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The Wall Street Journal calls us “some of the savviest environmental agitators in the business.” For the debut of this video, we call ourselves “shamelessly grateful to all the people who make our work possible.” Please enjoy this RAN-tastic dancefest as a priceless little thank you gift from us to you.
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Rebecca Tarbotton
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Thanks to all of you who responded to my recent email and who have given generously to my campaign.
My Republican opponent – a Tea Party favorite – just boasted to the Wall Street Journal that he had received $400,000 in contributions during the month of September from out-of-state people seeking to remove me from Congress because the right-wing regards me as such an irritant.
It pains me to say that modern elections cannot be fought without money, and until we change that system, good candidates will have to count of the generosity of many thousands of engaged Americans in order to have a chance against powerful, richly-endowed, right-wing forces.
Thank you for joining the battle. I hope it will be some compensation to you for your generosity to know that some of the most obnoxious — and dangerous — people in the country will very much resent you for doing so.
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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