"This Will Not Stand"
--George W. Bush's father after Saddam Hussien
invaded Kuwait in the early 1990's indicating his intention
to use military force against Iraq.
Dearest Sierra Club Members,
The following is a reply to a previous posting on the
Leopold listserve asking readers to support a Senate
filibuster in order to prevent President Bush from having a
free hand to attack Iraq in an unprovoked war. The
relevence of this issue to environmental protection should
be obvious: George W. Bush has shown himself to be to be
the worst advocate for the environment in US history. If he
is allowed to launch this multi-billion dollar war
involving hundreds of thousands US troops, there will
little else on the minds of Americans (and in the news).
And we might as well be selling popcorn at Wal-Mart. As for
me, I will resist this insanity until it stops. This will
not stand!
Therefore, I urge you to consider making this issue your
number one legislative/activist priority in the next 24-36
hours: call early and often: 800-839-5276 GETS YOU THROUGH
TO THE SENATE SWITCHBOARD. Tell your elected leaders
regarding the President's war: "THIS WE'LL NOT STAND"!
Feeling Defiant In Ft. Defiance,
James L. Fleming, M.D.
Mental Health Department
Ft.Defiance Indian Hospital
P.O. Box 649
FT. Defiance, Arizona 86504
928-729-8506
Original Message:
> MoveOn Member,
> I want to thank those of you who have responded to
> previous alerts on Iraq. We've had an enormous response
> -- over 70,000 phone calls in the last two weeks -- and
> we know that members of Congress are hearing that their
> constituents overwhelmingly oppose a war with Iraq.
>
> But since some of our elected representatives still
> aren't listening, and since the stakes for our democracy
> and world stability could not be much higher, I'm asking
> for your help once again.
>
> As the Senate and House rush toward a vote authorizing
> Bush's unilateral attack on Iraq, some heroic Senators
> and Representatives have spoken out against this blank
> check for war. Senator Robert Byrd, a moderate Democrat
> from West Virginia, is so angry about the haste with
> which we're moving to war and the unanswered questions
> that still remain that there's a good likelihood that he
> will launch a filibuster by Tuesday.
>
> In a filibuster, a Senator is allowed up to 30 hours to
> voice his opinion, unless 60 of his colleagues vote for
> the filibuster to end. The use of a filibuster indicates
> that a particular piece of legislation is so odious to a
> Senator that he or she is willing to stop all Senate
> business until a compromise is reached.
>
> If the majority of the members of Congress will not do
> their jobs, ask the hard questions, and represent the
> will of a very large segment of the American public, it's
> time for the brave few to filibuster. It's the Senate's
> form of civil disobedience -- a procedural monkey wrench
> that may be our last, best hope for substantive changes
> to the resolution authorizing Bush's unilateral attack on
> Iraq.
>
> When Senator Byrd and several of his courageous
> colleagues launch a filibuster, pro-war Senators will
> immediately try to end it. By contacting your Senators
> and asking them to support a filibuster against the Iraq
> resolution, you can play a key role in ensuring that
> President Bush doesn't get a blank check for war.
>
> Please take action today. The vote could come as soon as
> Tuesday if the filibuster is not supported.
>
> Please contact your Senators right now at:
>
> Senator Tom Harkin
> Local Phone: 515-284-4574
> DC Phone: 202-224-3254
>
>
> Senator Charles E. Grassley
> Local Phone: 319-363-6832
> DC Phone: 202-224-3744
>
>
> Calling the local office is more effective than calling
> the Washington, D.C. office. Even if your Senators have
> indicated that they will support the resolution, it's
> still worth calling -- we need to keep the pressure on.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Philip W. Scott
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:31 PM
> Subject: Tonight's Presidential Address
>
>
> Dear Friend,
> Tonight Mr. Bush is going to address the nation
> regarding his personal war with Iraq. If you feel, as I
> do that his policy is a tragic mistake, then send him an
> email. You can use the one I sent last night, (below) or
> make up your own, but make your voice heard. In
> addition, call the White House comment line at:
> 202-456-1111 during and after his TV address and flood
> the switchboard with protest against this immoral action.
> Thank you. Your children and mine will thank you as
> well.
> Phil Scott
> P.S. Please forward this to whomever you feel would
> want to participate.
>
>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Iraq
>
>
>
>
> Dear Mr. President,
> I beg you not to pursue war with Iraq. In our history,
> the United
> States has never fought a war of aggression, though there
> have been
> many instances where our justification was stronger than
> any case we may now
> have against Iraq. To do so now, with no legal or
> internationally
> recognized justification, will only brand the United
> States as an
> Imperial bully, and lead to our rejection by the family
> of civilized
> nations. Furthermore, this will be a war that we cannot,
> in the end
> win. No amount of might can sway the united minds of a
> people, and the
> people of Iraq, who might have welcomed us ten years ago,
> will fight us
> house to house now.
> This policy is a mistake. For the sake of the founding
> principles of
> our nation, I beg you to withdraw from the precipice of
> war.
> Thank you,
> Philip W. Scott
> 204 E. Burlington Ave.
> Fairfield, IA 52556
>
>
>
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