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it’s time to get to work …

09/08/2010 Nativegrl77

We’re teaming up with 350, 10:10, and a global coalition of folks doing something about climate change to create a global day of action: the 10/10/10 Global Work Party. Help us make October 10th the biggest single day of action against global warming that the world has ever seen.

The Gulf oil spill, the breaking up of Arctic ice sheets, the wildfires sweeping through Eastern Europe — these are just a few impacts of our addiction to fossil fuels. The good news is that most Americans have begun to do their part, making small changes in their own lives in the hopes of helping create a more sustainable planet.

But while you and I have tried to make changes in our homes and communities, our leaders in Washington D.C. are letting fossil fuel companies off the hook instead of holding them accountable. They claim it’s just too hard to take on Big Coal and Big Oil.

Well on October 10th, we’re getting together with our friends at 350.org, 10:10, and many others, to show them what hard work looks like.

It’s called the “10/10/10 Global Work Party.” The goal of the day is to send a message to our political leaders: If we can get to work, you can get to work too — on the legislation and the treaties that will protect this planet for our children and grandchildren.

There are already over 1,700 events in 140+ countries, and we’d love for you to join us wherever you live.

Check here to see if there is an event already planned in your area or to create your own.

What you do at your work party is up to you. But don’t worry, we’ll help you get started and have a few ideas to help get your creative juices flowing. As long as it benefits your community and helps cut carbon emissions, it will matter — and it will help get the point across to our politicians.

Let’s inspire our political leaders on October 10th to take the bold action necessary to save the planet. It’s time to get to work.

For the planet,

Ben Kroetz
Greenpeace Online Organizer

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President Obama, You and NYC

09/08/2010 Nativegrl77

I am more confident than ever that we will retain our Democratic House Majority, as long as we stand together in these final weeks.

Our next wave of advertising could help secure Democrats in toss-up races — but I need your continued support to make it happen.

That’s why as a thank you for all you have done so far, I want to offer you a special opportunity to enter to win a chance to join President Obama and myself at a dinner in New York City on September 22nd.

Enter for a chance to win a trip to New York (airfare and hotel included). You and your guest will be my guests at a dinner with President Obama on September 22nd.

Thank you for all you have done. I am counting on you to continue to stand with me in these final critical days.

Onward to victory.

Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House

P.S. Please enter today — you could be part of our historic gathering in New York City and meet President Obama.

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thorny Tuesday &some News

09/07/2010 Nativegrl77

In response to another doubter who also happens to be a hater of the “Obama Regime” with typical rightwing rhetoric. I respect your opinion; i may not agree but i will not call you names or think less of you. I do not know you; however, i did vote for Obama and will again because Republicans/Conservatives have proved themselves useless over the last twenty month. Republicans have no one in charge; they have no solutions only complaints. The Bills passed by the Obama Admin have made it possible for a better future for all Americans. Yes, improvements need to made to those bills but that can only be done if everyone left of center gets out and votes this November because this is a pivotal moment in the progress needed in America

The Obama Administration is not practicing exclusion unlike Republicans who have made it quite clear what they plan to do if they take control of Congress. Republicans seem to feel helping your fellow man is not important in a time when things are so bad because they keep putting corporate profits before the people. This attitude will not improve our plight. If anyone needs a reminder, all we have to do is look to our past and by all accounts, the mostly sane people know and might admit that the house of Bush made numerous mistakes after walking into office with a surplus. The house of Bush under stress, maybe misinformed decided to wage 2Wars and gave 2huge tax cuts for the wealthy. If that was not enough those so-called people the upper 3% who Republicans say create jobs is trying to pass off as the truth. The fact is the house of Bush spent the surplus left by BillClinton. They spent the surplus on something(s) and then sent more money to wage wars, outsourced jobs and basically throwing the middle class under the bus and stomped all over us.

The solutions Republicans have offered up since Obama took office consist of scaled down versions of Bills int the Senate that are just band aids; thus slowing down our road to recovery. They are advocates for the top 2% and that 2% has been getting breaks far too long. It is obvious that Bush, Cheney and Paulson all f’d the people of the United States and because of that we have to rely on the government. Again, if you watch the House of Cards/cnbc you would understand why Wall Street types or capitalists like Bernie mad off and others like him engaged in creative accounting or just plain ole corruption like Corporations like AIG created a monster and the pay out by aig to various Banks was great. The bets against the people or corruption worked its way overseas to become something too big to fail. The questions i would like answered are many but one would be why did the house of Bush wait so long to do anything to solve the problem before the collapse happened. We all need to ask ourselves what kind of Capitalism do we want. If it is the kind of Capitalism that creates monster Corporations that abuse the rules, then you are foolish.

Capitalism does not mean firms should engage in cooking the books, secret transactions and or becoming bigger than their sum value or investing in schemes … that — is what happened …

We the People need capitalism with a small c and more regulation … with a huge R

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Koran Burning Could Endanger Troops

09/07/2010 Nativegrl77

by Rachel Slajda

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander of the Afghanistan War, said today the planned burning of Korans by a Florida church could put American troops in danger.

“It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort,” Petraeus told the Wall Street Journal. “It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community.”

Petraeus’ comments come in the wake of anti-American protests in Kabul. Earlier today, 500 demonstrators, including members of parliament and Muslim clerics, gathered outside the U.S. embassy to condemn the “International Burn A Koran Day” planned by the Dove World Outreach Center, a small church in Florida. Protesters burned the church’s pastor, Terry Jones, in effigy and called for “Death to America.”

A similar protest, reportedly attracting thousands of Muslims, was held this weekend in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Petraeus said the Koran-burning, planned for Sept. 11, could give the Taliban the kind of anti-American propaganda they can exploit to turn fellow Afghans against the U.S. military.

Jones has vowed to go forward with his plan to burn Korans despite public outcry both locally and nationwide. He could not immediately be reached for comment.

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double-digit jobless rates &Republicans

09/07/2010 Nativegrl77

17 senators from states with double-digit jobless rates repeatedly vote to filibuster unemployment benefits.

Since the beginning of the Great Recession, 15 million Americans have lost their jobs. Almost half of them have been out of work for six months or more, and there are currently nearly five workers actively seeking work for every available job. However, the Senate has been unable to extend job benefits because of a Republican filibuster, which has been joined by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE). On three separate occasions, Democrats tried to break the filibuster but were unsuccessful. And while no senator voting to continue the filibuster should be allowed to escape responsibility, many voting to sustain it are from states that have been hit particularly hard by the unemployment crisis. Here are the 17 senators from states with double-digit unemployment who are willing to leave their constituents without a safety net:

Senator(s)	State	Unemployment Rate	Votes Against Cloture (Out Of Three)
Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby (R)	Alabama	10.8%	Three each
Sen. George LeMieux (R)	Florida	10.4%	Three
Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson (R)	Georgia	10.2%	Three each
Sen. Richard Lugar (R)	Indiana	10.0%	Three
Sens. Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning (R)	Kentucky	10.4%	Three each
Sens. Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran (R)	Mississippi	11.4%	Three each
Sen. John Ensign (R)	Nevada	14.0%	Three
Sen. Richard Burr (R)	North Carolina	10.3%	Three
Sen. George Voinivich	Ohio	10.7%	Three
Sen. Lindsey Graham	South Carolina	11.0%	Two (Missed vote on 6/17)
Sen. Jim DeMint	South Carolina	11.0%	Two (Missed vote on 6/30)
Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander (R)	Tennessee	10.4%	Three each

1.3 million people have lost their benefits this month alone, and this is actually an historic step on the part of the Senate, as “never before has Congress cut off benefits when unemployment was so high.” But perhaps Republicans in the Senate agree with Sharron Angle that unemployed people are simply “spoiled” and “afraid to get a job”?