[MAPC-policy] Re: S1510/Feingold meeting/our next meeting
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[MAPC-policy] Re: S1510/Feingold meeting/our next meeting
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Date Entered
2001-10-12
September 11 Email: Body
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 3:20 AM
To: x
Cc: x
Subject: [MAPC-policy] Re: S1510/Feingold meeting/our next meeting
As the hour struck Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 02:54:01PM -0500, x
raved:
> Hello all,
>
> Look on the bright side - now we know where Kohl stands on the bill
> (bastard)...
Truly a black day. Did you know that the House has *dropped* the PATRIOT
act and is moving to vote on a copy of the senate bill *today*? Call x!
What do they hope to accomplish by muzzling debate?
>
> I'd like to suggest we meet before the next general MAPC meeting - say
5:45
> Tues 10/16 in the Memorial Union, in the same room where the 6:30 general
> MAPC meeting will be. If that room is occupied, let's meet in the good old
> Paul Bunyan room. How does that sound?
>
> Although there's a lot we should continue to do on the Congressional
> level, I think it'd be good to come up with a plan for getting our city
> council to pass a sense resolution for peace, in protection of civil
> liberties, etc. We'd need to check to see if anything's been passed since
> Sept 11, figure out who on the Council to approach, talk with them about
> what's the best angle to take. Once we decide how to proceed, we can draw
up
> a petition in support of the resolution.
I have mixed feelings about that. The Madison school board's decision re:
the
Pledge has stirred up the viper's nest of right-wingnuts. Madison is
getting
a *lot* of very bad national press. Although of course I won't simply bend
over for the loons, I think we have to consider the uneven impact such a
resolution would have in that context.
Basically, it seems like a potentially very divisive tactic. We don't have
the
support yet to afford such confrontations, I think.
My $.02,
x
To: x
Cc: x
Subject: [MAPC-policy] Re: S1510/Feingold meeting/our next meeting
As the hour struck Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 02:54:01PM -0500, x
raved:
> Hello all,
>
> Look on the bright side - now we know where Kohl stands on the bill
> (bastard)...
Truly a black day. Did you know that the House has *dropped* the PATRIOT
act and is moving to vote on a copy of the senate bill *today*? Call x!
What do they hope to accomplish by muzzling debate?
>
> I'd like to suggest we meet before the next general MAPC meeting - say
5:45
> Tues 10/16 in the Memorial Union, in the same room where the 6:30 general
> MAPC meeting will be. If that room is occupied, let's meet in the good old
> Paul Bunyan room. How does that sound?
>
> Although there's a lot we should continue to do on the Congressional
> level, I think it'd be good to come up with a plan for getting our city
> council to pass a sense resolution for peace, in protection of civil
> liberties, etc. We'd need to check to see if anything's been passed since
> Sept 11, figure out who on the Council to approach, talk with them about
> what's the best angle to take. Once we decide how to proceed, we can draw
up
> a petition in support of the resolution.
I have mixed feelings about that. The Madison school board's decision re:
the
Pledge has stirred up the viper's nest of right-wingnuts. Madison is
getting
a *lot* of very bad national press. Although of course I won't simply bend
over for the loons, I think we have to consider the uneven impact such a
resolution would have in that context.
Basically, it seems like a potentially very divisive tactic. We don't have
the
support yet to afford such confrontations, I think.
My $.02,
x
September 11 Email: Date
Friday, October 12, 2001 3:20 AM
September 11 Email: Subject
[MAPC-policy] Re: S1510/Feingold meeting/our next meeting
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