Everybody Knows with Dr. Bob and Dan-o
Greetings, patriots! Many thanks to all of you who contacted your representatives in support of the Sanders-Otter-Conyers Amendment that would have restored legal standards and warrant procedures for investigations of libraries and bookstores which were in place before passage of the USA PATRIOT Act. Unfortunately, due to a highly unusual procedural maneuver the amendment was excluded from consideration. For more information on what happened, go to http://www.thetranscript.com/Stories/0,1413,103%257E9054%257E1530442,00…
The Cincinnati rebellion of April 2001 exposed the racist character of the
city. Police brutality, segregation and economic inequality all contributed
to
an explosion of simmering anger. City Council and Mayor Luken proved unable
or
unwilling to address the dire issues of race in Cincinnati. Grassroots
activists demanded justice and were met with beanbag guns. Segregation in
the
city has actually worsened while jobs for young African Americans are more
difficult to find. Latino and Hispanic immigrants to our city encounter a
culture of intolerance and exploitation. Arab and Muslim peoples, likewise,
live in a state of fear and suspicion that cannot continue.
The August 9th Organizing Committee aims to unite the people of Cincinnati most affected by the racist climate of the city. Our voices can only be heard when we speak together. The Rally Against Racism on August 9th is a step toward building a diverse movement for justice and respect for all peoples in our community.
Join us for the next orgainizing meeting:
Sunday July 27th 4PM
Drop-Inn-Center (Elm &12th)
The August 9th Organizing Committee aims to unite the people of Cincinnati most affected by the racist climate of the city. Our voices can only be heard when we speak together. The Rally Against Racism on August 9th is a step toward building a diverse movement for justice and respect for all peoples in our community.
Join us for the next orgainizing meeting:
Sunday July 27th 4PM
Drop-Inn-Center (Elm &12th)
Calls and Letters Needed Immediately!
Unexpectedly, the House of Representatives has scheduled the debate on the 2004 foreign aid bill -- which contains $600 million in mostly-military aid for Colombia -- for this week, Tuesday or Wednesday the 22nd or 23rd. An amendment will be offered to cut military aid to Colombia. The last vote in the House to cut Colombia military aid lost by only seven votes -- we are very close! Without your help, though, this amendment could lose.
Unexpectedly, the House of Representatives has scheduled the debate on the 2004 foreign aid bill -- which contains $600 million in mostly-military aid for Colombia -- for this week, Tuesday or Wednesday the 22nd or 23rd. An amendment will be offered to cut military aid to Colombia. The last vote in the House to cut Colombia military aid lost by only seven votes -- we are very close! Without your help, though, this amendment could lose.
I need your help to convince Governor Taft to veto HB 152 , the bad megafarm bill! The Governor will make a decision about HB 152 in the next week. Please call the Governor's office, ask for Kate Bartter, and tell her that you strongly urge the Governor to veto HB 152 because:
-- Local governments should have the authority to prevent disease and nuisance from factory farms. If we erode that right in this case, where do we draw the line?
-- The amendment didn't receive anything like a fair hearing. The Senate held one public hearing, at which the amendment was offered and the House held no hearings before passing the bill
-- HB 152 establishes a terrible precedent -- if a polluter finally gets closed down due to environmental violations, the industry just changes the rules, rather than changing their behavior.
Call the Governor at 614-466-3555 or 614-644-HELP. Please email Bryan Clark Bryan.Clark@sierraclub.org after you make the call so that he can track our actions and keep a record of any feedback you receive.
Here's the update:
-- Local governments should have the authority to prevent disease and nuisance from factory farms. If we erode that right in this case, where do we draw the line?
-- The amendment didn't receive anything like a fair hearing. The Senate held one public hearing, at which the amendment was offered and the House held no hearings before passing the bill
-- HB 152 establishes a terrible precedent -- if a polluter finally gets closed down due to environmental violations, the industry just changes the rules, rather than changing their behavior.
Call the Governor at 614-466-3555 or 614-644-HELP. Please email Bryan Clark Bryan.Clark@sierraclub.org after you make the call so that he can track our actions and keep a record of any feedback you receive.
Here's the update:
Support the Sanders-Otter-Conyers Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Bill of 2004 with a phone call to your House member. Consider following up with a fax. This amendment could be voted on the House floor as early as Monday, July 21, 2003.
Points to include in your call or fax:
a.. Like the Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157) sponsored by Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT), this amendment would restore legal standards and warrant procedures for investigations of libraries and bookstores which were in place before passage of the USA PATRIOT Act. H.R. 1157 has the bipartisan support of 129 cosponsors.
b.. Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act severely expands the scope of materials the FBI can access with a warrant from the government's secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ACT or "FISA" court. This section gives the FBI the power to search for any "tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items)" in any location without having to show "probable cause."
Points to include in your call or fax:
a.. Like the Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157) sponsored by Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT), this amendment would restore legal standards and warrant procedures for investigations of libraries and bookstores which were in place before passage of the USA PATRIOT Act. H.R. 1157 has the bipartisan support of 129 cosponsors.
b.. Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act severely expands the scope of materials the FBI can access with a warrant from the government's secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ACT or "FISA" court. This section gives the FBI the power to search for any "tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items)" in any location without having to show "probable cause."
Sometime during the week of July 21, your representative will be voting on
an amendment to the 2004 foreign aid bill that would cut or reduce military
aid to Colombia. The last time an amendment was offered to cut Colombia
military aid, it lost by only seven votes—we are very close! Please help
make it a reality this time-- send an e-mail to your representative asking
them to support the amendment.
To send an e-mail to your representative go to: capwiz.com/voice4change/issues/alert/?alertid=2882061&type=CO
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The Honorable__________
US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative _______________,
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US House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative _______________,
I don't often get the chance to witness media bias up-close and personal. But I did on Monday night, when CNN Headline News invited me on to talk about our campaign on the weapons of mass destruction and the new Misleader TV ad.
I was scheduled to go on air a little after 9 PM EST, and I arrived at the studio early. After checking in, I was delivered to the studio where I would be speaking from, and I sat and listened to the show.
Rudi Bakhtiar was the anchorwoman, and as the clock ticked toward nine, she gave a preview of what was up ahead. After a short clip from our ad, Ms. Bakhtiar gave a synopsis of the scandal over the President's State of the Union claim that Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Niger -- a claim now known to be based on fraudulent evidence which even the White House knew was untenable. Ms. Bakhtiar pondered whether there was going to be political fallout from Bush's "slip of the tongue," and then invited viewers to stay tuned.
"Slip of the tongue?" I thought. "They're letting Bush off the hook."
I was scheduled to go on air a little after 9 PM EST, and I arrived at the studio early. After checking in, I was delivered to the studio where I would be speaking from, and I sat and listened to the show.
Rudi Bakhtiar was the anchorwoman, and as the clock ticked toward nine, she gave a preview of what was up ahead. After a short clip from our ad, Ms. Bakhtiar gave a synopsis of the scandal over the President's State of the Union claim that Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Niger -- a claim now known to be based on fraudulent evidence which even the White House knew was untenable. Ms. Bakhtiar pondered whether there was going to be political fallout from Bush's "slip of the tongue," and then invited viewers to stay tuned.
"Slip of the tongue?" I thought. "They're letting Bush off the hook."
The Bush administration has recently announced plans to gut the widely popular Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of pristine national forests from most logging and road-building, and to radically change the way our national forests are currently managed by changing the National Forest Management Act.
If we're going to stop the Bush administration from letting the timber industry destroy our last wild forests, we need to take action. We expect Congress to vote soon on two amendments that would protect our national forests from these harmful proposals put forward by the Bush administration.
Please take a moment to ask your U.S. Representative to stand up for our last wild forests. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on this link: pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=11&id4=OHFreep
If we're going to stop the Bush administration from letting the timber industry destroy our last wild forests, we need to take action. We expect Congress to vote soon on two amendments that would protect our national forests from these harmful proposals put forward by the Bush administration.
Please take a moment to ask your U.S. Representative to stand up for our last wild forests. Then, ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on this link: pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=11&id4=OHFreep
You may have heard the news. An opportunity to block President Bush's drive to take away overtime pay from millions of Americans has just come up. Before the end of July we need to tell Congress to block the Bush overtime cuts. We lost the vote in the U.S. House on this last Thursday but we have another chance when the Senate considers an effort to block Bush's overtime cuts. More than 8 million people are slated to LOSE THEIR OVERTIME PAY in the coming months.
Here is what is needed in the next couple of weeks:
First, please click on the link below to SEND AN E-MAIL TO your Senators and Representative with a copy to President Bush. Tell them to act to repeal the Bush overtime take away. www.unionvoice.org/campaign/SenateOTrider/u55xi4oj883
Here is what is needed in the next couple of weeks:
First, please click on the link below to SEND AN E-MAIL TO your Senators and Representative with a copy to President Bush. Tell them to act to repeal the Bush overtime take away. www.unionvoice.org/campaign/SenateOTrider/u55xi4oj883
Haven't we had enough of this bellicose burden on the American airwaves? Are you sick and tired of the hateful chortling and guffawing - while smearing everything that most decent people consider the very freedoms our ancestors and founding fathers died to protect and honor?
There is something we can do about it. We can complain directly to the companies that sell advertising on his show. We can also boycott the same products and institutions he promotes with his hateful, abhorrent speech and behavior. Take Back The Media has made a list of the companies that advertise on his show. Their contact information is available, for your convenience, at: takebackthemedia.com/rushbusted.html
Please write to each and every one of these companies. Tell them why you are no longer purchasing their wares, foods, or products. Tell them that you won't support people like Limbaugh who insult honest working Americans of all races, creeds and sexual orientation - or his advertisers. Tell them you'll change the station. Tell them you will turn the channel off.
There is something we can do about it. We can complain directly to the companies that sell advertising on his show. We can also boycott the same products and institutions he promotes with his hateful, abhorrent speech and behavior. Take Back The Media has made a list of the companies that advertise on his show. Their contact information is available, for your convenience, at: takebackthemedia.com/rushbusted.html
Please write to each and every one of these companies. Tell them why you are no longer purchasing their wares, foods, or products. Tell them that you won't support people like Limbaugh who insult honest working Americans of all races, creeds and sexual orientation - or his advertisers. Tell them you'll change the station. Tell them you will turn the channel off.