I tried calling Markey but his mailbox was full.

[unhappycamper]

Way to dodge your constituents, Senator.

[Little Star]

1. The Senator Who Dodged The Syria Vote......

It's hard to imagine a rookie senator who's better equipped to confront a complicated issue like Syria than Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey.

Before winning a Senate special election in June, Markey served for nearly four decades in the House, and he's a recognized policy heavyweight in the halls of Congress. Yet when it came time for him to cast a critical committee vote Wednesday on the use of force in Syria — the most important vote of his brief career in the Senate — Markey essentially took a pass. He voted "present," making him the only one of 18 members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to dodge a "yes" or "no" vote.

Predictably, Markey is taking a public beating for his nonvote vote.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/09/05/219294640/the-senator-who-dodged-the-syria-vote

Maybe this is why his mailbox is full, lol. People are pissed.

[unhappycamper]

2. I posted this note on http://www.edmarkey.com/contact/

Dear Senator Markey -

I am appalled at your recent Let's Go To War With Syria non-vote. Had I known that you would support another war, I would not have voted for you.

I think it's nuts to get involved in a Middle East civil war. Giving arms to Syrian militants in 2013 is like giving Stinger missiles to Afghani rebels in the 1980's. Nothing good cam come of this.

Vietnam Veteran, 67~68, 69~70

[Little Star]

3. Thanks! I just left him a note there expressing my....

dismay at his non-vote.

I'm glad you made it home from Vietnam alive. I had a friend who didn't and many friends who came home screwed up beyond help.