Oil Crisis: Oil Industry's method of raising prices and cutting their own taxes

Written by: James Dunn on Jul 8, 2008 11:15 AM EDT

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Regarding opening environmentally protected areas for mining and pumping oil:

There is over 200 years of oil in the 48 contiguous States that are capped up by oil companies to monopolize world energy. There is no need to violate our environmentally protected areas, just to allow oil companies to further monopolize their strangle hold over our lives.

They are creating a media frenzy just to increase the price of oil; very successfully I might add. However, there is no immediate threat for an oil shortage !!! The oil companies have ONLY created the perception that there is a shortage !!!!

I personally believe that ALL mineral rights belong to the American People, NOT souless corporations!!!

I applaud Venezuela for nationalizing the oil assets in their country!!!!

We should be doing the same thing here in the United States !!!!

Ethically Eliminate ALL Political Corruption

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/jamesbdunn?p=57

GOP CONGRESSMAN SEES THE LIGHT!!!

Written by: Oleg Kis on Jul 12, 2006 8:22 AM EDT

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A Republican congressman watches an anti-Bush video by a BYU professor and as a result suspects that the Bush administration deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, and that explosives were the main factor in bringing down three of the World Trade Center buildings. Unbelievable? Here's a transcript of a Town Hall Meeting from April 2006 held with Representative Curt Weldon (R-PA):

Dave Slesinger: First, I want to praise you for your Able Danger efforts. Since you are the Congressman most sympathetic to firefighters, have you looked at the quotes from NYC firefighters at the World Trade Center on 9/11 about explosives? If you have, will you accept information on [this] for later comment?

Rep. Weldon: I will absolutely accept information, and I'm very close to the NYC firefighters because one of my best friends was killed there...

I talk to the fire department on a regular basis. When the Republican convention was held in New York in 2004, I went up a day early, I went down to the fire department headquarters. I spent the day with them. And when I finished the briefings, and getting their input, as to what happened on 9/11, which I had ongoing, I went up and spent two hours running with Engine 54 (inaudible) in midtown Manhattan. And I wanted to do that because on 9/11 all 15 firefighters on duty from that station were killed. And I wanted the firefighters to give me their views without going through any chiefs or other officers about what happened.

Now, there's a lot of theories out there about what occurred. And uh, I haven't gone into the structural elements of the building. The fact that there are reports on multiple explosions on other floors... I am open to that information. I'm willing to challenge the system. And uh, and don't automatically discount anything that's told to me because I've seen, I've seen too much. I mean, ya know, I hate to say that sometimes I don't trust my Government, but sometimes, I don't trust the Government. The bureaucracy. Ya know the best evidence of that is we had the, uh, Tillman, the football player. Joined the army, he was killed. We now find out that the army burned his clothing. So the family never got to get the real story about how Pat Tillman died. Now if it was an accident, so be it. You don't hide that information because somebody is going to be embarrassed.

That's the whole story with Tony Shaffer. It's the bureaucrats trying to hide information and facts, so they're not embarrassed. So, do I automatically accept what the Government tells me? No. And that's why I get myself in trouble. I challenge the CIA, I challenge the DIA. I'll challenge our Defense Department. That's why you send me there. If you want somebody to go there, and just go along, you would send a robot. That would vote the way the party wanted, and would go along with the current President. I won't do that. So I'm absolutely open to any information anyone has that challenges anything about the 9/11 Commission or the work there.

Dave Slesinger speaks up: Congressman, that was my question, I, wanna give out, anybody who wants this, this is a speech by a physics professor at BYU, Steven Jones.

Rep. Weldon: Yeah.

Dave Slesinger: It's the hottest thing happening on the 9/11 issue. In his speech, he praises Congressman Weldon, he's a conservative Republican [or was], he praises Reagan, he quotes St. Paul. I think I have [DVD copies] enough for everybody. Just ask me.

Rep. Weldon: It'll open your eyes, because his allegations are pretty strong.

The video that opened Rep. Weldon's eyes can be seen here:
www.911blogger.com/2006/02/dr-st...

For more information about firefighters reporting explosions and the attempt to suppress this information: www.911truth.org/article.php?sto...

Audio recording of the Town Hall Meeting can be gotten from this site: forums.bluelemur.com/viewtopic.p...

Full transcript here: www.911truth.org/article.php?sto...

Additional 9/11 videos: www.universalseed.org...

Jason Altmire for Congress

Written by: Kevin Caridad on Jun 27, 2006 10:20 PM EDT

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Jason Altmire is a Democrat running against a powerful Republican that sits on the ethics committee. Jason had a recent poll showing that even with low name recongntion he is in a dead heat with her. The majority of voters in the 4th district is Democratic!! Now all we need to do is get his name known and he will will. Jason can only do it with your support. Jason is a great friend of mine and I ask all of my fellow DFA brothers and sisters to support Jasons candidacy. Please support Jason by becoming one of his grassroot supporters. Together we will have victory on election day and exterminate the culture of coruption.

MoveOn Event

Written by: Montana Mallett on Jan 22, 2006 6:04 PM EST

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Next Weekend MoveOn is doing a petition drive to collect signatures to stop corruption in Congress (more to come). The team will meet at the Mazza Gallerie McDonalds and fan out from there. Noon on January 28 for two hours. Please contact me if you are interested or need more information.

DC event

Written by: Montana Mallett on Jan 20, 2006 4:28 PM EST

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This Saturday DC for America is having its 3rd Annual Organizing Summit. It starts at 9:30 pm, to RSVP or for more info go to DC for Democracy's website: Link

Hope to see you there!

important congressional action.

Written by: Dennis Baer on Dec 8, 2005 1:30 AM EST

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Also send this to your friends to send to congress.

Important congressional action.

Call, write, email and fax your member of Congress and Senators and make a list of demands that you see below and send them or read them to them and tell them unless they get the list of demands enacted, you will boycott the companies listed below.

We demand that you get the Republican Party to hold a press conference and accede to these demands. Until such a press conference happens and the legislation gets passed we will boycott products from Republican contributors Walmart, Wendy's, Outback Steak House, Dominos Pizza, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Eckerd, CVS and Walgreens, Curves for women health clubs, GE and Exxon/Mobil.

We demand that congress pass legislation ending the war in Iraq and withdraw the troops and arrange
with the United Nations to replace US troops with UN troops to defend Iraq until The Iraqi army can defend Iraq.

We demand that the Republican party end their aggressive and hateful action to end a woman's right to choose abortion or not.

We Demand that congress not confirm judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme court as he will NOT support a woman's right to choose her own medical treatment including abortion.

We demand that the Congress of the United states and the president of the United States enact a law to increase the minimum wage to TEN dollars an hour and also to extend unemployment benefits to a year or more for all people whose unemployment benefits expired after 6 months even though they still seek work.

We demand that the Congress of the United States to not privatize social security benefits in any form including taking a percentage of the social security tax and placing it in private accounts. People can already create their own pensions with money after taxes in the private sector.

We demand that the congress make all of a person's earned income taxable for social security FICA tax purposes and remove the 88,000 dollar taxable income limit. This will make social security solvent for many years to come.

We demand the congress increase the payroll tax in order to make social security solvent as well.

We demand congress and the president enact a prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part B which covers 80 percent of medication cost, with no extra premium, no extra deductibles, no means test and no coverage gaps, and no penalties for signing up in a succeeding year.

We call for the complete repeal of the faulty Medicare law HR 1 / S 1 passed by congress in Nov 2003.

We demand congress enact single payer universal health insurance for every citizen as minimum coverage.

We demand that congress and the president enact universal vote by mail throughout the 50 states of the United States of America with paper ballots easy to fill out and difficult to change or invalidate by Republican Party officials. This will prevent Republicans from vote suppression by skin color and political party which happened electronically and in person in the 2000 and 2004 elections.

We demand that congress and the president enact that civil servants on every state payroll keep track of voter registrations and vote counting of mail in votes in each precinct and not companies such as Choicepoint. We need to take the Republican Party out of the business of keeping track of voter registration and counting votes.

We demand that congress and the president ban the secretary of state in each of the 50 states from engaging in politics especially acting as a campaign official for a presidential campaign.

We demand congress enact legislation protecting private pensions from corporations deliberately declaring bankruptcy or ending pensions outright.

We do this in the spirit of peaceful resistance to a congress that refuses to enact this legislation

We can destroy the Republican agenda and advance a progressive agenda.

Take action now by browsing Link

[AU DFA] Final Meeting, Eboard Transition Wed. 10:30 pm Ward 113

Written by: Scott Goldstein on Dec 6, 2005 10:50 PM EST

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Hey DFA'ers,

Final meeting of the semester is tomorrow in Ward 113 at 10:30 pm. This is primary a transition from the old to new executive board and planning session for Spring, but all are welcome to attend. We are still looking for a treasurer and Membership Director, if you are interested just come tomorrow. Help plan the future of Generation DFA at AU, 10:30 pm Ward 113 tomorrow, Wednesday night. See ya there!

Scott Goldstein

[AU DFA] Progressive Training Tomorrow 11 am in Ward!

Written by: Scott Goldstein on Dec 3, 2005 8:38 PM EST

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Hey,

It's time for our big event! The Progressive Political Skills Training is tommorow at 11 am until 4:30 pm in the Ward Building. You can get tickets at the door. Learn awesome skills for progressive political action from top notch trainers. Bring friends! Email drum724@aol.com with your name, phone # and time if you want a wake up call...for real! See ya tommorow.

Scott Goldstein
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[AU DFA] Meeting 10:30 Ward 113, bring $5 for training tix

Written by: Scott Goldstein on Nov 30, 2005 7:22 PM EST

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Hey,

Just a reminder we are meeting tonight at 10:30 pm in Ward 113. Please come, and bring $5 if you have not yet purchased your ticket for the training. Bring friends if possible. All Candidates should come to the meeting or call me if they can not. See ya there!

Scott Goldstein
856-912-5084
drum724@aol.com

[AU DFA] Meeting Wednesday, Training Sunday!

Written by: Scott Goldstein on Nov 29, 2005 1:34 AM EST

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Hey,

Two quick announcements. This Wednesday at 10:30 pm in Ward 113 we are having a general meeting to plan for the Sunday training and take some action! This Sunday is our huge event of the semester, our Progressive Political Skills Training from 11 am to 4:30 pm in the Ward Building. It's going to be awesome, IM me at drum724 or augendfa if you are interested and you can pick up a ticket from me in Letts 618 or from Neal Fersko in McDowell Terrace 09 if you are on North Side for $5 including lunch and the manual. Get your tickets ahead of time!

Trainers are from Campaign for America's Future, the ACLU, former Paul Hackett staffers, the DNC, Blue State Digital (which does both DFA and the DNC website) and a top fundraising group for Congressional Democrats.

See ya Wednesday and Sunday!

Scott Goldstein
856-912-5084
Letts 618
IM: drum724