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THE STIMULUS IS A STEP TOWARDS A SOVIET AMERICA
Feb 19, 2009
THE STIMULUS IS A STEP TOWARDS A SOVIET  AMERICA    
    Written by Senator Tom Coburn    
    Tuesday, 10 February 2009
We are going in exactly the wrong direction. We ought to be standing on the principles that made this country great.
There ought to be a review of every program in the Federal Government that is not effective, that is not efficient, that is wasteful or fraudulent, and we ought to get rid of it right now. We ought to say, Gone, to be able to pay for a real stimulus plan that might, in fact, have some impact.
I would be remiss if I didn't remind everybody that next week we are going to hear from the Obama administration wantinganother $500 billion. Outside of this ["stimulus" bill], they are going to want another $500 billion to handle the banking system.
I want to make sure the American people know what is in this Stimulus bill. I think once they know what is in this bill, they are going to reject it out of hand. Let me read for my colleagues some of the things that are in this bill.
The biggest earmark in history is in this bill. There is $2 billion in this bill to build a coal plant with zero emissions. That would be great, maybe, if we had the technology, but the greatest brains in the world sitting at MIT say we don't have the technology yet to do that.
Why would we build a $2 billion powerplant we don't have the technology for that we know will come back and ask for another $2 billion and another $2 billion and another $2 billion when we could build a demonstration project that might cost $150 million or $200 million? There is nothing wrong with having coal-fired plants that don't produce pollution; I am not against that. Even the  Washington Post said the technology isn't there. It is a boondoggle. Why would we do that?
We eliminated tonight a $246 million payback for the large movie studios in  Hollywood .
We are going to spend $88 million to study whether we ought to buy a new ice breaker for the Coast Guard. You know what. The Coast Guard needs a new ice breaker. Why do we need to spend $88 million? They have two ice breakers now that they could retrofit and fix and come up with equivalent to what they needed to and not spend the $1 billion they are going to come back and ask for, for another ice breaker, so why would we spend $88 million doing that?
We are going to spend $448 million to build the Department of Homeland Security a new building. We have $1.3 trillion worth of empty buildings right now, and because it has been blocked in Congress we can't sell them, we can't raze them, we can't do anything, but we are going to spend money on a new building here in  Washington .
We are going to spend another $248 million for new furniture for that building; a quarter of a billion dollars for new furniture. What about the furniture the Department of Homeland Security has now? These are tough times. Should we be buying new furniture? How about using what we have? That is what a family would do. They would use what they have. They wouldn't go out and spend $248 million on furniture.
How about buying $600 million worth of hybrid vehicles? Do you know what I would say? Right now times are tough; I would rather Americans have new cars than Federal employees have new cars. What is wrong with the cars we have? Dumping $600 million worth of used vehicles on the used vehicle market right now is one of the worst things we could do. Instead, we are going to spend $600 million buying new cars for Federal employees.
There is $400 million in here to prevent STDs. I have a lot of experience on that. I have delivered 4,000 babies. We don't need to spend $400 million on STDs. What we need to do is properly educate about the infection rates and the effectiveness of methods of prevention. That doesn't take a penny more. You can write that on one piece of paper and teach every kid in this country, but we don't need to spend $400 million on it. It is not a priority.
How about $150 million for a Smithsonian museum? Tell me how that helps get us out of a recession. Tell me how that is a priority. Would the average American think that is a priority that we ought to be mortgaging our kids' future to spend another $150 million at the Smithsonian?
How about $1 billion for the 2010 census? So everybody knows, the census is so poorly managed that the census in 2010 is going to cost twice what it cost 10 years ago, and we wasted $800 million on a contract because it was no-bid that didn't perform. Nobody got fired, no competitive bidding, and we blew $800 million.
We have $75 million for smoking cessation activities, which probably is a great idea, but we just passed a bill, the SCHIP bill, that we need to get 21 million more Americans smoking to be able to pay for that bill. That doesn't make sense.
How about $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges? I mean, did we talk with Dell and Hewlett-Packard and say, How do we make you all do better? Is there not a market force that could make that better? Will we actually buy on a true competitive bid?
No, because there is nothing that requires competitive bidding in anything in this bill. There is nothing that requires it. It is one of the things President Obama said he was going to mandate at the Federal Government, but there is no competitive bidding in this bill at all.
We have $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas. Well, that will put 10 or 15 people to work. Is that a priority for us right now?
There is $6 billion to turn Federal buildings into green buildings. That is a priority, versus somebody getting a job outside of  Washington , a job that actually produces something, that actually increases wealth?
How about $500 million for State and local fire stations? Where do you find in the Constitution us paying for local fire stations within our realm of prerogatives? None of it is competitively bid.
Next is $1.2 billion for youth activities. Who does that employ? What does that mean?
How about $88 million for renovating the public health service building? You know, if we could sell half of the $1.3 trillion worth of properties we have, we could take care of every Federal building requirement and backlog we have.
Then there's $412 million for CDC [Centers for disease Control] buildings and property. We spent billions on a new center and headquarters for CDC. Is that a priority? If we are going to spend $412 million on building buildings, let's build one that will produce something, one that will give us something.
How about $850 million for that most ``efficient'' Amtrak that hasn't made any money since 1976 and continues to have $2 billion or $3 billion a year in subsidies?
Here is one of my favorites: $75 million to construct a new ``security training'' facility for State Department security officers.  We already have four other facilities already available to train them. But they want theirs. By the way, it is going to be in  West Virginia . I wonder how that got there.
So we are going to build a new training facility that duplicates four others that we already have that could easily do what we need to do. But because we have a stimulus package, we are going to add in oink pork.
How about $200 million in funding for a lease - not buying, but a lease - of alternative energy vehicles on military installations?
We are going to bail out the States on Medicaid. Total all of the health programs in this, and we are going to transfer $150 billion out of the private sector and we are going to move it to the Federal Government. You talk about backdooring national health care.
Henry Waxman has to be smiling big today. He wants a single-payer Government-run health care system. We are going to move another $150 billion to the Federal Government from the private sector.
We are going to eliminate fees on loans from the Small Business Administration. You know what that does? That pushes productive capital to unproductive projects. It is exactly the wrong thing to do.
We are going to spend $524 million for information technology upgrades that the Appropriations Committee claims will create 388 jobs. If you do the math on that, that is $1.5 million a job. Don't you love the efficiency of  Washington thinking?
We are going to create $79 billion in additional money for the States, a ``slush fund,'' to bail out States and provide millions of dollars for education costs. How many of you think that will ever go away?
Once the State education programs get $79 billion over 2 years, do you think that will ever go away? The cry and hue of taking "our money" away, even though it was a stimulus and supposed to be limited, it will never go away. So we will continue putting that forward until our kids have grandkids of their own.
There is about $47 billion for a variety of energy programs that are primarily focused on renewable energy. I am fine with spending that. But we ought to get something for it. There ought to be metrics. There are no metrics. It is pie in the sky, saying we will throw some money at it.
Let me conclude by saying we are at a seminal moment in our country. We will either start living within the confines of realism and responsibility or we will blow it and we will create the downfall of the greatest nation that ever lived.
This bill is the start of that downfall. To abandon a market-oriented society and transfer it to a Soviet-style, government-centered, bureaucratic-run and mandated program, that is the thing that will put the stake in the heart of freedom in this country.
I hope the American people know what is in this bill. I am doing everything I can to make sure they know. But more important, I hope somebody is listening who will treat the ``pneumonia'' we are faced with today, which is the housing and mortgage markets. It doesn't matter how much money we spend in this bill. It is doomed to failure unless we fix that problem first.
Failing that, we will go down in history as the Congress that undermined the future and vitality of this country. Let it not be so.

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Posted: Feb 19, 2009 5:17pm
No Bailout for AT&T, Comcast and Verizon
Jan 15, 2009
Focus: Internet
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President-elect Barack Obama’s plan to connect more Americans to an open and affordable Internet is under siege by phone and cable lobbyists who seek to turn our economic stimulus into a blank check written with no strings attached.

Tell Congress: Don’t bail out phone and cable companies. Build out a better Internet for everyone. (Fill out your information below to send this letter to Congress.)

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I support President-elect Barack Obama's commitment to improve information infrastructure as a component of our economic stimulus plan. Too often, government has tried to expand Internet access by giving public money to massive phone and cable companies, only to see promises broken, tax dollars squandered, and benefits lost. As a result, Americans now face few market choices, and pay high prices for speeds that are far too slow. Congress must not write another blank check to these same corporations. Please make sure my tax dollars are used only to support broadband build out that is: 1. Universal: focused on connecting the nearly half of the country stuck on the wrong side of the digital divide. 2. Open: committed to free speech and without corporate gatekeepers, filters or discrimination. 3. Affordable: providing faster speeds at lower prices. 4. Innovative: dedicated to new projects only and available to new competitors, including municipalities and nonprofits. 5. Accountable: open to public scrutiny so we can ensure that our money isn't being spent to prop up stock prices and support market monopolies. The Internet's great power is the people who use it every day. I strongly support connecting more Americans to the Internet, but Congress must guarantee that our tax dollars go toward information infrastructure that serves the public good.

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Posted: Jan 15, 2009 5:08pm
Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue
Jan 3, 2009
Focus: Health
Action Request: Read
Location: United States
STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters....S.T.R.

If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks..
Seriously..

Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics). She said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening

Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke..totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.

 

If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
 
I have done my part. Have you?

 
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Posted: Jan 3, 2009 8:25pm
Sign the Fight FOCA Petition
Nov 16, 2008

Barack Obama is now the incoming President.

And he made a promise to Planned Parenthood last year they expect him to keep.

The first thing I’d do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing I’d do.

SEE THE VIDEO IN THE RIGHT SIDEBAR —->

The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would eliminate every restriction on abortion nationwide.

  • FOCA will do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial birth abortion, and on all other protections.
  • FOCA will compel taxpayer funding of abortions.
  • FOCA will force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions.

Barack Obama believes this legislation will "end the abortion wars." To him, "ending the abortion wars" means eradicating every state and federal law on abortion — laws that the majority of Americans support.

Americans United for Life (AUL) , a pro-life law and policy organization, has prepared an analysis of the "Freedom of Choice Act." Please click here to read AUL Vice President & Legal Director Denise Burke’s analysis of this horrendous legislation.

The time to Fight FOCA is now. With Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in charge of Congress, we can expect a fight over FOCA to begin as soon as the next Congress begins.

Please add your name to the Fight FOCA petition and let your friends know about President-Elect Barack Obama’s promise to expand abortion throughout the country.

Fight FOCA Petition

I oppose the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), because:

  • FOCA is a radical attempt to enshrine abortion-on-demand into American law;
  • FOCA seeks to sweep aside existing, protective laws that I and the majority of Americans support;
  • FOCA will prevent states from enacting protective measures in the future.

The FightFOCA petition will be sent to key Members of Congress upon the re-introduction of the Freedom of Choice Act in the 111th Congress, and to President-Elect Obama.


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Posted: Nov 16, 2008 7:21am
An Open Letter for Mr. Obama from Mark Gregg
Nov 3, 2008
Focus: Politics
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Dear Mr. Obama,
It is October 1st, 2008. My name is Mark Gregg.  I am a 50 something conservative white male. I have followed your campaign closely, including the speeches you and others made at the democratic national convention.  I am respectfully providing you with seven simple (probably shallow) reasons why I could never vote for you.  I believe my opinion is shared by many people.   While there may not be quite enough to prevent you from becoming president of this nation, I do think there is an awakening to the fact that you are not a (the) messiah that the media and liberal Hollywood entertainers are trying to portray you.


1. I hear your mantra of change, change, change. Yet, you picked a long term, liberal, insider (Joe Biden) to be your running mate.  This is NOT change. It is a move that hypocritically refutes the very thing you supposedly stand for. Your campaign then slammed McCain for picking Sarah Palin, apparently, because she is NOT a insider.  She is a maverick who cleaned-up a quagmire of political scandals.  Which way is it, Barack?  Is it okay for you to pick a insider under the mantra of 'change', but not okay for John McCain to pick a smart, aggressive, reformer?


2. You have the single most liberal voting record in the senate.  This indicates to me and others like me that you may very well be an angry black man seeking to punish our country for sins of a different generation.  I am not racist.  I have some biases just like you and every other human alive.  Unlike the democratic party who claims to be for the minority (but their record heavily refutes this), I will give to any person who truly needs help.  I married a 'minority' girl 35 years ago (she is Hispanic) and have seen the evils of prejudice first hand.
 
However, I have also seen my wife and my children and others in her family throw off the veil of self imposed prejudicial  bondage and move ahead. They love our country and do not view themselves any different than I view myself as a citizen of this country.  Your lovely wife so disappointed people like me during this campaign when she stated it was the first time she had ever been proud of this country.  She apparently never noticed the massive aid we give dozens of other countries.  She apparently never noticed the sacrifice of literally millions of veterans who helped make this country a free nation and helped liberate other nations from brutal dictators such as Adolf Hitler, etc.  She apparently does not remember that she attended ivy league universities with scholarship money that ultimately (at least some of it) was paid for by our taxes.  This troubles me more than you know.  < U>She is an angry black woman who appears to not like  her country very much.  I don't want her representing me to the rest of the world.


3. You claim Christianity but apparently do not realize that the Bible teaches that he who does not work, does not eat.  The Bible does not say or even suggest that he who CANNOT work, should not eat.  Yet, your liberal policies reward people who are capable of working, but choose to not do so.  This bothers me.  I know that if  you are elected our taxes will spiral upwards .  You should heed the words of Winston Churchill: 'We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle..' If I like anything about you, it is your campaign promise to balance the federal budget.  Unfortunately, we have heard this a huge number of times from a number of different politicians and we realize that when you  energize the very liberal Nancy Pelosi, Robert Byrd, Ted Kennedy, Barney Fr ank, etc, etc, and the many other democrats like them, a balanced budget will never, ever happen on your  watch.


4. During your question and answer session with Rick Warren of Saddleback Church your answer concerning the question of where does life begin, stunned me: 'Above your pay grade?'  Does this mean when something bad happens as President of this nation that you are going to look at your salary to determine if you can respond?  I am sorry, but this was the most serious gaffe I have seen you make.  Frankly, it shows me that you are pandering in the most obvious manner. You will choose your words not from your heart, but from an agenda that I believe is still hidden from the American people.


5. If anything stands out about you it is probably your appeasement mentality.  In this era of rampant, radical Islamic  extremism and with the latest stunt pulled by the re-energized  Russian government, I am not sure appeasement is healthy.  I again revert to the words of Winston Churchill: 'An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.'


6. You and your party tacitly believe that a 13 or 14 year old girl must have the parents' approval to have the school nurse provide them with a Tylenol when they have a headache at school.  Yet, this same girl can become pregnant and the school can skirt her off to a clinic and abort the child in her body without the parents knowing or being notified.   This scares the hell out of me.  You have two little girls.  Would you be upset if this happened to them and you were not informed?  Then why do you stand for this?  It makes no sense to me.


7. My seventh and final point (for now) is your supporters.  I have watched the Hollywood entertainers who support you, systematically embrace Hugo Chavez of and others like him.  I see the continuous smut and garbage produced by , the very people who promote you the most vigorously.  It is not a positive point to me and others like me to see these over-paid, bizarre, poor examples of human existence fawn over you and push you and your liberal agenda as hard as they do.  The way I see it; When the devil is for you, we should question whether or not we should be against you.


In closing, I just want you to know that you scare me .   I cannot vote for you.  It is not because of your skin color .  It is because these items I've listed and many, many others like them.  Do not claim that my dislike for you is race based.  It is because I do not feel you have the best interests of this nation at heart .


Respectfully,
Mark A. Gregg


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Oct 31, 2008

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Posted: Oct 31, 2008 9:49am
Twas the Night before Elections
Oct 28, 2008
Focus: Politics
Action Request: Other
Location: United States



'Twas the Night before Elections


'Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!

I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.

When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys

They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!

He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink

He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!

" On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi"
He screamed at the pairs!

They took off for his cause
And as he flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!

So I leave you to think
On this one final note-
IF YOU DON'T WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

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Sep 28, 2008
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In what must surely be the absolute height of tragic irony, Kimberly-Clark (K-C) is using Wall*E, the main character of a movie about conservation, to sell disposable paper products that contain absolutely no recycled content.

There's no excuse for destroying ancient forests to make disposable products such as tissues and toilet paper. That's why a growing number of customers, companies, and universities are asking Kimberly-Clark to:

  • Stop purchasing fiber from endangered forests;
  • Drastically increase the amount of recycled fiber they use for all their tissue products, including Kleenex brand toilet paper, facial tissue, and napkins; and
  • Buy all non-recycled fiber from operations certified by the Forest Stewardship Council to ensure it is produced in a responsible manner.
Wall*E + Kleenex = Iron*E. Tell K-C's CEO, Thomas Falk, and President of Consumer Products, Steve Kalmanson, that their attempts to greenwash Kleenex's image won't work, that you want K-C to stop destroying ancient forests, and that you will avoid all K-C products until they start making real changes.

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Dear Mr. Falk, Mr. Kalmanson,

As the world's largest tissue manufacturer, Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has the resources and the responsibility to make products in an environmentally sustainable way. Currently, many of K-C's most popular products, like Kleenex tissues, have 0% recycled content. This means your customers are unwittingly flushing away irreplaceable ancient forests like the North American Boreal when they use Kleenex, Viva, Cottonelle and other K-C products. One of the largest intact forests left on Earth, the North American Boreal is a remarkable part of the world's natural heritage. Not only is the Boreal home to wildlife like caribou, grizzly bears, and wolverines, but half of North America's birds also depend on the Boreal for habitat. Plus, as a massive carbon storehouse, the North American Boreal is essential to fighting global warming. It is not only unconscionable to wipe away this forest - it is unnecessary. By increasing the recycled content of your products and using Forest Stewardship Council-certified fiber, K-C could spare endangered forests. Now is the time for Kimberly-Clark to shift towards sustainability. I urge you to collaborate with Greenpeace representatives to develop a truly responsible fiber sourcing policy. Until you do, I won't buy another Kimberly-Clark product.

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Offshore Oil = Increased Risk for Polar Bears

Polar bears are hanging on for dear life. They are faced with a rapidly shrinking arctic environment due to global warming. And now the Senate is poised to drive another nail in polar bears' coffins by voting for more drilling off of America's shores.

More oil drilling will do nothing to lower gas prices. It will, however, increase global warming pollution and put the polar bear on an even faster track towards extinction. To solve our dead-end dependence on fossil fuels we need legislation that immediately ends the massive tax breaks for Big Oil; doubles the average fuel efficiency of existing cars to at least 50 miles per gallon; substantially invests in public transportation so people have more and better choices; and provides robust incentives for renewable energy investments to transition us to a clean energy future.

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America’s dependence on fossil fuels is the root cause of the current energy and global warming crises. I am writing to express my opposition to lifting the Congressional moratorium on offshore oil drilling and hope you will vote against any bill that seeks to lift the ban or increases the use of coal and other fossil fuels. The U.S. burns close to one-quarter of the world’s oil, yet we only have about three percent of the world’s oil reserves. We will never be able to drill our way to lower gas prices or energy security, even if we drilled every last drop of oil from this country’s onshore and offshore reserves. Information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that new oil drilling won’t significantly affect oil prices; it’s clear that the only benefit will be to oil companies’ profit margins. Global warming caused by the burning of oil, coal and other fossil fuels is literally causing the Arctic to melt at unprecedented rates. Arctic sea ice extent reached an all-time low in September of 2007 and this year’s low is coming in at a close second. New offshore drilling and other fossil fuel development will lead to more global warming impacts already responsible for heat waves, more intense hurricanes, floods and severe drought. This country needs a bold new energy future that pivots us away from fossil fuels, ends tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry, and invests resources in renewable energy, mass transportation, energy efficiency, and cars that go further on a gallon of gas. Current proposals to open up the OCS to oil drilling do nothing to stop our addiction to oil or lower prices at the pump and will only exacerbate global warming. I urge you to vote against any bill that gives away more of America’s coastal waters to oil companies or provides subsidies to the dirty coal, tar sands or oil shale industries. Americans deserve real solutions to the energy crisis like investments in efficiency, cleaner cars, and renewable energy technologies that save citizens money on energy bills, create new jobs, and help solve the climate crisis.

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In Step 1: My contact information (*Required) *First name *Last name *E-mail *Address 1 Address 2 *Zip code- *City Country State Send me membership info Urge AbitibiBowater to protect intact areas of the Boreal Forest AbitibiBowater’s Impact on the Boreal Forest AbitibiBowater is the largest logging company in Canada. More than 65 percent of the land it manages has already been fragmented and degraded, in part leading to the endangerment of woodland caribou. Less than 3 percent of the land under AbitibiBowater’s management is protected from logging in Québec, and less than 6 percent in Ontario. Meanwhile, the American public consumes significant amounts of the 59 million acres controlled by AbitibiBowater. For more background on US companies selling us Boreal Forest destruction you can read our report Consuming Canada’s Boreal Forest: The chain of destruction from logging companies to consumers. Discussions Collapse Mediated discussions between AbitibiBowater and Greenpeace collapsed after AbitibiBowater negotiators confirmed that the company would not stop logging intact forest areas in Québec and Ontario. Our goal throughout was to develop and agree on a formal, long term, science-based process to find permanent solutions, and for many months we believed we were making progress. Unfortunately, AbitibiBowater is not convinced it is important to protect the Boreal Forest. Take Action On September 24, 2008, activists supporting Greenpeace's efforts to save pristine intact forest occupied the world headquarters of AbitibiBowater. Support our activists and ancient forest protection by asking the company’s president and CEO to stop logging the remaining intact areas of the Boreal Forest under AbitibiBowater management. Tell the CEO and VP for Sustainability and the Environment of AbitibiBowater that American citizens also support the conservation of intact Boreal Forest! Step 2: Read the letter we've provided. Feel free to edit it. Dear Dave Paterson, Denis Leclerc, As the new head of AbitibiBowater, a company that controls large areas of public Boreal Forest, I urge you to reconsider your position on the conservation of intact ancient forests. It is unacceptable that over the majority of your company’s logging territory in Québec and Ontario is fragmented and degraded, including areas vital for threatened woodland carribou. It is even more unacceptable that less than 3 percent of all the territory managed by your company is protected from logging in Québec, and less than 6 percent in Ontario. As an American, I’m not interested in consuming Boreal Forest destruction. Mr. Paterson, intact forests are vital ecosystems for maintaining biodiversity, protecting threatened species and stabilizing the world’s climate. I urge you to truly embrace environmental sustainability and set aside the most pristine, important and intact areas in the Boreal Forest. "Sincerely," and your name and contact information will be added to the end of the letter. (Please only click once.) Privacy Policy: We will send you updates by e-mail. You can remove yourself from the mailing list at any time. Read the full privacy policy here. Report
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