[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Fwd: announcements from Green Shadow Cabinet 8/29/13

[John W.]

Are you still committed to nuclear energy, Mort?  Even after Fukushima
(which was eminently predictable)?

John Wason



On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>wrote:

I admire most of what the Green Shadow cabinet is saying, except for the
> ignoramus (on nuclear energy and its effects) Harvey Wasserman. Having him
> as the "Secretary of Energy" is enough to turn me off me from the
> enterprise.
>
> --mkb
>
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 2:15 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
> Small businesses win with fast food strike<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298050&qid=1115027>
> **
>       by Sarah Manski, Small Business Administration<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298051&qid=1115027>
>
> As thousands of fast food workers in nearly 60 cities strike today for a
> living wage, progressive small business people stand with them. People
> working at jobs that pay $7-8 an hour cannot support themselves or their
> families. There is no way to make that math work. And workers who cannot
> support themselves are in no position to spend money purchasing services
> and products from local businesses. The low wage economy means big profits
> for major corporations, hardship for working people, and hard times for
> local economies.
>   **
>
>    - Read more: Small businesses win with fast food workers strike<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298050&qid=1115027>
>
> ** **
>  ** ** Don't attack Syria<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298052&qid=1115027>
> **
>       by Green Shadow Cabinet of the United States<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298053&qid=1115027>
>
> If President Obama launches an attack without prior explicit authorization
> by Congress, he will have committed an offense worthy of impeachment.  If
> he launches an attack without authorization from the UN, he will be guilty
> of war crimes. The Green Shadow Cabinet insists in the strongest possible
> terms that the Obama administration refrain from military actions against
> Syria.
>   **
>
>    - Read more: Don't attack Syria<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298052&qid=1115027>
>
> ** **
>  ** ** Vermont Yankee victory opens path to solar, wind future<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298054&qid=1115027>
> **
>       by Harvey Wasserman, Secretary of Energy<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298055&qid=1115027>
>
> Grassroots citizen activism and the No Nukes movement have won another
> great victory with Entergy's announcement that the Vermont Yankee reactor
> will shut down. It is closing only because of the fierce non-violent
> determination of countless activists over the decade who value life and
> understand the horrible destructive power of atomic energy, as is now being
> demonstrated so destructively at Fukushima.
>   **
>
>    - Read more: Vermont Yankee victory opens path to solar, wind future<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298054&qid=1115027>
>
> ** **
>  ** ** Obama's higher education plan will victimize students further<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298056&qid=1115027>
> **
>       by Prof. Kimberly King, Secretary of Education<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298057&qid=1115027>
>
> On the morning of August 22nd, President Obama released a new plan that
> would actually decrease funding for higher education by tying it to
> so-called “performance” evaluations, cost-cutting efforts, decreased
> regulations, and would threaten students with financial aid cuts.
>   **
>
>    - Read more: Obama's higher education plan will victimize students
>    further<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298056&qid=1115027>
>
> ** **
>  ** ** 10 problems with the latest excuse for war<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298059&qid=1115027>
> **
>       by David Swanson, Secretary of Peace<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298060&qid=1115027>
>
> If you own a television or read a newspaper you've probably heard that we
> need another war because the Syrian government used chemical weapons. If
> you own a computer and know where to look<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298061&qid=1115027> you've
> probably heard that there isn't actually any evidence for that claim.
> Following are 10 reasons why this latest excuse for war is no good *even
> if true . . .*
>   **
>
>    - Read more: 10 problems with the latest excuse for war<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298059&qid=1115027>
>
> ** **
>  ** ** Our March on Washington continues<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298062&qid=1115027>
> **
>       by George Paz Martin, Peace Ambassador<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298063&qid=1115027>
>
> At 16 years of age on the morning of August 28th, 1963, I woke up to a new
> day in our country. We felt so alone driving through the dark night from
> Milwaukee to Washington. That bright morning we were joining with hundreds
> of thousands of people for the Great March on Washington for Jobs and
> Freedom. This day was my “Coming of Age.” I was a teenager consumed with
> studies, work, sports and friends. That day I felt beyond myself - that I
> was part of a great movement, a mass of beautiful, friendly people, of all
> races and ages wanting freedom and equality for all.
>   **
>
>    - Read more: Our March on Washington continues<http://greenshadowcabinet.us/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=298062&qid=1115027>
>
>
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