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As the destruction of the ballots from the 2004 presidential campaign draws closer, the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism has been sending crews of people to the county boards of elections to count ballots and study the signature books. If you are interested in helping with the investigations, contact: Bob Fitrakis - 614-374-2380 or 614-253-2571.

Hi, all you animal lovers. This is pretty simple. Please tell your friends to tell their friends today! The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "feed an animal in need" for free. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.
Animal Rescue Site
AGAIN, PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!

United with one voice, Democratic leaders from Joe Biden to John Murtha sent a clear message to George Bush -- it's time for a New Direction in Iraq. Our plan is straightforward: we believe that a phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq should begin by the end of 2006. And our soldiers in the region should transition to a more limited mission focused on counterterrorism, force protection of U.S. personnel, training and logistical support of Iraqi security forces.

Read the letter below and add your name:

Thank you,
Harry Reid


July 30, 2006

The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.


Dear Mr. President:

While the world has been focused on the crisis in the Middle East, Iraq has exploded in violence. Some 6,000 Iraqis were killed in May and June, and sectarian and insurgent violence continues to claim American and Iraqi lives at an alarming rate. In the face of this onslaught, one can only conclude that the Baghdad security plan you announced five weeks ago is in great jeopardy.

The Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO) is continuing to collect used cellular phones as part of a resource program designed to enhance services to survivors of violent crimes. This effort involves collecting cell phones that are viable and preferably manufactured within the past 3 years. BRAVO has been collecting cellular phones for remanufacturing for the past 5 years. This effort is a great way to support BRAVO with very little time commitment! Any individual or organization that has cell phones they wish to donate should contact BRAVO and we will arrange to retrieve the cellular phones from your location. For more information, please contact BRAVO at 614-294-STOP (7867), or 1-866-86-BRAVO.

BRAVO works to eliminate violence perpetrated on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identification, domestic violence and sexual assault through prevention, education, advocacy, violence documentation and survivor services, both within and on behalf of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities.

As security continues to dissolve and the humanitarian crisis deepens in Darfur, Africa Action invites you to participate in our escalation campaign to stop the genocide. Three years after the atrocities began, and two years since the U.S. described the violence as genocide, the international community still has not implemented a plan to achieve peace in Darfur. Today Darfur still has over 2.5 million internally displaced people who are under attack by the Sudanese government and their proxy militia, and living in the worst humanitarian conditions in history. For over two years, Africa Action has been at the forefront of advocating for a United Nations peacekeeping force (UNPKO). After our January escalation campaign earlier this year, President Bush began voicing support for a UN mission and we believed we were poised for the realization of this call, but seven months later, the people of Darfur are still without the protection they need.

On September 3, 2006, all the ballots from Ohio's 2004 presidential election will be destroyed. There are several voting rights organizations working to investigate and analyze these ballots in regards to irregularities in that election. There have been many barriers to access to these ballots since the election and we must depend on the cooperation of local county Boards of Elections. If we don't save the ballots, the public record will be gone forever. Act now!

Funds are needed to pay for copying and personnel to gather, preserve and analyze the ballots.

Go to Save the Ballots

If you can volunteer, contact Ohio Honest Elections at 614-224-8771.

From late spring to early autumn, the first rays of morning sun on the white-sand beaches of Florida's northwestern coast illuminate a crisscross pattern of fresh turtle tracks. Atlantic loggerheads have silently climbed ashore during the night and vanished again, leaving the distinctive imprints of their powerful flippers behind them. Guided by the earth's magnetic fields, these 200-pound giants have made their way to the Emerald Coast from as far away as Africa to lay their eggs on the same beaches where they were born.

US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
BACKGROUND: Israel is using weapons supplied by the United States to target Palestinian & Lebanese civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in violation of the US Arms Export Control Act and the Geneva Conventions.

* On July 12th, Israel killed 23 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with missiles fired from aircraft and shells fired from tanks. Israel killed 9 members of one family in a missile strike on a house near Gaza City.

* On July 12th, Israel launched a massive invasion of Lebanon. Israeli aircraft fired missiles targeting civilian infrastructure, including bridges, roads, a mosque, a community center, and the Beirut International Airport, and the Israeli navy is blockading Lebanon's ports. Israel has killed at least 50 Lebanese civilians and injured more than 100, including entire Lebanese families of 10 and 7 people killed in the villages of Dweir and Baflay.

Join the movement for free and fair elections in Ohio! Stop Secretary of State Ken Blackwell from supervising his own election. We know what happened when he worked as the co-chair for Bush and Cheney in 2004. Lines at the polls in the inner cities, purging voters, suppressing the vote with provisional ballots, suspicious vote counts in Republican counties... Here's your chance to sign a petition to put a halt to the corruption of Blackwell and stealing of elections in Ohio. Go to this website Stop Blackwell petition

In recent years, "reduce, reuse and recycle" has become as popular as "stop, drop and roll." If we all do what we can in our daily lives to combat global warming, it can add up to a very big step in the right direction. More importantly, it will send a message to a government that refuses to act, that this issue is something Americans care about. Get started with these helpful tips.

At home:

Conserve fuel by turning down the heat at night and while you are away from your home - or install a programmable thermostat.
Use compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Avoid anything battery operated (or use rechargables or solar rechargables if batteries are unavoidable).
Buy locally - not only is it good for the local economy, it will save energy because products haven't traveled across the globe to get to you.

In the kitchen:

Check and compare energy ratings before buying large appliances - especially your refirigerator. It uses more energy than any other appliance in your home.
Don't let the water run while doing dishes.
Cooking frozen foods uses more energy - thaw them out first.

In the laundry room: