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As expected, Rupert Murdoch and other media moguls got that present from FCC chairman Kevin Martin, just in time for Christmas. He redrew cross-ownership rules. But as John Nichols wrote, "Martin's days as chairman are likely to be numbered. That's why he is rushing ahead with these rule changes. It is also why the efforts to delay and overturn his initiatives take on additional meaning." Here are two things you can do now to delay and overturn his initiative:
1. Congress has the power to throw out these rules, and if 100,000 people demand it, they'll have to listen. Sign an open letter to Congress members urging them to stop the FCC and stand with the public interest here: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/sbmopenletter | |||||
PHYSICIANS AGAINST WAR W/ IRAN
Mobilizing Physicians Against War in Iran
In November, and after months of work by PSR doctors Bob Gould and Victor Sidel, the American Public Health Association (APHA) reinforced PSR's position by adopting a policy statement observing that "even a conventional military attack on nuclear facilities could lead to significant morbidity and mortality among neighboring civilian populations, while recent reports estimate up to millions of casualties in Iran and neighboring nations if nuclear weapons were used." APHA called on the United States to "clearly state that it will not launch a preemptive military attack on Iranian facilities."
Last week, PSR initiated a letter to the editor campaign that placed letters from doctors in five newspapers:
- Dr. Catherine Thomasson, "After the Intelligence Estimate," The Oregonian, December 16, 2007
- Dr. Peter Wilk, "Initiate diplomatic surge with Iran," The Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine), December 11, 2007
- Dr. David Hall, "A Good Talking-To" The Seattle Times, December 9, 2007
- Dr. Kent Bransford, letter to the editor, The Monterrey Herald, December 7, 2007
- Dr. Ira Helfand, letter to the editor, The Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northanpton, Massachusetts), December 7, 2007
Legislative Update
- Congress Passes Pared-Down Energy Bill
Fuel economy provision retained, but renewable electricity standard, production tax credits for renewable energy and repeal of tax breaks for oil and gas removed. - Appropriators Eliminate Funding for RRW, But Nuclear Industry Still Grasping for Loan Guarantees
The House and Senate passed an Omnibus Appropriations bill that eliminates all Department of Energy funding for the reliable replacement warhead (RRW), but which contains up to $20.5 billion in government loan guarantees for the nuclear industry.
STOP WAR ON IRAN =PLEASE SIGN=
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SAY NO! TO BUSH'S FRAUDULENT IRAN WAR-MONGERING PROVOCATION!
Your Emergency Action is Needed Now!
Don't Let Washington Provoke Another War Based on Lies and Fraud!
In the past week, the Bush Administration has been caught red-handed manufacturing the highly publicized "provocation" off the Iranian coast on Jan. 6 when five small Iranian open-air speedboats allegedly challenged three massive U. S. guided-missile warships. The U.S. Navy has now admitted that it had spliced together the audio and video tape it presented as evidence and that the threatening voice on the video warning "you may explode" may not have belonged to any Iranian sailors.
This incident was manufactured just days before President Bush departed for an eight-day trip to the Middle East, attempting to mobilize a collection of oil-rich U.S. client states against Iran and using the video as the evidence.
We must demand a People's Inquiry to find out who manufactured this video? Who spliced
| Help build a movement to STOP another war based on lies. In the next few days and weeks, Stop War on Iran will be organizing meetings, speakouts, and a massive grassroots campaign to expose and stop the Bush Administration's drive to war. Stop War on Iran was the first international campaign formed to oppose Washington's agenda of war against Iran, and we have generated more than half a million petitions in the past two years. We have been a presence at every major antiwar demonstration and have organized meetings across the U.S. But it is clear that we must do more, and we need your help to do that. Please consider making an emergency donation. You can donate online at http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml |
We must hold the administration accountable, because we know that this is not the first time that a manufactured U.S. crisis has launched a war.
On Feb. 5, 2003, the Bush administration presented satellite photos to the United Nations to prove that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. This followed Bush's assertion that Iraq was attempting to purchase yellow cake uranium from Niger, a statement that he knew was untrue. The Downing Street memos have revealed that the Bush administration was engaged in a deliberate attempt to falsify intelligence in order to justify a war they had been planning for years.
Before the first Gulf War in 1991 the photo images of Iraqi units supposedly massed to invade on the Saudi Arabia border also turned out to be totally fraudulent.
Manufactured evidence was also used in the famous "Gulf of Tonkin Incident," when North Vietnamese Coast Guard boats supposedly attacked two U.S. destroyers off the coast of Vietnam in August 1964. This fraud provided the justification for a Congressional resolution authorizing the escalation of the U.S. war against Vietnam.
This latest fabrication comes after a National Intelligence Estimate from 16 top U.S. spy agencies publicly reported that Iran has not had nuclear weapons program since at least 2003, nor do they have any nuclear weapons.
We must demand a People's Inquiry
What is most ominous about this is that no major U.S. politician - no one in Congressional leadership, none of the leading Presidential candidates - has denounced it, nor have they called for an inquiry or investigation. Neither the U.S. Congress - now in session - nor any of its committees, all of them now controlled by the Democratic majority elected on an anti-war vote, took action, even when it become clear that the entire incident was fabricated.
With almost half the U.S. Navy hovering off the coast of Iran, this war provocation must be challenged and confronted. The largest and deadliest ships in world history armed and in attack mode, with targets selected, are now off the coast of Iran. We must take action now to stop an attack on Iran, and demand that the Bush administration be held accountable for its campaign of lies, provocation, and hostility.
We must demand a full investigation of this war provocation and the illegal war games that the U.S. Navy has been staging in the Persian Gulf, in order to prevent Bush and the Pentagon from using this scenario or another staged operation to launch an attack on Iran.
The Stop War On Iran Campaign also urges rank-and-file Navy personnel on U.S. ships in the Gulf and lower ranking officers to reveal what they know of U.S. war preparations, war games in the region, and the attempts to create a provocation in the Gulf in order to justify Washington's plans to attack Iran.
We must take action now to expose the lies of the Bush administration before it moves forward with devastating military action. Please sign the statement at http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml - which will go to the White House, Congress, and the major media, to demand an inquiry into this latest incident and into the Bush administration's drive to war.
A SHAME ON THE MEDIA!!! =MUST WATCH=
Ron Paul who is being iced out of the
US news media coverage.
Here's what he's saying:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/260.html
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IMPEACHMENT INEVITABLE =PLEASE ACT=
Tell ACLU to ImpeachThe Central Susquehanna Chapter of the ACLU joined the Southern California and several Florida chapters in urging the national board to request the House Judiciary Committee to begin investigations into whether impeachment against VP Cheney and President Bush is warranted. Has your local ACLU chapter passed a similar resolution? If not, contact them demanding they do so. Also, contact the national organization demanding they do the same!
| Resolution Central Susquehanna Chapter of Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union WHEREAS: Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush may have deliberately, knowingly, and maliciously violated the provisions of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. And, WHEREAS: Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush may have deliberately, knowingly, and maliciously violated the provisions of Article One, Section 9 (The right of habeas corpus) of the Constitution of the United States. And, WHEREAS: The American Civil Liberties Union is among the leading organizations to preserve the protections and guarantees under the Constitution of the United States of America. And, WHEREAS: The American Civil Liberties Union among other organizations has documented violations of the Constitution of the United States of America. And, WHEREAS: The federal courts have ruled against the Bush -- Cheney Administration in several constitutional cases. And, WHEREAS: Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush have directly or indirectly acknowledged to having directed numerous actions that are contrary to the principles and Constitution of the United States of America, including the use of torture on prisoners, the creation of "extraordinary rendition," the implementation of warrantless and illegal wiretapping, the suppression of freedom of expression and due process, and the destruction of evidence. AND, WHEREAS: The ACLU of Southern California and the Florida chapters (ACLU of Florida, ACLU of Monroe County, ACLU of the Treasure Coast, ACLU of Central Florida) of the American Civil Liberties Union have filed resolutions to urge the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union to strongly urge the Congress of the United States to determine if there is sufficient evidence to draw up Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of the Central Susquehanna Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union joins with its colleagues of the Southern California chapter and of the Florida chapters in urging the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union to call for the convening of hearings by the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives to determine if sufficient evidence exists to pursue Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush. AND, FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of the Central Susquehanna Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union makes its wishes known to the ACLU of Pennsylvania and to the National Board of the ACLU. AND, FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of the Central Susquehanna chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union independently calls for the impeachments of Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President George W. Bush. Dated this Eleventh Day of January in the year of two thousand and eight. (Signed, on behalf of the Central Susquehanna Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union) ANTHONY TOLUBA, President DAVID YOUNG, Vice-President and Secretary WALTER M. BRASCH, PH.D., Senior Vice President PAULA COCHRAN, Vice President NATHANIEL MITCHELL, Vice President MARGARET G. MITCHELL, Communications Coordinator and Member of the Board THE REV. ROBIN H. JARRELL, M.DIV, Member of the Board JOSEPH MANZI, Member of the Board DOUGLAS STURM, PH.D., Member of the Board |
THE WASHINGTON POST =NEWS=
Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse.
By George McGovern
Sunday, January 6, 2008; B01
As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.
After the 1972 presidential election, I stood clear of calls to impeach President Richard M. Nixon for his misconduct during the campaign. I thought that my joining the impeachment effort would be seen as an expression of personal vengeance toward the president who had defeated me.
Today I have made a different choice.
Of course, there seems to be little bipartisan support for impeachment. The political scene is marked by narrow and sometimes superficial partisanship, especially among Republicans, and a lack of courage and statesmanship on the part of too many Democratic politicians. So the chances of a bipartisan impeachment and conviction are not promising.
But what are the facts?
Bush and Cheney are clearly guilty of numerous impeachable offenses. They have repeatedly violated the Constitution. They have transgressed national and international law. They have lied to the American people time after time. Their conduct and their barbaric policies have reduced our beloved country to a historic low in the eyes of people around the world. These are truly "high crimes and misdemeanors," to use the constitutional standard.
From the beginning, the Bush-Cheney team's assumption of power was the product of questionable elections that probably should have been officially challenged -- perhaps even by a congressional investigation.
In a more fundamental sense, American democracy has been derailed throughout the Bush-Cheney regime. The dominant commitment of the administration has been a murderous, illegal, nonsensical war against Iraq. That irresponsible venture has killed almost 4,000 Americans, left many times that number mentally or physically crippled, claimed the lives of an estimated 600,000 Iraqis (according to a careful October 2006 study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) and laid waste their country. The financial cost to the United States is now $250 million a day and is expected to exceed a total of $1 trillion, most of which we have borrowed from the Chinese and others as our national debt has now climbed above $9 trillion -- by far the highest in our national history.
All of this has been done without the declaration of war from Congress that the Constitution clearly requires, in defiance of the U.N. Charter and in violation of international law. This reckless disregard for life and property, as well as constitutional law, has been accompanied by the abuse of prisoners, including systematic torture, in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
I have not been heavily involved in singing the praises of the Nixon administration. But the case for impeaching Bush and Cheney is far stronger than was the case against Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew after the 1972 election. The nation would be much more secure and productive under a Nixon presidency than with Bush. Indeed, has any administration in our national history been so damaging as the Bush-Cheney era?
How could a once-admired, great nation fall into such a quagmire of killing, immorality and lawlessness?
It happened in part because the Bush-Cheney team repeatedly deceived Congress, the press and the public into believing that Saddam Hussein had nuclear arms and other horrifying banned weapons that were an "imminent threat" to the United States. The administration also led the public to believe that Iraq was involved in the 9/11 attacks -- another blatant falsehood. Many times in recent years, I have recalled Jefferson's observation: "Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
The basic strategy of the administration has been to encourage a climate of fear, letting it exploit the 2001 al-Qaeda attacks not only to justify the invasion of Iraq but also to excuse such dangerous misbehavior as the illegal tapping of our telephones by government agents. The same fear-mongering has led government spokesmen and cooperative members of the press to imply that we are at war with the entire Arab and Muslim world -- more than a billion people.
Another shocking perversion has been the shipping of prisoners scooped off the streets of Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other countries without benefit of our time-tested laws of habeas corpus.
Although the president was advised by the intelligence agencies last August that Iran had no program to develop nuclear weapons, he continued to lie to the country and the world. This is the same strategy of deception that brought us into war in the Arabian Desert and could lead us into an unjustified invasion of Iran. I can say with some professional knowledge and experience that if Bush invades yet another Muslim oil state, it would mark the end of U.S. influence in the crucial Middle East for decades.
Ironically, while Bush and Cheney made counterterrorism the battle cry of their administration, their policies -- especially the war in Iraq -- have increased the terrorist threat and reduced the security of the United States. Consider the difference between the policies of the first President Bush and those of his son. When the Iraqi army marched into Kuwait in August 1990, President George H.W. Bush gathered the support of the entire world, including the United Nations, the European Union and most of the Arab League, to quickly expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. The Saudis and Japanese paid most of the cost. Instead of getting bogged down in a costly occupation, the administration established a policy of containing the Baathist regime with international arms inspectors, no-fly zones and economic sanctions. Iraq was left as a stable country with little or no capacity to threaten others.
Today, after five years of clumsy, mistaken policies and U.S. military occupation, Iraq has become a breeding ground of terrorism and bloody civil strife. It is no secret that former president Bush, his secretary of state, James A. Baker III, and his national security adviser, Gen. Brent Scowcroft, all opposed the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq.
In addition to the shocking breakdown of presidential legal and moral responsibility, there is the scandalous neglect and mishandling of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. The veteran CNN commentator Jack Cafferty condenses it to a sentence: "I have never ever seen anything as badly bungled and poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans." Any impeachment proceeding must include a careful and critical look at the collapse of presidential leadership in response to perhaps the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
Impeachment is unlikely, of course. But we must still urge Congress to act. Impeachment, quite simply, is the procedure written into the Constitution to deal with presidents who violate the Constitution and the laws of the land. It is also a way to signal to the American people and the world that some of us feel strongly enough about the present drift of our country to support the impeachment of the false prophets who have led us astray. This, I believe, is the rightful course for an American patriot.
As former representative Elizabeth Holtzman, who played a key role in the Nixon impeachment proceedings, wrote two years ago, "it wasn't until the most recent revelations that President Bush directed the wiretapping of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Americans, in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) -- and argued that, as Commander in Chief, he had the right in the interests of national security to override our country's laws -- that I felt the same sinking feeling in my stomach as I did during Watergate. . . . A President, any President, who maintains that he is above the law -- and repeatedly violates the law -- thereby commits high crimes and misdemeanors."
I believe we have a chance to heal the wounds the nation has suffered in the opening decade of the 21st century. This recovery may take a generation and will depend on the election of a series of rational presidents and Congresses. At age 85, I won't be around to witness the completion of the difficult rebuilding of our sorely damaged country, but I'd like to hold on long enough to see the healing begin.
There has never been a day in my adult life when I would not have sacrificed that life to save the United States from genuine danger, such as the ones we faced when I served as a bomber pilot in World War II. We must be a great nation because from time to time, we make gigantic blunders, but so far, we have survived and recovered.
THEY ARE ATTACKING "OUR CHILDREN"!!! =IMPORTANT READ=
Chemically Induced Compliance: The Drugging of Kids and Garbage Science in America
Read about the familes who say "no"
The risks of prescribing stimulants for children
"(The drug) produced a marked increase in compliance and sustained attention to the activities assigned during the structured task session."
APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION of America's children are being dosed daily with amphetamines and amphetamine-like drugs like Ritalin and Adderall at the insistence of teachers and school administrators. Why?
What follows are quotes from various books and studies as well as short essays on the pseudo-science behind this new form of "medicine."
This is science?
"When I first began evaluating...for ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), I wanted to find out how other doctors dealt with this new group of patients, so I consulted with a fellow ADD specialist nearby. It was no big deal to him: "Just count the symptoms," he told me, "and if they meet the criteria, you can treat them" (with medication, it was implied. The subtleties and contradictions of behavior and emotions, the interactions of relationship and environment - none of this seemed important to him. It made me wonder why a doctor was needed, if this was all an evaluation required."
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. from "Running on Ritalin"
Ritalin (and Adderall) logic: An imaginary conversation
1. What do psychoactive drugs do?A: They change brain chemistry.
2. Why do you want to change the brain chemistry of small children?
A: Their brain chemistry is flawed.
3. What biologically based test do you use to determine that this is so?
A: We do not use such tests.
4. Why not?
A: There are no valid tests available.
5. How then do you diagnose and prescribe?
A: We use behavioral tests.
6. Are you saying that merely by observing a child's behavior you can tell exactly what problems he has with his or her brain chemistry and then prescribe the correct substance in the precise dose needed to correct it?
A: That's the theory.
7. Why do you suggest to some parents that they give their children a vacation from these drugs on the weekends and on holidays, including summer vacation?
A: These children have their biggest problems in the school environment.
8. Are you suggesting that the brain chemistry of these children is different on the weekend than it is Monday through Friday?
A: The problems are often more acute in the school environment.
9. Why do you think it is that countries with better health care systems and longer life spans than ours (Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland, for example) prescribe almost no Ritalin or Adderall for their children and that the US and Canada consume over 85% of the world's supply of these drugs?
A: They are not as advanced as we are in the diagnosis and treatment of ADD and ADHD as we are.
10. Since you have no biologically based test for the drugs you are prescribing and there is no scientifically valid evidence that proves these drugs are effective or even safe, how can you claim that your science on this subject is superior?
A: I'm an expert. How dare you question me? You are obviously anti-child and anti-progress. This interview is over.
The risks of prescribing stimulants for children
Adderall: The new wonder drug for Attention Deficit Disorder
Ingredients:Amphetamine Asparate - 25%
Amphetamine Sulfate - 25%
Dextroamphetamine Saccharate - 25%
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate - 25%
Before being prescribed for children, Adderall was prescribed as an appetite suppressant for the dangerously obese.
What the drug companies (and their client doctors) say about this wonder drug and why it is an improvement over Ritalin:
"Multiple Dose Availability Adderall tablets include 5, 10, 20, and 30 mg doses, more than any other psychostimulant. It is now possible, using Adderall 5, 10, 20, and 30 mg tablets to prescribe doses in increments as low as 1.25 mg rather accurately. This has made Adderall BY FAR the most micro-manageable stimulant medication ever developed...
Micro-Dose Incremental Flexibility All Adderall tablets are DOUBLE-SCORED, thus can be accurately split into quarters or halves for careful dose management...
Using this strategy, it is possible to make incremental adjustments in dose with accuracy in patients of all ages, and to do so far better than is possible with any other stimulant preparation. THIS IS A HUGE and IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE IN EFFECTIVE PATIENT CARE."
In other words: It comes is a wider variety of sizes.
Ritalin: What the studies really show
Source: James M. Swanson, Keith McBurnett, et. al. "Effect of Stimulant Medication on Children with Attention Deficit Disorder: A 'Review of Reviews'" Exceptional Children, vol. 60 (1993), pp. 154-61
A sample diagnostic test
"...One test indicated (Tim) was 'off task 100%.' That sounded ominous. What was this test about?
The test for inattention involved placing Tim in a room where he thought he had privacy and then observing him through a one-way mirror while he did math problems...every 30 seconds the observer behind the glass marked down if Tim was 'off task' at all during the half minute.
How was 'off task' defined? On cross-examination, the psychologist explained that "If the child breaks eye contact with the math problems, then he or she is coded as off task." Tim, unaware that he was being watched, broke eye contact with his work in that lonely little room at least once during every 30 second interval of time. Thus the ominous conclusion that he was "off task 100%."
...Now for the crucial question. How did (ten year old) Tim score of the math test? He got 100%...and this (became) a major piece of evidence for diagnosing him with ADHD and for drugging him against his father's wishes."
Source: "Talking Back to Ritalin" by Peter R. Breggin MD
Pushing dope
"EVALUATION/TREATMENT FUN PACKAGE" to Las Vegas, complete with "2 nights FREE room accomodations in one of Las Vegas' premier Strip casinos, Monday through Thursday only; Coupons worth $900 for discounts for meals, shows and many Las Vegas attractions!"
Corydon G. Clark MD - 1997
For doctors only: "Building a Thriving ADD Practice (Step by Step)
Dr. Daniel Amen - 1997
A true believer: "No respected doctor feels that stimulants are dangerous when used as perscribed, nobody is vehemently opposed to them, and there is simply no controversy in any circle which is educated about ADHD." Mike - A 22 year old Ritalin advocate
A dangerous drug marketed by liars
What some kids say
"They are dreamers. That doesn't mean they are wrong. They just don't fit the norm, so they are labeled and damned, labeled as ADD. So the doctors dope us up with Ritalin and control our minds with low doses of speed. The teachers pay us no mind unless are minds are under control. It screws up our chain of thought and makes us one-dimensional...It takes away that extra imagination and the flow of the mind, hence destroying the true, purest ideas of mind...I look forward to the day when Ritalin isn't an answer, and every student is labeled 'learner.'"Source: Matt Sherbal, age 14 writing in his school newspaper.
"I don't want to play"
"It makes me sad"
"I wouldn't smile or anything"
"It numbed me out"
"It takes over of me. It takes control"
"I feel 'wild' after it wears off."
Source: Institute of Child Behavior at the University of llinois. Sleator, Ullman, and von Newman, 1982.
The zombie effect
"The amphetamine look, a piched, somber expression is harmless is itself, but worrisome to parents who can be reassured."
Source: Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. L. Eugene Arnold and Peter S. Jensen, 1995.
"(The drug) produced a marked increase in compliance and sustained attention to the activities assigned during the structured task session."
Source: Cunningham and Barkely, 1978. Cited in Greggin's "Talking Back to Ritalin"
Some of the symptoms of ADD and ADHD: A description of childhood
Source: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, IV, Washington DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
Read about the familes who say "no"
The risks of prescribing stimulants for children
Resources:
by Peter Beggin MD, the bestselling author of "Talking Back to Prozac"
Share your story of how your family said no
to the chemical coersion of your children.
WAR WITH IRAN =GEARING UP WITH MORE LIE'S=
George Bush is currently on a "peace mission"
to the Middle East.
Along the way, he's found the time to talk
about the need to "do something" about the
"danger" of Iran.
Is he gearing up for another illegal, immoral
and pointless war?
Many think he is.
Here are news clips from the past year and a half
that show that an attack on Iran is at the top of
the White House's agenda.
Details: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/171.html
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P.S. "It's time to decide whether we are a
democracy or not." - Journalist Seymour Hersch
Our democracy is only as strong as the quality
of our information.
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ALERT!! A MUST WATCH VIDEO =PLEASE PASS IT ON=
Why are HR 1955 and other repressive
laws becoming a necessity?
Because US citizens are getting too close
to the truth.
What can a corrupt government do when it
realizes that the people are catching on?
Demonize the truth tellers.
Right now, as you read this, the US government
is engaged in a sophisticated media campaign
to equate 9/11 research with terrorism.
Sound outlandish?
It's not.
It started with a Congressional hearing called:
"Using the web as a weapon: The Internet as a tool
for violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism."
At this hearing, 9/11 Truth groups were lumped
together with violent terrorists.
You can watch them do it with your own eyes.
This is an extremely important video to spread.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/252.html
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The Expanding Police State =MUST LISTEN=
Operation Falcon Raid
By Mike Whitney
There's only one way to make sure that the machinery of state-terror is operating at maximum efficiency; flip on the switch and let er rip. That was thinking behind the massive roundup of 10,000 American citizens in what was aptly-christened Operation Falcon. Continue
INTERNET SURVEILLANCE V/S FREEDOM
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18998.htm
"THINKING" is now a crime!! =MUST READ=
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19002.htm
ALERT!!! FREEDOM OF SPEACH =H.R. 1955 pt.1= "IMPORTANT"
A colleague has just posted a very important
video on a very important topic.
There is pending legislation in the US that
would criminalize speech on topics the government
deems "threatening."
The law is called H.R. 1955.
It goes by the Orwellian name: "The violent
radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention
act."
It quietly passed the House by a 404 to 6 vote and
at least one Congressman admits voting for it
without reading it.
Language in this bill makes it theoretically
possible for government agents to shut down
sites like Brasscheck TV by claiming that
the information we share *may* insight violence.
Here's how I need your help...
Few Americans even know of the existence of this
legislation let alone know what's in it.
The Internet can change that - and your help is
needed.
Please go to the site, view the video, and
if you are a YouTube member (it's easy to
join) rate it, favorite it, and post a comment.
Frequent viewings and frequent posts help.
With enough activity in the next 24 hours, we
may be able to make this one of the most popular
news videos of the day and raise the profile on
this very important subject.
Thanks.
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJsovPRTEM
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and colleagues.
H.R. 1955 is one of the most dramatic assaults
on the right to free speech that I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wJsovPRTEM
CONSUMER UNION ACTION PAGE =PLEASE HELP=
Tell your members of Congress to give seniors and taxpayers a break and support legislation that would simplify the Medicare drug program and make it more affordable.
Don't Play Politics with Our Kids' Health
Children shouldn't be made to suffer for politics. But that is what's happening right now in Washington, as the President wants to block efforts to continue and improve a federal program that makes sure more lower-income children have health insurance.
Help Congress Stop MRSA!
Ask for Congressional co-sponsors to S2278, HR4214, and HR1174.
Help End Abusive Bank Overdraft Fees
Sick of outrageous bank fees? Help ensure that banks get your permission before reaching into your wallet.
Haunted by Creepy Credit Cards?
Credit card companies are earning record profits by charging ghoulish interest rates, ghastly fees, and unleashing fine-print phantoms that seem to appear out of nowhere.
Help end unfair credit card company practices
Tired of credit card rip-offs? Credit card companies are earning record profits while socking consumers with unfair fees and interest rates hikes. But you can help do something about it.
We want strong financial privacy now!
The data privacy debate is cooking up in the Senate. Tell your Senator to support only the strongest financial privacy protection legislation!
Help Secure Your SSN: Act Now!
H.R. 3046 would stop the widespread and unnecessary sale, purchase and displaying of Social Security Numbers by government and businesses that has made consumers more vulnerable to identity theft.
Demand Safe Imported Food!
Enough is enough! Tell Congress we are sick of putting ourselves, our children and our pets at risk from hazardous products.
Tell the USDA: tell us where our food comes from!
With a national spotlight on imported foods that could harm ourselves, our children or our pets, it is time to let the USDA know that you support mandatory country-of-origin labeling for our food!
Tell your Representative to Oppose Section 123 in the Farm Bill!
Tell your Representative to Oppose Section 123 in the Farm Bill!
Contaminated spinach, peanut butter, pet food....what next?
Our fragmented, underfunded food safety system has so many gaps, there are more holes than safety net. Since 2003, FDA has cut staff and reduced import inspections. Tell Congress to stop starving the FDA food program.
Label our meat from animal clones!
Support a federal law to ensure that meat and dairy from cloned animals is labeled so you can choose whether or not to buy it.
Tell Senate to Stop FCC's Gift to Big Media
The FCC will move swiftly to give big media what it wants--the power to further consolidate local media outlets into huge mega-media companies. But the Senate can stop it, with your help
End FCC biases and cover-ups!
Tell the FCC to stop media consolidation! Urge Congress and the FCC to ensure that we have reasonable media rules that ensure diversity, localism and competition.
Have you ever been in this situation?
Most cell phone providers lock you into one or two year contracts with a hefty early termination fee, allowing little leeway for moving, job change, or just plain poor service that may call for wanting a new cell phone provider. Are you fed up?
Fight for Better Local Media!
Do you want new community radio stations in your neighborhoods? By reading this note you can help us expand low power FM radio for schools, community groups, churches and local neighborhoods in your state.
Fight flawed FCC's study!
The FCC recently release of a biased and fundamentally flawed study in favor of lifting the longstanding ban on newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership. Act now!
Take your cell phone with you!
Tell the Federal Communications Commission that you want to save money and keep your cell phone when switching companies.
Help fight media bias and power!
Tell the FCC to stop media consolidation! Be part of the official record, and urge the FCC and Congress to ensure that we have reasonable media rules that ensure diversity, localism and competition.
Reuse your cell phone and reduce toxic waste!
Tell the Federal Communications Commission that you want to protect the environment, save money and keep your cell phone when switching companies.
Don't play politics with our kids' health!
Children shouldn't be made to suffer for politics. But that is what's happening right now in Washington, DC, as the President just vetoed efforts to continue and improve a federal program that makes sure more lower-income children have health insurance.
Safe for the holiday!
The biggest shopping season of the year starts next month, but manufacturers continue to recall toxic toys from store shelves. How did so many dangerous imports end up in our stores? We need stronger standards and enforcement now!
Tell Congress--don't block my email!
You elected them! They represent you! Yet some lawmakers don't want to hear from you anymore and have set up technology to block your messages! They say your messages are spam.
Put our kid's safety first!
You may have seen recent TV coverage of the tragic death of a young boy, killed in a backover accident. The Peck family is not alone in grief. Help make the cars and trucks we all drive safer for our children.
Tired of sticker shock at the gas pump?
Automakers know how to make more efficient cars and SUVs--lowering your gasoline bill--but some have not implemented these changes and American fuel efficiency standards are out of date. Tell Congress to increase standards and reduce gasoline costs!
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