Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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d.c rallies, etc:
NATIONAL/WASHINGTON, DC
Stop Alito! Breifing and Phonebank
Thursday, January 5; 6:30 – 9pm
Speakers: Gregg Haifley, PFAW Deputy Director of Public Policy
Location: PFAW Action Center; 2000 M Street NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC
Contact: Caroline Stuart, volunteer@pfaw.org
Alito Hearings Rapid Response Phonebanking
Monday, January 9 through Thursday, January 12, 9am – 9pm
Friday, January 13, 9am-6pm
Location: PFAW Action Center; 2000 M Street NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC
Contact: Caroline Stuart, volunteer@pfaw.org
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING – THE ALITO NOMINATION: WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Thursday, January 5th; 6:00 PM est
Contact: Rob Goodspeed – rgoodspeed@pfaw.org by midnight on January 3, 2006
Sponsor: PFAW
YOUNG ELECTED OFFICIALS & YOUNG LEADERS PRESS CONFERENCE
Friday, January 13
YEO and Young leaders will hold a hill Press Conference, Letter Delivery and Potential Meetings with Non-Judiciary staff.
Contact: Sergio Lopez – slopez@pfaw.org
Sponsor: PFAW
and they’ve got them all across the nation! click now!
but I did put a story up on my blog pointing to your story and the store suggesting that folks help you out. Hope it helped. It didn’t stay as my top story for long though as story took over once I saw it when I got home.
I hot-listed this one because it has the links to the previous 11 diaries for easy reference to all of Alito’s evilness.
Also, I have a list of all of the Judiciary Committee members. And a separate list of snail mail addresses and yet another of emails. I could combine into a ready reference doc if no one has done this and it would be useful.
You might be interested in my brand new blog, Eat4Today — today’s the first offical day.
Some of you know that I’ve been seriously focused on weight issues and the impact of excessive weight on my general health. And we’ve had some lengthy conversations about it over at the cafe.
And it seems I just keep having more to say about this topic. And so do several other people. And now we’ve got a place to contain our rants.
Speaking rants, you might want to read what DuctapeFatwa has to say at Eat4Today.
(not in anyway in competition with the Booman Tribune)
I wish we could just employ the direct method and physically drag his (Alito’s) ass out of the hearings and chuck him down the steps. Sipler and more efficient. But this is, or was a democracy afterall so creative protest is called for I guess. As much as I think efforts like the twelve days go a long way toward educating people and letting the monkey suits know that we are paying attention, still I believe it’s bodies and feet on the streets that really make a difference and if it were up to me we’d all be banging on the doors of the hearing room, threatening to overun the goddamn place.
How do we make it so?
Really. Who can be there?
If I go will more of you meet me there?
I’m serious.
Well Super, if I weren’t on the west coast I would be there with you for sure. I had the idea of trying to get people to march and have a sitin on the stairs of the Capitol building during Bush’s upcoming MisStatement of the Union. No one responded.What’s it gonna take? I need some notice to take a few days off and get an airline ticket at a reasonable rate. Feel like trying to coordinate? If the Dems do stall for a week, the Alito hearings/vote and the State of the Union may be going on at the same time? Email me if you want to try for something like this
Came across this over at Media Matters this morning:
Olbermann to O’Reilly: “If people cared about the personal lives of people in newspaper or TV, you would be working the change booth at a video arcade by now”
PFAW has the alito dirt mother lode:
http://media.pfaw.org/stc/alito-final.pdf
booyah!
http://www.savethecourt.org/site/c.mwK0JbNTJrF/b.1321625/k.6C29/Stop_Alito_Action_HQ.htm#OR
d.c rallies, etc:
and they’ve got them all across the nation! click now!
but I did put a story up on my blog pointing to your story and the store suggesting that folks help you out. Hope it helped. It didn’t stay as my top story for long though as story took over once I saw it when I got home.
I mean hello BooMan.
I just sent you some dog biscuits via the bumber sticker express.
Good to see the pond is still here, and well stocked.
For Justice Day 12.
I hot-listed this one because it has the links to the previous 11 diaries for easy reference to all of Alito’s evilness.
Also, I have a list of all of the Judiciary Committee members. And a separate list of snail mail addresses and yet another of emails. I could combine into a ready reference doc if no one has done this and it would be useful.
Like these 12 links?
Yep – but the good thing about the hotlisted Day 12 diary is that it’s always waiting – handily – at the upper right of this page . . . .
and raise ya 11…
I still have all twelve hotlisted… lol 🙂
Yeah, but mine’s more efficient – one diary taking up space on my hotlist, but it has all the links . . . 😉
BTW – Thanks to all of you “12 Days” people. I’m in awe. That was a lot of work, and y’all did such a great job.
I seem to do the most when I am doing nothing at all.
You might be interested in my brand new blog, Eat4Today — today’s the first offical day.
Some of you know that I’ve been seriously focused on weight issues and the impact of excessive weight on my general health. And we’ve had some lengthy conversations about it over at the cafe.
And it seems I just keep having more to say about this topic. And so do several other people. And now we’ve got a place to contain our rants.
Speaking rants, you might want to read what DuctapeFatwa has to say at Eat4Today.
(not in anyway in competition with the Booman Tribune)
Congratulations and good luck with this!
I’s pooped my pants
I’s cold
http://www.atcenternetwork.com/?p=64
this guy interviewed a bunch of abortion wingnuts at a demonstration they were holding.
I wish we could just employ the direct method and physically drag his (Alito’s) ass out of the hearings and chuck him down the steps. Sipler and more efficient. But this is, or was a democracy afterall so creative protest is called for I guess. As much as I think efforts like the twelve days go a long way toward educating people and letting the monkey suits know that we are paying attention, still I believe it’s bodies and feet on the streets that really make a difference and if it were up to me we’d all be banging on the doors of the hearing room, threatening to overun the goddamn place.
How do we make it so?
Really. Who can be there?
If I go will more of you meet me there?
I’m serious.
Peace
Well Super, if I weren’t on the west coast I would be there with you for sure. I had the idea of trying to get people to march and have a sitin on the stairs of the Capitol building during Bush’s upcoming MisStatement of the Union. No one responded.What’s it gonna take? I need some notice to take a few days off and get an airline ticket at a reasonable rate. Feel like trying to coordinate? If the Dems do stall for a week, the Alito hearings/vote and the State of the Union may be going on at the same time? Email me if you want to try for something like this
alohaleezy at sbcglobal dot net.Anyone?
Count me in.
I’m very serious too.
Came across this over at Media Matters this morning:
Olbermann to O’Reilly: “If people cared about the personal lives of people in newspaper or TV, you would be working the change booth at a video arcade by now”
Keith is soooooooo coooooooool!
Ummm.where did the tee pad ad go to order a mug? Am I losing it or is it hidden somewhere. Been through the ads three times and cannot find it!