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I've got Thirty Tix to Darcy McGee's... I've got 30 Tickets to Darcy McGee's Irish Pub on Franklin St. for 5pm-7pm happy hour on Friday the 12th...courtesy of Darcy McGee's and WJYE.. anyone who wants to meet up at Darcy's for pre-St. Patrick's Day sloshing email me and I'll set one aside for you, mail it to you, whatever. Each ticket is good for two bar drinks, and complimentary buffet... a good chance for everyone to hang out, see some old faces, eat and drink for free. posted by Aahz --- posted on Mar 5, 2004 at 9:41pm est --- post #000181 ---

Living Wage in Buffalo Please share widely. We need your help, please Join the Coalition for Economic Justice in the Campaign for a Living Wage! We have scheduled a Call-in Day on three Mondays: May 19, June 2, and June 16 and need you to call each of the 13 Common Council Members to let him/her know that YOU support the new Living Wage legislation. The first of those call-in days is this Monday, the 19th. Whether you are or are not a city resident, we want to let the Council members know that this is a popular issue in Western New York. If you don't get to speak with the Council Member directly, give your simple message to the legislative aide. Here are the talking points: *I'm calling because I want you/ Council Member _______ to VOTE YES on the new and improved Living Wage legislation, which calls for an all-volunteer Living Wage Commission. *Also, I urge you/ the Council Member to assist CEJ in their efforts to get court-ordered documents disclosing the contractors expected to comply with the Living Wage. Thank you for your/his/her support. Dominic Bonifacio, Niagara District 851-5125 Marc Coppola, Delaware District 851-5155 Brian Davis, Ellicott District 851-4980 Charley Fisher III, Member-At-Large 851-5148 Richard Fontana, Lovejoy District 851-5151 David Franczyk, Fillmore District 851-4138 Joe Golombek, North District 851-5116 Betty Jean Grant, University District 851-5165 Beverly Gray, Member-At-Large 851-4116 Rose Marie LoTempio, Member-At-Large 851-4118 Mary Martino, South District 851-5169 James Pitts, Council President 851-5120 Antoine Thompson, Masten District 851-5145 Also, the Common Council will be voting on this legislation as early as June 24th at their bi-weekly meeting. Let's pack the Council Chambers on June 24th at 2PM, to show support for this effort. Stay tuned also for more details about actions taking place on that day, or call CEJ at 892-5877. Thanks very much, Emily Some background on the Living Wage campaign in Buffalo: A living wage allows low-income workers employed by the City to earn a wage above the federal poverty line, on which they would be able to support their families. Living Wage legislation was unanimously passed in the City of Buffalo in July 1999, to be implemented in July 2000. When that day came and went without a single worker getting a wage increase, CEJ and Citizen Action of NY sued the City of Buffalo for failure to implement its own law. In the course of the lawsuit, the presiding Judge ordered the City to turn over documents associated with the legislation, with a deadline of July 1, 2002. As the deadline approached, the City acted in desperation and the Common Council voted 12 to 1 to amend the Living Wage Ordinance and remove all of the City's own responsibilities to enforce the law in an attempt to make the lawsuit moot. The amended legislation places the burden for enforcement of the law on the workers, at the same time removing posting requirements that call employers to notify their workers of the Living Wage law in the first place. CEJ has since been working on new legislation, which calls for an all-volunteer Citizens Living Wage Commission to carry out the burden of implementation. Many of the Council members recognize the importance of this re-amended legislation, but this is where we need your help to make these calls and let them know WNY cares about Living Wages! ________________________________ Emily Ng Coalition For Economic Justice 2123 Bailey Avenue Buffalo, NY 14211 (716) 892-5877 fax: (716) 894-8705 posted by AMPro --- posted on May 17, 2003 at 5:20pm est --- post #000180 ---

Iraq Call me a greedy, money-hungry American who thinks of himself first, but *I* am not looking forward to paying the bill for this war. Our unwelcome presence in Iraq will likely cost each American hundred of dollars per year for many years to come. posted by Tumbleweed --- posted on Apr 17, 2003 at 3:36am est --- post #000179 ---

It's fun to note - N. Korea only started to get up in everyone's face after Bush elected to include them in the "axis of evil". I suppose three nations sounds catchier than two, even if only two points are necessary for an axis. Plane of evil? That's a little too Dungeons and Dragons, perhaps. Anyways - N. Korea's leader, who is bonafide kahrayzee, took umbrage to being included and has chosen to respond with the international equivalent of "I'll give you something to cry about." Don't I remember people questioning Bush's skill in international diplomacy when the election was going on? Wasn't that the big criticism? Oh, but that's not very important, eh? -MMM -Glad he doesn't live on the west coast posted by Octavian --- posted on Feb 13, 2003 at 3:15pm est --- post #000178 ---

N. Korea vs Iraq I've pondered this quite some time and now there's an article about it: http://apnews.myway.com//article/20030212/D7P5BAOG1.html "The revelation was certain to raise questions about Bush's priorities - and whether North Korea or Iraq pose a greater threat to the United States. Baghdad does not possess weapons that can strike America, officials have said." posted by Unykornz - Unykornz Haven --- posted on Feb 12, 2003 at 3:29pm est --- post #000177 ---

Speaking of Local Politics http://www.allpowertothepeople.com/events/PeaceRecruiters/ posted by AMPro --- posted on Jan 28, 2003 at 7:08pm est --- post #000176 ---

Aw man... Sorry we missed you M'Monin sir. I saw such a sign with red and blue lettering, I wish I'd have known that you'd be under it. We also missed the Saturday paradebut we did make it to a couple other events. We met some very nice people. Pittsburgh is a great place for such things. posted by AMPro --- posted on Jan 27, 2003 at 2:49pm est --- post #000175 ---

There in spirit. I will be at a peace vigil in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon but will not be able to make it to the parade. I will be there in spirit, however. Look for my signs: "Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld: Axis of Evil" and "NO!" (in red white and blue). -MMM posted by Octavian --- posted on Jan 25, 2003 at 1:45am est --- post #000174 ---

Interdependent Web Of Life When we go to WalMart, GAP, Sweatshops R US etc, then we aren't just blindly mindin our own business. We are creating our economic freedom by enslaving other people. That is a direct assault on them by us. Maybe it isn't you, maybe it isn't me. But it's the majority of our people. That is how they see it when they are enslaved by our greed. Our Freedom comes by their slavery. It is not so pure and just in that context. "There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers." Ralph Ellison posted by feyler - Screaming Awake --- posted on Jan 24, 2003 at 12:59pm est --- post #000173 ---

Pittsburgh We'll be down in Pittsburgh this weekend with the protests and peace parades. Looks like it will be a rather large gathering. posted by AMPro --- posted on Jan 24, 2003 at 7:57am est --- post #000172 ---

OWW!!! This kind of politics is not just for WNY... Check out the Colorado news papers. Denver Post, Pueblo Cheiftain.... I might be losingmy job, due to POLITICS Trubble posted by trubble --- posted on Jan 22, 2003 at 8:13pm est --- post #000171 ---

WNY politics...what a joke. I remember when i moved out of Buffalo that the big debate was over the Peace Bridge: a 2nd bridge, or one signature bridge. 4 years later, nothing has been done. And that's just the start of it. I was always interested in the waterfront project(I guess urban planning is something i really dig) and to see that the city is about to lose all of the funding that was set aside years ago is disgusting and shows how these politicians don't give a damn. posted by Sarius --- posted on Jan 22, 2003 at 4:47pm est --- post #000170 ---

Local Politics Anyone here care about local WNY politics? posted by Great One --- posted on Jan 22, 2003 at 5:35am est --- post #000169 ---

Coincidence? Desert Storm was about oil. This is about Oil. Bush Sr. Bush Jr. If you want to add other motivation than just oil to the current warmongering by the president I would wager that priority two is to make up for George Sr's failure to actually depose Saddam. -MMM posted by Octavian --- posted on Jan 21, 2003 at 12:01pm est --- post #000168 ---

oil You know, Desert Storm itself seemed like it was all about oil, at least to me it did back then. Around the same time, much was going on in Bosnia and we did nothing. There was nothing at stake there that would effect us directly... at least, that's how it all seemed to me. posted by Unykornz - Unykornz Haven --- posted on Jan 21, 2003 at 2:28am est --- post #000167 ---

hmm. I wasn't talking about the Iraq situation specificly but a lot of countries in general. Yeah there are countries out there that are prefectly happy having one leader telling them what to do. They dont attack us becasue thay believe in them selves, & thier leaders believe in and care about their people & the well being of people in general. Yeah, the Iraq situation is 96% about oil, 1% about Saddam & the well being of the people, 1% having weapons & may use them. 1% violating what WE imposed on them. 1% to show everyone else our power & our control over the world. Ok, well it's 2:45PM & I'm off to bed, I can't think. Haven't slept in quite a while, been plowing too long. posted by Great One --- posted on Jan 20, 2003 at 2:06pm est --- post #000166 ---

Culturocentrism You assume a lot about what people want or what people would want would it available. I know from first hand experience that there are cultures in the world that abhor are vaunted American freedoms as another manifestation of our selfishness or as a liability to our stability. They don't hate us for that, of course. These cultures pity us or laugh at us for it. People hate us for our constant bullying tactics in world affairs. Look at the Iraq situation. No terrorists. No weapons of mass destruction (unless you count the dozen or so unused 12mile range warheads left over from over a decade ago as "mass destruction). It is obvious to the world that the US is interested in protecting our oil supply and that any reason we've given is a thinly veiled excuse to cover that. We care about Middle East stability only so far as it keeps gas cheap for SUVs. Bush hasn't even sold it to the American people if one is to believe recent polls. Amazing since he was riding the fear campaign that 9/11 made available to him so well. I'm relieved that a) Bush isn't charismatic enough to utilize it further and/or b) the American people are savvy that they'd only fall for something like that for 18 months. -MMM posted by Octavian --- posted on Jan 20, 2003 at 12:30pm est --- post #000165 ---

ok What I'm saying is these guy's have no freedom of speech. Some of these people have no clue how good we truly have it here & the meaning of freedom of speech. As thier govement limits what the people here to what thay want them to. Some of the people truly want to leave but cannot as thier goverment wont let them. Because of the status the country has with the US we wont let them in either. These people resort to doing whatever the govt. tells them do in fear of the consequences. It's not the people that are the problem it's the govement that controls them that it. That's why we send over so much help after we take the leaders out of power. We fell bad for the opressed people. The goverments wich is little more then the homeland terrorists who have the most control hate us. Thay can obtain the weapons, the bombs to attack us. I'm not saying it's right, nor did we directly encourage them to attack everyone. but over the cource of history and the little understanding of the rest of the free world some of them hate us & act upon thier hate of us. The US isnt the only country these guys hate. They hate other just as much if not more. They know most of the rest of the world will listen to us. Becasue we don't stop one country from attacking another, they feel as we let them get away with it. Unfortunatly it's much more complicated than that & impossible for anyone to fully explane the way our country and the world works & the reasons why we do what we do. Unfortuantly some of the things we do come back to haunt us. It's the same way in our own lives. Most of us are pretty happy with our lives in general, the little decisions we make every day will effect the rest of our lives in some way shape or form. Most of the time for the good but occasionaly our decisions we make hoping to better ourselves will eventually come back to haunt us somewhere down the road. Unfortuantly we piss some people off in the process. We dont try to & usually it's because someone takes what we do the wrong way. If something goes wrong in thier lives thay blame it on us because thay think & we do have the power to control it. Most of the time we stay out of it & dont get involved but there occasionaly come arround a time to jump in. I'm not saying the reason is the best as it's usualy motivated by our own greed as to what goverment we decide to attack and what ones not to get involved with. posted by Great One --- posted on Jan 19, 2003 at 11:34pm est --- post #000164 ---

agreed you said: "This entire time I've emphasized that nothing condones what the terrorists had done - only that they *did* have reasons that do not involve the word "evil"." I was just agreeing with you. I said the comment about condoning for my own defense knowing that it's a touchy subject. I didn't want to appear as if I was saying it was justified. It was directed towards my comment, not yours. posted by Unykornz - Unykornz Haven --- posted on Jan 19, 2003 at 8:39am est --- post #000163 ---

So certain? This entire time I've emphasized that nothing condones what the terrorists had done - only that they *did* have reasons that do not involve the word "evil". You say things could have been handled differently. Most certainly. I'd like to ask how you are so certain that Afghanistan never implored the US to "get our butts over there" and rebuild what we destroyed. Do you think national media would carry that story? Do you think it may have been possible that the powers that be silently ignored them once we were done with them? We are the most powerful country in the world. That's not why we are hated. We are hated for the blatent self-interest we use in throwing that power around. We aren't the police of the world. We're the bully of the school yard. -MMM posted by Octavian --- posted on Jan 18, 2003 at 12:03am est --- post #000162 ---

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