Monthly Archives: August 2012

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Support Alan Grayson ..



Do Whatever She Says.

When you read the subject line here, “we want more votes,” you may have thought, “well, what candidate doesn’t?”
Not votes for us, silly.  Votes for Green Day, Eric Clapton and B.B. King, Frank Sinatra, etc.
For those of you who are adamant about not reading your e-mails, please let me explain.  Howie Klein of the Blue America PAC is going to give one of the following five items to one of our supporters:

1 – A Green Day guitar autographed by all 3 members of the band – a blue Squier Stratocaster.

2 – The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Platinum Award to Eric Clapton and B.B. King for “Riding With the King.”

3 – The RIAA’s Platinum Award to Frank Sinatra for “The Very Good Years.”  This plaque hung in the office of Reprise Records, the company that Sinatra started.

4 – The RIAA’s Multi-Platinum Award to the B-52’s for “Cosmic Thing.”

5 – A rare, framed, numbered art print by famed rock artist Rick Griffin for the Cult’s “Wildflower” song, released in 1987.  Griffin and all of the band members signed the print.

And we get to choose.  More specifically, you get to choose, by going to this webpage, and casting your vote.

As it happens, close to 1000 of our supporters already have voted.  But we want more votes.  And it’s not too late.  Just cast your vote no later than Friday, and we will count it.  As they used to say when I was growing up in the Bronx, “Vote Early and Often.”

And then, voting aside, anyone who makes a contribution soon on a special webpage that we have set up, called “I Wanna Rock and Roll” will be eligible to receive the item that we all choose.  (As will anyone who sends an e-mail to rockandroll@graysonforcongress.com.)

Please don’t keep Green Day, Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Frank Sinatra in suspense.   Please vote, then contribute, and then . . .

Just be happy.

Courage,

Alan Grayson

 

Paid for and Authorized by the Committee to Elect Alan Grayson

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Women and their RIGHTS to birth-control coverage


 

NARAL Pro-Choice America

I know you care about stopping attacks on women’s birth control, so I wanted to make sure you heard about this.

There is a new bill in Congress that would let any boss – even the owner of a fast-food restaurant – block his employees from getting insurance coverage for birth control. It’s ridiculous!

The lawmaker behind the bill is a big supporter of the recent “Fortnight for Freedom.” This was a series of nationwide events organized by the anti-choice United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

I hope you take a moment to tell your representative that this bill cannot stand. It’s wrong to stop women from getting birth-control coverage.

http://bit.ly/MhKpsh

Thanks for getting involved!

 

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must see Whitehouse Vids


 

At a White House Rural Council meeting, President Obama says that the Department of Agriculture has been working with every other agency across the federal government to make sure that we are taking every single possible step to help farmers and ranchers to fight back and recover from this disaster. August 7, 2012.More

This White House White Board lays out the facts and shows that we can protect health and safety while promoting economic goals as well.More

President Obama signs a bill that will help improve access to health care for veterans, streamline VA services, expand support for homeless veterans, and also provide extended medical care for veterans and their families who were based in Camp Lejeune in the years the water was contaminated there, and prohibit protesting at military funerals. August 6, 2012.More

 

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4 minutes late …Change.org


Change.org
                          My bank could evict me from my home because I called them 4 minutes late. Help me stop them.                       
      Sign my Petition

 

After my bank made me wait 2 years to get my home back, they called off a deal with me to stay in my home because they said I called them 4 minutes late.

When I was threatened with eviction from my home of 17 years, I made an agreement with the Vice President of Woodlands National Bank. They said if I rented the house for two years, and brought money up-front, they would work with me to prepare a new mortgage.

I held up my end of the bargain — but now the bank is backing out, and I could be evicted from my home at any time. I’ve tried calling and visiting the bank’s Vice President Cindy Koonce in person, but she refuses to work with me.

I started a petition on Change.org calling on Woodlands National Bank to follow through on its promise to help me keep my home of 17 years.

Click here to sign my petition now.

I’ve lived in my home for 17 years now. As the years passed, I’ve watched the cedar that I planted grow from fitting in the palm of my hand to as tall as my house. I’ve stood by, smiling, as my great-nieces and nephews picked raspberries from the bushes in my yard. I’ve watched, as my house has grown from my place to a communal place, for my family, my friends, and my community.

The bank has already shown that it is sensitive to public opinion: the bank proposed the original deal because the community sent in petitions and made phone calls on my behalf.

I am confident that if enough people join this campaign, Woodlands bank will negotiate with me, and become part of the solution to the housing crisis we face.

Click here to sign my petition asking the Vice President of Woodlands National Bank to negotiate with me on my mortgage.

Thank you.

— Anita Reyes