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�Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead�
-Lucille Ball
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
--Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
REGISTER TO VOTE
"The time is always right to do what is right"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The "seven social sins": Knowledge without character,
Science without humanity,
Wealth without work,
Commerce without morality,
Politics without principles,
Pleasure without conscience,
Worship without self-sacrifice."
--Gandhi
"We have not inherited the world from our forfathers -
We have borrowed it from our children."
--Kashmiri, proverb
Put a muzzle on Bush's DOJ (Department of Justice), or your medical records or those of someone you love could be in John Ashcroft's next hunting expedition.
It would be inconceivable if anyone but President George W. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft was behind it! Ashcroft is subpoenaing the private medical records of women who have had an abortion to see if the procedures were "medically necessary." The Department of Justice even says, "individuals no longer possess a reasonable expectation that their histories will remain completely confidential!" That means private medical records are fair game.
Make no mistake--President Bush and his anti-choice friends have found in John Ashcroft a formidable enforcer of their first-ever law criminalizing safe abortion procedures. If Americans don't fight these attacks on fundamental rights, who knows whose records might be next?
Fight Back. Make a special �Muzzle John Ashcroft� gift today, and we'll send the Attorney General (a) card demanding that he put a muzzle on the DOJ's hunting expedition into women's private medical records.
We need your help to fight this blatant abuse of power and let each and every American know just how willing John Ashcroft is to violate even their most basic right -- a private and confidential doctor/patient relationship. Tell your friends to Beware of the DOJ. Protect women. Protect their doctors. Fight back.
Sincerely,
The activists at
NARAL Pro-Choice America
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Pentagon Study Describes Rapid, Catastrophic Climate Change
A recent Pentagon report describes dramatic worldwide ecosystem changes, resulting in massive political and social instability, due to rapid climate change over the next 20 years. From food shortages to violent storms, mass human migrations and wars for survival, the study suggests that the Bush Administration must reverse its position on climate change immediately.[1]
The report's authors believe that climate change "should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a U.S. national security concern." The report was commissioned by Andrew Marshall, a strategist and futurist who has advised the Pentagon for 30 years.[2]
An article in Great Britain's Sunday Observer describes such findings as:
� By 2007 violent storms or flooding will smash coastal barriers and render low-lying coastal and riparian areas uninhabitable worldwide.
� Between 2010 and 2020, average European temperatures drop by 6 degrees F. � Deaths from war and famine will number in the millions until human population levels drop to a sustainable level.
� Rich nations like the U.S. and Europe will become "virtual fortresses" to prevent entry of millions of migrants fleeing flooded or starving lands.
� Nuclear arms will proliferate, with Japan, North and South Korea, Iran, Egypt and Germany developing nuclear weapons capabilities.
� Access to water will become a major area of strife; Nile, Amazon and Danube Rivers all at risk.
The Bush Administration has yet to publicly acknowledge the Pentagon study, or reverse any of its positions which oppose taking action to address global warming. In fact, as reported yesterday in BushGreenwatch.org the administration is threatening to undermine an international treaty that has proven widely successful in reducing worldwide production of methyl bromide, the most potent ozone-depleting chemical still in widespread use.[3]
The Pentagon's climate change report has been ignored so far by American media, with the notable exception being an article in the February 9 issue of Fortune magazine. Fortune describes several disturbing trends that support the theory of rapid climate change, including the recent break-up of the Arctic's largest ice shelf, and increasing signs of a weakened ocean current which brings warmer water from the tropics north to the eastern U.S. and northern Europe.
Fortune writer David Stipp notes that "The Pentagon's reaction to this sobering report isn't known...but the fact that [Andrew Marshall] is concerned may signal a sea change in the debate about global warming."[4]
If so, there are still no signs of it. Just last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report on behalf of over 60 scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, accusing the Bush Administration of systematically distorting scientific findings to serve policy goals on the environment, health, biomedicine and nuclear arms.[5]
TAKE ACTION
Find out where your senators stood on last year's McCain - Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act. Ask why if they voted against it; thank them if they voted for it.
SOURCES:
[1] "Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us," The Observer (UK), Feb. 22, 2004.
[2] Ibid.
[3] BushGreenwatch.org.
[4] "The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare," Fortune, Feb. 9, 2004.
[5] "Scientists Say Administration Distorts Facts," New York Times, Feb. 19, 2004.
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KUCINICH IN TWO TELEVISED DEBATES THIS WEEK
CNN and the LA Times are hosting a debate this Thursday, February 26th in Los Angeles. The debate, moderated by Larry King and held at USC's Brovard Auditorium, will air on CNN from 6:00-7:30 pm PT (check local listings). Dennis is among many friends at USC...he won last night's USC campus-wide caucus with 50% of the vote.
Sunday, February 29th, CBS News and the New York Times are hosting a debate moderated by Dan Rather. The debate will air from 11:00 am-12 noon on CBS-TV and radio affiliates and webcast live on CBSNews.com .
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Word of the Day for Wednesday February 25, 2004
flibbertigibbet FLIB-ur-tee-jib-it, noun:
A silly, flighty, or scatterbrained person, especially a pert young woman with such qualities.
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