Stop Bush's "No Banker Left Behind Act"
People's Speak Out at U.S. Capitol Building
"Bailout the people, not the banks"
VNB 10.2 group
The anger of the people was expressed outside of the Capitol Building in a demonstration called by VoteNoBailout.org. Participants included homeowners facing foreclosure, community activists, civil rights groups, trade unionists and anti-war coalitions. The spirited demonstration received a large amount of media coverage from U.S. and international media.
The organizers said that the big bankers and corporate thieves, working through the leaders of the Republican and Democratic Parties, are bribing and coercing elected officials so that they will vote for the Grand Theft Bailout that gives $700 billion of tax-payers' money to the biggest banks. More than 200,000 letters have been sent through VoteNoBailout.org to Congress. Speakers demanded an immediate moratorium on foreclosures and evictions. The people marched to Congressional offices chanting "Bailout the people, not the banks."
The people say NO to the bailout!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Call the Senate Today
Stop Bush's "No Banker Left Behind Act"
Having suffered a stunning defeat of their "Grand Theft Bailout" Bill on Monday, the Bush Administration, the banks and Wall Street are now coming back for their second try. They are used to directing the affairs of the country regardless of the will of the people. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote tonight, Wednesday evening, in favor of a nearly identical version. This is intended to force the House of Representatives to do the same when they return tomorrow, Thursday.
Bush's "No Banker Left Behind Act" was defeated because of overwhelming public opposition. But now the politicians have come up with an easy answer. In an unprecedented step, Congress is virtually shutting down its incoming constituent email. They are installing the digital version of riot police, protecting the politicians from an enraged population that demands to be heard. Congress has acknowledged that it is receiving millions of emails from the people of the United States, all opposing this theft of $700 billion to be handed to the richest bankers. People who try to send emails are likely to receive error messages and their emails will not go through during "peak hours." Congress claims that this is a response to the overwhelming emails to keep their server from crashing; however, their server did not crash during the time they were receiving the most emails and they quietly instituted this program late Tuesday afternoon.
The U.S. Senate - this country's version of the House of Lords - is returning to do the work of the White House in league with the biggest bankers. Known as "millionaires club" because of the elite status of its members, the U.S. Senate is playing the same role that the King's House of Lords played in earlier times in British history, a political barrier created to protect the aristocracy from the wrath of the people.
The ANSWER Coalition is urging all of its members and supporters to call Congress, to email them at "off peak" hours, and to come directly to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning at 10 am so our voices can be heard at the People's Demonstration/Speakout. Congress can run but they can't hide from the wrath of the people. We won't let them.
Thursday's demonstration will take place at 10 am on the South side of the Capitol at Independence Ave. and New Jersey Avenues SE. For more information, see below or go to
VoteNoBailout.org.
You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 800-473-6711 or 202-224-3121 to ask to be transferred to the offices of the Senators from your state.
Demonstration at the Capitol Building
Thursday, October 2 at 10:00 am
Independence & New Jersey Ave. SE
South Side of the U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C.
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
info@internationalan swer.org
National Office in Washington DC:
202-544-3389
New York City:
212-694-8720
Los Angeles:
213-251-1025
San Francisco:
415-821-6545
Chicago:
773-463-0311
InternationalANSWER
ANSWER@International ANSWER.org
Initiated by
VoteNoBailout.org supported by the
ANSWER Coalition and
ImpeachBush
