Operation Yellow Feather [UPDATED]

by Man Eegee, Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 01:10:04 PM EST

BostonJoe, a regular diarist over at Booman Tribune, has quickly organized a grassroots protest that will target a couple of the Chickenhawk Republicans who slandered Rep. Murtha's military service last week.

Operation Yellow Feather is in full swing!

Click this link for more information, including downloads for faxes or mailings you can send to Rep. Jean Schmidt and State Rep. Danny Bubp of Ohio.

It is time to stop this new era of McCarthyism where the Chickenhawks in power question the patriotism of any American who disagrees with the lies and horrendous leadership provided by the Bush War Council.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Please spread the word and let me know if you participated so I can alert BostonJoe and the rest of the BooActivists.

Excerpts from BostonJoe's diary below the fold...

In a effort to blunt the effect of Murtha's serious call for a withdrawal of the troops, Republicans hurriedly offered a sham Bill on the issue that had almost no support.  During debate on the issue, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), a freshman Rep., called Murtha a coward:

A few minutes ago I received a call from Colonel Danny Bubp, Ohio Representative from the 88th district in the House of Representatives. He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message, that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.

Schmidt's comments were heckled on the floor of our Congress, and she was forced to withdraw them from the record.  But she and state Rep. Bubp deserve to know that we were watching, and that we won't stand for neo-McCarthyism, where heroic opponents of this flawed war are discredited as cowards and traitors.

You can help.  Please print off one of the protest forms below and send them to the offices of Rep. Schmidt and Rep. Bubp.  Take the time to write a personalized note on your form, explaining that the "chicken hawk" tactics of the Republican party will not be tolerated.  Let's bury their offices with "chicken hawk" feathers, so that the next time they feel like squawking in public, they will remember that we are watching them.

Let's create a firestorm and support Operation Yellow Feathers!

Update [2005-11-22 11:56:29 by Man Eegee]: Day Two News and Action

Several developments have unfolded over the past 24 hours. It turns out Jean Schmidt LIED when quoting Mr. Bupb.

Or did she?

When you contact her office make sure you ask her to clearly spell out what she meant when she called Rep. Murtha a coward.

Full details on Day Two Action Items here




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Operation Yellow Feather (3.00 / 1)

This is a quick and easy way to send a message to the Chickenhawks.  I hope you'll join us today.
by Man Eegee on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 01:11:09 PM EST

Lack of self-respect among Press the worst (3.00 / 1)

Only on http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/223.html did I see any integrity in reporting this event.  They were the only ones that I saw that reported or published the full story:

"Last week, John Murtha introduced a resolution which proposed that:

Section 1. The deployment of United States forces in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and the forces involved are to be redeployed at the earliest practicable date.

Section 2. A quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the-horizon presence of U.S Marines shall be deployed in the region.

Section 3 The United States of America shall pursue security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy.

But Republicans, who are forever whining about Democrats "playing politics," submitted a different resolution which read:

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately.

Why they couldn't debate Murtha's original resolution I don't know. Well, actually I do know - it's because they would rather turn to cheap political tricks than debate the merits of his proposal...."

by PoliticallySpeaking on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 01:41:24 PM EST

The local rags (3.00 / 1)

in Arizona were giving the credit to J.D. Hayworth for the ploy.  I am not surprised, he is such a weasel.  Perhaps he should get some feathers too, he qualifies for the Chickenhawk award.
by Man Eegee on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 01:46:57 PM EST
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Thanks for posting this here (3.00 / 1)

The more that hear about this the better.
by SallyCat on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 07:30:47 PM EST

thanks for the recommend SallyCat (3.00 / 1)

We're hoping this will become a cross-blog protest.  These Chickenhawks deserve every angry screed they receive.
by Man Eegee on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 07:35:27 PM EST
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Downloads (3.00 / 1)

Here are the links to the four .pdf files you can use to fax or email:

Feel free to use the yellow feather above for blog entries at your home blog.  All I ask is that you copy it to your own photobucket or imageshack account so we don't zap my bandwidth limit.  Thanks for your support!  This has officially become a Cross-Blog Protest!

by Man Eegee on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 08:05:16 PM EST

I should also (3.00 / 1)

mention that keres over at BooTrib gets the credit for scanning in one of her pet duck's feathers and tinting it yellow for our campaign.  Very appropriate since George is the biggest LAME DUCK EVER!
by Man Eegee on Mon Nov 21, 2005 at 10:41:05 PM EST
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Day 2 Progress Report (3.00 / 1)

Personal Blog Entries:

Blog Communities:

  • Booman Tribune - intro diary frontpaged by Susanhu on Monday night (63 comments)
  • DailyKos - top of the Recommended list, then remained through early Tuesday morning, now off the list (92 comments)
  • My Left Wing - authored by Duke1676, on the Recommended list (6 comments)
  • MyDD - top of the recommended list (7 comments)
  • Political Cortex - top of the recommended list (14 comments)

Notes were sent to Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, Atrios and AMERICABlog.

Day Two, where next?  This has truly become a cross-blog protest.  Please help us spread the word!


by Man Eegee on Tue Nov 22, 2005 at 11:02:00 AM EST

We welcome (3.00 / 1)

the community over at ePluribus Media to the blog-wide protest.

Woohoo for Collaboration!

by Man Eegee on Tue Nov 22, 2005 at 05:48:05 PM EST

Yawn. Stretch. (3.00 / 1)

Thank you again to everyone who helped make Day 2 of Operation Yellow Feather a resounding success.  BostonJoe will be heading out early tomorrow for the holiday weekend.  

I will do a write-up for Day 3 by pulling info from the various blog communities who worked together for this project.  After that, we will let the Chicken Hawks fly and see where the protest leads.

Thanks again, you are all the best.  I am very excited to see how we can work together to defeat the scAlito nomination.

by Man Eegee on Wed Nov 23, 2005 at 12:16:18 AM EST

To anyone at MyDD (3.00 / 2)

that participated in this, thank you very much!

This is a great example of what the left blogosphere can accomplish when we all work together.

Guarenteed to be plastered all over the Internet: Drinking Liberally in New Milford
by Connecticut Man1 on Wed Nov 23, 2005 at 12:57:35 AM EST


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