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Your Tax Dollars at Work- Citizen Petition To End Earmarks!
Aug 6, 2008
Focus: Government
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States
Hello,
  If you havent already signed, please sign and share! Thanks!
Ruth

From the Desk of:
Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance


8/6/2008

Dear Ruth,

Did you know that your tax dollars helped construct a visitor's center that you can't visit?

That's right. Taxpayers forked over $200,000 worth of federal transportation dollars to commemorate the birthplace of President James Monroe, and it remains closed!

Before skipping town last week for a five week paid vacation-- compliments of U.S. taxpayers, the House passed a bill containing more than 500 earmarks--like the one above, and then no doubt patted each other on the back for a job well done.

Ruth, this kind of arrogant, unaccountability from our supposed leadership brings my blood to a boil. But nothing got me as worked up as reading about the "Parking Garage to Nowhere."

According to investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson, Rep. Paul Kajorski (D-11 PA), funneled more than $3 million in taxpayer monies to build the Kanjorski Center.
Now built, the building has been sitting vacant since 2005, with the city picking up the $15,000 a month tab.

If that's not outrageous enough, Kanjorski is attempting to siphon an additional $5.6 million for a parking garage project for his vacant building.

When told federal aid can be applied to parking garages that serve mass transit, the 12 term Congressman bristled saying, "I don't think the rule should have any attention paid to it; because in Congress we have our own rules."

Later in the same story, Kanjorski even refers to our moneyas "free money."

Click here to see the video:

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=9884&RID=15632311

Ruth, help me stop the corrupt nature of earmarking by forwarding this outrageous message to 25-30 friends--urging them to sign our national petition to stop earmarking.
http://www.grassfire.org/96/petition.asp

Also, take a moment to call the Congressman, and let him know what you think of his "Parking Garage to Nowhere."

Here are his contact numbers:

202-225-6511 (DC)
570-825-2200 Wilkes-Barre
570-496-1011 Scranton
570-895-4176 Mount Pocono

As citizens, we must continue to sound the alarm on government abuse of our tax dollars, and work with those in Congress who do want to put an end to earmarking.

Contrary to what Kanjorski thinks, there are rules, and taxpayer money isn't free.

Please forward this message today.

Thank you for standing with Grassfire!

Steve

P.S: To date, more than 150,671 citizens have signed our petition.I'd like to add another 25,000 signatures in time for our next presentation on Capitol Hill.

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Go to FireSociety.com and post your comments so that the Grassfire
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http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=9885&RID=15632311


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Posted: Aug 6, 2008 11:22am
Stand with the United States Marines!
Feb 14, 2008
Focus: Government
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States
Dear Ruth,

Actions have consequences.
 
This is the strong message we must send liberal politicians in Berkeley, California, and Toledo, Ohio.
 
Their outrageous, insulting actions against our servicemen and women have produced an outcry ... a backlash of condemnation from private citizens, grassroots organizations, and now, congressional leaders.
 
Add your name to our online PETITION IN SUPPORT OF OUR U.S. MARINES and stand with Senator DeMint and his stellar legislation:  the Semper Fi Act of 2008.
 
Berkeley City Council's anti-military sentiment has touched a nerve in Congress.  And new legislation, introduced by Senator Jim DeMint, will effectively pull the plug on more than $2 million in federal funding earmarked for Berkeley ... and give the money to the U.S. Marines instead.
 
The legislation would rescind over $2 million in earmarks for Berkeley, California, that are currently hidden in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill ... and transfer the funds to the Marines. 
''Berkeley needs to learn that their actions have consequences,'' said Senator DeMint.  ''Patriotic American taxpayers won't sit quietly while Berkeley insults our brave Marines and tries to run them out of town.  Berkeley City Council members have shown complete ingratitude to our military and their families, and the city doesn't deserve a single dime of special pet project handouts.'' 
Support Senator DeMint's Semper Fi Act of 2008!  Add your name to our online PETITION right now.
 
Our Government Affairs Office in Washington, D.C., is working with members of Congress on this vital, necessary legislation this week.  We have launched a major campaign via the Internet and radio to ensure that the Semper Fi Act of 2008 gains momentum nationwide.
 
We want to hear from you!  Stand with the ACLJ as we work to ensure that our military gets the support and respect it deserves.
 
Sign the ACLJ's online nationwide PETITION IN SUPPORT OF OUR U.S. MARINES immediately - they put their lives on the line for you.  Please put your name on the line for them.
 
You can be sure:  We will hold liberal politicians accountable for their outrageous behavior.
 
The men and women who serve our nation in the military do so at great sacrifice and risk.  They remain dedicated to protecting our freedoms and they deserve our unmitigated support.
 
Thank you for taking action today!

 https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?SC=3320&AC=1
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Posted: Feb 14, 2008 12:52pm
Petition: Americans Standing United for Broadcast Decency!
Dec 3, 2007
Focus: Family
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States
If you havent signed already, Please sign! Thanks!! Ruth

For nearly two years, Grassfire has been aggressively pursuing avenues that would help bring decency and accountability back to the airwaves. Now with reports that 70% of teen programming contains sexual content (more than double what it was in 1998), and growing evidence that teens are more sexually active, and are acting out much of what they see on television, Grassfire is urging leaders in Congress to pass stringent and enforceable regulations that protect family viewing times.
Additionally, Grassfire has drafted and introduced a Ratings System Proposal that would help to restore the fractured trust between broadcaster and viewer, by eliminating sexy scenes and adult themed advertisements from playing out in front of your children. Please click here to read our Ratings System Proposal.

Petition Signers to date:  300,657  

The Petition States:
As a concerned citizen and television viewer, I am calling on the FCC and our leaders in Congress to adopt strict and enforceable regulations that restore decency to network television—especially during the family-viewing hours!

The recent rash of trash on television and subsequent public outcry should serve as a wake-up call to our leadership that the vast majority of Americans want decency restored to the airwaves. I am calling on elected leadership to draft and support legislation that brings responsibility and accountability back to the airwaves, as well as legislation like the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 (S. 167, HR 357) that affirms the right of citizens to purchase and use in the privacy of their homes technology that allows them to skip over or mute objectionable content in legally purchased or rented DVD movies.  
http://grassfire.org/39/petition.asp
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Posted: Dec 3, 2007 5:36pm
New Zealand Pro-Life Group Wants Parliament to Ban Forced Abortions
Sep 3, 2007
Focus: Human Rights
Action Request: Petition
Location: New Zealand

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
August 31, 2007

Wellington, New Zealand (LifeNews.com) -- The leading pro-life group in New Zealand is calling on that nation's parliament to draft legislation to make it illegal for people or groups to pressure or coerce a woman into having an abortion. The measure is similar to legislation some states in the United States have considered.

Right to Life New Zealand cites the bill the Michigan legislature approved as evidence that this kind of legislation is not without precedent.

The group says it is "trying to establish procedures to make sure that a woman is not intimidated into an abortion from a father of the unborn child, her family, employer or other individual in a position of authority such as a teacher."

Right to Life told LifeNews.com in a statement that the International Planned Parenthood Federation and its affiliates have pressured women into having abortions.

"New Zealand women are likely to have been and still are subjected to physical and mental intimidation to have an abortion especially by family members, boy friends, teachers, counselors, etc." the group explained.

The pro-life group is asking people to sign a petition to support legislation allowing women to be free from pressure to have abortions.

Those signing the petition are calling for the New Zealand government to "support a law reform that will make it a criminal act to force pregnant women into abortions."

"We need to safeguard a pregnant women's right to be free from undue coercion from individuals or groups who seek the abortion of her unborn baby," it adds.

http://www.lifenews.com/int419.html
Related web sites:
New Zealand Right to Life petition -
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/forcedabortionsnewzealand/signatures.html


My comment:
  Even though this is for New Zealand, I signed and hope others will too. Nobody should be forced to kill their unborn child! Thanks!
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Posted: Sep 3, 2007 1:34pm
Petition to end "drive-through" mastectomies
Sep 1, 2007
Focus: Health
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States

Add Your Name to the Petition
We're close to getting 20 million signatures on our petition to end "drive-through" mastectomies — and you can help! Forward this e-mail to your friends and family to help make the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 a reality now.

First introduced to Congress in 1997, this bill has still yet to be voted on. If passed, it would require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. Click here to sign the petition now.
 http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php
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Posted: Sep 1, 2007 1:03pm
Planned Parenthood killing more with your money
Jun 13, 2007
Focus: Family
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States

Jim Sedlak Jim Sedlak
June 8, 2007


On June 6, we commemorated the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy and other sites during World War II. It was a bloody day in the annals of war as the allied forces hit the beaches and were met with stiff resistance from a well fortified German army. Thousands died.

On that same day, Planned Parenthood Federation of America posted to its web site its 2005-2006 annual report. Opening to page four of the Planned Parenthood report, we find that 264,943 died by medical or surgical abortion in Planned Parenthood's facilities during 2005. That's 5,095 a week — as many each week as the highest estimates of allied forces deaths on D-Day.

However, the Planned Parenthood report contains much more than a death count. It sheds revealing information about the funding of this organization — especially when taken together with historical Planned Parenthood data gleaned from previous reports.

Planned Parenthood reported a total income of $902.8 million dollars. That is a record number for the organization, but is a modest 2.4 percent increase from the year before. In contrast, Planned Parenthood reported total revenue increases of 10.7 percent, 5.7 percent and 8.9 percent in its previous three years.

Once again, Planned Parenthood took in much more money than it needed. It reported "excess of revenue of expenses" of $55.8 million for the fiscal year. This marks the 34th year in a row that Planned Parenthood has reported "excess revenue" — otherwise known as profit. Over the years, Planned Parenthood has reported total profits of over $700 million. It has amassed a treasure chest of assets worth $839.8 million.

A review of Planned Parenthood's reports through the years shows that its revenue comes from three main sources: fees charged at its clinics; donations from corporations, foundations and individuals; and taxpayer money received from government grants and contracts. A brief look at each of these in the latest reports reveals some interesting information.

Planned Parenthood's clinic income comes from fees charged to its customers. It reported a total clinic income for 2005-2006 of $345.1 million dollars. The significant thing about this year's clinic income is that it was $1.5 million less than last year. We estimate that $112.6 million ( 32.5 percent) comes from abortion.

We have checked our files of Planned Parenthood annual reports back to the 1950s, and cannot find another year in which clinic income went down. We understand that a fall of $1.5 million out of $345 million is not earthshaking. We also understand that a one-year dip may be an anomaly and not a trend. But it was a decline — the first clinic income decline in the last 50 years. It couldn't have made Planned Parenthood very happy.

Planned Parenthood's donations were reported to be $212.2 million. That figure is $3.6 million less than last year. Donations have a habit of going up and down and there is not much significance to the number other than the fact that it did go down — albeit just 1.7 percent.

The final category of Planned Parenthood revenue sources is you and me — the American taxpayer. I am sorry to report to you that Planned Parenthood reported receiving taxpayer funds totaling $305.3 million — a whopping $32.6 million (12 percent) more than last year. This means that taxpayer money now accounts for 34 percent of Planned Parenthood's income.

The bottom line is that Planned Parenthood is losing donations, its clinic income is down and you and I are being forced to pay more so the organization can kill our children through abortion and spread its perverted ideology throughout the land. It is really incredible when you realize that Planned Parenthood put every penny of the increased taxpayer money into the bank. It got $32 million extra and then reported a $55 million profit. Something is wrong here.

And what is Planned Parenthood's response to this taxpayer largesse? It is demanding even more from the taxpayer.

As I write this, Planned Parenthood in California is fighting for increased Medi-Cal reimbursement rates so it can get more taxpayer money for every customer it sees. Never mind that its nine affiliates in California have received over $270 million in taxpayer money since 1998 and have total profits of over $83 million during that time.

When you study the work of Planned Parenthood, you come to realize that it really considers itself an entitlement program. It believes it is entitled to our money. Never mind the horrible work it does or the fortune it has amassed over the years at our expense. It is Planned Parenthood; therefore, it should get our money — that's how it feels.

Our elected officials must feel the same way, or they wouldn't keep giving more and more of our hard-earned money to Planned Parenthood.

This year's annual report makes it clear. Average citizens are spending less and less at Planned Parenthood clinics. Wealthy citizens are not giving Planned Parenthood as much in donations as they have in the past. Only our government officials are giving more to Planned Parenthood and they are giving it our money.

It is time to put a stop to this. It is clear that the politicians, left alone, are not going to cut off the money. It will take action from average American citizens — you and me — who are fed up with funding this outrageous organization. Register your complaint today. Let your elected officials at every level of government know you do not want your money going to Planned Parenthood. Sign a petition against taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood — there is one at :
www.StopPlannedParenthoodTaxFunding.com.
if you havent already

It is time we all said NO to Planned Parenthood.
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/sedlak/070608
Jim Sedlak is executive director of STOPP International, a project of American Life League, as well as vice-president of American Life League. Jim is known worldwide as an expert on Planned Parenthood and has authored books and articles about Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Jim is also a regular guest on TV and radio shows.
Please help Californians fight this, email these 2 Senators:
Boxer, Barbara- (D - CA)Class III
112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Feinstein, Dianne- (D - CA)Class I
331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3841
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Death across America
 Planned Parenthood Brings in 900M Dollars Thanks to Abortion Business
http://www.lifenews.com/nat3174.html

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Posted: Jun 13, 2007 9:53am
Alert Preserve the Presidential Veto on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Jun 11, 2007
Focus: Government
Action Request: Petition
Location: United States
Add your name to the group of 430 people who have already signed using the Internet!

Preserve the Presidential Veto on
Embryonic Stem Cell Research


Now that both chambers of our liberal Congress have approved troubling legislation on stem cell research, the focus shifts to President Bush’s veto and the votes needed to sustain it.  We know that our President will do the right thing and VETO this damaging measure that allows the use of your tax dollars and mine to fund a practice we find morally and ethically reprehensible.  But trouble is brewing in the Senate, where we stand just one vote shy of a veto override.  We must take action now to urge some key “on-the-fence” Senators to stand their ground for LIFE.  Please read the form below carefully and declare your membership with the ACLJ by signing the STAND FOR LIFE Petition right now.

Stand for Life Petition

Sen. BennettSen. HutchisonSen. Snowe
Sen. BurrSen. LottSen. Specter
Sen. CochranSen. LugarSen. Stevens
Sen. CollinsSen. McCainSen. Warner
Sen. GreggSen. Murkowski 
Sen. HatchSen. Smith 

As a concerned citizen of America, and one who believes firmly in the sanctity of each human life, I believe the forced use of federal funds — and my tax dollars — for a practice I find morally and ethically reprehensible is deplorable.  I urge you to stand your ground, on behalf of the ACLJ, thousands of pro-life citizens, and the countless innocent lives at stake and vote to sustain President Bush’s pending veto of this damaging legislation.

Please click here to print a copy.

Please click here to print a copy with spaces for multiple signatures.


https://www.aclj.org/Petition/Default.aspx?SC=3272&AC=1 

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