How ya like them apples?
Dinner last night in the Sukkah. It was my first and it was really nice.
And then this morning, a nice quiet morning with nice pancakes and nice everything! I felt refreshed...
enough to go to the farmer's market, where I bought a whole bucket of apples (Jonathan ones), so then I came home and made applesauce.
So when I sat down at my computer I was feeling nice (as previously stated) and I was thinking that the world was nice and full of nicesnee, until I got an email from Anthony, one of the nicest people I know. And his nice email said this:
It seems that Rep. Tom DeLay's staff has taken to forwarding calls from Moveon.org's (http://moveon.org) followers to Eli Pariser's cell phone. Eli is the founder of MoveOn, a grassroots non-profit which encourages it's members to call members of Congress about specific issues. DeLay is currently trying to block a vote on the Senate Resolution to roll back the FCC's changes concerning media consolidation.
The end of the article:
According to DeLay spokesman Stuart Roy, MoveOn is getting what it deserves. "They like to generate the phone calls but they don't like to receive them,"
he says. "It seems to me that public debate is a two-way street." He dismissed the notion that, as citizens, MoveOn's members deserve to have their opinions heard by their government, noting that none of the calls came from constituents in DeLay's home district. But since DeLay holds one of the most powerful positions in the United States government, doesn't he have an obligation to all Americans? Roy's response was a non sequitur. "Do you have an obligation to all Americans at Salon.com?" he asked. The answer to Roy's question, clearly, is no, since Salon is an online magazine with a responsibility to its readers, and not a high-ranking official in a representative democracy. But the question of whether DeLay has any responsibility to hear the views of dissenting citizens rather than play tricks on them remains open. If you want to ask him yourself, his office number is (202)225-4000. This is the same "representative" who, when told by a restaurant manager that he would have to put out his cigar as it was illegal to smoke indoors thundered, "I AM the federal government!" This man, and his buddies, really must be stopped. So, if you have a chance, call his office and (try) to explain to his staff that his job is in fact to listen to the people. Also, give your Representatives a call (http://www.house.gov/) and tell them what you think of this guy, and off his attempt to block the FCC vote.
Sorry to do it to ya, but I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore. Pass it on to those you feel comfortable harassing...
So here I am, passing it on to y'all... I wish I could give you some applesauce too!
And then this morning, a nice quiet morning with nice pancakes and nice everything! I felt refreshed...
enough to go to the farmer's market, where I bought a whole bucket of apples (Jonathan ones), so then I came home and made applesauce.
So when I sat down at my computer I was feeling nice (as previously stated) and I was thinking that the world was nice and full of nicesnee, until I got an email from Anthony, one of the nicest people I know. And his nice email said this:
It seems that Rep. Tom DeLay's staff has taken to forwarding calls from Moveon.org's (http://moveon.org) followers to Eli Pariser's cell phone. Eli is the founder of MoveOn, a grassroots non-profit which encourages it's members to call members of Congress about specific issues. DeLay is currently trying to block a vote on the Senate Resolution to roll back the FCC's changes concerning media consolidation.
The end of the article:
According to DeLay spokesman Stuart Roy, MoveOn is getting what it deserves. "They like to generate the phone calls but they don't like to receive them,"
he says. "It seems to me that public debate is a two-way street." He dismissed the notion that, as citizens, MoveOn's members deserve to have their opinions heard by their government, noting that none of the calls came from constituents in DeLay's home district. But since DeLay holds one of the most powerful positions in the United States government, doesn't he have an obligation to all Americans? Roy's response was a non sequitur. "Do you have an obligation to all Americans at Salon.com?" he asked. The answer to Roy's question, clearly, is no, since Salon is an online magazine with a responsibility to its readers, and not a high-ranking official in a representative democracy. But the question of whether DeLay has any responsibility to hear the views of dissenting citizens rather than play tricks on them remains open. If you want to ask him yourself, his office number is (202)225-4000. This is the same "representative" who, when told by a restaurant manager that he would have to put out his cigar as it was illegal to smoke indoors thundered, "I AM the federal government!" This man, and his buddies, really must be stopped. So, if you have a chance, call his office and (try) to explain to his staff that his job is in fact to listen to the people. Also, give your Representatives a call (http://www.house.gov/) and tell them what you think of this guy, and off his attempt to block the FCC vote.
Sorry to do it to ya, but I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore. Pass it on to those you feel comfortable harassing...
So here I am, passing it on to y'all... I wish I could give you some applesauce too!
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