Barb Wilkie's EHN Website
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CPSC -- Consumer Products Safety Commission E-Mail comments to "Information Center" Info@cpsc.gov Your CPSC wants to hear from you about fabric softeners polluting neighborhood air -- air you and your children must breathe. If you -- or family members -- have adverse reactions to fabric softeners, tell that to the CPSC. Following is their note to me. -- barb Hello CPSC has jurisdiction over fabric softeners. We are interested in obtaining additional information regarding your health reactions to fabric softeners. Please call us toll-free at 800-638-2772, 8:30am to 5:00pm, Eastern time, Monday through Friday. Press 1 to begin and then press 999 to report adverse reactions to FABRIC SOFTENERS or other such similarly scented products. If you prefer, you can file an incident report via our web site at www.cpsc.gov. Click on the "Report Unsafe Products" icon, then scroll down the page to the incident report prompt. Please note that you can obtain CPSC publications, recalls and general safety-related information via our web site at mentioned above. Click on the "Search" icon, scroll down the page and type in your topic. ms/slt   EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/   Contact the EPA e-mail: public-access@epa.gov http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comments.htm EHN's links out to various EPA sections http://ehnca.org/ehnglinx.htm#EPA Do try to keep abreast of all of the EPA public comment periods on items such as pesticides. I can't keep up with all of the info .... but I recommend getting on Steve Tvedten's mailing list and visiting his website. E-Mail: steve@getipm.com Steve's website is Get Set Inc.: http://www.getipm.com/   -- barb   FDA -- Food and Drug Administration FDA Petition: The FDA Citizens' Petition will remain open until closed by the FDA. http://www.ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm EHN petitions the FDA to follow its regulations, already on its books. We ask that the FDA requires warning labels on fragrances released to market without adequate testing. If you have adverse reactions to fragrances AND / OR, if you feel that the public has a right-to-know about these products, which are unregulated and are further protected by trade secret status, write to the FDA. Reference "Docket Number: 99P-1340/CP 1" and e-mail your comments to: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov Synthetic fragrances contain chemicals that can enter one's body via absorption and inhalation. Some of the individual chemicals are known or suspected irritants, sensitizers, neurotoxins, carcinogens, and teratogens (affecting embryonic and fetal development). Too many of the chemicals have no toxicological data available. Often you find that chemicals used in a product that is inhaled, have no data on adverse effects suffered upon inhalation. Nor have the chemical formulations been adequately tested for inhalation or neurotoxitiy, nor systemic, long-term or carcinogenic effects. WRITE to the FDA. Today. (Contact info available at http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm)   Be sure to check the chemicals found in popular synthetic scents -- Analyses http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm#Analyses See what the industry has to say, scroll below the image on Product Label http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/eterbkpg.htm February 2002: Make the cognitive connect that escapes our government agencies charged with protecting public health. Read: Scents and sensitivities - What to know before buying a Valentine¼s Day perfume By Francesca Lyman; Feb. 6, 2002; MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR http://www.msnbc.com/news/702445.asp   For years the industry has claimed that its products are thoroughly tested. The industry claims it meets or exceeds government standards -- easy to do when the government doesn't regulate your industry and is impotent to do anything about products even after their release to market. But now, we read in the article by Ms. Lyman: In response to the perceived problems of fragrances in the air, Roberts says that his industry group has begun the first study to examine fragrance inhalation. 'We¼re spending a lot of money on this,' he says, 'to understand the systemic effects of fragrances on organs and nervous system, what happens when fragrances are inhaled.' [Glenn Roberts, Research Institute for Fragrance Materials. Emphasis added.] OK, either the industry has been adequately testing for years or it has just begun the first study . . . Which is it? All of those chemically poisoned by synthetic scents know these products have been released to market without adequate testing for inhalation, neurotoxicity, carcinogenic effects, for long-term and systemic effects. Plus we also know that not even the dermatologists have considered adverse effects suffered from secondary and tertiary exposures. Alas, the industry and our FDA were more interested in trivializing our health problems than in listening to us. HAD we been heard, millions more may have been spared life with chemical injury. So, write to your Representative, your Senators, the FDA, and while you are in a writing mood, please be sure to thank Ms Lyman for her article. -- barb Communicating with FDA http://www.fda.gov/comments.html How to Report Adverse Reactions And Other Problems with Products Regulated by FDA http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/problem.html ONGOING: If your health is adversely affected by fragrance products used by you -- or others -- PLEASE inform: Mr. Lark Lambert - LZL@cfsan.fda.gov HFS FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors Cosmetic Adverse Reaction Monitoring Program 200 C St. SW Washington, DC 20204 or phone or fax to: ph: 202/205-4706 fax: 202/205-5098 AND/ OR Mr. Charles Haynes - CRH@cfsan.fda.gov CFSAN HFS-105, 200 C Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20204 or phone or fax to: phone: 202-205-4061 fax: 202-205-5098 Return to top SNIFF (Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act) Spend a little extra energy to write to your representative and ask her/him to co-sponsor Rep. Jan Schakowsky's bill HR 1947, Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act (SNIFF), introduced in the House, May 22, 2001. SNIFF is co-sponsored by Rep. Shelley Berkley (D NV) on May 22,2001 and by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) on July 18, 2001. Also, write to your state senators and ask them to introduce a similar bill in the Senate. You can follow this bill through THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html. Key in HR 1947 in the box labeled "By Bill Number" and click the search button. It is also availabe to you through a search function on the site of the House's Office of the Clerk at http://clerk.house.gov/index.php. If you don't have contact info for your representative or senators, visit EHN's Governmentsection on this page, or the House's Office of the Clerk at http://clerk.house.gov/index.php, the House at http://www.house.gov/ and the Senate at http://www.senate.gov/ It was reportedly better to write your representatives via snail mail ... too much spam on the net. However with the fall 2001 events, I'm not sure what the latest conventional wisdom dictates. Should you choose to use US Postal Service, mailing addresses can be found via the links above. To find historical information on Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act (SNIFF), go into Thomas and the info on the 106th Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html Then, under "word/phrase," you can key in "fragrance" -- without quotes and click search OR at "Bill/Amendment No.:" enter "hr 5238" or "H.R. 5238" -- again, without quotes -- and click search.   Return to top   Government Links Federal Government Executive Branch http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html Legislative: Representatives and Senators House's Office of the Clert http://clerk.house.gov/index.php ETHICS MANUAL FOR MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Please note: This document is to be used for reference purposes only. The printed manual is the official version. The Committee is in the process of revising and updating this Manual, which was published in 1992. On any subject, both the Manual and the Committee's advisory memoranda should be consulted. The advisory memoranda are organized by subject in the Highlights of the Ethics Rules. ---------- 102d Congress, 2d Session http://www.house.gov/ethics/Ethicforward.html   Historical Highlights & FAQs http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/index.php Write Your Representative Service Select your state, enter ZIP plus four digit extention to get form to write your representative. -- barb http://www.house.gov/writerep/   Representatives' web pages -- listed by name http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html Representative Waxman (mercury and other environmental issues) Contacting Rep Waxman (D California) http://www.house.gov/waxman/ U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm Email addresses for California's Senators Senator Barbara Boxer: senator@boxer.senate.gov Senator Dianne Feinstein: senator@feinstein.senate.gov   CALIF. ASSEMBLY MEMBERS Found August 2002. -- barb http://www.areaboard3.org/caassym.htm   Other means by which to reach Representatives and Senators C-Span's Write to Congress You can use this to write to representatives and senators other than your own. Just click on Write to Congress in the left-side window. -- barb http://www.c-span.org/congress/   Write to Congress http://congress.nw.dc.us/c-span/elecmail.html Contacting the Congress Site maintained by Juan E. Cabanela / juan@tiny.net "NEWS NOTE: Contacting the Congress has received many emails recently reporting that email addressed to Congressmembers is bouncing back. It appears now that a recent study has confirmed what has been long suspected, Capitol Hill is ill-equipped for email (the study refered to in the article is available online). This, combined with recent stories on problems with the Senate Email Servers suggests that if your message is really important you should consider sending it via fax or phone (numbers available here). It also suggests you should only mail your members of Congress, since spamming everyone in Congress just contributes to this problem. (March 20, 2001). " Contacting the Congress http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ State Legislators Internet Sites of the State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/public/sitesleg.htm List of California State Assemblymembers http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset7text.htm California's newly elected Audie Bock Green Party member from Calif. Assembly Dist 16 How about broadening her horizons? -- barb http://www.greens.org/california/alameda/ Issues http://www.greens.org/california/alameda/issues.html Return to top   Media Contacts -- E-Mail Addresses Air News Link, a site of links to major news sources, including newspapers, radio and TV http://ajr.newslink.org/news.html Newspapers, worldwide http://ajr.newslink.org/news.html Magazines http://ajr.newslink.org/mag.html Radio and TV http://ajr.newslink.org/broad.html ALACARim http://www.alacarim.com/ PR Tips http://www.alacarim.com/getthepress/pr-tips.html   Tips, Tricks & Hints http://www.prweb.com/prcoach.htm   Eclectic E-mail list http://ncchem.com/address.htm With thanks to North Carolina Chemical Injury Network (http://www.NCchem.com/) Internet Publicity Resources - TENAGRA http://marketing.tenagra.com/pubnet/ News Break from The Wilson World An excellent resource http://web.utk.edu/~gwilson1/newsstand.html Politics I do not define my patriotism by jingoism. -- Barb Wilkie, September 2001 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) http://www.cpj.org/ Ashcroft nomination . . . ALAN HALE¼S LETTER TO THE SENATE OPPOSING THE CONFIRMATION OF JOHN ASHCROFT AND GALE NORTON January 16, 2001 http://www.geocities.com/dearkandb/alanhaleashcroftnorton.html   ChewinTheFat.com News and Information http://www.chewinthefat.com/   Hundreds of Thousands of Americans March Against War By Reuters; Jan 19, 2003, 14:38 http://www.chewinthefat.com/artman/publish/article_163.shtml   U.S. Plan Could Ease Limits on Wetlands Development By Douglas Jehl: New York Times; Jan 13, 2003, 10:12 "WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Bush administration opened the way today for a redefinition of federal rules that could remove obstacles to development on millions of acres of isolated wetlands historically protected under the Clean Water Act. ..." http://www.chewinthefat.com/artman/publish/article_159.shtml   Common Dreams News Center http://www.commondreams.org/   'A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation...' Transcript of the speech given by actor Tim Robbins to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2003. Published on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 by CommonDreams.org http://commondreams.org/views03/0416-01.htm#   Memo Exposes Bush's New Green Strategy by Oliver Burkeman in Washington Published on Tuesday, March 4, 2003 by the Guardian/UK http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0304-04.htm   Paul Wellstone Wellstone service: A labor of love, logistics http://www.startribune.com/stories/1752/   Stupefying Stance on Global Warming by Molly Ivins; Published on Thursday, June 6, 2002 in the Baltimore Sun http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0606-01.htm   Defending Civilization How Our Conservative Citizens are Failing America And What Can Be Done About It by Dr. Durtal; December 21, 2001 "... "My country, right or wrong," is an incomplete rendering of the Senator Carl Schurz's much more reasonable declaration: 'My Country right or wrong: when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.' ..." http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/01/12/p/21_defending.html Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies New Book from alterNewswire's editor http://www.alternewswire.com/   GWII Revising History - The real Jessica Lynch story by Howard Blume; MAY 23 - 29, 2003 http://www.laweekly.com/ink/printme.php?eid=44317   LuntzSpeak LuntzSpeak is a Website of the National Environmental Trust Download THE memo . . . but first go into "What Speak?" and LuntzSpeak Decoder. Read Lunts on how to obfuscate an environmental record of ill repute. -- barb http://www.luntzspeak.com/   PALAST INVESTIGATION OF FLORIDA VOTE THEFT TO AIR ON PBS, FEATURED AT HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Friday, October 18, 2002 http://www.GregPalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=175&row=0   About the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/aboutpaps.html   RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #589 . ---March 12, 1998--- . .HEADLINES: PAVE OUR FARM LANDS! Here's a written description of a great cartoon, which leads into quite a story. -- barb http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r589.html The Novelist Lion Feuchtwanger (1884-1958) http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/special/fml/Novelist.html   The Oppermanns Author: Lion Feuchtwanger , Ruth Gruber Format: Paperback Publication Date: April 2001 ISBN: 0786708808 List Price: $ 14.00 Best Book Buys http://web.bestwebbuys.com/books/compare/isbn/0786708808     OMB Watch 1742 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 234-8494 (202) 234-8584 fax email: ombwatch@ombwatch.org http://www.OMBWatch.org/   The Bush Regulatory Report "Since his first day in office, President Bush has been waging war on health, safety, consumer, and environmental protections. From ergonomics standards and safe drinking water to medical privacy and global warming to contractor responsibility and mining on public lands, this president has made clear that he stands with corporate interests, no matter the price. OMB Watch has compiled a complete run-down of priority safeguards and where they stand. (7/17/01)" The Post-September 11 Environment: Access to Government Information "List of Government Info Removed Since Sept. 11" http://www.OMBWatch.org/info/2001/access.html   TruthOut http://www.truthout.org/   U.S. Diplomat John Brady Kiesling Letter of Resignation, to: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell ATHENS | Thursday 27 February 2003 An eloquent must read! -- barb http://truthout.org/docs_03/030103A.shtml   Bush Moves Iraq Goalposts All Over Field By Molly Ivins; Fort Worth Star Telegram; Sunday, September 22, 2002 http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.25F.ivins.glpsts.htm   Bush's War Plans are a Cover-Up, Byrd Says By Paul J. Nyden; West Virginia Gazette; Saturday, 21 September, 2002 http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.24B.Byrd.tonkin.htm     2000 Election . . . and aftermath "Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. Filmmakers Richard Ray PÈrez and Joan Sekler examine modern America's most controversial political contest: the Election of George W. Bush. "What emerges is a disturbing picture of an election marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices, and sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate's brother. George W. Bush stole the presidency of the United Statesä and got away with it. ... " Film festival schedule and video purchasing information. -- barb http://www.gregpalast.com/unprecedented.htm#purchaseinformation Bush or Gore? ... The Sierra Club has an animated show at http://www.sierraclub.org/twoworlds_animation/   Candidates - reach them through Politcs1.com http://www.politics1.com/   The faux election Still A Thief: Why the media recounts in Florida don't change a thing by Nicholas Confessore; 2.27.01; The American Prospect " ... the Republican Party and five Supreme Court justices didn't care what the actual results in Florida were, period!" http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/02/confessore-n-02-27.html   Disgrace by Jeffrey Rosen ; 12/25/00; The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/122500/rosen122500.html ENRON T H E C E N T E R F O R R E S P O N S I V E P O L I T I C S Enron: Other Money in Politics Stats http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/enron_other.asp   Enron: A Look at the Company's Lobbying in 2001 http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/alertv6_37.asp   Judicial Watch http://www.judicialwatch.org/   CHENEY ENERGY TASK FORCE DOCUMENTS FEATURE MAP OF IRAQI OILFIELDS Commerce & State Department Reports to Task Force Detail Oilfield & Gas Projects, Contracts & Exploration Saudi Arabian & UAE Oil Facilities Profiled As Well FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; July 17, 2003 http://www.judicialwatch.org/071703.b_PR.shtml   Namebase - Had been known as Public Information Research http://www.namebase.org/   Lies, damned lies, and Enron http://www.namebase.org/enron/   PHILIP MORRIS INC Info on PM, Inc. http://www.namebase.org/main3/Philip_Morris_Inc.html   Open Secrets http://www.opensecrets.org/   THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION - Corporate Connections http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/cabinet.asp   13 MYTHS ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE 2000 ELECTION by Rich Cowan http://www.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=172   527 scandal undermines GOP case for disclosure reform By Tom Teepen / Cox News Service; 06-15-00 I bring you this link, because it was the only reference I could find to "Citizens for God's Own Air," which is NOT an environmental organization! Thanks to Barri for the heads up! -- barb http://www.coxnews.com/2000/columnists/teepen/K4563TEEPENCOLUMN18COX.html   Ashcroft Ambassador James Hormel's Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee http://uspolitics.about.com/newsissues/uspolitics/library/blhormel.htm   People for the American Way The Case Against the Confirmation of John Ashcroft as Attorney General of the United States PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE SENATE YEARS http://www.pfaw.org/news/ashcroft_extreme.shtml   The Ashcroft Record http://www.opposeashcroft.com/ashcroft.phtml   Should you wish to sign a petition against Ashcroft, after you've read the fact sheets ... http://www.opposeashcroft.com/   George Bush A picture . . . http://www3.sympatico.ca/ecritoire/bush1.jpg   Back in Texas, Bush's Legacy Comes Under Fire By JIM YARDLEY; New York Times; April 24, 2001 "A USTIN, Tex., April 23 ã Even though he is no longer governor, George W. Bush is having an unusually tough time with the Texas Legislature. Many of the same lawmakers who passed tax cuts championed by Mr. Bush are now talking about future tax increases. Legislators in both parties agree that the state's charter schools, one of Mr. Bush's pet programs, need to be fixed. . . . " http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/24/politics/24TEXA.html   Bush: The Real Military Record of George W. Bush: Not Heroic, but Not AWOL, Either By Peter Keating and Karthik Thyagarajan; George Magazine http://www2.georgemag.com/bush.html   Bush's Military Record: The Ongoing Response http://www2.georgemag.com/bush-response.html   The closed-door presidency George W. Bush's appetite for secrecy By John W. Dean; MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR http://www.msnbc.com/news/656965.asp?0dm=N15PO   Dallas News Tie to Bush lawyers an issue for Scalia; 11/29/2000 http://www.dallasnews.com/bush/226140_scalia_29pol.A.html   What Bush plans to do with the national forests by Evan sisson 2:04pm Wed Mar 21 '01 http://www.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=29241   SAVE THE CLIMATE TREATY ! Flood GEORGE BUSH with your E-mails! Friends of the Earth plan mass action for the next UN climate conference set to make or break the Kyoto Protocol in Bonn July 21st .... Watch this space ! http://www.foeeurope.org/climate/   The Austin Chronicle http://www.auschron.com/   The Governor's 'Clean Air' Bill Hasn't Cleaned Up Texas' Air The Greening of George W. Bush BY LOUIS DUBOSE; October 27, 2000 http://www.auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2000-10-27/pols_feature9.html   The Lawsuit That Wouldn't Die Naked City BY ROBERT BRYC ; January 26, 2001 "You read it here first: Within a year, George W. Bush will be ordered to testify under oath in the influence-buying scandal known as Funeralgate. http://www.auschron.com/issues/dispatch/2001-01-26/pols_naked5.html   Bushwatch " 'Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft fom those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.... This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging fom an iron cross.' -- Dwight D. Eisenhower" http://www.bushwatch.com/   FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting http://www.fair.org/index.html   A Changed President--or a New Repression? ACTION ALERT; June 17, 2002 http://www.fair.org/activism/bush-post-ohio.html   Post Responds to FAIR Alert ACTIVISM UPDATE; June 24, 2002 http://www.fair.org/activism/post-ohio-update.html   Ashcroft Quizzed About Southern Partisan Endorsement Attorney general nominee refuses to condemn white supremacist magazine January 19, 2001 http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/ashcroft_repost.html   George W. Bush http://www.fair.org/issues-news/wbush.html   Scandal? What Scandal? Bush's Iran-Contra appointees are barely a story By Terry J. Allen; September/October 2001 http://www.fair.org/extra/0109/iran-contra.html   USA Today Conceals Key Information in Recount Story April 11, 2001 http://www.fair.org/activism/usatoday-recount.html   Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/   Ashcroft's Power Play By William Saletan; Nov/Dec 1998 http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/ashcroft_repost.html   The Bush Files Archives http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/alt_election_old.html   Gore's Secret Electoral Majority By Mickey Kaus; Posted Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000, at 11:18 p.m. PT http://slate.msn.com/code/kausfiles/kausfiles.asp?Show=11/28/2000&idMessage=6574   HolisticPolitics.com An Unnatural Order: Why We Are Destroying the Planet and Each Other by Jim Mason http://www.holisticpolitics.com/An_Unnatural_Order.htm How the Grinch Stole the Election http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/11/22/ED122692.DTL   Monterey Hearld A copy of Lt. Col. Butler's letter Posted on Wed, Jun. 05, 2002 http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mcherald/3406502.htm   Pearly Gates Lt. Col. Steve Butler's letter - and more! http://www.angelfire.com/ok5/pearly/htmls/butler-letter.html   35 Questions That Won't Be Asked About IRAQ Congressman RON PAUL (R - TX (14th district)) http://www.angelfire.com/linux/pearly/htmls/bush-ronpaul.html   Profile of a right-wing conspirator: The case of Theodore Olson By Martin McLaughlin; 13 February 1999 Justice Scalia's son works in the same office! Isn't that grounds enough to recuse himself? -- barb http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/ols-f13.shtml   REP America the national grassroots organization of Republicans for environmental protection "the environmental conscience of the GOP" http://www.repamerica.org/   TomPaine.com "The views expressed in TomPaine.com are offered in the spirit of expanding and enriching public discourse on important issues of the day. http://www.tompaine.com/who/ Gulf War II Gulf War Syndrome, The Sequel 'People Are Sick Over There Already' Steven Rosenfeld is a commentary editor and audio producer for TomPaine.com. http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7570   AN AMERICAN WAY TO RUN AN ELECTION: A Process with Legitimacy How Much Partisanship Will We Accept from Those Who Manage the Election Process? http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2000/11/21/2.html   FUNEREAL PREDICTIONS: What a Bush Court Would Look Like http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/06/19/4.html   Quotes Bush - "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." - George W. Bush, December 18, 2000 "The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no more war!" --The first Presidential debate http://www.columbiacentral.com/dubya/   Gore - Note: I have checked out several pages of quotes attributed to Al Gore . . . the ones I found were definitely quotes by Dan Quayle. So I'm not now linking to any Gore quotes websites! If they cannot be truthful, they don't deserve my time. -- barb   TruthOut http://www.truthout.org/index.htm   Before 9-11, Terror Was Low Priority http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.30C.pre.911.ba.htm original: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Bush-Council.html   The Texas Two-Step " George W. and Laura Bush's new Crawford, Texas home boasts a stunning array of eco-friendly featuresãperhaps not what you'd expect from one of the least environmentally friendly administrations sinceäum, creation. By Rose Marie Berger http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/action/sojourners/issue/soj0107/article/010722.html   Is This a Democracy, or What? By Jennifer Van Bergen t r u t h o u t | January 29, 2002 http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/02.02B.jvb.Democracy.htm       -- end election and stuff -- Common Dreams Common Dreams is a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future. . . . We are funded exclusively by our members and supporters - no corporate money, no advertising, no hidden agendas. http://www.commondreams.org/ Lambda Letters Project "... is nonpatisan. However, most of the bills we considerable favorable to our members are authored by Democrats. -- Webmaster." http://www.lambdaletters.org/   OMB Watch (Office of Management and Budget) "Promoting Government Accountability" http://www.ombwatch.org/   About OMB Watch "OMB Watch was formed in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which oversees regulation, the budget, information collection and dissemination, proposed legislation, testimony by agencies, and much more." http://www.ombwatch.org/about.html   Bush Moves to Turn Back Public Protections; February, 7 2001 http://www.ombwatch.org/regs/2001/attacks-begin.html   Open Secrets MONEY in politics. -- barb http://www.opensecrets.org/index.asp   September 11: Some opinions and info following horrific events of 9-11 Also see EHN's page September 11, 2001 http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/sept11.htm   9-11 Toxic Aftermath - Cyndi Norman http://www.immuneweb.org/sept11/   Berkeley City Council's Resolution Read this for yourself ... not as presented in the mainstream media, but as the resolution was passed by a squeaky tight vote. When you think of the whines of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, remember their role played out with the unregulated fragrance industry in the changing of the wording for the request to attend Berkeley civic meetings fragrance-free. Respecting the right to breathe during a civic meeting does not hurt business in Berkeley . . . Regarding Berekeley's Council Action on Afghanistan,I know people who are traveling to Berkeley to shop BECAUSE of the Council's action. Just watch, other areas around the country will follow in the footsteps of Berkeley's City Council -- barb Council Member Dona Spring states: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/council4/   These are the actions that the Council passed by a 5-4 vote: 1) condemn the mass murder of thousands of people on September 11, 2001, and express our profound grief at the atrocities last month that killed thousands of innocent people in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, and acknowledge, honor, and support the heroic rescue efforts on the part of dedicated police and fire departments, and the city, state, and federal governments; and 2) ask our representatives to help break the cycle of violence, bringing the bombing to a conclusion as soon as possible, avoiding actions that can endanger of the lives of innocent people in Afghanistan, and minimizing the risk to American military personnel; and 3) urge our representatives to concentrate all available resources on bringing to justice all of those who were complicit in last month¼s violent attack, and work with international organizations toward the same end; and 4) urge our representatives to devote our government¼s best efforts in collaboration with governments throughout the world, to addressing and overcoming those conditions such as poverty, malnutrition, disease, oppression, and subjugation that tend to drive some people to acts of terrorism; and 5) request that we engage in a national campaign to lessen our dependence on oil from the Middle East and to commit to a nation-wide conversion to renewable energy sources such as solar and fuel cells, within five years.   Breaking the Cycle Photos of Memorials around the world. Terrorism begets terrorism. -- barb http://www.alternet.org/break_cycle.html   CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.org/   Stories on 9/11 Attacks http://www.counterpunch.org/wtcarchive.html War on the Poor By Tom Turnipseed; October 22, 2001 http://www.counterpunch.org/turnipseed2.html   The War Prayer By Mark Twain http://www.lone-star.net/mall/literature/warpray.htm   Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) http://www.eff.org/   ALERT: Several "Anti-Terrorism" Bills Threaten Privacy http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010927_eff_wiretap_alert.html   Showdown By Amy Marsh http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/showdown.htm   Working Assests Working for Change Well worth visiting, in my opinion. -- barb http://www.workingforchange.com/

 

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