To Do list for today....

[Coexist]

1. THANK KEITH OLBERMANN: [e-mail]

2. DONATE to DU - a place I was so happy to have yesterday: http://www.democraticunderground.com/donate/

3. RATE UP Keith's Special Comment on MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18831132/

4. FAX a copy of Keith's Special Comment to: HARRY REID (if you live in Nevada, you can email a link)
Fax: [phone]

5. EMAIL the video to Nancy Pelosi at [e-mail]

6. EMAIL the video to my Senators.

7. FAX the text to as many Senators as I can hit before work: http://www.naaop.org/docs/fax-list.xls

How about you?

[NightWatcher]

1. 1. watch the vote on the war bill

2. sharpen the prongs of my pitchfork
3. call greyhound to find out if they allow pitchforks on board

[Sancho]

2. Done!

:mad:

[IndyOp]

3. Congressional Switchboard -- [phone]

And, today, the emphasis is on SWITCH, as in cutting one...

[phone]

[Coexist]

4. I'm on it already - no one is in yet!

[Swamp Rat]

10. Ring the phones off their hooks!

:kick:

[IndyOp]

12. Check out Mabus & Kestrel's comments here --

Interesting suggestion for a graphic...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x959026#959228

:hi:

[KharmaTrain]

5. Real Letters On Real Paper...

My protest is sending a check to my Congresscritter with the grand total of $0...and in the memo column the remark that my next check will go to a Democratic challenger if my voice on this issue isn't heard in September.

Mass emails are like junk mailings...especially if they all have the same header or similar ones. Ya think these people are gonna wanna read 500 emails that say the same thing? Some may robo-respond, and then people here get bent out of shape cause they didn't get a personal response.

If you want to get noticed...write a REAL letter...one that looks like it took the writer not just the time to compose the words, but also the effort in mailing it. Or, Memorial Day is coming up...be assured your Congresscritter will be at some public function...go there and politely either speak with that person or one of their reps and say it face-to-face. They need to know the passion isn't some "blogswarm", but a genuine groundswell of public opinion.

[Coexist]

6. they can't get there in time for the vote - I have heard that faxes

are as effective as mailed letters.

[KharmaTrain]

11. Do You Want Your Opinion Heard?

Today's vote is fait accompli...but it sets the stage for future battles.

I've played the email and fax game and have heard from numerous candidates over the years how annoying rather than informing they are. In the past when less people had faxes and email, I could see how this was effective, but now it's seen as a "blogswarm".

Now, if your Congresscritter is still on the fence on this issue, I'd call...find out where things stand. Otherwise, the message to those who vote for this blank check should be that they've pissed off the ones who helped get them elected and they either need to develop spines or watch their real support fade away.

Cheers...

[Tesla]

7. Hurry Call!!

Call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to the offices of your members of Congress. Tell them to VOTE NO on the war funding bill.

[SaveAmerica]

8. Great list, maybe you can post this in the Nevada forum? Get them

to send in enough copies of it he could wallpaper his office and never forget why he has the job he has.

[mmonk]

9. Call Waxman for Sibel.