Fax Attack on Washington! 
The Next Generation

June 17, 2010 - It's time to March on D.C. and be heard once and for all, but we have to work together in order for it to be successful. Most of us don't have the financial resources to travel to the Lincoln Memorial, but while we still have electricity and our internet connections, we can still carry our fight to Washington...with another, bigger, more massive Fax Attack!

The first attempts to reach congress by fax was very successful in that, although they didn't vote in our favor (as of yet), they most definitely heard us...they were said to be complaining! This, according to their aides when they were called and asked about them...one had even asked when they planned to stop! He-he!

This concept (the fax attacks) was first initiated by a woman in San Diego California named Donalee King. You may have heard of her; she has a popular Facebook page advocating a Tier Five; she also has a radio blog and she writes for the Examiner (Details in the box near the bottom of this page).

Now members of Congress want to use all their spare time campaigning before the November elections...will we allow them this precious time before we are heard? NOT!

Now that congress has failed to pass the continuation of unemployment insurance benefits, the original 99ers (many who have never even received all 99 weeks) are hoping that they now will have hundreds of thousands more people dedicated to the Tier Five cause (see the links on the left side of this page).

Even if congress DID pass the much anticipated legislation today to further funding unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed, it would only be for about another 6 months - until the end of November - but by the end of the year, we will NOT see 15 million new jobs created for everybody.

And it won't be long before many of you will have spent your savings, pension funds, 401ks, and IRAs (minus tax and penalties). Many of us have already. And for most of you who barely live from paycheck to paycheck, it's unconscionable what Congress has done to you.

If you're lucky enough to be 62, 65, or 67 - you can apply for some relief from Social Security...but Congress wants to raise the age limit again! (I never in my life would have thought that I'd wished myself to be older!)

Regarding Senator Max Baucus' comment > > > The  99 weeks was NOT  "sufficient" for millions of Americans who rely on these federally extended benefits for their family's survival. The last depression lasted 12 years and it took World War II to put America back to work again.

And what are they now telling the long-term unemployed? That we need not even bother applying!

3 Steps You Need to Take: Fax/E-Mail, Phone, and Sign the Petition

I suggest that with hundreds of thousands losing benefits every week (including those who never even got a chance to qualify for the first tier) we ALL need to fax our senators and the President (call this "phase IV", to include all the new members - referring to Donalee's original fax campaign.)

Simply write your story, then fax away! Below are 6 free on-line fax services, and use others also if you have access to an actual fax machine (attach a resume if you'd like as well - - - numbers below).

Sample letters I wrote (I wrote many more)
- Feel free to copy-and-paste -

Letter 1 / Letter 2 / Letter 3

STEP ONE - FAX and Email! 

2 free faxes per day!
(A real e-mail address is usually needed so you can click on a link verification to send the fax)

http://faxzero.com  / Instuctions
http://www.gotfreefax.com  
http://www.myfax.com/free  
http://www.trustfax.com  
http://www.faxorama.com  
http://www.box.net/  

Full list of Dems/Independents who voted NO in an earlier "test vote" on hr 4213

Their web site's contact form followed by their Washington D.C. fax number.

Evan Bayh (Ind.) http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/ 2022281377
Begich (Alaska) http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenator 2022242354
Feingold (Wis.) http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html 2022242725
Kohl (Wis.) http://kohl.senate.gov/contact.cfm 2022249787
Landrieu (La.) http://landrieu.senate.gov/about/contact.cfm 2022249735
McCaskill (Mo.) http://mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=contact 2022286326
Nelson (Neb.) http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact-me.cfm 2022280012
Nelson (Fla) http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 2022282183
Pryor (Ark.) http://pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm 2022280908
Webb (Va.). http://webb.senate.gov/contact.cfm 2022286363
Russ Feingold (D-WI) http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html 2022242725

Other Target Names and Fax Numbers

The President/The Vice President   2024562461
White House press corps   2022667454
Nancy Pelosi   2022258259
Senator Harry Reid   2022247327 
Senator Richard Durbin   2022280400
Senator Max Baucus   2022249412
Senator Charles Grassley   2022246020
Rep. Eric Cantor   2022250011
John Boehner   2022255117
James E. Clyburn (H. Majority Whip)   2022259253
Mitch McConnell (Sen. Minority Leader)   2022242499
Jon Kyl (Republican Whip)   2022242207
Jim McDermott   2022256197
Charles Schumer   2022283027 
Debbie Stabenow   2022280325
Sherrod Brown   2022286321
Dennis Kucinich   2022255745 
Carl Levin   2022241388
Al Franken   2022240044
Arlen Specter   2022281229
Jean Shaheen   2022283194
Barbara Boxer   2022240454
Bernie Sanders   2022280776
Steny Hoyer   2022254300
Robert Menendez   2022282197 
Jack Reed   2022244680 
Barney Frank   2022250182
Claire McCaskill   2022286326
Bill Nelson   2022282183

STEP TWO - If you still have access to a phone, call them too!
(Depending on your plan, this number may be toll-free)

Just ask for your senator's office and leave a brief message with the senator's aide.

Be polite! You get more with honey ;)

STEP THREE - Sign the Petition for a Tier V!

If the workforce becomes smaller, but at the same time the unemployment rate remains approximately the same, how can that be? What does that tell you? 

Just out today (6/17/10), the new jobs report says "weekly initial jobless claims" (defined) increased by another 12,000 to 472,000 - and "continuing claims" increased by 88,000 to 4,571,000 (does not count federal extended claims, only regular State claims).

The level of jobs created today stands about 20% below the level in 2002.

Although the government's Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) repeatedly denies this, after someone is dropped from the unemployment roll, they are no longer counted in the unemployment rate. (See http://www.shadowstats.com ) Instead the BLS supposedly conducts a 60,000-household  monthly survey "asking" people if they're still looking for a job...then the BLS writes in their report that these "ghost people" are answering NO - that they are openly admitting that they are not looking for work. 

60,000 households surveyed every month: (let's say 2 people per household) X the last 2 years during this "recession" (48 months)  =  5,760,000 people surveyed. Let just ONE of these people e-mail me telling me the circumstances of their interview with the BLS and tell me that they admitted to being a lazy bum.

Do you believe that? The average person (even if they WEREN'T  looking for work) wouldn't openly admit that to a government employee, if for any other reason, from a sense shame or out of a sense of pride.

But regardless, the BLS still reports them as "discouraged workers" and the media reports this version of events, and then the general public becomes angry and calls us "lazy"! Members of Congress sees that the jobless are not  getting popular support, so they vote against funding the unemployment extensions.

AREN'T YOU ANGRY THAT YOU'RE NOT BE FAIRLY COUNTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND ARE BEING MISREPRESENTED MY THE MEDIA?

IS SO, CLICK HERE SIGN THE PETITION!...and be counted!

It's at top right side of the page and It looks like this:

Their Facebook Page >  http://www.facebook.com/99ers 

- - Don't Let Up!- -

Remember, unemployment is NOT political!

Suggestions or questions?

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