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Spoof the Vote

11/04/2010 Nativegrl77

RAN and Amazon Watch along with the creative geniuses at the Yes Men and Funny or Die have been having an absolute field day these last two weeks derailing Chevron’s new multimillion dollar “We Agree” ad campaign. It’s been grand.

Want in on it?

Chevron’s ads claim “oil companies should support the communities they’re a part of,” while in reality, the oil giant is still refusing to clean the toxic pollution it left in the Ecuadorean Amazon which is poisoning thousands of Indigenous peoples there.

Chevron must think we’re all really stupid. Well, guess what? The joke’s on them. Go to ChevronThinksWereStupid.org and show Chevron just how smart you are…

3 Ways YOU Can Punk Chevron

1 CREATE
Submit your own spoof video or print ad before November 18th. So fun.

2 VOTE
Vote for your favorite ad and share the contest with all of your friends.

3 POST
Print out our fake Chevron ads and post or wheatpaste ‘em up around your town.

The oil giant is doing its best to wrangle “We Agree” back from our merry band of pranksters by tainting the airwaves, world wide web, and all forms of public transport with these BS greenwashed ads. Don’t let ‘em.

Since we don’t have the same kind of dough Chevron does to pay for big billboards, mass transit ads or TV commercials, we’re relying on pure old-fashioned people power to spread this spoof ad campaign far and wide…this means we need all of YOU to punk Chevron too.

Take it from people who know, it makes a difference!

		For the people,
		Mike Gaworecki Change Chevron Online Campaigner

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Jon Recaps Tuesday’s Election Results — Watch Now!

11/04/2010 Nativegrl77

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Republican Earthquake Tsunami of Nothing

The Daily Show covers Meg Whitman’s wasteful spending, John Boehner’s emotional moment and Carl Paladino’s aggression speech from Tuesday night. Watch now!

Watch Now!

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Stop the new Congress from drilling in the Arctic

11/04/2010 Nativegrl77

Urge President Obama to designate the Arctic Refuge as a National Monument.

Big corporate funders bet millions on this year’s election and won — and will look to cash in their chips starting in January with the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

Chief among these corporate funders is the oil and gas industry, which spent $19.5 million to elect pro-drilling candidates. Big Oil is looking for an immediate return on their investment, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is high on their list of targets.

For decades oil companies have waged a dogged campaign to drill in the Arctic Refuge, one of the most beautiful and pristine wild places on earth. With new pro-drilling candidates to take office in January, we need to take immediate action to protect this precious refuge.

Help protect the Arctic Refuge before Congress ever bangs a gavel next year: Urge President Obama to designate the Arctic Refuge as a National Monument, like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite, so it is no longer threatened by the whims of politicians.

The Arctic Refuge is one of our nation’s last refuges for wildlife – it is invaluable, iconic and a living monument to America’s unique wilderness heritage. Big mammals like caribou and polar bears still roam across the Arctic Refuge. It is home to millions of the world’s birds — including snow geese and bald eagles. They return each year to find refuge from a world of encroaching hazards.

For 50 years this remarkable place has been kept safe, protected from human development, because of people like you have been willing to stand up to the oil and gas interests determined to “drill baby drill.” Now that the elections are over, as Americans, we have a moral and civic duty to ensure that the peace in the Arctic Refuge is not broken by big drilling machines – not on our watch.

With a new, more drilling-friendly House of Representatives, and the Refuge’s 50th anniversary coming up, President Obama can do the right thing and make a real statement that America will not submit its greatest treasures to the follies of politics.

Tell the President: Protect the Arctic Refuge as a National Monument.

Thank you for taking action,

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a message from Speaker Pelosi

11/04/2010 Nativegrl77

Over the last four years, the Democratic House Majority that you made possible took courageous action on behalf of America’s middle class to create jobs and save the country from the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression.

Despite the outcome of last night’s elections, please know that your grassroots support still made a difference.

There are many courageous Democrats who won close races last night because of your remarkable support.

The outcome of this election does not diminish the work we have done together for the American people. With so much at stake for our country, we must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class, create jobs, protect Social Security, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward. Today, all Democrats should hold their heads high.

Your support and dedication has made a positive difference in the lives of all Americans.

For that, I cannot thank you enough.

Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House