RESISTANCE
DISPATCHES
The BBBR Mailbag
Posted May 31, 2001
FIRST... THE GOOD STUFF!
LOU POSNER, VOTERMARCH CHAIR
AND
THE SENDER
OF "BUSHWACKED! The
Video" TO AL GORE,
RECEIVES A
PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHDAY "THANK YOU"
OFFICE OF THE FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT
THE HONORABLE AL GORE
May 19,2001
Mr. Louis Posner
Voter March
P.O. Box 731
Grand Central Station
New York, New York, 10163
Dear Louis,
I wanted to write and thank you for your
additional video gift for my birthday.
Tipper and I have been impressed and touched by
the amount of cards, letters and calls we have received in support.
I have been kept posted on all of the web
support and grass roots efforts by Gwen, and have been impressed with the
energetic dialog that has taken place there. It is an amazing venue for people
to have in order to share thoughts, feelings and positions across the globe.
I assure you I will remain faithful to the
values and views I have expressed throughout my public life, in my private
life. Thank you for all of your support, I appreciate your efforts and your
gifts.
Sincerely,
Al Gore
PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
ANDREW CATCHES COOL CHANGE ON YAHOO!
From: "E, Andrew"
To: < thediva@coup2k.com
>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: Yahoo downgrades the monkey
Dear Tammy,
I'm one of your BBBR fighters. Looking forward to hearing your speech at VMWest once I get some
time to download it (on my 28.8 modem, that's some time indeed!). I went to the DC march, so we missed each
other but at least I did get to meet Rose.
Wanted to point something out: your page:
http://www.coup2k.com/deniseandstevens.html
has links to pix of Spurious George's visit to your
beautiful, besieged adopted state and I found something interesting.
( http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20010529/ts/imdf29052001192852a.html
)
has the caption: "Protestors hold signs as they stand
on the sidewalk, kept back from the hotel where United States
president"...SNIP.
( http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20010529/us/bush_california_xla103.html
)
has the caption "Demonstrators chant anti-Bush
slogans and deride the president's energy policy..." SNIP
I have a bit of a proofreader's eye, and it struck me to
see president written with a small p. I
looked around at some other news sites to verify that the normal usage is to
capitalize President, and I'm hoping maybe there is some subversive who is
trying to subtly downgrade the monkey from "President" to
"president". Yahoo is a
California company, after all.
Of course, you and I won't be happy till he's downgraded
to Inmate #X093FKP7, but I'll take any encouraging sign wherever I can find it.
Anyway, just my 2 cents.
If you reply, please do so to [e-mail addie removed for privacy],
because today's my last day at this job.
Keep up the good work, my Captain!
Andy E
THE DIVA ON A GREAT NEW PROTEST PIC
From: "The Diva (Tammy)"
To: <E, Andrew>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: Dear Andy:
Fantastic! I will
post your letter...
And did you see the pic of Denise with the "I'm With
Stupid" sign?
http://www.coup2k.com/deniseandstevens.html
Check it out...
DENISE'S COOL PIC MAKES INDYMEDIA!
From: "Denise Duffield"
To: < thediva@coup2k.com
>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:54 AM
Subject: pic of inspiration
wahoo!
great pic of your
inspiration:
http://la.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=7126
THE DIVA ON denisewithbush.jpg
From: "The Diva (Tammy)"
To:
"Denise Duffield"
Sent: Thursday,
May 31, 2001 2:04 PM
Subject: Re:
pic of inspiration
ATTACHED: denisewithbush.jpg
Dear Denise:
Check out your
report on the BBBR:
http://www.coup2k.com/deniseandstevens.html
... and the new
masthead.
Pretty cool,
huh? And pretty pretty, too!
I am attaching
the masthead as well, in case you want to keep it for the scrapbook.
:)
Tammy
"The
Diva"
WebMistress of
BBBR
RESISTANCE FIGHTER DAVID WRITES IN ON CROSSFIRE
From: <David (and Kris)>
To: <thediva@coup2k.com>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Crossfire
Dear Tammy,
Did you see Crossfire May 28th, or The
Point where that Sammons guy was promoting his book? I won't mention the title out of respect for President Gore.
Anyway he wasted most of his allocated time on both shows making a point that
the exit polls on Election Night were "Bogus" and because the media
used them this proves that the media was biased to Gore. What kind of reporting is this?
Could it not be that if ;
#1. There were
170,000 or more Floridian votes that did not get counted.
#2. Gore's name
was on over 80,000 overvotes compared to Bush getting on 30-something thousand.
#3. The 19,000 or
more in the Palm Beach county mess
#4. The Optical
ballot scan errors that didn't get corrected, just "these things
happened."
Then it wasn't the Exit Polls that were bogus. Thousands of voters told exit poll workers
that they had voted for Gore because they thought they had, but because of
voter error, voter instruction errors, poor equipment, error protection devices
being turned off on optical scanners and brains being turned off , these votes
were never counted. It was not an Exit Poll problem or Dem Bias but a huge
problem (of many parts) with the Florida Election System.
Anyway I was just glad to see the Election is still in the
news and there are still people trying to get someone to listen. I just hope
enough people hear them. In contrast to that Sammons guy, Vincent Bugliosi made
good use of his short time on The Point. His book is great. It was humorous on
Crossfire because the Guy on the Right
misread an excerpt and asked a question that he thought would get a
negative-Gore response, but it turned out that the answer was negative to the
Bush campaign people. Time is so short on these rare chances to state the case
to a wide audience, that every word is important. As Bugliosi says in his book,
I don't see anyone from the other side being swayed by even the worst of the
things that were done.
Too many of our side abandoned us because they thought the
media was correct and we should accept this and rally behind the chosen one.
Well... Goodbye for now .
Thanks for being there.
Sincerely
David
REQUIREMENTS FOR AN
AUDIENCE WITH THE DIVA
From: "The Diva
(Tammy)"
To: <David (and Kris)>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: Crossfire
Dear David and Kris:
First off, I know who Bill Sammon is, and I know what he
is. I would no more lend him my ear,
than I would lend George W. Bush my car keys.
Liars and propagandists do not merit an audience with The
Diva.
I will say that Rose of fringefolk.com watched the shows
(Crossfire and the Bugliosi interview on FAUX News), and wrote an eloquent rant
about her reaction. You can read it at:
http://www.fringefolk.com/frayedknot.html.
Having been fortunate enough to miss the Crossfire
propaganda offensive, I am not sure how qualified I am to speak out about what
was said, but here goes nothing...
Everything, and I mean everything, that is coming from the
rightwing and their enablers these days, smacks of consciousness of guilt, and
of fear of the wheel of justice's inexorable turn. I could list them all, but I'll just list a few:
1. Jefford's
defection: There was nothing done by
the Bush appointistration that principled journalists and political scientists
did not predict a year ago. The only
thing that explains Jefford's jump is that he wanted to cut ties BEFORE the
you-know-what hit the fan. Jumping
after the evidence of the coup was established beyond all reasonable doubt
would gain him no brownie points.
Jumping before... well, you've
seen the reaction. The guy is on the
verge of being nominated for sainthood, and all because he is doing what any
DECENT person would do. That is how far
our expectations of public officials have fallen. Throw us a crumb, and we act like you've served us a six-course
feast. Pathetic.
2. The
smash-and-grab: Bush 'n Thugs, Inc.
could have chosen to begin with moderation and build a coalition, saving their
more despicable agenda for later down the road, after they had banked some good
will from across the aisle. They
didn't. They don't have any faith in
there being a "later down the road."
Good for them. That may be the
one thing they are correct about.
3. The best
defense is a good offense. Within
minutes of the SCOTUS decision forever cementing the coup, book contracts were
penned and rightwing hacks bartered a little more of their soul to reap the
rewards afforded effective propagandists.
I kid you not. Whole publishing
houses have been set up since Clinton's 92 victory to do nothing BUT spread
rightwing dung knee-deep... Regnery is just one of the WORST of them. Check out their "Hot New Releases"
page at http://www.regnery.com/new/new.html. Bill Sammon? Of the WASHINGTON TIMES?
I would be more inclined to listen to him if he wrote for a newspaper,
or something.
If you want to know what the truth is, look at what the
moderates are saying. Bugliosi is a
MODERATE. He has NEVER written an
anti-right screed. Hell, look at what principled
conservatives are saying, if you can find one.
But don't ever listen to propagandists... unless it's to fire you up to
write The Diva!
Tammy
"The Diva"
WebMistress of BBBR
RESISTANCE FIGHTER (AND CHARMER) BILL
K. WRITES IN ON PICTURES
From:
"Bill K"
To: < thediva@coup2k.com >
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:40 PM
Subject: My
dear you are divine.
Is there a
photo of you anywhere on your site? I hear the Greek Orthodox hang a picture of
a saint in a corner and light candles around it. I thought about that when I
started visiting your site :->.
Keep up the
amazing work and you'll be working in the next Clinton administration!!
(we both know
what that means, darling)
Bill K
"THE
DIVA PROVIDES..."
From: "The
Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>
To: "Bill
K"
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: My
dear you are divine.
Dear Bill:
What a
wonderful e-mail!
Yes, there are
pics of me on my site, though I must warn you, I am about as photogenic as a
pile of wet laundry...
ME AT THE
PODIUM AT VOTERWEST: http://coup2k.com/voterwestscrapbook.html
A BBBR
BIRTHDAY: http://coup2k.com/bbbrbirthday.html
Here I am on
Page 1 of fringefolk.com:
http://fringefolk.com/fringepage1.html
Attached is a pic from
Voterwest where my hair is down for a change.
:)
And I would
drop anything and everything to work a Clinton campaign, whether for Bill or
Hil! "Thems is good peoples!"
Thanks for the
canonization. I have long been Pope Diva I of Aerosmithism,
and I consider it an honor to be Saint Diva of The BBBR Resistance...
Tammy
Saint Diva of
The BBBR Resistance
WebMistress of
BBBR
MORE FROM THE CHARMER...
From:
"Bill K"
To: < thediva@coup2k.com >
Sent: Thursday,
May 31, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: You look like
you popped up out of a clam shell...
ATTACHED: boticelli_birth_of_venus.gif
Thanks for the
site, too. You, Bartcop, et al. have really saved my sanity.
Other than that, though, I feel like I'm living a nightmare I had several years
ago. There were vampires everywhere, nobody believed me, everybody was getting
picked off one at a time, and I ended up locked up all alone in the band hall
one night fighting for my life. It was one of those "motion picture"
dreams that lasted all night and seemed to have amazing consistency.
SCENES FROM "I AM LEGEND"
From: "The
Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>
To: "Bill
K"
Sent: Thursday,
May 31, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Re:
You look like you popped up out of a clam shell...
Dear Bill:
I know exactly
what you mean. It's like something out
of "I Am Legend." (Yes, I loathe Chuck Heston,
but the
book is one of those creepy masterpieces.)
Don't worry
though, you're not alone in the band hall.
I'm there, too... Maybe not popping out of
a clamshell, but I'm there.
Tammy
"The
Diva"
WebMistress of
BBBR
MORE FROM ONLINE JOURNAL'S JAMES HIGDON
From: "James B. Higdon"
To: < thediva@coup2k.com >
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: I must say... [DIVA NOTE:
FIRST HIGDON EXCHANGE SECOND HIGDON EXCHANGE]
Dear Tammy:
Just a note of
acknowledgment, and I'll send more later.
I've assigned myself some research on this issue, and intend to write an
article on the subject. It may take a
little time, but not more than a week or two.
You see, my belief is that the issue revolves around two things: the conservative corporate takeover of all
broadcasting, and the subsequent elimination of the "Fairness
Doctrine." The Fairness Doctrine
required broadcasters to give equal time to dissent regarding their reporting
and editorials in exchange for the free use of public airwaves. The conclusion I'm developing is that we
need to pressure our politicians to offer broadcasters a choice--either pay for
the airwaves, or reinstate the doctrine.
And, no, you
didn't monopolize the conversation, you just had a lot to say. I was very tired
after that long day (I left Los Gatos at 5:30 that morning, helped set up, and
then ran up and down those stairs to the stage all day, while being stressed
out trying to find speakers to make sure they were ready to go), so I didn't
have a lot of energy to talk. I'm
perfectly capable of inserting my two cents when I want or need to. I found your Texas/California blended style
as charming and refreshing as a glass of lemonade on a hot day.
Jim
[DIVA
NOTE: Don't miss Jim's latest on
"Rabbits vs. Elephants" on the May
31 front page.]
THE DIVA ON RABBITS
VS. ELEPHANTS, AND COUPCATS
Dear James:
I've been
posting our conversation to the BBBR, and folks are loving it.
Did you see
Beth's "Rabbits vs. Elephants" piece?
http://coup2k.com/rabbitsvselephants.html
Isn't she
brilliant? She can always make me
laugh, even during these crazy times.
Also, LOS
GATOS? I love that name! I am the proud pet of six gatos. One of them is behind enemy lines as we
speak, stuck in Orange County, undergoing radiation therapy:
http://coup2k.com/cocoinlockup.html
She wrote a
great letter to Bush before she was hospitalized, too:
http://coup2k.com/divaletter05102001.html
This is to say
nothing, of course, of CoupCat Schpitz,
who is a big star
in The Resistance -- the photogenic thing! The buttons of her were the
fastest sellers at the BBBR table at VoterWest. Folks just can't get enough of Schpitz.
Of course,
neither can I.
Keep me posted
on your media expose. I want to read it
hot off the presses.
Tammy
"The
Diva"
WebMistress of
BBBR
[DIVA
NOTE: COUPCAT SCHPITZ HAS A NEW STORE ON CAFEPRESS, WITH PRODUCTS
INSPIRED BY THE BUTTON
DESIGN FEATURING HER THAT WAS SO POPULAR AT VOTERWEST.]
RESISTANCE ARTIST DARRIAS ON THE PLAGIARIZERS
AT "TIME"
From:
<Darrias>
To: < CitizensAgainstBush@yahoogroups.com
>;
< CitizensForLegitimateGovernment@yahoogroups.com
>;
< trustthepeople-cadems@yahoogroups.com
>;
< trustthepeople-disc@yahoogroups.com
>;
< trustthepeople-la@yahoogroups.com
>;
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:33 PM
Subject:
[trustthepeople-la] Time cover-BUSHWHACKED?!!
Anybody see the
Time Magazine cover with 'W' and the headline BUSHWHACKED? Man, my wife and I
were laughing so hard that everybody in the grocery store line started checking
their zippers!
Just thought I
warn you all before you go shopping.
See the cover: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/current/
Darrias
http://www.darrias.com/politicalart.html
MAIL FROM RESISTANCE FIGHTERS
REGARDING THE PAUL
RIDENOUR EXCHANGE...
CHRIS AND KAREN WRITE IN WITH A
STANDING INVITATION
From:
"Chris and Karen K."
To: <thediva@coup2k.com>
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: Go
Girl!
Just read the May 30 newsletter/e-mail. It was GREAT. If you are ever passing through the BANANA REPUBLIC of Florida,
rest assured you have a home here.
You GO GIRL,
GO!!!!
Chris &
Karen K.
--
Chris
THE
DIVA APPRECIATES THE OFFER
From: "The
Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>
To: "Chris
K"
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: Go
Girl!
Dear Chris (and
Karen):
What a
beautiful offer!
I've only been
to Florida twice (I actually drove a friend cross country from Jacksonville,
Florida to Long Beach, California once), but if I'm ever in you end of the
woods, I'll give you a holler.
Your possible
future houseguest, and another cranky political prisoner of the BBBR,
Tammy
"The
Diva"
WebMistress of
BBBR
HUGH IS CHUCKLING
From:
<Hugh>
To: <thediva@coup2k.com>
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: Re:
[BBBResistance] A week in the life of a political prisoner
Dear Tammy,
What a love you
are. That poor Paul. He didn't stand a chance. You really should pick on someone your own
size. He did however, ASK FOR
IT!!!
Really though,
that was a spectacular response you wrote to that dipwad. I laughed aloud more than once, and was
alternately mesmerized by your facts and logic. Richardson is just down the road from where I live, and that road
is lined with the likes of him. Dallas is such fun.
Keep up the
good writing and thanks for sharing it with all of us out
here, stranded
as we are, in the Bushes.
Fighting
on, Hugh
THE
DIVA RESPONDS: PAUL'S WEIRD PICK-UP STRATEGY
From: "The
Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>
To:
<Hnballet@aol.com>
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: Re:
[BBBResistance] A week in the life of a political prisoner
Dear Hugh:
You're never
gonna believe THIS one.
Paul, the guy
who keeps inventing new e-mail addies to send me angry e-mails, sent me the
following, after receiving my response (the one you enjoyed so much):
============================
From: < paul.ridenour@wcom.com
>
To: < thediva@coup2k.com
>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Your latest rant!
I am in Richardson on Wednesday. Leave a message on my voicemail and I will be paged.
Paul
972-604-918X
[DIVA NOTE: LAST
NUMBER OBSCURED TO PROTECT PAUL'S PRIVACY,
EVEN THOUGH HE IS A REPUBLICAN, AND DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ANY
SUCH RIGHT]
============================
... and here
was my response to him:
============================
From: "Tammy" < thediva@coup2k.com >
To: < paul.ridenour@wcom.com
>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Your latest rant!
Why would I do that, Paul?
============================
You don't think
I'm encouraging him, do you? I mean,
enough for him to give me his frickin' phone number, for the love of Bill?!
What a weird,
weird guy.
Tammy
"The
Diva"
WebMistress of
BBBR
RESISTANCE FIGHTER JAMEL'S SOUL IS
SOOTHED BY MONKEY-SPANK
From:
<jamel>
To: < voter@yahoogroups.com >
Sent: Tuesday,
May 29, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject:
[Voter] A Week in the Life of Another Cranky Political Prisoner of the BBBR
Tammy"The
Diva"WebMistress of BBBR writes,
Which brings me
to a point: At least liberals are
capable of guilt. At least we have the
ability to look at our actions with a critical eye, and morally judge
them. At least we don't believe our own
hedonistic rationalizations -- our own self-serving hype. At least we are capable of seeing through
our own BS... At least we have a conscience -- a still small voice.
So beautifully
said When I read this, it calmed my
spirit. We have a lot to be grateful for.
I didn't hear your speech,
but I'm sure it was good. The fact that
you were there and willing to speak out is the most important thing! Thank you
Tammy! You are a power of example!
Jamel
Hasn't America
seen enough of the exclusionary, prejudicial, vote-suppressing,
racial-profiling, inner city-ignoring, confederate flag-waving, Bob Jones
University-loving attitudes of the radical right?" -- Patrick Kennedy
[DIVA
NOTE: I am over being mortified about my VoterWest un-speech, and I am
now just glad that I got to call Bush a criminal. That felt good -- still does.]
THE
DIVA IS GRATEFUL TO FRINGEFOLK
From: "The
Diva (Tammy)" <thediva@coup2k.com>
To:
<jamel>; < Voter@yahoogroups.com
>
Sent:
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:22 AM
Subject: Re:
[Voter] A Week in the Life of Another Cranky Political Prisoner of the BBBR
Dear Jamel:
I have heard so
much about you from Rose of Fringefolk,
that even though we haven't done much of the online e-back-and-forth ourselves,
I consider any encouragement from you a very high compliment.
Thanks, Jamel.
Tammy
"The
Diva"
WebMistress of
BBBR
AND NOW... THE MONKEY MAIL!
GIVE-AND-TAKE
WITH A
MONKEY
MAILER FROM THE RIGHT WING
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Shelnutt" <cshelnutt@lhcorp.com>
To: <mailto:thediva@coup2k.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:22 AM
Subject: Bush Testimony
> Your reporting is so full of flagrantly biased and militant
editorial
> commentary as to cast a
cloud of doubt on whatever "facts" that may be
> contained in it.
Such as? Please provide specifics. I do.
>Perhaps you could take a
lesson from your friends in the
> media
I don't have any friends that
work in the media, unless you count in the independent online media journalists
I know through my website.
>and disguise your bias with
at least the appearance of objectivity.
I never claimed to be
objective. What I am is honest. One can be honest without being
objective. For instance, my boyfriend
is honestly very smart. He holds a
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, and is an accomplished researcher. I am not remotely objective about him, but
by objective standards, he is smart (notwithstanding my lack of objectivity).
> Throwing around facts is
meaningless unless they answer questions of
> substance. "Beth's" frustration with trying to wage arguments of logic with
