Bad Deeds for 9-10-2010

 

Save NASA From the Tax-Sucking, Pork-Eating, Dream-Murdering Monster – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is considering placing HR5781, a NASA reauthorization bill that awards billions to traditional defense-industry corporations, on the House floor for a vote. If enacted, HR5781 would guarantee the US has no manned rocket capability for years. Meanwhile, we will pay Russia billions for rides into orbit. Cheaper and better domestic alternatives exist that will sustain and expand thousands of good paying manufacturing jobs right here in the US, and save taxpayers truckloads of money in the bargain. Make no mistake, the corporate inertia behind HR5781 is huge. But because the bill’s consideration has been moved up unexpectedly, the defense industry lobbyists will have no time to deploy. That means people power can put this lousy bill out of its misery.

Join dozens of Nobel Laureates and NASA astronauts. Call your representative (Contact info here) today and tell them that you oppose HR5781, and tell your representative your are opposed to this bill. Or call the House switchboard to reach any office at 202-224-3121. Please do it right now.

More opposition to the House bill:

NASA’s Constellation Hallucination and the Congressional Money Drug, Rick Tumlinson

“In the coming weeks some in Congress will try to kill America’s future in space as they desperately work to prop up the tax sucking, pork eating dream murdering monster known as the Constellation rocket program. Right now a bought and paid for cabal of hypocritical puppets in the House and Senate are trying to prop up this corpse of a dead end plan to go to the Moon and Mars that not only failed to deliver on President Bush’s promise of a permanent U.S. presence in space, but continues to eat the budgets of the very exploration it was meant to support.”

Commercial Space in Jeopardy – T Minus 18 Hours

“The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) called attention today to the latest battle taking place in the US House of Representatives that holds enormous implications for the future of spaceflight. In the next 18 hours, the House leadership will decide whether to allow a vote on the pork-laden House version of the NASA bill or instead pass the better Senate compromise. The SFF asks all commercial space supporters to contact their Congressman. Encourage them to vote ‘No’ on HR 5781 and allow a vote on the Senate version.”

Short-Fuse Opportunity To Support NASA Reform

“We have a chance to head off HR.5781 at the pass over the next 24 hours. The House will be back in session starting next Tuesday 9/14, and is scheduled to remain in session through the first week of October. Only legislation formally placed on the House Calendar will be considered, and the contents of the Calendar will be decided before the end of this week, by Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader.”

 

The 700 Club (for Billionaires) – A $700 billion, 10-year windfall for the wealthiest Americans who need it least. With both parties generally supporting the continuation of middle class relief already on the books, that’s the difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to making the expiring Bush tax cuts permanent. At a time of record income inequality and massive budget deficits, how do you justify a $700 billion plus tax cut for the wealthiest Americans? The Tragically Rich?

 

Republican Wants to Take Away Preventative Health Care – Tucked away in the corner of this year’s health reform bill was money for disease prevention initiatives, including programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use — the leading cause of preventable death, something that costs us $96 billion a year in health care costs. The bill expanded Medicaid coverage for smoking-cessation treatments, too. Everyone agreed it was a sound investment in reducing health care costs. But, Republican Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska wants to gut this provision. Click here to protest the move.

 

Insurance Companies Spreading Misinformation About Their Unjustified Rate Increases – President Barack Obama’s top health official on Thursday warned the insurance industry that the administration won’t tolerate blaming premium hikes on the new health overhaul law. “There will be zero tolerance for this type of misinformation and unjustified rate increases,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a letter to the insurance lobby. “Simply stated, we will not stand idly by as insurers blame their premium hikes and increased profits on the requirement that they provide consumers with basic protections,” Sebelius said.

 

Not Debating Your Opponent: It’s a Republican Thing – Looks like Sharon Angle has been taking lessons from Rick Perry.

Sharron Angle’s last-minute decision to pull out of a planned debate has angered long-time Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston. “Earlier today, Sharron Angle’s campaign agreed to accept our invitation to debate Harry Reid on ‘Face to Face’ in an hour-long live broadcast from Reno on October 21st. Within hours of Reid accepting, Angle’s campaign called to say, well, it’s backing out now,” Ralston said on the local news show “Face to Face” Thursday. He then played a older clip of Angle when she said she would like to have a debate on the show with Reid.

 

Jesus Said What?
Number of times Jesus condemns divorce: 4
Number of times Jesus condemns adultery: 9
Number of New Testament verses condemning the rich: 20+
(Before this, I hadn’t realized that Jesus had prophesized Newt Gingrich. – JLV)
Pastor Dan

Regards,

Jim