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There are already money and programs available to help people stop smoking. An economic stimulus package is not the place for that.
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 5:49 pm
Subject: Re: Obama package
To: [log in to unmask]
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> RENEW YOUR AAM MEMBERSHIP FOR $25!!!!
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> MAIL YOUR CHECK TO AAM, P. O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701
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> Smoking cessation costs much less than treatment for smoking related
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> diseases.
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> John
> On Feb 3, 2009, at 3:12 PM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:
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> > RENEW YOUR AAM MEMBERSHIP FOR $25!!!!
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> > MAIL YOUR CHECK TO AAM, P. O. Box 1016, MADISON, WI 53701
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> > The only thing I question is the millions for smoking cessation.
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> > "In the days before volcanoes were invented, lava had to be hand
> > carried down from the mountains and poured on the sleeping villagers.
> > This took a great deal of time."
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Baldeh, Samba" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 12:41 pm
> > Subject: FW: "I hope [Obama] fails"
> > To: [log in to unmask]
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Political Action
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:42 AM
> >> To: Baldeh, Samba
> >> Subject: "I hope [Obama] fails"
> >>
> >>
> >> Rush Limbaugh hopes President Obama fails to pass the stimulus
> >> plan. And
> >> so far, he's going to get his way in the Senate. Can you call and ask
> >> Sens. Feingold and Kohl to support Obama's stimulus?
> >>
> >> Senator Russell Feingold
> >> Phone: 202-224-5323
> >>
> >> Senator Herb Kohl
> >> Phone: 202-224-5653
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-
> >> t8oxywx&t=1> Click Here
> >> <http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-
> >> t8oxywx&t=2>
> >> Dear MoveOn member,
> >>
> >> President Obama has a plan to create or save 3 million jobs. But
> >> did you
> >> hear what Rush Limbaugh said?
> >>
> >> "I hope he fails."1
> >>
> >> Limbaugh might just get his way: he already helped convince every
>
> >> single
> >> House Republican to vote against the bill.
> >>
> >> Now his listeners are calling Congress to oppose the stimulus plan,
>
> >> and
> >> senators are mostly hearing from folks who oppose Obama's plan. The
> >> calls are scaring swing-vote senators-even Senate Democrats are
> >> saying
> >> they may oppose the stimulus.2
> >>
> >>
> >> The vote is expected any day. We've got to turn the tide quickly. Can
> >> you call and ask Senators Russell Feingold and Herb Kohl to support
> >> President Obama's economic stimulus plan?
> >>
> >> Senator Russell Feingold
> >> Phone: 202-224-5323
> >>
> >> Senator Herb Kohl
> >> Phone: 202-224-5653
> >>
> >>
> >> Then, please report your call by clicking here:
> >>
> >> http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-t
> >> 8oxywx&t=3
> >>
> >> Obama's stimulus plan will help real people, not the Wall Street
> >> banks.
> >> It's not perfect, but it's targeted on stimulating the economy
> >> immediately and investing wisely in long-term growth:3
> >>
> >>
> >> * Millions of green jobs to double our clean energy production in
> >> three years.4
> >> * Affordable health care for the unemployed.5
> >> * The biggest investment in education since World War II-enough to
> >> "avert literally hundreds of thousands of teacher layoffs."6
> >>
> >> Almost 200 economists from across the political spectrum sent an
> >> urgent
> >> letter to Congress endorsing the stimulus plan. They write:
> >>
> >> "The plan proposes important investments that can start to overcome
>
> >> the
> >> nation's damaging loss of jobs by saving or creating millions of jobs
> >> and put the United States back onto a sustainable long-term growth
>
> >> path.
> >> We do not have the luxury of a lengthy debate over the best course
> of
> >> action. This legislation may not be enough to solve all the economy's
> >> problems, but it is urgently needed and an important step in the
> >> right
> >> direction."7
> >>
> >>
> >> Rush Limbaugh and other right-wingers don't think the government
> >> should
> >> help people survive tough economic times. And they don't want Obama
>
> >> to
> >> gain momentum for other progressive goals, like ending the war and
> >> making sure everyone gets health care.
> >>
> >> Please call and ask Senators Russell Feingold and Herb Kohl to
> >> support
> >> President Obama's economic stimulus plan.
> >>
> >> Senator Russell Feingold
> >> Phone: 202-224-5323
> >>
> >> Senator Herb Kohl
> >> Phone: 202-224-5653
> >>
> >>
> >> After you call, let us know here:
> >>
> >> http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-t
> >> 8oxywx&t=4
> >>
> >> Thanks for all you do.
> >>
> >> -Noah, Ilyse, Matt, Tanya and the rest of the team
> >>
> >> P.S. You can read the complete legislative text of the American
> >> Recovery
> >> and Reinvestment Act of 2009 at:
> >>
> >> http://www.finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> Sources:
> >> 1. "Dittoheads," Americans United for Change," January 30, 2009
> >> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51129&id=15480-9313202-t8oxywx&t=5
> >>
> >> 2. "Sen. Conrad: 'I'd have a very hard time voting' for recovery
> >> package
> >> as it stands," ThinkProgress, January 30, 2009
> >> http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/conrad-stimulus/
> >>
> >> "Nelson 'Undecided' On Recovery Plan: 'I Don't Even Know How Many
> >> Democrats Will Vote For It As It Stands'," ThinkProgress, January 30,
> >> 2009
> >> http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/nelson-stimulus-bill/
> >>
> >> 3. "GOP may vote no, but economists back Obama stimulus," McClatchy
> >> Newspapers, January 27, 2009
> >> http://www.bradenton.com/916/story/1199058.html
> >>
> >>
> >> 4. "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
> >> January 27, 2009
> >> http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0273
> >>
> >> "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," Senate Finance Committee,
> >> February 2, 2009
> >> http://www.finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm
> >>
> >> 5. Ibid.
> >>
> >>
> >> 6. "Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education," The New
>
> >> York
> >> Times, January 27, 2009
> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/education/28educ.html
> >>
> >> 7. "Letter to Congress: Economists Across the Spectrum Endorse
> >> Stimulus
> >> Package," Center for American Progress, January 27, 2009
> >> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51130&id=15480-9313202-t8oxywx&t=6
> >>
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