Archive for the 'phone calls' Category
Brief Conversation with Bob Casey’s Office About Max “health Insurance whore” Baucus
I get the feeling Max Baucus and his plan aren’t too popular today. I called Senator Bob Casey’s office about it: Casey supports a public plan, so I wanted to get the reaction. here’s how it went:
Me: “So, Senator Casey must be pretty upset with Max Baucus! I mean, he worked so hard on the [...]
PA Representative Kathy Dahlkemper Needs to Talk to her Staff
UPDATED BELOW
Over at Daily Kos, Slinkerwink is doing the heavy lifting on health care reform and citizen advocacy, diligently listing who needs to be pressured on health care, who needs kudos, and most importantly, recording and tracking everything.
So when she said she needed someone to call Kathy Dahlkemper, I told her I’d be happy to [...]
Shorter Bob Casey: I Hope Your Kids Get Shot
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Wyden [...]
How to Make Sue Collins Office Scream at You
1: call DC (202-225-2523) and identify yourself as a Maine resident. this step is important, as many Senators like to pretend their votes only affect residents of their state. since that’s clearly not true, it’s fair game to masquerade as a resident to get the information you want and need. Scroll down to the bottom [...]
Read More..>>Is It Representation When No One Calls You Back?
Yesterday, I called up Bob Casey and Pat Murphy’s offices: they’re two local pols who decided to reward people who break the law by illegally spying on Americans, by voting in favor of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008,which granted retroactive immunity to these companies that particiapted: in other words, a get out of jail [...]
Read More..>>How to Make Speaker Pelosi’s Staff Flip Out.
Funny
Here’s Chuck Schumer pretending to be outraged at AIG about their bonuses.
I say “pretending” because, as we all know, Chuckles voted to repeal Glass-Steagal in 1999, which led directly to this disaster (along with the Bankruptcy Reform Bill of 2005). the fact is, when Wall Street unzips its fly, Charles Schumer is one of the [...]
As I Was Saying About the Bailout…
No one could have SOMEONE Predicted:
Repealing Glass-Steagal was an incredibly stupid move. I wonder if anyone will ever call out Chuckles Schumer, Larry Summers, and the rest of the corporate cocksucking caucus for their role in destroying our economy.
I will make a call later and see what Chuckles’ office has to say.
OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES: HIRE SKWIRE, FIRE DOWD.
diane.mcnulty@nytimes.com
Clark Hoyt, public editor: public@nytimes.com
Dear Diane and Clark:
I point you to the following website, associated with the Philadelphia Weekly…
Brendan Skwire is performing an invaluable public service today: The Philly blogger is fact-checking Maureen Dowd — and, by extension, Sen. John McCain — on her characterization of a number of “pork” earmarks in a new spending [...]
Bob “the Boob” Casey’s Staff Must Call Me “Mr. Sunshine” (Among Other Things)
I left the house just before 9:00 AM to begin my hike through the snow and ice to get to work, and boy oh boy was it a mess. Thanks to the City’s budget deficit, the Mayor has cut back on ploughing and snow removal: the corner of 50th and Kingsessing Avenue was a [...]
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