Adding Alito to the Supreme Court terrifies me.
I feel a need to do something before the judicial hearings begin on January 7th. But what?
Congress returns on December 12th. They will remain in session till their work is concluded.
With a tip of the hat to “Antifa” for a diary written after the first “Fitzmas,” I was thinking of following “the Twelve Days of Christmas,” as I need something to lighten my fear.
“On their first day back from recess, I protested Alito by…”
December 23rd will be the 12th day. Perhaps a good day to stay home – no shopping.
But I am desperate for ideas. At this point I am not ready to do anything illegal.
What have you done? What are you planning to do? Do you know of any organized protests?
“People for the American Way,” which “JudiBrown” shared in a diary, has a petition to sign.
Thank you.
site. One thing I would like to see evolve is something in D.C. when the judicial hearing begin. So we can have the twelve days of Alito beginning on December 12 and ending on Christmas….all those faxes all over the place when they walk in the door from Holiday Break!!!! Let it rock and let it roll, and then we meet in D.C. with everybody else and their damn dog…..and I think my family would let me go for a bit to tangle with Alito and Company! Supersoling mentioned another march in D.C. being discussed on Kos and I thought to myself……WHY NOT ALITO!
Y’all can count the 3 of us in!
Yippee!
Pardon me for interrupting, but what is this group site you speak of?
on yahoogroups.
if you want to join
Thank you!!
Welcome to the group, Sherm! 🙂
Thanks CG!! I’m more of a follower than a leader myself, but I can certainly do my part.
Oh that would be excellent!!
I just checked what day Jan. 7th is – Sat.?! Specter’s office told me that was when hearings would begin. The judiciary committee would meet on a Sat.?!
Okay by me – I will plan to get to D.C. earlier to meet up. Let’s see, that is you, CabinGirl and CabinBoys, and me. Five works.
BTW, I caught a news item on Yahoo earlier today that a piece of the marble facade on the Supreme Court came crashing down – my thought? Simply devine!
lawyers in Crawford talking about the Vets setting up this march in D.C. on September 24th and they had a permit….it just seemed to go crazy after that! We might want to look into a permit. Don’t even know how to get one….perhaps someone has done it before like jimastro.
So would the 7th be the culmination of twelve days of Alito?
I’m just trying to be clear before I trip over to Kos and let this out of the bag.
Hey Supersoling!
The “12 Days of Protest” would begin Dec. 12th when Congress reconvenes. It would continue for 12 days which would make Dec. 23rd the last day of action.
BTW, that is a Fri. It is possible Congress will leave D.C. before the 23rd cause they work until they conclude the business at hand which means they could come into town for the 12th and leave the next day.
Actions would continue regardless of when Congress leaves, meaning they would return to mail and faxes sent to them over the 12 days. Sort of Happy New Year greetings.
The Jan. 7th date would be a separate culminating or maybe even a beginning to a whole other set of protests.
Tracy, I asked for links or directions to any group or committee that might be discussing another DC march in more detail but unfo never heard back from any Kossacks.
I’m thinking of jumping into the latest or next, or even every upcoming open thread over there and linking to this diary maybe? Or starting one up over there. The only thing is I have no cred over there so any diary I put up is sure to scroll off faster than a greased Alabama porker ;o)
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It is almost mind boggeling. That is why I am so glad that Tampopo brought this up when she did. The planning of it will start the ball slowly rolling, as the days go by all the different groups concerned about Alito will start to join hands…..the more days we have to talk and plan and join hands the more powerful we will become when we need to be. So much is going on though and the Holidays too. Time is on our side though.
I just asked the folks in the C & J Cafe… There’s a few well-connected Kossacks in there. I’ll let you know.
Many thanks Sherm ;o)
they tend to be more introverted. Not a whole lot of hosts or hostesses for the party, if someone throws a party though and it is about what they are about they tend to show up in greater percentages….they are more dedicated to their causes it seems. I don’t mind hostessing a party now. Seems like you have some of that party host in you too……and tampopo, and Cabingirl does all the Cafe’s all the time….she’s a solid “I” (influence) personality! I have healed a lot this past year……..so let’s get the party started!
what Alito is about here is a blog by Law Students Against Alito. It can give us laymen a feel for the land and also get us set up with FRIENDS, cuz I think we are going to need all the friends we can find!!!
One thing that really disturbs me is that he would like to limit the rights of the accused…..since DNA evidence has been developed how many accused were wrongfully jailed and put to death? Obviously the accused don’t need fewer rights if we intend to only punish the guilty!
these law students come up with for fighting the Alito nomination. They are currently getting their list together. If they come up with them soon enough I feel that we can frame more than a couple of our days of protest accurately and meaningfully around them!
That’s a brilliant idea!
Thank you – it is good to get specifics. My reaction to him has mostly been just my “gut” screaming, “NO, NO, NO!”
Earning an honest living or something?
he left a note earllier this afternoon in today’s FBC that he had to run out and tend to some business with his “accidental activist” group.
So you could say he’s out storming the Bastille.
Do you live in the DC area? If so you could lobby in person, but…
…if not maybe you could organize a letter writing party with all your friends and neighbors.. get them all to write a letter to send to their congressman and/or the local newspaper. Have people bring laptops and work in groups of 2-4. Then, if you have a printer and USB cable, print the letters on the spot. Have envelopes pre-addressed. That way you can mail them yourself.
Rooms on me people!
Wow, wow, wow! Thank you!
And maybe I can get the breakfast right this time—GRRRRRRRRRRR
is his ruling against the disabled. Somebody give me a day of Christmas and I will tackle it like someone stealing my baby! Because he is! I would really like it if everybody on that day would fax a photo of a disabled person to every single Senator if they are able. If that’s too much do what you can do, snail mail or just your own Senators.
Oh MT – you are just brimming with brilliant ideas!
Here’s a thought, on one of the 12 days, contacting every disabled group one can think of and sending them info on why they should be protesting Alito too.
This is very good :o)
I was under the impression that the dude only had one ruling that troubling to the disabled , but since I have been looking now for a half an hour the man has about four or five rulings that could be seriously devastating to the disabled and the American Disabilities Act and everything that has lifted our disabled UP and integrated them into our everyday culture. One of my son’s gym teachers down here commented the other day on my son’s spirit and his ability to find his place among his peers and how he just thought it was awesome how his parents have done what they have so he feels confident in the world. Fuck, I know this is the South but what a fucking dinosaur the dude is! I just smiled and thanked him for the compliment. Holy Fuck though, that is sad when someone really thinks that is a compliment since we have actually been letting disabled people live among the rest of us for some time now!
The more I think about this idea Tampopo, the less I think we should worry about targeting Sens. and Reps., and the more I think messages, mass faxes, emails, etc. should target specific groups like the disabled, veterans, and of course pro-choice organizations. You know, what the republicans call “special interests” ;o)
These would include unions and workers groups as well.
What do you think?
connected and grew. I think that making all those kinds of contacts is vital Super…..Alito has such devastating potential. We all hate what this bunch of crooks has done to our nation, but Alito could make it impossible for us to sensor or reprimand them. He could have all of our daughters barefoot and pregnant and bowing to their masters and their betters. He can have my children praying in school even though they would choose to meditate if they were so inclined to practice their religios faith in school. He is a nuke in the Neocon Arsenal!
I am not really focused just on contacting Congress. That might be one action to take.
But I really didn’t know what other action to take. Maybe even a combination of contacts, e.g, contacting disabled groups and then contacting Congress members letting them know who else will be really ticked off by Alito being approved.
I think it is so important reduce Roe v. Wade as a rallying point for Alito supportors. That’s why the link MilitaryTracy is so valuable. We can keep spreading the word on the harm Alito can do to all of us in different ways. “Special interest groups” indeed.
I linked into the current open thread at Kos.
Fingers crossed.
Where’s ManEegee? We could use his talents and contacts with other blogs.
Manny?
Where for art thou Manny?
With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls;
For stony limits cannot hold love out:
And what love can do, that dares love attempt;
In other words,
Go for it! LOL
RL is insane today, but wanted to drop a note to let you know that I’m here and ready to fight.
I’ll post something later (perhaps a diary), on the dynamics of organizing across the different sites; just some observations I gathered while helping out with Operation Yellow Feather.
Paz, mi amigos.
Oh, so good to hear from you!
You all know how to find me- just let me know.
chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!
This all sounds great. It’s wonderful to see group action taken on the blogs. I’d like to make a suggestion, though (and, sorry, but this seemed to be the best place to do it ;).
I know I am not alone in checking in quickly from time to time to see what’s happening in the pond (this is apart from the times when I get caught up in the ripples and keep reloading the new comments ;). Anyway tho… I am not sure what things like “Operation Yellow Feather” and such are, although it sounds fun. What about if someone involved in all these projects made a diary of all the projects going on, that was updated from time to time with the relevant info (basically just an informational/volunteerism thing, that could then direct people to the appropriate areas). Actually, one could also add the book fairs and photo fairs and whatever else… sort of a Boo Trib calendar diary.
Personally, I would have no problem with it being posted daily like the FBC (or maybe 2 or 3 times a week) but then one can also hotlist it and all that, although that doesn’t do much good for someone just coming in.
Anyway though, what do you guys think?
a campaign to effectively address Chicken Hawks by making sure they have all the yellow feathers that a Chicken Hawk would need to stay safe and warm. It was born amid the Murtha attacks and though we will never know for sure, some attackers backed off real real quick and some fax machines were working real real quick too faxing away photos of yellow feathers to the Murtha attackers. Well, and then they were mailed too…….and some people collected actual feathers and dyed them yellow and mailed them. Just lovely….all done in the spirit of the novel and movie “The Four Feathers” where a white feather sent to a soldier signified his cowardice.
LOL sounds like a great idea, Tracy. And I wouldn’t doubt if it was part of the success of getting those people to back off from Murtha. That was definitely very sudden, especially as the next day the right was mostly supporting that Schmidt person.
Thanks for the explanation 🙂
Sounds very good.
Alas, I have not a clue as to how such a thing would be done.
Well… me either, really ;). Probably it could be one diary that is just updated frequently and posted daily (same diary)… maybe by the froggybottom nick or something (or hotfroggyaction, to denote the action oriented part of things ;).
Anyway, it’s nothing to worry about… I just thought I’d drop the idea into your diary, since it was on the general topic, but I didn’t mean to drop it on you personally ;). We may be able to figure it all out tho.
I really like the idea of a rolling action diary or one stop for all actions. It’d be easier to focus efforts and attract more frogs or lurkers.
I love all your ideas. I am so brain-dead from working most of the weekend and again since 6:00 this morning, that I have no creativity left…but I’ll be back in the morning…zzzzz….
things for me. In fact, last night I came up with the exact way to successfully tell my first boyfriend off. Sleep is wonderful…….dreaming is divine!
Why, last night I dreamed I did the perfect, classy, and most well-deserved telling off of someone who-shall-not-be-named…Great minds, or what?
Second thoughts are better than none!
Even if they are in your dreams.
Well activists…start your engines. There is no way I can go to DC so let me know what I can do from the west coast to help put a nail in the Alito nomination. I can fax, email, call. Just tell me and I’m yours. Go, Go, GO, GO!!!!!!
All this new frosting will become cake by tomorrow for me that will need new frosting. See you all tomorrow. I will meditate upon a SCOTUS that will preserve all that is good and decent in America today and all the blanks between that and Alito will eventually be filled in. Much Love to Everybody!
No bites at Kos yet. I feel like Yukon Cornelious,
lick, lick, lick, lick, lick……nuthin!
But we’re off to a good start here and when we bring in the big guns (Manny & Boston Joe) tomorrow this mother will really start to roll :o)
I swear to God I’m trying to sign off for the night and suddenly this pop up comes through as I’m closing everything and it is for Fitzula Jewelers! Can’t wait to see the handcuffs!
Diamond handcuffs are a girl’s best friend ;o)
Well, it is kinda an old open thread… never fear.
I know it. Sometimes it takes me a while to get motivated, but once I’m moving I can get impatient. What’s that about an unstoppable movement against an immovable force? Is that right?
Who knows? All I know is a body in motion better be staying in motion… 😉
I’m leaving after this, I’m going to read and take a shower and go to bed! One last request though, if you have anybody who is special to you who is disabled will you please ask them if we can use their photo for a special diary on here and Kos and elsewhere that will put real people and real faces to those who Alito will affect. Personal stories needed too if people would care to add them!
and grand daughters about photos too so that we can put faces to the next generation of women who Alito will affect also. It is a lot to ask of some young women, not all will say alright, but hopefully we can get a few and perhaps some of their words too about the world they will be facing with Alito on the SCOTUS.
That is the best idea I’ve read so far. We have to make it personal, very personal.
One of my brothers is a semi quadreplegic. He fell out of a tree when he was 18. The world stopped spinning that day. Alas he and I are extremely estranged from one another and I sure won’t ask to use his photo. I don’t have the heart.
Well, the Pastors are interested in heading to DC again, so I linked from the Cafe to this diary. Hopefully, that will at least bring some more folks over with some more ideas. Or get more exposure so perhaps we can figure out if there are other Kos folks discussing such a thing. I’ll put a link to here in my C & J tomorrow too.
Thanks Shermanesqe. Maybe we should’ve asked you to do this in the first place (you catch more bees with honey)
I met Pastordan in DC. Nice guy. We all had nametags and I put Booman under my name just to seperate myself from the crowd, I’m stubborn like that ;o)
Anyway, Pastordan thought I was Booman. I played it for about 30 seconds. I couldn’t live with myself if I decieved a man of the cloth :o)
Besides, Boo’s shoes are a little too big for me to fill convincingly :o)
I just read the whole thread. Seems like a good start to me tampopo. I like the “12 Days of Alito” theme. Starting Dec., 12th is it. I guess we could pick out one case or document or false bit of congressional testimony (lying about willingness to recuse himself) for each of the 12 days of Alito. Maybe assign each bit to a volunteer to come up with a theme for that day. Then roll them out one day after another, starting with the most benign and building to the most damning. Including action items about who to contact with each day. Have I got the gist of your idea? It is late, and I am tired, so I apologize if I’ve misstated the thrust of this effort. Somebody keep me posted by an individual e-mail please. I don’t get the group things reliably. I am an e-mail werewolf. I mean a teenage idiot. Oh. I don’t know.
I liked Tracy’s idea of tying in with the “Ten reasons to oppose Alito” law students…
I sent you an individual email…did you get it? 🙂