BP Purposefully Killing Sea Turtles in Gulf

Dear Friends,

News has just emerged from the Gulf Coast that BP is burning endangered sea turtles alive.

A boat captain who has been leading efforts to rescue the endangered turtles says BP has blocked his crews from entering the areas where the animals are trapped, effectively shutting down the rescue operation.

BP is using "controlled burns" to contain the oil spill. Shrimp boats create a corral of oil by dragging together fire-resistant booms and then lighting the enclosed "burn box" on fire. If turtles are not removed from the area before the fire is lit, they are literally burned alive.

Sign a petition telling BP to stop burning endangered sea turtles alive. To learn more and take action, click on the link below, NOW!

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bp_endangered_turtles/?r=5664&id=9761-1376406-DHFW4Qx

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Veto Anti-Women's Healthcare: HB 1143 in Florida

Governor Christ,

Please, veto HB 1143, which outrageously restricts women's access to reproductive health care. HB 1143 interferes with private health care decisions between a woman and her doctor and restricts private health insurance from offering abortion coverage. HB 1143 was never vetted through a single committee in either the House or Senate, nor was any public comment allowed on the bill.

This legislation will result in more women receiving less health care and does nothing to prevent unintended pregnancy or reduce the need for abortion.

VETO HB 1143 NOW!. . . DO NOT let the right wing fringe throw our society back to the middle ages with their nonsensical nihilism. . .


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Historical Homosexual Hero speaks truth to power:

"A little integrity is better than any career."

---Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

-Please, end the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'! policy, Mr. President. Show a little integrity and repeal this onorous military mandate. . . as you promised.

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A Great Thought

"It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind, which require to be equalized". --- Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)


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Renew the Offshore Drilling Ban!

The ongoing oil spill tragedy, created by the negligence of British Petroleum (it could have been any major oil company) in the Gulf of Mexico makes it clear that industry cannot and chooses not to prevent environmental disaster. In BP world, it interferes with outrageously exhorbitant short term profits.

Don't you love unabated capitalism, America?

These self serving international corporations do not and have never have had the interests of the American people or the planet in mind!

Wake UP!!!

Tell President Obama to watch this and do something about it, damn it:




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Be a Born Again American!

Patriotism has nothing to do with religion, does it?

see: http://bornagainamerican.org/

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More Disgusting GOP Bullshit about the Poor!

Get this from THE STATE newspaper- unbelievable!!

A prominent local man said recently that giving poor people food was like "feeding stray animals".

That man was none other than Andre Bauer, who is running for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor in, yes you guessed it- South Carolina! He made his remarks during a town hall meeting in Fountain Inn that included overly represented white state lawmakers and about 115 overly represented white constituents. It concerned government food assistance to poor people, mostly black in his state:


Note: In South Carolina, 58 percent of students participate in the free and reduced-price lunch program.

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Bauer's remarks came during a speech in which he said government should take away assistance of children receiving food assistance during school hours if their parents didn't pass drug tests or attend parent-teacher conferences or PTA meetings.

"We can't afford to keep just giving money away." Bauer said, "They continue to have more and more kids, and the reward is there's more and more money in it for them."

-Totally for real- sad, sad sad. . .

see-- http://www.thestate.com/local/story/1123844.html



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Advice to the Powerful

"He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many." --
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)


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Support S. 891 NOW

Please, contact your U. S. Senators to pass The Conflict Minerals Act of 2009!

It would direct the President with the force and influence of the United States within the United Nations Security Council to strengthen the UN's policy toward the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It will and investigate links between natural resources and the financing of illegal armed groups and impose sanctions.

The legislation would also direct the Secretary of State to work with nongovernmental organizations to provide strict guidance to companies involved with natural resources in the DRC.

A followup to Senate Resolution 713, sponsored by Sen. Nelson of Florida and passed unanimously by the Senate in 2008, this measure condemns the escalating violence in eastern DRC with penalties.

It is important for the United States to take a stand against these continuing atrocities by passing this Act.

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Government and rebel forces in the DRC are engaged in a brutal conflict that, despite a peace deal, continues to terrorize innocent people and destabilize neighboring countries. Lives are endangered, sexual assaults continue, and hundreds of thousands of civilians are displaced.

The U.S. has a clear national security and moral interest in restoring stability in the Great Lakes region of Africa and promoting a democratic government in the DRC.

Contact your Senators NOW!!!

Please do it NOW- Look for resources in the Side Bar!

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See the GOP Obstruction Report

Just Follow the Link:

http://www.dscc.org/gopor/index



MAKE SURE TO SIGN THE PETITION!


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Thanksgiving Day Message from the President

On Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones. American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.

Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve. So I’ll be giving thanks for my family — for all the wisdom, support, and love they have brought into my life.

But today is also a day to remember those who cannot sit down to break bread with those they love.

The soldier overseas holding down a lonely post and missing his kids. The sailor who left her home to serve a higher calling. The folks who must spend Thanksgiving apart from their families to work a second job, so they can keep food on the table or send a child to school.

We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard work of so many Americans who make our country great through their sacrifice. And this year, we know that far too many face a daily struggle that puts the comfort and security we all deserve painfully out of reach.

So when we gather, let us also use the occasion to renew our commitment to building a more peaceful and prosperous future that every American family can enjoy.

It seems like a lifetime ago that a crowd met on a frigid February morning in Springfield, Illinois to set out on an improbable course to change our nation. In the years since, Michelle and I have been blessed with the support and friendship of the millions of Americans who have come together to form this ongoing movement for change.

You have been there through victories and setbacks. You have given of yourselves beyond measure. You have enabled all that we have accomplished — and you have had the courage to dream yet bigger dreams for what we can still achieve.

So in this season of thanksgiving, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to you, and my anticipation of the brighter future we are creating together.

With warmest wishes for a happy holiday season from my family to yours,
President Barack Obama

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