December Action Items We thought we won on November 7th! What we forgot is that George Bush is still holding the reins to foreign policy and that his rubber-stamp Congress is still in session! Far from being a Do-Nothing Congress, they are a Do-Evil Congress, and they have been very busy. Already they passed the Nukes for Mangos bill which will accelerate the nuclear race, and the AETA act which claims animal rights activists are terrorists! http://noaeta.org/whyoppose.htm And they are about to give a free pass to Robert Gates- liar extraordinaire of the Reagan era to continue to] confabulate with Bush and Cheney. We must pressure our representatives to stop the toxic Bush agenda! So please forgive the barrage of petitions being offered here, but they are all equally critical and I ask you to do as many of them as you can handle. Since you are busy, I have cornered them all here for you: 1. Sign Code Pinks Mandate for Peace: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/codepink/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=394 2. Protect our coastlines from drilling: http://audubonaction.org/campaign/ocs_lameduck 3. Stop the outrageous destruction of EPA libraries by the EPA! These are valuable resources that have been built up with OUR tax dollars, and they belong to us, the American people. http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/11/22/epa-is-hastily-disposing-of-its-library-collection/ Send the link to your Senators and demand the immediate halt of the destruction of ANY documents funded with our taxpayer money. Click on the link: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/PEER/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5127 4. National Mandate for Peace Congressional Call-in days start Monday, December 4th. Tel. 202-224-3121 or http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov Please call and remind them that on Election Day the American people sent them a Mandate for Peace. Demand they stop funding the Iraq occupation and bring our troops home. Sign the written Mandate for Peace: http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/mandate_peace/ik5ex85405bk36n 5. Oppose Oil and Gas Exploration in Bristol Bay : http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/organizationsCOM/oceanchampions/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1830 6. Oppose nuclear proliferation and further military-complex squandering of tax money: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/Peaceact/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6141 7 . Oppose outrageous radical-right appointee. Send a letter to Michael Levitt: http://www.actionstudio.org/public/page_view_all.cfm?option=begin&pageid=7461&tmode=0 Send a second letter if you want: http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/replace_keroack2/wn6in7541ttm76m? or here's a 3rd choice of letters to send: http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/replace_keroack2/wn6in752ltwxe57? 8. Read the dangers of media consolidation: http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id2=27936&id3=CA& and ask the FCC to stop further consolidation of the media: http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id=1876&id4=ES 9. Don't attack Iran ! Pressure Bush and Cheney: http://www.dontattackiran.org and SOS Rice: http://www.peace-action.org/Iranpetition.html 10. Reject Bush's extremist Judicial Nominees: http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=21654&afccode=n76hdl 11. Protest the nomination of birth-control opponent Eric Keroack to be Deputy Assistant Secretary for Populations Affairs: http://www.now.org/issues/reproductive/hhs_keroack_petition.html and also demand action from your representatives here: http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=9189441&type=CO 12. Ask the German prosecutor to pursue the War Crimes Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/whatsnew/action/actionAlert2.asp 13. McGovern's Way Out of Iraq: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110906C.shtml Sign the petition to end the Occupation of Iraq using McGoverns plan: http://pdamerica.org/petition/mcgovern-petition.php 14. Sign Barbara Boxer's Out of Iraq petition: http://ga4.org/campaign/change_in_iraq/d7e35i4ztb6wbw?qp_source=change%5fin%5firaq 15. Pressure Congress to Stop Funding Military Operations in Iraq : http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ufpj/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=235 16. Tell the FCC to stop fake news: http://action.freepress.net/campaign/fakenews2 17. Take away Bush's free ticket to Iraq 's destruction: http://www.peaceteam.net/aumf.php And demand that Bush relinquish his "war powers": http://www.wtetw.com/page2.html 18. Sign on to Senator Boxers aggressive environmental agenda to give her the clout she needs: http://ga4.org/campaign/environmental_agenda/ 19. Protect our Forests: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/674411026?z00m=9400762&z00m=9400762<l=1165173302 20. Demand a stop to Bush's illegal warrantless spying: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/165541153/insert 21. Send the link http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts182.html to your representatives and oppose new warrantless spying allowances for Bush: http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=53 22. Remind Congress that Americans voted out environmental assaults on the nation, and this includes off-shore drilling: http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6123 23. Pressure the Secretary of the Interior to stop threatening to expand drilling: http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/TWTD/iw8xu8742jt7dkd 24. Protect the Gulf Coast from expanded drilling: https://secure2.convio.net/dow/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=585&autologin=true&s_einterest=C3C4&JServSessionIdr011=zf280dwl12.app20a 25. Combat child sex trade: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/797214714?z00m=8638297&z00m=8638297<l=1164670522 26. Protest Japan s mass slaughter of dolphins: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/427037941?z00m=9398816&z00m=9398816<l=1165216252 27. Stop the genocide in Darfur . Sign the petition to Bush and the UN: http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6101 Another petition to stop the genocide in Darfur : http://oneamericacommittee.com/action/sign-petitions/email/darfur2 28. Stop government interference in private medical matters: http://capwiz.com/naf/callalert/index.tt?alertid=9190591 29. Push for Clean-Up of Congressional Corruption: http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6089&t=CleanUpWashington2col.dwt&track=CD18Pelosi 30. Make sure our votes are never stolen again! While we have the power, push for Election Reform. We should never have to suffer under an unelected decider again. https://www.kintera.org/site/c.hnKRKYOsHkE/b.2261875/k.D6A5/Homepage/apps/ka/ct/contactcustom.asp?sid=63224440&auid=2181293&kntaw21864=31F3D13983254B169BEAEB16D9D56CDD Get rid of electronic voting machines NOW! http://tailrank.com/904775/NIST-Report-Condemns-DRE-Voting-Machines Demand Paper Ballots, Hand-Counted, in Public, at the Polls. Read about the Kucinich bill HR 6200: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/02/18317344.php Ask Nancy Pelosi to add this to her agenda: http://www.democracyforamerica.com/paperballots Ask your Congressman to sponsor the Kucinich paper ballots bill : http://www.usalone.com/paper_ballots.php And give Kucinich the support he needs: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/282696758?ltl=1164314160 31. Stop the mass destruction of Appalachian mountains and rivers: http://ga3.org/campaign/WellsFargoWagon 32. Save the Sequoias: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/294696993?z00m=9401963&z00m=9401963<l=1165105689 33. Save Wyoming 's wolves: https://secure2.convio.net/dow/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=581&autologin=true&s_einterest=C3C4&JServSessionIdr011=7g2qefubj1.app20a 34. Demand the repeal of the Real Id Act: http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=30 35. Protest the Rumsfeld replacement. A CIA operative in charge of the military? A warmonger who wanted to bomb Nicaragua ? Robert Gates sweet-talked his way through this nomination. It was all rhetoric. Remind your Senators that talk is cheap and YOU are not fooled. Why did they not grill him about his past war-mongering? This man should not be trusted! Why should we be saddled with him? Didn't the American people make it clear we want accountable and responsible human beings in control? You can read about Robert Gates and the danger posed to Americans by this nominee at these links: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15790.htm http://consortiumnews.com/2006/110906.html , and http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061108_robert_scheer_gates_explaining/ http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111106A.shtml and this from the past: http://www.rense.com/general74/gagy.htm Considering his ties and conflict of interest- Gates will work for Halliburton, not for us: http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?opedpg=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gates2dec02,0,2079095.story?coll=la-home-nation&opedid=27133 Please send your Senators these links and demand that keep a close eye on Robert Gates. You can reach your Senators at http://www.senate.gov ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. 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