Category Archives: Government

call your representative, demand a debate

The time has come to open the debate on Iraq again.  How?

With 218 signatures on a petition called House Resolution 543, regular business in the House of Representatives must stop and a 17 hour debate on the Iraq war must immediately begin. The debate will require that Congress consider and vote on all amendments offered as alternatives to the Bush administration’s policies in Iraq.

What can you do?  Call your congressperson and urge him/her to sign HR 543.  There are 98 signatures so far, so we’re almost halfway there already.  (Deb, your rep already signed.  Yay!)  I’m calling Susan Davis today, and if you know me you know how much that means.

i can’t help loving The Onion

From the most recent Onion:

Donald Rumsfeld is under pressure to resign, first by a cadre of retired generals, now by Senior Democrats for his handling of the war. What do you think?

Young Woman
Danielle Bennet,
Daycare Provider
“As a daycare provider, I sympathize with Rumsfeld. 2,500 kids die on your watch and suddenly you’re not qualified to do your job?”

don’t nuke Iran

It really should go without saying, but I guess it really needs to be said.  The US hasn’t used a nuclear weapon against another country since they were called “atomic bombs“, and there’s good reason for that.  We’ve used other really scary weapons, but The Bomb always seemed just a bit too ridiculously deadly to justify.  Until now.

So let me say it:  Don’t nuke Iran.  Hopefully it’s a statement that Congress can agree with enough to take a stand.