The attachment shows his letter.

You state: "Nationally and locally, the issues you and I care about are gaining momentum."

They are?

How about the Protect America Act so eloquently denounced by Ron Paul.

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2008/cr013008h.htm

but otherwise moving through Congress.

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, no unreasonable searches and seizures and warrants only upon probable cause, enjoys no support in the Legislative Democratic party and now lies largely swallowed up, legally by warrantless search exceptions made up by Republican appellate judges and practically by Republican trial court judges, who accept as fact anything some law enforcement officer says.

This issue you say you care so much about as a member of the Lawyers's Guild lacks any momentum at all.



You state: "No matter how they sell the war in Iraq as surge or purge, it does not have the support of most Americans."

However, as a practical matter, the only Americans who count are 535 politicians on Capitol Hill, among whom a rock solid majority continues to support it.



You state: "Administrative claims about nuclear weapons in Iran were deflated by the facts."

Don't you remember last December 12, 2007 at Des Moines:

MS. WASHBURN: Senator Thompson -- (applause) -- Senator Thompson, you've expressed doubts that the recent report on Iran's nuclear capabilities is accurate. As president, how would you decide when to disagree with available intelligence, and then what would you do?

MR. THOMPSON: Well, that's probably the most important question that's been asked today.

We have a real problem with our intelligence community. It, along with certain parts of our military, were neglected for a long, long time in this country, and we're paying the price for it now. The fact is that nobody has any real confidence in the result that they're getting. The result you're talking about was directly contradicted by their strong beliefs just two years ago. So you've got to rebuild from the bottom up.

I think that, in the meantime, we have to rely on other people. The British are helpful to us. The Israelis sometimes are helpful to us.

MS. WASHBURN: Thank you.

MR. THOMPSON: In many respects, they have advancements that we don't have in terms of our intelligence capabilities. . . .


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/politics/12debate-transcript.html?pagewanted=all

This is mainstream Fox News Republican thought.

Did you see "Iran will have nuclear weapon in three years: Mossad" at

http://www.spacewar.com/2006/080205110143.d0htdfqy.html ?

Facts are as irrelevant today in 2008 as they were when we bombed Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. These people's minds don't think in terms of facts or evidence. They believe what they want to believe as a matter of faith.


You stated: " Blackwater is in hot water due to independent media exposure."

Among the one person in a hundred who reads independent media, I am sure this is true.



You stated: "The climate dinosaurs are vanishing."

You obviously haven't been to Drudge , http://www.drudgereport.com/ , lately. Here is a link from today, "Sun's 'disturbingly quiet' cycle prompts fear of global COOLING"

http://ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=287279412587175

The demise of climate dinosaurs is greatly exaggerated. As long as Big Oil feeds them, they remain alive and well.



You stated: "[W]e count on you for your contribution today of $50, $100, $250."

Sorry Jim, but I'm broke at the moment.



You stated:

"But I am feeling upbeat."

"There are events that give me hope."

"Yes, I'm truly feeling upbeat."

"I hope you are feeling upbeat, too"

Jim, don't confuse the increase in quality of certain things you find on the market with the state of the world.

Jim Lafferty hides behind a radical facade. The truth is that Jim Lafferty loves attention and promoting himself off the backs of the disadvantaged. Get off the soap box and tell the truth, Jim.

What did you two expect him to state in his letter?
That everything is hopeless? That there is no chance of stopping Blackwater because only the alternative media (like KPFK) carry news about its criminal activities? That the Senate and House are immune to popular pressure so they are going to do whatever they want to do about the war in Iraq? That there is no reason to give money to KPFK because it is inevitable that horrible catastrophes are going to descend upon us because of the unlimited power or the rich and mighty? If he had even hinted that he thought that any of this stuff was true you and others like you would be on various message boards in seconds demanding his resignation for defeatism and for refusing to confront the ruling class.
I see nothing in Lafferty's message indicating that he is motivated by personal egotism and careerism or that he is inflating his ego off the backs of disadvantaged groups. Slander like that is Third Period Satalinism at it's worst, dating from the Communist International's lunatic tactics in the late 1920's and early 1930's, when it refused to take part in united fronts against fascism but instead insisted that the real enemies were the social democrats and that they had to be smashed all over the globe. That brilliant strategy was a contributing factor to Hitler's taking power in Germany.
Now, remember. The real enemies are not Bush and his allies in Britain, Iraq and Afghanistan. They are Lafferty and his fellow conspirators.

Meyer London asked:

> What did you two expect him to state in his letter?

The truth.

"Israel: Iran seeking nuclear weapons"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_iran_nuclear


The US NIE is quickly becoming irrelevant in this debate. I think Jim should have seen this coming.

If we got the cause of so many problems (being that the Zionist terrorist state of Israel oppresses the Palestinians through racist-supremist policies of genocide)
I just feel sorry for the good people of Israel who don't support the Zionist racist policies of terror.

Many people feel might does not make right, and we will continue to support the tiny Jewish state against its multitude of enemies.
1 1/4 BILLION Muslims
14 billion Jews.

Israel- even in the face of unbearable hardship, we stand with us.

http://www.standwithus.com/

You mean like Israel possessing hundreds of nuclear weapons and the Arab/Iranian nations none? And like the Israelis enjoying unlimited military aid from the US, as in 1973 - when the anti-semitic Richard Nixon saved their behinds by rushing supplies to them after the Egyptian Army had shot down most of their Air Force and the Israelis were running out of ammunition?

Look at what is happening to the Fourth Amendment. "Congress moves toward expanding government spying, with immunity for telecoms" http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/fisa-f14.shtml

See "Bill would require California's science curriculum to cover climate change; SOME THINK SCIENCE ISN'T DEFINITIVE ENOUGH TO TEACH"

http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_8269190