIME LINE

 
RESOURCES


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REFERENCES


In Search of Hugo Ch?vez by Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, May/June, 2006  

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060501faessay85303/michael-shifter/in-search-of-hugo-ch-vez.html



Venezuela's New Constitution by Gregory Wilpert. August 27, 2003

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/70



The U.S. and Venezuela: Constitutional Worlds Apart by Stephen Lendman, August 24th 2007, vensuelanalysis.com 

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2566

  

Venezuela's Constitutional Reform: Article-by-Article Summary by Gregory Wilpert, November 23, 2007 

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7435    



Venezuelans Know what they're doing by Venezuela knows what it's doing by Angel Rivero Santos, Los Angeles times, November 28, 2007

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-santos28nov28,0,7987444.story?coll=la-opinion-center



Fear of Chavez is Fear of Democracy by Greg Palast, December 3, 2007

http://www.gregpalast.com/fear-of-chavez-is-fear-of-democracy/

Chavez Concedes Venezuela's Constitutional Reform Lost in "Photo Finish"
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/2950



What is Venezuela's Constitutional Reform Really About? By Chris Carlson, November 23, 2007, venezualanalysis.com 
http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2890



Venezuela: A Good Example of the Bad Left of Latin America by Michael A. Lebowitz, Monthly Review, July-August, 2007 

http://www.monthlyreview.org/0707lebowitz.htm



Dual Power in the Venezuelan Revolution by George Ciccariello-Maher, Monthly Review, September 2007

http://www.monthlyreview.org/0907maher.htm    



Insurgencies by Antonio Negri, translated by M. Boscagli, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999. 



U.S. Papers Hail Venezuelan Coup as Pro-Democracy Move

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1867



Venezuela and the Media: Fact and Fiction By Robert McChesney and Mark Weisbrot

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/01/1607/



Washington Promotes 'Independent' Media in Venezuela by Michael Barker 

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2624 



Zero Hour for Venezuela's RCTV by George Ciccariello-Maher

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=2052



This is Media War:  The closure of Venezuela's popular, independent television channel RCTV signals a move towards authoritarianism for Hugo Chavez's regime

Rory Carroll in Venezuela

http://www.guardian.co.uk/venezuela/story/0,,2094897,00.html



Venezuela's Co-op Boom by Michael Fox http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=12975



New CEPR Paper Looks At Venezuela's Economy During the Ch?vez Years

("The Venezuelan Economy During the Chavez Years" by Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval, July, 2007) http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1250&Itemid=77





GPUS PRESS RELEASES:



US Greens to Attend the World Social Forum in Caracas

http://gp.org/press/pr_2006_01_23.shtml



Bush's Vision of Global Freedom and Democracy a Cover for Impending Military

Aggression

http://gp.org/press/pr_2005_01_24.html



Greens Congratulate Venezuelans for Asserting Their Democracy in Referendum

on President Chavez

http://gp.org/press/pr_04_18_02.html



Greens Hail Restoration of Democracy and the Chavez Government in Venezuela

http://gp.org/press/pr_04_18_02.html



Greens, citing revealed memo, urge Bush to cancel CIA plans to interfere in Venezuelan referendum and destabilize the 

Chavez government.

http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_11_30.shtml





 
















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Green Party of Canada Media Release
For Immediate Release
February 4, 2008


Greens celebrate 25th anniversary of party's
North American beginnings


OTTAWA - Greens in Canada are celebrating the
25th anniversary of the founding of the Green
Party of British Columbia (GPBC) today, which was
the first Green Party in North America. Adriane
Carr, current deputy leader of the federal Green
Party, was a founder of the GPBC and acted as the
party's first leader.

"Green politics in Canada have come a long way
since the Green Party of British Columbia was
founded," said Ms. Carr. "Nationally, the Green
Party has support in the double digits and the
most recent BC poll shows the GPBC with a
remarkable 21 percent in the province
(Environics, January 28, 2008 ). I am so proud
and honoured to have been there for the birth of
this phenomenon. I am even more excited by the
recent surge in public support that spells future
success in federal and provincial elections."

Ms. Carr reprised her role as leader of the GPBC
in 2000 and led the party through the 2001 and
2005 provincial elections, where the GPBC
received historic levels of support from voters
(12.4 and 9.2 percent, respectively) and where
Ms. Carr was included in the televised leaders'
debates.

"This is a time to reflect on the accomplishments
of Greens in Canada ," said Green Party leader
Elizabeth May. "While Canada 's outdated
first-past-the-post electoral system poses
challenges to smaller parties with broad,
national support, like the Greens, we have
elected representatives to municipal and other
local governments. Green parties in Canada - both
federal and provincial - are enjoying record
successes in elections and in polls between
votes. In the next federal election, we will
elect Green MPs to the House of Commons."

Federal Green leader Elizabeth May founded the
Small Party in the late 70s, whose members later
found the Green Party of Canada in 1983.
Internationally, more than 70 Green Parties exist
in countries around the world, collectively
forming the Global Greens.

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PRO826 at aol.com wrote:  From: PRO826 at aol.com
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:58:00 EST
Subject: RELEASE Breaking News: IL voters denied Green Party Ballots
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEBRUARY 5, 2008

CONTACT:
Patrick Kelly, ILGP Media Coordinator,
773-203-9631, media at ilgp.org
Phil Huckelberry, Chair, ILGP Government &
Elections Committee, 309-268-9974,
phil.huckelberry at ilgp.org


GREEN PARTY FIELDS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VOTING
IRREGULARITIES IN CHICAGO, ELSEWHERE


Voters who hoped to participate in the Illinois'
first ever statewide Green Party primary are
receiving a very rude reception at many polling
places, especially in Chicago.

In the early hours of voting, Green Party
officials began receiving reports from frustrated
voters across the state who, in many cases, had
been told by pollworkers that there are no Green
Party ballots available at their polling places,
or that they had to vote on suspect electronic
voting machines, even while other parties use
paper ballots.

Some of the most outrageous incidents, however,
occurred across the wards of Chicago, where Green
Party ballots have been apparently tampered with
so they can't be read and accepted by voting
machines, voters are given Democratic ballots
despite requesting Green ballots.

What follows are a few examples of reports. Check
http://www.ilgp.org for more reports as they are
received. More information will also be available
at the Green Party gathering tonight at Decima
Musa Restaurant, 1901 S. Loomis, Chicago (in
Pilsen).


1st WARD, 26th PRECINCT

A voter reports that all of the Green Party
ballots had been folded in half, causing them to
not feed through the machine properly. The
Republican and Democratic ballots were not
folded. Because his first ballot kept getting
rejected by the machine, the voter was asked by
pollworkers to fill out another Green Party
ballot, which also had been previously folded.
That ballot was not able to be read and was
rejected as well.

25th WARD, 8th PRECINCT

Pollworkers didn't have any green ballots
available and were asking voters if they wanted a
Democratic or Republican ballot (but not Green
ballots).

25th WARD, 24th PRECINCT

A voter asked for a Green Party ballot three
times, and was given a Democratic paper ballot
each time. Finally, on the fourth time, the voter
was told only touch screen available for Greens.

31st WARD

Mary Ann Esler, Green Party Committeewoman in the
31st Ward, went in to vote in the Green Primary
this morning. The election judges refused to give
her a Green Party ballot. The Democratic Precinct
Captain, who was supervising the judges told them
that there were no ballots for the Green Primary
because the Green candidates were running
unopposed.

The confrontation ended when Mary found the
ballots hidden under some papers on the judge's
table. The judges then went into a big huddle
with the Democratic Precinct Captain while Mary
marked her ballot.

35th WARD

Jeremy Karpen, live blogging from the 35th Ward
polling place, gives the following reports:

9:00am: After reporting an election judge for not
orally offering Green Party ballots (when he is
offering Dem and Rep) he was visited by the Board
of Elections and then he called me [an
expletive]. I asked him first to either list all
three ballots or simply ask people what ballot
they prefer, he said "I can if I want to."

9:09am: Craig (my committeeman and roommate) was
just handed a "green" democratic ballot and got
all the way to the little voting booth before he
realized what had happened. Dear lord.

9:45am: The Election Judge, who now seems to have
an attitude, when asked if Green is a real party,
said "unfortunately" and stated that it "isn't a
real party." The person he was talking to was an
electioneer for Bradley's campaign and not a
voter but there certainly were other voters in
the room.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=188400239&blogID=354973039

47th WARD

A voter was told there were no Green Party
ballots. During a call to report the incident,
the pollworkers told him that he could vote using
an electronic voting machine, but they did not
have any paper ballots available (although paper
ballots were available for the Republican and
Democratic parties).


50th WARD, 5th PRECINCT

Green committeeman reports that the election
judge is only offering Republican and Democratic
ballots.


COOK COUNTY, NORTHBROOK

An election judge reports that judges were
instructed to keep a tally of Green voters on a
tally sheet that numbers up to 50. There is no
such tally for the Democrats and Republicans.


COOK COUNTY, NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, 44th PRECINCT

A voter writes: "At approximately 11:30 am, at
the polling place at 74 Park Drive, Glenview,
Green Party ballots were still in shrink wrap, in
the box, in the cabinet. Officials at the desk
were indignant about my disappointment, and
challenged me to "have credentials" in order to
register my complaint.

DUPAGE COUNTY, MILTON TOWNSHIP, 28th PRECINCT

A pollwatcher reports that and election judge
asks voter "which parties' primary ballot do you
want?" The voter seemed confused by the question
and the judge clarified by stating "Republican or
Democrat". The pollwatcher immediately
interjected and corrected the judge and asked her
to please state all three parties in the primary
from now on.


DUPAGE COUNTY, MILTON TOWNSHIP, 44th PRECINCT

A voter writes: "A judge repeatedly tried to give
me a Democratic ballot, which I refused. The
Green ballots were still wrapped up and semi-out
of sight.  As I approached the tables, I could
hear only "Republican or Democrat?" over and
over.

JACKSON COUNTY, MURPHYSBORO, 12th PRECINCT

A voter writes: "As I was leaving, the head lady
was making a call about getting more Green
ballots because they had only been sent three and
at 7:30a they had already used 2 of them and she
was worried about a run on Green voters."

MORE REPORTS AVAILABLE ON ILGP.ORG AS THEY COME
IN.


fwd by Danene Provencher, Mound



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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Tue Feb  5 21:33:50 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:33:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: RELEASE Breaking News: IL voters denied Green Party
	Ballots
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PRO826 at aol.com wrote:  From: PRO826 at aol.com
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:58:00 EST
Subject: RELEASE Breaking News: IL voters denied Green Party Ballots
To: hhawkins at igc.org, clint.ican2 at gmail.com, matt at mohawkplace.com,
elizarnone at comcast.net, cat801 at mindspring.com, mikedgillis at hotmail.com,
dadoonan at mac.com, 32Gully at cua.edu, jkafoury7 at yahoo.com,
JerryKann99 at yahoo.com, johngranchie at sbcglobal.net,
obeynow20001 at yahoo.com, dianalee at xmission.com, wdelp at mac.com,
unzicker at gmail.com, stevewelzer at msn.com, gregorytruman at netzero.net,
acarberg at yahoo.com, timmckee2008 at yahoo.com, c.giese at sbcglobal.net,
dan.dimaggio at gmail.com, ekbergvt at yahoo.com, PRO826 at aol.com,
schwandes at gmail.com

                Forwarded by the Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org

Illinois Green Party http://www.ilgp.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEBRUARY 5, 2008

CONTACT:
Patrick Kelly, ILGP Media Coordinator,
773-203-9631, media at ilgp.org
Phil Huckelberry, Chair, ILGP Government &
Elections Committee, 309-268-9974,
phil.huckelberry at ilgp.org


GREEN PARTY FIELDS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VOTING
IRREGULARITIES IN CHICAGO, ELSEWHERE


Voters who hoped to participate in the Illinois'
first ever statewide Green Party primary are
receiving a very rude reception at many polling
places, especially in Chicago.

In the early hours of voting, Green Party
officials began receiving reports from frustrated
voters across the state who, in many cases, had
been told by pollworkers that there are no Green
Party ballots available at their polling places,
or that they had to vote on suspect electronic
voting machines, even while other parties use
paper ballots.

Some of the most outrageous incidents, however,
occurred across the wards of Chicago, where Green
Party ballots have been apparently tampered with
so they can't be read and accepted by voting
machines, voters are given Democratic ballots
despite requesting Green ballots.

What follows are a few examples of reports. Check
http://www.ilgp.org for more reports as they are
received. More information will also be available
at the Green Party gathering tonight at Decima
Musa Restaurant, 1901 S. Loomis, Chicago (in
Pilsen).


1st WARD, 26th PRECINCT

A voter reports that all of the Green Party
ballots had been folded in half, causing them to
not feed through the machine properly. The
Republican and Democratic ballots were not
folded. Because his first ballot kept getting
rejected by the machine, the voter was asked by
pollworkers to fill out another Green Party
ballot, which also had been previously folded.
That ballot was not able to be read and was
rejected as well.

25th WARD, 8th PRECINCT

Pollworkers didn't have any green ballots
available and were asking voters if they wanted a
Democratic or Republican ballot (but not Green
ballots).

25th WARD, 24th PRECINCT

A voter asked for a Green Party ballot three
times, and was given a Democratic paper ballot
each time. Finally, on the fourth time, the voter
was told only touch screen available for Greens.

31st WARD

Mary Ann Esler, Green Party Committeewoman in the
31st Ward, went in to vote in the Green Primary
this morning. The election judges refused to give
her a Green Party ballot. The Democratic Precinct
Captain, who was supervising the judges told them
that there were no ballots for the Green Primary
because the Green candidates were running
unopposed.

The confrontation ended when Mary found the
ballots hidden under some papers on the judge's
table. The judges then went into a big huddle
with the Democratic Precinct Captain while Mary
marked her ballot.

35th WARD

Jeremy Karpen, live blogging from the 35th Ward
polling place, gives the following reports:

9:00am: After reporting an election judge for not
orally offering Green Party ballots (when he is
offering Dem and Rep) he was visited by the Board
of Elections and then he called me [an
expletive]. I asked him first to either list all
three ballots or simply ask people what ballot
they prefer, he said "I can if I want to."

9:09am: Craig (my committeeman and roommate) was
just handed a "green" democratic ballot and got
all the way to the little voting booth before he
realized what had happened. Dear lord.

9:45am: The Election Judge, who now seems to have
an attitude, when asked if Green is a real party,
said "unfortunately" and stated that it "isn't a
real party." The person he was talking to was an
electioneer for Bradley's campaign and not a
voter but there certainly were other voters in
the room.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=188400239&blogID=354973039

47th WARD

A voter was told there were no Green Party
ballots. During a call to report the incident,
the pollworkers told him that he could vote using
an electronic voting machine, but they did not
have any paper ballots available (although paper
ballots were available for the Republican and
Democratic parties).


50th WARD, 5th PRECINCT

Green committeeman reports that the election
judge is only offering Republican and Democratic
ballots.


COOK COUNTY, NORTHBROOK

An election judge reports that judges were
instructed to keep a tally of Green voters on a
tally sheet that numbers up to 50. There is no
such tally for the Democrats and Republicans.


COOK COUNTY, NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, 44th PRECINCT

A voter writes: "At approximately 11:30 am, at
the polling place at 74 Park Drive, Glenview,
Green Party ballots were still in shrink wrap, in
the box, in the cabinet. Officials at the desk
were indignant about my disappointment, and
challenged me to "have credentials" in order to
register my complaint.

DUPAGE COUNTY, MILTON TOWNSHIP, 28th PRECINCT

A pollwatcher reports that and election judge
asks voter "which parties' primary ballot do you
want?" The voter seemed confused by the question
and the judge clarified by stating "Republican or
Democrat". The pollwatcher immediately
interjected and corrected the judge and asked her
to please state all three parties in the primary
from now on.


DUPAGE COUNTY, MILTON TOWNSHIP, 44th PRECINCT

A voter writes: "A judge repeatedly tried to give
me a Democratic ballot, which I refused. The
Green ballots were still wrapped up and semi-out
of sight.  As I approached the tables, I could
hear only "Republican or Democrat?" over and
over.

JACKSON COUNTY, MURPHYSBORO, 12th PRECINCT

A voter writes: "As I was leaving, the head lady
was making a call about getting more Green
ballots because they had only been sent three and
at 7:30a they had already used 2 of them and she
was worried about a run on Green voters."

MORE REPORTS AVAILABLE ON ILGP.ORG AS THEY COME
IN.


fwd by Danene Provencher, Mound



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Springfield, IL 62704
217-782-4141
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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  6 06:50:33 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 03:50:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} CA voter results for Greens
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http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/pres/grn/59.htm 
   
          President Green  85.8% ( 19835 of 23109 ) precincts
reporting as of Feb 6, 2008, at 3:39 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests    Statewide Results            View Map    Candidate  Votes  Percent       Kent Mesplay (Grn)  518  2.1 %         Jared Ball (Grn)  398  1.6 %         Jesse Johnson (Grn)  457  1.8 %         Kat Swift (Grn)  755  3.0 %         Ralph Nader (Grn)  15,113  61.6 %         Elaine Brown (Grn)  1,100  4.5 %         Cynthia McKinney (Grn)  6,218  25.4 %       


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From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:06:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} NADER- Questions They Weren't Asked at The Great
	Clinton-Obama Debate
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Questions They Weren't Asked
The Great Clinton-Obama Debate

By RALPH NADER
CounterPunch, February 2/3, 2008
http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02022008.html


It was billed as the great debate that, in the
words of moderator Wolf Blitzer, "could change
the course of this presidential race and the
nation."

Situated at the packed Kodak Theatre -- site of
the Hollywood Oscar awards -- thousands of
people, including anti-war protesters, were
outside, where tickets were being scalped for
$1,000.

The burgeoning excitement swept up Mr. Blitzer
into an introduction reminiscent of a heavyweight
boxing title fight. Referring to the "glamour on
this stage_one of the great stages of all time,"
he declared that "this will be the first time
that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be
debating face to face, just the two of them,
one-on-one." The crowd roared!

When it was over two hours later, here is how the
reporters, not the columnists, of the New York
Times described the showdown: "Senators Hillary
Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama sat side by side
here Thursday, sharing a night of smiles,
friendly eye-catching and gentle banter_It was
almost as if the battle was to see which of them
could outnice the other."

Since neither scored a knockout, a knockdown, and
neither stumbled, the audience left without many
feeling the pain of their champion being bested.
Even the Times' critic, Alessandra Stanley, she
of the usual barbed pen, could only marvel at the
smooth harmony ideology both candidates decided
to adopt. She wrote: "They let their eyes make
nice. As they stood in front of the audience
before the debate, Mr. Obama leaned down to Mrs.
Clinton and whispered a few words in her ear, as
if continuing the fun chat they had just shared
backstage."

The two candidates were unperturbed by any
questions from the reporters that they had not
answered before or they were soft balls they
could hit out of the ball park.

As in all debates involving presidential
candidates, the reporters were unwilling or
incapable of asking questions reflecting
situations and conditions widely reported or
investigated by their own colleagues.

This phenomenon of invincible reluctance should
be studied by anthropologists or psychologists.
Examples follow:

I called up Chris Hedges, former New York Times
Middle East bureau chief and author for a
question he would have asked. He offered this
one. 

"The Israeli government is imposing severe and
continual collective punishment on the 1.5
million people of tiny Gaza, which includes
restricting or cutting off food, fuel,
electricity, medicines and other necessities.
Malnutrition rates among many children resemble
the worst of sub-Saharan Africa. Israel's leading
newspaper, Ha'aretz, has reporters and columnists
describing these horrific conditions and
concluding that the ferocity of the blockade is
detrimental to Israel as well as the
Palestinians.

"Collective punishment is clearly a violation of
established international law. Prominent, former
military, security and political leaders in
Israel are speaking out against this punishment
and calling for negotiations with Hamas. Do you,
Senator Clinton and Senator Obama, agree with
these Israelis or do you continue to support the
policy of collective punishment against innocent
men, women and children in Gaza?"

Alexander Cockburn, CounterPunch coeditor,
suggested this question:

"Senator Clinton, in all your previous debates,
you have not criticized the bloated military
budget.The Soviet Union is gone. Yet military
spending now consumes half of the federal
government's operating expenditures.

"What would you do to reduce the tens of billions
of wasted dollars and eliminate redundant weapons
systems?

"And, further, would you abolish the missile
defense project, now universally conceded to be
useless for the purpose it was originally
designed, downing incoming ICBM. It costs about
$10 billion a year with a total expenditure of
over $150 billion since Ronald Reagan kicked off
the program."

Here are a few questions of my own. "Senator
Obama, you have taught Constitutional law. Has
President Bush violated the Constitution, federal
statutes and international treaties during his
two terms of office? If so, please elaborate and
tell the American people what you think should be
done about holding the self-described
"responsibility" President accountable under the
impeachment authority of Congress and other laws
of the land?"

"Senator Clinton, you represent New York, which
includes the large banking, brokerage and
investment firms colloquially called Wall Street.
Eliot Spitzer became governor of your state
largely on his widely reported reputation for
prosecuting corporate crooks who fleeced
investors, pensioners and workers of hundreds of
billions of dollars. He often remarked that the
federal criminal laws were too weak and the
Securities and Exchange Commission was too
lenient.

"As the Senator from New York, what specifically
have you done to advance a strong crackdown on
corporate crime with tougher laws and larger
enforcement budgets? And, specifically, what do
you intend to do as President?"

"Senator Obama, you have often spoken about your
health insurance plan as a way to reduce costs.
Yet you do not discuss three major cost reduction
opportunities. The GAO, the investigative arm of
Congress, estimates that ten per cent of the
entire health expenditures in this country go
down the drain due to computerized billing fraud
and abuse. This year, that amounts to $220
billion.

"Under a single payer plan, administrative
expenses would be cut by about two-thirds. That
would amount to hundreds of billions of dollars a
year in savings. And the Harvard School of Public
Health study estimates about 80,000 people die
every year from medical malpractice in hospitals,
estimating costs years ago of $60 billion a year.
These are large savings in a $2.2 trillion a year
health care industry.

"Do you agree and, if so, why have you ignored
proposing practical actions in these areas?"

"Senator Clinton, you have long urged more money
for children's programs. One way to make this
possible is to end or diminish the complex system
of corporate welfare-subsidies, handouts,
giveaways and bailouts of business corporations.
These amount to hundreds of billions of dollars a
year, directly and through tax loopholes. Why
have you not moved against such spending so that
some of the money may go to help needy children?
And specifically, what would you do as President
to develop standards curtailing runaway corporate
welfare programs pushed by corporate lobbyists?"

Is reportorial self-censorship limiting the
questions presented to the Presidential
candidates? You decide.


Ralph Nader is the author of The Seventeen
Traditions
 

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From ralphferrucci at sbcglobal.net  Wed Feb  6 17:08:06 2008
From: ralphferrucci at sbcglobal.net (RALPH FERRUCCI)
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:08:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Re: CTGP-news Digest, Vol 43, Issue 8
In-Reply-To: <20080206200013.DFC468F81EF@gandhi.greens.org>
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delegate will be chosen at the meeting this month, is
that correct? And if so can someone please forward a
list of candidates that are chosen as potential
Presidential Delegates.

The chose should be present at the meeting and would
need to make arrangements to be at the meeting. I put
my name down as a potential delegate and would like an
early notification of whether I will be need to attend
the next state party meeting.
Ralph Ferrucci

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>           President Green  85.8% ( 19835 of 23109 )
> precincts
> reporting as of Feb 6, 2008, at 3:39 a.m.
> County Returns   Other Contests    Statewide Results
>            View Map    Candidate  Votes  Percent    
>   Kent Mesplay (Grn)  518  2.1 %         Jared Ball
> (Grn)  398  1.6 %         Jesse Johnson (Grn)  457 
> 1.8 %         Kat Swift (Grn)  755  3.0 %        
> Ralph Nader (Grn)  15,113  61.6 %         Elaine
> Brown (Grn)  1,100  4.5 %         Cynthia McKinney
> (Grn)  6,218  25.4 %       
> 
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> Subject: {news} NADER- Questions They Weren't Asked
> at The Great
> 	Clinton-Obama Debate
> To: CT Greens News <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>,
> 	ctgp-forum at ml.greens.org,
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> Questions They Weren't Asked
> The Great Clinton-Obama Debate
> 
> By RALPH NADER
> CounterPunch, February 2/3, 2008
> http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02022008.html
> 
> 
> It was billed as the great debate that, in the
> words of moderator Wolf Blitzer, "could change
> the course of this presidential race and the
> nation."
> 
> Situated at the packed Kodak Theatre -- site of
> the Hollywood Oscar awards -- thousands of
> people, including anti-war protesters, were
> outside, where tickets were being scalped for
> $1,000.
> 
> The burgeoning excitement swept up Mr. Blitzer
> into an introduction reminiscent of a heavyweight
> boxing title fight. Referring to the "glamour on
> this stage_one of the great stages of all time,"
> he declared that "this will be the first time
> that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be
> debating face to face, just the two of them,
> one-on-one." The crowd roared!
> 
> When it was over two hours later, here is how the
> reporters, not the columnists, of the New York
> Times described the showdown: "Senators Hillary
> Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama sat side by side
> here Thursday, sharing a night of smiles,
> friendly eye-catching and gentle banter_It was
> almost as if the battle was to see which of them
> could outnice the other."
> 
> Since neither scored a knockout, a knockdown, and
> neither stumbled, the audience left without many
> feeling the pain of their champion being bested.
> Even the Times' critic, Alessandra Stanley, she
> of the usual barbed pen, could only marvel at the
> smooth harmony ideology both candidates decided
> to adopt. She wrote: "They let their eyes make
> nice. As they stood in front of the audience
> before the debate, Mr. Obama leaned down to Mrs.
> Clinton and whispered a few words in her ear, as
> if continuing the fun chat they had just shared
> backstage."
> 
> The two candidates were unperturbed by any
> questions from the reporters that they had not
> answered before or they were soft balls they
> could hit out of the ball park.
> 
> As in all debates involving presidential
> candidates, the reporters were unwilling or
> incapable of asking questions reflecting
> situations and conditions widely reported or
> investigated by their own colleagues.
> 
> This phenomenon of invincible reluctance should
> be studied by anthropologists or psychologists.
> Examples follow:
> 
> I called up Chris Hedges, former New York Times
> Middle East bureau chief and author for a
> question he would have asked. He offered this
> one. 
> 
> "The Israeli government is imposing severe and
> continual collective punishment on the 1.5
> million people of tiny Gaza, which includes
> restricting or cutting off food, fuel,
> electricity, medicines and other necessities.
> Malnutrition rates among many children resemble
> the worst of sub-Saharan Africa. Israel's leading
> newspaper, Ha'aretz, has reporters and columnists
> describing these horrific conditions and
> concluding that the ferocity of the blockade is
> detrimental to Israel as well as the
> Palestinians.
> 
> "Collective punishment is clearly a violation of
> established international law. Prominent, former
> military, security and political leaders in
> Israel are speaking out against this punishment
> and calling for negotiations with Hamas. Do you,
> Senator Clinton and Senator Obama, agree with
> these Israelis or do you continue to support the
> policy of collective punishment against innocent
> men, women and children in Gaza?"
> 
> Alexander Cockburn, CounterPunch coeditor,
> suggested this question:
> 
> "Senator Clinton, in all your previous debates,
> you have not criticized the bloated military
> budget.The Soviet Union is gone. Yet military
> spending now consumes half of the federal
> government's operating expenditures.
> 
> "What would you do to reduce the tens of billions
> of wasted dollars and eliminate redundant weapons
> systems?
> 
> "And, further, would you abolish the missile
> defense project, now universally conceded to be
> useless for the purpose it was originally
> 
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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Thu Feb  7 17:37:51 2008
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:37:51 -0500
Subject: {news} next New Haven chapter meeting Thurs. 2/14 7:30pm
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Our February meeting will be held next Thursday 2/14 from 7:30-9:00pm.  It's
Valentine's Day, so bring your valentine.   


The location is the Never Ending Book Store, 810 State Street.

 

At the last SCC meeting, the CTGP renewed its request that we find a
candidate to run for Congress in the 3rd District in November.  Already,
there are Green candidates running in CT's other 4 CDs (which is historic),
and the state party would like to run a candidate in all 5 CDs (which would
be truly historic).  

 

The one advantage we have in the 3rd CD is that we already have ballot
status and, therefore, do not have to petition to run a candidate for
Congress.  Technically, we could wait until July to select a candidate, but
the state party would very much like us to recruit a candidate to run
against Rosa DeLauro before the end of March.

 

In my opinion, it would be wonderful to run a Green candidate, who is well
versed in "green" issues, as well as other Green Party positions, such as
single-payer universal health care, impeachment of Cheney and Bush (in that
order), condemnation of torture, and immediate withdrawal of troops from
Iraq, to name just a few.

 

Feel free to forward this email to other lists.

  

Also, please let me know if you have any other items add to the agenda.  

 

Thanks, Charlie

 

Charlie Pillsbury
247 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven CT 06511
203-865-6575
chapillsbury at igc.org

 

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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 11 12:12:10 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:12:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} (ACTION) RESPOND TO ANTI-NADER & ANTI GREEN PARTY EDITORIAL
Message-ID: <506456.70833.qm@web44814.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-nader.artfeb10,0,5335292.story          Courant.com                    It's All About Ralph                                                                            February 10, 2008
                                  
         
           Nearing 74 and still on the political fringe, Ralph Nader knows he's never going to be president of the United States. But that is not stopping him from preparing for a fourth long-shot run at the White House.

 Once again, the spoiler role.

 Mr. Nader, a Winsted native who still uses the family home there as his official voting address, announced recently that he's forming an exploratory committee to test support for his candidacy. Naturally, he doesn't have anything good to say about any of the candidates who have been campaigning for the past year.

Imagine that.

 In a month or so, Mr. Nader says he will determine whether he has enough support and money to run. We bet whatever support pops up will be sufficient in his mind.

 He's drawn to this quadrennial troublemaking like a moth to a flame. Once one of this country's most admired and effective figures as a public-interest lawyer, author and organizer, Mr. Nader has become a crank and a nag, a Narcissus who seems to believe that if he hasn't said it, it hasn't been said.

 But it has.

 Mr. Nader's message is not new. It is, broadly, that big corporations are parasites who control our lives and send Americans' good jobs overseas and that the current crop of elected leaders should be held accountable if not impeached. 

It has been repeated in one shape or another by other candidates, especially Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. But that populist, class-warfare message didn't resonate with voters, and Mr. Kucinich and Mr. Edwards dropped out. What makes Mr. Nader, who is even harsher and more divisive, think he'll have any greater success? 

 Mr. Nader says everybody has a right to speak and a right to run for president. That's true, of course. And everybody has a right to trash his own legacy.

 Another Nader campaign would be all about ego. The once-admired consumer advocate has become Connecticut's Harold Stassen ? the boy governor of Minnesota who became a national laughingstock because he didn't know when to quit. 

 
     
          Copyright ? 2008, The Hartford Courant


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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 11 12:46:46 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:46:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Letter to the editor- Hartford Courant
Message-ID: <535018.23456.qm@web44816.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

  Dear Editors,
   
  Your anti-Ralph Nader rant (It?s All about Ralph!) personalizes a political movement while missing the big GREEN  picture. 
   
  On ?Super Tuesday? thousands of Green Party voters also went to the polls in several states, but your paper did not even have ONE word of those primary results. Over 18,000 voters chose to vote for Ralph Nader, where they were ALLLOWED to vote for him, even thou he is not an official candidate, yet.
   
  Thousands of Greens have asked Nader to run in 2008, and in 2000, almost 3 million voters selected OUR candidate as the start of the building of a new political movement.
   
  Your false Harold Stassen comparison neglects hundreds of other Greens who have run because people like Ralph Nader had the courage to run and  help a  build movement. We now have over 227 elected Greens in office with historic wins for First Selectperson and other offices in Connecticut in 2007! 
   
  Our Green Party mission in 2008  is to get 5% national vote for legal and matching funds in the future, not an impossible goal with close to 3% in 2000.  
   
  Please start covering our candidates for President on the Green Party ballot line. Actor and activist Jesse Johnson, former Democrat Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, air scientist Kent Mesplay, and Texas activist and hopefully Ralph Nader deserve fair coverage in your newspaper and your website. 
   
  We need a strong third party in this country, and we need MORE voices and more choices.
   
  Tim McKee
  National Committee person for CT ?s Green Party.
   
   

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  Manchester CT
  Home-860-643-2282
  Cell-860-778-1304
  Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
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From apbrison at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 11 20:30:26 2008
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:30:26 -0500
Subject: {news} Letter to the editor- Hartford Courant
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Good letter, Tim.


Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:46:46 -0800From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.comTo: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org; ctgp-news at ml.greens.orgCC: Subject: {news} Letter to the editor- Hartford Courant
Dear Editors,
 
Your anti-Ralph Nader rant (It?s All about Ralph!) personalizes a political movement while missing the big GREEN  picture. 
 
On ?Super Tuesday? thousands of Green Party voters also went to the polls in several states, but your paper did not even have ONE word of those primary results. Over 18,000 voters chose to vote for Ralph Nader, where they were ALLLOWED to vote for him, even thou he is not an official candidate, yet.
 
Thousands of Greens have asked Nader to run in 2008, and in 2000, almost 3 million voters selected OUR candidate as the start of the building of a new political movement.
 
Your false Harold Stassen comparison neglects hundreds of other Greens who have run because people like Ralph Nader had the courage to run and  help a  build movement. We now have over 227 elected Greens in office with historic wins for First Selectperson and other offices in Connecticut in 2007! 
 
Our Green Party mission in 2008  is to get 5% national vote for legal and matching funds in the future, not an impossible goal with close to 3% in 2000.  
 
Please start covering our candidates for President on the Green Party ballot line. Actor and activist Jesse Johnson, former Democrat Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, air scientist Kent Mesplay, and Texas activist and hopefully Ralph Nader deserve fair coverage in your newspaper and your website. 
 
We need a strong third party in this country, and we need MORE voices and more choices.
 
Tim McKee
National Committee person for CT ?s Green Party.
 
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Manchester CT
Home-860-643-2282
Cell-860-778-1304
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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Tue Feb 12 15:13:37 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:13:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} MEETING CANCELED BECAUSE OF SNOW- BUT NICE ARTICLE IN COURANT
Message-ID: <333227.15155.qm@web44809.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

courant.com/news/local/hc-midgreen0212.artfeb12,0,5425802.story
  Courant.com  middletown  Green Party Focuses On Future  Public Meeting To Address Plans For 2008 Election, Beyond  By JOSEPH A. O'BRIEN
  Courant Staff Writer
  February 12, 2008
  MIDDLETOWN ?
         
  The road ahead for the Green Party in Connecticut and nationally will be the topic explored tonight during a public meeting at Russell Library.

Tim McKee, a national committee member for the Green Party in Connecticut, will lead a discussion of the party's plans for the 2008 election and beyond starting at 7 p.m.

"We're trying to revitalize and organize in the Middletown area," McKee said in a telephone interview Monday evening.

Among those present will be Scott Deshefy of Lebanon, a retired environmental scientist with the state Department of Environmental Protection, who is seeking the Green Party's endorsement to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2nd Congressional District. That seat is held by Joe Courtney, a Democrat.

Though Middletown is in the 3rd Congressional District, Deshefy said Monday he plans to speak briefly at the meeting. He also will be available to answer questions. 

McKee also will discuss the presidential race and the Green candidates for the office, including: West Virginia actor and activist Jesse Johnson; former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, formerly a Democrat and now a Green candidate; air quality scientist Kent Mesplay, of California; and Texas activist Kat Swift. 

According to McKee, former Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, a native of Winsted, has formed an exploratory committee and has been on several Green Party primary ballots already.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For further information, call 860-778-1304.

Russell Library is at 123 Broad St.

Contact Joseph O'Brien at jobrien at courant.com



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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Tue Feb 12 19:33:53 2008
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:33:53 -0500
Subject: {news} REMINDER: New Haven chapter meeting Thurs. 2/14 7:30pm
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NHGP MEETING AGENDA


Thurs. Feb. 14, 2008 - 7:30 p.m


Never Ending Book Store, 810 State St.


1.  Introductions, Review Agenda & Appoint Secretary for Meeting  (Jerry)

2.  Treasurer's Report (Mary Anne)

3.  Co-Chair Report - Hold election to replace Allan as co-chair?  Discuss
other ways to support Allan in his capacity as alder (Allan, others)

4.  State Meeting Report (Jerry) 

5.  Discuss run for Congress in 3rd District in 2008 to raise Green issues
and maintain ballot status 

6.  Any other business? 

7.  Next Meeting Thurs. March 13 - suggestions for topics, speaker?

8.     Adjourn before 9:00 p.m. 

From: newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com [mailto:newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Charlie Pillsbury
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 5:38 PM
To: newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com; nhgreensannouncements at yahoogroups.com
Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: [newhavengreens] next New Haven chapter meeting Thurs. 2/14 7:30pm

 

Our February meeting will be held next Thursday 2/14 from 7:30-9:00pm.  It's
Valentine's Day, so bring your valentine.   
The location is the Never Ending Book Store, 810 State Street. 

At the last SCC meeting, the CTGP renewed its request that we find a
candidate to run for Congress in the 3rd District in November.  Already,
there are Green candidates running in CT's other 4 CDs (which is historic),
and the state party would like to run a candidate in all 5 CDs (which would
be truly historic).   

The one advantage we have in the 3rd CD is that we already have ballot
status and, therefore, do not have to petition to run a candidate for
Congress.  Technically, we could wait until July to select a candidate, but
the state party would very much like us to recruit a candidate to run
against Rosa DeLauro before the end of March. 

In my opinion, it would be wonderful to run a Green candidate, who is well
versed in "green" issues, as well as other Green Party positions, such as
single-payer universal health care, impeachment of Cheney and Bush (in that
order), condemnation of torture, and immediate withdrawal of troops from
Iraq, to name just a few. 

Feel free to forward this email to other lists.  

Also, please let me know if you have any other items add to the agenda.   

Thanks, Charlie 

Charlie Pillsbury
247 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven CT 06511
203-865-6575
chapillsbury at igc.org

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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Tue Feb 12 22:24:44 2008
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:24:44 -0500
Subject: {news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] Urgent!: Pledge **NOW** to help the Arizona
	Greens get ballot status!
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if you can, please send $25, $50 or even $100 to the *Arizona Green Party f*or
their petition drive.

we may need their help down the road.  thanks, charlie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greg Jan <gregjan4 at yahoo.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [usgp-nc] Urgent!: Pledge **NOW** to help the Arizona Greens get
ballot status!
To: Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org

Dear Greens,
At an anticipated cost of $1.00 per signature, an additional $9,000 will
need to be raised within the next 6 to 8 days, in order for Arizona to have
a realistic chance of achieving ballot access.  While this might sound like
a near-impossible task, I actually think it's quite achieveable if the total
amount is spread out across the country, in amounts that are much easier to
think about raising.

I truly believe that if we -- together -- are actually able to raise $9,000
for Arizona within just 4 to 6 days, that we'll all feel a lot better about
our national party, and personally, about being Greens!

PS -- Checks for the ballot access drive should be sent to:
                     Green Ballot Access
                     PO Box 77312
                     Tucson AZ 85703

Claudia Ellquist (the ballot access drive's contact) can be reached at:
520.622.3339,  ellquist.co.atty at juno.com

Phil Huckelberry <phil.huckelberry at gmail.com> wrote:
   Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:26:38 -0600
From: "Phil Huckelberry" <phil.huckelberry at gmail.com>
To: "natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org" <Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
Subject: [usgp-nc] Ballot Access Committee Report

Ballot Access Committee
Monthly Report
February 10, 2008

BAC approved the disbursement of $4,000 to the Arizona Green Party to
assist with their ballot drive. Arizona is considered our top
priority because it is a difficult state and has the second-earliest
deadline. They need about 30,000 signatures by March 6, and currently
have about 11,000. Greens from other states are going to Arizona to
assist. The feeling is that if we lose Arizona, it will set a bad
precedent for other difficult ballot states.

The committee is developing short analysis papers for other state
ballot lines. We currently have such papers submitted for Arizona,
Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota, and Utah.

Fundraising is a significant concern of the committee. The GPUS
website has a page set up for ballot access earmarked contributions
but there's not a substantive outreach program for this. It has been
suggested that the Field Director could play a role in fundraising.

While it has been relatively straightforward for the committee
to focus on Arizona, very soon there will be numerous major drives
going on, and this will be the first time the committee has really
been engaging this process. Trying to figure out what precisely the
committee can do to assist when the onslaught of petition drives
really takes off will be a thorny matter, but interest and
determination are both high.

Respectfully Submitted,
Phil Huckelberry
Co-Chair, GPUS
Co-Chair, BAC
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From smderosa at cox.net  Tue Feb 12 22:33:05 2008
From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:33:05 -0500
Subject: {news} FW: MY LETTER TO THE COURANT ABOUT ANTI-NADER EDITORIAL
Message-ID: <F61E2E3974944AB6BA5016AE30EC1764@OwnerPC>

Hartford Courant

Hartford, CT

 

Dear Editor:

 

Your recent editorial on a possible Ralph Nader presidential candidacy in
2008 only proves that if truth is the first casualty in war then language is
the second casualty.

 

When your editor chooses to use dismissive language to describe Ralph Nader
such as "spoiler", "crank", "nag", "a narcissus", and a "class-warfare"
messenger, the editor ought to at least address the real reason that so many
voters--a majority--are still more in agreement with Ralph Nader than they
are with any of the remaining primary candidates on the Iraq war. Mr. Nader
has consistently opposed the war from the first drum beat to the present
quagmire.

 

It is no longer a secret that the Bush administration and the Republican
Party knowingly and maliciously fabricated evidence of weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq, and suppressed honest intelligence agents in order to
create a pretext to invade a sovereign nation, and that the majority of
Democrats have enabled this process and still refuse to adequately question
and investigate this deception.

 

A little time studying the voting record of the two remaining Democratic
candidates still in the race reveals that they voted for nearly $300 Billion
in war appropriations for this illegal war and only recently voted 'no' when
the presidential race started to heat up.  The Republicans still in the
race, excluding Ron Paul, have never seen a war appropriations bill that
they did not like.

 

Based on past comments and other evidence it is highly probable that the
four candidates with leading positions in the primaries have no intention of
completely leaving Iraq any time soon and that these candidates may redeploy
some of the U.S. troops in Iraq into other countries in the Middle East to
fight even more illegal and immoral wars.

 

Pundits obsess over "electability", but they pay scant attention to the
problem faced by tens of millions of U.S. voters: Are the major party,
media-ordained candidates really for change or is this just another false
hope?

 

Ralph Nader offers a real choice in 2008 by proposing thoughtful and
innovative solutions to our national and international problems and
challenges.  Nader and the other third party voices of sanity in this time
of great national scandal will not be discouraged by those intent on
destroying the Bill Of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and the rule of law.

 

Mike DeRosa

Wethersfield CT

(860)919-4042

Mike DeRosa is co-chair of the Green Party of CT

 

 

 


Here is the original editorial that the Courant ran last Sun. on the
editorial page:


Courant.com


It's All About Ralph


February 10, 2008



 

Nearing 74 and still on the political fringe, Ralph Nader knows he's never
going to be president of the United States. But that is not stopping him
from preparing for a fourth long-shot run at the White House.

Once again, the spoiler role.

Mr. Nader, a Winsted native who still uses the family home there as his
official voting address, announced recently that he's forming an exploratory
committee to test support for his candidacy. Naturally, he doesn't have
anything good to say about any of the candidates who have been campaigning
for the past year.

Imagine that.

In a month or so, Mr. Nader says he will determine whether he has enough
support and money to run. We bet whatever support pops up will be sufficient
in his mind.

He's drawn to this quadrennial troublemaking like a moth to a flame. Once
one of this country's most admired and effective figures as a
public-interest lawyer, author and organizer, Mr. Nader has become a crank
and a nag, a Narcissus who seems to believe that if he hasn't said it, it
hasn't been said.

But it has.

Mr. Nader's message is not new. It is, broadly, that big corporations are
parasites who control our lives and send Americans' good jobs overseas and
that the current crop of elected leaders should be held accountable if not
impeached. 

It has been repeated in one shape or another by other candidates, especially
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
But that populist, class-warfare message didn't resonate with voters, and
Mr. Kucinich and Mr. Edwards dropped out. What makes Mr. Nader, who is even
harsher and more divisive, think he'll have any greater success? 

Mr. Nader says everybody has a right to speak and a right to run for
president. That's true, of course. And everybody has a right to trash his
own legacy.

Another Nader campaign would be all about ego. The once-admired consumer
advocate has become Connecticut's Harold Stassen - the boy governor of
Minnesota who became a national laughingstock because he didn't know when to
quit. 

Copyright C 2008, The Hartford Courant <http://www.courant.com/> 

 

 

 

 

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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 13 01:55:29 2008
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:55:29 -0500
Subject: {news} Deshefy for Congress group
Message-ID: <BLU102-DAV105ECE11414C5A19D57D70D6240@phx.gbl>

Especially if you live in CT's 2nd District, you may want to join Scott
Deshefy's news and discussion group by sending an email to
DeshefyForCongress-subscribe@ yahoogroups.com

David Bedell



From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 13 16:19:11 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:19:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: Nader to Decide Soon
Message-ID: <60756.93480.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>



The Nader Team <team at naderexplore08.org> wrote:  From: "The Nader Team" <team at naderexplore08.org>
To: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com
Subject: Nader to Decide Soon
Date: 13 Feb 2008 07:23:01 -0800

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  Good morning. 
  We were watching the political fireworks last night and kept asking ourselves: 
  Who is going to stand against the corporate takeover of our democracy? 
  Who is going to stand against nuclear power? 
  Who is going to stand for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney? 
  Who is going to stand for cutting the bloated, wasteful, ever-expanding military budget? 
  Who is going to stand for a Palestine free from U.S./Israeli military domination? 
  Who is going to stand for an aggressive crackdown on corporate crime? 
  Who is going to stand for the repeal of the anti-union Taft Hartley law? 
  Who is going to stand up to health insurance industry and for a single-payer, Medicare for all, Canadian-style health care system? 
  We watched closely last night, and didn?t notice anyone standing for any of this. 
  Within the coming days, Ralph Nader will decide whether or not to throw his hat into the ring. 
  We?re still exploring. 
  But time is running short. 
  Please, help us spread the word about our exploratory effort. 
  And give as generously as you can. 
  Thank you for your ongoing support and activism. 
  Onward 
  The Nader Team 

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From smderosa at cox.net  Sun Feb 17 00:14:08 2008
From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:14:08 -0500
Subject: {news} Letter Printed In Hartford Courant: Nader Right About The War
	-- Courant.com
Message-ID: <A9E74775E1F243CEB84F06B7E52FD479@OwnerPC>

courant.com/news/opinion/letters/hc-nader-letter-0216,0,4567139.story


Courant.com


Nader Right About The War

 
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The Feb. 10 editorial ["It's All About Ralph"] about a possible Ralph Nader
presidential candidacy in 2008 proves only that if truth is the first
casualty in war, then language is the second casualty.

When the editorial writer chooses to use dismissive language to describe
Ralph Nader, such as "spoiler," "crank," "nag," "a Narcissus" and
"class-warfare" messenger, the writer ought to at least address the real
reason so many voters - a majority - are still more in agreement with Ralph
Nader than they are with any of the remaining primary candidates on the Iraq
war. Mr. Nader has consistently opposed the war from the first drumbeat to
the present quagmire.

It is no longer a secret that the Bush administration and the Republican
Party knowingly and maliciously fabricated evidence of weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq and suppressed honest intelligence agents to create a
pretext to invade a sovereign nation - and that the majority of Democrats
have enabled this process and still refuse to adequately question and
investigate this deception.

A little time studying the voting record of the two remaining Democratic
candidates still in the race reveals that they voted for nearly $300 billion
in war appropriations for this illegal war and only recently voted no when
the presidential race started to heat up. The Republicans still in the race,
excluding Ron Paul, have never seen a war appropriations bill they didn't
like.

Based on past comments and other evidence, it is highly probable that the
four candidates with leading positions in the primaries have no intention of
completely leaving Iraq any time soon and that these candidates might
redeploy some of the U.S. troops in Iraq to other countries in the Middle
East to fight even more illegal and immoral wars.

Pundits obsess over "electability" but pay scant attention to the problem
faced by tens of millions of U.S. voters: Are the major-party,
media-ordained candidates really for change or is this just another false
hope?

Ralph Nader offers a real choice in 2008 by proposing thoughtful and
innovative solutions to our national and international problems and
challenges. Nader and the other third-party voices of sanity in this time of
great national scandal will not be discouraged by those intent on destroying
the Bill Of Rights, the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.

Mike DeRosa 

Wethersfield 

The writer is co-chairman of the Green Party of Connecticut. Ralph Nader was
the Green Party candidate for president in 1996 and 2000. 

Copyright C 2008, The Hartford Courant <http://www.courant.com/> 

 
 
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From smderosa at cox.net  Sun Feb 17 00:30:01 2008
From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:30:01 -0500
Subject: {news} Please donate *NOW* for the critical Arizona Greens' ballot
	drive!
Message-ID: <B9948116353549C99961BB27508B3329@OwnerPC>





Dear Greens,
   
  Okay!  This is it!  We're getting down to the wire, and we really need to
get the rest of the money to the Arizona Greens within just a few more days!
We are close, but we really need to hustle because there simply isn't that
much more time remaining!
   
  So PLEASE POST THE MESSAGE BELOW RIGHT AWAY to all Green listserves and
e-mail lists that you're on, in your state, and please forward it to all of
the contact people in your state for any listserves and e-mail lists which
you're not on!  (Along with a request to please post the message right
away!).  Of course, if you can personalize the message by replacing my name
and city with yours instead, etc., please do so -- but whatever you decide,
please don't hesitate in sending out the message below right away!
   
  We can still pull this out (especially if everyone who is working on
raising money can come through and meet (or exceed!) their state goals!  But
WE MUST ACT NOW!  We really need to have the entire $9,000 positively
confirmed by this coming Tuesday or Wednesday, so we definitely need to take
full advantage of the rest of this 3-day weekend to get the message below
posted to every Green listserve and e-mail list in the entire country, and
then follow it up with telephone calls to those who might be able to donate!
(Note:  After you post the message below, if you possibly can, please ask
other Greens in your state and/or local to help make follow-up phone calls
about it!  Even just 5 or 10 phone calls will help, alerting people to the
e-mail, and asking them to please donate whatever they can (and any donation
amount WILL help!)!).
   
  So, PLEASE ACT NOW TO GET THE MESSAGE BELOW POSTED ASAP TO ALL GREEN
LISTSERVES IN YOUR STATE!  If all of us truly try to raise money for the
Arizona Greens over the next few days, we WILL meet our $9,000 goal!
   
   
                     Thank you!,
   
                     Greg Jan
                     Oakland, CA
                     510-444-7336
   
   
  PS -- PLEASE REPLY BACK to this message (or blind cc me on one of the
messages that you send out), so I know that you have received this message
and are taking action to help out Arizona, with this!  Thank you!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
 
  [[ Subject line:
  Time-urgent!  Please donate *NOW* for the critical Arizona Greens' ballot
drive!   ]]
   
   
   
   
   
  Calling all Greens!  
   
  We urgently need your help NOW, for our critical Arizona Green Party
ballot access drive!  In just 5 days we've raised over $4,200, and Greens
across the country have also volunteered to work on raising a solid majority
of the remaining $4,800 which is still needed.  But that means that we're
presently a couple of thousand dollars short -- and we need to reach our
full $9,000 goal within just a few more days!
   
  So PLEASE DONATE TODAY, as we're definitely getting down to the wire!  The
Arizona Greens now have less than 3 weeks left in which to complete their
signature drive, and they urgently need to hire some more petitioners, so
it's critical for us to get them the rest of the needed funds NOW!  (Note:
If possible, please also let the sender of this e-mail know that you're
making a donation, so each state can know how it's doing in raising money to
help out Arizona!).
   
  If you can, please donate via credit card or PayPal, by going to:
http://www.azgp.org/donate.shtml  and clicking on the "direct donation" link
in the 2nd section of that page.  But if you prefer to pay by check, please
make your check payable to: 
                Green Ballot Access
                PO Box 77312 
                Tucson AZ 85703
   
  In either case, PLEASE ACT TODAY to help out the Arizona Greens at this
critical time, in their moment of need!  
   
   
                    Sincerely,
   
                    Greg Jan
                    Oakland, CA
   
   
   
   
   

       
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From vogel at ct.metrocast.net  Sun Feb 17 11:19:09 2008
From: vogel at ct.metrocast.net (Robert Vogel)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:19:09 -0500
Subject: {news} Nader Right About The War
References: <A9E74775E1F243CEB84F06B7E52FD479@OwnerPC>
Message-ID: <002c01c87180$f5a59040$0300a8c0@JUNKNAME>

Nader Right About The War -- Courant.com....but Robert Sheer is even MORE right about the war. For example he points out...

"That U.S. military budget exceeds what the rest of the world's nations combined spend on defense. Nor can it be justified as militarily necessary to counter terrorists, who used primitive $10 box cutters to commandeer civilian aircraft on 9/11. It only makes sense as a field of dreams for defense contractors and their allies in Washington who seized upon the 9/11 tragedy to invent a new Cold War. Imagine their panic at the end of the old one and their glee at this newfound opportunity. Ike was right: Robert Scheer"

Bob 

http://www.seconnecticut.com/
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Sun Feb 17 22:36:17 2008
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:36:17 -0500
Subject: {news} 2-19-08 EC meeting at 7pm at Ruby Tuesday's Restaurant in
	Newington
Message-ID: <20080218033616.TFXG11832.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>

Location of 2-19-08 EC meeting at 7pm : Ruby Tuesday restaurant

                                                            3240 Berlin
Turnpike (by Lowe?s)

                                                            Newington, CT
06111

                                                            P: 860-667-0282

 

 

Develop proposed agenda for 2-26-08 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland?s Senior
Center 

7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480   Phone:  860-342-6760   Time:  7:000PM

 

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

 

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting
attendees; chapters; if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

2.       (2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, any deletions
or additions.

3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 1-29-08 SCC
meeting.

4.    (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 2-19-08 EC
meeting.

5.       (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly.

 

B.                Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: 

a) .Policies and Proposals;

 

C. Reports:

 

1.  (20 minutes):  Development of Internal Elections Committee. 

2.   (10 minutes):  Committee to support Green Party of CT candidates re:
petitioning, campaign issues. 

 

3.   (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from: Cliff Thornton, Co-chairperson of
GPUS, CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National
Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa.

 

4.   (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with
legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal
health coverage.

 

5.   (2 minutes): Reports about the absent chapters.

 

6.  (5 minutes): CT Green Times. 

 

7.   (5 minutes): Recruitment of potential candidates for state offices,
Register of Voters.

 

8.   (2 minute): ACLU lawsuit.

 

9.   (2-5 minutes, each):  other Chapter reports.

 

10.   Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 2-26-08 and date, place and
time of next EC meeting in 2-08.

 

11.     Any additions

 

Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots
democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom,
decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future
focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and
gender equality.

 

 

 

 

 


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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Sun Feb 17 17:10:39 2008
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:10:39 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Upcoming Connecticut Events for Peace & Social
	Justice-COLOMBIA; "WINTER SOLDIER"
Message-ID: <000201c871e1$bc15ba60$21864c0c@edgn2b574u14bi>

6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
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From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Subject: Upcoming Connecticut Events for Peace & Social Justice


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Feb 11 2008   
                                 
                                 .    Feb 15: 10th Anniversary of Hartford Federal Building Peace Vigil  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Take Action Today in Support of Human Rights in Colombia  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Feb 25: Showing of the Orginal Winter Solider Movie  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Feb 15: 10th Anniversary of Hartford Federal Building Peace Vigil  
                                 
                                10th Anniversary of the Hartford Federal Building Vigil for Peace 1998 - 2008

                                Friday, Feb 15 11:30am-12:30pm
                                ABRAHAM RIBICOFF FEDERAL BLDG
                                450 Main Street
                                Hartford, Connecticut 06103

                                In February 1998, a vigil was organized, to protest the US military actions and sanctions waged against Iraq since 1990. For 10 years participants continue to stand each and every Friday protesting the humanitarian crises caused by U.S. sanctions and bombings, and now the invasion and occupation of Iraq, which has resulted in misery, death, and torture. 

                                Come to the vigil on Feb 15th to mark the 10th anniversary of this action and the 6th Month of the Iraq War Moratorium.

                                Estimated 650,000 civilian deaths-many children*
                                4.5 million refugees
                                $720 million per day to wage the war in Iraq

                                More information: www.hopeoutloud.org or call (860) 523-4823

                                http://www.hopeoutloud.org  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Take Action Today in Support of Human Rights in Colombia  
                                 
                                Take Action: Call your senators today! Send the message that respect and Support for Human Rights in Colombia are Vital.

                                Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) are currently circulating a "dear colleague" letter to Secretary of State Rice expressing concern over the alarming increase in killings by the U.S. funded Colombian army. Click here to read the letter http://www.afsc.org/colombia/action/documents/senateletteronextrajudicialkillings.pdf. 

                                In the last month alone AFSC has received reports from communities in peaceful resistance of 8 people who were assassinated by the Colombian army and then dressed as guerrillas. The people include indigenous, Afro-Colombians and peasants who were well known in their communities some of them were small entrepreneurs who worked at local bakeries and markets who were clearly not involved with any of the armed groups. 

                                As paramilitary forces are being demobilized, the army, under pressure to "get results," appears to be directly involved in more human rights abuses. Community leaders report that the killings are also used as way to quite dissent among community members who oppose the military's presence on their territories and their abuses. The stories regarding the killings have many similarities people are picked up by the army just after being seen in very public places, and then killed and presented to the media in guerrilla clothing as killed in combat. 

                                You can help bring attention to these human rights violations by asking your senator to sign on to this letter. Contact your senators through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Ask them to send the message that human rights matter by signing onto this letter by February 15th.

                                To read more about this issue click here to read the preliminary mission report http://www.afsc.org/colombia/action/documents/reportonextrajudicialexecutions.pdf .
                                from human rights groups in Colombia.

                                Please also visit www.afsc.org/colombia and read about the World Social Forum's Global Day of Action. On this day Grassroots groups took actions to express their concern for U.S. policies towards Colombia and their negative impact on the decades old conflict.




                                http://www.afsc.org/colombia  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Feb 25: Showing of the Orginal Winter Solider Movie  
                                 
                                Showing of the original Winter Solider
                                Monday, February 25th 7:30 PM
                                Hartford Friends Meeting
                                144 South Quaker Lane
                                West Hartford, CT
                                More information: www.hopeoutloud.org or call (860) 523-4823

                                From March 13-16 Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will hold the 2nd Winter Solider Hearings. Veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will gather in Washington DC to witness and tell their stories and experiences about U.S. foreign policy in both countries. The nation will hear directly from those who have been there on the ground. 

                                This gathering will be in the tradition of the 1971 Winter Soldier investigations held by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Not since that original event has the American public had such an important opportunity to hear the truth about the brutality of war and the nature of U.S. foreign policy.

                                On Feb 25th the Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice will show the original Winter Soldier.

                                In February 1971, one month after the revelations of the My Lai massacre, an astonishing public inquiry into war crimes committed by American forces in Vietnam was held at a Howard Johnson motel in Detroit. The Vietnam Veterans Against the War organized this event called the Winter Soldier Investigation. More than 125 veterans spoke of atrocities they had witnessed and committed.

                                Though the event was attended by press and television news crews, almost nothing was reported to the American public. Yet, this unprecedented forum marked a turning point in the anti-war movement. It was a pivotal moment in the lives of young vets from around the country who participated, including the young John Kerry. The Winter Soldier Investigation changed him and his comrades forever. Their courage in testifying, their desire to prevent further atrocities and to regain their own humanity, provide a dramatic intensity that makes seeing Winter Soldier an unforgettable experience.

                                http://www.ivaw.org/  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Tue Feb 19 19:15:55 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:15:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} PRESIDENTAL PETITIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Message-ID: <271982.39437.qm@web44812.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Dear Greens,
   
  We have the petitions for the Green Party nomination for President available.
   
  We have stand in candidates "Cliff Thornton for president and RI 's Greg Gerritt for VP" who will be replaced, later after the July national convention.  
   
  We need all Greens to help collect the 7,500 VALID signatures which means collecting over 10,000-11,000 signatures.
   
  Our next state meeting Tuesday in Portland, will be great place for collecting copies of the long legal size petitions.
   
  We need ONE petition per town. ONLY New Haven signers on that sheet and West Haven for example on another. 
   
  YOU will need to copy these at a copy store,, (BOTH SIDES Please!)
   
  Thanks for helping in advance.!
   
   


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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Feb 19 23:50:08 2008
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:50:08 -0500
Subject: {news} minutes archive now up to date
Message-ID: <BLU102-DAV170E8735B5CEC2306EC55DD6230@phx.gbl>

I've updated the web archive of State Central Committee (SCC) and Executive
Committee (EC) minutes through the January 22, 2008 Executive Committee
meeting.  Also, thanks to Ed DuBrule, I filled in some gaps in the 2003
archive (some of these had to do with, e.g., establishing a Presidential
Election Committee, so it's good to have these for reference).  All minutes
are indexed and linked at: http://www.ctgreens.org/minutesindex.shtml

David Bedell



From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 20 00:51:15 2008
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:51:15 -0500
Subject: {news} PRESIDENTAL PETITIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Message-ID: <BLU102-DAV1277CD63D8E1B18B7F26C2D6230@phx.gbl>

This is great, Tim.  I expect Richard and/or Paul will pick up copies for
Fairfield County next Tuesday (I'm now working weekday evenings, so won't be
at SCC meetings for a while).

For the record, can you give us the list of candidates for Presidential
Elector?  These people's names will be enshrined in the State Register &
Manual, under "Election Statistics and Statement of Vote".  Here are the
lists for 2004, 2000, and 1996:

2004:
http://www.sots.ct.gov/RegisterManual/SectionVIII/SOV04President.htm
Green
President: David Cobb, 1402 M Street, Eureka, CA 95501.
Vice President: Patricia La Marche, 101 Newell Road, Yarmouth, ME 04096.
Presidential Electors:
John R. Battista, New Milford;
Ed J. DuBrule, West Hartford;
Elizabeth D. Horton Sheff, Hartford;
Charles A. Pillsbury, New Haven;
Lindsey W. Mathews, Branford;
Elizabeth M. Brancato, Torrington;
Thomas J. Sevigny, Canton.

Petitioning Candidate
President: Ralph Nader, 53 Hillside Avenue, Winsted (Winchester), CT 06098.
Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo, 767 Halidon Way, Folsom, CA 95630.
Presidential Electors:
Timothy L. McKee, Manchester;
Donna Lynn Byrne-McKee, Manchester;
Peter Ellner, Oxford;
Michael Edwardo Ellner, Oxford;
Aaron Tabackman, New Haven;
Ralph Anthony Ferrucci, New Haven;
David C. Agosta, Hamden.

2000:
http://www.sots.ct.gov/RegisterManual/SectionVIII/SOV00President.htm
Green
President: Ralph Nader, 53 Hillside Avenue, Winsted, CT 06098.
Vice President: Winona LaDuke, Route 1, Box 308, Ponsford, MN 56575.
Presidential Electors:
Karin Norton, Mansfield;
Thomas J. Sevigny, Canton;
Edward Shatas, Meriden;
Amy Van Nunes, Windham;
Paul James, Meriden;
Vittorio Lancia, Portland;
Chris Reilly, Newington;
Paul Bassler, Norwalk.

1996 petition (not online):
Green
President: Bertram Garskof, Bethany (placeholder for Ralph Nader).
Vice President: Anthony Bottalico, Hopewell, NY (placeholder for Winona
LaDuke).
Presidential Electors:
James M. Kowalshyn, West Hartford;
Anne M. Dettenborn, West Hartford;
Harriet Lucinda Hannon, Simsbury;
Edward E. Shatas, Meriden;
John J. Reardon, Meriden;
Paul F. Bassler, Norwalk;
Sharon O'Neil Doyle, Durham;
Michael F. Doyle, Durham.


----------------Original message------------------------
From: Tim McKee timmckee2008 at yahoo.com
Date: Tue Feb 19 16:15:55 PST 2008
Subject: {news} PRESIDENTAL PETITIONS NOW AVAILABLE


Dear Greens,

  We have the petitions for the Green Party nomination for President
available.

  We have stand in candidates "Cliff Thornton for president and RI 's Greg
Gerritt for VP" who will be replaced, later after the July national
convention.

  We need all Greens to help collect the 7,500 VALID signatures which means
collecting over 10,000-11,000 signatures.

  Our next state meeting Tuesday in Portland, will be great place for
collecting copies of the long legal size petitions.

  We need ONE petition per town. ONLY New Haven signers on that sheet and
West Haven for example on another.

  YOU will need to copy these at a copy store,, (BOTH SIDES Please!)

  Thanks for helping in advance.!




***********************************************************************
  Tim McKee
  Manchester CT
  Home-860-643-2282
  Cell-860-778-1304
  Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United
States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
  BLOG- http://thebiggreenppicture.blogspot.com/



From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Fri Feb 22 16:46:21 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:46:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Nader to announce on Meet the Press sunday?
Message-ID: <689717.36216.qm@web44811.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

WTIC (Hartford) radio says Nader might annouce on Sunday's  NBC's Meet the Press 
   
  Nader exploraorty committee email promotes the show as well.


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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Fri Feb 22 23:53:41 2008
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:53:41 -0500
Subject: {news} Re: [usgp-nc] Invitation to support ballot access with state
	sharing funds
In-Reply-To: <BAY107-W26CF39647AF64C5F8649DBD51E0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY107-W26CF39647AF64C5F8649DBD51E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <10859a090802222053m79053ff9kf4dbb3a35a3d7808@mail.gmail.com>

something to consider.  charlie

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Jody Grage <jodytgrage at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> To the GNC:Before the end of February our ccountant Doug Malkan will print
> out state sharing checks for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters of 2007. These
> payments are being made possible by a bequest that we will receive this
> month.Since we are in a critical time for ballot access drives in many
> states, it may be that your state would be willing to contribute all or part
> of your state sharing money to increase the earmarked funds for ballot
> access.I'll be happy to let you know your state's quarterly amounts so
> that you consider adding to the funds available to work on ballot access. I
> look forward to hearing from you.Jody Grage, Treasurer
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Sat Feb 23 16:42:11 2008
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:42:11 -0500
Subject: {news} =?windows-1250?q?Proposed_agenda_for_2-26-08_SCC_meeting_o?=
	=?windows-1250?q?f_CTGP_at_Portland=92s_Senior_Center_at_7PM?=
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Proposed agenda for 2-26-08 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland?s Senior Center 

7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480   Phone:  860-342-6760   Time:  7:000PM

 

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

 

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting
attendees; chapters; if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

2.       (2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, any deletions
or additions.

3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 1-29-08 SCC
meeting.

4.    (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 2-19-08 EC
meeting.

5.       (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly.

 

B.     Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: 

a) EC Proposal: reactivation of By-laws Committee.

b) Policies and Proposals;

 

C. Reports:

 

1.  (30 minutes):  Development of Internal Elections Committee; suggestion
that chapters provide names of people at the 3-25-08 SCC meeting.

A vote will be taken then for whom will be the Internal Elections monitors
at the annual CTGP meeting in April 2008. 

 

 2.   (10 minutes):  Committee to support Green Party of CT candidates re:
petitioning, campaign issues. 

 

3.   (10 minutes): Handing out of Green Party Presidential petitioning forms
and discussion of appropriate process and timelines.

 

4.   (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with
legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal
health coverage.

 

5.  (15 minutes): GPUS reports from: Cliff Thornton, Co-chairperson of GPUS,
CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National Committee
Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa.

 

6.  (2 minutes): CT Green Times. 

 

7.   (5 minutes): Recruitment of potential candidates for state offices,
Register of Voters.

 

8.   (10 minute): ACLU lawsuit.

 

9.   (2-5 minutes, each):  other Chapter reports.

 

10.   Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 3-25-08 and date, place and
time of next EC meeting in 3-08.

 

11.     Any additions

 

Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots
democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom,
decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future
focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and
gender equality.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 24 18:23:58 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:23:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Green Agenda for Nader
Message-ID: <827919.54984.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

from the Vote Nader web site:
   
  Ralph told the media today after "Meet the Press" that he will decide within the coming days how he is going to run for President in terms of ballot access. On "Meet the Press" he mentioned The Green Party positively multiple times thus helping put The Green Party out to "Meet The Press's" five million plus viewers. 
   
  Ralph also said that he will announce his Vice-Presidential selection sometime in the next week. If people with the Green philosophy want him to seek their nomination, they could show their support by going to www.votenader.org and by donating and signing up on the email list. No matter what he decides he will be communicating The Green Party agenda over the coming months. 
  Sally Soriano
Nader for President 2008, Campaign Manager 


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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 24 18:29:11 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:29:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: [media-states] RELEASE Green Party ballot line upheld
	for West Virginia's Mountain Party
Message-ID: <758529.22136.qm@web44805.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>



Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com> wrote:  From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org, media-states at lists.gp-us.org
Subject: [media-states] RELEASE Green Party ballot line upheld for West Virginia's Mountain Party
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:34:34 -0800 (PST)

Forwarded by the Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org

West Virginia Mountain Party
http://www.mtparty.org/

For Immediate Release
22 February 2008

Contact: Joel Brown, 703 864 5199


The Green Party of the United States is having a
Mountain Party

? West Virginia Law Upholds Green Party Ballot
Line


"It's taken more than half a year to get where we
are today, but the fight was worth it. No
political party should be denied access to ballot
lines based on arbitrary rulings of civil
servants or elected officials," commented former
West Virginia Mountain Party Chair Jesse Johnson.


Johnson who with Mountain Party Treasurer Frank
Young led the fight for ballot status for the
Green Party in their home state began the battle
after the Mountain Party affiliated with the
national organization. 

"It's far too common all across this country that
states deny access to bone fide candidates that
run for lesser known political parties thereby
stunting and in some cases effectively
eliminating growth among those parties,"
continued Johnson. "It's often our toughest
battle to secure and keep these ballot lines. Our
candidates have much to contribute and our
country has even more to gain by having viable
choices to the current reigning parties and it's
anti-democratic and unconstitutional to keep us
off the ballot."

Because of the perseverance of Johnson and Young,
West Virginia 2008 general election ballot will
bear the name of whomever the national Green
Party selects for their presidential and vice
presidential nominees at their national
convention this July in Chicago.

Since his victory in the ballot access issue, Mr.
Johnson has resigned from his post as West
Virginia Mountain Party chair and is free now to
pursue his prior intention to run for president
of the United States for the Green Party. 

The Green Party's 2004 nominee for Vice
President, Pat LaMarche commented on the addition
of another ballot line to the Green Party's
rapidly expanding slate of ballot access, saying,
"We are so very grateful to Mr. Johnson for his
vigorous loyalty to our party. We are extremely
excited about his intention to run for president.
If every candidate for every political party had
the experience that Mr. Johnson has fighting for
democracy; we would have better leaders who are
far more respectful of the democratic process at
every level of government." 


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From efficacy at msn.com  Mon Feb 25 12:03:31 2008
From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:03:31 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: John Kilian's letter to Don Williams.
Message-ID: <BLU128-DAV54AAF2D220787543CD614D1180@phx.gbl>

Hi Gang,

I am getting phone calls and memos from all over
the country.  This is one in our state.  Please read.
He may show up at the next state party meeting




 Cliff,



This is what I sent to Senator Don Williams, CT Sen. Pro Tempore.

Perhaps this could be developed into an joint open letter from us to whom it may concern - and perhaps it could serve as a rallying point for others to provide support during this most recent window of opportunity provided by Nader's announcement. I would think that members of the growing movement within the Obama campaign could provide a strong advocacy for changing the laws in a way that benefits third parties and the Obama bid. 



On Feb 25, 2008, john at kilian.com wrote: 

      Senator,



             We met at Wesleyan last month. You may (or may not) remember that I handed you the text of a speech I gave for the Obama campaign in Middletown.



             Watching Ralph Nader on Meet the Press should be a cause for concern for Democrats in what could be another very close race for the Presidency. Recalling Nader's impact on the race in 2000, I have to say that action to remedy the process to allow the participation of third parties without sabotaging the chances of a major party candidate is something in your party's best interest, and it is now 8 years overdue and counting.



            By simply providing a runoff, instant or otherwise, the supporters casting votes for third party candidates like Nader (and don't forget Bloomberg)  would be able to express a secondary preference in the likely event that their first choice does not finish in the top two and no candidate receives more than 50%. By allowing these third parties to play a role of constructive advocates for their position you stand to gain the support of many unmobilized voters who could provide an indispensable adjunct to your current base of support as you pursue your ambitious vision for reforming healthcare, etc... 



            Without changing the laws of the State of Connecticut to allow for a more constructive role for third parties there persists the risk that the actual will of the electorate can be subverted by a system of elections that promotes the primacy of the two parties above the will of the voters. In the process many political activists who could come to your aid in the years to come will remain dormant, and this does jeapordize your nobel ambitions to realize a vision that is beyond the reach of the current political establishment.



  Sincerely,



  John Kilian.

  (860)918-1903

  210 Ridge Road

  Middletown, CT  06457 
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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 25 22:55:02 2008
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:55:02 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: John Kilian's letter to Don Williams.
In-Reply-To: <BLU128-DAV54AAF2D220787543CD614D1180@phx.gbl>
References: <BLU128-DAV54AAF2D220787543CD614D1180@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BLU132-W1F4B1AD769499FB314965BD190@phx.gbl>


Dear Greens. You may wonder where I have been . I want these facts out before the 2/26 meeting so it will be discussed. I have had a car wreck and concusion and am too poor to fix car. I can only attend SCC meetings with a ride I doubt anyone from N E will attend as they are all clear on how F---ed up some of you are and we seem to be the only ones to elect anyone anyway. Besides Justine has not attend in 3 years and Charlie often goes months I am POOR and Handicapped and 57 live alone I want no pity just understanding Since winter I have run out of oil, food{ food pantry white rice and macaroni with diabetes}, rent/default, pet food, and had a second weight loss surgery .the first was botched. I "live" on a SINGLE  SSI/ retirement income. I blame alot of the money problem on the War. I doubt most people in the CTGP have ever been where I have. The GP stuff I missed was Nader Nader Nader or stupid personal attacks about such crap as to if a 40 yr ago GP Black Panther was a drunk etc. What about the current platform topic "Space"? NOTHING really gets done people FIGHT LIKE DOGS its shameful. As for Nader he is an ego maniac and a loser waste of time . I care about stopping the WAR NOW and the ENVIRONMENT ...... NOT making a statement too much damage has been done,he will never win so I am working for local and State Greens and OBAMA getting REAL. I also want to address my computer "skills" insults from men in the CTGP. Or my spelling. I am gifted/LD and a certifided MSE plus 2 yr towards PHD Special Ed Teacher with MSE in Environmental Science. There are no basic classes given anymore in computers at local colleges or Adult Ed. I went to Grad School PRE computer times.. When all you NERDY MEN where learning computers at your offices I have spent the past 30 yrs at womans work, wipping  Developmentally Disabled persons asses or teaching child abusers or sitting with dying AIDS persons, no computers there.It took me years and checking with others to NAME the anti semitism in our Party the same with the CHAUVINISM While I was so low and after the last SCC meeting I attended 2 months past and the constant list barrage of harassment, it came clear to me. I also spoke privitely to other women and men in the CTGP to guage my charges I now recognize our Party is RIFE with loud ugly rude mean harassing bullying CHAUVENIST PIGS.{ last time I saw this was in Clamshell Alliance} I will denounce TIM{ called Carl Rove by some in CTGP, a loud rude pig] CLIFF { loud arrogent and money hungry}  ALAN B{ insults me on the list} KEN{ insults me and Jews}DAVID E> and yes your "sacred'"PILLSBURY{ he refuses to belive or accept my anti semitism truths despite many leaving New Haven GP and has privitely offered to "mentor" me . he is no BETTER than anyone else  I have been in the GP 12yr and am all grown up}All these men have demeaned harrassed and insulted me.I want to make it clear I adore and respect Mike, Richard, David B, Vic, Chris, Mike W , Eric and many other men who need to observe and correct other men.Other women see/hear and leave after one meeting.What is the truth people show with THEIR FEET.? No women come to the SCC but me and Barb maybe Jean all ASSERTIVE WOMEN. Few women come to chapters none under 40 or 50 no young mothers or college women. No poor people come, I can count the Jews in the whole Party on one hand{ there were alot in FFLD, New Haven and HTFD }. They all left due to Justine, no gays {one hand count\or less]NO Blacks or Browns{one hand count or less, no poor people mostly " intellectual tokens"} Our pride Elizabeth left due to my  Witch Trial Star Chamber ousting and no diversity. The Party is in trouble, Willimantic does not look or act like this Party nor does the world nor do the OBAMA people. Nor did the Willimantic Lamont office I worked with the head was in a wheel chair and there were all ages and colors.I am still the CTGP scape coat by some and the cannery in the coal mine, some have called me the "heart and soul" of the CTGP.I ousted Tom S { a govt plant and law breaker} Judy H [ a theif], Justine[ a bigot] and Pat Kane { a Dem who tried to break the law and frame us]. Richard Duffey has said that Cliff ,Tim and Pillsbury tried to black ball me at the National Level wanting all men as Reps when Richard was not elected nor wanted to be{ I won numerical vote over Tim lost rank came in 3rd}.SO>>>>>> I refuse to QUIT  any National positions or State positions.Life has temporarily slowed me There is much wrong with the CTGP all the more reason to STAY IN. BECAUSE OF THE WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT>  MY MOTTO" BY ANY MEANS NESSECARY" Malcom X .......Amy{send this email to anyone you like}


From: efficacy at msn.comTo: ctgp-news at ml.greens.orgDate: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:03:31 -0500Subject: {news} Fw: John Kilian's letter to Don Williams.




Hi Gang,
 
I am getting phone calls and memos from all over
the country.  This is one in our state.  Please read.
He may show up at the next state party meeting
 
 

 Cliff,
 
This is what I sent to Senator Don Williams, CT Sen. Pro Tempore.
Perhaps this could be developed into an joint open letter from us to whom it may concern - and perhaps it could serve as a rallying point for others to provide support during this most recent window of opportunity provided by Nader's announcement. I would think that members of the growing movement within the Obama campaign could provide a strong advocacy for changing the laws in a way that benefits third parties and the Obama bid. 
 
On Feb 25, 2008, john at kilian.com wrote: 


    Senator,
 
           We met at Wesleyan last month. You may (or may not) remember that I handed you the text of a speech I gave for the Obama campaign in Middletown.
 
           Watching Ralph Nader on Meet the Press should be a cause for concern for Democrats in what could be another very close race for the Presidency. Recalling Nader's impact on the race in 2000, I have to say that action to remedy the process to allow the participation of third parties without sabotaging the chances of a major party candidate is something in your party's best interest, and it is now 8 years overdue and counting.
 
          By simply providing a runoff, instant or otherwise, the supporters casting votes for third party candidates like Nader (and don't forget Bloomberg)  would be able to express a secondary preference in the likely event that their first choice does not finish in the top two and no candidate receives more than 50%. By allowing these third parties to play a role of constructive advocates for their position you stand to gain the support of many unmobilized voters who could provide an indispensable adjunct to your current base of support as you pursue your ambitious vision for reforming healthcare, etc... 
 
          Without changing the laws of the State of Connecticut to allow for a more constructive role for third parties there persists the risk that the actual will of the electorate can be subverted by a system of elections that promotes the primacy of the two parties above the will of the voters. In the process many political activists who could come to your aid in the years to come will remain dormant, and this does jeapordize your nobel ambitions to realize a vision that is beyond the reach of the current political establishment.
 
Sincerely,
 
John Kilian.
(860)918-1903
210 Ridge Road
Middletown, CT  06457 
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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Wed Feb 27 00:03:01 2008
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:03:01 -0500
Subject: {news} usgp-Platform Amdts. on website
Message-ID: <10859a090802262103t4efd17dbjd15e2b372f8bfba6@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:12 PM, <budd.dickinson at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I am forwarding this Platform Committee announcement because it should be
> seen by those who are not on the discussion list.
>
> Budd Dickinson, SC Co-chair
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jenefer Ellingston" <jellingston at earthlink.net>
> To: "GreenPartyUS" <Natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:32 PM
> Subject: [usgp-dx] Amdts. on website - is it perfect? No, but it works
> well
>
>
> > Dear Greens,
> > Reminder:
> > Amending the 2004 Platform, in preparation for drafting the 2008
> > Platform... is (still) moving along the conveyor belt.
> > All  amendments that have been submitted, are on the website (thanks to
> > Mike Ewall, sec'y).
> >
> > We are still in the period when objections to amdt. text and alternative
> > statement to accompany the objection are
> > received.   This period goes until    March 15.
> >
> > This is the second reminder to everyone:
> > Please  check the Platform  amdts. website for the subject area that
> > concerns you most (or all amdts. if you wish).
> > If an amendment strays far from what you believe is (or should be) a
> Green
> > position,  write an alternative to the amdt.
> > or its section, that you object to and send it to:
> >                         <platform-work at lists.gp-us.org>
> >
> > Or if you believe something should be deleted but not replaced,
> > obviously, you may send objection and explain why
> > you think it should be deleted.
> >
> > Your objection will reviewed by the Platcom. and rated by them.
> > If your objection and alternative formulation  gets a high rating  -
> > meaning a lot of positive response  (vague, I know),
> > then your alternative will replace the amdt. on website.  ("vague"
> because
> > minimal response from members of Platcom.
> > will not be enough to substitute an alternative for website amdt.)
> >
> > Please remember, everything is done on e-mail and  we are all volunteers
> > dedicated to growing the Green party.
> > We must operate with handicaps.
> >
> >
> > Repeat from earlier message sent Feb. 1. Background facts to remember:
> > 1) The amendments do not re-write the whole 2004 Platform  - mostly they
> > shorten, delete, merge and update.
> >     Some amdts. are very short; others cover a whole section.
> >
> > 2) Address for website to view amendments juxtaposed to the original
> text
> > is:           <www.gp.org/committees/platform/draft/work>
> >
> > 3) Everyone is invited to read, study, compare and offer re-visions to
> the
> > amendments, when you feel strongly that
> > revision is necessary.
> > If you decide to revise, write the alternative text and indicate where
> it
> > fits, or delete text,  carefully marking what
> > you have removed.
> >
> > 4) The Platcom  will receive such notices up to March 15. Any member of
> > the Platcom. can receive a revision of an
> > amendment, but the Platcom. as a whole, will decide on its merits, using
> > our rating  system.
> >
> > (Reminder),  the Amendments on website are not the 2008 draft.  Drafting
> > is the next step... starting April 1).
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> >
> > Jenefer E.   co-chair
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From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 27 12:39:50 2008
From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:39:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} The Obama Craze: Count Me Out
Message-ID: <821386.76759.qm@web44809.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

The Obama Craze: Count Me Out 
  by Matt Gonzalez?    Feb. 27? 2008 
 
      Part of me shares the enthusiasm for Barack Obama. After all, how could someone calling themself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency? But as his campaign has unfolded, and I heard that we are not red states or blue states for the 6th or 7th time, I realized I knew virtually nothing about him.
 
 Like most, I know he gave a stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. I know he defeated Alan Keyes in the Illinois Senate race; although it wasn?t much of a contest (Keyes was living in Maryland when he announced). Recently, I started looking into Obama?s voting record, and I?m afraid to say I?m not just uninspired: I?m downright fearful. Here's why:

 This is a candidate who says he?s going to usher in change; that he is a different kind of politician who has the skills to get things done. He reminds us again and again that he had the foresight to oppose the war in Iraq. And he seems to have a genuine interest in lifting up the poor.
 
 But his record suggests that he is incapable of ushering in any kind of change I?d like to see. It is one of accommodation and concession to the very political powers that we need to reign in and oppose if we are to make truly lasting advances.
 
 THE WAR IN IRAQ
 
 Let?s start with his signature position against the Iraq war. Obama has sent mixed messages at best. 
 
 First, he opposed the war in Iraq while in the Illinois state legislature. Once he was running for US Senate though, when public opinion and support for the war was at its highest, he was quoted in the July 27, 2004 Chicago Tribune as saying, ?There?s not that much difference between my position and George Bush?s position at this stage. The difference, in my mind, is who?s in a position to execute.? The Tribune went on to say that Obama, ?now believes US forces must remain to stabilize the war-ravaged nation ? a policy not dissimilar to the current approach of the Bush administration.?
 
 Obama?s campaign says he was referring to the ongoing occupation and how best to stabilize the region. But why wouldn?t he have taken the opportunity to urge withdrawal if he truly opposed the war? Was he trying to signal to conservative voters that he would subjugate his anti-war position if elected to the US Senate and perhaps support a lengthy occupation? Well as it turns out, he?s done just that.
 
 Since taking office in January 2005 he has voted to approve every war appropriation the Republicans have put forward, totaling over $300 billion. He also voted to confirm Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State despite her complicity in the Bush Administration?s various false justifications for going to war in Iraq. Why would he vote to make one of the architects of ?Operation Iraqi Liberation? the head of US foreign policy? Curiously, he lacked the courage of 13 of his colleagues who voted against her confirmation.
 
 And though he often cites his background as a civil rights lawyer, Obama voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act in July 2005, easily the worse attack on civil liberties in the last half-century. It allows for wholesale eavesdropping on American citizens under the guise of anti-terrorism efforts.
 
 And in March 2006, Obama went out of his way to travel to Connecticut to campaign for Senator Joseph Lieberman who faced a tough challenge by anti-war candidate Ned Lamont. At a Democratic Party dinner attended by Lamont, Obama called Lieberman ?his mentor? and urged those in attendance to vote and give financial contributions to him. This is the same Lieberman who Alexander Cockburn called ?Bush?s closest Democratic ally on the Iraq War.? Why would Obama have done that if he was truly against the war?
 
 Recently, with anti-war sentiment on the rise, Obama declared he will get our combat troops out of Iraq in 2009. But Obama isn?t actually saying he wants to get all of our troops out of Iraq. At a September 2007 debate before the New Hampshire primary, moderated by Tim Russert, Obama refused to commit to getting our troops out of Iraq by January 2013 and, on the campaign trail, he has repeatedly stated his desire to add 100,000 combat troops to the military.
 
 At the same event, Obama committed to keeping enough soldiers in Iraq to ?carry out our counter-terrorism activities there? which includes ?striking at al Qaeda in Iraq.? What he didn?t say is this continued warfare will require an estimated 60,000 troops to remain in Iraq according to a May 2006 report prepared by the Center for American Progress. Moreover, it appears he intends to ?redeploy? the troops he takes out of the unpopular war in Iraq and send them to Afghanistan. So it appears that under Obama?s plan the US will remain heavily engaged in war.
 
 This is hardly a position to get excited about.
 
 CLASS ACTION REFORM:
 
 In 2005, Obama joined Republicans in passing a law dubiously called the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) that would shut down state courts as a venue to hear many class action lawsuits. Long a desired objective of large corporations and President George Bush, Obama in effect voted to deny redress in many of the courts where these kinds of cases have the best chance of surviving corporate legal challenges. Instead, it forces them into the backlogged Republican-judge dominated federal courts.
 
 By contrast, Senators Clinton, Edwards and Kerry joined 23 others to vote against CAFA, noting the ?reform? was a thinly-veiled ?special interest extravaganza? that favored banking, creditors and other corporate interests. David Sirota, the former spokesman for Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee, commented on CAFA in the June 26, 2006 issue of The Nation, ?Opposed by most major civil rights and consumer watchdog groups, this Big Business-backed legislation was sold to the public as a way to stop "frivolous" lawsuits. But everyone in Washington knew the bill's real objective was to protect corporate abusers.?
 
 Nation contributor Dan Zegart noted further: ?On its face, the class-action bill is mere procedural tinkering, transferring from state to federal court actions involving more than $5 million where any plaintiff is from a different state from the defendant company. But federal courts are much more hostile to class actions than their state counterparts; such cases tend to be rooted in the finer points of state law, in which federal judges are reluctant to dabble. And even if federal judges do take on these suits, with only 678 of them on the bench (compared with 9,200 state judges), already overburdened dockets will grow. Thus, the bill will make class actions ? most of which involve discrimination, consumer fraud and wage-and-hour violations ? all but impossible. One example: After forty lawsuits were filed against Wal-Mart for allegedly forcing employees to work "off the clock," four state courts certified these suits as class actions. Not a single federal court did so,
 although the practice probably involves hundreds of thousands of employees nationwide.?
 
 Why would a civil rights lawyer knowingly make it harder for working-class people to have their day in court, in effect shutting off avenues of redress?
 
 CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES:
 
 Obama has a way of ducking hard votes or explaining away his bad votes by trying to blame poorly-written statutes. Case in point: an amendment he voted on as part of a recent bankruptcy bill before the US Senate would have capped credit card interest rates at 30 percent. Inexplicably, Obama voted against it, although it would have been the beginning of setting these predatory lending rates under federal control. Even Senator Hillary Clinton supported it.
 
 Now Obama explains his vote by saying the amendment was poorly written or set the ceiling too high. His explanation isn?t credible as Obama offered no lower number as an alternative, and didn?t put forward his own amendment clarifying whatever language he found objectionable. 
 
 Why wouldn?t Obama have voted to create the first federal ceiling on predatory credit card interest rates, particularly as he calls himself a champion of the poor and middle classes? Perhaps he was signaling to the corporate establishment that they need not fear him. For all of his dynamic rhetoric about lifting up the masses, it seems Obama has little intention of doing anything concrete to reverse the cycle of poverty many struggle to overcome.
 
 LIMITING NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES:
 
 These seemingly unusual votes wherein Obama aligns himself with Republican Party interests aren?t new. While in the Illinois Senate, Obama voted to limit the recovery that victims of medical malpractice could obtain through the courts. Capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases means a victim cannot fully recover for pain and suffering or for punitive damages. Moreover, it ignored that courts were already empowered to adjust awards when appropriate, and that the Illinois Supreme Court had previously ruled such limits on tort reform violated the state constitution.
 
 In the US Senate, Obama continued interfering with patients? full recovery for tortious conduct. He was a sponsor of the National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation Act of 2005. The bill requires hospitals to disclose errors to patients and has a mechanism whereby disclosure, coupled with apologies, is rewarded by limiting patients? economic recovery. Rather than simply mandating disclosure, Obama?s solution is to trade what should be mandated for something that should never be given away: namely, full recovery for the injured patient.
 
 MINING LAW OF 1872:
 
 In November 2007, Obama came out against a bill that would have reformed the notorious Mining Law of 1872. The current statute, signed into law by Ulysses Grant, allows mining companies to pay a nominal fee, as little as $2.50 an acre, to mine for hardrock minerals like gold, silver, and copper without paying royalties. Yearly profits for mining hardrock on public lands is estimated to be in excess of $1 billion a year according to Earthworks, a group that monitors the industry. Not surprisingly, the industry spends freely when it comes to lobbying: an estimated $60 million between 1998-2004 according to The Center on Public Integrity. And it appears to be paying off, yet again.
 
 The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 would have finally overhauled the law and allowed American taxpayers to reap part of the royalties (4 percent of gross revenue on existing mining operations and 8 percent on new ones). The bill provided a revenue source to cleanup abandoned hardrock mines, which is likely to cost taxpayers over $50 million, and addressed health and safety concerns in the 11 affected western states.
 
 Later it came to light that one of Obama?s key advisors in Nevada is a Nevada-based lobbyist in the employ of various mining companies (CBS News ?Obama?s Position On Mining Law Questioned. Democrat Shares Position with Mining Executives Who Employ Lobbyist Advising Him,? November 14, 2007).
 
 REGULATING NUCLEAR INDUSTRY:
 
 The New York Times reported that, while campaigning in Iowa in December 2007, Obama boasted that he had passed a bill requiring nuclear plants to promptly report radioactive leaks. This came after residents of his home state of Illinois complained they were not told of leaks that occurred at a nuclear plant operated by Exelon Corporation.
 
 The truth, however, was that Obama allowed the bill to be amended in Committee by Senate Republicans, replacing language mandating reporting with verbiage that merely offered guidance to regulators on how to address unreported leaks. The story noted that even this version of Obama?s bill failed to pass the Senate, so it was unclear why Obama was claiming to have passed the legislation. The February 3, 2008 The New York Times article titled ?Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate? by Mike McIntire also noted the opinion of one of Obama?s constituents, which was hardly enthusiastic about Obama?s legislative efforts:
 
 "Senator Obama's staff was sending us copies of the bill to review, and we could see it weakening with each successive draft," said Joe Cosgrove, a park district director in Will County, Ill., where low-level radioactive runoff had turned up in groundwater. "The teeth were just taken out of it."
 
 As it turns out, the New York Times story noted: ?Since 2003, executives and employees of Exelon, which is based in Illinois, have contributed at least $227,000 to Mr. Obama?s campaigns for the United States Senate and for president. Two top Exelon officials, Frank M. Clark, executive vice president, and John W. Rogers Jr., a director, are among his largest fund-raisers.?
 
 ENERGY POLICY:
 
 On energy policy, it turns out Obama is a big supporter of corn-based ethanol which is well known for being an energy-intensive crop to grow. It is estimated that seven barrels of oil are required to produce eight barrels of corn ethanol, according to research by the Cato Institute. Ethanol?s impact on climate change is nominal and isn?t ?green? according to Alisa Gravitz, Co-op America executive director. ?It simply isn?t a major improvement over gasoline when it comes to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.? A 2006 University of Minnesota study by Jason Hill and David Tilman, and an earlier study published in BioScience in 2005, concur. (There?s even concern that a reliance on corn-based ethanol would lead to higher food prices.)
 
 So why would Obama be touting this as a solution to our oil dependency? Could it have something to do with the fact that the first presidential primary is located in Iowa, corn capitol of the country? In legislative terms this means Obama voted in favor of $8 billion worth of corn subsidies in 2006 alone, when most of that money should have been committed to alternative energy sources such as solar, tidal and wind.
 
 SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE:
 
 Obama opposed single-payer bill HR676, sponsored by Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers in 2006, although at least 75 members of Congress supported it. Single-payer works by trying to diminish the administrative costs that comprise somewhere around one-third of every health care dollar spent, by eliminating the duplicative nature of these services. The expected $300 billion in annual savings such a system would produce would go directly to cover the uninsured and expand coverage to those who already have insurance, according to Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program.
 
 Obama?s own plan has been widely criticized for leaving health care industry administrative costs in place and for allowing millions of people to remain uninsured. ?Sicko? filmmaker Michael Moore ridiculed it saying, ?Obama wants the insurance companies to help us develop a new health care plan-the same companies who have created the mess in the first place.?
 
 NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT:
 
 Regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement, Obama recently boasted, ?I don?t think NAFTA has been good for Americans, and I never have.? Yet, Calvin Woodward reviewed Obama?s record on NAFTA in a February 26, 2008 Associated Press article and found that comment to be misleading: ?In his 2004 Senate campaign, Obama said the US should pursue more deals such as NAFTA, and argued more broadly that his opponent's call for tariffs would spark a trade war. AP reported then that the Illinois senator had spoken of enormous benefits having accrued to his state from NAFTA, while adding that he also called for more aggressive trade protections for US workers.?
 
 Putting aside campaign rhetoric, when actually given an opportunity to protect workers from unfair trade agreements, Obama cast the deciding vote against an amendment to a September 2005 Commerce Appropriations Bill, proposed by North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan, that would have prohibited US trade negotiators from weakening US laws that provide safeguards from unfair foreign trade practices. The bill would have been a vital tool to combat the outsourcing of jobs to foreign workers and would have ended a common corporate practice known as ?pole-vaulting? over regulations, which allows companies doing foreign business to avoid ?right to organize,? ?minimum wage,? and other worker protections.
 
 SOME FINAL EXAMPLES:
 
 On March 2, 2007 Obama gave a speech at AIPAC, America?s pro-Israeli government lobby, wherein he disavowed his previous support for the plight of the Palestinians. In what appears to be a troubling pattern, Obama told his audience what they wanted to hear. He recounted a one-sided history of the region and called for continued military support for Israel, rather than taking the opportunity to promote the various peace movements in and outside of Israel.
 
 Why should we believe Obama has courage to bring about change? He wouldn?t have his picture taken with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom when visiting San Francisco for a fundraiser in his honor because Obama was scared voters might think he supports gay marriage (Newsom acknowledged this to Reuters on January 26, 2007 and former Mayor Willie Brown admitted to the San Francisco Chronicle on February 5, 2008 that Obama told him he wanted to avoid Newsom for that reason.)
 
 Obama acknowledges the disproportionate impact the death penalty has on blacks, but still supports it, while other politicians are fighting to stop it. (On December 17, 2007 New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed a bill banning the death penalty after it was passed by the New Jersey Assembly.)
 
 On September 29, 2006, Obama joined Republicans in voting to build 700 miles of double fencing on the Mexican border (The Secure Fence Act of 2006), abandoning 19 of his colleagues who had the courage to oppose it. But now that he?s campaigning in Texas and eager to win over Mexican-American voters, he says he?d employ a different border solution.
 
 It is shocking how frequently and consistently Obama is willing to subjugate good decision making for his personal and political benefit.
 
 Obama aggressively opposed initiating impeachment proceedings against the president (?Obama: Impeachment is not acceptable,? USA Today, June 28, 2007) and he wouldn?t even support Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold?s effort to censure the Bush administration for illegally wiretapping American citizens in violation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In Feingold?s words ?I?m amazed at Democrats 
 cowering with this president?s number?s so low.? Once again, it?s troubling that Obama would take these positions and miss the opportunity to document the abuses of the Bush regime.
 
 CONCLUSION:
 
 Once I started looking at the votes Obama actually cast, I began to hear his rhetoric differently. The principal conclusion I draw about ?change? and Barack Obama is that Obama needs to change his voting habits and stop pandering to win votes. If he does this he might someday make a decent candidate who could earn my support. For now Obama has fallen into a dangerous pattern of capitulation that he cannot reconcile with his growing popularity as an agent of change. 
 
 I remain impressed by the enthusiasm generated by Obama?s style and skill as an orator. But I remain more loyal to my values, and I?m glad to say that I want no part in the Obama craze sweeping our country. 
 
 Matt Gonzalez is a former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  
 

http://beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5413#more
 

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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Feb 27 20:21:48 2008
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:21:48 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Ingrid Betancourt suffering from ill-health,
	say released captives
Message-ID: <06c801c879a8$4a9c4100$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2749608820080228
>
> Ex-FARC hostages say Betancourt "very sick" in jungle
> Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:36pm EST
> By Patrick Markey
>
> BOGOTA (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, held
> hostage by FARC guerrillas, is "very sick" in a rebel jungle camp and
> has been mistreated by her captors, two hostages released on Wednesday 
> said.
>
> Betancourt, a dual French-Colombian citizen captured six years ago, and
> three U.S. contractors are among the high-profile hostages held in
> secret jungle camps by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or
> FARC, guerrillas.
>
> "As a woman and a mother, I want to send a message to Ingrid Betancourt,
> who has been left behind in the jungle very sick," Gloria Polanco, a
> former lawmaker released after more than six years in captivity, told
> Caracol radio.
>
> The FARC released Polanco and three other hostages in a deal brokered by
> left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has riled Bogota and
> Washington by calling for the guerrillas to be taken off international
> terrorism lists.
>
> Another freed hostage, ex-lawmaker Luis Eladio Perez, said Betancourt
> suffered from liver problems and been badly mistreated by her captors.
>
> "It hurts my soul, she is very bad, very, very sick. She is physically
> and morally exhausted," he said. "Ingrid is mistreated very badly, they
> have vented their anger on her, they have her chained up in inhumane
> conditions."
>
> Betancourt was last seen in a rebel video released last year where she
> looked gaunt and despondent in front of the camera, sitting at a wooden
> bench in the jungle. In a letter to her mother she wrote: "We live like
> the dead."
>
> Perez said the three Americans -- Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and
> Thomas Howes -- all suffered from jungle illnesses and injuries received
> when their aircraft crashed in the jungle during an anti-drug mission in
> 2003.
>
> He said he had spent the last six months of his captivity sleeping in
> the same camp as the three U.S. Defense Department contractors, who
> recently marked five years in rebel hands.
>
> A recent decision by a U.S. judge to sentence a rebel commander, alias
> "Simon Trinidad," to 60 years in prison for his part in the kidnapping
> of the Americans hit the three men hard. The rebels say the U.S.
> captives must be exchanged for two guerrilla commanders jailed in the
> United States.
>
> "They are pretty down, especially after the sentencing of Simon
> Trinidad," Perez said.
>
> A deal to release all high profile rebel hostages has been stalled over
> a rebel demand that Uribe demilitarize an area to facilitate hostage
> exchange. Uribe rejects the condition because he says it will allow the
> FARC to regroup.
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Feb 28 15:31:17 2008
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:31:17 +0000
Subject: {news} Nader, CT Greens in Stamford Times
Message-ID: <BLU102-W7EBD93CB325066CE22997D61B0@phx.gbl>


This was in the Norwalk Hour and the Stamford Times.  Remy Chevalier, quoted in the article, is campaign manager for Richard Duffee for Congress (http://www.richardduffee.com ).

http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/stamford_templates/stamford_story/298454881238041.php

State Greens hope to get Nader back

By JARED NEWMAN
jnewman@ thestamfordtimes.com

Following Ralph Nader's announcement that he will run for president in 2008, two Green Party leaders from Connecticut are hoping he will return to the party this year.

"Go Ralph, go," said Mike DeRosa, co-chairman of the Connecticut Green party. He believes that Nader will seek the party's nomination.

"I assume that he's going to come to the convention and I assume he's going to vie for our votes," DeRosa said.

Nader ran for president with the Green Party in 1996 and 2000. Democrats have blamed him for drawing votes away from Vice President Al Gore, leading to a narrow loss to George W. Bush in 2000.

The accusation caused a rift in the Green Party, leading to the nomination of a different candidate, Texas attorney David Cobb, in 2004. Nader ran as an independent.

This time around, some Green Party members are looking to get Nader back. A group called the Draft Nader Committee put together an online petition to encourage Nader to align with the party. DeRosa, who lives in Wethersfield, is among those who signed it.

"We're looking forward to raising questions about the war and the economy, and fundamental questions about the future of our country ... and I think Ralph is probably the best person to present those issues," DeRosa said.

Clifford Thornton, a national and state party co-chairman, would also like Nader to join the Green Party, though he's not as optimistic as DeRosa.

"I think it's good that (Nader is) doing this, and I'd like to see him run on the Green Party ticket, but I don't think he will," Thornton said.

Ideally, Thornton hopes Nader and Cynthia McKinney, a former Democratic congresswoman and current Green Party front-runner among those who are actively seeking the nomination, will run on the same ticket. He said they appeal to different bases ? McKinney to young people and minorities and Nader to those who remember his early bids for the presidency.

"That will make the Green Party bid much stronger," Thornton said.

Connecticut does not allow minor parties to participate in the primaries, so the state's 1,800 registered Green Party members will receive nomination ballots in late March, DeRosa said. While some states chose not to include Nader on the ballot because he is only a draft candidate, DeRosa said party members in Connecticut will be able to vote for Nader.

In California, where Green party members were allowed to chose their candidate on primary day, Nader defeated McKinney 61 percent to 26 percent.

The Connecticut Green Party will divvy up delegates on April 26, DeRosa said. The national party convention will be held in Chicago on July 6.

Remy Chevalier, a Green Party member from Weston, hoped Nader would return to scrutinizing the automotive industry, as he did in the 1960s, this time advocating alternative fuel sources. It should be a platform in Nader's campaign, Chevalier said.

"What I want to see Nader do is to get back to the automotive industry," he said, "and right now it's where he might actually be the most useful to everyone."
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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Thu Feb 28 23:35:42 2008
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:35:42 -0500
Subject: {news} Fwd: [usgp-nc] !IMPORTANT - TROUBLE WITH YAHOO ADDRESSES -
	PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL STATE LISTS
Message-ID: <10859a090802282035h5386576elcc13078f7fdd705d@mail.gmail.com>

fyi. in case this affects any CT Greens.

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From: Hart, Holly J <holly-hart at uiowa.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:57 AM
Subject: [usgp-nc] !IMPORTANT - TROUBLE WITH YAHOO ADDRESSES - PLEASE
FORWARD TO ALL STATE LISTS, COMMITTEE AND CAUCUS LISTS
To: "natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org" <natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>

Most of the people affected won't receive this from either of these lists,
so I am asking all delegates to forward this to your state and caucus lists,
and GPUS committee lists.

During the past few days, a few people who use Yahoo as their email  began
reporting problems with the GPUS national committee lists, sometimes not
getting mail, or receiving message sporadically.  Today, all or most Yahoo
addresses on both natlcomvotes and natlcomaffairs were unsubscribed.    The
list admin, Cameron Spitzer and I have been looking into this all day.
 While the exact cause isn't yet known, we hope to get to the bottom of it
tomorrow.  What we do know is that Yahoo seems to have blocked all messages
coming from our "pair" server (lists on another server don't seem to have
been affected), which eventually caused all Yahoo addresses automatically to
be unsubscribed.   One suggestion is that spam went out from the server, not
necessarily from us,  and Yahoo blocked everything.    However, the problem
appears to affect more than just us, according to Yahoo's help site.

PLEASE LET YAHOO-USING FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
THE PROBLEM AND HOPE TO GET FOLKS RE-SUBSCRIBED BY
THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW.  I WILL ALSO BE GOING THROUGH THE DELEGATE
DIRECTORY AND SENDING NOTICES TO ALL YAHOO USERS. I AM ALSO COLLECTING A
LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME OR THE LIST ADMIN AND HOPE TO SEND THE
ADMIN A LIST OF ADDRESSES TO RE-SUBSCRIBE LATER TOMORROW.  WE HOPE THAT
SIMPLY RE-SUBSCRIBING THESE ADDRESSES IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED.  IF IT ISN'T,
FOLKS WILL BE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FIND A NEW EMAIL SERVICE.

*THOSE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO CHANGE TO A NEW ADDRESS ARE ASKED TO
 CONTACT ME, FOR NOW, AT - secretary at gp.org

*******
ONE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT MAY BE HELPFUL:   People need to check their spam
folders and teach the system by removing it from that folder with the
appropriate button.  Another method is to place the email address in the
address book of their Yahoo account online/

We have had ongoing problems with Comcast and Juno, but Yahoo has been
reliable until now.  Hopefully, this is a one-time, brief problem.

HOWEVER, HERE IS AN IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE LIST ADMIN - PLEASE
NOTE, WE CAN'T FIX EVERYTHING EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE SERVICES DECIDES TO
ARBITRARILY START BLOCKING OUR MESSAGES:
      Here's my unsolicited opinion, free email services through mega
corporate entities is exactly what Greens should resist. Yahoo, Comcast,
Gmail, Juno and all other services like them ... are unmitigated
rip-offs,...   My advice ...  support your local ISP and get a real email
address.

THERE ARE "REAL" EMAIL SERVICES, SOME GOOD LOCAL PROVIDERS.  IF YOU WANT
SOME SUGGESTIONS, LET ME KNOW AND WE WILLTRACK SOME DOWN.

Holly Hart
Secretary, GPUS




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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Fri Feb 29 23:12:15 2008
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:12:15 -0500
Subject: {news} Fwd: 2007 state sharing checks coming!
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From: Jody Grage <jodytgrage at hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Subject: [usgp-nc] 2007 state sharing checks coming!
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org

It is with pleasure that I announce that Brent McMillan, Major Donor
Manager, received a $25,000 contribution yesterday.

It is with pleasure that I also announce that $13,555.70 in state sharing
checks for 2007 Quarters 2 - 4 are being written and will be in the mail as
soon as I get them from Doug Malkan, our accountant, and get them signed.

Thank you all for raising money for your state and GPUS.  If you want to
know how to get an even bigger check next time, Emily will be glad to talk
to you about the options available for state sharing programs.

Jody Grage, Treasurer, GPUS

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