The Great Writ

shando · Post by **shando** » May 9th, 2007, 12:10 am

Go here

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/opini ... ref=slogin

and then here:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/5/8/1878/41129

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » May 9th, 2007, 9:41 am

Shannon, thanks for posting this.

I only tried a few of them, but it does seem as though most of the reps only take email from within their own districts. You can at least email Pelosi, though.

shando · Post by **shando** » May 9th, 2007, 11:07 am

Let me also add this, lest people think I assume the Democrats can do no wrong. I heartily second the sentiments expressed here:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/ ... index.html

You have to wait through an ad to read it, but it, along with everything else Glenn Greenwald writes, is worth your time.

mpbrockman · Post by **mpbrockman** » May 9th, 2007, 2:15 pm

ratliff wrote: it does seem as though most of the reps only take email from within their own districts. You can at least email Pelosi, though.

Ratliff is right. Another option is to write a concise email letter to the editor urging constituents to contact their reps about this issue and send it to as many major papers as you have time for. Many newspapers love out-of-town ltte's as it makes them look more widely read.

It's also fun to see where you end up getting published. My distance record to date is Perth, Aus. (Sacramento in the U.S.).