The Bush Administration released its fiscal year 2007 budget which slashed Medicare by $36 billion over the next five years and $105 billion over the next ten years.
These are cuts to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulance services, and other providers and increases in Medicare premiums for certain beneficiaries. At the same time that the budget slashes Medicare funding, it protects the special interests, leaving intact the $10 billion Medicare slush fund for HMOs. We can't let our parents and grandparents pay the price for Republican corruption.
~Virva~ "WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty. WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing additional resources for basic needs - education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans - would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost equal to just one percent more of the US budget. WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all."
The Macal River Valley in western Belize is one of the most pristine and fragile habitats in Central America. It is home to more than a dozen rare and endangered species, including the jaguar, tapir, howler monkey, and the Scarlet Macaw -- fewer than 200 of these birds are left in Belize. Plans by Fortis Inc., a Canadian company based in Newfoundland, Canada to build a dam in this unique habitat could destroy this wildlife haven forever.
The dam would flood one of Central America's last remaining intact rainforests, destroying habitat for a number of rare and endangered species that have lost much of their habitat elsewhere in Central America. Species that would be affected include the jaguar, Scarlet Macaw, and Belize's national animal, the tapir. In addition, untouched ancient Maya monuments would be flooded. The dam would consolidate Fortis' monopoly in Belize, where Fortis charges more than three times more for electricity than the average price in Canada. The dam is a bad deal for Belize and a black mark for Canada.
Simran -- The Power of
Repeating God’s
Name
Repeating a Name (or
Names) of God with love
and devotion, called in
the east "Simran", "Manas
Jap", or "Zikhr," is one
of the key spiritual
exercises used to
cultivate love for God
and to i...
A Culture of Love --
Light and Sound on the
Path -- Digest of
Spiritual Quotes and Sant
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The largest genocide in
human history happened
where? Most people would
answer Germany, and the
Jewish Holocaust.
Actually though, the
largest genocide happened
in the USA, with the
native American Indians,
with estimates of 19
million to 100 millio...
Official Nuclear
Radiation Study; Tokyo
University
Hayno, R.S., et al
(2013) Internal
Radiocesium Contamination
of Adults and Children 7
to 20 Months After the
Fukushima NPP Accident as
Measured by Extensive
Whole-Body-Counter
Surveys, Proc. Jpn....
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In these times of
uncertainty, chaos and
pain,
you can choose to only
rely upon
yourselves
- face the music and do
as best as you can,
with whatever ''concrete
means'' you have at your
disposal -
or
you can ch...
Toxic radiation
accumulates in water
supplies after nuclear
accidents. Radiation
bioconcentrates in fish
that live in fresh water
and salt water. Runoff of
fresh water from land
which has been
contaminated ends up
contaminating oceans, and
salt wate...
66 Atomic Bombs were
exploded on the Bikini
Island Atolls. Hundreds
of islanders were removed
from the islands, but not
from harms way. One
hydrogen bomb exploded
near the islands, and the
children played with the
dust from the bomb, as it
fel...