From karetnik at students.uiuc.edu Wed Nov 1 11:28:41 2000 From: karetnik at students.uiuc.edu (daria karetnikov) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] This was written by Michael Moore Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:22:36 -0600 From: Arun Bhalla To: wolfgang@wolfgang.groogroo.com, karetnik@uiuc.edu, ieyman@uiuc.edu Subject: Fwd: Mike's Message October 31, 2000 Dear Vice-President Gore: Hi! How are you! It's been awhile since we've talked. Everything OK? Sorry. Enough teasing. I've been getting a lot of calls from your friends and supporters. Man, are they freaked out! They actually think you are going to lose. Talk about no faith in the quarterback! Hasn't anyone told them that Bush didn't even win his OWN Republican primary in Michigan? "Swing state?" Ha! According to your people, all Ralph or I have to do is wave a magic wand and the Nader voters will "come back to Gore." Look, Al, you have screwed up -- big time. By now, you should have sent that smirking idiot back to Texas with a copy of "Hooked on Phonics" in his hands. You should have wiped the floor with him during the three debates. But you didn't. And now your people are calling ME, asking ME to do the job YOU'VE failed to do! Jeez, I've got enough on my plate these days, between work and the holidays coming up and the leaves I should be raking -- and now I'm supposed to save YOU? Unbelievable! If you recall, I sent you a personal letter back in June asking you why I should vote for you instead of Ralph Nader for President. You sent me a four-page reply, thanking me for my "provocative letter," and outlining the VERY reasons that I knew would find you in the predicament you are in this week. There is something I think you don't understand. You don't realize that it's YOU and the Democrats that are responsible for the possibility of Bush winning next Tuesday. Instead of being men (we aren't putting any women on the ticket yet, are we?) and owning up to your mistakes, you and your people are blaming some rumpled senior citizen lawyer who is only following his conscience. I mean, really! Ralph Nader has devoted his entire life to making the rest of our lives better. Because of him we have the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the EPA, OSHA, airbags and seatbelts, the Freedom of Information Act -- the list goes on and on. What have YOU done to save a few million lives? Yet, you attack this decent man and those who support him. Let's get one thing straight -- we didn't leave you, YOU left us. You and your "New Democrats" abandoned the poor, the working class, and the middle class. Your support for NAFTA has cost hundreds of thousands of people -- your very supporters -- their jobs. In my hometown of Flint, 32,000 GM jobs have been lost since you and Clinton took office. That's 5,000 MORE GM jobs than were lost there during the ENTIRE 12 years of Reagan/Bush! Are you even aware that two-thirds of the school children in Flint live below the federal poverty level? And you wonder why the race in Michigan is so close! These people you left behind had nowhere else to go EXCEPT to Nader -- unless they choose to just stay home on Election Day, which is what the majority of them will do. You and the Democrats have created the monster know as "W." There were more layoffs in the U.S. last year than in any year in the past decade. There were more family bankruptcies filed last year than any year in our history. The average family carries more personal debt now than any time since the Great Depression. And yet, you cynically take a bus ride through the Midwest calling it "The Great Lakes Prosperity Tour." Has it crossed your mind why the majority of the "swing states" where the election is too close to call are in the rust belt that begins in Missouri and extends to Pennsylvania? Your attempts to scare Nader voters have only backfired on you. Once NARAL started running its anti-Nader ads in Minnesota, Ralph jumped up to 10% in the polls! People are not stupid. You can howl all you want about how "Bush will appoint Supreme Court justices like Scalia and Clarence Thomas." But we the people know who voted to PUT that right-wing nut Antonin Scalia on the court. It was YOU, Al Gore, the senator from Tennessee who stood up and voted "YEA!" the day Scalia was confirmed in the Senate! If we ever lose Roe v. Wade, YOU are the one with the blood on your hands, and those of us, including Ralph Nader, who fought the Scalia nomination, will never forget the jeopardy you and your fellow Democrats put women in with that vote. And when 11 of your Democratic senators voted to put Clarence Thomas on the Court, giving him the slim 52 to 48 majority he needed, your party (which was in control of the Senate at that time!) threatened every woman in America. For the love of God, do NOT have the audacity to come at us now with your scare tactics about how women may lose the right to chose. You have no credibility. So, what do we do? One thing is certain -- George W. Bush MUST NEVER SIT IN THE OVAL OFFICE. Having met both you and George W. in person, and realizing that the two of you are in agreement on most issues, I did come away with the distinct feeling that there IS one difference between you and the governor of Texas. George W. Bush is a banal, despicable, and corrupt human being. And you, sir, are not. Don't get me wrong -- you believe in a lot of evil things (how sad I was to watch you during the debate as you sat there in silent agreement while Bush licked his lips at the thought of executing three men). However, as a human being, I believe you are a decent guy, a good father and husband, and somewhere deep down you have a heart and a conscience. I honestly believe that about you. So what happened? I want Ralph Nader to get millions of votes on Tuesday. I have seen the response to Ralph at numerous huge rallies across the country. There is a progressive movement afoot in America and it needs to explode into a majority movement -- beginning now, not four years from now. I truly believe Nader is closer to how the majority of Americans feel than either you or Bush. Go ahead, ask around. The majority of Americans want REAL health insurance, a living wage, a chance to be represented by a union, less money wasted on the Pentagon, and no one wants to wear clothes made by a 12-year old in an Asian "free trade" sweatshop. If the media and you hadn't just woken up to the Nader campaign, if you had welcomed him into the debates, we all would have been discussing THESE issues months ago -- and you would have quickly learned how Americans feel about them. OK, so you missed an opportunity to do the right thing. Now you are asking us to pull you out of your mistake and prevent the reign of terror a Bush presidency will bring us. How do you want to do this? What will you give the working poor and the young people who have decided to desert you next Tuesday? I am willing to discuss anything short of Ralph not getting 5% of the vote. He can obtain that goal AND Bush can be defeated. They are not mutually exclusive. But the ball is in your court, not ours. I will not feel one iota of guilt should you screw up and lose on Tuesday. The blame I do share is that I voted for you and Bill in 1992. And I have spent the last 8 years doing what I could, in my own small ways, to try and stop the hemorrhaging that your administration caused. Did I ever tell you the story about Buell Elementary in Flint? I helped build a computer lab there so that the kids (83% of them live in poverty) would have the same leg up as the students in the wealthier districts. But you and the President eliminated federal assistance for millions of poor mothers. This year, one of those mothers, living near Buell Elementary, faced eviction from her home. She had to put her kids up at a relative's house so she could at least keep her "welfare-to-work" assignment. Under your watch, she became a victim of your policies, was loaded onto a bus each day and, for 12 hours, transported to and from a wealthy white suburb to work at "Dick Clark's All-American Restaurant." Her 6-year old, homeless, was forced to stay with his uncle. One day, last February, while his mother worked off her welfare payments at the All-American restaurant, that little 6-year old found his uncle's gun, took it to school, and shot a 6-year old girl in the neck, just as they were on their way down to work on the computers I had bought for them. Have you had a chance, Mr. Gore, to hear the 911 call from the teacher as she was trying to stop the geyser of blood shooting out from that 6-year old girl's neck just before she died? You should hear it. She's the recipient of what you call "welfare reform." I am reachable by phone or e-mail. Yours, Michael Moore mmflint@aol.com www.michaelmoore.com From ieyman at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu Wed Nov 1 15:11:20 2000 From: ieyman at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (ilan eyman) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] canvassing rules. Message-ID: <3A0086F8.855A7DA@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> Please everyone who is canvassing residence halls: Check out this website and play by the rules. I don't want to see any news articles in the DI about us in bad light. They hack our shit up enough. Sincerely, Ilan http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/code/rule_22.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ieyman.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 463 bytes Desc: Card for ilan eyman Url : http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/mailman/archive/nader-uiuc/attachments/20001101/6a55fe2a/ieyman.vcf From karetnik at students.uiuc.edu Wed Nov 1 16:28:26 2000 From: karetnik at students.uiuc.edu (daria karetnikov) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] CAMPUS VOTE FAIR 2000 11/6/00 (fwd) Message-ID: Hey, guys! Show up if you can. Remember we only have a few more days to get stuff done before the election. Cheers, Daria ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:19:45 -0600 (CST) From: stephanie lynn halvorson To: tracy scott egan Subject: CAMPUS VOTE FAIR 2000 11/6/00 Hi, my name is Stephanie Halvorson, and I am involved with Illinois Student Government. I am emailing to cordially invite you to set up a table/booth on the south patio of the union from 11-3 on Monday, November 6, 2000. We are sponsoring "Campus Vote 2000" to get students here the opportunity to be informed about the voting process next Tuesday. You don't need to fill out any forms or anything; just show up at 11am on Monday. This is a special forum where ISG, a non-partisan organization, can sponsor a forum where all candidates/views can equally be heard and presented to the students here. So, if you could email me at shalvors@uiuc.edu or call me at 328 8953 to let me know if you will be taking this opportunity to be involved with Campus Vote 2000. Thanks! Stephanie Halvorson Government Affairs Committee Intern Illinois Student Government From jpschmit at life.uiuc.edu Thu Nov 2 10:16:16 2000 From: jpschmit at life.uiuc.edu (John Paul Schmit) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Leafletting this weekend. Message-ID: <3A019350.7EA32B69@life.uiuc.edu> Hello everyone, In addition to the other last minute campaign events, once again we will be walking the precincts and dropping off leaflets at people's doors this weekend. We will meet at the Green Party office (corner of Church and Randolf) at 1 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. If you have any questions email me or call me at 337-1125 John Paul From komis at uiuc.edu Thu Nov 2 15:12:31 2000 From: komis at uiuc.edu (Dmitry Komis) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] village voice endorses nader Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20001102151231.0083a1a0@students.uiuc.edu> i thought id share this... http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0044/endorsementsnader.shtml From jbuell at uiuc.edu Fri Nov 3 10:11:30 2000 From: jbuell at uiuc.edu (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] GOTV ideas from Ralph hisself Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001103094121.009f3630@students.uiuc.edu> This just in from the Nader national campus email list. What kinds of final days' Get Out the Vote efforts should we be working on? The Prairie Greens are phone banking, walking precincts to drop literature door to door in large parts of Urbana, and holding a very cool Greens/Independent Media Center benefit at the Highdive on Sunday evening. Folks in Students for Nader are very much welcome to take part in all these efforts and/or to get those of us in the community-wide Greens group involved in campus-specific events. BTW, is anybody up for leafletting the tailgaters at tomorrow's Dad's Day game against Indiana? It's an early one with an 11 am kickoff (http://fightingillini.fansonly.com/sports/m-footbl/ill-m-footbl-sched.html) . We've got tons of campaign lit, etc., at the Greens office, 206 N. Randolph in downtown Champaign. Just need people power to get it out the door. As Nader reminds us here, the days from now through Nov. 7 need to be days of action on a scale that will pull the entire UI campus population into the polls to vote for a change. Go we go, Jim >Ralph Nader Rallies Students to Get Out the Vote > >Dear Student Supporters, > >In 1996, more than 94 million voters?more than 50 percent of the >electorate?failed to turn out for the Presidential Election. Among young >people, the numbers were even lower where only 28% of citizens ages 18-24 >cast a vote for their nation?s President. These drop out figures point to a >severe and fundamental breakdown in our democracy. It is up to us to change >those numbers. > >The Nader/LaDuke campaign has been an exercise in the politics of joy and >justice. And yet, for decades, the corporate two party duopoly has told >you?the youth of America that there is no joy in politics and there is no >justice in politics. It is time for change. We can all feel a new movement >growing, but it must be pushed on, it must not fall prey to the politics of >sorrow and disillusion. > >The corporate media and the politicians they support, the very people that >have led to this poor turnout among youth, have completely ignored your >generation, writing you off as lazy and apathetic. And yet, a recent survey >conducted by the Harvard University Institute of Politics shows that 60 >percent of students have been actively involved in community service. > >Here stands a blatant contradiction. > >You know that most of your classmates are NOT apathetic; they have simply >thrown their hands in the air believing that their voices will never be >heard. As one poll showed, 40% of youth think politics is ?about money and >lying.? Maybe many young people don?t vote because they are smart enough to >see through the look-alike, talk-alike candidates who serve only corporate >interests and talk down to today?s youth as if they do not see through the >smoke and mirrors. > >But you do. > >As a young supporter of this campaign, you are living proof that young >people engage themselves in politics because of issues, not rhetoric; >because of actions, not promises; and because there is a real and palpable >possibility for progressive change. The success of our campaign and our >movement depends heavily upon your engagement to politics. > >When the media and the corporate politicians in Washington behave as if >they?re telling you that you can?t make a difference, tell them to take a >look at history. As much as they try to downplay your power for social, >economic, and environmental reform, by calling your ideals na?ve and >politically unrealistic, they cannot contest the fact that young people have >been the driving force behind every social movement from the civil rights, >anti-war and environmental struggles of the 1960?s to the anti-sweatshop >organizing today. I ask America: Without the energy, passion, and idealism >of our youth, where would we be today? > >Let?s show them where we are today, riding the crest of the protests in >Seattle, DC, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Prague, forming a worldwide >movement of people over profits, a movement where people matter foremost. > >I ask you, the students organizing for this campaign, flanked by fellow >students on over 900 campuses nationwide, to join me on Nov. 5th to kick off >a National Student Get Out the Vote Drive. On this day, hold a rally on >your campus to galvanize your fellow supporters, then go out and ?paint the >campus? Green, and let that renewing color spill over into your community. >Go door-to-door canvassing, table, dorm-storm try to reach every student at >your school, and every citizen in the surrounding neighborhoods. Let them >know why you?re voting your conscience, and why you feel that they should too. > >On November 5th, I will rally with Cornel West, Michael Moore, Barbara >Ehrenreich, Patti Smith, Randall Robinson, Phil Donahue, Danny Glover, and >thousands of supporters at the MCI Center in Washington D.C. Please stand >in solidarity with us by localizing the politics of joy and justice and >throwing Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rallies at your campus on this day. > >With a successful GOTV drive, and with the issues driving our way to the >polls, we will deliver a shock to the American political duopoly on November >7th, and move one step closer to reinvigorating American Democracy, as >America?s third largest and fastest growing party?the Green Party. > >I am calling on you, the youth of America, to lead this drive, to prove to >the media that you do care, and to prove to the amalgamated >Democratic-Republican party that their days as the majority are numbered, >for the youth of America are tired of the corruption and the hopelessness. >We can take an important step towards deepening our democracy for future >advances in justice and progress. > >Let?s Get Out the Votes! > >Sincerely, >Ralph Nader > From karetnik at students.uiuc.edu Fri Nov 3 11:29:04 2000 From: karetnik at students.uiuc.edu (daria karetnikov) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Brussels Report Details Extreme Climate Change (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:42:33 -0600 From: Joan Cole To: prairiegreens@lists.groogroo.com Subject: [Prairiegreens] Brussels Report Details Extreme Climate Change >CLIMATE SHIFT: >BRUSSELS REPORT WARNS OF DESERTS IN SOUTH AND STORMS IN NORTH >EUROPE TOLD THERE IS NO CHOICE BUT TO ADAPT >Paul Brown, environment correspondent >The Guardian & Observer >Thursday November 2, 2000 > >http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Distribution/Redirect_Artifact/0,4678,0- 3 >91415,00.html > >Europe must adapt to extremes of climate which will cause new deserts in the >south and floods and wind storms in the north, according to a new report >before the European commission. > >The report, compiled by climate scientists, warns that traditional holiday >destinations on the Mediterranean will lose their beaches as sea levels >rise, temperatures will become too hot for comfort and many older people >will die due to excessive heat. The Alps will lose most of their glaciers >and uncertain snow patterns will lead to serious problems for the ski >industry. > >Agriculture in the south will suffer as underground water is exhausted and >already sparse summer rain disappears. There will not be enough water to >grow the fruit and vegetables that fill northern supermarkets. Hot summers >will double in frequency by 2020 and be five times as likely in Spain. >Forest fires will increase across the whole region. > >Species of wading birds which live on the Mediterranean wetlands will become >extinct as sea levels rise, and environmental refugees will invade from >Africa as local people move north in search of a gentler climate. > >The north-west of Europe will suffer least and has the technology to adapt >to climate change. There will be some gains, including faster growing >forests, less snow and lower heating bills. Cold winters will be half as >frequent by 2020 and disappear altogether except in the extreme north. > >Dangers include more droughts, floods, storms, tidal surges and insects >bringing new diseases. > >The 350-page report to the commission is edited by Martin Parry of the >Jackson Environment Institute at the University of East Anglia, and was >released yesterday -- two weeks before EU governments meet in the Hague to >discuss reducing carbon dioxide emissions to try to slow global warming. > >Prof Parry said climate change was already measurable and the extra >greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would usher in a warmer, stormier world. >"It is imperative that we take the first steps to adapting to climate change >now by factoring the coming effects into environmental and regional >policies," he said. > >Although sea walls could be built higher, buildings adapted, water conserved >and agriculture changed to meet new conditions, the report makes clear that >many species will disappear. Prof Parry said nature reserves would suffer as >the climate changed. Mountain-top species such as alpine plants would >disappear as vegetation changed. Cold-water species such as salmon, arctic >char and sturgeon would die out in southern rivers. > >Dr Jorgen Olesin, a co-author of the report from Denmark, said: >"Agricultural crops will move an average of 50km [30 miles] north per decade >so there can be advantages in places too cold to grow crops now. But unless >we make changes to make new habitats as water temperatures rise and salt >marshes in the Mediterranean and Baltic disappear, because of sea level >rise, we will see extinctions of fisheries and loss of wading birds." > >Tony Juniper, campaigns director of Friends of the Earth, said: "The report >is about adapting to climate change, but arctic char, salmon and wading >birds cannot evolve fast enough to cope with the dramatic changes being >caused by people polluting the atmosphere. The catastrophic consequences of >rapid climate change are being made clear in ways that should focus >governments' attention at this month's climate change negotiations on the >urgent measures that are now absolutely necessary to reduce greenhouse gas >emissions. > >"The longer governments delay what must be the inevitable transition to a >renewable energy economy, the worse the consequences will be." > >Global warming is destroying coral reefs, scientists have confirmed. New >Scientist reports that US researchers have discovered the first direct >evidence that mass deaths of coral are caused by rising temperatures. > >The alarm was raised after reports of "bleaching", which occurs when warmer >waters force corals to expel algae. During the 1997-98 El Nino weather >system, reefs bleached throughout the world and there were mass deaths of >coral in the Caribbean. > >Cores drilled from Caribbean reefs off Belize show nothing like this has >happened for at least 3,000 years. _______________________________________________ Prairiegreens mailing list Prairiegreens@lists.groogroo.com http://lists.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/prairiegreens http://www.prairienet.org/greens/ From jbuell at uiuc.edu Fri Nov 3 11:55:26 2000 From: jbuell at uiuc.edu (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Nov. 5 Highdive event Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001103115518.00cf6db0@students.uiuc.edu> PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY November 5th Rally-- Free Politics, Free Press A benefit party for the Prairie Green Party and the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center featuring songwriter Paul Kotheimer, folk banjo player Jim Eyman, Newspoetry, Radical Cheerleaders, and the School for Designing a Society, as well as speakers and information from local organizations. Speakers include: Maria Silva on U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Colombia Dave Johnson on Labor Maiko Covington on the Living Wage Campaign Dave Monk on the Environment Carol Spindel on Anti-Racism Lindsay Robinson on Student Activism Mike Lehman on Low Power Radio Paul Riismandel on Independent Media Rose Marshack and Rick Valentin of the Poster Children on the appeal of Green Party Politics Come celebrate the creation of a free society on Sunday, November 5 at The Highdive, 51 East Main, Champaign. Doors open at 7:30 PM. $10-$50 sliding scale ($5-$10 for students and individuals with limited incomes). For more information contact the Prairie Green Party at 355-5001 or Sarah Kanouse of the UCIMC at 384-5346. From ieyman at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu Fri Nov 3 18:56:58 2000 From: ieyman at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Ilan Eyman) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Memorial Stadium is prime Message-ID: <3A035ED9.B6B3725F@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> Hi everyone, I am organizing an effort to tailgate memorial stadium, well sort of. Kelly, Becca, Arun, Matt, and myself, and you are all meeting at Garner Hall, Gregory and 3rd, off the South side of Gregory, to the west of McDonalds. at 9:00 am. That gives us 2 hours. This is not much time to do what we are doing: We have an entire box of leaflets - What, 5,000? at least. We also have lawn signs to stick in the ground where we are to gain maximum visibility. Wanna join us? Give me a call tonight or tomorrow, (384-7987) Or Becca or Kelly (332-0892) To help us in this enormous opportunity! Everyone is doing such a great job. I'm really proud to be a part of this. See you on the 5th if you can't make it. Ilan From karetnik at students.uiuc.edu Fri Nov 3 19:55:38 2000 From: karetnik at students.uiuc.edu (daria karetnikov) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] [Prairiegreens] Top 10 reasons why not to accept Gloria Steinem's top 10 (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:52:25 -0600 (CST) From: Alf Siewers To: prairiegreens@lists.groogroo.com Subject: [Prairiegreens] Top 10 reasons why not to accept Gloria Steinem's top 10 TOP TEN REASONS WHY I DON'T ACCEPT GLORIA STEINEM'S TOP TEN REASONS Or, why sometimes we have to come to the rescue of cultural icons when they are reduced to writing top ten lists about serious national issues. > > TOP TEN REASONS WHY I'M NOT VOTING FOR NADER > (ANY ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH) > by Gloria Steinem > President, Voters For Choice > > 10. He's not running for President, he's running for federal > matching funds for the Green Party! So it's better to vote for one of the major candidates, not because we like him but because we're against the other guy? > > 9. He was able to take all those perfect progressive positions of > the past because he never had to build an electoral coalition, earn a > majority vote, or otherwise submit to democracy. But that's what he's doing now (see Gloria Steinem point no. 1). > > 8. By condemning Gore for ever having taken a different position - > for example, for voting against access to legal abortion when he was a > Congressman from Tennessee - actually dissuades others from changing > their minds and joining us. True, but a lot of people change their minds during their careers, Supreme Court justices and Republicans included. > 7. Nader is rightly obsessed with economic and corporate control, > yet he belittles a deeper form of control - control of reproduction, and > the most intimate parts of our lives. For example, he calls the women's > movement and the gay and lesbian movements "gonadla politics," and ridicules > the use of the word "patriarchy," as if it were somehow less important than > the World Trade Organization. As Congressman Barney Frank wrote Nader in an > open letter, "your assertion that there are not important issue differences > between Gore and Bush is either flatly inaccurate or reflects your view > that... the issues are not important... since you have generally ignored these > issues in your career." Whether or not to make issues of reproductive choice and anti-patriarchal rhetoric more important than issues of corporate control over our government and our lives is a matter of personal choice, but is also in many ways a false choice. To some, corporate control issues may seem more directly related to presidential politics in this election, and to others not. But issues about turning human beings into commodities for reasons of corporate control affect all aspects of personhood in our culture, and so it's a false bipolarity to separate the two. > 6. The issues of corporate control can only be addressed by voting > for candidates who will pass campaign-funding restrictions, and by > conducting grassroots boycotts and consumer campaigns against sweatshops > -not by voting for one man who will never become President. This is why building a strong movement politics in the country, with a third-party watchdog group, is important. Many important labor, consumer, environmental and campaign laws were passed under the Nixon and Ford administrations because there were strong movement politics in the country then. > > 5. Toby Moffett, a longtime Nader Raider who also served in > Congress, wrote that Nader's "Tweedledum and Tweedledee assertion that there > is no important difference between the major Presidential candidates would > be laughable if it weren't so unsafe." We've been bamboozled by the media's > practice of being even-handedly negative. There is a far greater gulf > between Bush and Gore than between Nixon and Kennedy - and what did that > mean to history? Well, in the first place, while the difference between Nixon and Kennedy was significant, the Kennedy administration looks a lot less attractive historically in retrospect. Among other things, it got us involved in Vietnam. Most of the positive things that happened politically in the 1960s, again, were arguably related to movement politics, not Kennedy (who, without disrespecting his own contributions, can arguably be rated below Nader both in terms of character and civic achievements as a Senator and President). > > 4. Nader asked Winona LaDuke, an important Native American leader, > to support and run with him, despite his likely contribution to the > victory of George W. Bush, a man who has stated that "state law is supreme > when to comes to Indians," a breathtakingly dangerous position that ignores > hundreds of treaties with tribal governments, long-standing federal policy > and federal law affirming tribal sovereignty. So why would Winona LaDuke sign on to this nefarious Nader plot? She's a smart woman. Let her make her own choice and then think a little bit about why she thinks this effort is worthwhile! As far as Bush's interpretation of Indian treaties, his views have no controlling legal authority, but the treaties do. > > 3. If I were to run for President in the same symbolic way, I would > hope my friends and colleagues would have the sense to vote against me, too, > saving me from waking up to discover that I had helped send George W. Bush > to the most powerful position in the world. Well, with all due respect, you're not running and no one is nominating you. Nader is not helping to send George Bush to the White House. He is asking for votes from people who want to support Nader. Why not support the best guy for the job? If the anti-slavery and anti-free trade forces that started the Republican Party as a third party in the 1850s had followed the logic of your "top ten" list, legal slavery in the U.S. might have lasted a few decades longer. So it goes with corporate slavery, maybe? > 2. There are one, two, three, or even four lifetime Supreme Court > Justices who are likely to be appointed by the next President. Bush has > made clear by his record as Governor and appeals to the ultra-right wing that > his appointments would overturn Roe v. Wade and reproductive freedom, > dismantle remedies for racial discrimination, oppose equal rights for gays > and lesbians, oppose mandatory gun registration, oppose federal > protections of endangered species, public lands, and water - and much more. > Gore is the opposite on every one of these issues. Gore has made clear that > his appointments would uphold our hard won progress in those areas, and he > has outlined advances in each one. Yeah, yeah, but Gore also made clear how he invented the Internet etc. Look at Gore's record of voting for reactionary justices in the Senate, and at how Republican Court appointees are on some issues more liberal than the Democratic appointees. Building a watchdog movement is not an unreasonable strategy in working to ensure that the Washington establishment pays attention to issues that people care about. That's what Nader is working on. > > 1. The art of behaving ethically is behaving as if everything we do > matters. If we want Gore and not Bush in the White House, we have > to vote for Gore and not Bush - out of self-respect. What if we want Nader and don't want to just be voting against somebody? Then out of self-respect we should vote for Nader, right? > > Perhaps there's a reason why Nader rallies seem so white, middle > class, and disproportionately male; in short, so supported by those who > wouldn't be hurt if Bush were in the White House. Well, first, Nader is the only candidate with a minority running mate, and that's not just a token choice either. Any examination of his stands on issues shows how they positively relate to minority concerns. The Nader campaign and the Green movement probably have as much or more minority support as the feminist movement did when Steinem was a national leader in it. But with Nader being excluded from TV debates by folks thinking along similar lines as Gloria Steinem, and with "progressives" such as her presumably applauding support for Gore by big corporations engaged in economics that oppress minorities and exclude alternative views from major media (and by the white-run Chicago Democratic Machine with its control of inner-city political jobs etc.), it's difficult to reach out to voters of any and all backgrounds. Nader has made the effort to do that, but part of the reason why it's important for the Green Party to get federal matching funds is so that a strong third-party movement will be in a position to engage in such outreach on a larger scale in future. As with feminism, it takes time and resources to build a broad-based movement, and the longer that's delayed, the longer it will take. _______________________________________________ Prairiegreens mailing list Prairiegreens@lists.groogroo.com http://lists.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/prairiegreens http://www.prairienet.org/greens/ From bhalla at uiuc.edu Mon Nov 6 13:36:17 2000 From: bhalla at uiuc.edu (Arun Bhalla) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Fwd: CAMPUS VOTE 2000 - Rain Date Message-ID: <200011061936.NAA00619@a-night-at-the-opera.cu.groogroo.com> Let's be there for this tomorrow. Alas, I have class from 11-3:15. Arun ------- Forwarded Message Dear Political Student Organization, I wanted to write to you and apologize for the miscommunication this morning with Illinois Student Government's CAMPUS VOTE 2000. Because of the rain, we decided to postpone the event until tomorrow from 11-3. Sorry if this causes an inconvenience. We would love to extend the invitation to you once again. At 10:30am tomorrow morning, we will be meeting in the South Foyer to discuss each organizations role in the Camnpus Vote 2000 event. We have contacted all of the federal and state candidates who will be there along with all of the major TV and radio stations. Later this afternoon, we will be releasing information regarding the alternative indoor location (in case it rains again tomorrow) along with press releases. Once again, we are terribly sorry for any trouble that this might have caused. Hopefully we will see you tomorrow from 10:30-3pm. Thanks again. Stephanie Halvorson Governmental Affairs Committee Intern Illinois Student Government 333-6543 ------- End of Forwarded Message From ieyman at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu Mon Nov 6 13:44:33 2000 From: ieyman at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Ilan Eyman) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] finish line Message-ID: <3A070A20.CF89E7AF@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu> Hi Friends, I'm writing this offline, and haven't checked email in a couple days, but I do have some important updates: 1. Vote tent on the Quad is canceled for today. It will be tomorrow instead. Unfortunately, I can't make it all day because of work and classes. Please someone pick up the ball on this so we can have good presence at this event. Boy I hope it doesn't rain again. It' will be from 11-3. The materials are at Zach and Arun's. If you can help with set-up, call Zach or Arun at 344-7464. 2. If you want to call people (encouraging supporters to actually vote), first call the office. They can arrange to get you a list of people to call. 355-5001. (cell: 390-6368 after hours/last minute tomorrow). 3. At the Channing-Murray (downstairs) 1209 W. Oregon (Matthews and Oregon, across from Foreign Language Building) there will be a celebration tomorrow. 7:00pm. Please come. You can bring a snack to share if you wish. We will have pizza. Channel 15 will be there too for visibility. 4. Improve visibility of the campaign tomorrow. Jim can deliver materials to you. if you need. Polls open at 6:00am. 5. Remember to come to the house party if you can on Saturday. We'll have a blast, and it's my birthday too! Sincerely, Ilan Eyman From jbuell at uiuc.edu Mon Nov 6 23:03:48 2000 From: jbuell at uiuc.edu (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Fwd: [Students] This just in... We've Won!!! Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001106225359.01e3fc70@students.uiuc.edu> I agree!!!! As do all 200-plus people who were at the Highdive last night to celebrate the Nader campaign as a major advance in progressive politics in the C-U community. Looking forward to a great Nader support turnout on the Quad from 10:30 to 3 tomorrow. As the pavement dries, get that chalk ready, and let's hand out all the pamphlets, bumper stickers and buttons we've got left. We need to show the community, the state and the world ALL the energy that's for Nader/LaDuke on the UI campus. BTW, remember to tell everyone tomorrow that Gore has lllinois sewn up by a wide margin. No matter what happens nationally, a vote for Nader won't affect that one bit - a vote for Nader is a vote for EVERYONE. We in Illinois are FREE to vote our consciences and our hopes, not our fears. Let's get that 5 percent to establish the Greens as a full-fledged party in Illinois, to gain the right to run Greens for governor, secretary of state, senator, congressperson, etc in 2002. This is what democracy works like! See everyone at 7 p.m. too at the Red Herring (Channing-Murray, 1209 W. Oregon@Mathews across from campus Foreign Language Building, Urbana) jim b 390-6368 (mobile - call with questions, suggestions, concerns, ideas!) >Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 16:49:09 -0500 >From: Corey Eastwood >To: students@lists.votenader.org, campus@lists.votenader.org, > campus-coords@lists.votenader.org >Subject: [Students] This just in... We've Won!!! > > >Students for Nader/LaDuke, > >Regardless of what happens tomorrow, let?s acknowledge that we?ve >already won. We?ve organized Students for Nader/LaDuke groups on over >900 campuses. With your help, this campaign has been able to turn >millions of Americans onto progressive politics. We are a force, an army >of progressive educators and activists, and we will not stop on Nov. >8th. We?re about to enter a new millennium, and we?ve only just begun to >build the Green Party, and build a strong progressive movement. > >So in these last few days, let?s make sure that the history books >remember this campaign as the impetus that started it all. As I?ve said >a hundred times, get out there and paint your campuses green. Write the >friends you haven?t seen since high school, and let them know why you?re >voting your conscience. As Ralph said yesterday at our glorious Super >Rally in DC where 12,000 people came out to celebrate the politics of >joy and justice, put a moratorium on small talk, and discuss the >election and the issues with everyone you speak to. > >Friends, take a moment to pat yourselves on the back for the incredible >job you've already done. Call those who?ve been campaigning with you, >and thank them too. Then get out there and spread the good word: A vote >for Nader is a vote for hope, it is a vote for progress; a vote for >Nader is a vote for democracy. > >Keep up the fight, keep up the intensity, and never stop believing in >our ability to organize and affect true systemic change. We?re already >doing it! > > >Love, > >Corey Eastwood >Nader 2000 Student Coordinator > > >P.S. The Election Day checklist is pasted below. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------------------- > >Election Day Checklist: > >- Go Vote! >If you plan on volunteering for the campaign on Election Day, vote >early. You will likely get caught >phone banking and driving people to the polls until they close in the >evening, so vote first thing in >the morning. We can?t afford for our most dedicated supporters to >forget to vote! >- Hand out Palm Cards at Polls >Although you cannot bring campaign literature inside a precinct, you can >distribute palm cards ? >short issue statements in support of Nader/LaDuke ? outside the polling >place (in most states, >about 100 yards from the entrance) for voters to refer to when they >vote. >- Hold signs at Polls >Election Day visibility is extremely important because it reinforces >the seriousness of your >campaign and may sway undecided voters. Be sure not to violate any >precinct rules ? stay a legal >distance from the polling place. Effective visibilities include the >?Rush Hour for Ralph? and creating >a human Nader/LaDuke billboard. >- Make Get Out the Vote phone calls or canvass >Be sure to have phone banks working to call likely supporters and remind >them to go to the polls. >A good time to start this is around 2 PM, half way between the opening >and closing of the polls. >Call likely supporters and politely ask if they have voted; if they have >not, tell them where the >polling place is, and reiterate how important it is to get out and vote. >If phone-banking is not an >option, consider Election Day canvassing. >- Organize walks or rides to the polls >Since most people go to their polling place once a year at most, it is >important to organize group >trips. This is especially true on campuses because many students have >probably never been to the >polling place on or near their campus. Group walks, bike-rides, or >carpools can also be great >visibility opportunities. If you?re so inclined, create a Nader caravan >to the polls. >- Celebrate! >In many ways, the Green Party has already won the 2000 Election. With >the help of thousands of >campus activists, the Green Party is now the third largest party in the >United States; we?ve fought >and defeated restrictive ballot access laws in states like Illinois and >West Virginia; and we?ve >exposed the corruption of the Commission on Presidential Debates. >Congratulations! When we >win a victory, let?s not forget to enjoy it, celebrate it, and make it >public. There is always more >work to be done, but campus organizing should be fun too. Let Election >night be a raging celebration of your lifetime commitment to the Green >Party, and to the progressive movement! > > > > > >-- >Corey Eastwood >Campus Coordinator >Nader 2000 >www.votenader.org > >"The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, >first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, >and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." -Edward >Dowling > >Paid for by the Nader 2000 General Committee, Inc. >P.O. Box 18002 >Washington, DC 20036 >Phone: 202-265-4000 x43 >Fax: 202-265-0183 > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Students mailing list >Students@lists.votenader.org >http://lists.votenader.org/mailman/listinfo/students From jbuell at uiuc.edu Mon Nov 6 23:14:37 2000 From: jbuell at uiuc.edu (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] federal voting rights even if address not up to date!!! Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001106230802.01e3fea0@students.uiuc.edu> It looks as if students and others who are registered outside Champaign County should be able to vote federally here in town, if need be. I'd heard this same info previously from an official in the Champaign County Clerk's office. However, when I asked again today, no one there could/would confirm it. Even so, keep it in mind and give it a try if you or anyone you know hasn't changed registration to a local address. If hassles ensue, give me a call on my mobile at 390-6368. We don't have to accept being disenfranchised. BTW, vote as early in the day as you can. This gives you up-to-date info about how your polling place is set up, leaves you free to help others get to the polls and to get out the vote later in the day, and lets you alert us all to any hassles that may be put in the way of our exercising our rights. jim b. This info, in this form, is from a Chicago Nader office staffer: > > >You can vote for president even if you are not >registered at your current address!! If you have ever >registered to vote in Illinois, go to your local >polling place, bring ID that shows you are over 18 and >bring something with your address on it (like a >utility bill or any postmarked mail). You are allowed >to vote for federal offices only. You just need to >sign an affidavit that explains why you were unable to >register. You'll get a different-colored ballot that >only includes the presidential race. > > >Keep in mind, however, that the local judge will >almost certainly not know about this. Be firm -- you >have the right to vote. Ask them to call their >supervisor. We have this right because of the National >Voter Registration Act of 1993. Finally, try to get a >copy of Streetwise with all of this information if the >judge is very unsympathetic. The article is on page 2 >of the 11/6 issue. > From jbuell at prairienet.org Mon Nov 6 23:22:46 2000 From: jbuell at prairienet.org (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Fwd: Election Eve Message from Ralph Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001106231914.00b966b0@students.uiuc.edu> It's time. Let's all carry this movement forward in the hours between now and 7 pm tomorrow. jim b 390-6368 (mobile) >Approved-By: jonah@VOTENADER.ORG >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 >Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 23:55:41 -0400 >Reply-To: campaign@VOTENADER.ORG >From: Nader 2000 Campaign >Subject: Election Eve Message from Ralph >To: NEWSLETTER@LIST.VOTENADER.ORG > >Abraham Lincoln once wrote an election manual years before he became >President. In it he said that when all is said and done, political >elections come down to getting out the votes in precinct after >precinct. All the work that we have done in this campaign since March >is a prolonged preface to a tightly compressed conclusion called >election day. Everyone must triple their efforts -- become >get-out-the-vote extroverts, call their lists and contact their friends, >relatives and co-workers in one final burst of cluster voting. > >Down to the polls and on to the millions of voters who have built the >third largest party by far in America -- the Green Party -- to the take >off stage on Wednesday, to an all-scene watchdog role over the two >look-alike, corporate-dominated parties, and ahead to thousands of >local, state, and national Green Party candidacies moving towards >victory in the coming election. Forward to justice, forward to the >greater country we know we can become. Giant corporations will no >longer be able to keep America down when democracy rises stronger >and stronger. > >Ralph Nader >Election Eve 2000 >On the road to New Hampshire >and a midnight rally in Portland, ME -------------------------------------------- Jim Buell jbuell@uiuc.edu graduate student in Ed Psych, UIUC The Prairie Greens: http://www.prairienet.org/greens/ also worth a look: http://www.Nader2000.org From jbuell at uiuc.edu Tue Nov 7 07:04:43 2000 From: jbuell at uiuc.edu (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] CORRECTION! - federal voting rights even if address not up to date!!! Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001107065745.00b196d0@students.uiuc.edu> Oooops, this turns out not to be quite true. At least, not according to information available either at polling places in Champaign, or via a phone call to the state Board of Elections office in Springfield. (217-782-4141) Instead, one can vote "federal ballot only", only if they have moved from one precinct to another within the same jurisdiction, e.g. Champaign County; that is, you have to be pre-registered within your jurisdiction in order to vote at all, and you must vote within the jurisdiction where you are registered. To clarify, this means that if a UIUC student now living in Champaign is registered in Chicago and neglected to request & return an absentee ballot, it's time to fill that gas tank for the trip home! Polls are open 'til 7 p.m., so there's plenty of time. Jim >It looks as if students and others who are registered outside Champaign >County should be able to vote federally here in town, if need be. I'd heard >this same info previously from an official in the Champaign County Clerk's >office. However, when I asked again today, no one there could/would confirm >it. Even so, keep it in mind and give it a try if you or anyone you know >hasn't changed registration to a local address. If hassles ensue, give me a >call on my mobile at 390-6368. We don't have to accept being disenfranchised. > >BTW, vote as early in the day as you can. This gives you up-to-date info >about how your polling place is set up, leaves you free to help others get >to the polls and to get out the vote later in the day, and lets you alert us >all to any hassles that may be put in the way of our exercising our rights. > >jim b. > > >This info, in this form, is from a Chicago Nader office staffer: > >> >> >>You can vote for president even if you are not >>registered at your current address!! If you have ever >>registered to vote in Illinois, go to your local >>polling place, bring ID that shows you are over 18 and >>bring something with your address on it (like a >>utility bill or any postmarked mail). You are allowed >>to vote for federal offices only. You just need to >>sign an affidavit that explains why you were unable to >>register. You'll get a different-colored ballot that >>only includes the presidential race. >> >> >>Keep in mind, however, that the local judge will >>almost certainly not know about this. Be firm -- you >>have the right to vote. Ask them to call their >>supervisor. We have this right because of the National >>Voter Registration Act of 1993. Finally, try to get a >>copy of Streetwise with all of this information if the >>judge is very unsympathetic. The article is on page 2 >>of the 11/6 issue. >> From jbuell at uiuc.edu Tue Nov 7 07:48:59 2000 From: jbuell at uiuc.edu (Jim Buell) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Illinois 'safe' for Gore; urge all to vote conscience! Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20001107073205.009eac80@students.uiuc.edu> Zogby, MSNBC and all other latest polls I'm seeing this morning concur: Illinois is firmly in Gore's column. So if you or anyone you know has been on the fence about Nader/LaDuke for this reason, be assured - choosing Gore (or Bush for that matter) over Nader at this point for strategic reasons is a wasted vote, period. No matter who wins nationally today, let's do all we can to be sure the Greens win established-party status today in Illinois by reaching 5 percent statewide. Tell all to vote their hopes. Nader is polling anywhere between 4 and 8 percent here, by the way, so ours is truly the Illinois result that's too close to call. Call in sick to work, skip class (or go and politicize your co-workers, classmates, & teachers), grab armfuls of campaign materials and hit the streets, els, campuses, address books, etc. to grow the Greens today. There may never be a better day in our lives to promote justice in politics. Awe-filled thanks to everyone on these lists for our work in getting to this point. Truly, who woulda believed it on June 26? Jim From karetnik at students.uiuc.edu Tue Nov 7 10:59:07 2000 From: karetnik at students.uiuc.edu (daria karetnikov) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] ELECTION TUESDAY (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 22:07:54 -0600 From: Steve Scala To: Mike_Scala@woodsind.com, lndecarlo@students.wisc.edu, tdmccook@students.wisc.edu, scala@purdue.edu, jdschutte@students.wisc.edu, mdscala1@juno.com, staphie13@aol.com, bmblavat@students.wisc.edu, dfmunsey@students.wisc.edu, valgal704@aol.com, ayantis@du.edu, kamorrow@students.wisc.edu, mtlochner@students.wisc.edu, mchoffmann@students.wisc.edu, HANDRO2881@aol.com, arbusch@students.wisc.edu, mike.scala@TAP.com, eawalz@students.wisc.edu, karetnik@students.uiuc.edu, mmalcom@students.depaul.edu, jcwilder@students.wisc.edu Subject: ELECTION TUESDAY Hello All, Tuesday is election day and it is crucially important that we all get out to vote. Of course, Ralph Nader is not likely to win, but this election could be a turning point in American politics. If Nader receives 5% of the vote, the Green Party will receive federal matching funds equaling about $12 million-about 24 times the amount that the Green Party had this year, with which they still were able to accomplish very much. This could set off the steady growth of the Green Party as an alternative in American politics, able to put up strong candidates in many different elections, not just the race for president. If "a vote for Nader is truly a vote for Bush" as they say, this is Al Gore's own fault. He could have put forth reasonable views on the death penalty, late-term abortion, a living wage for workers here and abroad, expansion of international markets in a more equitable manner, campaign finance reform, gay rights, national defense, the environment etc., etc., but instead he tailors his views to fit opinion polls and the corporate interests interests to which he and Bush are beholden. What's more, in a political system in which two monolithic parties, which are quite similar to each other, control who has enough funds and support to be elected to any kind of public office, any would-be public office holder is forced to compromise his/her views to fit into the two dominant paradigms. One may argue that this is one of the principles upon which are constitution is founded - compromise, coalition building - but what seems like a better assessment is that the two party system ultimately stifles divergent ideas in a very undemocratic matter (e.g. Nader, who had legitimate support, not being allowed to debate Bush and Gore[this is one very small example]). There will always be reasons to support the status quo in each election and vote for "the lesser of two evils," whether reproductive rights (whose fate is debatable in a Bush administration), the environment, or whatever is the issue trumped up to scare people into voting for the candidates of the establishment. In this election I urge you all to vote for Ralph Nader - if the system continues as it is now, the damage in many areas and the system itself may be beyond repair in the future. -Steve. p.s. The Congressional races are very important too. A democrat-dominated house or senate would be able to severely restrict Bush, if elected. p.p.s. Don't let the supreme court/reproductive rights issue scare you-if reproductive rights are ever threatened, I, along with most of the population will be in Washington protesting. The American public would simply not allow it. From karetnik at students.uiuc.edu Tue Nov 7 15:42:32 2000 From: karetnik at students.uiuc.edu (daria karetnikov) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Final good-byes! Message-ID: Hey, everyone! Well, it looks like Nader will be our next president! Unfortunately, not, but it looks like he will get that 5%. Thank you so much for all of your hard work! Here is some final stuff I have to say On Saturday, 11, 2000 There will be a victory party! It's just a regular party to get together, and have fun Where: 709 W. Washington, Urbana (that's right by the That's Reentertainment in Urbana), for other directions, contact me. Phone #384-5176 or the phone# for this address is 344-7464 When: Saturday, Nov. 11th, 8:00-? What to bring: BYOB or drink what's offered here More stuff. Here are some cool groups that some of you might be interested in joining 1. Contact Jim Buell to join the local greens jbuell@uiuc.edu 2. e-mail lianalan@uiuc.edu or juddholzman@hotmail.com to join "Students for A Free Tibet" 3. e-mail Danielle at chyn@onthejob.net to join local Independent Media 4. Contact Michelle at mlupei@uiuc.edu to join the Rainforest Action Group 5. Join the juggling club. They meet every Monday at 8 in the Armory Gym 6. check out lists.groogroo.com, and see what other active groups you might want to join! Thanks so much for everything Hope to see you on Saturday! Daria From bhalla at uiuc.edu Fri Nov 10 17:13:37 2000 From: bhalla at uiuc.edu (Arun Bhalla) Date: Sun Feb 8 03:46:55 2004 Subject: [SfN] Party tomorrow! Message-ID: <200011102313.RAA11531@a-night-at-the-opera.cu.groogroo.com> Thanks to everyone for all the hard work they've put into the Nader/LaDuke campaign. We got nearly 5% in the county, and even higher in areas where we were actively campaigning! In the spirit of celebration and relaxation, we're having at party on Saturday night at Zach and Arun's house! The party starts around 8pm tomorrow night and will go into the wee hours. There'll be music, drinks, good folks and good cheer. Maybe some movies, too. Feel free to bring a bottle or contribute to the party fund. Here's a map: | | | | | | | L | | | | | -+ i +-----------+ +----------------+ +---- n Nevada c -+ o +-----------+ B +----------------+ +---- | l | | u | | C | | n | | s | | o | | | | e | | l | | | | y | | e | | | | | | r | | | | +----------------+ +------- | Washington | | +----------------------------- | | [709] We're at 709 W. Washington, Urbana. It's about the fourth down from Busey, with a beige stucco facade with dark green trim. We'll probably have a little Nader sign in the front lawn to help you find the right place. If you have any questions, the number is 344-7464. cheers, and hope to see you tomorrow, Arun