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Messing with the wrong people

09/26/2010 Nativegrl77

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Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s War,” comes out tomorrow, and leaked excerpts show just how hard some military leaders are fighting to stop a withdrawal from Afghanistan. Late last year, as President Obama struggled to pin the military down into an airtight exit strategy, General Petraeus said:

“[The administration] is ****ing with the wrong guy.”

It’s clear Petraeus and his subordinates want to ignore the July 2011 deadline to start withdrawing troops. A colonel briefing reporters at the Pentagon this week even told them that, “No one said that we were withdrawing in July 2011.”

Military officials need to understand that it’s not up to them when we leave Afghanistan. Ultimately, that’s up to us, the American people, and we’re sick and tired of this war that’s not making us safer and that’s not worth the cost. General Petraeus is the one messing with the wrong people–the 57 percent of Americans who oppose the war.

The publicity around Woodward’s book gives us a new opportunity to get people’s attention about how the military is undermining the Commander-in-Chief and working to extend the war. Our new video exposes their effort, but we need your help to get it in front of people.

Send our latest video to as many people as you can, and share it on your Facebook wall. With your help, we can keep the warmongers on the defensive and end this war.

Sincerely,

Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Foundation team

Donate today to help bring an end to this atrocious war that’s not making us any safer.

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We have 5 days to help a progressive group win $250,000.

09/26/2010 Nativegrl77

Hi,

I wanted to let you know that I just joined the Progressive Slate to help raise money for progressive organizations in September.

The Progressive Slate is a group of progressive organizations competing in Pepsi‘s Refresh Everything contest. They are all working together to try and win over $1,000,000 worth of grants.

And they need our help.

They’re recruiting daily voters to help them win the contest in September. I just signed up and I think you should too!

To sign up, simply go to: http://www.theprogressiveslate.com/pepsi_moveon.php?name=credo

This is a great opportunity to help support a group of organizations committed to progressive issues!

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Tell Secretary Sebelius that Vulnerable Women Deserve Abortion Coverage

09/26/2010 Nativegrl77

National Women's Law Center

Stand Up Against Blanket Abortion Coverage Prohibition

Tell Secretary Sebelius not to undermine women’s reproductive health in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans.

Remember how angry women got when we were told we couldn’t use our own private dollars to obtain coverage of abortion care? Well it’s back. The Administration decided — without justification in law or policy — to ban abortion coverage in the newly created Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans.

It is still bad policy and your voice is needed.

Tell Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius how this harmful restriction undermines women’s access to reproductive health care now. Submit your comments today.

If adopted, this ban would prevent women with serious pre-existing medical conditions — like cancer or diabetes — from getting the abortion coverage they need to protect their health. And it will not even allow women the ability to pay for such coverage with their own private premium dollars.

Comments are due this Tuesday, September 28, so take action and tell Secretary Sebelius to stand up for the health of these vulnerable women and to reject this dangerous policy once and for all.

The National Women’s Law Center will not rest until the restrictions on abortion coverage are fixed. Thank you for continuing to fight with us to protect women’s health.

Sincerely,Judy Waxman
Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. Help us continue to protect women’s reproductive rights and expand the opportunities for women and their families. Support our work today.

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Renee Ellmers video …in her own words

09/25/2010 Nativegrl77

I ask you are the words of ms Ellmers hateful, racist, provoke fear and possible violence …do we accept this kind of rhetoric from people who call themselves Americans or do we keep them out of any position of power especially political power; is this fear mongering by Republicans or what? This is not the kind of people i want in charge when my child grows up or grand children… Discrimination should be an issue we are all working on to make a nasty thing of the past.

After the Muslims conquered Jerusalem and Cordoba and Constantinople.
They built victory mosques and, now, they want to build a mosque by Ground Zero. Where does Bob Etheridge stand? He won’t say. Won’t speak out. Won’t take a stand. The terrorists haven’t won and we should tell them in plain English, No. There will never be a mosque at Ground Zero.

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Al Franken speaks …listen

09/25/2010 Nativegrl77

Sen. Al Franken just sent us a video and asked us to pass it on to you. He wanted to thank PCCC members for (successfully!) creating momentum around Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy to lead the creation of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Sen. Franken also invites folks to tell Elizabeth Warren what consumer issues her bureau should focus on first. Check out the video and give Warren your feedback here!