Does anyone on this board give a damn about the poor???

[Sapphire Blue]

If so, please contact Congress. Don't just stand by & let them do yet more damage, then bitch about it afterwards.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5612367&mesg_id=5612367


Thank you

Sapphire Blue,
Resident DU fanatic beggar.

[goclark]

1. Done and we should all care ~ that's what Democrats do I thought

[Sapphire Blue]

6. Thanks, goclark!!!

That's what I thought, too,

[kansasblue]

2. Do you really need to ask that question?

[Sapphire Blue]

7. Yes.

Just chalk it up to my fanaticism.

[Sapphire Blue]

14. & the underwhelming response to this & many similar threads.

[kansasblue]

49. congrats... it seemed to work nicely

[Sapphire Blue]

51. Many thanks to those who care... especially all who called & signed!

:grouphug:

[Sapphire Blue]

53. Please keep calling & signing!!!

1-800-426-8073

Stand Up for a Moral Budget: http://go.sojo.net/campaign/moral_budget2

AFSC SOS! Campaign: http://www.afsc.org/economic-justice/sos/default.htm

[Sapphire Blue]

54. *** kick *** Call. Sign. PLEASE!

[Wind Dancer]

55. I appreciate your "fanaticism".

Thanks for keeping this topic active!

:hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

57. ...

:hug:

[converted_democrat]

3. Done. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Done! :^D

[shance]

5. You bet SB***Thanks.

Making the call now.

[faithnotgreed]

8. big kick

[Sapphire Blue]

9. Video of those who care... getting arrested on the steps of the Canon Bldg

rtsp://real.faithandvalues.com/streaming/sojourners/051214_moralbudget.rm (Real Player)

[Sapphire Blue]

33. ***** KICK ****** for the video

[Rainbowreflect]

10. Already done, but thanks for the reminder & kick!

:kick:

[nofurylike]

11. Honorable Resident DU fanatic beggar, thank you for your

perseverance! as ever!


peace and solidarity!

[Sapphire Blue]

12. ...

:hi:

[nofurylike]

15. *

:hi:

[catmandu57]

13. I am poor

So, sure I give a damn.

[PurityOfEssence]

16. No, only you do, so just feel even better about yourself

Gosh, thanks; it's always great to be reminded what a cold-blooded solipsist I am.

[Sapphire Blue]

17. I would feel better if you called. I hope you have.

[nofurylike]

18. well and peacefully said. eom

[druidity33]

19. made the call

and kicked the thread, but was a little uncomfortable with the website petition. Do you have another link that doesn't rely so heavily on the "faith" rhetoric? Maybe i'll just write to my senator instead... or an LTTE...

[Sapphire Blue]

21. delete

(should have posted elsewhere)

[Sapphire Blue]

22. AFSC SOS! Campaign:

http://www.afsc.org/economic-justice/sos/default.htm

[Sapphire Blue]

28. kick... for the AFSC SOS! Campaign

http://www.afsc.org/economic-justice/sos/default.htm

[Sapphire Blue]

30. kick

[druidity33]

45. thank you for the alternative petition...

love the AFSC... they just couldn't be cooler. As one who was $78 above the poverty level last year (and going to top that this year) i appreciate the availability of some federal services for my family. Please keep up the good work SBlue. kicked again.

[Sapphire Blue]

47. As 'blue neen' said... "We are all just a job loss or a natural disaster

... away from true poverty."

It would do us all well to remember that... it's time to get back to taking care of each other.

[SammyWinstonJack]

50. Signed and kick

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

52. *** kick ***

:kick:

[ClayZ]

20. Done

:kick:

[AuntiBush]

23. I Give a Damn!

Done, and thank you :hi:

This man would have, as well...

[Sapphire Blue]

24. Thank you!

Yes, he would. He did... and we can't let everything that he did be destroyed.

[goclark]

29. Right!

[underpants]

25. I made the call but didn't post

:hi:

[lildreamer316]

26. Done and emailed too. n/t

[electropop]

27. Done. My letter text:

Please oppose this immoral "War On Poor People" budget. In this Bush Economy, we will all be poor people before long, and we need to have some hope of survival.

[Zebedeo]

31. Yes.

I do.

[blue neen]

32. We are all just a job loss or a natural disaster away from true poverty.

Thank you for your post and "fanatical begging." :)

[Sapphire Blue]

34. ...

Resident DU fanatic beggar, at your service. :hi:

[Porcupine]

35. GOP congressman Wally Herger? You must be joking.

Sorry, but I truly believe my Congressman would happily vote for rounding up the poor into camps and skinning them to make lampshades. Why bother?

[Sapphire Blue]

36. Because when they come for you, there won't be anyone left to speak out.

Not joking. Call. Please.

[Porcupine]

37. I just can't teach a pig to sing though I speak out quite often.

I write letters to the editor. I regularly attend my little towns weekly peace vigil. I attend every larger march I can afford to get to. I talk to anyone who seems to listen even a little.

I am quite sure however that a letter to Wally Herger is a complete waste of time. This man is a BFEE puppet if ever there was one. The day he grows a conscience is the day I go ice skating in Death Valley, in July.

Democaracy is largely dead in america or did you miss what they did to New Orleans? Nonetheless I speak out.

[Sapphire Blue]

38. Your second paragraph would make a good letter to the editor.

cc him a copy.

NO is one of the many reasons that we can't be silent. Thank you for speaking out.

[Porcupine]

42. I was published Sunday, 12-11th on Torture- Sac Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/letters/story/13962720p-14796845c.html

As follows:

The real torture
Re "The true debate on torture," Forum, Dec. 4: David Luban ignores the actual debate and seeks refuge in legalisms. The rest of the world is clear that the actions at Guantánamo and various U.S. detention centers are indeed torture. The White House in turn refuses to allow these sites to be inspected, thus confirming those suspicions.

It is torture if you have to hide your actions from public scrutiny. It is torture if it is not acceptable treatment for your child. It is torture if U.S. combat veterans feel bound to condemn our treatment of prisoners.

The Bush administration seeks to legally torture in the name of the "war on terror." At least in Iraq, measured by lives lost, we are losing that war. Anyone who separates our combat losses from our policies of torture is truly blind.

- John P. , Chico

So I can't squeeze on in there for a bit as they don't allow me to hog.
Thanks for the encouragement though.

[Sapphire Blue]

48. Good letter! Send the other one when you can.

[Swamp Rat]

39. HELP SAVE THE POOR FROM DROWNING!!!

Demand category 5 protection for New Orleans and Southern Louisiana!!!

Join me in flooding Washington! Louisiana groups have launched an effort to generate 300,000 e-mails demanding category 5 protection for New Orleans and Southern Louisiana. That means effective levees and flood control projects as well as comprehensive coastal wetlands restoration to give Southern Louisiana a critical storm buffer. Please take a second to help spread the word!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5586192&mesg_id=5586192

[G_j]

40. Done also

thanks SR!

[Pachamama]

43. I care.....

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

44. kick for the poor... the ones who have nothing or nobody.

:hi: Oi Pachamama :hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

46. Kick... for category 5 protection for New Orleans and Southern Louisiana!

:kick:

[Wind Dancer]

56. Done, Swamp Rat! n/t

[Rainscents]

41. Yes, I truly care!

Done and kick! :kick: