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  •  Tip jar (4.00 / 87)

    Did anyone find this useful?

    by Coldblue Steele on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 01:55:53 PM PDT

    •  Great Work!! n/t (none / 0)

      by jj32 on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 03:54:24 PM PDT

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    •  Thank you very much. (none / 0)

      Great work. I appreciate it.

      Linking to you on my teeny tiny blog as well.

      Before you win, you have to fight. Come fight along with us at TexasKaos.

      by boadicea on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 04:28:41 PM PDT

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    •  Kossacks napping? (none / 1)

      Many of us were caught napping on two pieces of legislation that have/will become law; the so called 'Class Action Fairness Act of 2005' and most recently the vile 'Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005'.

      There were many, many dKos diaries and front-page stories on both Acts.  

      What do you think Kossacks should have done, but did not?

      by dotpeople on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 04:29:51 PM PDT

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      •  Class action didn't make it to the front page (4.00 / 3)

        until just days before the vote went down (though some of us diaried it earlier, they slipped off the page quickly).

        Once it made it to a front-page story, it took some time for the implications to be discussed and understood, as it was at first unclear to many.

        We need more lead time to build an effort: make sure kos people are informed, reach out to other networks, contact reps, even start petitions and public education campaigns. A couple of days is nowhere near enough.

        by wont get fooled again on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 05:03:17 PM PDT

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      •  Lessons Learned (4.00 / 2)

        I think that one thing we can take away from the bankruptcy bill is that our approach to the next target needs to be two pronged.  It must include media as well as electoral pressure (phone calls faxes, lte, etc).

        Pat of the strategy is outcry, but the other part is shame.

        A friend of mine defines "cheating" in a relationship, as any behavoir you wouldn't do if your significant other were standing right next to you.

        It's the element of, "Would you vote for that if you had to explain this vote to your mother." element that I am looking for.

        I know people here will say that these folks are shameless, and to a certain extent that is true.  But I am not interested in them.  I am interested in the ones that don't dare to be caught.

        by jibsail on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 07:50:59 PM PDT

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    •  Needs to be done at the state level also (none / 1)

      I'm currently putting together some "how to's" for our area DFA. In addition to identifying bills I also think we need to keep constant tabs on what bills our members of Congress and the state legislature sponsor and how they vote on each bill.

      It serves as an on-going journal for opposition research when you live in "red" areas and it keeps us on our toes in terms of knowing what to write and call about.

      "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." The Importance of Being Earnest, Act I, Oscar Wilde, 1895

      by Cordelia Lear on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 04:38:32 PM PDT

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    •  Definitely! why be depressed later... (none / 0)

      when you can be depressed sooner!

      (just kidding)

      McCain is not a moderate, a maverick, or a man of integrity.

      by marjo on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 04:56:03 PM PDT

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    •  make it a series! (none / 0)

      it's got everything an action alert diary needs!

      thank you ever so much!

      "Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise." Thomas Paine, Common Sense

      by Cedwyn on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 06:18:31 PM PDT

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    •  Superior effort and great work... (none / 0)

      I am sure how we could organize it, but it would be helpful if we could divide up some of the bill research/opposition research and argumentation.  This is a huge load for one person.

      As I said, I am not sure how we would do that to make this project an open source forum on these bills.

      In any event, thank you for this hard work.  One of the best things it does is to lead by example.  I shall commit to researching two bill this week and posting them to my blog and getting the info over to here.

      Many thanks.

      by jibsail on Sat Mar 12, 2005 at 07:45:36 PM PDT

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