Action Alerts: DU these, please! [read all]

Click to take action on these important issues, then kick this thread, please, so everyone can help. Thanks!


Send a letter to Governor Schwarzenegger regarding his budget. Tell the Governor you do not want him piling debt onto our grandchildren just so he can pursue the Bush/Rove/Norquist extremist agenda.Click here to Speak Out! http://ga4.org/campaign/Budget05

Senator Kennedy says “It’s time to take the target off our troops.” Sign the petition calling for American troops to come home by the end of 2006. http://action.democraticmajority.com/petition/

• Email your Members of Congress and ask them to strengthen Social Security, not weaken it with private accounts - go to: http://capwiz.com/aarp/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=5744286

Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper to explain why George Bush's plan to cut promised Social Security benefits is wrong. The DNC has made it really easy to do, just go to http://www.democrats.org/action/200501050001.html

• Join AARP's fight to keep Social Security strong at http://www.aarp.org/tools/partner?url=http://capwiz.com/aarp/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=5744286

Save our National Forests

If influential leaders like California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stand by silently, President Bush will eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that protects unspoiled national forest lands from coast to coast. Tell Gov. Schwarzenegger to stand up for California's and all of America's national forests. For what you can do go to http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp


IMPEACH BUSH!
Ramsey Clark has almost half a million signatures.
Please sign and forward this link to others:
http://www.votetoimpeach.org /

More on how you can help persuade Congress to impeach Bush:
http://www.impeach-bush-now.org /

SAVE OUR RIGHT TO SUE CORPORATIONS!
Tell Congress: Laws Should Protect People, Not Corporations
Petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/21141
Congress could act soon on the so-called Class Action
Fairness Act, S. 5. This particular piece of legislative
"reform" would limit the rights of citizens to file class
action lawsuits when they are victimized by corporations
that pollute our communities or hide the truth about the
harm their products cause. (HOT--this may be voted on in Senate any day now)


INVESTIGATE PAYOLA PUNDITS
From FreePress.net
Ask your Senators & Congressional member to investigate "payola pundits" (journalists taking taxpayer money to promote Administration propaganda): http://www.freepress.net/action/callcongress.php?a=nopa ...

PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY
From Working Families:
Take action to protect Social Security by signing the petition:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/171nc991rcrI /

SAVE THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
Several media reform groups are pushing forward with plans to eliminate media.
Please sign and forward!
http://www.fairnessdoctrine.com /


SUPPORT THE VOTING INTEGRITY & VERIFICATION ACT OF 2005
Tell Congress: Support real electoral reform:
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b= ...

FUND UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
Ask President Bush to stop blocking critical funding to the United Nations Population Fund. These funds could prevent 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 induced abortions, and 4,700 maternal deaths each year. Act here:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/21143

IMPROVE ACCESS TO MORNING AFTER PILL
Over-the-counter access of the morning-after pill could prevent up to half of all unintended pregnancies, and is critical for victims of sexual assault. Urge the FDA to do the right thing now:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/21145

STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY
From CARE2: Social Security: Strengthen Protections for Families,
Not Wall Street. Petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/21147

What a great service to the board.

Nominated for front page.

That's terrific.

FYI, I've just gotten an e-mail from someone else who is going to forward these to all the Democratic Whips. Time to "whip" some members of both party into shape, if you ask me, and get them all to start listening to the people for a change.

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of petitions can be kept.

here in the daily thread in hopes that more people see it: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=316720

:toast: Way to go!!

Meanwhile, let's try to keep a daily thread going.

That was really great of you to spend the time doing this!

It would be great if something like this could be permanently fixed at the top of each forum (or maybe just the two of three most heavily-used ones). It'd be kind of a rolling petition list, with news ones added to the top on a continuing basis, and ones that've been on for two weeks or so removed. That way, people could just check it and see what's new. I wonder if Skinner would go for something like that.

Great job!

and take off any that are out of date.

The IMPEACH BUSH petition will be permanent addition, unless of course he actually gets impeached. (We can dream.)

Tell your State Rep that you hold him/her accountable to READ the FULL text of the REAL ID Act of 2005 - In particular section 102 could be used by the Sec of Homeland Security to establish martial law without any recourse from Judicial or Legislative branches.

It is the "Patriot Act" all over again, and they will keep trying to slip it in until they finally get it that we'll catch them every time.

Speaking of time it's up for review this week, so hurry!

To find your state reps:
http://democrats.house.gov/state_by_state

Pick your state and then scroll ...... way down to the bottom and it lists all your people with DEMS on the top. As it should be. Sorry it's been a rough day.