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Source: Opt Out Day Posted on 11.14.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “OptOutDay.com is an educational outreach campaign, designed to get people to better understand what they are now consenting to when they purchase a plane ticket. Many people only fly around the holidays and may not be aware of the security changes, which is why November 24 was chosen. There is no intent or desire to delay passengers en route to friends and family over Thanksgiving. Once people are made aware of what is happening, they may have reservations about the new virtual strip searches and enhanced pat downs — especially for their children or spouse or other loved one.” (11/10) Link: http://www.optoutday.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and LAND Commentary and RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | |
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Source: Live free or Die Rally Event Date(s): August 25-August 29 Posted on 08.22.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “The LFOD Rally is the only all free true first amendment event in the U.S. ” (08/20/10) Link: http://livefreeordierally.com/ Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Western Rifle Shooters Association Posted on 08.05.10 by Mary Lou Seymour “We want to remind Americans that they have a basic human right to keep and bear arms — both for self-defense and to preserve individual freedom — that is not only enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but is protected only by Americans’ willingness to actually exercise that right. Just as is true with free speech, freedom of assembly, and every other right guaranteed by the Constitution — if you don’t insist on your Constitutional freedoms by exercising them in public, you will lose them.” (08/03/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/28zjwl6 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Congressman Fleming Website Posted on 08.12.09 by Mary Lou Seymour Congressman John Fleming [LA] is proposing an amendment to the ObamaCare bill : sign petition here if you believe any member of Congress who votes for a government run health care plan should be forced to participate in the plan themselves. [editor’s note: Spread this little gem far and wide-MLS] (08/09) Link: http://fleming.house.gov/index.html Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Bytestyle TV Posted on 06.24.09 by Mary Lou Seymour “Monolithic agribusiness & biotech corporations like Monsanto are gaining more and more power over our food supply, thanks in part to Congress creating policies that give them competitive advantage while harming small farmers & competitors, but also because we consume their products every day, without knowing….Accept the Challenge:I will not buy Roundup weed killer, and will instead use an alternative method of weed control. (Please fill out the form below to accept the challenge and see your impact added to our calculator).” (06/22/09) Link: http://bytestyle.tv/node/55 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: The Motorhome Diaries Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 05.18.09 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Motorhome Diaries is the story of three friends who took to the road in April 2009 to search for freedom in America. Along the way the friends — Jason, Pete and Tom — interact with individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints at college campuses, homes, businesses and organizations that are united by one thing: increasing individual freedom and responsibility and decreasing the scope of government.” [editor’s note: Every day a new adventure-MLS](04/09) Link: http://motorhomediaries.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and LAND Commentary | |
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Source: Scarecrow for President Author: Stewart Browne Posted on 03.04.09 by Mary Lou Seymour “Scarecrow is an attempt to unify libertarians behind one presidential candidate in the 2012 election cycle. The fact that Scarecrow isn’t running, or even real, is a bonus. … If you want liberty and smaller government, electoral politics is a loser’s game. Still, it’s the game we play in America, and it’s so entrenched in our culture that any attempt to break free of it must first involve a widespread acknowledgment of its failings. … Scarecrow For President is a movement through which libertarians can announce to the world that we’re here, we’re correct, we’re huge in number, and we’re done with Washington’s game. … The intent of this site is to kick off a movement. It is the webmaster’s hope that the movement will grow much larger than this site. I am just an anonymous blogger with an idea. You are Scarecrow For President. You should make your own Scarecrow For President site, market it, and update it constantly. You should steal all my readers and become the center of the movement.” (02/09) Link: http://scarecrowforpresident.blogspot.com/2009/02/faq.html Filed under: LAND Action Items and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Buy My Shitpile Author: staff Posted on 09.25.08 by Mary Lou Seymour “With our economy in crisis, the US Government is scrambling to rescue our banks by purchasing their ‘distressed assets,’ i.e., assets that no one else wants to buy from them. We figured that instead of protesting this plan, we’d give regular Americans the same opportunity to sell their bad assets to the government. We need your help and you need the Government’s help! Use the form below to submit bad assets you’d like the government to take off your hands. And remember, when estimating the value of your 1997 limited edition Hanson single CD ‘MMMbop,’ it’s not what you can sell these items for that matters, it’s what you think they are worth. The fact that you think they are worth more than anyone will buy them for is what makes them bad assets.” (09/25/08) Link: http://www.buymyshitpile.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: from Reason to Freedom Author: Melinda Pillsbury-Foster Posted on 08.10.08 by Thomas L. Knapp “This is the first Restore the Constitution Project for you to undertake in your county. Using it you can deliver the message that the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land. You will find instructions, sources for supplies and a Proof of Service Form for this project. Other projects, each on its own small site, will follow. Using these, you can serve law enforcement officers with a letter and a copy of the Constitution. If you like, you can also include a copy of ‘The Proper Role of Law Enforcement,’ by Sheriff Richard Mack. The project can be carried out by a small group very inexpensively. It is the first of a series of such projects. Together, the projects will enable you to restore your county to government by the people, transitioning from the present system to one that is stable and reliable and resistant to becoming uppity.” (08/08/08) Link: http://tinyurl.com/6ohamn Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Survival Author: staff Posted on 02.10.08 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have been forced from their ancestral lands in a wave of evictions by the Botswana government. In 2006 they won an historic legal victory when Botswana’s High Court ruled that their eviction was ‘unlawful and unconstitutional.’” (02/08) Link: http://www.survival-international.org/tribes/bushmen Filed under: LAND Action Items and LAND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Firearms Coalition Event Date(s): 08/28/07 Posted on 08.26.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “In honor of the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic ‘March on Washington’ for civil rights, The Firearms Coalition is joining with other gun rights groups to declare August 28 ‘National Exercise Your Rights Day.’ Reverend Jesse Jackson is calling on citizens to exercise their First Amendment rights by participating in anti-gun/anti-violence protest marches in 25 cities nationwide on that day. The Firearms Coalition echoes that call to supporters of the Second Amendment, encouraging them to exercise their rights by purchasing a firearm or ammunition on August 28.” (08/26/07) Link: http://tinyurl.com/2loz6f Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Downsize DC Posted on 06.24.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “Senator Chuck Schumer wants to amend the immigration bill to require you to get a new Social Security card with biometric information imbedded in it….. n the past only criminals had to supply the state with things like fingerprints, DNA, or retinal scans. Now, if Schumer gets his way, law abiding citizens will have to do it too, just for the privilege of earning a living.” (06/07) Link: http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/2007/jun/19/stop_biometric_social_security_cards Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: The Liberated Space Posted on 06.21.07 by Thomas L. Knapp Members of the Alliance of the Libertarian Left join host Angela Keaton. 4:30pm Pacific on Blog Talk Radio. [various formats] (06/21/07) Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?show_id=30139 Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Audio and Video | |
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Source: Free State Project Event Date(s): June 18-24,2007 Posted on 05.14.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “Discover New Freedoms, New Communities, and New Beginnings!”PorcFest is about bringing together people that are, in any shape or form, connected to the Free State Project. Whether you are simply curious, whether you are a friend of the FSP, whether you are a signer of the Statement of Intent, whether you are originally from New Hampshire, or whether you are have already moved, PorcFest is the place to meet, talk, plan, and enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the Live Free or Die state.” June 18-24,2007, Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gilford, NH. Link: http://www.freestateproject.org/festival/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Slate Author: John Dickerson Posted on 05.09.07 by Thomas L. Knapp “Everyone is to blame for the shallowness of the answers. Candidates don’t like being rushed by the short response times, but they also don’t want to have to talk for too long. In-depth answers and multiple questions on the same topic force candidates into the spooky land beyond talking points. The networks insist on short responses and use gimmicks like Internet questions and hand-raising to create drama (and maybe news). They’d make the candidates race to tie balloon animals if it would generate a spark, because debates are network branding exercises. The MSNBC logo on stage at the first Democratic debate was so large it could have attracted space aliens (and, depending on your view of Mike Gravel, may have succeeded). In any case, the upshot is that the debates have been lackluster. This is no way to treat the most important election of the last 80 years. So, how do we fix it?” [action item included — send your suggestions!] (05/09/07) Link: http://www.slate.com/id/2165914/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Buckeye Firearms Association Event Date(s): May 12,2007 Posted on 03.28.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “On Saturday, May 12, 2007 the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Second Amendment Foundation will jointly host a leadership training conference in the Cincinnati, Ohio area at the Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center, 2477 Royal Drive (I-75 at Buttermilk Pike), Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky 41017. This conference is free—ABSOLUTELY FREE! All training materials and handouts as well as lunch will be provided free. Link: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3627.html Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: JPFO Posted on 03.27.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “How important do you consider your Second Amendment rights? We want to find out! Visit here to take part in our Second Amendment voter poll. You can only vote once, so make sure you answer all of the questions before submitting your response. And make sure to tell others to vote in this critically important poll!” (03/27/07) Link: http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070327.htm Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Filibuster for Peace Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.08.07 by Mary Lou Seymour Petition calling on the U.S. Senate to filibuster and end the war in Iraq. (03/07) Link: http://www.filibusterforpeace.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: United for Peace and Justice Event Date(s): 01/27/07-01/29/07 Posted on 01.26.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! We are inviting you to sign up to be a local coordinator for people coming from your area to Washington, DC. Being a local coordinator means doing the things we hope you are already doing — spreading the word and encouraging people to come to DC, helping to arrange buses, car caravans or rideshares, hosting a sign-making party — but it also will mean following up with people in your area who will find you through the coordinator’s listing on our website.” Link: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3468 Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Wikileaks Posted on 01.25.07 by Thomas L. Knapp “Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by non-technical people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.” [A website for government whistleblowers] (01/07) Link: http://wikileaks.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict Posted on 01.17.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “CIVIC is a Washington-based organization founded by the late Marla Ruzicka, a passionate humanitarian killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad while advocating for war victims in Iraq. CIVIC believes that civilians injured and the families of those killed should be recognized and aided by the governments involved, and is working toward smart, compassionate policies for civilians caught in the crossfire of conflict.” Link: http://www.civicworldwide.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: US Vs Fincher Author: staff Posted on 01.16.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “A central repository for information regarding the case against Lt. Commander Wayne Fincher of the Arkansas Militia of Washington County and liberty’s case against the United States government. Arrested November 8, 2006 and convicted January 12,2007 for no crime other than possession of arms the government doesn’t like.” Links to information on appeals and other efforts to ‘”free Wayne.” (01/07) Link: http://usvfincher.blogspot.com/index.html Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Action Items and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: The Libertarian Enterprise Author: Mike Rster Event Date(s): 01/30/07 Posted on 01.07.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Libertarian Solutions (LS) Network is proud to announce its first round of prizes. We are offering a one-ounce coin of pure silver for the ten best ideas submitted. We are searching for actions that would serve as stepping-stones to a libertarian society in the United States of America! Time limit: 1/30/07.” (01/07/07) Link: http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/tle400-20070107-05.html Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: IPetitions Posted on 01.02.07 by Mary Lou Seymour Create your own online petition. Custom design petitions, customize your question list, Filter duplicate signatures, access real-time data , free. Link: http://www.ipetitions.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Out Now Posted on 01.02.07 by Mary Lou Seymour Signable online petition. (01/07) Link: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Kent Van Cleave CafePress Shop Posted on 11.05.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Americans used to think fascism was a political system that only occurred in foreign countries, such as Germany and Italy in the World War II era. Most still belive that, but they’re wrong. Our U.S. government is proving that fascism can be for us, too! It’s time to educate those remaining Americans — hopefully in time to create a groundswell of opposition to losing the American way. You can do your part by showing off these spiffy (and funny) products wherever you go!” [Cartoon by Kent VanCleave on T’s, sweatshirts,etc] (11/06) Link: http://www.cafepress.com/fascism4us2.81111476 Filed under: LAND Action Items and Swag | |
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Source: Claire Wolfe website Posted on 10.24.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Tell the jackbooterie that you know your rights. Tell casual snoops and unwelcome drop-ins that they need your okay before entering your “castle.” These vinyl stickers are 4 x 4 inches square and will cling to your house or vehicle window. ” $3.00 each or4 for $9.00 Free shipping! Link: http://www.clairewolfe.com/specialoffer2006.html Filed under: LAND Action Items and Swag | |
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Source: VOTE NOW Event Date(s): thru 11/07/06 Posted on 10.18.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “1. Download the PDF Poster 2. Print it, and post it around town and in your cubicle. 3. Tell your friends. Send it to your mom. Email them the link: votenow.pbwiki.com/f/votenow.pdf 4. On Tuesday, November 7, 2006: grab a group of friends. Get your ID. Go VOTE. BE HEARD.” Link: http://votenow.pbwiki.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Keene Free Press Posted on 10.17.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Supporters rallied for Winchester resident Lauren Canario in CT on Sunday. Canario was arrested on 9/22 for sitting on the porch of a friend’s house reading a book. The home had been [stolen] by the City of New London …. About 20 supporters held signs outside her jail on Sunday for 4 hours, asking for her release and bringing attention to the eminent domain injustice in New London, and around the county. Kat Kanning is fasting for Lauren’s release. She began fasting the evening of Friday the 13th and plans to continue until Lauren’s release.” (10/16/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/yzkg72 Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Strike the Root Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 08.08.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “I have an idea for a way to eliminate identity theft and I’m going to try and launch it as a business, but first I’ve put together an information website on the problem and what can be done now. My idea is to create a sort of anti-credit bureau, where every consumer would have 24/7 access to their own personal credit information file, just like we do with our bank account information.” (08/08/06) Link: http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/younga/younga1.html Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Montana Shooting Sports Association Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 07.12.06 by Mary Lou Seymour Rick Celata the proprietor of KT Ordnance needs our help. K T Ordnance of Dillon, Montana was raided by the BATFE, FBI and the Canadian ATF in June. KT manufactured what proprietor Rick calls “80% firearms” — incomplete frames that needed additional manufacturing work to be made into operable firearms. Help with Rick’s legal expenses. (07/12/06) Link: http://www.marbut.com/KT/ Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Common Dreams Author: John Dear Posted on 07.11.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “After much preliminary organizing, United for Peace and Justice and dozens of other leading groups have launched ‘The Declaration of Peace,’ a campaign to pressure the U.S. government to stop its war and occupation on Iraq, much as the Pledge of Resistance did long ago. The plan is simple. We continue to call for the immediate end of the war on Iraq, but presuming it does not end in the next few weeks, we urge every peace group in the nation to organize nonviolent civil disobedience at their local congressional representative’s office during the week of September 21-28, 2006, just days before Congress adjourns for the fall elections. We will hold our banners, demand that the troops come home, and sit in with steadfast nonviolence demanding an end to this mad war. And we will keep up the public pressure through the fall until a breakthrough for peace.” (07/11/06) Link: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0711-21.htm Filed under: LAND Action Items and LAND Commentary and PND Commentary and RRND Commentary | |
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Source: Liberty Tree Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 07.01.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Famous quotes, quotations, sayings, phrases, idioms, proverbs, and axioms about Liberty and the Responsibility that comes with it. Quotes are organized by Name and Category. If you’d like, join us on the Liberty Tree Daily Quotes emailing list for a daily dose of Liberty Quotes in your mail box. Leave us your email address to subscribe.” Link: http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Courage To Resist Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 06.28.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “We urge you to join us in a National GI Resistance Alert Network! It’s time for us to escalate public pressure and action in support of the thousands of courageous men and women who have in many different ways followed their conscience to uphold international law and to take a principled stand against the unjust, illegal war and occupation of Iraq. We are asking concerned organizations, communities, and individuals to join us and commit to a sustained campaign of support for GI resistance and conscientious objection! Courage to Resist will send out alerts about GI resisters in need of support, asking for support in the following ways as appropriate: send letters, make phone calls, create educational events, educate your community and networks, attend court martials or hearings, and organize vigils, demonstrations, and civil disobedience/nonviolent direct actions.” Link: http://www.couragetoresist.org Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Drug Policy Alliance Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 05.22.06 by Steve Trinward “Tell Congress to stop wasting your tax money on those stupid anti-marijuana commercials. You know the ones that compare marijuana smokers to terrorists and claim marijuana will make you crazy, get you raped, cause you to shoot your neighbor and give you bird flu. Ok, we made that last one up. But, doesn’t it sound like something the government would say? Take action today.” (05/22/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/sxeyr Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: Strike the Root Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 05.12.06 by Mary Lou Seymour Strike the Root is putting together a list of corporations that freedom-minded people should boycott. If you’d like to suggest a company, e-mail the name and a link that explains why. (05/12/06) Link: http://www.strike-the-root.com/boycott.html Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: TV Turnoff Event Date(s): April 24-30 Posted on 04.27.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Empowering people to take control of technology and not letting technology take control of them so they can live healthier lives.” Link: http://www.tvturnoff.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: After Downing Street Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 04.11.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Dear President Bush and Vice President Cheney,We write to you from all over the United States and all over the world to urge you to obey both international and U.S. law, which forbid aggressive attacks on other nations. We oppose your proposal to attack Iran. Iran does not possess nuclear weapons, just as Iraq did not possess nuclear weapons. If Iran had such weapons, that would not justify the use of force, any more than any other nation would be justified in launching a war against the world’s greatest possesor of nuclear arms, the United States. The most effective way to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons would be to closely monitor its nuclear energy program, and to improve diplomatic relations — two tasks made much more difficult by threatening to bomb Iranian territory. We urge you to lead the way to peace, not war, and to begin by making clear that you will not commit the highest international crime by aggressively attacking Iran.” [Sign petition online] (04/11/06) Link: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/iran Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Question War Posted on 03.25.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “‘Support Our Troops’ does not mean Support Our War. The best way to support our troops is to Question War itself. It is time the voices questioning war become stronger than those justifying war. We are the growing majority and the Question is fundamental. Share this message and help create a collective voice at a critical time. Magnets and stickers, 10% of profits donated to groups working towards a sustainable, just and compassionate world.” (03/25/06) Link: http://www.questionwar.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Get Human Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.19.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Our goal is to improve the quality of customer service and phone support in the US. This free website is run by volunteers and is powered by over one million consumers who demand high quality phone support from the companies that they use. The most popular part of the gethuman website is the gethuman database of secret phone numbers and codes to get to a human when calling a company for customer service. Please help us grow our customer support ratings database by taking a moment to rate the quality of support you receive when calling a consumer company you use.” [editor’s note: OK, this is a really useful service! Spread the word, particularly to your elderly friends/relatives who really really HATE talking to machines - MLS] Link: http://www.gethuman.com/us/ Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: BartCop Event Date(s): 06/14/06 Posted on 03.19.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “I’m 61 years old and have been active in progressive politics since my teens. I’ve marched for civil rights and against war. I vote and volunteer in almost every election. I write and call my Senators and Congressmen. I’ve published a newspaper and books. I’ve served in the military and paid my taxes and nothing seems to help. Now my beloved America is in the hands of fa[s]cists. And doing what I’ve been doing all these years isn’t going to change that, so there is only one option left. I’m not going to work on Maggies Farm anymore. I’m asking everybody in America that is sick of how things are going, sick of watching our kids die in an illegal war, sick of watching our environment being sold to the highest bidder and raped, sick of nothaving our votes counted, sick of watching right-wing zealots take a woman’s right to controll her own body away, sick of watching the Constitution being ripped to shreads, sick of how long this list would have to be to cover all of the things that we are sick and tired of seeing happen to our country, to join me in calling in sick on Flag Day June 14th 2006.” (03/18/06) Link: http://www.bartcop.com/billy-legal.htm Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: Graphix4Change Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.19.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Graphix4change is not an organization but an ongoing artistic and educational project designed to promote social and political change through the use of design and satire. The goal of graphix4change is to subvert everyday consumer images into a commentary on the current state of politics in America and the world. … Current products include Updates to the Patriot Act: The Home Version game. The game that is being played across America and around the world now includes updates on GITMO, NSA wiretaps, and the renewal of the Patriot Act. Download the new cards NOW! New design spoofing the NSA Domestic Spying is available through CafePress and ready for mass consumption!” (03/06) Link: http://www.graphix4change.com/ Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: Voters For Peace Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.18.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Americans who oppose the Iraq occupation are a committed and growing majority of the voting population. But, anti-war voters are not organized and too often fall into the trap of voting for a pro-war candidate because the candidate is seen as the ‘lesser evil.’ So, rather than voting for what we want — ending the Iraq occupation, or preventing a new war against Iran — people vote for what they don’t want — someone who promises to ‘manage’ the war better or even send more U.S. troops. The goal of Voters for Peace is to educate and organize voters so candidates need to support both ending the occupation of Iraq and preventing future wars of aggression. Together, using lobbying, targeted demonstrations, media advocacy and a pledge to eschew pro-war candidates, we will make the anti-war perspective a powerful mainstream political force that cannot be ignored.” (03/06) Link: http://www.votersforpeace.us/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Black Shamrock Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.17.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Welcome to the Black Shamrock dot org, the website of the Black Shamrock Campaign, where people are invited to post photographs of the Black Shamrock at various locations in Ireland and throughout the world. The Black Shamrock symbolises our mourning for all those who died as a result of Irish collaboration in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, for which the airports at Shannon, Aldergrove and Baldonnel have become pit-stops. It also symbolises our mourning for the loss of Irish Neutrality. … The Black Shamrock is also, of course, a symbol of resistance. In wearing it, all of those who do declare their opposition to any Irish involvement, be it economic, strategic or logistical, in the unjust and illegal wars.” (03/17/06) Link: http://blackshamrock.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: United for Peace and Justice Event Date(s): 03/15/06-03/22/06 Posted on 03.15.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “March 19th will mark the third anniversary of a war that never should have happened — a war based on lies that continues to devastate the lives of thousands, both in Iraq and the United States. United for Peace and Justice joins our partners in the global antiwar movement in calling for a massive outpouring of opposition to the war in Iraq. We are urging opponents of the war to organize a wide array of events in their hometowns for the entire week surrounding this anniversary. … Find an event in your state.” (03/14/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/kguty Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: St. Gabriel Possenti Society Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.14.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Some church bureaucrats of various denominations have joined the ranks of extremist gun grabbers in promoting bans or restrictive controls on the private possession of firearms. This undermines the right of self-defense and the right to life itself. To stop these ecclesiastical extremists, the St. Gabriel Possenti Society, Inc. works with law-abiding gun owners of various religious persuasions to oppose church gun grabbers. … Send the churches a message! Download, print and cut out this coupon. Deposit it in church collection baskets! Ask your friends and relatives to do the same.” (03/14/06) Link: http://www.gunsaint.com/ Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: What is Liberalism? Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 02.09.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “The law has been misapplied to Cory Maye. If an unidentified intruder were to burst into our home in the middle of the night, we would be within our rights to defend ourselves and our children. Given the law of Mississippi, Cory Maye acted within his right on the night of December 26th, 2001. It is a great tragedy that a police officer lost his life in this encounter. The execution of Cory Maye would magnify the tragedy, killing an innocent citizen because of the death of an officer. Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, should grant an unconditional pardon to Cory Maye.” Link: http://www.whatisliberalism.com/index.php?pageId=87667 Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: War on Guns Blog Event Date(s): thru 06/06 Posted on 02.06.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “An international citizen disarmament coalition, Control Arms, is sponsoring a ‘Million Faces petition’ and ‘is collecting photos and self portraits from around the world to reach [their] goal of one million faces by June 2006. [They] will use these faces to send a powerful, global message of support to the world’s governments for an International Arms Trade Treaty.’ The idea of The Million Moon March (as in ‘mooning’) is to send them photos from the side that believes in the right of the people to keep and bear arms — to let the rights grabbers know there are untold numbers of people who refuse to be disarmed, and quite candidly, to taunt and hopefully enrage them.” [Editor’s note: Thanks to the inimitable David Codrea for this action … be sure to check his blog for the latest pictures and join in the fun by submitting your own - MLS] (02/06/06) Link: http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2006/02/million-moon-march-gallery.html Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Progress Now Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 01.31.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “If you have found little to laugh about over President Bush’s domestic spying program, well, it’s your lucky day. We here at ProgressTV decided to have some fun. So, we produced a little video for your enjoyment. However, illegal spying on U.S. citizens is not funny. That is why we are asking everyone across the nation to sign the ‘No-Spy’ list. If you don’t want the government eavesdropping on your phone calls, emails, and internet searches, Sign the No-Spy List.” (01/31/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/dmwf9 Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: Hotze Health and Wellness Center Event Date(s): thru 04/04/06 Posted on 01.24.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Wyeth Pharmaceutical wants the FDA to take away your right to choose safe, effective and natural, bio-identical hormones and regulate your choice of health treatments. Wyeth, the maker of Premarin and Prempro, filed a ‘Citizens Complaint’ with the FDA on October 16, 2005, requesting that the FDA effectively prohibit compounding pharmacies from providing bio-identical hormones to their patients. Since the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) which demonstrated that Wyeth’s products, Premarin and Prempro, caused a significant increase in breast cancer, blood clots to the lungs, heart attacks and strokes, Wyeth has seen a 68% decline in sales of Premarin Family products between 2002-2004. Tens of thousands of women have forsaken the Premarin family of drugs for natural, biologically identical hormones prepared by compounding pharmacies. Wyeth can and must be defeated in its attempt to restrict patients’ rights to choose to safe, effective and natural treatments using bio-identical hormones. You can voice your opposition by telling the FDA your story about the benefits that bio-identical hormones have made in your life. The comment filing period ends on April 4, 2006.” [Editor’s note: Read the Wyeth complaint and comments at ttp://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/05p0411/05p0411.htm and spread the word, this is of vital importance to millions of women in America - MLS] (01/23/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/c4rd3 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Arms Against War Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 01.23.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “ARMS AGAINST WAR is an individual declaration of a desire for an end to the war in Iraq. The wearing of a strip of any white fabric is an indication that the wearer opposes this war — regardless of their political views, religion, location or race. This simple, free and instant form of protest has come about in order to show unity and agreement on one point — an end to the war in Iraq - whatever your individual reasons for thinking so. So please, if you believe in this one statement ‘I WANT AN END TO THE WAR IN IRAQ’ — then please tear a white strip of fabric and tie it around your arm — the intention is to go on wearing these as a full time, peaceful demonstration until the war ends, please join us in this action. No money wanted, no signature, no time, no purchase necessary — only your viewpoint, on this one issue, is required to participate.” [editor’s note: This also has a neat ‘pledge bank’ feature - MLS] (01/23/06) Link: http://www.armsagainstwar.info/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Posted on 01.12.06 by Mary Lou Seymour
“The Drug Czar is going on the road to convince schools to take advantage of millions of dollars in federal grant money made available for the express purpose of testing teens’ urine. Parents everywhere should be ‘pissed off’ that their hard-earned tax dollars are being flushed down the toilet — literally — on programs that usurp family decision making and do nothing to stop young people from using drugs. … If you live in or around any of these cities, please get in touch with SSDP as soon as possible to find out how you can counteract the Drug Czar’s propaganda machine when it comes to town. Students, parents, and activists had a great time raining on the Drug Czar’s parade last year. Let’s make sure he and his cronies know that we’ll continue to be there providing the truth wherever and whenever they proliferate lies.” [editor’s note: The cities are Orlando, San Diego, Falls Church, VA and Milwaukee, WI., the first stop is Orlando Jan.19 - MLS] (01/11/06) Filed under: LAND Action Items and LAND News | |
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Source: Free Market News Network Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 12.29.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “It’s not every day you see a mainstream newspaper step outside the safe zone and take up the activist role. The Oakland Tribune is daring to do so. An editorial last week titled ‘Big Brother is watching’ listed some of the most egregious examples of how George Orwell’s ‘1984′ has been becoming truer and truer of America itself …. The editorial went on with more background on the Orwell work itself, then issued an appeal to its readers: ‘We think it’s time for Congress to heed the warning of George Orwell. To that end, we’re asking for your help: Mail us or drop off your tattered copies of ‘1984.’ … The challenge has been taken up by a group of libertarians, to collect and donate as many copies of ‘1984′ as possible, and forward them to the Tribune for distribution. … One contributor has promised to match donations up to the first $100 toward purchases of new copies. Libertarian bookseller Jim Peron has agreed to provide the books at a discount. Moreover, the International Society for Individual Liberty is getting into the act, offering to purchase copies of the book from that bookseller, with any donations made for that purpose. All one needs to do is indicate it is for the Stop Big Brother Project.” (12/29/05) Link: http://fmnn.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=4364 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 12.27.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Journalists have revealed that President Bush personally authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to wiretap the international phone and email communications of people within the U.S. — without a search warrant. This surveillance clearly violates both the Fourth Amendment and criminal statutes that prohibit unauthorized electronic surveillance. But only one group has the power to get to the bottom of this scheme to invade Americans’ privacy: the United States Congress. There is already bipartisan support on the Hill for such an investigation, but it needs shoring up. Send a message to your representatives, and urge them to hold hearings on this illegal eavesdropping.” (12/25/05) Link: http://tinyurl.com/du32d Filed under: CANDi Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: American Civil Liberties Union Posted on 12.22.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “When President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to spy on Americans, he may [sic] have violated the Constitution and his oath of office. No American is beneath the law’s protection. And no one — not even a U.S. president — is above the law’s limits. Our system of checks and balances must be maintained if American democracy is to be preserved. Send an email to your senators telling them to insist that the Department of Justice appoint a special counsel .” (12/22/05) Link: http://tinyurl.com/8oba8 Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events | |
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Source: National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 12.11.05 by Mary Lou Seymour NCADP provides information, advocates for public policy, and mobilizes and supports individuals and institutions that share our unconditional rejection of capital punishment. The National Execution Alert is a monthly news bulletin that highlights the stories of death row inmates scheduled for execution in the current and coming months. NCADP’s action center now provides direct links to e-mail governors, legislators, and state leaders. We encourage all subscribers to use this system to voice thier concerns about pending executions. Also, the State Alert pages include contact information for major newspapers and local affiliates. Link: http://www.ncadp.org/execution_alerts.html Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Gun Owners of America Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 12.06.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “House and Senate negotiators are reportedly close to hammering out differences on legislation that could greatly impact gun owners. You will remember that before the Thanksgiving break, legislators were trying to ram PATRIOT Act revisions through the Congress and onto the Presidents desk. Some of these revisions would improve the PATRIOT Act … some would not. Of greatest concern to gun owners is a provision in H.R. 3199 that would allow the FBI to obtain ‘firearms sales records.’ … This bill is clearly on the fast track. It is rumored on Capitol Hill that negotiators are nearing a deal on H.R. 3199. You can greatly help by making them aware that gun owners are closely watching what they do on the subject of ‘firearms sales records.’” (12/06/05) Link: http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/alert/?alertid=8297891 Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Christian Peace Teams Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 12.03.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were taken this past Saturday, November 26, in Baghdad, Iraq. They are not spies, nor do they work in the service of any government. They are people who have dedicated their lives to fighting against war and have clearly and publicly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq. … Each of the four C.P.T. members being held in Iraq has dedicated his life to resisting the darkness and misery of war and occupation. Convinced that it is not enough to oppose the war from the safety of their homes, they made the difficult decision to go to Iraq, knowing that the climate of mistrust created by foreign occupation meant that they could be mistaken for spies or missionaries. They went there with a simple purpose: to bear witness to injustice and to embody a different kind of relationship between cultures and faiths. … We appeal to those holding these activists to release them unharmed so that they may continue their vital work as witnesses and peacemakers.” (12/01/05) Link: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/freethecpt Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Amnesty International Event Date(s): December 2,2005 Posted on 12.01.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “A busload of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) activists is traveling to Raleigh, N.C. in order to demonstrate and hold a vigil protesting the execution of Kenneth Boyd, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, Dec. 2, at 2 a.m. EST. If Boyd is executed, it will be the 1,000th execution carried out in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. AIUSA has also sent a letter to North Carolina Governor Michael Easley him to commute Boyd’s sentence.” (12/01/05) Link: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=57449 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 11.17.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “EFF has fought for your right to speak anonymously on the Internet, establishing legal protections in several states and federal jurisdictions, and developing technologies to help you protect you identity. With your support, EFF can continue to defend this right, conducting impact litigation to establish strict standards to unmask an anonymous critic in more jurisdictions. … Know Your Rights and Prepare to Defend Them. EFF has created the Legal Guide for Bloggers to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger and a guide on How to Blog Safely. With your support, EFF can expand and update these guides.” (11/05) Link: http://www.eff.org/bloggers/join/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Revolutionary War Veterans Association Posted on 11.11.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “RWVA is launching a nationwide effort to rebuild America as a Nation of Riflemen. Instead of Apple trees, the goal is to plant the Spirit of the Rifleman. It is time once again to sow the seeds of the Tree of Liberty in every town, village and city of America. This is our new Appleseed program. With your help, we’ll spread the American tradition of practical rifle marksmanship across our great land. We’ll work together to find or create the facilities and resources to allow every able and willing citizen to learn to shoot a rifle safely and well close to home. We’ll help each other gain the skills and equipment needed to defend our country, if the need arises.We will establish again what once stood as the primary protection of our unalienable liberties.” (11/05) Link: http://www.rwva.org/appleintro.htm Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Downsize DC Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 11.09.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Federal flood insurance transfers wealth from lower income earners to the more affluent, encourages people to build homes where they should not be built, and promotes disasters such as the one in New Orleans. Congress should not use our money in this way. One way to prevent future disasters such as New Orleans is to have fewer people living in flood plains. But federal policy takes the opposite approach it pays people to live in flood prone areas through federally funded flood insurance. This has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars to date, and the policy is made even worse by the fact that it transfers wealth from taxpayers who don’t own property, to those who do. It is a form of welfare for the more affluent and politically powerful. This must end. Use the form below to send Congress a message asking them to end federal flood insurance.” Link: http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=35 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 11.05.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “On Thursday, November 3rd, the heads of the MPAA and RIAA presented to the House Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property their plans for the future of digital technology. For high-definition television (HDTV), the MPAA demands every receiver must have, and obey, the broadcast flag. For new radio technologies, you’ll be restricted to recording radio shows for a minimum of 30 minutes, for a maximum of 50 hours. And all analog to digital video conversions will be forced to watch for, and obey, a concealed copy restriction mark. If any one of these provisions pass, it would be a disaster for you and for innovation. … Let Congress know how preposterous the MPAA and RIAA’s proposals are, and warn them that your technological future depends on their willingness to stand up for your rights.” (11/04/05) Link: http://tinyurl.com/dfkwp Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Campus Antiwar Network Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 11.02.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Iraq war veteran and Kent State student, Dave Airhart, is under attack for opposing the war he considers ‘unjust’ and attempting to stop any more students from being used as ‘cannon fodder.’ Call and e-mail the Kent State University administration and let them know how you feel.” (10/29/05) Link: http://www.traprockpeace.org/kent_state_students/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Leave My Child Alone Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.26.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “A family privacy project to protect students from illegal military recruiting. Buried deep within the No Child Left Behind Act is a provision that requires public high schools to hand over private student information to military recruiters. … The only way to keep your children’s contact information from military recruiters is to submit an ‘opt-out’ letter in writing to your school district’s superintendent. Opt out of the Pentagon’s database and your school’s military recruitment list. Sign on as a Citizen Co-Sponsor of the Student Privacy Protection Act.” Link: http://www.leavemychildalone.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: My Bill of Rights Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.19.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Our mission is to promote awareness and respect for the Bill of Rights as the foundation of our individual freedoms, our laws, and the American system of justice, through the design and crafting of Bill of Rights displays to be placed on public lands throughout America, beginning with those sites where displays of the Ten Commandments are currently found.” Link: http://www.mybillofrights.org/ Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Gun Owners of America Posted on 10.17.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Last week, a bill containing a mandatory trigger lock requirement looked to be dormant on Capitol Hill. The prevailing wisdom was that the bill was dead for the year. However, given the mercurial nature of legislation and legislative bodies, one can never be certain of what is going to happen as long as Congress is in session. One event that can always shake up the legislative calendar is experiencing a leadership change — such as when pro-gun House Majority Leader Tom DeLay stepped down from his position recently. What we do know at this point is that the bill is before the Rules Committee today, and will most likely reach the House floor sometime this week. … Please ask your Representative to urge the House leadership to take up H.R. 800, which contains no gun control proposals, rather than its Senate counterpart.” (10/17/05) Link: http://www.gunowners.org/a101705.htm Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Drug Policy Alliance Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.16.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Congress is debating how to pay for hurricane relief efforts. Cutting funding for the failed war on drugs is on the table. Contact your members of Congress and tell them to cut wasteful drug war spending.” Link: http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=28232 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Campaign for Reader Privacy Event Date(s): 12/21/05 Posted on 10.16.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Last year, more than 200,000 Americans signed petitions urging Congress to restore protections for reader privacy that were eliminated by Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. We were heard! The House of Representatives nearly prohibited bookstore and library searches under Section 215. Section 215 is scheduled to expire on December 21, 2005, but many in Congress want to make it permanent. The book community opposes re-authorizing Section 215 unless it includes safeguards that protect the privacy of our reading records. Dont let the government read over your shoulder! Sign our petition today.” Link: http://www.readerprivacy.org/petition.jsp Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: The Missing Amendsment Posted on 10.14.05 by Mary Lou Seymour Links to find out what bills are being actively discussed in the U.S. Senate this week (when Congress is in session), the current schedule for the House of Representatives and links to privacy-related bills introduced in the current Congress with a bill summary and status page where you can access the text of the bill, find out who is sponsoring it, and what its status is; links to contact your Senators and Representatives. (10/05) Link: http://www.themissingamendment.org/actioncenter.htm Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Petition Online Author: GMU Students for Peace Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.07.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “We, the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community of concerned citizens, call upon George Mason University to drop all charges surrounding the September 29th, 2005 arrest of Tariq Khan in the Johnson Center. Further, we call upon George Mason University campus police to account for and destroy the videotaped surveillance which took place over October 3rd’s lawful and peaceable rally held in support of Tariq, and all copies thereof, as the law permits.” Sign petition online. Link: http://new.petitiononline.com/gmutariq/petition.html Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Drug Policy Alliance Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.06.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “A new bill by Congressman Mark Souder would subject thousands of low-level methamphetamine offenders to long mandatory minimum prison sentences, wasting taxpayer money on locking up nonviolent drug users without reducing the real problems associated with methamphetamine use. Take action to stop this bill now!” (10/05) Link: http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=28147 Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.06.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is at it again. Now it’s lobbying Congress to lock up digital radio by giving the FCC the authority to add a broadcast flag to digital FM audio broadcast standards. This would hobble the new high definition (HD) radio technology, interfere with your right to record off the air, and block the development of next-generation devices that promise ‘TiVo-for-radio’ capabilities. Don’t let the recording industry take over the airwaves.” (10/05) Link: http://tinyurl.com/cu8bh Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 10.06.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “Advised by EFF, hundreds of individuals have been trying to find out by demanding the contents of their own files under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts. Together, we’re working to uncover what the Department of Homeland Security won’t say about information it is collecting about American citizens. Under the Privacy and Freedom of Information Acts, you have the right to request the records the TSA obtaineed on you. Your request will not only pressure TSA to come clean about Secure Flight’s test phase, it will also help give us a clear view of how TSA will treat your private information when Secure Flight is fully implemented. Here’s how to request the information TSA may have about you.” (10/05) Link: https://secure.eff.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=ADV_secureflight Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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Source: CounterPunch Author: Kirkpatrick Sale and Thomas Naylor Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 09.25.05 by Mary Lou Seymour “In answer to a growing swell of interest in realistic responses to the excesses of the present American empire, The Middlebury Institute has been launched by a group of activists and professionals to promote the serious study of separatism, secession, self-determination and similar devolutionary trends and developments, on both national and international scales. … This is a long-haul project: the task is as immense as it is urgent, and we must go carefully, even as we go steadily. We will need your help: contact us, send us your email address, contribute what you can. Ultimately the Middlebury Institute will be what its constituents need and want, and we will serve the movement in any way we can. Spread the word. Join the action. Take the battlements. And keep in touch.” (09/25/05) Link: http://www.counterpunch.org/sale09242005.html Filed under: LAND Action Items | |
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