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Michael wants you to take action on "Romney: Don't Pretend You Know Me"!

Michael Love has just read and signed the petition: Romney: Don't Pretend You Know Me

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/107/586/278/

Message from Michael Love:
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Hi, I signed the petition "Romney: Don't Pretend You Know Me". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 5,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.

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ThePetitionSite.com provides tools and empowers individuals to make a difference and effect positive change through online activism. Get connected with the causes you care about, take action to make the world a better place, and start your own petition at http://www.ThePetitionSite.com!

ThePetitionSite.com is powered by Care2, the largest and most trusted information and action site for people who care to make a difference in their lives and the world. www.care2.com

Syndicated 2012-09-19 18:06:00 (Updated 2012-09-19 18:06:20) from proclus

Michael wants you to take action on "End Corporate Influence on our Elections"!

Michael Love has just read and signed the petition: End Corporate Influence on our Elections

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/127/192/771/

Message from Michael Love:
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Hi, I signed the petition "End Corporate Influence on our Elections". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.

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ThePetitionSite.com provides tools and empowers individuals to make a difference and effect positive change through online activism. Get connected with the causes you care about, take action to make the world a better place, and start your own petition at http://www.ThePetitionSite.com!

ThePetitionSite.com is powered by Care2, the largest and most trusted information and action site for people who care to make a difference in their lives and the world. www.care2.com

Syndicated 2012-09-18 18:31:00 (Updated 2012-09-18 18:31:15) from proclus

Tell Mitt Romney: Thanks for letting us know you only want to be president of the rich

Dear Friend,

In a secretly recorded videotape from a Republican high dollar fundraiser, Mitt Romney incredulously claims that 47% of Americans don't pay taxes. That they are effectively sponging off the government and the taxpayers. And that President Obama is counting on these voters who are "dependent on government" to win reelection.

Mitt Romney will say anything to the American people to get to the White House. He'll say anything to help himself and his rich buddies rise to power. And normally he'll say anything to hide his true disdain for most Americans.

Tell Mitt Romney: Thanks for letting us know exactly where you stand -- exclusively for the richest Americans:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/romney_47percent/?r_by=47100-3052123-RuDyo_x&rc=paste1

Syndicated 2012-09-18 18:09:00 (Updated 2012-09-18 18:09:53) from proclus

#NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills 8 Women

via (title unknown) by andrea on 9/16/12

A NATO airstrike has killed at least 8 women and girls and injured at least 7 females in the eastern province of Laghman while they were collecting firewood on Sunday, Afghan officials say.

Villagers from the province brought the bodies to the provincial capital of Mehterlam, the Associated Press reports.

Seven injured females were also brought to the hospital, some as young as 10, according to news agencies.

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Syndicated 2012-09-17 17:38:00 (Updated 2012-09-17 17:38:09) from proclus

Stop the GOP war on voting

Dear Friend,

The Republican war on voting continues.

Ohio has emerged as the latest front in the Republican scheme to derail democracy by disenfranchising millions of voters. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican, in a blatant partisan move to steal the election for Mitt Romney, is trying to put an end to early weekend voting before Election Day. This change in Ohio election practices specifically impacts minority and low income voters.

I just joined CREDO Action and asked Sen. Patrick Leahy, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to hold emergency hearings on Republicans' schemes to steal the presidential election in key battleground states.

Click on the link below for more information and so you can take action, too.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/ohio_election_protection/?r_by=47012-3052123-zKMXslx&rc=paste1

Syndicated 2012-09-17 15:50:00 (Updated 2012-09-17 15:50:21) from proclus

US on Attack in Libya: Send in the #Drones #drone

In response to the distaste for the US presence in Libya, US sends more illegal incursions. #drone #drones

via (title unknown) by andrea on 9/15/12

The U.S. is surging its use of drones in Libya as it investigates the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, the Associated Press reports. 

With operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen stretching human resources thin, "Predator and Reaper drones" have been "increasing the area they cover and the frequency of their flights since the attack on the consulate, as well as sending more surveillance equipment to the region, one official said," according to the Associated Press.

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Syndicated 2012-09-16 00:44:00 (Updated 2012-09-16 00:44:12) from proclus

Jill Stein Campaign Swings Through Wisconsin

via Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy on 9/14/12

After walking the picket lines in Chicago with striking teachers this week, Jill Stein is spending two days campaigning in Wisconsin before heading to New York for the one year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Friday evening Stein stops in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for a meet & greet fundraiser at Becket’s Restaurant on the [...]

Syndicated 2012-09-15 12:50:00 (Updated 2012-09-15 12:50:14) from proclus

New Green Party Ballot Access Map - Jill Stein for President

Ballot Access Map

We are currently seeking a ballot line or litigating in: Kansas, Nevada, North Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Syndicated 2012-09-14 12:03:00 (Updated 2012-09-14 12:03:13) from proclus

Jill Stein joins Chicago strike for public education

Jill Stein joins Chicago strike for public education

Sep 13, 2012

Jill_Stein_Chicago_strike.jpgEarlier today, Jill Stein joined the picket lines at Amundsen and Lane Tech, two Chicago high schools. On her way from Ohio, she cancelled her morning appearances in Minnesota in order to visit Chicago teachers, parents, and students who have been engaged in a citywide strike since Monday.

The battle the teachers of the Chicago Public Schools are fighting is not one of their choosing. It is one which has been foisted on them by politicians who have been bankrolled by, and who therefore represent the interests of, the 1%.

Syndicated 2012-09-14 12:01:00 (Updated 2012-09-14 12:01:27) from proclus

This is useful. The mobile Plurk site. http://bit.ly/U9sIbZ

This is useful. The mobile Plurk site. http://bit.ly/U9sIbZ

Syndicated 2012-09-13 17:03:00 (Updated 2012-09-13 17:03:19) from proclus

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