[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!

Tue Jul 15 10:37:08 EDT 2014

So are you carrying water for the people
or for the
Democrat party?

On 07/15/2014 10:27 PM, Debra Schrishuhn wrote:
> All that would be true had the Republican governor not declared Detroit in financial emergency and appointed a fiscal officer to take over the city leaving the elected mayor and city council essentially powerless
>
> Make no mistake it is the governor and his policies responsible for this humanitarian crisis
>
> Debra
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:32 AM, ewjohnson <ewj at pigsqq.org> wrote:
>
>> (you gotta) wait a minute- wait a minute-
>>
>> Detroit surely is in need of some sort of a damn deep cleansing.
>>
>> Seems that turning off the water is sort of in-the-wrong-di-rection
>> let alone cruel, ill-advised, and perhaps immoral depending upon how one
>> measures such things.
>>
>> I would think that it is miserable enough just plain being stuck in Detroit
>> period, let alone in Detroit and without water.  I spent a month there one afternoon, and
>> I surely ain't goin' back to Detroit no time soon.  It seemed pretty much like
>> a cess pool to me.  Hostile takeover yuras.  Who'd want it?
>>
>> But It seems that this action is against the poor, no matter what ethnicity the
>> poor have chosen to subscribe to.  I suppose that everybody who lives in Detroit would be
>> one powerful hell of a lot better off if they lived someplace else other than
>> Dee-troyt.  So what ever it takes to encourage people to find another
>> spot is probably a good thing in the long run.  But it's really ugly turning
>> off people's water, no matter what reason or excuse.  A bastard who
>> would turn your water off is probably the same sonofabitch who would
>> have your car ticketed and towed, or fine you for not mowing your lawn.
>> Assholes we useta call 'em
>>
>> However dastardly and evil it is, I hardly would dare to blame it on the Right no matter how
>> despicable and money-grubbing they, and the "Left" seem to be--
>> ...no doubt Detroit has been governed exclusively by those who claim to be
>> "on the left" for quite a little while now...
>>
>> Detroit is ruled by a strong mayoral system and they were singin' pleeze-pleeze-wait-a-minute-Mr.Postman
>> in "Mo-Town" the last time the GOP was in control in Detroit.  Their last Republican mayor
>> graduated from that office 'way back in '62.  So that means that pretty much for the last
>> 52 years Detroit has been controlled by those who profess to be Democrats.
>>
>> Which makes it pretty much a line of deceit to say that the problems of Detritus, Michigan
>> are the result of right-wing policies.   Republicans suck, too -- but there can be
>> absolutely no doubt whatsoever that any problem with the government in
>> Detroit is the fault of the Stupid Party, not the Evil Party.
>>
>>
>> On 07/15/2014 08:15 PM, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>> Good morning, All.
>>>
>>> Please help stop the ethnic cleansing of Detroit by participating in
>>> this emergency call-in day and by signing the petition to Gov. Snyder
>>> and Pres. Obama. The unstated goal of this horrific activity is
>>> reducing the African American population of Detroit. We cannot stand
>>> by and let this happen.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Deb
>>>
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>>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:03:23 -0400 (EDT)
>>> Subject: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!
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>>> Help Stop The Hostile Takeover of Detroit
>>>
>>> Dear Debra,
>>>
>>> Join the national call-in day starting TODAY Tuesday July 15th
>>> demanding Michigan Governor Rick Snyder end the water shutoffs,
>>> restore water to all residents and implement the Detroit Water
>>> Affordabiity Plan.
>>>
>>> Call all of these numbers during business hours every Tuesday:
>>> (517) 373-3400 (Main Office)
>>> (517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services)
>>> (202) 624-5840 (Washington, DC office)
>>> Send a FAX: (517) 335-6863
>>>
>>> A few months ago, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD)
>>> shocked residents by announcing it would begin shutting off water to
>>> homes with outstanding balances as low as $150; *people are reporting
>>> water is being turned off for oustanding balances of $40. Meanwhile
>>> Red Wing Stadium, Ford Field, golf courses, high rises and industrial
>>> buildings have outstanding balances greater than $30 million, yet they
>>> still have water*. By summer DWSD plans to have turned off water for
>>> 150,000 Detroit residents.
>>>
>>> The Guardian.com reported on "Detroit's Water War: a tap shut-off that
>>> could impact 300,000 people," saying a "right-wing state and corporate
>>> push to cut off water is economic shock therapy at its most ruthless
>>> and racist, but resistance is growing."
>>>
>>> *Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is joining the resistance*.
>>> It's unthinkable that in 2014, people in America would find themselves
>>> shutoff from water. This is a local man-made emergency, but a national
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> If this ALEC-led effort succeeds in Detroit, these tactics will be
>>> coming to your community next. That's why PDA is convening a series of
>>> emergency actions. Will you join our growing coalition to help save
>>> the residents of Detroit?
>>>    * Sign our Credo petition [
>>> https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-detroit-to-turn-the-taps-back-on-water-is-a-human-right
>>> ] to turn on the water, end the shut offs and enact the Water
>>> Affordability Plan
>>>    * Join the national call-in day starting on Tuesday July 15th
>>> demanding Michigan Governor Rick Snyder end the water shutoffs,
>>> restore water to all residents and implement the Detroit Water
>>> Affordabiity Plan.
>>>    * Call all of these numbers between 1 and 3pm every Tuesday, (517)
>>> 373-3400 (Main Office) (517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services) (202)
>>> 624-5840 (Washington, DC office) Send a FAX: (517) 335-6863
>>>
>>>    * Join the phone bank team - alert local Detroit residents that
>>> their water is scheduled to be turned off; tell local residents where
>>> they can find a "free" water station in the city, help locate all
>>> Detroit residents who have had their water turned off; contact Mike
>>> Fox [ mailto:mikefox at pdamerica.org?subject=Volunteer%20-%20Make%20Phone%20Calls%20for%20Detroit
>>> ] to make calls.
>>>    * Join the rally on July 18th starting at 1pm in Hart Plaza, Detroit
>>>
>>>
>>> PDA Advisory Board Member *Rep. John Conyers*, explained, "Detroit's
>>> water crisis did not happen in a vacuum. Over the past decade,
>>> Detroiters have seen their water rates increase by 119 percent. Over
>>> this same period, forces beyond city residents' control–including a
>>> global financial crisis that left one in five local residences in
>>> foreclosure and sent local unemployment rates skyrocketing–severely
>>> undercut Detroiters' ability to pay."
>>>
>>> According to Guardian.com: "*There are people who can't cook, can't
>>> clean, people coming off surgery who can't wash. Adding to the
>>> outrage, "children risk being taken by welfare authorities from any
>>> home without running water*."
>>>
>>> *The Progressive magazine reports, many Detroit residents understand
>>> "aggressive foreclosures and water shutoffs are a deliberate scheme to
>>> drive longtime residents out of the city center, seize property, and
>>> gentrify downtown Detroit and the waterfront*." This would follow an
>>> established pattern of hostile takeovers targeting minority
>>> communities. "Detroit is not the first predominantly African-American
>>> city subjected to this kind of exploitation. Post-Katrina New Orleans
>>> (60 percent African American) was also abandoned and exploited by the
>>> political class. In Birmingham, Alabama (74 percent minority), JP
>>> Morgan was convicted of bribing local power brokers and extracting
>>> millions in fees that turned a $250 million dollar sewer project in
>>> Jefferson County into a $3 billion debacle."
>>>
>>> This isn't even the first 1% power grab in Michigan! In Benton Harbor,
>>> state-imposed emergency management facilitated a corporate takeover of
>>> prized waterfront property to build a golf course. These deliberate
>>> efforts to exploit local communities are part of an alarming pattern.
>>>
>>> *Today, the people of Detroit need you*. Next month or next year, the
>>> vultures might well be circling above your community. Help us stop
>>> this shock doctrine exploitation in its tracks!
>>>
>>> Don't forget to *Sign our Credo petition* [
>>> https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-detroit-to-turn-the-taps-back-on-water-is-a-human-right
>>> ] to turn the on the water, stop the shut offs and implement the Water
>>> Affordabiity Plan!
>>>
>>> Conor Boylan and Andrea Miller
>>> PDA National Co-Executive Directors
>>>
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