| (Cross-posted not from National Review Online or Little Green Footballs, but...*Arblogger*) Besides some announcements and delegate elections (Mich. Dem. Party convention coming up in 2 weeks, etc.), the main focus was on passing resolutions, or not passing them. About 10 or so were up, and just about all were passed, including ones for: an investigation of the Bush administration's intelligence failure and Iraq war; for federal action to end the violence in Darfur; TWO resolutions "Condemning Abuses by the Bush Administration" (one guy gallantly withdrew his version in favor of the other one); allowing felons who served their sentence to serve on juries; that the essence of American patriotism is to honor the Constitution; for universal health care; for election reform (hand count audits etc.); redeploying troops from Iraq; and...
I had two, both very short, and submitted just yesterday,
"1. Resolved, that the State of Michigan should adopt legislation like Illinois, New Jersey, California, and other states ensuring that the state has no direct or indirect investments in Sudan until the genocide in Darfur has ended.
2. Resolved, that the State of Michigan, through the Governor, should make an official apology to the victims of slavery or of legal (per se) or other (de facto) racial segregation by state law, private covenants, or other means of segregation." Due to the latish appearance of mine, they had to be voted on even to be considered...and the latter one failed by 2 votes even to be considered. The Darfur one did pass, fortunately; who knows, up the chain it might be merged with the other Darfur resolution, or not. (No point in petitioning the federal government to do something about Sudan if our own state hands aren't even clean.) ...All the above stuff to the best of my memory, sorry for any errors. Thanks to the folks who put this on. (Including Marcy Wheeler, whose book "Anatomy of Deceit" was on sale there, and who also introduced the resolution--the one that passed--re "Condemning Bush Abuses" above...how she does get around!) |
