tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13481889924087493872024-02-20T16:39:30.269-05:00One Lazy LiberalInterested in supporting progressive causes but just don't have the time? I'll provide a link or action alert a few times a week.
Come check out ways you can make a difference from the convenience of your very own computer.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-33738510001803852542010-08-18T20:15:00.002-04:002010-08-18T20:15:43.615-04:00Pakistan FloodsClick <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_wl3431">here</a> to find ways to help. And help they desperately need.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-20227260769887572272010-08-06T20:31:00.000-04:002010-08-06T20:31:29.357-04:00Oceanic issuesSign a <a href="http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=NewOffshoreDrilling&ThirdPartyClicks=ETE_080510_NewOffshoreDrilling_F">petition</a> to end new offshore drilling NOW.<br />
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Ban shark finning <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/view/put_an_end_to_brutal_shark_finning?alert_id=NbLMfgUNnY_AXXRhHOdUS">here</a>. For further info on the issue, click <a href="http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?security_token=AOuZoY5gX04e9HMwox6Hsc555Jg5BH3LcQ%3A1281141042078&blogID=1348188992408749387&label=&searchType=ALL&txtKeywords=shark&numPosts=100">here</a>.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-15515670733865295142010-08-06T20:28:00.000-04:002010-08-06T20:28:56.599-04:00Wolf victoryDue to your clicks <a href="http://onelazyliberal.blogspot.com/2009/10/stuff-to-do.html">here</a>:<br />
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<blockquote>Late yesterday we received some great news: As a result of a lawsuit brought in federal court by Defenders of Wildlife and other conservation groups, wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies are again protected under the Endangered Species Act.</blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Thanks for clicking.</span></span>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-85570621016107756322010-08-04T21:52:00.000-04:002010-08-04T21:52:38.243-04:00VictoriesThanks to your clicks <a href="http://onelazyliberal.blogspot.com/2009/05/blerg.html">here</a> and <a href="http://onelazyliberal.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-baacckk.html">here</a>:<br />
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Prop H8 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/proposition-8-overturned_n_670739.html">overturned </a>in California today. Yay!<br />
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Judge <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfc96O1f3W1VbJMX1ovX8sma_nDAD9H3PN803">stops oil and gas</a> development in Alaska.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-18518115608400352182010-08-04T16:27:00.000-04:002010-08-04T16:27:13.009-04:00Lots to doTell HHS to undo the abortion coverage ban <a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hhs2010ban">here</a>.<br />
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Prevent toxic mining runoff in Bristol Bay<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/view/tell_the_bureau_of_land_management_protect_bristol_bay_from_hard-rock_mining?alert_id=GcSfEYGrLJ_rJdPYuJnEk"> here</a>.<br />
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Save Polar Bears: Stop the Dirty Air Act <a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1835&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=0y8e3smx93.app217a">here</a>.<br />
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Stop inhumane wild horse roundups <a href="http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=3&campaign=ASPCAHorses&ThirdPartyClick=ETA_072910_ASPCAHorses_F">here</a>.<br />
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Clean up politics and save gulf wildlife <a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1831&autologin=true">here</a>.<br />
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Boycott Target and sign the petition <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/view/demand_target_stop_donating_to_anti-gay_politicians">here.</a><br />
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Click <a href="http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/takeaction.faces?siteId=1&ThirdPartyClicks=EEH_072610_THS_m">here</a> to take action on all kinds of issues.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-54963519035112926612010-07-16T22:49:00.002-04:002010-07-16T22:54:04.294-04:00Such crap<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Planned Parenthood:</span><br />
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<blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is not what we worked for. This is not what we fought for. </span></blockquote></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You and I, and millions of Planned Parenthood supporters, fought for a year to make sure that health care reform would provide comprehensive coverage to every woman, man, and child in America. We achieved some tremendous victories, including defeating the Stupak amendment that would have banned private insurance coverage of abortion for millions of women. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote></span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, a Stupak-like rule is back — and it came from the Obama administration.</span></span><a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hcrnwwff"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tell the Obama administration to reverse this decision and allow women to secure the coverage they need.</span></span></span></span></a></blockquote><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final health care reform bill included extensive restrictions on using federal funds to pay for abortion coverage, but the decision announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services yesterday goes beyond even these restrictions. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Obama administration has decided that no woman in the new high-risk insurance pools will be allowed to obtain abortion coverage beyond limited cases (rape, incest, endangering the life of the woman). Not even if she pays for that coverage with her own money. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We need to make sure the Obama administration knows this is unacceptable. </span></span><a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hcrnwwff"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click here to do your part and tell the Obama administration to reverse this decision.</span></span></span></span></a></blockquote></blockquote></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The high-risk insurance pools are for some of the most medically vulnerable women in the country — those with pre-existing conditions such as breast and ovarian cancer, AIDS, diabetes, and other conditions that may make pregnancy extraordinarily dangerous. These women will be locked out from abortion coverage, even if they pay for it out of their own pockets. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hcrnwwff"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tell the Obama administration to reverse this decision immediately.</span></span></span></span></a></blockquote></blockquote></span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The president committed his administration to preventing any federal funds from being spent on abortion care. But the fact is, this announcement from HHS goes well beyond that. Nothing in the new health care reform law requires a ban on abortion coverage in the high-risk pools. No law passed by Congress forced this decision. The Obama administration has chosen to place a new burden on ill and medically vulnerable women seeking abortion coverage. </span></span></blockquote><span style="color: black; line-height: 16px;"><blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all the amazing work and the unyielding dedication from Planned Parenthood supporters like you that helped get us this far, I can't just let that happen. This is not what we fought for — which means it's time to fight back against the Obama administration's abortion coverage ban now. </span></span><a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hcrnwwff"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click here to take action.</span></span></span></span></a></blockquote></blockquote></span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you so very much for standing with us and the women, men, and teens who rely on Planned Parenthood.</span></span></blockquote></span>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-33385553588123642162010-06-30T11:30:00.001-04:002010-06-30T11:31:17.327-04:00Have to share<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/6/30/880413/-Just-to-recap">This</a> Daily Kos diary is a thing of sad beauty. Here's the text if you are too lazy to click over:<br />
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<blockquote>Let me see if I have this straight: in the last few days members of the GOP have savagely <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/jobless-aid-back-on-senate-agenda/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">screwed</span></span></a> the unemployed, <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/boehner_explains_why_finreg_is.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">protected</span></span></a> the bankstas, <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/thurgood-who-republicans-hard-pressed-to-disagree-with-marshall.php?ref=fpb"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">trashed</span></span></a> Thurgood Marshall, <a href="http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/06/29/sharron_angle_abortion"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">implied</span></span></a> rape and incest is part of God's plan, <a href="http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=10575"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">defended</span></span></a> BP, threatened to either end social security or <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/boehner_explains_why_finreg_is.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">screw over</span></span></a> 20 million plus people who have paid into the system for at least 20 years by making them wait until age 70 to see their benefits, and<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/29/gop-homeless-veterans/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">screwed</span></span></a> homeless veterans with children. That about it, or is there more?</blockquote><br />
Oh, there's more...check out the comments, too.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-7146619559061942122010-06-28T17:21:00.000-04:002010-06-28T17:21:55.282-04:00Action UpdateSo, your <a href="http://onelazyliberal.blogspot.com/2010/06/lots-to-do.html">clicks</a> urging President Obama to to stand up for whales worked! From the Humane Society:<br />
<blockquote>It was a close call, but you made the difference: the attempt to sink the ban on commercial whaling was blocked!</blockquote><blockquote>At last week’s international meeting to determine the fate of the world’s whales, some nations and groups pushed for a deal that would have granted authority for Norway, Japan, and Iceland to kill whales. But they couldn’t drum up the support -- and that was because of an outpouring of public concern: You said that all whaling must end.</blockquote><blockquote>You told the Obama administration that protecting whales was more important than pleasing whalers, and they listened. Thank you.</blockquote><blockquote>Never doubt it for a minute: Your voices were heard.</blockquote><blockquote>You weren’t alone: Hundreds of thousands of activists from around the world told their governments to choose policies that protect whales, not kill them.</blockquote><blockquote>Together we held the line, and I hope you will celebrate along with me.</blockquote><br />
Click <a href="https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=n6zNC8kiIRrHiM-wWqJHUA..&id=4638">here</a> to thank Mr. Obama.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-11952652228376150992010-06-28T14:37:00.000-04:002010-06-28T14:37:28.595-04:00Lions, abortions, and a victory, oh my!<blockquote>A federal law bans enlisted women serving overseas and other women who rely on military hospitals for their health care from accessing abortion — even if they pay for the services with their own money...</blockquote><blockquote>The ban on privately funded abortion services in overseas military facilities endangers the health and safety of servicewomen and military dependents who rely on the military for their health care. Our servicewomen deserve better.</blockquote><div>Click <a href="http://www.credoaction.com/campaign/repeal_overseas_abortion_ban/">here</a> to sign a petition urging the repeal of this ban.</div><blockquote>Just a handful of carbofuran— a product that the Environmental Protection Agency says is too toxic for use in the U.S.— can kill an entire pride of lions. Sadly, this awful poison is still sold in stores (and widely used) in many African nations.</blockquote><blockquote>Help save something wild. Help save imperiled wild lions. Fill out the form below to sign our petition urging the heads of Botswana, Rwanda and Kenya to keep carbofuran off the shelves— and out of the hands of those who would use it to kill these big cats— and support new protections for Africa's remaining wild lions.</blockquote><div>Click <a href="http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=SaveAfricasLions&ThirdPartyClicks=ETE_062410_SaveAfricasLions_F">here</a> to sign the petition.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Update on action:</div><blockquote>Good news, New York! The NYC Senate and Assembly passed the budget bill preserving the statewide spay/neuter program for low-income New Yorkers' animals. This humane legislation that will funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars annually toward this service has been signed into law by Governor Paterson.</blockquote>This was due in part to action taken at the ASPCA site and The Animal Rescue Site. Thanks for clicking!GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-86368214923660564812010-06-24T12:15:00.000-04:002010-06-24T12:15:44.405-04:00Lots to doCalifornia is on the verge of approving a very toxic gas for use in strawberry fields. Click <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Toxics%20on%20strawberries?%20Tell%20the%20EPA%20to%20ban%20methyl%20iodide.%20http://bit.ly/bKlmbC%20@credomobile%20@credoaction%20Please%20RT">here </a>to sign a petition in opposition to the use of methyl iodide. More on methyl iodide <a href="http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/cadpr_mel">here</a>. Please note the comment period ends on June 29.<br />
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Even though I'm a vegetarian, I believe meat-eaters have the right to safe critters. Click <a href="http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3121">here</a> to send your Senators a message asking them to "beef up" the USDA's <i>E. coli</i> program.<br />
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Click <a href="http://action.momsrising.org/cms/sign/CCDBG_petition_2010/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=2146.34639.PS1rfA">here</a> to urge Congress to support investments in quality, affordable childcare.<br />
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Click <a href="http://action.momsrising.org/cms/sign/CCDBG_petition_2010/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=2146.34639.PS1rfA">here</a> to share your story: Why are paid sick days important to me?<br />
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Oxfam is asking you to urge Congress <a href="http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=1&campaign=OxfamWomen&ThirdPartyClicks=ETH_061010_OxfamWomen_F">here</a> to help end violence against women worldwide:<br />
<blockquote>· Improve our government's ability to respond to systemic violence against women.</blockquote><blockquote>· Provide aid to women's groups on the ground working to help survivors.</blockquote><blockquote>· Support innovative programs that decrease acts of violence.</blockquote><blockquote>· Focus resources on prevention and ensure that dollars are used in the most effective ways possible.</blockquote><br />
Plant a virtual flag <a href="http://letsmovebeyondoil.org/">here</a> to state your support for moving the U.S. away from oil dependence. (Kinda goofy, but what the heck?)<br />
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Let's not forget Darfur. 4.9 million people are displaced and violence is raging. Click <a href="http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign/wrdalert">here</a> to help make a difference.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.terrapass.com/blog/posts/terrapass-members-are-a-vocal?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=What+can+you+do+about+it%3F&utm_content=duncjill%40fuse.net&utm_campaign=Newsletter+06%2F18%2F2010">here</a> to learn how to write an effective, attention-getting letter to your Representatives.<br />
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Urge Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act <a href="http://action.momsrising.org/cms/letter/SafeChemicalsAct?akid=2167.34639.aV1Lpy&rd=1&t=1">here</a>.<br />
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Free shipping through June 30th at the Unitarian Universalist Bookstore. Click <a href="http://www.uuabookstore.org/">here</a>.<br />
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I told you there is a lot to do!<br />
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Help realize Cesar Chavez' dream of safe food and justice for all a reality <a href="http://action.ufw.org/page/speakout/ucdavis">here</a>.<br />
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Urge Elton John to give the money he received from Rush Limbaugh to marriage equality funds <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/view/shame_elton_john_into_giving_rushs_money_to_marriage_equality">here</a>.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/view/fully_fund_npr_and_pbs_2">here</a> to urge Congress to fully fund NPR and PBS. Donate to your local stations if you haven't already.<br />
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Click <a href="https://secure2.convio.net/aspca/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2727&JServSessionIdr004=dscmapii72.app225b">here</a> to urge Congress to bring all commercial dog breeders under federal oversight. This would be a huge step in puppy mill reform.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Tell%20BP:%20Stop%20burning%20endangered%20sea%20turtles%20alive.%20Take%20action:%20http://bit.ly/djF6Lp%20@CREDOmobile%20pls%20RT">here</a> to tell BP to quit burning the endangered sea turtles. Seriously. Gah. ^%#*&$^!<br />
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Tell President Obama "NO" last minute deals with whaling countries <a href="https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=CfDbxQpcP-siBUg8AQSMnQ..&id=4630">here</a>.<br />
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Update on previous action:<br />
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On June 9th, EPA officials announced the end to use of the dangerous chemical endosulfan in this country. This is one step toward a global ban (you clicked to urge India to ban endosulfan <a href="http://onelazyliberal.blogspot.com/2009/10/stuff-to-do.html">here</a>).GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-46390619386076886712010-06-17T14:38:00.000-04:002010-06-17T14:38:48.888-04:00All about the animalsToday's actions are all about animal welfare. Please click away.<br />
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Help save Africa's lions from extinction <a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1809&autologin=true">here</a>. Can you imagine a world without lions? Mind boggling.<br />
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Click <a href="https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4625&s_src=alternet&sub_src=chimps0610">here </a>to rescue 9 chimps from a research lab. Did you know humans and chimps share 95% of the same DNA? It's true (we also share 25% of our DNA with bananas, but that's a different post...).<br />
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Click <a href="https://shop.thehungersite.com/store/site.do;jsessionid=F617EB1CC4D51EA0C4D623492BC0EFEE.store-a?siteId=310">here</a> to shop the Animal Rescue page of the Greater Good network. Each purchase helps feed a marine animal in need.<br />
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Love them or hate them, sometimes PETA does good work. Click <a href="https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3082">here</a> to tell the Australian government to stop lamb mutilation. (Warning: graphic photo alert)<br />
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Check out the work being done by the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize winner <a href="http://www.pretoma.org/">here</a>. He is amazing - after helping get protection for his beloved sea turtles, he has turned to helping ban shark finning and is taking on shrimp trawlers and tuna farming as well. He is inspiring and incredible. You can adopt a shark or sea turtle at the site and take part in helping save the creatures of the sea. I heard an interview with him on <a href="http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_1060_Randall_Arauz.mp3/view">The Story</a> yesterday and am enthralled. Having visited Costa Rica - and Tortuguero National Park - I *get* what he's talking about and am amazed at his energy, enthusiasm, pragmatism, and compassion.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-28355727569403456512010-06-14T13:14:00.000-04:002010-06-14T13:14:14.333-04:00I'm baacckk!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry for the extra long hiatus. Today's actions are all oil related. Of course. Ugh.</span><br />
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From the Sierra Club: </span><div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Keystone XL pipeline requires clear-cutting ancient forests, sucking up water supplies and leaving behind toxic lakes so big they can be seen from space. </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These toxic lakes are where they store the waste from the production of this dirty fuel. Unfortunately, the waste isn't "stored" but seeps out about 2.9 million gallons per day.</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The comment period is open on the Keystone XL pipeline. Click </span><a href="https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=4177&autologin=true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to send your comments to the powers that be in the Department of State.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Greater Good: Click </span><a href="http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=ShellOffshoreDrilling&ThirdPartyClicks=ETE_060310_ShellOffshoreDrilling_F"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to tell Shell "HELL NO" to drilling in the Arctic. And </span><a href="http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=NewOffshoreDrilling"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to demand a ban on offshore oil drilling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ban BP...it's working. From Democracy in America: </span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we started our Boycott BP campaign, we knew we had to get their attention in a language BP understands - profits. Now, we know it's working:</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A chain of Convenience Stores in Philipsburg, Pa decided to debrand three of its BP-branded stations:<br />
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"We are debranding BP. We will no longer be associated with BP by the end of the month. We are doing this because of the backlash and bad publicity from the handling of BP's catastrophe," Sean Lay, vice president of operations, said in the report. "We don't want to be associated with them anymore. We've had enough."[Convenience Store News]</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our campaign has been covered by everyone from the New York Times to industry trade newspapers. You can be sure that BP is paying attention. Now, let's turn up the heat.</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Click </span></span><a href="http://www.democracyforamerica.com/activities/343?ekicker"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to join the boycott and get bumper sticker. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From the League of Conservation Voters:</span></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You've got to be kidding us. Sarah Palin doesn't think BP is to blame for the ongoing oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. No, she's blaming groups like LCV, whom she's calling "radical environmentalists" for fighting to protect our country's wildlife reserves and coastal economies and working to transition away from dirty fossil fuels to a clean energy future. She's serious. </span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Click </span></span><a href="http://salsa.lcv.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=14"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to make BP pay for the damages. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is sort of oil related - from Defenders of Wildlife:</span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico right now is an unprecedented ecological disaster. It is threatening sea turtles, sperm whales, dolphins, brown pelicans, Atlantic bluefin tuna and scores of other species… along with entire ecosystems. </span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Today you can help me save one of most visible victims of the Gulf offshore oil disaster: imperiled loggerhead sea turtles. </span></span></blockquote></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Click </span></span><a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1799&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=to9bzfacw3.app224a"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to urge President Obama to improve protections and list them on the Endangered Species Act.</span></span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It's an outrageous and absurd plan, but it's not surprising when you consider the source. Sarah </span></span><span class="il"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Palin</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'s response to the ongoing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is to advocate for expanded oil drilling in a pristine natural habitat, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Click </span></span><a href="http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/saynotopalin01"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to send the message that "drill, baby, drill" is not okay. You betcha. And, also too. Wink.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From the UN Foundation:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">World Environment Day is Saturday, June 5. At a time when oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and when we’ve just experienced the warmest April on record, it’s a challenge to stay hopeful. </span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But climate change is not only about coal mines and oil fields. The good news is that our fields, farms, and forests have untapped potential to create energyand keep greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We’ve overloaded the sky and the oceans with carbon dioxide, but our terrestrial system – both the soil and the plants that grow there – can absorb much more. The first step is to reduce deforestation, because trees act as carbon sponges, and cutting them down is a major contributor to global warming. Here are some other solutions from the land:</span></span></blockquote><br />
<ul><li><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We can produce clean-burning biofuels to replace oil, especially from abundant grasses and crop materials that now go to waste – even from algae! </span></span></blockquote></li>
<li><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We can capture methane – natural gas – from landfills and animal waste to use as an energy source and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. </span></span></blockquote></li>
<li><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We can harness solar, wind, water, and geothermal power from South America to Siberia.</span></span></blockquote></li>
<li><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We can store carbon and keep nutrients in the soil through such practices as not tilling the soil, rotating crops, and planting cover crops in the winter.</span></span></blockquote></li>
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Happy Holidays, y'all!GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-83116963813963376892009-11-13T18:26:00.007-05:002009-11-13T18:44:42.527-05:00Get busy people<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">More ways to stop Stupak </span></span><a href="https://secure2.convio.net/npwf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=351"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_senate_leader_reid_stop_the_abortion_coverage_ban?alert_id=nSuRfNlqdh"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/hcr09foc_af"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">, and </span></span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6014/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=385"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">. (Still wondering why we are in reactive mode - did nobody see this coming?)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Another one from Credo - they'll send a coat hanger if you <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/send_a_coathanger/?rc=fb">sign the petition</a>. Coat hangers FTW!</span></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tell Walmart to </span></span><a href="http://momsrising.democracyinaction.org/o/1768/t/9264/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=935"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">cut the crap</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> with demerits for sick employees. Enough already. Gah!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tell the U.N. to </span></span><a href="http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_the_un_the_rapes_must_stop_now?alert_id=UNSbpGHrTG"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">appoint a special representative</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> to hold groups accountable for gender-based violence. That is, stop the rapes NOW.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reduce, reuse, recycle. Check out why </span></span><a href="http://www.terrapass.com/blog/posts/comprehending-the-pacific-garbage-patch?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Comprehending+the+Pacific+Garbage+Patch&utm_content=duncjill%40fuse.net&utm_campaign=Newsletter+11%2F10%2F09"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
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</div>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-62929910758484220962009-11-11T11:40:00.000-05:002009-11-11T11:40:37.648-05:00Stupak petitionClick <a href="http://boldprogressives.org/stopstupak/p-e1">here</a> to sign onto an open letter from 40 Democratic Congresswomen that says the Stupak amendment cannot stand and they will NOT vote for it on a conference report.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-81358122036435394072009-11-06T12:50:00.001-05:002009-11-06T12:50:40.479-05:00Healthcare VoteThe vote in the House is coming up soon. Hopefully, you've been making calls, sending emails, etc. Either way, click <a href="http://momsrising.democracyinaction.org/o/1768/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=936">here</a> to send a petition via MomsRising urging your Reps to do the right thing.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-48962755819729587202009-11-05T14:33:00.001-05:002009-11-05T15:01:51.045-05:00DarfurFrom <a href="http://www.savedarfur.org/">Save Darfur Coalition</a>:<br />
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<blockquote>In a live webcast event on Tuesday, November 10th Save Darfur Coalition President Jerry Fowler and STAND Student Director Layla Amjadi will sit down with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration and NSC Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs Samantha Power to discuss the administration's plan for Sudan and ask them your questions.<br />
</blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign/grationpowerquestions">Submit your question for Scott Gration and Samantha Power today.</a></span></span><br />
</blockquote><blockquote>The White House and the State Department are partnering with the Save Darfur Coalition and STAND to launch this live webcast. Dubbed "Ask U.S.," this event is an opportunity to have an active dialogue between the advocacy community and the Obama administration on its policy for Sudan.<br />
</blockquote><blockquote>This is your opportunity to ask Scott Gration and Samantha Power tough questions about the implementation of the new U.S. Sudan policy.<br />
</blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign/grationpowerquestions">Ask your question by 5:00 pm this Friday</a></span></span> and reserve 3:00 pm Tuesday, November 10th to watch the live webcast and see if your question is asked.<br />
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</div>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-66397313633644305332009-11-05T14:28:00.000-05:002009-11-05T14:28:05.458-05:00Stuff to keep you busyAnother petition to sign to get rid of Joe Lieberman <a href="http://boldprogressives.org/majorityvote/p-e4n">here</a>.<br />
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From TerraPass: "Another trivially easy thing you can do to end climate change" <a href="http://www.terrapass.com/blog/posts/another-trivially-easy-thing-you-can-do-to-end-climate-change?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Another+trivially+easy+thing+you+can+do+to+end+climate+change&utm_content=duncjill%40fuse.net&utm_campaign=Newsletter+10%2F28%2F09">here.</a><br />
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Help stop child sex trafficking <a href="http://www.change.org/actions/view/help_stop_child_sex_trafficking">here</a>.<br />
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Demand safe drinking water in schools <a href="http://www.theliteracysite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=6&campaign=safewater&ThirdPartyClicks=ETL_110309_safewater_F">here.</a><br />
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Sign a petition on polar bear habitat preservation <a href="http://action.sierraclub.org/polarbearhabitat">here</a>.<br />
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Find your Reps. phone numbers <a href="http://advocacy.barackobama.com/healthcare/campaigns/13/call_scripts/36/call_sessions/new?source=MS_11_3">here</a> and start calling in support of true health care reform.<br />
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Stand on the side of love and sign the petition for Full Equality <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1272/t/9818/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1382">here</a>.<br />
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End the aerial wolf hunts in Alaska <a href="http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=4&campaign=WolfAerialHunting&ThirdPartyClicks=ETE_110509_WolfAerialHunting_F">here</a>.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-62416664407965993752009-10-30T08:49:00.000-04:002009-10-30T08:49:15.412-04:00No brainer of the weekLieberman MUST go. His removal is lloonngg overdue and now he<br />
<blockquote>has indicated he plans to join with Republicans to filibuster any health care bill that contains a public option. Alone, the Republicans don't have the votes for a filibuster. So by joining with them, Lieberman would be tipping the balance of power in order to sink health care reform.</blockquote> Click <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/lieberman_po/?rc=fbp">here</a> to tell the Democratic Caucus it is time to take a stand:<br />
<blockquote>"Any senator who filibusters the public option does not deserve a chairmanship and should be removed from his or her post."</blockquote>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-78942389885687488272009-10-26T08:35:00.002-04:002009-10-28T13:14:19.502-04:00Scholastic needs schooling: UPDATEDSweet!<br />
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<blockquote>Scholastic Books just responded to the petition you all signed on Change.org criticizing the company for excluding a book from their popular books fairs simply because one of the characters had two lesbian mothers. I'm happy to say that because of the collective strength of the 4,000 people who signed the petition, <a href="http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/scholastic_reverses_decision_to_exclude_gay_friendly_book_from_fairs"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">Scholastic has reversed their decision to exclude the book</span></span></a> – Lauren Myracle's Luv Ya Bunches – and has released a statement affirming the dignity of gay and lesbian parents. </blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><blockquote><br />
</blockquote><blockquote>This is a great victory achieved in 48 hours, and it was only possible because of all of you who signed, advocated for, and spread the petition. Scholastic Books is one of the largest educational publishing outfits in the country, and this sends a clear message to children and parents everywhere that there's absolutely nothing wrong with two men or two women raising a child. </blockquote></span><br />
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From Dana at <a href="http://www.mombian.com/2009/10/23/scholastic-bans-book-with-lesbian-moms-from-book-fairs/#more-5954">Mombian</a>:<br />
<blockquote>Most of us with young children in public school know about Scholastic Book Fairs. Many of us remember them from our own childhoods. Now comes news that Scholastic has banned a book from the fairs because one of the characters has lesbian moms...<br />
</blockquote><blockquote>Scholastic has <a href="http://onourmindsatscholastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/statement-regarding-love-ya-bunches.html" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">asserted</span></span></a> that they are not censoring the book, but are carrying it in their Book Clubs. That is true, as the original <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6703349.html?nid=2413&source=link&rid=910559283" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">School Library Journal</span></span></a> article reported. SLJ also reported, however, “The company sent a letter to Myracle’s editor asking the author to omit certain words such as ‘geez,’ ‘crap,’ ’sucks,’ and ‘God’ (as in, ‘oh my God’) and to alter its plotline to include a heterosexual couple.”<br />
</blockquote>The author did change some of the language, but noted,<br />
<blockquote>A child having same-sex parents is not offensive, in my mind, and shouldn’t be ‘cleaned up.’” says Myracle, adding that the book fair subsequently decided not to take on Luv Ya Bunches because they wanted to avoid letters of complaint from parents.<br />
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So, click <a href="http://gayrights.change.org/actions/view/tell_scholastic_to_stop_censoring_gay_friendly_books">here</a> to tell Scholastic Books to stop censoring gay-friendly books.<br />
</div>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-17800805311381907822009-10-22T15:47:00.000-04:002009-10-22T15:47:22.828-04:00Being a woman = pre-existing condition?What a bunch of crap. Rape, pregnancy, domestic abuse, c-sections are considered pre-existing conditions so women pay more for health insurance and get less coverage. Nice.<br />
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Sign <a href="http://www.change.org/actions/view/being_a_woman_is_not_a_pre-existing_condition?">here </a>to send Congress a message that being a woman does NOT = pre-existing condition.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-14023616670684264632009-10-21T09:39:00.001-04:002009-10-21T11:53:51.528-04:00""What do you think us boys fought for at Omaha Beach?"Grab a tissue.<br />
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h/t <a href="http://katiegoodman.wordpress.com/">Katie</a>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-90196331680552660992009-10-20T13:07:00.001-04:002009-10-20T13:08:26.164-04:00Stuff to doTell India to stop blocking a global endosulfan (pesticide) ban <a href="http://action.panna.org/t/5185/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27918">here</a>.<br />
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Petition the Ohio State School board to dump abstinence-only sex ed <a href="http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/Dear_Deborah_Cain">here</a>.<br />
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Send your Governor a letter demanding safer schools <a href="http://action.panna.org/t/5185/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27969">here.</a><br />
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Before you vote, go <a href="http://www.wcfonline.org/sites/wcf/index.php/sn/2009_endorsed_candidates/">here</a> for the latest list of the Women's Campaign Forum's 2009 endorsed candidates.<br />
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Are you <a href="http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1&ThirdPartyClicks=ERH_101409_THS">clicking</a> each day?<br />
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Visit <a href="http://change.org/">Change.org</a> to take action on a host of progressive issues.<br />
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It's not too late: October is <a href="http://www.aspca.org/adoption/adopt-a-shelter-dog-month/">Adopt-a-Shelter pet</a> month.<br />
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Save the whales <a href="http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_the_president_to_help_save_the_whales">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://secure.defenders.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=3320&3320.donation=form1&autologin=true&s_src=3WDE10011ST1A&JServSessionIdr002=rd8txou9p3.app23a">Donate</a> TODAY to help save the wolves of Yellowstone (over 60 have been killed so far...)GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-57642339405109711352009-10-19T17:24:00.001-04:002009-10-20T11:58:58.995-04:00Happy Halloween? Not so much. UPDATEDUPDATE:<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<blockquote>We want to thank you for all your help on this campaign. By uniting together we were able to get Amazon.com, Target, Toys R Us and Walgreens to pull these offensive costumes.</blockquote><blockquote>Si Se Puede!</blockquote><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</div><blockquote>Jocelyn Sherman</blockquote><span style="color: black;"><blockquote>UFW Internet Communications Director</blockquote></span><br />
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Honestly, someone came up with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Illegal-Alien-Latex-Costume-Accessory/dp/B002KV5QXI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1255987386&sr=8-2">this</a>, it was approved, marketed, and then sold by companies to people who are just lame and racist. Capitalism at its finest. Barf.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/halloween2009/">here</a> to send the message that the "Illegal Alien" Halloween costume is offensive. Because it is.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348188992408749387.post-24221340134078904942009-09-30T13:06:00.000-04:002009-09-30T13:06:19.955-04:00AfraidI fear for President Obama's life. I really do. Not *just* because he's black, but because the extreme right wing is out for blood - literally. The recent "Should Obama be Killed?" poll on Facebook can be seen as the canary in the coal mine, IMO. From Credo:<br />
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<blockquote>As racist attacks increase and protestors continue to bring guns to presidential events, it is strikingly clear that President Obama is vulnerable to harm. Are the Secret Service and the FBI doing enough to protect him? Are they confronting those who threaten our president? </blockquote><blockquote>Ronald Kessler, a veteran investigative journalist and conservative who recently authored a book about the Secret Service, notes that funding cutbacks have already left the first African-American president in U.S. history particularly vulnerable. The book, which alleges that the cash-strapped Secret Service is endangering the president by cutting corners, has sent shockwaves through Washington. </blockquote><blockquote>We cannot allow funding problems to weaken the organizations charged with protecting the life of our nation's president. It is time for Americans of every stripe to insist that the Secret Service and the FBI operate at the highest levels of effectiveness. </blockquote><blockquote>I just <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/protect_obama/?r_by=-2082526-29xgDAx&rc=confemail1"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">signed a petition</span></span></a> to ask Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure that efforts of the Secret Service and FBI to protect President Obama from escalating threats are expanded and fully funded. I hope you will, too. Please have a look and take action. </blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/protect_obama/?r_by=-2082526-29xgDAx&rc=confemail1"></a><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/protect_obama/?r_by=-2082526-29xgDAx&rc=confemail1">http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/protect_obama/?r_by=-2082526-29xgDAx&rc=confemail1 </a></blockquote>GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043350973772922297noreply@blogger.com0