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The War on Women Continues …a message from Nancy Pelosi


Yesterday, House Republicans mounted another extreme attack to undermine and restrict a woman’s access to reproductive health care.

Instead of creating jobs, improving our economy and strengthening small businesses, for the seventh time this year Republicans voted on a bill that assaults women’s health care.

We cannot sit silent in the face of House Republicans’ extremist agenda against women. We must act now to stop it.

Help us raise $100,000 for the DCCC Women’s Health Rapid Response Fund so we can hold the Republicans accountable.

Please make an urgent contribution of $3 or more to the DCCC’s Women’s Health Rapid Response Fund. Your generous support will send a powerful show of grassroots strength against the Republicans’ extreme agenda.

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House Republicans are pursuing the most comprehensive and radical assault on women’s health and reproductive freedom in our lifetime. They should be working to help put Americans back to work, not waging an outrageous war against women and their private health decisions.

Let us never allow the health of American women to come under attack.

Please contribute $3 or more right now to the DCCC’s Women’s Health Rapid Response Fund >>  WWW.DSCC.ORG

Thank you,

Nancy Pelosi

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AFL – CIO … Have a JOBs Story ?


Have a jobs story?
Have a story to tell? Congress needs to hear it.Rep. George Miller—the most senior Democrat on the House committee that deals with health, education, jobs and pension issues—is sponsoring a fact-finding forum and gathering stories to help Congress understand what life is really like for people struggling with the jobs crisis.You and your friends can help by submitting your stories.
Do you ever feel like the call for jobs is falling on deaf ears in Congress? It’s not. It’s just that obstructionists are blocking progress.Rep. George Miller—the most senior Democrat on the House committee that deals with health, education, jobs and pension issues—wants to stop the political games and pass legislation that gets America back to work. And you can help.
After you submit your story to Congress, please take a quick moment to paste it into the body of an e-mail and send it to us at peoplepower@aflcio.org.Are you struggling to find work or to acquire new skills? Have you or has someone in your family lost a job, particularly in construction or education? Has job loss threatened your home or your family’s health care?Tell Congress your story.

How have budget cuts in education affected your life or work? If you are a parent of a child in public schools, how have those cuts affected your children? Are schools or community colleges in your area in need of repair or modernization? Tell Congress your story.

Do you see a need for construction work in your community that is not being done for lack of funding? Tell Congress your story.

What kind of access do you have to job training or reemployment assistance programs? Is it sufficient? Tell Congress your story.

Outside of Washington, job creation is at the top of everyone’s agenda. Rep. Miller knows that. Let’s help him flood his congressional colleagues with compelling stories to demonstrate that America wants to work and we need good jobs now.

Thanks for doing your part to create jobs.

In Solidarity,

Manny Herrmann
Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIO

P.S. If you know people who have been unemployed for a long time—or who have first-hand experience in the struggling construction or education industries—Also, after you submit your story to Congress, please take a quick moment to paste it into the body of an e-mail and send it to us at peoplepower@aflcio.org.
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Time’s Running Out! Help Us Make Sure ALL Women Can Get Birth Control without a Co-pay


Submit Comments to HHS – All Women Need Access to Contraception without Co-pays

When we make progress in women’s health, ALL women deserve to be part of that success, don’t they? But you’d be surprised by what some opponents to birth control think.

Recently we told you about a momentous step forward for women’s health: the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expanded the list of preventive health services required to be offered by health insurers without a co-pay to include the full range of FDA-approved contraceptives. Unfortunately, HHS intends to exempt some religious employers from providing contraceptive services and is asking for comments on this decision.

The reality is that nearly 99% of sexually active women, regardless of their religious beliefs, use contraception at some point in their lives. It’s crucial that women have access to affordable birth control to prevent unintended pregnancies, plan the timing and size of their families, and protect their health.

We need your help to protect this important step for women’s health and ensure that all women have access to affordable contraception — tell HHS that all women, regardless of who they work for, should have access to contraception without co-pays.

Note: The comments you submit will be processed by the appropriate agency and then made publicly availble on Regulations.gov.

Personalizing this message will add to its impact.
Please take the time to add your thoughts or share a personal story.
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TGIF … Call the Whitehouse 202-456-1111 …Tell President Obama to go big bold and bad

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just another rant …

In my effort to blow off steam, push back, and voice my opinion…

I hope all of us on the left… democrats, libs and progressives will continue to support President Obama we also need him to know we have his back and hope that our President Obama go big bold and badass. … Bring it to the People

What has our President done for you?

I will remind you President Obama among other things got and injected our economy with a 787billion dollar stimulus package even with all the Teapublican obstacles. The stimulus worked; he also implemented the fair pay act, chips, stopped the 8yr ban on stem cell research/treatment, implemented better fuel regulation for trucks , Sonia Sotomayor, 1st Latina was nominated and voted into the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan also voted onto the Supreme Court, got rid of osama, offered a historic health-care bill that passed, reforming immigration. Hey, for a more in depth list and analysis of President Obama’s first two years go to http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/1104_obama_galston.aspx

The facts are right in front of our faces and yes, the last 2yrs have been better than it feels…

I believe in President Obama and his abilities but there is clearly a wall put up against any changes or moves the President has been trying to make for ALL Americans contrary to what and how the Teapublicans want or will govern. We must never forget Rep.Mcconnell’s statement that his job is to make him a one-term president. Now, we have people in Congress doing and saying things about our First President of Colour and it should serve as a reminder of just how the Teapublicans really feel about him and this attitude and behavior is the dark cloud that Presidential candidate Rick Perry spoke of only the cloud is racism. I don’t know about you but a true friend would not say let alone feel that his friend is less than because of the colour of his skin. It was a sad day to hear the words coming from Sen. Tom Coburn.  There is definitely a difference in running for office and governing as Congress, The banks, Wall Street have all shown us they want their piece thus making the road to change a journey of bumps. Our President has said time and time again, he cannot do the work by himself,” We the People,” need to unite in solidarity to push back at Corporate America, because they definitely are not cooperating, we must push our Democratic Legislators, Representatives and our Congress, who are not acting as if we are in the majority. We all know the Administration needs to call for regulation of the banks…Wall Street and AIG types who seem corrupt. We need to demand that the Administration and Congress work and vote for climate change, education and true innovation so America can become a leader once again, the base voted for change we can all believe in, not for what will NOT ruffle some. President Obama needs to know that the base wants bold changes that include Energy and Climate Change, Education, Immigration reform, Bank regulations. Only move forward not what is easy because the fight is on and it is to save the middle class. That Sir takes a lean to the left … a hard left Sir.

We the People need to start speaking out against key nominations held up by Republicans. It is absurd, offensive, reckless and should show voters just how desperate Republicans are to bring President Obama down when both parties should be working together to solve problems instead of playing politics when our American economy and or safety is fragile is beyond me.

Time to forget bipartisanship because it ain’t there anymore

 

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Green companies … Green projects … Green jobs … Green heroes


click on  links for more green info …

**Dow Chemical designed solar shingles that can be nailed to a roof, testing to begin in 2010, initially manufactured in Midland MI

**Chris Campbell,pasadena,CA His most recent venture, www.caligreen.com is an eco-friendly apparel company located in Santa Barbara, California. Prior to Cali Green, Chris was the head of Sales Integration where he developed and lead several high performing teams of developers and designers at GorillaNation.com and AtomicOnline.com that produce revenues of over $8 Million per month.

**Global Star will be supplying the thin-film solar cells, of Tucson, AZ   ( Global Solar )

**Solar Reserve filed an application to build a 150-megawatt solar farm that will store seven hours’ worth of the sun’s energy in the form of molten salt, a Santa Monica company.  (SolarReserve )

**The Rice Solar Energy Project will be built in the Sonoran Desert east of Palm Springs (  Rice Solar Energy Project )

**Taja Sevelle,singer-songwriter, executive dir&founder of int’l non-profit Urban Farming,headquartered in Detroit;oversees 600 community gardens in 5counties&14cities,including Los Angeles&New York

**Bill Mckibben,writer/activist,Co-founder/Dir of 350.org ;is one of the largest groups fighting against global warming

**glenn croston, Ph.D., is a green scientist, author and entrepreneur. He has written five biology and chemistry books and is involved in developing entrepreneurial businesses with a focus on green research. He lives an environmentally-friendly life in both business and at home.

**Omar Freilla,founder of the Bronx umbrella org Green Worker Co-op,helps turn trash into green jobs

**Clean Edge Jobs  …

Clean Edge Jobs specializes in connecting job candidates at every level with a range of clean-tech companies and other organizations leading the transition to a clean-energy economy.  In addition to creating a profile and resume for employers to search, job seekers can use the Clean Edge Jobs website to search their growing database of green jobs by location, industry or job type.  Employers can post jobs free of charge.  Check it out at  http://jobs.cleanedge.com.

**The websites below are also good sources of green-collar job postings:

** Warren Washington,head of the climate-change research section @the Nat Ctr for Atmospheric Res., was one of the first scientist to analyze climate change and it’s effect on the low-lying places in the coastal areas where a lot of African-Americans live.

** Majora Cater,in Hunts Pt Riverside Pk,SBronx,NY,2001 founded Sustainable S Bronx,to create green spaces

** Robert Bullard,sociologist/dir of the Environmental Justice Res Ctr@Clark Atlanta Univ., noticed almost all landfills/incinerators in Houston were located in predominately Black neighborhoods,inequity became his life’s work,Environment,race/politics,are all connected.

** Will.I.AM,song-writer, was inspired by Al Gore‘s inconvenient truth,wrote S.O.S.,Take Our Planet Back to enlightened fans about global warming,says he is brown but lives green

**Kerry Washington,actor lives green,says the green movement is about inequities, making and saving money, promotes going green by taking small step

** Xavier Bishop, Mayor of Moss Pt., Miss. River City,used to be a major industrial city,but the plants there damaged the city/environment,wanted to save his city/our environment,has partnered with groups: Inst for Sustainable Communities,promotes rebuilding with green products,tip: dont litter,most products don’t degrade.

** Kinari Webb,MD,founder,Health in Harmony in oakland CA and Indonesia,advocate for saving rain forests,stopping illegal logging a source of income,but floods/infection from mosquitoes are high as a result of tearing down rain forests.tip:avoid palm oil,major cause of rainforest destruction in Indonesia.

** Daniel Goleman, Phd,writer Ecological Intelligence, asks us to think beyond organic, recycled or  fair trade, think about how the products we buy, use, and discard affects the environment.

** Bryant Terry,Eco chef/food justice activist&author uses cooking to illuminate the intersections among poverty, structural racism, and food insecurity.

** Carole Allen,founder,Help Endangered Animals,involved in saving turtles,started a foundation to save them,the Nat Marine Fisheries Serv invented a Turtle Excluder device to allow turtles to escape fishing and shrimp industry trawls.tip:don’t touch a sea turtle,call 866-Turtles if you see one in distress.

** Ron Gonen, co-founder and ceo,RecycleBank; recyclebank.com based in NYC,operates in 15States,they give recycle containers to every home w/a chip embedded in it. the weight is electronically recorded/points go into recyclebank,worth up to $400 a yr at stores such as target,whole foods,coca-cola,program saves money by diverting waste into recycling.tip:recycle because it costs more to take trash to landfills,our taxes are increased to pay for it.

** Ken Cook,co-founder Environmental Working Group,ewg.org , they investigate products to protect the environment/public health,score it and provide info to their members.

** Nneka Leiba, an environmental health researcher for the group Skin Deep Web site cosmeticsdatabase.com,W.DC tip: don’t use bottled water,an avg of 8toxic chems are in ea,also the travel to get it to your home produces emissions