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"As
nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both
instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged.
And it is in such a twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the
air--however slight--lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."
Justice William Douglas
For those
that have read the Book of Mormon: Ether Ch. 8 "...IF YOU AWAKEN TO YOUR
AWFUL SITUATION...(watch for the secret combinations that seek for power and
gain, and to take away this country's freedom.. and the other countries of
the world, by the shedding of the blood of the saints)..." Have
you watched the 911 news tapes carefully? See them all at "911 in Plane
Sight."
Have I got
your attention yet? Has Republican Rep. Ron Paul got your attention yet?
Don't listen to the biased and controlled media, but watch and listen
directly on CSpan daily!! Ever hear of "hear it from the horse's mouth?"
If you dont want to read
all this blog update, then just come read my summary, quotes and questions
here. Send us your research too.
While Iraq
has 75 Billion in Reserves:
Report:
Iraq contracts have cost U.S. billions
USA Today
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 9:27 AM PDT
The United States has paid $85 billion to contractors in the Iraq
theater for work ranging from food service to guarding diplomats, according
to a report released Tuesday.
Follow Iraq War Updates below also!!
04/02/08
Russia fears US moving
in to attack Iran as Britain says US heading into DEPRESSION REad more!!
03/06/08 "Home
equity values have fallen below 50%, lowest level since 1945."
03/13/08 "February
had biggest drop in home values dropped 60% from last year, and lowest
Dollar Value, Gold goes up over $1,000 an oz., most foreclosures..."
Don't want to believe AMerica is in trouble?
Come read from
REagan's Secretary to the Treasury Why did Admiral Mullen
REtire?
Paper Ballots and Audits in
Time for Election Day 2008!
Tell Your Congressional Rep. to Vote for
HR 5036 "The Emergency Election Assistance for Secure Elections Act"
Americans need to be able to trust the counting of the vote on Election
Day. Paperless electronic voting is rife with computer mistakes and
security problems. Only 17 states have a voter verified paper record and
require an audit. With no paper record it is impossible to audit the
vote and we cannot be sure the vote was counted accurately.
Peace voters can only have an impact if we are sure our votes are
counted as they are cast.
On Tuesday, April 15, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a
bill that will help ensure election integrity in time for the November
2008 by providing funds to states for voter-verified paper records and
audits of the vote on Election Day.
Please send the letter below to your member of Congress IMMEDIATELY.
CLICK HERE to send the letter from the website of an allied
organization TrueVote. The U.S. House of Representatives needs to show
overwhelming bi-partisan support for this bill so the Senate will
quickly act and President Bush will sign the bill.
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Dear Representative:
I am writing to urge you to support H.R. 5036 when it comes to the House
Floor this Tuesday. The 'Emergency Election Assistance for Secure
Elections Act' - the "EASY" bill - is needed to secure the November 2008
elections. Broad support in the House will ensure passage by the Senate
and approval by the president in time for the November election.
H.R. 5036 will provide states with funding for paper-based voting
systems and audits of the vote count. The bill will assure election
integrity nationally by making sure that votes are counted in a
transparent and audit-able way.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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CLICK HERE to send the letter. (You can edit the letter when you do
so.) Thank you for taking the time to help improve the election
integrity of elections in the United States.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS
EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
05/16/08
The tide is turning.
Last night, the Senate voted almost
unanimously to throw out the FCC's flawed rules that would allow for more
media consolidation. This is a tremendous victory, and it
wouldn't have happened without the tens of thousands of activists like you
contacting your Senators and saying "Enough is enough."
Now it's time to take that momentum to the fight in the House of
Representatives. We need the House to act fast to join the Senate in passing
a Resolution of Disapproval of the media consolidation rules. Please take
action right now.
www.commoncause.org/VetoBigMedia
To remind you why this is so important, I'm forwarding one of the first
messages we sent to you about the effort to rollback the FCC's giveaway to
Big Media. Please take a moment to re-read it, and then contact
your Representative.
Thanks for your help convincing the Senate to do the right thing.
Now, let's win in the House!
03/28/08
*The Federal Reserve Is Destroying
America *
*Lee Rogers*
March 17, 2008
*It is incredible to see the rampant devaluation of the U.S.
Dollar. The Federal Reserve just hours ago made a rare cut of 25
basis points during the weekend which will cause even more
inflation. **Gold immediately moved up $20 an ounce and the U.S.
Dollar Index plunged under 71 in international trading. If this
type of market activity continues* *the U.S. Dollar will have no
value in a few months**.*
*While it is probably unlikely that we will see a
hyper-inflationary collapse of the U.S. Dollar within the next
few months, these policies are entirely unsustainable. If the
Federal Reserve does not move to defend the value of the U.S.
Dollar we will eventually see a hyper-inflationary collapse and
worldwide financial turmoil. This view is also shared by other
well respected financial analysts.*
**
*Peter Schiff recently raised concerns about a
hyper-inflationary collapse of the U.S. Dollar*
< http://www.todaysfinancialnews.com/us-stocks-and-markets/dollar-bear-hyperinflation/>*,
**Robert Reich a former Clinton cabinet member believes we are
facing a depression*
< http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080314131851.aspx>*
and Alan Greenspan the man who caused this whole mess wrote in
the Financial Times **stating that we are facing the worst
financial crisis since World War II*
< http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edbdbcf6-f360-11dc-b6bc-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1>*.
What's amazing is that the Federal Reserve isn't even trying to
protect the U.S. Dollar because all they care about is saving
the power of their private banking cartel. They don't care about
the U.S. Dollar nor do they care about the country itself. They
are destroying this country through their actions and there
needs to be an investigation into the controllers of this bank. *
**
*Alan Greenspan saying that we are facing the worst financial
crisis since World War II is like a killer returning to the
scene of their crime and explaining the results of their crime.
Greenspan recently told nations in the Gulf to
drop their
currency pegs to the U.S. Dollar which
encouraged a further drop
in the U.S. Dollar.
Greenspan's Financial Times article will
cause an even greater acceleration in the collapse
of the
currency.*
**
*As the former head of the Federal Reserve, his comments still
hold a great deal of importance with people around the world.
This means that his comments can literally move the value of the
U.S. Dollar one way or another. It is incredibly sick how
Greenspan can get away with creating the current crisis we face
with his low interest rate policies earlier this decade and
analyze the problems that are occurring today that were a result
of his own policies with no criticism from the corporate
controlled media. *
**
*JP Morgan announced that it is completing its buyout of Bear
Stearns*
< http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120569598608739825.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>*
marking further consolidation in the financial industry. Last
Friday, the Federal Reserve with JP Morgan stepped in and bailed
them out from going out of business. This was an unprecedented
move by the Federal Reserve stepping in and bailing out a failed
financial institution. *
*JP Morgan will buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share which is amazing
considering that this stock was trading for around $50 a share
just weeks ago. There?s also talk that Lehman Brothers and other
large financial institutions might be facing a similar fate. *
**
*The U.S. Mint announced that it wants to start melting pennies
using steel*
< http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcent0314,0,7455914.story>*.
According to the U.S. Mint it is now costing them 2 cents to
produce every penny and 10 cents to produce every dime. Instead
of targeting the real problem which is the Federal Reserve,
they?ve decided they want to change the melt content of the
coins which completely ignores what?s really happening. The U.S.
Mint should be questioning the irrational policies of the
Federal Reserve which has caused inflation to run out of
control. It?s the Federal Reserve that is causing the metal
prices to cost more which is resulting in the production cost of
the coins to skyrocket. This is not very difficult to figure out. *
**
*There?s no question that inflation is out of control in this
country considering that gold, silver, oil and food prices are
skyrocketing. In order to provide even more liquidity for the
banks, **the Federal Reserve made a rare 25 basis point rate cut
over the weekend*
< http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080316/fed_credit_crisis.html?.v=1&printer=1>*
and are poised to potentially cut rates again this week even as
early as tomorrow. _This is going to be catastrophic for the
U.S. Dollar. _*
**
*With all this going on it is amazing to see characters like
George W. Bush and Henry Paulson state that the economy is doing
just fine and not to worry about what?s happening. **White House
Press Secretary Dana Perino also stated at a recent press
conference that she is not allowed to talk about the value of
the U.S. Dollar*
< http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=7281>*
and that all
questions pertaining to the U.S. Dollar needs to be directed
towards the U.S. Treasury.*
**
*Of course Paulson the U.S. Treasury Secretary has absolutely no
control over the value of the U.S. Dollar because that
responsibility lies with the Federal Reserve since they set
interest rates and fix the value of the currency. Amazingly when
Ben Bernanke the head of the Federal Reserve testified in front
of Congress, he directed any questions about the value of the
U.S. Dollar to the U.S. Treasury despite the fact that he
controls the value of money through their policies. This is
absurd. They treat us like we are a bunch of idiots, and this is
an obvious attempt by the establishment not to talk about the
collapsing currency which is one of the biggest issues of the
day right now. *
**
*There are even tent cities popping up in California*
< http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=7450>*.
Of course
the Federal Reserve can spend billions to bailout banks, but
they won?t help the average middle class homeowner that might be
thrown out into the streets as a result of what they did through
their policies. When will people understand that the Federal
Reserve is a private central bank that is merely looking to
preserve the interests of the banking cartel? *
**
*Bush has confirmed that he will be meeting with the President?s
Working Group on Financial Markets otherwise known as the Plunge
Protection Team this week*
< http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1546284420080315?sp=true>*.
There's no doubt that this will be an important meeting
considering the recent events in the financial markets. It is
clear that this group stepped in today to suppress the gold
price. After a $20 spike during international trading, gold has
lost all of its gains and the U.S. Dollar has seen an amazing
recovery.*
**
*This is totally ridiculous considering the combination of the
Bear Stearns news, Greenspan's outlook in the Financial Times
and the rate cut. These people generally step in to move the
price of gold down on days when you would normally expect it to
move higher in price and today was no exception. _Even the most
novice of investors can understand that this type of activity
makes absolutely no sense without market manipulation_. *
**
*At this point it seems pretty certain that we are facing an
inflationary depression. What's awful is that much of this is
being done by design. The Federal Reserve would prefer to save
the banking cartel instead of doing what's best for the American
people. A stable U.S. Dollar would be what's best for the
American people but of course they arent moving in that
direction. It is likely that we are seeing the start of a domino
collapse in the U.S. financial system and it's going to get ugly.*
**
*If you haven?t bought gold or silver already you are completely
insane. In the next few years we may very well see a point in
time where you can buy an ounce of gold for the same value as
the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Only when we reach close to
those levels will we know that we might be near a top in the
gold price and even that is being conservative considering
what?s happening. *
**
*Lee Rogers
Funny Money Report
**www.funnymoneyreport.com* < http://www.funnymoneyreport.com/>
Jim Cramer CNBC: "Bear Stearns is Fine!" Tues, 3/11/08 and then 6
days later MSNBC "160 dollar a share Bear sold at $2 a share, other banks
also hurting"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUkbdjetlY8
Also see:
Bear Stearns, billions paid out in bonuses in January
http://www.saveadogandkids.org/Bearstearns.htm
LIsten to
the only Candidate telling the CHairman of the Federal Reserve as he did his
predecessor, how printing money or "capital" instead of backing it up with
Gold devalues the Dollar and giving him an economic lesson: Feb. 27,
2008 "Our Economy, Recession, Depression measures, what is not working and
why!!
Why
did the Only Chief of Staff that said "We will not go to war with Iran on my
watch" get forced to resign and now not being allowed to testify for
Congress? Read more
World Wide
Bird FLu detecting Human Microchips? Sounds like another Global Control
Mechanism or is it true? Come read.
FBI can listen to
you even when your cell phone is off by activating the microphone : FOX News
STory:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=O61YfvPZGJs
Mar. 2, 2008 Nobel Prize Economist says
about The Iraq War: ""To offset
that depressing effect, the Fed has
flooded the economy with liquidity and the regulators looked the other way
when very imprudent lending was going up," Stiglitz said. "We
were living on borrowed money and borrowed time and eventually a
day of reckoning had to come, and it has now
come." (just like the
Economy lesson Ron Paul gave the Federal Reserve Director the
other day!!)"
LIsten to
the only Candidate telling Americans the truth of what needs to change: Ron
Paul for our Constitution
 Sen.
Dodd's (D-CT) Senate Floor Speech on FISA
(sorry we are working on putting this video on our site) but if you go to
C-span.org site you can look up all speeches on FISA including this great
one) or paste this link in your browser: (takes 10 minutes to bring
up)
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=201810-1&showVid=true
for all of FLoor Session or just His
speech
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=8128538
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) speaks on the Senate floor about his
efforts to stop the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
reform legislation.
10/26/2007: WASHINGTON, DC:
This is really good to get the truth about all the
facts!! This administration has violated the "The Rule of Law. To
violate the civil liberties of US Citizens. No more trampling on our
Constitution. If you wait until the end, it may be too late. Pres. Bush
believes you have to give up certain rights for security. When you start
dimishing our rights, you compound the affects of 9/11. We must stand up
for the Constitution and the Rule of Law. Words of Supreme Court
Judge Sandra Day Oconnor...."
Come read more
about Rule of Law and our Constitutional Rights. 03/05/08 Sen. Dodd
again warning Congress that we need to do something about the housing
bubble burst. That those in charge were warned last Summer by him
and others and they just turned on the snooze button, and we must
prevent this housing crisis with financing solutions to preserve home
ownership. IF we are not already in the middle of recession, we
need to stop the downward spiral of our housing crisis. FHA Reform
passed, and working with the House to help people keep their homes. Bill
2636 would start to address this and hearings with Banking
Leaders. THe fact that we are doing nothing at all is
reprehensive. We need to do more to bring liquidity to our property
values. We need to do something. AS we go on our 2
week vacation, some AMericans will be loosing their homes because we
could not take the time to do something. ( look for this great wake up
call 03/05/08
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=8128538
03/05/08 Oversight
function by Senator Chuck Grassley R-Iowa: Govt. stonewalling..."I am
tired of it...talk about what we are entitled to until we get it under
Constitution...Congressional Check of govt documents AMericans are
entitled to by Dept of HOmeland SEcurity, FBI, STate Dept...jets used
for travel by Senior FBI officials instead of counter intelligence it
was designed for, wont give flight logs ...Michael German case, for 2
years despite requests by Judiciary committes, FBI fails, to
respond, trying to hide evidence from public about evidence of
terrorists plots...letters of false statements of subpeonas that never
existed...emails....what could they be trying to hide?....Anthrax
attacks...leaking info to press...."
Other speeches by Senator Dodd:
Another Candidate not getting covered by
mainstream media that tells facts and truth: Rep. Cynthia McKinney:
http://www.runcynthiarun.org/
or www.gp.org The Green Party.
Find out about "Cross-Over Voting"
happening in US!!!
04/01/08
A Sustainable
Anti-Nuclear Movement Starts with Students
Think Outside the Bomb is a nuclear abolition
conference lead by (and free to) students and young professionals.
Students, generally, are engaged in issues like Iraq, the environment
and human rights. For activists born after the Cold War, a nuclear arms
race is abstract and distant.
Each year the conference narrows this gap by
providing students with the background and tools to work on nuclear
issues in a variety of personal and professional ways. Through
workshops, panels and strategy planning sessions the conference connects
nuclear issues to attendees’ communities. Anxiety still looms over the
American public because of North Korea’s nuclear program; and yet there
is a lack of interest in the fact that the U.S. is currently trying to
rejuvenate our own stockpile.
Last year a SPAN delegation attended Think Outside
the Bomb in Santa Barbara and came back with innovative strategies for
organizing, educating and lobbying. This year SPAN and other student
organizations will converge twice for Think Outside the Bomb: first, in
Washington on April 12th at American University; and then again, in
August at Tuffs University in Boston.
It is critical to engage students and young
professionals against “Bombplex Transformation” and new threats as they
emerge. In the coming years the generation of leaders who lived through
the Cold War will be gone – it is our duty to build on our successes and
pass our experiences with nuclear abolition work to the next generation
while we still can.
03/20/08
"In 2003,
men and women in the Armed Forces stepped in to Iraq under the
impression that liberation would be quick and easy.
Five years later,
the war - and the physical and emotional wounds they suffered in
Iraq or Afghanistan - continue to rage on for thousands of
people.
To make matters
worse,
Congress is considering legislation that would cut payment to Medicare
doctors. If passed, servicemembers,
veterans and their families will have a hard time finding the health
care they need - if they receive health care at all!
Tell Congress "No doctor payment cuts!" >>
Men and women who
served abroad are coming home to long waits for medical care in
overcrowded, mismanaged and underfunded VA facilities. That's just not
right!
We have a moral
obligation to care for the newest generation of war wounded - and all
Americans alike.
Sign the
petition today >> "
03/12/08
House votes in support of ethics enforcement
The House of Representatives tonight passed a monumentally important
resolution to create an independent, bipartisan panel of non-lawmakers
to help review and
investigate possible ethics violations by
House members.
“The House finally firmly responded to the message the American public
sent in the last election,” said Common Cause President Bob Edgar. “This
kind of independent body has a long track record of success at the state
level. If House members make a good faith effort to let it work, the
Office of Congressional Ethics will be a tremendous improvement to the
current system.”
By a vote of 229-182, the House created the six-member Office of
Congressional Ethics (OCE), which will have the power to initiate and
conduct ethics investigations and issue reports and recommendations to
the House Ethics Committee. The resolution does not affect the Senate,
which has done nothing to improve the enforcement of ethics rules.
For years, Common Cause has advocated for an independent body in
Congress to help enforce ethics rules modeled on the independent
commissions that exist in many state legislatures. Common Cause has
worked closely with the leadership of both parties to shape the changes
in the ethics rules and enforcement procedures made in response to the
scandals of lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former Rep. Randy “Duke”
Cunningham (R-CA).
“You have to give credit to Speaker Pelosi for making this happen,”
said Edgar. “The Republican conference and some members of the
Democratic caucus fought this thing from the very beginning, but Speaker
Pelosi kept her word and saw it through to the end.”
The leadership of each party will jointly appoint the six members of the
OCE. The OCE will be the most successful if the appointees are people of
high character, have a background in jurisprudence and are not partisan.
“Now we just have to make sure the OCE doesn’t get torpedoed by the same
folks who fought against it,” said Edgar. “This will work like it is
supposed to if the OCE can independently and objectively enforce the
rules of conduct in the House – something that has been missing for more
than a decade.”
02/26/08 Latest update: "McCain is now breaking the law
by ignoring the campaign spending restrictions for the Republican
primary that came when he asked for federal matching funds -- funds he
used as collateral on a loan that helped keep his campaign going.
But now that the lobbyist and special interest money has started
pouring into his campaign, he's trying to back out of the promise he
made just a few months ago. They're feeding so much cash into his bank
account, this "reformer" wants nothing to do with
federal campaign finance laws anymore.
That's why today, we're filing a formal complaint with the
Federal Election Commission demanding that
John McCain be held to the
campaign finance laws. Trying to back out shows a total lack of
integrity and honesty -- he made a deal with the American people to to
abide by the law, and in return, he was guaranteed taxpayer money that
he used to back a loan.
I'd like you to add your name in support of our complaint, and
ask as many people as you can to sign on. American taxpayers made a deal
with
John McCain -- now that he's flush with lobbyist cash, he wants
to pretend that it never happened.
Sign on right now:
http://www.democrats.org/McCainBusted
Here's the background on the situation.
A few months ago,
John McCain applied for and was approved to receive federal
matching funds. Because he couldn't find enough people to fund his
campaign, he was also forced to apply for a $4 million line of credit,
which he secured by using the federal matching funds as collateral.
By taking the federal funding, he agreed to spend no more than $57
million until the
Republican convention. But so far, his campaign has spent at
least $49 million -- leaving him with less than $10 million to campaign
with through September.
Now that he's won the nomination and has the support of the
Republican lobbyist and special interest machine, he's trying to ignore
that the whole thing ever happened. He recently wrote a letter to the
FEC telling them that he was backing out, even though the FEC is very
clear that any request to withdraw from the agreement must be approved;
you can't just change your mind and take it back -- legally, you have to
be given permission.
McCain isn't asking because he knows he'll never be granted
permission, and he doesn't want to have to accept the funding
restrictions he agreed to when he used the money as collateral for a
loan. He's ripping a page right from
George Bush's playbook: ignoring the laws when they aren't
convenient and hoping no one will notice.
Stand up and show him that hundreds of thousands of people have
noticed -- he can't change the rules in the middle of the game because
he doesn't like how things are going for him:
http://www.democrats.org/McCainBusted
Using government programs when it's politically convenient and
breaking the rules when it's not ... remind you of anyone?
Just like
George Bush,
John McCain thinks he's above the law. McCain poses as a
reformer, but seems to think reforms apply to everyone but him.
Time to send him a message." (what did he get a Senate
Reprimand for ?)
Howard Dean
Do you believe that Congress
can police itself?
Let's look at the facts:
• Under the current rules, only a member of Congress can file an ethics
complaint against another member.
• When former Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) and Bob Ney (R-OH)
were arrested, convicted and sentenced for bribery, the House
Ethics Committee was silent.
• When federal agents found $90,000 in cash in Rep. William Jefferson's
(D-LA) freezer and he was indicted on corruption charges, no
ethics complaints were filed.
• When the details of Rep. Rick Renzi's shady land deal were making
headlines, the Ethics Committee waited until three days after the
35-count indictment to announce that it will look into Renzi's behavior.
Call Rep. Chris Cannon today
at (202) 225-7751 and demand that Congress
appoint an independent ethics panel! After you make the call, please
report back to us so that we can track our progress.
Last week, a handful of Representatives killed a planned vote on the
resolution (House Resolution 895) to create an independent Office of
Congressional Ethics. These members like the status quo of "anything
goes" when it comes to personal and professional ethics.
One member of Congress was even quoted as saying that she couldn't
understand why an independent panel "would have more ethics, more
intelligence, more judgment than we have." They just don't get it!
We deserve better from our members of Congress. It's clear that
the House is not going to vote for strong ethics enforcement unless they
are afraid not to. That's where you come in. With the help of
Common Cause activists like you, we fought for and passed a major ethics
reform bill in 2007. But that law can only be effective if it is
enforced. Congress has proven that it is unable to police itself. It's
time for a change.
Please call Rep. Cannon today and tell
that you expect them to support the resolution to
create an independent Office of Congressional Ethics. The phone number
is (202) 225-7751.
Please let us know that you've made the call, so we know
where to turn up the heat! Even if you made a call last week,
we need you to make your voice heard again today!
Thanks for all you do,
Sarah Dufendach
Vice President for Legislative Affairs, Common Cause
04/01/08 5 Big
OIl Companies Testify to Congress as Barrel is $101, CA gas cost
$3.67/gal
Last week, on the 5th anniversary of the
Iraq War, hundreds of people stood with Oil Change International in the
streets in front of the American Petroleum Institute demanding a
Separation of Oil & State. They know, just as you do, that oil was the
central motivation of the war in Iraq and that oil money in politics is
helping to keep us there. We also know that oil money is working hard to
prevent a transition to a clean energy future.
Now, for the first time ever, we can see
exactly how members of Congress who accept more oil money also vote in
favor of Big Oil.
Follow the Oil Money is an exciting new
tool that tracks which companies are pumping their dirty oil money into
politics, who is receiving it, and how it correlates to key climate,
energy and war votes. This helps you find out just how oily your
members of Congress are and how they have voted on the issues that mean
the most to you.
A few weeks ago, the House passed a bill that would fund clean energy
and end some oil subsidies. Did you know that those who voted against
this bill received on average
more than 5 times more oil money than those who supported it? The
effort is now stalled in the Senate, so please make sure to
take action and tell your Senator to support clean energy, not oil.
Overall, we found that members of Congress who voted for Big Oil took
almost
four times more oil money than those who voted in the public
interest. This is not coincidence-- the oil industry knows the leverage
of their dollars. This is why we have to fight back by exposing the
undue influence of the oil industry and demanding a Separation of Oil &
State.
Follow the Oil Money isn't just a cool new tool. It's proof that there
is a striking connection between oil dollars and bad votes. We hope
that you will use it to contact your members of Congress and organize in
your community.
Tell your friends about it and if you like what you see, please
consider
supporting us at Oil Change International.
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McCain crashed 5 jets, plus he was
responsible for the horrible USS Forrestal fire In 1967.
Surviving crewmen and those who investigated the Forrestal fire case
reported that McCain deliberately 'wet-started' his A-4E Skyhawk to
shake up the guy in the F-4 Phantom behind his A-4. 'Wet-starts', done
either deliberately (the starter motor switch allowed kerosene to pool
in the engine and give a wet start) or accidentally, shoot a large flame
from the tail of the aircraft. In McCain's case, the 'wet-start' 'cooked
off' and launched the M34 Zuni rocket from the rear F-4 that punctured
the Skyhawk's fuel tank, knocked the M-65 1000 lb. bomb off it's 500 lb.
rated mount, and touched off the explosions and massive fire.
The F-4 pilot was reportedly killed in
the conflagration, along with 167 of his fellow Forrestal shipmates
(including those who died later from wounds suffered).
'Wet starting' was a common practice among young
'hot-dog' pilots. McCain was quickly (they were still counting the
Forrestal dead) transferred to the USS Oriskany (the only Forrestal
crewman to be immediately transferred).
Description: XA4D-1 Skyhawk BuNo 137812 experiencing a wet start
(note the pool of JP4 on the ground and the tongue of flame from the
tailpipe). Do you need more - This is only a tip of the Iceberg!!!
http://www.skyhawk.org/5e/g137812/html/137812i.htm
Feb. 19, 2009
British
Iraq Dossier Surfaces, Without Crucial Weapons Claim
New York Times
Mon, 18 Feb
2008 4:55 PM PST
An early version of a British dossier of prewar intelligence on Iraq
did not include a claim about unconventional weapons that became key to
Prime Minister Tony Blair?s case for war.
Today
Russian Press Secretary for Putin said that "As we close military bases,
the US opens more, as we get rid of weapons, the US is forcing us
into another Arms Race." Feb. 20, 2008
"Thanks to you, in just a month, over 11,000 Peace Action members
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US nuclear weapons arsenal. We have until April 10th to generate as many
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Deal on spy program in works
Bill would let court approve wiretaps
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff |
February 28, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a
leading Republican critic of President Bush's domestic spying program,
has drafted a bill that would exempt the once-secret surveillance
program from a 1978 statute that requires warrants.
Everyday I read the
news, I wonder if we will live in a world like "I AM LEGEND," "Escape
from New York," "Soilent Green," and "Sleeper." Why do humans want to
change the human race? IS is for power and control? In the name of
"advancing medical research for the greater good?"
"LONDON - British scientists say
they have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and a man
in a procedure that researchers hope might be used one day to produce
embryos free of inherited diseases.
Though the preliminary research has raised
concerns about the possibility of genetically
modified babies, the scientists say that the
embryos are still only primarily the product of
one man and one woman. "We are not trying to
alter genes, we're just trying to swap a small
proportion of the bad ones for some good ones,"
said Patrick Chinnery, a professor of
neurogenetics at
Newcastle University involved in the
research."
Thu Jan 17, 3:30 PM
ET
"LONDON (AFP) -
Britain's fertility
regulator said Thursday
it would allow
scientists to create
human-animal hybrid
embryos for
research.Scientists
argue the research could
pave the way for
therapies for diseases
such as Parkinson's and
Alzheimer's, although
opponents condemned the
HFEA's decision Thursday
as a 'disastrous setback
for human
dignity'.Researchers
want to produce hybrids
that are 99.9 percent
human and 0.1 percent
animal.
Stem cells, which can grow into different kinds of tissue, are then formed. Once their own nuclear DNA is removed and replaced with DNA from a human cell, they become effectively human. The only "animal" element left is the tiny amount of DNA housed in the mitochondria, rod-like power plants outside the cell nucleus that generate energy.
"Of those embryos
with a smaller
proportion of human
material, greater
uncertainty arises... as
to whether such an
embryo is a human being
with due rights," he
said. US
President George W. Bush
has twice vetoed a bill
seeking to allow federal
funds for stem cell
research as it would
involve human embryo
destruction."
Want to
learn more:
Genetic
Engineering and Its
Dangers
FCC and our Media Merges
read more
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FOR PET OWNERS REMINDER: IF you want to write Red Cross to allow our
pets to go with us to shelters sign: Are you a pet owner? Then
you should take a look at this petition which speaks on their behalf.
http://petitiononline.com/LittleMe/
Feb. 17, 2008
The Pet Safety and Protection Act is in
jeopardy! This act prohibits experimentation
facilities from buying dogs and cats from
Class B animal dealers. The Pet Safety and
Protection Act was passed as an amendment to
the Farm Bill by both the Senate and House.
However, as the Senate and House work out
differences between the two versions of the
Farm Bill, animal experimenters are
pressuring Congress to drop the pet safety
provisions altogether.
How you can help:
Class B animal dealers, also known as
"random source dealers," often acquire
animals through theft and deception and are
known to sell lost and stolen cats and dogs
to laboratories. The abuse of dogs and cats
by Class B dealers is a serious problem and
was documented in the
HBO documentary
Dealing Dogs.
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Dear Utah Animal Advocates,
Last year, Utah State Senator Gene
Davis sponsored a felony-level animal torture bill that failed in the final
minutes of the 2007 legislative session. Undaunted, last week Senator Davis
reintroduced the bill, now known as SB 102. The ASPCA supports SB 102, and
we hope that you’ll help ensure its passage—especially over a seemingly
similar but far weaker bill, SB 117, that’s not good for Utah’s animals.
What
You Can Do
Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to send an
email to your state senator asking him or her to support SB 102 and oppose
SB 117.
Thank you for your support, Utah—let’s
make 2008 the best year yet for legislation that protects your state’s
animals. 02/14/08
Senate narrowly approves animal-cruelty bill
A bill that would make some cases of animal cruelty a felony cleared the
Utah Senate by one vote.
There were several attempts to change Senate Bill 117 before it passed,
15-14, Thursday.
A first offense of animal cruelty would still be a misdemeanor. But a
second offense within five years would be a third-degree felony.
The bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Allen Christensen of North Ogden,
says it represents a good compromise between voices calling for a tougher
law and those who wanted to leave the law unchanged.
The bill now heads to the House.
The Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act (S. 2439), recently introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), directs the U.S. Attorney General to modify the FBI's crime data reporting systems to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.
Research clearly demonstrates that there is a close association between animal abuse and family violence, as well as other crimes. In addition, animal abuse frequently is one of the first signals of a child, and family, at risk. Without accurate tracking, there is no way to access important information such as trends or the relationship to demographic and geographic data, on which to base policy development and resource allocation.
TAKE ACTION
Please make brief, polite phone calls right away to your two U.S. Senators -- Hillary Clinton at (202) 224-4451 and Charles Schumer at (202) 224-6542 -- and ask them to co-sponsor this critical piece of legislation.
Making a call is easy. A staff member will take your message and pass it to your legislator. You can say:
"Hello, this is [your name]. I am a constituent from [your town]. I'm calling to ask the senator to support the Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act (S. 2439), and ask that the senator push for this bill to get a vote. This issue is important to me. Thank you for your consideration."
Then, send a follow-up email to reiterate your support for having animal cruelty added as a separate category in the FBI's crime database.
Thank you for all you do for animals!
As soon as tomorrow, Interior Secretary Kempthorne is expected to announce the elimination of federal protections for hundreds of endangered wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies. Please take a moment right now to call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 1-800-344-WILD (9453) and deliver this simple message:
“My name is Dand I’m calling from Orem, Utah. I understand that the federal government may remove wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Central Idaho regions tomorrow from the list of federally protected threatened and endangered species.
I want your department to know that I strongly oppose the weakening of protections for these wolves and expect you to fulfill your obligation to secure a lasting future in the Northern Rockies for these amazing animals.”
The lives of hundreds of wolves are at stake. Please call tonight before 8 PM Eastern Time or first thing tomorrow morning.
In a matter of hours, newspapers across the country could be reporting on the Bush/Cheney Administration's expected announcement … and its potentially devastating impact on some of America’s most beloved wolves.
But today I need your help to let these federal officials know that Americans love our wolves and want to see them protected.
Please call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 1-800-344-WILD (9453) and speak out for our wolves. Leave a message if you can, and remember to let us know that you called.
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According to FEMA
The Red Cross will not allow your pets to come with you to shelters:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/evacuat.htm :
you need to evacuate (leave your home for safer ground) the most
important thing is to TAKE YOUR PET WITH YOU. Leaving pets behind,
even if you try to create a safe place for them, is not the best
action. BUT, pets cannot go with you to a Red Cross emergency
shelter (unless they are service animals, like dogs for the visually
impaired.) Since your pet cannot go to the shelter, you need to plan
ahead.
 hotels or motels
outside your immediate area and ask about their policies on
accepting pets during an emergency. Keep a list of "pet friendly"
places in your emergency kit so you"ll know where to go. If you get
advance notice that you will need to evacuate, call and make a
reservation at the "pet friendly" places right away!
You can also ask friends or relatives outside the area if they
could keep your pets in an emergency.
 repare a list of
boarding facilities and veterinarians who could shelter your animals
in an emergency. Keep the list in your emergency kit.
If you have more than one pet, they may be more comfortable if
they are kept together, but in an emergency that might not be
possible.
If you are under a disaster warning, keep your pets inside with
you so you don’t have to look for them if you have to evacuate. Make
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Judge says Corps of Engineers is responsible for the New
Orleans flooding!
February 20, 2008
A federal judge has
determined that the US Army Corps of Engineers "squandered
millions of dollars in building a levee system ... which was
known to be inadequate by the Corps' own calculations."
But an 80-year old law
tied Federal District Judge Stanwood Duval's hands and
compelled him to release the Corps of Engineers from all
financial liability for their shoddy
workmanship. Says Duval, the law created an
environment where "gross incompetence receives the same
treatment as a simple mistake."
This is insane.
Click this link and
demand the 8/29 Investigation Act today!
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1625/t/2541/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2075
Judge Duval in the
final page of his statement says "It is not within this
Court's power to address the wrongs committed. It is
hopefully within the citizens of the United States' power to
address the failures of our laws and agencies. If not, it is
certain that another tragedy such as this will occur again"
The 8/29 Investigation
Act is the way for the citizens to exercise their power!
Demand the 8/29 Investigation Act!
Demand an unbiased
thorough analysis of the flood protection failures that
nearly obliterated a great American city and its suburbs.
Hold the Corps Accountable! Demand the 8/29 Investigation
Act!
Even if you have
already sent a letter, send another! It takes one minute!
Thank you,
Sandy Rosenthal
Founder, Levees.Org
www.levees.org
Feb. 21,2008
Jan. 30, 2008 "Last week, the Bush Cheney Administration
changed the rules, taking another step toward the slaughter of
hundreds of wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Rockies region --
even while these animals remain protected under the Endangered Species
Act.
But thanks to the generousity of supporters like you, we were
prepared for the announcement: On Monday, Defenders and our
conservation partners immediately filed suit to stop these rule changes.
We’re in for a long, hard legal battle to save Greater Yellowstone wolves.
Please support our Yellowstone Legal Defense Fund by becoming a Wildlife
Guardian with a monthly donation of $8, $18, $38
or
another amount.
Last week’s change to the so-called “10j” rule will have devastating
consequences. Up to 900 wolves -- over half of the region’s wolf
population -- could be killed, even though they remain protected by the
Endangered Species Act.
The killing could begin as early as March.
With your monthly support, we can keep fighting in the courts and on the
ground to protect these magnificent animals.
As a Wildlife Guardian, your ongoing monthly donation -- just pennies per
day -- will provide crucial and reliable support for our battles in the
months ahead.
Unfortunately, last week’s rule change is only the beginning:
In just a few weeks, the Bush/Cheney Administration is expected to announce
the removal of Greater Yellowstone wolves from the federal list of
endangered species -- opening the door to the killing of as many as
two-thirds of the wolves in Wyoming and all but around 100 wolves in Idaho.
Your monthly tax-deductible contribution of $8,
$18, $38
or
another amount, will endable Defenders to respond to the
delisting with swift legal action to save our wolves -- and you’ll
also be a vital partner in our long fight for wolves in the months ahead.
Defenders’ seasoned legal team has a proven track record of success when it
comes to defending our wolves. When the American Farm Bureau -- a
powerful industry lobby group -- wanted to kill all the Yellowstone wolves,
we took them on and won. We stopped then-Interior
Secretary Gale Norton from lifting critical wolf protections in 2005. And
last year in Alaska, we halted a bloody wolf bounty program.
With your help, we can win for wolves again. "
From DEfenders of Wildlife
May 18, 2007 AVMA PET FOOD RECALL LIST. WATCH OUT FOR TREATS, AND
CHEAP PET FOOD. GO TO COSTCO AND GET NUTRA NUGGETS, KIRKLAND WITH NO FILLERS
LIKE CORN OR WHEAT DOGS AND CATS ARE HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO.
http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/products.asp
HAVE YOU VISITED THE ASPCA PET FOOD RECALL RESOURCE CENTER TODAY?
The ASPCA continues to warn pet parents to stay extremely alert to the
ongoing crisis.
Feb. 13,
2008
Now that Congress is back in session, we need to make sure these cuts
never happen at all! >> < http://go.care2.com/e/ZTx2/tryF/Eufz>
On July 1, a steep Medicare doctor payment cut is scheduled to go into
effect.
If this plan goes through, Medicare patients' access to care will be
bleak. Consider the following:
* About a quarter of Medicare patients looking for a new primary care
physician already have problems finding one.*
* By 2020,the government predicts a shortage of 85,000 doctors.
* The first wave of baby boomers are becoming eligible for Medicare in
only three short years.
Ask Congress to have a heart. Make sure Medicare cuts don't go through
this year - or ever >> < http://go.care2.com/e/ZTx2/tryF/Eufz>
We need your voice more than ever to protect quality healthcare for those
who need it most: families, the elderly and infants. Thank you for speaking
up on their behalf today!
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While polar bear mothers and cubs were nestled in their dens, the
Bush/Cheney Administration auctioned off key habitat for these struggling
animals to Big Oil --despite the opposition of tens of thousands of
activists like you.
Polar bears need all the help they can get. Please donate to support
our court battle to stop drilling in the Chukchi Sea.
As a warming climate takes its toll on polar bear habitat, federal
officials are selling off the very places these great white bears depend on
for hunting, denning and survival.
America’s polar bears will likely be extinct in fewer than 50 years,
according to U.S. Geological Survey scientists. Yet federal officials have
once again delayed action to protect these struggling animals as
“threatened” under the Endangered Species Act.
Instead, officials auctioned off millions of acres of vital habitat
in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea to Shell and other Big Oil companies
earlier this month -- and yet again, President Bush has included
dangerous drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in his budget.
Help support our efforts to stop Big Oil from drilling in key polar bear
habitat -- please donate to support our work to save polar bears.
Increased drilling in these critical habitats could devastate
America’s polar bears. But ExxonMobil, Shell and other Big Oil
companies continue to use their billions in profits to press for harmful
drilling in the places polar bears need to survive -- and continue our
dependence on the fuels that spur the rising temperatures that are causing
the bears’ demise.
Here's a hint of what our polar bears are up against: Royal Dutch Shell
bid more than $105 million for a single tract of drilling acreage in the
Chukchi Sea. [1]
Our polar bears need allies if they are going to survive.
That's why Defenders and our conservation partners have filed suit to stop
the Chukchi oil leases.
Please donate now to help us fight to give our polar bears a fighting chance
-- and a lasting future.
Defenders of Wildlife is doing all we can to protect our polar bears --
right now, we're...
 | ...fighting in court to block the sale of millions of acres
of vital polar bear habitat to Big Oil.
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| ...working to prevent Arctic Refuge drilling language
from entering the federal budget.
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| ...working to pass the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness
Act, a bill to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge and continuing to battle efforts to open this special place to
Big Oil’s dirty rigs.
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| ...working to pass the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act
-- already passed by the House of Representatives, this
legislation is a vital first step to ensure that polar bears and other
wildlife can cope with a changing climate.
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| ...working to pass the Polar Bear Protection Act,
legislation to stop wealthy U.S. trophy hunters from killing polar bears
in Canada and returning with their quarry.
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| ...working with Congressional staff to find sensible energy
solutions to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, help combat
global warming and protect our wildlife. |
Even in their final months in office, officials in the Bush/Cheney
Administration have made their intentions crystal clear: they’ll
fight for Big Oil’s profit -- and leave our polar bears out in the cold.
While most Americans have been celebrating the holidays,
officials in the Bush/Cheney Administration have
been working behind the scenes to pave the way for the
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