[LAAMN] NRA Rejects Any Suggestion of Gun Control Following Newtown Massacre

2012-12-25 Thread bigraccoon
NRA Rejects Any Suggestion of Gun Control Following Newtown Massacre http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/12/23/nra_rejects_any_suggestion_of_gun_control_following_newtown_massacre.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[LAAMN] Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns

2012-12-25 Thread Ed Pearl
Merry Christmas. I'm caught in the middle of getting my Earthlink status changed to bulk (1,500 on my list), unfortunately, during the Christmas holiday. Until they get back to work I'm limited to 100 a day. So, I'm sending this out, primarily to list-serves, but also to a couple of dozen

[LAAMN] January Delegation to Venezuela: Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Community Power

2012-12-25 Thread Williams Camacaro
January Delegation to Venezuela: Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Community Power January 27/February-5. With Hugo Chavez’s historic win this October, the Venezuelan people have committed to carry forward the Bolivarian Revolution, with its advances in social equality, human rights,

[LAAMN] ICH quotes

2012-12-25 Thread scotpeden
We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage - James Russell Lowell If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day -

[LAAMN] Obama Moves Toward Deal to Slash Social Programs

2012-12-25 Thread scotpeden
Social Security HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET, it is what YOU AND I PAY INTO, it's funding does NOT come out of the Budget!!! Obama keeps offering it up for cuts? Whose going to get our money then? They certainly aren't lowering our payments into the program! SS IS NOT BUDGET MONEY, but