Just Called The White House & This Is The First Time This Happened To Me When Calling .......

[global1]

I was kept on the line to wait for the next available operator for over 5 minutes then a recorded message came on that said that they were unable to take my call and they hung up on me. I was going to lodge my discussed of the treatment the Occupy Oakland protestors got from the local police.

Either they are experiencing a high call volume at the WH or they just don't want to hear from us.

I encourage everyone to call. Here is the WH number: 1-202-456-1111.

[Lil Missy]

1. Try calling Oakland authorities instead. WH had nothing to do with Occupy Oakland.

[global1]

2. Sorry - But I Believe That The President Needs To Weigh In On The Violence Being Perpetrated By ....

local police all over this country. Occupy Oakland is just the best example right now. The President needs to disavow such tactics and not only "feel for the protestors".

BTW - I just called back to the WH and was given the same treatment. Kept on hold for awhile and then disconnected.

[coalition_unwilling]

3. Wow, just wow. There are some at DU who don't feel Obama had

or has any obligation to speak to the police-state tactics being used. So I guess those same folks will argue that the White House is under no obligation to hear complaints about said police-state tactics either.

[tsuki]

26. He's quick to comdemn it in other countries. nt

[butterfly77]

39. Once he speaks..

will the authorities stop doing what they are doing illegally? Will he need to speak every time someone does something illegally any minute of the day in any state. Should he speak every day?

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. Imagine if LBJ had that mindset in the 60's in Selma.

and had not called the National Guard to protect the Civil Rights Marchers.

[Freddie Stubbs]

30. Did LBJ call in the National Guard to protect anti-war marchers?

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. I assume that is a rhetorical question.

[Taverner]

25. Um, actually they do. The whole attack was coordinated by Fed Agents

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/10/25/state-of-the-occupation-tuesday-roundup/#comments

[dipsydoodle]

4. Mind over matter

They don't mind that you don't matter.

[woo me with science]

5. K&R

[KittyWampus]

6. Yawn. Another day, another flurry of DU'ers whining Obama should brandish his magic wand

[backtoblue]

7. There's no magic in condemning police brutality

He condemns it abroad, so why not here at home?

[Big Blue Marble]

8. I think the correct term is The Bloody Pulpit.

What Presidents say should matter. As I recall, he swore to uphold the constitution which
means protecting the citizens of this country from police brutality.

President Eisenhower did not hesitate to send federal troops to intervene in Little Rock so
that children might attend school. That is the kind of courage that this president might show
now.

[sabrina 1]

9. Is that what you think the president of a Democracy needs

to simply stand up for the US Constitution which he swore to defend and protect? Are things that far gone that it would take magic to get the president we elected to simply condemn the violation of his citizens 1st Amendment rights when he sees it happening? He can't do that much? It's a small thing, we're not asking to go sleep in the park, or to put himself in the line of fire, he doesn't have to meet the cops, as the protesters do, face to face.

He simply has to lecture them, the way he often lectures us about things he thinks we are ignorant of, on the rights of Americans under the US Constitution and to point out to them that we are not terrorists, this is not a war zone.

That is his JOB! That is his most important job. That is what he took an oath to do. Unbelievable the way this man gets protected as if he was a delicate flower. If he is that delicate that we cannot even ask him to stand up for the American people, what is he doing in the WH??

[sad sally]

11. The message of silence on the right of American citizens to protest

the actions of their government without experiencing police brutality while at the same time condemning other countries from the same is hypocracy.

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” ~ Albert Einstein

[deutsey]

16. +1

[piratefish08]

13. if those silly hippie protesters would only move their protest to an oil bearing desert

they would get the full support and protection of our government.

wouldn't they?

[workinclasszero]

35. Oh hell yah! If Oakland was in the desert sitting on an underground

ocean of oil, NATO would be bombing them right now!

[truebrit71]

15. Yeah, protecting the first amendment is so passe...

:eyes:

[JanMichael]

24. So true it is sooooooo BORING. nt

[Missy Vixen]

21. Yeah. After all, it's not like he's President of the United States or anything.

And it's not like civil rights are law on the federal level or anything, is it?

:sarcasm:

[Javaman]

23. fail. nt

[Itchinjim]

10. "Bully" Pulpit. 244...

[SidDithers]

36. ,,,

:thumbsup:

Sid

[Hutzpa]

12. I think some of us here have got our panties in a twist

maybe we should be calling Obama to go pick up our kids from school too, that will do it.

Forget about the fact that the Oakland has a democratic mayor.

[Bake]

14. Free speech is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

I EXPECT our President to defend the Bill of Rights. But I'm not holding my breath.

Bake

[Hutzpa]

19. What about the Mayor of Oakland

there is a possibility that she might have given the orders to remove the protesters, why not
flood her office with phone calls demanding she withdrew the police force from harassing
protesters, why is she excluded from phone calls? And she is a democrat too.

But Obama should be contacted for something that can be handled at local government level.

[Bake]

20. Yes, the mayor of Oakland needs to be flooded with calls.

But the Occupy movement has NATIONAL implications. Pretending it's just a local issue doesn't cut it. CAll the White House.

Bake

[Sheepshank]

29. Errrrrrr I thought OW had gone international

...why not call Qaddafi

Oh wait.

[Bake]

31. International? Maybe call the Leader of the Free World?

Hmmm ...

Bake

[Taverner]

38. I sure am glad we have smart folks to do our thinking for us...

I sure would hate to be burdened with all that thinking

Thankfully I'm just a Delta

[DFab420]

17. discussed?? you mean disgust??? really? moran.

[dionysus]

22. .

:rofl:

[global1]

34. Opps - Thinking One Thing - Typing Another - Thanks....nt

[SidDithers]

37. LOL!...

:rofl:

Sid

[snooper2]

18. They got your number, you get put in the "special" queue

:P

[Sheepshank]

27. They probably have caller ID you know.....

just don that tin foil hat and realize they know exactly what extension to tranfer that call to...all automoaticaly without human intervention.

[JNinWB]

33. Now you can also complain to Obama about his flawed phone system.

If he's not busy later, he could fix it.

I am always amazed at what issues folks here expect Obama to personally remedy. No job too small for our magical Pres.