<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Some vote for individuals, not parties. Party political stances in the USA are not rigidly defined/enforced. I've watched Tim Johnson since he first ran for office, and I don't think he measures up to David Gill. For what it's worth, Public Citizen, on ten votes in Congress in which they are interested, rates Johnson negatively on eight of them. Several Democratic reps in Congress rated ten out of ten. It is true that Johnson seems to have changed his spots recently concerning our wars and occupations (but not the military or "intelligence" budgets), whereas Gill has not yet established a record there, but many in AWARE I would guess, don't believe Tim is the better bet of the two. About Israel-Palestine, Gill seems more favorable to Palestinians. <div>--mkb</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 15, 2010, at 11:09 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Generally, those supporting the Democrats, as the surge into
Afghanistan and Pakistan (and Yemen, Somalia - and Iran) goes on.<br>
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Locally, those supporting the dubious David Gill against incumbent
congressman Tim Johnson, who votes against the war. <br>
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I'm not sure I've convinced a majority of AWARE on this point.<br>
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On 10/15/10 12:17 AM, John W. wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTi=e9GvFFvKaWL8wv8z1G53YKd6B8cbPwO0hxsHT@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">All poetic license aside, Carl, who is suggesting that
you (AWARE, I presume) urge votes for the party that continues and
expands the killing in Asia?
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM, C. G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> To get excited about
the Chief while urging votes for the party that continues
and expands the killing in Asia is rather like what Thomas
Paine said of Edmund Burke in <i>The Rights of Man</i>
(1791): 'He [Burke] pities the plumage but forgets the
dying bird'. <br>
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On 10/14/10 5:24 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
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relation to the "chief" I suggest that AWARE
put its efforts and person-power into:
<div>1. MASCOT REPLACEMENT</div>
<div>12-1 on Fri Oct 22 Supporting push for
a new mascot asap. (There's been support
in the past for "Prairie Fire" -- e g the
person formally known as CI, whooshing out
to dance in colorful autumn costume during
half-time to "fire" up the crowd...</div>
<div>2. SENSITIZING C-U TO NATIVE AMERICAN
ISSUES</div>
<div>Working w/ local libraries and perhaps
GISLIS to do a whole-town read. Antioch,
IL had their (middle-school) students read
Sherman Alexie's THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY
OF A PART TIME INDIAN for this purpose,
and CU could and should do something
similar. This could be followed
up/coordinated w/ lecture-discussions,
film, art, etc. </div>
<div>3. IGNORING THE DIEHARDS' "CHIEF"
EVENTS</div>
<div>Let's all stay home and drink a toast
to our victory. Unless we can get a few
thousand picketers, it only makes the
diehards think that -- since they clearly
have the numbers -- they haven't really
lost and it'd be possible to overturn the
decision if they just keep fighting</div>
<div>Jmho.</div>
<div> --Jenifer<br>
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--- On <b>Wed, 10/13/10, Morton K.
Brussel <i><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:brussel@illinois.edu" target="_blank"><brussel@illinois.edu></a></i></b>
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From: Morton K. Brussel <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:brussel@illinois.edu" target="_blank"><brussel@illinois.edu></a><br>
Subject: Re: [Peace] Series of Events to
Unite people against Racist Mascots and
Request of Co-sponsorship Thereof<br>
To: "Jesse Phillippe" <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:japhillippe@gmail.com" target="_blank"><japhillippe@gmail.com></a><br>
Cc: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Peace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">Peace@lists.chambana.net</a><br>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:45
PM<br>
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<div>I think this is a marvelous
initiative, one that AWARE in all its
power should support.
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<div>--mkb</div>
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<div>On Oct 13, 2010, at 9:52 PM,
Jesse Phillippe wrote:</div>
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<div>Dear AWARE,<br>
<br>
In March of 2007, the
University of Illinois
formally retired the "Chief
Illiniwek" mascot as its
symbol. Nonetheless, "Students
for Chief Illiniwek" has
continued to revisit the Chief
issue by hosting an event
known as "The Next Dance" that
will occur at Assembly Hall on
Oct. 23rd at 7pm. The
University Administration
continues to allow this
organization to profit off of
a caricature of American
Indian people, and it must
stop.<br>
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In response to the continued
efforts to host the retired
mascot on our campus, The <span>I</span>-<span>Resist</span>
Coalition and Students for a
United Illinois are organizing
two events under the theme <b>NEW
MASCOT NOW!</b> because it is
time for our campus to move on.
We are hosting these events
during the week of "The Next
Dance", first a <b>Rally at
Swanlund</b> to raise our
voices to the Administration,
and second, a <b>Rally at
Assembly Hall </b>with a<b>
"We've Moved On" Unity Party</b>
to follow. We hope these events
will help educate and mobilize
the community to move on from
the former mascot and the racial
stereotypes it perpetuates.<br>
<br>
We are contacting your
organization to see if you would
be willing to co-sponsor these
events with <span>I</span>-<span>Resist</span>
and Students for a United
Illinois, and also to publicize
the events to your membership.
Co-sponsorship would consist of
having your group's name on
publicity materials, actively
encouraging members to attend
these events, and allowing your
organization to speak at the
Rally if interested. The time
and location of the events are
below.
<div>Thanks and we look forward
to hearing from you!<br>
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</div>
<span>I</span>-<span>Resist</span>
Coalition and Students for a
United Illinois<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.iresist.org/" target="_blank"><br>
</a>
<div><p><b><font size="4">NEW
MASCOT NOW! Rally at
Swanlund<br>
</font></b>Friday, October
22nd<br>
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.<br>
In front of Swanlund
Administration Building
(corner of John and Sixth
Streets)<br>
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<div><i>Join us as we let the
Administration know it is
time to move past the former
"Chief" mascot and unite
behind a new mascot.<br>
</i> <br>
<b><font size="4">NEW MASCOT
NOW! Rally at Assembly
Hall<br>
</font></b>Saturday, October
23rd<br>
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.<br>
Meet outside of Assembly Hall<br>
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<i>Join us as we rally to show
how events like "The Next
Dance" perpetuate a racial
stereotype, divide our campus,
and prevent us from moving
forward as a campus. The
"We've Moved On" Unity Party
will follow this event.<br>
<br>
</i><b><font size="4">"WE'VE
MOVED ON" Unity </font><font size="4">Party<br>
</font></b>Saturday, October
23rd<br>
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.<br>
Location TBD</blockquote>
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