"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Numbers and contacts to use and keep:
Capitol Hill (Senators and Congress): 888-355-3588 or 888-818-6641 or
202-224-3121
White House: 202.456.1111
Contacting Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Local and regional newsmedia near you:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cu/cu.php?az=blaster
Local and regional newsmedia near you:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media
Mass lists of media outlets emails here. Place addresses in the BCC area:
http://medianewsdesks.blogspot.com/
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STATE OF THE UNION JAN 31 2006
Tell the White House staff you want Bush to come clean with torture. You can
call either before or after his State of the Union speech. Here's how to call.
Be polite:
http://www.tellthetruthabouttorture.org/site/c.fgLRI3OCKnF/b.1387151/k.8C67/Talking_Points.htm?msource=wttat3no2&auid=1374897
Tell him to obey the anti-torture law:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/bush_signing/in83we3zojntkmj?
This is the actual state of the union:
http://ga4.org/campaign/realstateoftheunion/wwws56s4453nm6b?
Tell him NO NUKES:
http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start.php?action_id=78&ref_source=newsletter20060131
Read about ACLU calls for a free America:
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/23978prs20060131.html and Call your
senators today at (202) 224-3121 and demand that a special counsel be appointed
to investigate the illegal spying program and send them an email. Demand that
the illegal wiretaps cease:
https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=347&page=UserAction&JServSessionIdr006=bgln5voxk3.app26a
The President is not a King!
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=8422656&content_dir=ua_congressorg
STOP HEARTLESS AND OBSCENE LEGISLATION- URGENT- Vote is Wed Feb 1
Stop the heartless budget cuts:
http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/ocean/host.php?page=224
Stop student loan cuts: http://www.ourfuture.org/no_student_loan_cuts.cfm
Stop the budget cuts to the needy of our country and stop tax cuts to the
wealthy:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1329
Call your Congressman toll-free and demand that he/she vote against the
heartless Budget Reconciliation Bill that claims to "balance the budget" on the
backs of the poor, needy, elderly, and students- that's us the citizens. And
while you're on the phone with them, tell them you KNOW who is benefitting from
their obscene tax cuts- and you do not support tax cuts. Do it NOW:
1-800-426-8073 and ask for your Congress person.
Demand that your Senators oppose any tax cuts under this administration
because they primarily benefit the wealthy and destroy the revenue stream to
fund our government:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=907
SUPREME COURT DISASTER: SAMUELALITO=IAMASELLOUT Sammy
Tell your Senators how incensed you are by their stab in the back to us their
constituents. Tell all Republicans except Jeffords how they are despicable for
stabbing Americans in the back. They played as cheerleaders and defense
attorneys for Samuel Alito instead of doing their duty with tough questions for
the benefit of the American people. Thank Jeffords and the following Dems for
courageously defending your rights and for supporting the filibuster. And tell
the rest of the Democrats they should have had the courage and moral strength
to defend us the citizens by joining John Kerry and Ted Kennedy in the
filibuster. Here's the 25 who courageously voted against stopping the
filibuster. They are the heroes for democracy. This list comes from the
official senate webpage
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00001#state
:
25 NAYS on cloture= 25 votes for filibuster= 25 real patriots
Bayh (D-IN), Biden (D-DE), Boxer (D-CA), Clinton (D-NY), Dayton (D-MN), Dodd
(D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Jeffords (I-VT),
Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI),
Menendez (D-NJ), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Obama (D-IL), Reed (D-RI),
Reid (D-NV), Sarbanes (D-MD), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting: Ensign (R-NV), Hagel (R-NE), Harkin (D-IA)
Thank the 25 courageous filibuster patriots:
http://www.moveonpac.org/alitothanks/?id=6771-4071424-WK8dg6UzN39kOwhokLS00Q&t=2
Here's another easy opportunity to give feedback to those who opposed Alito:
Click here to thank the senators who stood up for a filibuster:
http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/thanksforthefight/w3kwek62v5bt35b?
Click here to thank all the senators who voted against Alito:
http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/thanksforyourvote/w3kwek62v5bt35b?
Here's an excellent letter to tell your representatives you KNOW what
traitors they are to their oaths, to their constituents, to their country. Just
copy, enter your zipcode, paste, and edit to your liking. You may ALSO want to
send your letter to other Senators.
Letter:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=8428901&content_dir=ua_congressorg
Contacting Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
You can also whittle it down and send it to the media. Choose your media tool
and your media:
Local and regional newsmedia near you:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cu/cu.php?az=blaster
Local and regional newsmedia near you:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media
Mass lists of media outlets emails here. Place addresses in the BCC area:
http://medianewsdesks.blogspot.com/
We need to protect Kerry, Kennedy, etc from media spin. Anyone who notices
corporate media folks spouting Republican talking points, let me know
immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll send the information to my list of more
than 600 progressive activists, bloggers, radio talk show hosts, writers, and
strategists, asking them to get their readers and listeners involved in calling
and sending emails or faxes to any and all corporate media people who try to
help the Republicans stop this filibuster.I told Senator Kerry's office that we
will get his back. If we don't, we're headed further down the road toward
complete loss of our civil liberties. -caro
"WAR ON TERROR" GOVERNMENT ABUSES
The Patriot Act is back! Another attack on our liberties:
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=20355
Wrestle with Department of Homeland Security lawlessness:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1250&t=
PROTECT THE INTERNET AND PUBLIC BROADCASTING
The only avenues we have left to communicate with one another and to get the
truth out are some radio stations and of course the internet. The next fight
will be for the freedom of the internet:
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1372975&action=5382&template=x.ascx
Remove partisan voices from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1191671&en=goIFLOOvH6KBLMNoE5IAKLNmFfKMKONxFhLJJQOxEoKZF
CITIZEN HEROES IN D.C.
If you live near D.C., PLEASE volunteer for the Common Cause's Washington
Connection. This is a group of D.C. volunteers that help to convert citizen
actions into face-to-face encounters with Congress! Read about it here, and
become a hero for the rest of us outlanders:
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=877183
ELECTION REFORM ACTIONS:
Colorado: Write a letter to the editor in support of improving Colorado's
elections: http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=509781
Connecticut: Write your senator to support a voter-verified paper ballot bill
in Connecticut :
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=493883&action=2100&template=x.ascx
North Carolina: Write a letter to the editor:
http://www.commoncause.org/NCVotingBillsLTE and sign the petition :
http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=495727&en=9hJPLYOwH9LILRMvFcLRJWOvFbKRK9NHI8LILUPGLhJSLcPUF
to support the Confidence in Voting bills.
Find your elected officials:
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/search.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=196434#state
Critical provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are set to expire soon.
Please attend the February 4 grassroots conference to work on renewing these
provisions. You can attend in person if you live close to Los Angeles, or you
can attend online. Spread the word!!!
http://www.calvec.org/site/c.9dJDLJNkGkF/b.1110143/k.A48D/Upcoming_Events.htm
Print this flyer and post everywhere:
http://www.calvec.org/atf/cf/{0B971047-D03E-4C61-845A-E9A2BE44A3D1}/CA%20VRA%20PUBLIC%20EDUCATION%20FLYER.PDF
CLEAN UP CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE, AUTHORITIES:
Help Impeach Bush. Sign Congressman Conyers' letter: http://johnconyers.com/
Write a letter to your Congressmen and then convert it into a letter to the
editor, and send it to as many media outlets as you can find. Here's some
causes:
Clean up Texas:
http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=225627&en=ltLPJ3MPKbJLK1PIJaLKI0NGIkK2J7PMJgLTIfMYIxE
Demand protection for Whistleblowers:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1623
and
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1347491&action=5277&template=x.ascx
Investigate Katrina:
http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1021349&en=5nJHIMPgE5LAIFMfF8JJJKPfH7IJKXMrG7KIJMNpEeLLJ0NEG
Make George sweat:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1504
Tell your Congress to demand Bush-Abramoff connections be released :
http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2401
Washington State ecology truth-tellers and whistleblowers wanted:
http://www.whistleblower.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=148
Demand accountability:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=914
Run for office: http://www.barrywelsh.org/fiftystate/index.html
Feed the protests:
http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=4&Itemid=4
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HEALTH
The illegitimate and impeachable pResident in our White House has placed
corporate cronies into all of our government's top positions- EPA, FDA, FCC,
FEC... with disastrous consequences for all of us. Please sign the following
petitions to protest some of their heinous behavior:
Demand EPA action on the Aftermath of Katrina:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1198
Tell the president to safeguard our safeguards:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=874
Defend our wildlife habitats:
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/vernpricermp/iw8xu872yjntkmt
Do not weaken environmental law:
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/nepacomment/
Defend our National Parks from expoitation:
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/nationalparks/
Defend our forests: http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/WYRange
Save our forests:
http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start.php?action_id=71&ref_source=newsletter20060131
Tell Congress the country is not for sale:
http://earthday.care2.com/campaigns/edvm/
KEEP RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
Stop the House Resolution HR235:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=906
Stop faith-based hiring discrimination in Head Start:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ombwatch/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=908
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