Posted on 05/27/2004 6:11:18 AM PDT by forester
Hey FF, what about sending out a ping for review of this really well thought out letter?
What would you suggest as an appropriate title that conveys the message that socialist legislation threatens our way of life?
I dunno. Business as usual? BTDT, again? BOHICA Alert? (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again). LOTS of possibilities. I was just being sincere that a lot of folks are going to associate the words RED ALERT with a sudden terrorist threat for the rest of the summer.
Then it can go back to business as usual, if none of our cities are glowing piles of radioactive slag or nobody has been hit with a Nerve Agent or the Jihadists haven't shot to pieces all the sheeple in all our shopping malls, thus triggering the Executive Orders and a FEMA fascist style government.
"LEGISLATION that threatens our way of life?" In the face of more death and attacks? Please. Chill, and put your reloading press into high gear.
BTTT!!!!!!!
California Conservative, can you repost that info about which radio show to call? Calcowgirl, show seems to be in your end of the state. Maybe we can get you to call when you get back in town.
Call up Doug McIntyre on KABC talk radio in Los Angeles from midnight to three or four am with this red alert. 1 800 222 5222!
Also John and Ken show on KFI talk radio in Los Angeles in the afternoon.
Oh, thank you so much. It is vitally important that we get information out about these state killer bills.
>>What would you suggest as an appropriate title that conveys the message that socialist legislation threatens our way of life?<<
Tape a 30-06 round to the top of the page.
Nonetheless, It's a good letter and hopefully would be pursuasive, even if overly recognizing the possibility of a compromise in an area that should not be compromised at all.
Afternoon bump.
RE: "...next to last paragraph..."
Thank you. Just trying to lend a hand.
Yeah, I guess that paragraph WAS kind of from the "Tell me how you *REALLY* feel !!!" files... (Does anybody know off hand what percentage of the land area of the state is *ALREADY* state-owned [or state-controlled through 'conservation-easements, and the like]...???)
I doubt that the Guv will really 'get' it, or ACT on it even if he does, but we gotta 'dance with the gal what's brung us' and, while he is certainly not without warts, he is never-the-less...:
1.) Way better than ol' Gray, and
2.) Obviously a pragmatist, else he would NEVER be Guv in THIS state, with it's Left-of-Lenin political environment.
...Hmmm...kinda like Bush, I guess.
Perhaps we should ask one of THESE Great Ladies to whip up a fire...er...letter... or two 'for the cause'... They certainly do not seem to be 'without talent' for that sort of thing...
"The bureaucrats, who seize and dole out other people's assets, initially see themselves as humanitarians. Eventually, they conclude they are indeed superior to others, and treat themselves accordingly. They make laws to which they are not subject; they vote themselves and their wards privileges and benefits. They no longer serve; they rule a nation of the government, by the government and for the government. --Linda Bowles
"Never underestimate the ability of unelected bureaucrats to overturn the expressed will of the people if it threatens their power." --Linda Chavez
"Tax cuts aren't something you pay for. It's less money for the government to spend." --Ann Coulter
Somehow, the 'right-minded' folks in this state HAVE to find a way to help each other. A letter or two now and then, seems precious little to ask...
Other (better) minds might say...
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." --Edmund Burke
"The government solution to a problem is usually (at least) as bad as the problem." --Milton Friedman
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." --H.L. Mencken
What I WAS hoping to provide, was something all together in a one-page letter format, with the needed headings and fax numbers, so that others (who would perhaps otherwise find the organization of something to send a more daunting task) might easily download it, then be able cut/paste it into something THEY might like to send off to the Guv, themselves.
I suspect it's really 'all about the numbers'...
Before I left, I sent email to Schwarzenegger, and my Assemblycritter. I also filled out the "send a message to author of bill" forms on LegInfo stating my objection to the bills, accessible HERE (AB2600) and HERE (AB1788). I encourage all to do the same... it takes about 2 minutes.
Re: radio, I did send the entire Rose Comstock email to Doug McIntyre with a "PLEASE HELP..." message. He has been running a one-man assault on the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy on his show and he set up a website (JoeMustGo) trying to oust the head of SMMC. He is not unfamiliar with Conservancy issues (unfortunately, he never seems to respond to email).
I don't listen to John and Ken... so someone who does might be better versed in appealing to their sense of broadcast importance. I do listen to Larry Elder (KABC). I think he might be enticed to help. He is a reformed libertarian (and attorney). He might embrace the issue and address it. I'll email him some info with a plea.
Unfortunately Linda Bowles can't help as she's gone to her reward. She lasted almost a year after the death of her beloved husband. Sad to the maximum!!! She was one of our favorite heroins!!!
The bureaucrats and most of the legislature in this state make us all suffer from their insolence in office.
Pragmatism is certainly better than Communism, but certainly is hard on basic principles of freedom. But, it does play well in bizzare politics until a real leader can be found to communicate the benefits to society of true principled leadership and make the public want it, like Ronauldus Maximus.(sigh)
Hay! Better fishing through chemistry, right? (/sourchasm)
All values are in thousands (000's) of acres except %'s and ranks.
California - Total area of the state 99,822.70
Total Area Owned by State and Federal Gov'ts 52,085.90
% of State's Total Area %52.1
Owned by Federal Gov't. 49,842.30
% of State's Tot. Area %49.9
Owned by State 2,243.60
% of State's Tot. Area %2.2
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