[Peace-discuss] referendum time: Afghanistan

[Robert Naiman]

oops - what did I miss? Please enlighten. I knew that such legislation
had been pending, but I did not realize that it had passed.

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:40 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
> The Illinois legislature, deeply offended by the notion that people were
> expressing their opinions on public questions like this, has made it nearly
> impossible to do so.
>
> Maybe we should start with our state senators and representatives: go to
> their offices and ask why they thought to right to prevent public
> expressions of opinion. --CGE
>
>
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>
>> Isn't it about time to think about referenda for the fall election?
>>
>> Here's an idea: propose a reasonable-sounding yet meaningful
>> referendum on ending the war in Afghanistan, ask Johnson and Gill to
>> endorse it, try to get 70% of the vote.
>>
>> For example: "Congress should establish a timetable for the withdrawal
>> of all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan."
>>
>>
>>
>



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