Street Prophets: Faith and Politics

War Funding

by Rain

Thu May 15, 2008 at 11:34:11 AM PDT

The good Congressman puts the situation plainly.

This is the vote from January 16 on war funding. Since that time, according to Democrats.com, these Congressmembers have said they will vote against further funding of the war (which they did not do on the earlier vote):

Rain's diary :: ::

Abercrombie, Neil, HI01
Allen, Tom, ME01
Andrews, Rob, NJ01 
Arcuri, Michael, NY4 
Blumenauer, Earl, OR03 
Carnahan, Russ, MO03, 
Cummings, Elijah, MD07 
Doyle, Michael, PA14 
Eshoo, Anna, CA14 
Harman, Jane, CA36 
Hooley, Darlene, OR05 
Hinchey, Maurice, NY22 
Maloney, Carolyn, NY14 
McCarthy, Carolyn, NY04 
Nadler, Jerry, NY08 
Rangel, Charlie, NY15 
Rothman, Steve, NJ09 
Tauscher, Ellen, CA10 
Shea-Porter, Carol, NH01 
Waxman, Henry, CA30 
Weiner, Anthony, NY09

The bill in question is Speaker Pelosi’s effort to pass some domestic spending together with funding for continuing the Iraq War well into the next President’s term – a “guns for butter” approach that I wrote about a couple weeks ago.

I don’t know about you but I think this is past endurance. As the Democrats.com article says,

We are outraged because this Democratic Congress was elected to end the occupation, not fund it forever. A new Democrats.com poll found an overwhelming 68% of Americans want to bring our troops safely home within 6 months - a significant increase from 54% last September.

I’m picking up my phone now.

Tags: war funding, Iraq War, Rep, Pelosi, Kucinich (all tags)

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Please let me know you came by.

by Rain on Thu May 15, 2008 at 11:34:45 AM PDT
did he record this in a bird sanctuary? (7+ / 0-)

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lots of chirping going on!

"I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit."~Gibran

by PoliSigh on Thu May 15, 2008 at 12:06:59 PM PDT
- Sounds of peace? (8+ / 0-)
  
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  Figuratively, the chirping of crickets is what we seem to be getting.
  
  I called Earl Blumenauer's office and asked if he was going to vote against the funding. I got a tentative answer that was almost more like a question -- like, what do you want to hear, Ma'am?
  
  Ugh.
  
  I hope he keeps his word and votes "no".
  
  by Rain on Thu May 15, 2008 at 12:18:15 PM PDT
  
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"...it's as if this country is asleep... (8+ / 0-)

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...has forgotten..."
Good to see my Arcuri listed; but I can toss a pebble into Hinchey's district as well as into what is gonna be Massa!, who will if need be on this list next year. But I feel there is no time to waste.
Thank you posting video of this reticent, slightly forlorn Congressman in the Spring light.

We make this!

by waterdish on Thu May 15, 2008 at 12:36:30 PM PDT
Speier (5+ / 0-)

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I called my representative's office. (Jackie Speier) So I went over to house.gov in hopes they had the roll call up already. If I've got the right bill, it failed 149-141, with 142 cowardly republicans refusing to go on record (not voting). Speier voted nay on that version of the bill.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll...

She voted yea on two subsequent votes that passed with separate amendments. I haven't looked at what those amendments are though. Anybody know?

Doug.

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

by risasperson on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:04:51 PM PDT
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  did not vote because of the "butter" provisions Pelosi was hoping to grease through by tying them to the war funding.
  
  I am glad to see that Rep. Blumenauer voted no this time. I have such conflicted feelings about him right now that I may not be able to bring myself to vote for him in the primary -- because he is steadfastly toeing Pelosi's line about removing impeachment from this Congress' Constitutional toolbox. I share the frustration of the people in this video.
  
  by Rain on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:24:59 PM PDT
  
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  - That goes without saying (2+ / 0-)
    
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    And that's why tying them together was smart. What was cowardly was not voting instead of voting no.
    
    Doug.
    
    Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
    
    by risasperson on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:54:06 PM PDT
    
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    - I don't think they should (2+ / 0-)
      
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      be tied. To me, it's not smart -- because it is angering the people who put the Democrats in office.
      
      by Rain on Thu May 15, 2008 at 02:46:20 PM PDT
      
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I love my Rep! (5+ / 0-)

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Barbara Lee kicks major ass.

Oh, I liked voting for Pelosi in '06 - it felt cool to be backing the next Speaker of the House, but my goodness, San Francisco is not the hotbed of radicalism it once was. No sirree. It's all about the hipsters now, and they just want to dress in vintage clothes, not storm the barricades.

The Wine of Youth ferments this night in the veins of God - Alfred de Musset.

by dirkster42 on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:12:11 PM PDT
- Barbara Lee (5+ / 0-)
  
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  is a Stand Up Guy. She's phenomenal. You are blessed to have her as your Rep.
  
  by Rain on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:25:45 PM PDT
  
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Oh, and paging Zoskie, paging Zoskie! (6+ / 0-)

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You tell my beloved Tim Ryan I will not put out if I don't see his name on that list, pronto!

There. We'll have world peace in a few minutes, I'm sure.

The Wine of Youth ferments this night in the veins of God - Alfred de Musset.

by dirkster42 on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:13:55 PM PDT
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  There. We'll have world peace in a few minutes, I'm sure.
  
  Thank you.
  
  We make this!
  
  by waterdish on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:34:24 PM PDT
  
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- I am going to stick (4+ / 0-)
  
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  a japanese maple tree in the earth for you for, (it bears repeating)
  
  There. We'll have world peace in a few minutes, I'm sure.
  
  We make this!
  
  by waterdish on Thu May 15, 2008 at 02:15:32 PM PDT
  
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  - Honored, to be sure... (4+ / 0-)
    
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    but I wish it were that easy.
    
    The Wine of Youth ferments this night in the veins of God - Alfred de Musset.
    
    by dirkster42 on Thu May 15, 2008 at 02:24:39 PM PDT
    
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    - Swittersish staccato (2+ / 0-)
      
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      the language has?
      
      There. We'll have world peace in a few minutes, I'm sure.
      
      I feel it can only happen in such an 'easy' and comfortable fashion ;)
      But I dropped another in the soil, taking more liberty, to mom for loving this German Dada artist. Another for Kurt and a fourth for the stopping of the stupid that the Diary means.
      Dude, I have a Dada garden loaded with respect, hope and thanks! Water drizzling from the sky now :)
      
      We make this!
      
      by waterdish on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:38:33 PM PDT
      
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      - Just (2+ / 0-)
        
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        for you.
        
        The Wine of Youth ferments this night in the veins of God - Alfred de Musset.
        
        by dirkster42 on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:47:17 PM PDT
        
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        A Dada Peace Garden. (2+ / 0-)
        
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        I have loved this person 40 years and have never, ever spelled his name poorly before. The excuse is my intent upon 'staccato', which I did not know how to spell, while you surely do. Ha Dada!
        The tree is apropos: I understand while waiting for a train, Schwitters climbed a tree and made sound like a bird. A portion of a cornfield, there are no trees here that such gentle people can do this, yet . . .
        
        We make this!
        
        by waterdish on Fri May 16, 2008 at 05:21:11 PM PDT
        
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        Have I told you (2+ / 0-)
        
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        my mother wrote her dissertation on him?
        
        The Wine of Youth ferments this night in the veins of God - Alfred de Musset.
        
        by dirkster42 on Fri May 16, 2008 at 05:44:31 PM PDT
        
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        We are smiling. (1+ / 0-)
        
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        Ya said so here maybe couple of weeks ago; but you give me opportunity to thank you for that link, which I had not done. Thank you very much!
        
        We make this!
        
        by waterdish on Fri May 16, 2008 at 06:27:55 PM PDT
        
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I didn't see Doris Matsui.... (4+ / 0-)

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Time to make a phone call.

Both the Oak and the Maple are trees; we need not decide which is the correct version....Simplexity.

by Aunt Em on Thu May 15, 2008 at 01:32:04 PM PDT
I saw my guy on there. (2+ / 0-)

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Which doesn't surprise me, actually, because the other day I was out driving and saw a car just plastered with wonderful progressive and peace bumper stickers... and also a pro-Cummings bumper sticker. So that seemed like a pretty good endorsement. :)

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

by StarWoman on Thu May 15, 2008 at 07:07:40 PM PDT

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War Funding

by Rain

Thu May 15, 2008 at 11:34:11 AM PDT

Street Prophets Help

Where does your Rep stand? (9+ / 0-)

did he record this in a bird sanctuary? (7+ / 0-)

Sounds of peace? (8+ / 0-)

"...it's as if this country is asleep... (8+ / 0-)

Speier (5+ / 0-)

The Republicans undoubtedly (4+ / 0-)

That goes without saying (2+ / 0-)

I don't think they should (2+ / 0-)

I love my Rep! (5+ / 0-)

Barbara Lee (5+ / 0-)

Oh, and paging Zoskie, paging Zoskie! (6+ / 0-)

Perfect: (4+ / 0-)

I am going to stick (4+ / 0-)

Honored, to be sure... (4+ / 0-)

Swittersish staccato (2+ / 0-)

Just (2+ / 0-)

A Dada Peace Garden. (2+ / 0-)

Have I told you (2+ / 0-)

We are smiling. (1+ / 0-)

I didn't see Doris Matsui.... (4+ / 0-)

I saw my guy on there. (2+ / 0-)

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