Reality's Blog – December 2008 Archive (10)

Single Payer Healthcare Now!

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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES MEDIA RELEASE



Enacting a single-payer health care program will boost the ailing US economy, say Greens



For Immediate Release:

Thursday, December 18, 2008



Contacts:

Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org

Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org



-Single-payer plan would remove… Continue

Ramsey Clark awarded UN Human Rights prize

Congratulations to Ramsey Clark

Ramsey Clark receives UN Human Rights Award 2008



International Action Center founder Ramsey Clark, a former US Attorney General and internationally renown human rights defender, received the respected United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 10 December 2008.



The… Continue

ADAPT Alerts: Fw: [dpcnet] Mass. plans reform; etc..

Fw: [dpcnet] Mass. plans reform

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:26:29 -0500

STATE ANNOUNCES MORE COMMUNITY LIVING OPTIONS

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> FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

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> "Community First" Agenda includes closure of four developmental centers

> over four years



> BOSTON - As part of its "Community First" Agenda and commitment to

> offering community-based living… Continue

GP Acts: Ill. Statement on Arrest of Gov. Blagojevich; etc..

RELEASE Ill. Green Party Statement on Arrest of Gov. Blagojevich

(Distributed by the Green Party of the United States, http://www.gp.org)



Illinois Green Party http://www.ilgp.org



For immediate release

Tuesday, December 9, 2008



Contacts:

Patrick Kelly, Illinois Green Party Media Coordinator, 773-203-9631

Phil Huckelberry, Chair, Illinois Green Party,… Continue

GP Act: McKinney speech / HR's conf Damascus; blked lvng US; etc..

GP RELEASE Cynthia McKinney's speech prepared for Human Rights conference in Damascus; McKinney blocked from leaving the US

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES

http://www.gp.org



For Immediate Release:

Monday, December 1, 2008



Contacts:

Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org

Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,… Continue

MARK VALLEN - "We're Making a Killing in Central America"

From Mark Vallen's weblog: www.art-for-a-change.com/blog"We're Making a Killing in Central America."



The Refuge Media Project is an organization of filmmakers, health educators, and human rights activists who have been campaigning against state sponsored torture. Project Director Ben Achtenberg asked that I contribute some of my original artworks to the Refuge Media Project website in order to strengthen "the community of… Continue

Friends Digest Vol. 2, No. 15

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"Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a

response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And,

therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it

benefits the aggressor--never his victim, whose pain is magnified

when he or she feels forgotten. The political prisoner in his

cell--not to respond to [his] plight, not to relieve... solitude… Continue

With All,



Gutten hagen. I hope you and yours are well and will continue to be. Great creativity, art. and poems, etc., compliments peace well. Twigs of poetree :)



A Weaver Of Life



Happy Birthday

To a student of Christ's and Ghandi's.

One who had a dream that someday

We'd live in the promised land and

Took us by the hand.



Yet, we won't get there

If you don't break your chains,

Refusing to be a pawn in their games.

We… Continue

Agree w. the duopoly on areas of priority? Tell Congress, etc..

With All,



Ni hao. Cool, thanx for sharing, caring, all you do, and don't. A sample letter :)



Concerning the following areas of priority the duopoly seems determined to dictate as the upcoming agenda for the next Administration and session of Congress, here are my views; abridged. Provide a Path to Citizenship for All Immigrants (Legal or Illegal) in the Country at This Time: Without extraordinary waiting… Continue

Repeal Prop 8: It's not a threat, it's a promise.

"Because we fully expect to prevail in court, we expect that, at some

point, we will need to defeat a ballot proposal by advocates of same-

sex marriage. Our opponents have threatened such a proposal as early

as 2010. We are already beginning the planning process to lay the

groundwork to defeat a future proposed initiative that would legalize

gay marriage." -- Ron Prentice, Chairman, "Yes on Proposition… Continue