Important Time Sensitive - McGovern Petition! - Hardball Fri. evening

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Gathering Signatures for McGovern's Petition in Support of HR 4232

 

 

1 . PDA Advisory Board Member and Hip Hop Summit Action Network leader, Rev.

Lennox Yearwood will be on Hardball Friday evening! Please tune in and

spread the word. Rev. Yearwood will be asking for support for our McGovern (HR

4232) petition!

 

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We can not afford to let this matter drift on, thousands of lives are lost

as time goes by, and our nation's moral compass is almost gone, how far are we

willing to descend into barbarism?

 

Please sign and pass it on,

In Solidarity

Luis

 

 

 

 

 

2. Please forward far and wide!

 

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Sign Petition for Bill to End Funding of The War

We have just endorsed a resolution in Congress to cut the funds for the Iraq

War. We hope you will join us in signing the linked petition from

Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) supporting HR 4232:

_http://pdamerica.org/petition/mcgovern-petition.php_

(http://pdamerica.org/petition/mcgovern-petition.php)

Democrats.com has been working with PDA organizing support for HR 4232 since

Rep. McGovern introduced this important bill in November of 2005.

Listen to Rep McGovern live from Camp Democracy: Click here:

_http://www.pluggd.com/episodes/rep_mcgovern_live_from_camp_democracy_

(http://www.pluggd.com/episodes/rep_mcgovern_live_from_camp_democracy)

Congress has appropriated more than $300 billion for U.S. military

operations in Iraq. Simply stated in monetary terms, we are spending $8 billion

per

month in Iraq with no end in sight. That's $2 billion per week, or $267

million per day, or $11 million per hour.

Small wonder that 60% of the American people are opposed to current U.S.

policy in Iraq.

Democrats.com is working hard to change this failed policy.

Please sign the petition and vote for candidates in the November general

election who support HR 4232 and will speak out to cut off all funding for

deployment of US troops in Iraq and for the removal of all funding for the

occupation of Iraq.

_http://pdamerica.org/petition/mcgovern-petition.php_

(http://pdamerica.org/petition/mcgovern-petition.php)

H.R. 4232 would end all funding for the deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq.

HR 4232 would in no way prohibit nor interrupt U.S. non-defense funding in

support of Iraq's social and economic reconstruction, including support for

democratic institution-building, elections, and the restoration of Iraq's

infrastructure.

HR 4232 provides for the safe, orderly, and honorable withdrawal of the

United States from military operations in Iraq. By continuing U.S. support for

the economic and social reconstruction of Iraqi society and the financial and

material needs of Iraqi security, it maintains our moral and political

obligations to the Iraqi people, while concretely promoting, supporting, and

providing for greater multilateral engagement in these serious tasks.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We hope you will sign the

petition!

Medea Benjamin Tim Carpenter Mimi Kennedy Cindy Sheehan David Swanson

Rev. Lennox Yearwood

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Please share the following article with all of your progressive

contacts:

 

 

 

 

U.S. must end occupation

By Jim McGovernThu Sep 21, 6:17 AM ET

The war in Iraq was a mistake, and the U.S. military occupation there must

end.

From the deceitful and shifting rationales for war, to Bush officials

forbidding our generals from making meaningful post-invasion plans, the

policies

pursued in Iraq have failed and have forced our brave troops to carry out a

dangerous and often untenable mission.

The war in Iraq is distinct from the global war against terrorism. Because

of Iraq, U.S. standing is at its lowest point ever, making us more isolated

and vulnerable in an increasingly dangerous world.

Nearly 2,700 of our uniformed men and women have sacrificed their lives.

More than 20,000 have been wounded, and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians

have been killed in a vicious and escalating cycle of sectarian violence.

Billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted. Every day the civil war gets

worse,

not better.

So what's next?

Those who argue for more of the same, or for a military escalation requiring

substantially more troops, must answer several questions: What is the

definition of success? How many more troops should we send? Where do you expect

them to come from? Should we withdraw more troops from the worsening situation

in Afghanistan to send to Iraq? What difference do you believe they can make?

Most of our troops in Iraq have already been forced to serve three or more

deployments. U.S. military readiness is at historic lows. The time when more

troops might have made a difference is long past.

I believe we should take a different approach, one that could galvanize

Iraq's government, people, neighbors and the international community to take a

greater role to promote a stable Iraq - the safe and orderly removal of U.S.

troops. Whether through an immediate withdrawal, as I favor, or phased over a

specific period of time, ending the U.S. military occupation could provide

Iraq and the global community a fresh opportunity to carry out new ideas in a

new context.

The United States must continue funding economic, social and

democracy-building programs. We must continue funding and equipping Iraqi

security forces

or a new multilateral force.

It might be too late to save Iraq, but removing the U.S. military from the

quagmire there is the only way to force the Iraqis - and the international

community - to finally begin to forge a better future for that country

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.,has proposed legislation to end funding for the

Iraq war.

 

 

 

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4. Please post this ad on your web sites to help us gather on-line

petition signatures!

We made two versions. Version 2 (14.62 kb) has more grain than version 3,

which is a slightly larger file (18 kb).

To view samples of them with the flashing text line, go here:

_http://azurelink.net/pda_ (http://azurelink.net/pda)