Stop the hate.

[Kind of Blue]

The terrorist have started a new hate spree. Free speech is one thing but slurs, spitting and now shattering windows is another. Frustrating because I'm sure trying to censure them will give them more fuel.

Got this in the mail yesterday and hope you fill it out.

http://colorofchange.org/hate/?id=1800-947178

If you have any ideas of what can be done to voice an opinion or do anything about this, please let me know. I'm going to enjoy barraging Darrel Issa's office with calls and letters like this.

Thanks.

[quiet.american]

1. Bookmarked for later. Thanks for posting. nt

[Kind of Blue]

5. Thanks, quiet.american! n/t

[goclark]

2. Keep kicked

This is so serious

[goclark]

3. Please everyone ~ respond

This is what I said to Mike Steele,

Hope he reads it first thing this morning ~

I once had respect for the Republican Party but now I have none!
The silence of your party when Hate filled incidents are taking place all over this Land - name calling,spitting on, threats to the CHILDREN of Democrats is outrageous!

I am African American and I can honestly say that for you to turn your back when all this is happening speaks volumes about the reason that they placed you in that position! They knew that they could use YOU and make America think that the party was " liberal."

They don't respect you and the Black Community doesn't respect you either.

Speak out for JUSTICE or leave your job so they can put Sarah Palin or the Teabagger wife of your "Brother" Clarence in it!

I am ashamed of you!

[Kind of Blue]

6. Wow, wish I had posted before sending my comment.

Great letter! I don't like being afraid in this Republican town and if you don't mind, can I use parts of your letter to "my" representative?

[goclark]

8. Absolutely

[Cha]

10. I used to live

all over San Diego in the '70's & '80's for 15 years and had no idea how gop some of it was(course that was way before my entrance into politics in 2000). But, if issa is your Rep then ugh!

[Kind of Blue]

23. Yeah, it shocked the hell out of me, moving from

Maryland/DC area almost 14years ago, Sheesh, I thought everyone in California was a Democrat :rofl: I mean so GOP that I had my Obama/Biden sticker ripped right off my car bumper last year. But you'd see huge, gigantic lawn banners all over the place with McCain/Palin. I mean I even saw several with Palin/McCain! And some had them still on their lawns months after the election :eyes:

Issa, Lebanese-American should be ashamed of himself. I guess it seems like 2 different American dreams are at work here in a lot of recent immigrant families.

[Cha]

9. That is a very direct

Letter, goclark! Thanks for writing your thoughts to michael steele.

My thinking is that they tried to make everyone think they were more "tolerant" because America has a Black President.

[grantcart]

4. You see you have a big advantage over me

Issa can read

Bilbray is questionable

Greetings from Carlsbad

[Kind of Blue]

7. ...

:rofl:
:hi: from Fallbrook!
Always thought there was something air-heady about Bilbray.

[Cha]

15. Fallbrook is beautiful..

Is it recovered from the huge Fires around there?

[Kind of Blue]

24. Thank you, as if I created it

:rofl:

Yeah, recovered rather quickly! It was like Armageddon here with people trying to get out of town and not knowing what you'd find when you got back home. But luckily we've had so much rain this year.

Thanks for asking :)

[Cha]

34. Good! 'Cause I was also worried

about the state of avocados!

[grantcart]

16. In canvassing for his opponent last time around I came to a door

and had the brochure in my hand and he was looking at the back of the brochure that has a somewhat unflaterring picture of Bilbray on it.

He said, "Is that Bilbray? I used to buy grass from that guy when he was a lifeguard at Imperial Beach." It was spontaneous and the guy kind of went white wondering if I was a policeman or something and I just laughed.

Bilbray's bio confirmed that he was a lifeguard.

He also never went to college.

He also has never lived in this district, he almost never leaves the DC area.

[Cha]

13. I used to live in Encinitas and work

in Cardiff..I lived all over San Diego County for 16 years from '74 to '90.

Good timesB-) I would think those folks would have better representation.

[grantcart]

17. Its heavily Republican but Bilbray was able to win by a few points after

the Republicans poured in $ 10 million and his Democratic opponent made a major gaffe.

[Cha]

18. Oh, was he the one who got in

after the craven duke cunningham was exposed? What the heck was Busby's gaffe?

That's too bad..how's bilbray working out for those who care more about tax cuts than their country?

[grantcart]

19. Busby was recorded at a meeting with hispanics and other supporters

Somebody asked if illegals could vote and she responded with "you don't need papers to vote" giving the impression that she was encouraging illegals to vote.



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/16/opinion/main1722921.shtml

If anyone other than political junkies cared about the race for Duke Cunningham's old congressional seat in California's 50th District, Democratic candidate Francine Busby's "you don't need papers for voting" blunder would rank with Gerald Ford insisting Poland wasn't communist, Michael Dukakis joy-riding in a tank, and John Kerry reporting for duty.

Alas, Busby's gaffe is unlikely to enter the annals of Greatest American Political Blunders. Most of the nation's citizenry let the special election for Cunningham's seat come and go without ever allowing it to invade their conscious thoughts. But America does have a small class of political obsessives, and the invention of blogging has given them a public platform. For the left-wing blogosphere, the quest for Cunningham's seat was a months-long passion and their writings surrounding the race provide a nice snapshot of where this virtual community stands today.

[Cha]

20. Here's to a Dem getting that seat

one day!

[Kind of Blue]

26. I wouldn't be surprised if that Busby fundraiser fiasco

of last summer was not politically motivated. I see the 60year old woman arrested, along with 2 other older women, in the raid in the upscale neighborhood have filed a suit. No one else it seems thought the fundraiser was loud and other witnesses say the only disturbance was a resident heckler shouting at the top of his lungs - he called the police.

Even though she wasn't among those arrested, I wish Busby could get a break sometimes and clear her name.

[Cha]

11. This is my comment to Color For Change..

Thank you for doing this Color For Change!

I'm outraged too but not surprised...this is a direct result from hateradio and the hatemongers like beck, palin, and limbaugh. The bigoted racist, spitter types and brick throwing people don't seem to be able to think for themselves.

The inciting of hate through lies needs to be stopped Now..they better not be calling themselves "Christians".

Thank you Kind of Blue..this is an excellent way to actually do something about this ignorance.

[goclark]

22. Outstanding! K

[Kind of Blue]

27. Thank you for responding!

[get the red out]

12. Thanks for the link

April 19 is coming up, as Rachel reminded us on her show last night. If this hate keeps smoldering that date is just too darn convenient for some nut job deciding to go out as a "hero" to the cause. I will never forget seeing the firemen bring babies out of the OK City Federal Bldg on tv, I still have the image of the fireman holding the dead little girl blazed into my mind and it gives me chills today. We forget that until 911 that was the worst act of terrorism in the US, and the lily-white, boy-next-door-looking perpetrator would be right out there screaming with today's tea party if he hadn't met his end as payment for his crimes. What are the tea partiers anyway but another name for the militia movement? And that movement went CRAZY under the last Democratic administration, so we can't be surprised to see a repeat.

[Kind of Blue]

28. Girl, you're welcome. I DON'T GET how any of

this is not treated like terrorism. I just wonder if this party was a bunch of people of color, if the media, politicians and law enforcement would at the very least make a bigger show of acknowledging how unacceptable this is.

[get the red out]

32. They sure would!

Everything these people do ends up being called an "isolated incident", but how many isolated incidents does it take to form a pattern when it's with people of the same mindset listening to the same provocateurs? I am certain if these people were of color or, heaven forbid, practiced a non-Christian religion, they would already be public enemy #1 in the media.

I will be gritting my teeth on 4/19 (weird coincidence, that's also my wedding anniversary :yoiks: )

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Thanks, Kind of Blue! I'm pleased to see some news coverage beginning...

of the increasing number of frightening incidents, and those inciting them. I'm seeing it on TV, on the net, and in print.

[Kind of Blue]

29. Yeah, me too. I started seeing some of that today.

I guess the audacity of it is wearing off and the deeper of implications of these tea partyers is sinking in.

[Cha]

21. Got this from Tim Kaine today..

Cha --

We need to act.

On Sunday night, many Congressional Democrats in tough districts cast courageous votes for health reform -- even though they knew that insurance companies and their Republican allies would retaliate immediately.

Well, the attacks are here. Shameful, negative ads have already hit the airwaves. Democratic offices have been vandalized. Republicans are promising to repeal reform and smearing those who supported it.

But we're ready to do what it takes to defend the heroes who made health reform possible.

These are the men and women who stood with us and the President to make good on a promise that our Party has fought to deliver for a century. And we will not leave them hanging out to dry.

Please chip in $5 or more to defend those in Congress who fought to make health reform possible?

These are the people who worked hand in hand with President Obama and grassroots Democrats to finally bring affordable coverage to 32 million more Americans, enact the toughest insurance regulations in history, and bring down costs for families, small businesses, and our government.

At a time of historic achievement for our country, Republicans and the extreme right wing are responding by pushing fear and intimidation.

They've launched a campaign to "fire" Nancy Pelosi, complete with imagery of the first female Speaker of the House surrounded by flames. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter had a brick thrown through her office window. A Virginia blog posted Congressman Tom Perriello's home address, urging tea partiers to "drop by."

The Democratic National Committee is already fighting back hard, with a sophisticated ad strategy, events on the ground, and the best rapid-response program in the history of politics. But we need your help to keep it up.

Please chip in $5 or more:

http://my.democrats.org/Heroes

If we learned one thing from the fight for health reform, it's this: Hope can triumph over fear, the truth can beat out the most vicious of lies, and our movement, organized, can overcome even the most powerful of opponents. Let's not stop now.

Thanks,

Governor Tim Kaine
Chairman

I think it's sweet how $5.00 would be welcome and I'm going to do it to show my support..if every Dem did who thought the extremists' attacks were not acceptable then they'd have quite a bit to get their positive ads out.

Give Color For Change a donation too.

[Kind of Blue]

30. Oh, I guess I should look on the bright side!

I think we're going to kick their nasty asses this fall.
Thank you, Cha! I'm donating tonight!

[Cha]

33. Yes, we are! In the mean time

we're going to help anyone who comes along that's out there on the front lines fighting the racist bigotry. Thanks for posting this Color For Change link, Kind of Blue~

[FrenchieCat]

25. I reposted it at GDP......to add to the exposure!

[Kind of Blue]

31. ...

:) Thanks for doing that FrenchieCat! You are so unfailingly brave.