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Written by:
Tom
12/19/2009 12:18 PM
There is this racetrack and these four Jockeys. The Book of Revelations had it that Conquest, War, Famine and Death were neck and neck. But in today's news Death is in first place and the other three are in second place riding the same horse. What prompted that take is the unnerving revelation that no matter how bad the news is on a given day it will be worse the next. Clearly, we Americans are not connecting the dashes. If we were, we would have placed our list of jockey woes in the context of the 450 silos in the US Midwest each containing a bomb capable of killing every soul in a city of two million people. The "dash" that set me off today was the pentagon setting up shop in Colombia to terrorize all of South America http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/eva-golinger-obama-is-preparing-for-war-in-south-america- It was then I remembered what I was doing at Boeing in the 1970s. And off I go. The health "reform" putsch is a full step back painted as a half-step forward, no matter what Sam Smith says (he's grudgingly for the Senate bill). Copenhagen is a disaster. The House financial reform bill is a can of spray paint. The war in Afghanistan is criminal, was from the start. The Pentagon is a concrete weight sinking the United States: Defense? Give me a break. Finally, effort to get Congress to about face, to knock the derivatives market down Bernanke's throat, to shut down the insurance lobby -- let alone institute health care as a human right -- and to pull out of Asia , such effort will fail so long as it rides on getting good guysngals elected. There simply is not enough time to create the kind of majority it would take to push back the lobbies of war, drugs, finance, and Israel. I know, I know, you out there trying to bump off Patty Murray, to remind Jim of the Hippocratic oath, and to blast a hole in the Democrats big enough to shove a third party in, ouch, you out there deserve three cheers. It is obvious that ousting Murray would be a tremendous boost to morale, and might even domino somebody. And, yes, I am unhappy to be screaming futility. The point remains that we do not realize what we are up against.
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| March 9th Agenda: Second Draft - Monday, March 01, 2010 Hello again everyone! Spencer Campbell here. Preparations for the upcoming meeting are going as smoothly as can be expected, considering I am all but cold calling people. It will be happening at Joy's house, as usual. Some of you may have noticed that there was no new announcement last Monday. This is because, unexpectedly, no one added more items to the agenda that week. This week, however, there is one new item contributed by Maryrose Asher. An update is certainly in order! 1): I will give a treasury report. -- Jeannie Ernst (inferred)
2): "I will explain the meeting format." -- Spencer Campbell
3): "Who should facilitate the April meeting?" -- Spencer Campbell
4): "What do we want to accomplish by meeting here today?" -- Spencer Campbell
5): "Would an annual plan be realistic - and would it be a good or bad thing for us?!" -- John Cornelison
6): What should we do about the strawberry parade? -- John Cornelison (paraphrased)
7): I will give an update on Richard Curtis's senate campaign. -- Maryrose Asher (paraphrased)
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| March 9th Agenda: First Draft - Monday, February 15, 2010
For those of you who didn't get the memo*... hi. My name is Spencer Campbell, and I'll be your facilitator for the March meeting. Because I believe in optimizing the efficiency of everything I can get a hold of, I'll be using my own format on a trial basis. Instead of an agenda consisting of explicitly-scheduled items, an agenda for my meetings consists of a simple numbered list of questions and statements (with corresponding speaker). There is no time attached to these items, and no guarantee that we will get around to them, but as a rule those appearing higher in the list will be addressed earlier in the meeting.
*Yes, there was an actual memo. It was on the mailing list! It's difficult to imagine anyone who reads the website yet neglects to read the mailing list, but I would be remiss to assume.
The first draft of the March agenda follows. It's worth noting that, as of 0001 hours on March 9th, this agenda will be finalized and fixed. No new items will be added, no old items removed, and no sneaky rearrangement of existing items will occur. If you have an issue that you'd like addressed, you should send an Email to me as soon as possible so that I can tack it on. (Please phrase it in such a way that I can convey the concept to the group in one or two sentences.)
Generally, items will be ordered on a first-come first-serve basis. In this case the first three items are mostly a holdover from the previous meeting format, so I have Jeannie making the first announcement even though I haven't actually heard from her.
1): I will give a treasury report. -- Jeannie Ernst (inferred)
2): "I will explain the meeting format." -- Spencer Campbell
3): "Who should facilitate the April meeting?" -- Spencer Campbell
4): "What do we want to accomplish by meeting here today?" -- Spencer Campbell
5): "Would an annual plan be realistic - and would it be a good or bad thing for us?!" -- John Cornelison
6): What should we do about the strawberry parade? -- John Cornelison (paraphrased)
That's it for the time being. From now until the meeting itself (which is on a Tuesday, mind), I will be posting the latest version of the agenda as an announcement here every Monday. I'll be personally contacting as many known affiliates of the VMIGP as possible, finding out whether they're coming and if they have any issues to bring up, but if you want to save me some time or if you just want to chat:
795-7767
Lacertilian@gmail.com
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| Tuesday, February 9 Membership Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, February 09, 2010Vashon Maury Island Green Party Proposed Agenda for Monthly Membership Meeting
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – 7:00 PM Joy Goldstein’s
7:00 Modify/Approve Agenda
7:05 Modify/Approve January 12, 2010 Minutes
7:10 Treasurer’s Report
7:15 Choose facilitator for March meeting
7:20 Announcements
7:25 Melvin Mackey -- Status of "The End of Money" at Vashon College.
7:30 Joy Goldstein -- Status of the Political Party forum for Ms. Powell's High School Government Class.
7:40 "Feminism" as one of the Ten Key Values -- Changes?
8:10 "Decentralization" as one of the Ten Key Values -- Changes?
8:50 New Business / Good of the Order
8:58 Next Meeting -- Date, Time, and Place
9:00 Adjourn read more ...
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