What Are We Fighting For?

This is still a work in progress. It's a twisted little ditty that is the result of listening to 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation's release of Original Soundtrack of WOODSTOCK and a lot of pain medication (dentist)! It was inspired by and is sung to the song by Country Joe McDonald entitled the "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-To-Die Rag" Props to both for being my muse! Let me know what you think PLEASE...Don't want to submit it if it's lame!

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?

Gimme a B! Gimme a U! Gimme an S! Gimme an H! What's that Spell? BUSH!! (repeat for all eternity)
Well C'mon all of you Servicemen,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
Got All of US in a terrible jam,
Out in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Say goodbye to your world, and pick up a gun,
But it'll be ANYTHING but fun.
(CHORUS #1)
And it's 1,2,3...What are we fighting for?
Kept asking, Bush don't give a damn,
Next stop is Pakistan.
And it's 5,6,7...Open up those Fiery Gates,
Now, take some time, and wonder why,
Or Whoopee! We're all gonna die.
(VERSE #2)
Ya screwed up Wall Street, You were slow,
Why, Bush's War was a GO GO!
Plenty New Jobs, WE coulda ALL got paid,
Supplying the People with the tools of the trade.
JUST HOPE AND PRAY, AS THEY DROP THE BOMBS,
It's on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban!
(CHORUS #2)
And it's 1,2,3...What are we fighting for?
Democracy? Bush don't give a damn!
IT'S THE PIPELINE AND THE HEROIN!!
And it's 5,6,7...Open up the Fiery Gates.
Now, take some time to wonder why,
Or Whoopee, we're all gonna die.
(VERSE #3)
C'mon Generals, don't move fast,
Grab the dope and the cash while it still lasts.
Now, you can go out and get "Achmed",
Cuz the only good terrorist is one that is dead.
And Corporate "piece" can only be won,
When you've blown them all to Kingdom Come...
SING IT! (REPEAT CHORUS #2)
(VERSE#4 SPOKEN)
Listen People, I don't know how we ever expect to change the world or end the wars if we can't lift our voices together any better than this? There are about 300 million of our Countrymen here and WE NEED TO START ASKING OUR GOVERNMENT WHY??? C'mon!
(CHORUS #3)
And it's 1,2,3...What's TRULY WORTH fighting for?
OUR COUNTRY, and I DO give a Damn,
Obama will you be our man?
And it's 5,6,7...Close Bush's Fiery Gates.
Now, take some time and find out why,
Or, Whoopee! We're all gonna die.
(verse #5)
Act Now Mothers, throughout the Land,
Keep them outta Iraq and Afghanistan.
C'mon Fathers don't hesitate, get your kids back,
Before it's too late!
Don't trade your kids for Headstone Blocks,
Because they were sent home to you in a box!
(CHORUS#4)
And it's 1,2,3...What is TRULY WORTH fighting for?
OUR COUNTRY, and I DO give a damn,
Bring them Home, Rebuild our Land.
And it's 5,6,7...Put a Hammer in their Hand,
Now, you've taken time, and found out why,
So tell me, Why must they still die?

My Aunt Franci's Current HealthCare Nightmare

Now this phone call from Stockton's St. Joseph's Medical Center's Billing dept. LESS than 24hrs. Before Neurosurgery that is IMPERITIVE to prevent IMMINENT RISK OF PARALYSIS OR DEATH!

 pass this on to your health reform!!! St Joseph's just called ...they want 5400.00$ before they will touch me and all of this before the surgery...I was messing around with them for 5 hours yesterday you would think they would have it figured out then now I am on the phone to my insurance and Dr Hall....I've already done one of my preps..~franci~

Is This A PHISHY EMAIL?

Just got this alert that my hotmail account is going to be deleted...They want my name,dob,username,city,state,country,and PASSWORD?? Is this a PHISHING expedition, or the real thing? Here it is:

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Petition Action From Rep. Anthony Weiner

Dear Laura Lynne,
 
Last week, we made a great first step in the House of Representatives, but now all eyes are on the Senate to pass a bill that includes a public option.
 
It's going to be a close vote and a senator from Connecticut is one of the key votes blocking this important legislation. Senator Joseph Lieberman says that doing nothing would be better than a public option.  He has even threatened to block a final vote that includes one.
 
We need to get to 100,000 signatures for the public option today so we can show Senator Lieberman that the American people want affordable, quality health care. They want a public option.
 
We are close to reaching our goal and you can push us over the top, but I need your help to stand up to Senator Lieberman today.  There are three ways you can help.
 
1. Forward this message to your friends.
 
Tell them to go to countdowntohealthcare.com to tell Senator Lieberman that we need a real public option to make health care affordable.
 
2. Click here to post countdowntohealthcare.com on Facebook with the following message:
 
I just signed Rep. Weiner's public option petition on http://countdowntohealthcare.com to support real health care reform. Will you join me? Please share this message with your friends!
 
 
3. Click here to post countdowntohealthcare.com on Twitter with the following message:
 
Join the movement! Tell Congress we want a real #publicoption. Join Rep. Weiner at http://countdowntohealthcare.com - Pls RT! #hrc
 
 
100,000 people from across the country will have a big impact. Please help us reach our goal right now so we can deliver our message to Senator Lieberman before he blocks our efforts.
 
Thanks,
Anthony

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EMail Update From Sen. Boxer to DEFEAT STUPAK

Here is an Email Update from Sen. Boxer CA with a petition action to DEFEAT STUPAK's BACK-DOOR ABORTION PROHIBITION amendment....And if that doesn't work here is a suggestion and challenge to all WOMEN OF AMERICA: If you are PRO-CHOICE WOMEN, make a pledge to PUT YOUR LADY PARTS ON LOCKDOWN, then the only women who might need an abortion will BE THOSE WOMEN TRYING TO KILL CHOICE for ALL WOMEN!!

And a personal message to Mrs. Laurie Stupak, wife of Rep. Bart Stupak from LLPrater:

Mrs. Stupak, Please take YOUR LADY PARTS off the shelf and clean out the cobwebs, SO YOUR HUSBAND WILL KEEP HIS HANDS OUT OF MINE!!!

Dear Laura Lynne,
Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women's health in recent decades - unless we stand together and stop it.

That's why we are launching a petition at www.FightForWomensHealth.com, because women must not be denied access to safe and legal medical procedures.

Will you join us? Click here to stand with us to protect women's health and help remove the anti-choice Stupak Amendment from the final health care reform bill:

www.FightForWomensHealth.com

For decades, a very difficult and delicate compromise has held firm: Women can use their own private funds for legal reproductive health care procedures, but federal funds cannot be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.

But in a stunning turn of events, anti-choice House members passed the Stupak Amendment as part of the health care reform bill and shattered that compromise.

The House amendment would tell women who participate in the new health insurance exchange that they can't even use their own funds to buy a policy that includes abortion coverage.

In short, the Stupak Amendment would take away health insurance coverage that women already have. This would be a huge step back for women's health.

You know I will be there speaking out on this issue at every stage of the process and everywhere I can. But as the details of the Senate's health care bill are worked out, we need to be sure that all our voices are heard clearly on this issue.

Please stand with us to protect women's health and help remove the Stupak Amendment from the final health care bill. Sign our petition now.

www.FightForWomensHealth.com

The Stupak Amendment is dangerous and unnecessary.

The original health reform bill did not change current abortion policy and already had a prohibition on the use of federal funds to pay for abortion services.

But that wasn't good enough for the anti-choice forces. They want to use health care reform as an excuse to turn back the clock on women's health. We need to speak out now.

How can we tell women that they will lose coverage that they already have? How can we tell women that they can't buy insurance coverage for a legal health care procedure, even if it's paid for with their own money?

The Stupak Amendment is discriminatory, extreme, and just plain wrong.

We cannot let it stand. Sign our petition now.

Thank you so much for joining us in this critical fight for women's health.

In friendship,

Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator

P.S. After you've signed our petition urging defeat of the Stupak Amendment, please forward this email to everyone you know. We need thousands of Americans to stand with us to win.
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Dick Cheney IS COMPLETELY Full of CRAP

Here is a petition alert that has been copied in its entirety. You may need to copy/paste the links, but definitely worth the effort!

Thanks for taking action.

Here are some ways you can spread the word to make sure Senator Harry Reid gets the message loud and clear.

If you are on Facebook, click here to post the petition to your Wall.

If you have a Twitter account, click here to automatically tweet:
Dick Cheney is full of crap, and we're building the world's biggest pile of crap in his honor. http://su.pr/1PwbCs #fullofcrap

You can also send the follow e-mail to your friends and family. Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.

Thanks for all you do.

--The CREDO Action Team

Here's a sample message to send to your friends:

Subject: Prosecute Dick Cheney for Perjury Dear Friend,

Dick Cheney is full of crap. And I'm helping build a movement to fight back, demand he's held accountable, and...build the world's biggest pile of crap in his honor. (No kidding)

Won't you join me, and help me build it?

Dick's full of crap. There's just no other way to explain his actions of the last few years, and it's time that he's held accountable for it. His lies may have led us to war, trashed the Constitution, and damaged America for years to come. And all evidence indicates that he is still intent on hiding the truth.

According to a recent New York Times article, discussing Cheney's interview with a special prosecutor investigating the "outing" of a secret CIA operative: "Cheney had displayed 'an astonishing inability to recollect even simple facts.'" And "Some of the assertions by Mr. Cheney in his interview with the prosecutor on May 8, 2004, appeared to conflict with testimony at the 2007 trial of his chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr."

It's time we learn the truth.

Visit right now, sign the petition, and join me in calling for a full investigation of Vice President Cheney for perjury, and for him to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law if he is found guilty.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/dicksfullofcrap/?r_by=-2372083-DOWehUx&rc=confemail1

For each signature we get, we will literally donate one heaping pile of crap in his honor. For real. But don't worry -- it's good crap. In fact, it's top quality manure, that we will be donating to farmers in developing countries, to use as fertilizer. So you can make a point and do some good at the same time, just by signing the petition.

Visit right now, sign the petition, and join me in calling for a full investigation of Vice President Cheney for perjury, and for him to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law if he is found guilty.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/dicksfullofcrap/?r_by=-2372083-DOWehUx&rc=confemail1
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Mobilize for Health Care For All Update on "Lieberman 9"

Visit the link lots of art...
http://www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org

Here's my email update in its entirety, and to all our team I say that in spite of the concessions that were made, you all show the heart and souls of true Warrior-Poets...and we may still embrace this historical moment in history and work diligently and vigilently to make Health Care Reforms that pass today become the stepping stones towards Universal Health Care tomorrow!

Dear Laura Lynne,

Yesterday morning, Mobilization for Health Care for All made another urgent demand to get insurance money out of our democracy so that real reform will not be blocked in America. It is unacceptable that 45,000 Americans dies every year because of lack of access to health care.

Nine advocates for Medicare for All were arrested in a patients not profits sit-in in Senator Joseph Lieberman's office. Lieberman, known as the Senator for Aetna - his number 9 largest contributor, has taken $2.6 million in the last decade from the health sector including the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

Two advocates remain in jail refusing to cooperate by not providing identification. Kai Newkirk, national coordinator of the Mobilization, is fasting and is in the DC jail, along with John Morhbacher of Connecticut.

Their demand is clear - publicly pledge to stop taking money from the insurance industry. Join their demand by clicking here to sign a petition to Sen. Lieberman.

When Kevin Zeese, Esq. director of ProsperityAgenda.US met with our colleagues in the cell block, Morhbacker, a member of the Army Reserve in Connecticut, described his senator "as an example of the obstructionists who prevent consideration of Medicare for All."

Newkirk explains that "as long as insurance corporation money is contributed to politicians like Lieberman they will prevent common sense solutions like Medicare for All that meet the moral standard that everyone should have access to health care." Newkirk explains further why he risked arrest to challenge Lieberman in the video in this email. Please share this email and the video with your friends, family and networks.

Thousands have already signed the petition to strengthen our numbers. Please join them and ask your friends to do the same. And, some media has taken notice, including ABC national news. Let's continue to build the Mobilization so the media cannot ignore our cry for real health care reform.

On Tuesday Kai and John will return to court. Please donate now to help with bail, legal, and other support. More actions are being planned to continue to build the pressure and more are waiting in line to sit-in, risk arrest and ensure our demands are heard! If you have not already signed up to risk arrest or participate in the Mobilization you can do so here.

What you can do:

1. Sign the petition urging Lieberman to stop taking insurance money. Click here to sign the petition now. Urge everyone you know to sign the petition.

2. Make a donation to support the Mobilization. Donate for bail money and jail support for those arrested in Lieberman's office.

3. Call Lieberman and tell him to stop taking insurance money. His numbers are: (202) 224-4041and (860) 549-8463.

4. Keep organizing in your area! Share this email with everyone you know.

Senator Lieberman is keeping good citizens in jail so he can continue to take money from the insurance industry. Imagine that - while the senate is considering insurance legislation, Lieberman insists on taking insurance money. The pay to play corruption of the health care debate is on display in Washington, DC and Lieberman is the poster boy for insurance corruption.

In 2009, Aetna has already spent over $2 million dollars lobbying for health care "reform" that protect their profits ahead of the health of Americans. Elected officials need to know that voters are aware of their corruption for accepting this money and they will pay a political price for their corruption.

Thousands of you have joined in struggle across our nation. Hundreds have risked arrest. Our numbers are growing by the day. Let's all do our part for Kai and John - let's build this Mobilization so Americans who want real health care reform cannot be ignored.

Demand Lieberman get our friends out of jail by publicly pledging to no longer accept money from health insurance companies that are the real death panels--killing democracy, killing us.

Please sign the petition, and donate what you can.

Thank you for joining the fight for Health Care for ALL!

Sincerely,

The Mobilization Team


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For the Fallen...

For The Fallen...

In the wake of the horrific violence at Fort Hood today, we honor the fallen, and pray for the wounded and broken souls and for all who were left behind to ask why...
We offer our love and prayers and the flag above our home will remain at half-staff in their memory. God Bless and keep you all.
Laura Lynne Prater

SIT-IN ALERT!! 8 in LIEberman's Office NOW!!

JUST IN BREAKING NEWS FROM MOBILIZATION TEAM!!!

Dear Laura Lynne,

As we send this out 8 people are sitting-in the office of Sen. Joseph Lieberman demanding that he stop taking money from the insurance industry. The massive campaign donations and lobbying spending of the insurance industry is blocking real reform that would provide everyone in America with access to health care. When 45,000 people are dying annually due to lack of health care it is a moral imperative that America act now to provide health care to all. We are able to do this for senior citizens, why not for all Americans?

Please take the following steps:

1. Call Lieberman and tell him to stop taking insurance money. His numbers are: (202) 224-4041and (860) 549-8463.

2. Sign the petition urging Lieberman to stop taking insurance money. Click here to sign the petition now. Urge everyone you know to sign the petition.

3. Make a donation to support the Mobilization. Donate for bail money for those sitting in Lieberman's office.

Since beginning just over one month ago thousands have signed up to participate in "Patients before Profits" sit-ins and over 920 have signed up willing to risk arrest. By the end of this week the Mobilization will have held 32 sit-ins in 28 different cities with more than 150 arrests and over 220 risking arrest. We started out wanting 100 people to risk arrest at "patients before profits" sit-ins and now more than 920 have done so. The Mobilization needs to continue to grow in order to achieve health care for all.

There is anger growing in the country at the failure of Congress to put forward a national health care plan that provides health care to everyone in the United States. It is important that people speak out now to push Congress and the president to achieve this urgent moral imperative. When President Obama ran for office he raised hopes in Americans that health policy would be reformed so that no one would go without health care. When the reform process began he talked about universal coverage now millions will go without health care access ten years from after the reform bill is passed. That is unacceptable. We need to demand that health care reform achieve the basic goal - that no one go without health care in a country as wealthy as America. We can achieve that goal if we speak up now and demand action. The United States has been effectively providing health care to senior citizens for 40 years through Medicare, we can do the same for everyone.

Thank you for your support. Please take action now.

Sincerely,

The Mobilization Team



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Email Update from Daniel Hodges - Manager's Amendment is UP

Email Update from Dan Hodges....Psssst, pass it on....

"Pelosi 12" 11/4 Chronicle Follow-Up

Article courtesy of SF Chronicle 11/4/09:

12 protesters arrested in Pelosi's office
Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Report
Nov 04, 2009

(11-03) 17:03 PST SAN FRANCISCO  -- Federal police on Tuesday arrested 12 supporters of a single-payer health care system who entered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco offices and refused to leave until they talked to the congresswoman.

 Police arrested them for creating a disturbance on federal property nearly three hours after they entered Pelosi's offices. Pelosi was not in the office and did not talk to them by telephone.

 The protesters, who are in favor of a system administered by the federal government but delivered by private health care providers, entered the waiting room of Pelosi's offices about 11:45 a.m. and were arrested around 2:30 p.m., according to Pam Allen, an attorney with the California Nurses Association.

 The activists were protesting the lack of a vote over a "Medicare for All" amendment proposed in the House bill.

 Those arrested were cited, released and ordered to appear before a federal judge.

 <p class="dtlcomment">E-mail Victoria Colliver at  vcolliver@sfchronicle.com .

 <p id="pageno">This article appeared on page  A - 10  of the San&#xA0;Francisco&#xA0;Chronicle

PELOSI 12 ARRESTED IN SIT-IN

Was saddened and infuriated at EMail I received from Dan Hodges detailing the Health Care Sit-In that took place in Nancy Pelosi's SF Office this afternoon. Here it is:

Around 3PM this afternoon I was one of 12 single payer activists who were
escorted from the reception area of Nancy Pelosi's office in the San
Francisco Federal Building and arrested by members of the Federal Protection
Service of U.S. Homeland Security.

Just before noon we went to Pelosi's office to ask Dan Bernal, the district
director, make a phone call either to Pelosi herself or Terri McCullough,
Pelosi's chief of staff in Washington. We wanted to directly communicate two
demands: that the Kucinich amendment be included in the health care bill
that will soon be brought to a vote in the House and that the Weiner
amendment be voted on by the House, as previously promised by Pelosi.

For two hours Bernal refused to meet with any of us. Then he called in the
police and had them arrange for a meeting with himself and three of us in
the reception area. The doors between the reception area and the hallway
were closed. Two policemen stayed in the room. The other activists and other
police stood outside the closed doors in the hallway. Instead of working out
how a call could be made so that we could discuss our demands, Bernal
promptly and brusquely said he'd just listen to what we wanted and then all
of us had to leave the building. As soon as we said that wasn't why we had
agreed to the police's conditions to meet with him, Bernal broke off the
meeting, left the reception area and went back inside the locked doors to
his office.

Then the police took us from Pelosi's office on the second floor to the
basement, where they processed our arrests. Because Bernal was too cowardly
to file an official complaint, an elaborate charade was worked out by
Bernal, building management and the Federal Protection Service. The
misdemeanor charged against all of us was based on a technicality: our
singing and chanting for single payer was not in accord with the rules and
regulations of the federal building. This technicality was then extended to
mean that we had "disobeyed" the police officers. We were issued citations
and told that we would be summoned to court later. Then we were dismissed
from the building.

From noon until we emerged from the basement with our citations in hand,
there was a spirited rally for single payer taking place across the street.
The demonstrators included a large contingent of members of the California
School Employees Association, some of whom had come from Sacramento and
Stockton. The rally also included members of California Nurses Association
and Single Payer Now.

The "Pelosi Twelve" are members of organizations such as ActforSinglePayer,
AFSCME District Council 57, California Alliance of Retired Americans,
California School Employees Association, Gray Panthers, and Health Care for
All-California.

All of us today, those who were arrested and those who rallied in support of
us, will keep fighting to get the Kucinich amendment in the House health
care bill. And we'll keep fighting to win single payer in California and the
nation. Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats or sell-out Democrats, like Nancy
Pelosi, will not prevent us from succeeding.

Dan Hodges
Chair
Health Care for All-California

MOBILIZE ALERT!! HAPPENING NOW!!

Hey SF Foot Soldiers!! RED HOT ALERT!! HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!

Dear Friend,


CALL  PELOSI  NOW! (415) 556-4862  and  (202) 225-0100


There are 8 people sitting in RIGHT NOW in Nancy Pelosi's Office in San Francisco!  

 

They are not leaving until they get an answer to their demands! Their demands are that the Kucinich amendment MUST be in the health care bill that the House votes on, and that the House MUST vote on the Weiner amendment.  

 

Pelosi PROMISED the American people that she would ensure BOTH of the above would happen, and she has betrayed us by renigging on those promises!  

 

YOU can HELP! Call her office in SF at (415) 556-4862 and  Washington, DC (202) 225-0100; demand that she talk with the people sitting in. Demand that she keep her promises  and put Kucinich Amendment in bill and allow Floor vote on the Weiner Amendment!  

 

Burn up her phone lines people! This is NOT business as usual! This is FOR REAL - we can make a difference in the future of health care in this country! 

 

Thanks,

 
The Mobilization Team




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Follow-up with George Warren (continued)

Ok, so instead of below, let's try above original post...

EMail Response from KXTV10's George Warren:

I think the point of your letter is that it's bad everywhere.  I'm sorry to hear about the problems in your neighborhood.

We weren't drawn to the Rancho Murieta story because it involves a luxury neighborhood.  Our interest is in the appearance of back-door dealing.

If this happened in your neighborhood and I was made aware of it, I would be down there tomorrow.

Thanks for writing.

George

________________________________________
From: llprater@hotmail.com  [llprater@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:43 PM
To: Warren, George
Subject: Rancho Murietta Foreclosed Home Story

Mr. Warren,
Does this kind of story have to happen in a "luxury neighborhood" to become a relative news story?
So these homeowners are angry because a foreclosed property sold for pennies on the dollar? Boo-Hoo! What a privileged little enclave they must have up there in Rancho Murietta! Unfortunately, it's really difficult to muster up a lot of sympathy for lost home equity since I live in Stockton, and it has been an everyday REALITY for a LARGE percentage of people in our community, our block in particular. We have had 9 foreclosures on our block in the past 18 months, 2 of them currently sitting right next door vacant. The other 7 have since been flipped into rentals by absentee landlords. You want to talk real loss of equity? In May 2007, our property was appraised at 275,000 when we settled into our 30yr fixed mortgage after almost 8yrs of being ripped off by Option One and the ARM we were forced into when we bought this house in  Jan. 1999. As it sits now, we have lost almost 150,000 in EQUITY and the meter is still running...Remember those 2 foreclosures next door? One is listed for 74,000 and the other one for 64,000! And if you are really looking for a story to get indignant about, our neighbor Jeff just had to move out of the family home he was renting from his parents when foreclosure hit. But in spite of the fact that he was eager and financially qualified to purchase the home he was living in, the lender refused to negotiate with him because he was a relative. So now we have lost a great friend and neighbor, and have had to endure a parade of potential homebuyers that resemble an Al-Quaeda sleeper cell looking at this property smack dab in the middle of our formerly tightknit little neighborhood! Betcha the good citizens of Rancho Murietta would REALLY have their knickers in a knot about that as well, and for that I would sympathize. So, cry me a river Rancho Murietta, with your ivory towers and country club crap! It does afford me a small amount of cold comfort to know that hard times can devastate anyone, anywhere, and this time around it even seems to be hitting The Haves right alongside The Have-Nots!

Follow-Up With KXTV10's George Warren

George Warren broke a story about potential back-door insider dealing surrounding the purchase of a foreclosed home in the luxury country club community of Rancho Murieta on 11/2. Apparently remaining homeowners are up in arms about a million dollar "McMansion" that sold for pennies on the dollars to the son of an employee of the bank who owned the property....Given what has happened in our neighborhood, I was inspired to email Mr. Warren on the subject, and he was kind enough to reply. I have included both in their entirety below.

There Goes The Neighborhood...

This is a story about a guy with a huge heart and a pure soul named Jeff. He is just your average, all-around good guy that has been our neighbor since we moved here 10 years ago. His parent's (he later began renting it after his parents moved) home is 2 doors down and they had lived there all their lives, and a person could not ask for lovelier neighbors...
A couple of weeks ago we found out that Jeff's family home became a tragic statistic in the area's foreclosure crisis. This news saddens me deeply. Our neighborhood will never be quite the same without his presence.
This situation could have turned out differently if only the lender would have been willing to work with a family member...
We would also like to publicly thank Jeff and Tom for going above and beyond helping us clear the top of a tree off our roof in the middle of the nastiest storms we've had in years!! Couldn't have done it without you!
Jeff, our prayers are with you and your family, and no matter where you may go, you will always be our favorite neighbor!
John Crouson & LLPrater

Bay Area Health Care Rally 11/3/09

Just got the info for Tuesday's ACTION in SF...Here it is:
Dear Single Payer Supporter,

The following message comes from ActforSinglePayer.

If you wish to engage in direct action tomorrow, with the risk of being
arrested, here are the plans.

1. Meet at the fountain at UN Plaza in San Francisco at 11:00AM. (UN Plaza
is located on Market St. between 7th. and 8th. Streets.)

2. Bring your ID card.

3. Do not wear a union t-shirt or a t-shirt with a political message.

If you do not want to participate in direct action, please attend a rally
that will begin tomorrow at noon at UN Plaza.

Our demands are that we want the Kucinich amendment in the health care bill
that House votes on, and we want the House to vote on the Weiner amendment.

Dan Hodges
Chair
Health Care for All-California

EMail Update from Rep. Alan Grayson

Here is today's "money bomb" update from Rep. Alan Grayson in its entirety...BOMBS AWAY DUDE!!
Dear Laura Lynne,
You are making it happen. In the few hours since I last wrote to you, our money bomb has really taken off. All told, we've received over $400,000 in donations so far.

That's a good start, and the momentum is taking hold, but that means the punditry is watching even closer than before to see if we have what it takes to really knock this out of the park.

I know that we do. But to prove it, I need you to stand with me, right now, and make a contribution of any amount to my money bomb.

If you do that, it will be an important validation of our push to bring a fighting spirit of reform to Washington, one that I hope is an example for all of my colleagues.

As Markos Moulitsas, founder of Daily Kos, said when discussing our work for an article published this morning in the Gainesville Sun:

"He is certainly among the best using online tools and communities in getting his message out, but his real strength isn't the use of tools, it's the message. [...] He stands for something and isn't afraid to fight for it. In Washington today, that is depressingly rare."

Markos is right: It is depressingly rare. And that's exactly why I need you to make your contribution now -- to show my colleagues that fighting for something isn't just good policy. It's good politics.

Thank you for all of your help.

Best,

Alan Grayson
Member of Congress
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Rep. Alan Grayson E-Mail Update

Hey people, just got this email from Fl. Rep. Alan Grayson and I am sharing it here in its entirety. Rep. Grayson's tireless and relentless efforts to keep true Health Care Reform on life support MUST BE ENCOURAGED AND SUSTAINED!! His "Names of the Dead" website is a BEAUTIFUL way TO HONOR THE DEAD and TELL THEIR STORIES, and RAISE THEIR VOICES UP SO WASHINGTON MAY HEAR THEM LOUD AND CLEAR!! http://www.namesofthedead.com

Here is Rep. Grayson's update in its entirety:

Dear Laura Lynne,
It's been a long time since someone was willing to meet Republicans toe to toe. Then I showed up, and now they're running scared.

But scared Republicans, unlike some Democrats, don't just lie down and take it. They lie, cheat, and bluster as hard as they can to try and make what scares them go away.

Fox News stalker Griff Jenkins set up shop outside my office. Bill O'Reilly went on TV and called me "out of control." The Florida GOP is desperately looking for an opponent to take me on in 2010. Wingnuts far and wide have launched websites called everything from "Alan Disgrayson" to "My Congressman Is Nuts" to try and drum up support and money for my opponents and distract from the issues at hand.

But I'm not backing down -- I'm working harder than ever before for the reform our country needs. And with your help, on Monday, we can show everyone that doing just that is the best defense against thuggish Republican scare tactics.

Make a pledge to join tomorrow's money bomb -- and show the Fox News chattering heads we're not backing down until we get what we want.

Already tomorrow is shaping up to be a day of momentous collective action. That's what makes a money bomb work: thousands of people standing up and saying they will not tolerate the status quo. And not only that, they're willing to put their financial support behind a candidate that speaks for them.

That's who I aim to be -- a fighter for you. Since I launched CongressmanWithGuts.com earlier this month, more than 3,000 people have pledged over $250,000 toward my campaign. That is phenomenal, but we need to do something truly dramatic to break the Republican logjams in Washington and put a fork in the naysayers. That's why I need you to keep fighting with me.

Make a pledge to join tomorrow's money bomb -- and show the Fox News chattering heads we're not backing down until we get what we want.

Thank you for joining me in the fight. Your strength and support is truly amazing, and I can't thank you enough.

Sincerely,
Alan Grayson
Member of Congress
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Mobilization For Health Care Update

Calling Mobilize for Health Care For All in Northern California,

We are reaching out to you with a call to action on two fronts in the Bay Area.
(If you're not in the Bay Area, email me and let's get an action going in your town!)

ONE - SIGN UP TO TARGET ANOTHER INSURANCE COMPANY
Our next Action against an Insurance Company WILL result in arrests. We are determined to deliver our demands to the Insurance Companies that they
Immediately cease all spending on lobbying, political ads, and campaign contributions and use that money to pay for all doctor-requested treatment for member patients with life-threatening illnesses.

What we started in the Bay Area on 10/28 at Blue Shield must continue.  Next time, if our demands are not agreed to, we will escalate and occupy the building until they are, or we are arrested. Anything to show the Insurance Companies we won't be backing down until we get Medicare For All.

If you want to SIT-IN with us at our next action, or Volunteer your time and expertise to pull it off, contact
John Stauffer -  johnjstauffer@att.net  415-385-0065
Don't be shy, we need people to step up to the plate!

This INFO IS TIME-SENSITIVE---RESPOND BY MONDAY 11/2/09 !!! WE NEED YOU!!!