tom_thinks
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Mad Amounts of Online Actions for June 24TH and Beyond
Help shut down the School of the Americas.
Recently renamed, this military institution is responsible for teaching death squads the skills of their trade. Write your Representatives. This action isn't set up to do with one click, but follow the link to congress at the top of the page, type in your zip code, click on the email link for your rep and then copy the text from the SOA Watch page into your letter. From SOA Watch.
Register to Vote
I'd hope all my informed readers have done this long ago, but in case you haven't register here. From Your Vote Matters & Working Assets
Unsatisfied with the new Medicare Bill?
Sign this petition. Thanks to Brenda from Gainesville's Democracy For America contingent for sending this out.
Stop the Bush Administration's Toxic Mercury Proposal
Mercury is bad for just about everything. Need I say more? Take action here. From the League of Conservation Voters.
Protect the Constitution and Civil Rights for Gays, Lesbians & Everybody else
Stop congress from going forward on the Federal Marraige Amendment. Don't allow discrimination to be written into the Constitution. Send a letter to your reps now. From the ACLU.
Get out the Single Woman Vote
This isn't an online action, but its still interesting. This group, 1000 Flowers is trying to register single woman, a segment of voters with the highest undervote. If anyone joins up with this group, I'd love to hear about it.
Save the Florida Manatee
Tell Jeb Bush to veto the anti-manatee bill. Jeb has only until June 30th to do this, so turn up the heat now. From Defenders of Wildlife.
Protect Sea Turtles
There is a new type of hook that could prevent longline fisherman from accidently killing sea turtles. Unfortunately the National Marine Fisheries Service, who determined the hooks to be effective in reducing sea turtle deaths are actually recommending the use of a different hook in their new regulations. Tell them to stop ignoring their own science and protect the sea turtles. From Oceana.
Tell Cheney to Show the Proof or Resign
Personally, I prefer resign, even if there was proof. (See my previous post about Cheney language wrangling on the al-Qaeda Iraq non-connection.) Send that Machiavellian bastard a message. From Working Assets.
Protect Women's Health (among other things)
From the site "UNFPA is a life-saving program that prevents HIV/AIDS and provides family planning and maternal health care to the world's neediest people. But for purely political reasons, the US has withheld funding from this extremely effective program for the past two years." Tell Colin Powell to release the funding Sent to me by Care2.com
Protect your Privacy
Stop Ashcroft and the Bushies from getting into your health records. Sign this petition. Also from Care2.
Stop Junk Mail
The Center for a New American Dream is beginning a campaign to create a "do-not-mail" list similar to the do-not-call list for telemarketers. Tell your reps to get on board.
I know there's a lot of actions in this post, but all except the 1000 flowers and the SOA Watch actions require only a few clicks and a little typing. So get on it.
Recently renamed, this military institution is responsible for teaching death squads the skills of their trade. Write your Representatives. This action isn't set up to do with one click, but follow the link to congress at the top of the page, type in your zip code, click on the email link for your rep and then copy the text from the SOA Watch page into your letter. From SOA Watch.
Register to Vote
I'd hope all my informed readers have done this long ago, but in case you haven't register here. From Your Vote Matters & Working Assets
Unsatisfied with the new Medicare Bill?
Sign this petition. Thanks to Brenda from Gainesville's Democracy For America contingent for sending this out.
Stop the Bush Administration's Toxic Mercury Proposal
Mercury is bad for just about everything. Need I say more? Take action here. From the League of Conservation Voters.
Protect the Constitution and Civil Rights for Gays, Lesbians & Everybody else
Stop congress from going forward on the Federal Marraige Amendment. Don't allow discrimination to be written into the Constitution. Send a letter to your reps now. From the ACLU.
Get out the Single Woman Vote
This isn't an online action, but its still interesting. This group, 1000 Flowers is trying to register single woman, a segment of voters with the highest undervote. If anyone joins up with this group, I'd love to hear about it.
Save the Florida Manatee
Tell Jeb Bush to veto the anti-manatee bill. Jeb has only until June 30th to do this, so turn up the heat now. From Defenders of Wildlife.
Protect Sea Turtles
There is a new type of hook that could prevent longline fisherman from accidently killing sea turtles. Unfortunately the National Marine Fisheries Service, who determined the hooks to be effective in reducing sea turtle deaths are actually recommending the use of a different hook in their new regulations. Tell them to stop ignoring their own science and protect the sea turtles. From Oceana.
Tell Cheney to Show the Proof or Resign
Personally, I prefer resign, even if there was proof. (See my previous post about Cheney language wrangling on the al-Qaeda Iraq non-connection.) Send that Machiavellian bastard a message. From Working Assets.
Protect Women's Health (among other things)
From the site "UNFPA is a life-saving program that prevents HIV/AIDS and provides family planning and maternal health care to the world's neediest people. But for purely political reasons, the US has withheld funding from this extremely effective program for the past two years." Tell Colin Powell to release the funding Sent to me by Care2.com
Protect your Privacy
Stop Ashcroft and the Bushies from getting into your health records. Sign this petition. Also from Care2.
Stop Junk Mail
The Center for a New American Dream is beginning a campaign to create a "do-not-mail" list similar to the do-not-call list for telemarketers. Tell your reps to get on board.
I know there's a lot of actions in this post, but all except the 1000 flowers and the SOA Watch actions require only a few clicks and a little typing. So get on it.
posted by Tom, 6/24/2004 03:23:00 PM
