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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 09:52 PM
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Poll question: Can you BELIEVE Sarasota passed an anti-Patriot Act Resolution?
Edited on Wed Oct-22-03 09:52 PM by JanMichael
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031021/NEWS/310210569/1060/NEWS02

No, really, this is NOT Portland or some other Lefty stronghold and we PASSED it!

This is Katherine "I only need one more puppie to finish my over-coat" Harris Country dammit!

Props to the local Green Party people that had the spine/patience that carried this through. Same to the odd looking chaps, at the big Public Library meeting (Over 300 people, even Jan Schnieder was there), that called themselves Libertarians too.

To some of the last Liberals/Progressives in SW Floroda:toast:
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 09:56 PM
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1. There was a rider on that resolution
outlawed varicose veins on the beach.

Bout damned time!
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 09:57 PM
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2. Nothing wrong with protecting the virginal eyes of me.
Thank Zeus!
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carpetbagger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 09:57 PM
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3. WTF? Did Pee Wee Herman hypnotize them all?
Maybe all the local rednecks realized that the empty gun racks in their pickups weren't a deterrent to Preacher John's designs.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 09:59 PM
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4. absolutely amazing-- maybe there is hope yet for FL
now, to vote out jeb, and katherine, and the whole corrupt lot of them
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:00 PM
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5. GOOD JOB FOR YOU
Yep that is amazing that you pulled it off, but my personal
feeling the worm is starting to turn.

:party: :party: :toast: :toast: :bounce:
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:05 PM
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7. I really didn't do much.
Actually this is a good example of how the 9-5pm folks can sometimes get excluded due to weekday morning meetings. I only made the two evening rallies prior to the protest last week (which was too EARLY!).

My compatriots did GOOD though!
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:04 PM
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6. yes, let's repeat: the GREENS lead the way on this.
:bounce:
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:06 PM
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8. They did, it's a fact.
We have ten times the number of Dems (Me included) in Sarasota Co. that didn't do what they, the Greens, did.

Actions speak loudly, no?
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:12 PM
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11. yes, it bears repeating: the GREENS led the way on this issue.
hear you, green-whineing DUers?

while dems were cringing, the Greens took the lead in fight against fascism in FL.
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E_Zapata Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:07 PM
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9. Very cool!
Many kudos and many thanks. Yay Sarasota!

I feel good knowing that at least one puppy will survive the coat factory. Woo hoooooooooo
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:09 PM
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10. At 1st my jaw dropped
when I read this, but after some more thought, it makes sense. Sarasota has a large senior population and many seniors KNOW the Patriot Act is wrong. They've lived through more.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:13 PM
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12. yes! and the GREENS led the way on this fight!
smooches! :*
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:22 PM
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16. Sure did. At the local level.
which is exactly where they belong at this stage of their game. Now if they would only stop enabling fascism by not lying their asses off during presidential campaigns.
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:18 PM
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13. Yet ANOTHER piece of evidence why we should
be pounding the chimp on civil liberties.

This could make a huge difference in close states with a lot of libertarian republicans--WV, NM, NV, AZ, MO--if chimp's support softens among them and labor gets out their vote--we could take all these states right from under KKKarl's nose.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:31 PM
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17. Good point. Political squables aren't any fun with no 1st Amendment.
Or if people just get swept up/disappeared by Asscroft wannabees.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:18 PM
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14. LOL....one more puppy eh?
damn... :crazy:
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 10:21 PM
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15. Wow-that's GREAT!
Considering the kind of 'Republican Love' I've heard on The Guy James Show, you guys really had my sympathy.

It's nice to know that average folks are concerned about the Patriot Act-not just us progressives.
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