We need to take action against oil drilling before too late

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Date: 2008-06-21, 6:18PM EDT

Folks, We need every Floridians voice to stop this.

I just sent the email below to the Governor of our great state. I'm extremely concerned that political expediency is clouding the debate over an issue that is so important to Florida - keeping oil rigs off our shores. The bottom line is that no amount of drilling will reduce gas prices, and politicians shouldn't be giving people this false hope.

Please read my email and help me get the truth out about drilling by writing a letter to the editor of your local paper today.

Governor Crist,

Arab American Dems Rally For Obama3 07 2008

On Saturday Night, June 28th, the Moroccan Congress of USA held their “Unite Tonight” for Obama event at Shiraz Grill in Orlando. The event was spearheaded by Jamila “Mimi” Chami, who is the director of the Moroccan Congress in Florida.

Impeachment Committee Congr District 21 , Florida

Are we as Democrats really this stupid???  Why are we circling the wagons in order to shoot at ourselves???  Come on, in one of the most important elections, where Democrats actually have a chance to take back the White House, the DNC is ignoring one of the biggest states in the nation.  Not only that, they are disenfranchising the democratic voters, basically ignoring the fights we have put up for years.  All of this because of the Republicans of the state of Florida moved the primary up a week.  Give me a break.  Why are we doing everything in our power to make Democrats look stupid, and trying to lose another election?  In addition to not counting the votes of a Januray 29 primary, they made the candidates sign a pledge to not visit the state, and not run ads.  This is f***ing insanity.  We cannot afford 4 more years of Republican rule.  We need to elect a democrat to the oval office.  However, if we keep acting like this, the rest of America will think that if the Democr

I've noticed this is not easy to find any local events or contacts on this site.

So, if you are in the Tallahassee area,

Check out the Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace* web page

http://www.tnjp.org

and The Tallahassee Progressive Calendar List

http://tombaxter.livejournal.com

* There can be no peace without justice.

Tom Baxter

Tallahassee

I recently wrote to Bill Nelson, urging him to join the call for impeachment of Bush/Cheney, and received the following response.  (Bolding mine.)

From: Bill Nelson Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Subject: Your response from Senator Bill Nelson

[Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you need to send another message to Senator Nelson, please use the form on his Web site: http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm#email ]

Thank you for informing me of your views. Many Americans would agree that certain actions taken by this Administration warrant impeachment.