In Conroe, Texas near the gulf (100 mi) where there are many lake golf
country clubs, there were four pup seals on the lawn of a private home
overlooking the lake. They were sprauled out on their lawn, playing, AFTER
FISHING, and a dip in the lake. We have a few vines, and few odd creaters in
the lakes but this is a first!
Well, it doesn't take being a rocket scientist to figure out that these
young pups were all the way from the north, where the cold and ice are. Now,
We were amazed to see pictures and article on the front page county news paper.
So I hope we can safely say that the wild creatures, (many as staples for life
such as Eskimos ,etc who still live the old way, and use blubber for oil lamps
and the skins to keep warm and also clothes. Polar bears and much of the wild
life are vital to their economy. Yes, there they still use the dog sleds for
transportation and safety. Others use Raindeer on the Siberian side. and so
many people's livelyhood is at stake. Remember the sled dogs were from the wolf
family..in fact so were our domestic dogs. It is an important chain in our dog
history.
We must think about the real thing of global warming. We must stop the
pollution and other problems CO2 particularly. But can you imagine what these A
bomb testings is doing to our climate? and our oceans?
Also,the Uranium bombs will radiate people, Look at the CDC website and you
will learn just how dangerous these atomic conpenents are. Manhy of them takes
about a million years or more to purify by nature. We must over come this
destructive and mad things we are allowing to take place.. most of it is in the
Name of Money.... or God they say . How many wars have we fought in the name
of God!! What hypocrits we are. It is more than too late, so if we want our
earth to survive, and it's people, then we must give some real thought to what
we are doing to our planet. These insane people who have no regard for
humanity and our planet, are making big bucks there is no argument there, but
what are they accomplishing in the long run? World supremecy?? I doubt it,
and they probably never will. It is a pipe dream, And a nightmare for poor
people in the world, and war torn people.
PS - we must get 2/3 of the senate so we can clean up our earth and our
politics, and a bunch of hairbrained lunatics out!! We are the largest party
and the only ones who can send them packing. and we will, if we can get 2/3
Senate. Get ready and get going now, if we want to build this consus, then, we
must get active with our goal in mind., so regardless who is in the Executive
branch we can't get vetoed. That is the Aim. O f course it would better to have
both and also toget a Justice Department who will enforce our laws.
Regards,
Theresa j. Steed
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Fw: 50,000 signatures for polar bears - can you help?
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Hi Lori,
It's not too late to save polar bears, but we have to act quickly.
New government research confirms that global warming could cause polar bears
to disappear in less than 50 years.
We have just two more weeks to urge our government to list polar bears as
"threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. We want to submit 50,000 public
comments to make sure polar bears survive the next 50 years - can you help?
Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect polar bears immediately!
The sea ice polar bears rely on for survival is melting at an alarming rate,
leaving these massive mammals vulnerable to starvation and even death by
drowning. They are even cannibalizing each other -- something never witnessed
before -- in a desperate shot at survival.
We need to tell our government: No more delays. No more excuses. It's time to
protect polar bears from extinction!
Thank you for standing up for wildlife,
Rebecca Young
Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
Two Weeks Left to Protect Polar Bears
With its own scientists admitting that the loss of sea ice is directly related
to rising global temperatures and the polar bear's distressing decline, the
Bush/Cheney Administration can no longer deny that global warming is real, with
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Rice calls for "360-degree look" at Blackwater scandal Tue Oct 2, 11:49 AM ET
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she wanted a no-holds barred probe
into the affairs of private security company Blackwater USA accused of
involvement in nearly 200 shootings in Iraq.
Rice ordered the probe following fatal shootings by the company's staff in
charge of protecting US diplomats in Iraq.
"I have been very clear with people that I expect it to be probing, I expect
it to be a 360-degree look, and I expect it to be unvarnished from these
outside experts and I'm sure it will be," Rice said of the probe in an
interview Monday with the New York Post.
Blackwater has been involved in nearly 200 shootings in Iraq since 2005,
according to a US Congress report this week that depicted the company's
employees as dangerously out of control.
Blackwater has covered up fatal shootings involving its staff, is the first
to shoot in most incidents, and has joined in US military tactical operations,
the report released Monday said.
It was also highly critical of the US State Department for failing to
restrain Blackwater's activities and helping to cover up some of its
wrongdoings -- even protecting a drunken Blackwater employee who shot dead a
guard of Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi.
A Congressional hearing began Tuesday into Blackwater's work in Iraq and in
particular a September 16 shooting incident in a crowded Baghdad square that
killed at least 10 Iraqis.
Nearly two weeks after the bloody shootout, the circumstances remain unclear,
with Iraqis angry and indignant and the country's leader having demanded
Blackwater's expulsion.
The investigation ordered by Rice and headed by Ambassador Patrick Kennedy,
is one of four parallel processes reviewing Washington's use of private
security guards.
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1. WHY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES
Posted by: "Sardar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] sog_recon
Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:01 pm (PST)
Most Americans understand that new laws are not needed to stop illegal
immigration. What is necessary is repeal of some laws granting
taxpayer-financed services to illegals along with enforcement of existing laws.
UN Wants Control of The Seas With US Senate's Help
Return of The CARA Monster
Total Surveillance Equals Total Tyranny
Loosing Your Liberty in The Name of Fighting Terrorism
The Faith-Based Initiative is a Trojan Horse
WHY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES
PART 1 of 2
By Tom DeWeese
September 29, 2007
NewsWithViews. com
In June, 2007 a solid eighty percent of the American people let
Congress know they wanted the government to put the brakes on illegal
immigration; they turned thumbs down on the President Bush's guest worker
amnesty plan; and they wanted tax-paid services to illegals stopped.
Most Americans understand that new laws are not needed to stop illegal
immigration. What is necessary is repeal of some laws granting
taxpayer-financed services to illegals along with enforcement of existing
laws. These two acts would be enough to stop the migration. In simple fact,
they are called "illegal" because they are breaking the law.
In truth, the battle over the Senate's guest worker-amnesty plan is
really a battle over attempts to open the border as called for in programs
such as North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Security and
Prosperity Partnership (SPP). Both plans call for open borders and economic
integration of North America. Open borders are required to fully implement
the plans.
The Bush Administration and those promoting illegal immigration were
frankly stunned at the force and determination of U.S. citizens to reject
the Senates immigration plan. Proponents played a very heavy hand in
attempting to force the scheme on a resisting citizenry. Such powerful
forces are not used to losing. Today they continue to seek new ways to work
around the opposition and pass the legislation, as a whole or incrementally.
However, the anti-illegal fervor refuses to abate and in fact,
dramatic new developments are taking place in local communities across the
nation that may well stop the unpopular Federal schemes.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to weaken the resolve of opponents, they are
called fringe fanatics. A common tactic employed by immigration proponents
is to accuse opponents of racism. They charge that opponents want to deny a
new breed of immigrant the chance to become Americans as many of our
immigrant forefathers did. They paint a Norman Rockwell-type picture of
honest, hard working immigrants, planting gardens, working in fields, doing
the work "no Americans want to do."
So, in town after town across the nation the battle rages. And that is
really the point. Illegal immigration is not just a border issue. It is a
national issue affecting every large city and almost every small town. It
must be understood that illegal immigration is not just a matter of some
unhappy peasants hoping to seek a better life. It is a $300 billion a year
industry, combining the interests of multinational corporations with those
of drug cartels and Latino street gangs. Caught in between are American
communities and the American way of life. Some cities, especially those
along the points of entry at the border have become dangerous no-mans lands,
where no property is safe, no American citizen is able to leave their home
unarmed and some politicians turn a blind eye as they profit under the
table. As a result American civilization is beginning to break down. That is
why so many Americans refuse to back down on the issue, continuing to demand
a crack down, no matter what name calling they must endure.
THE ECONOMIC COST OF ILLEGALS
Federal law (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act)
mandates that all hospitals with emergency-room services must treat anyone
who shows up - including illegal aliens. In most cities across the nation,
illegals now use the emergency rooms as free primary care. And the hospitals
have to keep taking them.
Health Care
The annual cost for uncompensated emergency care to Mexican Border
States (California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas) is $200 million.
Crime
Crimes committed by alien criminals, such as rape, murder or drug
distribution costs U.S. taxpayers $1.6 billion in prison costs alone. The
figure doesn't include the cost of lost property, medical bills of the
victims, time lost from work to recover, higher insurance costs, etc. Today,
illegal aliens make up twenty nine percent of the U.S. prison population -
or 500,000 illegals.
Latino gangs like Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS13) constitute most of the crime
from the ranks of the illegals. ==snip====== ==
MS13 is the largest and most violent of all gangs in the US today.
They have overtaken the Crips and the Bloods both in size and violence.
MS13, which began its operations in Los Angeles has now moved east and is
prominent on the East Coast.
NO MANS LAND AT THE BORDER
No legal citizen of the United States of America, living under the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights should have to live as those who reside
near the U.S. / Mexican border. Here there are no property rights, no
ability to be safe in their homes, and no peace. One dare not go to the
movies, the grocery or visit a relative without carrying a weapon for
protection. Through out the community the streets are teaming with drug
dealers, loiterers and gangs bent on violence.
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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:45:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Caroline Fredrickson, ACLU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Switchboard Shutdown: The FISA Flood Begins
Fix It, Defend the Constitution!
Thats what we must tell Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid and all our Members of
Congress before they make FISA worse, rather than making it better.
Make it absolutely clear that fixing not expanding this ill-begotten law
is exactly what we expect and demand.
Make three phone calls right now.
Dear Friend,
Fix it. Defend the Constitution! Thats the message we have to send to
Speaker Pelosi, Senator Reid and every member of Congress over the next 20 days.
By all indications, the House and Senate will cast critical votes within
three weeks deciding whether or not to make the vast new spying powers that
they granted the Bush Administration in August permanent.
We can't let that happen. That's why we're starting the FISA Flood of 2007
with today's leadership switchboard shutdown. All our members of Congress but
especially leadership who control the agenda and whose actions impact us all
need to know just how many Americans demand they act to restore the
Constitution. Here's three things you can do, right now:
1. Call House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at (202) 225-4965.
2. Call Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at (202) 224-3542.
3. Call your own representative. You can look up your representative's phone
number here.
Its clear what freedom demands. And this is what we need every Member of
Congress to hear:
Congress should not act on FISA until the Bush administration hands over the
documents about the NSA wiretapping program.
Any legislation to permanently amend FISA must restore judicial review and
protect the privacy rights of innocent Americans.
The government should receive only the information it is authorized to
intercept by law, it should not be given direct and unfettered access to
telecommunications infrastructure.
And the legislation must not grant amnesty to telecom companies that broke the
law by illegally releasing Americans phone calls and records to the government.
Call right now as we launch the FISA Flood of 2007 a monumental outpouring of
grassroots energy. Demand that Congress stand strong by standing up for the
Constitution, not caving in to the Bush Administration.
When Congress caved in to Bush fear-mongering by passing FISA legislation
temporarily allowing the government to intercept the calls and emails of
innocent Americans without a court order, there was a massive outcry from
freedom-loving people across the country. Reeling from the backlash, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promised to
fix the legislation on their return this fall.
Now, as critical new votes approach, weve got to make it absolutely clear to
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and every member of Congress that fixing not
expanding this ill-begotten law is exactly what we expect and demand.
Call right now: Join the the FISA Flood of 2007.
Earlier this week, the ACLU launched Dont Wait for 08 a 100-day campaign
urging Congress to act now to restore liberties lost during the relentless Bush
assault on our civil liberties. Now, it seems apparent that the first 20 days
of that campaign leading up to make-or-break FISA votes in mid-October could
well be the most critical.
Given this Congress track record, we cant leave anything to chance. In the
days ahead, The FISA Flood of 2007 will unleash wave after wave of grassroots
actions making it clear that we wont tolerate waffling, wavering or wimping
out when our fundamental freedoms are on the line.
Weve got to make ourselves heard. Let our members of Congress know: if they
stand tall for freedom, we will stand with them through thick and thin. And
make sure they understand that, if they sell out the Constitution, we will
unleash a wave of public protests and outrage unlike anything they have ever
seen.
Make three phone calls for the Constitution right now.
Next, record your participation in our FISA Flood of 2007 tally. And then,
forward this message to as many people as possible.
The ACLU is reaching out not only to our 550,000 ACLU members, but to every
online activist who cares about protecting our most cherished freedoms. We need
you to act immediately.
Help launch the FISA Flood of 2007 right now. Be part of a dramatic and
sustained outpouring of concern that wont yield until Congress has acted to
protect the Constitution and reverse the civil liberties travesty that Congress
perpetrated on the American people by granting President Bush vast new spying
powers.
Thanks for standing with us.
Sincerely,
Caroline Fredrickson, Director
ACLU Washington Legislative Office
P.S. Help build the first powerful wave of the FISA Flood of 2007. Make your
three phone calls for the Constitution right now. Next, record your
participation in our FISA Flood of 2007 tally. And then, forward this message
to as many people as possible.
© ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004
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Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:09:29 GMT
From: "Colleen Connors, Save Darfur Coalition" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Theresa J. Steed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Last chance, Theresa J.
Dear Theresa J.
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