Scam Alert

Scam Alert

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This post has been amended – please read through. This press release was highly misleading and appears to have been submitted fraudulently. ClickPress | SilentLambs Scam Alert for Jehovah’s Witnesses [ClickPress, Mon Sep 05 2005] Hurricane Katrina Scam Warning: There are already “news releases” directing Jehovah’s Witnesses to donate to a “worldwide work” general fund that has nothing to do with hurricane relief efforts. This way the organization gets to make money while members think they are donating to help…

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One Disappointed Scalia

One Disappointed Scalia

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President Bush celebrated Labor Day by nominating John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice, asking the Senate to confirm him before the Supreme Court opens its fall term on Oct. 3. Not much time for honoring Rehquist and his long years of dedicated service. That pretty much answers all questions about the extent of Roberts’ ideological foundation. Bush prefers him, even without a lot of experience as a judge, to Supreme Court Justice Scalia. Nice leapfrog power…

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Landrieu Slams FEMA

Landrieu Slams FEMA

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NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog Sept 3 Landrieu slams FEMA – Offers of help ignored, photo op rather than action Emphasis mine U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., Saturday accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of failing to accept offers that would have eased post-hurricane problems in New Orleans — including a plan for the Forest Service to douse fires in the city with aircraft used to fight fire. On Friday, Landrieu asked President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to…

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Charity Navigator

Charity Navigator

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Charity Navigator – How You Can Help The Victims Of Hurricane Katrina Guide to Intelligent Giving – ranks the charities and gives advice about how citizens can help the victims of Katrina. Again – write to Halliburton and the other members of Bu$hCo – pressure them for our money back. Write to gas and oil companies, and urge them to give back at least 80% of profits during this crisis. Report gauging.

Sharing Hope

Sharing Hope

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City of Refuge – Sharing Hope with Atlanta’s Last, Lost and Least 1300 Simpson Road, Atlanta, Georgia | 404.874.2241 They need donations, new items, and volunteers. Last month they brought over 6,000 meals to hungry men and women living on the city streets and under freeway bridges, sent over 300 hundred children to City of Refuge day camps and overnight camps, distributed 4 semi-truckloads of food and household goods to 40 partner ministries, gave 250 sets of clothing and personal…

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