Again, thanks to Cliff at One Utah for posting this. Wexler has a lot of guts. And Rice is a Liar, big time.
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Thanks to Cliff over at One Utah for posting this:
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Dear Friends,
We are very sorry to bring the following message from Peter’s family to you.
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9/13/2008
It is with great sadness and regret that we have to inform you that Peter Camejo died this morning. Peter decided that he would be more comfortable at home, and the doctors agreed. Arrangements were made, and ultimately Peter returned home yesterday. Peter’s health had declined rapidly over the last two days due to the aggressiveness of his cancer and the strength of the drugs used to combat his disease. His wife was at his side when he passed peacefully this morning.
Peter is survived by his wife Morella, his daughter Alexandra, his son Victor, three brothers Antonio, Daniel, and Danny, and three grandchildren Andrew and Daniel and Oliver.
Arrangements and memorial services will be announced at a later date. As a courtesy, the family requests that there be no calls at this time.
The Camejo Family
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The family is planning private funeral services. A public memorial will be held in late fall or winter. Peter had discussed plans for his memorial with Claudette Begin and asked her to organize it. She will obviously need to be in contact with the many people he has been in touch with and affected over the years, and will welcome your help. She can be reached at achis@igc.org
People are invited to send hard copy reminiscences of Peter to be included at the memorial. Please send these to his brother Dan Ratner, The Camejo Group, 520 Third St., Ste. 201, Oakland, CA 94607-3505.
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From Wikipedia
Peter Miguel Camejo (December 31, 1939, New York City – September 13, 2008, Folsom, California) was an American author, activist and politician. In 2004, he was selected by independent candidate Ralph Nader as his vice-presidential running mate on a ticket which had the endorsement of the Reform Party.[1][2] Camejo was a three time Green Party gubernatorial candidate most recently in 2006 receiving 2.3% of the vote. Camejo also ran in the 2003 California recall election finishing fourth in a field of 135 candidates (2.8%), and 2002 finishing third with 5.3%. In January 2007, Camejo announced that he had been diagnosed with early-stage lymphoma, a cancer that is usually treatable.[3] As of March, 2008 after a series of chemotherapy treatments, the cancer was in remission,[4] but in May it was announced that doctors had made a second diagnosis of lymphoma.[5]
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Claudette Begin & Alex Chis
P.O. Box 2944
Fremont, CA 94536-0944
Phone: 510-489-8554
Email: achis@igc.org
Posted at On The Wilder Side:
This Sunday, 9/14/08: Cynthia McKinney on C-Span
RESCHEDULED: Host Your Own “Road to the White House” Houseparty
UPDATE: Cynthia McKinney is now confirmed to appear on C-SPAN 1 “Road to the White House”, airing this Sunday, September 14 at it’s usual time, 6:30 pm EST, and again at 9:30 pm EST that same night.
This provides supporters of the campaign with a new opportunity to hold fundraising house parties with voters all across this country. The show will also include footage of the National Press Club event on Third Party candidates which included Cynthia’s remarks. Feel free to check this week’s schedule yourself at http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
She will also be featured for a short interview on NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon, airing live on Saturday, October 25 at 8:10 am EST, with 4 million listeners.
Every Green Party and other McKinney supporter with cable tv and chairs is urged to invite your neighbors, co-workers, friends and family who may not know about Cynthia’s campaign, to watch the show, discuss the issues and the campaign, and pledge their volunteer support or make a financial contribution to the McKinney-Clemente campaign.
Those with computers and an internet connection can capture online donations right there in your home, or for check writers, please use the contribution form provided below to document donations for FEC compliance.
http://supporters2.runcynthiarun.org/supporters.cgi
Click to access contributor_form.pdf
You can also download campaign materials from http://www.runcynthiarun.org and order campaign shirts, buttons and yard signs for the event from http://www.mckinney2008.com.
Since “Road to the White House” repeats three hours later. You could even schedule your house party in two shifts, for an early and a late crowd. Please let us know if you plan to schedule one so we can list it on the website for your state and city at talkback@runcynthiarun.org.
If you can capture the showings on videotape and covert to DVD, please help us get a copy. Contact press-secretary@runcynthiarun.org if you can help.
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Tagged 2008 elections, corporate greed, military, republicans, war
This came across my email desk from the group Peaceful Tomorrows, a group of families of victims in the World Trade Center Bombings on September 11, 2001, that formed just after that horrific tragedy to turn their grief into action. Here is there message today on teh 7th anniversary of that incident:
September 11, 2008
Dear Members, Friends and Supporters of Peaceful Tomorrows,
The experience of yet another anniversary of 9/11 provides an occasion to reflect upon the hopes and beliefs that brought the members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows together. In response to the terrorist attacks that killed our family members, we never wanted wars of retaliation that would cause the deaths of innocent civilians in other nations. We never wanted hunger for revenge to lead America to violate international law, abandon Constitutional rights, or engage in torture.
We united to turn our grief into action for peace, believing that it is possible to break the cycles of violence caused by terrorism and war. And over the past months, from Capitol Hill to Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond we have raised our voices in support of nonviolence, human rights and the rule of law.
Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
In July, Peaceful Tomorrows members traveled to DC to lobby Congress about the need to end the abuses at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center and rededicate the U.S. to principles of international justice. We are currently working with human rights allies at Witness Against Torture and Center for Constitutional Rights to craft a multi-faceted campaign to shut down Guantánamo within the first 100 days of the new administration. We believe it can be done!
Iraq
Perhaps the most hopeful work we are doing is our campaign to support the courageous and inspiring Iraqi peace and nonviolence activists of LaOnf. LaOnf (which roughly translates as "nonviolence" in Arabic) is a network of over 100 Iraqi civil society organizations working to promote "nonviolence as the most effective way to struggle for an independent, democratic, and peaceful Iraq."
In August Peaceful Tomorrows members Terry Rockefeller and Adele Welty met with LaOnf members in Erbil, Kurdistan as they planned activities for their 2008 Week of Nonviolence. In support of LaOnf’s efforts, Peaceful Tomorrows has launched a public education campaign to inform American citizens and policymakers about these Iraqi women and men who have endured repression, invasion and occupation yet remain committed to nonviolence. In October, Peaceful Tomorrows will help communities across the U.S. to show solidarity with the LaOnf activists. You can find out more at www.peacefultomorrows.org, where you can sign up to organize or attend a screening of a documentary about LaOnf in your area.
Military Commissions
Peaceful Tomorrows members have been featured in news stories about the controversy surrounding the U.S. government’s prosecution of 9/11 suspects in military tribunals. As a partner in the American Civil Liberties Union’s John Adams Project, Peaceful Tomorrows supports fair trials for all people, regardless of the charges they face. We will continue to speak out against the military commissions, making clear how they embody a legal process that has been compromised by political interference and stripped of the minimum of defendants’ rights and protections that define fair trials.
Afghanistan
As support for war in Iraq decreases, there are disturbing calls to increase U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Peaceful Tomorrows is categorically opposed to the idea that we can win a "War on Terror." War IS terror. We need instead to invest in programs that address the root causes of violence and terrorism. Peaceful Tomorrows has been actively working to bring Afghanistan to the forefront of the U.S. peace movement. With our allies at United for Peace and Justice, we are developing web-based materials that will prepare U.S. peace activists to effectively challenge the calls for increased military engagement in Afghanistan.
As we prepare ourselves for the work ahead, we are grateful for your loyal support. Please help us to continue our work by making a generous donation to Peaceful Tomorrows today. You can donate online at this link.
And please, go to our website at http://www.peacefultomorrows.org where you will find more information about the projects of Peaceful Tomorrows and our members, including a link to the newly launched website of the International Network for Peace, a global network of victims of terrorism, genocide, atomic weapons, occupation and war who have chosen to work for nonviolent solutions to conflict.
We look forward to hearing from you.
In peace and hope,
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
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There have been reports that CNN, in its broadcast coverage, is whitewashing Cynthia McKinney from yesterday’s press conference at the National Press Club in DC. Apparently, CNN is showing Ron Paul and Ralph Nader but no one else on the panel, misleadingly suggesting that Paul has endorsed Nader, and Cynthia McKinney’s name is never mentioned.
If you watch CNN and you find this to be true, please contact CNN and ask why they’re censoring the Green Party’s presidential nominee. I don’t watch TV or have cable, so I can’t confirm how CNN is covering the story.
CNN contact pages:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/07/your.comments/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form.sound.off.html (for posting messages)
Here are two phone numbers:
CNN Newsource Cable Network Bureau (202) 783-4364
CNN/Cable News Network Cable Network Bureau (202) 898-7923
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What is the current state of Ballot Access?
Greens and McKinney supporters across the nation want to know which states the McKinney/Clemente ticket will be on the ballot and where they will be write-in candidates.
At Ballot Access News the chart shows the McKinney/Clemente ticket on in 31 states and DC. In an email to state McKinney campaign coordinators National Party Secretary Holly Hart said that the campaign is on in those 31 states and DC and expects to be on in Vermont as well. With a lawsuit underway in North Carolina, that state party went ahead and set themselves up to conduct a write-in campaign so those votes would be counted in case the suit is not settled before then.
Other states with “official” write-in campaigns include Indiana, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Texas, Alabama and Georgia. Missouri, Kentucky and Alaska are likely to have “official” write-in campaigns. Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut are possible write-in states. Both Idaho and North Dakota fall into the “unsure” category for write-ins, and both Oklahoma and South Dakota will not count our write-in votes.
The good news is, if your state is not in the lists above, McKinney/Clemente will be on your ballot come November!
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From Op Ed News (scroll down for links to video clips from another source)
by Kevin Zeese
Polls Indicate Non-Duopoly Candidates Could Determine Outcome of the Election
Ron Paul held what he described as a “very important” press conference on September 10th in Washington, DC. The event brought four third party and independent candidates “together in unity” around a statement of principles. The event came as polls showed the presidential race tightening and third party/independent candidates getting combined votes of over 10% in swing states.The four candidates – Independent Ralph Nader, the Green nominee Cynthia McKinney, the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin and the Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr along with Ron Paul agreed on the following four key principles:
Foreign Policy: The Iraq War must end as quickly as possible with removal of all our soldiers from the region. Continue reading
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Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 