If confirmed, we should protest Alito with a 2day strike against BushInc

[blm]

I say two day because one day might not sink in - heck we may need three days.

JUST IN CASE ALITO IS CONFIRMED IN SPITE OF OUR OTHER PROTESTS BEING DONE NOW.

But, I mean a complete shutdown - as complete as we can without harming our families. No work, no play, no gas station stop, no shopping, cut electricity and gas to bare minimum use, etc.

We have to face the fact that media is NOT going to allow sane voices to be heard. We have to let CORPORATE America know that we know what's going on and are pissed enough to hurt them back.

We can stage these protests every month till it starts to be noticed on their bottom lines.

[FogerRox]

1. hmm yeah- a jewel of an idea- plaese recommend all filibuster threads

like this one-

On January 6th, 2005 about 1200 or so people marched on DC to back up The Congressional Black Caucus, and a lone diminutive Lady Senator, Barbara Boxer, as these DEMS with SPINE stood up for us. They reported for Duty, we had their backs.

Will there be a Filibuster? I don't know. BUT- If -



If the DEMS SHUT IT DOWN-- they need to see us in the streets supporting them. WE need to be there, saying we got your back.

If the DEMS SHUT IT DOWN-- I going to DC. Join me.

If the DEMS SHUT IT DOWN-- Lets all go to DC.

If the DEMS SHUT IT DOWN-- If they report for DUTY, WE GOTTA HAVE THEIR BACK.

If the DEMS SHUT IT DOWN-- The repubs gotta be put on notice, the villagers are outside the castle keep. With Pitchforks and torches.

If the DEMS SHUT IT DOWN-- WE have a chance, maybe the last one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2365675

[blm]

2. Been supporting filibuster for weeks and that's not going to change.

I'm not an either or person - I like cats AND dogs, and can walk AND chew gum at the same time.

I can also protest media AND electronic voting machines at the same time, too.

I will push filibuster till the bitter end AND prepare to protest BushInc IF Alito is confirmed.

[Peace Patriot]

3. I fully support (and have supported) actions to back up Democratic

leaders who show spine, but I have to say that, when this Congress approved the nomination of torture-memo writer and Bush Cartel toady Alberto Gonzales to be chief law enforcement officer of the U.S., it became perfectly clear to me that we not only have an illegitimately elected president, we also have an illegitimately elected Congress, which does not represent the interests of the great majority of people in this country, 63% of whom oppose torture "under any circumstances" (May '04), and the great majority of whom oppose this and every other major Bush policy, foreign and domestic, way up in the 60% to 70% range, and have for some time.

Congressional support of whatever this lying, criminal president and his puppetmasters desire to do is inevitable. This is not to say we shouldn't fight it, and shouldn't back Democrats who fight it. We absolutely should! For one thing, the supposed minority Democrats in Congress actually represent the great majority, and are carrying that burden, of having to represent the majority with only minority status, and under constant bullying by Bush's Congressional "pod people."

But we had better see to the mechanism of our sovereignty as a people--our right to vote, and the transparency of our elections--as our NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, because if we do not repair our election system while we still have a chance, we are headed for full on fascist dictatorship.

There is a current movement in California--initiated by county election officials--for emergency legislation in the state legislature, to permit counties to do all mail-in, paper ballot votes in the coming June primary, so that unreliable, hackable Diebold and other electronic voting systems don't have to be used. The movement is headed by State Senator Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach) who is running for Sec of State.

That is one thing we can do--support this movement, and start others in other states. Mail-in may not be the ultimate solution, but it is a positive and immediate step toward better transparency, which is critically needed this year (June and November '06 elections). See

Election forum
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x408918

Latest breaking news
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2039519

Other resources:

www.votersunite.org
www.verfiedvoting.org
www.UScountvotes.org
www.freepress.org
www.TruthIsAll.net
www.solarbus.org/election/index.shtml

Also of interest:
www.tmsfeatures.com/tmsfeatures/subcategory.jsp?file=20051124ctnbk-a.txt&catid=1824&code=ctnbk

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The Alito confirmation, if it happens, is not the end of our democracy. There are many things we can do to get around, hamper and impeach a Bush-appointed Supreme Court IF WE CAN RESTORE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE. That is the key to all future reform. We CANNOT have Bushite corporations counting all our votes with "trade secret," proprietary programming code, and virtually no audit/recount controls--and expect to win such votes in Congress and expect majority views to be represented in Congress or in the White House. We MUST change this. THEN we will be able to implement fundamental reform.