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Does anyone know the specific text of the proposed Constitutional Amendment? Obama is blowing smoke...<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: betsyd@turbonet.com<br>To: thansen@moscow.com; moscowrecycling@turbonet.com<br>Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:51:05 -0700<br>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] FW: Obama backs amendment<br><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yea!!!!!</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 31, 2012 11:49 AM<br><b>To:</b> Andy Boyd<br><b>Cc:</b> vision2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] FW: Obama backs amendment</span></p></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">THANK GOD ! ! !</p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Seeya round town, Moscow.</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Tom Hansen</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Moscow, Idaho</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Aug 31, 2012, at 11:39 AM, "Andy Boyd" <<a href="mailto:moscowrecycling@turbonet.com">moscowrecycling@turbonet.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In case you don’t think corporations are people.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Andy Boyd</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Robert Weissman, Public Citizen [<a href="mailto:robert@citizen.org">mailto:robert@citizen.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:moscowrecycling@turbonet.com">moscowrecycling@turbonet.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Obama backs amendment</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""> </p><table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" style="width:6.25in;border:solid black 1.0pt" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" valign="top"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><~WRD000.jpg></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" valign="top"><table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" style="width:6.25in;border:solid black 1.0pt" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Andrew,<br><br>Something President Obama wrote during a public Q&A yesterday is major news:<br><br>“...I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn <i>Citizens United</i>...”<br><br>You read that right.<br><br><b>The President of the United States has joined Public Citizen and activists like you in recognizing the necessity of a constitutional amendment to prevent a hostile corporate takeover of our democracy.</b><br><br>Let’s make the most of this moment so that we don’t see our democracy sold off to giant corporations and business tycoons.<br><br><b>Please take a few minutes RIGHT NOW to urge your friends, family, neighbors and colleagues to join you in signing the petition at <a href="http://DemocracyIsForPeople.org" target="_blank">DemocracyIsForPeople.org</a> for a constitutional amendment to overturn <i>Citizens United</i>.</b><br><br>Forward them this email with a link to <a href="http://DemocracyIsForPeople.org" target="_blank">DemocracyIsForPeople.org</a>. And share that link on Facebook, Twitter and wherever else you’re active.<br><br>You’ve already taken the very significant first step by signing the petition.<br><br><b>This is a critical moment. Take another step by introducing as many people as you can to this historic campaign.</b><br><br>President Obama’s support of an amendment is getting a lot of coverage, including stories that also highlight Public Citizen’s role as a leader in the nationwide amendment movement.<br><br>In <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nY7IYd8M6BQWW0tLkdbcQ3a%2B1hIgOkGF" target="_blank">Mother Jones</a>, Public Citizen’s Jonah Minkoff-Zern, one of our Democracy Is For People organizers, says, “We see every day ... the passion that people across the political spectrum have for a constitutional amendment to prevent the voices of the many from being drowned out by the money-fueled megaphone of the few.”<br><br>In <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3mL1/jPct4RJ0me0%2Bm1Z92upTlQVbWRo" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a>, Lisa Gilbert, acting director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division, says, “It’s meaningful that the president is taking note as he is forced to play the game under <i>Citizens United</i>.”<br><br>The president also called for “passing the DISCLOSE Act” and “legislation prohibiting the bundling of campaign contributions from lobbyists.” Nobody has been working harder than Public Citizen on these important policies.<br><br>David Bossie, head of Citizens United, the right-wing propaganda group for which the infamous ruling is named, offered this three-word response to the news of President Obama’s support for a constitutional amendment: “Bring it on.”<br><br>Let’s show him that we can bring it on.<br><br><b>Tell everybody about <a href="http://DemocracyIsForPeople.org" target="_blank">DemocracyIsForPeople.org</a> TODAY.</b><br><br>Thank you.</p><table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><~WRD000.jpg></span></p></td><td style="width:7.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" width="13"></td><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" valign="top"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="">Sincerely,<br><span style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><image001.jpg></span><br>Robert Weissman<br>President, Public Citizen</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><br>P.S. Another way you can help advance the amendment work we’re doing together is by making a contribution to <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dvX4vfbLlq%2BwcTcKrBbHiXa%2B1hIgOkGF" target="_blank">help Public Citizen keep fighting runaway corporate power</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="border:none;background:#EEEEEE;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="ecxMsoNormalTable" style="width:6.25in;border:solid black 1.0pt" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Go to <a href="http://action.citizen.org/unsubscribe.jsp" target="_blank">http://action.citizen.org/unsubscribe.jsp</a> if you do not want to receive future emails from Public Citizen.</span><BR><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">© 2012 Public Citizen • 1600 20th Street, NW / Washington, D.C. 20009 • <a href="http://www.citizen.org" target="_blank">www.citizen.org</a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><image002.jpg></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</p></div></blockquote></div><br>=======================================================
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