Heads Up NYC Freepers-- City Council To Vote on Antiwar Resolution TOMORROW

New York City Council ^ | 3/11/03 | Some clueless radicals with delusions of grandeur

[hellinahandcart]

This is the second time they will have tried to pass this in the past month---with zero input from the public, I might add.

The first time they tried to bring it to a vote, certain hard-left elements in the council objected because they didn't think the resolution was antiwar enough, and the few conservatives on the council would not have voted for it under any circumstances. So Gifford Miller cancelled the vote. Now it's on the calendar again for Wednesday, and it looks like they are aiming for a resolution so "reasonable" that they think no one could possibly object to it.They really want this thing to pass. I am personally distressed to see that the number of sponsors to this abomination has at least doubled since their last meeting in February.

Well, they can soften the language and the tone all they want, it's still an "antiwar" resolution. Under "meeting Details" on the NY City Council website, here is what you'll find:

Res 0549-2002
Oppose the Congressional Resolution allowing President George W. Bush to unilaterally declare war against Iraq. Proposed Res. No. 549-A

And here is what they propose to vote on tomorrow (bold emphasis mine):

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Wednesday, March 12, 2003

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Committee(s) on Cultural Affairs, Libraries & International Intergroup Relations
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Committee Room - City Hall

Chairperson(s): Jose Serrano

Proposed Res. No. 549-A -

By Council Members Perkins, Baez, Barron, Boyland, Brewer, Clarke, Davis, DeBlasio, Dilan, Espada, Gerson, Gioia, Gonzalez, Jackson, Koppell, Liu, Lopez, Martinez, the Speaker (Council Member Miller), Monserrate, Quinn, Reed, Reyna, Sanders, Seabrook, Serrano, Stewart, Vann and Yassky -

Resolution -

calling on the government of the United States to make all efforts to work through the United Nations Security Council in a manner that would reaffirm our nations commitment to the rule of law and the primacy of human rights in our international relationships, and to take all appropriate steps toward securing the participation of other nations and international bodies in the effort to ensure that Iraq does not possess biological, chemical or nuclear weapons and toward promoting human rights for all the people of Iraq; and further calling on the government of the United States to work through the United Nations Security Council and with other nations to ensure the unimpeded access of United Nations weapons inspectors to all areas of and facilities in Iraq and to ensure that the inspectors be given a full and fair opportunity to conduct their efforts in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions; and further calling upon the Council of the City of New York to oppose a pre-emptive military attack on Iraq unless it is demonstrated that Iraq poses a real and imminent threat to the security and safety of the United States or its allies or unless other options for achieving compliance with United Nations resolutions calling for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and the means for their development have failed.

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Do we pay these nitwits to spend their time opposing CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS, or to concern themselves with New York City matters? Have these morons no clue as to how this is going to look to the rest of the country (and we owe the rest of the country. Big-time.) Are we really supposed to enjoy the prospect of both the UN and the NY City Council going on record AGAINST Bush this week?

Pick apart the leftist buzzwords and phrases at your leisure, but these folks have got to hear from us TODAY.

[Happy2BMe]

What Every FReeper Needs to Know - The Enemy Within - (A.N.S.W.E.R.) Plans Mass Sabotage

[hellinahandcart]

Thanks for the handy dandy list, hell. I will be using it.

You're welcome, but it's copied right off the NY City Council members page.

So if you lose it, it can be found again. :)

[hellinahandcart]

NY Daily News:Council boss out front on peace plank

Unlike Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller is not zipping his lips on the prospect of war in Iraq.

"I don't believe that going to war at this time is good for America," Miller (D-Manhattan) said yesterday.

His comment came on the eve of a long-stalled Council vote on a resolution opposing a unilateral war by the United States against Iraq. Despite bitter infighting, the so-called peace resolution was expected to be adopted by a voice vote today.

Technically, a resolution - an expression of the Council's opinion on a given issue - needs 26 votes to pass. Miller said 31 of the 49 members support the peace resolution. There are two vacancies on the Council.

Resolutions, unlike bills, require no action by the mayor. Bloomberg has declined so far to give his views on a war with Iraq.

The Council vote is coming as the United Nations is nearing its vote on President Bush's request for a resolution authorizing war if Iraq does not disarm by March 17.

Frank Lombardi Originally published on March 12, 2003

[Lindykim]

McCollum's afraid a war will incite more terrorist attacks. We weren't at war on 9/11. What's his excuse for that attack?


The problem is this: the old world mental disease aka socialism is thriving in the United States, and it destroys the brains of those it infects. The anti-war communists and their Hollywood cheering section are a good example.