Archive for January 22nd, 2015
Stories of what can happen when reproductive freedom is lost or never existed.
Posted by bsbprogressive in Democracy, Equal Rights, justice on January 22, 2015
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Read, watch and ponder: This story and video, from the Daily KOS, should be a warning, a wake-up to us all. Is the US on the path becoming more like El Salvador (even a little) when it comes to womens rights and birth control? I dearly hope not, but certain states and communities across America have become much more regressive than others and this cannot continue. The scary message that this story and video tell me is that once we turn the corner and reverse the progress we have made in this area (Roe vs. Wade), we open the door to even more draconian measures. We can’t afford to become, even a little bit, like El Salvador. Instead we should be working to ensure the progress we have made and move El Salvador into the 21st century.
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So what is TPP really – NAFTA with steroids!
Posted by bsbprogressive in Congress, Corporations, Democracy, Economy, Worthy Actions on January 22, 2015
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What is “TPP”: Most of us know little or nothing about the TPP. And guess what neither do our members of congress. “We only know about the TPP’s threats thanks to leaks – the public is not allowed to see the draft TPP text. Even members of Congress, after being denied the text for years, are now only provided limited access. Meanwhile, more than 500 official corporate “trade advisors” have special access. The TPP has been under negotiation for six years, and the Obama administration wants to sign the deal this year. Opposition to the TPP is growing at home and in many of the other countries involved.”
TPP effects: http://www.citizen.org/TPP
What is “Fast Track”: According to the link below, “Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress writes the laws and sets trade policy. And so it was for 200 years. President Nixon seized both of those powers through a mechanism known as Fast Track – a legislative luge run used to skid through harmful “trade” deals.” “Fast Track has been used to ram through Congress sweeping pacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). These deals, like TPP, extend far beyond traditional trade business (like tariff-cutting) to impose retrograde constraints on our domestic financial, energy, medicine-patent, food safety, immigration, procurement and other policies. TPP would even limit internet freedom.”
Fast Tracking TPP: http://www.exposethetpp.org/Fast-Track.html
Say NO and sign the Petition:
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50,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into Montana’s Yellowstone River Saturday
Posted by bsbprogressive in Climate Change, Congress, Energy, Environment on January 22, 2015
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Read this: This is the 2nd spill into the Yellowstone River since 2011 and if the XL Pipeline passes a significant portion of it will also parallel the Yellowstone River. “The estimated 50,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled from a pipeline into Montana’s Yellowstone River Saturday has forced truckloads of water to be shipped in to one Montana city, after traces of the oil were found in the city’s water supplies.” The difference between this spill and the one in 2011 centers on the time of year it took place. The 2011 spill, although larger, occurred in July, while this new spill occurred in January. Currently most of the river, in the spill area and downstream, is frozen. Cleanup is challenged to say the least. This spill involved regular crude oil. What will happen if and when there is a leak involving tar sands oil from the XL Pipeline (the dirtiest and hardest to clean-up oil known)? Is this a chance we should take in order to transport Canadian oil for sale on the world market. I, for one, say no.
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