The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: palmbay lou on January 11, 2009, 04:14:29 PM
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I saw this and thought I'd pass along the information.
http://www.firearmscoalition.org/ (http://www.firearmscoalition.org/)
Hearings on Holder Confirmation just days away – Action Needed!
Today is the 10th of January. The Judiciary Committee hearing on Holder's confirmation is set for next Thursday, the 15th. Opposition to Holder’s confirmation continues to grow and we need it to reach a crescendo next week. The Firearms Coalition has received confirmation from Gun Owners of America that they are sending out an alert urging their members to get involved and they are actively seeking to testify at the hearing. Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has also spoken out against Holder’s confirmation. The Heritage Foundation has illuminated some additional skeletons in Mr. Holder’s closet and numerous grassroots Second Amendment, privacy rights, and other liberty focused organizations have joined in the call for Barack Obama to withdraw Holder’s name from consideration or for the Senate to reject the nomination.
Beginning Monday we need to flood the Senate Judiciary Committee members with calls and e-mails. We want to generate a wave of objection which hits the committee members before the hearing so here is what we’re asking you to do:
ACTION ITEM:
1. Whether you have already done so or not, write e-mail messages to every member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and to your two senators and send those messages at least once Every Day from now until the hearing on Thursday. It can be the same or a different message each day, that doesn't really matter, but be sure to make your position clear in the "Subject" line; something like "No Holder," "Reject Holder," or "Oppose Holder" should be in the subject line of every e-mail because it is likely to be all that the staffer stuck on e-mail duty will read before jotting a hash-mark in the "Opposed" column of a tally-sheet and moving to the next message. Messages themselves should be short and clear, something like: “Dear Senator, Reject the nomination of Eric Holder for Attorney General. He has demonstrated a serious lack of understanding of, and respect for the Constitution of the US and is an exceedingly poor choice for the office.”
2. Place phone calls to all of the committee members and your two senators on Tuesday during your lunch period. If your time is limited, prioritize; call the Republicans on the committee first, then the Democrats, then your own two senators. If you run out of time, you run out of time, but make as many calls as you can. (Set the alarm in your cell phone to remind you. Go ahead set it now; I'll wait.)
3. Copy this call to action and re-post it on every blog, forum, and bulletin board you can find.
Contact information for the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee can be found here:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2009/01/contacting-senate-judiciary-committee.html
While it is extremely unlikely that we can muster enough votes to block this appointment in a straight up or down vote, we should definitely be able to generate enough support to stage a long filibuster and draw attention to Mr. Holder’s shortcomings. Once Holder’s record is before the public and his credibility put in question, it is likely that he will withdraw from consideration (at the quiet request of Mr. Obama) and another name will be offered.
Such a victory is not a pipe-dream. We can achieve it and in doing so send a loud message to Obama and Congress that we are not to be taken lightly or dismissed. Even if we fail to block the appointment, if we succeed at damaging Holder’s credibility, we help our cause and still send the message that we are ready for a fight. And when your opponent knows you are ready and willing to fight, he is less likely to rush in. That is what we need to achieve with this action and to do that, we must all do our part.
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Thanks for the heads up. Welcome to the forum, I bookmarked the Firearms coalitions website for future reference as well.
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This is a copy of the letter I sent to each member who was available via e-mail. I did not put anything about guns in the subject line,most of them have a menu of topics and in each case I selected "Judiciary" .
Please oppose the nomination of Eric Holder. His involvement in Ruby Ridge, Waco, the seizure at gun point of young Elian Gonzalez, the pardons of Puerto Rican terrorists,and the pardon of Mark Rich raises serious questions about his fitness to serve as Attorney General.
Thank you.
I will note that the "Thank you" was added with great difficulty when writing to the likes of Dianne Fienstien and Chucky Schumer. ;D
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This is a copy of the letter I sent to each member who was available via e-mail. I did not put anything about guns in the subject line,most of them have a menu of topics and in each case I selected "Judiciary" .
Please oppose the nomination of Eric Holder. His involvement in Ruby Ridge, Waco, the seizure at gun point of young Elian Gonzalez, the pardons of Puerto Rican terrorists,and the pardon of Mark Rich raises serious questions about his fitness to serve as Attorney General.
Thank you.
I will note that the "Thank you" was added with great difficulty when writing to the likes of Dianne Fienstien and Chucky Schumer. ;D
On my list of things to do, but I get to send one less than most (unless your in IL). Still can't get matters settled in the great white north.
The Court rulings are only made to look less rediculous by the criteria the election judges used to determin "voter intent." Supposedly non-partison judges, but I'd like to know the make up of those setting the criteria.
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Bob Barr endorses Eric Holder for U.S. Attorney General:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/resources/documents/upload/010809-BobBarr.pdf
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Article: Stop Eric Holder From Becoming Attorney General
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-stop-eric-holder-from-becoming-attorney-general
Barack Obama is wasting no time poking a sharp stick in the eyes of gun owners.
The incoming President's choice for U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, is an anti-gun extremist who has assailed gun owners since his days in the Bill Clinton administration.
Holder, who served as Deputy Attorney General from 1997-2001, supports a 3-day waiting period for handgun purchases, one-gun-a-month rationing, licensing and registration of all gun owners, mandatory so-called smart gun technology, a lifetime gun ban for certain juvenile offenses and regulating gun shows out of existence........
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I received an e-mail alert from GOA and wrote my senators thru them. Keep the pressure on!