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The Post Office is about to accept a hike in its rates that would put diverse and free speech in America at risk.
Postal regulators have decided to adopt a plan that locks in special favors to the nation's largest publishers, like Time Warner and Hearst, while unfairly burdening smaller and independent magazines with higher postal rates.
You can help reverse this unfair decision by signing our letter demanding that the new postal rates stop favoring Big Media over small publishers:
Sign Our Letter to Stamp Out the Rate Hikes
The plan to give Big Media lower rates was submitted by Time Warner, the nation's largest publisher. We were stunned when postal regulators chose the Time Warner plan -- with no public input -- instead of another proposal that would have imposed an equal increase on all publishers.
If implemented, the Time Warner plan could push many smaller publications to the brink of bankruptcy.
America's founding fathers understood that the First Amendment would be worth little without a postal system that encouraged broad public participation in America's marketplace of ideas. To ensure that a diversity of viewpoints were available to "the whole mass of the people," they created affordable postal rates that gave smaller political journals a voice.
The Time Warner rate increase reverses this egalitarian ideal and threatens the democratic discourse that our founding fathers fostered through the U.S. mail system.
Please join us in urging postal regulators and Congress to convene public hearings, determine how these rate increases were decided in such an unfair and unorthodox way, and reverse the ruling. Please take action today:
Act Now: Save Small and Independent Publishers
The Post Office should not use its monopoly power to favor the largest publishers and undermine the ability of smaller publishers to compete. With your help, we can reverse this decision and restore the postal system that has served free speech in America so well.
Thanks for all you do,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
P.S. To learn more about the campaign visit: www.StopPostalRateHikes.com
Impeach Cheney
Many of you have been waiting for something to be done about the current United States administation. If there is any time for change, it is now. This is the time we need to show support to our Representatives that are taking the right actions to allow justice to be carried out. Also, it is the time to thank those that have put so much on the line for what is right and what is right for America. Contact your media, Senate, Representatives, family and friends and ask them to support measures to remove people from our government that feel corruption and deceit is acceptable.
Thank you for your time,
Michelle
Rep. Kucinich Has Introduced Articles of Impeachment Against Vice President Richard Cheney
By David Swanson, PDA Advisory Board member
Congressman Dennis Kucinich has acted. Here are his Articles of Impeachment and supporting materials.
It's time now for us to follow through by asking the rest of Congress to get on board with the American public, and by letting the media know where we stand.
impeachcheney.org
Ask your Congress Member to support impeachment proceedings against Vice President Cheney: http://...com/yttnxq
Ask your Congress Member to support impeachment proceedings against Vice President Cheney
Ask members of the House Judiciary Committee and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead, follow, or get out of the way: http://...com/2ar8ch
Ask Members of the House Judiciary Committee and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead, follow, and get of of the way.
Tell the media that you support Congressman Dennis Kucinich's proposal to begin impeachment proceedings: http://tiny.com/2cag7t
Tell the media that you support Congressman Dennis Kucinich's proposal to begin impeachment proceedings.
Tim Carpenter, Director
Progressive Democrats of America
www.pdamerica.org
I've been gone for a bit..hello!
I have not blogged here in a bit. I really do not promote this blog too much, since I have a myspace page that I use alot. So, if you stumble upon my lil blog, please leave your opinion or say hello. Many things have happened since my last blog. We have a new Congress or is it a wolf in sheep's clothing? We shall see. The biggest news for me, is that Democrats are attempting to keep their promises (I think), but it seems Republicans care nothing about this country so they go along with Bush still. It's incredible, but not surprising. It is all a great grand mess.
Anyways, I am going to try to blog here more. Pass on petitions and information.
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