Congressman Dennis Kucinich sent the following email to his supporters on February 4:
We should pay careful attention to the message of the Massachusetts election. And that message is to focus on the economy. …
The Historic Cost of the State of the Union: Mr. President, Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal
Jeff Biggers
While President Obama addresses the US Congress in his historic State of the Union tonight, our nation will sit back and burn an estimated 115,000 tons of coal. Close to 250,000 tons of CO2 will be released from coal-fired plants during the hourlong presentation; hundreds of pounds of toxic mercury emissions will enter our air, and inevitably, into the lives of our children.
As we watch the President on our televisions and computer screens generated by coal-fired electricity, arsenic from coal ash, along with boron, selenium and lead, will quietly seep into our watersheds. Drawing from American Lung Association estimates, three American citizens will die prematurely during the State of the Union due to illnesses related to coal-fired plant pollution; three coal miners will also die today from black lung disease. Millions of tax dollars will be allocated in this single hour to cover the external health care and environmental costs of coal.
And the deadly myth of the Saudi Arabia of coal will burn on.
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On Jan. 29, 2010, Doctors Margaret Flowers and Carol Paris were arrested outside a hotel, at the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore, MD, where President Barack Obama was to give a speech. They were on a …
Monday morning at 7 on CONNECT THE DOTS the one year anniversary of Obama’ election tune in or use this link http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/index.php?shokey=ctd as we talk with:
TIM CARPENTER Exec Dir. Of PDA, …
By Paulette Garin | PDA Blog Contributor and Cross-posted from Paula’s Blog
As part of a recent medical exam, my doctor ordered blood work to evaluate my overall medical condition as well as follow up on …
On this month’s Stop Global Warming/Environmental Issues Organizing Team call, the following topics were covered: Kathy Callan's meeting with Sen. Boxer's staff, results of the Copenhagen climate summit, updates on the Price Carbon Campaign and …
A stellar group of guests spoke to over 80 callers, answering questions submitted in the PDA Chat Room. Minnesota Senator John Marty, Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for governor, spoke about single payer legislation in MN, with …
Let’s combine forces to form the Brownbagger Movement!
Here’s a suggestion for what we should call ourselves— us ordinary people, progressives, ethnic groups, students, labor unions, other workers, environmentalists, conservationists and poor and middle class people: …
by Randy Shannon | Treasurer, PA 4th CD Chapter
Progressive Democrats of America
December 30, 2009
The chart at the right from the St. Louis Federal Reserve shows that banks have record low liquid assets, and that …
Tim Carpenter discusses the recent developments in the Health Care debate in Washington.
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