Happy Pearl Harbor Day. FDR knew it was going down and he knew his buddies would get rich.

 Guilty as charged, your Honor.

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I grew up watching the Gorton's fisherman commercials, and listening to the jingle, "Trust the Gorton's fisherman." You don't even want to know how many fish sticks I ate during my childhood. But today, I know I CAN'T trust the Gorton's fisherman, because he's been supporting whale slaughter since 2001.

Gorton's of Gloucester is now a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese whaling company. Each year, Gorton's parent company kills hundreds of whales in the name of "scientific research," thanks to a loophole in the international ban on commercial whaling. This year it has announced plans to double the number of whales it kills, including the endangered fin whale, and next year it plans to slaughter endangered humpback whales too.

Take Action! Tell Gorton's to reel in its Japanese parent company and help put an end to whale slaughter.

Sincerely,


John Hocevar
Oceans Campaigner

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The disaster in New Orleans put a spotlight on poverty and
racial injustice in the United States in a way we haven’t
seen for decades. As the rebuilding effort begins, there have
been deliberate attempts to address both issues in the
committees created to oversee the process.

Unfortunately, it’s the same old
story for women and girls:
Invisibility in the media and
barely a seat at the decision-making tables.

Read more about lessons learned from previous disasters and
the dangers of ignoring the needs of women and girls in our new
guest column from Elaine Enarson, an expert on gender and
disaster.

And help us shine an international media spotlight on the
absence of women and girls.

Join us to call on the Associated Press to ask Mayor Ray
Nagin:
Where are the women?

Sincerely,

Chris Grumm
President, Women’s Funding Network

P.S. During October, The
Women's Funding Network, and our newest project U.S. Women Without
Borders, are working with Lifetime Television to increase focus on human
trafficking. Lifetime Television is airing an amazing
mini-series on this issue October 24th and 25th at 9 PM ET/PT.
You can take the first step to addressing this horrific reality
by hosting a house party to watch the show. Please join us
to shine our spotlight on this issue as it broadcasts across the
country.

THIS IS FOR US RESIDENTS AND SEEMS IMPORTANT TO ME SO I'M PASSING IT ON.

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The Thornborough Henges have been suggested by Newcastle University as being aligned to Orion.

Despite the three super henges (earth circles) at Thornborough (North Yorkshire, England) appearing to mirror Orion's Belt in a manner similar to that claimed for the Great Pyramids of Giza archaeologist Dr Jan Harding says this is the least compulsive of the evidence he has uncovered. The archaeologist has claimed a further two alignments provide strength to the suggestion that Thornborough may well have been one of the world's earliest major monuments aligned to the starts.

The Thornborough Henges ancient monument complex is being quarried for gravel. The quarry sits within the complex and has asked the local planning authority to expand further into the site.

One of the biggest problems for campaigners is the hidden nature of such ancient remains - some of which date back 8,000 years and as such only the most fragmentory evidence is left.

Please sign this petition to stop quarrying within a mile of Thornborough Henges. Remember, this complex comprises of two fantastically large monument - each a mile in length. Given that size and the importance of the site, a one mile no quarry zone is not too much to ask for.

More information about Thornborough here: www.timewatch.org

Petition here:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/790535280

Please sign it.

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Help Preserve the Unique Treasures of the Ironwood Forest National Monument
http://ga1.org/campaign/ironwood/step1.tcl

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This is one I have cross-posted, as it is very important to the flora and fauna of earth!

 If the United Nations General Assembly fails approve a Space Preservation Treaty by October 24, 2005, then the General Assembly shall convene a Space Preservation Treaty Conference to ban all space-based weapons and warfare in space.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563

CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE

Who We Are: Campaign for Cooperation in Space is a Coordinated International Network for Breakthrough, Enrolling U.N. Member Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, Media, and the People to Implement A Permanent Ban on Weapons in Space.

Our Vision: Together, we can put an end to the highly profitable war industry by putting our differences aside, uniting and working together by promoting win-win solutions to decision makers. Before our perpetual war economy expands into space, we must ban space weapons. A coordinated strategy to get world leaders to sign a treaty banning space weapons will put a lid on the war economy and result into a cooperative, democratic Space Age society that goes beyond fear and honors all life, instead of destroying it. With today's technology, a peace based economy can be just as profitable as a war based economy.

WE the People of Earth hereby Petition the United Nations General Assembly to have a Space Preservation Treaty permanently banning all space-based weapons and warfare in space ready for signature by all U.N. Member Nations by United Nations Day, 2005 [October 24, 2005].

IF the United Nations General Assembly fails approve a Space Preservation Treaty by October 24, 2005, then the General Assembly shall convene a Space Preservation Treaty Conference to ban all space-based weapons and warfare in space, as Canada did in the 1997 Ottawa Land Mines Treaty Conference, to be held in Victoria-Vancouver, B.C. in June 2006, as part of the World Peace Forum 2006.

This petition is in need of 7,000 more signatures before October!

You can send this petition to your friends to sign at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563/tf_link

You can find out more information about Space Preservation and the Treaty at The Institute for Cooperation in Space’s website at: http://www.peaceinspace.com

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Rozlen & All Hosts,  I hope it's OK that I start  PETITIONS & ACTIONS Thread,  where we can  ALL  post  ANY/ALL  Petitions & Other Actions  (i.e. Letters, Faxes, E-mails, etc.)  re:  any issues we feel are relevant to the "Cosmic Connection" . . . I thought it would fit in with this Group! . . . If not,  pleaes fell free to delete this Thresd! 

. . . To start us off,  here's a  Link  to quite a few Petitions having to do with our  Connection  (or  lack  of!)  to our  Cosmos  (but please  do  take care to read what each is about before you sign):

http://www.google.com/custom?q=cosmic&cof=T%3A%23000000%3BLW%3A310%3BALC%3A%23ff0000%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdingo.care-mail.com%2Fpetitions%2Fgoogle_header_trans.gif%3BLC%3A%23666633%3BLH%3A94%3BBGC%3A%23e0e0ad%3BAH%3Acenter%3BVLC%3A%23999900%3BGL%3A0%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepetitionsite.com%2F%3BAWFID%3Ae8f47b4d101302bc%3B&domains=www.thepetitionsite.com&sitesearch=www.thepetitionsite.com&submit.x=7&submit.y=10

. . . And  EVERYONE  pleaes feel free to add ANY/ALL  Petitions & Other Actions  (i.e. Letters, Faxes, etc.)  re:  any issues you feel are relevant!   

Máire, aka

Cosmic Rhino  ] :< )

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