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Re:Timing is rightNow's the time to tack it onto a Katrina spending bill. Republican and Democrat alike will be _forced_ to vote for it
Perhaps you think you're making a joke? Sadly, you're not too far off the mark. Lots of vitally important government spending is being cut to make room for (needed) Katrina money. I'm not saying that we shouldn't dump boatloads of money into the rebuilding process, but rather that we need to seriously look at where it's coming from. (I'd start with recalling Bush's tax cuts for the upper 1%.) MoveOn.org has the details... this is a snippet from an email (editted for layout):
The excess the Republicans' proposed cuts is almost unbelievable. You can read the full proposal here. Here are just some of the most egregious cuts:
$225 billion cut from Medicaid, the last-resort health insurance program for the very poor.
$200 billion cut from Medicare, the health care safety net for the elderly and the disabled.
$25 billion cut from the Centers for Disease Control
$6.7 billion cut from school lunches for poor children
$7.5 cut from programs to fight global AIDS
$5.5 billion to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
$3.6 billion cut to eliminate the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
$8.5 billion cut to eliminate all subsidized loans to graduate students.
$2.5 bullion cut from Amtrak
$2.5 billion to eliminate the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
$417 million cut to eliminate the Minority Business Development Agency
$4.8 billion cut to eliminate all funding for the Safe and Drug-Free schools program And the list goes on and on.
The NY Times also has coverage.
This is something that needs attention from our (sorry to non-US -
Re:Nothing to worry about
This is an extremely important time for our senators to hear from us. They need to know that we are counting on them to stand up to President Bush and protect our rights -- because with a moderate like O'Connor stepping down and a far-right like Bush making the nomination, well, the stakes couldn't be higher. The Terri Shiavo tragedy showed us all just how far these people are willing to go. MoveOn PAC has already started an emergency petition, and we're looking to get 250,000 signatures and comments to the Senate before Tuesday -- which is when rumor has it Bush will announce his nomination. I hope you can take a minute to join me in signing this petition, so our senators know that, in what might be the fight of our lives, we are need them to do what it takes to protect our rights. http://www.moveonpac.org/protectourrights Thanks!
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online election reform petition
MoveON PAC is hosting a petition to support this bill and other similar bills in the works
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Blogs are impolrtant in business AND politicsIt's not surprising that venture capitalists are following blogs. Despite the vast amount of kibble out there only of interest to the blogger's friends ("I took my Snookypums to the vet today..."), the best of them are frequently scooping major media on important stories.
For example, it was a blog that first broke the story that MoveOn.org was Astroturfing on behalf of Michael Moore's Farenheit 911 . Likewise, I read about it first on a metablog, National Review Online's The Corner. I haven't seen any of the major media pick up this story yet (though many have already been fooled by Astroturfed letters).
Though an immature medium, it will be interesting to see where Blogs go next.
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MoveonPAC meeting with Michael MooreClick here to listen to MoveonPAC nationwide teleconference with Michael Moore.
You know a movie has substance when people who haven't seen it are attacking it. The thing that has the Republicans scared is how this movey HAS swayed the American public already. There is report after report of staunch Republicans coming out of the movie saying that they can't support Bush.
Bush had better pardon himself for war crimes before he leaves office -- otherwise he may get a knock on the door. Maybe not now or in the near future, but the people of the world will not forget what his administration has done.
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Re:DishonestThe movie is supposed to be an editorial and Moore makes no attempt to portray it as unbiased. I don't mind opinions as long as they are clearly protrayed as such. What I find offensive is editorializing news or refusing to cover news that doesn't conform with the management's world view.
That being said, I saw the movie at a packed house Saturday night (complete with armed cops to control the non-violent protesters). I don't agree with all of Moore's conclusions but he made his arguements with his usual flair and humor.
On a closing note, if you want to complement or criticise Moore for his movie, he is having a national town meeting Monday evening (June 28) sponsored by MoveOn Pac
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Kucinich is the Best Candidate on "IP"
Kucinich is hardly "bonkers." His positions are very much in the mainstream of "progressive" thought. He is the only candidate with an explicit, rational and workable healthcare plan for instance. He proposes we take our extremely efficient, proven and popular existing national health insurance system, Medicare, and expand it to universal coverage. This would bring our health insurance practices in line with the rest of the developed world without the complicated legal and fiscal gymnastics the compromise candidates propose.
Kucinich may be unelectable, but only because of the broken electoral and campaign finance systems. His positions poll extremely well. In a recent moveon.org mock primary, he finished second to Dean with 24% of the vote. Over 317,000 people voted, more than turned out for the 2000 New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina primary/cuacuses combined.