Call Senator Rockefeller

emptywheel was willing to take back the Jello Jay moniker (0.00 / 0)

after his performance in the Senate Finance Committee.

This is not Jay Rock for the people. This is Jay, junior senator from the state.
Byrd back in April said he was against using reconciliation for policy changes.

Except NOW there have been policy changes made by both the House and Senate bills. And with 290 bills that the House passed stuck in the the Senate, who trusts that cooling saucer to get much done?

How many policy positions, tax cuts for the top 700 that have exploded the deficit, were voted on under BUDGET reconciliation?

Don't knwo if this is a tone down pre-summit Thursday, or if htis is a hold out for future consideration on the green energy/climate change bill.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 18:51:29 PM UTC

Sent an email (0.00 / 0)

I was afraid if I called, I'd lose my temper - which would definitely be counterproductive!

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by: blonde moment @ Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 20:02:42 PM UTC

Thanks, Carnacki, for the link to Glen Greenwald's exposé of (0.00 / 0)

the Senate Dems' "Villain Rotation" via the tiny Balloon Juice link.

Realizing that no one ever "promoted" my WVBLUE diary regarding this whole deal to front page, perhaps I should take this opportunity to ask my gracious hosts here at WVABLUE to please forgive my rhetoric, which was coincidentally published on the same date as Greenwald's piece. I realize that I wasn't quite so direct as Mr. Greenwald, having never even come close to implying that Rockefeller is a "villain". On the other hand, I did make the mistake of blaming Rockefeller alone for the villainy surrounding the public option. I didn't realize that killing it was a team effort, having been under the mistaken impression that senators who were elected as members of the "Democratic Party" actually would be faithful to what the party once stood for after they were promoted to U.S. senate.

Not to make further excuses, since Rockefeller is from my state, please understand that I do have a natural tendency to be far more familiar with what all he's done to us here in the Panhandle State.

So Mea frikkin Culpaand no hard feelings.

I "get" it.

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by: One Citizen @ Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 02:42:12 AM UTC

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That is my fault. I should have promoted it. I have been online very little for the past month and not following the issue closely so I got lost trying to understand it. But also I worry -- probably more than I should since you and other Catholics here haven't complained -- that the images might offend people on religious grounds. I have no problem with going after Senator Rockefeller, but I do worry, and I admit probably more than I should, that people of the Catholic faith might take offense at him dressed as the Pope.

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 13:51:07 PM UTC

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If the black smoke appears from Jay's holy basilica (0.00 / 0)

and I don't have a food-stamp powered cell phone, am I automatically excommunicated?

My point is that Carnacki's dreamy, self absorbed plea that everyone without health care should suddenly run to "Call Senator Rockefeller" seems more than a little overly optomistic.

At least from my perspective.

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by: One Citizen @ Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 05:33:58 AM UTC

"self absorbed"? (0.00 / 0)

How is Carnacki being "self absorbed" by asking for calls to Rockefeller's office?  The Senator and his staff need to hear from us, because you can be sure they're hearing from the opponents of reform.

I wonder, have you actually called or contacted his office? As much as I like to rant on the blogosphere, it doesn't really count as activism if you don't get personally involved and contact them directly.

It seems that you're the one who's self absorbed because some folks don't like your comparisons of Rockefeller to the Pope.  Find something new because the Pope references just distract from what you're trying to say.  I'm just sayin'.

In a good conversation everyone speaks.  In a great conversation some even listen.

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by: Wabi-Sabi @ Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 13:01:00 PM UTC

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