From Marilyn Noyes:
I've been having a meltdown today because Chris Hedges' piece about
the US
economy on
<http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090614_the_american_empire_is_bankrupt/?ln>truthdig
[read with caution] scares the hell out of me. I called the White
House, because Obama said to push him, SO I'M PUSHING!!!
I told the volunteer on the phone that I had five points to make. I said:
Re-regulate the corporations;
Make corporations pay their fair share of taxes;
Break up monopolies;
Stop supplying banks & insurance companies with bailout funds,
and give them to the common people who will help reinvigorate our
economy by recirculating the money.
Then I realized that I had made only four points and said, "One more
thing. I want justice for Don Siegelman." This woman (they won't
give out their names) THANKED ME for remembering Don Siegelman. SHE
thanked ME. This woman in Washington D.C. was thrilled that I cared
about what happens to Don Siegelman. And whatever points I went on
to make about Governor Siegelman, she acknowledged and validated.
We need to save our economy because we don't want to live through
another Great Depression. I am terrified of what that would mean for
me personally, for those I care about, and for all us people of
modest means. So let's lobby the White House to stand up against the
corrupt Federal Reserve and the greedy corporate titans. Push the
President.
But don't forget to ask for justice for Don Siegelman. He has spent
his public life working for the common good. We owe it to him to
make our voices heard on his behalf.
White House 202-456-1111; toll free number: 800-833-6354;
E-mail: <http://www.whitehouse.gov>www.whitehouse.gov
Attorney General Eric Holder 202.514.2001; fax: (202) 307-6777;
E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
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