George Bush wants taxpayers to give Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson a $700 billion blank check - $2,333 for every man, woman, and child -to bail out Wall Street for its reckless speculation and greed. That's on top of $1.1 trillion for other recent bailouts, including A.I.G., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Bear Stearns.
The Paulson Plan is a total outrage with no restrictions, no accountability, and no repair of the underlying problem of foreclosures on fraudulent mortgages. Each of Bush's previous bailouts was sold as a cure for the financial crisis, but each had little effect. The Paulson Plan achieves only one goal with certainty: stealing from the middle class to protect the rich.
The current financial crisis is the direct result of 28 years of rightwing Republican deregulation, corruption, and greed, which became fatally toxic under Bush-Cheney and the Republican Congress.
Congress must reject Paulson's Plunder and enact a plan with these progressive principles from the Backbone Campaign:
The people who caused the problem or profited most should pay for it
Re-regulate to prevent this from happening again
Include Main Street in the bailout and invest in a new productive economy
Email your Senators and Representative and spread the word: Click here
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2.Taking On the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era
As the founder of DailyKos.com, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga has permanently altered the landscape of American politics. DailyKos and the progressive blogosphere have inspired a new generation of American patriots, determined to rise up and make their voices heard. In Click here, Markos provides both a call-to-arms, and the rules of engagement, for getting active in our newly networked age. With passionate and accessible prose guaranteed to inspire and empower anyone who has ever struggled to make a difference, this book captures the spirit of our nation's modern-day pamphleteers.
--Elizabeth Edwards
Buy Taking On the System ($16.29 new, $11.97 used) Click here
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3.Be a "Pollworker for Democracy"
This year, you have an amazing opportunity to ensure a fair election, protect the right to vote, and get paid for doing so. How? By becoming a pollworker.
That's why CREDO Action is proud to sponsor the "Pollworkers for Democracy" project - a nonpartisan effort to get more people involved in protecting our elections - in order to support our democracy. We'll provide you with information to supplement your pollworker training, and also a system to report and track any problems on and before Election Day.
Your county still needs pollworkers for the November 4th general election. By signing up as a pollworker, you can support our democratic system...and get paid!
Click here to sign up to become a pollworker. Click here
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4.Are You Registered to Vote? Are You Sure ?
Republicans are working quietly to steal another election by disenfranchising Democratic voters, just as they did in 2000 and 2004. So please make sure you are registered to vote!
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5.Please go to the site below and click 'NO' to if Palin is qualified to be V.P.
Subject: PBS Palin Poll -- we need people to click on this
Hi Everyone,
PBS is doing one of those instant online polls to ask "America" if
they think Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President or maybe even President...
The GOP has launched a successful all out blitz to get Republicans to
go on the site and click "Yes". As a result right now it looks like
62% of "America" thinks Palin is qualified. The Republicans are going
to be milking this for all its worth in their press efforts.
We need to drive more Democrats and those opposed to Palin to the site
to click "NO". Let's not give the GOP another easy weapon to put in
their PR arsenal!
The Wholly Book of Exodus is humorous adult literature that features adult language, situations and content. It is the companion book of Jay Dubya's The Wholly Book of Genesis that satires the entire first book of the Bible.
The Wholly Book
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.
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