[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Two historic votes. You can turn the tide.

[JamBoi]

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> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 13:41:04 GMT
> From: "ActForChange by Working Assets"
> <actforchange at workingassets.com>
> To: "" <jamboi at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Two historic votes. You can turn the tide.
> 
> ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE May 15, 2007
> 
> URGENT ALERT
> 
> Tell Your Senators: Go On Record for Ending the War 
>
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/endtheoccupation/i8gb6g84fbe7tkm?
> 
> This week, the Senate will finally have its first
> up-or-down
> vote on ending the occupation of Iraq. Senators
> Feingold and
> Reid have introduced legislation that will
> effectively end the
> occupation and require the President to start
> bringing U.S.
> troops home from Iraq within 120 days. 
> 
> Which way will your senators vote?
>
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/endtheoccupation/i8gb6g84fbe7tkm?
> 
> A very substantial portion of the House of
> Representatives voted
> last week to immediately end the occupation. A vast
> majority of
> Americans now realize that a military "victory" is
> no longer
> possible in Iraq, and that our troops are caught in
> the middle
> of a civil war. 
> 
> Tell your senators to vote for the Feingold-Reid
> amendment and
> start bringing our troops home.
>
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/endtheoccupation/i8gb6g84fbe7tkm?
> 
> URGENT ALERT
> 
> Tell Speaker Pelosi: Allow Habeas Corpus Vote to
> Proceed
>
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/habeas_defbillamend/i8gb6g84fbe7tkm?
> 
> Courageous members of Congress are now trying to
> restore the
> fundamental right of habeas corpus through an
> amendment to the
> defense authorization bill. However, the amendment
> must first
> pass through the House Rules Committee, and support
> from the
> leadership is critical to get through that
> committee. 
> 
> So please drop a note to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
> ask that she
> support inclusion of the habeas amendment in the
> Defense
> authorization bill. Click here:
>
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/habeas_defbillamend/i8gb6g84fbe7tkm?
> 
> Habeas corpus is a fundamental legal right common to
> all modern
> judicial systems, which requires independent
> judicial review of
> charges brought by the executive branch. This right
> protects
> against the arbitrary practices of kings, despots
> and dictators
> in imprisoning people on a whim. 
> 
> Without habeas corpus, it's a very slippery slope
> towards
> dictatorship. So click on the link below to ask
> Speaker Pelosi
> to allow the habeas amendment to proceed; we'll send
> a copy of
> your letter to your representative as well. 
>
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/habeas_defbillamend/i8gb6g84fbe7tkm?
> 
> *** Please share this message with anyone you know
> who cares
> about ending the occupation of Iraq or restoring
> habeas corpus.
> ***
> 
> Thank you for working to build a better world.
> 
> Will Easton, Manager
> ActForChange.com/Working Assets 
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