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To READ THE STATEMENT condemning Bush's new aggression
against Cuba, go to
www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/index.html
To see the INITIAL LIST OF SIGNERS, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/signers.html
To SIGN the statement, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/sign.html
To see the INITIAL LIST OF SIGNERS, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/signers.html
To SIGN the statement, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/sign.html
I just received a call from Peggy Kidwell concerning her husband Joe
"Hemp"
Kidwell. Joe was an outspoken medical marijuana activist in Southern
California who moved to Kentucky. In Kentucky, he was arrested for
possession. He was not allowed to ring up his medical conditions or
medical
use. His wife is very distraught because he is being refused medical
assistance in Federal Prison. The last time she saw him (last week), she
said he was in terrible condition and the guards were refusing to get him
medical help.
Please take a few moments to make some phone calls to Demand he get medical attention!
Sample Call: "It has come to my attention that Joe Kidwell #08559033 in Federal Prison Lexington, KY is being refused medical attention. I am very concerned about his well being and would appreciate it if you would in inquire why he is being denied this right. Please call me back to let me know he is being helped."
Prison Warden: George Synder 859-255-6812
US Senator Mitch McConnell 202-224-2544
KY Governor Paul Frankfort 502-564-2611
News Articles about Joe:
Please take a few moments to make some phone calls to Demand he get medical attention!
Sample Call: "It has come to my attention that Joe Kidwell #08559033 in Federal Prison Lexington, KY is being refused medical attention. I am very concerned about his well being and would appreciate it if you would in inquire why he is being denied this right. Please call me back to let me know he is being helped."
Prison Warden: George Synder 859-255-6812
US Senator Mitch McConnell 202-224-2544
KY Governor Paul Frankfort 502-564-2611
News Articles about Joe:
Send your own version of this email to your Senator if you want to stop the Patriot Act.
Dear Senator,
I write to express my strong concern about media reports indicating that the Bush Administration and certain members of the Senate are considering moving quickly on legislation that would make permanent provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that are scheduled to sunset in 2005. I believe that not enough time has passed to evaluate the intrusive impact of these provisions, and that the Bush Administration’s reticence to share information about the implementation of powers authorized by the USA PATRIOT Act should be addressed before any consideration of legislation to make these expansive new powers permanent.
Dear Senator,
I write to express my strong concern about media reports indicating that the Bush Administration and certain members of the Senate are considering moving quickly on legislation that would make permanent provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that are scheduled to sunset in 2005. I believe that not enough time has passed to evaluate the intrusive impact of these provisions, and that the Bush Administration’s reticence to share information about the implementation of powers authorized by the USA PATRIOT Act should be addressed before any consideration of legislation to make these expansive new powers permanent.
Congressman George Miller (D-CA, 7th District), a senior member on the House
of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee, along with 73 of his
colleagues has introduced “The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2003” (H.R. 965).
The legislation would increase the minimum wage by $1.50 an hour. The
legislation is identical to the bill number S.20, “The Fair Minimum Wage Act
of 2003,” presented in the U.S. Senate by Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) and 34
of his fellow senators. The Miller bill was introduced on February 27, 2003.
Both bills provide for an increase in two steps: they raise the minimum wage
from its current level of $5.15 an hour to $5.90 sixty days after enactment
and raise it to $6.65 one year thereafter.
The minimum wage has not increased since 1997 and its real value today is 30% below its peak in 1968 and 19% below where it stood in 1981. A full-time minimum wage worker earns $10,712 per year – almost $7,500 below the poverty level for a family of four.
The minimum wage has not increased since 1997 and its real value today is 30% below its peak in 1968 and 19% below where it stood in 1981. A full-time minimum wage worker earns $10,712 per year – almost $7,500 below the poverty level for a family of four.
As the U.S. spends tens of billions of dollars on a pre-emptive war
in the Persian Gulf, we demand that this money be spent on the real
global priority - the HIV/AIDS crisis.
AIDS is the greatest global threat to human security that exists today. It is more deadly than terrorism or the alleged existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. AIDS has already cost 25 million lives worldwide. In Africa, ground zero of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, whole communities are being wiped out and the future of the entire continent is at risk. Around the world, HIV infection rates continue to rise at alarming rates. In the U.S., the toll from AIDS is mounting, particularly among AIDS is a clear and present danger to all of humanity. That it is not the top priority of the U.S. government highlights just how misguided U.S. priorities are. This year, while the U.S. focuses on potential threats in Iraq and possible terrorist attacks at home, it is certain that AIDS will kill more than 3 million people globally, most of these in Africa.
AIDS is the greatest global threat to human security that exists today. It is more deadly than terrorism or the alleged existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. AIDS has already cost 25 million lives worldwide. In Africa, ground zero of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, whole communities are being wiped out and the future of the entire continent is at risk. Around the world, HIV infection rates continue to rise at alarming rates. In the U.S., the toll from AIDS is mounting, particularly among AIDS is a clear and present danger to all of humanity. That it is not the top priority of the U.S. government highlights just how misguided U.S. priorities are. This year, while the U.S. focuses on potential threats in Iraq and possible terrorist attacks at home, it is certain that AIDS will kill more than 3 million people globally, most of these in Africa.
Sign it now, and get to work against the death penalty!
www.petitiononline.com/IBF_2003/petition.html
www.petitiononline.com/IBF_2003/petition.html
Education and entertainment will be the topic at a meeting for the Stonewall
Columbus Programming Committee on Wednesday, April 30, 2003. The Programming
Committee is seeking input from the GLBT community on what types of
activities Stonewall should provide. The public is invited to attend to
offer ideas and suggestions, volunteer to direct a program or join the
Programming Committee.
"We are looking for some creative individuals to help us design and conduct programs. We need your ideas and efforts," Jack Miner committee co-chair said.
Programs currently in the planning stage include Stonewall's own version of the Antiques Road Show, a bartending class, a book club, a pet care program and a monthly play date for GLBT parents and their children.
"In order to serve our community we need to ask what they want and need," Executive Director Kate Anderson said. "Stonewall has a 22 year history of serving the GLBT community, but as our community grows and matures, needs change and we need to keep up with those changes," Anderson added.
"We are looking for some creative individuals to help us design and conduct programs. We need your ideas and efforts," Jack Miner committee co-chair said.
Programs currently in the planning stage include Stonewall's own version of the Antiques Road Show, a bartending class, a book club, a pet care program and a monthly play date for GLBT parents and their children.
"In order to serve our community we need to ask what they want and need," Executive Director Kate Anderson said. "Stonewall has a 22 year history of serving the GLBT community, but as our community grows and matures, needs change and we need to keep up with those changes," Anderson added.
Join the Columbus MeetUp for Presidential candidate and former Vermont Governor, and physician Howard Dean. Meetings are the first Wednesday of the month. Go to http://dean2004.meetup.com/ to join the 100-plus local activists working to win the nomination for Dean. Learn more about Dean by visiting www.deanforamerica.com. Rally for Dean when he visits Columbus in May! For immediate info on local action contact: Steve Chaffin (lawbug@direcway.com). Dean in his own words: “What in the world are so many Democrats doing supporting the President’s unilateral intervention in Iraq?” “I’m tired of listening the fundamentalist preachers!” and “I want my country back!”
Your unwanted but still useful items can help us help Central Ohio's
homeless animals...
What is it?
No More Homeless Pets: Central Ohio has secured a prime space for selling your donated goods at German Village's Village Valuables. All proceeds benefit NMHP: Central Ohio.
VILLAGE VALUABLES
Event Date: Saturday, May 17
Event Hours: 8:00 am - 4 pm
The City's Largest Yard Sale! You will donate your unwanted goods to us and we will sell them at Village Valuables in conjunction with our animal adoption event. All proceeds will benefit NMHP: Central Ohio.
How can I help?
You can help in many ways:
1. Tell all your friends and family about this event and encourage them to donate any unwanted, but still useful goods to NMHP: Central Ohio -- instructions for drop-off below.
2. Scour your cupboards, clean out the garage and see what you can find to donate.
What next?
What is it?
No More Homeless Pets: Central Ohio has secured a prime space for selling your donated goods at German Village's Village Valuables. All proceeds benefit NMHP: Central Ohio.
VILLAGE VALUABLES
Event Date: Saturday, May 17
Event Hours: 8:00 am - 4 pm
The City's Largest Yard Sale! You will donate your unwanted goods to us and we will sell them at Village Valuables in conjunction with our animal adoption event. All proceeds will benefit NMHP: Central Ohio.
How can I help?
You can help in many ways:
1. Tell all your friends and family about this event and encourage them to donate any unwanted, but still useful goods to NMHP: Central Ohio -- instructions for drop-off below.
2. Scour your cupboards, clean out the garage and see what you can find to donate.
What next?
Now more than ever, we need to implement the solutions and technology that
exist today to start saving oil. Making our cars and trucks go farther on a
gallon of gas is the biggest single step we can take to cut our crippling
dependence on oil and curb global warming. Ford and other automakers have the
technology to make new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks average 40 miles per gallon
- 66% further on a gallon of gas.
Please take a moment to call and ask Ford Motor Company to do its part to cut America's reliance on oil by boosting the fuel economy of new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks to 40 miles per gallon.
You can call Ford using their toll-free customer service number at 1-800-392-3673, then press 3 and at the next prompt press either 1 or 2. When a customer service representative comes on the phone, tell them that Ford needs to use existing technology to make cars and trucks go further on a gallon of gas. Here's a sample message you can leave:
Please take a moment to call and ask Ford Motor Company to do its part to cut America's reliance on oil by boosting the fuel economy of new cars, SUVs and pickup trucks to 40 miles per gallon.
You can call Ford using their toll-free customer service number at 1-800-392-3673, then press 3 and at the next prompt press either 1 or 2. When a customer service representative comes on the phone, tell them that Ford needs to use existing technology to make cars and trucks go further on a gallon of gas. Here's a sample message you can leave: