Reply #70: HOUSEKEEPING II

[Peace Patriot]

TOPICS

1. Inauguration protests (to media) - DONE!
2. Condi Rice nomination (potential for filibuster MONDAY) - DRAFT
3. NYD attack on Boxer (timely)
4. Gonzalez nomination (horror! - timeframe? A WEEK)
5. John Conyers election fraud investigation & election reform (STATUS?)
6. Social Security (need legislative timeframe, more specifics)
7. Environment (legislative timeframe) - DRAFT

Any more topic suggestions?

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NEEDS

1. Someone to find web site for Senate snail mail address, or willing to compile list. - DONE! (Thank you, ac8916!)

2. Long term: Someone to research state groups that plan push for election reform, and how DU letters can plug in to help

3. Someone to find out if/how to get a permanently kicked forum at DU; also look into demopedia

4. Someone to make calls to Senators & others to ask them about when letters might be most useful--right now, we really need to know about potential filibuster on Condi Rice - Rice - DONE! MONDAY TIMEFRAME (Thank you, ac8916!)

5. Someone to develop a new category of letter, a thank you letter, to Senators & others, for recent past and future good deeds

6. Someone to keep track of media incidents--like the NYD Boxer thing--so we can fight back right away

7. Someone to search web for similar campaigns (like Media Matters on Sinclair Broadcasting), to decide if/when to push letters at DU

Any other needs?

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TOOLS (new tools!)

Congress contact info. (click on state, all Sen's & House, tel/fax/web site)
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Congress direct send email:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/mailform2.cgi?site=ctc

Senate (has list of all Sen's, snail mail address, DC tel, and webform)
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Media Blaster
http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity2_12.htm

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NOTES:

Reminder - include help to Arnebeck in Election Fraud & Conyers letter - we want that lawsuit to go forward.

Need someone to call Conyers office to find out about need for letters and to whom (Conyers got bombed with emails in a campaign I started here once, and staff begged us to stop!).

Gonzales and Election Fraud letters say by mid next week.

Condi Rice letter to go up today - with Senate contact sites, and preface for Media Blast.