From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Sep  1 12:48:54 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 12:48:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: new court decision]
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From deejayliz at yahoo.com  Sun Sep  1 19:18:50 2013
From: deejayliz at yahoo.com (Liz Helenchild)
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 19:18:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: Why not Monsanto?
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Sep  2 09:11:38 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:11:38 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Commercial News Beats the War Drum
Message-ID: <F101DBF2-6C68-46D8-8178-1CC49CC920E2@mcn.org>


Commercial News Beats the War Drum
By Mark Ash, Reader Supported News
02 September 13
 
ou need to know that "the world" is nervous that US president Barack Obama did not ignore the US Constitution and unilaterally bomb a sovereign nation without the approval of Congress. That makes "the world" nervous. Apparently we are left to assume that if Obama did take it upon himself to bomb Syria at his own discretion everybody in the world would feel reassured.

Further, you should be aware that consulting Congress prior to bombing Syria amounts to an act of "retreat" on the part of the US commander in chief - and that "Syria" is celebrating that retreat. Please ignore the diversity and complexity of Syrian opinion - that's outside the rules of the theater.

These are broadcast media's talking points, their mantra.

Don't worry if you missed Secretary of State John Kerry on the mainstream media's Sunday talk show circuit laying out the case for war, just as Colin Powell did before the United Nations a decade ago - you will be hearing and seeing Kerry over and over again in the days to come.

Should you require further guidance in making up your mind, you can also rely on The New York Times. The Times, following in the great tradition of Washington correspondent extraordinaire Judith Miller, is busy rationalizing and explaining the White House's mind on the upcoming military action. The point of the proposed attack, explains the Times, is to "Restore a 'Red Line' That Became Blurred." Presumably the mission will then be accomplished.

So we have a corporate press - beholden to large multi-national corporations that stand to reap enormous profit from the proposed military campaign - busy selling to the American people the notion that yet another military campaign is justified. Creating a groundswell of support for the president, and pressure on a Congress just as beholden to the very same corporations as the media giants are. Perfect! Why destroy democracy when you can orchestrate it?

Here's a shocker: Your voice does matter. It matters in public comments directed to the networks and to members of Congress. Make their radar screen and you will make a difference.


Marc Ash was formerly the founder and Executive Director of Truthout, and is now founder and Editor of Reader Supported News.

Reader Supported News is the Publication of Origin for this work. Permission to republish is freely granted with credit and a link back to Reader Supported News.

 
Comments   

We are concerned about a recent drift towards vitriol in the RSN Reader comments section. There is a fine line between moderation and censorship. No one likes a harsh or confrontational forum atmosphere. At the same time everyone wants to be able to express themselves freely. We'll start by encouraging good judgment. If that doesn't work we'll have to ramp up the moderation.
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0# Barbara K 2013-09-02 06:56
I've always noticed how eager the big news corps are about sending us to war. They tout it as if it were a wonderful picnic. Well, here is news for them. Our kids are the ones who get sent to these wars. They get killed and permanent disabled in them. Let's see you guys go over and do the fighting and leave the rest of us out of it. We've already lost enough in Bush's unnecessary wars, this is another unnecessary one and I hope that the President doesn't take us into another war. We lose so many lives and treasure in these senseless wars. No one wins. Our kids end up having to kill by the hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands to feed your bloodthirstines s, is it ratings you are after? My kids are worth more than all your ratings. Stop pushing for war and get smart about looking for peace. Also, stop making it like like a day at the beach. It is blood that runs, not water.

..
 
 

0# Milarepa 2013-09-02 06:58
Well, we know the POTUS has acted a but capriciously lately.
He may, he may not, he will if Congress ... and if Congress won't he may anyway, unless he changes his mind. The President can turn on a dime. From always having been a fine basketball player he has advanced to the status of premiere danseuse. He is now the world's prima ballerina assoluta. Visiting Stockholm with a small army (32 airplanes, 5 helicopters, 40 automobiles, 800 security personnel) shows there is method in his madness. Syria may just be a smokescreen. Actually, he's invading Sweden. With the kind cooperation of Sweden's trio of leaders, Bildt, Borg and Reinfeldt. Sweden's politico-corpor ate press will make this look like a natural development, a simple buyout rather than a hostile takeover. If you think this is some sort of fantasy, think again.
 
 

0# fredboy 2013-09-02 07:37
They still think this crap sells papers. Like the New York Times' Iraq "war." 
Remember their extensive WMD claims?
 
 

0# CoyoteMan50 2013-09-02 07:42
CNN and Fox Noise have been beating the war drums for the entire week! But people are starting to get the picture that both those so-called news companies area after money not facts. 
To these so-called news agencies war is profit. Just like to a few businesses like military contractors. 
But the American public, over 80% of us, have told everyone No More Wars.
Again the majority of Americans prove smarter than so-called news agencies.
 
 

0# Depressionborn 2013-09-02 07:45
Imperial war is an old story.

The following may help understand why the constitution allows Congress and only Congress ("the people") to declare war; and too to realise that now war guys have purchased Congress and media- but maybe not yet the army. 

The Virus of Imperialism (Part 1)
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo on September 2, 2013 

?War is the health of the state,? Randolph Bourne explained in his famous essay of that title. But to the average citizen war means heavy taxation, conscription, censorship, dictatorship, and death. War enriches the state like nothing else can, while impoverishing, enslaving, and ending the lives of many of its citizens. Hence lies, myths, superstitions, and propaganda have always been the essential ingredient of the warfare state. Without them, the public would never acquiesce in the never-ending wars of conquest and imperialism that have long characterized the American state. 





"Looks fade, but funny is forever."                                                                             
                      Heard on  NPR's Fresh Air

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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep  2 12:59:23 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:59:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] A Labor Day message from Robert Reich
Message-ID: <9A65D8DC-C1DF-491E-9B38-573296AD2244@att.net>

The former Secretary of Labor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0NaFG2B_k#t=153


From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Sep  2 13:28:59 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 13:28:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Handed out at the FB Paul Bunyan parade.
Message-ID: <4FA624CA-7986-4681-97C5-66E4DD6A2C46@mcn.org>

> Ann, Irene and I handed out 150 flyers. Most people very concerned  and upset about the outcome and wanted to get details . One person who supported  Footlighters, said that she also felt it was an unjust finding. 
Several people mentioned having the Grand Jury look into it. I also feel this is maybe our best bet for getting the unfairness brought to light. Our County and FB City abandoned our tv facility, at least did not help to get the case resolved amiably. Also did not help to secure equipment partially paid for by citizen tax dollars.   Richard
> 
Footlighters Unfair to MCTV

LOSING Mendocino Coast Television is sad for the North Coast ?? destroying it removed an important means of local and political accountability.  

That a squabble in the Footlighters? sandbox wasn?t settled years ago, and that greed replaced responsibility has resulted in the loss of a valued community asset, public assess MCTV ?? 		    						Mendocino Coast Television.

Instead, a heavy handed lawyer prevailed and convinced an inexperienced judge to rob the community of one of our most important
assets,  partly funded by the City of Fort Bragg and Mendocino County taxes. 

Scores of people depended on this facility to view and record sports, meetings, entertainment, local history, and more.

We in Occupy Mendocino feel bad the two entities couldn?t resolve their differences to benefit all of the community.  Perhaps something might come in to take the place of MCTV, but it will be starting from scratch and will take years to become a workable and viable entity.

This is truly a sad happening for our Coastal Community and County.

We ask you to please let the Fort Bragg City Council and the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors know how you feel about the terrible loss of MCTV ?? an important and vital entity that benefitted everyone while providing information that could be accessed by our County and via the internet world wide. 



Probably Paul Bunyan would agree with Occupy Mendocino that a sense of civic responsibility is more important than self-centered greed.



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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Mon Sep  2 14:46:23 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 14:46:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Handed out at the FB Paul Bunyan parade.
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good job Richard, Irene and Ann!!  Maybe we'll actually stir up something and get some justice after all!!


On Sep 2, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

>> Ann, Irene and I handed out 150 flyers. Most people very concerned  and upset about the outcome and wanted to get details . One person who supported  Footlighters, said that she also felt it was an unjust finding. 
> Several people mentioned having the Grand Jury look into it. I also feel this is maybe our best bet for getting the unfairness brought to light. Our County and FB City abandoned our tv facility, at least did not help to get the case resolved amiably. Also did not help to secure equipment partially paid for by citizen tax dollars.   Richard
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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Sep  2 15:35:59 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 15:35:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The National Defense Authorization Act
Message-ID: <7bf8722fef416fc97712b0c99c8dfb5b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA
Monday, 02 September 2013 11:29 By Chris Hedges, TruthDig | Report

occupyers,
     Call your Congresspersons,Feinstein, Boxer and Huffman at
202-224-3121 and ask the operator to connect you to their offices
,one by one. Tell them to amend the Nat. Defense Authorization Act to
remove Section 1021. This section would permit the military to seize
U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold them indefinitely
in military facilities.
Agnes

 Mark Fischer)I and my fellow plaintiffs have begun the third and final
round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of
theNational Defense Authorization Act(NDAA) that permits the military to
seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold them indefinitely
in military facilities. Carl Mayer and Bruce Afran, the lawyers who with
me in January 2012 brought a lawsuit against President Barack Obama
(Hedges v. Obama), are about to file papers asking the U.S. Supreme Court
to hear our appeal of a 2013 ruling on the act?s Section 1021.

?First the terrorism-industrial complex assured Americans that they were
only spying on foreigners, not U.S. citizens,? Mayer said to me recently.
?Then they assured us that they were only spying on phone calls, not
electronic communications. Then they assured us that they were not spying
on American journalists. And now both [major political] parties and the
Obama administration have assured us that they will not detain
journalists, citizens and activists. Well, they detained journalist Chris
Hedges without a lawyer, they detained journalist Laura Poitras without
due process and if allowed to stand this law will permit the military to
target activists, journalists and citizens in an unprecedented assault on
freedom in America.?

Last year we won round one: U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest of
the Southern District of New York declared Section 1021 unconstitutional.
The Obama administration immediately appealed her ruling and asked a
higher court to put the law back into effect until Obama?s petition was
heard. The appellate court agreed. The law went back on the books. I
suspect it went back on the books because the administration is already
using it, most likely holding U.S. citizens who are dual nationals in
black sites in Afghanistan and the Middle East. If Judge Forrest?s ruling
were allowed to stand, the administration, if it is indeed holding U.S.
citizens in military detention centers, would be in contempt of court.

In July 2013 the appellate court, in round two, overturned Forrest?s
ruling. All we have left is the Supreme Court, which may not take the
case. If the Supreme Court does not take our case, the law will remain in
place unless Congress strikes it down, something that federal legislators
have so far refused to consider. The three branches of government may want
to retain the ability to use the military to maintain control if
widespread civil unrest should occur in the United States. I suspect the
corporate state knows that amid the mounting effects of climate change and
economic decline the military may be all that is left between the elite
and an enraged population. And I suspect the corporate masters do not
trust the police to protect them.

If Section 1021 stands it will mean that more than 150 years of case law
in which the Supreme Court repeatedly held the military has no
jurisdiction over civilians will be abolished. It will mean citizens who
are charged by the government with ?substantially supporting? al-Qaida,
the Taliban or the nebulous category of ?associated forces? will be
lawfully subject to extraordinary rendition. It will mean citizens seized
by the military will languish in military jails indefinitely, or in the
language of Section 1021 until ?the end of hostilities??in an age of
permanent war, for the rest of their lives. It will mean, in short,
obliteration of our last remaining legal protections, especially now that
we have lost the right to privacy, and the ascent of a crude, militarized
state that serves the leviathan of corporate totalitarianism. It will
mean, as Forrest pointed out in her 112-page opinion, that whole
categories of Americans?and here you can assume dissidents and
activists?will be subject to seizure by the military and indefinite and
secret detention.

?As Justice [Robert] Jackson said in his dissent in the Korematsu case,
involving the indiscriminate detention of Japanese-American citizens
during World War II, once an unconstitutional military power is sanctioned
by the courts it ?lies about like a loaded weapon, ready for the hand of
any authority,? ? Mayer said.

In our lawsuit the appellate court never directly addressed the issue of
using the military to hold citizens and strip them of due
process?something that is clearly unconstitutional. Instead, the court
held that I and the other plaintiffs did not have standing to bring the
case. It said that because none of us had been imminently threatened with
arrest we had no credible fear. This was an odd argument. When I was a New
York Times reporter I was, as stated in court, arrested and held by the
U.S. military in violation of my First Amendment rights as I was covering
conflicts in the Middle East. In addition I was briefly detained, without
explanation, in the Newark, N.J., airport by Homeland Security as I
returned from Italy, the court was told.

During the five years I covered the war in El Salvador the Reagan
administration regularly denounced reporters who exposed atrocities by the
Salvadoran military as?fifth columnists? for the rebel movement, a charge
that made us in the eyes of Reagan officials at the very least accomplices
to terrorism. This, too, was raised in court, as was the fact that during
my seven years as a reporter in the Middle East I met regularly with
individuals and groups, including al-Qaida, that were considered
terrorists by the U.S. government. There were times in my 20-year career
as a foreign correspondent, especially when I reported events or opinions
that challenged the official narrative, that the U.S. government made
little distinction between me and groups that were antagonistic to the
United States. In those days there was no law that could be used to seize
and detain me. Now there is.

Journalist Alexa O?Brien, who joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff along with
Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg and others, was incorrectly linked by the
security and surveillance state to terrorist groups in the Middle East.
O?Brien, who doggedly covered the trial of Chelsea (formerly Bradley)
Manning, co-foundedUS Day of Rage, an organization dedicated to electoral
reform. When WikiLeaks in February 2012 released 5 million emails from
Stratfor, a private security firm that does work for the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, the Marine Corps and the Defense Intelligence
Agency, it was revealed that the company was attempting to tie O?Brien and
her organization to Islamic radicals and websites as well as jihadist
ideology. Fred Burton, Stratfor?s vice president for counterterrorism and
corporate security and a former deputy director of the counterterrorism
division of the State Department?s Diplomatic Security Service, and Thomas
Kopecky, director of operations at Investigative Research Consultants Inc.
and Fortis Protective Services LLC, had an email exchange over this issue.
Kopecky wrote: ?I was looking into that US Day of Rage movement and
specifically asked to connect it to any Saudi or other fundamentalist
Islamic movements. Thus far, I have only hear[d] rumors but not gotten any
substantial connection. Do you guys know much about this other than its US
Domestic fiscal ideals?? Burton replied: ?No, we?re not aware of any
concrete connections between fundamentalist Islamist movements and the Day
of Rage, or the October 2011 movement at this point.? But that soon
changed. Stratfor, through others working in conjunction with the FBI,
falsely linked US Day of Rage to al-Qaida and other Islamic terrorist
organizations. Homeland Security later placed her group on a terrorism
watch list.

This will be the standard tactic. Laws passed in the so-called war on
terror will be used to turn all dissidents and activists into terrorism
suspects, subjecting them to draconian forms of state repression and
control. The same tactic was used during the anti-communist hysteria of
the 20th century to destroy union leaders, writers, civil rights
activists, intellectuals, artists, teachers, politicians and organizations
that challenged entrenched corporate power.

?After 12 years of an undeclared permanent war against an undefined enemy
and multiple revelations about massive unconstitutional spying by the
government, we certainly hope that the Supreme Court will strike down a
law that replaces our civilian system of justice with a military one,?
said Mayer. ?Unless this happens there will be little left of judicial
review during wartime.?

Afran, a law professor at Rutgers University, asked last week during a
conversation with me: ?Does the Army have to be knocking on your door
saying, ?Come with me,? before there will be the ability to challenge such
a law?? He said the appellate court?s ruling ?means you have to be
incarcerated before you can challenge the law under which you?re
incarcerated.?

?There?s nothing that?s built into this NDAA [the National Defense
Authorization Act] that even gives a detained person the right to get to
an attorney,? Afran said. ?In fact, the whole notion is that it?s secret.
It?s outside of any judicial process. You?re not even subject to a
military trial. You can be moved to other jurisdictions under the law.
It?s the antithesis of due process.?

The judges on the appellate court admitted that we as plaintiffs had
raised ?difficult questions.?

?This is a way of acknowledging they?re troubled by the apparent lack of
constitutionality of the law,? Afran said during our conversation. ?But
they were not willing to face the question head on. So, in effect, they
said, ?Well, when someone?s threatened with arrest, then we have a
concrete injury.? But no one?s going to be threatened with arrest. They?ll
simply be arrested. They?re not going to send a letter saying, ?By the
way, on Thursday next we?re going to place you in military custody.? 
 The
whole point of the law is that they?re going to come in and take you [in
secrecy].?

The appellate court stated that the law does not apply to U.S. citizens
and permanent residents. In reading the law this way the justices were
saying, in effect, that I and the other plaintiffs had nothing to fear.
Afran called this a ?circular argument.? The court, in essence, said that
because it did not construe the law as applying to U.S. citizens and
lawful residents we could not bring the case to court.

?They seem to accept a lot of what we said, namely that the whole history
of the jurisprudence, of the court decisions, is that American civilians
cannot be placed in military custody,? Afran said. ?And they accept the
idea that Section E of the statute says, ?Nothing herein shall be
construed to affect existing authorities as to the detention of U.S.
citizens.? So on the basis of that they say this is not meant to add any
new powers to the government and since the government doesn?t have power
over civilians in this way the law can?t be extended to civilians. The
problem is by saying there?s no standing, they deprive the district court
of entering an order, saying and declaring that the statue does not apply
to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, lawful residents in the U.S.?

The court, in essence, accepted the principle that citizens cannot be
taken into military custody but refused to issue a direct order saying so
that would be enforceable.

?We have the absurdity of the court of appeals, one of the highest courts
in the country, saying this law cannot touch citizens and lawful
residents, but depriving the trial court of the ability to enter an order
blocking it from being used in that way,? Afran said. ?The lack of an
order enables future [military] detentions. A person may have to languish
for months, maybe years, before getting a court hearing. The [appellate]
court correctly stated what the law is, but it deprived the trial court of
the ability to enter an order stopping this [new] law from being used.?

?A law is not constitutional just because habeas corpus says you have a
right to go to court to try to get out,? Afran said in speaking about the
legal mechanism by which someone might challenge custody. ?The citizen is
entitled not to be detained in the first place absent probable cause.
Habeas corpus is a remedy of last resort. It?s not there to justify the
use of unconstitutional detention laws.?

The Supreme Court takes between 80 and 100 cases a year from about 8,000
requests. There is no guarantee our appeal will ever be heard. If we fail,
if this law stands, if in the years ahead the military starts to randomly
seize and disappear people, if dissidents and activists become subject to
indefinite and secret detention in military gulags, we will at least be
able to look back on this moment and know we fought back.
This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may
not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the
source.
Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in
Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported
from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science
Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York
Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years.
uthout | News Analysis
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Mon Sep  2 20:58:03 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 20:58:03 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Warren Buffet's suggested eform of Congress
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt6YbgaB8ACBPatyoru674gboRcPT-gcmUYDPd6EzrxMdQ@mail.gmail.com>

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum
of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do
likewise.  At least 20 if you can.  It has to stop somewhere.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have this
message.

This is one idea that really should
be passed around.

*Congressional Reform Act of 2013

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a
salary while in office, and receives no
pay when they're out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional Retirement Fund move to the Social Security
system immediately. All future funds flow into
the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American
people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congressmen/women can purchase their own retirement plans, just as all
Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay
will rise
by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the
same
health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective
12/31/13. The American people did not make this contract with
Congressmen/women.

Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in
Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned
citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and
back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message.
Don't you think it's time?

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

If you agree with the above, pass it on.
If not, just delete.
You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep  2 21:04:14 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 21:04:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Winds of Change - Warren Buffet - 28th
	Amendment
References: <F4B27398-FE14-4952-841D-51283FBB76FD@att.net>
Message-ID: <0315E451-96D8-4B88-8C45-2D22177CB47E@att.net>

I have receive multiple copies of this email over the years.
A lot of this email is bullshit, but some isn't.
Congress pays into Soc.Sec. and is required to use "Obamacare"
It's natural to distrust our congress. They've given us lots of reasons over the years.
Check out the link below.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendment.asp

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From annxpress at live.com  Tue Sep  3 08:32:44 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 08:32:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: Drop gas masks, not bombs.
In-Reply-To: <20130903151841.E116D1E27A@civismtp.uas.coop>
References: <20130903151841.E116D1E27A@civismtp.uas.coop>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W81C640D2B6C0F355229AA6DD310@phx.gbl>


 
From: office at theshalomcenter.org
Subject: Drop gas masks, not bombs.
To: annxpress at live.com
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:17:40 -0400




	
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Drop gas masks, not bombs.
Dear friends,
If moving to the right is violently destructive and moving to the left is disgustingly immoral,  then something is wrong with the box we are in.
Think out of the box, act out of the box.
That?s where the US is in regard to Syria: All the ?official? choices  ? from Do Nothing to One Strike to  Overthrow the Regime ? are destructive to us, to the Syrian people, to the US Constitution,  and/or to international law.
So ? think fresh.
Drop gas masks, not bombs.
That?s a metaphor.
Translate: use the power of the US in nonviolent, non-military, nonlethal ways to counter Assad?s (or the rebels?) possible use of chemical weapons.
If gas masks would not meet the need, drop antidotes to the nerve gas Sarin, sending instructions in Arabic by radio and social media.Test out what would happen if the US invited physicians to be parachuted into Syria, as brave as
the soldiers that some US politicians want to send.Drop leaflets and broadcast radio and social-media messages denouncing the use of chemical weaponry and offering amnesty and monetary rewards to anyone in the military who comes forward with information on their use.Bollix the Syrian military?s computer system just as the US bollixed the Iranian nuclear-research
system without killing anyone.Ask the government of Iran to intervene with its ally Syria to demand a total end to any use of chem-war, and offer Iran relaxation of US sanctions against it if it does so. (In Iran there is fierce opposition to chem-war because Saddam used it in Iraq?s war against Iran, killing tens of thousands. The US, by the way, uttered not a peep of criticism of Sadaam?s use of chem-war,
because the US government saw Iran as an enemy. Indeed, the US may have assisted Saddam in using chem-war.)Go to the UN Security Council as well as Congress for approval of such nonlethal, nonviolent interventions.And so on. Get it?What is wrong with
the box we are in?
What Obama was publicly proposing, ?One Strike? to ?punish? and ?deter? chem-war, had a very risky flaw: It was essentially assuming ?one-man chess.? Either the OneStrike would accomplish nothing real  ? a useless act ? or if it did hurt, it might well push Assad into retaliating. If there were a response, a retaliatory attack on US forces or assets or on Israel, etc., would the US then shrug and do nothing ? or would the US then re-retaliate? And then?
Meanwhile, the BBC is reporting that in fact, under pressure from hawkish Senators, Obama is now actually planning much more than One Strike ? rather, an attack to ?degrade,? not  only ?deter,? Assad?s military, with the intention of regime change.
And there are other reports that the actual text of the
resolution that Obama is asking Congress to approve is considerably broader than the One Strike he has said he wants.
So we may after all be standing on our tiptoes at the very edge of the precipice of still another immoral, illegal, unwinnable, self-destructive war.
If our own government pushes us over the edge of that precipice, the real losers will be the American and Syrian peoples.  There, even greater devastation. Here, another wave of failure to meet the real and
increasingly urgent civilian needs for schools, bridges, solar and wind energy, firefghters, and much more. More deaths and disasters from forest fires, floods, droughts. Another wave of justifying, in the name of anti-terrorism, intrusive unconstitutional surveillance of practically everyone; police infiltration of peaceful mosques and political activists;  and vigilante attacks on Muslims.
What to do? Call 202/224-3121 (the US Capitol) and ask for your Senators and House member, one at a time. When you get each office, leave a message vigorously opposing any resolution
authorizing military force against Syria, and pointing to nonviolent, nonlethal alternatuve ways of intervening.
Write a similar letter to your local newspaper.
Forward this letter to your friends and to listserves you are on.
Try to start a viral message:
Drop gas-masks, not bombs. 
One of the metaphors of Rosh Hashanah is that we plead with God ? which means also with ourselves ? to move from the throne of Punitive Justice to the throne of Compassionate Repair.
If not now, when?
?  Arthur

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Sep  3 09:07:45 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:07:45 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Hard to believe
Message-ID: <943E8E7C-217D-41D7-8A0C-9336323F2096@mcn.org>

Hard to believe that we will not be getting any more of the Senior Perspective programs
since the demise of MCTV. 
This is the last one and has some good parting comments from Chuck Bush at the end.

http://archive.org/details/7883SeniorPerspectiveswithguestDanMiller




















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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Sep  4 07:39:53 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 07:39:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Petition for "We Need Community Access TV"
Message-ID: <D08B0079-5F70-497A-BA95-171380077497@mcn.org>

At 454 signers,  we'd like to get 500 before presenting to 
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. Please forward to family, friends 
and neighbors.

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/we-need-community-access


We Need Community Access Television!
petitions.moveon.org
I just signed a petition to Fort Bragg City Council and Mendocino County Board of Supervisors: 
Our community access television facility in Fort Bragg, California is being threatened with closure! 
This vital public service, which builds and sustains civic engagement, must continue getting support fro...
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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Sep  4 08:08:23 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 08:08:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Obama Shaken by Boehner's Support on
	Syria
Message-ID: <94684BAC-A403-4172-94C9-32696E7CCBF6@att.net>

OBAMA SHAKEN BY BOEHNER?S SUPPORT



WASHINGTON ?Aides to President Obama said today that he was ?visibly shaken? after receiving support from House Speaker John Boehner for his Syria campaign, adding that the Speaker?s vote of confidence was ?making him rethink the whole thing.?

An aide to Mr. Obama, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that he was in the Oval Office with the President when he got the call from Mr. Boehner: ?As it became clear that Boehner was going to support him on this, he looked more and more stunned. He was trying to stay calm and all but you could see that he was really taken aback.?

After putting down the phone with Mr. Boehner, the President reportedly told aides, ?Boehner?s supporting it. That?s so weird. This is still a good idea, right?? 

Moments after the President had ?seemed to settle down,? the aide said, he received a phone call from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who also offered his support for the Syria plan.

?That one really rattled him,? the aide said. ?He was like, ?I think I need to take a long walk.??

The calls from Mr. Boehner and Mr. Cantor have created what the aide called ?the biggest crisis of confidence this President has ever experienced.?

?I checked in on him later in the day, just to see if he was O.K.,? the aide said. ?He was cradling his head in his hands saying, ?I just don?t know. I just don?t know anymore.??

While the President?s plan to attack Syria remains on the table, the aide indicated that the situation is very fluid: ?If Rand Paul calls today and says he?s in, the whole thing goes away.?



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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep  3 10:21:02 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:21:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Republicans Offer Syria Strategy: We
	Must Defund Obamacare
Message-ID: <7FD4AB18-1490-473B-826F-C6E4CC39A61D@att.net>


REPUBLICANS OFFER SYRIA STRATEGY: ?WE MUST DEFUND OBAMACARE?


WASHINGTON?As the debate over Syria moves to the United States Congress, a leading Senate Republican said today that the only way to resolve the crisis in the war-torn Middle Eastern country is by ?defunding Obamacare at once.?

Appearing on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told host Sean Hannity, ?If we?re trying to send a strong message to [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad, I can think of no better way to do that than by defunding Obamacare.?

Elaborating on his strategy, Sen. Cruz added, ?By defunding Obamacare, we would basically be saying to Assad, ?This is how we attack our own President, so just imagine what we?ll do to you.? That would make him think twice before he pulls another one of his stunts.?

?You can fire off as many Tomahawk missiles as you want,? said Sen. Cruz. ?But they won?t have the same impact on Syria as defunding Obamacare.?

Shortly after his appearance, Sen. Cruz?s statements drew a sharp rebuke from a fellow Republican, Arizona Senator John McCain, who called the prospect of bombing Syria ?the only thing I have to live for.?

?Look, I?ve been in a very dark place since the 2008 election,? Sen. McCain told reporters. ?There have been a lot of mornings when, quite frankly, I haven?t had a reason to get out of bed. It?s all well and good for people like Ted Cruz to criticize Tomahawk missiles, but hitting Syria is all that?s keeping me going.?



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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Sep  4 11:17:36 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 11:17:36 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Time to challenge PG&E?
Message-ID: <0CE91DA2-2A69-4AB7-9F59-5DAF8855A23B@att.net>

Ukiah has its own power co.

What can we do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh1qCf-ohOQ


From marksafron at att.net  Wed Sep  4 12:55:53 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 12:55:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?On_Syria=2C_a_U=2EN=2E_Vote_Is?=
 =?windows-1252?q?n=92t_Optional_--_It=27s_Required=2E?=
Message-ID: <A089344D-0C9E-4A7E-8B90-569C042BA40C@att.net>


But this question ignores the obvious: If the United States begins an attack without Security Council authorization, it will flout the most fundamental international rule of all ? the prohibition on the use of military force, for anything but self-defense, in the absence of Security Council approval. This rule may be even more important to the world?s security ? and America?s ? than the ban on the use of chemical weapons.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/opinion/on-syria-a-un-vote-isnt-optional.html?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20130904&_r=0
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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Sep  4 14:44:13 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:44:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] No war on Syria
Message-ID: <57c8c9e2284c4107a68e978be8a44a26.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>


I just took action to tell President Obama and Congressional Leadership to
reject any military intervention in Syria.

I think you should too!

http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/no-u-s-military-intervention-in-syria?sp_ref=.4.327.e.1372.2&source=mailto_spoccupy



From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Sep  4 16:51:59 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:51:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: tel.# Chesbro/ Upcoming State Assembly Vote
	on Fracking.
Message-ID: <003b21440bf88e85fbb260b5813f391b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Fwd: Update on LA City Vote, and Upcoming State Assembly Vote on
Fracking.
From:    "Linda Jupiter" <jupiter at mcn.org>
Date:    Wed, September 4, 2013 4:17 pm
To:      Undisclosed-recipients:;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear friends,

> Please call your state assembly rep immediately, and ask to put
> stronger language in the Pavley bill for an immediate Fracking
> Moratorium for California.

Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro's number is 1-916-319-2002
>
Read below for more information.

Peace,
Linda

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Meg Courtney <mcourtney1 at mcn.org>
> Date: September 4, 2013 11:30:29 AM PDT
> To: tom wodetzki <tw at mcn.org>, Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org>,
> ginny rorby <grorby at mcn.org>
> Subject: Fwd: Update on LA City Vote, and Upcoming State Assembly
> Vote on Fracking.
>
> Please forward to your lists.  This is a bad one!
>
> Dear Folks,
> I have been getting these emails for many months now from a brave
> and determined soul in Los Angeles who is trying to stop FRACKING in
> that neighborhood and now the effort is moving STATEWIDE.  In case
> you are not aware, is one of the more egregious assaults on the
> environment & human health that has been contrived by the oil & gas
> industry.
> The Pavely Fracking Regulation Bill (SB4) is to be heard in the
> assembly any day now. Please call your assembly person Wes Chesboro-
> Ukiah office (707)463-5770 or Washington (916) 319-2002-  and State
> Senator Evans local office 576-2771 to register your opinion.
> Thank you!
> Meg Courtney
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Aura Walker" <noreply at list.moveon.org>
>> Date: September 3, 2013 10:32:17 PM PDT
>> To: mcourtney1 at mcn.org
>> Subject: Update on LA City Vote, and Upcoming State Assembly Vote
>> on Fracking.
>> Reply-To: "Aura Walker" <aura at aurawalkerhypnotherapy.com>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> so I went down to LA City Hall on the morning of 9/3/13, for the
>> second time in less than a week to petition the council to
>> reconsider a moratorium on fracking instead of regulation. The
>> entire LA City/County Council voted unanimously to support "if
>> amended" SB4, the weaker Fran Pavley Fracking regulation bill,
>> endorsed by District 8 Bernard Parks. I and my colleagues had hoped
>> for the stronger Paul Koretz moratorium resolution for all of LA.
>> Unfortunately, by law the council can decide not to hear from
>> constituents again in a week's period. So we were not even allowed
>> to testify. Yet, two raving lunatics yelled at them about all kinds
>> of other citywide issues. It was extremely frustrating.
>>
>> The compromise is that the entire council seems to understand the
>> water usage and contamination issue, and they seem to be wanting to
>> strengthen the Pavley bill too. This is where you all come in
>> again. Please call your state assembly rep immediately, and ask to
>> put stronger language in the Pavley bill for an immediate Fracking
>> Moratorium for California. They are probably going to vote state
>> wide this week, or next week.
>>
>> There is no way to regulate earthquakes and cancer. Here is the
>> link below, for the State Assembly reps. Please, look up yours, and
>> call their Sacramento office. If the link does not work here,
>> please copy, and paste it in your browser or please Google your
>> state rep and call their Sacramento office.
>>
>> This could really make Pavley's bill stronger. It is the only
>> fracking related bill to survive the brutal Appropriations
>> Committee vote. We have to get them to amend it, if they are going
>> to approve it. Your calls are getting through and are making a huge
>> difference. Your calls are letting them know that, we their
>> constituents, who voted them into office, are watching their moves!
>> Your calls, puts the spot light on them, and keeps the pressure on!
>> Your calls are very important!
>>
>> http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank You!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Sep  4 18:33:10 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 18:33:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: First Syria 'rebels' armed and trained by
 CIA 'on way to battlefield' 04 Sep 2013]
Message-ID: <700a85217ec4bedd02d52c1891876dd8.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: First Syria 'rebels' armed and trained by CIA 'on way to
battlefield' 04 Sep 2013
From:    "CLG_News" <clg_news at legitgov.org>
Date:    Wed, September 4, 2013 1:01 am
To:      "CLG News" <clg_news at legitgov.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
04 Sep 2013
http://www.legitgov.org/
All links are here:
http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news

US defends use of white phosphorus weapons in Iraq - CLG archives --US, UK
used white phosphorous in Falluja in 2005. Posted by Lori Price,
www.legitgov.org 03 Sep 2013 From November 2005 Archives, Page Two. US
denies illegal use of weapons in Iraq 18 Nov 2005 (The Sydney Morning
Herald) The Pentagon has acknowledged using incendiary white phosphorus
munitions in a 2004 counterinsurgency offensive in the Iraqi city of
Falluja, but defended their use as legal. A Pentagon spokesman,
Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Venable, said on Wednesday that the US military
had not used the highly flammable weapons against civilians, contrary to
an Italian state television report this month that said the weapons were
used against men, women and children in Falluja who were burned to the
bone. "We categorically deny that claim," Colonel Venable said. "It's part
of our conventional weapons inventory and we use it like we use any other
conventional weapon," said another Pentagon spokesman, Bryan Whitman.
Colonel Venable said white phosphorus was not outlawed or banned by any
convention. However, a protocol to the 1980 Convention on Conventional
Weapons forbids using incendiary weapons against civilians or against
military targets amid concentrations of civilians. The US did not sign the
protocol. US defends use of white phosphorus weapons in Iraq 16 Nov 2005
(Reuters) The Pentagon on Wednesday acknowledged using incendiary
white-phosphorus munitions in a 2004 'counterinsurgency' offensive in the
Iraqi city of Falluja, but defended their use as legal. Army Lt. Col.
Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman, said the U.S. military had not used
the highly flammable weapons against civilians, contrary to an Italian
state television report this month which said the weapons were used
against men, women and children in Falluja who were burned to the bone. UK
used white phosphorus in Iraq 16 Nov 2005 (BBC) UK troops have used white
phosphorus in Iraq - but only to create smokescreens [?!?], Defence
Secretary John Reid has said. MPs are worried by the admission by US
forces that they used the controversial substance in the Iraqi city of
Falluja - something they had previously denied. US used white phosphorus
in Iraq 15 Nov 2005 (BBC) The Pentagon has confirmed that US troops used
white phosphorus during last year's offensive in the northern Iraqi city
of Falluja. The US earlier denied it had been used in Falluja.

First Syria 'rebels' armed and trained by CIA 'on way to battlefield' 03
Sep 2013 The first cell of Syrian 'rebels' trained and armed by the CIA is
making its way to the battlefield, President Barack Obama has reportedly
told senators. Mr Obama said that a 50-man [terrorist] cell, believed to
have been trained by US special forces in Jordan, was making its way
across the border into Syria, according to the New York Times. The
deployment of the rebel unit seems to be the first tangible measure of
support since Mr Obama announced in June that the US would begin providing
the opposition with small arms.

Congress moves to approve Syria strike 03 Sep 2013 Obama's battle to get
congressional approval for a military strike on Syria moved a step closer
Tuesday, with leaders of both parties in Congress announcing that the
United States should respond to Syrian President Assad's alleged use of
chemical weapons. US President Barack Obama convinced leaders of both
Democrats and Republicans in Congress to support his request for the
authorization of a military strike on Syria. After a meeting with more
than a dozen senior lawmakers this week, members of both parties went
public, praising Obama's plan and pledging a 'yes' vote on the operation
against the Syrian government.

US Navy deploys five warships, one amphibious ship to Mediterranean for
Syria 02 Sep 2013 The US Navy has deployed an amphibious transport ship to
the Mediterranean, where five destroyers are already in place for possible
missile strikes on Syria, a defense official said Sunday. The USS San
Antonio, with several helicopters and hundreds of Marines on board, is "on
station in the Eastern Mediterranean" but "has received no specific
tasking," said the defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Unlike the destroyers deployed to the area, the San Antonio carries no
Tomahawk cruise missiles but can ferry up to four helicopters and is
designed to bring Marines ashore by chopper or landing craft.

U.S. positioning aircraft carrier for possible strike on Syria 02 Sep 2103
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its
strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited
[sic] U.S. strike on Syria, if 'needed,' defense officials said on Sunday.
The Nimitz carrier strike group, which includes four destroyers and a
cruiser, has no specific orders to move to the eastern Mediterranean at
this point, but is moving west in the Arabian Sea so it can do so if
asked. It was not immediately clear when the ships would enter the Red
Sea, but they had not arrived by Sunday evening, said one official.

'IDF soldiers mass on Lebanese border' --Media reports claim Israeli
forces have mobilized in the north ahead of a possible US attack on Syria
31 Aug 2013 Lebanese media reported Saturday that the IDF has mobilized a
large number of troops along the Israel-Lebanon border, ahead of a likely
US attack on Syria following the alleged use of chemical weapons by regime
forces last week. According to the reports, which were not confirmed by
the IDF, Israeli soldiers were deployed in areas bordering the eastern
areas of south Lebanon, namely the Upper Galilee, the Shebaa Farms and the
Golan Heights.

US Marine website targeted by pro-Assad hackers 02 Sep 2013 Pro-Syrian
regime hackers posted messages on a US Marine Corps recruiting website on
Monday, urging troops to defy orders from President Barack Obama. The
hackers showed photos of people in American uniforms holding hand-written
signs saying they would not fight for 'al-Qaeda' in Syria. "Obama is a
traitor who wants to put your lives in danger to rescue al-Qaeda
insurgents," the message read, according to a screenshot from The Wall
Street Journal.

Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress 03 Sep
2013 President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S.
Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on
Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of
chemical weapons against civilians. In remarks that appeared to question
the legality of U.S. plans to strike Syria without U.N. backing,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the use of force is only legal when it
is in self-defense or with Security Council authorization. Assad denies
deploying poison gas that killed hundreds of civilians last month.

Two sociopath peas is a pod: Boehner says he'll back Obama on Syria
strikes 03 Sep 2013 House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Tuesday
endorsed President Barack Obama's call for military action in Syria. The
top elected Republican in Washington, Boehner said following a meeting at
the White House that he intended to support Obama's plan for limited
strikes against the regime of Bashar Assad in Syria. "I am going to
support the president's call for action," he told reporters. "I believe my
colleagues should support this call for action."

McCain playing poker on his iPhone during Syria hearing 03 Sep 2013
(Washington Post) Senator John McCain (R-Sociopath-Ariz.) plays poker on
his IPhone during a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing
where Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey testify
concerning the use of force in Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC,
Tuesday, September 3, 2013.

Obama's proposal seeks broad war power, despite vow of limits 01 Sep 2013
While President Barack Obama insists he wants only a limited air attack on
Syria, his proposed authorization of force would empower him to do much
more than that. The substantive part of Obama's proposed authorization of
the use of military force, conveyed to congressional leaders over the
weekend, contains 172 words. That's significantly more than either the
1964 Tonkin Gulf [aka false flag] Resolution authorizing the Vietnam War
or the 2001 resolution authorizing retaliation for the 9/11 terror attacks
[aka false flag], two measures that later became notorious for how
aggressively presidents used them.

Only 'diplomatic support': UK Foreign Secretary says Syria military action
ruled out 01 Sep 2013 William Hague, the UK's foreign secretary, has ruled
out military intervention in Syria stating Britain will only be offering
diplomatic support in the light of PM Cameron's defeat on the parliament
vote. The UK Chancellor slammed Labour "opportunists." "Parliament has
spoken. I don't think it is realistic to think that we can go back to
parliament every week with the same question having received no for an
answer," Hague said on the Murnaghan Show on Sky News on Sunday.

White House to Congress: Help protect Israel 02 Sep 2013 The Obama
administration is using a time-tested pitch to get Congress to back
military strikes in Syria: It will help protect Israel. Israel's enemies,
including Iran and the terrorist rebel group Hezbollah, could be
emboldened if Congress fails to approve action against the regime
government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior administration
officials said Saturday. And for the second day in a row, President Barack
Obama publicly cited the threat against Israel if Assad's reported use of
chemical weapons goes unchecked. Secretary of State John Kerry also
referred to Israel repeatedly as he made the rounds on all five major
Sunday morning news shows -- as well as comparing Assad to Adolf Hitler.
[Media: Why is it the 'Assad regime' but the 'Obama administration?'
Obama's killed thousands of civilians with drones worldwide. --LRP]

To some, US case for Syrian gas attack and need for strike has too many
holes 02 Sep 2013 The Obama administration's public case for attacking
Syria is riddled with inconsistencies and hinges mainly on circumstantial
evidence [aka lies], undermining U.S. efforts this week to build support
at home and abroad for a punitive strike against Bashar Assad's
government. The case Secretary of State John Kerry laid out last Friday
contained claims that were disputed by the United Nations, inconsistent in
some details with British and French intelligence reports or lacking
sufficient transparency for international chemical weapons experts to
accept at face value. After the false weapons claims [aka lies] preceding
the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the threshold for evidence to support
intervention is exceedingly high.

Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon
concern 30 Aug 2013 In 2009 - the same year former French foreign minister
Dumas alleges the British began planning operations in Syria - Assad
refused to sign a proposed agreement with Qatar that would run a pipeline
from the latter's North field, contiguous with Iran's South Pars field,
through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and on to Turkey, with a view to
supply European markets - albeit crucially bypassing Russia. Assad's
rationale was "to protect the interests of [his] Russian ally, which is
Europe's top supplier of natural gas." Instead, the following year, Assad
pursued negotiations for an alternative $10 billion pipeline plan with
Iran, across Iraq to Syria, that would also potentially allow Iran to
supply gas to Europe from its South Pars field shared with Qatar. The
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project was signed in July 2012
- just as Syria's civil war was spreading to Damascus and Aleppo - and
earlier this year Iraq signed a framework agreement for construction of
the gas pipelines.

CNN Caught Staging News Segments on Syria With Actors 01 Sep 2013 Anderson
Cooper and CNN have been caught staging fake news about Syria to justify
military intervention. The primary "witness" that the mainstream media is
using as a source in Syria has been caught staging fake news segments.
Recent video evidence proves that "Syria Danny" [LOL], the supposed
activist who has been begging for military intervention on CNN, is really
just a paid actor and a liar. The following video shows him contradicting
himself while off air, and even asking crew members to "get the gunfire
sounds ready" for his video conference with Anderson Cooper on CNN. [Yes,
it's reminiscent of Robbie Parker laughing and asking what he should say
at his Sandy Hook presser: 'So, just read the card?' 'Yeah, just read the
card.'.]

Government let British company export nerve gas chemicals to Syria 01 Sep
2013 The Government was accused of "breathtaking laxity" in its arms
controls tonight after it emerged that officials authorised the export to
Syria of two chemicals capable of being used to make a nerve agent such as
sarin a year ago. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, will on Monday be
asked by MPs to explain why a British company was granted export licences
for the dual-use substances for six months in 2012 while Syria's civil war
was raging and concern was rife that the government could use chemical
weapons on its own people. The disclosure of the licences for potassium
fluoride and sodium fluoride, which can both be used as precursor
chemicals in the manufacture of nerve gas, came as the US Secretary of
State John Kerry said the United States had evidence that sarin gas was
used in last month's atrocity [by the CIA-backed 'rebels'] in Damascus.

Syrian rebels used Sarin nerve gas, not Assad's government: U.N. official
06 May 2013 Testimony from victims strongly suggests it was the rebels,
not the Syrian government, that used Sarin nerve gas during a recent
incident in the revolution-wracked nation, a senior U.N. diplomat said
Monday. Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. Independent International
Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Swiss TV there were "strong, concrete
suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof," that rebels seeking to
oust Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad had used the nerve agent. But she said
her panel had not yet seen any evidence of Syrian government forces using
chemical weapons, according to the BBC, but she added that more
investigation was needed.

Iraq: British Troops Deny Mutilation Claims 02 Sep 2013 Bodies of
insurgents killed in a battle in Iraq were not mutilated by British
troops, nor were detainees mistreated, a public inquiry has heard. On the
first day of evidence from military witnesses, the Al-Sweady Inquiry was
told that claims that Iraqis killed in the Battle of Danny Boy were
mutilated were "baseless rumours" [?] spread to discredit coalition
forces. The inquiry is examining claims that 20 or more Iraqis were
unlawfully killed at Camp Abu Naji (CAN) near Majar-al-Kabir on May 14 and
15, 2004, and that detainees  prisoners were ill-treated there and later
at Shaibah Logistics Base.

KBR Seeks Combat Immunity in Soldier Toxic-Exposure Suit 03 Sep 2013 KBR
Inc. is invoking federal laws shielding contractors during wartime to
avoid a Texas trial over injuries claimed by troops who were exposed to
[KBR's] toxic chemicals while guarding a work site in Iraq. KBR is set to
argue today before a U.S. Court of Appeals panel in El Paso, Texas, that
such contractor-on-the-battlefield statutes act as a firewall to
litigation. Lawyers for injured soldiers are urging the three-judge panel
to reject KBR's theory that the Houston-based company is immune from the
lawsuits.

Taliban bombers attack US base in Afghanistan 02 Sep 2013 The Taliban have
attacked a US base in eastern Afghanistan, with reports of a series of
explosions. The morning raid took place on the Torkham base in Nangahar
province, near the Pakistan border. A Taliban spokesman told the BBC that
the group was behind the attack. The forward operating base is home to
some 66,000 US troops serving in Afghanistan along with forces from other
countries.

Sweden Investigates Lost WikiLeaks Luggage, Including Evidence of Alleged
U.S. War Crime in Afghanistan 03 Sep 2013 Swedish police opened an
investigation Tuesday after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged them to
find out what happened to a suitcase he suspects was stolen from him in
2010 by intelligence agents as he traveled from Sweden to Germany. The
suitcase contained three laptops that had WikiLeaks materials, including
evidence of a war crime allegedly committed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan,
according to an affidavit that Assange's lawyer filed along with a
criminal complaint to police at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport. In the
affidavit, Assange suggested his bag may have been illegally seized "as
part of an intelligence operation with the purpose of gathering
information about me."

U.S. intelligence agencies spend millions to hunt for insider threats,
document shows 01 Sep 2013 The U.S. government suspects that individuals
with connections to al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] and other hostile groups have
repeatedly sought to obtain jobs in the intelligence community, and it
reinvestigates thousands of employees a year to reduce the threat that one
of its own may be trying to compromise closely held secrets, according to
a classified budget document. The CIA found that among a subset of job
seekers whose backgrounds raised questions, roughly one out of every five
had "significant terrorist and/or hostile intelligence connections,"
according to the document, which was provided to The Washington Post by
former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

REVEALED: Secret program gives federal agents nearly instant access to
BILLIONS of AT&T phone records without a court order --Hemisphere program
allows federal agents to access details on rolling database of 4billion
calls a day that are process through AT&T switches --Secret program in
place since 2007 includes records dating back to 1987 02 Sep 2013 A secret
government program called Hemisphere gives federal agents nearly
instantaneous access to billions of AT&T phone records dating as far back
as 1987, all without a court order or the oversight of a judge, it was
revealed today. It's a spying database that dwarfs anything built by the
National Security Agency to date - and federal agents have routine access
to it to conduct criminal investigations. The AT&T database contains the
location, time, phone number and other metadata from every phone call that
crosses the AT&T relay switches - an estimated 4billion calls a day.
Because the database captures any call that travels across the company's
lines, calls made by users of other carriers are also included. Since
2007, federal agents have been able to access the trove of information in
minutes - simply by issuing a subpoena. It appears little or no judicial
oversight governs the access to this information.

NSA directly spied on Brazil, Mexico leaders, mapped communications with
aides - Report 01 Sep 2013 The National Security Agency's spy program
targeted the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, and
in the case of Mexico's leader accessed the content of emails before he
was elected, the U.S. journalist who obtained secret documents from NSA
leaker Edward Snowden said Sunday. Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who lives
in Rio de Janeiro, told Globo's news program "Fantastico" that a document
dated June 2012 shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's emails
were being read. The document's date is a month before Pena Nieto was
elected. It's not clear if the spying continues.

Record radiation readings near Fukushima contaminated water tanks --Rising
radiation levels and leaks at the plant have prompted international alarm.
04 Sep 2013 Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at
the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to
their highest levels, Japan's nuclear regulator said, heightening concerns
about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in almost three decades.
Radiation hotspots have spread to three holding areas for hundreds of
hastily built tanks storing water contaminated by being flushed over three
reactors that melted down at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.
Readings just above the ground near a set of tanks at the plant showed
radiation as high as 2,200 millisieverts (mSv), the Nuclear Regulation
Authority (NRA) said on Wednesday.

Japan to spend $500m on radioactive water leaks at Fukushima 03 Sep 2013
Japan will spend up to *500 million of public funds to tackle radioactive
water leaks at Fukushima, reports said Tuesday, as the government vowed to
take the lead in the 'clean-up.' Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will gather
members of his nuclear disaster response team to decide on the government
response to stop toxic waste leaking into the Pacific ocean from the
crippled plant, officials said. Water from nearby hillsides has been
flowing under the plant and mixing with polluted water that has already
seeped into the ground, resulting in mildly radioactive water reaching the
sea.

British police arrest 16 non-proliferation activists at nuclear site 02
Sep 2013 Police have arrested 16 people attending a demonstration at a
nuclear weapons facility owned by UK's Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).
The rally started on early Monday in the southern village Burghfield,
Berkshire with protestors storming the site, trying to blockade its access
points, including a public highway. The civil resistance group have
targeted their campaign at Britain's nuclear weapons policy. They want
disarmament of nukes and a halt to the UK's Trident nuclear missile
system.

NYC mayor sues over law easing suits vs. police 03 Sep 2013 Mayor Michael
Bloomberg asked a court on Tuesday to block a law that would make it
easier for people to sue over stop-and-frisk or other police techniques,
continuing his press against new checks being imposed on the nation's
biggest police force. The mayor's lawsuit, which he had indicated he'd
file, argues that the measure treads into an area governed by state
criminal law. It includes a section explaining when and how police can
stop, question and pat down people, for instance.

US vampire checkpoints: Maryville, TN officers train for mandatory blood
draws at DUI stops 02 Aug 2013 Police officers in Maryville spent the day
Friday learning how to properly handle a mandatory blood draw at DUI
stops. The Blount County Substance Abuse Prevention Action Team and the
Blount County District Attorney General's Office worked with the officers.
The workshop explained the process of getting and serving a search warrant
for a mandatory blood draw.

Gus the Polar Bear - Free at last, Free at last. 03 Sep 2013 Gus the Polar
Bear's death has been widely eulogized in the news and social media over
the past few days, but nowhere have I seen outrage expressed about the
plight of Gus and other large mammals who "live" at zoos... Born in the
arctic wilderness of Toledo, Ohio, Gus never visited his natural habitat
and was forced to spend his life under house arrest, unable to roam the
hundreds of miles that are the normal home range of a polar bear. His
North Sea was the size of an inflatable backyard pool; the New York summer
was his cool arctic breeze. He lived alone for the last two years of his
life, after his great love Ida died, no new bear brought in to keep him
company.

Vladimir Putin takes field trip to aquarium, gives high five to walrus 02
Sep 2013 Russian President Vladimir Putin visited an "oceanarium" that is
being built on Russky Island in Vladivostok on Sunday. While there,
according to the Presidential Press and Information Office, Putin "watched
brief performances by dolphins and walruses" and toured the construction.
Putin also posed for photos with some of the animals and gave a high five
to one of the walruses. The English-language recap of the trip posted by
the Presidential Press and Information Office noted Putin is "monitoring
the construction work and has visited the site on a number of occasions
already." (Photos)
Lhota would have let kittens get run over, says subway shouldn't have been
shut down 30 Aug 2013 (NY) The two wayward kittens who caused chaos on the
B and Q lines were recovering from their adventure today, as the mayoral
candidates weighed in on the frisky felines. Former MTA boss Joe Lhota
(R-Terrorist) said he would have kept the trains running, rather than
inconvenience hundreds of riders. The MTA cut power on Thursday morning to
keep the two from getting squashed by the B and Q trains.

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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:53:05 +0000
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Green Light for City-Owned San Francisco Bank
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Sep  5 12:41:08 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:41:08 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd:Dennis Kucinich: Time to stand up for America
References: <E23BB4D6-03A1-4B90-A772-ACDDD4A1E854@mcn.org>
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> From: Dennis Kucinich <reply at kucinichaction.com>
> Date: September 4, 2013 3:04:18 AM PDT
> To: Patricia Karch <pkarch at mcn.org>
> Subject: Time to stand up for America
> Reply-To: reply at kucinichaction.com
> 
> 
>  
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Next week Congress will vote on whether to wage war on Syria, a Middle Eastern nation in the middle of a civil war.
> 
> Say NO to more WAR.
> 
> Whether you?re Independent, Democrat, Republican, or Green; if you care about our nation, NOW is the time to stand together to direct Congress to reject war on Syria. Sign and share the PLEDGE to Congress that this vote on war with Syria will help determine your support for, or opposition to, any candidate in future elections.
> 
> I PLEDGE to vote against any Member of Congress, regardless of partisan affiliation, who votes YES to an attack on Syria. Join me.
> 
> Al Qaeda affiliates, whom we have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade, are known to be leading some of the rebel groups.
> 
> We cannot afford another war of choice. The government could shut down over budget talks in less than a month. What will Congress do? Vote for war on credit card one day and then shut down the U.S. government the next?
> 
> Some political leaders are calling for war in order to protect the President?s credibility. Why should our sons and daughters put their lives at risk to protect political vanity?
> 
> Speak to Congress in language they will understand:
> 
> Please SIGN and share the pledge to make this Syria vote a defining re-election issue, and stop this move towards involving the U.S. more deeply in a disastrous war.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -Dennis
> 
> 
>    Paid for by Kucinich Action PAC.   
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Sep  5 14:00:55 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:00:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] agenda 7 Sept. OCCUPY meeting !!please make
	additions/suggestions/corrections!!
In-Reply-To: <FF113084-79C4-43C1-8632-DE8D9C8CD858@gmail.com>
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How about inviting Charles to talk about the rumors going around?
On Sep 5, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Jessie Lee VanSant <vjessielee at gmail.com> wrote:

Susan Nutter and Carrie Durkee are coming to speak
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OCCUPY Agenda  Saturday, 7 Sept, 2013  Senior Center FB  2 to 4 pm

2:00 - Call to order
Review of minutes if available and approval/corrections

*Guest speakers/visitors
10 minutes: Susan Nutter and Carrie Durkee   re: Move to Amend Listening Project

*Discussion

*Senior Center: rumors and realities re: Charles Bush and board and what's going on esp re: OCCUPY use of Be a Erickson Senior Center for meetings


*Projects on-going

~Street Rally -- sidewalk chalk victories

~Charter County - Public Bank

~Foreclosure issues - BoS fund audit of foreclosure records

~MCTV -- FB City Council/BoS  Grand Jury complaint??

~Junior College -- FB City Council/BoS

~People in Transition

~public outreach - going on the radio; First Fridays

~do we still have committees??

Financials - buying some more checks, paying Senior Center, paying for web site (Cinnamon is moving away), having money to pay for filing fee for County Charter to be placed on Nov. 2014 ballot.


4 pm  Adjourn



From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Sep  5 14:52:46 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:52:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: press release]
Message-ID: <40a3d773be2c0d497f9a15707bfc78b0.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

this should be interesting-KZYX John Sakowicz show,9:00 am. on Syria.
Agnes


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Sep  5 16:42:41 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 16:42:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Host a vigil in Fort Bragg to oppose military
	strikes on Syria? Congress votes next Tuesday.
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Economic Times
World Public Opinion Sharply Opposed To Syria Strikes
Huffington Post-8 minutes ago
Four out of five people assert that any military action against Syria requires the ... In Germany, public opinion has been running 58 percent against striking Syria, ...Memories of the run-up to the Iraq war and bogus claims that ...

Maybe this is something Occupy wants to do?  On Mon. evening. Congress voting on Tuesday. We don't necessarily need to be Move On sponsored.
RK
> 
> MoveOn members are joining allies from Credo Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to hold candlelight vigils against military intervention in Syria?before Congress heads back to vote. Can you host a vigil in Mendocino on Monday night at 7? 
> 
> Yes, I can host a vigil
> Dear MoveOn member,
> 
> Five days from now, we may be on our way down the same slippery slope we went down in 2003?toward another war in the Middle East.
> 
> Despite opposition from the majority of Americans, reports indicate that Congress could vote to authorize military strikes on Syria as early as next Tuesday.1 With all that we know?including how often military action can devolve into a full scale war?MoveOn members decisively voted to oppose any military intervention in Syria.
> 
> We're flooding the phones in every representative's and senator's office before the vote to authorize the use of military force?more than 20,000 calls in the last 24 hours alone. But that's not all we need to do to avoid history repeating itself.
> 
> MoveOn members and other progressives are gathering for vigils Monday evening to lift our voices against the drumbeat of war, and make sure that our members of Congress heed our unwavering demand to stay out of Syria. The simple truth is that President Obama doesn't have the support he needs from Congress right now to launch military strikes. But that'll only remain true if progressives show up in person in addition before most members of Congress head back for the votes.
> 
> If Congress may vote on Tuesday, then we need to hold vigils on Monday night that are so powerful and so numerous that they can't possibly be ignored on Tuesday morning?by the mainstream media or by our friends on Capitol Hill.
> 
> You've already made your opposition to military intervention clear. Now, can you host a vigil in Mendocino this Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m.?
> 
> Yes, I can host a vigil in Mendocino to stop military intervention in Syria.
> 
> Hosting a vigil is easy. We'll gather together, read reflections from fellow MoveOn members about the possibility of strikes, and observe a moment of silence. All you need to do is find a nearby public location for people to gather, invite friends, and tell the local media about it. We'll help you recruit other MoveOn members to attend and give you all the support and guidance you need.
> 
> The Obama administration has repeatedly claimed that they are not seeking authorization for a broader war, but while that may technically be the case, it's hard to have confidence this won't spiral out of control. Secretary of State Kerry has backtracked on whether there will be "boots on the ground," and we're now hearing about a no-fly zone, and training rebel forces.2Meanwhile, pro-war hawks from the Senate and the Bush administration are sounding the alarm for outright regime change.3
> 
> But while the mainstream media seems hell-bent on telling us that strikes are inevitable, Congress has yet to vote. And that's why standing together at events coast-to-coast is the right thing to do at this moment?so we can make sure lawmakers understand that the American people want smart alternatives to respond to the apparent use of chemical weapons?not a military intervention in Syria.
> 
> Will you host a vigil in Mendocino to stop us from starting down the slippery slope?
> 
> Yes, I can host a vigil Monday.
> 
> Thanks for all you do.
> 
> ?Anna, Milan, Stephen, Elena, and the rest of the team
> 
> Sources:
> 
> 1. "The American People Really Don't Want to Bomb Syria (POLLS)," The Huffington Post, September 3, 2013 
> http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=293121&id=74478-11588-0rgpSdx&t=4
> 
> 2. "Dempsey: Syrian rebels not ready to back U.S. interests," CBSNews.com, August 21, 2013 
> http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=293174&id=74478-11588-0rgpSdx&t=5
> 
> 3. "GOP Hawks Skeptical on Obama's Syria Plan," The Wall Street Journal, September 4, 2013 
> http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=293175&id=74478-11588-0rgpSdx&t=6
> 
> Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members?no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
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From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:34:03 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Mommy Mommy! I'm Scared!
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Sep  5 20:10:17 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 20:10:17 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Mairead Maguire Reveals Truth About Syria
Message-ID: <1DB614A5-46C6-41D4-AC61-CAD32FF8CADE@att.net>

 
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Reveals Truth About Syria
video interview of Mairead Maguire
July 10, 2013
http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/07/10/nobel-peace-laureate-mairead-maguire-reveals-truth-about-syria/
[click on above URL, then scroll down to play video]
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 09:10:05 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 09:10:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FIRST FRIDAY RALLY TODAY In front of the B of A
	Bank on Main Street, Fort Bragg.
Message-ID: <A25AFE4C-F6E4-4739-8070-0DE2F77C5E15@mcn.org>

Occupy Mendocino has their 4-6 pm expanded rally today to celebrate First Friday. 
Bring your signs and join in. Many people upset about the possibility of 
going into another war. rk

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 10:03:37 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 10:03:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Mairead Maguire Reveals Truth About Syria- A MUST
	SEE VIDEO
References: <1DB614A5-46C6-41D4-AC61-CAD32FF8CADE@att.net>
Message-ID: <B1A364E5-B042-4545-88CF-A769A29763C5@mcn.org>

> A British Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Maguire, tells her account of her fact-finding visit to Syria. 
> 
> While Maguire was in Syria she discovered that the people the U.S. are funding are violent groups and do not want peace in Syria. Her view is that Syria is embroiled in a proxy war fueled by the U.S., Great Britain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
> Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Reveals Truth About Syria
> video interview of Mairead Maguire
> July 10, 2013
> http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/07/10/nobel-peace-laureate-mairead-maguire-reveals-truth-about-syria/
> [click on above URL, then scroll down to play video]




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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 11:06:10 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:06:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Host a vigil in Fort Bragg to oppose military
 strikes on Syria? Congress votes next Tuesday.
In-Reply-To: <A1062582-1708-4D98-A192-CB7187EC0A55@mcn.org>
References: <2d44-122ee-52290ff1@web01.moveon.org>
	<A1062582-1708-4D98-A192-CB7187EC0A55@mcn.org>
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Friends concerned about a violation of International Law,

Syria has not threatened our country or any other. The U.N. Charter ,
section 33 holds that only a country that is threatened with attack can
use force to protect themselves, and with the approval of the Security
Council. If Congress approves of the Obama Resolution they will be giving
approval for illegal action, in violation of International law.

Please immediately contact Jared Huffman at 202 225-5161 
www.huffman.house.gov and urge him to Introduce a Bill of Impeachment.

Professor Francis A. Boyle  of Univ. of Ill. Law .School has drawn up 6
Articles of Impeachment. Why? He said the Obama Resolution introduced to
Congress would authorize Obama, as Commander in Chief, to start out with
an attack on Syria, spread to Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan - a plan
worked out by the Pentagon.
     Boyle said ,Right now there are 5 Russian ships positioned between
U.S. Warships and Syria. He said "Will Russia stand down if their
ships are attacked?"
     He said "After 9-11 we have attacked oil producing countries or
countries with avenues of transit for oil---choke points for
shipping."

Attacking Syria without the approval of the U.N. Security Council would be
Obama flouting International Law and could easily spread to WW 3. It's a
crisis like the Cuban Missile Crisis which nearly brought us to Nuclear
War.

     I believe the only way to stop President Obama's intent to war is as
Law Professor Francis Boyle said on KZYX this morning, is to urge
Representative Jared Huffman to introduce a Bill for Impeachment on
Monday  morning Sept. 9,2013. Congress is planned to vote on Obama's
Resolution on Tuesday. Introducing such a bill could make Obama
rethink his intentions.How would he like to be remembered if there is
History after WW 3 ?

Please urge Rep. Huffman, to call Professor Boyle for wording of 6
Articles of Impeachment at (217) 333-7954.
Go to www.impeachobamanow.org.

Urgently,
A





From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 13:07:44 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 13:07:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Shall We Host a vigil in Fort Bragg to oppose
	military strikes on Syria? Congress votes next Monday night.?
In-Reply-To: <4293fe29a64133d670344653c0d8503e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <2d44-122ee-52290ff1@web01.moveon.org>
	<A1062582-1708-4D98-A192-CB7187EC0A55@mcn.org>
	<4293fe29a64133d670344653c0d8503e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <1C6DD62A-99DC-4A87-802B-931A9EFB2ABD@mcn.org>

Hey 99%ers, 
Shall we plan a vigil on 5 pm or so on Monday at our rally spot in front of B of A ?
  Please let us know. 
*Yes
*No
*Support idea, but can't attend.
* Could make signs

rk


Economic Times
World Public Opinion Sharply Opposed To Syria Strikes
Huffington Post-8 minutes ago
Four out of five people assert that any military action against Syria requires the ... In Germany, public opinion has been running 58 percent against striking Syria, ...Memories of the run-up to the Iraq war and bogus claims that ...

Maybe this is something Occupy wants to do?  On Mon. evening. Congress voting on Tuesday. We don't necessarily need to be Move On sponsored.
RK
> 
> MoveOn members are joining allies from Credo Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to hold candlelight vigils against military intervention in Syria?before Congress heads back to vote. Can you host a vigil in Mendocino on Monday night at 7? 
> 
> Yes, I can host a vigil
> Dear MoveOn member,
> 
> Five days from now, we may be on our way down the same slippery slope we went down in 2003?toward another war in the Middle East.
> 
> Despite opposition from the majority of Americans, reports indicate that Congress could vote to authorize military strikes on Syria as early as next Tuesday.1 With all that we know?including how often military action can devolve into a full scale war?MoveOn members decisively voted to oppose any military intervention in Syria.
> 
> We're flooding the phones in every representative's and senator's office before the vote to authorize the use of military force?more than 20,000 calls in the last 24 hours alone. But that's not all we need to do to avoid history repeating itself.
> 
> MoveOn members and other progressives are gathering for vigils Monday evening to lift our voices against the drumbeat of war, and make sure that our members of Congress heed our unwavering demand to stay out of Syria. The simple truth is that President Obama doesn't have the support he needs from Congress right now to launch military strikes. But that'll only remain true if progressives show up in person in addition before most members of Congress head back for the votes.
> 
> If Congress may vote on Tuesday, then we need to hold vigils on Monday night that are so powerful and so numerous that they can't possibly be ignored on Tuesday morning?by the mainstream media or by our friends on Capitol Hill.
> 
> You've already made your opposition to military intervention clear. Now, can you host a vigil in Mendocino this Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m.?
> 
> Yes, I can host a vigil in Mendocino to stop military intervention in Syria.
> 


On Sep 6, 2013, at 11:06 AM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> Friends concerned about a violation of International Law,
> 
> Syria has not threatened our country or any other. The U.N. Charter ,
> section 33 holds that only a country that is threatened with attack can
> use force to protect themselves, and with the approval of the Security
> Council. If Congress approves of the Obama Resolution they will be giving
> approval for illegal action, in violation of International law.
> 
> Please immediately contact Jared Huffman at 202 225-5161 
> www.huffman.house.gov and urge him to Introduce a Bill of Impeachment.
> 
> Professor Francis A. Boyle  of Univ. of Ill. Law .School has drawn up 6
> Articles of Impeachment. Why? He said the Obama Resolution introduced to
> Congress would authorize Obama, as Commander in Chief, to start out with
> an attack on Syria, spread to Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan - a plan
> worked out by the Pentagon.
>     Boyle said ,Right now there are 5 Russian ships positioned between
> U.S. Warships and Syria. He said "Will Russia stand down if their
> ships are attacked?"
>     He said "After 9-11 we have attacked oil producing countries or
> countries with avenues of transit for oil---choke points for
> shipping."
> 
> Attacking Syria without the approval of the U.N. Security Council would be
> Obama flouting International Law and could easily spread to WW 3. It's a
> crisis like the Cuban Missile Crisis which nearly brought us to Nuclear
> War.
> 
>     I believe the only way to stop President Obama's intent to war is as
> Law Professor Francis Boyle said on KZYX this morning, is to urge
> Representative Jared Huffman to introduce a Bill for Impeachment on
> Monday  morning Sept. 9,2013. Congress is planned to vote on Obama's
> Resolution on Tuesday. Introducing such a bill could make Obama
> rethink his intentions.How would he like to be remembered if there is
> History after WW 3 ?
> 
> Please urge Rep. Huffman, to call Professor Boyle for wording of 6
> Articles of Impeachment at (217) 333-7954.
> Go to www.impeachobamanow.org.
> 
> Urgently,
> A
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject.
> 
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 14:21:40 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:21:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] youtube of francis Boyle speaking about
	Impeachment
Message-ID: <8593cd59c8f775fe5751fcb1c977aee6.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=francis+boyle+illinois&gbv=2&oq=francis+boyle&gs_l=heirloom-hp.1.1.0l10.

This you tube with law Professor Francis Boyle is very informative in re
to ,number 1. drawing up murder lists of US citizens in violation of the
5th amendment,and 2.
the unconstitutional war Obama waged war against Libya for 7 months in
violation of the War Powers Act, without congressional approval.

Prof. Boyle drew up the articles of Impeachment against Bush, Sr. in 1973
which was the reason he stopped the war in Quwait from heading to Bagdad.

Watch the You tube above,please.

Agnes



From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 14:28:51 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:28:51 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] edited-youtube of francis Boyle speaking about
	Impeachment]
Message-ID: <1cac27082fddc36a9073d961d3ca35a6.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: youtube of francis Boyle speaking about Impeachment
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Fri, September 6, 2013 2:21 pm
To:      occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=francis+boyle+illinois&gbv=2&oq=francis+boyle&gs_l=heirloom-hp.1.1.0l10.

This you tube with law Professor Francis Boyle is very informative in re
to ,number 1. Pres. Obama drawing up murder lists of US citizens in
violation of the 5th amendment,and
 2. the unconstitutional war Obama waged war against Libya for 7 months in
violation of the War Powers Act, without congressional approval.

Prof. Boyle drew up the articles of Impeachment against Bush, Sr. for the
late Rep. Gonzales of Texas in 1973
which was the reason Bush,Sr. stopped the war in Quwait from heading to
Bagdad. This bill of Impeachment might stop a wider war escalating to
Nuclear War.

Agnes

Watch the You tube above,please.

Agnes





From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 14:43:06 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:43:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] after the G20 conference-see Putin's and Obama's
	conclusions
Message-ID: <073aab7d6cda28bb2071ba4759e4b48e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/obama-alliance-assad-chemical-weapons



From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep  6 14:54:25 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:54:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: G20 Ends Abruptly as Obama Calls Putin
	a Jackass
Message-ID: <16E0F52F-5BE3-4003-90A4-D368F7772398@att.net>


G20 ENDS ABRUPTLY AS OBAMA CALLS PUTIN A JACKASS


ST. PETERSBURG ?Hopes for a positive G20 summit crumbled today as President Obama blurted to Russia?s Vladimir Putin at a joint press appearance, ?Everyone here thinks you?re a jackass.?

The press corps appeared stunned by the uncharacteristic outburst from Mr. Obama, who then unleashed a ten-minute tirade at the stone-faced Russian President.

?Look, I?m not just talking about Snowden and Syria,? Mr. Obama said. ?What about Pussy Riot? What about your anti-gay laws? Total jackass moves, my friend.?

As Mr. Putin narrowed his eyes in frosty silence, Mr. Obama seemed to warm to his topic.

?If you think I?m the only one who feels this way, you?re kidding yourself,? Mr. Obama said, jabbing his finger in the direction of the Russian President?s face. ?Ask Angela Merkel. Ask David Cameron. Ask the Turkish guy. Every last one of them thinks you?re a dick.?

Shortly after Mr. Obama?s volcanic performance, Mr. Putin released a terse official statement, reading, ?I should be afraid of this skinny man? I wrestle bears.?

After one day of meetings, the G20 nations voted unanimously on a resolution that said maybe everyone should just go home.



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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sat Sep  7 04:37:13 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 04:37:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Shall We Host a vigil in Fort Bragg to oppose
	military strikes on Syria? Congress votes next Monday night.?
In-Reply-To: <1C6DD62A-99DC-4A87-802B-931A9EFB2ABD@mcn.org>
References: <2d44-122ee-52290ff1@web01.moveon.org>
	<A1062582-1708-4D98-A192-CB7187EC0A55@mcn.org>
	<4293fe29a64133d670344653c0d8503e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
	<1C6DD62A-99DC-4A87-802B-931A9EFB2ABD@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <A2541861-FFA4-4D13-9735-CF53363B9CFC@gmail.com>

YES!!!!
On Sep 6, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

> Hey 99%ers, 
> Shall we plan a vigil on 5 pm or so on Monday at our rally spot in front of B of A ?
>   Please let us know. 
> *Yes
> *No
> *Support idea, but can't attend.
> * Could make signs
> 
> rk
> 
> <images.jpeg>
> Economic Times
> World Public Opinion Sharply Opposed To Syria Strikes
> Huffington Post-8 minutes ago
> Four out of five people assert that any military action against Syria requires the ... In Germany, public opinion has been running 58 percent against striking Syria, ...Memories of the run-up to the Iraq war and bogus claims that ...
> 
> Maybe this is something Occupy wants to do?  On Mon. evening. Congress voting on Tuesday. We don't necessarily need to be Move On sponsored.
> RK
>> 
>> MoveOn members are joining allies from Credo Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to hold candlelight vigils against military intervention in Syria?before Congress heads back to vote. Can you host a vigil in Mendocino on Monday night at 7? 
>> 
>> Yes, I can host a vigil
>> Dear MoveOn member,
>> 
>> Five days from now, we may be on our way down the same slippery slope we went down in 2003?toward another war in the Middle East.
>> 
>> Despite opposition from the majority of Americans, reports indicate that Congress could vote to authorize military strikes on Syria as early as next Tuesday.1 With all that we know?including how often military action can devolve into a full scale war?MoveOn members decisively voted to oppose any military intervention in Syria.
>> 
>> We're flooding the phones in every representative's and senator's office before the vote to authorize the use of military force?more than 20,000 calls in the last 24 hours alone. But that's not all we need to do to avoid history repeating itself.
>> 
>> MoveOn members and other progressives are gathering for vigils Monday evening to lift our voices against the drumbeat of war, and make sure that our members of Congress heed our unwavering demand to stay out of Syria. The simple truth is that President Obama doesn't have the support he needs from Congress right now to launch military strikes. But that'll only remain true if progressives show up in person in addition before most members of Congress head back for the votes.
>> 
>> If Congress may vote on Tuesday, then we need to hold vigils on Monday night that are so powerful and so numerous that they can't possibly be ignored on Tuesday morning?by the mainstream media or by our friends on Capitol Hill.
>> 
>> You've already made your opposition to military intervention clear. Now, can you host a vigil in Mendocino this Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m.?
>> 
>> Yes, I can host a vigil in Mendocino to stop military intervention in Syria.
>> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 6, 2013, at 11:06 AM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:
> 
>> Friends concerned about a violation of International Law,
>> 
>> Syria has not threatened our country or any other. The U.N. Charter ,
>> section 33 holds that only a country that is threatened with attack can
>> use force to protect themselves, and with the approval of the Security
>> Council. If Congress approves of the Obama Resolution they will be giving
>> approval for illegal action, in violation of International law.
>> 
>> Please immediately contact Jared Huffman at 202 225-5161 
>> www.huffman.house.gov and urge him to Introduce a Bill of Impeachment.
>> 
>> Professor Francis A. Boyle  of Univ. of Ill. Law .School has drawn up 6
>> Articles of Impeachment. Why? He said the Obama Resolution introduced to
>> Congress would authorize Obama, as Commander in Chief, to start out with
>> an attack on Syria, spread to Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan - a plan
>> worked out by the Pentagon.
>>     Boyle said ,Right now there are 5 Russian ships positioned between
>> U.S. Warships and Syria. He said "Will Russia stand down if their
>> ships are attacked?"
>>     He said "After 9-11 we have attacked oil producing countries or
>> countries with avenues of transit for oil---choke points for
>> shipping."
>> 
>> Attacking Syria without the approval of the U.N. Security Council would be
>> Obama flouting International Law and could easily spread to WW 3. It's a
>> crisis like the Cuban Missile Crisis which nearly brought us to Nuclear
>> War.
>> 
>>     I believe the only way to stop President Obama's intent to war is as
>> Law Professor Francis Boyle said on KZYX this morning, is to urge
>> Representative Jared Huffman to introduce a Bill for Impeachment on
>> Monday  morning Sept. 9,2013. Congress is planned to vote on Obama's
>> Resolution on Tuesday. Introducing such a bill could make Obama
>> rethink his intentions.How would he like to be remembered if there is
>> History after WW 3 ?
>> 
>> Please urge Rep. Huffman, to call Professor Boyle for wording of 6
>> Articles of Impeachment at (217) 333-7954.
>> Go to www.impeachobamanow.org.
>> 
>> Urgently,
>> A
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject.
>> 
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> 
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 09:47:33 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 09:47:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Vigil at 7 PM on Monday in Front of Town Hall to
	Stop Another War
Message-ID: <ACBC5611-0783-404A-BC21-F77FFC869302@mcn.org>

MoveOn members are joining allies from Credo Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to hold candlelight vigils against military intervention in Syria?before Congress heads back to vote. Can you host a vigil in Mendocino on Monday night at 7? 

MYes, I can host a vigil
Dear 99ers,

I've had a number of people respond to having a candlelight vigil against the Syrian strike.

We can align with the nation wide MoveOn vigil. (See note below) 

 Seems to me that candles would do well in front of Town Hall.  (Bank location has much wind from traffic zipping by.)

We can have a 'choir' of candles. Maybe the Women in Black might want to join in?  

Hope to see you there.

Richard



Dear MoveOn member,

Five days from now, we may be on our way down the same slippery slope we went down in 2003?toward another war in the Middle East.

Despite opposition from the majority of Americans, reports indicate that Congress could vote to authorize military strikes on Syria as early as next Tuesday.1 With all that we know?including how often military action can devolve into a full scale war?MoveOn members decisively voted to oppose any military intervention in Syria.

We're flooding the phones in every representative's and senator's office before the vote to authorize the use of military force?more than 20,000 calls in the last 24 hours alone. But that's not all we need to do to avoid history repeating itself.

MoveOn members and other progressives are gathering for vigils Monday evening to lift our voices against the drumbeat of war, and make sure that our members of Congress heed our unwavering demand to stay out of Syria. The simple truth is that President Obama doesn't have the support he needs from Congress right now to launch military strikes. But that'll only remain true if progressives show up in person in addition before most members of Congress head back for the votes.

If Congress may vote on Tuesday, then we need to hold vigils on Monday night that are so powerful and so numerous that they can't possibly be ignored on Tuesday morning?by the mainstream media or by our friends on Capitol Hill.

You've already made your opposition to military intervention clear. Now, can you host a vigil in Mendocino this Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m.?

Yes, I can host a vigil in Mendocino to stop military intervention in Syria.





"Looks fade, but funny is forever."                                                                             
                      Heard on  NPR's Fresh Air

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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 09:48:22 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 09:48:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] agenda item
Message-ID: <5e57fb71ec1f09da4c83c19fb041b043.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Please see this You tube below ,and add discussion to the agenda: call for
Impeachment of  Obama, as he begins to light a tinder box to WW 3,
starting with Syria.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjGK3cDleA8


Agnes



From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 09:50:24 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 09:50:24 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] agenda item
Message-ID: <11b8c57de73d3a1b9db08b29542e5a31.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Please see this You tube below ,and add discussion to the agenda: call for
Impeachment of  Obama, as he begins to light a tinder box to WW 3,
starting with Syria.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjGK3cDleA8


Agnes



From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep  6 09:04:33 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 09:04:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senators who voted to attack Syria
Message-ID: <46A19E34-76D0-4393-BF59-5D698D683360@mcn.org>

 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/syria-war-authorization-money/)






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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 10:11:44 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 10:11:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] report from CFLG
Message-ID: <c3afcd1b5a65c30541561e5dd7e69469.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

More info re trajectory to a regional war in M.East.
AW

First Syria 'rebels' armed and trained by CIA 'on way to battlefield' 03
Sep 2013 The first cell of Syrian 'rebels' trained and armed by the CIA is
making its way to the battlefield, President Barack Obama has reportedly
told senators. Mr Obama said that a 50-man [terrorist] cell, believed to
have been trained by US special forces in Jordan, was making its way
across the border into Syria, according to the New York Times. The
deployment of the rebel unit seems to be the first tangible measure of
support since Mr Obama announced in June that the US would begin providing
the opposition with small arms.

Congress moves to approve Syria strike 03 Sep 2013 Obama's battle to get
congressional approval for a military strike on Syria moved a step closer
Tuesday, with leaders of both parties in Congress announcing that the
United States should respond to Syrian President Assad's alleged use of
chemical weapons. US President Barack Obama convinced leaders of both
Democrats and Republicans in Congress to support his request for the
authorization of a military strike on Syria. After a meeting with more
than a dozen senior lawmakers this week, members of both parties went
public, praising Obama's plan and pledging a 'yes' vote on the operation
against the Syrian government.

US Navy deploys five warships, one amphibious ship to Mediterranean for
Syria 02 Sep 2013 The US Navy has deployed an amphibious transport ship to
the Mediterranean, where five destroyers are already in place for possible
missile strikes on Syria, a defense official said Sunday. The USS San
Antonio, with several helicopters and hundreds of Marines on board, is "on
station in the Eastern Mediterranean" but "has received no specific
tasking," said the defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Unlike the destroyers deployed to the area, the San Antonio carries no
Tomahawk cruise missiles but can ferry up to four helicopters and is
designed to bring Marines ashore by chopper or landing craft.

U.S. positioning aircraft carrier for possible strike on Syria 02 Sep 2103
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its
strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited
[sic] U.S. strike on Syria, if 'needed,' defense officials said on Sunday.
The Nimitz carrier strike group, which includes four destroyers and a
cruiser, has no specific orders to move to the eastern Mediterranean at
this point, but is moving west in the Arabian Sea so it can do so if
asked. It was not immediately clear when the ships would enter the Red
Sea, but they had not arrived by Sunday evening, said one official.

'IDF soldiers mass on Lebanese border' --Media reports claim Israeli
forces have mobilized in the north ahead of a possible US attack on Syria
31 Aug 2013 Lebanese media reported Saturday that the IDF has mobilized a
large number of troops along the Israel-Lebanon border, ahead of a likely
US attack on Syria following the alleged use of chemical weapons by regime
forces last week. According to the reports, which were not confirmed by
the IDF, Israeli soldiers were deployed in areas bordering the eastern
areas of south Lebanon, namely the Upper Galilee, the Shebaa Farms and the
Golan Heights.

US Marine website targeted by pro-Assad hackers 02 Sep 2013 Pro-Syrian
regime hackers posted messages on a US Marine Corps recruiting website on
Monday, urging troops to defy orders from President Barack Obama. The
hackers showed photos of people in American uniforms holding hand-written
signs saying they would not fight for 'al-Qaeda' in Syria. "Obama is a
traitor who wants to put your lives in danger to rescue al-Qaeda
insurgents," the message read, according to a screenshot from The Wall
Street Journal.





From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 11:17:53 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:17:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] tell Congress to vote no on petition
Message-ID: <d2c7838733eb5e74bdf6df4757a9503a.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

please sign this by Danny  Glover.
Agnes
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Tell_Congress_Vote_NO_on_Bombing_Syria/?cUMFdab



From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 12:32:37 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:32:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Re: Urgent: Code Pink Peace Insurrection in
 DC, how can TPP leverage?]
Message-ID: <4e1f16fe03eb81df9f9fbc6aab602ae0.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Re: Urgent: Code Pink Peace Insurrection in DC

> On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 04:45:13 -0700, Fred Wood <fbwood at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> FYI, numerous groups are mobilizing for actions in Washington DC to oppose
> congressional authorization for a unilateral US military attack on Syria.
>
> The latest is Code Pink, which is organizing numerous activities including
> an occupation on Capitol Hill.
>
> How can the Flush TPP/Block Fast Track Coalition leverage this situation,
> which could continue at least through the congressional voting on the war
> authorization requested by President Obama, and perhaps beyond?
>
> I plan to attend the Code Pink Rally and March today to try to get a
> better sense of where this is headed.
>
> Pasting in the recent alert from Code Pink.
>
> FBW.
>
>
> <http://codepink.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qk0%2BEE7R%2BhAKBZbA90MIaLhZ/czoUQ19>
>
> September 6, 2013
>
> Dear Fred,
>
> *Tonight we are starting a Peace Insurrection encampment outside Congress
> to say NO to War on Syria until the vote goes through sometime next
week.*We
> will be spending all day and all night for the next week at Congress, and
> invite you to join us for this urgent cause. We will be drafting a People's
> Resolution as an alternative to war, visiting our elected representatives
> every single day, painting and chalking and creating visuals, building a
> dialogue booth for folks to talk about alternatives to war, and anything
> YOU want to do. *Bring your chairs, sleeping bags, pots and pans, art
> supplies, spirit and positive energy! *Camp Peace Insurrection started
> tonight at the *corner of Independence and New Jersey Ave. at 5 pm* (across
> from Cannon Building). Stay tuned for updates!
>
> *Here are some other upcoming events in DC we hope to see you at!*
>
> * **Saturday, September 7*
> Noon-2 pm: No Attack on Syria rally at White House & march to the Capitol
> -ANSWER, CODEPINK
>
> * Sunday, September 8*
> 12 noon: Rally at White House- No War on Syria!
>
> * **Monday, September 9*
> *8-9 am:* Leaflet Congressional staffers at Capitol South Metro Station,
> Syrian-American Forum rally
> *9am-4pm: *Daily Outside Vigil at Independence & New Jersey-between
> Cannon & Longworth on the Capitol side (leaflets & banners)
> *9am-4pm:* Daily Hub in Rayburn House building Cafeteria for Lobbying
> Congressional offices (Info packets, List of key Congressional offices to
> visit
>
> ****Be ready to attend short-notice hearings or debate at the Capitol****
>
> * Tuesday, September 10 - Friday, September 13*
> *9am-4pm:* Daily Outside Vigil at Independence & New Jersey-between
> Cannon & Longworth on the Capitol side (leaflets & banners)
> *9am-4pm: *Daily Hub in Rayburn House building Cafeteria for Lobbying
> Congressional offices (Info packets, List of key Congressional offices to
> visit)
>
> ****Be ready to attend short-notice hearings or debate at the Capitol****
>
> We hope you can make it to all of these events! If you any questions about
> these events, contact Noor at (845) 625-3725 or Medea at (415) 235-6517.
>
> *Onward towards peace and diplomacy for Syria,*
>
> The CODEPINK DC Team
>
>
>
> *
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> *Diplomacy and Aid for Syria, Not Military
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> ------------------------------
> From: fbwood at hotmail.com
> To: mdpnhp at gmail.com; arthur at citizenstrade.org; adam at tradejustice.net;
> bill at backbonecampaign.org; cherippehrc at hotmail.com; arnie at imipono.org;
> dsrandall at comcast.net; jcastillo at atcf.org; andrea at malamakauai.org;
> davidrnewby at sbcglobal.net; louis at peopleoverpolitics.org;
> dave at fooddemocracynow.org; gaisle1 at yahoo.com; glenis.lobb at gmail.com;
> taylor.gaar at gmail.com; agnes at mcn.org; crotonwshed at aol.com; bruce at afgj.org;
> drdonnacnhp at aol.com; relliott at aidslaw.ca; hellionn2001 at yahoo.com;
> voter_04 at yahoo.com; mclarty at greens.org; nicca at igc.org;
> jcriesberry at ripnet.com; gaia at iname.com; chrisw51 at sbcglobal.net;
> elizabeth at oregonfairtrade.org; jillian.severinski at gmail.com;
> strew at canadians.org; burbano at rogers.com; npc at inmotionmagazine.com;
> james at afgj.org; boogabooga84 at hotmail.com; ohnies at gmail.com;
> david.cortez at sierraclub.org; kim at backbonecampaign.org; eweir at usw.ca;
> leahbolger at comcast.net; dnewby at wisaflcio.org; pamela.hall at sbbmail.com;
> activists4action at gmail.com; dave at reststop.net; nancytprice39 at gmail.com;
> amy at citizenstrade.org; maurer_rolf at yahoo.com; alexis at organicconsumers.org;
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org; nelsondon45 at yahoo.com;
> eddiestinson at gmail.com; vefoster at earthlink.net; howardp71 at gmail.com;
> kerstin at fairworldproject.org; brookemcgowen at gmail.com;
> jimhogue at myfairpoint.net; ejain49 at gmail.com; corruptingcoin at gmail.com;
> jcole84503 at aol.com; jessica at denningfamily.com; caparker1982 at yahoo.com;
> diamondthecanalman at gmail.com; rdpinkerton at sbcglobal.net; natalie at usft.org;
> lizwarrenmail at earthlink.net; chesterzev1 at gmail.com; rosewood924 at gmail.com;
> tedwardhall at gmail.com; kbzeese at gmail.com; cassidar at gmail.com
> Subject: RE: OccupyDC social media...Flush the TPP Call TODAY
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:20:47 -0700
>
> Great call, thanks for all your efforts on this issue.
>
> While Occupy DC is mostly inactive, their Facebook and Twitter accounts
> still appear to be active, each with a fairly large number of likes or
> followers.
>
> Could be that postings regarding DC area needs and actions on TPP could
> get through to some people re DC area events, trainings, actions mentioned
> on the call.
>
> Facebook:
> https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDC (current/recent postings). 3,875 likes.
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-DC/224901304231377 (stale page).
> 11,784 likes.
> https://www.facebook.com/OccupyWashDC (stale page), 7,047 likes.
>
> Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/Occupy_DC (current/recent postings).  13,977
> followers; 496 following.
> https://twitter.com/OccupyKSt (current/recent postings). 10,095
> followers; 555 following.
>
> However it is unclear if Occupy DC itself is doing much or any postings or
> tweets at this point.  Could be mostly postings/tweets by others.
>
> Nonetheless, seems like it might be worth trying just to get the word out
> to former Occupy DC activists and supporters.
>
> FBW.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 09:50:12 -0400
> Subject: Flush the TPP Call TODAY
> From: mdpnhp at gmail.com
> To: arthur at citizenstrade.org; fbwood at hotmail.com; adam at tradejustice.net;
> bill at backbonecampaign.org; cherippehrc at hotmail.com; arnie at imipono.org;
> dsrandall at comcast.net; jcastillo at atcf.org; andrea at malamakauai.org;
> davidrnewby at sbcglobal.net; louis at peopleoverpolitics.org;
> dave at fooddemocracynow.org; gaisle1 at yahoo.com; glenis.lobb at gmail.com;
> taylor.gaar at gmail.com; agnes at mcn.org; CrotonWshed at aol.com; bruce at afgj.org;
> drdonnacnhp at aol.com; relliott at aidslaw.ca; hellionn2001 at yahoo.com;
> voter_04 at yahoo.com; mclarty at greens.org; nicca at igc.org;
> jcriesberry at ripnet.com; gaia at iname.com; chrisw51 at sbcglobal.net;
> elizabeth at oregonfairtrade.org; jillian.severinski at gmail.com;
> strew at canadians.org; burbano at rogers.com; npc at inmotionmagazine.com;
> james at afgj.org; boogabooga84 at hotmail.com; ohnies at gmail.com;
> david.cortez at sierraclub.org; Kim at backbonecampaign.org; eweir at usw.ca;
> leahbolger at comcast.net; dnewby at wisaflcio.org; pamela.hall at sbbmail.com;
> Activists4Action at gmail.com; dave at reststop.net; nancytprice39 at gmail.com;
> amy at citizenstrade.org; maurer_rolf at yahoo.com; alexis at organicconsumers.org;
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org; nelsondon45 at yahoo.com;
> eddiestinson at gmail.com; vefoster at earthlink.net; howardp71 at gmail.com;
> kerstin at fairworldproject.org; brookemcgowen at gmail.com;
> jimhogue at myfairpoint.net; ejain49 at gmail.com; corruptingcoin at gmail.com;
> jcole84503 at aol.com; jessica at denningfamily.com; caparker1982 at yahoo.com;
> diamondthecanalman at gmail.com; rdpinkerton at sbcglobal.net; natalie at usft.org;
> lizwarrenmail at earthlink.net; chesterzev1 at gmail.com; rosewood924 at gmail.com;
> tedwardhall at gmail.com; kbzeese at gmail.com; cassidar at gmail.com
>
> We are having a Flush the TPP call today at 1 pm EDT/10 am Pacific. We
> hope you can make it. The number is 712 432 1500 and the code is 234795#.
>
> Agenda:
> 1. Intro and report back on actions
> 2. Twitter Tuesdays
> 3. S17
> 4. Actions in DC/ camp and Fair Trade Brigade
> 5. Other
>
> Best,
> Margaret
>
>
>
> --
> Margaret Flowers M.D.
> 410-591-0892
> m <margaret at pnhp.org>dpnhp at gmail.com
> Twitter: @MFlowers8
>
> *Shift the Power*
> *Democratize the Economy
> Its Our Economy (www.ItsOurEconomy.US <http://www.itsoureconomy.us/>)*
> *Build power and resistance
> PopularResistance.org (www.PopularResistance.org**)*
> *Democratize the Media
> Clearing the FOG (Forces of Greed) Radio Show
> (http://www.ClearingTheFOGRadio.org) *
> *
> *
> "In times of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
> George Orwell
>
> *Warning: Myriad government agencies can read this message WITHOUT:
> warning, notice, warrant, probable or any cause, judicial or legislative
> oversight, and in violation of other Fourth-Amendment and Constitutional
> requirements.*
>
>
>
>
> http://www.earnestproductionsvt.org 802 456 1123
> http://www.metropolistv.nl/?lang=en&p=1492
> More at Jim Hogue's blog at http://www.vtcommons.org
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep  7 12:42:55 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:42:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] the War Powers Act -is part of the Constityution
Message-ID: <8a7dd99a629c3dee9d2804479d62fa1c.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

For Your Information; from Wikipedia:

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541-1548)[1] is a federal
law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to
an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was
adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution; this
provides that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad
only by declaration of war by Congress, "statutory authorization," or in
case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States,
its territories or possessions, or its armed forces."

The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within
48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed
forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day
withdrawal period, without an authorization of the use of military force
or a declaration of war. The resolution was passed by two-thirds of
Congress, overriding a presidential veto. The War Powers Resolution has
been violated in the past, for example, by President Clinton in 1999,
during the bombing campaign in Kosovo. All incidents have had
congressional disapproval, but none have had any successful legal actions
taken against the president for violations.[2]



From marksafron at att.net  Sat Sep  7 14:20:36 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 14:20:36 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If the House Says No to War
Message-ID: <F38C9933-8DC2-4CC1-8DE7-3EC2226347B6@att.net>

If the House Says No to War

By Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News

07 September 13

 
he House of Representatives is poised to vote No on any attack on Syria. This is the moment to bring antiwar forces together, both in the United States and around the world. This is the moment that we can build a movement that can make history. Who will show leadership to ensure victory this month and move on making this movement move?

As of 8 p.m. last night, Firedoglake reported that the count was 226 leaning or firm No, 62 leaning or firm Yes. That means the No votes have a majority in the House, with 147 votes remaining undecided. The Huffington Post figures are similar, with 217 leaning No, 44 leaning Yes. In the House, Democrats are four to one against it, and the Republicans are almost ten to one against it. Florida congressman Alan Grayson thinks that if this trend continues, that the House may refuse to even vote on it "unless they want to simply put it out there to be defeated."

Antiwar actions will take place this weekend and in the days to come. Everyone should hit the streets. Everyone should lobby their Congressional representatives. Mass nonviolent direct action should take place now. It makes no sense after the vote. The idea is to make sure the bombs never fall.

Obama is going to address the nation next week, after Congress re-convenes on Monday the 9th. He is going to try to turn public opinion around, with the votes due to happen within a matter of days or weeks. Look at what Obama has to address ? his rhetoric can't defeat these five obstacles, and I think he knows it.


What burden of proof is required to show that the Syrian government is to blame and that they weren't set up in some way? Congressman Alan Grayson asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about media reports that Syrian commanders were surprised to hear the news about the chemical attack. Hagel said he wasn't aware of these reports, but emphasized that any supporting documents would probably have to stay classified in any case. The legal community uses three different tools for making a decision: Preponderance of the evidence, clear and convincing evidence, and reasonable doubt. Which one is proper here? Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the only reasonable standard for a question of this magnitude.


This is important because chemical attacks are a terrible thing. What is the appropriate response? International law bars the United States from launching a preemptive attack, since an attack on Syria does not constitute self-defense. The United Nations can't take action, because Russia is on the Security Council and can block an attack. The place for action is at the World Court, and to seek criminal sanctions against the perpetrators. Anything else is illegal.


The Syrian conflict is not simply a civil war ? it is a proxy war. Several wars are going on simultaneously in Syria, with al-Qaeda among the opposition forces. Are the United States and al-Qaeda really about to fight on the same side? There are also self-defense pacts between Syria and Iran, which could result in Iran attacking Israel if Syria is attacked. Israel, Turkey, and Russia have major security interests that could be triggered if bombs start flying. Any attack could lead to a larger conflagration and American boots on the ground. Secretary of State John Kerry was forced to admit that yesterday.


Any attack on Syria is estimated to cost one billion dollars every two weeks, according to Rep. Grayson. If this action were to take the full 90 days permitted in this bill, that would be seven billion dollars, while everything from food subsidies to the National Archives are experiencing severe cutbacks. Grayson points to the twenty million looking for work and almost fifty million on food stamps.


There are two million refugees due to the Syrian conflict. The United States and others should be supporting these refugees through established, internationally recognized, neutral institutions and organizations, not by another round of endless war.

This is the moment for people to come together. We can act where we live with 435 flying pickets ? one for each member of the House. The website of US Labor Against the War (USLAW) offers an excellent combination of educational materials and action suggestions to be used in the days to come. The Friends Committee on National Legislation and Just Foreign Policy are other great resources. Many other groups need our participation, fresh vision, and new approaches. We can start new groups, where we live and where we work. We can support those facing cutbacks and those fighting for a living wage by encouraging them to provide new leadership to the antiwar movement.

No president has ever been denied support for a military strike by either the Senate or the House. It's about to happen. Obama asked for a vote. The challenge is to make the House vote mean something. If we can stop the Pentagon from attacking Syria, we will make history.

How can we bring peace to Syria, if we tie the hands of the Pentagon? We can urge people from all sides of the conflict to come to the table. We can use the power of the media, the power of theater, the power of prayer. We can support the formation of an international, Gandhi-style nonviolent army to march to Damascus and help increase the peace. One thing is for sure: the path to peace is not aided by going to war for the sake of anybody's "credibility."

The antiwar forces in the United States have an enormous responsibility. People all over the world are looking to us. If we want peace, we have to work for peace. We can no longer stand on the sidelines and complain about being marginalized. We have to take the field. We have to act.


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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Sep  7 15:18:18 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 15:18:18 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Obama Reframes Syria: Metaphor and War Revisited
Message-ID: <B6183ACA-62A8-42B9-BF5F-7F4392E9C3B1@att.net>


http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/19269-focus-obama-reframes-syria-metaphor-and-war-revisited

Obama Reframes Syria: Metaphor and War Revisited


By George Lakoff, Reader Supported News

06 September 13

 

resident Obama has reframed his position on Syria, adjusting the Red Line metaphor: It wasn't his Red Line, not his responsibility for drawing it. It was the Red Line drawn by the world, by the international community - both legally by international treaty, and morally by universal revulsion against the use of poison gas by Assad. It was also America's Red Line, imposed by America's commitment to live up to such treaties.

The reframing fit his previous rationale for the Red Line: to uphold international treaties on weapons of mass destruction, both gas and nuclear weapons. By this logic, the Red Line therefore applies not just to Assad's use of sarin, but potentially to Iran's development of nuclear weapons.

The new version of the metaphorical policy has broad consequences, what I have called systemic causation (that goes beyond the immediate local situation) as opposed to direct causation (in this case applying just to the immediate case of Assad's use of sarin).

Some will call the reframing cynical, a way to avoid responsibility for his first use of the Red Line metaphor. But President Obama's reframing makes excellent sense from the perspective of his consistent policy of treaties and international norms, which he has said was the basis for the Red Line metaphor in the first place.

Metaphors can kill, as I wrote in my original Metaphor and War paper in 1991 on the eve of the Gulf War. Why can metaphors kill? Because metaphors in language are reflections of metaphorical thought that structures reasoning, and thus our actions, both in everyday life and in politics. In politics, they are rarely isolated. They usually come as part of a coherent system of concepts - usually a moral system.

The Red Line metaphor can stand a bit of linguistic analysis. The metaphor is based on a conceptual frame: "Drawing a line in the sand" means that the person who draws the line issues a threat to the person on the other side: you cross the line and I'll hurt you. This frame presupposes another common conceptual metaphor: Performing A Kind of Action Is Being In A Bounded Location, and Changing a Kind of Action is Moving to a New Location.

Examples are "He pushed me into running for office" and "I stopped short of punching him in the nose." The Red Line metaphor says that some actions are characterized as being located on one side of the line, and other actions are seen as being located on the other side. Switching from the first kind of action to the second is seen as crossing the line. The "red" in Red Line can stand either for danger: high alert, or for blood - the harm that will come from crossing the line will be bloody.

The Red Line metaphor is part of a system that includes the Punishment metaphor and the Send-A-Signal metaphor. The Punishment metaphor comes from the application of Strict Father morality to international politics. People commonly construe international politics in terms of family dynamics, based on a World Community as Family metaphor. Within this metaphor, some countries are seen as "heads of the family" while others are construed as children whose behavior must be regulated. One common version of this metaphor is based on the Strict Father family. In a Strict Father family, the father is assumed to know right from wrong, to set rules that are right, and to teach his children to do what is right by punishing them painfully when they do wrong. The punishment must be painful enough so that the child will refrain from acting immorally. The father is morally required to punish. If he doesn't, he shows weakness and the children will start doing what they are not supposed to do because they can get away with it.

Versions of the Punishment metaphor are typically used by conservatives in many domains: No "amnesty" for "illegal aliens" (who crossed the line). Punitive drug laws. Stand your ground laws. And so on.

In President Obama's use of the Punishment metaphor, America is the Strict Father, and bad political actors like Assad are bad children, ready to do bad things at the least sign of weakness in America, the Father who knows right from wrong and is the only one strong enough to enforce the rules - as John Kerry says, "The Indispensible Nation" in maintaining a moral order in the world.

Why is Obama using the Punishment metaphor as the basis of his policy? The Punishment metaphor is not a mere metaphor. When it is the basis of policy it comes with a form of scenario planning, a literal account of what is expected to happen. Scenarios are conceptual narratives - stories - that have become part of the policy-making process. In the Obama scenario, Assad, when punished, will stop his bad behavior of using poison gas on his citizens.

At this point, the Send-A-Signal metaphor fits. In the Strict Father family, the Father has to warn the children of what will happen if they do wrong. In Obama's use, there is a further conceptual metaphor, the Actions Speak Louder than Words metaphor, in which Acting Is Forceful Communication. This fits the Punishment scenario: the act of punishing Assad will communicate to other bad actors that America will seriously harm them too if they cross the line. In the scenario, the bombing of Assad's military is thus a moral act - preventing the use of gas and other weapons of mass destruction and hence, saving countless lives, not just in Syria but around the world.

Where conservatives tend to think in Strict Father terms, liberals tend to think in terms of a different morally-based family model - the Nurturant Parent model, which two equal parents whose main concern is empathizing with their kinds, being responsible for their safety and fulfillment, openly communicating with them, and expecting them to act that way toward others. Diplomacy in foreign policy is more along the lines of the liberal model, open discussion and reaching agreement without punishment. Obama's instincts are liberal. He has tried diplomacy over and over, to no avail. His goals are nurturant and caring. But he also sees himself as a pragmatic liberal: when nurturance fails, you resort to strictness. You use strict means to a nurturant end.

There are two scenarios for this. Obama is taking the broad systemic causation route pointing to the maintenance of treaties and the deterrence of other bad actors. But liberals like the NY Times' Nick Kristof take the direct, not systemic, route: How can we save lives in Syria now? His argument: Degrading his ordinary weaponry will make it harder for Assad to kill at the rate of 5,000 people a month, and thus can save immediate lives. "...It's plausible that we can deter Syria's generals from deploying [sarin] again if the price is high." This is a version of the rational actor model, with Syria's generals as the rational actors seeking to maximize utility.

But there is no reason to think that Assad and his generals are rational actors. Saddam Hussein was not a rational actor either. He fought to the end. Will Assad? Is he trying to show that he is more masculine than Obama, or is he standing up for the superiority of the Alawite/Shiite version of Islam, of for his family's dominance? Will a limited form of punishment and rational actor considerations bring him to the bargaining table? If the answer is no, then the Obama initiative is likely to fail.

In the Nurturant family, Dad and Mom are equals, diplomatic discussion is the norm, and painful physical punishment is not. Map that onto the Syria situation and you can see why Obama is at odds with traditional liberals, whose Nurturant metaphor for politics tells them to avoid the use of force. With Congress, he is trying diplomacy - the Nurturant means to achieve Punishment, the Strict goal. The result is confusions and strange bedfellows. Conservatives would naturally tend toward punishment. But in a Strict Father family, the father's authority over everyone else must be maintained. Conservative morality, following this principle, leads conservatives to value the authority of conservatism over liberalism, which tends to make them vote against Obama, even when they agree with the content of what he is proposing.

In a true strict father family, the father is the ultimate authority, over not just the kids but also the mother. Dad doesn't have to ask Mom for support when he punishes Junior for disobedience. To those with strict values Obama looks weak both when he tries diplomacy and when he turns to Congress as a statement of democracy. Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense who helped take the nation into the Iraq War, stated the position as follows: "...leadership requires that you stand up, take a position, provide clarity and take responsibility..."

In the strict father model, you fight to win, not to help your side gain a limited advantage and then back off. That is the John McCain model. It is not an argument over the details of a limited strike. It is an argument over the goals, but put forth as an argument over details.

The president says the "military action" is "limited." Secretary Kerry says that we don't want war, and he frames the "military action" as "not war"- No boots on the ground. No attempt to take over the country ourselves. But the president can direct further action to prevent poison gas from falling into the wrong hands. The generals respond - call it what you want, it's war. If you're a sailor on a boat shooting missiles at Syria with 13 Russian boats nearby monitoring the missiles you shoot, you will experience it as war.

Korean War vet Rep. Charlie Rangel says, "There is no such thing as a limited war." Those of us with memories that long remember when Vietnam was seen as a limited war, as was Iraq. The metaphor of concern is the Mission Creep metaphor: as the ultimate goal is seen to be harder and harder to achieve, the scope of the war slowly expands, and the Mission creeps bit by bit past its limits. The Mission Creep and Limited War metaphors contradict each other.

The Limited War metaphor depends on another metaphor, the Surgical Strike metaphor: the missiles are so carefully calibrated that they can strike only the projected military targets and no innocent civilians. We were told this in Iraq. It wasn't true. The use of the Surgical Strike metaphor raises hackles among Democrats who remember its use in Iraq.

Part of the Limited War scenario is the Degrading metaphor: our current goal in bombing is to "degrade" Assad's military capacity. It is hard to that to be false, since any lessening of the military capacity, no matter how small, would degrade the military capacity, at least somewhat. Since it is not said how much "degrading" is to count, that means that "success" is assured, at least in the short run.

But what about the long run? What about systemic causation?

It is interesting to hear members of the House and Senate providing most of the arguments against the bombing. Will it just not help? Will it spur a wider war? Will Israel be bombed and gassed? Will Russia enter? Will America be hated and targeted for revenge? Then there is the Slippery Slope metaphor: Once you start bombing, you slowly get pulled into a regional war one step after another.

Metaphor after metaphor. Scenario after scenario. On all sides. To have an opinion is have metaphors and a scenario, that is, a story. Why? Every policy that is proposed is seen by those who propose it as being right - not wrong or irrelevant. Different policies have different moral views about right and wrong. Since moral systems all make use of conceptual metaphor, there will be metaphors and accompanying scenarios.

One of the most interesting is the Force-of-Shame metaphor: Put the money we would otherwise use on bombing into serious and obvious humanitarian aid for the two million Syrian refugees. Instead of money going for bombs and missiles that may not help and even make matters worse, do some very obvious good. The sight of Americans just doing something unquestionably good for Arabs - mostly followers of Islam - would do unquestionable good, and make America look good in the Arab world. In the metaphorical scenario, this would shame Assad and bring most of the Arab world to the support of the rebels. That's the scenario.

Would it work? From the wide-ranging interviews on Al Jazeera America, most of the Arabs and followers of Islam interviewed seem to see the world in fairy-tale terms - with villains, victims and heroes. Many want America to be the hero, defeat the villain Assad, and save the Syrians. Others see America as a villain for wanting to bomb or for standing aside while 100,000 died. But, the refugees, being outside the hero-villain narrative, are outside the fairy tale. The hero defeats the villain and gets a reward. The hero doesn't give humanitarian aid.

We cannot think about a situation as complicated as Syria without conceptual metaphors and scenarios driving policy proposals. In many cases, the conceptual metaphors are unconscious. But with Syria, the policy-defining metaphors are being put into language and are showing up front and center.

In summary, I can't help but think of a great paper by Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon called "Why Hawks Win" (2006) about those who planned and carried out the Iraq War. The authors listed examples of all the forms of what they call "System 1 thinking" - fast, unconscious, effortless, nonrational forms of thought and all too real.

Here is their list as it might apply to Syria:

Optimism bias: John Kerry speaks very optimistically about how a strike will necessarily deter Assad, send a message to would-be gassers, and maintain America's standing in the world.

The fundamental attribution error (assigning actions to inherent essences, rather than external reasons): there are bad people out there who want to harm us - just because they want to.

The illusion of control: We can keep the military action limited. There will be no boots on the ground.

Reactive devaluation: Those against the military strike are unrealistic.

Risk aversion: We cannot risk not acting. We should just punish Assad and do no more. We don't want to go to war.

The salient exemplar effect (with striking cases people tend to overestimate probability): Look at the dead gassed children and think of that happening to your children. We must stop this now.
These are real forms of thought and they occur naturally.

Kahneman proposes that we can avoid the effect of unconscious, fast, nonlogical thought by using slow, conscious, logical System 2 thinking (this is the classical view of conscious rationality). But brain and cognitive science research suggests otherwise. Linear, conscious reasoning makes use of massively parallel unconscious reasoning that makes use of conceptual frames, metaphors, and narratives - and the forms of thought just described above. In the case of Iraq, the policy-makers Kahneman and Renshon correctly cite were conscious, slow-thinking policy-makers using logic and statistics - and in doing so used unconscious System 1 thinking.

No matter how slow or conscious or logically you think about Syria, you will still use metaphors and scenarios of the sort discussed above. They are inevitable in a situation like Syria.

It is vital that we be made aware of all this. Metaphorical and scenario-based thinking is not necessarily false. Conceptual metaphors and scenarios have real inferences that may or may not fit the world. America will act, or act by not acting. There will be real-world consequences in either case. We need to keep track of the metaphors and scenarios that lead to those consequences.


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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Sat Sep  7 23:16:55 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:16:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] report from CFLG
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Dear 99%ers,
     Don't forget, in trying to stop the strike on Syria, that the majority
of the Syrian people want to get rid of the tyrant Assad who began the
conflict by massacring 4500 unarmed protesters.   After that, his soldiers
began deserting and standing with the people--and shooting back.  That's
how the conflict began.  No foreign intervention.  But then Russia
supported Assad, gave him weapons, which he used against his people, and
prevented the UN from taking action.   The US is a late-comer to the
conflict.
      What might work to bring the US and Russia to agreement, however, is
to call for an immediate ceasefire AND IMMEDIATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS so
that the PEOPLE OF SYRIA can exercise their right under international law
of self-determination and choose the leader they want.  The UN could hold
the election and include all the Syrian refugees in the camps in the nearby
countries.   It would be difficult but it could be done and should be done.
        Don't leave the people of Syria in the power of the tyrant.   Call
for an immediate ceasefire and immediate presidential elections.
                   Peace and blessings,  Ellen


On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:11 AM, <agnes at mcn.org> wrote:

> More info re trajectory to a regional war in M.East.
> AW
>
> First Syria 'rebels' armed and trained by CIA 'on way to battlefield' 03
> Sep 2013 The first cell of Syrian 'rebels' trained and armed by the CIA is
> making its way to the battlefield, President Barack Obama has reportedly
> told senators. Mr Obama said that a 50-man [terrorist] cell, believed to
> have been trained by US special forces in Jordan, was making its way
> across the border into Syria, according to the New York Times. The
> deployment of the rebel unit seems to be the first tangible measure of
> support since Mr Obama announced in June that the US would begin providing
> the opposition with small arms.
>
> Congress moves to approve Syria strike 03 Sep 2013 Obama's battle to get
> congressional approval for a military strike on Syria moved a step closer
> Tuesday, with leaders of both parties in Congress announcing that the
> United States should respond to Syrian President Assad's alleged use of
> chemical weapons. US President Barack Obama convinced leaders of both
> Democrats and Republicans in Congress to support his request for the
> authorization of a military strike on Syria. After a meeting with more
> than a dozen senior lawmakers this week, members of both parties went
> public, praising Obama's plan and pledging a 'yes' vote on the operation
> against the Syrian government.
>
> US Navy deploys five warships, one amphibious ship to Mediterranean for
> Syria 02 Sep 2013 The US Navy has deployed an amphibious transport ship to
> the Mediterranean, where five destroyers are already in place for possible
> missile strikes on Syria, a defense official said Sunday. The USS San
> Antonio, with several helicopters and hundreds of Marines on board, is "on
> station in the Eastern Mediterranean" but "has received no specific
> tasking," said the defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
> Unlike the destroyers deployed to the area, the San Antonio carries no
> Tomahawk cruise missiles but can ferry up to four helicopters and is
> designed to bring Marines ashore by chopper or landing craft.
>
> U.S. positioning aircraft carrier for possible strike on Syria 02 Sep 2103
> The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its
> strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited
> [sic] U.S. strike on Syria, if 'needed,' defense officials said on Sunday.
> The Nimitz carrier strike group, which includes four destroyers and a
> cruiser, has no specific orders to move to the eastern Mediterranean at
> this point, but is moving west in the Arabian Sea so it can do so if
> asked. It was not immediately clear when the ships would enter the Red
> Sea, but they had not arrived by Sunday evening, said one official.
>
> 'IDF soldiers mass on Lebanese border' --Media reports claim Israeli
> forces have mobilized in the north ahead of a possible US attack on Syria
> 31 Aug 2013 Lebanese media reported Saturday that the IDF has mobilized a
> large number of troops along the Israel-Lebanon border, ahead of a likely
> US attack on Syria following the alleged use of chemical weapons by regime
> forces last week. According to the reports, which were not confirmed by
> the IDF, Israeli soldiers were deployed in areas bordering the eastern
> areas of south Lebanon, namely the Upper Galilee, the Shebaa Farms and the
> Golan Heights.
>
> US Marine website targeted by pro-Assad hackers 02 Sep 2013 Pro-Syrian
> regime hackers posted messages on a US Marine Corps recruiting website on
> Monday, urging troops to defy orders from President Barack Obama. The
> hackers showed photos of people in American uniforms holding hand-written
> signs saying they would not fight for 'al-Qaeda' in Syria. "Obama is a
> traitor who wants to put your lives in danger to rescue al-Qaeda
> insurgents," the message read, according to a screenshot from The Wall
> Street Journal.
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Sun Sep  8 00:42:47 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 00:42:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Mairead Maguire Reveals Truth About Syria- A
 MUST SEE VIDEO
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Dear Richard and All 99%ers,
      Much as I admire Maguire and what she has done for Palestinians, I'm
afraid she has not gotten unbiased information in the case of Syria.   She
was invited by the Patriarch.  That would be the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch,
I assume, since there is no Latin (Catholic) Patriarch in Syria.   And the
Syrian Orthodox are with Assad, and it is they who convinced Russia to
support Assad and supply him with weapons.  Maguire seems to believe what
Assad's Prime Minister told her and what the refugees that she probably was
guided to by Assad's people told her.   The Christian Orthodox minority
liked Assad because he did protect them.   They fear the Sunni Muslim
majority.   Therefore,  although I admire Maguire,  I'm afraid her
statements may unintentionally be biased toward Assad.   However, she is
absolutely right about elections--but elections for president should be
held immediately not next year.  Otherwise the fighting will continue until
next year.  A ceasefire and immediate free and fair UN sponsored elections
will let the majority choose whom they want for president.    It is their
right.
              Peace and blessings,  Ellen Rosser


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

> *[image: 1-Mairead-Maguire]<http://21stcenturywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1-Mairead-Maguire.jpg>A
> British Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Maguire, tells her account of
> her fact-finding visit to Syria.*
>
> While Maguire was in Syria she discovered that the people the U.S. are
> funding are violent groups and do not want peace in Syria. Her view is that
> Syria is embroiled in a proxy war fueled by the U.S., Great Britain, Saudi
> Arabia and Qatar.
>
> *Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Reveals Truth About Syria*
> video interview of Mairead Maguire
> July 10, 2013
>
> http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/07/10/nobel-peace-laureate-mairead-maguire-reveals-truth-about-syria/
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From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 05:56:10 -0700
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep  8 10:22:30 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 10:22:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Surprise, surprise: It's not about morality,
	IT'S ABOUT OIL.
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(Here is the rational for what's going on but basically, it's about oil and gas passing through Syria, and who wants it and who doesn't. Mixed in with all this is Shia vs. Sunni. Good luck!  M.S.) 

http://www.alternet.org/world/syria-intervention-plan-fueled-oil-interests-not-chemical-weapon-concern?paging=off

Why Syria Intervention Plan Is Being Pushed by Oil Interests, Not Concern About Chemical Weapons


On 21 August, hundreds - perhaps over a thousand - people were killed in a chemical weapon attack in Ghouta, Damascus, prompting the US, UK, Israel and France to raise the spectre of military strikes against Bashir al Assad's forces.

The latest episode is merely one more horrific event in a conflict that has increasingly taken on genocidal characteristics. The case for action at first glance is indisputable. The UN now confirms a death toll over 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom have been killed by Assad's troops. An estimated 4.5 million people have been displaced from their homes. International observers have overwhelmingly confirmed Assad's complicity in the preponderance of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Syrian people. The illegitimacy of his regime, and the legitimacy of the uprising, is clear.

Experts are unanimous that the shocking footage of civilians, including children, suffering the effects of some sort of chemical attack, is real - but remain divided on whether it involved military-grade chemical weapons associated with Assad's arsenal, or were a more amateur concoction potentially linked to the rebels.

Whatever the case, few recall that US agitation against Syria began long before recent atrocities, in the context of wider operations targeting Iranian influence across the Middle East.

In May 2007, a presidential finding revealed that Bush had authorised CIA operations against Iran. Anti-Syria operations were also in full swing around this time as part of this covert programme, according to Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker. A range of US government and intelligence sources told him that the Bush administration had "cooperated with Saudi Arabia's government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations" intended to weaken the Shi'ite Hezbollah in Lebanon. "The US has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria," wrote Hersh, "a byproduct" of which is "the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups" hostile to the United States and "sympathetic to al-Qaeda." He noted that "the Saudi government, with Washington's approval, would provide funds and logistical aid to weaken the government of President Bashir Assad, of Syria," with a view to pressure him to be "more conciliatory and open to negotiations" with Israel. One faction receiving covert US "political and financial support" through the Saudis was the exiled Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.

According to former French foreign minister Roland Dumas, Britain had planned covert action in Syria as early as 2009: "I was in England two years before the violence in Syria on other business", he told French television:

"I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that they were preparing something in Syria. This was in Britain not in America. Britain was preparing gunmen to invade Syria."

The 2011 uprisings, it would seem - triggered by a confluence of domestic energy shortages and climate-induced droughts which led to massive food price hikes - came at an opportune moment that was quickly exploited. Leaked emails from the private intelligence firm Stratfor including notes from a meeting with Pentagon officials confirmed US-UK training of Syrian opposition forces since 2011 aimed at eliciting "collapse" of Assad's regime "from within."

So what was this unfolding strategy to undermine Syria and Iran all about? According to retired NATO Secretary General Wesley Clark, a memo from the Office of the US Secretary of Defense just a few weeks after 9/11 revealed plans to "attack and destroy the governments in 7 countries in five years", starting with Iraq and moving on to "Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran." In a subsequent interview, Clark argues that this strategy is fundamentally about control of theregion's vast oil and gas resources.

Much of the strategy currently at play was candidly described in a 2008 US Army-funded RAND report, Unfolding the Future of the Long War(pdf). The report noted that "the economies of the industrialized states will continue to rely heavily on oil, thus making it a strategically important resource." As most oil will be produced in the Middle East, the US has "motive for maintaining stability in and good relations with Middle Eastern states":

"The geographic area of proven oil reserves coincides with the power base of much of the Salafi-jihadist network. This creates a linkage between oil supplies and the long war that is not easily broken or simply characterized... For the foreseeable future, world oil production growth and total output will be dominated by Persian Gulf resources... The region will therefore remain a strategic priority, and this priority will interact strongly with that of prosecuting the long war."

In this context, the report identified several potential trajectories for regional policy focused on protecting access to Gulf oil supplies, among which the following are most salient:

"Divide and Rule focuses on exploiting fault lines between the various Salafi-jihadist groups to turn them against each other and dissipate their energy on internal conflicts. This strategy relies heavily on covert action, information operations (IO), unconventional warfare, and support to indigenous security forces... the United States and its local allies could use the nationalist jihadists to launch proxy IO campaigns to discredit the transnational jihadists in the eyes of the local populace... US leaders could also choose to capitalize on the 'Sustained Shia-Sunni Conflict' trajectory by taking the side of the conservative Sunni regimes against Shiite empowerment movements in the Muslim world.... possibly supporting authoritative Sunni governments against a continuingly hostile Iran."

Exploring different scenarios for this trajectory, the report speculated that the US may concentrate "on shoring up the traditional Sunni regimes in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pakistan as a way of containing Iranian power and influence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf." Noting that this could actually empower al-Qaeda jihadists, the report concluded that doing so might work in western interests by bogging down jihadi activity with internal sectarian rivalry rather than targeting the US:

"One of the oddities of this long war trajectory is that it may actually reduce the al-Qaeda threat to US interests in the short term. The upsurge in Shia identity and confidence seen here would certainly cause serious concern in the Salafi-jihadist community in the Muslim world, including the senior leadership of al-Qaeda. As a result, it is very likely that al-Qaeda might focus its efforts on targeting Iranian interests throughout the Middle East and Persian Gulf while simultaneously cutting back on anti-American and anti-Western operations."

The RAND document contextualised this disturbing strategy with surprisingly prescient recognition of the increasing vulnerability of the US's key allies and enemies - Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states, Egypt, Syria, Iran - to a range of converging crises: rapidly rising populations, a 'youth bulge', internal economic inequalities, political frustrations, sectarian tensions, and environmentally-linked water shortages, all of which could destabilise these countries from within or exacerbate inter-state conflicts.

The report noted especially that Syria is among several "downstream countries that are becoming increasingly water scarce as their populations grow", increasing a risk of conflict. Thus, although the RAND document fell far short of recognising the prospect of an 'Arab Spring', it illustrates that three years before the 2011 uprisings, US defence officials were alive to the region's growing instabilities, and concerned by the potential consequences for stability of Gulf oil.

These strategic concerns, motivated by fear of expanding Iranian influence, impacted Syria primarily in relation to pipeline geopolitics. In 2009 - the same year former French foreign minister Dumas alleges the British began planning operations in Syria - Assad refused to sign a proposed agreement with Qatar that would run a pipeline from the latter's North field, contiguous with Iran's South Pars field, through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and on to Turkey, with a view to supply European markets - albeit crucially bypassing Russia. Assad's rationale was "to protect the interests of [his] Russian ally, which is Europe's top supplier of natural gas."

Instead, the following year, Assad pursued negotiations for an alternative $10 billion pipeline plan with Iran, across Iraq to Syria, that would also potentially allow Iran to supply gas to Europe from its South Pars field shared with Qatar. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project was signed in July 2012 - just as Syria's civil war was spreading to Damascus and Aleppo - and earlier this year Iraq signed aframework agreement for construction of the gas pipelines. 

The Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline plan was a "direct slap in the face" to Qatar's plans. No wonder Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, in a failed attempt to bribe Russia to switch sides, told President Vladmir Putin that "whatever regime comes after" Assad, it will be "completely" in Saudi Arabia's hands and will "not sign any agreement allowing any Gulf country to transport its gas across Syria to Europe and compete with Russian gas exports", according to diplomatic sources. When Putin refused, the Prince vowed military action.

It would seem that contradictory self-serving Saudi and Qatari oil interests are pulling the strings of an equally self-serving oil-focused US policy in Syria, if not the wider region. It is this - the problem of establishing a pliable opposition which the US and its oil allies feel confident will play ball, pipeline-style, in a post-Assad Syria - that will determine the nature of any prospective intervention: not concern for Syrian life.

What is beyond doubt is that Assad is a war criminal whose government deserves to be overthrown. The question is by whom, and for what interests?


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From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 10:42:08 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] 185 vigils nationwide.
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep  8 14:18:01 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 14:18:01 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] When Syria was a US Ally (or at Least Helpful)
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http://www.juancole.com/2013/09/syria-least-helpful.html

When Syria was a US Ally (or at Least Helpful)

Posted on 09/08/2013 by Juan Cole
One of George Orwell?s keenest insights in 1984 is the kaleidoscopic character of modern state-to-state relations, wherein countries go from being allies to enemies and back again, and government spokesmen and the press report on each situation (friendship or enmity) as though it was eternal.
As the US prepares a possible missile attack on Syria, it is worth remembering the times in modern history when Syria was cooperative with the US or even an ally (yes). I?m not sure on whom this record of cooperation reflects worse, but it shows it is a Realist world out there?
1. In 1976 as the Palestine Liberation Organization and its Muslim and Druze allies were poised to take over Lebanon, Syria received a green light from the US and Israel to invade and put them down, strengthening the right wing Christian militias that were rivals to the PLO.
2. In 1985 Syria intervened with hijackers holding passengers on a US airliner hostage in Lebanon to free them, and was thanked when it succeeded by president Ronald Reagan.
3. In 1989, Syria supported US and Saudi attempts to broker a deal among Lebanon?s warring factions, leading to the Taif Accords that brought the Lebanese Civil War to an end.
4. Syria fought as an ally of the US against Iraq in the Gulf War in 1991.
5. In the 1990s, Syria attended several peace summits aimed at ending the Israel-Palestinian struggle. Then President Hafez al-Assad accepted George H. W. Bush?s invitation to talks, and later he met with President Clinton during the latter?s diplomatic push.
6. After 2001, the US sent captured al-Qaeda operatives to Syria to be tortured by that country?s secret police.
7. Syrian intelligence let the United States know when it discovered an al-Qaeda plot to attack the US Fifth Fleet navy HQ in Bahrain.
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Sep  8 15:53:36 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 15:53:36 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] War is not the answer in Syria,
	it's the problem...
Message-ID: <3F16EBAD-8726-4A3C-B5C4-FC036537DD32@mcn.org>

FYI:  From the Friends Committee on National Legislation


We set up a toll free phone number to the Capitol switchboard for calls against the AUMF, which we?ll keep open through the votes. It?s: 1-855-68 NO WAR or 1-855-686-6927. The advantage of this number is that we can volume of calls, by day & time (and city?though not by district)


We also have a shareable image below for calls, on our FB page, and also have instructions about posting the image on other websites. 


I?m also attaching our flyer of faith statements against military intervention, our memo to Congress on 4 Non-Military Options for the US to Pursue in Syria to Help De-escalate the Violence in Syria, and an updated/revised copy of our ?5 Reasons to Oppose U.S. Strikes Against Syria.?


All these resources & others are posted at www.fcnl.org/syria







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Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:42:05 -0700
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep  9 13:31:09 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:31:09 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FLASH: Kerry Floats a Deal on Arms,
	and Russia and Syria Seize It
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Are we meeting at 6 or 7 tonight? There seems to be some confusion.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/world/middleeast/kerry-says-syria-should-hand-over-all-chemical-arms.html?pagewanted=2&nl=afternoonupdate&emc=edit_au_20130909

Kerry Floats a Deal on Arms, and Russia and Syria Seize It

In Washington, Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican who heads the House Intelligence Committee, expressed cautious support for Mr. Lavrov?s response. ?Just the fact the Russians have moved tells me having this debate on military action is a having a positive outcome,? Mr. Rogers said in a telephone interview.

Mr. Rogers said Congress should still vote to support a resolution backing United States military action as a means of increasing American leverage on the Russians.

?So far, the Russian rhetoric does not match their activity on the ground,? said Mr. Rogers, alluding to the Russian supply of arms to the Syrian Army. ?They?re going to have to prove they mean it.?

Mr. Lavrov went into more detail than Mr. Kerry?s suggestion ? which Mr. Kerry?s own spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, described as more of a rhetorical exercise than a proposal.

Mr. Lavrov said Russia was proposing that Syria join the international Convention on Chemical Weapons, which bars the manufacture, stockpiling and use of poison gas.

Syria is one of seven nations that are not parties to the treaty, the others being Angola, Egypt, Israel, Myanmar, North Korea and South Sudan. ?We are counting on a quick, and I hope, positive answer,? Mr. Lavrov said Monday evening as Mr. Kerry flew back to Washington to attend briefings on Capitol Hill intended to build support for a military response to Syria?s use of such weapons.

For William Hague, the British foreign secretary, whose government has already ruled out participation in a military strike on Syria in deference to parliamentary opposition, his meeting with Mr. Kerry on Monday was nonetheless an opportunity to affirm British support for the United States, its most important ally.

?Our government supports the objective of ensuring that there can be no impunity for the first use of chemical warfare in the 21st century,? Mr. Hague said in his joint appearance with Mr. Kerry. ?As an international community, we must deter further attacks and hold those responsible for them accountable.?

Mr. Hague also said, ?We admire the leadership of President Obama and Secretary Kerry himself, in making this case so powerfully to the world.?

Mr. Kerry said that Mr. Assad?s claims that he was not responsible for the chemical attack on Aug. 21 that provoked an international crisis over whether to launch punitive military strikes were not credible because Syria?s arsenal of poison gas is tightly controlled.

Mr. Kerry said that three senior officials in the Syrian government have held control over the nation?s chemical weapons stocks and their use: Mr. Assad, his brother Maher and a senior general.

Mr. Kerry said that ?high level? members of the government gave the instructions to use chemical weapons in the Aug. 21 attack near Damascus ?with the results going directly to President Assad.?

When asked if the White House would consider making public additional intelligence to counter Mr. Assad?s claims that he had nothing to do with the attack, like physical samples that documented the use of sarin gas produced by the Syrian government, Mr. Kerry said that he did not know what President Obama would decide.

But he asserted that the Obama administration had already made available copious amounts of intelligence, and that the case against Mr. Assad was airtight.

In a discussion on Sunday with Charlie Rose, the American television interviewer, Mr. Assad asserted that Mr. Kerry had lied about the intelligence, drawing an analogy to the presentation that Colin Powell made to the United Nations about Iraq in 2003. Mr. Kerry appeared unruffled by that allegation and recalled that his own experience in dealing with Mr. Assad as a senator had convinced him that the Syrian leader could not be trusted.

In early 2009, Mr. Kerry met with Mr. Assad in Damascus to explore the possibility of improving relations between the United States and Syria. Mr. Kerry said that he confronted Mr. Assad about intelligence confirming that Syria had transferred Scud missiles to Hezbollah.

Mr. Kerry said that Mr. Assad had ?denied it to my face,? adding, ?This is a man without credibility.?

Repeating a point he has stressed throughout his four days of discussions with European allies, Mr. Kerry said that if an attack was carried out, it would be limited in scope and duration, would not involve ground troops, and would not drag the United States and its allies into a prolonged conflict. He emphasized that it would be nothing like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the NATO bombing of Kosovo or the intervention in Libya.

Steven Lee Myers reported from Moscow, Michael R. Gordon reported from London and Rick Gladstone from New York. Eric Schmitt and Michael D. Shear contributed reporting from Washington, and Scott Sayare from Paris.

 
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: September 9, 2013


A previous version of this article misspelled the surname of a State Department spokeswoman. She is Jen Psaki, not Jen Paski.


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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep  9 16:05:53 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:05:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] On Syria: "Let's not make the same mistake again."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0si9uWNaxE0


From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep  9 16:06:46 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:06:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] 10 Preposterous Conservative Myths -
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10 Preposterous Conservative Myths




We keep debunking them, but most Americans still believe these 10 preposterous conservative myths. Cartoon from politicalhumor.about.com.

A lot of people will occasionally believe something that ?just ain?t so.? Fortunately most will let go of an erroneous belief when presented with proof that their belief is incorrect, but that is often not the case if the person is a conservative. Conservatives are notorious for clinging to, and repeating, myths and falsehoods long after they have been debunked. Although an exhaustive list of myths that conservatives cling to would be longer than space permits here, below are ten things that many conservatives believe that ?just ain?t so.?

1. President Obama is spending the United States into the poor house.

On June 12, 2012, Godfather of ?supply side? economics Arthur Laffer and libertarian flunky Stephen Moore wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal that disingenuously claimed that President Obama continued the Bush administration?s record of spending when he took office. Laffer and Moore blamed the Democratic congress that took office in January 2007 for spending levels during the last two years of the Bush administration, and made the following claim:

After taking office in 2009, with spending and debt already at record high levels and the deficit headed to $1 trillion, President Obama proceeded to pass his own $830 billion stimulus, auto bailouts, mortgage relief plans, the Dodd-Frank financial reforms and the $1.7 trillion ObamaCare entitlement.


CNNMoney.com explains how the auto bailout helped the economy and prevented an even bigger cost to the treasury: the loss of tax revenue from General Motors and Chrysler if those companies had failed, as well as the loss of thousands of jobs, which would have added to costs for unemployment insurance and would have deprived the government of the taxes paid by the laid off workers.

Laffer?s and Moore?s article appeared to be a response to a WSJ Market Watch story from May of that year by Rex Nutting, where he explained in some detail how spending growth has actually been lower under Obama than under all of his predecessors dating back to Ronald Reagan. Who was right? Politifact.com rated Nutting?s claim as ?mostly true.?

2. Obamacare changed federal policy on abortion and permits federal funding for abortions on demand.

The site LifeNews.com claimed that Obamacare ?bypasses the Hyde Amendment,? which forbids federal money being used for most abortion services. Section 1303 (a) of the Affordable Care Act states explicitly that health plans are not required to offer coverage for abortion services. It further states that nothing in the law changes current federal or state laws regarding abortion. The President issued executive order 13535 clarifying that the law did not have any effect on the Hyde Amendment.

3. Social Security is going bankrupt.

Failed Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan features the claim that ?Social Security Is Going Broke? on his website. He says

Projected long run program costs are not sustainable under current program parameters. The Social Security Trustees project that the cash flow deficits that began in 2010 will continue permanently.

However, Social Security is not going bankrupt, either fast or slowly. John T. Harvey explained on Forbes.com why Social Security cannot go bankrupt. Since the system is designed to pay benefits to current retirees from payroll taxes contributed by current workers, the system can?t run out of money as long as tax revenues equal benefit outlays. The Social Security Trust Fund, he argues, is unnecessary, and actually reflects payments made by past workers that were in excess of what was needed for benefit payments.

4. Ronald Reagan tried to cut spending and balance the budget, but Democrats in congress wouldn?t let him.

Americans For Tax Reform makes the following claim:

Faced with a Democratic Congress and the challenge of curbing the power of the evil Soviet Union, President Reagan could not adopt his full agenda for cutting both marginal tax rates and spending.

This chart showing administration budget requests vs. appropriated amounts shows that for four of his eight years in office congress approved budgets that were lower than what the Reagan administration had requested. Also worth noting is that during most of Reagan?s time in office Republicans controlled the U.S. Senate.

5. We were attacked on September 11, 2001, by people who ?hate our freedoms.?

So said George W. Bush on September 20, 2001. Bush claimed, in a speech to a joint session of congress, that

They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.

But the mastermind of the attack, Osama bin Laden, gave a different explanation. In a detailed letter, bin Laden claimed the attacks were because of American military involvement in the Muslim world.   In a letter addressing the attacks bin Laden said

(Q1) Why are we fighting and opposing you?
(Q2)What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you?

As for the first question: Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple:

Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.

The letter goes on to list the grievances that bin Laden had against the U.S., from American and Israeli involvement in Palestine and Lebanon, to support for Indian and Russian actions against Muslims in Kashmir and Chechnya.

6. Bush did a better job of protecting our embassies than Obama is doing.

In September 2012, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer implied that events such as that year?s storming of the U.S. embassy in Cairo never happened under George W. Bush. Krauthammer said on Fox News Special Report:

So to imply that we somehow had mistreated Muslims, which was the premise of his speech, and how the Iraq war had inflamed the Arab world against us ? well, there was no storming of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo in those days.

Actually, U.S. embassies and consulates were attacked thirteen times during the Bush administration. Policymic.com provides the following list:

January 22, 2002-U.S. consulate in Calcutta, India attacked
June 14, 2002-Suicide car bomb detonated outside U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
October 12, 2002-U.S. consulate in Indonesia attacked during the string of attacks known as the ?Bali Bombings?
February 28, 20030 U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan attacked again
May 12, 2003-Terrorists storm U.S. compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nine Americans die
July 30, 2004-U.S. embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan attacked by Islamists
December 6, 2004-U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia attacked
March 2, 2006-U.S. consulate in Karachi attacked for a third time. Diplomat David Foy is killed
Septempber 12, 2006-U.S. compound in Damascus, Syria attacked
January 12, 2007-Greek terrorists fired a rocket propelled grenade at a U.S. consulate building
March 18, 2008-A mortar was fired at the U.S.embassy in Sana?a, Yemen
July 9, 2008-Four attackers fired on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
September 17, 2008-Two Americans and 16 people overall died in a second attack on the U.S. embassy in Sana?a
7. Scientists still disagree on whether climate change is taking place and if human activities are responsible.

A 2010 report on the site ClimateDepot.com trumpets the claim that ?more than 1000 international scientists dissent? in regard to global warming. A close inspection reveals that many of the scientists who are among the skeptics are not meteorologists or climatologists, but rather are chemists, theoretical physicists, and others whose fields have little or nothing to do with climate and weather. A survey of peer reviewed literature conducted by SkepticalScience.com found that out of over 12,000 papers that took a position on climate change, 97 percent agreed that global warming is occurring and that humans are responsible. So technically there is disagreement on the subject, but not much.

8. The U.S. government gives away free ?Obamaphones? to undeserving welfare recipients

According to the website Freegovernmentcellphones.net, the ?Obamaphone? myth started with an email that was circulated in 2009. The email made the following claim:

?welfare recipients are now eligible to receive (1) a FREE new phone and (2) approx 70 minutes of FREE minutes every month. I was a little skeptical so I Googled it and low and behold he was telling the truth. TAX PAYER MONEY IS BEING REDISTRIBUTED TO WELFARE RECIPIENTS FOR FREE CELL PHONES.

FoxNewsInsider.com is one of many right wing sites to perpetuate the ?Obamaphone? myth. The site offered an ?expose? of Obamaphone abuse filmed by none other than James O?Keefe, whose heavily doctored video was at least partly responsible for the demise of ACORN.  What conservatives like to call the Obamaphone refers to the federal Lifeline program, which has been around since the 1980?s and was started by none other than Ronald Reagan. Reganphone anyone?

Orignally the Lifeline program applied to landline phones. But as the cost of cell phones came down over the years it made sense to include those in the program. Freegovernmentcellphones.net sums up the issue:

?in 2008 the first application of this program for mobile phones began when a company called Tracfone started their Safelink Wireless service in Tennessee. Aha, some say, that?s the same year Obama was elected! Well, that?s true. But the service in Tennessee was launched three months prior to Obama being elected. And that means the discussion and approval of the extension of the program occurred under President Bush?s watch.

9. Non-union power crews were turned away from New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy.

The claim, spread far and wide in right wing media, is that power crews from non-union southern utility companies were not permitted to work in New Jersey when cleanup from the storm started. TheBlaze.com picked up the story from the Alabama television station that originally ran it:

With millions still struggling to get power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, non-union work crews from Alabama have been turned away by New Jersey. The reason? Their non-union status. WAFF in Alabama reports that the crews rushed to help after receiving calls from Seaside Heights, NJ. However, when they arrived, they were told that their services would not be needed.

The story was completely false, and was debunked by the power companies that were involved within hours of being first reported . CBSNews.com reported on November 2 that spokespersons from Decatur Utilities, Joe Wheeler EMC, and Hunstville Utilities all denied that any of their workers were ?turned away? due to non-union status. The Alabama station later issued a clarification, but the damage was done, and the incident became part of the right wing vocabulary.

10. America is a conservative country, and most Americans consider themselves to be conservatives.

So proclaimed a Fox Nation story from 2011. As usual, a Fox site has a problem with math. They accurately quote the numbers from a Gallup survey, but they missed one little detail. In addition to the 40 percent surveyed who identified themselves as conservative, 35 percent called themselves ?moderate,? and 21 percent identified themselves as ?liberal.? So the total of the ?non-conservatives,? 56 percent, is substantially greater than the percentage of conservatives. A more recent survey shows that fewer Americans consider themselves to be ?economic conservatives,? and the number who call themselves ?socially liberal? is at an all time high.

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From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:35:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Obama Sees Potential Breakthrough In Syria
	Chemical Weapons Idea, But Remains Skeptical
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Let's cross our fingers and hope this happens!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/obama-syria-chemical-weapons_n_3896093.html

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control to avoid U.S. military strikes could be a potential breakthrough.

Obama told NBC News in an interview Monday that he remains skeptical that Syria will follow through and turn over its stockpile, so he's taking a statement from Damascus, quote, "with a grain of salt initially." But he says he would prefer to have a diplomatic solution to the crisis rather than launch a military attack, and called it "a potentially positive development."

Secretary of State John Kerry suggested earlier Monday that Syria could avoid a potential U.S. air attack by putting its chemical weapons under international control. Syria's ally Russia quickly took the idea to Syria's foreign minister, who said Damascus welcomes the proposal.




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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Sep 10 08:08:01 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:08:01 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?Kerry=92s_Comments_on_Syria_Ar?=
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/obama-syria-chemical-weapons_n_3896093.html

Kerry?s Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike
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Published: September 9, 2013

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The concept has taken on many permutations in the past five days, but its essence is this: force Mr. Assad to turn his huge stockpile of chemical weaponsover to some kind of international control and recognize the international ban on chemical weapons. The appeal of the idea is that, if successful, it could create a far more lasting solution ...







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From moxie at mcn.org  Sun Sep  8 22:15:57 2013
From: moxie at mcn.org (moxie at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:15:57 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] rsn FOCUS: Bill Simpich | If the House Says No to
	War
Message-ID: <73ffe50a369c64b99270cba5c3e0148d.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

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Subject: FOCUS: Bill Simpich | If the House Says No to War
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Date:    Sat, September 7, 2013 10:00 am
To:      moxie at mcn.org
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antiwar forces together, both in the United States and
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 10 10:38:40 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:38:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Democracy
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 10 15:50:10 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:50:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Guess What? They're Still Stealing People's
	Houses.
Message-ID: <984765BB-3A1F-480E-8C35-31D37F548DE8@att.net>

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/09/1237488/-Guess-What-They-re-Still-Stealing-Peoples-Houses?detail=email

Guess What? They're Still Stealing People's Houses.


You knew that, I'm sure. But did you know they're doing it with tax liens too?

Have dementia? We'll take your house and leave you on the street.
Dying of cancer? We don't care; we're the people who bought up your lien.
Alzheimer's? Not our problem. We don't have problems. We have eviction notices.
In a coma? All the better to steal your home from you.


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Sep 10 16:22:21 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:22:21 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Workers Rallying at Walmart
Message-ID: <DEA09F56-66F3-481E-9EC6-AB5BC2F1937D@mcn.org>

This is inspiring! People working for respect. They gathered 170,000 signers on their petition to reinstate fired employees.rk

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/06/1236744/-Flash-Mob-at-Raleigh-Walmart-video?detail=email#
 

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Sep 10 20:03:09 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:03:09 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: What we did last night
References: <2d44-1240a-522fbdde@web01.moveon.org>
Message-ID: <E2A41EE1-0F24-41E6-87EC-FC6E4A5C0A9E@mcn.org>

> Hey Occupy and others.   We did it last night!
 I'll post our photos ASAP.
Richard

> Subject: What we did last night
> 
> Dear MoveOn member,
> 
> Last night's vigils to oppose military strikes on Syria were powerful?truly. Here a quick report back:
> 
> 165 vigils in 41 states from coast to coast
> 7,000 people RSVP'd?including folks from MoveOn, PCCC, Credo Action, USAction, and other Win Without War allies
> More than 1,000 stories in local and national newspapers and broadcasts
> And to top it off, in the 24 hours, members have chipped in $120,000 to keep this work going
> We've been building pressure on Congress since last week, when we launched tens of thousands of calls to congressional offices. Now, details are emerging of a possible agreement between Syria and the international community.
> 
> Our voices are making a difference?please take a moment to reflect and share some of the best photos from last night's vigil:
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for all you do.
> 
> ?Anna, Linda, Alex, Maria, and the rest of the team
> 
> Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 8 million members?no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
> 
> This email was sent to Richard Karch on September 10, 2013. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.  





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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Sep 11 09:34:55 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:34:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Deadline Friday! Peace with Iran]
Message-ID: <8c2d5501ada39a93c200d734968a9e30.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Deadline Friday! Peace with Iran
From:    "Rebecca Griffin, Peace Action West" <alerts at peaceactionwest.org>
Date:    Wed, September 11, 2013 6:01 am
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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Seize the Moment
It's make or break time for diplomacy with Iran.

http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=168536&ea.campaigner.email=2hsiAgtGKT3%2FBxox8O73lw==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0
http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=168537&ea.campaigner.email=2hsiAgtGKT3%2FBxox8O73lw==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0



Dear Agnes
It???s make or break time for diplomacy with Iran.

Next month, Presidents Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani will be in the same
place for the first time, attending the UN General Assembly in New York.
An overture toward the new Iranian president could help kick-start
diplomacy and avoid another devastating war.

Let???s raise our voices to make it happen.
http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=168538&ea.campaigner.email=2hsiAgtGKT3%2FBxox8O73lw==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0

Efforts that could sabotage diplomacy with Iran are already well underway.
Just this week, a prominent pair of politicians???a Republican and
Democrat???called for sanctions on Iran that will ???bring the Iranian
economy to near-ruin.??? [1] If you were the new president of Iran, would
you interpret that as an invitation to engage?

We are pushing back hard by launching our Seize the Moment campaign. We
are working with partners around the country to mobilize thousands of
people and build a groundswell of support for President Obama to reach out
to Iran???s new president. He???s going to face intense pressure to keep
squeezing Iran rather than engage in smart negotiations. Lack of
diplomatic progress will fuel calls for more aggression and put us on a
path toward war.

If we want to stop the run-up to war, we need to drown out our opponents
now.
http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=168539&ea.campaigner.email=2hsiAgtGKT3%2FBxox8O73lw==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0

Your signature will be delivered with thousands of others to the White
House right before the UN General Assembly. We can???t afford to be silent
now. Thank you for taking action.

Rebecca Griffin
Political Director

[1]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324653004578649983817604830.htmlorem

Peace Action West ??? 2201 Broadway, Ste 321 Oakland, CA 94612 ???
800.949.9020
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 10 10:22:22 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:22:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Kerry Shocked to Be Taken Seriously on
	Syria
Message-ID: <04FBDD67-00B6-444E-92A7-7089F98F2114@att.net>


KERRY SHOCKED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY


WASHINGTON ?Secretary of State John Kerry said today that he was ?shocked and flabbergasted? that the Russians heeded his suggestion about Syria?s chemical weapons, telling reporters, ?After four decades in public life, this is the first time someone has taken me seriously.?

?Whether as a senator, a Presidential candidate, or Secretary of State, I?ve devoted countless hours to thunderous and droning speeches that people have consistently tuned out,? he said. ?So naturally, to be listened to all of a sudden came as something of a shock.?

But after the novelty of not being ignored wore off, Mr. Kerry said, the Russians? assertion that he had said something worth paying attention to ?seemed like a trick.?

?You mean to tell me that after decades of spewing mind-numbing rhetoric I all of a sudden blurted out an idea worth acting on?? he said. ?It doesn?t pass the smell test.?

At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney welcomed the Russians? engagement in the Syria crisis, but warned that ?further actions based on John Kerry?s remarks will not be tolerated.?

?We ask the Russians to be constructive participants in this process,? he said. ?And taking John Kerry seriously is a clear violation of international norms.?



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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Wed Sep 11 10:24:41 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:24:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] oppose the bad CA fracking bill
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt4XH3d6jfgafMf0VyqRFG5jFRQagL6QS1CBrDg0+bJVTw@mail.gmail.com>

Friends- there is a bad fracking bill moving in California, that many of
the groups in this coalition have opposed including us, CREDO, MoveOn,
Center for Biological Diversity, and 350 (in addition to the sierra club,
which is not part of CAF or AAF, but its great they are against this!). It
was just made worse last friday by some really bad amendments.

If you have members or leaders in California, please contact them and urge
them to oppose SB 4.

Here are some sample tweets that we have developed. Please share or create
your own with hashtag #DropSB4

Call @SenatorPavley <https://twitter.com/SenatorPavley>, 916-651-4027 &
tell her #DropSB4 <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DropSB4> now!
#CEQA<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CEQA> exemptions
are unacceptable! We demand the right to a
#fracking<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23fracking>
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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Sep 11 16:04:00 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:04:00 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Is this why we're bombing Syria?]
Message-ID: <32b780dfd08b25bcdb61fea9767d77aa.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Is this why we're bombing Syria?
From:    "Josh Silver, Represent.Us" <representus at unitedrepublic.org>
Date:    Wed, September 11, 2013 1:10 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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                              [1]Represent.Us Logo
      Agnes,

   Here's something President Obama omitted from his speech on Syria last
   night:

   "The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10 to 7 to approve the use
   of military force in Syria. Senators voting `yes' received, on average,
   83% more money from defense contractors than Senators voting `no.'"

   When corruption becomes a matter of war and peace, we need to speak out.
   [1]Click here to sign our open letter to all 10 Senators who voted
   'yes.'  We'll send the letter to each Senator and submit it for
   publication in major newspapers in their home state.

   Thanks for speaking out with me.

   - Josh

   __________________________________________

   Dear Senator:

   It has come to our attention that Senators on the Foreign Relations
   Committee voting `yes' on the use of military force in Syria received, on
   average, 83% more campaign money from defense contractors than Senators
   voting `no.'

   The possibility that matters of national security -- of war and peace --
   could be influenced by campaign contributions is the ultimate insult to
   the American people.

   You might contend that it's just coincidence, or that a `yes' vote is not
   influenced by the contributions, but the American people deserve a
   Government we can trust to unequivocally represent us, even in the face of
   profiteers and their cronies.

   We, the people, must be able to trust that powerful special interests do
   not shape decisions as vital as military action in Syria.The flood of
   money from defense contractors into the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
   severely undermines this trust. The first step in restoring faith in the
   American government is for you to make a public statement denouncing the
   corrupting influence of money on matters of national security.

   Sincerely

   [2][Your Name Here]

   Note: Represent.Us has no official position on military action in Syria.
   Our goal is to call out corruption and hold our elected officials
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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Sep 11 16:06:21 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:06:21 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Richmond - eminent domain]
Message-ID: <bd04f811e74047d843e489ae18a7ab3b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Occupy,

Is anybody getting this?
Last night Richmond's City Council passed a motion to proceed with their
incredibly brave plan to use eminent domain to stop foreclosures. They are
setting up a Joint Powers Authority to give themselves a little
protection, and want other cities and counties to join.
Let's recruit as many as we can as fast as we can. Little Richmond
shouldn't be out there all by itself.
I can say a lot more about this, if this list still exists!
Susan Harmon

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From annxpress at live.com  Wed Sep 11 17:28:49 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:28:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Bad News
Message-ID: <SNT145-W1081A50EA7657A5D4E07EA2DD3A0@phx.gbl>

I was told today that Antonia Lamb has died this week.  She was not answering messages and her machine filled up, so Lenny Laks went to check on her and she had passed on.  There was food on the stove, so it must have been sudden and surprising.  Odd thing is, I thought I saw her on Main Street Monday when we were in front of Town Hall doing our Vigil for Syria.  But I didn't see her standing with us, she was in her car turning onto Laurel Street at about 7:15.  Was that an angel or was that her last trip to Ft Bragg?  Curious.  I'm glad she joined OPC at the 4th of July parade in Mendocino.  She is very popular and lots of people were cheering when they spotted her, in the very front of the Parade.  We will miss her terribly, but will have to give her a real Mendocino County send-off.  She was beautiful.
Lovingly, Ann
 		 	   		  
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Sep 12 08:13:22 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:13:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: McCain Accuses Obama of Thinking Before
	Using Force
Message-ID: <4186FAA9-FBC4-435B-B274-E7CCDD70E770@att.net>


MCCAIN ACCUSES OBAMA OF THINKING BEFORE USING FORCE


WASHINGTON?Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) was harshly critical today of President Obama?s nationally televised address about Syria this week, telling CNN?s Wolf Blitzer, ?The President?s decision to think before attacking another country flies in the face of American foreign policy.?

?The United States of America has been involved in countless armed conflicts since this great nation was founded,? Mr. McCain said. ?Many of those would never have happened if we?d stopped to think about them first. Sadly, the President seems not to have learned this lesson of history.?

Calling the President ?an Ivy League law professor who never met a thought he didn?t like,? Mr. McCain said that he was urging Mr. Obama ?to please take thinking off the table.?

?The stakes for America couldn?t be higher right now,? he said. ?Our global reputation for rushing into war with no advance planning is hanging by a thread.?

Mr. McCain said that he is attempting to schedule a meeting in the Oval Office, where he plans to deliver a ?strong and clear? message to Mr. Obama: ?Mr. President, what you are doing is playing into the hands of the enemy. Thinking solves nothing.?




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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Sep 12 08:33:23 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 08:33:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] petition  to congress re 5th Amendment
Message-ID: <7b8f6ec6d583e6a87b389ad96ab57051.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Please see  the Supreme Court decision that makes the 5th amendment not a
right but a priveledge of the well informed. from Agnes

Please, sign this petition at
http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3504?n=36327618.gXexBg




From marksafron at att.net  Thu Sep 12 09:09:53 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:09:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] We don't have enough earthquakes in CA...
Message-ID: <2A403BB7-F9AD-4817-8121-245217627105@att.net>

?so the fracking industry will help us out.

http://ecowatch.com/2013/flawed-fracking-bill-passes-california-assembly/

See this page for fracking & quakes: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/here-are-2-ways-we-now-know-the-fracking-boom-is-causing-earthquakes/279102/

From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Sep 12 09:24:54 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:24:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fracking Report Funded by Gas Industry
Message-ID: <A43A0140-FEF8-4507-AFA6-8702F0423E8C@mcn.org>

http://ecowatch.com/2013/pro-fracking-report-funded-by-gas-industry/
What the Media Left Out: Pro-Fracking Report Funded By Gas Industry  September 6, 2013

Media Matters for America
By Denise Robbins
Multiple mainstream media outlets have covered a new report touting the economic benefits from frackingwithout disclosing the report?s industry funding.
The recently released study, America?s New Energy Future: The Unconventional Oil & Gas Revolution and the U.S. Economy, received widespread media attention on Thursday. The report, conducted by consulting group IHS CERA, was commissioned by multiple fossil fuel organizations that stand to benefit from growth in the oil and gas industry.
According to the report, the increase in unconventional oil and natural gas extraction has added an average of $1,200 in discretionary income to each U.S. household in 2012, and now supports 1.2 million jobs?projected to increase to 3.3 million by 2020. These figures are much larger than the findings of many previous economic studie

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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Sep 12 15:06:29 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:06:29 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] "Either we will have an awakening,
	or we will have a wake."
Message-ID: <5A699446-9B99-4AFC-A2A8-93D837EB1E0C@att.net>

From Emergency to  
Emerge 'n See

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Sep 12 16:08:46 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:08:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Pvt Manning needs you to write a letter in
	support of clemency bid
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> bradleymanning.org
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> Write a letter to Maj. Gen. Buchanan for PVT Manning's clemency.
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> Pvt Manning needs you to write a letter in support of clemency bid
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> 
> PVT Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning?s 35-year sentence is an outrage to the idea of American justice, and creates serious concerns for democracy advocates around the world. It's been condemned by public figures as wide ranging as Cornel West, Ron Paul, and American Civil Liberties Union 'Speech, Privacy, and Technology' Project Director Ben Wizner, who stated,
> 
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> [A] legal system that doesn't distinguish between leaks to the press in the public interest and treason against the nation will not only produce unjust results, but will deprive the public of critical information that is necessary for democratic accountability.
> 
> However, there's something you can do right now. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Convening Authorities are granted the power to reduce or eliminate a convicted soldier?s sentence. They use this power when they feel the court martial failed to deliver justice. As Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan is the only other individual besides President Obama with the power to lessen WikiLeaks whistleblower PVT Manning?s sentence in the immediate future.
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> We are now requesting letters from professors, law experts, human rights advocates, politicians, artists, veterans, and concerned citizens urging Maj. Gen. Buchanan to reduce PVT Manning?s sentence. These letters will be submitted as part of an application for clemency from PVT Manning?s legal defense. We are collecting these letters at nathan at bradleymanning.org
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> So what are you waiting for? Write a letter yourself, then encourage any professors, lawyers or community leaders you know to do the same.
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> There are a few important guidelines to keep in mind as you compose your letter:
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> Your letter should be approximately 1 page long.
> It should be composed on personalized letterhead -you can create this yourself (here are templates and some tips for doing that).
> Pvt Manning?s recently announced that her preferred name is Chelsea, and that folks should use female pronouns. However, she also understands that for efforts such as these, it is most effective for supporters to use her legal name and military rank, ?Pvt. Bradley E. Manning?, along with male pronouns.
> The letter should focus on your support for PVT Manning, and especially why you believe justice will be served if PVT Manning?s sentence is reduced. The letter should NOT be anti-military and/or anti-Buchanan, as this will be unlikely to help.
> A suggested message: ?Pvt. Manning has been punished enough for violating military regulations in the course of being true to his conscience. I urge you to use your authority as Convening Authority to reduce Pvt. Manning's sentence to time served.? Beyond that general message, feel free to personalize the details as to why you believe PVT Manning deserves clemency.
> Please print and sign the letter, then scan it and send it tonathan at bradleymanning.org by November 1, 2013, and sooner if possible. If you cannot scan the letter, please mail it to Pvt Manning Support Network, c/o Courage to Resist, 484 Lake Park Ave #41, Oakland CA 94610. We will review these letters prior to forwarding them to PVT Manning?s legal defense, and may request that you make changes if necessary.
> Convening Authorities have reduced the sentences of soldiers who broke military law for conscientious reasons in the past. We think PVT Manning deserves clemency as much as anyone -thank you for helping us show the Convening Authority that the public agrees!
> Here is an example letter written by Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist Project Director. Note these letters will be submitted by Pvt. Manning's attorney as part of the formal clemency packet.
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Thu Sep 12 20:25:51 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:25:51 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] link to a good article on the safety of public
	banks
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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:26:51 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Putin on Syria--and God! Peace and blessings,
	Ellen R
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Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against
each other during the cold war. But we were also allies once, and defeated
the Nazis together. The universal international organization ? the United
Nations ? was then established to prevent such devastation from ever
happening again.

The United Nations? founders understood that decisions affecting war and
peace should happen only by consensus, and with America?s consent the veto
by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations
Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of
international relations for decades.

No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of
Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible
if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action
without Security Council authorization.

The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong
opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders,
including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation,
potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria?s borders. A strike
would increase violence and unleash a new wave of terrorism. It could
undermine multilateral efforts to resolve the Iranian nuclear problem and
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and further destabilize the Middle East
and North Africa. It could throw the entire system of international law and
order out of balance.

Syria is not witnessing a battle for democracy, but an armed conflict
between government and opposition in a multireligious country. There are
few champions of democracy in
Syria<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>.
But there are more than enough Qaeda fighters and extremists of all stripes
battling the government. The United States State Department has designated
Al Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, fighting with
the opposition, as terrorist organizations. This internal conflict, fueled
by foreign weapons supplied to the opposition, is one of the bloodiest in
the world.

Mercenaries from Arab countries fighting there, and hundreds of militants
from Western countries and even Russia, are an issue of our deep concern.
Might they not return to our countries with experience acquired in Syria?
After all, after fighting in Libya, extremists moved on to Mali. This
threatens us all.

>From the outset,
Russia<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/russiaandtheformersovietunion/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>
has
advocated peaceful dialogue enabling Syrians to develop a compromise plan
for their own future. We are not protecting the Syrian government, but
international law. We need to use the United Nations Security Council and
believe that preserving law and order in today?s complex and turbulent
world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding
into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like
it or not. Under current international law, force is permitted only in
self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. Anything else is
unacceptable under the United Nations Charter and would constitute an act
of aggression.

No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason
to believe it was used not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces, to
provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding
with the fundamentalists. Reports that militants are preparing another
attack ? this time against Israel ? cannot be ignored.

It is alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign
countries has become commonplace for the United States. Is it in America?s
long-term interest? I doubt it. Millions around the world increasingly see
America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force,
cobbling coalitions together under the slogan ?you?re either with us or
against us.?

But force has proved ineffective and pointless. Afghanistan is reeling, and
no one can say what will happen after international forces withdraw. Libya
is divided into tribes and clans. In Iraq the civil war continues, with
dozens killed each day. In the United States, many draw an analogy between
Iraq and Syria, and ask why their government would want to repeat recent
mistakes.

No matter how targeted the strikes or how sophisticated the weapons,
civilian casualties are inevitable, including the elderly and children,
whom the strikes are meant to protect.

The world reacts by asking: if you cannot count on international law, then
you must find other ways to ensure your security. Thus a growing number of
countries seek to acquire weapons of mass destruction. This is logical: if
you have the bomb, no one will touch you. We are left with talk of the need
to strengthen nonproliferation, when in reality this is being eroded.

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of
civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

A new opportunity to avoid military action has emerged in the past few
days. The United States, Russia and all members of the international
community must take advantage of the Syrian government?s willingness to
place its chemical arsenal under international control for subsequent
destruction. Judging by the statements of President
Obama<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
the United States sees this as an alternative to military action.

I welcome the president?s interest in continuing the dialogue with Russia
on Syria. We must work together to keep this hope alive, as we agreed to at
the Group of 8 meeting in Lough Erne in Northern Ireland in June, and steer
the discussion back toward negotiations.

If we can avoid force against Syria, this will improve the atmosphere in
international affairs and strengthen mutual trust. It will be our shared
success and open the door to cooperation on other critical issues.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by
growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the
nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on
American exceptionalism, stating that the United States? policy is ?what
makes America different. It?s what makes us exceptional.? It is extremely
dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever
the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor,
those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to
democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we
ask for the Lord?s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

Vladimir V. Putin is the president of Russia.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep 13 09:31:22 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:31:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] presentation to theBOS
Message-ID: <933f6fe213ad62bba9f6a1fd63ee5a13.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: for the BOS
From:    "ELLEN ROSSER" <ellen.rosser at gmail.com>
Date:    Sun, September 8, 2013 10:42 pm
To:      "agnes" <agnes at mcn.org>
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*     From 2009 to 2012, there were 2,342 foreclosures in Mendocino County.
Most of those foreclosures were by the big banks which violated the law and
settled with the States Attorney Generals in December 2012 in the National
Mortgage Settlement:  Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, J.P. Morgan Chase
and Wells Fargo.   *

*      During that time those foreclosures caused  a loss of home values in
Mendocino County of $735,926,660 with a resultant loss of $4,489,153 in
property taxes.  Moreover, there was a cost of approximately $24,143,932 to
the local government for costs related to the foreclosures including costs
for maintenance of blighted properties, sheriff evictions, inspections,
public safety, trash removal, unpaid water and sewage charges, and other
costs.  In other words,  it cost the county approximately $19,229 for every
foreclosure.       *

*      Thus, as is relevant to our request for an audit of foreclosure
deeds, Mendocino County lost at very least $52,680 in recording fees, and
probably much more since some mortgages changed owners a number of times
and the big banks used MERS (Mortgage Electronic registration System)
instead of recording change of ownership with the County Recorder as they
were legally bound to do.   It is estimated that 75% of the foreclosures
went through MERS:  that is, 1756 of the deeds in foreclosure cases were
not properly recorded.  MERS therefore owes the county those recording fees.
*

*      We are requesting, therefore, that $15,000 be put into the budget to
fund an audit of all deeds of foreclosed property from 2009 to the present
to find all evasions of recorder's fees though the use of MERS.  We expect
the county to recover those lost fees by suing MERS for illegally evading
the payment of the requisite recording fees.  Although the big banks
settled with the states Attorney Generals on some issues, cases involving
MERS are still viable.   Therefore we would like to see the county to
investigate and recover the money owed to it.  *
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep 13 10:07:14 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:07:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] address to BOS-Mon 9/9/13
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Good Morning,Board of Supervisors,

My name is Agnes Woolsey . I am with 4 other occupy members who have come
from the coast to join inland Occupy  members to speak on the Budget.

( Will supporters of the Audit of foreclosures please stand.) We gathered
500 signatures on a petition  presented to you weeks ago.   The petition
was asking the Board

 to Fund an Audit of Foreclosure documents in the  Assessor/Recorder's
office. Why is this important?

An audit of foreclosure documents, since the Attorney Genral
Schneiderman's settlement with the big banks in 2011, could reveal those
loans that were securitized,

which have lost the chain of title and   therefore had no standing to
foreclose.  All the same, Recorder Susan Ranochak posted them in her real
property files.

  We collected  400 signatures urging the recorder to send  the banks
Affidavits of Authenticity requiring them to swear to the truthfulness
of their signatures, appended

 with CA Penal  Code 115.5  ,It states "every person who files any forged
documents...which affects title to...real property...with the knowledge
that the document is

 false or forged, is punishable ...by a fine not exceeding $75,000."  To
avoid perjuring themselves, lawyers for the banks would not return the
Affidavits.

If Affidavits were not returned there would be no basis to record the
foreclosures. Susan Ranochak would not need to record those foreclosures.
If the document was

returned a $75.00 fee woulld accompany each page of the document.  If she
sees fraud in her records and reports it to the County Attorney who could
notify the CA

 Attorney General Kamala Harris.  The County could file a lawsuit against
the banks to demand payment

 of transfer fees since 2011. This would create an income source which
could pay for the cost of an audit, estimated at $15,000.

In Greensboro,N.C. Action was taken to sue the big banks by the Assessor
/Recorder, Jeff Thigpen  last year for lost revenues as well as the
wrecked property records by MERS. Mortgage Electronic Registration
System-set up to avoid paying fees.

We urge you to include in your budget deliberations the cost of an audit
by which the county   could  begin to recoup losses incurred by loss of
property taxes,and

transfer fees on over 2 thousand past foreclosures since 2009.

   Thank you for your attention.



From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Fri Sep 13 15:07:26 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:07:26 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] the presentation to BOS about foreclosures and
	owed recording fees
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt7+pz7LL0Z4NHzCDV1Na5VkWfiVtNg09VLFbRQrfdVGgA@mail.gmail.com>

*      MERS OWES THE COUNTY RECORDING FEES*

**

*     From 2009 to 2012, there were 2,342 foreclosures in Mendocino County.
Most of those foreclosures were by the big banks which violated the law and
settled with the States Attorney Generals in December 2012 in the National
Mortgage Settlement:  Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, J.P. Morgan Chase
and Wells Fargo.   *

*      During that time those foreclosures caused  a loss of home values in
Mendocino County of $735,926,660 with a resultant loss of $4,489,153 in
property taxes.  Moreover, there was a cost of approximately $24,143,932 to
the local government for costs related to the foreclosures including costs
for maintenance of blighted properties, sheriff evictions, inspections,
public safety, trash removal, unpaid water and sewage charges, and other
costs.  In other words,  it cost the county approximately $19,229 for every
foreclosure.       *

*      Thus, as is relevant to our request for an audit of foreclosure
deeds, Mendocino County lost at very least over $100,000 in recording fees,
and probably much more since some mortgages changed owners a number of
times and the big banks used MERS (Mortgage Electronic registration System)
instead of recording change of ownership with the County Recorder as they
were legally bound to do.   It is estimated that 75% of the foreclosures
went through MERS:  that is, 1756 of the deeds in foreclosure cases were
not properly recorded.  MERS therefore owes the county those recording fees.
*

*      We are requesting, therefore, that $15,000 be put into the budget to
fund an audit of all deeds of foreclosed property from 2009 to the present
to find all evasions of recorder's fees though the use of MERS.  We expect
the county to recover those lost fees by suing MERS for illegally evading
the payment of the requisite recording fees.  Although the big banks
settled with the states Attorney Generals on some issues, cases involving
MERS are still viable.   Therefore we would like to see the county to
investigate and recover the money owed to it.  *
*
*
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 13 17:46:14 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:46:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The people of Richmond 2, Wall Street criminals 0!
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Dear Mark,

Here?s the score.  The people of Richmond 2, Wall Street criminals 0! With your help, we did it! We beat back the Wall Street-led campaign of threats, litigation, and a full-scale election-style campaign to end Richmond, CA?s program to help underwater homeowners in that city, using eminent domain if necessary.

On Tuesday night (well, really Wednesday morning), in an auditorium packed with hundreds of community members, many of them in bright yellow ACCE t-shirts, the City Council voted 4-3 to move forward with the Richmond CARES local principal reduction program plan that has inspired hope nationwide.

That was the first victory this week and it is a really big deal.


The importance of this victory cannot be overstated. If the lies and fear mongering of Wall Street bankers had been allowed to intimidate Richmond?s City Council into backing down, the entire Local Principal Reduction idea would have collapsed.

Instead, the movement is spreading.  This week, San Francisco Supervisor Campos announced a resolution standing in solidarity with Richmond and exploring a similar program there. And in Seattle, more than 30 groups came together in the Reset Seattle Coalition and packed the Seattle City Council to launch an LPR campaign there, too.

Please take a moment to send an email of thanks to the Mayor of Richmond, Gayle McLaughlin, and the three other City Councilors ? Jovanka Beckles, Tom Butt, and Jael Myrick ? for standing up to Wall Street criminals and standing with Richmond?s underwater homeowners.

The second big victory from this week came on Thursday, when US District Court Judge Charles Breyer declined to grant an injunction ? filed by Well Fargo and Deutsche Bank ? to stop Richmond CARES before it even got started.

Your help in this fight has been critical. Nearly 25,000 of you signed petitions supporting Richmond and over 250 of you called Wells Fargo?s CEO to tell him to drop his lawsuit against the city. 300 people showed up at the vote on Tuesday, including over 150 from ACCE, and the vast majority of them praised the Council for taking this bold step and urged them to move forward with the program.

Can you thank the Mayor and three City Councilors who stood with the people of Richmond?

We?re really proud of how ACCE and its allies were able to beat back the bankers? attack and ensure that Richmond did the right thing. Thank you for standing up to Wall Street and being a part of this historic week of progress.

 
In solidarity,

Melvin Willis, Richmond ACCE



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep 13 20:14:06 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:14:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Syrian War:  What You're Not Being Told
Message-ID: <1EDFBD6E-5483-4399-8848-A0D83AB7018B@mcn.org>

http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/the-syrian-war-what-youre-not-being-told/

Daniel Baker dug up this story:

Why has the little nation of Qatar spent 3 billion dollars to support the rebels in Syria?  Could it be because Qatar is the largest exporter of liquid natural gas in the world and Assad won?t let them build a natural gas pipeline through Syria?  Of course.  Qatar wants to install a puppet regime in Syria that will allow them to build a pipeline which will enable them to sell lots and lots of natural gas to Europe.  Why is Saudi Arabia spending huge amounts of money to help the rebels and why has Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan been ?jetting from covert command centers near the Syrian front lines to the ?lys?e Palace in Paris and the Kremlin in Moscow, seeking to undermine the Assad regime??  Well, it turns out that Saudi Arabia intends to install their own puppet government in Syria which will allow the Saudis to control the flow of energy through the region.  On the other side, Russia very much prefers the Assad regime for a whole bunch of reasons.  One of those reasons is that Assad is helping to block the flow of natural gas out of the Persian Gulf into Europe, thus ensuring higher profits for Gazprom.  Now the United States is getting directly involved in the conflict.  If the U.S. is successful in getting rid of the Assad regime, it will be good for either the Saudis or Qatar (and possibly for both), and it will be really bad for Russia.  This is a strategic geopolitical conflict about natural resources, religion and money, and it really has nothing to do with chemical weapons at all.

It has been common knowledge that Qatar has desperately wanted to construct a natural gas pipeline that will enable it to get natural gas to Europe for a very long time.  The following is an excerpt from an articlefrom 2009?

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From annxpress at live.com  Sat Sep 14 10:18:38 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:18:38 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: International Day of Peace September 21
In-Reply-To: <D7D850F054254974A856D95A597AC4B8@rickPC>
References: <D7D850F054254974A856D95A597AC4B8@rickPC>
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Next week let's have a big turnout for peace!  Ann
 
From: ldennis at mcn.org
To: ldennis at mcn.org
Subject: International Day of Peace September 21
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 09:41:13 -0700





Hi Everyone,
 
September 21 is International Day of Peace established by the UN and 
celebrated here on the coast.  Please join us at NOON on Friday at the 
Mendocino Coast Hospital for a Peace Circle sponsored by the Hospice Program 
where we share, pray, meditate and celebrate peacefulness in our lives and in 
our world.  Then on Saturday, September 21 at NOON we will continue the 
celebration with a Peace Rally and vigil at the corner of Main and Laurel (front 
of Town Hall).  
 
AND spread the word in words and in deeds for all of us
 
Thanks
Lorna 		 	   		  
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Sep 14 10:54:44 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:54:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Janet Yellen called the housing bust and has been
	mostly right on jobs.
Message-ID: <63897F94-00A6-4DEA-8E52-6A40351B88E8@att.net>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/16/janet-yellen-called-the-housing-bust-and-has-been-mostly-right-on-jobs-does-she-have-what-it-takes-to-lead-the-fed/

From marksafron at att.net  Sat Sep 14 11:00:40 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:00:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Court sides with Wendy Davis!
Message-ID: <D58BB7A5-271C-4823-8EBA-C5D6D457F499@att.net>

TX State Sen. Wendy Davis Wins Lawsuit Against Racist GOP Redistricting Plan

Earlier today (Wednesday), the three-judge Federal District Court in San Antonio handling the Texas redistricting litigation entered a final judgment in the Texas State Senate redistricting law suit.  In its ruling, the Court made clear that Wendy Davis and her fellow plaintiffs in the case won and Greg Abbott, representing the Republican state leadership, lost.

http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=562
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Sat Sep 14 14:08:40 2013
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:08:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MERS owes Mendocino recording fees
Message-ID: <BE6B2B5F-8E15-4001-AC7D-D9B357D8EE22@mcn.org>

Brilliant wording and thinking, Ellen--short and to the point.
Thank you,
Linda

Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:07:26 -0700
From: ELLEN ROSSER <ellen.rosser at gmail.com>
Subject: [Occupymendocino] the presentation to BOS about foreclosures
	and	owed recording fees
To: occupymendocino <occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org>
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*      MERS OWES THE COUNTY RECORDING FEES*

**

*     From 2009 to 2012, there were 2,342 foreclosures in Mendocino  
County.
Most of those foreclosures were by the big banks which violated the  
law and
settled with the States Attorney Generals in December 2012 in the  
National
Mortgage Settlement:  Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, J.P. Morgan  
Chase
and Wells Fargo.   *

*      During that time those foreclosures caused  a loss of home  
values in
Mendocino County of $735,926,660 with a resultant loss of $4,489,153 in
property taxes.  Moreover, there was a cost of approximately  
$24,143,932 to
the local government for costs related to the foreclosures including  
costs
for maintenance of blighted properties, sheriff evictions, inspections,
public safety, trash removal, unpaid water and sewage charges, and other
costs.  In other words,  it cost the county approximately $19,229 for  
every
foreclosure.       *

*      Thus, as is relevant to our request for an audit of foreclosure
deeds, Mendocino County lost at very least over $100,000 in recording  
fees,
and probably much more since some mortgages changed owners a number of
times and the big banks used MERS (Mortgage Electronic registration  
System)
instead of recording change of ownership with the County Recorder as  
they
were legally bound to do.   It is estimated that 75% of the foreclosures
went through MERS:  that is, 1756 of the deeds in foreclosure cases were
not properly recorded.  MERS therefore owes the county those recording  
fees.
*

*      We are requesting, therefore, that $15,000 be put into the  
budget to
fund an audit of all deeds of foreclosed property from 2009 to the  
present
to find all evasions of recorder's fees though the use of MERS.  We  
expect
the county to recover those lost fees by suing MERS for illegally  
evading
the payment of the requisite recording fees.  Although the big banks
settled with the states Attorney Generals on some issues, cases  
involving
MERS are still viable.   Therefore we would like to see the county to
investigate and recover the money owed to it.  *
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Sep 14 23:42:28 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:42:28 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Bill Maher: Are We the World's Policeman or
	Schoolyard Bully?
Message-ID: <2861B237-9185-4EF0-B08A-6D7B66F8C94A@att.net>

(I saw his show the other night and was hoping to find a copy of this great monologue. M.S.) 

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/19404-the-us-worlds-policeman-or-schoolyard-bully

The US: World's Policeman or Schoolyard Bully?


By Bill Maher, Guardian UK

14 September 2013

 
ew rule: 12 years after 9/11, and amidst yet another debate on whether to bomb yet another Muslim country, America must stop asking the question, "Why do they hate us?" Forget the debate on Syria, we need a debate on why we're always debating whether to bomb someone. Because we're starting to look not so much like the world's policeman, but more like George Zimmerman: itching to use force and then pretending it's because we had no choice.

Now, I'm against chemical weapons, and I don't care who knows it. And there's no doubt a guy like Bashar al-Assad deserves to get blown up: using toxic chemicals on unsuspecting civilians is purely and profoundly evil.

But enough about Monsanto. When it comes to Syria, I do understand the appeal of putting the world on notice that if you use poison gas, the United States of America will personally fuck you up: we will seek out the counsel and support of the entire family of nations, and then, no matter what they say, we will go ahead and fuck you up.

But however valid that argument may be, it is, I believe, outweighed by the fact that we have to stop bombing Muslim countries if we ever want to feel safe from terrorism in our own. The Chemical Weapons Convention is important, but to the jihadi in the street, it just looks like we're always looking for a new reason to bomb them. We keep calling this part of the world a tinderbox - and we keep lighting fires there.

Even worse, bombing seems to be our answer for everything.

Since 1945, when Jesus granted America air superiority, we've bombed Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Serbia, Somalia, Bosnia, the Sudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya and Yemen. And Yemen only because the tenth one was free.

How did we inherit this moral obligation to bring justice to the world via death from above? Are we Zeus? It doesn't make any sense. Our schools are crumbling, and we want to teach everyone else a lesson?

And look, like I said, I'm no fan of Assad. And I say that openly: I don't care if it costs me jobs in Hollywood. I think he's the worst kind of sociopath - the kind who commits unspeakable acts, but who looks like a menswear salesman.

I'm just pointing out that in recent years, our foreign policy debates look like the Facebook page of a loner who shot up a McDonald's. We're the only country in the world that muses out loud about who we might bomb next:

Iran, yeah we might bomb you ... thinking about it ... maybe, depends on my mood.
We did this with Iraq after 9/11, even though they had nothing to do with 9/11. We do it with Iran every day. And now, it's Syria's turn. We're like a schoolyard bully who's got every kid in the class nervous they're going to be next - and I don't know if anyone should have that power. Can you imagine going to work and sitting at the lunch table in front of ten people and saying:

Hey, you think we should ... kill Bob? It would send a message to Steve.

Who acts like this?

People in other countries don't talk like this. Probably because, if they did, we'd bomb them. Is there no self-awareness about how arrogant it looks to sit around politely pondering who needs a good bombing?

And,we're the only nation - as we have seen in this Syrian fiasco - who threatens to drop bombs on you while telling you we don't want to get involved!

We're just bombing, please, don't get up - no boots on the ground, just a little light bombing, we'll be out of your hair in a week.
I remember being on the Howard Stern show 12 years ago this week, right after 9/11, and Howard said that, in retaliation for 9/11, America should bomb a Muslim country, any Muslim country, it didn't matter which one. And yet somehow, I was the one on trial for talking crazy.

And I thought to myself, really? Bomb any Muslim country - that's the policy? Get a map of the Middle East and just throw a dart at it?

Well, apparently George W Bush was listening that day because that's exactly what we did.


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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep 15 10:30:35 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:30:35 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Deceptive Practices in Foreclosures Continues
Message-ID: <551B0D65-9883-455A-9710-14A43AD27723@att.net>

  
Editorial Board
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/14/opinion/deceptive-practices-in-foreclosures.html?_r=1&

Deceptive Practices in Foreclosures

In early 2012 when five big banks settled with state and federal officials over widespread foreclosure abuses, flagrant violations ? including the seizure of homes without due process ? were supposed to end.

But abuses keep coming to light. Despite happy talk about a housing rebound, nearly three million homeowners are in or near foreclosure, and many continue to be victimized by improper and possibly illegal practices.

A lawsuit filed this week by the attorney general of Illinois, Lisa Madigan, and a report by The Times?s Jessica Silver-Greenberg have detailed one such abuse.

It starts out innocently enough. The banks hire property management companies to determine whether homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments have abandoned their homes and, if so, to secure the vacant property.

It doesn?t always go that way. The Illinois suit accuses the largest company in the industry, Safeguard, of breaking into homes despite evidence of occupancy, damaging and removing personal property, changing locks, cutting off utilities, and bullying occupants into leaving their homes when they have the legal right to stay. In several other states, private lawsuits and complaints to legal aid lawyers have alleged similar abuses.

Under the foreclosure settlement, banks are responsible for vetting, supervising and auditing contractors, a category that clearly includes property management companies. Profit and expediency, however, seem to have trumped due process yet again. Property companies and their subcontractors make more money on vacant homes than on occupied ones, because abandoned property requires more work, including changing locks, boarding up doorways and removing trash. And banks get some or all of the proceeds from the sale of vacant homes.

In the past, banks have downplayed foreclosure abuses by noting that affected homeowners were, after all, late on their payments, as if that justifies harassment and worse. The Illinois suit makes clear that eviction is permissible only after a legal process is concluded. In addition, state laws to protect homeowners are consistent with federal policies ? weak as they are ? to promote loan modifications. Both state and federal laws are intended to ensure fairness in the brutal foreclosure process.

Safeguard has said its work meets ?the highest standards in the industry.? The banks have said they carefully monitor the property management companies. That is hard to square with allegations in the Illinois suit, including the claim that Safeguard deemed homes vacant when the foreclosure process was not under way or when homeowners were negotiating loan modifications with the bank.

Illinois prosecutors have correctly referred the Safeguard case to the monitor of the foreclosure settlement, who must decide whether banks have breached the settlement terms. State and federal officials should start their own investigations.

The failure of federal policy to ensure adequate mortgage relief to borrowers, even as the banks were bailed out, remains an injustice and a drag on the economy. Foreclosure abuses add inexcusable insult to injury.


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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep 15 13:02:59 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:02:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Do we agree?
Message-ID: <9E0396BE-80D7-4654-A895-78406E8B35F4@att.net>

http://robertreich.org/post/61300505376
"Happy Birthday Occupy"
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Sep 15 18:28:51 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:28:51 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Robert Reich: What is the Next Step?
Message-ID: <44E63DEA-588C-498B-B51D-E3B158C56193@mcn.org>

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/19412-focus-happy-birthday-occupy

Happy Birthday Occupy
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
15 September 13
 
wo years ago the "Occupy" movement roared into view, summoning the energies and attention of large numbers of people who felt the economic system had got out of whack and were determined to do something about it.

Occupy put the issue of the nation's savage inequality on the front pages, and focused America's attention on what that inequality was doing to our democracy. To that extent, it was a stirring success.

But Occupy eschewed political organization, discipline, and strategy. It wanted to remain outside politics, and outside any hierarchical structure that might begin to replicate the hierarchies of American society it was opposing...








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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep 16 00:47:36 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:47:36 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] They're trying to kill the credit unions!
Message-ID: <E3AB95E6-1DE5-4F1E-9B4A-FDA7A117F293@att.net>

Dear OMers,

Bad feelings over the bailouts and extortionary bank fees have driven millions of Americans into the arms of local credit unions. But instead of luring them back with better customer service, Big Banks are using their lobbying might to kill off credit unions, attempting to destroy a crucial tax exemption that credit unions need to survive.

Big Banks sucked up over a trillion dollars in the bailouts, but now they?re claiming that credit unions are a threat to the national deficit. Banks say that credit unions cost the government $1.5 billion in lost tax revenue, but if the banks get their way, it will end up costing us over ten billion dollars each year in higher fees and rates.

Congress gets back from recess this week, and banks are about to kick off a big lobbying push for the fall. The banks are trying to kill consumer-friendly credit unions so that they can raise rates with impunity -- but we aren?t going to let them.

Join me in telling Bank of America and its cronies to stop their cruade against credit unions. http://action.sumofus.org/a/bank-of-america-credit-unions/3/2/?sub=taf


Thanks, Mark 

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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 17 10:21:10 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:21:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] How worrying about money directly diminishes your
	IQ
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http://www.chatelaine.com/living/budgeting/worrying-about-money/?DFIX


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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:30:42 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] a good petition on Gaza,
	which is suffering from Egypt now as well as Israel
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From jbodemar at baymoon.com  Mon Sep 16 10:19:20 2013
From: jbodemar at baymoon.com (Jeri Bodemar)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:19:20 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Please add me to your list
Message-ID: <201309161719.r8GHJO88051083@mail.cruzio.com>

I'm working with Valerie Lasciak & Joy Hinz in Santa Cruz trying to 
do something to stop, or at least audit, fraudclosures.
Jeri



From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Sep 18 08:36:23 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 08:36:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Reject Keystone XL, Promote Clean Energy
Message-ID: <58AD47AE-68BE-479D-818E-8D6C23F0DA6C@mcn.org>

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/19458-president-obama-reject-keystone-xl-promote-clean-energy

President Obama: Reject Keystone XL, Promote Clean Energy
By Robert Redford, Reader Supported News
18 September 13
 
he Keystone XL and tar sands expansion have no place in a clean energy future

I can understand why oil companies love tar sands. There is a lot of money to be made by strip mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet.

The oil industry is lobbying hard for President Obama's approval to let the Keystone XL pipeline cross our border and move a river of tar sands to the Gulf Coast, where much of it will be shipped overseas. But why should the rest of us pay the price so that the oil companies can line their pockets?

Developing the Canadian tar sands is destroying our continent's great northern forest at a terrifying rate. It is producing enough carbon pollution to wreak havoc with our climate for decades to come. And the pipelines that carry this dirty fuel are a direct threat to our nation's own drinking water supplies... 


http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/19458-president-obama-reject-keystone-xl-promote-clean-energy








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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Sep 19 10:53:38 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:53:38 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] price of oil and Commodities Futures Trading Act
Message-ID: <c7e1a27ba596420fc31197fb8c30c61b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Senator Barbara Boxer
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington,D.C. 20510

The Honorable Senator Boxer;
         I write you about two changes needed.
       I am your constituent and live in northern CA where the price of
oil has skyrocketed. I urge you to rein in speculation in the
energy and commodity trading by number (1) passing a tax on
speculative transactions.And  limit the number of futures contracts
financial players can hold at any one time as suggested by the
Commodities Futures Trading Commission in 2010.(CFTC)


The price of oil has less to do with scarcity than with speculation. Since
1991 the Commodities Futures commission has given secret exemptions from
hedging regulations to 19 major banks and market participants, allowing
them to accumulate essentially unlimited positions on trading in
commodities. These exemptions were originally given in secret.

The Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000 ensured the deregulation
of financial products. Over-the-counter (outside of regulation)
derivatives  transactions between parties would not be regulated  as
futures under the  CFTC of 1936 or or as securities under the federal
securities law.

. A trader or bank granted an exemption as a bona-fide hedger can affect
the price of a commodity without being a producer or consumer as was
stipulated in the original 1936 law . This means prices of commodities as
oil, grain,gas, soybeans are decided on Wall Street speculation and there
is no seperation of inventment banks from Savings Banks. The derivatives
bubble is due to collapse and the bail-in on 700 Trillion in unfunded
derivatives in major big banks will cause  the collapse of our economy in
a short time.(2) I urge you to reinstate the Glass-Stegall Act.

Sincerely,
Agnes Woolsey
P.O. Box 163
Mendocino,CA 95460



From annxpress at live.com  Thu Sep 19 14:10:55 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:10:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senior Center Director
Message-ID: <SNT145-W110BA0B52C5BDFDB5579E9EDD210@phx.gbl>

Dear Board Members of the Senior Center,
   Since Charles Bush has taken over as Director of the Senior Center, the food has improved, the amount of time he puts into directing programs and overseeing lunches is remarkable, and the fact that he has brought in donations and given back over half of his salary due to sequester cutbacks make him the best Director possible.  Charles is friendly and welcoming, forming good personal relationships with the staff and the public.  He has interviewed many seniors and has a huge library of tapes called 'Senior Perspectives' that people can rent or watch in the computer room.  His interviews are interesting and he has a compassionate manner when he draws each senior's story into the interviews.  I have learned a lot about folks from these insightful interactions, and feel like they help us know one another better.
    Charles may have some criticism from office workers who want his job, but who are not nearly as good with personal relationships or as caring about the clients served in the dining room, thrift store, computer room, and at fundraising events.  He has come to the Center on weekends to check on meeting groups using the facility and has been very helpful and encouraging to all he encounters. About two weeks ago Charles had a endorsement from the public by letters and petitions to the Board when rumors of firing circulated.  We were assured then by some Board members that there was no threat of firing; they just asked him to do more paperwork.
     When is the next Board Meeting taking place?  Some of Charles' supporters are concerned about the reasons for his dismissal and wish to address the Board regarding this.   We know of no violations in the bylaws committed by Charles to precipitate this action, and would like some explanations.  It feels like the Senior Center will be devastated by his loss!  We would like to see the Center continue to thrive, but what plan is in place to improve things?  I will eagerly await your response.  Thank you, Ann Rennacker
 		 	   		  
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Sep 19 14:52:31 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:52:31 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?Iceland=92s_Economy_now_growin?=
 =?windows-1252?q?g_faster_than_the_U=2ES=2E_and_EU_after_arresting_corrup?=
 =?windows-1252?q?t_bankers?=
Message-ID: <1A22EA27-FDEA-4315-BFAC-6AA73B36D43B@mcn.org>


Iceland?s Economy now growing faster than the U.S. and EU after arresting corrupt bankers
Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/world-economic-news-icelands-economy-now-growing-fas/#ucCxxDGs8Fb2yzTW.99 



So Iceland decided not to follow the rest of the world by bailing out the bankers. Instead, they chose to arrest them. Now their economy is recovering faster than the EU and the United States. Hmmmm.
Remember when the United States government told the American people that immediate action was required to save the banks, and save our nation from complete collapse? An action in the form of Billions of dollars in National Debt? Yeah, we remember that! Now Trillions of dollars in National debt later, we are in the same position we were in 4 years ago, just more debt. As a matter of fact Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke has called for yet another stimulus that will add more debt onto the mountain we already have.
At the start of the world wide 2008 economic collapse, Iceland was in worse shape than almost any other country in the world. Now they are one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
Imagine what America would be like today if we bailed out the victims of poor banking practices, while punishing the bankers who were responsible?
After watching this video tell us what you think? Was Iceland off their rocker for sending the bankers to jail, or on to something that America should have

Read more at http://americanlivewire.com/world-economic-news-icelands-economy-now-growing-fas/#OH8luv7zxQUKh42h.99 










Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Thu Sep 19 20:13:46 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:13:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] my letter to Editor
Message-ID: <BFE7B77B-D6DE-42B0-AA65-DF3604BC1207@gmail.com>

Dear Editor,
Wednesday, 18 Sept. 4 members of the Redwood Senior Center board of directors voted to fire the Executive Director Charles Bush immediately.  The meeting on Wed. was not properly convened - the public was not given notice 72 hours in advance posted in a public place with an agenda telling what the meeting was about.  Board members were notified by email but no subject for the meeting was stated.

A secret vote was taken and in a 4 yes; 2 no; 2 abstention move, the vote was to fire Charles.   A member of the board informed Charles that the vote had been taken.

Charles Bush has been doing a great job pulling the Coast Senior Center back into the Sunlight after a very sad time in its existence. As a community senior, I sat with staff and volunteers at lunch Thursday and asked them how they felt about Charles' leadership and actions, if they were happy.  They responded that they were more than happy with Charles.

I am personally appalled and I hope that steps can be taken to make it so Charles can return to being the Senior Center Executive Director because he was doing a wonderful job.  This action by 4 people is creating great upheaval at the Senior Center and threatening yet another iconic community resource.

Thank you
Jessie Lee VanSant
14880 Mitchell Creek Drive
Fort Bragg, CA  95437

From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 20 07:57:56 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:57:56 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: McCain Dares Putin to Tear Down Berlin
	Wall
Message-ID: <1675CA08-F609-4092-B163-D5F55041DD74@att.net>

MCCAIN DARES PUTIN TO TEAR DOWN BERLIN WALL


WASHINGTON?In a sharply critical op-ed piece for the Russian Web site Pravda, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) called Russian President Vladimir Putin ?a brutal, freedom-hating tyrant? and challenged Mr. Putin to tear down the Berlin Wall.

?The Wall stands as a symbol of your failed, repressive system,? Sen. McCain said. ?Until you tear it down, the world will see you and your Soviet goons for what you are: relics destined for the dustbin of history.?

?Mr. Putin, tear down that wall,? Sen. McCain?s editorial pointedly concluded.

Several hours after the article was published, the Russian Federation issued a terse statement, indicating that the Berlin Wall had been torn down.

Responding to the Russian statement, Sen. McCain told reporters, ?This shows what you can achieve when you talk tough with Putin. If only President Obama realized that.?

Sen. McCain added that he was ?delighted? by the response to his Pravda editorial and was already writing a new one, urging Mr. Putin to remove his missiles from Cuba.



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From cdurkee at mcn.org  Fri Sep 20 08:13:43 2013
From: cdurkee at mcn.org (Carrie Durkee)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:13:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] my letter to Editor
In-Reply-To: <BFE7B77B-D6DE-42B0-AA65-DF3604BC1207@gmail.com>
References: <BFE7B77B-D6DE-42B0-AA65-DF3604BC1207@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DE2A140F-396E-4398-B002-5FE65AEA4D55@mcn.org>

Thank you, Jessie..and all
There is an annual meeting on the 27th of this month..at the Senior Center. I do not know the time?but it would be good to show up in force. 
on we go
Carrie

On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:13 PM, Jessie Lee VanSant wrote:

> Dear Editor,
> Wednesday, 18 Sept. 4 members of the Redwood Senior Center board of directors voted to fire the Executive Director Charles Bush immediately.  The meeting on Wed. was not properly convened - the public was not given notice 72 hours in advance posted in a public place with an agenda telling what the meeting was about.  Board members were notified by email but no subject for the meeting was stated.
> 
> A secret vote was taken and in a 4 yes; 2 no; 2 abstention move, the vote was to fire Charles.   A member of the board informed Charles that the vote had been taken.
> 
> Charles Bush has been doing a great job pulling the Coast Senior Center back into the Sunlight after a very sad time in its existence. As a community senior, I sat with staff and volunteers at lunch Thursday and asked them how they felt about Charles' leadership and actions, if they were happy.  They responded that they were more than happy with Charles.
> 
> I am personally appalled and I hope that steps can be taken to make it so Charles can return to being the Senior Center Executive Director because he was doing a wonderful job.  This action by 4 people is creating great upheaval at the Senior Center and threatening yet another iconic community resource.
> 
> Thank you
> Jessie Lee VanSant
> 14880 Mitchell Creek Drive
> Fort Bragg, CA  95437
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep 20 09:41:49 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:41:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Greenpace hostages on russian ship
Message-ID: <b2af8492186a905d820cf4c4e953e915.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

please sign the letter.

Subject: Save the Arctic: Free our Activists

Friend-

Fifteen armed Russian Coast Guard officers have illegally boarded the
Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise via helicopter, stopped almost all outside
communication and are currently holding more than twenty Greenpeace
activists onboard at gunpoint.

Please sign our petition to Russia's US Ambassador demanding Russia
release the activists, immediately withdraw the Coast Guard from the
Greenpeace ship, and put an end to offshore oil drilling in the Arctic for
good:

https%3A%2F%2Fsecure3.convio.net%2Fgpeace%2Fsite%2FAdvocacy%3Fcmd%3Ddisplay%26page%3DUserAction%26id%3D1479%26s_src=TAF%26s_subsrc=Email



From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 20 11:00:11 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:00:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: House Republicans Line Up for Free
	Annual Physicals Before Defunding Obamacare
Message-ID: <4A88F04F-68DB-4626-8488-414F3491B98F@att.net>

HOUSE REPUBLICANS LINE UP FOR FREE ANNUAL PHYSICALS BEFORE DEFUNDING OBAMACARE

WASHINGTON?Saying that they needed to be in peak physical condition for their looming effort to defund Obamacare, over a hundred House Republicans lined up for their free annual physicals today.

The physicals, part of Congress?s government-subsidized health-care package, yielded good news for many of the House G.O.P., who learned that they were strong and healthy enough for the demanding task of defunding Obamacare.

?My blood pressure was lower than I thought it would be,? said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). ?That?s amazing, because it goes through the roof whenever I think about how Obamacare would destroy America.?

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia)?whose free annual physical included an examination of his heart, lungs, ears, eyes, throat, and blood?said that his doctor proclaimed him in perfect physical condition: ?He said I should be able to live a long, healthy life and defund Obamacare for many years to come.?

Rep. Cantor added that he had lost a few pounds since last year?s free annual physical, as he headed to lunch before defunding food stamps.



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From blackdantheman100 at gmail.com  Fri Sep 20 13:37:48 2013
From: blackdantheman100 at gmail.com (DANIEL BAKER)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:37:48 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MINUTES FROM 9/7/13 MEETING
Message-ID: <CACVey3buShcHS6U+YFa74M_qLHx29GT6Ukvs7cOh2YiJON5jRA@mail.gmail.com>

SENIOR CENTER rumors not true ANN: rumor started because of a petition,
nothing to worry about.
PROJECTS on going: invite to take part in MOVEON.ORG rally and action for
9/9/13 by
                                RICHARD ask for vote, seconded by HOWARD,
passed..."some" of us will take part in candle light vigil on
9/9/13 at 7pmfront of FB city hall.
CHALKTALK: Shela: good results from action and invited folks to take part,
chalk is at site for anyone to use...
CHARTER/COUNTY PUBLIC BANK:                 LINDA: WAS TOLD charter war
tried befor in this county about 20yrs ago. ANN: ELLEN ROSSER is willing to
speak on subject, need time and date place yet. AGNES: will meet with D.
Hamburg in POINT ARENA this mo. on subject he is pro charter/public bank...
SHELA: we must be careful who we count as real allies on this and all
matters... JESSI: HAMBURG is for sure with us on this... AGNES: wants
people petition at the county fair in Bonneville this weekend .....3/5
people made commitment to this?
FORECLOSURE(BoS audit of foreclosure records): AGNES: needs volunteers to
attend BOS budget  meeting on 9/9/13....3 people said yes they will go with
her....
MCTV: ANN,RICHARD did hand out flyers at Paul Bunyan parade about the issue
...we talk about this issue for about 15mins, a letter/statement on isssue
was read alound and we discussed it some more and more and more......!!!!
HOWARD: will send letter on this issue on his own time and use only his
name... SHELA: lets keep occupy name of letter/statement 'till we have all
the facts on issue...RICHARD: hands out grand jury complaint form and
info....SHELA: MOTION>table this issue till nxt meeting..MOTION
PASSED.........
JUNIOR COLLEGE: NO INFO....
OUTREACH: RICHARD: want occupy mendocino to have more events like speakers
and films etc.
                    ANN: K. Ruddin will do events with us..
                    SHELA: is in detract contact with K. Ruddin and they
are developing ideas for events.
                     SHELA: invite from KNYO is still good for us to go
on-air any tues. and talk about this important us  and  community.......
          AGNES: called rep. HUFFMAN asked him to get behind BILL OF
IMPEACHMENT for OBAMA...wants us to do same(call reps.). wants us to read
E-MAIL from Frances Bolye on this issue of impeachment.......
RUSS: gave handout about Sakowitz to all
TECH:  RICHARD: please send E-MAIL to self before sending on the LISTSERV??
                                  HAT IS PASSED---------END !!!!!
P.S. i had a hard time wiht this, sorry it's so Sh*t%y
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From annxpress at live.com  Fri Sep 20 14:34:07 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:34:07 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: Senior Center Director
In-Reply-To: <SNT145-W110BA0B52C5BDFDB5579E9EDD210@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT145-W110BA0B52C5BDFDB5579E9EDD210@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W1188EF3FC71B64BE7B7907BDD220@phx.gbl>


 







Dear Board Members of the Senior Center,     I was shocked and saddened to hear that the Board called a sudden meeting, without notice to the public, during which Charles Bush was fired.
     Since Charles Bush has taken over as Director of the Senior Center, the food has improved, the amount of time he puts into directing programs and overseeing lunches is remarkable, and the fact that he has brought in donations and given back over half of his salary due to sequester cutbacks make him the best Director possible.  Charles is friendly and welcoming, forming good personal relationships with the staff and the public.  He has interviewed many seniors and has a huge library of tapes called 'Senior Perspectives' that people can rent or watch in the computer room.  His interviews are interesting and he has a compassionate manner when he draws each senior's story into the interviews.  I have learned a lot about folks from these insightful interactions, and feel like they help us know one another better.
     There was a $50,000 donation to paint the building which will now be rescinded, since Charles was fired.  He also brought in thousands of dollars at the recent art silent auction, wine and food tasting, and rock concert at the Caspar Community Center which featured famous musicians such as Christy Wells and Fritz, David Hayes, Gene Parsons, Stephen Bates and our own blind senior accordionist, Jan.  It was a wonderful event and was played to a packed house - and they would be willing to do another such event for Charles if you had not summarily fired him suddenly.         Charles may have some criticism from office workers who want his job, but who are not nearly as good with personal relationships or as caring about the clients served in the dining room, thrift store, computer room, and at fundraising events.  He has come to the Center on weekends to check on meeting groups using the facility and has been very helpful and encouraging to all he encounters.  About two weeks ago Charles had a endorsement from the public by letters and petitions to the Board when rumors of firing circulated.  We were assured then by some Board members that there was no threat of firing; they just asked him to do more paperwork.
     When is the next Board Meeting taking place?  Many of Charles' supporters are concerned about the reasons for his dismissal and wish to address the Board regarding this.   We know of no violations in the bylaws committed by Charles to precipitate this action, and would like some explanations.  It feels like the Senior Center will be devastated by his loss!  We would like to see the Center continue to thrive, but what plan is in place to improve things?  I will eagerly await your response.  Thank you, Ann Rennacker
 		 	   		  31200 Sherwood RoadFt Bragg, Ca.   95437-4124707-964-1420 		 	   		  
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Sep 20 15:11:41 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:11:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: Senior Center Director
In-Reply-To: <SNT145-W1188EF3FC71B64BE7B7907BDD220@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT145-W110BA0B52C5BDFDB5579E9EDD210@phx.gbl>
	<SNT145-W1188EF3FC71B64BE7B7907BDD220@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <03BC619C-7ACC-4827-9438-6F0F43B838A3@gmail.com>

Good letter Ann!!  I hope there will be movement to unseat the 5 people who moved to fire Charles and replace them with stable people who don't have such undermining agendas!

Jessie Lee
On Sep 20, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Ann Rennacker <annxpress at live.com> wrote:

> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Board Members of the Senior Center,
>      I was shocked and saddened to hear that the Board called a sudden meeting, without notice to the public, during which Charles Bush was fired.
>      Since Charles Bush has taken over as Director of the Senior Center, the food has improved, the amount of time he puts into directing programs and overseeing lunches is remarkable, and the fact that he has brought in donations and 

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Sep 20 15:40:02 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:40:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] my letter to Editor
In-Reply-To: <DE2A140F-396E-4398-B002-5FE65AEA4D55@mcn.org>
References: <BFE7B77B-D6DE-42B0-AA65-DF3604BC1207@gmail.com>
	<DE2A140F-396E-4398-B002-5FE65AEA4D55@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <A2F7349A-7C77-409E-91D3-510BEBE42788@gmail.com>

YES Carrie for /sure/!!  

I am positive the time for the 27th will be posted on the Senior Center website - learned yesterday that Charles created the website and is the administrator of it so the bad actors cannot control that avenue of information.    http://rcscenter.org

yes ONWARD!!! with Heart and Courage!!  This is worth the fight - not just /for/ Charles but for what it represents in our community.  A small group of people shouldn't be controlling the resource and also should be /serving/ the clientele instead of saying they don't /care/ what people want or think or believe.

It's as if it's a micro of the macro right now - a tiny extremist minority is willing to break everything and hurt everyone to get a one man.  IN our case it's represented by Charles Bush; for the national it's Barak Obama?.  same deal though.  We cannot allow it!!!


xo
JL
On Sep 20, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Carrie Durkee <cdurkee at mcn.org> wrote:

> Thank you, Jessie..and all
> There is an annual meeting on the 27th of this month..at the Senior Center. I do not know the time?but it would be good to show up in force. 
> on we go
> Carrie
> 



From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 20 15:56:29 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:56:29 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The last Board Minutes are for June's meeting.
Message-ID: <F0235B89-20AD-49D5-B6DA-6C5A374B88AA@att.net>

I think a few things have happened since then.


From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 20 20:00:16 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:00:16 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Crazy Party - NYTimes.com
Message-ID: <90B67C8C-D9DE-44A8-8E54-2C4BBC589B45@att.net>


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/opinion/krugman-the-crazy-party.html?hp&_r=1&

The Crazy Party

Early this year, Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, made headlines by telling his fellow Republicans that they needed to stop being the ?stupid party.? Unfortunately, Mr. Jindal failed to offer any constructive suggestions about how they might do that. And, in the months that followed, he himself proceeded to say and do a number of things that were, shall we say, not especially smart.

Nonetheless, Republicans did follow his advice. In recent months, the G.O.P. seems to have transitioned from being the stupid party to being the crazy party.

I know, I?m being shrill. But as it grows increasingly hard to see how, in the face of Republican hysteria over health reform, we can avoid a government shutdown ? and maybe the even more frightening prospect of a debt default ? the time for euphemism is past.

It helps, I think, to understand just how unprecedented today?s political climate really is.

Divided government in itself isn?t unusual and is, in fact, more common than not. Since World War II, there have been 35 Congresses, and in only 13 of those cases did the president?s party fully control the legislature.

Nonetheless, the United States government continued to function. Most of the time divided government led to compromise; sometimes to stalemate. Nobody even considered the possibility that a party might try to achieve its agenda, not through the constitutional process, but through blackmail ? by threatening to bring the federal government, and maybe the whole economy, to its knees unless its demands were met.

True, there was the government shutdown of 1995. But this was widely recognized after the fact as both an outrage and a mistake. And that confrontation came just after a sweeping Republican victory in the midterm elections, allowing the G.O.P. to make the case that it had a popular mandate to challenge what it imagined to be a crippled, lame-duck president.

Today, by contrast, Republicans are coming off an election in which they failed to retake the presidency despite a weak economy, failed to retake the Senate even though far more Democratic than Republican seats were at risk, and held the House only through a combination of gerrymandering and the vagaries of districting. Democrats actually won the popular ballot for the House by 1.4 million votes. This is not a party that, by any conceivable standard of legitimacy, has the right to make extreme demands on the president.

Yet, at the moment, it seems highly likely that the Republican Party will refuse to fund the government, forcing a shutdown at the beginning of next month, unless President Obama dismantles the health reform that is the signature achievement of his presidency. Republican leaders realize that this is a bad idea, but, until recently, their notion of preaching moderation was to urge party radicals not to hold America hostage over the federal budget so they could wait a few weeks and hold it hostage over the debt ceiling instead. Now they?ve given up even on that delaying tactic. The latest news is that John Boehner, the speaker of the House, has abandoned his efforts to craft a face-saving climbdown on the budget, which means that we?re all set for shutdown, possibly followed by debt crisis.

How did we get here?

Some pundits insist, even now, that this is somehow Mr. Obama?s fault. Why can?t he sit down with Mr. Boehner the way Ronald Reagan used to sit down with Tip O?Neill? But O?Neill didn?t lead a party whose base demanded that he shut down the government unless Reagan revoked his tax cuts, and O?Neill didn?t face a caucus prepared to depose him as speaker at the first hint of compromise.

No, this story is all about the G.O.P. First came the southern strategy, in which the Republican elite cynically exploited racial backlash to promote economic goals, mainly low taxes for rich people and deregulation. Over time, this gradually morphed into what we might call the crazy strategy, in which the elite turned to exploiting the paranoia that has always been a factor in American politics ? Hillary killed Vince Foster! Obama was born in Kenya! Death panels! ? to promote the same goals.

But now we?re in a third stage, where the elite has lost control of the Frankenstein-like monster it created.

So now we get to witness the hilarious spectacle of Karl Rove in The Wall Street Journal, pleading with Republicans to recognize the reality that Obamacare can?t be defunded. Why hilarious? Because Mr. Rove and his colleagues have spent decades trying to ensure that the Republican base lives in an alternate reality defined by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. Can we say ?hoist with their own petard??

Of course, the coming confrontations are likely to damage America as a whole, not just the Republican brand. But, you know, this political moment of truth was going to happen sooner or later. We might as well have it now.


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep 20 20:35:19 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:35:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Homeless Adults Will Have Access To A Broad Range
	Of Healthcare Services
Message-ID: <6039C7EC-DBD7-4468-90DD-6949184602B1@mcn.org>

Forwarded by Bernie MacDonald:


Health Affairs
September 2013
Medicaid Expansion: Chronically Homeless Adults Will Need Targeted Enrollment And Access To A Broad Range Of Services
By Jack Tsai, Robert A. Rosenheck, Dennis P. Culhane and Samantha Artiga

Prior to health reform, eligibility for Medicaid was limited to low-income people in certain categories, including children, pregnant women, parents with dependent children, people who qualified as disabled, and elderly adults. The Medicaid expansion in 2014 extends eligibility to low-income, nonelderly, nondisabled adults without dependent children?often called ?childless adults??who were historically excluded from the program.

Among other people who could gain coverage under the Affordable Care Act?s Medicaid expansion are the estimated 1.2 million people across the country who are homeless in a given year, including roughly 110,000 chronically homeless adults. Given their low incomes, many currently uninsured or underinsured homeless adults will gain from the Medicaid expansion a new pathway to coverage and new health care opportunities.

Conclusion

The Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act will likely increase coverage options and provide broader access to care for many chronically homeless adults who are uninsured or rely solely on state or local assistance programs. Moreover, states that expand Medicaid may experience offsetting cost savings, as chronically homeless adults who previously relied on state and local assistance transition to Medicaid. Conversely, in states that do not expand Medicaid coverage, poor uninsured adults will not gain a new coverage option, and many will likely remain uninsured and continue to face barriers to accessing needed care.

The findings of this study illustrate the broad and varied health care needs of chronically homeless adults. Ensuring access to preventive and mental health services is particularly important for addressing the needs of this population, and the services available to this group should include case management and other supportive services, such as help with housing.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/9/1552.abstract


Comment:  For those states that expand Medicaid, many of the chronically homeless will have an opportunity to obtain health care coverage - much needed in this vulnerable population. However, these individuals face many hurdles in both initial enrollment and maintaining enrollment in Medicaid. Many will still be without adequate coverage. This is unfortunate since we could have eliminated the coverage problem by establishing a single payer national health program - enroll once and it is for life. We could still do that.


For more information on health care for the homeless, see the website of National Health Care for the Homeless Council:

http://www.nhchc.org



Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From jessie at mac.com  Sat Sep 21 05:28:09 2013
From: jessie at mac.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 05:28:09 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] board actions
Message-ID: <DE869E0F-3BD9-4ED5-AEB1-CA932669FB17@mac.com>

Hello,

Please read this letter into the minutes for the record of the board of the Senior Center.  

I recently made an application to join the Senior Center board of directors and have been informed you received that application.

In light of the actions taken by a faction of the current board this past Wednesday, I must retract the offer of my services to the Senior Center.  I could not work with people who will behave in these reprehensible ways.

A board has responsibilities to the organization they represent and especially to the people, who are served by the organization.  (I am aware that the Senior Center is /a non-membership non-profit.)  A faction of the currently seated board is acting to pursue personal power  but without personal integrity, without responsibility and with a total lack of a sense of stewardship for the Center participants and clientele.

Shame on you!!  What you have done is very destructive to all.

What happened Wed. was unconscionable behavior under the circumstances.  Five (5) people forced a vote to fire Executive Director Charles Bush effective immediately.  And initiated a wrongful termination.  Totally irresponsible!!  Then they denied they had fired Charles because they couldn't hand him his final check and take away his keys and computer!!

First -- the meeting was improperly convened according to the organizational By Laws - 72 hour public posting /with/ an agenda is required  and that was /not/ done.  The By Laws are those 'rules' which govern the scope, action and behaviors of the appointed board of directors.  The By Laws cannot just be discarded at the whim of the board.  Also an improperly seated person was allowed to attend and vote on the single, kept-secret but well-planned agenda item: firing Charles Bush.

Bob Bushansky protested the improper convening of the 'illegal' meeting, pointed out that any action taken at this incorrectly called meeting had no authority so, after speaking his protest and documenting it in the 'record', he left the meeting as further protest.  

According to tape recorded dialogue of the meeting, chair of board and those pushing for this rushed vote to fire said they didn't care that the meeting was not 'legal' and were going ahead anyway.

The vote was 4 yes, 2 no and 2 abstentions.  Kathleen Johnson, board president and chair, abstained saying her 'job' was to be a tie breaker - not in By Laws and never mentioned before?  but a convenient behavior so she can say she didn't vote to fire Charles - ha!

Second -- the 5 women who moved against Charles have done a huge disservice to the people of the Senior Center and put themselves at personal liability since what they did to Charles was not 'legal' by labor standards, not to mention placing the Senior Center in jeopardy.  

What Kathleen Johnson, Lonne Mitchell, Lizette Weiss, Ronalie Silvera and Sandra Donnato did was despicable, outrageous and very, very ill-advised.  

Two weeks ago, Charles was tasked with a list of work to be done, bringing records and employee job descriptions, etc. up to date.   He was given a time frame of 6 months to do this updating, etc.  The vote on Wed. which fired Charles contravened the directive and he certainly had not had the 6 months time set out to accomplish any of the work.  The board vice president Jim Graham noted this at the time but was shut down.  

Obviously the 'reasons' to fire Charles are something else - political? religious? gender issues?  fear-based? discrimination?

The 5 women have broken labor law and given Charles multiple actionable grievances against them personally and the Senior Center as well if necessary.  Their behaviors are completely irresponsible and counter to any care and fiduciary stewardship for the Center and its large (growing) group of daily participants.

Everything Charles is doing has been positive, re-building the Center after a very bad phase with a criminal as an Executive Director.   Most of the staff really appreciate Charles and respect his leadership; he is a person who is willing to do whatever work necessary to make things go forward, he serves the elders lovingly and has brought much more Light into the Center.  Now the faction of the board represented by these 5 women are being the 'criminals', behaving in a manner with zero integrity which threatens everything that 's been accomplished and could bring down the Senior Center.  This is extremely incompetent, a total lack of leadership.

What has been done by 5 women grasping at power and control is a total mess - a totally unnecessary and avoidable mess created by 5 people and a few scattered supporters because ??  paperwork??  I doubt it.  I think someone wants the Executive Director job and only by removing Charles can that person(try to) get the job?..  so some dissatisfaction was trumped up (to hide the real reasons) and Charles was fired on a /shameful/cowardly/ 4 vote by a teeny group of people not representing and not serving the larger community of the Senior Center and our coastal neighbors so somebody's buddy can have Charles's job no matter what is honest, true and wanted by the vast majority of the people involved with the Redwood Coast Senior Center.

Kathleen Johnson, Sandra Donnato, Lizette Weiss, Ronalie Silvera and Lonne Mitchell must resign immediately because of their misfeasance which threatens the recovery of Senior Center - they are the problem not Charles Bush.  Also the other people who supported the firing of Charles should be removed from the staff or volunteer group so the poison of this travesty can be drained out of the Center's system and the good things and Light can take over for continued healing.

Sincerely and seriously
Jessie Lee VanSant

From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sat Sep 21 05:42:07 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 05:42:07 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] PARTY!!!
Message-ID: <AB68C1A5-2795-4107-BD4F-4E1B8CBBFEE0@gmail.com>

Hello All!!
OCCUPY Mendocino celebrates it 2nd anniversary today (Sat. 21 Sept.)

A pretty large bunch of folks showed up 2 years ago when we started the Coast branch of the nation-wide OCCUPY political/ economical activism group.  We have dwindled over the 3 years but even though we are tiny, we are mighty!!!  :-)

OCCUPY Mendocino is still working diligently on numerous issues: fraudulent foreclosures, support of struggling community resources, getting the Mendocino County charter on the Nov. 2014 ballot, public banking, local electeds accountability and what really does feel like on and on and on?..

Please come swell our ranks again for the moment and join us for our 2 year anniversary celebration Saturday, 21 Sept.  2 to 4 pm at the Senior Center in Fort Bragg.  There will be celebratory snacks!!  (I hear apple pie? yum!  Bring other goodies as you like.)


jl

From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Sep 21 12:02:59 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:02:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Elizabeth Warren introduced a new Glass-Steagall
Message-ID: <05045A8B-7CB2-4D5F-8C7D-7B2312E46C97@mcn.org>

http://act.boldprogressives.org/sign/gwa_sign_glasssteagall/?source=gwa-natpla-i4&gclid=CMLjwsiW3bkCFWxyQgodnhIATQ

Elizabeth Warren introduced a new Glass-Steagall bill to stop Wall Street banks from gambling with the life savings of regular families.
It will also help prevent future bailouts.
Elizabeth Warren joined the PCCC to push for this during her campaign -- and she's delivering! Watch her on MSNBC and sign the petition, which we'll deliver to Congress.
It's time for Congress to put Wall Street reform back on the agenda. We support passing a new Glass-Steagall law to prevent too-big-to-fail Wall Street banks from taking huge risks with people's life savings -- and then expecting taxpayer bailouts.



Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Sep 21 13:34:13 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:34:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Board Action]
Message-ID: <7ad75a1d925f0daa8ef4d8fbdde122b4.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Board Action
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Sat, September 21, 2013 1:31 pm
To:      markjohnson at mcn.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

President Kathleen Johnson,

Regarding the illegal convening of last Wednesday's Board of Directors
meeting, I urge you to rescind the decision made to fire Charles Bush.
Charles comes to work on Sundays, his day off, to help bring in donated
food from Harvest Market, not a mandatory part of his job. He has yet 5
more months to write his job description, which was contravened by the
Board of Directors.

I agree with Bob Bushansky's statement since this was an illegally and
unannounced agendized meeting, decisions made have no force. Therefore, as
president you have the power to rescind the decision to fire the
successful Executive officer of the Senior Center. In addition I urge you
to urge those who agreed to disregard the by-laws to step down and call
for a new slate of board members. That includes Sandra Donnato, Lizette
Weiss, Ronalie Silvera, Lonne Mitchell. You would be doing a service to
the Senior Center if you would resign now.

In addition, your actions have caused the Senior center the loss of a
$50,000.
donation which was retracted following the Board's action. The  Senior
Center cannot afford to lose the good will and funds that your action has
promoted.

Sincerely,
Agnes Woolsey




From jupiter at mcn.org  Sat Sep 21 20:23:25 2013
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:23:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Senior Center vote to fire Bush baffles all
	- Ft. Bragg Advocate-News
References: <79EA5987-2495-4EC2-9BD6-90258F3FE9D5@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <1B86A20E-BAC2-46AA-BA5D-832D4761CBE9@mcn.org>

> The link to the article is below.
>>
>> http://www.advocate-news.com/ci_24144934/senior-center-vote-fire-bush-baffles-all
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Sep 21 20:52:12 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:52:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Copy of Gin's letter.
Message-ID: <38CCE7BF-D817-4849-91EB-EE1A6AFD831A@att.net>

9/21/13

THERE IS A BOARD MEETING FRIDAY.  THAT IS OUR REGULAR "LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH" BOARD MEETING.  NO SURPRISES THERE.  

PER ANN RENNACKER'S SALARY STATEMENT:  THE PAYROLL IS $30,000 A MONTH.    I ASSUME SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT.  CHARLES GAVE BACK PART OF HIS SALARY THE FIRST YEAR HE WAS E.D.  THIS HAS NOT CONTINUED.  (DID SHE UNDERSTAND THAT $30,000 TO BE FOR THE YEAR?)

PRESIDENT DID NOT SAY "OCCUPY WILL NOT MEET HERE AGAIN".  THAT IS TOTAL BULL%&*#.  I WAS THERE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.  THIS IS NOT ABOUT OCCUPY.   THE PRESIDENT TAKES A LOT OF FLACK THAT SHE DOES NOT DESERVE (AND HAS RECEIVED DEATH THREATS).  SHE, AND THE BOARD, BELIEVE THAT OCCUPY SHOULD PAY RENT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.  (I THINK SO, TOO).  

YOU CAN'T FIRE CHARLES WITH 4 "YES" VOTES.  CHARLES WAS NOT FIRED.  

BOB LEFT BEFORE A VOTE WAS TAKEN.
SYD LEFT AFTER THE VOTE, BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.
CHARLES HAD LEFT THE BUILDING BEFORE THE MEETING ENDED.

DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHERE THIS "THE BOARD FIRED CHARLES"  CAME FROM, AND PUT THE BLAME FOR THIS MESS WHERE IT TRULY BELONGS. 

FOR MONTHS, EVERYTHING IN CLOSED SESSIONS HAS BEEN IMMEDIATELY LEAKED TO CHARLES.  AGAIN?PUT THE BLAME FOR THIS MESS ON WHOMEVER LEAKED CLOSED-SESSION INFORMATION.  ALL THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD WE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK IT OUT IN A SENSIBLE, ORDERLY FASHION.   THIS WAS NOT "WHISTLE-BLOWING" AND DOES NOT DESERVE "GRATITUDE" FROM THE COMMUNITY.  THIS WAS MEAN-SPIRITED, SELF-SERVING AND HAS TORN A COMMUNITY APART.

SHAME ON THE LEAKER AND SHAME ON US ALL.

GIN KREMEN

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From jessie at mac.com  Sun Sep 22 13:31:49 2013
From: jessie at mac.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:31:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM pays RENT for every meeting at Senior Center
Message-ID: <4C2F015E-9DAC-4D90-A847-85EFCA2D4AE8@mac.com>

BTW ( by the way)
OCCUPY Mendocino has paid RENT from the beginning of its use of the Senior Center for meetings.

At first it paid by passing the hat for donation and trying to make sure we came up with $20 to donate.  Then OM started paying 'officially' $20 per meeting delivered by hand to Senior Center office staff.  And currently ongoing since the kerfuffle ?last year? when the Senior Center board (current group minus ?unsure?) decided to try to keep OCCUPY Mendocino from having access to the Senior Center for our  twice monthly Saturday 2-4 pm meetings.

The board tried to charge OM $50 per meeting which, of course, is an impossible cost for OM to manage.  Charles Bush, as ED, worked out a rental policy which was much more fair and also explained (I think) that OM is just a community group and cannot be prevented from using the Center, esp since it is almost /exclusively/ a group of Seniors 60 to 96 years of age.  We have one steady member who is 48 now but we let him hang out with us anyway <grin>

I'm now 'Treasurer' and I send a check to the Senior Center for each month - $40 for 2 meetings a month.   We have a very teeny checking account with MendoLake Credit Union and pass the hat at every meeting to pay for our privilege.  

OM faithfully pays rent and very much supports the Senior Center as a wonderful community resource.

So - if someone tells you OCCUPY doesn't pay rent, please correct their mistaken impression.

Thank you
Jessie Lee


On Sep 21, 2013, at 10:34 PM, Jessie Lee VanSant <vjessielee at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a letter written by Gin Kremen, a member of the Redwood Coast board of directors.   (all caps = shouting/yelling)
> 
> Thursday over the course of the day, I was in meetings which included 2 other board members - Bob Bushansky and Syd Balows and Charles Bush in person, first hand reacting to Wednesdays events.  Bob and Syd had a very different point of view and opinion of the Senior Center board meeting from that presented by Gin Kremen.
> 
> 5 people can watch the same incident and as eye-witnesses give 5 different and contradictory descriptions/statements/testimony.
> 
> The board members were handed an action sheet at the beginning of the improperly convened meeting.  Bob protested the whole meeting and left; Syd stayed and voted then left the meeting.  There are 9 board members (is a quorum 5?) all 9 were there at the beginning of the meeting.  One left, 8 people remained. Those 8, which seemed to be in their opinion a quorum still able to conduct business, took a vote which was to fire Charles Bush.  4 people voted yes; two voted no and 2 abstained.  
> 
> For other boards in existence that result would be seen as the yeses 'win'  4 to 2  (6 total -still a quorum??)  i.e. the vote to fired Charles was approved by the majority of the voting members.    4 to 2 to fire Charles no matter how anyone wants to spin it.
> 
> Charles sure felt fired?..
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 9/21/13
>> 
>> THERE IS A BOARD MEETING FRIDAY.  THAT IS OUR REGULAR "LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH" BOARD MEETING.  NO SURPRISES THERE.  
>> 
>> PER ANN RENNACKER'S SALARY STATEMENT:  THE PAYROLL IS $30,000 A MONTH.    I ASSUME SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT.  CHARLES GAVE BACK PART OF HIS SALARY THE FIRST YEAR HE WAS E.D.  THIS HAS NOT CONTINUED.  (DID SHE UNDERSTAND THAT $30,000 TO BE FOR THE YEAR?)
>> 
>> PRESIDENT DID NOT SAY "OCCUPY WILL NOT MEET HERE AGAIN".  THAT IS TOTAL BULL%&*#.  I WAS THERE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.  THIS IS NOT ABOUT OCCUPY.   THE PRESIDENT TAKES A LOT OF FLACK THAT SHE DOES NOT DESERVE (AND HAS RECEIVED DEATH THREATS).  SHE, AND THE BOARD, BELIEVE THAT OCCUPY SHOULD PAY RENT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.  (I THINK SO, TOO).  
>> 
>> YOU CAN'T FIRE CHARLES WITH 4 "YES" VOTES.  CHARLES WAS NOT FIRED.  
>> 
>> BOB LEFT BEFORE A VOTE WAS TAKEN.
>> SYD LEFT AFTER THE VOTE, BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.
>> CHARLES HAD LEFT THE BUILDING BEFORE THE MEETING ENDED.
>> 
>> DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHERE THIS "THE BOARD FIRED CHARLES"  CAME FROM, AND PUT THE BLAME FOR THIS MESS WHERE IT TRULY BELONGS. 
>> 
>> FOR MONTHS, EVERYTHING IN CLOSED SESSIONS HAS BEEN IMMEDIATELY LEAKED TO CHARLES.  AGAIN?PUT THE BLAME FOR THIS MESS ON WHOMEVER LEAKED CLOSED-SESSION INFORMATION.  ALL THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD WE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK IT OUT IN A SENSIBLE, ORDERLY FASHION.   THIS WAS NOT "WHISTLE-BLOWING" AND DOES NOT DESERVE "GRATITUDE" FROM THE COMMUNITY.  THIS WAS MEAN-SPIRITED, SELF-SERVING AND HAS TORN A COMMUNITY APART.
>> 
>> SHAME ON THE LEAKER AND SHAME ON US ALL.
>> 
>> GIN KREMEN
>> 
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep 22 13:50:22 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:50:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] rent
Message-ID: <781A410A-DF39-49A4-B798-0510A98F3613@att.net>

This is not disputed by the Senior Center. Every month there's a statement which shows specifically where money comes from. The Board is well aware that we pay rent. I'm sorry if Gin's letter caused confusion on this issue. Also, if the tape does reveal a remark about Occupy!?, It was made while Gin took a bathroom break. I can attest to the acuity of Gin's hearing.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


BTW ( by the way)
OCCUPY Mendocino has paid RENT from the beginning of its use of the Senior Center for meetings.

At first it paid by passing the hat for donation and trying to make sure we came up with $20 to donate.  Then OM started paying 'officially' $20 per meeting delivered by hand to Senior Center office staff.  And currently ongoing since the kerfuffle ?last year? when the Senior Center board (current group minus ?unsure?) decided to try to keep OCCUPY Mendocino from having access to the Senior Center for our  twice monthly Saturday 2-4 pm meetings.

The board tried to charge OM $50 per meeting which, of course, is an impossible cost for OM to manage.  Charles Bush, as ED, worked out a rental policy which was much more fair and also explained (I think) that OM is just a community group and cannot be prevented from using the Center, esp since it is almost /exclusively/ a group of Seniors 60 to 96 years of age.  We have one steady member who is 48 now but we let him hang out with us anyway <grin>

I'm now 'Treasurer' and I send a check to the Senior Center for each month - $40 for 2 meetings a month.   We have a very teeny checking account with MendoLake Credit Union and pass the hat at every meeting to pay for our privilege.  

OM faithfully pays rent and very much supports the Senior Center as a wonderful community resource.

So - if someone tells you OCCUPY doesn't pay rent, please correct their mistaken impression.

Thank you
Jessie Lee

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sun Sep 22 13:50:20 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:50:20 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: [MCN-Announce]- message from Charles
References: <110A6B07-908D-4E3A-9D58-6C18D3F82439@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <212481F6-A851-4F38-80E9-2DD43B9410CE@gmail.com>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sakina Bush <sakina at mcn.org>
> Subject: [MCN-Announce]- message from Charles
> Date: September 22, 2013 1:44:07 PM PDT
> To: announce at lists.mcn.org
> 
> My Dear Friends,
> 
> Thank you for your many kind words of support and encouragement during the past three days of confusion concerning the actions of the Board of Directors of the Senior Center relative to their vote to dismiss me from my position as Executive Director. I have received far too many communications to respond personally, so although I have never before posted to the list serve, I have asked my wife Sakina to pass on this note to you all.
> 
> I would urge you to read the account of this matter now available on the Fort Bragg Advocate  web site at http://www.advocate-news.com. I believe it is a fair, accurate and quite comprehensive account of what happened.
> 
> Because of irregularities in procedure, and the absence of official notification from the Board that I have been dismissed, I have been advised by legal counsel to go to work Monday morning and continue executing the responsibilities of my position. The annual meeting of the Board is scheduled for next Friday, September 27 at 1:00 at the Senior Center. A new Board Member will be elected from four candidates who applied for the position by the application deadline, and new officers will be elected. A full agenda for the meeting has not yet been published. This is a public meeting.
> 
> On a more personal note I would share that serving the Senior Center has been one of the joys of my life. The financial disaster of the ?great recession? could well have been so very harmful to local elders who depend on the Center for so much. Instead, you have all responded to my constant asking for your volunteer work and financial support with such generosity, that we haven?t cut a single service, and in fact are doing more than ever. The wonderful staff of the Center have economized, doing more with less every year and taking on an ever greater work load. The Senior Center belongs to us all - the whole community - and we will have to continue to take on that responsibility.
> 
> In both my personal and work life I have been guided by the directive to treat others with ?kindness, courtesy and respect?. A high standard, that I sometimes don?t meet despite my best effort. I would hope that you would all join with me in that commitment. Being on a Board can be very difficult and confusing at times. While we may disagree, please let us voice our truth with a generosity of spirit and a will to do good, not harm. I hope with all my heart that I may have the opportunity to continue to serve my beloved Senior Center and the wisdom to help end dissension and move forward in community. 
> 
> With Great Affection,
> Charles Bush
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sun Sep 22 13:54:22 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:54:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] rent
In-Reply-To: <781A410A-DF39-49A4-B798-0510A98F3613@att.net>
References: <781A410A-DF39-49A4-B798-0510A98F3613@att.net>
Message-ID: <E0D90C0F-C772-4B18-872C-948F9EF0B808@gmail.com>

Well? unfortunately it's not just Gin's letter which gives the impression that OM doesn't pay rent - it's remarks from Bob Bushansky as well.  And Syd compounded the issue by not remembering about the insistence of people from the beginning that donation be made to the Senior Center - it was the first purpose of passing the hat.

AS my dead Daddy used to say "The easiest thing to reach is a misunderstanding."

Love and Light
Jessie Lee


On Sep 22, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

> This is not disputed by the Senior Center. Every month there's a statement which shows specifically where money comes from. The Board is well aware that we pay rent. I'm sorry if Gin's letter caused confusion on this issue. Also, if the tape does reveal a remark about Occupy!?, It was made while Gin took a bathroom break. I can attest to the acuity of Gin's hearing.
> 
> $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
> 
> 
> BTW ( by the way)
> OCCUPY Mendocino has paid RENT from the beginning of its use of the Senior Center for meetings.
> 
> At first it paid by passing the hat for donation and trying to make sure we came up with $20 to donate.  Then OM started paying 'officially' $20 per meeting delivered by hand to Senior Center office staff.  And currently ongoing since the kerfuffle ?last year? when the Senior Center board (current group minus ?unsure?) decided to try to keep OCCUPY Mendocino from having access to the Senior Center for our  twice monthly Saturday 2-4 pm meetings.
> 
> The board tried to charge OM $50 per meeting which, of course, is an impossible cost for OM to manage.  Charles Bush, as ED, worked out a rental policy which was much more fair and also explained (I think) that OM is just a community group and cannot be prevented from using the Center, esp since it is almost /exclusively/ a group of Seniors 60 to 96 years of age.  We have one steady member who is 48 now but we let him hang out with us anyway <grin>
> 
> I'm now 'Treasurer' and I send a check to the Senior Center for each month - $40 for 2 meetings a month.   We have a very teeny checking account with MendoLake Credit Union and pass the hat at every meeting to pay for our privilege.  
> 
> OM faithfully pays rent and very much supports the Senior Center as a wonderful community resource.
> 
> So - if someone tells you OCCUPY doesn't pay rent, please correct their mistaken impression.
> 
> Thank you
> Jessie Lee
> 
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From jessie at mac.com  Sun Sep 22 14:20:15 2013
From: jessie at mac.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:20:15 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: [MCN-Announce]- Senior Center Board meeting
References: <9316C5B8-5AA6-47FB-AD8B-8B1088DF4EC4@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <653C9E69-ADA0-45C1-A68E-EE129D3E74DA@mac.com>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Myra <myrah at mcn.org>
> Subject: [MCN-Announce]- Senior Center Board meeting
> Date: September 22, 2013 2:06:44 PM PDT
> To: MCN Listserve <announce at lists.mcn.org>
> 
> I hope that everyone who cares about the Center will attend their board meeting on Friday 9/ 27 at 1:00 pm at the center.  It seems some members of their board have forgotten that the primary fiduciary responsibility of a non-profit board is to protect the communities' assets.  When a board cannot manage itself, as evidenced by the current controversy, it is time for a new board.  
> 
> Our Senior Center provides very valuable services and we need to keep it going under the leadership that has brought it through some very rough times.   I wonder about the motivation of the 4 board members who supposedly voted to fire Charles Bush.  I intend to find out.
> Myra Beals
> 
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Sep 23 08:19:55 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:19:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: In Poll About Debt-Ceiling Crisis,
	Americans Totally Excited About New iPhone
Message-ID: <B6DD201E-146E-42FD-96DA-704E5F6F0D19@att.net>

IN POLL ABOUT DEBT-CEILING CRISIS, AMERICANS TOTALLY EXCITED ABOUT NEW IPHONE

WASHINGTON ?In a poll taken over the weekend about the looming debt-ceiling crisis and government shutdown, most Americans said that they were totally excited about the new iPhone 5s.

When asked about the prospect of a debt-ceiling logjam leading to a downgrade of the U.S. economy, seventy-two per cent of those surveyed said that the new iPhone looks like the most awesome iPhone yet.

Questioned about the disastrous impact of the U.S. government defaulting on the nation?s debt, sixty-five per cent agreed with the statement, ?I can?t believe I waited on line all Friday for the 5s and they told me they?re sold out until October.?

On the topic of whether the debt-ceiling crisis could plunge the world economy into the most apocalyptic catastrophe since the financial meltdown of 2008, Americans were deeply divided over which color iPhone they would choose, but agreed that all of them looked amazing.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Sep 23 15:37:25 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:37:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: words at council meeting re: Senior Center]
Message-ID: <2801fe6b5fec48c3a27fe182b054562a.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Please see Meg's attachment.
Agnes-


Hi Agnes,

As I told you I plan to say something about the Senior Center debacle
this evening at the City Council meeting. I decided to write it up
officially so I am sending you a copy and if you want to forward it
around that is fine with me.

Meg

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Sep 23 15:57:25 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:57:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Forwarded letter from Meg Courtney- words at
	council meeting re: Senior Center]
In-Reply-To: <2801fe6b5fec48c3a27fe182b054562a.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <2801fe6b5fec48c3a27fe182b054562a.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
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FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SEPT. 23, 2013
 
From: Meg Courtney
RE: Senior Center Debacle
 
I wish to address the unfortunate events going on at the Redwood Coast Senior Center.
 
It appears that a disgruntled few on the Senior Center Board are unhappy with the Executive Director Charles Bush and wish to fire him.  I have read a three page letter, distributed widely, from one of the board members containing allegations against Charles.  I find the allegations to be troublingly inconsequential, especially in light of going to the extreme measure of firing Charles ? not to mention that the letter itself was inappropriate in that it contained other information that should rightfully have remained confidential.
 
I also am aware that board meetings at the Senior Center have been conducted in a very unprofessional if not downright undemocratic manner, that Robert's Rules of Order are consistently ignored as well as  the Senior Center by-laws themselves.
 
In my view Charles Bush has been nothing but a boon to our Senior Center.  He is well-loved by the community which is evidenced by the numbers of people who have come forward to support him, and he is well-loved by his staff, give or take one or two. His energy, enthusiasm and creativity is an invaluable gift to all of us.  As a matter of fact, recently, he and the Senior Center were given accolades by a representative from the Regional American Act on Aging  Board as being an great example of how a senior center should be run!
 
I am incredulous that a small group of people ? for whatever reason ? and that reason is not at all clear to me ? are intent on bringing down an important member of our community and thereby causing such a deep divide in the community and potentially doing great damage to our important and vital senior center.
 
The amount of support for Charles has been tremendous but I do implore folks to be mindful of causing any more damage by agressively attacking the board members who have perpetrated these difficulties. This does not serve except to widen and deepen the discord. This is a frustrating situation but I am convinced it will be and SHOULD BE resolved with strong, purposeful, disciplined actions, and with peace in our hearts.
 
Thank you,
 
Meg Courtney
Vice-Mayor
City of Fort Bragg
On Sep 23, 2013, at 3:37 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> Please see Meg's attachment.
> Agnes-
> 
> 
> Hi Agnes,
> 
> As I told you I plan to say something about the Senior Center debacle
> this evening at the City Council meeting. I decided to write it up
> officially so I am sending you a copy and if you want to forward it
> around that is fine with me.
> 
> Meg
> 
> <senior center letter.doc>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Sep 23 16:18:47 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:18:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Bill Moyers on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Message-ID: <f860fd7df7ecc05aded00e2eda04b435.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

This might be worth your time to read.
Agnes



http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/17/study-mega-trade-deal-would-make-most-americans-poorer/



From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Sep 23 19:31:57 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:31:57 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] BOB ROSS LETTER Re: Senior Center
Message-ID: <1ECAF8BC-0066-4EF6-BF3B-A0041C743D63@mcn.org>


>> 	I am distressed to hear about the tumult at the Senior Center as reported by the Fort Bragg Advocate-News.  It appears that one of the accusations against Charles Bush by members of the Senior Center Board of Directors is that Charles, as Executive Director, has not done enough to raise funds.  It's my understanding, from observation of other local chartered non-profits, that fundraising is not one of the Executive Director's many responsibilities, but is in fact the assigned responsibility of the Board Members.
>> 
>> 	I am a senior living in this community for many decades, and have seen nothing but great improvement and access since Charles became ED.  His leadership has inspired me to increased contributions.  When he stepped in, the Center had been victimized and torn apart from within.  It seems as if something similar is happening now, with some Board Members taking illegal steps to pursue an unpublicized agenda of their own.  I value the Senior Center and the work of Charles Bush, and hope that the upcoming meeting will straighten out the current issues and lead to the return of legally mandated procedures on the part of the Board.  Our Senior Center is a precious resource for the entire coastal community.  I will definitely attend the meeting this coming Friday, and I urge the rest of the community to do so as well.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Robert Ross
>> ___________

In the RCSC Bylaws it appears Bob Ross is correct:
V. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
Finance Committee: The Finance Committee shall meet monthly to review fiscal operations, including internal controls, and recommend fiscal management policies, work with the financial officer in preparation of the budget and review income and expenditures. The Finance Committee shall develop, subject to Board approval, written policies for long-range investment and financial planning, which are consistent with any long-range, strategic plans for the Corporation.
Fundraising Committee: The Fundraising Committee shall actively employ effective methods to raise funds for the Center, sharing fundraising leadership, ideas, and support with the Executive Director. All Board Members should be cognizant of the financial status of Redwood Coast Seniors and assist with its fundraising efforts.
Governance Committee: The Governance Committee shall conduct an annual review of the Bylaws, Personnel Policies, Mission Statement, Organizational Values, and Strategic Plan in preparation for discussion and approval by the Board. (See section on Bylaws Amendments: III. D.7.)
Operations Committee: The Operations Committee shall arrange an annual review by the Board of each major project of the Senior Center: Transportation; Meals On Wheels; Day Care; Consultation and Programs; and Food Service.
Bylaws at:      http://www.rcscenter.org/lib.php?cat=board&i=10


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From annxpress at live.com  Tue Sep 24 09:56:27 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:56:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: Senior Center Director
In-Reply-To: <SNT145-W5D40E360B89429FC928F4DD2E0@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT145-W110BA0B52C5BDFDB5579E9EDD210@phx.gbl>,
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Message-ID: <SNT145-W5FE10A476F57B30BFE1A6DD2E0@phx.gbl>

I revised my letter to the Advocate - and Jessie wrote a good forum about O/M's role in our community.  I hope Kate publishes both.  Ann
 
From: annxpress at live.com
To: editor at advocate-news.com
Subject: RE: Senior Center Director
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:53:52 -0700




Hello Ann,
We have a 250-word limit on letters. Would you please send a shortened version of your letter for us to publish?We've posted an initial story on our websites.Thank you,

KateKatherine Lee, Editor
Fort Bragg Advocate-News


& The Mendocino Beacon
450 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg CA 95437
(707) 964-5642 x 13editor at advocate-news.com

editor at mendocinobeacon.com


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Ann Rennacker <annxpress at live.com> wrote:






 Kate, I hope this fits - cut it down if necessary.  I don't have a word counter in my e-mail. Ann



Dear Senior Center supporters,      I was shocked and saddened to learn that the Board Members of the Senior Center called a sudden meeting this week, without proper notice to the public, during which Charles Bush was voted by 4 board members to be fired.


     Since Charles has taken over as Director of the Senior Center, the food has improved, the garden produces vegetables and greens,  he puts extra time into directing programs and overseeing lunches, and he has brought in donations and given back some of his salary due to sequester cutbacks.  Charles Bush is the best Director we could have, forming personal relationships with the staff and the public.  He has interviewed many seniors and has a library of tapes called 'Senior Perspectives' that people can view.  In his interviews he draws out each senior's story out in a compassionate manner.  I have learned a lot about folks I thought I knew from these insightful interactions.


       There was a wonderful fundraising event at the Caspar Community Center with a silent auction and local talent playing to a packed house.  Fundraising is not a job of the director according to the bylaws, and the criticism from disgruntled office workers and board members has rippled through the Center.  About two weeks ago Charles had an endorsement from the public by letters and petitions to the Board when rumors of firing circulated, and we were assured that there was no immediate threat; the board gave him 6 months to do more paperwork.


     There is a Board Meeting Friday Sept 27 at 1pm, and many of us will attend.

Thank you, Ann Rennacker
 		 	   		  31200 Sherwood RoadFt Bragg, Ca.   95437-4124707-964-1420 		 	   		  

 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Tue Sep 24 11:17:22 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:17:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senior Center Director
In-Reply-To: <SNT145-W5FE10A476F57B30BFE1A6DD2E0@phx.gbl>
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Message-ID: <9EB8DE6F-D9D5-4B77-8E4E-37E3B7BC94D1@gmail.com>

Good work Ann!!  We're going to make NOISE and work to save our so important community resource organizations.

MCTV equipment and archives is priority as well.

xo
jl

On Sep 24, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Ann Rennacker <annxpress at live.com> wrote:

> I revised my letter to the Advocate - and Jessie wrote a good forum about O/M's role in our community.  I hope Kate publishes both.  Ann
>  
> From: annxpress at live.com
> To: editor at advocate-news.com
> Subject: RE: Senior Center Director
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:53:52 -0700
> 
> Hello Ann,
> We have a 250-word limit on letters. Would you please send a shortened version of your letter for us to publish?
> We've posted an initial story on our websites.
> Thank you,
> Kate
> 
> Katherine Lee, Editor
> Fort Bragg Advocate-News
> & The Mendocino Beacon
> 450 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg CA 95437
> (707) 964-5642 x 13
> editor at advocate-news.com
> editor at mendocinobeacon.com
> 
> 

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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 24 13:31:32 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:31:32 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Republicans Warn Iranian President
	Against Shaking Obama's Hand
Message-ID: <859B71B4-7A75-4D66-BECA-E0BE87EEDEF4@att.net>


REPUBLICANS WARN IRANIAN PRESIDENT AGAINST SHAKING OBAMA?S HAND


WASHINGTON ?Republican leaders warned the newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that they would frown on his shaking hands with President Obama at the United Nations today, saying that any embrace of Obama would signal that Iran was not serious about abandoning extremism.

?We welcome President Rouhani?s moderate rhetoric,? said Senator Rand Paul (R-Ken.). ?But those words are rendered hollow if he is willing to shake the hand of a notorious extremist.?

?This is a man who has enslaved his people, saddling them with a health-care law not of their choosing,? said Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). ?The President of Iran should think twice before shaking hands with a man like that.?

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sounded a warning of his own: ?If the President of Iran wants to give the world the impression that he cares about human rights, he should be careful about cozying up to a despot who has continually tried to take away his people?s assault rifles.?

?We encourage Mr. Rouhani?s wish that Iran join the community of civilized nations,? added House Speaker John Boehner, ? but first he must renounce Barack Obama.?



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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 24 13:46:43 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:46:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Freebies for the Rich
Message-ID: <C147778B-E4C4-4812-AD6D-76DC9314498D@att.net>


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/magazine/freebies-for-the-rich.html?nl=afternoonupdate&emc=edit_au_20130924

Freebies for the Rich

Max Russell had always been a conscientious student, but when his father died during his junior year of high school, he had to take on a 25-hour-per-week job to help his family pay the bills. The gig inevitably ate into the time he spent on homework, and Russell?s G.P.A. plummeted from 3.5 to 2.5, which complicated his ability to get the aid he needed to attend a four-year college. So he ended up at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis. Last year, after finally qualifying for student loans and cobbling together some grant money, he transferred to Purdue University, one of the state?s top public schools.

At Purdue, Russell reconnected with Christopher Bosma, a friend from high school. Bosma?s family was considerably wealthier, but his entire tuition was free ? as will be medical-school costs. An outstanding high-school student, he received a prestigious merit scholarship that covered both. Russell told me that he believed the two friends are about ?equivalent in intelligence? but acknowledged that Bosma studied much harder in high school. He was unusually driven, he said, but it probably didn?t hurt that Bosma had the luxury of not having to help support his family.

Over the years, many state-university systems ? and even states themselves ? have shifted more of their financial aid away from students who need it toward those whose r?sum?s merit it. The share of state aid that?s not based on need has nearly tripled in the last two decades, to 29 percent per full-time student in 2010-11. The stated rationale, of course, is that merit scholarships motivate high-school achievement and keep talented students in state. The consequence, however, is that more aid is helping kids who need it less. Merit metrics like SAT scores tend to closely correlate with family income; about 1 in 5 students from households with income over $250,000 receives merit aid from his or her school. For families making less than $30,000, it?s 1 in 10.

Schools don?t seem to mind. After years of state-funding cuts, many recognize that wealthy students can bring in more money even after getting a discount. Raising the tuition and then offering a 25 percent scholarship to four wealthier kids who might otherwise have gone to private school generates more revenue than giving a free ride to one who truly needs it. Incidentally, enticing these students also helps boost a school?s rankings. ?The U.S. News rankings are based largely on the student inputs,? said Donald Heller, dean of Michigan State University?s College of Education. ?The public universities in general, and the land grants in particular, are moving away from their historical mission to serve a broad swath of families across the state.?

This is obviously troubling for the students who need help, but it is also bad for the state economies that public colleges are supported by and are supposed to help advance. While merit aid sounds like an effective way to combat brain drain, there is no conclusive evidence that it works. One recent study by economists at Cornell and the University of Chicago found that ?nearly all? of the spending on state merit-based scholarships had little effect on keeping students in state after they graduated. Merit aid may not even be a good deal for those who earn it. A recent study by researchers at Harvard Kennedy School looked at a scholarship program in Massachusetts in which high-scoring students get tuition waivers at in-state public colleges. It found that taking the scholarship actually reduced a student?s likelihood of graduating because they ended up at a school with a completion rate lower than one of the other schools they could have gone to. Peer effects matter, it turns out. The long-term costs of going to school among those who are more likely to drop out could outweigh the upfront benefits of a cheap education.

Financial aid, however, has a hugely positive impact on whether low-income students graduate. Among needier kids, the six-year graduation rate is 45 percent when grants cover under a quarter of college costs versus 68 percent when they cover more than three-quarters, according to Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher at Edvisors.com, a network of college-planning Web sites. If you look at comparable stats for high-income students, the amount of aid makes almost no difference. Their graduation rates are around 78 percent either way.

The share of Americans with college degrees has risen significantly in the last few decades, but almost all of the growth has been among children of wealthier families. The share of 24-year-olds from families in the top-income quartile who hold college degrees rose from about 40 percent in 1970 to 70 percent in 2011. The share from the bottom quartile, however, remained pretty flat, edging up to 10 percent from 6 percent, according to Tom Mortenson, a higher-education policy analyst with Postsecondary Education Opportunity. These graduation rates also matter. Not only is the gap between the earnings (and employability) of college grads versus high-school grads widening, but an increasing amount of research shows that having a higher density of college-educated workers boosts wages of even those around them without college degrees. Economists refer to the ripple effect as the ?positive externalities? of higher education.

By devoting more aid dollars to the likely college students rather than to more marginal ones, states are limiting the overall pool of residents who will be able to obtain college-level skills. Perhaps just as important, they are also limiting the economic prospects of their entire populations. The institutions that try to maintain their commitment to needy students like Russell, even in the face of state-budget cuts, recognize that extending access to college isn?t just about altruism. It?s about investing in your future tax base. And that?s thinking outside the box.

Catherine Rampell is an economics reporter at The Times. Adam Davidson is off this week.


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 24 14:35:46 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:35:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Some Congressional Food Stamp Critics Have Their
	Own Safety Net
Message-ID: <7117CE43-AB95-4A61-8948-046A8F411C90@att.net>

(We're really talking about corporate farmers with their snout in the public trough. M.S.) 
 
http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/20/some-congressional-food-stamp-critics-have-their-own-safety-net/




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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Sep 24 14:58:05 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:58:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Nuns refuse to give up land for gas pipeline.
Message-ID: <FA32A142-D5EF-47D4-A887-A464505925B9@mcn.org>

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/02/defiant-nuns-and-monks-refuse-to-give-up-kentucky-land-for-gas-pipeline/


Two Kentucky Catholic religious orders that collectively own more than 3,000 acres of historic farmland are refusing to give up portions of their lands for a proposed natural-gas pipeline that would channel millions of gallons of pressurized, highly flammable natural-gas liquids through the area. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the nuns of the Sisters of Loretto and the monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani have denied surveyors permission to survey the land ahead of the pipeline project and say that they have no interest in helping it along...
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 24 16:32:17 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:32:17 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] A great site which exposes public financing of
	business.
Message-ID: <B109FBA0-EE5B-4358-9612-4EEBEA1AB2BC@att.net>

A large site with exploring. There's a spread sheet on the tax breaks and givebacks by state called "Megadeals" which is really enlightening. Also find out why Perry's job tour to steal other state's businesses expenses doesn't add up.

http://www.goodjobsfirst.org

From marksafron at att.net  Tue Sep 24 16:34:45 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:34:45 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] P.S.
Message-ID: <5E57BC6A-3A46-4720-A32F-76DEF027B0ED@att.net>

http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2012/04/12/taxed-by-the-boss/


From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Sep 24 17:37:13 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:37:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: New action to stop $8.3 Billion taxpayer
	loan for new nukes]
Message-ID: <344af65999bc9d499fa5efbc1f4078d9.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Please add your name to the petition to stop the $8.Billion loan for
another Nuclear Power Plant in GA.
Agnes

Subject: New action to stop $8.3 Billion taxpayer loan for new nukes
From:    "Nuclear Information and Resource Service" <nirsnet at nirs.org>
Date:    Mon, September 23, 2013 1:02 pm
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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*New Action to Stop $8.3 Billion Nuclear Taxpayer Loan

Vogtle loan CAN be stopped; let's pump up the volume!*


September 23, 2013

Dear Friends,

The proposed $8.3 Billion taxpayer loan for construction of Georgia's
Vogtle nuclear reactors is teetering on the edge; so NIRS is teaming up
with CredoAction in a new action to tip it over entirely.

You may remember that the loan was announced, with great fanfare, by
President Obama in February 2010, as part of his stated "all of the above"
energy strategy. It came from the Department of Energy's $18.5 Billion
loan guarantee fund and was supposed to herald the "nuclear renaissance."
Today, fully 3 1/2 years later, the loan has still not been granted, nor
has any other loan for new reactor construction.

Why? Because Southern Company, the lead utility in the Vogtle project,
wants a sweetheart deal that would not only give it well below-market
interest rates, but also put all of the risk on taxpayers rather than
themselves. Indeed, Southern Company officials have said at least five
times that they don't even need the loan--they're already using ratepayers
as their private bank under Georgia's "early cost recovery" law. If that
were true, then why should taxpayers be involved at all? But Southern's
other partners, which own about 40% of the project, do need the federal
loan.

*This is the time to tell President Obama and Energy Secretary Moniz to
finally give up on this fiasco--before taxpayer money is put at risk. No
extension, no loan. **Even if you've sent a letter on this issue before,
this is a new action. Please act now.* [
http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/stop-taxpayer-loan-for-new-nuclear-reactors
]

The White House's own Office of Management and Budget, which along with
the Department of Energy must approve the loan, has balked at the
riskiness of the proposed loan and the final deadline for loan approval
has been extended several times over the years. The next deadline is
coming up on September 30, 2013.

Vogtle received its construction license in February 2012. It is already
nearly two years behind schedule and somewhere between $700 million and
$1.6 billion over budget, depending on who's counting. Given the history
of large nuclear construction projects in the U.S. and abroad, more delay
and cost overruns can be expected. The first two Vogtle reactors actually
finished at more than 1200% over budget.

Since President Obama's February 2010 loan announcement, the nuclear
"renaissance" has collapsed. During 2013 alone, six proposed new reactors
were dropped for various reasons, five operating reactors announced
permanent shutdowns, and utilities gave up on power uprates for five more
reactors. The nuclear "renaissance" now consists of two reactors at Summer
in South Carolina, a Tennessee Valley Authority reactor that began
construction more than 30 years ago, and Vogtle. The marketplace has
spoken and nuclear power has lost. Not only is natural gas a current (and
dirty) competitor, but costs of clean renewables like solar and wind have
plummeted and are viable alternatives, while energy efficiency programs
are keeping new demand far lower than projected when the Vogtle project
was first announced.

*This is the time to tell President Obama and Energy Secretary Moniz to
finally give up on this fiasco--before taxpayer money is put at risk. No
extension, no loan. Act now. Your voice matters.* [
http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/stop-taxpayer-loan-for-new-nuclear-reactors
]


Thanks for all you do.

Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
www.nirs.org [ http://www.nirs.org ]
nirsnet at nirs.org [ mailto:nirsnet at nirs.org ]



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From adross at mcn.org  Tue Sep 24 19:43:04 2013
From: adross at mcn.org (Adrienne Ross)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:43:04 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] check this out
References: <FC5F7BEC-1221-4F6A-9F58-7AFFDBBB8014@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <E2474F8E-183A-4586-A16A-83B09BADEFAD@mcn.org>




http://www.climatenamechange.org/


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When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands, then indeed their continuing in office becomes dangerous. 
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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Sep 25 08:41:21 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:41:21 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Senate Reaches Bipartisan Deal to Shut
	Down Ted Cruz
Message-ID: <9D378356-BF90-4427-B077-727874CF4A4D@att.net>


SENATE REACHES BIPARTISAN DEAL TO SHUT DOWN TED CRUZ

WASHINGTON?In what is being hailed as a rare example of bipartisan co?peration, Senate Democrats and Republicans came together today on a near-unanimous vote to defund Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

The measure, which shuts down all nonessential functions of Sen. Cruz, passed by a margin of ninety-nine to one.

As the final vote was announced this morning, Sen. Cruz?s microphone was unplugged and the Senate exploded with cheers on both sides of the aisle.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said that the vote to defund the Texas senator showed that bipartisan co?peration is possible even in the usually rancorous Senate: ?Every now and then the two parties can reach across the aisle and find something that we both despise with all our might.?

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) acknowledged that the budget impact of defunding Sen. Cruz would be minimal, but added, ?This was never about money. We got Ted Cruz to stop talking, and you can?t put a price tag on that.?


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Sep 25 09:42:13 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:42:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Free To Be Hungry
Message-ID: <631D405F-73F1-48B6-8E65-D16D67D4DF97@mcn.org>

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/opinion/krugman-free-to-be-hungry.html?hp&_r=0

Free to Be Hungry
By PAUL KRUGMAN

The word ?freedom? looms large in modern conservative rhetoric. Lobbying groups are given names likeFreedomWorks; health reform is denounced not just for its cost but as an assault on, yes, freedom. Oh, and remember when we were supposed to refer to pommes frites as ?freedom fries??
The right?s definition of freedom, however, isn?t one that, say, F.D.R. would recognize. In ...
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From annxpress at live.com  Wed Sep 25 18:18:35 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:18:35 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: [Opcsteering] tell the BLM to keep moratorium
 on fracking on federal lands within California
In-Reply-To: <CA+mSO5KRZVuKFVWS_nE6P7Vqr0xZZT3RfY-HEkVKbYuzntdbTw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+mSO5KRZVuKFVWS_nE6P7Vqr0xZZT3RfY-HEkVKbYuzntdbTw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W165A1EA960B5CC23618DF7DD280@phx.gbl>

No Fracking petition!!
 
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:14:32 -0700
From: eoberowski at gmail.com
To: opcsteering at lists.mcn.org; opc at lists.mcn.org
Subject: [Opcsteering] tell the BLM to keep moratorium on fracking on	federal lands within California

Dear folks,

Responding to our lawsuit a judge ruled that it was unlawful to lease California's public land for oil development without first considering the risks of fracking. Shortly after the Bureau of Land Management halted all new federal oil lease sales in California for the remainder of the fiscal year.


Now, also in response to our lawsuit, the BLM has launched a new environmental analysis of fracking in California. This will be the first-ever statewide analysis of the threats from fracking in our state. 

We need to make sure that the current moratorium on new oil leases for California's public lands stays in place while these important studies are completed.


Please take action now to tell the BLM not to allow new oil leases on California's public lands.

    Go here to take action and get more information.
If you can't open the link, go to http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14327.



Stay Connected:
 

Center for Biological Diversity

P.O. Box 710

Tucson, AZ 85702

1-866-357-3349




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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Sep 25 23:37:25 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 23:37:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Re-Broadcast Corporations & Democracy Show on
	Redwood Coast Senior Center, Thursday, Sept 26, 9 am.  KZYX
Message-ID: <0E914872-363C-49F7-8981-295354C399A5@mcn.org>

KZYX to Re-Broadcast Corporations & Democracy Show on Redwood Coast Senior Center


If you missed Tuesday's show featuring two Redwood Coast Senior Center board members discussing the board vote to fire popular Senior Center Director, Charles Bush, this is your chance to hear it. Due to community interest and numerous requests, the show will be broadcast again Thursday, Sept 26 at 9:00 am. That's on KZYX 90.7 FM (Philo), 88.1 FM (Fort Bragg).




> Breaking news on Corporations & Democracy Tuesday, September 24 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm: Dave Eberly, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local chapter will join hosts Toni Rizzo and Jim Tarbell from the picket line where he and striking Mendocino County workers will be picketing for the day. After a brief update on the strike, Bob Bushansky and Syd Balows, board members of the Redwood Coast Senior Center in Fort Bragg will talk about the recent board vote to fire popular Executive Director, Charles Bush, and what this means for the Senior Center.



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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 27 11:02:27 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:02:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Like Citizen's United but better.
Message-ID: <08D3C88D-65A0-427E-AAD8-4E673EBD889E@att.net>

http://unlimitedcorruption.com


From marksafron at att.net  Fri Sep 27 14:45:12 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:45:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Fox News-- Obama in Plot to Force
	Americans to Live Longer
Message-ID: <68166096-7CC2-4CB8-8832-4363E46249E2@att.net>

FOX NEWS: OBAMA IN PLOT TO FORCE AMERICANS TO LIVE LONGER


NEW YORK ?In a blockbuster documentary to be broadcast tonight, the Fox News Channel alleges that Obamacare is ?little more than a thinly veiled scheme to force Americans to live longer.?

The documentary, called ?The Ugly Truth About Obamacare,? claims that President Obama ?is cynically using the health-care law to achieve his true objective: raising the life expectancy of Americans without their consent.?

?In America, how long you live has always been your own business,? says the documentary?s narrator, Sean Hannity. ?Under Obamacare, though, it?s the government?s business?a government that wants you to live as long as humanly possible.?

The documentary lays out a nightmare scenario of Americans being saddled with sky-high life expectancies for years to come.

In perhaps the most chilling prediction of the documentary, Mr. Hannity warns, ?If Obamacare goes into effect, Americans will be forced to live as long as people in Finland, Denmark, and other socialist countries.?

Speaking with reporters today, Mr. Hannity said he hoped that the documentary would be a ?wake-up call about the secret agenda behind Obamacare.?

?President Obama is playing God with American lives,? Mr. Hannity said. ?And if he stubbornly insists on making those lives longer, that could be grounds for impeachment.?



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep 27 17:18:02 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:18:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Petition to the County Board of Supervisors on
	line.
In-Reply-To: <e0322f658de42ebfc9b57f3545112531.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <e0322f658de42ebfc9b57f3545112531.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <641F4E77-36B3-47C3-9ACD-82D21E7A8FFE@mcn.org>

> From Agnes:

> Please help.  Thanks.

> http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petition-to-the-board-of-supervisors-of-mendocino-county.html
> 
> 
> 




From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Sep 27 20:45:33 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:45:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] fractional reserve System of Banking , the Fed,
	national debt.
Message-ID: <015465c470f32a38f6a04d508a96b423.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Let's Nationalize the Federal Reserve - Nolan Chart
www.nolanchart.com/article10049-lets-nationalize-the-federal-reserve.html

Occupiers,
This is well worth reading if you want to know how the Federal Reserve
Banking law of 1913 is keeping us in perpetual debt and how we can change
this.

Agnes



From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Sep 27 21:42:39 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 21:42:39 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Streaming Video for Senior Center Meeting on
	Friday
Message-ID: <37E40759-557A-4FCF-964E-2BF8B24719B6@mcn.org>

http://www.livestream.com/mendocinotv/video?clipId=pla_1e5aa81e-9e69-4b41-b889-d82a8d93a623&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb 
- This is the live stream of the Redwood Coast Senior Center Board of 
Directors meeting. 

Note that the part with the meeting doesn't start until about 40min into the tape.
( They were shooting the lunch hour for some reason.)


Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep 29 09:52:09 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:52:09 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Boehner Advises Americans to Delay
	Getting Cancer for a Year
Message-ID: <F4647F2F-A406-4DEE-A470-55571E5525A8@att.net>


BOEHNER ADVISES AMERICANS TO DELAY GETTING CANCER FOR A YEAR


WASHINGTON ?In a special Sunday radio address, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) delivered a health tip to the American people, advising them to delay getting cancer for a year.

?We?re involved in a high-stakes fight over our freedom from centralized government control of our lives,? said Mr. Boehner, speaking on behalf of his House colleagues. ?You can do your part by delaying getting cancer.?

He added that heart disease, emphysema, and diabetes were among a laundry list of conditions that would be ?patriotic to avoid for a year.?

?If you delay getting any of these things for the next twelve months, together we will win this fight,? he said.

In closing, he reassured the American people that in the event of a government shutdown, members of Congress? health benefits would remain intact: ?We want to be in tip-top shape to continue to do the excellent job we?re doing for you.?



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From annxpress at live.com  Sun Sep 29 15:45:21 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:45:21 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: [OPC] FW: Fukushima Crisis Demands Global
	Take-Over
In-Reply-To: <5248A9C7.3030703@mcn.org>
References: <1602126250.1380675819@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com>
	<SNT145-W136A1D3114808CB51B53315DD2B0@phx.gbl>,
	<5248A9C7.3030703@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W1180AF5EB663314D4925AE1DD2B0@phx.gbl>

Important petition!
 
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:29:27 -0700
From: cwolman at mcn.org
To: annxpress at live.com
CC: opc at lists.mcn.org
Subject: Re: [OPC] FW: Fukushima Crisis Demands Global Take-Over



  
    
  
  
    https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/STOP_FUKUSHIMA_RADIATION_UN_ACTION_NEEDED/

        Please sign and circulate.  Thanks, Carol

      

    On 9/29/2013 3:00 PM, Ann Rennacker wrote:
    
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      This is an important step to handling Fukushima.

         

         Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:02:40 -0400

          From: info at rootsaction.org

          To: annxpress at live.com

          Subject: Fukushima Crisis Demands Global Take-Over

          

          
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        
                      
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                
                                  
                                    
                                      
                                        

                                          

                                           

                                        
                                      
                                      
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                                   "We are now within two
                                        months of what may be
                                        humankind?s most dangerous
                                        moment since the Cuban Missile
                                        Crisis."

                                      ?Harvey Wasserman, author
                                    and activist

                                    

                                    Email
                                        the U.N. Secretary General and
                                        the U.S. President now!

                                    

                                    Fukushima?s owner, Tokyo Electric
                                    (Tepco), does not have the resources
                                    to handle 1,300 spent fuel rods now
                                    sitting in a badly damaged pool
                                    perched 100 feet in the air, with
                                    the potential to spew out more than
                                    15,000 times as much radiation as
                                      was released at Hiroshima. 

                                    

                                    The
                                        situation demands a coordinated
                                        worldwide effort of the best
                                        scientists and engineers our
                                        species can muster. 

                                    

                                    Chernobyl?s first 1986 fallout
                                    reached California within ten days.
                                    Fukushima's in 2011 arrived in less
                                    than a week. A new fuel fire at Unit
                                    4 would pour out a continuous
                                      stream of lethal radioactive
                                      poisons for centuries. 

                                    

                                    Former Ambassador Mitsuhei Murata
                                    says of full-scale releases from
                                    Fukushima, "This is not rocket
                                      science, nor does it connect to
                                      the pugilistic debate over nuclear
                                      power plants. This is an issue of
                                      human survival."

                                    

                                    This crisis comes just as the Obama
                                    Administration is trying to provide
                                    a $8.3 billion loan to build the
                                      first new nuclear plants in the
                                      U.S. in almost 30 years. Tell
                                        President Obama to loan that
                                        $8.3 billion to a Fukushima
                                        emergency clean-up instead.

                                    

                                    Tell
                                        the United Nations to lead that
                                        effort immediately.

                                    

                                    
                                        Click to Email President Obama
                                        and Secretary General Ban
                                        Ki-Moon.

                                    

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                                      everyone!

                                    

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                                    Background:

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                                    AFP:
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Sep 29 23:27:55 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:27:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Who's running the next meeting?
Message-ID: <14EAC648-19FB-4D23-A17D-E5DBDB074517@att.net>

I have an agenda item.


From jupiter at mcn.org  Mon Sep 30 13:33:51 2013
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:33:51 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy GA meeting Oct. 5
Message-ID: <50A5636E-38C5-4ACC-8C88-A28B7A602DAB@mcn.org>

Hi, all,
I'll be missing the next GA meeting; I have an all-day workshop I'm  
attending.
Onward,
Linda

> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:27:55 -0700
> From: Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net>
> Subject: [Occupymendocino] Who's running the next meeting?
> To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Sep 30 15:22:26 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:22:26 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MTV Video: Senior Citizen Board Meeting 9/27/13
Message-ID: <FC80D15B-BBBD-433E-A438-8FED49922E36@mcn.org>

Edited version.

http://mendocinotv.com/2013/09/29/redwood-coast-senior-center-annual-meeting/



From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Sep 30 16:09:25 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:09:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Information From Fort Bragg City Council Member
	About Public Access TV
Message-ID: <C5C1F8A9-105E-480F-8413-E4D5A44CB900@mcn.org>

> From: "Kraut, Heidi" <HKraut at fortbragg.com>
> Date: September 30, 2013 9:50:30 AM PDT
> To: "nsdusoir at mcn.org" <nsdusoir at mcn.org>
> Cc: "Ruffing, Linda" <LRuffing at fortbragg.com>
> Subject: Public Access TV Update
> 
> Hello Howard
> 
> Mayor Turner asked me to give you an update about public access TV - here is what I know at this point:
> 
> -The Mayor appointed Councilmember Meg Courtney and myself to serve on an ad hoc committee to look at options for PEG (public/ education/government) TV in our area following the dissolution of MCTV. 
> 
> -Meg and I met last month with Linda Ruffing and representatives from Mendocino County, the Rec district, hospital district and FB school district to talk about needs and resources. All of the agencies represented expressed a desire to continue to broadcast meetings and other events.
> 
> -Linda indicated that we had around 120 days to "use or lose" the channels that were assigned to MCTV, but that we should be able to move forward within that timeline.
> 
> -Both the city and the county continue to receive some $ from their agreements with Comcast that can be applied to PEG TV, but those $ are dwindling as the number of Comcast subscribers shrinks each year.
> 
> - Linda is working on a request for proposals that will be put out for anyone interested in taking up the challenge of providing PEG TV access for our area. The person or group that is chosen through that process would be eligible to receive some funding from the city and county and would need to then negotiate with the Footlighters organization if they wished to purchase the former MCTV equipment. It seems that anyone who wants to produce PEG programming will need to find additional sources of funding in order to stay viable - membership donations? Underwriting? 
> 
> I know that in your communication with the Mayor you asked about the possibility of MCTV starting up again - it is my understanding that they have completely dissolved, but I guess it is possible that some of their staff or volunteers may want to be involved in a new PEG organization that could be formed to resume providing services to the community.
> 
> I am copying Linda on this email in case she has any additions or corrections to what I have told you. Thank you for you interest in this issue... Hopefully we will have more information to share soon. Please let me know of you have any other questions.
> 
> Heidi Kraut



Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Mon Sep 30 18:11:49 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:11:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Information From Fort Bragg City Council
	Member About Public Access TV
In-Reply-To: <C5C1F8A9-105E-480F-8413-E4D5A44CB900@mcn.org>
References: <C5C1F8A9-105E-480F-8413-E4D5A44CB900@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <A4835113-859F-473D-93E2-86D90E0FF8C9@gmail.com>

What about access to the archives??

And wasn't the equipment purchased with City money??  

I have now heard that Elizabeth has locked up all the servers by password protection so no one else can use them.  This guy was very anti-MCTV.

What a mess?.  :-(
On Sep 30, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

>> From: "Kraut, Heidi" <HKraut at fortbragg.com>
>> Date: September 30, 2013 9:50:30 AM PDT
>> To: "nsdusoir at mcn.org" <nsdusoir at mcn.org>
>> Cc: "Ruffing, Linda" <LRuffing at fortbragg.com>
>> Subject: Public Access TV Update
>> 
>> Hello Howard
>> 
>> Mayor Turner asked me to give you an update about public access TV - here is what I know at this point:
>> 
>> -The Mayor appointed Councilmember Meg Courtney and myself to serve on an ad hoc committee to look at options for PEG (public/ education/government) TV in our area following the dissolution of MCTV. 
>> 
>> -Meg and I met last month with Linda Ruffing and representatives from Mendocino County, the Rec district, hospital district and FB school district to talk about needs and resources. All of the agencies represented expressed a desire to continue to broadcast meetings and other events.
>> 
>> -Linda indicated that we had around 120 days to "use or lose" the channels that were assigned to MCTV, but that we should be able to move forward within that timeline.
>> 
>> -Both the city and the county continue to receive some $ from their agreements with Comcast that can be applied to PEG TV, but those $ are dwindling as the number of Comcast subscribers shrinks each year.
>> 
>> - Linda is working on a request for proposals that will be put out for anyone interested in taking up the challenge of providing PEG TV access for our area. The person or group that is chosen through that process would be eligible to receive some funding from the city and county and would need to then negotiate with the Footlighters organization if they wished to purchase the former MCTV equipment. It seems that anyone who wants to produce PEG programming will need to find additional sources of funding in order to stay viable - membership donations? Underwriting? 
>> 
>> I know that in your communication with the Mayor you asked about the possibility of MCTV starting up again - it is my understanding that they have completely dissolved, but I guess it is possible that some of their staff or volunteers may want to be involved in a new PEG organization that could be formed to resume providing services to the community.
>> 
>> I am copying Linda on this email in case she has any additions or corrections to what I have told you. Thank you for you interest in this issue... Hopefully we will have more information to share soon. Please let me know of you have any other questions.
>> 
>> Heidi Kraut
> 
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> 
> Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
>                                        Tibetan Buddhist teaching
> 
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Mon Sep 30 22:36:34 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:36:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fukishima petition: radiation threatens us all
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt6Jq49FVE=tacS5n1bK6g3w1J+goyFkXzuHByZiR+TMeQ@mail.gmail.com>

Humankind?s Most Dangerous Moment: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4. ?This is
an Issue of Human Survival.?The world community must now take charge at
Fukushima
By Harvey Wasserman <http://www.globalresearch.ca/author/harvey-wasserman>
Global Research, September 20, 2013
freepress.org <http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/7/2013/1985>
Region: Asia <http://www.globalresearch.ca/region/asia>
Theme: Environment <http://www.globalresearch.ca/theme/environment>
 19.6K
  950  677

  50.7K
[image: plutonium]

We are now within two months of what may be humankind?s most dangerous
moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster
must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4.

Fukushima?s owner, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), says that within as few as 60
days it may begin trying to remove more than 1300 spent fuel rods from a
badly damaged pool perched 100 feet in the air. The pool rests on a badly
damaged building that is tilting, sinking and could easily come down in the
next earthquake, if not on its own.

Some 400 tons of fuel in that pool could spew out more than 15,000 times as
much radiation as was released at Hiroshima.

The one thing certain about this crisis is that Tepco does not have the
scientific, engineering or financial resources to handle it. Nor does the
Japanese government. The situation demands a coordinated worldwide effort
of the best scientists and engineers our species can muster.

Why is this so serious?

We already know that thousands of tons of heavily contaminated water are
pouring through the Fukushima site, carrying a devil?s brew of long-lived
poisonous isotopes into the Pacific. Tuna irradiated with fallout traceable
to Fukushima have already been caught off the coast of California. We can
expect far worse.

Tepco continues to pour more water onto the proximate site of three melted
reactor cores it must somehow keep cool.Steam plumes indicate fission may
still be going on somewhere underground. But nobody knows exactly where
those cores actually are.

Much of that irradiated water now sits in roughly a thousand huge but
fragile tanks that have been quickly assembled and strewn around the site.
Many are already leaking. All could shatter in the next earthquake,
releasing thousands of tons of permanent poisons into the Pacific.

The water flowing through the site is also undermining the remnant
structures at Fukushima, including the one supporting the fuel pool at Unit
Four.

More than 6,000 fuel assemblies now sit in a common pool just 50 meters
from Unit Four. Some contain plutonium. The pool has no containment over
it. It?s vulnerable to loss of coolant, the collapse of a nearby building,
another earthquake, another tsunami and more.

Overall, more than 11,000 fuel assemblies are scattered around the
Fukushima site. According to long-time expert and former Department of
Energy official Robert Alvarez, there is more than 85 times as much lethal
cesium on site as was released at
Chernobyl<http://www.nukefree.org/akio-matsumura-terrifying-numbers-fukushima>
.

Radioactive hot spots continue to be found around Japan. There are
indications of heightened rates of thyroid damage among local children.

The immediate bottom line is that those fuel rods must somehow come safely
out of the Unit Four fuel pool as soon as possible.

Just prior to the 3/11/11 earthquake and tsunami that shattered the
Fukushima site, the core of Unit Four was removed for routine maintenance
and refueling. Like some two dozen reactors in the US and too many more
around the world, the General Electric-designed pool into which that core
now sits is 100 feet in the
air<http://www.nukefree.org/ultimate-moment-fukushima-may-come-november>
.

Spent fuel must somehow be kept under water. It?s clad in zirconium alloy
which will spontaneously ignite when exposed to air. Long used in flash
bulbs for cameras, zirconium burns with an extremely bright hot flame.

 Each uncovered rod emits enough radiation to kill someone standing nearby
in a matter of minutes. A conflagration could force all personnel to flee
the site and render electronic machinery unworkable.

According to Arnie Gundersen, a nuclear engineer with forty years in an
industry for which he once manufactured fuel rods, the ones in the Unit 4
core are bent, damaged and embrittled to the point of crumbling. Cameras
have shown troubling quantities of debris in the fuel pool, which itself is
damaged.

The engineering and scientific barriers to emptying the Unit Four fuel pool
are unique and daunting, says Gundersen. But it must be done to 100%
perfection.

Should the attempt fail, the rods could be exposed to air and catch fire,
releasing horrific quantities of radiation into the atmosphere. The pool
could come crashing to the ground, dumping the rods together into a pile
that could fission and possibly explode. The resulting radioactive cloud
would threaten the health and safety of all us.

Chernobyl?s first 1986 fallout reached California within ten days.
Fukushima?s in 2011 arrived in less than a week. A new fuel fire at Unit 4
would pour out a continuous stream of lethal radioactive poisons for
centuries<http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/keep-harmful-radioactive-1.fb26?source=c.fb&r_by=7470505>
.

 Former Ambassador Mitsuhei Murata says full-scale releases from Fukushima
?would destroy the world environment and our civilization. This is not
rocket science, nor does it connect to the pugilistic debate over nuclear
power plants. This is an issue of human survival.?

Neither Tokyo Electric nor the government of Japan can go this alone. There
is no excuse for deploying anything less than a coordinated team of the
planet?s best scientists and engineers.

We have two months or less to act <https://fs220.xbit.jp/n362/form2/>.

For now, we are petitioning the United Nations and President Obama to
mobilize the global scientific and engineering community to take charge at
Fukushima and the job of moving these fuel rods to
safety<http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the-world-community-must>
.

 You can sign the petition at:
http://www.nukefree.org/crisis-fukushima-4-petition-un-us-global-response

If you have a better idea, please follow it. But do something and do it now.

The clock is ticking. The hand of global nuclear disaster is painfully
close to midnight.*Harvey Wasserman is Senior Editor of the Columbus Free
Press and Free Press<http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/7/2013/www.freepress.org>.
He edits Nuke Free <http://www.nukefree.org/>.*

For now, we are petitioning the United Nations and President Obama to
mobilize the global scientific and engineering community to take charge at
Fukushima and the job of moving these fuel rods to safety.


- See more at:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/humankinds-most-dangerous-moment-fukushima-fuel-pool-at-unit-4/5350779#sthash.3WNwbNCN.dpuf
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