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Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, Ohio had its third botched execution in as many years. It is unacceptable to put people to death under a system that is fundamentally flawed. Please call Governor Ted Strickland and tell him to put an immediate stop to all executions indefinitely. His number is (614) 466-3555 or contact him electronically here. After over two hours of excruciating needling, the execution team could not locate a viable vein in Romell Broom to conduct the lethal injection. Governor Strickland delayed his execution for one week, so officials can devise a way to put him to death.
Broom’s failed execution follows the similar experiences of Joseph Clark in May 2006 and Christopher Newton in May 2007. If we continue using this system next week with Mr. Broom or the following month with the next condemned person, it is simply a question of when, not if, another horrible problem will occur. Please call Governor Strickland today and urge him to stop executions in Ohio.
Broom’s failed execution follows the similar experiences of Joseph Clark in May 2006 and Christopher Newton in May 2007. If we continue using this system next week with Mr. Broom or the following month with the next condemned person, it is simply a question of when, not if, another horrible problem will occur. Please call Governor Strickland today and urge him to stop executions in Ohio.
****To whoever may be interested in responding to the following arguments made against the legislation, which is also known as the Waxman-Markey Bill, here are many of the points made at a public event that US Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and US Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana) hosted on Sept 2, 2009, at the Ohio State University.
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House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R-OH) said "the president said that with cap and trade, only the polluters are going to pay. But who are those polluters? One of them is AK Steel. Under the proposal, AK Steel would be out of business, because their competitors in India and China will be able to produce steel at a much cheaper rate."
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House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R-OH) said "the president said that with cap and trade, only the polluters are going to pay. But who are those polluters? One of them is AK Steel. Under the proposal, AK Steel would be out of business, because their competitors in India and China will be able to produce steel at a much cheaper rate."
Below are the advertisers on the Glenn Beck Show. If you feel like it, contact them and let them know whether or not you appreciate their sponsorship of Glenn Beck's show. You can remind them of Glenn Beck's comments, like "I think President Obama is a racist" and "The Hurricane Katrina survivors are scumbags" and ""I didn't think I could hate victims faster than the 9-11 victims." You could ask these advertisers if they endorse or reject Glenn Beck's comments and insinuations.
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The Glenn Beck Show can be heard between 9 AM and noon weekdays on 610 WTVN, Brian Dytko, General Manager, phone number 486-6101. You could suggest that WTVN's parent company, Clear Channel, return Progressive Talk to the radio airwaves in Columbus so the majority of people in our community have a station that they do not find insulting and hateful.
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The Glenn Beck Show can be heard between 9 AM and noon weekdays on 610 WTVN, Brian Dytko, General Manager, phone number 486-6101. You could suggest that WTVN's parent company, Clear Channel, return Progressive Talk to the radio airwaves in Columbus so the majority of people in our community have a station that they do not find insulting and hateful.
Friday, September 25th, 2009, Noon – 5:00 PM. Pittsburgh: Thousands to March to the G20 Summit to Bring the Peoples’ Demands: Money for Human Needs, Not for Wars and Occupations – Environmental Justice for the Earth and its Inhabitant – Jobs and Health Care for All.
WHAT: Permitted rally and “Peoples’ March” to G20 Summit
WHO: Thomas Merton Center Antiwar Committee and 40+ endorsing groups
WHERE: The plans for Friday are:
12:00 pm – Opening Rally at the corner of Fifth and Craft Avenues in Oakland.
2:00pm – Protestors will march down Fifth Ave. to the City County Building Downtown for a speak-out.
3:00pm – They will march down Grant St. to the Federal Building for another speak-out.
3:30pm – They will march down 10th St. to a block from the G20 and then conclude the march.
At least three feeder marches are being organized to join the march along the route.
WHAT: Permitted rally and “Peoples’ March” to G20 Summit
WHO: Thomas Merton Center Antiwar Committee and 40+ endorsing groups
WHERE: The plans for Friday are:
12:00 pm – Opening Rally at the corner of Fifth and Craft Avenues in Oakland.
2:00pm – Protestors will march down Fifth Ave. to the City County Building Downtown for a speak-out.
3:00pm – They will march down Grant St. to the Federal Building for another speak-out.
3:30pm – They will march down 10th St. to a block from the G20 and then conclude the march.
At least three feeder marches are being organized to join the march along the route.
CICERO AND THE GREAT LAW -
MNN. Aug. 24, 2009. History repeats itself. As Cicero said [106-43 BC], “A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less dangerous, for he is known and he carries his banners openly against the people. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling through all alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor doesn’t appear like a traitor. They speak in the accents familiar to their victims. They wear their face and their clothes and appeal to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of their people. They rot the soul of a nation. They work secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a community. They infect the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared. The traitor is the plague."
MNN. Aug. 24, 2009. History repeats itself. As Cicero said [106-43 BC], “A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less dangerous, for he is known and he carries his banners openly against the people. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely, his sly whispers rustling through all alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor doesn’t appear like a traitor. They speak in the accents familiar to their victims. They wear their face and their clothes and appeal to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of their people. They rot the soul of a nation. They work secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a community. They infect the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared. The traitor is the plague."
During the months of August & September, our church community is collecting school supplies to put together kits which will go to children around the world who don't have access to these items.
They will be distributed by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and are given primarily to refugee and displaced children, helping students and teachers add some normalcy to disrupted lives.
They are also given to children living in areas that experienced natural disasters. MCC has sent school kits to children in places such as Bosnia, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Liberia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine and to poorly funded schools in Canada and the United States.
In 2008 MCC shipped over 120,000 school kits. For more information, go to School supplies
Location: 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Phone: 614-784-9002
Website: Columbus Mennonite
They will be distributed by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and are given primarily to refugee and displaced children, helping students and teachers add some normalcy to disrupted lives.
They are also given to children living in areas that experienced natural disasters. MCC has sent school kits to children in places such as Bosnia, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Liberia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine and to poorly funded schools in Canada and the United States.
In 2008 MCC shipped over 120,000 school kits. For more information, go to School supplies
Location: 35 Oakland Park Ave.
Phone: 614-784-9002
Website: Columbus Mennonite
The health care bill is being held up by six "centrist" senators who meet daily to put together a bill that would have "broad bipartisan agreement"; as opposed to a bill that would, you know, reform health care.
David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear write in the New York Times:
The fate of the health care overhaul largely rests on the shoulders of six senators who since June 17 have gathered "" often twice a day, and for many hours at a stretch "" in a conference room with burnt sienna walls, in the office of the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana.
President Obama and Congressional leaders agree that if a bipartisan deal can be forged on health care, it will emerge from this conference room, with a huge map of Montana on one wall and photos of Mike Mansfield, the Montanan who was the longest-serving Senate majority leader, on the other.
The battle over health care is all but paralyzed as everyone awaits the outcome of their talks.
Why this little scenario needs to change, right now:
David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear write in the New York Times:
The fate of the health care overhaul largely rests on the shoulders of six senators who since June 17 have gathered "" often twice a day, and for many hours at a stretch "" in a conference room with burnt sienna walls, in the office of the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana.
President Obama and Congressional leaders agree that if a bipartisan deal can be forged on health care, it will emerge from this conference room, with a huge map of Montana on one wall and photos of Mike Mansfield, the Montanan who was the longest-serving Senate majority leader, on the other.
The battle over health care is all but paralyzed as everyone awaits the outcome of their talks.
Why this little scenario needs to change, right now:
One million acres of prime fish and wildlife habitat adjacent to Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks in Alaska could be opened to new mining claims with a stroke of a pen. In the waning days of the Bush Administration, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recommended that a mineral closure in place since 1971 be lifted by the Secretary of the Interior, an action that could create a new stampede of mineral staking as state lands in this region are already under advanced exploration.
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True Majority teams up with Democracy for America:
Recently, Newsweek broke big news. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder may be on the verge of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate cases of torture from the Bush era.
This is a major step in the right direction. If we hope to ever hold Bush or Cheney or Karl Rove accountable for their reckless disregard of the Constitution, we need the Attorney General to get the process started.
The problem is there's enormous political pressure to sweep the past under the rug. The fact Attorney General Holder is sending signals that he may move forward despite this pressure shows real courage. But courage alone is not enough. We need action. Attorney General Holder needs to hear from you.
LET ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER KNOW YOU DEMAND THE TRUTH NOW:
Torture shouldn't be a political issue. Illegal activity must not be swept under a rug. It goes to the core of our fundamental values as Americans. As he decides how to proceed, Attorney General Holder needs to hear that from you.
This is a major step in the right direction. If we hope to ever hold Bush or Cheney or Karl Rove accountable for their reckless disregard of the Constitution, we need the Attorney General to get the process started.
The problem is there's enormous political pressure to sweep the past under the rug. The fact Attorney General Holder is sending signals that he may move forward despite this pressure shows real courage. But courage alone is not enough. We need action. Attorney General Holder needs to hear from you.
LET ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER KNOW YOU DEMAND THE TRUTH NOW:
Torture shouldn't be a political issue. Illegal activity must not be swept under a rug. It goes to the core of our fundamental values as Americans. As he decides how to proceed, Attorney General Holder needs to hear that from you.
Attorney General Holder may be ready to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Bush-era torture program. We need to tell him to move forward, and to include the architects of the program in the investigation. Tell the Attorney General to Stand Strong on Torture! With new revelations coming to light regularly, it's critical that an impartial investigator has the power to find out exactly what happened and who was responsible. And that investigation must hold the architects of the program accountable. It's the only way we'll be able to make sure it never happens again.
But there's enormous political pressure to bury the worst abuses. The Attorney General is sending signals that he may move forward despite the pressure—and he needs to hear from regular Americans who are standing with him and want the truth. Can you email Holder right now to ask him to appoint a special prosecutor who can hold the architects of the program accountable?
Attorney General Eric Holder
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Below is a copy of the letter I sent to the AJ. Feel free to crib from it for your own letter.
But there's enormous political pressure to bury the worst abuses. The Attorney General is sending signals that he may move forward despite the pressure—and he needs to hear from regular Americans who are standing with him and want the truth. Can you email Holder right now to ask him to appoint a special prosecutor who can hold the architects of the program accountable?
Attorney General Eric Holder
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Below is a copy of the letter I sent to the AJ. Feel free to crib from it for your own letter.