Bernie Ward further call to arms--keep contacting Senators!

[Surya Gayatri]

He says DO NOT GIVE UP ON FILIBUSTER-make more calls, send more faxes, get more people to do the same. It's having an effect. SG

Listen here: http://www.kgoam810.com/listenlive.asp#

[bliss_eternal]

1. We still have a shot?

The news tonight made it sound like a done deal. :cry: They said that there's enough republicans that plan to vote yes, he'll go through. Also made it sound like there's not enough Dems willing to filibuster...

What to believe?

[Surya Gayatri]

2. A "yes" vote for Scalito in the Judicial Committee

is a done deal, sure--the Dems are outnumbered. But, the filibuster is still in play--don't believe the Corp. Media. You know where their bread is buttered. SG

KEEP AGITATING FOR THE FILIBUSTER!!! :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Kurovski]

3. K&R

[bliss_eternal]

4. Kicked

:kick: and nominated--

[mom cat]

5. Thanks for the encouragement. K&R

[shance]

6. Just called Senators Durbin and Feingold.

Told Durbins office thanks and filibuster.

Told Feingolds office for Feingold to not betray his constitutuents, he knows what is necessary in this fight, to filibuster or risk betraying doing the right thing, which will affect the direction America moves in years to come.

[Bozita]

7. Thom Hartmann spent a lot of time on this "get out the calls" effort

Yesterday.

[Zan_of_Texas]

8. Do it! Here's the tool kit.

Remember George W. has a 36% approval rating right now. And, indictments are accumulating.

We know how he promised to unite not divide; he would "reach across the aisle." We know the Arabian horse judge appointed to head FEMA, heckuva job Brownie, didn't work out real well. Course, then there was the FDA's appointment of a male veterinarian to head up their Office of Women's Health.

Now we have a Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito. The New York Times says "It is likely that Judge Alito was chosen for his extreme views on presidential power."

Alito's views seem tailored to rubber stamp the administration's claims it can torture, imprison, and spy on whomever it pleases. People who spend a few minutes looking at his record http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002314.htm are stunned at the implications.

At 55, given an average lifespan he could be in office for the next 28 years -- the equivalent of the next seven consecutive presidential terms.

Wanna take 5 minutes and try to shake some sense into your Senators? Senators are crippling their own power if they confirm Alito, who will make Congress into a purely ceremonial body.

DO IT!

If you don't, don't complain to me for the next 28 years about Alito.

Toll free numbers to call your Senators
888 818-6641, 888 355-3588 or 800 426-8073

Want more? Go to http://www.nocrony.com/ to find even more arguments.

Want to talk directly with your senator's staff person who handles judiciary issues? Or, find fax numbers? Or get contact info for your senator's district office? Find them at http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home

Or, go to People for the American Way and their Save the Court.org site -- there's a fax option from there:
http://www.savethecourt.org/site/c.mwK0JbNTJrF/b.849267/k.CC39/Home.htm

Here are some of the groups that have opposed Alito’s nomination thus far:
http://www.nominationwatch.org/2005/12/momentum_agains

Two great articles -- hey, if you're at a loss for words, fax to senators with a note that you agree.
Quick fax list: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/index.html

Why the Senate should not confirm Alito
Supreme Court doesn't need a justice who has no interest in restraining `presidential powers'

By Geoffrey R. Stone, January 24, 2006, Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0601240222jan24,1,7806633.story?coll=chi-opinionfront-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Judge Alito's Radical Views

NEW YORK TIMES
Editorial
January 23, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/opinion/23mon1.html


And, if you want this whole thing in a great animated cartoon, go to:
http://www.markfiore.com/animation/greater.html

[Surya Gayatri]

9. Thanks ZAN for doing

the grunt work. I posted this (while listening to Bernie Ward) without any of the nuts and bolts--addresses, phone & fax numbers, etc. Keep this on the front page--not my post but the pressing need to keep agitating!!!

[emlev]

10. And some more tools--

The folks at www.nocrony.com think calling Senators' district offices is currently the best strategy. Go to that site for links.

That site also has lists of progressive talk shows. Start making call-ins!

Code Pink Boston has a great page with information about what Senators other than your own to call.
http://www.codepinkboston.org/filibusterAlito

If you haven't emailed or called your friends, family and other contacts asking them to call senators, do it! You may be surprised at who thinks there's no point.

Self-Heimlich that right-wing spin. The momentum is building for filibuster.

A no vote is not enough!

[Surya Gayatri]

11. Thanks for adding to the tool box emlev n/t

[Surya Gayatri]

12. Go here for more activist info from emlev

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x227391

Thanks, SG

[Wordie]

13. Recommended. Here is a list of Senator's FAX numbers.

FAX Numbers for the US Senate Democrats

AR: Lincoln(D) [phone]
AR: Pryor(D) [phone] (Note: I had problems with this number - will check and get back)
CA: Boxer(D) [phone]
CA: Feinstein(D) [phone]
CO: Salazar(D) [phone]
CT: Dodd(D) [phone]
CT: Lieberman(D) [phone]
DE: Biden(D) [phone]
DE: Carper(D) [phone]
FL: Nelson(D) [phone]
HI: Akaka(D) [phone]
HI: Inouye(D) [phone]
IA: Harkin(D) [phone]
IL: Durbin(D) [phone]
IL: Obama(D) [phone]
IN: Bayh(D) No FAX listed
LA: Landrieu(D) [phone]
MA: Kennedy(D) [phone]
MA: Kerry(D) [phone]
MD: Mikulski(D) [phone]
MD: Sarbanes(D) [phone]
MI: Levin(D) [phone]
MI: Stabenow(D) [phone]
MN: Dayton(D) [phone]
MT: Baucus(D) [phone]
ND: Conrad(D) [phone]
ND: Dorgan(D) [phone]
NE: Nelson(D) [phone]
NJ: Corzine(D) [phone]
NJ: Lautenberg(D) [phone]
NM: Bingaman(D) [phone]
NV: Reid(D) [phone]
NY: Clinton(D) [phone]
NY: Schumer(D) [phone]
OR: Wyden(D) [phone]
RI: Reed(D) [phone]
SD: Johnson(D) [phone]
VT: Leahy(D) [phone]
VT: Jeffords(I) No FAX listed
WA: Cantwell(D) [phone]
WA: Murray(D) [phone]
WI: Feingold(D) [phone]
WI: Kohl(D) [phone]
WV: Rockefeller(D) [phone]
WV: Byrd(D) [phone] (Note: I had problems with this number - will check and get back)

FAX Numbers for the US Senate Republicans

AK: Murkowski(R) [phone]
AK: Stevens(R) [phone]
AL: Sessions(R) [phone]
AL: Shelby(R) [phone]
AZ: McCain(R) [phone]
AZ: Kyl(R) [phone]
CO: Allard(R) [phone]
FL: Martinez(R) [phone]
GA: Chambliss(R) [phone]
GA: Isakson(R) [phone]
IA: Grassley(R) [phone]
ID: Craig(R) [phone]
ID: Crapo(R) [phone] (Boise)
IN: Lugar(R) [phone]
KS: Brownback(R) [phone]
KS: Roberts(R) [phone]
KY: Bunning(R) [phone]
KY: McConnell(R) [phone]
LA: Vitter(R) [phone]
ME: Collins(R) [phone]
ME: Snowe(R) [phone]
MN: Coleman(R) [phone]
MO: Bond(R) [phone]
MO: Talent(R) [phone]
MS: Cochran(R) [phone]
MS: Lott(R) [phone]
MT: Burns(R) [phone]
NC: Burr(R) [phone]
NC: Dole(R) [phone]
NE: Hagel(R) [phone]
NH: Gregg(R) [phone]
NH: Sununu(R) [phone]
NM: Domenici(R) [phone]
NV: Ensign(R) [phone]
OH: Dewine(R) [phone]
OH: Voinovich(R) [phone]
OK: Coburn(R) [phone]
OK: Inhofe(R) [phone]
OR: Smith(R) [phone]
PA: Santorum(R) [phone]
PA: Specter(R) [phone]
RI: Chafee(R) [phone]
SC: DeMint(R) [phone]
SC: Graham(R) No FAX listed
SD: Thune(R) [phone]
TN: Alexander(R) [phone]
TN: Frist(R) [phone]
TX: Cornyn(R) [phone]
TX: Hutchison(R) [phone]
UT: Bennett(R) [phone]
UT: Hatch(R) [phone]
VA: Allen(R) [phone]
VA: Warner(R) [phone]
WY: Enzi(R) [phone]
WY: Thomas(R) [phone]

Thanks to longship for doing the work in compiling this list.

[Surya Gayatri]

14. Exhaustive list, Wordie, thanks! n/t

[Wordie]

15. You should thank longship, who was the one to compile it. eom

[Surya Gayatri]

16. right, will do n/t

[emlev]

17. kick