Now, that's Incredible.
I'm getting an unusual number of hits today from
people searching for "free basketball" and "The Incredibles", so I'm going to
post this....just in case a like-minded soul should somehow end up
here...
I just got this from the John Kerry List:
Dear Kristen,
We have only 24 to 48 hours to try and save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Republicans are trying to sneak legislation through the Senate approving oil drilling and they are incredibly close to winning. We have to stop them.
I am joining with Senator Maria Cantwell (DWashington) in offering a critical amendment to stop this sneak attack on our environment. We will fight on the floor of the Senate, but we need you by our side.
There are seven key Republican Senators whose votes will decide the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Before they vote, we need to make sure they know that their constituents are watching, and that they will not be able to support drilling without anybody noticing.
Here are two critical steps we can take together to support our amendment to protect this National Wildlife Refuge:
1. Join the Citizens' Roll Call
First of all, take part in a massive fastmoving display of citizen support for the Arctic Refuge. Sign our CantwellKerry Citizens' Roll Call now.
http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall
To make our Citizens' Roll Call impossible to ignore, we have alerted the media, environmental advocates and my fellow Senators to a scrolling display of the names and home towns of the roll call signers. It is posted on our johnkerry.com website, where we hope to soon add your name and a running tally of the number of citizens on our Citizens' Roll Call.
2. Bring the fight to the home states of the seven senators
We need to launch emergency online advertising campaigns in the home states of those seven critical senators: Senator Coleman (MN), Senator Smith (OR), Senator Specter (PA), Senator Martinez (FL), Senator Lugar (IN), and Senators Gregg and Sununu (NH).
We need your help to bring our Save the Arctic Refuge message home in these six states. Help us fund an emergency ad campaign to make sure they know how strongly the people they represent feel about protecting the Arctic. Please make an emergency donation right now.
http://contribute.johnkerry.com/
When Senator Cantwell, myself and other Senators stand up in support of the CantwellKerry Amendment, we will have powerful arguments on our side. (I have recapped some of those arguments at the end of this email message)
But, to win, we need to be able to report directly to our Senate colleagues that massive numbers of citizens around the country and in their own states are rising up to demand that the Senate protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
That's why your immediate signature is so critical.
http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall
The Bush Administration and its oil industry allies want to send a message that they can drill for oil wherever and whenever they want to even if it means targeting a place as striking, pristine and irreplaceable as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
They don't care about putting America on a genuine path to energy independence. If they did, they'd support efforts to increase energy conservation and to create clean, renewable sources of energy that no terrorist can sabotage and no foreign government can seize.
Let me be very direct with you. It is going to take an immediate and impossibletoignore display of grassroots support to stop them. That's why your decision to sign our CantwellKerry Amendment Citizens' Roll Call is so crucial.
Thank you for acting quickly on this vital request.
John Kerry
P.S. Senator Cantwell, who comes from a state in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, has at considerable political risk courageously stepped forward to join me in leading this fight. We need you to help us win it.
http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall
HERE ARE YOUR SAVE THE ARCTIC REFUGE TALKING POINTS
* The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 19 million acres comprise one of the last places on earth where an intact expanse of arctic and sub arctic lands remains protected.
* Drilling in the Arctic Refuge can't make even a small dent in meeting America's energy needs. U.S. Geological Survey scientists estimate that there is very likely only enough oil to supply America's needs for six months. And oil companies admit that, even that, won't be available for at least 10 years.
* An irreplaceable natural treasure, the Arctic Refuge is home to caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, wolves, golden eagles, snow geese and more. Millions of other birds use the Arctic Refuge to nest and as a critical staging area on their migratory journeys.
* Of course, the Arctic Refuge supports more than wildlife. For a thousand generations, the Gwich'in people of Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada have depended on it and lived in harmony with it. To them, the Arctic Coastal Plain is sacred ground.
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And for the record, we went for the $4 off Tide at Shopko with our DVD purchase. Basketballs get lost. Laundry is forever.
I just got this from the John Kerry List:
Dear Kristen,
We have only 24 to 48 hours to try and save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Republicans are trying to sneak legislation through the Senate approving oil drilling and they are incredibly close to winning. We have to stop them.
I am joining with Senator Maria Cantwell (DWashington) in offering a critical amendment to stop this sneak attack on our environment. We will fight on the floor of the Senate, but we need you by our side.
There are seven key Republican Senators whose votes will decide the future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Before they vote, we need to make sure they know that their constituents are watching, and that they will not be able to support drilling without anybody noticing.
Here are two critical steps we can take together to support our amendment to protect this National Wildlife Refuge:
1. Join the Citizens' Roll Call
First of all, take part in a massive fastmoving display of citizen support for the Arctic Refuge. Sign our CantwellKerry Citizens' Roll Call now.
http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall
To make our Citizens' Roll Call impossible to ignore, we have alerted the media, environmental advocates and my fellow Senators to a scrolling display of the names and home towns of the roll call signers. It is posted on our johnkerry.com website, where we hope to soon add your name and a running tally of the number of citizens on our Citizens' Roll Call.
2. Bring the fight to the home states of the seven senators
We need to launch emergency online advertising campaigns in the home states of those seven critical senators: Senator Coleman (MN), Senator Smith (OR), Senator Specter (PA), Senator Martinez (FL), Senator Lugar (IN), and Senators Gregg and Sununu (NH).
We need your help to bring our Save the Arctic Refuge message home in these six states. Help us fund an emergency ad campaign to make sure they know how strongly the people they represent feel about protecting the Arctic. Please make an emergency donation right now.
http://contribute.johnkerry.com/
When Senator Cantwell, myself and other Senators stand up in support of the CantwellKerry Amendment, we will have powerful arguments on our side. (I have recapped some of those arguments at the end of this email message)
But, to win, we need to be able to report directly to our Senate colleagues that massive numbers of citizens around the country and in their own states are rising up to demand that the Senate protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
That's why your immediate signature is so critical.
http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall
The Bush Administration and its oil industry allies want to send a message that they can drill for oil wherever and whenever they want to even if it means targeting a place as striking, pristine and irreplaceable as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
They don't care about putting America on a genuine path to energy independence. If they did, they'd support efforts to increase energy conservation and to create clean, renewable sources of energy that no terrorist can sabotage and no foreign government can seize.
Let me be very direct with you. It is going to take an immediate and impossibletoignore display of grassroots support to stop them. That's why your decision to sign our CantwellKerry Amendment Citizens' Roll Call is so crucial.
Thank you for acting quickly on this vital request.
John Kerry
P.S. Senator Cantwell, who comes from a state in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, has at considerable political risk courageously stepped forward to join me in leading this fight. We need you to help us win it.
http://www.johnkerry.com/RollCall
HERE ARE YOUR SAVE THE ARCTIC REFUGE TALKING POINTS
* The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 19 million acres comprise one of the last places on earth where an intact expanse of arctic and sub arctic lands remains protected.
* Drilling in the Arctic Refuge can't make even a small dent in meeting America's energy needs. U.S. Geological Survey scientists estimate that there is very likely only enough oil to supply America's needs for six months. And oil companies admit that, even that, won't be available for at least 10 years.
* An irreplaceable natural treasure, the Arctic Refuge is home to caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, wolves, golden eagles, snow geese and more. Millions of other birds use the Arctic Refuge to nest and as a critical staging area on their migratory journeys.
* Of course, the Arctic Refuge supports more than wildlife. For a thousand generations, the Gwich'in people of Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada have depended on it and lived in harmony with it. To them, the Arctic Coastal Plain is sacred ground.
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And for the record, we went for the $4 off Tide at Shopko with our DVD purchase. Basketballs get lost. Laundry is forever.
Posted: Tue - March 15, 2005 at 12:11 PM
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