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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:28 PM
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Making citizens feel powerless is important ---
We have to plan ahead for the "what if's" we could be facing in near future ---

AND THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT THIS BAIL-OUT ....




Bush's "No Banker Left Behind Act" was defeated because of overwhelming public opposition.
But now the politicians have come up with an easy answer. In an unprecedented step, Congress is virtually shutting down its incoming constituent email. They are installing the digital version of riot police, protecting the politicians from an enraged population that demands to be heard. Congress has acknowledged that it is receiving millions of emails from the people of the United States, all opposing this theft of $700 billion to be handed to the richest bankers. People who try to send emails are likely to receive error messages and their emails will not go through during "peak hours." Congress claims that this is a response to the overwhelming emails to keep their server from crashing; however, their server did not crash during the time they were receiving the most emails and they quietly instituted this program late Tuesday afternoon.

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Congressional Directory, IF NEEDED -- LINK CORRECTED

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Hydra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:33 PM
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1. Kicking for truth
I heard some crap on NPR today about how constituents are calling in asking for this bill to be passed. Considering that they are shutting the system down because so many people are telling them what they don't want to hear is telling.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:37 PM
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3. NPR ...long gone ...converted liars now -----
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2speak Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:33 PM
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2. uninformed others seem to diagree
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-08 11:44 PM
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4. Obviously the numbers are large and expected to increase...HIDING....
is their response --

...but they still fear their corporate lobbyist/money-givers more than us --


PS: DON'T FORGET ABOUT WEARING blue ON ELECTION DAY FOR oBAMA AND SENDING MSG ---

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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-08 11:50 AM
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5. kick
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