Activism & Organizing
It's Time to Show Alan Simpson, Vet Hater, the Door
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 09:54 — Dave Culver- I call on the Congress and President to show Alan Simpson to the door of the deficit commission’s deliberations and to restore honor and decency to our national conversation on veterans!
- I also call on my fellow citizens to hold their President, Congressional Representatives, and Senators accountable for removing Mr. Simpson by contacting them and reminding them that their oath of office demands meeting this country’s obligations to its veterans.
- Alan Simpson Condemns Disabled Vets for Breathing Agent Orange
- Veterans Group Calls for Removal of Alan Simpson
David Culver, Evergreene Digest
Just who does this sadistic, uncaring, ignoramus Alan Simpson think he is? I can tell you right now, the guy’s starting to get on my nerves, to put it charitably.
I know he’s a former GOP senator from Wyoming, co-chairman of Obama's deficit commission, and an Army veteran who was once chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. But who does he think he is? His contention that “veterans are not helping to save the country from debt” is an unwarranted slap in the face to veterans, questioning as it does our right to be returned to wholeness. It’s sadistic, unmerciful, ungrateful, and wrong-headed in its implications.
It may interest this uncaring ignoramus to know:
Protest Glenn Beck - Boycott FOX Advertisers
Mon, 08/30/2010 - 12:24 — Dave Culver- Glenn Beck doesn't just poison the airwaves with hatred. His hatred actually incites violence and murder.
- Our boycott of Fox News advertisers is having a huge impact - over 200 advertisers have pulled their ads from Beck's show.
Bob Fertik, Democrats.com
Today (Aug 28), Glenn Beck tried to hijack Martin Luther King's legacy for his own rightwing agenda - and the corporate media gave saturation coverage to help him.
Yes, the same Glenn Beck who insisted President Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people ... This man is a racist."
- Yes, the same Glenn Beck who said social justice "leads to death camps" and "a Jew, of all people, should know that."
- Yes, the same Glenn Beck who called progressives a "virus waiting for their chance to suck all of the blood out of the Democratic neck."
- Yes, the same Glenn Beck who called Hillary Clinton "the stereotypical bitch."
Join over 60,000 progressive activists who are boycotting Fox News advertisers.
Glenn Beck doesn't just poison the airwaves with hatred. His hatred actually incites violence and murder.
Summary: Advocating for Peace: Week of August 29
Sat, 08/28/2010 - 08:50 — Dave Culver6 New Items including:
- Peace: The Real Deficit Buster
- Tell NBC: Debate the Afghanistan War
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Jeff Danziger
Peace: The Real Deficit Buster, Joe Volk, Friends (Quakers) Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Tell the deficit commission: Cut military spending, not Social Security
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:05 — Dave CulverWe need real solutions, not a manufactured crisis
Deficit commission almost done deciding to slash Social Security
Top 5 Social Security Myths
Matt Lockshin, CREDO Action
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Thomas Sklarski
At a time when the country desperately needs more jobs, a powerful commission appointed by President Obama is meeting in secret to make recommendations to lower the federal budget deficit.
And, unfortunately, the commission has been stacked with people who have obsessed for decades over cutting Social Security benefits or transforming it from a broad-based program into a privatized retirement program.
From the public statements of commission members and leaks of the secret meetings, it is clear that the commission is avoiding serious discussion of the real causes of our deficit in order to create a sense of panic around Social Security.
Click here to automatically sign our petition to the members of the deficit commission telling them to make recommendations that significantly lower military spending, allow the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% to expire, and modify health care reform to include a robust public option to lower costs.
Today, we should not be cutting the deficit but instead investing in critical public goods that create jobs. After we strengthen our economy, it is appropriate to focus on lowering the deficit. The Commission would enhance public discourse by focusing on three critical drivers of long term deficits:
Upcoming Peace Events!
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 09:49 — Dave CulverWAMM's new campaign...protest Robert Delahunty at U of St. Thomas...End the war on terror...Talk: War is Bankrupting Our Nation and Making Us Less Safe!...more!
Coleen Rowley, Evergreene Digest
Come check out WAMM’s new campaign to connect people with the costs of the wars! This Wednesday at the Lake St Bridge! (5 to 6 pm)
Also come to the:
- Burnsville Peace Vigil on Tuesdays (4:30 pm to 5:30 pm) at Nicollet and Burnsville Pkwy
- Eagan Peace Vigil on Thursdays (4:30 pm to 5:30 pm) at Pilot Knob and Yankee Doodle