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Keep Lead on the EPA Pollutant List

Keep Lead on the EPA Pollutant List

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EPA Set to Abandon 30 Years of Air Quality Control Tell the EPA that it must continue to use the best available science to protect the air we breathe from dangerous lead pollution. Lead is one of the most harmful toxins on Earth and is especially hazardous for children. Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering removing lead entirely from the list of pollutants it controls under the Clean Air Act. Tell the EPA that it must continue to…

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Oh no Molly Ivins

Oh no Molly Ivins

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My hero, Texas columnist Molly Ivins, has been hospitalized in her ongoing battle with breast cancer. Calling all benevolent deities – some healing, please. We need you, Molly. Get well.

Personal Political

Personal Political

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Warning. This is an uncharacteristic post. I feel the need to write about something that has been haunting my thoughts since yesterday. It’s about a quick clip I saw on the news. I don’t even remember what they were talking about. George W. Bush and Laura Bush are walking toward a helicopter. The camera’s view is from the back and to the side, so that the view is a three-quarter view from the back – you can sort of see…

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Nuclear Plans, Libby’s Friend, Scope of War, SOTU

Nuclear Plans, Libby’s Friend, Scope of War, SOTU

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Some recommended reading – do your homework. Saving the World By Stopping the Pentagon’s Programs By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet All that work against nuclear proliferation – gone, gone, gone. Another way we make the world a more dangerous place. Then there is “Complex 2030,” a proposal to consolidate and update the entire nuclear complex, including the opening of a new plutonium “pit” facility capable of producing 125 new bombs a year. Estimated price tag: $150 billion over 25 years. The…

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State of Synchronicity

State of Synchronicity

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I have always loved the idea of synchronicity. I heard this song for the first time tonight as I contemplated whether to watch the State of the Union Address: Prodigal son by Jan Gloeckner If you find you keep slipping on your tongue well I got some suggestions to offer you pick one you can tie it round your neck, like a prodigal son but you won’t win the game cause it’s already won could of helped a man who…

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Paper Ballots Petition

Paper Ballots Petition

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Please join more than 30 leading non-partisan Election Integrity organizations who have signed the following letter demanding that Congress enact legislation requiring a paper ballot for every vote cast. Problems throughout the 2006 primary and general elections have made it clear that only a paper ballot — not a “paper trail”, nor a “paper record” — will begin to help re-establish confidence in our tattered electoral system.