Send a Lifeline to Sea Turtles and Other Imperiled Species

We may not have the money, but neither do they!

Tell Congress to increase funding for the conservation of sea turtles, tigers, elephants, rhinos, great apes and neotropical migratory birds.

Deep Packet Inspection Puts Open Internet at Risk

"The uncertainty surrounding Net Neutrality has given rise to a technology known as Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) that offers Internet service providers unprecedented control over Internet content, according to a new paper released by Free Press. Deep Packet Inspection: The End of the Internet as We Know It? argues that the use of DPI technology by Internet service providers should raise serious concerns for both users and lawmakers."

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Zimbabwe in Crisis

Zimbabwe's new unity government is inheriting a lot of old problems. A devastating cholera outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people, hunger is widespread, and political issues remain unresolved despite months of negotiations. That's why the African Union must do everything it can in its official role as guarantor of the new unity government.

Add your name to the petition and ask the African Union to keep its promise to Zimbabwe's new government.

Urge President Obama to Appoint a Regional Envoy to Deal with the Conflict in Darfur

Many "think that the violence in Darfur is a local problem, confined to Sudan. But with ongoing conflicts in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR), and with rebels and refugees constantly traveling across the borders of all three countries, the problem is a regional one.

President Obama is committed to solving this problem. He is close to appointing a special envoy to deal with the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But focus must be broader than Darfur to solve the problem. The conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the CAR are interconnected, and any envoy must be given authority to deal with the entire region.

Fill out the form here to ask President Obama to appoint a regional envoy who will work with all parties to the conflicts, as well as the regional and international communities, to advocate a solution to the crisis."

Congress: Pass a Budget that Ensures Our Clean Energy Future!

President Obama's proposed federal budget will help rebuild and renew our economy by setting the right priorities for America: invest in clean energy to create millions of new green jobs, fight global warming and end our dependence on oil.

Please help get the word out to officials to pass a budget that reflects a new direction for our country's energy policy--a budget that takes the first step to finally tackling the issue of climate change and spurs our clean energy economy.

President Obama's budget plan not only puts us on the right path for a clean energy future but returns funding to protect important environmental initiatives like clean water protection, Great Lakes protection, high speed rail and the Superfund toxic waste program.

Please help make certain that the federal budget puts us back on the right track to protect the environment and boost our clean energy economy.

I just contacted my members of Congress asking that they support President Obama's budget priorities of clean energy and tackling climate change. Join me by taking action too!

We Deserve the Truth!

"During the last 8 years, crimes were committed in our name. Secret wiretaps. Illegal detentions. Torture.

Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) wants the truth--who committed crimes, when were they authorized, and why? This isn't about gotcha politics or finger pointing, it's about responsibly looking at the past so we can have a better future. That's why Leahy held a Senate hearing about creating a special Truth Commission to investigate the activities of the Bush era.

Show Sen. Leahy that we stand behind him as he begins the search for answers."

How does health care in your state measure up?

"The Commonwealth Fund ranks health care in each state and estimates how quality of life would be enhanced, including overall financial savings, if a state improved its health care system."

PBS link

Tell Congress to cut programs in the Pentagon budget that don't work.

"In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, 'The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.'

A collection of military experts have already identified billions of dollars of wasteful programs which don't work, and should end.

Tell Congress to dump the useless programs, so we can afford things which truly make America stronger."

Homeland Security Intelligence Needs Focus, CDT Tells Congress

"In congressional testimony yesterday, the Center for Democracy & Technology cautioned that a growing system for collection and sharing of homeland security intelligence has inappropriately targeted First Amendment and other innocent activity. Citing examples of abuse, CDT called on a subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee to ensure that domestic intelligence efforts better focus on possible criminal conduct and that such efforts are brought under strong privacy protection guidelines."

CDT Testimony on Homeland Security Intelligence Efforts [PDF] March 18, 2009

Help stop the killing of Alaska's wolves

I just took action at SaveWolves.org to end the brutal slaughter of Alaska's wolves through aerial gunning, and I hope that you'll join me.

More than 800 wolves have already been shot dead under the state's brutal aerial gunning program. The Alaska Board of Game allows marksmen to shoot wolves from aircraft, or use low-flying airplanes to chase the wolves, run the helpless creatures to exhaustion, then gun them down at point-blank range once they're too tired to run any further.

If you have a heart, then you probably feel that these pathetic losers should stop hunting this way. It's one thing to control the wolf population, but hunt like a real man--or woman!--and don't go about it in a manner that will clearly define you as a weak, pathetic individual. There was a time when there existed a majority of people that respected the hunt. Help me protect these magnificent creatures against the douchebags in Alaska hunting like this by clicking the link below to send a free message to President Obama urging him to enforce the federal Airborne Hunting Act before it's too late for Alaska's wolves.

Please go to SaveWolves.org to take action now.

Then forward this message to your friends and family and ask them to join you.

Thanks for helping to protect our precious wolves.

Link Added: Green Tips library

Check out the Sierra Club's "Green Tips" Library for information and tips on living a green lifestyle. It has some good ideas. Find it in my |Causes| links section.

The Unit - "Hill 60" - Episode 16 (44:24)

Check this spooky episode of The Unit out online, it definitely creeped me out to think that something like that could happen anywhere really, if enough jerks got together.