Yesterday I posted a diary about faxing all 100 US Senators.
That felt GOOD! Posting the diary felt good, too. Go
here for detailed instructions on how to send 100 faxes (or 1). I've listed fax and phone numbers for all 100 senators as well. It's EASY.
Today I upped the ante. I sent my LTE to most of the papers listed on MoveOn's excellent letter-sending page. It's over the fold. And --
Today I am sending my FILIBUSTER! FAX to all the democrats and the one independent in the Senate. Leap the hedge and let's get to work.
First things first: the FAX. The time for subtlety and reasoning have past -- now is the time for banging on the community table and shouting. Here's my SHOUTOUT:
Dear Senator,
Filibuster!
Abort Alito's midwifery of Presidential tyranny.
No Man is Above is the Law.
The Unitary Executive stinks!
YourName
YourCity, YourState, USA
Actually, I created this as an RTF file using TextEdit. It looks much better in Garamond. I formatted the page to print in landscape mode. The font sizes, starting from the top and changing with each line, are
12, 72, 18, 24, 64, 12, 12. Hard to miss.
I followed the same procedure I outlined in yesterday's diary. I sent it to all non-Republicans Democrats and Jeffords (Independent). That's 46 senators. Here are their fax numbers:
202-228-0908;202-228-1371;415-956-6701;202-228-3954;202-228-5036;202-224-9750;202-224-1083;202-228-2
190;202-224-0139;202-228-2183;202-224-2126;202-224-6747;202-224-9369;202-228-4260;202-228-0400;202-2
28-1377;202-224-9735;202-224-8525;202-224-2417;202-224-8858;202-224-1651;202-228-0325;202-224-1388;2
02-228-2186;202-224-0515;202-224-1193;202-224-7776;202-228-0012;202-228-2197;202-228-4054;202-224-28
52;202-224-7327;202-228-0282;202-228-3027;202-228-2717;202-224-4680;202-228-5765;202-224-3479;202-22
8-0514;202-224-0238;202-224-2725;202-224-9787;202-224-7665;202-228-0002;202-228-0776
That's about it. Change the message to what you want -- and send it!
Here is my LTE. It is just a cleaned up version of my letter to the Senators. Feel free to take it, change it, and send it on. You can use MoveOn's page to send your letter to local and national papers (send it once, then go back two pages and change the radio-button to another paper, and send again).
Dear Editor:
Judge Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court must be rejected. He fails to adequately respect our Constitution, our Congress, and our rule of law.
My concern is that he will expand Presidential power beyond what is appropriate or constitutional. He helped forge the strategy of Presidential 'signing statements' as a way of allowing the President to ignore laws he finds inconvenient. He could easily permit Presidential lawbreaking, such as illegal kidnapping, torture, and murder, and illegal warrentless NSA eavesdropping, through the use of perverse legal arguments and shameless sophistry. A mind that favors tyranny has no place on our Supreme Court.
He will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. A glance at past statements makes this clear. He feels an animosity towards women's sovereignty. A mean mind deserves no place on our Supreme Court.
He failed to answer fully questions put to him by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Dishonoring the Senate with prevarication and lies should alone disqualify him from consideration to any Judgeship. A liar should not warm the Supreme Court bench.
And, not least, he belonged to an organization committed to keeping blacks and women out of Princeton University, and bragged about this as recently as 1985. An avowed bigot should never serve as a judge.
We cannot accept this nominee to the Court. The Supreme Court is the last court of resort for the individual citizens of our United States. It is the keystone of our national fairness: tilt it dangerously to the side, and the rule of law will collapse. Judge Alito actively seeks to weaken our recourse to the law. He could damage a great many lives. I implore all Americans to reject his nomination to the Supreme Court, and to insist on a filibuster if necessary. Senators -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- need to stand up for principle -- and to be SEEN by the whole country as standing up for principle. Our way of life -- whereby ALL citizens are ruled by laws and NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW -- is at stake.
Sincerely,
YourName
YourCity, YourState, USA
YourPhoneNumber (must be included for papers to check that the LTE is from you)
Courage. Things are trending positive, in spite of Alito.
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