WVEC Action MemoMay 25, 2006Below:
Save The Freedom of the Internet ! This is Crucial to WVEC'S Networking Ability This is about Internet freedom. "Network Neutrality" -- the First Amendment of the Internet -- ensures that the public can view the smallest blog just as easily as the largest corporate Web site by preventing Internet companies like AT&T from rigging the playing field for only the highest-paying sites. But Internet providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are spending millions of dollars lobbying Congress to gut Net Neutrality. If Congress doesn't take action now to implement meaningful network neutrality provisions, the future of the Internet is at risk. click here for ways to take action. Hit the phones and save the Arctic! AGAIN ! Just when you thought the House Republican leadership had run out of excuses for destroying the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, they come up with a new reason to do Big Oil's dirty work. This week they're dangling jobs and money in front of the American public. Their so-called "American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act" (H.R. 5429) uses wildly inflated numbers to claim that drilling the Arctic Refuge is good for labor and good for the federal treasury. The truth? The big winners in this plan are the oil companies; they'll be stuffing their already bloated coffers with billions more in profits. And the biggest losers are the American people; we'll sacrifice our greatest wildlife sanctuary while we stay addicted to high-priced oil. This Arctic wildlife destruction bill is being rushed to the floor for a vote this week! Please express your outrage at this bill by calling your member of Congress right now: Representative Shelley Capito (202) 225-2711 Representative Allan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 Representative Nick Joe Rahall (202) 225-4172 Tell your Representative to put the public interest ahead of oil company profits by voting NO on H.R. 5429. This particular bill is especially dangerous because it will appeal to a few dozen swing Democrats who sometimes vote for energy industry interests. We've only got one or two days to shore up support among moderate Republicans and to hold the Democrats together in defense of the Arctic. That's why generating a flood of calls in all 435 Congressional districts is vitally important. Please pick up the phone right now, call your Representative, and urge a NO vote on H.R. 5429. |