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PookztA
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Take Action!
#14004465 - 02/21/11 10:36 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wanted to quickly post these opportunities to take action regarding various issues. If you want to keep in touch with the latest opportunities to take action, just sign up for the email action lists at the opportunities listed below, or feel free to just take one-time action as well. These opportunities only take 30-60 seconds to complete, simply by customizing these pre-typed emails by adding your name, contact information, and some of your own thoughts and feelings.

Tell the Senate Not to Cut the Life-Saving AmeriCorps Program | 2/21/2011: http://www.change.org/petitions/save-americorps?alert_id=NNHcGQVECl_VYWcqpfZtH&me=aa
Tell Your Senators, Don't Budget Cut the World's Poor | 2/21/2011: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Agc3X/zK5w/BSHse
Find Out How Your Rep Voted on Pentagon Spending & Express Your Gratitude or Disappointment | 2/19/2011: http://action.fcnl.org/r/A/MTQ4MTkz/MTY2Nzk1/0/0/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jYXB3aXouY29tL2Zjb25sL2lzc3Vlcy9hbGVydC8_YWxlcnRpZD0yOTU1NzUwNiZ0eXBlPUNP
Tell Your Reps to Vote NO on Environmental Attacks | 2/18/2011: http://soe.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MwFBu23fp7u%2B4CQUQmVkVA%3D%3D
Stand Up for Planned Parenthood | 2/18/2011: http://www.ppaction.org/site/R?i=XIlxPeRE78-5J8mkHqQYfQ
Support Healthy Agricultural Policies with One Quick Phone Call | 2/18/2011: http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcrm.org%2Femail%2Fsubsidies.html&t=Support%20Healthy%20Agriculture%20Policies
Tell the House to preserve funding for diabetes programs | 2/18/2011: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AgcVG/zK5d/BSHse
Obama: Please veto attacks on the Clean Air Act. Call the White House now | 2/18/2011: http://act.credoaction.com/call/report/?r=7141&cp_id=74&tg=657&id=16783-3275802-zk7IQUx
Tell Your Senators: Defend Our Right to Free Speech Online | 2/18/2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/2386?akid=2310.9767610.7pGK9j&t=2
Support H.R. 755, the 'Investing In Our Future Act' | 2/18/2011: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AP9xXz7HEq5Biy%2BjsTxFPWrTj1vT22Sr
Keep Social Security Safe & Stable For a Healthy Population of Retired Americans | 2/17/2011: http://safestableandsecure.com/credo
Tell Congress to Defend Us from the Truly Expensive Costs of Coal | 2/17/2011: http://us.greenpeace.org/site/R?i=MK2nuXB3NdZi17B2PWbo_w
Tell the Dole Corporation to Respect union rights and free and fair elections | 2/17/2011: http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rPuQWh%2Fm4FoaXnRY2ZQiTUKHeIL31jwa
Tell eBay to Stop Selling Live Animals | 2/17/2011: http://www.change.org/petitions/ebay-classifieds-stop-selling-live-animals?alert_id=JhDDcGIQNR_XwwsPDoVVM&me=aa
Sign This Petition to Protest cuts to agricultural development and anti-hunger programs | 2/16/2011: http://actionaidusa.org/r/A/MTM1ODg/NzcwNzU/0/0/aHR0cDovL2FjdGlvbmFpZHVzYS5vcmcvZG8vcGV0aXRpb25zL3JlY3J1aXRtZW50L2RvbnRfY3V0X2dsb2JhbF9odW5nZXJfZnVuZGluZy8
Contact Congress About Cuts to the Hunger Budget Cuts With One Quick Phone Call | 2/16/2011: http://stewardship.my-websites.org/t/1117971/930497/16330523/0/
Stand up for kids, not the chemical industry! Ban the chemical BPA | 2/16/2011: http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=KJMNyOWMnekgeA7BXKMWaA
Tell your members of Congress – we will not stand by while they cut out the world’s poorest people | 2/16/2011: http://act.oxfamamerica.org/site/R?i=oe7kiinSPd-JL1A7FccSpw
Contact Your Representative to Oppose Cuts in Humanitarian Aid to Places like Darfur | 2/16/2011: http://action.savedarfur.org/site/R?i=E6xOnYI0BodPr45L3PHaDw
Stand Up for NPR and PBS with One Quick Phone Call | 2/16/2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/2353?akid=2299.9767610.iWRB3u&t=2
Support the EPA's authority to reduce global warming emissions | 2/16/2011: http://action.ucsusa.org/site/R?i=29o1Gw7csNwL70tuKgEewA
Help Keep Funding to Prevent War | 2/16/2011: http://action.fcnl.org/r/A/MTQ4MTA0/MTY2Nzk1/0/0/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jYXB3aXouY29tL2Zjb25sL2lzc3Vlcy9hbGVydC8_YWxlcnRpZD0yODY0NTUyMSZ0eXBlPWNv
Tell Congress: No more money for failed drug policies | 2/16/2011: http://dpa.convio.net/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=631&s_src=email
Demand Justice for Ugandan LGBT Activist David Kato | 2/12/2011: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/988/981/155/?z00m=19940331
Tell Congress: Fully fund NPR and defend public service media! | 2/12/2011: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/dont_defund_npr/?r=7110&id=16482-3275802-Ksr02gx
Ask Your Senators to Ban GE Salmon | 2/12/2011: http://www.change.org/petitions/ask-your-senators-to-ban-ge-salmon
Ensure Accountability for Crimes Committed in Darfur | 2/11/2011: http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=miKVL5PMKlJXIhK&s=6nLILRPoF9KAJNOvGqE&m=ejKQJ6OULoKTJeL
Ask the University of Washington to end the use of animals for pediatrics residency training | 2/11/2011: http://support.pcrm.org/site/R?i=4K6qUPihj1Kp5hL19YNFQA
Speak Out Against Cutting U.S. Programs that are Addressing World Hunger | 2/11/2011: http://stewardship.my-websites.org/t/1112652/930497/16328523/0/
Ask President Obama to Protect Organic Food and Stop Monsanto's GMO Alfafa | 2/10/2011: http://www.change.org/petitions/ask-president-obama-to-protect-organic-and-stop-monsantos-ge-alfalfa?alert_id=SIdlwNHbSS_OdsKePLYwV&me=aa
Tell Your Congressmen You Support Cuts in Pentagon Spending Over Cuts in Domestic Spending | 2/10/2011: http://action.fcnl.org/r/A/MTQ3ODY4/MTY2Nzk1/0/0/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jYXB3aXouY29tL2Zjb25sL2lzc3Vlcy9hbGVydC8_YWxlcnRpZD0yNzA5OTUwMSZ0eXBlPVRB
Imprisoned Afghan Women Deserve Due Process | 2/9/2011: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/9/tell-president-obama-imprisoned-afghan-women-deserve-due-process-according-to-international-rule-of/
Tell Congressmen to Stop Promoting Hatred in Uganda | 2/9/2011: http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/site/R?i=-xb7GtRRamWeGSboH3v78w
Demand Justice & Human Rights for LGBT Victims in Uganda | 2/7/2011: http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ouIXJbPUKiLUIjI&s=6dKILRNoE9LAINOvFqE&m=crLMKWPIJlJVIfK
Tell your Congressmen: Vote NO on the Upcoming PATRIOT Act vote | 2/7/2011: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5492/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5433
Prosecute the Senseless Slaughter of 100 Sled Dogs | 2/5/2011: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/prosecute-for-the-senseless-slaughter-of-100-sled-dogs/
Tell the EPA to Ban the Pesticide that is Killing Many Bees | 2/5/2011: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bees_epa/?id=16154-3275802-EOlKDvx&t=1
SaveTheEnvironment.org Keep the 'No Drilling in Alaska' Momentum Going | 2/5/2011: http://soe.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=V5pWkviCmLoxBGKI4MLEkA%3D%3D
Help Stop the Anti-Choice Bill and Protect Women's Right to Choose | 2/4/2011: http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=7016&id=16100-3275802-inasBUx&t=1
Help Ban ALL Oil Drilling in Alaska's Arctic | 2/4/2011: http://us.greenpeace.org/site/R?i=Qzb6TES0Z1acpahdttMJ7g
Oppose the Brand New Pro-Corporation "Climate Science Denial" Bill | 2/3/2011: https://secure2.edf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1777
Call on Egyptian authorities to immediately release Amnesty International staff member and other human rights monitors | 2/3/2011: http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=miJSKZODIeLWJhJ&s=9gJOJ0NALcJGLWOHJtF&m=gvJTJbPWJfIYLqJ
Tell McDonald's CEO to Retire Ronald McDonald so Vulnerable Kids are Not Tricked Into Unhealthy Eating Habits (phone call) | 2/3/2011: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2215/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=5779
Tell Congress to Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on Bottled Water | 2/3/2011: http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-the-house-of-representatives-to-ditch-bottled-water-and-save-taxpayer-dollars?alert_id=FGYBItSTxs_FkRAgJHkvv&me=aa
Defend the Clean Air Act from Corporate Attack | 2/3/2011: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B9hHTD4btXRR16HQsvMCJAX9waPPDnab
Defend Planned Parenthood & Women's Health | 2/2/2011: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/defend_planned_parenthood/?r=6991&id=15982-3275802-MRW3kIx
Say No to a Governmental Internet 'Kill Switch' | 2/2/2011: http://act2.freepress.net/sign/kill_switch/?akid=2265.9767610.ftnjaL&rd=1&t=3
Support the Clean Air Act and Preservation of our Environment | 2/1/2011: https://secure2.edf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1777
Speak Out to Save the Wolves of Arizona and New Mexico | 2/1/2011: http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=ZQhwSZV9fT3pd8aI8FsRng
Sign Hundreds of Petitions Regarding Important Issues (or create your own) to Politicians & Gov. Officials with a Few Clicks of your Mouse: http://change.org & http://www.thepetitionsite.com/
Take Action against the Winners of the 2010 Corporate Hall of Shame | 1/30/2011: http://stopcorporateabuse.org/corporatehallofshame
Take Action to Prevent the Next Offshore Oil Disaster | 1/29/2011: http://action.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=2001
Ban Red-Light Cameras / Automated Tickets At Intersections in Illinois | 1/29/2011: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/IL/banthecams.php
Tell the EPA You Support New Fuel Economy and Pollutions Standards for Trucks and Buses | 1/29/2011: https://secure2.edf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1774
Speak Out Against Roundup Ready Alfalfa | 1/29/2011: http://action.responsibletechnology.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5161
Thanks for taking action if you did.
Best wishes,
-Abe
Abraham Hafiz Rodriguez M2 Medical Student B.S. Biology / Neurobiology
-------------------- Abrahm Spreading Psytrance & Love in the Midwest USA Expand Your Consciousness.
9/11 Challenge: Explain the Evidence http://pookzta.blogspot.com
Edited by PookztA (02/21/11 11:44 PM)
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johnm214


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Re: Take Action! [Re: PookztA]
#14005375 - 02/22/11 01:49 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Please add a topic for discussion when making threads. You've been told this before, please remember to do so in the future, and update this thread with some topic for discussion. If you want to just post a list of things like this, your journal would be a better place. You could also set up a mailing list for people interested in this sort of thing. The forums, however, are for discussion.
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Seuss
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Re: Take Action! [Re: PookztA]
#14005761 - 02/22/11 03:26 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Why in the world would I want to ask the Senate to spend more taxpayer money on any of the crap you listed? (I didn't read the entire list, just the first few items...) If you want to support charity, then give some of your own money. I don't really like you spending mine for me.
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johnm214


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Re: Take Action! [Re: Seuss]
#14006055 - 02/22/11 06:27 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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They are also pretty deceptive in their representation of the issues they are trying to get people to support. Rather than explain the core provisions of the legislation they support/oppose, they give you a highly biased and conclusory "puff piece" about things they expect pretty much everyone will support- ignoring the actual debate on the legislation et cet
For example, one of the listings in the original post is as follows:
Now, what do you imagine they are they actually promoting, some anti-censorship principle maybe? Taking jurisdiction away from the feds to regulate the internet and control speech? Nope. They are actually petitioning Senators in Support of greater federal regulatory control over the internet, specifically, supporting the FCC's Net Neutrality regulations and opposing attempts to roll back the FCC's jurisdiction to regulate the internet through such means, and opposing the recent resolution seeking to defund the Net Neutrality regulations.
Even more ridiculous is their expanded explanation of the issue that is found by clicking the link to their site. To someone unfamiliar with the issue, which is apparently their target audience, you could easily come away with the understanding that your supporting some anti-censorship freedom-of-the-internet cause. What a joke.
Their expanded explanation of the issue:
Quote:
Defend Free Speech on the Internet
Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation that would give phone and cable companies absolute power over the Internet.
They are pushing a “Resolution of Disapproval” that would strip the FCC of its authority to protect our right to free speech online. If it passes, the FCC would not just be barred from enforcing its already weak Net Neutrality rule, but also from acting in any way to protect Internet users against corporate abuses.
We can kill the resolution in the Senate by getting 51 members to stand with us and online freedom. Sign this letter to demand that your senators join us in protecting free speech online, and we will deliver it to their offices in Washington.
How dishonest can you be? I hope people aren't submitting these form letters thinking they're fighting for free speech online only to find out they pushed for greater government control over the internet, including giving the administration direct regulatory control.
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zappaisgod
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Re: Take Action! [Re: johnm214]
#14006467 - 02/22/11 09:29 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Is that not spam? Is spam not forbidden? Why isn't this locked?
I'm with John. I looked at several of the titles and have come to the conclusion that if the 9/11 conspiracy "physician" is for something I'm just going to assume, until further investigation, that it is fucking stupid. That is the default setting.
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PookztA
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Re: Take Action! [Re: johnm214]
#14006473 - 02/22/11 09:31 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Mod (johnm214):
If you want to remove this thread then please do it, I just wanted to share these opportunities to take action on important issues. i felt that many of them were important enough that the thread would be allowed to persist, but if you really want to delete it then go for it and I won't complain.
I just felt like the spirit of this thread and many of these topics in it were important enough to post here.
Feel free to share opportunities that you find as well, for I would love to take action on them if they are topics I agree with, or just delete the thread if you want. The choice is yours!
Cya,
-Abe
-------------------- Abrahm Spreading Psytrance & Love in the Midwest USA Expand Your Consciousness.
9/11 Challenge: Explain the Evidence http://pookzta.blogspot.com
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Phred
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Re: Take Action! (moved) [Re: PookztA]
#14006503 - 02/22/11 09:41 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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This thread was moved from Political Discussion.
Reason: While the Political Discussion forum description does in fact describe the PD forum as the place to announce your "activist events", it is quite a stretch to consider that lengthy list of online petition sites an activist event.
Since the original poster has agreed to have his thread moved, I'll send it to The Pub, where it will be seen by a larger audience. Perhaps some Pub denizens will find it of interest.
Edited by Phred (02/22/11 09:42 AM)
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PookztA
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Re: Take Action! (moved) [Re: Phred]
#14010912 - 02/22/11 11:28 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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thanks for moving the thread instead of deleting or locking it Phred, that was kind of ya
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Cakk


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Re: Take Action! (moved) [Re: PookztA]
#14010980 - 02/22/11 11:41 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Net Neutrality is whats up
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vinsue
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Re: Take Action! (moved) [Re: PookztA]
#14010984 - 02/22/11 11:42 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Wow, lotta links... This thread needs more mods and administrators   . . .
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PookztA
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Re: Take Action! (moved) [Re: Cakk]
#14025967 - 02/25/11 03:10 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cakk said: Net Neutrality is whats up
^^hell yeah!
-------------------- Abrahm Spreading Psytrance & Love in the Midwest USA Expand Your Consciousness.
9/11 Challenge: Explain the Evidence http://pookzta.blogspot.com
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Prisoner#1
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Re: Take Action! (moved) [Re: vinsue]
#14026003 - 02/25/11 03:20 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
vinsue said: Wow, lotta links... This thread needs more mods and administrators   . . . 
you rang?
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