Voice your opinion on Change.gov

[JohnJW]

For what it's worth there's little box on top of the AWB urban policy page that says,

http://change.gov/agenda/urbanpolicy/

After you are done laughing it doesn't hurt to click and write something nice, polite, and logical on why you are against AWB.

Seriously, be nice and polite because:
a) you voted for him
b) he is the president-elect
c) like quite a few of boardmembers has pointed out, we don't really know this guy and we don't know if he's the vindictive type or not.

Thank you.

[Linh]

I know that he has no compassion.

Facts:
1. He's a millionaire
2. He makes at least or close to a million this year
3. His grandma lives in a shack in kenya
4. His brother lives on a dollar a day

So for the poor americans that think he will save them LOL he doesn't even help out his own family. Yes I'm a minority and I hate that word. I'm against affirmative action. People should be hired on their knowledge/skills not on their skin color or because they are short on certain type of people.

We all have an equal opportunity in america unless you're handicap or something.

[scfast]

For what it's worth there's little box on top of the AWB urban policy page that says,

a) you voted for him
b) he is the president-elect


Thank you.

a)Huh?
b)He's not my president

[Linh]

Personally I rather have another term of President Bush.

[dreyna14]

Yes I'm a minority and I hate that word.

I am the ultimate in minority. Out of all the people that ever lived, are living, or ever will live, there's only one me.

[freakshow10mm]

I'd rather have Hillary in office than this douche. At least we have history and not a newbie.

[Tumerboy]

LOL you guys are missing the point. Instead of *****ing to the choir here, click that link, and ***** to the man himself. If you don't agree with what he's doing, TELL HIM. As John pointed out, be polite and relevant. Half-cocked rants will just add fuel to the other side. But the more people we have, emailing them, saying that we don't want another AWB, the better.

[JohnJW]

Forgot to add that your opinion may weight more if your zip code is from one of those "battle ground" states so feel free to lookup some zip code. For the more dedicated, write from multiple email addresses and zip codes.

Democracy is a popularity contest these days and Change.gov could be a marketing survey tool to judge the political wind, so let your voice be heard.

[DedEye]

Anyone want to work out a nice, eloquent form letter that we can copy/paste to the site? I agree with the others saying that writing him is a far better use of our time than whining and screaming to people who already agree with us. Let's be proactive and convince him that another ban is political suicide, ineffective and a waste of time. We know it, let's make sure he does.

Hell, even if we don't change his mind, then hopefully we can at least make him recognize the political danger of angering such a large percentage of the electorate.

[hawk1]

Anyone want to work out a nice, eloquent form letter that we can copy/paste to the site? I agree with the others saying that writing him is a far better use of our time than whining and screaming to people who already agree with us. Let's be proactive and convince him that another ban is political suicide, ineffective and a waste of time. We know it, let's make sure he does.

Hell, even if we don't change his mind, then hopefully we can at least make him recognize the political danger of angering such a large percentage of the electorate.

A far better use of your time is writing your congressman and letting them know what you want and to fight against him. This guy could care less what you or I think. You're not going to convince him of anything if it has to do with black rifles.
Listen for yourself...

[Bill_in_SD]

While I will certainly use the change.org website to let him know what I think, and also write to my congress reps (at least the assemblyman) I also want to let you know what I think.

a) you voted for him
- I did not
b) he is the president-elect
- yes he is, but I think we all know that
c) like quite a few of boardmembers has pointed out, we don't really know this guy and we don't know if he's the vindictive type or not.
- true, but he chose a rather vindictive man as his first choice for his team:

http://cdobs.com/archive/tags/Emanuel/

Bill in SD

[mfmayes49]

That would be great to voice your opinion on his web site, Trouble is liberals like him is they don't listen. All i get is a reply letter that says in a nice way that I'm not in step with the rest of the country. My collection so far are from Feinstien,Pelosi,Boxer, and various others.

[zeleny]

District of Columbia v. Heller, U.S. Supreme Court 554 U.S. ___, contrasts radically with his rigid affirmation of the right to privacy, conjured from penumbral emanations in Griswold v. Connecticut, U.S. Supreme Court 381 U.S. 479. I would be hard pressed to conceive of a more opportunistic reading of our Constitution. Here is my take on this disparity.

My contribution to Of the People, By the People is as follows:I urge other readers to submit their personal feedback. The more of us sound off, the greater the strain on black helicopters.

[Tumerboy]

That would be great to voice your opinion on his web site, Trouble is liberals like him is they don't listen. All i get is a reply letter that says in a nice way that I'm not in step with the rest of the country. My collection so far are from Feinstien,Pelosi,Boxer, and various others.

Gah! With all the prop 8 protests, I've heard from MANY people here, that "Liberals protest and put up a big stink." and "Conservatives are classy and stay quiet."

"I'm not in step with the rest of the country." Well no ****, the REST of the country they're talking about are the vocal ones! Of course they don't know about our side (or how BIG our side is) if we don't bother to let them know en masse!

[M. Sage]

I sent him a long and somewhat eloquent letter (no I didn't save it) telling him that he's wrong and rebutting his positions on reducing gun crime.

I don't have much hope that my letter will make it far. Anybody who refuses to recognize that the problem is the culture of death in the inner city is either trying to sell you something, a bigot, stupid, or some combination of all three.