In an event sponsored by Moveon.org and organized in every Congressional District, a group of 25 local residents met with Ellie Fairclough from Congressman Mike Thompson’s office to urge him to vote for the Obama stimulus.
The local event was organized by Mary Zhu. She called on Congressman Thompson to support and help pass President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package. The group said it hops it will help to create new and green jobs for the country.
They also presented Ms. Fairclough as Representative to Mike Thompson with a 365-signature petition that was gathered online in support of Obama’s plan.
There were two other speakers. One of UC Davis alum Joseph Stewart, who some may remember from the Choice Voting campaign. Now an alum with a degree in environmental science, he’s now looking for work.
“I’m looking for work right now and I can’t find work; there’s no jobs to be had. I don’t know what to do, I don’t have a place to live, I’m not sure what’s going to happen to my health insurance. It’s a really hard situation.”
Ellie Fairclough then read a statement from Congressman Mike Thompson:
“It will take help from all Americans to get our country back on track, and the active involvement of every member of our community will be a crucial component of any economic recovery.
Our country is facing some of the biggest challenges I’ve seen in my lifetime, and it’s important that Congress moves quickly to pass legislation to change the direction of our economy. Congress is working with President-elect Obama’s team to create legislation that will create or save over 3 million jobs in the next 2 years and invest in infrastructure projects to lay the foundation for future economic growth.”
Joseph Stewart said after the statement was read that it sounded great, he only hoped that the Congressman and others would follow through.
—David M. Greenwald reporting
In an event organized in every Congressional District, a group of 25 local residents met with Ellie Fairclough from Congressman Mike Thompson’s office to urge him to vote for the Obama stimulus.Every Congressional District? Really?Those 25 local residents were awfully busy yesterday flying around the country. Or perhaps they utilized Star Trek technology: …Beam me up, Scottie, there’s no intelligent life to be found here….
You’re taking that a bit too literal, don’t you think.
A BIT TOO LITERAL? There are times when you should ask youself that same question David. Thou shall not throw stones.
The first comment on this article shows a problem in reading and understanding a simple sentence. This failure speaks to a pervasive problem in the general population: a lack of literacy. The problem with illiteracy is that democracy requires a population that can read and write so that informed decisions can be made in the voting booths. This is the sentence: ……event sponsored by Moveon.org and organized in every Congressional District, a group of 25 local residents met with……Note that the verb of …25 local residents… is …met,… not …oganized…. Consequently, it is not necessary to invoke …Star Trek technology… because the 25 local residents were not doing the organizing.Additionally, Moveon.org organizes on the net so physical flying about or …beaming up… is not needed. I believe the commentator knows about the internet. Moveon.org has 5 million members, most likely scattered throughout the several Congressional Districts. Consequently, organizingthroughout the States can be done while sitting at the computer. Amazing!It was also via the net that 1,324 signatures were put to the petition, thus obviating the need to physically reaching each signatory. Imagine that!