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Two dozen protestors demonstrated at the Madison Correctional Institution in London, Ohio on November 24. Some banners at the protest read “Stop the Prison Industrial Complex” and “No More Prisons.” The demonstration was sponsored by the Prisoner’s Advocacy Network-Ohio (PAN-Ohio), CURE-Ohio, the Community Organizing Center, Students for Sensible Drug Policies and the Ohio Prison Reform Unity Project. Dan Cahill, spokesperson for PAN-Ohio and former inmate, stressed the daily brutality against prisoners. He also outlined the corruption and dereliction of duty engaged in by prison staff and guards. Cahill says that the exploitation of prison labor for private profit amounts to “slave labor.” Among Cahill’s specific demands for reform are the improvement of medial treatment for inmates and the creation of an adequate grievance procedure.
Thirty-three million people - including 13 million children - live in households that are hungry or at risk of hunger. They cannot wait. Letters to congress are needed immediately to urge them to improve and strengthen the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, commonly known as welfare, so it better meets the needs of low-income families. Bread for the World supports the WORK Act (Work Opportunities and Responsibility for Kids Act) and considers it a far better TANF reauthorization plan than the bill passed by the house. It has not, however, reached the full Senate floor for a vote. Tell Senator DeWine and Senator Voinovich to make reauthorization of TANF a priority. Call the capital switchboard at 220-224-3121, ask to be transferred to the Senators’ offices and make the following points:
Reauthorizing TANF is the most important decision that Congress will make for hungry and poor people in the U.S. this year, and it is critical that it gets done now.
I urge you to support the bipartisan WORK Act passed by the Finance Committee.
Reauthorizing TANF is the most important decision that Congress will make for hungry and poor people in the U.S. this year, and it is critical that it gets done now.
I urge you to support the bipartisan WORK Act passed by the Finance Committee.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Did you hear the Bush administration finally
found a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda? They both have the letter Q.
The evil, evil Q. (Not original with me, making the rounds.)
Some days, I'd just as soon whack myself in the head with the newspaper as read it. Remember the time the stock market tanked, lost $6.65 trillion, 38 percent of its total value? That would be the last two years.
Silly us, we thought the Bushies were actually going to do something -- not much, but something -- about why it happened. Congress stepped nobly to the plate in the summer of aught-two -- as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, etc. came crashing down around us -- and passed a Reform Bill. Yes, they did. Not a dissenting vote against it, even in the Republican House.
Some days, I'd just as soon whack myself in the head with the newspaper as read it. Remember the time the stock market tanked, lost $6.65 trillion, 38 percent of its total value? That would be the last two years.
Silly us, we thought the Bushies were actually going to do something -- not much, but something -- about why it happened. Congress stepped nobly to the plate in the summer of aught-two -- as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, etc. came crashing down around us -- and passed a Reform Bill. Yes, they did. Not a dissenting vote against it, even in the Republican House.
Spending last weekend with friends in Landrum, S.C., right on the North/South Carolina line, I found the death of the Smoaks' dogs was still very much on folks' minds, and not just because Saluda, N.C., where the Smoaks live, was just up Interstate 25 from Landrum, north toward Asheville, N.C. The public apprehension that cops are often border-line psychotic, hair-trigger ready to open fire on the slightest pretext and virtually immune for serious sanction is growing apace, fueled by this recent bout of dog killing.
James Smoak plus wife Pamela and son Brandon were traveling from Nashville along Interstate 40 to their Saluda home on New Year's Day when they noticed a trooper following them. In Cookeville, Tenn., about 90 miles east of Nashville, the Smoaks were pulled over by the trooper and three local police cars. The cops ordered them out of the car, made them kneel and handcuffed them.
James Smoak plus wife Pamela and son Brandon were traveling from Nashville along Interstate 40 to their Saluda home on New Year's Day when they noticed a trooper following them. In Cookeville, Tenn., about 90 miles east of Nashville, the Smoaks were pulled over by the trooper and three local police cars. The cops ordered them out of the car, made them kneel and handcuffed them.
To: Washington's most powerful people
OK, let's review the main points.
A basic PR problem remains. While you're in a hurry to launch an all-out war on Iraq, the main obstacle is that a large majority of Americans don't feel the rush. Uncle Sam's usual carrots and sticks have a long way to go at the U.N. Security Council. The big disappointment of January is that some key allies haven't caved yet.
No need to belabor the recent polling numbers. Newsweek did a national sampling of opinion midway through the month, and you went into a funk when you read the Associated Press summary: "Most Americans want the United States to take more time seeking a peaceful solution in Iraq rather than moving quickly into a military confrontation."
The next sentence was even more cautionary: "By 60 percent to 35 percent, people in the Newsweek poll ... said they would prefer that the Bush administration allow more time to find an alternative to war." And, what's more, "a majority would be opposed should this country act without the support of the United Nations and had no more than one or two allies."
OK, let's review the main points.
A basic PR problem remains. While you're in a hurry to launch an all-out war on Iraq, the main obstacle is that a large majority of Americans don't feel the rush. Uncle Sam's usual carrots and sticks have a long way to go at the U.N. Security Council. The big disappointment of January is that some key allies haven't caved yet.
No need to belabor the recent polling numbers. Newsweek did a national sampling of opinion midway through the month, and you went into a funk when you read the Associated Press summary: "Most Americans want the United States to take more time seeking a peaceful solution in Iraq rather than moving quickly into a military confrontation."
The next sentence was even more cautionary: "By 60 percent to 35 percent, people in the Newsweek poll ... said they would prefer that the Bush administration allow more time to find an alternative to war." And, what's more, "a majority would be opposed should this country act without the support of the United Nations and had no more than one or two allies."
AUSTIN, Texas -- Bet you if I had a nickel for every time
someone has started an article or a speech in past five years by saying,
"The nation's health care system is facing a crisis," or, "Our health care
system is falling apart," I would be a rich woman today.
I suppose I could come up with some dramatic metaphor for the crumbling, tottering, greed-rotted structure, but hey, why don't you check out your health insurance premiums and see how you're doing? Up by 12 percent, 22 percent, 40 percent?
Larger premiums, higher deductibles, increased payments for prescription drugs? Employer dropping your coverage? Are we having fun yet?
I suppose I could come up with some dramatic metaphor for the crumbling, tottering, greed-rotted structure, but hey, why don't you check out your health insurance premiums and see how you're doing? Up by 12 percent, 22 percent, 40 percent?
Larger premiums, higher deductibles, increased payments for prescription drugs? Employer dropping your coverage? Are we having fun yet?
GOOD MORNING.... We are gathered here in joy to celebrate the technologies of peace. The road to peace, to justice, to prosperity leads through the sun and the wind.
Never has the contrast been so great.
In tragedy and fear, we are looking down the barrel of the gun of a war for oil.
A war for the technologies of the past.
A war for global warming and dead oceans.
A war to kill pollution control and to drill in Alaska.
A war about ending affirmative action and burying the Bill of Rights.
A war to make abortion illegal and imprison those who need medical marijuana.
The Republican party has become the Al Queida of the environment.
The Bush Administration has chosen economic ruin over peace and prosperity.
We are here to reverse that choice.
We are in the bright sunshine, looking at the path of peace.
Cars that are nonviolent.
Solar panels that worship nature.
Wind mills that embrace what's holy.
We are living proof that throughout history, peace has prevailed and tyrants have fallen.
This is how it's done.
In tragedy and fear, we are looking down the barrel of the gun of a war for oil.
A war for the technologies of the past.
A war for global warming and dead oceans.
A war to kill pollution control and to drill in Alaska.
A war about ending affirmative action and burying the Bill of Rights.
A war to make abortion illegal and imprison those who need medical marijuana.
The Republican party has become the Al Queida of the environment.
The Bush Administration has chosen economic ruin over peace and prosperity.
We are here to reverse that choice.
We are in the bright sunshine, looking at the path of peace.
Cars that are nonviolent.
Solar panels that worship nature.
Wind mills that embrace what's holy.
We are living proof that throughout history, peace has prevailed and tyrants have fallen.
This is how it's done.
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (IPS) - As the U.S. government pours troops into the
Persian Gulf region, opposition to the administration's policy of
''pre-emptive war'' against Iraq is growing, with at least half a million
demonstrators turning out in cities across the U.S. and abroad Saturday to
press their case for peace.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters braved freezing temperatures in the nation's capital to march the five-kilometre route from the Capitol Building to Washington's Navy Yard, in what organisers said was the largest rally in recent years at a military base on U.S. soil.
"It really breaks any claim that there's a consensus in this country to go to war," said Chuck Kaufman, a member of the steering committee for the New York-based group International Answer, which organised the Washington march.
Saturday's gathering was the second mass mobilisation in Washington against an Iraq war since October. Simultaneous protests were held in Canada, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Korea and Spain.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters braved freezing temperatures in the nation's capital to march the five-kilometre route from the Capitol Building to Washington's Navy Yard, in what organisers said was the largest rally in recent years at a military base on U.S. soil.
"It really breaks any claim that there's a consensus in this country to go to war," said Chuck Kaufman, a member of the steering committee for the New York-based group International Answer, which organised the Washington march.
Saturday's gathering was the second mass mobilisation in Washington against an Iraq war since October. Simultaneous protests were held in Canada, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Korea and Spain.
It is official: George Ryan is now a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. Francis A. Boyle announced "I have today filed the Nomination by fax with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Norway. StopCapitalPunishment.org will now focus its efforts on promoting and lobbying on behalf of Governor Ryan to be awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize."
Francis A. Boyle, Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, a member of the Campaign to nominate George H. Ryan for the Nobel Peace Prize made good on his promise by completing and filing the nomination papers recommending ex Governor Ryan of Illinois for the Nobel Peace Prize late yesterday.
Professor Boyle noted that "By exposing the inhumanity of capital punishment in the United States, George H. Ryan has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, "conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.""
Francis A. Boyle, Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, a member of the Campaign to nominate George H. Ryan for the Nobel Peace Prize made good on his promise by completing and filing the nomination papers recommending ex Governor Ryan of Illinois for the Nobel Peace Prize late yesterday.
Professor Boyle noted that "By exposing the inhumanity of capital punishment in the United States, George H. Ryan has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, "conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.""
Buddy's Carpet has been running radio ads for the show.
Please call expressing your disappointment that they would support the abuse of animals and that you wouldn't be buying any carpet from them.
Until they can be a "Buddy" to the animals they won't be a buddy of mine.
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Please call expressing your disappointment that they would support the abuse of animals and that you wouldn't be buying any carpet from them.
Until they can be a "Buddy" to the animals they won't be a buddy of mine.
morse rd 478-8484
cherry bottom rd 428-4724
georgesville square dr 878-5876
fishinger rd 527-1339
westward ave 278-9157
e. main st 338-1200
sawmill rd 791-1700