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Visit
this link to see the
state-by-state statistics
for
unemployment, as
well as the national figures.
We need single payer healthcare in the
United States. Single Payer for everyone is not going to
happen tomorrow, so it is vital that the Public Option
be included in any healthcare reform package coming out of
Washington. Agnes Pennington, one of our hard working Executive
Committee members, has asked that we continue to fight lobbyists (and
their money) and that we continue to let Congress know we aren't giving
up or giving in.
Don't let scare
tactics (like saying the US will become 'socialist') keep you from
learning all the facts. We are decades behind the big
industrialized nations in providing affordable healthcare for all
citizens, while spending more of our GDP than anyone else on the care
that is provided only to some. We
need this NOW. Please send emails or make phone calls to
Senators Boxer and Feinstein. Their contact info is on our Links page.
Thank you!
Are you
interested in becoming part of MoveOn.org's brand new
Council in San Diego? Forming the council will be fun and easy,
and the Council will hold powerful events to push for President Obama's
clean energy jobs plan. Click on this link if you want to learn
more:
http://pol.moveon.org/powerup/startup/index.htm
Past Action Items
KEEP THE
INTERNET FREE! Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony
Pictures, is a leading force to have corporations such as his control
the Internet, as he and others of his ilk see it as a threat to their
profits! He made the comment that he sees "nothing good having
come from the Internet. Period." But Mr Lynton is just the latest
in a line of old media bosses who see the open Internet as a threat ~
something they must control to keep prices high, access limited and
users in check.
Those of us who use and rely upon the Internet every
day have a chance to let him know otherwise . . . we must contact the
FCC TODAY to let them know our position of keeping the Internet open
and free and to tell them that we believe the Internet is good for
Democracy!! ***
Click
here to Make Sure Lynton and His Cronies Don't Stifle the Internet
Natalie Nava
of the Center for Policy Initiatives
(CPI)
was our guest at the September meeting. She spoke in detail about
the pitfalls associated with Prop C and outsourcing city services.
For information about protecting city services please visit:
http://www.onlineCPI.org/Protect
City Services
and
to participate in a campaign to tell the city council how you feel
about this situation, please get more detail at:
http://www.onlineCPI.org/TakeAction
Thank you to Natalie and to all of you who choose to participate.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich's amendment
passed
the House Education and Labor Committee by a vote of 25-19,
thanks to all of you who contacted committee members to urge
passage.
*** Now, Rep. Anthony Weiner is
co-sponsoring an amendment before the House
Energy and Commerce committee for an even better bill: Universal
(not simply state-by-state) single payer healthcare...Medicare for All (H.R.
676), introduced in January (of 2007!) by
Rep. John Conyers
of Michigan. Isn't it time??
Please contact one
or more of the committee members below to encourage passage of this
truly important amendment. Thank you!
Here are their numbers:
Energy & Commerce (202) 225-2927
Henry Waxman (Chair) (202) 225-3976
John Dingell, MI (202) 225-4071
Edward Markey, MA (202) 225-2836
Rick Boucher, VA (202) 225-3861
Frank Pallone, NJ (202) 225-4671
Bart Gordon, TN (202) 225-4231
Bobby L. Rush, IL (202) 225-4372
Anna G. Eshoo, CA (202) 225-8104
Bart Stupak, MI (202) 225-4735
Eliot L. Engel, NY (202) 225-2464
Gene Green, TX (202) 225-1688
Diana DeGette, CO (202) 225-4431
Lois Capps, CA (202) 225-3601
Mike Doyle, PA (202) 225-2135
Jane Harman, CA (202) 225-8220
Jan Schakowsky, IL (202) 225-2111
Charles Gonzalez, TX (202) 225-3236
Jay Inslee, WA (202) 225-6311
Tammy Baldwin, WI (202) 225-2906
Mike Ross, AR (202) 225-3772
Jim Matheson, UT (202) 225-3011
G.K. Butterfield, NC (202) 225-3101
Charlie Melancon, LA (202) 225-4031
John Barrow, GA (202) 225-2823
Baron P. Hill, IN (202) 225-5315
Doris O. Matsui, CA (202) 225-7163
Kathy Castor, FL (202) 225-3376
John P. Sarbanes, MD (202) 225-4016
Chris Murphy, CT (202) 225-4476
Zachary Space, OH (202) 225-6265
Jerry McNerney, CA (202) 225-1947
Betty Sutton, OH (202) 225-3401
Bruce L. Braley, IA (202) 225-2911
Peter Welch, VT (202) 225-4115
Tell Secretary Salazar to Put a
Stop to Oil and Gas Activity in the Arctic. Visit the Oceana web
site at this
link for more details and to sign the petition.
There are only 130 Western Gray
Whales left! Please sign a petition being circulated worldwide to
tell oil and gas companies to cease new activities off Sakhalin Island
immediately. Click
here to participate.
The League of Conservation Voters hopes you will send a message to your Representatives asking that they strengthen and pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES). This le
gislation will help both our economy and our planet by helping to create millions of jobs, reducing our dependence on oil, and cutting global warming pollution. Click on this link to send an email to Congress asking that they strengthen and pass this critical legislation. Thank you!
John Lee
Evans asked that we all write letters and/or send emails to the San
Diego Union Tribune to express our support for the "Project
Stabilization Agreement" that he and two other members of the School
Board want included as part of Proposition S passed by voters to
provide 2.l billion dollars to renovate San Diego City Schools.
The Project Stabilization Agreement includes provisions to do local
hiring, provide good jobs with health insurance to those working on the
school projects, and also provides for apprenticeships for our
graduates. Send your emails to the newspaper at letters@uniontribune.com.
For more information or details on any of the School Board's
plans, please send an email to John at johnleeevans@sandi.net.
Thank you for your input. And, please note that the School
Board is interested in establishing local advisory councils for the
school district that would include interested citizens who have a
desire to provide a better public education for our children.
John represents Mira Mesa, Clairemont and University City.
Take action on credit card refrorm! The
Senate just passed credit card reform today (May 19) and the bill goes
back to the House for a final vote tomorrow. The banks hope to
derail reform at the last minute with scare tactics. Please don't
let them! Click on the link below to contact your Congress person
NOW. (Message from Consumers Union)
https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2119
Save the Polar
Bear - The Center for Biological Diversity is asking us all to sign a
petition to Secretary Salazar to rescind the Bush administration's bad
regulations and last-minute attacks on the Endangered Species
Act. Click
here to read more and sign the petition. It only takes a
minute!
John Lee Evans,
our member of the School Board, asks that everyone attend the April
30th Town Hall Forum at Kearny High School (7651 Wellington Way near
Mesa College) at 7 PM to save our public schools. He says "This
is for everyone in the community who believes our city needs a great
school system." He wants to be sure that teachers are not
laid off to balance the budget, that our schools receive their fair
share of the federal stimulus dollars, and that cuts made will have the
least direct effect on children's education.
Defenders of
Wildlife would like you to take action by May 5th to save
the fewer than 560 pairs of northern spotted owls. Please click
here to send a message to the Board of Forestry: Give
a Hoot
Critical
Deadline! By May 9th, the Obama administration has to seize the
opportunity to overturn last-minute Bush administration regulations
putting the Endangered Species Act in peril. Please act now to
tell the President that you want him to act. Click
here to access more information about what you can do.
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Redacted:
A fictional story inspired by true events, Redacted
is a cinematic rallying cry from one of film's greatest provocateurs,
Brian De Palma...and it has Bill O'Reilly running scared.
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Tell Congress to Stop Big
Media: Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,
wants to push through plans to remove decades-old media ownership
protections. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
have introduced groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that would hold
the FCC accountable and put the people ahead of Big Media. Sign
this letter and tell everyone you know.
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Operation Climate Vote: Take
Action Now! Congress needs to move on comprehensive climate
legislation. This year. That's why we're launching Operation
Climate Vote: to pressure Congress to act on global warming
legislation to cap and reduce America's global warming pollution.
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Reforming
Energy Reform: Team Bush has sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi
offering a "basic framework for an energy bill that would not compel
the President's senior advisors to recommend a veto." Sounds like a
threat, doesn't it? Send
a clear message to your member of Congress right now calling for
real energy reform!
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Impeach
Cheney: If you support Rep. Dennis Kucinich in the impeachment
of Dick Cheny, please go to this web link and sign the petition: H.Res 333 Action Page.
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Save KLSD: It is very possible
that Clear Channel will be converting KLSD, our local access to Air
America, NovaM and other Progressive talk formats, to an all-sports
talk station. Here are some things to do:
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Email Station Manager Cliff Albert: calbert@clearchannel.com.
Demonstrate at the station: Every
Saturday 10am-noon.
Notify all your friends and associates everywehere.
Call the shows, local and national,
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Out-FOX-ed: In 2003, FOX
said "Al Qaeda is in Baghdad" and evidence of WMDs was "irrefutable."
In 2007, they suggest Iran "is forging ties with Al Qaeda" and the
evidence against Iran is "unequivocal." FOX is a propaganda machine.
But as a real news station, you have a sacred responsibility to dig to
the bottom of stories and report the truth to the American people. Sign
this Open Letter to TV Networks and help make a difference.
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Keep Your Katrina Promises: Two
years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
In the days following the tragedy, promises rolled in from the Bush
Administration to help rebuild that great city and get New Orleanians
back on their feet. It turns out, that's all they were—empty
promises.The tremendous suffering that persists on the Gulf Coast is a
national disgrace and Congress must help hold the president to his
word. Sign
this petition and force Mr. Bush to keep his promises!
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Flawed FCC: Don’t let the
FCC make decisions with flawed data! Rupert Murdoch buys the Wall
Street Journal - another symptom of a disease the FCC chooses to
ignore. Meanwhile, the FCC supports greater media consolidation,
creates a study to support that conclusion, and suppresses other
studies. Find
out the latest in a series of FCC biases, cover-ups!
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Drug Un-Safety: Congress went on vacation,
leaving promised drug safety reform behind. Bills passed by both Houses
have yet to be sent to the President. Lawmakers will be back in
Washington next week and need to finish what they started. You worked
hard to pass this reform: Tell Congress
to get off the beach and finish the job!
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Hidden Credit Card Fees / Rate
Hikes: It’s hard to imagine that credit card companies can hike
your interest rates without telling you. But they can, and they do.
Now, finally, you can do something. New rules could make credit card
companies treat consumers more fairly--with your help. Support
limits on credit card company interest rate and fee hikes!
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Katrina, Two Years Ago Today:
As we mark the second anniversary of Hurrican Katrina, there are still
tens of thousands of families without homes. 30,000 families are
scattered across the country in FEMA apartments, 13,000 in trailers,
and hardly any of the 77,000 rental units in New Orleans have been
rebuilt. To share some of these stories, please view "When the Saints
Go Marching In." Be sure to sign the
petition, too! Thank you.
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Courage
Campaign: A few weeks ago,
California Republican Party lawyers filed an initiative with the state
attorney general for the June 2008 ballot that would reduce
California's voice in electing the president of the United States by
moving California from a winner take all electoral system to one that
allots electoral votes proportionally by congressional district. If we don't act now, California could tip the balance
to the Republicans next year!
Sign our
pledge to oppose this now.
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Sign
The BlackWater Petition: Say No to
Blackwater and war profiteers in California! "I urge you to do
everything in your power to block Blackwater USA's proposed private
mercenary training camp in the beautiful Round Potrero Valley in San
Diego County...the proposed site of Blackwater West is currently zoned
for agriculture...it should stay that way. Keep Blackwater out of
California."
Thank
KFMB for bringing this story to the public's attention.
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Biodiversity Activist:
Please thank
California Senate democrats for Defending Global Warming
Efforts. It is critical that we let Democrats in the Senate know that
we appreciate their commitment to California's fight against global
warming.
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True Majority Action: If you sent an email in 2003, there's a good chance
your government grabbed a copy of it. Congress will re-consider legal
protection against this in just six months, so we need to show them NOW
that this is not the behavior we will accept. Sign
the petition!
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Environmental Defense Action Center: Take Action for the environment. Right from your
computer, right now! Take action on any of the critical issues linked
to here. Send free faxes and emails to top decision-makers when they
need to hear from you. Once you take action, you will receive email
action alerts keeping you informed of how you can act online to save
the planet.
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Fight
Global Warming with Barbara Boxer: "Thank
you for e-mailing your Senators in support of the Sanders/Boxer bill to
prevent global warming! Now help me build the strong grassroots support
we need to pass critical global warming legislation: Please invite your
friends and family to e-mail their Senators as well!"
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"End The War in Irag" Vigil:
Republicans continue to block progress on Iraq, so let's keep the
pressure up. On August 28th, there will be events around the country
put on by our friends at Americans Against Escalation in Iraq and
MoveOn.org. Host
an event in your area, or find an event to attend!
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