<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">It absolutely is, but you might want to listen to some of the people who aren't coming -- especially people who are generally sympathetic to your point of view -- and find out why.<br><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Chris Goodrow <c_goodrow@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Germaine Light <lightport@sbcglobal.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Gregg Gordon <ggregg79@yahoo.com>; Peace Discuss <peace-discuss@anti-war.net>; C. G. Estabrook <cge@shout.net>;
Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13@yahoo.com>; ocCUpy <occupycu@lists.chambana.net>; Peace <peace@anti-war.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 2, 2012 5:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OccupyCU] [Peace] [Peace-discuss] Farmer's Market and Demonstration on Saturday; and, another on Sept. 6th for Bradley Manning on eve of Obama's speech?<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1734405176"><div><div>I certainly didn't mean to imply that anyone shouldn't be able to give their input in this discussion. However, it would seem to me that it would ultimately be up to the people protesting to make the decisions on what they protest about. <br><br>Chris<div>(217) 898-5039<br><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Sep 2, 2012, at 14:43, "Germaine Light" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lightport@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:lightport@sbcglobal.net">lightport@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>I admit I have not been to Occupy demos since last October, but I have been to almost every labor protest & event that I possibly can & sometimes one has to make choices re limited time. My heart is there with occupy still and I <span class="yiv1734405176Apple-style-span" style="">am VERY active in this community!</span></div><div><span
class="yiv1734405176Apple-style-span" style="">And of course anyone has the right to protest anything! But I think I have earned a voice in this conversation!</span></div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone<div>Germaine </div></div><div><br>On Sep 1, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Chris Goodrow <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:c_goodrow@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:c_goodrow@hotmail.com">c_goodrow@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>I'm just curious, but the people who are opposed to the focus of a protest? Are these people who actually participate in these protests?</div><div><br></div><div>How many civilians died in drone strikes this year? How many Americans were targeted as enemy combatants and killed in the past two years?<br><br>Chris<div>(217) 898-5039<br><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Sep 1, 2012, at 17:55, "Gregg Gordon" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ggregg79@yahoo.com"
target="_blank" href="mailto:ggregg79@yahoo.com">ggregg79@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>So how many Americans died in Iraq this week? And how's the missile shield in eastern Europe coming (to cite just two significant differences with the Bush Administration)?</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>Look -- I'm not saying give anyone a pass on anything. I'm saying make your point strategically and intelligently. It's likely to improve your effectiveness.
</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;"><span class="yiv1734405176Apple-style-span" style="font-style:normal;">Frankly, I don't think there's anything a handful of people in C-U are going to do in the next two months that will make an iota's difference to the outcome of the election </span><i>or</i> the future of Bradley Manning. I would guess 95% of the people who drive by any such demonstration will have no idea who Bradley Manning is, and there's nothing you can put on a placard that will inform them. It won't even be covered by the local newspaper. So in that respect, I don't care, but the larger point is worth considering. Do we do these things
to fulfill a sense of righteous indignation, or are we trying to have an impact on future
events?</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> C. G. Estabrook <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cge@shout.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:cge@shout.net">cge@shout.net</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Gregg Gordon <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ggregg79@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
href="mailto:ggregg79@yahoo.com">ggregg79@yahoo.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> Jenifer Cartwright <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com">jencart13@yahoo.com</a>>; Peace Discuss
<<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>>; ocCUpy <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net">occupycu@lists.chambana.net</a>>; Peace <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:peace@anti-war.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net">peace@anti-war.net</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, September 1, 2012 10:23 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Peace] [OccupyCU] [Peace-discuss] Farmer's Market and Demonstration on Saturday; and, another on Sept. 6th for Bradley Manning on eve of Obama's speech?<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1734405176"><div>It's important to assess how important the difference it makes is. The answer seems to be, not much.<div> <div>Obama - although he campaigned against them - followed Bush's economic and military polices, if in a more brutal and efficient fashion.<div><div><br></div><div>That may be some slight reason to vote against him, but it's certainly not a reason to support him.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 1, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Gregg Gordon <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ggregg79@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ggregg79@yahoo.com">ggregg79@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv1734405176Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">I find it mind-boggling that anyone who lived through the years 2000-2008 really believes "it makes no
difference."<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> C. G. Estabrook <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cge@shout.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:cge@shout.net">cge@shout.net</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Jenifer Cartwright <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com">jencart13@yahoo.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> Peace Discuss <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>>; ocCUpy <<a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net">occupycu@lists.chambana.net</a>>; Peace <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:peace@anti-war.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net">peace@anti-war.net</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday,
September 1, 2012 10:10 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Peace] [OccupyCU] [Peace-discuss] Farmer's Market and Demonstration on Saturday; and, another on Sept. 6th for Bradley Manning on eve of Obama's speech?<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1734405176"><div>I think it's wrong to give Obama a pass on Bradley Manning and hold off on condemning his crimes - from the suppression of WikiLeaks to the murders of Americans and others - for ostensible fear of a candidate (Romney) whose positions on economic and military matters are inherently identical to those of the administration. </div><div><br></div><div>"Voting for reform-minded candidates should take about five minutes, and then we go back to the important work on the ground to change the conditions in which the mostly farcical election process proceeds" [Chomsky]. --CGE</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Sep 1, 2012, at 1:20 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com">jencart13@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv1734405176Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit;" valign="top">I'm guessing you guys haven't been listening to the Repub Convention speeches, but Romney et al are FAR, FAR, FAR worse than Obama et al... So how 'bout we save our protests until AFTER the election, and use our energy defeating the LOTS WORSE evils??? It won't significantly affect YOUR lives if the Dems are defeated, but it will be devastating to MILLIONS across the US and the world.<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 8/31/12, Stuart Levy <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com">stuartnlevy@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><br>From: Stuart Levy <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com">stuartnlevy@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Farmer's
Market and Demonstration on Saturday; and, another on Sept. 6th for Bradley Manning on eve of Obama's speech?<br>To: "Peace" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:peace@anti-war.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net">peace@anti-war.net</a>>, "Peace Discuss"
<<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>>, "ocCUpy" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:occupycu@lists.chambana.net">occupycu@lists.chambana.net</a>><br>Date: Friday, August 31, 2012, 11:26 AM<br><br><div class="yiv1734405176plainMail">The wars go on despite the weather and so shall we (at least we'll try).<br><br>Expect AWARE and CUCPJ at the Farmer's Market tomorrow morning, 8-noon.<br><br>And, from 2-4, the AWARE+OccupyCU demonstration will be at its usual first-Saturday site,<br><br> Main and Neil, downtown Champaign<br> 2-4 PM Saturday, Sept. 1st<br><br>If it turns into a real downpour, we'll retire somewhere nearby for lunch.<br><br><br><br>There's also a nationally-coordinated suggestion for groups to hold demonstrations on *Thursday,
September 6th*, in support of Bradley Manning --<br><br> "Show Obama that Bradley Manning is our hero"<br><br>Why the 6th? That's the date of Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC.<br><br>To make a definite *proposal*, how
about:<br><br> (proposed) Demonstration in support of accused whistleblower Bradley Manning<br> 5:00PM Thursday, Sept. 6th<br> Urbana Veterans' Memorial<br> (that's Broadway and Main, or, the NW corner of the block where the county courthouse is)<br><br>What do people think? (Could also make sense to complain more broadly about Obama's unfulfilled promise as a peace, civil liberties, etc. candidate from four years ago.)<br><br>If you like the idea *and* think you can be there for at least part of 5-6PM, please write back (either to <a href="" rel="nofollow">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a> or to occupyCU or to me, but not to the peace list please).<br><br>If we have at least, say, five people who believe they can do this, then let's go for it. Meanwhile let's consider Sept. 6th as
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