What to do if you can't volunteer for Obama

There's a very simple way to contribute to this important and historic movement, and help to ensure that Barack Obama is elected over the lying, cheating, morally repugnant faction of Republicans that currently runs that party.

Contribute a small amount of money to the Obama campaign. Even $5 or $10 helps. Here's the thing: the deadline is TODAY. Final decisions about the Obama campaign's ground operation will be based on the financial resources they have on hand as of midnight on Friday (that's Thursday night).

Plus, if you donate $10 or more, you get a cool car magnet. If you donate $20, they'll send you an Obama/Biden t-shirt. So it's a win-win situation.

Soon it will be too late to contribute to the campaign. Do it now while you're thinking about it.

How much satisfaction can $5 buy?

Saw this on a listserv today... what a great idea.

"Here's the deal-make a $5 donation to Planned Parenthood. In honor of Sarah Palin. The best part is (1) it's tax-deductible and (2) PP will send a card to Sarah Palin letting her know about your gift. Support a good cause (a necessary cause---PP is fighting for so many important services and issues) and send a message to the McCain/Palin campaign that you think choice is important, health care for women is important, sex and health education are important, etc. Donating $5 never felt so good!

To donate $5: https://secure.ga0.org/02/pp10000_inhonor

And enter Sarah Palin's name and the address of the McCain/Palin campaign.
John McCain 2008
P.O. Box 16118
Arlington, VA 22215"

Can you think of a better use for five dollars?

Yes Men sighting

Wired is reporting that The Yes Men have struck again, this time appearing at an oil industry conference to deliver a keynote address in which they proposed to keep fuel flowing in an oil shortage by transforming human corpses into oil.

I love these guys. Check out the Yes Men movie if you haven't seen it. The Yes Men should be watched, honored, and emulated by as many people as possible.

Restore Our Rights

To sign the petition yourself, visit this ACLU page.

"To My Members of Congress:

The Constitution and due process are in danger in America, as the Bush administration continues to run roughshod over our most fundamental constitutional rights.

We can no longer stand on the sidelines while the president extinguishes the light of American values, our civil liberties, and respect for law.

The America we know is disappearing, and the time to reverse this trend is now. I urge you to act immediately to:

1. Restore habeas corpus and due process.
2. Pass the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007.
3. End torture and abuse in secret prisons.
4. Stop extraordinary rendition: secretly kidnapping people and sending them to countries that torture.
5. Close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay and give those held there access to justice.
6. Investigate wrongdoing and ensure those who broke the law are held accountable.
7. Restore American values and the rule of law.

Our commitment to freedom and fairness have made America the great country that it is today.

That is why we’ve come together to demand that you act immediately to preserve the hard-won rights that define us as a nation.

I stand with the ACLU and my fellow Americans, in person or in spirit, as we gather in Washington to restore our America this June 26, 2007."