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The Real Reason we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse?

Very funny, but sadly too true!

The Real Reason we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse?

You can’t post “thou shalt not steal,” “thou shalt not commit adultery” and “thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians.

It creates a hostile work environment…



And for those of you that are concerned about Environmental issues:



Endangered Symbol?

America's national symbol was once almost lost forever. But today, the bald eagle once again soars over our nation ... thanks in large part to the Endangered Species Act. Now the Endangered Species Act is under attack, and we need your help to save it.
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Yesterday the influential House Resources Committee voted 26-12 to advance a bill that would severely undermine the Endangered Species Act. The legislation, introduced earlier this week by Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA), would dismantle key protections for wolves, bald eagles and other endangered wildlife.
The full House could vote on this bill as soon as Tuesday. Please send a message to your Representative right now urging him or her to vote against the Pombo bill.

Since 1973, only nine out of the 1,800 plants and animals protected by the Endangered Species Act have been declared extinct. But Representative Pombo’s bill would take a wrecking ball to the law’s astonishing record of success.

Representative Pombo’s bill would undermine the Endangered Species Act and our national commitment to protect endangered and threatened wildlife. It would...
· Sharply diminish habitat protection
· Cut wildlife experts out of the loop in determining whether agency actions would harm endangered plants and animals
· Weaken the role of science in decisions that affect endangered species
· Make taxpayers pay developers to refrain from killing endangered plants and animals

This outrageous bill must be stopped, but we need your help to do it.

Help ensure that special creatures like gray wolves, sea otters, and grizzly bears are around for future generations. Please send a message to your Representative right now urging him or her to oppose the bill.

So far, more than 140,000 wildlife supporters from across the country have spoken up for strong federal protections for our endangered wildlife and the special places where they live. Won’t you join them?

As always, thank you for working to protect our vanishing wildlife and the habitat it needs to survive. Together we can win this fight.

Sincerely,

Rodger Schlickeisen
President Defenders of Wildlife

P.S. Defenders of Wildlife has mobilized a national effort to save the Endangered Species Act. If you can, please help support this important work - Make a tax-deductible donation to our Save ESA campaign now.

Morning Report 9/20/05

NYPD Blew It: Cindy Unplugged
For crying out loud
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/001854.php

Morning Report 9/16/05

A Flood of Sarcasm
Country's said to be dripping with it, even after more God-talk from Bush
http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/001839.php

Antiwar Fervor Fills the Streets

Demonstration Is Largest in Capital Since U.S. Military Invaded Iraq
By Petula DvorakWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, September 25, 2005; A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092401701_pf.html

Thousands of Californians protest Iraq war

The Associated PressSeptember 24, 2005
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050924/APN/509240907&cachetime=3&template=dateline

Thousands protest the Iraq war
Kathleen Sullivan, Chris Heredia, Janine DeFao and Todd Wallack, Chronicle Staff Writers
Saturday, September 24, 2005 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/24/BAprotest24.DTL

September 25, 2005

Americans Upset Over Iraq-Related Costs
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/9123

Thousands march in Europe against Iraq war

Sat Sep 24,12:32 PM ET
http://antiwar.com

Billionaires For Bush’s War Descend on DC

Saturday, September 24th!
Billionaires For Bush’s War Say…WHO NEEDS AN EXIT STRATEGY? WE’VE GOT A PROFIT STRATEGY!
http://billionairesforbush.com/index.php

Crude Manipulation

In Katrina's wake, the supposed oil shortage and suspicious gas price hikes

by James RidgewaySeptember 13th, 2005 11:25 AM
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0537,mondo1,67761,6.html

Rita in Texas, Protesters in D.C.

President Bush Seeks Shelter From the Storms
by James RidgewaySeptember 23rd, 2005 10:55 AM
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0539,webmondo5,68175,2.html

The Undoing of America

Gore Vidal on war for oil, politics-free elections, and the late, great U.S. Constitution
by Steve Perry
http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1268/article13085.asp


WORST PRESIDENT EVER
Vol. 11 No. 03 September 23 - 29, 2005
Harrison vs. Bush
by STEVE LOWERY
http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/06/03/worst-lowery.php

A Special Issue

Clear and Present Danger: What You Can't See Can Kill You
Los Angeles' skies sure look better than they did decades ago. Less lung-stinging ozone hangs over downtown and the deep bourbon hues of summertime skies are fainter than ever before. But looks are deceiving. A new threat haunts the air we breathe — particles tinier than a virus; so small that, in the diesel-belching ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, more than a million of them fit in a marble-sized chunk of air. These ultrafine particles become lodged in our lungs and hearts and are the culprit behind growing cancer rates. Some 9,600 people will die this year in California because of a smog-related disease. This amounts to a public-health emergency. Why, then, are only a handful or scientists, doctors and public officials responding to the challenge?
http://www.laweekly.com

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