Oconee County, GA Politics

Please consider using the link to send an email to Congressman Broun about Bush's torture judge. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:22:37 -0600 From: act@credoaction.com To: Subject: Tell Rep. Broun: Impeach the judge who authorized Bush torture.   The man who suborned torture should not be a federal judge. Tell Rep. Broun: Impeach Jay Bybee. Jay Bybee wrote memos giving the Bush admi

Subject: Tell Congress: Impeach Judge Jay Bybee. Dear Friend, When presidents and federal judges take office, they must swear to support and defend the Constitution. But federal judge Jay Bybee worked long and hard to undermine the Bill of Rights - and to make sure that President George W. Bush could do the same. On March 2, the Justice Department released a series of legal memos, some authored by Jay Bybee, that made a mockery of the Constitution, and gave the Bush Administration legal cover to wiretap Americans without court approval, to send prisoners oversees where they were likely to be tortured, to use U.S. military forces for domestic purposes, and a number of other actions that previously would have been considered unconstitutional. For his service, Bybee was rewarded by the Bush administration with a federal judgeship. Working Assets (now CREDO) worked to oppose that nomination, but only 19 senators sided with us, and Bybee was overwhelmingly confirmed. Now that we know the ex

Rich Rusk has worked hard for Moore's Ford Memorial Committee. Go see his movies, if you can, even though they are being shown in Monroe in Walton County. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: richrusk@bellsouth.net To: ; Subject: SAVE THESE DATES - March 27-28 film screening/public forum Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 05:37:28 -0500 SAVE THESE DATES - MARCH 27 & 28   Dear folks,    This press release for our March 28 film screening/public forum in Monroe went to local news media today.    The Obama administration's Justice Dept. and FBI are going public with the Moore's Ford investigation.    Open attachment for better formatting.     Rich   P.S. Please do attend the March 27-28 events. On Friday, March 27, we host a "Meet and Greet" for our guests at the Monroe Community Center. Let's turn out and support this investigation.        Moore's Ford Memorial Committee 480 Stanton Way , Athens, GA 30606 706-354-0321;

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How do we get all the leaders, activists and concerned people of every stripe and persuasion in Oconee County, Georgia to come together for one night? That was one the main question I distilled from the latest gathering of frustration known as the Oconee County Democratic Committee this evening at the Courthouse Annex. There are a lot of creative, intelligent, amazing individuals who attend church, go to soccer games, and build things in their backyards who do not judge you based on whether you attach a D or an R on the back of their name. Civitans, Rotary, Woodmen of the World, Clarke - Oconee Cattlemen's Association, Moore's Ford Memorial Committee, the Junior League, every school's PTA, every sports league, every church group, all have one thing in common: they care about our present and future. How they go about it, how they share their viewpoints, those are the different paths, dreams and fulfillment from whence we derive our differing viewpoints. I had just come from

So Pat has been super busy rewriting the script for the twice postponed "Dancing with the Stars, Part 2" with Courtney Gale, John Keane, and many other Athens and Oconee County dancers and non-dancers which was the victim of the recent slowly retreating snow storm. But read the book already? OK! Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.    The book group the Oconee Democrats sponsor is reading a wonderful book  in March. Consider joining us!    We've chosen "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" by  Jeffrey Toobin. The New York Times described the book as "engaging,  erudite, candid and accessible, often hard to put down."    Toobin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was  editor of the Harvard Law Review (a prestigious role President Obama  carried out later). Toobin is a staff writer for New Yorker magazine  and senior legal analyst for CNN.    "The Nine" was chosen as one of the best books o

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----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Karen Solheim <ksolheim@oconee.k12.ga.us> To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com; ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1:51:23 PM Subject: March 14: AAD (Athens Area Democrats) meeting Dear CCDC members and friends,   The next meeting of the Athens Area Democrats is Saturday, March 14, 2009, beginning at 9 a. m. at Trump's new location (Shops at South Athens, intersection of Milledge Avenue and Macon Highway).   The email below from Anita Brannen contains ALL the details including the program information (sounds great!), cost, and ticket purchase deadline.   I hope you can plan on attending.   Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications ----------------------------------------------------- From: Anita Brannen < anitabarney@charter.net > Date: March 1, 2009 3:38:00 PM EST To: Undisclosed-recipients: <>; Subject: Breakfast - 14 March Why is it that people don't want to talk

Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.  Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:12:52 -0500  From: stewards@altamahariverkeeper.org  To: stewards@altamahariverkeeper.org; bryce.baumgartner@gmail.com  Subject: Oconee River Coal Plant     Your help is needed this week to support the effort to stop the  proposed Plant Washington Coal Plant near Sandersville. Join local  residents, Altamaha Riverkeeper James Holland, and representatives from  citizens groups in seeking information about how this proposed power  plant will impact the Oconee River and ground water resources.    Please attend the Plant Washington Q&A Session on March 5th in Sandersville.    Background:  On Thursday, March 5th, the Georgia Environmental  Protection Division (EPD) will take questions from YOU about the Plant  Washington proposal. By asking your question and speaking up at this  forum, you will help ensure a clean environment now and for future  generations.    Plant Washington, an 850 megawatt coal-fired power plan

Please attend if you can Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: oconee@yahoogroups.com To: oconee@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 00:01:56 +0000 Subject: [oconee] Oconee Democrats Regular Monthly Meeting, 3/5/2009, 7:00 pm oconee Yahoo! Group Oconee Democrats Regular Monthly Meeting Thursday March 5, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm This event repeats every month on the first Thursday. NOTE NEW LOCATION: Oconee County Government Annex Gree

I stayed off the road as much as possible for our supposed six inches of snow here in Oconee County yesterdaym starting at approximately 12:44 pm Sunday at my house. I kept periodically shoveling the driveway and was damn glad I did so today. Lowell and his neighbor buddy Seth tried building a snow fort with out much success. Various dogs I had never seen before came down my street to have a sniff at and with my dog Josephine. I would periodically brush off the lights of my neighbors driving in the streets and announce amazement at their bald tires in this treacherous conditions. When the power started to flicker around 4 pm I heard tree branches cracking in the neighbors yard and told them they needed to move their minivan lest it become the latest victim of the snow fury. I heard a little thunder snow and decided I would make a run for Publix in my 4 wheel drive diesel 2500 pick up truck. It was not as nearly chaotic in the grocery store as I would have first imagined, although it wa