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State And Local Fiscal Relief On The Line

The House and Senate are about to take up the tax cut and possible fiscal relief for state and local governments. The House will likely consider a bill this week and the Senate next week. At this point neither the bill drafted by the Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, nor the bill put forth by House Ways and Means Chairman, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-California, contain any new fiscal relief to the states, cities or counties. In fact, to make matters worse, the Grassley bill actually deprives the states of $ billion in revenues over three years through the phase-out of taxation of dividends. Several amendments providing fiscal relief are expected to be offered when the Grassley bill reaches the Senate floor.

States and local governments are continuing to suffer and the cumulative three-year budget overruns are approaching a staggering $200 billion. All programs are being sacrificed as states are cutting aid to local governments for education, health care services, homeland security needs, corrections, law enforcement and much more.

Call your Senators and Representatives toll-free at 1-888-280-6279

Tell them to OPPOSE more tax cuts for millionaires!

Tell them to SUPPORT real fiscal relief to states and local governments!
....AFSCME alert, 5/7/03

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LERT! More Corporate Corruption being legalized AGAIN!

Dear Common Cause Florida member:

The Florida Senate wants to turn the clock back on campaign finance reform. The Senate, with the exception of Senators Bill Posey (R) Rockledge, Mike Haridopolos (R) Melbourne, Rod Smith (D) Gainesville and Ron Klein (D) Delray Beach, is proposing to bring back "leadership funds." These funds allow legislative leaders and those seeking to become leaders to strong arm special interests for big money donations. "Leadership funds" provide a direct $$$ pipeline from the special interests to the legislative leadership and contributions are often contingent on favorable treatment.

At the urging of Common Cause Florida, "leadership funds" were banned in 1990. Senate President King has placed language to reestablish "leadership funds" in CS/SB 1500, a "must pass" bill implementing the new federal election reform legislation. Please call or e-mail Senator King and your local Senator and tell them we don't need to bring back "leadership funds." Time is short, only a few days till the session is scheduled to end.

Senator Jim King phone -- (850) 487-5229 e-mail - mailto:king.james.web@flsenate.gov?subject=No_Leadership_Funds!

Find your local Senator at: http://www.flsenate.gov/Legislators/index.cfm?Chamber=Senate&Submenu=1&Tab=Legislators

Call Common Cause Florida at 1-800-771-4769 for more information.

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Oppose The Nomination Of Daniel Pipes To US Govt Position

Please visit this site
http://www.actsofconscience.net/Pipes/stopthenomination.html

It will take you less than one minute to sign the letter opposing the nomination of Daniel Pipes to the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Background: On April 2, 2003 the White House officially nominated right-wing extremist Daniel Pipes to the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), and the nomination has been referred to the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions for approval. As the Washington Post has written, when many first heard the news they thought it was a joke. Pipes, perhaps best-known recently for launching “Campus Watch”, a surveillance network and website reminiscent of the McCarthy era, has not only been widely criticized as a racist, particularly with respect to Arabs and Muslims, but noted for advocating the use of force and fear rather than negotiation as the means of choice for conflict resolution. With Campus Watch, “a showcase for the signature distortions on which Pipes has built his twenty-five-year career..Pipes and supporters have been able to expand their attacks into a virtually limitless campaign of harassment and intimidation” (1). “I know,” writes Yale Professor of History, Glenda Gilmore in a recent article (2),”because I have been branded a traitor. I wrote an op ed in the Yale Daily News and received death threats and rape wishes...Within a month, Daniel Pipes had reached millions of people around the world.” Gilmore and Columbia History Professor Eric Foner together have characterized this in kind with the most “shameful anomalies in the history of civil liberties” (3). When Jim Sleeper, who also teaches ethics and political science at Yale warned of the “neo-Stalinism wafting up” from these activities he, too, found himself on the pages of Campus Watch (4), and subject to a national smear campaign (5). Similar stories from other campuses are easy to find. ...(More)

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Senate Would Privatize S. Fla State Hospital

Lines 410-419 of the Senate budget (SB 2500) in proviso language stating: "The Department of Children and Families may use a private contractor to finance, design, construct and operate a replacement facility for the South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center in Miami."
The Senate Budget was passed unanimously, including all members of the Miami-Dade delegation. The House and Senate now are in negotiations called a conference committee to hammer out differences between their two budgets before sending a final spending plan to the governor.

This privatization is being pushed by the Wackenhut Corporation, which has donated $200,000 to Florida politicians and political parties in the last year alone.

HERE IS HOW WE CAN FIGHT THIS PRIVATIZATION
As many people as possible need to call, fax, e-mail and even visit members of the Miami-Dade delegation, especially Rep. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, who is House Majority Leader.
Many calls, faxes, e-mails and visits too need to be made to House Speaker Johnny Byrd, R-Plant City; House Budget Chairman Bruce Kyle, R-Bradenton; Senate President Jim King, R-Jacksonville; and Senate Budget Chairman Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie.
It is not enough just to call your legislators and the leadership. You need to make contact with every representative and senator so that they are aware of this issue.
Write letters to the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel and other publications. Call up television stations and ask them to cover the issue.
Ask your friends, family, neighbors, churches, businesses, community organizations and everyone else also to make contact with the Legislature.
GET INFORMATION INCLUDING LEGISLATORS' E-MAIL ADDRESSES ONLINE AT WWW.AFSCMEFL.ORG

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April 19 Peace Rally in Tallahassee

Join us in the park on a warm April day for a spring celebration of justice and peace. The rally will be held on Saturday, April 19, in the Chain of Parks at Park Avenue and Monroe Street from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. After the rally we will walk (chanting and singing) to the Old Capitol.

We welcome all singers, dancers, drummers, guitarists, and other musicians; poets, writers, and artists; actresses and actors; jugglers and puppeteers. Teachers, students, legal experts, and lovers of the U.S. Constitution (as originally written, not the Bush version), Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence: stand up for peace. Nurses, social workers, and other health care providers (traditional and alternative): bring your healing words. Spiritual people of all faiths and others who care about the fate of the earth: come raise your voices for peace.

Drumming, chanting, and recorded music will begin at 9:30 a.m. Speakers and musicians, please plan to perform between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. If you would like to play, sing, or speak (read a poem, a brief article, or a short speech), please call Kristin King at (850) 425-4658 (h), or e-mail her at luz_antigua@hotmail.com

Free parking will be available at state parking lots and on the street. Printable street maps will be provided as soon as possible at one of our Web sites.

Our sponsors are Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, Veterans for Peace, Pax Christi, and Tallahassee Green Party. We welcome other sponsors.

Contacts: Ed Deaton, edde@freenet.tlh.fl.us ; Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, (850) 877-1497 (leave message); http://www.tnjp.org  4/5/03

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Update - NRA Demonstration - April 26 - Orlando

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Here's the quick update on the Global Vigil for Peace this Sunday (March 16):

As of noon EST today (Friday), there are over 3,000 vigils planned in 100 countries. Tens of thousands -- if not hundreds of thousands -- will be participating on Sunday.

You can still sign up for a vigil in your area at:

http://www.globalvigil.org 

The Global Vigil is endorsed by Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who recently said:

"On Sunday evening people in every corner of the globe will shine beacons of light throughout the world. May our candles rekindle the light of reason and hope so that war will be averted in Iraq and peace will prevail in the world."

Please sign up today.

For those of you wanting more information, here's the full scoop:

In the emergency petition we presented to the U.N. Security Council on Monday, over a million of us joined together to ask for tough inspections, not war. It was an amazing and unprecedented show of global unity that brought folks from virtually every country together in one voice. (See below for a more detailed description of how Monday's delivery went.)

Signing the petition is an important first step, but in the face of an ever-closer and still unjustified war, we need to escalate our activity. That's why it's so important that every person who signed the emergency petition take the next step: joining the wave of candlelight vigils that will circle the globe this Sunday. This is going to be a massive global event. Already -- just since Tuesday -- 1,605 vigils have been scheduled in 77 countries. You can see what vigils have been scheduled in your area, and sign up for one, at:

http://www.globalvigil.org 

The site will show you how many people are signed up to attend the vigils near you. Spread the word to your friends, have them sign up on the site, and we can all watch as the numbers grow.

Beginning in New Zealand, these locally organized candlelight vigils will circle around the globe. They'll be beautiful, powerful, and inspiring. They'll send an eloquent and clear message that the world wants peace. And they'll be supported by many religious leaders -- including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner -- who will help to articulate the moral case against war.

Never before have so many coordinated vigils taken place around the globe. We have the opportunity on Sunday to show just how the world feels about the war on Iraq -- but the impact depends on your participation. Please take some time to join millions in countries around the world in a Global Vigil for Peace. Sign up now at:

http://www.globalvigil.org 

If you can't make a vigil, you can still join the global action on Sunday. Just put Christmas lights or anything that shines in your window on Sunday evening.

As for our U.N. petition, we'll still be delivering updates to the Security Council, so if you have friends or colleagues who haven't signed, please ask them to go to:

http://www.moveon.org/emergency/ 

Together, we can avert this war.

Sincerely, --Carrie, Diane, Eli, Joan, Peter, Randall, Wes, and Zack The MoveOn Team March 13, 2003

P.S. Here's a report from Diane Jones, the MoveOn member who pulled together the petition delivery on Monday:

Dear MoveOn supporters,

In a week's time, you helped us deliver the fastest-growing petition we've ever seen to each of the 15 U.N. Security Council member nations. The meetings with Security Council members were accompanied by a press conference that helped to get our message out across the United States and beyond.

To give you a sense of the scale involved, each copy of the petition was twelve boxes' worth of paper. These boxes served as an impressive backdrop for our press conference, where MoveOn, American Friends Service Committee, and Win Without War representatives were joined by Ethan Hawke, Jessica Lange, and Steve Buscemi -- actors who helped to show the popular appeal of our call. CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Time Magazine, New York Times, L.A. Times, People Magazine, Inside Edition, and a long list of other media outlets were there to capture the moment.

After the press conference, over 300 amazing New York City volunteers helped to deliver the boxes to the U.N. missions of each Security Council country. These meetings were nothing short of inspiring.

The coordinator of the Guinean mission meeting described her experience this way:

"22 people attended. I [said to the Guinean representative] that they, of all people, should vote NO WAR because they knew in their hearts what war was like and that we only knew it from our heads. I mentioned a letter I read from a woman who had visited Iraq lately and wrote that Iraqis do not speak of the future because they do not believe they have one.

He responded in English saying that Guinea was a very poor country but that they liked being free. He said that they would rather be poor and free than rich and-- he extended his hands in front of him crossed at the wrists as if bound."

Even when a few of the missions would not confirm an actual meeting, our MoveOn delegation arrived to officially present the petition to the Ambassador's office and to get a representative to meet with them on the spot. Cameroon's mission was one such challenge, as described by the meeting coordinator:

"Total success at Cameroon mission today! I was blown away by the preparation and eloquence and French-speaking (some) of the 16 or so people who showed up to deliver the petition. After a bit of checking [we were escorted] to a meeting room upstairs, where we sat around a table and people shared their prepared comments. Everyone was respectful but that didn't preclude displays of passion and emotion. . . . [One] woman, after saying she had never done anything like this before and was doing it because she was scared of what might happen, said on a lighter note that the Cameroonian Lions team had given her a lot of enjoyment over the years, which elicited some laughs from the reps."

The German contingent also had a great experience:

"We met with Dr. Hans Schumacher, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN. Dr. Schumacher interrupted a meeting to meet with us ... and gave us a warm welcome." "About 20 people represented MoveOn.org. Lin Wefel [meeting coordinator] read from a prepared statement about the petitions that MoveOn.org had collected and our desire for a peaceful settlement to the Iraq crisis.

Ambassador Schumacher welcomed the MoveOn.org representatives by saying, 'As far as this mission is concerned, you are coming in through open doors.' He noted that the German mission is opposed to war as a means of disarming Iraq.

Ambassador Schumacher said his personal feeling was that the U.S. and Britain would not be able to get nine votes on the Security Council to pass another resolution on Iraq. He said that Germany believes that the existing UN resolutions have sufficient authority to disarm Iraq through vigorous arms inspections."

We have received similar, often exuberant reports from the other meeting coordinators. It was a powerful experience -- and one you made possible by signing the petition.

THANK YOU

The U.N. Security Council mission meetings and petition delivery project, and our work for the preceding week was made possible by the incredibly hard work and generous financial contributions of members, hundreds of volunteers, and local and national organizations. We deeply appreciate the assistance that we have received -- we couldn't have pulled this off without lots of lightning-speed help! 

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Please help save our Western Arctic wilderness 

Dear NRDC BioGems Defender,

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not the only Alaskan wilderness endangered by President Bush's "drain America first" energy plan. Right now, the Bush administration is pushing a scheme to promote oil development in Alaska's Western Arctic, a sprawling land of snow-clad peaks, glacial valleys, rolling tundra meadows, and unsurpassed wildlife populations.

Please register your opposition to this destructive plan today by going to http://www.savebiogems.org/watchlist/takeaction.asp?step=2&item=1492 

The Western Arctic is the calving ground for a caribou herd numbering 450,000, as well as the summer nesting ground for millions of birds from six different continents. Many Native Alaskans, who have lived here for thousands of years, depend on the area's caribou, waterfowl, and fish for their survival.

Known formally as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, this vast Western Arctic wilderness was set aside in 1923 for oil production in time of pressing national need. But not even during the darkest days of World War II or the oil embargo of the 1970s was it ever developed. 

Now, though, the Bush administration is targeting this pristine Arctic ecosystem for rampant development. Two of its proposed "alternatives" would lease between 96 and 100 percent of the reserve for oil and gas development. 

The NRDC BioGems Campaign is advocating full protection for 35 percent of the reserve that encompasses critical wildlife habitats. Oil drilling would be prohibited in these habitats, which include a polar bear denning area, a lagoon inhabited by spotted seals and beluga whales, and a river nesting area for peregrine falcons. 

The Bush administration is taking public comments on the fate of the Western Arctic through March 18th. Please tell the administration to adopt a plan that responsibly balances energy development with protecting Arctic wildlife.

Take one minute to send your message right now by going to http://www.savebiogems.org/watchlist/takeaction.asp?step=2&item=1492 

Sincerely,

John H. Adams President NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places A project of the Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.savebiogems.org 
....AnnaA, 3/8/03

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Urgent: Stop the War...This May be Our Last Chance...

March 8, International Women’s Day:
Come to Washington DC to Encircle the White House or Organize a Similar Event Locally

March 8 marks a critically important date in the anti-war movement, when the United Nations will be debating a second resolution on Iraq. It could well be the week that determines whether there will be war or peace. Let’s build on the amazing momentum of the February 15 rallies and make March 8 a day when women and men around the country—and the world—force our leaders to respond to our cry for peace!

Please join Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Amy Goodman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Medea Benjamin, Granny D, Rania Masri and many other wonderful women for a Washington DC rally 11am in Malcolm X Park, followed by a march to encircle the White House. While Bush says Code Orange, we’ll be saying Code Pink for Peace. So if possible, WEAR PINK or BRING PINK BANNERS. (Men and children most welcome!)

If you can’t come to Washington, organize a similar pink encirclement of a local federal building, prominent park or other public space. Please let us know what you’re doing. Write to women@unitedforpeace.org , contact  www.unitedforpeace.org  or call 202-393-5016.

Sponsors include Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice, N.O.W. and Global Exchange.

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Call Senator Nelson and tell him "no" on Estrada's judicial appointment

he next few hours will be critical to determining whether Democrats dig in and stand together against the right-wing agenda, or whether a few Senators throw away our best hope of defending our core values.

The right wing is pushing Senator Bill Nelson to support a judgeship for Miguel Estrada -- a dangerous, radical conservative -- on the second-highest court in America.  A call from you now could make all the difference. 

Right-wing leaders in the Senate are pushing for an immediate vote on Estrada's nomination.  Yet Estrada has no judicial experience, and has refused to answer Senators' legitimate questions about his views on the law and the Constitution.  The fact is, he's a right-wing ideologue. If he wins a seat, it will skew our top courts even further to the right. 

Senate Democrats have shown remarkable unity in opposing Estrada so far, thanks in large part to MoveOn members' efforts, and if we succeed in stopping or slowing down his nomination, it will be a huge victory.

Senator Bill Nelson's vote will be key.  A few other southern Democratic Senators who regularly support the right-wing agenda are pressuring him to join them.  We've got to keep Bill Nelson with us.

Please call him now, at:

  Senator Bill Nelson
  DC: 202-224-5274

Urge him to:

  "Please support a filibuster to block the Estrada nomination"*

Please let us know you're making these calls, at:

  http://www.moveon.org/callmade2.html

Who is Miguel Estrada?  We all have a right to know before we make him a judge.  Yet he's done his best to hide his views on the law from us. 

Miguel Estrada has never served as a judge before, so he's never issued a written opinion on a case.  Nonetheless he has a reputation as a right-wing ideologue.  Paul Bender, a former Deputy Solicitor General who once supervised Estrada's work, said he found him so "ideologically driven that he couldn't be trusted to state the law in a fair, neutral way."**

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are among a wide range of civic groups opposing the Estrada nomination. 

During hearings held in the last Congress, Estrada refused to answer Senators' legitimate questions about his legal and judicial views.  His silence is designed to make it hard for Senators to oppose him. 

But more and more voices are speaking out in opposition.  The New York Times calls him "An Unacceptable Nominee" and says: "The very absence of a paper trail on matters like abortion and civil liberties may be one reason the administration chose him.  It is also a compelling - indeed necessary - reason to reject him."***

Please call your Senator immediately.  You could make an incredible difference.  

Thank you.

Sincerely,

- Peter Schurman
  Executive Director
  MoveOn.org
  Tuesday Feb. 11, 2003

* For more information on filibusters, see our recent bulletin at:
  http://www.moveon.org/moveonbulletin/bulletin11.html

** Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2002: "Stakes Are High in Push for
  Latino Court Nominee"; David G. Savage, Janet Hook. 

*** The New York Times editorial, "An Unacceptable Nominee", is at:
  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/opinion/29WED2.html

Here's a list of organizations opposing the Estrada nomination:

ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights
AFL-CIO
Alliance for Justice
American Association of University Women
Americans for Democratic Action
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Earthjustice
Feminist Majority
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Moveon.org
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Council of Jewish Women
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
National Fair Housing Alliance
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Women's Law Center
People For the American Way
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
Sierra Club
Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project
United Auto Workers
Working Assets
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Petition for the Feb 15 NYC Peace Rally

PLEASE SIGN AND FORWARD THIS PETITION 

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE NOT INFRINGED ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. ALL YOU NEED TO SUBMIT IS YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS........ 


Friends, As some of you know, an antiwar march is planned for next Saturday February 15th in New York City. I am planning on participating along with a group of friends from the New Hope area. Unfortunately, the NYPD has refused to grant a permit for a march over 10,000 people. An online petition has been setup that will then be given to the authorities in an attempt to convince them to give us a permit. 

Whether you plan to go or not I would ask for your support so that those of us who do choose to march can exercise our constitutional rights to freedom of assembly and free speech. 

The petition can be signed be clicking on the link below 

http://www.petitiononline.com/FEB15/petition.html  

To learn more about the march please click 

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/index.php  

I've included a list of confirmed speakers who have already committed to attend and it would be a real shame for them not to be able to assemble and speak to us at such an important time. 

Thanks...Allan 

Confirmed Participants in 2/15 rally in NYC 
this includes speakers, singers and poets and the list is not in any particular order 

Bishop Desmond Tutu 
Julian Bond, chair of the board of the NAACP 
Colleen Kelly representing Sept. 11th Families for a Peaceful Tomorrow 
Middle East and Iraq experts Phyllis Bennis, Anthony Arnove and Rania Massri 
Mike Marqusee of the UK Stop the War Coalition based in London 
an Israeli refusnik, one of the reservists refusing to serve in the occupied West Bank 
Martin Luther King III 
Vietnam Veteran Jaime Vasquez former Deputy Mayor 
two of the poets from Def Poetry Jam 
playwright Tony Kushner 
Harry Belafonte 
Danny Glover 
Mos Def 
Sarah Jones, performer 
Patti Smith, singer 
Betty, accopela group of three women 
Richie Perez, NYC community activist 
highest ranking labor leader possible 
Brenda Stokley, NYCLAW (NYC labor leader) 
Humberto Brown, Black Radical Congress (on reparations) 
Rev. Al Sharpton 
David Rovics (musician, singer) 

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Valentine's Day Work-Stoppage Against War

Nationwide (In)Action

Show your love for your democracy!

As the drumbeat of war grows louder, it becomes clear that the concerns of the American people are being dismissed, not addressed. Do something the politicians can't ignore! On February 14th, don’t go to work! Join your fellow Americans in a day of protest. Let our governmental representatives know you won't support this war against Iraq.

By stopping work for a day, you're doing more than "sending a message"—you're showing that there can be no war if We, the People do not support it, and that you won't be a part in an economy that supports an unwanted war. Those who stand to profit from this will heed a protest that hits their pocketbooks. If they won't listen, then we can make our voices felt!

Make this a reality...
Spread the word!  http://www.warstrike.org/index.shtml 
....RitaW, 2/6/03

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International Appeal for a French Veto at the Security Council of the United Nations

Sign on : http://www.veto.ht.st 

Site : http://membres.lycos.fr/stopalaguerre/index.htm 

Editors and initial signatories are : Françoise CAUSSE, journalist - Beatrice LACOSTE - Hervé SCIARDET, sociologist - Elizabeth CAZAUX, company head.


This appeal empowers those who will sign on to express their support for a veto of France. The signatures will be sent to the Presidency of the French Republic. International news services will be informed of the number of signatures. This appeal will not be used in any other purpose.

International Appeal for a French Veto at the Security Council of the United Nations

To the President of the French Republic

Mr. President,

According to the rules of the United Nations, each permanent member, i.e. China, the United States, France, Great Britain and Russia, has the sovereign power to block any Security Council resolution.

Enormous pressure is being exerted on leaders, on States and on public opinion, to start a war against Iraq with unfathomable consequences.

Public opinion in your country, as in many other countries, is opposed to this war.

Because France has means of action that other countries in Europe and in the rest of the world do not have and that it is thus in charge of a responsibility of historical import, 

we ask of you:

In virtue of the power given you by the constitution of your country and of the power bequeathed you by the rules of the United Nations;

To demand that any war declaration made against Iraq be put to the vote at the Security Council;

To use France's right of veto to block any resolution that would allow the start of a war against Iraq.

 ... Hervé SCIARDET, 2/2/03 Contact : antu@netcourrier.com 

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Boycott Rush Limbaugh's advertisers (from www.takebackthemedia.com )

Rush Limbaugh calls War Protesters "Anti-American, Anti-Capitalist Marxists and Communists"!!  

List of Products and Companies to Boycott or send Complaints about Limbaugh - UPDATED January 29, 2003. Send thank yous to OVERSTOCK.COM, RADIO SHACK, and AMTRAK.

Haven't we had enough of this bellicose burden on the American airwaves? Are you sick and tired of the Hateful chortling and guffawing - while smearing everything that most decent people consider the very Freedoms our ancestors or Founding Fathers Died to Protect and Honor?

"...the sponsors of these protests were not peace protesters at all. They are all talking about racism, environmental wackoism, feminism or other liberal causes. Very little about these protests was about the war in Iraq.

If they were for peace, they would give every dollar they raise to the U.S. defense department because it's the U.S. defense department that keeps the peace and liberates the oppressed in the world and gives them the opportunity to have freedom, which is what we want for Iraq. It's beyond me how anybody can look at these protesters and call them anything other than what they are: anti-American, anti-capitalist, pro Marxists and communists." - Rush Limbaugh

You can view the rest of his statements on his web page where he has singled out groups from the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition in a derogatory and racist fashion - including several Muslim groups. Interestingly enough, he made no mention of the Pastors, Christian Groups, Veteran Groups, Jewish Groups, or other world organizations who are also part of the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition.

There is something we can do about it. We can complain directly to the companies that sell advertising on his show. We can also boycott the same products or institutions he promotes with his hateful, abhorrent speech and behavior. We've made a list for your convenience below.

Please write to each and every one of these companies. Tell them why you are no longer purchasing their wares, foods, or products. Tell them that you won't support people like Limbaugh who insult honest working Americans of all races, creeds and sexual orientation - or his advertisers. Tell them you'll change the station. Turn the channel off.

Tell them when he's OFF the air you will return to buying their products. And please DO what you say, don't buy what they are selling, make them feel the pressure of those who can vote with their dollars.

Tell Rush he's gone too far this time.

And when you are done with his advertisers, write to Clear Channel's board of directors and tell them what, when, and why you are not buying. HERE

And it CAN be done! Look at the group that kicked Limbaugh OFF Amazon.com HERE! Let's Shut him up or shut him DOWN!

You're Making a Difference! Advertisers respond to this Action Alert!
>>> NEW! Rush will need those Stresstabs now; they are the SOLE remaining advertiser on his web site.

- Amtrak - states to have a corporate policy against advertising on shows such as Rush Limbaugh. Advertising that is currently running is part of a barter swap with San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau that ends next week. They are working on getting these spots removed from the Rush Limbaugh show. Dan at Amtrak commended Take Back The Media readers as being an extremely intelligent, educated bunch and was impressed by the hundreds of well written letters received. Official response from the Chief Marketing Officer. TBTM action: Amtrak removed from the list. Send them thanks!

- BOSE: claimed to have stopped purchasing advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show but listeners have reported hearing Wave Radio ads. TBTM action: TBTM investigating.

- Radio Shack: will not buy any advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show. Read Radio Shack's official response. TBTM action: Radio Shack removed from the list. Send them thanks!

- Overstock.com - all banner ads have been removed as of 1/27/03. TBTM action: Send thank yous to Overstock.com.

- Blue-Emu: says their Rush advertising is part of a national campaign. In other words, they intend to continue advertising with Limbaugh. >>More TBTM action: Email them.

- Avacor: Says they do not support Rush Limbaugh in any way except for advertising, and they're taking it to the max - imploring every person that writes them to "grow some hair!" and touting their product at every turn. TBTM Action: Email them.

Here is the List of current Rush Limbaugh advertisers as of 1/29/03:

Geico
1-800-947-AUTO

Hotwire Corporate Headquarters
333 Market Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94105
advertising@hotwire.com 
1-877-HOTWIRE (468-9473)
415-343-8400

Sleep Number Bed
1-800-438-2233

The Neptune Society of Northern California
Stewart Enterprises
12070 Telegraph Road #107
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Oreck Upright Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Corporation
100 Plantation Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
Online contact form
1-800-289-5888

Smart & Final
Customer Relations
PO Box 512377
Los Angeles, CA 91001-0377
(Heard on KFI 640 in Los Angeles)

Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Phone (800) 733-1110
(web banner ads on rushlimbaugh.com)

AutoZone Inc.
P.O. Box 2198
Memphis, TN 38101
Phone (901) 495-7185
Fax (901) 495-8374
investor.relations@autozone.com 

UPDATED - Citracal - Mission Pharmacal
Bennett Kennedy - Citracal Product Manager
Mission Pharmacal
P.O. Box 786099
San Antonio, TX 78278-6099
Phone:(800) 531-3333

Blue-Emu
Blue Emu refuses to give a contact other than their generic "info" box: <info@nfidiet.com>
1-800-432-9334
http://www.blue-emu.com/ 


Red Lobster
customer comment form: CLICK HERE
Or Write to:
P.O. Box 593330
Orlando, FL 32859-3330
Guest Relations Hotline
1-800-LOBSTER (1-800-562-7837)

Lumber Liquidators
Toll Free: 877-645-5347
Contact list: http://www.lumberliquidators.com/contact_us.html 

Avacor (hair loss treatment)
(customer comments email)
comments@avacorusa.com 

Inverness Medical (maker of stresstabs)
51 Sawyer Road
Waltham, MA 02021
1-800-899-7353 weekdays, 8 am. - 6 p.m. (Eastern Time.)

Lazerguide® (golf instruction tool)
PO Box 807
New Hudson Michigan 48165
1-877-266-6430 (toll free)


Mission Pharmacal Company
10999 IH-10 West Suite 1000
San Antonio, TX 78230
Telephone: (800) 531-3333


General Steel Metal Buildings
1075 South Yukon, Ste. 250
Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Toll Free: 1-888-98-STEEL
Phone: 303-904-4837
Fax: 303-979-0084


Life Quotes, Inc.
32045 Castle Court
Evergreen, CO 80439
1-800-670-5433
info@lifequotes.com.au 


Select Comfort Corporation
6105 Trenton Lane N
Minneapolis, MN 55442
Phone: 763-551-7000
Fax: 763-551-7826
investorrelations@selectcomfort.com 

Scottrade Inc
12855 Flushing Meadows Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63131
1-800-619-SAVE
support@scottrade.com 


RegionalHelpWanted.com, Inc.
1 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 506
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
800-365-8630
845-471-5200
Feedback@RegionalHelpWanted.com 


The Swap Shop CLICK HERE
3291 East Sunrise
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
swapshop@aol.com 
Phone - 954.791.$WAP


Pfizer Inc
equiserve@equiserve.com 
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
(212)733-2323

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Rush Limbaugh BUSTED on Chickenhawk Status!
The mysterious "Greg from Orlando" from the EIB network gets RUSH Bigtime!

"As with a previous call, when I nicknamed Rush 'The Jabba the Hut of American Politics' (which stuck and caused him to lose 100 pounds over a year's time), all of the rest of the show was dominated by damage-control over my call. A number of callers took issue with the correct labeling of most right-wing war-hawks as 'Chicken Hawks' -- and this allowed Rush to obscure the issue by claiming that he'd merely not served, rather than dodged the draft with a bogus 4-F status. At least nine times that I counted, he referred to me by name with the usual cheap smears, and I collected each as a badge of honor I'm sending to John Kerry to add to his uniform." >>

(Editor's Note: We have a wav of this exchange!. Get it HERE - Only about a half a meg. Windows users can right click on the "Get it Here" link to download file and share with others.)

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Call Dow to Tell Them to Clean Up Bhopal

Greenpeace USA Action Alert: Reminder!

Join us for an international call in day this Wednesday, January 22 to Dow's "ethics" line and tell Dow to clean up Bhopal! Call toll-free, 1-800-803-6862

Greenpeace, as a member of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) demands that Dow clean the contaminated site, provide adequate financial and medical compensation for the survivors as well as clean drinking water to replace the contaminated water supply.

Pressure has been building as Greenpeace and survivors have conducted direct actions around the world, forcing Dow to assume responsibility for the toxic waste left behind.

To learn more visit: http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/bhopal/bhopal_features.html 

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Building anti-war unity for January 18, February 15 & beyond

There is growing momentum for solidarity in the anti-war movement in the United States and around the world. There have been two important calls for coordinated global mass action: one on January 18 that is anchored in the U.S. anti-war movement and another on February 15 that is anchored in the European movement. Below is a statement from Elias Rashmawi, a leading figure in the recently held world anti-war conference in Cairo, Egypt and a member of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Steering Committee.

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, at a press conference on Wednesday, January 8 in Washington DC, announced an Action Plan to follow up the January 18 National Mobilizations in Washington DC and San Francisco. As resistance builds in the United States, it is manifesting itself through a combination of grassroots anti-war actions of all types and of national mass mobilizations.

To that end, the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition calls for a Week of Anti-War Resistance promoting a whole variety of activities between February 13 and February 21.

WEEK OF ANTI-WAR RESISTANCE FEBRUARY 13 - 21 

...jaires, 1/14/03

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Hundreds of events voicing opposition the push for war

Over the next two weeks, hundreds of events will be taking place across the country to voice opposition to the push for war. The events are catalogued at a great website:

http://www.unitedforpeace.org 

We suggest you check it out.

Here's the context: yesterday, Hans Blix, the chief UN weapons inspector, told the security council that his team hadn't found any "smoking guns." On January 27th, Blix will make a full report to the council; he's widely expected to repeat that to date, no evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction have been found. And according to newspaper reports, Tony Blair's "assessment of the situation is increasingly in line with that of Mr. Blix."

Meanwhile, at the White House, Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer continued to make the case for invading Iraq. It's widely believed that President Bush will use the January 27th report by Hans Blix to the Security Council, and his State of the Union address the day after, to launch his final push for war.

We face the prospect of an imminent war against Iraq, fought alone. Luckily, as the British newspaper The Guardian put it, the tides are turning. The world community wants to see the inspections process work, and some of our closest allies are questioning the push for war.

Throughout this month, leading up to the 27th, hundreds of groups across the country will be holding marches, workshops, vigils, and other events indicating the public opposition to war. There will be major marches in Washington, DC and San Francisco. And from Fayetteville, Arkansas, to Las Vegas, Nevada, people are gathering to voice their concern. The events are listed at:

http://www.unitedforpeace.org 

You can also list local events on the site if they're not already there. We can't make any promises about the organization or tone of the events listed at the sites. But we do feel it's important that people speak up at this critical time. Take a look -- maybe there's an event in your area that will appeal to you.

Of course, MoveOn will also be doing quite a bit over the next two weeks. Next Thursday, we'll be launching a controversial and hard- hitting "Let the Inspections Work" TV ad, supported by local press conferences in 12 major media markets. And then on the following Tuesday, we'll be holding meetings with members of Congress and their staff. After less than two days, over 6,900 people are signed up.

We've got less than a month to convince President Bush to let the inspections work. Please consider joining an event in your community.

Sincerely, --Eli Pariser International Campaigns Director MoveOn.org Friday, January 10th, 2002

P.S. Our work is supported by the contributions of our members. If you'd like to chip in, you can do so quickly and easily at: https://www.moveon.org/donatec4/creditcard.html 

P.P.S. Here are two interesting news articles on the inspections process and the current prospects for war:

The Guardian: "The tide, after all, appears to have turned. What limited enthusiasm there was for invading Iraq ebbs slowly away in today's papers." http://www.guardian.co.uk/thewrap/ 

U.N. Iraq Report May Complicate U.S. Plan  http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030106_1884.html 

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