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11 Sep 2005, 9:04 pm

BeeBee wrote:
As a matter of fact, I belong to a grassroots organization that sends its member upcoming legisration and bullet points on it so its easy to understand and draft letters.


What organization is this? I have yet to find a simple and unbiased source of info on such things. Is it only in your state or is it nationwide?



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12 Sep 2005, 4:12 pm

It is good to get involved with your country's politics by writing letters to the people who are supposed to represent you, but often fail to do so.

I am a member of the Liberal Democrats (UK) and I am going to write a letter to the party leader, Charles Kennedy, soon to explain my disappointment that he will ditch the party's main pledge to introduce a new 50% taxation band for the rich. I believe the rich should pay for their wealth, and I shall ask him politely why he has abandoned the plans, which were widely supported by the general public.



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16 Sep 2005, 12:35 pm

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Um, we didn't steal any oil, so this isn't a war for oil. And I didn't say that Sadam had any long range weapons. He wasn't the terrorist, he was our target to focus our enemy's concentration on a location outside of the US.

And, I'm not arguing about the uselessness of our Homeland Security. If it had been a large-scale terrorist attack, our responce would have been equally pathetic.

FYI . . . I'm NOT a Bush supporter. I just hate when people use the catch-phrase "War for Oil" when that is so far from the truth.


I always read the wrong things. Maybe not everyone calls it theft, but.....
Maybe this link will give an alternative viewpoint.
http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd07162005.html