FISA Bill: We all must put pressure on our senators...NOW!

[kaygore]

This is CRITICAL!!!!

First to support the filibuster and then to vote NO!!!!!!

Failure for them to do so is an indication that they are not upholding their oath of office to support the Constitution!

[wtmusic]

1. Faxed Feinstein

Telephone number always busy...maybe she uses AT&T :D

[wryter2000]

9. I'll do that this afternoon

Along with quotes from WaPo and wired about how * was wiretapping before 9/11.

[EFerrari]

11. And we only found out because of the political prosecution

of the Qwest CEO.

[wryter2000]

16. Yup

Just faxed both Feinstein and Boxer. Boxer might be persuaded to do the right thing. She might even filibuster.

[EFerrari]

17. Thanks, neighbor!

:hi:

[wryter2000]

21. You go, SF

I so hope the sewage treatment plant gets named after *.

[EFerrari]

37. Me, too. That legacy building is historically important! lol

[gateley]

20. I read in another thread that Boxer just said on the floor she'll filibuster.

I think she filibustered (on the floor!) with Dodd in February, as opposed to our presidential candidates who didn't come in off the campaign trail, but said they 'supported' it. :grr: (I'm still pissed at all three of them for that.)

And I also read in another thread that Feingold said on Democracy now that he will filibuster.

Boxer and Feingold and Dodd aren't the ones who need to hear from us -- it's the others who are iffy.

[wryter2000]

22. Yay, yay, yay!

Boxer's one of the good ones.

[EFerrari]

27. Good. Earlier, her office had no comment. n/t

[kaygore]

31. Some things just blow up in the faces of the evil doers

[robinlynne]

32. I was in her LA office yesterday. fax to the LA office!

taking the letter back again today with 350 signatures now. Her chief of staff says she is UNDECIDED BECAUSE OF ALL THE CALLS SHE IS GETTING. so CAALL!CALl CALL!

[hobbit709]

2. Unfortunately, my senators are total idiots

the only pressure that might work on them is a 2-ton meteorite

[gateley]

23. My senators are both reps -- and when I called last time on it,

they went ahead and voted how I knew they would.

Regardless, I phoned them again today. (And I have to say, Liddy Dole's staff is always the most polite and actually seem to KNOW what bill I'm talking about. Credit where credit is due. Too bad Liddy is such a lost cause.)

[Subdivisions]

38. I knew you from from Texas before I checked your profile. And,

you're right, they ARE idiots and I don't even bother to call them. I call senators from other states and go around Cornyn and Hutchison. Idiots!

[NightWatcher]

3. they'll change their minds if you call them, right?

How has that worked on anything in the past?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3512551&mesg_id=3512551

[EFerrari]

It doesn't matter if they change their minds.

What matters is the habit of speaking up. If we lose that, what do we have left?

[wtmusic]

8. *hunts for rusty razor*

OMFG.

Who knows if it's ever worked.

Doing nothing has never worked, though. I'll take my chances, you watch TV.

[wryter2000]

18. It worked on the House the previous time

Not last week, but the previous time this went to the House. We defeated it then.

On edit: J. Turley on Randi now saying the D leadership was just waiting until the public forgot about it. We need to show we haven't forgotten.

[robinlynne]

33. when thousands of people call them it works.

[mmonk]

4. The constitution is just a piece of paper and the amendments

are dead letters.

[Bluzmann57]

5. Called them both

Grassley and Harkin. I'm not sure how to take what I was told. The reps for both men said they'd "pass along my concerns" to the Senator. I have more faith in Harkin than I do in Grassley though.

[EFerrari]

6. The bill will pass, but I'm willing to call, kaygore.

I already called Boxer. Will call Feinstein

Eta: Done. Her phones are busy.

[kaygore]

30. I kept redialing Feinstein's office until I got through.

I have Skype so Skype does the redialing for me.

Let's try to be positive. If there is enough pressure, maybe, just maybe the senators will uphold their oath of office.

[EFerrari]

34. I got through after being on hold for a while.

We do what we can. :hi:

[VP505]

7. FAXED all 31

of the Dem Senators that FDL had listed as on the fence as well as my own Senators, Dem Leadership and a few Reptilians, just to irritate them.

[wtmusic]

10. .

:party: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :party:

:yourock:

[wtmusic]

25. What's FDL? nt

[EFerrari]

26. Fire Dog Lake. n/t

[slipslidingaway]

28. Link - FISA: Turning Up The Pressure - Fire Dog Lake

http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/23/fisa-turning-up-the-pressure/

[wtmusic]

36. thx! nt

[Sherman A1]

12. On my list for this afternoon, but

I suspect that Kit Bond will probably ignore me. Don't know if it will affect Claire or not.

[Ganja Ninja]

13. What again?

Weren't we clear enough for them last time? Do I have to call and write my congress critter and senators every day to keep them from giving away my civil rights or completely selling out to the GOP?

[EFerrari]

14. A defense that stands down in the 4rth quarter isn't much of a defense.

lol

Bad sports metaphor of the day!

[cascadiance]

15. I just called Feinstein's office here in San Diego!..

[EFerrari]

19. Did you get right through? They had to put me on hold.

(Who are those people who still have the morale and the energy? :) )

[Larkspur]

24. I called Dodd's Washington office a about 15 minutes ago

and asked his aide to ask him to filibuster this bill.

[Windy]

29. I telephoned Obama's senate office yesterday.. I was told they had been flooded with calls

Keep 'em coming!!!!

I also telephoned Stabenow's office here in Michigan and Levin's but frankly, I don't hold out too much hope for them.

[ThePowerofWill]

35. I wrote mine.

However my Senator is Mrs. Dole, lotta good it'll do. I praying shes soon on her way out.

[PurgedVoter]

39. K&R but I don't see the point in calling my senators.

You can call them, but I don't think there is much point. The senators who represent me, are to put it simply, monstrous traitors to our nation.

John Cornyn
[phone]

Kay Hutchison
[phone]

Now you know the meaning of my signature line.

[wtmusic]

40. See what you mean.

However, there is this: Republicans, on the whole, are not fired about this issue. You can bet that the calls that are comming in are other blue dots like you, and who the hell knows. :shrug:

[w8liftinglady]

41. just know there are two blue dots...and..yes-you can make a difference

I'd like to think I have here in Ellis County