Would you please advise your readers that the first issue of the new publiction "EMR and Health" is now available from EMR Australia. It contains:
- summaries of the latest scientific studies on EMR and health, fully references
- summaries of the REFLEX research report and the NRPB report on mobile phones
- background on the nature of EMR
- an interview with Dr Henry Lai
- news from around the globe.

Interested folk can see our site at http://www.emraustralia.com.au

Thank you and best wishes

Lyn McLean

The war is being fought on credit, with the loans coming from Chinese and Japanese central bankers, and the debt sent to our kids.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/jesse/cst-edt-jesse151.html


From Information Clearing House

Rice Says U.S. Concerned at China Military Build-Up:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=582009

Gwynne Dyer: Bogeyman China serves to justify a big U.S. defense budget:

It will come as no surprise, therefore, that the major U.S. defense review planned for this year will concentrate on the rising "threat" from China.

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2607221


From Information Clearing House

Instead of changing his foreign policy, President Bush is changing the story.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5147118-103677,00.html


From Information Clearing House

People who once looked toward America with admiration and respect and as a beacon for liberty and civility now see a supremely arrogant rogue nation that holds international law and institutions in disdain.

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/gallagher205.html


From Information Clearing House

A former British Guantanamo Bay detainee said Tuesday that inmates in the US detention camp in Cuba had been tortured by US military personnel who tried to make them "go crazy."

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/15/content_2701796.htm


From Information Clearing House

If the U.S. government doesn't plan to occupy Iraq for any longer than necessary, why is it spending billions of dollars to build "enduring" bases?

http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2005/03/enduring_bases_iraq.html
http://tinyurl.com/4aqqp


From Information Clearing House

Everyone in Iraq knows somebody who has died. Most families have been touched. The war, meanwhile, has tormented everyone. From one city alone, the entire population of Fallujah, 400,000 -- minus the deaths -- are now homeless or refugees.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0314-27.htm


From Information Clearing House

There is limited focus in the media about the continued U.S. military actions in Fallujah.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/1770.shtml


Everyone in Iraq knows somebody who has died. Most families have been touched. The war, meanwhile, has tormented everyone. From one city alone, the entire population of Fallujah, 400,000 -- minus the deaths -- are now homeless or refugees.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0314-27.htm


From Information Clearing House

Two of the largest contingents in the US-led coalition in Iraq, the Netherlands and Ukraine, are in the process of pulling their forces out. So where does this leave the coalition?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4350573.stm


From Information Clearing House

Italy will begin withdrawing its 3,000 troops from Iraq in September, the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, announced today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1438372,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The Pentagon told Congress on Monday that there are 142,472 trained and equipped Iraqi security forces, but a Capitol Hill watchdog agency said data on the forces was unreliable and it was difficult to gauge whether billions of U.S. dollars were being used effectively.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7897863
http://tinyurl.com/59nvn


From Information Clearing House

Bush, Inc., is an enterprise operating of, by and for the privileged stockholders; as such, it is an embodiment of what Friedrich Nietzsche called a “master morality.”

Ernest Partridge:

The greatest threat to the Bush regime is a widespread appreciation amongst our fellow citizens that there is a superior alternative to the “Master Morality” of Bush, Inc. It is “Social Democratic Morality,” expressed in a political system best described by Abraham Lincoln as a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” It is a government constrained by the rule of law to which all citizens, including the President and his Administration, must submit..

http://tinyurl.com/5zrsd


From Information Clearing House

Der alte Salzburger Vorsorgewert liegt bei 1000 Mikrowatt/m². Seit Februar 2002 gilt der neue von 1 Mikrowatt/m².

Es gibt wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen, die z.B. schon nach 50 Minuten Bestrahlung bei 1000 Mikrowatt/m² eine signifikante Reduzierung der Gedächtnisleistung belegen. (Dr. Maier, Uni Mainz)

Aus der Erfahrungsmedizin ist bekannt, dass viele Menschen inzwischen schon ab 10 Mikrowatt/m² erkranken.

Daher ist ein Wert von 1000 Mikrowatt/m² nicht zu akzeptieren, sondern der neue Salzburger Vorsorgewert von 1 Mikrowatt/m² müsste eingehalten werden.

Siegfried Zwerenz, Bürgerwelle e.V., Dachverband der Bürger und Initiativen zum Schutz vor Elektrosmog

Weiter unter:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/mobilfunksender_raus_aus_wohngebieten.pdf

http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_newsletter_30305.html

HLV- Kommentar:

Wieder einmal ein Beispiel dafür, wie „locker“ die Betreiber die sogenannte “Freiwillige Vereinbarung“ zu ihren Gunsten unterlaufen. Dem „hilflosen“ Bürgermeister sei, wie so vielen anderen seiner Kollegen, angeraten, sich über seinen Tellerrand hinaus intensiver mit der Thematik zu befassen. Die Aussage des Bürgermeisters, dass der Gemeinde die „Hände gebunden seien“ stimmt sachlich so nicht.

Stichwort: Planungshoheit wahrnehmen, in Verbindung einer pragmatischen Bauleitplanung eine fundierte Gesamtsenderstandortplanung vorzunehmen mit evtl. Veränderungssperre, Aufruf an die Bevölkerung keine Dächer und Grundstücke an Betreiber zu vermieten und somit seiner Fürsorgeverpflichtung gegenüber den Einwohnern nachzugehen. Wenn seinerseits allerdings keine örtliche Planung vorgenommen wird, dann muss er weiterhin wie das Kaninchen auf die Schlange starren.

M.f.G.

Alfred Tittmann
c/o HESSISCHER LANDESVERBAND MOBILFUNKSENDERFREIE WOHNGEBIETE e.V.

http://www.chemtrailpatrol.com/cp_deep_shield.htm


Informant: V

Act on March 19 and March 31 to Stop the Draft Before It Starts!

Organize NOW to Stop the Draft:

1) Endorse the March 19 & March 31 Call to Action -- http://www.nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml

2) Organize a local action-- http://www.nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml

3) Donate online -- http://www.nodraftnoway.org/donate-new.shtml



No Draft, No Way! has issued a 2-part call for immediate action to stop the draft:

*** March 19: *** No Draft No Way contingents at the March 19 Out Now! Demonstration in New York City and at regional and local demonstrations around the country! Help us get out literature and carry placcards alerting the anti-war movement to the growing threat of the draft and the call for local actions on March 31 at selective service offices and recruitment centers. March 19 and 20th are global days of protest of 2 years of occupation of Iraq demanding U.S. Troops Out Now! Activists from all over the eastern United States will be converging on New York City, Marching from Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem to a huge rally in Central Park, and on to Mayor Bloomberg's house to say Money for Cities and Human Needs, Not War! A major regional demonstration will also occur in Fayetteville, N.C., and there will be local demonstrations in hundreds of local cities across the country.

Go to the link below to SIGN UP to participate in the No Draft, No Way! presence in NYC on March 19 or at your local demonstration: http://www.nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml For details and logistics about the March 19 Troops Out Now demonstration in NYC, go to: http://www.troopsoutnow.org

*** March 31: *** Local actions at Selective Service offices and recruitment centers around the country to PROTEST SELECTIVE SERVICE'S PLANNED ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT DATE THAT IT WILL BE READY TO BEGIN DRAFTING PEOPLE WITHIN 75 DAYS. Read the call below, issued by No Draft, No Way!

Go to the link below to ENDORSE the call, SIGN UP as a VOLUNTEER or be LISTED AS A LOCAL ORGANIZING CENTER, and to LIST DETAILS OF YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY on the No Draft, No Way! website: http://www.nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml

For more information, go to: http://www.nodraftnoway.org

HERE IS THE MARCH 31 NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION FROM NO DRAFT, NO WAY!:

March 31 National call to action.

No Draft, No Way!

On March 31, the Selective Service System (SSS) will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement the draft within 75 days. Right now, the SSS is staffing local draft boards, training volunteer registrars to work on high school and college campuses, and streamlining its induction process. They have also gained access to the Department of Education's computer files, to ensure maximum registration.

It is clear that the Bush Administration is preparing for a draft. They are desperate for new soldiers to continue the occupation of Iraq and to prepare for new wars against Iran, Syria, and elsewhere.

At the same time that Bush is looking to youth to supply cannon fodder for his wars, he is busy cutting financial aid and slashing social programs. The same young people that Bush wants to use to fight his wars are finding it harder to pay for their education, find jobs that pay a living wage, or obtain basic necessities, like health care or affordable housing.

It is time for young people, who are already under attack from the Bush Administration, to take a stand.

On March 31, the same day that the Selective Service System is reporting that the draft is ready to go, youth all over the country will report that they will refuse to go.

Local No Draft, No Way organizers and other anti-draft activists are planning protests, walkouts, and direct action at recruiting centers, selective service offices, and other sites. We call upon students, youth, and antiwar activists to organize local actions on March 31 to say "No Draft, No Way!"

How you can get involved:

Contact local No Draft No Way organizers: http://www.nodraftnoway.org/organize.shtml

* List your activity * Endorse this call to action * Become a local organizing center * Volunteer!: http://www.nodraftnoway.org/organizer.shtml

**********************************

No Draft, No Way! http://www.nodraftnoway.org info@nodraftnoway.org
212-633-6646

by MojoBlog

A judge's decision not to protect certain detainees from deportation means the Bush administration can do what it likes with them.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/small_victory_larger_defeat.php

by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Dems can't say they stand for working families on one issue when they vote against them on another.

http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/#004104

by Erik Leaver, Foreign Policy In Focus

It's time we demand a plan to accompany the Iraq spending bill Congress begins debating today.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/225_billion_and_no_exit_plan.php

by Paul Waldman, TomPaine.com

The bankruptcy bill was a taste of things to come-- thanks to the tighter alliance between lobbyists and the GOP.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/washingtons_twoheaded_pig.php

GM WATCH SPECIAL
http://www.freezerbox.com/archive/article.asp?id=337

Honor the Earth
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Urgent Action: Gwich'in Nation Needs Your Help to Protect
Sacred ANWR!

Contents of this Urgent Action:

A. Action
B. Background
C. For More Information

A. ACTION

1. CALL YOUR SENATOR'S OFFICE TODAY!
Arctic Hotline for capitol hill: 1-888-894-5325 or go to
http://capwiz.com/awc/dbq/officials/ and click on your state to get the direct number for your Senator. Ask your Senator to vote 'YES' on the Cantwell amendment to keep drilling in the Arctic Refuge out of the budget.

2. Send an action email here:
http://capwiz.com/awc/issues/alert/?alertid=7192016

3. Most importantly, PLEASE forward this email to everyone you know! It will be vital to flood offices with calls and emails over the next several days if we are to prevail next week!

B. BACKGROUND

GWICH'IN NATION NEEDS YOUR HELP TO PROTECT THE SACRED PLACE WHERE LIFE BEGINS - ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE!

Arctic Vote Showdown Expected Next Week!

This week, the House and Senate budget committees split over whether or not to include proposals to allow drilling in America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be included in the federal budget. The Senate is poised to vote next week on whether or not to allow the drilling provision to stay in the budget.

On the House side, the House budget resolution has no Arctic provision in it. In fact, the House budget committee explicitly stated that they did not want the budget process from being used to open the Artic Refuge to drilling. "We have tried to keep the budget free of policy. Things like [drilling in the Arctic Refuge] immediately create a lightning rod," said Sean Spicer, spokesman for the committee chairman, Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA).

Even though the entire Budget Committee is now on record saying that they oppose using the budget to advance Arctic drilling, the budget resolution is a non-binding document and is only a recommended blueprint. Other committees with jurisdiction over specific parts of the budget may ignore the wishes of the budget committee and decide to include a drilling proposal anyway.

In the Senate, the Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-NH) decided to include the controversial drilling provision in the Senate version. Despite opposition from several Senators in his own party, Senator Gregg said he thought it was "reasonable" to assume that the drilling provision would remain in the budget.

During the budget committee meeting, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) offered an amendment to strip the Arctic drilling provision out of the budget resolution. The amendment failed on a straight party-line 10-12 vote.

Next week, the Senate is scheduled to have a floor debate on the budget resolution. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will go to the Senate floor with an amendment to remove the provision that allows drilling in America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

CALL YOUR SENATOR'S OFFICE TODAY!
Arctic Hotline for capitol hill: 1-888-894-5325 or go to
http://capwiz.com/awc/dbq/officials/ and click on your state to get the direct number for your Senator. Ask your Senator to vote 'YES' on the Cantwell amendment to keep drilling in the Arctic Refuge out of the budget.

Send an action email here:
http://capwiz.com/awc/issues/alert/?alertid=7192016

Most importantly, PLEASE forward this email to everyone you know! It will be vital to flood offices with calls and emails over the next several days if we are to prevail next week!

C. FOR MORE INFORMATION

Gwich'in Steering Committee
http://www.alaska.net/~gwichin

Miigwech,

Honor the Earth Board, Staff & Volunteers


Informant: Carrie Dann

After Two years, Americans need to demonstrate against an insane and destructive war.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0314-27.htm

Just as new scandals concerning alleged ethical violations by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) and other Members have erupted in recent days, the House Ethics Committee has become virtually powerless.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M67629196459860612639465
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M67629276459860612639465

The reason? Rules passed at the beginning of 2005 make it virtually impossible for the Committee to launch any investigation of unethical conduct. We are writing to ask for your help to resolve the gridlock in the Ethics Committee:

http://www.commoncause.org/DemandHonestEthicsRules

Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV), the senior Democrat on the Ethics Committee, is leading the charge to reject the new rules and is calling on his House colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, to join him in cosponsoring a resolution that would roll back the most onerous rule changes.

We believe it is absolutely critical that members of both parties join Rep. Mollohan in overturning the controversial ethics rules in order to ensure an honest and effective ethics process. This is why we need you to urge your Member of Congress, and the House leadership, to co-sponsor the Mollohan resolution (H.Res. 131).

http://www.commoncause.org/DemandHonestEthicsRules

Now is the time we need an effective ethics process, which will ensure proper investigation into all of the latest alleged transgressions by DeLay and other members of Congress. Rep. Mollohan's resolution would reverse the "party protection act," the worst of the new ethics rules that would effectively dismiss a complaint in the event of a deadlock within the ethics committee, which is equally divided between Democrats and Republicans.

Mollohan's resolution would also do away with a "45 day rule" which allows an investigation to drop if the committee takes no action in that amount of time. Lastly it would reverse the "collusion" rule that allows one lawyer to represent more than one individual involved in an ethics investigation, thereby providing an opportunity for the individuals to corroborate their stories. So, please join us today in support of Rep. Mollohan's resolution asking for an honest ethics process:

http://www.commoncause.org/DemandHonestEthicsRules

Capitol Hill is still buzzing from all your calls and letters last week pushing for investigations of the new DeLay ethics scandals. The Washington Post noted today how the GOP leaders are getting weary of DeLay's ever growing ethics problems. Nancy - one of our members from MA wrote us today:

I called all the Members of the ethics committee today regarding investigating Tom DeLay's recent trip with a paid lobbyist. Rep. Lamar Smith's office noted that, "you people certainly have your base organized. I've been swamped with calls.

Clearly you are having a huge impact. So we cannot let up now. We can't move forward in holding power accountable without a functioning ethics committee. We need to make sure our representatives hear from us and understand that matters pertaining to the ethical standards of the House matter deeply to constituents across the country:

http://www.commoncause.org/DemandHonestEthicsRules

Thank you again for all of your activism and staying with us in this fight.

Sincerely,

Chellie Pingree
President & CEO, Common Cause

On Sunday, the New York Times reported that at least 20 federal agencies have made and distributed pre-packaged, ready-to-serve television news segments to promote President Bush's policies and initiatives.

Congress' Government Accountability Office determined that these "video news releases" were illegal "covert propaganda" and told federal agencies to stop. But last Friday, the White House ordered all agencies to disregard Congress' directive.

The Bush administration is using hundreds of millions of your tax dollars to manipulate public opinion. Here's how to stop them:

1. Sign our petition and help us get 250,000 people to join our call to Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and local television stations. Tell Congress and the FCC to toughen and enforce laws against "covert propaganda" and demand that broadcasters come clean with viewers about using government-produced news.
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=8804599&url_num=2&url=http://www.freepress.net/act/fakenews

2. Join others in your community to create "citizen agreements" with your local TV stations to stop fake news broadcasts. These agreements are official documents filed at the FCC that -- if broken -- can be used to deny license renewals. Free Press will connect you with others in your area working to ensure local broadcasters identify the sources behind the "news."

Unless we speak out now, the White House will continue to act with impunity -- taking advantage of understaffed and incautious local news operations to manipulate public opinion.

Please take a few moments to sign the Free Press petition and forward this message to everyone you know.

Onward,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=8804599&url_num=3&url=http://www.freepress.net

John Stauber
Executive Director
Center for Media and Democracy
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=8804599&url_num=4&url=http://www.prwatch.org/

P.S. To learn more, read the in-depth report from Free Press on the systematic effort by the Bush administration to manipulate journalists and the American public.



Peter Phillips Ph.D.
Sociology Department/Project Censored
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-2588
http://www.projectcensored.org/

We need your help right now to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The future of this pristine wild land may be decided as early as tomorrow March 15, 2005. Right now the Senate version of the federal budget includes a provision to start drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Today Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will introduce an amendment to strip the Arctic drilling provision out of the budget.

Please contact your Senator today and urge them to support the Cantwell Amendment and save the Arctic Refuge. Click here to send a free fax to your Senators now! Or if you're a registered user simply hit "reply" and then hit "send" and we'll automatically send the message below on your behalf.
http://www.saveourenvironment.org/ctt.asp?u=2205119&l=6430

Once you've sent your fax, please take a moment to call your Senators as well. Scroll down to the end of this message to find a list of phone numbers for U.S. Senators and some brief talking points for your call.

Using the budget to open the Arctic Refuge is a sneaky backdoor trick to avoid democratic debate on this critical issue. Senator Cantwell's amendment will prevent such budget trickery.

There is no time to waste; a vote on the Senate floor will take place as early as tomorrow. It's very important that your Senators hear from as many constituents as possible today. Scroll down to the end of this email to find your Senators' phone numbers!

A lot is riding on this decision. This incomparable wilderness is home to more than 250 animal species, including wolves, grizzlies, caribou, and millions of migrating birds. Unless we act now, this world-class wilderness will become a vast oil development field.

Click here now to send a fax to your Senators urging them to support the Cantwell amendment.
http://www.saveourenvironment.org/ctt.asp?u=2205119&l=6430

Please don't forget to call your Senators, as well! Scroll down to the end of this message to look up your Senators' phone numbers. After you've made your call please send an email to info@saveourenvironment.org to let us know how it went.

Once you've taken action, forward this email message to at least 10 friends urging them to contact their Senators too. It's up to us to prevent drilling and save the Arctic Refuge!

Thank you again for your help,

Katelyn Sabochik
Online Campaign Manager
info@saveourenvironment.org

Registered Users: Simply reply to this email, hit send, and we'll automatically send the message below to your Senator on your behalf.

Dear Senator,

I strongly urge you to support the Cantwell amendment to strike language authorizing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the Senate budget bill. As your constituent, I urge you to vote against ANY budget measure that would allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The inclusion of any such measure in the budget is an unacceptable sneak attack on our precious wildlife and wild lands.

Drilling in the Arctic Refuge is not a path to energy independence or lower prices at the pump. The United States Geological Survey estimates that the Refuge has less than a single year's supply of oil that would not reach the market for at least 10 years. Meanwhile, the harm to wildlife and to our greatest wildlife refuge would be irreparable. We need to save national treasures like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for future generations.

Sincerely,

[your name and address]
CALL YOUR SENATORS!

Below is a list of U.S. Senators by state and their phone numbers. Please look up the Senators from your state and call them today! When you call, be sure to state your name and address so the receptionist knows that you are a constituent.

Your message: Keep drilling in the Arctic Refuge out of the federal budget by supporting the Cantwell amendment.

Alabama
SESSIONS, Jeff (R-AL) (202) 224-4124
SHELBY, Richard C. (R-AL) (202) 224-5744

Alaska
MURKOWSKI, Lisa (R-AK) (202) 224-6665
STEVENS, Ted (R-AK) (202) 224-3004

Arizona
McCAIN, John (R-AZ) (202) 224-2235
KYL, Jon (R-AZ) (202) 224-4521

Arkansas
LINCOLN, Blanche L. (D-AR) (202) 224-4843
PRYOR, Mark L. (D-AR) (202) 224-2353

California
BOXER, Barbara (D-CA) (202) 224-3553
FEINSTEIN, Dianne (D-CA) (202) 224-3841

Colorado
ALLARD, Wayne (R-CO) (202) 224-5941
SALAZAR, Ken (D-CO) (202) 224-5852

Connecticut
DODD, Christopher J. (D-CT) (202) 224-2823
LIEBERMAN, Joseph I. (D-CT) (202) 224-4041

Delaware
BIDEN, Jr., Joseph R. (D-DE) (202) 224-5042
CARPER, Thomas R. (D-DE) (202) 224-2441

Florida
NELSON, Bill (D-FL) (202) 224-5274
MARTINEZ, Mel (R-FL) (202) 224-3041

Georgia
CHAMBLISS, Saxby (R-GA) (202) 224-3521
ISAKSON, Johnny (R-GA) (202) 224-3643

Hawaii
INOUYE, Daniel K. (D-HI) (202) 224-3934
AKAKA, Daniel K. (D-HI) (202) 224-6361

Idaho
CRAIG, Larry E. (R-ID) (202) 224-2752
CRAPO, Mike (R-ID) (202) 224-6142

Illinois
DURBIN, Richard (D-IL) (202) 224-2152
OBAMA, Barack (D-IL) (202) 224-2854

Indiana
BAYH, Evan (D-IN) (202) 224-5623
LUGAR, Richard G. (R-IN) (202) 224-4814

Iowa
GRASSLEY, Chuck (R-IA) (202) 224-3744
HARKIN, Tom (D-IA) (202) 224-3254

Kansas
BROWNBACK, Sam (R-KS) (202) 224-6521
ROBERTS, Pat (R-KS) (202) 224-4774

Kentucky
BUNNING, Jim (R-KY) (202) 224-4343
McCONNELL, Mitch (R-KY) (202) 224-2541

Louisiana
LANDRIEU, Mary L. (D-LA) (202) 224-5824
VITTER, David (R-LA) (202) 224-4623

Maine
SNOWE, Olympia J. (R-ME) (202) 224-5344
COLLINS, Susan M. (R-ME) (202) 224-2523

Maryland
SARBANES, Paul S. (D-MD) (202) 224-4524
MIKULSKI, Barbara A. (D-MD) (202) 224-4654

Massachusetts
KENNEDY, Edward M. (D-MA) (202) 224-4543
KERRY, John F. (D-MA) (202) 224-2742

Michigan
STABENOW, Debbie (D-MI) (202) 224-4822
LEVIN, Carl (D-MI) (202) 224-6221

Minnesota
DAYTON, Mark (D-MN) (202) 224-3244
COLEMAN, Norm (R-MN) (202) 224-5641

Mississippi
COCHRAN, Thad (R-MS) (202) 224-5054
LOTT, Trent (R-MS) (202) 224-6253

Missouri
BOND, Christopher S. (R-MO) (202) 224-5721
TALENT, Jim (R-MO) (202) 224-6154

Montana
BAUCUS, Max (D-MT) (202) 224-2651
BURNS, Conrad R. (R-MT) (202) 224-2644

Nebraska
HAGEL, Chuck (R-NE) (202) 224-4224
NELSON, E. Benjamin (D-NE) (202) 224-6551

Nevada
REID, Harry (D-NV) (202) 224-3542
ENSIGN, John (R-NV) (202) 224-6244

New Hampshire
GREGG, Judd (R-NH) (202) 224-3324
SUNUNU, John E. (R-NH) (202) 224-2841

New Jersey
LAUTENBERG, Frank R. (D-NJ) (202) 224-3224
CORZINE, Jon S. (D-NJ) (202) 224-4744

New Mexico
BINGAMAN, Jeff (D-NM) (202) 224-5521
DOMENICI, Pete V. (R-NM) (202) 224-6621

New York
CLINTON, Hillary Rodham (D-NY) (202) 224-4451
SCHUMER, Charles E. (D-NY) (202) 224-6542

North Carolina
BURR, Richard (R-NC) (202) 224-3154
DOLE, Elizabeth (R-NC) (202) 224-6342

North Dakota
CONRAD, Kent (D-ND) (202) 224-2043
DORGAN, Byron L. (D-ND)(202) 224-2551

Ohio
DeWINE, Mike (R-OH) (202) 224-2315
VOINOVICH, George V. (R-OH) (202) 224-3353

Oklahoma
COBURN, Tom (R-OK) (202) 224-5754
INHOFE, James M. (R-OK) (202) 224-4721

Oregon
SMITH, Gordon H. (R-OR) (202) 224-3753
WYDEN, Ron (D-OR) (202) 224-5244

Pennsylvania
SANTORUM, Rick (R-PA) (202) 224-6324
SPECTER, Arlen (R-PA) (202) 224-4254

Rhode Island
CHAFEE, Lincoln (R-RI) (202) 224-2921
REED, Jack (D-RI) (202) 224-4642

South Carolina
DeMINT, Jim (R-SC) (202) 224-6121
GRAHAM, Lindsey (R-SC) (202) 224-5972

South Dakota
JOHNSON, Tim (D-SD) (202) 224-5842
THUNE, John (R-SD) (202) 224-2321

Tennessee
ALEXANDER, Lamar (R-TN) (202) 224-4944
FRIST, William H. (R-TN) (202) 224-3344

Texas
CORNYN, John (R-TX) (202) 224-2934
HUTCHISON, Kay Bailey (R-TX) (202) 224-5922

Utah
BENNETT, Robert F. (R-UT) (202) 224-5444
HATCH, Orrin G. (R-UT) (202) 224-5251

Vermont
JEFFORDS, James M. (I-VT) (202) 224-5141
LEAHY, Patrick J. (D-VT) (202) 224-4242

Virginia
ALLEN, George (R-VA) (202) 224-4024
WARNER, John (R-VA) (202) 224-2023

Washington
CANTWELL, Maria (D-WA) (202) 224-3441
MURRAY, Patty (D-WA) (202) 224-2621

West Virginia
BYRD, Robert C. (D-WV) (202) 224-3954
ROCKEFELLER IV, John D. (D-WV) (202) 224-6472

Wisconsin
FEINGOLD, Russell D. (D-WI) (202) 224-5323
KOHL, Herb (D-WI) (202) 224-5653

Wyoming
ENZI, Michael B. (R-WY) (202) 224-3424
THOMAS, Craig (R-WY) (202) 224-6441


Thank You!

http://www.rense.com/general63/burger.htm


Informant: Andy

Your Help Needed Again to Protect the Arctic Refuge

Time and again you have answered our calls to action on behalf of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Your calls and faxes have captured the attention of many in Congress. Words can't possibly express how grateful we at The Wilderness Society are to you.

Please don't let up now. The need to keep the pressure on the Senate this week is critically important.

The Senate is expected to vote on the Budget Resolution this Wednesday, March 16. We need you to keep up the pressure on your Senators, urging them to vote for the Cantwell amendment, which would strip out Arctic Refuge drilling from the Budget Resolution.

Calls are best, but we are urging folks to call, and then use our action page to send a written message.

Call NOW

You should be able to reach the Capitol switchboard by calling this toll-free number: 1-800-247-2971. If you have problems with the toll-free number, please call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, or use our online contact directory to look up the direct phone numbers for your Senators.
http://ga1.org/wilderness/leg-lookup/search.tcl?domain=wilderness&preview_p=1

Your message: Please vote for the Cantwell amendment to strip Arctic Refuge drilling from the Senate Budget Resolution.

If you absolutely cannot call, please click here to send your Senators a message:
http://ga1.org/campaign/arcticsenate/wd8ks5xr27t8kmn

Photo above: Caribou on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Courtesy of Ken Whitten. Photo below: Rainbow over the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK. Courtesy of US Fish & Wildlife Service.

House Bill Free of Arctic Refuge Provision

This week, the House and Senate Budget Committees marked up the budget. The House budget resolution has no explicit Arctic provision in it. But drilling proponents may still try to exploit opportunities to slip Arctic drilling past the House through the budget process, if House Members are not actively vigilant.

Senate Bill Includes Arctic Refuge Drilling

In the Senate, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-NH) decided to include the controversial drilling provision in the Senate version. Despite opposition from several Senators in his own party, Senator Gregg said he thought it was "reasonable" to assume that the drilling provision would remain in the budget. Our WildAlert members in New Hampshire are working hard to deliver a message to Sen. Gregg that this position is unacceptable.

During the budget committee meeting, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) offered an amendment to strip the Arctic drilling provision out of the budget resolution. The amendment failed on a straight party-line vote, 10-12. As you can see, our efforts to protect the unequalled Arctic Refuge are far from over.

Please Call Today, Then Ask Your Friends To Do So As Well

We need your calls and emails to the Senate on Tuesday and Wednesday!

Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 1-800-247-2971 (or 202-224-3121) or use our online contact directory to look up the direct phone number for your Senators:
http://ga1.org/wilderness/leg-lookup/search.tcl?domain=wilderness&preview_p=1

Your message:
Please vote for the Cantwell amendment to strip Arctic Refuge drilling from the Senate budget resolution.

If you want to say more:
Opening the Arctic Refuge to drilling through the budget process would be fiscally irresponsible, since no one knows the amount or value of oil that is there. Moreover, it would ruin a wilderness and wildlife habitat that is unequalled any where on earth. This is one place where drilling must not take place.

After you call, or if you cannot call, send your Senators an email from:
http://ga1.org/campaign/arcticsenate/wd8ks5xr27t8kmn

Thank you again for all you have done to protect this exquisite wildlife refuge from being destroyed.

Words to Inspire

"Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."
- William Blake



http://www.wilderness.org 1615 M St, NW Washington, DC 20036 1.800.THE.WILD action@tws.org

Salman Rushdie warns that West will invite tyranny if faith is given a seat in the political arena

Mar. 13, 2005. 01:00 AM Toronto Star

I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me. Religion was a part of my subject, of course — for a novelist from the Indian subcontinent, how could it not have been? But in my opinion I also had many other, larger, tastier fish to fry.

Nevertheless, when the attack came, I had to confront what was confronting me and to decide what I wanted to stand up for in the face of what so vociferously, repressively and violently stood against me.

Now, 16 years later, religion is coming after us all and, even though most of us probably feel, as I once did, that we have other, more important concerns, we are all going to have to confront the challenge. [...] Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/5a74y


© Virginia Metze

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_6387.shtml
http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1131361.htm


Informant: Andy

http://www.boerse-online.de/ftd/artikel.html?artikel_id=708065


Nachricht von Ulrich Weiner

Register [UK]

03/14/05

A Thai man who had his right leg and five toes on this left foot amputated after his mobile phone exploded is suing Nokia for Bt1m (£13,650) in damages. Prasit Sriseeluang, 50 -- who had his handset tucked in his shirt pocket at the time of the accident -- was working near a high-voltage power pole when his phone rang. The handset then exploded, causing serious injuries to the welder."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/14/nokia_thailand_handset/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

URL:
http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=26414
Datum: 15.03.2005
© www.sozialisten.de

15.03.2005

Bundespräsident als Motor für unsolidarische Reformen

Zur Rede des Bundespräsidenten zur wirtschaftlichen Lage in Deutschland vor dem Arbeitgeberforum erklärt Bundesgeschäftsführer Rolf Kutzmutz:

Die Rede des Bundespräsidenten war eher eine Enttäuschung denn ein Aufbruchsignal. Neben vielen allgemeinen Grundsätzen machte Horst Köhler, wann immer er konkret wurde, klar, worin er seine Rolle sieht: als Motor für die unsolidarischen Reformen von Bundesregierung und konservativer Opposition. Wenn er die Agenda 2010 als mutigen Reformanfang lobt und weitere Schritte in diese Reformrichtung anmahnt, die einseitig zu Lasten der sozial Benachteiligten geht, erweist sich Horst Köhler nicht als Präsident aller Deutschen, sondern nur des oberen Drittels der Gesellschaft.

Der Bundespräsident verlangt eine politische Vorfahrtsregel für Arbeit. Das klingt gut und können wohl auch alle unterschreiben. Doch wann immer er in seiner Rede andeutete, wer denn auf diesem Vorfahrtsweg entlangfahren soll, wurde klar, dass Horst Köhler da vor allem die Unternehmen sieht. Vor allem ihnen will er Hindernisse aus dem Weg geräumt sehen. Die Gewerkschaften hingegen forderte er auf, ihre zurückhaltende Lohnpolitik fortzusetzen, obwohl doch immer mehr Experten gerade darin auch eine der Ursachen für die lahmende Binnenkonjunktur sehen.

Das Plädoyer des Bundespräsidenten für einen modernen Sozialstaat, ein effizientes Steuersystem, das Leistung belohnt, dem Staat aber auch ermöglicht, seine Aufgaben zu erfüllen, und einen nationalen Aufbruch für Bildung, Forschung und Familie stößt dort an seine Grenzen, wo er es versäumt, die Unternehmen in die soziale Verantwortung zu nehmen. Gerade weil dies ausbleibt, riecht sein Vorschlag, die Kosten der sozialen Sicherung von den Arbeitskosten abzukoppeln, allzu sehr nach Kopfpauschale.

Man kann Deutschland nicht sanieren, indem man Reformen nur zulasten der Alten, Kranken und Arbeitslosen macht. Die meisten Bürgerinnen und Bürger sind bereit, tief greifende Reformen mitzutragen. Doch sie erleben nur, dass es ihnen nach jeder Reform schlechter geht. Wenn dann dem Bundespräsidenten nichts Besseres einfällt, als eine beschleunigte Fortsetzung dieser Reformen zu fordern, redet er am Volk vorbei.

In a flash of high explosives, it was gone.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2983

A town of 300,000 people was wiped off the map, and now only 3,000 to 8,000 of the people can survive in the city and remain overnight. Sadly, the U.S. press forgot about Fallujah. The devastated town may be remembered as the Guernica of the U.S. - Iraq War. For details on the complete destruction of Fallujah, read the article below.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2980

Dawn Horrigan says she tries not to think about what she saw and did in Mosul, Iraq.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2981

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2295/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2439/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/350607/

Nach 8 Jahren Geheimhaltung
http://www.gigaherz.ch/1015

The Schwarzenburg radar, an interesting testimonial
http://www.wave-guide.org/archives/emf-l/Sep2000/The-Schwarzenburg-radar--an-interesting-testimonial-(Gaigg)-.html



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Schwarzenburg

http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/?id=147


Informant: Hopedance

Wal-Marts Ethik
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/574547/

Wal-Mart regelt das Liebesleben seiner Mitarbeiter
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,346453,00.html

Harte Bandagen: Wal-Mart droht Mitarbeitern laut Ver.di mit Filialschließungen
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,342321,00.html

Rekordgewinn: Wal-Mart verdient mehr als zehn Milliarden Dollar
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,342294,00.html

Interesting to note the report by Roger Highfield (Science Editor) on page 3 of this morning's Daily Telegraph:

"Two thirds of people now believe the risks of emissions from mobile phones outweigh the benefits, according to a Government survey.

This represnts a reversal of the pattern of two years ago when more than twice the proportion believed the benefits exceeded the risks, according to a Mori research report, 'Science in Society', commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Sir William Stewart, head of the National Radiological Protection Board, Britain's radiation watchdog, recently warned that the dangers - particularly to children - were still unknown. And a Swedish study has linked long-term use with double the risk of a rare tumour on a nerve that connects the ear to the brain.

The survey, of around 2000 people, is published today to coincide with National Science Week."

David B

From Mast Network