Here is a list of MUST DO's for this weekend - Activism aplenty, folks!

[Jo March]

Feel like doing something? Here's our current crop of great things to do! Let's put the ACT in activism!!!

Please help by kicking and participating.

Thanks so much!!

Say "no" to Rice:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x296466

Tell Diane Feinstein to stop supporting Rice!::
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x297606

Tell Sensenbrenner to hold the hearings on the 2004 elections (re: Conyers's request)::
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x298111


Here's an easy way to fax your Senators:

If you're writing letters to your Senators this weekend to beg
them NOT to confirm Condi, like I am, here's an easy way to FAX them.
I believe FAXES are better - hard copies just get looked at quicker
than do emails.

Send a multiple efax now!
copy and paste a block of fax-email addresses into the 'To' field of
a blank email

[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail]

[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail]...

[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail]

[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail],
[e-mail]

ps- you are only allowed 6 faxes per day or 20/wk- so this is
set up for 5/day, four days in a row. Also, you have to send
the next email a full 24 hours after the previous email- ie
if you send one to the first 5 Senators today at 1pm, wait until
1:05 tomorrow to send the next email or it will get bounced.

[Jo March]

1. Kick for my own thread

Hey, I ain't proud!!

[ChiciB1]

2. So It's 11:40 PM Now

And I have to wait until 11:45 PM tomorrow, correct??

I'll start right now!

[Jo March]

3. Yes, it does have the slowness factor, doesn't it?

I'm thinking of springing for the 9.95 a month that godaddy offers for my account. When I wanna fax, I wanna fax!

Thanks for helping!!

[ChiciB1]

5. You Bet... Just Sent The First Five!

Tomorrow I'll be at it again. I'll also write the others too!

[Jo March]

4. Kick! nt

[Sugarbleus]

6. Just bought a dual purpose FAX MACH. today!! Woot...BUT

Are you saying that I can only send 5 faxes per day (regular faxes I mean)???? Five INDIVIDUAL faxes? Or are you talking about BULK faxing?

I tried to sign on to an internet fax service and my computer crashed. Geeez..:eyes:

I need clarity. Just got this machine and want to burn it up with hard copy.. :evilgrin:

[Jo March]

10. If you have a fax machine, you can send as many as you like

For those of us with no fax machine and only email and this "fax from email" sad little program, we are limited.

I am still searching for a better fax from email program that is cheap.

[Sugarbleus]

18. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww THANKS!

:evilgrin::bounce::evilgrin::bounce::evilgrin::bounce:

Alrighty then. I'm firing that puppy up this weekend!!

FYI: HP simple dual purpose fax system $89... at Costco. I can fax til I puke now. LOL

[icehenge]

22. Calling card

I'm not sure how it work but you can get calling cards
fairly cheap on eBay.com. I picked up a 100minute card
for $5 with shipping. Might be good for you since
your faxing from home.

[Jo March]

23. And if calling, call from your cell phone if you have one

That's what I've been doing. It's free that way. Well, it's included in my regular bill, LOL.

[Sugarbleus]

26. Another great tip... I SO appreciate that..

Thank you thank you.. :loveya:

[Jo March]

32. You're welcome - it was Mr. Arnheim's idea

He's the one who watches the money, lol.

[The other Marshall]

29. heh

Put that fax machine on a stool,run the paper under the stool and tape it to the other end to make a continuous loop.Like the energizer bunny it will just keep going and going and.

[Jo March]

31. Excellent find - and Costco is blue!

Yeah, baby!!!

[emlev]

7. kick

[jean]

8. thanks for the consolidation - makes it very easy

[lonestarnot]

9. Done

Letters and emails to all now completed. Thank you.

[Jo March]

11. W00t! It will really get cranking come Monday

That's the day before the hearings begin again.

[Peace Patriot]

12. Arnheim, thanks for this! Here are some other ways to contact:

DIRECT FAX

Click on each state to get Senate fax no.:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress /

EMAIL

Congress direct send email:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/mailform2.cgi?site=ctc

List of all Senators with webform link or email address:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

MEDIA

Alert media to the showdown on Tues/Wed, and your views:

Media Blaster (easy to use)
http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity2_12.htm

[Peace Patriot]

13. KICK! n/t

[Jo March]

14. I just faxed Dole and Burr using the ACLU's free fax feature

LOL. I typed in my zip code and when the fax letter page came up, I just replaced their verbiage about the Data-Mining Moratorium Act with text about Rice.

It worked like a charm!

Here's how to get to it:

http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=11323&c=130

[Jo March]

25. Kick - I'm faxing every freaking Senator in the US

This is great fun.

Won't you join me?

[EFerrari]

15. Did Diane, will do Sensenbrenner tonite. n/t

[Helga Scow Stern]

16. Thanks for doing this!

I hope you will keep reminding us in the main Election forum to come and see what's important to act on!

FWIW, my computer has a dial up modem, and I got a fax program like WinFax for a few bucks, so I can use my computer just like a fax machine that prints out documents directly to the fax feed. I can set all the faxes up and then set it to fax while I am sleeping. With phone rates relatively cheap, you can fax all night long for around $24 (8 hrs @ .05/minute). That way you avoid having to print out hard copy and then fax it.

[Jo March]

17. Ojai Person, I used to have RingCentral Fax and I really liked it

It worked just like a fax machine and it made me happy. Sigh. I miss it.

I have been using the ACLU's free fax thing. I just replace my text and send it on! ;)

I am trying to work primarily on election reform, believe it or not, but I'm worried that other things will slip right on by us if we don't keep on top of them. The Rice confirmation is one of those things.

[Peace Patriot]

19. Keep kicked through the weekend, and early week! KICK! n/t

[whatelseisnew]

20. thanks

nice resources & i agree with you about people wanting to be more active but needing a "nudge"

[Jo March]

21. :) I sometimes need way more than a nudge! LOL nt

[Jo March]

24. Kick

I'm even faxing McCain!!

[Hapameli]

27. George W. Bush, Would You Please Go Now!

I had an idea, but I can't start my own thread, so I want to bounce it off you guys.

********************************

From an author's study of Dr. Seuss (link: http://www.anapsid.org/aboutmk/seuss.html)

Ted wrote another book on a dare, one that was published not by a book publisher but in Art Buckwald's column. Buchwald sent Ted a copy of his book, I Never Danced At The White House, and dared him to write a political book. Ted grabbed a copy of Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! and, knowing the fireworks were already going off at Random House, Ted told Buchwald to go ahead and run it anyway. On August 8, 1974, Buchwald's syndicated column thus began:

Richard M. Nixon, will you please go now!
The time has come.
The time is now.
Just go.
Go.
Go!
I don't care how.
You can go by foot.
You can go by cow.
Richard M. Nixon, will you please go now!
You can go on skates.
You can go on skis.
You can go in a hat.
But
Please go.
Please!…

Nine days later, Nixon announced his resignation. Buchwald claimed credit, Ted claimed intent, and both bemoaned the fact that they hadn't collaborated sooner.
*****************************

What if we get enough people to send this around, to the media, the lawmakers, friends and family? With Nixon's secretary and Rumsfeld's Secret spy force in the news, it could be perfect timing. It has historical significance, but its somewhat amusing and not directly threatening. We can say something like this:


With thanks to Theodore Geisel:

George W. Bush, will you please go now!
The time has come.
The time is now.
Just go.
Go.
Go!
I don't care how.
You can go by foot.
You can go by cow.
George W. Bush, will you please go now!
You can go on skates.
You can go on skis.
You can go in hat
But
Please go...
Please!...

[Sleepless In NY]

28. kick

[Jo March]

33. Interesting - I had forgotten about that story

One of my favorites.

The media will ignore the hell out of us. Well, the MSM, anyway.

If I were you, Hapameli, I'd send this to Impeachbush.org and to the fine folks at bartcop.com and toostupidtobepresident.com. They might put it on their sites.

I think I'll print that off and tape it up!

Welcome to DU, by the way! :hi: We're glad to have you.

[Hapameli]

34. Let's Ask Buchwald To Publish "George W. Bush, Would You Please Go Now!"

He did it once and it worked, who's to say he wouldn't be willing to do it again. He might say something like:

"I got 20,000 requests to write this, so here it goes"

It worked with Senator Boxer! Keep the faith!!


Can someone please find Art Buchwald's contact info and start a thread on this? People might be suprised how inspiring Dr. Seuss is:


"Don't give up! I believe in you all!
A person's a person, no matter how small!
And you very small persons will not have to die
If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!"


Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss

[Jo March]

30. Just faxed some more!

I'm loving it! :)

I sign all of my correspondence this way:

Arnheim, American, Veteran, Voter

Ha. In your face, Senators!!! Bend to my will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!