I like this idea. If you make a "call script" - a proposed rap you'd like people to use in calling the White House - I'll email it to the petition signers, urging them to call the White House.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Michael Meeropol <[email protected]>wrote: > I know this is actually more of a "liberal" issue than a progressive > one -- seeing as how many people on this list have no use for either > Obama or the Democrats --- but I think this is one place we even a > handful of leftists can have an impact. > > Since there is already a great deal of controversy over whether or not > Obama should appoint Larry Summers or Janet Yellen to head the FED, I > think it would be very helpful if members of this list contacted the > White House (I just did with a toll free phone call -- it's also easy > to do on line) and tell them in no uncertain terms that Larry Summers > is unfit to be head of the FED. > > For anyone who wants ammunition here's one of Dean Baker's columns about > Summers > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/the-return-of-larry-summe_b_3601013.html > > The NY Times just ran an article about the controversy and if you > believe them it's all about the gender issue between Janet Yellen's > supporters and those who support Summers. But it's much more than > that --- Giving Summers the job would be rewarding him for helping > bring on the disaster of 2008. > > Thus, weighing in with actual REASONS why Summers is unfit might help > -- especially with all the efforts some people are making to push for > Yellen. > > Cheers, Mike > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
_______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
