Everybody Knows with Dr. Bob and Dan-o
The Issue:
On May 9, 2001, President George W. Bush has nominated Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to serve on the Sixth circuit court of Appeals, which hears cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
On May 9, 2001, President George W. Bush has nominated Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to serve on the Sixth circuit court of Appeals, which hears cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
The ISSUE:
Legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives, H.R. 1036, and in the U.S. Senate, S. 659, to give immunity from lawsuits to gun manufacturers and gun dealers.
Specifically, the legislation would block suits filed by governments, civic groups and individual victims of gun violence seeking to hold the gun industry accountable for irresponsible manufacturing or selling of guns. If a parent loses a child because a gun was not manufactured with a simple and inexpensive child safety device, the parent would have no recourse to make sure the same tragedy didn't happen to another family. Sweeping federal immunity would also stop lawsuits filed by victims seeking to hold gun manufacturers and sellers accountable for their role in recklessly marketing and supplying guns to criminals.
Legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives, H.R. 1036, and in the U.S. Senate, S. 659, to give immunity from lawsuits to gun manufacturers and gun dealers.
Specifically, the legislation would block suits filed by governments, civic groups and individual victims of gun violence seeking to hold the gun industry accountable for irresponsible manufacturing or selling of guns. If a parent loses a child because a gun was not manufactured with a simple and inexpensive child safety device, the parent would have no recourse to make sure the same tragedy didn't happen to another family. Sweeping federal immunity would also stop lawsuits filed by victims seeking to hold gun manufacturers and sellers accountable for their role in recklessly marketing and supplying guns to criminals.
The ISSUE:
Despite the fact that equal opportunity programs, such as affirmative action, have proven to be an effective tool that gives qualified individuals equal access to participate and contribute; access that has been historically denied, they have come under attack again in recent years. Most recently, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear in April a case attacking the equal opportunity admissions program at the University of Michigan law school. Unfortunately, President Bush has announced that he intends to file a brief in support of the plaintiff’s case and against the University’s affirmative action program.
The fact of the matter is that our nation still needs equal opportunity programs in education, employment and contracting. Approximately 18% of all college students are African American, Latino, or American Indian compared with 28% of the college age population. African American men and women comprise less than 2.5% of total employment in the top jobs in the private sector. Based on their number, minority-owned firms received only 57 cents for every federal dollar they would be expected to receive if they were not a minority-owned firm.
Despite the fact that equal opportunity programs, such as affirmative action, have proven to be an effective tool that gives qualified individuals equal access to participate and contribute; access that has been historically denied, they have come under attack again in recent years. Most recently, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear in April a case attacking the equal opportunity admissions program at the University of Michigan law school. Unfortunately, President Bush has announced that he intends to file a brief in support of the plaintiff’s case and against the University’s affirmative action program.
The fact of the matter is that our nation still needs equal opportunity programs in education, employment and contracting. Approximately 18% of all college students are African American, Latino, or American Indian compared with 28% of the college age population. African American men and women comprise less than 2.5% of total employment in the top jobs in the private sector. Based on their number, minority-owned firms received only 57 cents for every federal dollar they would be expected to receive if they were not a minority-owned firm.
FREE computer recycling event! Find a new life for your old computer.
Dell Computer Corp. is supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's
"Plug-In To Recycling" campaign by organizing a FREE computer recycling
event with Ohio State University and Keep Columbus Beautiful. Bring your
unwanted computer equipment to the drop-off location at Ohio State
University on Saturday, April 5, and we'll donate it to a local charity or
recycle it free of charge.
Accepted items include any brand of computer-related equipment - computers, computer monitors, keyboards, mice, printers and other peripherals. We will NOT be accepting televisions, copiers, cell phones or other household electronics unrelated to your computer, so please leave them at home. Please remove all data from your computer's hard drive and any removable media such as floppy disks or PC cards.
Saturday, April 5, 2003
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Ohio State University Campus
Buckeye Lot North (Fred Taylor Rd, State Route 3105, Ackerman Road Exit)
Accepted items include any brand of computer-related equipment - computers, computer monitors, keyboards, mice, printers and other peripherals. We will NOT be accepting televisions, copiers, cell phones or other household electronics unrelated to your computer, so please leave them at home. Please remove all data from your computer's hard drive and any removable media such as floppy disks or PC cards.
Saturday, April 5, 2003
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Ohio State University Campus
Buckeye Lot North (Fred Taylor Rd, State Route 3105, Ackerman Road Exit)
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.
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.
www.booksforsoldiers.com
It's easy as pie. You can look up or add military addresses of soldiers to send books to. Or can send books to the addresses already on the site.
Books of your choice!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Books For Soldiers started in 1991 during the Gulf War I. We heard from many of our family members and friends about the long waits with hours and hours of nothing to do. We sometimes forget that our service people are alone, thousands of miles away, with nothing to stimulate them intellectually.
During the first Gulf War, we collected almost 1000 used paperback books and sent them to our friends serving in the Gulf and they passed them out to their fellow soldiers.
We received many notes of thanks, after the war, from soldiers who got one of our books, read it and passed it on. It made the time away from family pass more quickly."
It's easy as pie. You can look up or add military addresses of soldiers to send books to. Or can send books to the addresses already on the site.
Books of your choice!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Books For Soldiers started in 1991 during the Gulf War I. We heard from many of our family members and friends about the long waits with hours and hours of nothing to do. We sometimes forget that our service people are alone, thousands of miles away, with nothing to stimulate them intellectually.
During the first Gulf War, we collected almost 1000 used paperback books and sent them to our friends serving in the Gulf and they passed them out to their fellow soldiers.
We received many notes of thanks, after the war, from soldiers who got one of our books, read it and passed it on. It made the time away from family pass more quickly."
House Representative Congressman John Conyers on the Judicial Committee
is asking you to, through his legislative assistant Alexia, fax or email
if you want Bush impeached.
Fax to
ATTN. : ALEXIA, assistant to Hon. Congressman John Conyers
MESSAGE FROM ALEXIA: FAX OR EMAIL, CAUSE PHONES ARE RINGING OFF HOOK
Message from Alexia:
The phones are currently ringing off the hook, so please send a brief message stating whether you are for or against impeachment via email or fax: e mail: john.conyers@mail.house.gov OR Fax: (313) 226-2085
A letter:
Dear Congressman Conyers:
Fax to
ATTN. : ALEXIA, assistant to Hon. Congressman John Conyers
MESSAGE FROM ALEXIA: FAX OR EMAIL, CAUSE PHONES ARE RINGING OFF HOOK
Message from Alexia:
The phones are currently ringing off the hook, so please send a brief message stating whether you are for or against impeachment via email or fax: e mail: john.conyers@mail.house.gov OR Fax: (313) 226-2085
A letter:
Dear Congressman Conyers:
In a victory for the environment, the Senate voted
today to remove a provision from the 2004 budget bill
opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska
to oil drilling. An amendment to remove this oil drilling
provision, sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA),
passed by a narrow vote of 52 to 48.
Thanks to more than 25,000 Environmental Defense activists who quickly responded to our urgent action alert since Monday with e-mails, faxes and phone calls to Congress, we helped turn the tide against oil company efforts to open this precious wilderness area to oil companies.
HOW DID YOUR SENATOR VOTE? http://actionnetwork.org/ct/qd172p11yqFS/arcticvote (A "yea" vote is opposed to Arctic oil drilling. A "nay" vote supports Arctic oil drilling)
OIL DRILLING THREATS CONTINUE: Stripping oil-drilling provisions out of the Senate's 2004 budget bill is only a temporary victory for the Arctic, unfortunately. Oil companies and drilling supporters in Congress will continue their search for new legislative vehicles for opening the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling.
Thanks to more than 25,000 Environmental Defense activists who quickly responded to our urgent action alert since Monday with e-mails, faxes and phone calls to Congress, we helped turn the tide against oil company efforts to open this precious wilderness area to oil companies.
HOW DID YOUR SENATOR VOTE? http://actionnetwork.org/ct/qd172p11yqFS/arcticvote (A "yea" vote is opposed to Arctic oil drilling. A "nay" vote supports Arctic oil drilling)
OIL DRILLING THREATS CONTINUE: Stripping oil-drilling provisions out of the Senate's 2004 budget bill is only a temporary victory for the Arctic, unfortunately. Oil companies and drilling supporters in Congress will continue their search for new legislative vehicles for opening the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling.
As he pushes ahead with war plans, President Bush is also exploiting
the national preoccupation with the war by trying to pass a gigantic
new tax cut. The Bush tax package includes $700 billion in new cuts,
and a total revenue reduction of more than $2 trillion over the next
ten years.* These cuts will primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans.
With the imminent start of war, we know this is a hard time to focus on anything else. But because you've been one of our most active members, we hope you can find a moment to make two calls today. The Senate vote on the Bush tax plan could come as soon as today, Tuesday, March 18th.
The AFL-CIO has generously provided a toll-free number. Please call both of your Senators now, at:
1-888-280-6279
If that number is busy, please call your Senators directly, at:
Senator Durbin
DC Phone: 202-224-2152
Senator Fitzgerald
DC Phone: 202-224-2854
Make sure the staffers know you're a constituent. Then urge your Senators to:
"Please OPPOSE the President's tax cut package. We simply can't afford it."
With the imminent start of war, we know this is a hard time to focus on anything else. But because you've been one of our most active members, we hope you can find a moment to make two calls today. The Senate vote on the Bush tax plan could come as soon as today, Tuesday, March 18th.
The AFL-CIO has generously provided a toll-free number. Please call both of your Senators now, at:
1-888-280-6279
If that number is busy, please call your Senators directly, at:
Senator Durbin
DC Phone: 202-224-2152
Senator Fitzgerald
DC Phone: 202-224-2854
Make sure the staffers know you're a constituent. Then urge your Senators to:
"Please OPPOSE the President's tax cut package. We simply can't afford it."
This week the House & Senate debate 2004 budget plans. They
will be voting to give tax cuts to the rich or to invest in children and
families - choices that will affect the nation for years to come.
ACTION ITEMS: 1. Call your Senators and Reps using the AFL-CIO toll-free legislative line at: 1-888-280-6279. 2. E-mail your Members of Congress at: capwiz.com/cdf/issues/alert/?alertid=1673121&type=CO 3. Mobilize others to call, e-mail, and set up phone banks by using the flier at: www.cdfactioncouncil.org/national_call-in_day_flyer.pdf and
What You Can Ask Your Senators & Rep To Do:
1. Vote NO on Republican Budget Committees' budget resolutions.
2. Stop all tax giveaways for millionaires.
3. Stop the Bush plan to dismantle Head Start, block grant, Medicaid, foster care, and low income housing.
4. Stop all proposals that would cut, freeze, or eliminate crucial children's programs.
ACTION ITEMS: 1. Call your Senators and Reps using the AFL-CIO toll-free legislative line at: 1-888-280-6279. 2. E-mail your Members of Congress at: capwiz.com/cdf/issues/alert/?alertid=1673121&type=CO 3. Mobilize others to call, e-mail, and set up phone banks by using the flier at: www.cdfactioncouncil.org/national_call-in_day_flyer.pdf and
What You Can Ask Your Senators & Rep To Do:
1. Vote NO on Republican Budget Committees' budget resolutions.
2. Stop all tax giveaways for millionaires.
3. Stop the Bush plan to dismantle Head Start, block grant, Medicaid, foster care, and low income housing.
4. Stop all proposals that would cut, freeze, or eliminate crucial children's programs.