[Texgreen] Fw: [Activists] Conflict Escalating Between Marine Mom and Speaker

[Alfred Molison]

Does anyone know more about this situation?

I thought the Nancy Pelosi heard the people speak and they were going to 
stop the war.
I thought the Democrats were our friends....

Alfred

>From: "Amy Branham" <abranham@houston.rr.com>
>To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
>Subject: Fw: [Activists] Conflict Escalating Between Marine Mom and Speaker
>Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:38:26 -0500
>
>GO TINA!!!!!
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Swanson
>To: activists@lists.mayfirst.org
>Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:03 PM
>Subject: [Activists] Conflict Escalating Between Marine Mom and Speaker
>
>
>Tina Richards, Grassroots America, 573-247-8059
>Linda Schade, VotersForPeace, 202-422-5780
>Kevin Zeese, Democracy Rising, 301-996-6582
>Conflict Escalating Between Marine Mom and Speaker:
>
>Tina Richards Refuses to Leave Speaker Pelosi's Office Until She Gets an 
>Answer: "Will you meet with military families, vets and troops?"
>
>Speaker Will Be Forced to Choose Today: Arrest Marine Mom or Meet with 
>Military Families
>
>Washington, DC: Today, Tina Richards, the mother of a Marine who served two 
>tours of duty in Iraq and is now 80% disabled, is refusing to leave the 
>office of Speaker Pelosi in Washington, DC (Canon 235) today until she gets 
>an answer -- "Will you meet with military families, vets and troops?"
>
>"I am tired of being given the run-around from the Speaker.  Two weeks ago 
>before I went on national television her office called urging a meeting. 
>Now that the media has moved on she refuses to respond to my requests while 
>always promising to do so.  I decided today that I will not leave her 
>office until I either get a meeting scheduled or am told there will not be 
>a meeting," said Richards.
>
>Ms. Richards has said she is willing to risk arrest rather than not get a 
>response from the Speaker. The Speaker will have to decide whether she will 
>provide a Marine mom with a courtesy of an answer or have her arrested for 
>trying to schedule a meeting.
>
>_____________
>
>
>Sit In Underway at Pelosi's Office in DC
>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/20680
>
>By David Swanson
>
>Nancy Pelosi is on her way to Lebanon, but her staff may want to get her on 
>the phone. Or then again, maybe not. There is a sit-in underway in her 
>Capitol Hill office today, Friday, March 30th, with military families and 
>Iraq vets requesting to schedule an appointment to talk to her. They've 
>been asking for four months now for her to agree to meet with gold star and 
>military families, veterans for peace, Iraq vets, and active duty troops. 
>Pelosi proposed a meeting with military mom Tina Richards after a video 
>came out showing Rep. David Obey yelling at her in the hallway, but once 
>the video had made the news in a major way Pelosi apparently decided it was 
>too late to head it off and lost interest in meeting with Richards.
>
>Today Tina Richards is sitting in Pelosi's office, commited to not leaving 
>unless she is arrested. She has never been arrested before. Tina and Lori 
>Perdue just phoned in a report. There are 11 people there at the moment as 
>part of the sit-in. They had 22 earlier, but half left to go recruit more 
>people. They're planning to pack the office by 4 or 5 p.m.They expect it to 
>close around 5 or 6 p.m.
>
>They say that all they're asking for is an appointment for a meeting. 
>Tina's son is a Marine who has struggled to get any sort of health care out 
>of the military. He recently thought he had finally succeeded in that 
>effort, but the military has decided to prosecute him for wearing part of 
>his uniform in a march on the Pentagon, meaning that he faces the loss of 
>medical benefits and possible imprisonment.
>
>Updates to come.
>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/20680

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