[Peace-discuss] NOON TODAY: tell Rep. Davis to open the government

Fri Oct 4 15:47:51 UTC 2013

I really don't see any rush to get the thing going again.

It will be up again soon enough, too soon, in fact.

Those 800,000 blood suckers who are out of a job...
well... tough noogies...  most of the time you have a
very cushy job on the backs of the common folk.

On 10/04/13 22:29, Robert Naiman wrote:
> 17 people are signed up so far. MoveOn FedExed me 30 cool #DemandAVote 
> posters. I guess Rep. Davis is a national priority.
>
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> From: *Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy* 
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> Date: Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:07 AM
> Subject: noon today: tell Rep. Davis to open the government
> To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org <mailto:naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
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> Dear Robert,
>
> * Friday noon, help us tell Rodney Davis to open the government!
> *
>
>
>     Sign up to let us know you're coming
>     <http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140107&id=>
>
> I'm writing to you now because I think you live in the 
> Champaign-Urbana area.
>
> Today I'm working with MoveOn, the Campaign for Better Health Care, 
> and Progressives for Democratic Action to organize an event at Rep. 
> Rodney Davis's office in Champaign to protest the government shutdown. 
> What's particularly outrageous is that Republicans like Davis are 
> shutting down the government because they want to cut the funding 
> that's allowing millions of Americans to get health insurance while 
> they shovel our tax dollars to fat cat Pentagon contractors like 
> Lockheed Martin for taxpayer ripoffs like the $1.5 trillion F-35 war 
> plane.
>
> I hope you can join us today. The sign-up page is here:
>
> http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140107&id= 
> <http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140107&id=>
>
> Here is the advisory we sent to media:
>
> *MEDIA ADVISORY*
>
> /For immediate release
> /October 3, 2013/
>
> /CONTACT: Robert Naiman, 217-979-2857 <tel:217-979-2857>, 
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org <mailto:naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
>
> *MoveOn Members Tell House GOP & Speaker Boehner: We Demand a Vote to 
> Reopen the Government
> **Champaign-Urbana Residents Gather to Tell Rep. Rodney Davis to Vote 
> to Reopen the Government*
>
> Champaign, Illinois - On Friday, October 4, MoveOn.org members, the 
> Campaign for Better Healthcare, Progressive Democrats of America, and 
> other concerned residents will be heading to Rep. Rodney Davis’ 
> district office in Champaign to demand that he vote to end the 
> government shutdown by supporting a clean Continuing Resolution to 
> fund the government, without demanding that millions of Americans be 
> blocked from receiving health insurance. MoveOn members will be 
> carrying signs that read, “We #DemandAVote,” and “End the #GOPShutdown.”
>
> The local organizer of the event, Robert Naiman, said he decided to 
> plan an event because, “Republicans have shown they’re willing to hold 
> our government hostage in a vain attempt to block Americans from 
> receiving health insurance. The shutdown is depriving Americans of 
> access to services, forcing hundreds of thousands of public servants 
> to go without pay, and undermining our economic recovery. Rep. Davis 
> should immediately pass a clean Continuing Resolution, without demands 
> to defund Americans’ health care. If Rep. Davis wants to cut 
> government spending, he should cut the bloated Pentagon budget, 
> including the $1.5 trillion F-35 warplane taxpayer ripoff. He should 
> leave Social Security and Medicare benefits alone.”
>
> "Over the past 3 years millions of Illinoisans have already directly 
> benefited from Obamacare," commented Jim Duffett, Executive Director 
> of the Campaign for Better Health Care. "Starting on January 1st, 
> 2014, over a million other Illinoisans will be able to have peace of 
> mind and financial security by enrolling in private sector health care 
> plans through the new Illinois Marketplace. It is appalling that while 
> Congressman Davis and his family enjoy peace of mind and financial 
> security because of his tax-payer funded health insurance, Congressman 
> Davis is willing once again to deny hard working Americans that same 
> human dignity of access to health care by continuously voting to shut 
> down the U.S. Government. Shame on the Congressman!" stressed Duffett.
>
> *WHAT:* MoveOn Members, the Campaign for Better Healthcare, and 
> Progressive Democrats of America will visit Rep. Davis’ office to urge 
> him to vote to reopen the government and carry signs that read: “We 
> #DemandAVote,” and “End the #GOPShutdown.”
>
> *WHERE*: 2004 Fox Drive, Champaign, Illinois
>
> *WHEN: * Friday, October 4 at Noon
>
> *MORE INFO on the event:* http://civic.moveon.org/event/teatimeisover/
>
> Background:“8 Things You Need to Know About the Shutdown”
> http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/8-Things-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-Shutdown
>
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