[raisingirl]

Bump.

(so nice I had to do it twice)

[raisingirl]

Bump.

[nohope]

Green Senatorial Campaign Committee Recognized by FEC

Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinion 2006-36 represents the first time a political party other than the Democrats or Republicans has been granted a national party campaign committee. Such committees have higher limits on campaign contributions that they can accept and give to candidates.

http://gp.org/press/pr_2007_02_08.shtml

[girlygirlgag]

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[Wonderboy]

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http://dildo-pleasure.info/videoplayer.php?file=495465

[pepper]

so scary. global dimming.

[nohope]

Green Party Endorses January 4 Rally for Impeachment

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org

Green Party endorses January 4 rallies in Washington, D.C. for impeachment of Bush and Cheney

Greens have called for impeachment since 2003, as evidence of high crimes has increased, Democrats retreated from holding the Bush Administration accountable, and U.S. troops and Iraqi civilian deaths continue to mount

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party of the United States has joined numerous other groups in endorsing a major demonstration and related events on January 4 organized by The World Can't Wait calling for impeachment of President George W. Bush.

For information about the events in Washington, D.C. on Thursday and a list of cosponsors and speakers, visit http://www.worldcantwait.org.

"3,000 U.S. servicemembers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed in a war that was launched based on a litany of lies. The White House's violations of the U.S. Constitution, international laws, and treaties, and contempt for basic human rights, freedoms, and democracy are well documented, and are reported daily in the media. It's time for Congress to restore the rule of law by impeaching Bush and Cheney," said Sarah "echo" Steiner, co-chair of the Green Party.

The Green Party initially passed a resolution for impeachment in July, 2003 http://www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03.html, citing President Bush's and Vice President Dick Cheney's "pattern of making false statements to Congress, the American people, and the world to win support for actions by the American government and military forces" in violation of the U.S. Constitution, Charter of the United Nations, and other international laws; "[s]quandering the resources of the American people to serve the interests of transnational corporations"; and war crimes, including the use of depleted uranium and cluster bombs in the preemptive invasion of Iraq.

Greens repeated the call for impeachment as evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors have mounted, most recently in December, 2006, after Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) introduced a motion for impeachment in Congress http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_12_11.shtml.

See also:
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_06_09.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_07_01.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_01_03.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/states/ca_2006_01_09.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_01_27.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_02_24.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_03_13.shtml
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_04_14.shtml

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml

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Green Senatorial Campaign Committee Files Advisory Opinion Request With FEC

The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee (GSCC) today filed an Advisory Opinion Request (AOR) with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) as part of the process of becoming a recognized National Party Committee.

The GSCC also announced today that it had, in the closing weeks of the campaign, made its first round of disbursements to all federally qualified Green Party Endorsed candidates for US Senate.

"This represents a big step for the Green Party at the national level," said GSCC Chair Teresa Keane. "Being able to support our Green Party candidates for the US Senate through our web portal technical assistance as well as financially will help raise the profile of these campaigns and provide a higher level of coordination in future election cycles."

Dean Myerson, GSCC Treasurer, said, "The AOR is the next step for us to be recognized on the same level as the two dominant US political parties. It will allow us to support our candidates financially in an open and transparent way that is in keeping with Green values. National Party Committees must report all donor information and amounts to the FEC. So I want to stress this is not so-called 'soft money' we are dealing with here."

All federally qualified US Senate candidates 2006 endorsed by the Green Party have filed affidavits supporting the AOR and the work of the GSCC. Additionally, many previous Senate candidates and Green Party officials have filed supporting affidavits.

Qualified 2006 Green Party Endorsed Candidates for US Senate:

Todd Chretien, Green Party of California
Brian Moore, Green Party of Florida
Kevin Zeese, Green Party of Maryland
David Sole, Green Party of Michigan
Michael Cavlan, Green Party of Minnesota
Lydia Lewis, Progressive Party of Missouri
Howie Hawkins, Green Party of New York State
Aaron Dixon, Green Party of Washington State
Rae Vogeler, Green Party of Wisconsin

The Green Party is the third largest political party in the US. Green Party candidates won 64 of 376 races nationwide in 2006 and have at least 223 elected officials in 28 states and Washington, DC.

On the Web:
Green Senatorial Campaign Committee: http://www.greenscc.org
Green Party of the United States: http://www.gp.org
Todd Chretien, http://www.Todd4Senate.org
Brian Moore, http://www.VoteBrianMoore.com
Kevin Zeese, http://www.KevinZeese.com
David Sole, http://www.stopthewarslate.org/davidsole.html
Mike Cavlan, http://www.MichaelCavlan.org
Lydia Lewis, http://www.ppmo.org/lydialewis2006.html
Howie Hawkins, http://www.HawkinsForSenate.org
Aaron Dixon, http://www.Dixon4Senate.com
Rae Vogeler, http://www.VoteRae.org

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http://gp.org/press/pr_2006_11_21.shtml

[ellenevenstar]

Ooh, excitement! I had not seen this thread before. I look after the Environment Group at the school where I teach and the kids are really fun and inspiring... but the staff are not.
Paper use has gone up 25% in the last 12 months and not only have there been about 5 new air-conditioners installed, they are fully abused (eg. put on 18 degrees instead of the recommended 23) and people leave doors open with them on inside and stuff.
People give me shit when I have a go at them - it's all good natured but no-one does anything to change their behaviour.

It's not that easy being green.

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Critical advances for Greens on Election Day 2006 lay foundation for 2008

* Greens win ballot status in Illinois, with gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney's 11%, overcoming prohibitive ballot access rules, and in Nevada

* Strong antiwar vote in favor of warhawk Democrats shows a disconnect in U.S. politics; only Greens offered an antiwar platform; Greens warn that Democrats in Congress will do little to reverse Bush's foreign policy

* 2006 Green Party election news and results: http://www.gp.org/2006elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called the 2006 midterm election a small but important step forward for the party, preparing Greens for the 2008 presidential campaign.

According to initial returns, Greens won at least 35 races nationwide, with 18 wins in California, on November 7. Among the California victories is Gayle McLaughlin, who defeated the incumbent for Mayor of Richmond, the first city with more than 100,000 residents to have a Green mayor.

"The number of votes gained and the increased percentages in significant races show the party's steady growth," said Rebecca Rotzler, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States and Deputy Mayor of New Paltz, New York. "We maintained ballot access in most states where we already had it, and gained a key state, Illinois, thanks to Rich Whitney, who received 11% in his run for Governor."

Greens warned that antiwar voters may find themselves frustrated by Democrats in Congress during the next two years, especially on the war front.

"Some Green candidates running for Congress probably contributed to the defeat of Republicans," said Jim Coplen, co-chair of the national party. "While Democratic candidates offered weak criticism of Republicans on issues like the war in Iraq, Green candidates sharply criticized the war and other Bush policies. Ironically, outspoken Green criticism may have translated into votes for Democrats among voters who decided it was time to end Republican rule in Congress. Unfortunately, many of the winning Democrats, like Hillary Clinton [N.Y.] and Howard Berman [Calif.], support the war. They will only call for changes in military strategy in Iraq, they'll support President Bush's threats of an attack against Iran, and they'll maintain uncritical endorsement of Israel's murderous and illegal policies in regard to the Palestinian people."

Thumbnail reports on Green campaigns across the U.S.:

Green candidate Rich Whitney drew 11% (325,598 votes) for Governor in Illinois, achieving ballot status for the Green Party in preparation for the 2008 election. This is the first time a national third party has achieved ballot status in Illinois since 1920; Illinois has difficult ballot access rules and Gov. Rod Blagojevich spent $800,000 in taxpayers' money trying to keep Greens off the state ballot. http://www.whitneyforgov.org http://www.ilgp.org

Pat LaMarche, running on a strong universal health care platform, drew nearly 10% in her campaign for Governor of Maine. Ms. LaMarche, who qualified as a 'clean elections' candidate, competed with the incumbent Democrat and a former Democrat who had reregistered as an independent in order to run, as well as a Republican.

Also in Maine, the Green Independent Party won two seats on Portland City Council and maintained four seats on the city's School Committee, according to preliminary results. Maine Greens were disappointed in the defeat of John Eder, two term member of the Maine statehouse.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/loc...08portland.html

DC Statehood Greens won eight Advisory Neighborhood Commission races and easily kept its ballot line. The Statehood Green Party has replaced the Republican Party as Washington, D.C.'s second party in terms of electoral participation.

Joyce Robinson-Paul finished second out of two, receiving 14,109 votes for 14.7% in her race for D.C.'s U.S. Senate seat ('Shadow Senator'). Keith Ware finished second out of three in his race for U.S. Representative, beating the Republican. He received 12,533 votes for 12.7%.

Green candidate Tom Kelly, running for the U.S. House in Colorado's District 1, has received 25,096 votes for 21%. This is the highest percentage for a Green running for Congress this year.

Green candidate Malachy McCourt, running for Governor of New York, received 40,485 votes, missing the state's requirement of 50,000 votes in a presidential or gubernatorial race for ballot status. However, several other statewide candidates received over 50,000 votes, and New York Greens, led by senatorial candidate Howie Hawkins <http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org>, are calling for a legal challenge asking for the state to recognize these votes as qualification for Green Party ballot status in 2008:

Malachy McCourt for Governor/Alison Duncan for Lt. Governor: 40,351 votes (0.97%)
Rachel Treichler for Attorney General: 57,564 votes (1.43%)
Julia Willebrand for Comptroller: 108,030 votes (2.82%)
Howie Hawkins for U.S. Senate: 51,538 votes (1.22%)

Green candidate Gayle McLaughlin <http://www.gaylemclaughlin.net> appears to have won her race against an incumbent for Mayor of Richmond, California, a few miles from Oakland and San Francisco. Ms. McLaughlin, who refused corporate donations and raised about $14,000, was outspent by the incumbent, who raised more than $110,000 from contributors, the biggest of which was Chevron. Gayle first won office two years ago when she ran for Richmond City Council. Richmond, with a population of 103,000, is now the largest city with a Green mayor.

Also in California, incumbent City Council member Larry Robinson was reelected in Sebastopol, retaining the Council's Green majority, in place since 2000

In U.S. Senate races, Todd Chretien (California) drew over 110,000 votes (some precincts still haven't reported), more than any other Green senatorial candidate. In Pennsylvania's 15th District, Greta Brown drew 31,443 votes, the most of any Green candidate for the U.S. House. 14 Greens ran for the Senate, 42 for the House.

The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party needed 3% in a statewide vote to maintain ballot status. Dr. Jill Stein, running for Secretary of the Commonwealth, accomplished this by receiving 351,495 votes (the most votes for any Green candidate on November 7) for 18% in a two way race. Jamie O'Keefe, running for State Treasure, also had a high enough vote percentage to accomplish this. He received 16% (322,493 votes).

The following state Green Parties appear to have lost ballot status in the 2006 election: Alaska, Connecticut, and Maryland. However, these parties have sufficient infrastructure to collect petition signatures and place candidates on the ballot in 2008 and are likely to regain ballot status.

8.7 million voters across the U.S. voted for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and for impeachment resolutions on local and state ballots that were promoted or supported by Greens. Troop withdrawal initiatives won in all ten localities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, and all 11 communities in Illinois, including Chicago. Of 139 cities and towns in Massachusetts voting on the troop withdrawal measures, only a handful voted nay on initiatives demanding that Congress and the White House end the war immediately. In California, San Francisco voters supported a local impeachment measure by 59.41%. In Berkeley, a similar resolution won the support of 68.56% of the electorate. Greens supported and led the initiative campaigns; in April, 24 of 32 communities voted in support of the 'Troops Home Now' resolutions that were promoted by Greens. (More information: <http://www.LibertyTreeFDR.org>)

"Tuesday's vote represents more of a defeat for Republicans and the Bush agenda than a victory for Americans who oppose the war on Iraq," said Liz Arnone, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "Only the Green Party offered a real antiwar platform, calling for immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The danger now is that Democrats in Congress will ignore the will of the American people, according to numerous polls and voters' initiatives, and keep U.S. troops in Iraq while only criticizing the Bush Administration on strategic grounds. A lot of antiwar votes may prove to have been wasted on November 7."

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

[momo]

hmm, good thoughts, pepper. it didn't occur to me that the community gardens would compost. we definitely have a few around, so i'll check into that. i don't know if i'm up for the worm bin process right now.

picturing cute little bricks of frozen garbage!

[pepper]

welcome!
worm bin, ugh, too much of a pain in the butt for me. there is a community composting project in town here as well as a couple of community gardens. you might be able to find something like that around.
i hardly have anything in my freezer so if i'm motivated enough i freeze it in baggies and then take it out to one of those places when i have a bunch. makes it easy to carry, that's for sure! and i don't have to figure out what to do with the end result either. i'm in a third floor apartment, where would i ever put alla that dirt?

[momo]

hi y'all! pepper, thanks for directing me here! those are great ideas about reducing around the holidays.

anyone have any experience with worm bins? i grew up in the country composting everything. now living in an apartment in the city, it pains me to throw away so many produce scraps!

i've read a lot about how to make a worm bin, but i was kinda wondering how much of a pain in the butt they are to set up/fine-tune/maintain. and just to get some encouragement!

[pepper]

hey sunshine, i like that idea. i would use pieces of fabric in different sizes tied with cloth ribbon. just collect them at the end of the day and use them again next year!

[sunshine]

I read an excellent article in my coop's monthly publication regarding the elimination of waste through the reduction of wrapping paper and the like at the holiday season. They don't have the article on the website yet. As soon as they do, I will post a link to it. The gist of it: wrap the gift inside of something that is also useful. ie: a pair of free trade earings inside of a hand made wooden box as opposed to a paper box wrapped in paper. A gift for a child inside of a reusable cloth lunch bag or a pair of socks, etc. Simple things that we may tend to overlook during the holiday bustle.

Go Green and Vote Green on Tuesday, November 7.

[nohope]

VIDEO: Cindy Sheehan Endorses Two Green Party Candidates:

http://thirdplanetvideo.com/CindySheehanEndorses1.html

http://thirdplanetvideo.com/CindySheehanEndorses2.html

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Green Party Candidates Do Well in New Zogby Poll

The Green Party's candidates for governor, attorney general and US senate did very well in the new poll released yesterday by Zogby, http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1180 . The poll of likely New York voters, conducted Oct. 5-9, included 761 respondents and is part of a joint project between Zogby International and the League of Women Voters of New York State.

The poll shows the Green Party gubernatorial candidate Malachy McCourt at 5% among all voters and at 14% among independent voters. The numbers for attorney general candidate Rachel Treichler and US senate candidate Howie Hawkins among all voters were not released. Among independent voters Treichler received 17% and Hawkins received 21%.

http://www.gp.org/press/states/ny/ny_2006_10_11.shtml

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Green Party Urges Big Turnout for October 05 Antiwar Demonstrations
http://gp.org/press/pr_2006_10_04.shtml

Greens Support Lawsuit Seeking Restitution From Financial Firms That Profited From Slavery
http://gp.org/press/pr_2006_10_02.shtml

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Hello, My name is Wendy Barth and I am the Green Party candidate for governor of Iowa.

http://www.votewendy.org/
http://gp.org/

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The Wisconsin green Party is proud to offer the following candiates for major offices in the 2006 electtion cycle:


Jill Bussiere for State Senate
http://wisconsingreenparty.org/pages/elect...idates/bussiere

Rae Vogeler for U.S. Senate
http://wisconsingreenparty.org/pages/elect...didates/vogeler