Forever A Fangirl

Updated NEW True Blood - Season 4 - Sneak Peek HQ 5.20.11 (VIDEO) (SCREENCAPS) #trueblood

Alexander Skarsgård as 'Eric Northman' (Credit HBO, inc.)

NEW Official True Blood Sneak Peek including previously unseen characters plus more details about our 'old favourites!':

Uploaded by trueblood on May 20, 2011

Jessica: 'I can eat whoever I want!' <sniffle>

Eric: 'I'm a tax-paying, American small-business owner in the great state of Louisiana. I also happen to be a vampire...'  In the past year there's been a lot of inflammatory talk from politicians warning their constituents not to trust vampires.The truth is that vampires are as different from each another as humans are and we ask only to be treated as such.'

Nan Flanagan: 'It's a post-Russell Edgington world everyone and we win back the humans one.smile.at.a.time. No dead humans!...or I'll have your ass'

Bill: (in response to Nan) 'I'll deal with it personally.'

Jason: 'If you are gonna kill me, do it.'

I've culled about 80 screencaps of this sneak peek which, true to True Blood form, cuts very quickly from scene to scene--so there's bound to be scenes you may have missed.

All-in-all looks quite tasty! And Bill looks super-sharp! (No pun!)...* New haircut. He's lost the Henley...great start.

*though Stephen Moyer looks every inch his 40-year-old self.

 

It seems the Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) from the end of season 1 is back, albeit in a much more sophisticated form.

 

SCREENCAPS!:

I do worry though that there is just going to be too much going on to fill 12 episodes. All of the supernaturals are getting involved this season: werewolves, shape-shifters, fairies, vampires of course, and then the plain ol' human...witches...who have supernatural powers. Are we going to spend more time in Hot Shot than Bon Temps?

I'm ready to be pleasantly surprised but I have a feeling that guest actors like the terrific Fiona Shaw are going to be getting too much screen time versus our series' regulars.

I have zero interest in 'Jesus' (Kevin Alejandro) though I love Nelsan Ellis as 'Lafayette.' but with Alejandro moved to featured player--they are gonna get screen time.

Same goes for Joe Manganiello getting featured player status this season.

I have real misgivings about Alcide as he seemed to get shoved aside last year and I don't feel like he's going to get any closer to Sookie this year, hence Joe Manganiello goes off on his own for a good chunk of season 4. I'm feeling like Alcide got saddled with a thankless role (as far as his place in the big story).

Because it has openly discussed and vividly shown in the sneak peeks, my thoughts are that having to endure watching Jason's misadventures in Hot Shot will be dismal. How much gnawing upon Sookie's brother are we gonna have to watch?--'cos if taking the lead from the book, it takes darn near forever to turn a human by biting them.

And seriously, do we need another season of angry Tara (Rutina Wesley)? That girl has had zero growth since the TV series began. Tara has almost no role in the Sookie Stackhouse book series and True Blood would have been better off to have followed the book in that respect. No offense toward any of the actors as I'm refering to how the television characters are written. They wouldn't be on this show if they were not good actors, but the material for several of them has not served them well.

Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon, If I Had A Hammer, Blowin' In The Wind, Leaving On A Jet Plane - Videos

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Puff the Magic Dragon Tonight in Person - 1966

Puff the Magic Dragon was probably the first of Peter, Paul and Mary's string of folk song hits that those of us of a certain age remember hearing as children. I was in the playroom basement of my cousin's house when this first came on the radio, catching my fancy. Many years later I heard that "Puff" was an allusion to smoking pot, getting high but my childhood impression of it as a simple, catchy pop-folk song never changed.

 

Leaving On A Jet Plane

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Ms. Travers once told the music magazine Goldmine: "People say to us, 'Oh, I grew up with your music,' and we often say, sotto voce, 'So did we.'

NYTimes.com

Below:

If I Had A Hammer

I remember belting this out in grade school chorus.

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Peter Paul and Mary, If I Had A Hammer

Lyrics:

If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land
I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land
I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Well I got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

 

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Blowin' in the Wind

Tonight in Person - 1966

The real deal. Born and bred in Greenwich Village, NY, here Mary Travers is shown at an anti war news conference in 1967.

Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and lived in Redding, Conn.

The cause was complications from chemotherapy associated with a bone-marrow transplant she had several years ago after developing leukemia, said Heather Lylis, a spokeswoman.

Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager directly from the clubs and the coffeehouses that nourished the folk-music revival. NYTimes.com

True Blood - God Hates Fangs - HBO - Deposition, Gymnast, 911, Seeing Eye Dog - 2 Viral *Videos*

Our campaign in London churches. Take a look!

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The ending is rather amusing and I hate to point this out because it feels sort of third grade but it really isn't a big leap to go from God Hates Fangs to God Hates (drop the letter "n").

Even here in the video as the woman who is viral marketing her hate campaign, shouts out "God hates fangs," it sounds very close to a real epithet. Didn't anyone at True Blood marketing have any qualms about this? Sort of hard to believe.                                                                                                 

Below: leandroy2

All credits are from Digital Kitchen, Chicago
Direction of Mark Bashore

HBO | True Blood Season 2 | Viral Deposition, Gymnast, 911, Seeing Eye Dog

APOLLO'S FAMOUS TOWEL SCENE (Jamie Bamber) Goes Naked for PETA #battlestargalactica #towelscene

BEAR HUGS NOT BEAR HATS:

The Famous Towel Scene

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APOLLO'S Famous Towel Scene from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Episode 208: 'FINAL CUT':

"Final Cut," Battlestar Galactica While D'Anna interviews Viper pilots by their bunks, Apollo tries to introduce himself.'

Until now, fans of Jamie Bamber (Apollo On the Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica) had to make do with the awesome but short clip of Mr. Bamber almost losing his very small towel in a memorable scene from the episode "Final Cut" on the tv series "Battlestar Galactica." No more. In an effort to raise awareness of the plight of black bears killed to make the Queen's Guard's caps--it takes one whole bear to make a single cap--Jamie got naked for PETA. (scroll down)

Read the whole story: PETA UK:

Jamie Bamber has long been a firm favourite on the sci-fi scene, with his ever-exciting role as Lee "Apollo" Adama in Battlestar Galactica. And now he's wooing UK audiences as DS Matt Devlin in the new ITV1 drama Law and Order. There's nothing quite like fighting for justice and helping those in need – and always look really good doing it, of course!

It didn't surprise us one bit that Jamie is like that in real life too. That's why he bared his skin in PETA's newest ad to help save black bears killed for their fur. When Jamie learned how Canadian black bears are killed to make the Queen's Guards' ceremonial caps, the British-born actor jumped at the chance to help. "I initially decided to do the PETA ad because a great friend of mine in L.A., Lucy Davis, had just done a similar ad, and I love Lucy and it was a cause I didn't know about – I'll be honest. So as soon as Lucy opened my eyes, I was thrilled to join her and do my bit."

Originally found at HuffPost.

Tribute To George Carlin~

Because some of my blogs are monetized, I cannot reproduce material on one (exception: graphics and photos) to the other. I did my tribute to the late, master of stand-up comedy, George Carlin on my not-for-profit, Vox blog but this blog seems empty without a little something to remember George. So then, here's the link to my Vox blog George Carlin post in which I've posted a couple memories but more importantly a mash-up --five YouTube videos taken from various George Carlin performances. Enjoy!

These are the mug shots ( that I've altered slightly) from George's 1971 arrest at a event held each year on Milwaukee's lakefront called "Summerfest."

George was said to seem mostly bemused by the experience.

Doonesbury for Sunday April 1, 2007

Click on comic to enlarge

Make videos, not war

Pretty amazing kid in the Chicago Tribune story below. No matter what she chooses to do in life, it'll probably be fulfilling and most likely impressive, IMO.

16-year-old anti-war vidcaster stirs up controversy

By Nara Schoenberg
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 4, 2007

A home-schooler with a cat named Pumpkin and pink rubber bands on her braces, Ava Lowery isn't your stereotypical peace activist.

But with her Web site peacetakescourage.com getting 60,000 hits a day, and her homemade videos juxtaposing images of the war with popular music and provocative quotes landing her on CNN, Nick News and the editorial pages of The New York Times, the 16-year-old from Alexander City, Ala., is increasingly a political force to be reckoned with.

In December, Rolling Stone, which had previously praised her "genius videos," listed her with the likes of Al Gore and Stephen Colbert as one of the greatest mavericks of 2006.

Along with the acclamation have come the accusation that Ava is just a parrot for her mother and stepfather, both lawyers, or a front for a liberal organization -- both of which she denies -- and a series of angry e-mail responses and Internet postings, including death threats and the observation, "it's people like you who need to [expletive] die and get raped while your corpse rots in the sun."

In an interview conducted via cell phone while she was tagging along with her 19-year-old brother, also a home-schooler, on a photography project, Lowery discussed her most famous video and responded to her critics.

The following is an edited transcript.

Q. In your best-known video "WWJD?" you juxtapose photographs of wounded and grieving Iraqi children with the hymn, "Jesus Loves Me." How did you decide to pair that music with those images?

A. My mom actually suggested using a church song for a video, and that's something I wanted to do because I am a Christian, and I don't believe this war is a Christian thing to do, even though George W. Bush says he's a man of God. So I decided to use "Jesus Loves Me" and put it up with [photos of] Iraqi children, because I believe Jesus loves all children, no matter what their religion, or race, or anything.

Q. Have you always been against the war?

A. I've been against the war from the beginning, but in the beginning I sort of gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt. I was only 13 at the time of the invasion, but soon after my 14th birthday I started to do research online, and that's when I came across a lot of things like the Downing Street Memo, and because of that I decided to speak out against the war.

Q. What would you say to someone who says a video such as "WWJD?" contains a lot of blood and violence?

A. Well, I'd say they need to see what the results of our actions are. Those aren't graphic photos compared to what many of those war images look like. I have to go through those photos daily when I make a video, and I see those images, and I don't think the American public does see those images, and I think they should.


Q. This question always comes up: Are you a parrot of your parents?

A. Um, no, definitely. My mom and I actually disagree about a bunch of things. Sometimes I'm more liberal than her; sometimes she's more liberal than me. [Lowery's mother describes herself as an independent voter who has leaned Democratic in recent years.] My parents, of course, have an influence over me; I can't say that they haven't. No one can. But my opinions come from me looking at the facts, doing my research and forming my own opinions.


Q. What about the allegation that you're a front for a leftist organization. Is that true?

A. No, I wish it was. I wish someone would pay me. [Laughs.] That would be nice.


Q. Are you involved in any other causes?

A. I'm not really involved with any other cause.


Q. And what do you do for fun?

A. I'm a normal teenager. I hang out with my friends. I go to the movies. Sometimes I go bowling. And I actually enjoy going to peace rallies, strange as that may seem. I just came back from a peace rally in Auburn [Ala.] yesterday, and there were about 75 people there. So I like to do different things, some of them political, some of them not political...

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May Day

 

Fire Karl Rove

This is from John Kerry...

 

Dear Friend,

I hope you will join me right now in signing an open letter to the President urging him to thoroughly reject Karl Rove's purposeful attack on the patriotism of those who dare ask the tough questions that best protect American troops.

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/rove.php

Dear President Bush,

In the days following the 9/11 attacks, you movingly spoke of the unity of purpose emanating all across America. Now, Karl Rove, your top political aide, wants us to believe that you weren't telling the truth -- that Americans were offering "therapy and understanding to the attackers." You cannot remain silent as your most senior advisor purposely twists the truth about a great moment of American unity for political gain.

It isn't the first time Karl Rove has crossed the line. It needs to be the last. I call on you to thoroughly reject his cheap, divisive efforts to challenge the patriotism of your political opponents. It's time to fire Karl Rove.

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/rove.php

Thank you.

Tom DeLay: Is he corrupt, power-hungry and out of touch?

Dear Cyn,

Click here to read our full case file on Tom DeLay!

Meet Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX), the man Republicans have chosen as their Majority Leader in the House of Representatives.

Tom DeLay is at the center of a bewildering array of investigations into corruption, abuse of power, and ethics violations.

As the courts and committees investigate DeLay's misdeeds and hand down indictments, keeping track of all the scandals can be a full-time job. So we thought it would helpful to offer folks a quick and easy guide:

http://www.democrats.org/delaycasefile

People need to get to know Tom DeLay. He personifies the kind of government we're getting from Republicans -- corrupt, power-hungry, and out of touch.

They also need to know that his Republican colleagues in the House have been complicit in his pattern of sleaze. They even changed the ethics rules to protect him, and packed the Ethics Committee with a bunch of DeLay cronies for good measure.

Spread the Word

It is vital that you help us spread the word about Tom DeLay. The more people who know about his record, the more pressure he'll face. Forward this message to your friends or use this handy tool:

http://www.democrats.org/spreadtheword

Even conservative commentators and editorial boards see the writing on the wall -- they have been weighing in against DeLay's misdeeds and shaming his fellow Republicans for supporting him. But House Republicans don't care -- his money for influence machine and his power-hungry crusades have become standard practice for the GOP.

The DeLay boat is sinking. And it's taking the entire Republican Party with it.

Thank you for making sure every American knows it.

http://www.democrats.org/delaycasefile

Nancy, Jesse, and Josh
The DNC Internet Team

March 19, 2004--Two Years of Iraq-American War--Come Together (Right Now)

(from MoveOn.org)

March 19th, 2005 will mark 2 full years since the bombs started falling in Iraq. As of today, 1,516 American troops have been killed in combat, and over 11,220 have been seriously injured.  Uncounted tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have died, and millions are without electricity or running water.

The Bush administration is in the middle of an optimism campaign on Iraq, and wants us to believe that a stable peace is around the corner.  But most realists see years of chaos and violence ahead. The two-year anniversary of the invasion is an important time to come together in response.

Our friends at Sojourners--a network of progressive faith-based communities--are organizing peace vigils all across the country, and they have asked MoveOn members to join them. You can either find a vigil in your neighborhood, or start one of your own. It's a first step--an opportunity to mark this date with a solemn recognition of those we have lost, and a firm commitment to finding a better way.

To find a vigil near you, just go to:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=654

To host a vigil, go to:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=655

The vigils will take many different forms. Some are hosted by churches, synagogues and mosques and include religious prayers. Some are hosted by local peace groups and are non-denominational. Resources are available online to help you organize either type. Common elements include reading the names of fallen Americans and Iraqis, prayer for peace, and silence.

This anniversary is also an important time to reflect on the war itself, and where we go from here.  The fundamental error of the invasion has left us, as a nation, with no opportunity for a quick fix. But together, we must address the catastrophe Bush has created, and ensure we are never again deceived into a reckless war.

Last summer, we surveyed MoveOn members to determine where folks stood on Iraq.  An overwhelming majority of us agreed that we need to have a clear exit plan.  And that consensus remains: in order to gain the trust of the Iraqi people, they must know that we don't intend to be there forever.

In the days ahead, we will work together to end the war, by pressuring the President to negotiate a binding exit plan with the Iraqi government.  We will push to ensure that America doesn't establish permanent military bases in Iraq, which would send such a terrible message to the world about our motives there.

Together, we will demand that Congress root out the corporate corruption that has undercut the rebuilding efforts and washed billions we've already put into Iraq down the drain.  This is especially crucial as Congress prepares to approve another $80+ billion for Iraq.

And we will counter the Bush doctrine of shortsighted, go-it-alone militarism by promoting healthy engagement with the international community--the best way to accomplish diplomatic goals, and address real security threats.

Finally, we'll organize to increase the political consequences for misleading the country into war.  Future lawmakers must know that illegitimate wars come at a great political cost. 

Our work together goes on.  But this Saturday, let's begin by commemorating what has happened, mourning those we have lost and building hope together for a more peaceful world.

To find and join a two-year anniversary peace vigil, click here:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=654

To host your own vigil, click here

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=655

Thanks for all that you do to make the world a more secure and peaceful place.

Sincerely,

--Eli Pariser, Ben Brandzel and the MoveOn.org Team

NODD-1 statistics and NODD-2 on April 15

Many people have asked us to quantify how Not One Damn Dime Day went. So we did. First the survey results, then our suggestion for Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, on April 15 (please send out this email to everynioe you know!)

We conducted a survey of NODD participants via Bentley College in Waltham Massachusetts. The first set of results are directly from the survey respondents. Then we extrapolate (estimate) how those results apply nationwide. More details are available at http://www.notonedamndime.com/boycott/Survey_Count.asp#counts including the survey methodology and links to the survey instrument.

* The 1276 respondents reported their total normal spending for that day would have been $59,729, or $46.81 on average; their reported actual spending total was $8,035.16, or $6.30 on average.

* The total amount withheld (normal minus actual) was $51,693.84, or $40.51 on average.

* The total number to whom respondents passed along info about NotOneDamnDime was 27,170 or on average 21.3 people, and the total number of folks they personally knew who participated was 45,899, or an average of 36 people.

* 63.5% found out about the NODD protest by e-mail and e-mail is the way 56.9% of them in turn told others about NODD, twice the percentage who told others in a face to face conversation.

*** Extrapolated results: (Extrapolations are estimates based on the limited information from the survey results above. These are the best estimates of NODD participation available. Contact Jesse Gordon for methodology.)

* 200 million to 210 million emails were sent about NODD (based on survey ratios and TV/radio estimates).

* That translates to about 40-45 million different people who heard about it by email. (based on survey’s average number of email receipts)

* 30-35 million heard about it on TV/radio/newspaper (based on our summing of viewership/listenership",1] ); //-->Many people have asked us to quantify how Not One Damn Dime Day went. So we did. First the survey results, then our suggestion for Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, on April 15 (please send out this email to everynioe you know!)

We conducted a survey of NODD participants via Bentley College in Waltham Massachusetts. The first set of results are directly from the survey respondents. Then we extrapolate (estimate) how those results apply nationwide. More details are available at http://www.notonedamndime.com/boycott/Survey_Count.asp#counts including the survey methodology and links to the survey instrument.

* The 1276 respondents reported their total normal spending for that day would have been $59,729, or $46.81 on average; their reported actual spending total was $8,035.16, or $6.30 on average.

* The total amount withheld (normal minus actual) was $51,693.84, or $40.51 on average.

* The total number to whom respondents passed along info about NotOneDamnDime was 27,170 or on average 21.3 people, and the total number of folks they personally knew who participated was 45,899, or an average of 36 people.

* 63.5% found out about the NODD protest by e-mail and e-mail is the way 56.9% of them in turn told others about NODD, twice the percentage who told others in a face to face conversation.

*** Extrapolated results: (Extrapolations are estimates based on the limited information from the survey results above. These are the best estimates of NODD participation available. Contact Jesse Gordon for methodology.)

* 200 million to 210 million emails were sent about NODD (based on survey ratios and TV/radio estimates).

* That translates to about 40-45 million different people who heard about it by email. (based on survey’s average number of email receipts)

* 30-35 million heard about it on TV/radio/newspaper (based on our summing of viewership/listenership

/readership, minus some duplication).

* With substantial overlap between those two groups, the total number of individuals who heard about the boycott is about 50-55 million. (1 in 5 Americans, which jives with anecdotal evidence).

* We estimate a participation rate of about 4% by those who heard about it (based on participation commitment rate on this website).

* Therefore we estimate a total participation nationwide of about 2 million people.

* The economic impact was a total delayed spending of $81 million (based on total participation multipled by survey of average decreased spending).

*** On April 15th, please join us in an effort to stop the growing national debt that threatens our country's future and security on national and international levels.

Here's the 'Not One Damn Dime Day Part Two' email. Please read it, share it with as many people as possible and join us on tax day, April 15th, for a virtual march on Washington as tens of millions of us speak our piece to those who represent us, and tell them, 'Not One Damn Dime For Fiscal Insanity.'

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NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY - PART II

DEMAND RESPONSIBLE SPENDING ON TAX DAY

Because the people in Washington continue to mortgage America's future with tax cuts and deficit spending, because corporate America and the corporate press continue to hide their heads in the sand about it, Tax Day, April 15th, 2005 is Not One Damn Dime Tax Day across America.

On Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, email the people who represent you in Washington. Tell them to stop playing fast and loose with the economy. Sit down at the computer and speak up. Take part in a virtual march on Washington by emailing both of your Senators, as well as your Representative.

Tell them you're mad as hell about their fiscal insanity. Tell them cutting taxes and going deeper into debt than this nation has ever gone is no way to run America. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in national debt.'

Tell them to do right by the American people, and the issues they care about, like education and health care. Tell them they are not elected by the corporations and corporate lobbyists who are lining the halls of congress (and lining your representatives' pockets) looking to reduce their tax obligations one minute, and increase government subsidies to their industries the next. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in corporate tax breaks.'

Tell them that more spending on an unnecessary war in Iraq is throwing good money after bad, and threatens our national security. Tell them to support our troops by bringing them home now. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more for military adventures.'

Tell them people across America, red and blue, agree: It's unfair to saddle future generations of Americans with trillions of dollars in principal and interest for programs and pork Washington wants, but won't pay for, today. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in pork.'

Tell them that, with the Euro breathing down America's neck, with foreign banks getting nervous about the size of America's debt, they owe America tough decisions and real solutions more than they owe their corporate buddies another favor. Email them on April 15th. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime!'

Just three little emails. Send them anytime between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM on April 15th. (You can find the appropriate addresses and sample messages at http://www.notonedamndime.com .)

On April 15th, 2005, write your Senators and your Representative. Tell them you don't want them to borrow one damn dime more; that they have no right to put your children and grandchildren's names on their IOUs. Tell them to stop porking around and get America's fiscal act together. Now.

Please share this as an email with as many people as possible, and please express your opinion at www.NotOneDamnDime.com .

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NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY - PART II DEMAND RESPONSIBLE SPENDING ON TAX DAY

NOT ONE DAMN DIME DAY - PART II

DEMAND RESPONSIBLE SPENDING ON TAX DAY

Because the people in Washington continue to mortgage America's future with tax cuts and deficit spending, because corporate America and the corporate press continue to hide their heads in the sand about it, Tax Day, April 15th, 2005 is Not One Damn Dime Tax Day across America.

On Not One Damn Dime Tax Day, email the people who represent you in Washington. Tell them to stop playing fast and loose with the economy. Sit down at the computer and speak up. Take part in a virtual march on Washington by emailing both of your Senators, as well as your Representative.

Tell them you're mad as hell about their fiscal insanity. Tell them cutting taxes and going deeper into debt than this nation has ever gone is no way to run America. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in national debt.'

Tell them to do right by the American people, and the issues they care about, like education and health care. Tell them they are not elected by the corporations and corporate lobbyists who are lining the halls of congress (and lining your representatives' pockets) looking to reduce their tax obligations one minute, and increase government subsidies to their industries the next. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in corporate tax breaks.'

Tell them that more spending on an unnecessary war in Iraq is throwing good money after bad, and threatens our national security. Tell them to support our troops by bringing them home now. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more for military adventures.'

Tell them people across America, red and blue, agree: It's unfair to saddle future generations of Americans with trillions of dollars in principal and interest for programs and pork Washington wants, but won't pay for, today. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime more in pork.'

Tell them that, with the Euro breathing down America's neck, with foreign banks getting nervous about the size of America's debt, they owe America tough decisions and real solutions more than they owe their corporate buddies another favor. Email them on April 15th. Tell them 'Not One Damn Dime!'

Just three little emails. Send them anytime between 12:01 AM and 11:59 PM on April 15th. (You can find the appropriate addresses and sample messages at http://www.notonedamndime.com .)

On April 15th, 2005, write your Senators and your Representative. Tell them you don't want them to borrow one damn dime more; that they have no right to put your children and grandchildren's names on their IOUs. Tell them to stop porking around and get America's fiscal act together. Now.

Please share this as an email with as many people as possible, and please express your opinion at www.NotOneDamnDime.com .

Petition For Rumsfeld's Removal

  

I try not to think about the fact that this country is to suffer through four more  years of both GWBush and The Donald. I mean, we pretty much know what to expect from Shrub but Rumsfeld, don't you think he's just going to keep fucking up? And he's never going to stop being an arrogant asshat.

C'mon people, put some effort into this--Rumsfeld is not competent. 

--Cyn

                                    

Dear Friend,       

We must stop rewarding incompetence, start demanding accountability, and for the sake of the troops in Iraq, we must replace Donald Rumsfeld.

Please join me in signing the following letter to President Bush on johnkerry.com.      http://www.johnkerry.com/replacerumsfeld     

Mr. President,       

I was surprised and disappointed that you told the Washington Post last week that no Bush administration official should be held accountable for our failures in Iraq. As the situation worsens and more American lives are lost and troops deployed to the region, it's time to stop rewarding incompetence and to start demanding accountability. For the sake of our men and women in uniform and their families here at home, I urge you to start by replacing Donald Rumsfeld. His record of failure and his inability to play it straight with the American people and our troops overseas make him unfit to serve as Secretary of Defense for one more day, never mind four more years.     

If you care about restoring our credibility around the world and our credibility with our troops on the ground in Iraq, you've got to start by removing Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. That's why I am joining Senator John Kerry and hundreds of thousands of Americans in adding my name to the johnkerry.com petition calling for Rumsfeld's immediate removal from office.     

I urge you to act without delay. We can't afford any more auto-penned letters of condolences and shifting stories about what kind of armor we have to protect our troops.       

American soliders and their families are counting on you as Commander in Chief to hold those in charge of the war in Iraq to the highest standards.       

Replace Rumsfeld

Thank you.

Not One Damn Dime Day

EDIT:  Thought this info merited a shift in comment placement. All the comments are appreciated however.

New comment has been posted on your blog Cyn City, on the post Not One
Damn Dime Day.

http://cyncity.typepad.com/cyn_city/2004/12/not_one_damn_di.html

IP Address: 151.203.113.67
Name: JesseGordon
Email Address: JesseGordon@NotOneDamnDime.com
URL: http://www.NotOneDamnDime.com
Comments:

FYI, there's a website where you can post your comments and see others'
comments. The website http://www.NotOneDamnDime.com has a version of the
email and a large pile of comments (400 as of Jan 5). For the
tender-hearted who can't stand cusswords, there's a version called
http://www.NotOneRedCent.com

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Below is an email forwarded from a friend which explains why some people are considering the suggestion of not purchasing a single product on GW Bush's inauguration day on Thursday, January 20th. Not a problem for me. I'm tight with fundage already.  EDIT: This simply is my light-hearted way of saying that I'm broke, anyway. Sheesh.

Subject: A good way to protest the Bush inaugural

"Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq, since our political leaders don't have the moral courage to oppose it, Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is "Not One Damn Dime Day" in America.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our name in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of consumer spending. During "Not One Damn Dime Day" please don't spend money. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse purchases. Nor toll/cab/bus or train ride money exchanges. Not one damn dime for anything for 24 hours.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Target. Please don't go to the mall or the local convenience store. Please don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all for that matter).

For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy down. The object is simple. Remind the people in power that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for starting it and that it is their responsibility to stop it.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind them, too, that they work for the people of the United States of America, not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent
the corporations and funnel cash into American politics. Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting the troops. The politicians put the troops in harm's way. Now 1,200 brave young Americans and (some estimate) 100,000 Iraqis have died. The politicians owe our troops a plan -- a way to come home.

There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing agenda to rant about. On "Not One Damn Dime Day" you take action by doing nothing. You open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed.

For 24 hours, nothing gets spent, not one damn dime, to remind our religious leaders and our politicians of their moral responsibility to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.