What to do about the catfood commission?

[Warren Stupidity]

I humbly petition the members of Democratic Underground for their opinion on the totally unsurprising revelation today that the 'bipartisan deficit commission' is going to propose a general screwage of working families in the form of social security cuts, mortgage tax deduction cuts,medicare cuts, and other atrocities, while compensating for that by lowering capital gains taxes and corporate income taxes on the filthy fucking rich.

[rurallib]

1. going with #1

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Other.

Up the ass of the motherfucking Catfood Commission with a Roto-Rooter.

[eridani]

3. Things you can do--forward widely

Things you can do--forward widely

Please send a message to Credo Action at [e-mail] and ask them to consider making opposition to the Deficit Reduction Commission one of their December causes. Their phone bills reach nearly a million people with an offer of free minutes for activist calls.

Join national organizations

Hands Off Our Medicare! http://www.handsoffourmedicare.org/handsoff//
Social Security Works http://socialsecurity-works.org/
Strengthen Social Security http://strengthensocialsecurity.org/

Join Washington State organizations

Social Security Works-WA http://ssworkswa.org/
Health Care for All-WA www.healthcareforallwa.org
Toll Free: 1 [phone]
Don’t Cut Our Medicare- http://dontcutourmedicare.org/
United for Single Payer www.unitedforsinglepayer.org

Online connections—contact frequently!

Tell the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform that they should not cut Social Security or Medicare [e-mail].

Democratic National Committee issues page
http://my.democrats.org/page/s/contactissues

White House contact- http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ --202-456-1111

Representatives--ask House members to elect Pelosi, who is more likely to defend Social Security and Medicare than Hoyer or Shuler

Senator Patty Murray
[phone]
http://murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactMe

Senator Maria Cantwell
[phone]
http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/

Rep. Adam Smith
[phone]
http://adamsmith.house.gov/Contact/

Rep. Jim McDermott
[phone]
https://forms.house.gov/mcdermott/webforms/contact.shtml

Rep. Norm Dicks
[phone]
http://www.house.gov/dicks/newemail.shtml

Rep. Jay Inslee
[phone]
http://www.house.gov/inslee/html/contact_jay.shtml

Rep. Brian Baird
[phone]
https://forms.house.gov/baird/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Rep. Rick Larsen
[phone]
https://larsen.house.gov/contact/email-me.shtml

Rep. Dave Reichert
[phone]
http://reichert.house.gov/Contact/ZipAuth.htm

Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers
[phone]
http://mcmorris.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=82§iontree=482

Rep. Doc Hastings
[phone]
https://hastings.house.gov/Contact/default.aspx

Speaker Nancy Pelosi
[phone]
http://www.speaker.gov/contact/comment_email

Majority Leader Harry Reid
[phone]
http://reid.senate.gov/contact/

Talk show hosts--ask them to cover the issue

Randi Rhodes (AM 1090 6-9pm)
[e-mail]
1-866-87-RANDI (actual live broadcast is 12-3pm Pacific time)

Thom Hartmann
c/o KPOJ Radio
4949 SW Macadam Ave
Portland, OR 97239.
[e-mail]
COMMENT LINE
Call the Thom Hartmann Comment and Rant Line at 202 536-5306 to leave a recorded message – agree, disagree, sound off – it’s all welcome. Keep it shorter than 30 seconds, and know that it may be used on the air.
Toll-free US number to call into the show: 1-866-987-THOM (8466)

The Ed Schultz Show
417 38th St SW Suite F
Fargo, ND 58103-2312
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail] —during the show

Keith Olberman
[e-mail]

Stephanie Miller (AM 1090 6-9am)
[e-mail]
1-800-STEPH12

Rachel Maddow
[e-mail]

Norman Goldman (AM 1090 3-6pm)
1-888-321-6001
Send an e-mail to Norman during the show:
[e-mail]
The Norman Goldman Show
11054 Ventura Blvd
Box 370
Studio City, CA 91604-3546

Mike Malloy (AM 1090 9pm-12am)
[e-mail]
1-877-962-5569

Amy Goodman
1-212-431-9090
http://www.democracynow.org/get_involved/contact
Democracy Now!
207 W 25th St, Floor 11
New York, NY 10001

[unapatriciated]

4. thanks for the credo link

I'm one of those millions, love my phone company.

[chill_wind]

5. Great list. Thanks for posting it. n/t