August Action Items: 1. Stop the underhanded Specter plan to absolve Bush of his lawbreaking unconstitutional secret wiretaps of Americans. http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/bordc/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4854
2. Urge the FDA to stop stalling on Plan B contraceptive: http://prochoiceaction.org/campaign/fda_ecotc_0806/wnbgu5621t7jn7n? 3. The Bush administration, Congress, and John Bolton, who vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on July 13th calling far an immediate cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel, are all completely out of control. Demand an immediate cease-fire for Lebanon: http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=21180&afccode=n65lk1 and join the nationwide August 12th protest: http://www.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage Show your representatives what they caused. And demand that Israel be condemned for its criminal attacks on the Lebanese nation: http://www.usalone.com/hambacker/pnum437.php Tell Bush to insist on a cease-fire: http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/middleeast_ceasefire/w3b7e684lt7jk8w? 4. Democrats united on Iraq! Please sign Harrys letter: http://www.giveemhellharry.com/page/petition/iraqletter 5. Help stop global warming. Urge Ford to deliver the hybrids it promised: http://capwiz.com/newdream/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=6753436 6. Attention NY state: Demand that Sen. Clintons anti-war adversary Jonathan Tasini be allowed on the televised primary debate: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2940 Donate to elevate Tasinis funds so he will be included in debates: https://secure.actblue.com/directory/search?q=federal-senate&state=NY 7. Please help expose a fake anti-environment front group. Read about it here: http://www.alaskawild.org/pressroom_astroturf.html 8. Oppose Bush's dangerous push for a police state. Governors Oppose Federal Preemption of Authority over National Guard: http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.6c9a8a9ebc6ae07eee28aca9501010a0/?vgnextoid=713bbcf6ce9cc010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Please write to your Senators http://www.senate.gov and to your Congressman http://www.house.gov to demand that this provision be removed from this legislation during the conference committee meetings. You can also reach them by phone at Capitol Hill: (202) 224-3121 9. Tell Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson what you think. Its the religious rights fault that stem cell research legislation failed after President Bushs veto. They have ignored 72% of the American people, Congress, and our nations leading scientists. They have dashed the hopes of millions of Americans suffering from Parkinsons, Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and diabetes. Send the religious rights leaders a letter now telling them what you think of their obstruction of this vital legislation: http://www.alternet.org/stemcell 10. Oppose drilling off our coasts and in ANWR. Oil companies will always be polluters: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207252,00.html Send a letter to the oil companies: http://ga4.org/campaign/boycott Then update this letter to your representatives: http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction.asp 11. Dont let Bush weasel out of the Supreme Court ruling that attempts to hold him to the rule of law. We are all in danger if he gets his way: http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/tribunals/in83we32zjj6xkm? 12. Stop big money in elections: http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4857 13. Send this mind-blowing interview to your Senators to show them what unapologetic truthtelling feels like: Click to download and play. Why do we have NO ONE in this country capable of speaking truth so clearly? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNylEfIgLX8&mode=related&search=galloway 14. Stop the oil-drilling sell-out of Colorados forests: http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/colorado_roadless/w38s5b8r1t7jki8? 15. Now that Ned Lamont has cleanly won the Senate Democratic Primary in Connecticut, if Lieberman were a good and loyal Democrat, he would have graciously bowed out. Lieberman has instead vowed to fight on as an Independent. Call on your Democrat Senators to urge Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid to acknowledge that Joe Lieberman has removed himself from the Democratic party by declaring himself an Independent, and by dishonoring the wishes of the Democrats of Connecticut. Ask that Joe Lieberman no longer be allowed to represent the Democratic Party in any Senate Committees, as he has declared himself an Independent. An Independent is NOT A DEMOCRAT. Call and email your senators at http://www.senate.gov Do the same directly to Harry Reids office. Why should a back-stabbing turncoat mis-represent us in important committees? Call Capitol Hill and ask for your representative toll-free at 888-355-3588 or 800-828-0498. 16. Doesn't hurt to ask Joe Lieberman to graciously accept the CT Primary results: http://ga4.org/campaign/joelieberman/wwws56s4p53ttix? 17. Demand protection for California oceans: https://secure2.convio.net/dow/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=525&autologin=true&s_einterest=C3C4&s_Affiliate=act_&s_src=080906_ADVACT_CA_MPAs&s_subsrc=a&JServSessionIdr005=h9ekz0emx1.app26a 18. Speak up against bills that destroy our forests: http://www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-56 and http://www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-57 19. Oppose Torture Judge nomination: http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=21069 20. Continue to insist on increasing the minimum wage without breaks for the ultra-rich: http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=8962906 And heres another letter for a real minimum wage hike without the poison pills: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/realminwagevote/56ggxw4q7wkj66? 21. Stop Marriott and Four Seasons from paving over the last remaining unspoiled habitats for endangered sea turtles. Get details and action items here: http://www.waterkeeper.org/ Email Marriott here: https://marriott.com/suggest/suggest.mi#email and Email Four Seasons here: https://secure.fourseasons.com/secure/contact_us/comments.html or call them here: Marriott: (800) 422-0728 Four Seasons: (800) 819-5053 22. Demand Clean Elections: http://ga3.org/campaign/CleanElections_Alternet 23. John Bolton is at it again- inflaming the rhetoric and preventing real diplomacy: http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HH08Ak01.html Please contact your Senator to oppose a permanent UN Ambassadorship for John Bolton: http://www.usalone.com/stacey/pnum432.php 24. Stop global warming: Sign the petitions: http://www.environmental-action.org/gw.asp?id=1669&id4=ES and http://action.lcv.org/campaign/gw_petition_0712/6u3k35rv5353ei? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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