January 30, 2006
Never Miss An Opportunity To Express Your Patriotism
I awoke this morning with my civic duty in mind. The appointment of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court will be a serious blow to democracy as we know it. Can you, in good conscience, just let it slip by without making at least a small gesture of protest?
Thanks to Daily Kos, we have a handy dandy list of senatorial fax numbers and an easy way to contact them.
And I quote:
"Fax Congress through Email
This is just a quick diary to alert you to a nifty way to fax Congress -- through your current email program. It's with TPC Fax and it's as easy as sending an email, and it's free.
Below the fold is a list of email/fax addresses to put the pressure on for Alito filibuster. Please forgive me diary police for a short diary -- just trying to help the cause.
How it works is simple. Just copy these address into your email send line. It works with any email program. You can only send a text-only message though -- no rtf or html files. This is not a complete list, so if a senator is missing that you want to fax, just use the format below and change the fax # and name.
remote-printer.Tom_Harkin@12022249369.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Barack_Obama@12022284260.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Ken_Salazar@12022285036.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Joseph_I_Lieberman@12022249750.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Blanche_Lambert_Lincoln@120281371.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Joseph_R_Biden_Jr@12022240139.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Thomas_R_Carper@12022282190.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Daniel_K_Inouye@12022246747.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Bill_Nelson@12022282183.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Mark_Pryor@12022280908.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Daniel_K_Akaka@12022242126.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Evan_Bayh@12022281377.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Mary_Landrieu@12022249735.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Barbara_A_Mikulski@12022248858.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Carl_Levin@12022241388.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Mark_Dayton@12022282186.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Max_Baucus@12022240515.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Kent_Conrad@12022247776.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Byron_L_Dorgan@12022241193.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Ben_Nelson@12022280012.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Frank_Lautenberg@12022284054.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Jeff_Bingaman@12022242852.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Jack_Reed@12022244680.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Tim_Johnson@12022285765.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Robert_C_Byrd@12022280002.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.John_D_Rockefeller_IV@12022247665.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Lincoln_D_Chafee@12022282853.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Olympia_Snowe@12022241946.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Susan_Collins@12022242693.iddd.tpc.int
remote-printer.Ted_Stevens@12022242354.iddd.tpc.int"
Here's my little note, which you are free to use, though I know you can do better.
Dear Senator -
I urge you to vote against Samuel Alito's Supreme Court nomination, and to join a filibuster against his appointment. Alito is a member of the Federalist Society. As such, we can expect him to vote against the rights of women and minorities, and most importantly, to support the extension of powers of the executive branch, thus changing the system of checks and balances so carefully crafted by the framers of our Constitution.
Please stand up for what you know is right.
Please vote your conscience.
Please help to preserve democracy in our country.
Sincerely,
Judging from the number of comments on my blog, lately, I am just whistling in the breeze, but I am proceeding relentlessly, nonetheless. Let me stop here -- before I get shrill.
Photo note: Like I said, never miss an opportunity to express your patriotism,
Posted by Dakota at January 30, 2006 05:33 AM