Post by Solus Hospes on Dec 7, 2011 16:00:30 GMT -5
Getting involved and challenging out politicians to uphold their pledges to office and the people whom they serve in said office, us.
I wanted to first, thank you for being a part of this group. I guess this is the first time our Melbourne Occupy group has ventured beyond the Brevard County borders. I have two suggestions, for now that may make what we are doing more effective.
1- when posting to a politician, he / she wants support for there issues. for the most part we want to be civil in our approach. But we don't want to agree with there positions. so its important to to remember to ask questions like this.
(example) Hi Senator _____, My family is concerned about people going back to work. What can you tell me about any legislation you are supporting that will do that today. I want to stress today.
Instead of saying:
Hi Senator ______, My friends think your a loser. and want you out of office because we know you are not supporting jobs bills at this time.
Why I worded this, this way is because we want to be able to go back on this Senators or Congreman FB page. If we get negative they will block your ability to get on it again. Obviously we want to be able and ask another question sometime. You get the idea.
2- The second suggestion, for now just go on the different FB pages as yourself. We don't want to turn anybody off or make them resentful of us if they know we are Occupy people. If they think we are regular citizens, they will be more open to our thoughts.
Ok, if you go directly to facebook (Sign up for it if you haven't yet. Its free). then you can start getting names for your postings at: electedlist.com/Florida.html
Type there names at The Facebook window. Then start posting Would like you to question the politicians on what they are doing to support the jobs and unemployment benefit Legislation. Each week I will email you with a new topic for questioning you politicians. This particular issue seems to have more Democratic then Republican support. Suggest you go after the Republicans. As time goes on we may wind up fighting the Dems on other things. We just want to make sure that we win not the politicians.
Good luck.
We would appreciate as much time as you can in doing this. we ask for a least 30 minutes a week or more. You decide how patriotic you want to be. We are not saying it has to be done on any certain day or time. Do try to get as many as you can.
Thanks in advance for a great effort.
Regards, Dom Durso
1- when posting to a politician, he / she wants support for there issues. for the most part we want to be civil in our approach. But we don't want to agree with there positions. so its important to to remember to ask questions like this.
(example) Hi Senator _____, My family is concerned about people going back to work. What can you tell me about any legislation you are supporting that will do that today. I want to stress today.
Instead of saying:
Hi Senator ______, My friends think your a loser. and want you out of office because we know you are not supporting jobs bills at this time.
Why I worded this, this way is because we want to be able to go back on this Senators or Congreman FB page. If we get negative they will block your ability to get on it again. Obviously we want to be able and ask another question sometime. You get the idea.
2- The second suggestion, for now just go on the different FB pages as yourself. We don't want to turn anybody off or make them resentful of us if they know we are Occupy people. If they think we are regular citizens, they will be more open to our thoughts.
Ok, if you go directly to facebook (Sign up for it if you haven't yet. Its free). then you can start getting names for your postings at: electedlist.com/Florida.html
Type there names at The Facebook window. Then start posting Would like you to question the politicians on what they are doing to support the jobs and unemployment benefit Legislation. Each week I will email you with a new topic for questioning you politicians. This particular issue seems to have more Democratic then Republican support. Suggest you go after the Republicans. As time goes on we may wind up fighting the Dems on other things. We just want to make sure that we win not the politicians.
Good luck.
We would appreciate as much time as you can in doing this. we ask for a least 30 minutes a week or more. You decide how patriotic you want to be. We are not saying it has to be done on any certain day or time. Do try to get as many as you can.
Thanks in advance for a great effort.
Regards, Dom Durso
- Dom will send out weekly e-mails with a suggested topic and example post.
- Here is a list of senators: www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=FL
- Please post as a concerned citizen using your facebook account rather than a member of occupy so your comment isn't auto-ignored.
- Please post your progress in this forum so that others may use your examples and message the same (or different) politicians.
Thank you kindly for your time.”