http://ejag.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi, AfDers and friends,   Call congress (see details below) to support Single Payer Healthcare/Healthcare for All/Everybody in - Nobody Out.  David e. Delk,  Alliance for Democracy - Portland Chapter 503 232 5495 www.afd-pdx.org   Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:01:30 -0400 From: afd@thealliancefordemocracy.org To: davidafd@msn.com Subject: "Manager's Amendment" our last chance on health care About Us  Become a ... http://ejag.org/2009/11/managers-amendment-our-last-chance-on-health-care%e2%80%8f/ Hi AfDers and friends,   It is time to comment at a public hearing scheduled in Portland on Tuesday, Oct 27th (7 PM at the Double Tree Inn near Lloyd Center - 1000 NE Multnomah) or via email or written letter.    Comments are needed on the proposed revisions to the Tri-party Agreement (TPA) ... http://ejag.org/2009/10/stop-hanford-from-becoming-a-national-radioactive-waste-dump-hearings-starting%e2%80%8f/ Vote YES on 66/67 in January 2010 Vote YES for Tax Fairness These two ballots were referred to the ballot by a business financed campaign of anti-tax forces.  If you believe that taxes should be fair and paid by both individuals and business, then you need to vote Yes. If you believe that social ... http://ejag.org/2009/10/vote-yes-for-tax-fairnessvote-yes-on-6667/ The action heated up on Thursday on national healthcare reform with the arrest of 54 protesters nationally using non-violence tactics to bring the single payer reform to the fore front of the national conversation.  This was a nationwide effort organized by HealthCare Now. Portland was one of the cities where these actions took ... http://ejag.org/2009/10/12-arrested-in-pdx-for-supporting-single-payer%e2%80%8f/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has performed the role of enforcer of the Neo-liberal economic model for several decades. In that role, it has imposed loans restrictions on third world countries which the United States (which effectively controls the IMF) does not impose on the United States. Those restrictions include cutting ... http://ejag.org/2009/10/new-role-for-the-imflarge-art-build-for-dec-5-rallymarch-%e2%80%8f/ The Oregonian's Steve Duin gets the story right again;this time on PGE's proposal for continued use of the coal-fired power plant at Boardman.  As Steve notes, PGE has proposed spending (that is to say, having PGE ratepayers spend) $560 million to install scrubbers to reduce the amount of haze producing ... http://ejag.org/2009/10/pges-boardman-plant-bad-air-worse-energy-policy/ National Alliance for Democracy Action Alert follows asking that we contact the Senate Finance Committee to support a public option to Sen. Baucus's Health Care bill.  As noted even though we support Single Payer, a public option is needed in this bill to support our efforts.  Please make the call ... http://ejag.org/2009/09/tuesday-929-call-senate-fincom-members-for-public-option/ The anti-tax zealots in Oregon have been successful in referring the two tax fairness bills passed by the Oregon legislature to the voters.  One bill increased the corporate minimum tax from $10 to $150 with a sliding scale above that.  The other bill increased the personel income tax to be imposed on ... http://ejag.org/2009/09/the-fight-for-tax-fairness-begins-today%e2%80%8f/ This post is written by Joe Miller. On the first day of an intended year-long test to see if Cascade Locks well water was suitable for raising fish, well water pumped into a test pond contained chlorine due to an equipment malfunction, and all of the privately purchased rainbow trout fry ... http://ejag.org/2009/09/all-test-pond-fish-killed-on-1st-day-due-to-equipment-malfunction-nestles-cascade-locks-proposal%e2%80%8f/ Mark Karlin is the founder and editor of BuzzFlash.com and his recent column is copied below.  The important thing to get from this piece is that we are witnessing the bigot's backlash to having elected a black man president and that Obama must stop trying to placate these bigots because ... http://ejag.org/2009/09/no-more-code-words-racism-is-public-again%e2%80%8f/