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Visit this group End Dolphin Slaughter in Japan Petition visit site Animals (tags: ) Hans - 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com End Dolphin Slaughter in Japan! Lets add this to our Boycott action! I will ask care to to invite all people that have signed this petition to also join the BOYCOTT JAPAN campaign! Please sign if this should be new to you! This video shows you that the Japanese are hunting Humpback Whales! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071119-humpback-video-ap.html

The debate on Iraq is
over

Bring our troops
home

Tell your Senators: There's nothing left to debate. Bring our
troops home!

Tomorrow,
the Senate will decide whether or not two bills that would end the President's
failed strategy in Iraq should make it to the floor for a vote. Both bills were
introduced by Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

The first bill, S.
2633, would provide for the safe redeployment of US troops from Iraq within 120
days. And the second bill, S. 2634, would require a report on the global
strategy of the US to combat and defeat al Qaeda. We need 60 votes to end debate
and bring these important pieces of legislation to the Senate floor.


     Tell
your Senators: There's nothing left to debate. Bring our troops
home!

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The
war in Iraq has already cost us thousands of lives, billions of dollars and has
arguably put us in greater danger than ever before. There's no debating the
President's failed strategy in Iraq. It's time to bring the troops home. Tell
your Senators to allow a vote on these two important measures
today.

It's time,

Darcy Scott Martin
TrueMajority.org
Washington Director

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Ex-Congressman: U.S. Government Created Al-Qaeda, Involved In 9/11 A former Congressman says that the U.S. government created Al-Qaeda and was involved in bombing its own citizens on 9/11, telling a national radio show that elements of the Bush administration assisted the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. Daniel Hamburg is a former Democratic Congressman who was elected to the 1st Congressional District of California in 1992 and also subsequently ran for Governor of California, finishing in 3rd place. Hamburg co-wrote a well-received recent article carried by the San Francisco Chronicle in which he outlined the program to incarcerate American citizens in internment camps, which have already been publicly built, during a time of declared national emergency.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a plan that would allow Washington and Oregon to kill (by lethal injection or shooting) as many as 85 California sea lions each year. Please Take Action to oppose the NMFS proposal today!!

The Balance of Power and The Bill of Rights
to be Assured for the People

Petition:

                   

Petition: The Balance of Power and The Bill of Rights to be Assured for the People We the Undersigned view that 'Executive Order' on July 17th , 2007 titled 'Blocking of Property of certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq' is viewed to exceed the Presidential powers allowed in the US Constitution, and violates Amendment I of the Bill of Rights. Article II - Section 2 on Presidential Powers The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments. Note: The Above does not provide the power to make 'Executive Orders' Only Congress is allowed to make laws, which the President may or may not sign Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. We the Undersigned fear the following will ensue due to Executive Orders that are not by the consent of Congress by a 2/3rds vote: 1- By the President being allowed to make laws, such as Executive Orders with out the Consent of Congress, destabilizes the very foundation of the Constitution in terms of the Branches of Government, and their intended purpose. 2- By The President being allowed to remove Amendment I further destabilizes the Bill of Rights. 3- In this action of Executive Order(s) , the very foundation of the United States of America is compromised. 4- Anarchy will occur and the health, Safety and Welfare of the American People as a nation will be jeopardized. By our collaborative efforts and the right to petition congress of this grievances, we demand that our representatives in Congress exercise Constitutional Confrontation, for our rightful representation as US Citizens, with the Executive Branch. And that until such actions are resolved by the Supreme Court, and representation reassured to the people, that all such Executive Orders are to be suspended. The Congress should readily also be reminded, that by any Executive Order that threatens Amendment I, that even a petition to congress would be considered against such law, and viewed as illegal. It is up to Congress to regain its Balance Of Power for the purposes of rightfully representing the people and protecting the Constitution by Law legislated by Congress. Click to To Join and Signing this and please get it to others before we lose our Consitution

NEW YORK POST

February 3, 2008 -- New York state's Medicaid program paid $82.8 million in 2006 for two dozen psychiatric drugs for tens of thousands of children - with many of the meds not FDA-approved for kids, records obtained by The Post show.

Use of the powerful antipsychotics, anticonvulsants and antidepressants once prescribed only for adults has skyrocketed as more New York kids are diagnosed with mental illnesses and behavioral disorders.

But experts fear some children may be misdiagnosed, overmedicated and at risk for horrendous side effects such as diabetes, breast growth in boys and suicidal tendencies. Most of the drugs have not been thoroughly tested or studied on kids.

MORE HERE: http://www.nypost.com/seven/02032008/news/regionalnews/medicaid_kids_in_psych_rx_urge_702469.htm

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If you know of anybody who is taking anti depressants or pain pills, please ask them to look at the facts

online, how many people have died.

How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness

 

Big pharma has some new customers. Not complying with authority is now, in many cases, labeled a disease.

 

For a generation now, disruptive young Americans who rebel against authority figures have been increasingly diagnosed with mental illnesses and medicated with psychiatric (psychotropic) drugs.

Disruptive young people who are medicated with Ritalin, Adderall and other amphetamines routinely report that these drugs make them "care less" about their boredom, resentments and other negative emotions, thus making them more compliant and manageable. And so-called atypical antipsychotics such as Risperdal and Zyprexa -- powerful tranquilizing drugs -- are increasingly prescribed to disruptive young Americans, even though in most cases they are not displaying any psychotic symptoms.

Many talk show hosts think I'm kidding when I mention oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). After I assure them that ODD is in fact an official mental illness -- an increasingly popular diagnosis for children and teenagers -- they often guess that ODD is simply a new term for juvenile delinquency. But that is not the case.

MORE HERE:  http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/75081/

 

 

Florida Medicaid To Review Antipsychotics & ADHD

The European Commission is considering a seal-product trade ban
that would save millions of seals from a horrible fate. You can
help convince the EU to end cruel seal product trade now!

Just click on the link below to learn more about the issue and
make your voice heard:

Dear friends, In 2007 your letters to Congress, your calls to your senators, your donations and your support made a difference! Patient Privacy Rights is ready to roll up our sleeves and make 2008 a year for restoring our control over who can see our personal health information.    AND WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU! To help you start the New Year, we created the 'Patient Privacy' Toolkit. Use the toolkit to control your private health records from the ground up and fight for your privacy from the top down. VISIT THE TOOLKIT FOR FORMS, INFORMATION & MULTIPLE WAYS TO TAKE ACTION. Check out our "Talk to Your Doctor" form.  We've provided a simple list of questions you can ask your provider. You should know who can see and use your information, including researchers, employers and banks. Check out "Your Health Privacy Rights" for a detailed list of the wimpy rights provided by HIPAA and the powerful rights we should have by law. We think you will find it eye-opening. SPREAD THE WORD Share the Toolkit so others can join our fight to protect the most sensitive information on Earth, your personal health information.  Will you forward this email to friends and family and invite them to become a Health Privacy Hero today? As always, thank you for all you do.   Deborah C. Peel, MD               Ashley G. Katz, MSW           Founder & Chair                       Executive Director  PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY                    Forms Privacy Instructions: Give to all Providers How to Talk to Your Doctor For Physicians: Opt out of the AMA Database                Information Your Health Privacy Rights FAQs               Take Action Stay Informed Campaign for Prescription Privacy Petition Advocacy 101   PRIVACY VIOLATED?                   Forms Complaint Form to HHS Withdraw Consent - Coming soon                  Information FAQs                 Take Action Congress Needs to Hear fom You Share Your Story

Dear friends, Elect to End Torture '08 in the News Watch a clip of the panel discussion at the Citadel in South Carolina.   Read the news about our forum at Florida State University. Human Rights First is at the forefront of ending the U.S. policy of torture, and these past few months have been particularly busy. Just in case you're wondering how we're making our mark (with your support), here's the scoop. Taking our Message on the Road As the primary season heats up, a group of 15 retired admirals and generals have traveled to important primary states to make sure that the debate about torture reflects an understanding of how strongly the military feels about this issue. In Iowa, they held private meetings with eight presidential candidates to explain how important it is for the next commander-in-chief to reject torture with no exceptions. In South Carolina, we co-hosted three panel discussions about torture featuring these retired military leaders. And just last week in Florida, we co-hosted a forum at Florida State University. Voters in those primary states may have also heard retired military leaders on the radio explaining that torture is wrong, ineffective, and harmful to our national security. Admirals and Generals on YouTube The same generals and admirals who have been traveling around the country to speak out against torture have put their personal stories and beliefs into an online video. Watch the video and find out why this group of leaders is standing with us against torture and abusive interrogation. Victory in the House... Now for the Senate... Legislation that would apply the military's own strict policy against torture to all U.S. interrogations, including those conducted by the CIA, passed the House last month. Thank you for all your support! We will be counting on you again as the Senate takes up this bill in the coming weeks. What our Leaders Are (and Are Not) Saying In a "prebuttal" to President Bush's State of the Union speech this week, Democratic leaders urged the president to restore America's "moral authority" abroad by publicly renouncing torture and closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. At the same time, Attorney General Mukasey suggested that he may never provide an answer to whether or not the harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding amounts to torture. A Blind Eye to Violent Crimes by Private Contractors Human Rights First documented 600 cases of excessive violence and abuse by contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. In its recent report, HRF found that a lack of accountability by the Department of Justice has led to a dangerous mentality: "Shoot first, ask questions later-or never." Read the report to find out more about these abuses and the specific steps we urge Congress to take to end them once and for all. As we continue our countdown to Election Day, we will keep you up to date on our progress and let you know if we're planning any events in your area. In the meantime, ask your friends to join you and more than 32,000 others to end torture by signing our petition. http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/elect08/index.aspx We are deeply grateful for your continued involvement in this ever-growing movement to end torture in America's name.

 

 

Any stimulus plan should help those who need it most Dear Ronald, Tell your Senators to support an economic stimulus plan that helps the people who need it most. Wanna kick-start the economy? Here's an idea: get money into the hands of the people who need it the most and will spend it quickly. Which is what economists tell us will work.1 That means doing things like extending unemployment insurance benefits and boosting food stamp benefits. It also means providing temporary fiscal assistance to states so that they can avoid cuts in aid to local governments and preserve critical services for millions of low and middle-income families. The Senate currently has a chance to make all of these things a reality when they vote on the economic stimulus plan next week. It's not just the smart thing to do, it's the right thing.      Tell your Senators to support an economic stimulus plan that helps the people who need it most.

Sign our urgent petition to Senator Reid. Dear Friend, At the end of 2007, the principled leadership of Senator Christopher Dodd stopped Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from forcing through the Senate a dangerous and unconstitutional FISA bill written closely with the Bush administration. What has Harry Reid done since then to forge a better solution? Absolutely nothing. In fact, Senator Reid's plan of action is to bring before the Senate this week a disastrous Intelligence Committee bill - one that yields to Bush's demand to retroactively let telecom companies off the hook for cooperating with warrantless eavesdropping on their customers. We've only got a few days to convince Harry Reid to change course. The ACLU's principled demand is simple and straightforward: If it isn't constitutional, don't let the Senate vote on it. Sign our urgent petition to Senator Reid. What kind of leadership is it to bring a dangerous "give Bush what he wants" bill before the Senate just to get the issue of warrantless eavesdropping off the Senate calendar? If Harry Reid won't lead on this issue by bringing a good bill to the floor, other senators must. That's why the ACLU is actively encouraging Senator Dodd and every other member of the Senate to stand for freedom by standing in the path of the dangerous bill Harry Reid plans to bring to the floor. Passing a bad bill - even with a few cosmetic changes - is just plain wrong. Tell Harry Reid you're sick and tired of the Senate's endless dithering around on this issue. What's so hard about standing up to a President whose popularity is sinking like a rock? What's so hard about standing up for the Constitution? Sign our urgent petition to Senator Reid. We can't let Congress wear us down on this issue - disappointing us time and time again until we have no expectation for progress at all. Whether you've signed a dozen FISA petitions in the last six months or never acted on this crucial issue, we need you to act now. I promise you this: With you by our side, the ACLU will work until the last vote is cast to stop legislation that grants telecom immunity or allows warrantless wiretapping that violates the Fourth Amendment. And if our legislators on Capitol Hill won't stand up for the Constitution - if Congress once again fails freedom - we'll take our challenge to the courts. Please stand with us. Tell Harry Reid now that the Senate has no business voting on a dangerous and unconstitutional bill that lets law-breakers off the hook and allows spying on Americans without a warrant. Thanks for acting at this critical moment.

Consider for a moment that your government has engaged in widespread spying on Americans' phone calls and emails.  Consider further that many of this nation's telecommunications companies knowingly helped the government with this surveillance.

 

Now how would you feel if these telecommunications companies were granted complete immunity against lawsuits brought by customers whose privacy rights were violated?

 

We hope you feel -- as we do -- that this would be entirely inappropriate.  If you do, we urge you to take a minute and send an email to your U.S. senators before they vote on this issue as early as tomorrow (January 24). 

 

Take action by clicking on the following link:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22486

 

Starting in 2001, the Bush administration's National Security Agency engaged in a massive warrantless wiretapping program in violation of our Constitution.  The administration blatantly ignored laws and procedures under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) designed to protect the privacy rights of citizens.

 

The government could not have conducted this warrantless surveillance without assistance from the nation's telecommunications companies, which willingly -- and, quite likely, illegally -- turned over customer records to the government.  The claims by these companies that they were acting in the best interests of the country in order to enhance national security have been undermined by recent reports that government wiretaps have been cut off by the very same companies when the government failed to pay its bills on time.[1]

 

It seems the telecommunications companies care more about their profits than our protection.

 

The U.S. House has already passed an update to FISA that does NOT include immunity for the telecommunications companies.  As the Senate considers its own legislation, it is imperative that it exclude immunity, as well.

 

Please convey this message to your two senators by clicking on the following link:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22486

 

Thank you for taking action.

As you watch (or do not watch) tonight's State of the Union address, keep reminding yourself that George W. Bush is not king of the United States. 

As much as he would like to believe otherwise, President Bush does not have the power to make the laws of this nation.  That power, according to the Constitution of the United States, rests with Congress, not the president.

Despite this unarguable truth, President Bush's people are at this very moment negotiating with the Iraqi government to set the terms of the U.S.'s long-term economic and military commitments in that country.  His administration believes that no input from or approval by Congress is necessary.

As defenders of our system of checks and balances, the American Freedom Campaign is outraged by this blatant example of executive overreach.  If you are similarly outraged, it is time for you to send a message to your representatives in Congress, urging them to take action to block this agreement before it is even completed.

To send a message to your representatives in Congress, click here:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22575

Last Friday, in an article in the Boston Globe, General Douglas Lute, Bush's deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, was quoted as saying, "We don't anticipate now that these negotiations [with Iraq] will lead to the status of a formal treaty which would then bring us to formal negotiations or formal inputs from the Congress."

Later that day, sensing -- perhaps six years too late -- that the Bush administration was disregarding the power of Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, "The president is on notice: he cannot do that unilaterally â?¦ Any long-term deal must meet the approval of Congress."

This is certainly a good sign.  But a mere statement from a Democratic leader in Congress is not usually enough to stop a determined Bush administration from imposing its will upon the nation. 

Congress must take pro-active action to make it clear to the Bush administration and to the American public that this proposed agreement is unconstitutional and will not be valid unless is it approved by Congress.

In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Yale University law professor Bruce Ackerman wrote, "The new initiative shatters â?¦ basic constitutional constraints. The Bush-Maliki declaration not only promises the Iraqi government economic and political support, it contemplates American 'security assurances and commitments to the Republic of Iraq to deter foreign aggression.' If such guarantees don't require congressional consent, the constitutional separation of powers is at an end."

Don't sit back complacently while the Bush administration attempts to destroy the constitutional foundation of this nation.  Take action today by sending a message to your representatives in Congress.  Just follow the link to get started:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22575

Thank you for taking action.