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Just this month, a man drove barreling through the gates of a chemical plant in Texas, shouting, “We’re all gonna die!” before slamming his SUV into an 18-wheeler. On the very same day, one worker was killed and another injured by an explosion at a chemical plant in New York. Chemical plants across the country present a real danger to nearby communities. In fact, millions of Americans are at risk. If an accident or a terrorist attack happens at any one of 484 chemical plants, 100,000 or more people would be at risk of injury or death.
Despite these clear and present dangers, Congress has so far failed to protect us. But right now, there’s a window of opportunity to pass legislation before the end of the year to make water treatment plants safer. The Department of Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, and more than 100 non-profits, including major unions, fire fighters, environmental and public health groups are all in favor of this legislation. But Congress needs to hear from YOU. Safer alternatives are already being used in hundreds of plants. It’s up to all of us to convince Congress to protect us. Please, take just a second to tell your friends. The time you take could help save lives.
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Daily Archives: 11/21/2010
Stop the Drone Killings
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Get your rainforest-safe gift guide
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Don’t buy children’s books that destroy rainforests. Books make incredible gifts for children. As the winter holidays approach, RAN and Tiki The Tiger want to help you make sure rainforest paper isn’t part of the present. Shockingly, many U.S. publishers have released at least one children’s book that tested positive for paper fiber linked to Indonesian rainforest destruction. With one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, Indonesia‘s rainforests- and the communities and endangered wildlife that live there- are disappearing rapidly. We want to make sure that you and your gifts don’t get wrapped up in rainforest destruction this holiday season. Introducing our new pocket-sized Rainforest-Safe Kids’ Books Shopping Guide….
Print out the guide and pop it in your wallet. Share it with your friends via Facebook, Twitter and email. You can also join RAN and Tiki The Tiger for our national Roar At The Store week of action where hundreds across North America will hand out rainforest-safe guides in front of their favorite bookstore. Thanks for helping to keep Indonesia’s rainforests off your shopping list this holiday season and beyond.
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Weekend rant -up &some News
On Saturday we saw President Obama in action who is definitely good for America in general and his determination to get the START treaty taken care of and revitalize our relationship/alliances with other NATO countries is something we should all be proud. This man is doing the work of the people and America unlike the Republican Tea Party who put Party, Profits and the Bush tax givaways before the People of American.
Yesterday, the weather here was giving off definitely vibes of a sharp drop in the temperature and a possibility of snow and while the skies were white and the temperature did, drop the rain trumped the snow but we have a whole weekend to deal with and apparently, some parts of our city did get some snow. This morning it is very crisp and the sky is blue –rain is on the way and a whole lot of sports here such as the UW Huskies are in Maui for the first time playing BB in an EA 3-day tourney -awesome and the Seahawks play the Saints on Sunday.
To say that the media is not the same conglomerate it use to be is stating the obvious and putting it mildly. When it is clear that reporters are giving out bad info and not correcting it even after someone from the Military actually comes on to be interviewed, makes a correction or i guess tries to make sure the public understands what is actually happening. I just do not understand why the cable heads cannot make the correction instead of fueling the inaccuracy of it all. Is it such a bad thing to either just correct it move on and or say they information has been interpreted several different ways and they think instead of telling the public that the Obama Admin has made changes to the draw down in Afghanistan. It is a very telling process and yet another issue we all need to be aware of and question each and every time we watch what seems to me the unfair and i guess unbalanced news coming from cable unless we see and hear it from the President himself or anyone else for that matter. That old saying about hearing a comment from the horses mouth is the only way to get the truth is to hear it from the person themselves, not that folks don’t know that already but the reality is that folks have chosen not to and that is sad.
While i am definitely happy about the Senate passing HR 4783, the Black and Native American farmers settlement despite folks like Sen.Coburn’s efforts to block it. There are still many more Republican hurdles for the settlement to jump before any money can be handed out. According to an interview with Boyd the next hurdle to be conquered will happen after Thanksgiving in the House of Representatives. If HR4783 passes it could then take up to a year to be interviewed, maybe court cases, signed and or disbursed to the many farmers who have been waiting for decades. The 50 or 70 thousand per farmer sounds great at first thought but it does not seem enough to pick up where a farmer left off and those who died waiting for this overdue settlement hopefully are looking down upon the others with at least a smile.
Other News …
Wesley Snipes has yet to turn himself in
Judge halts Murkowski cerification
China Reins in Bank Reserve rules
DMX arrested in AZ
the Show -Teen Mom- has one of theirs charged with domestic violence
The Senate confirms President Obama’s budget chief
Gases delay the rescue for 29 at N.Zealand mine
President Obama tells GOP to stop holding up START treaty
Be a Seed for Change 