BP Disaster: Two years and counting

It’s been two years since the tragic oil rig explosion that killed 11 men and initiated the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

But to date, no comprehensive oil spill legislation has reached President Obama’s desk.

Meanwhile, 200 million acres of federal water have been auctioned off to deepwater drilling corporations including BP.

Join me in urge our representatives to take the lead on passing legislation that reflects the recommendations of the oil spill commission.

Click here to send a letter to your representatives: http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10254

What costs $1.5 trillion and does nothing at all?

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the perfect example of waste and abuse in the military budget. After ten years and billions of taxpayers’ dollars, we have little to show for the Pentagon’s most expensive program in history except money down the drain. It’s time to end the F-35 now.

The F-35 came with the promise of affordability, but current estimates place the lifetime operational cost at $1.5 trillion, more than three times the initial estimate of $420 billion. That’s $18,439.33 per taxpayer! And don’t expect that number to go anywhere but up.

Even Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates have soured on the plane, with Gates calling the F-35 an “unnecessary and extravagant expense.”

Cutting the F-35 is a no-brainer and could save up to $600 billion over the next decade without undermining our national security. But Republicans in Congress are fighting tooth-and-nail to prevent any cuts to the military budget whatsoever.

Will you sign our petition urging Congress and the President to end the F-35 program now?

We know that public pressure works. Back in 2009, we led a successful campaign to defeat the F-22, another plane we couldn’t afford and didn’t need.

Now we’re back again to defeat the F-35. But we’ll only be successful if we show Congress where the American people stand. Will you tell Congress and the President to stop funding the F-35 now?

http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=361…

Have you heard about the Iran Pledge of Resistance?

Dear Friends,

I know that you are as concerned as I am about the urgent need to prevent the war with Iran and to re-orient our country toward peace and justice.

I just signed up for the Iran Pledge of resistance to help prevent a war with Iran, and I hope you will join me!

The Iran Pledge of Resistance (IPOR) is a coordinated grassroots campaign to build an emergency response network capable of preempting any escalated U.S. intervention in Iran or the Middle East.

Go to iranpledge.org to find out more and take the pledge.

Working together, we can be a powerful force capable of changing the course of history.