From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #498 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Thursday, January 3 2002 Volume 01 : Number 498 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:30:17 -0500 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Urgent: Only Four Days Left! Dear Senator Wellstone, As I responded to your earlier appeal to which you did not reply, I would be happy to send you a contribution if you could assure me that you will call for a debate in the Senate as to whether President Bush has the legal authority to unilaterally withdraw from the ABM Treaty without the support of the Congress. We are heading down the road to chaos, with a new nuclear arms race in the wings, mini-nukes on the drawing boards, and thousands of IQ points and our intellectual treasure being devoted to Star Wars instead of trying to figure out how to get x-ray machines at all our airports swiftly and better controls at our harbors and ports, etc. Our country is misguided and I don't see any leadership from the Democrats to lead us out of this insanity. You have my money if you take a stand for a sane national security policy. Regards, Alice Slater At 05:15 PM 12/27/2001 -0600, you wrote: > > Wellstone! > Campaign Countdown > > ---------- > > > 4 Days Left! > > We still need your help! The Wellstone for Senate Campaign must file a strong > Federal Election Commission (FEC) report on December 31st! Your support is > crucial as we continue to lay the groundwork for the largest grassroots > campaign this state has ever seen. 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Paid for by Wellstone For Senate, Rick Kahn, Treasurer. > > > To request the text version or to unsubscribe, > click here. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:41:22 -0800 From: Tim Bruening Subject: (abolition-usa) Truth Machine To stop future terrorist attacks, I believe that we need to develop a 100% accurate truth machine, so that we can simply ask all travelers if they plan to commit terrorism, in much the same way airline passengers are asked if they packed their luggage, if their luggage has been under their control since they packed it, and if anyone has asked them to put anything in their luggage. A perfect truth machine would also eliminate all danger of convicting innocent people. No more worries about executing innocent people! No more worries about criminals escaping, as they would be forced to confess the next time they were truth tested. No more worries about dishonest politicians, dishonest lobbyists, dishonest public relations people, or dishonest lawyers! No more lying by polluters, developers, or loggers! No more lying by defense contractors or by the military! For more information about this idea, please read "The Truth Machine" by James L. Halperin. I have read of recent improvements in lie detector technology. To encourage the development of a perfect truth machine, I propose the following deal with industry: I. The first company to invent a perfect truth machine would get a special 25 year patent and a government contract to administer truth tests throughout the criminal and civil justice system, and at government offices, airports, train stations, shipping ports, monuments, sports stadiums, and other high value installations. That company could also derive income from any other legal use, such as truth testing politicians, lobbyists, public relations people, and lawyers. II. Conditions: The truth machine must be 100% accurate at detecting intentional deceit, and work on all mentally competent persons, include those judged criminally insane. A special panel including representatives from the Justice Department, FBI, CIA, FCC, FDA, and NIH would devise tests. Once the truth machine is completed, the CEO and possibly other officers of the successful inventing company would be truth tested themselves, and asked such questions as "Are you aware of any illegal acts committed in the process of inventing the truth machine?", and "Are you aware of any imperfections in the truth machine?". III. Of course, any crimes committed before the passage of the Truth Machine Bill and discovered solely by the truth machine would not be prosecutable. IV. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:27:36 -0600 From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Fw: Wounded Knee] - --=====================_10813354==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:55:45 -0500 >From: Arjun Makhijani >Organization: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research >To: Lisa >Subject: [Fwd: Fw: Wounded Knee] > >FYI and please circulate. > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Fw: Wounded Knee >Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:13:08 -0600 >From: "Director" >----- Original Message ----- >From: Johns, Mary L NWO >To: >'mljohnslak@yahoo.com' >Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:06 PM >Subject: Wounded Knee > To All My Friends & Relatives: > >Saturday will be the 111th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. One >hundred and eleven years sometimes seems like a very long time but when >this event is seen from the experience of the Lakota it is but a heart >beat from this generation. > >They say the generation of adults, who lost their lives on the wind swept >frozen ground by Wounded Knee Creek, knew more people who were dead then >who were alive. What a statement - can you imagine if this was your >reality. Of all the people you know today more of them dead then alive. > >The Miniconju men, women, and children who were rubbed out were my great >grandfather, Matthew Poor Buffalo's relatives. I cannot fathom the depth >of despair that the survivors must have experienced. Or the complete >disbelief of the relatives, who stayed behind, must have felt when told of >the slaughter that day. > >I can only equate it to the shock that I personally felt when I received >the news that my favorite nephew killed himself, or when I received two >calls six months apart that my two beautiful, young, vibrant little >brothers were dead because of stupid accidents. I can still feel the pain >in my spirit. It never goes away, the years may dim it but the anger, the >loneliness, the sense of loss that still persists after all these years. > >But to hear that over two hundred of your closest relatives, your best >friends, your brothers in arms, your lovers, your grandmothers, your >sisters, your nieces, your nephews, your grandchildren are all gone in a >tangled mass of blood, guts, and frozen bits of flesh. To learn that they >were thrown into a pit by contract labor, with no honor song sung for the >brave deeds of the warriors who willingly gave their lives to try and >protect their women and children - there was no sage, or tobacco offered - >there was no tear spared. I'm sure there was much laughter and cussing as >those men took small babies and threw them into the pit to be lodged away >from the arms of their mothers. > >When I hear the term "Ground Zero" or "This is sacred ground" - I think >of our "Ground Zero" of our "Sacred Ground." The sacred ground at Wounded >Knee. In this sad time of reflection, when many of us pray for those who >are the survivors of 9/11 - please, also take the time on Saturday to >think about my relatives who were slaughtered at Wounded Knee 111 years >ago. Twenty-three Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to soldiers >of the 7th Cavalry for action against unarmed men, women, and children of >Spotted Eagle's (Big Foot) Tiospaye. > >The only reason the Miniconju were at Wounded Knee was because of fear. >Fear of the United States and its power and might and its willingness to >send a fully armed army with its most advanced weapons against poor >starving families who were in their own land, practicing the right of >every citizen of the United States -- the freedom of religion. Spotted >Eagle and his people are all martyrs to be honored. I honor them and will >place a small amount of spirit food and tobacco outdoors with a prayer. > >Mary Lee Johns >12/27/01 Lisa Ledwidge Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) 2104 Stevens Ave. South | Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA phone: (612) 879-7517 | fax: (612) 879-7518 ieer@ieer.org | http://www.ieer.org - --=====================_10813354==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:55:45 - -0500
From: Arjun Makhijani <arjun@ieer.org>
Organization: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
To: Lisa <ieer@ieer.org>
Subject: [Fwd: Fw: Wounded Knee]

FYI and please circulate.

- -------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fw: Wounded Knee
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:13:08 -0600
From: "Director" <director@almademujer.com>

----- Original Message -----
From: Johns, Mary L NWO
To: 'mljohnslak@yahoo.com'
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:06 PM
Subject: Wounded Knee

 To All My Friends & Relatives:

Saturday will be the 111th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre. One hundred and eleven years sometimes seems like a very long time but when this event is seen from the experience of the Lakota it is but a heart beat from this generation.

They say the generation of adults, who lost their lives on the wind swept frozen ground by Wounded Knee Creek, knew more people who were dead then who were alive. What a statement - can you imagine if this was your reality. Of all the people you know today more of them dead then alive.

The Miniconju men, women, and children who were rubbed out were my great grandfather, Matthew Poor Buffalo's relatives. I cannot fathom the depth of despair that the survivors must have experienced. Or the complete disbelief of the relatives, who stayed behind, must have felt when told of the slaughter that day.

I can only equate it to the shock that I personally felt when I received the news that my favorite nephew killed himself, or when I received two calls six months apart that my two beautiful, young, vibrant little brothers were dead because of stupid accidents. I can still feel the pain in my spirit. It never goes away, the years may dim it but the anger, the loneliness, the sense of loss that still persists after all these years.

But to hear that over two hundred of your closest relatives, your best friends, your brothers in arms, your lovers, your grandmothers, your sisters, your nieces, your nephews, your grandchildren are all gone in a tangled mass of blood, guts, and frozen bits of flesh. To learn that they were thrown into a pit by contract labor, with no honor song sung for the brave deeds of the warriors who willingly gave their lives to try and protect their women and children - there was no sage, or tobacco offered - there was no tear spared. I'm sure there was much laughter and cussing as those men took small babies and threw them into the pit to be lodged away from the arms of their mothers.

When I hear the term "Ground Zero" or "This is sacred ground"  - I think of our "Ground Zero" of our "Sacred Ground." The sacred ground at Wounded Knee. In this sad time of reflection, when many of us pray for those who are the survivors of 9/11 - please, also take the time on Saturday to think about my relatives who were slaughtered at Wounded Knee 111 years ago. Twenty-three Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to soldiers of the 7th Cavalry for action against unarmed men, women, and children of Spotted Eagle's (Big Foot) Tiospaye.

The only reason the Miniconju were at Wounded Knee was because of fear. Fear of the United States and its power and might and its willingness to send a fully armed army with its most advanced weapons against poor starving families who were in their own land, practicing the right of every citizen of the United States -- the freedom of religion. Spotted Eagle and his people are all martyrs to be honored. I honor them and will place a small amount of spirit food and tobacco outdoors with a prayer.

Mary Lee Johns
12/27/01

Lisa Ledwidge
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA
phone:  (612) 879-7517  |  fax:  (612) 879-7518
ieer@ieer.org  |  http://www.ieer.org - --=====================_10813354==_.ALT-- - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:55:49 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Send Bush, US Senate a New-Year Message: No to Missile Defence, Yes to ABMT Please excuse cross- postings and multiple copies, and please do pass this message on to anyone that might act on it in the new year. RE: BUSH ADMINISTRATION WITHDRAWAL FROM ABM TREATY - CALL TO ACTION SEND BUSH, US SENATE A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE - NO TO MISSILE DEFENCE, YES TO THE ABM TREATY I am urging you to get this off as soon as you can. My apologies for the number of times you may have seen this, but it really is IMPORTANT that people round the world send a strong signal to the US administration and Senate that they should not withdraw from the ABM treaty. Do please take action on this if you have not yet done so. - - Urging you all to write to Bush, US Senate, Congress, and your own government if you are from a country other than the US, asking the US not to withdraw from the ABM treaty, and not to proceed with Missile Defence. CONTAINS: SAMPLE LETTERS TO US PRESIDENT BUSH AND US SENATE LEADERS with fax numbers ABM Talking Points (From IPPNW) US House of reps H.RES.313, Email list for the whole US Senate I am urging folk worldwide to take immediate action in response to President Bush's issuance of a notification that he is giving the six months notice required to exit from the ABM treaty. If you are from the US or from another country, I am asking you to WRITE/Fax President Bush and (more importantly) US Senate leaders, to urge that the US government reconsider its withdrawal from the ABM treaty. If you are from outside the US (as most of the world is), you are urged in addition (not instead but in addition) - to write to your own government urging them to urge the US to reconsider. This applies especially to people/organisations from Australia, Canada, UK, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. IT is not too late: The issuance of a notification that the US intends to withdraw from the ABM treaty does not itself constitute a withdrawal - it merely starts a clock ticking that has to tick for six months before the US will actually have withdrawn. That process can be halted at any point. In addition, there are doubts about whether the President actually has the authority to withdraw from the ABM treaty (or any treaty) without the consent of Congress. US Senate Democrat leaders, Daschle, Biden, and Levine, have all denounced the Bush withdrawal plan. There are doubts however, about just how much muscle they might put behind this. In the House of Representatives, Democrat representative Woolsey has recently introduced H.RES.313, which urges the preservation of the ABM treaty. I urge that therefore, both US AND NON-US recipients of this email might like to: 1) Fax President Bush on 1-202-456-2461, urging him to reconsider. (Sample letter below) 2) Fax The following senators, urging them to put real muscle behind their statements (text below) opposing the withdrawal from the ABM treaty, and urging them to use their Senate numbers to prevent the US withdrawal from the ABM treaty: (Sample letter below) SENATOR TOM DASCHLE 1-202-224-7895 SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN, CHAIR, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE 1-202-224-0= 139 SENATOR CARL LEVIN, CHAIR,SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE 1-202-224-1388 3) If you are from the US, urge your house of representatives member to support H.RES.313 from Barbara Woolsey. (Text below). Whether or not you are from the US, you might like to email the entire US Senate, urging them to - --Support H.RES.313 - --Take measures to disallow the withdrawal from the ABM treaty by President Bush. (Email list for the US Senate is right at the end of this email) 4) If you are not from the US, and especially if you are from Australia, Canada, the UK, Denmark or Germany, you should also write to your own government and ask them to strongly oppose the US move. Ask them to urge restraint on the US government. The clock is now ticking on ABM withdrawal. I urge you to go for it. PLease write the US Senate, Bush, and if you are not from the US, write also your own government. The sample letters, talking points, quotes from US Senators, and H.RES.313 are below. John Hallam (Letter to Bush and Senate leaders below) (Do NOT reproduce word for word - It is best to rewrite this letter IN YOUR OWN WORDS - Best handwriitten not typed. ) PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, 1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, SENATOR TOM DASCHLE 1-202-224-7895 SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN, CHAIR, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE 1-202-224-0= 139 SENATOR CARL LEVIN, CHAIR, SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE 1-202-224-1388 Dear President Bush, Senator Tom Daschle, Senator Joseph Biden, and Senator Carl Levin, I am writing as one of thousands of ordinary people, as well as non-governmental organizations and governments throughout the world, who are horrified by your decision to scrap the ABM treaty and deploy a system of Missile Defence. I urge the US Senate to disallow this dangerous and irresponsible decision. I urge President Bush to reconsider that decision. If the terrible events of September 11th showed anything, it surely was that missile defence systems and nuclear weapons would have had no impact whatever on the security threat posed by terrorists. At a time when the US must work with the broadest possible coalition of nations in the fight against terrorism, withdrawal from the ABM treaty sends a terrible signal to those whose help the US needs, particularly to Russia. As the Russian ratification of the START-II nuclear weapons agreement was dependent on the ABM treaty remaining intact, the scrapping of the ABM treaty will mean that START-II also no longer exists. Russia could well re-evaluate its recent agreement to reduce its nuclear arsenal to below 2000 warheads in the light of the elimination of the ABM treaty. Already, there are reports of voices in the Russian Duma calling for the fitting of multiple warheads on their heavy ICBMs. This would be hazardous for the American people and the people of the world. The world as a whole does not need a system of missile defence. What needs to be done in the immediate term, is to implement the cuts agreed to between you and President Putin at Crawford, and to take US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons off Launch-on-warning status. What the nations and people of the world have demonstrated they want, over and over again in the votes of the UN General Assembly, is the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear weapons as agreed in the last NPT Review conference. I urge The President not to scrap the ABM treaty. I urge the US Senate not to permit the President to scrap the ABM treaty Yours Sincerely, (your signature) ABM Treaty Withdrawal Talking Points (From IPPNW) According to recent press accounts, the Bush Administration is expected to give formal 6-month notice of its intention to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in the very near future. Below are some talking points on ABM withdrawal. President Bush should not withdraw from the ABM Treaty. Such a unilateral action could negatively affect relations with our allies, could cause Russia to reconsider previous arms control agreements, and is an unnecessary risk. Unilateralism in a Multilateral World At a time in which we are working with a broad-based coalition of nations in the fight against terrorism, unilateral withdrawal from an international treaty sends a bad signal to the rest of the world. Now, more than ever, we should be working with the international community to confront global security threats, not walking away from our treaty obligations. Russia Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty could hurt our relations with Russia. While the Bush Administration should be praised for its past efforts to improve U.S.-Russian relations, withdrawing from the ABM Treaty could wipe out all of the progress we have made. President Bush's decision on the ABM Treaty may cause Russia to re-evaluate its commitment to previous arms control agreements, including its recent statements on reducing its strategic nuclear arsenal to below 2,000 warheads. If, by withdrawing from the ABM Treaty, we encourage Russia to maintain more warheads than they can safely manage, the American people will be less safe. An Unnecessary Risk Withdrawing from the ABM Treaty at this time is simply an unnecessary risk and won't get us any closer to a working National Missile Defense System. The ABM Treaty does not keep the United States from continuing to research and test a missile defense system. In fact, the biggest impediments to a national missile defense system are unproven technologies and cost, not the ABM Treaty. National missile defense--the last line of defense against a nuclear threat--should not be allowed to undercut the first line of defense, namely, the reduction of the threat itself. No decision to deploy a missile defense system should be made until that system has been proven to be reliably effective against realistic threats, including countermeasures. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Quotes from US Senate Leaders: Thank you, Senator Feinstein: ``It's a mistake to withdraw from a treaty before you have something to replace it with. I would be very concerned that withdrawal from the treaty does fuel an arms race.'' Thank you, Senator Daschle: "It=B4s something that ought to have been more carefully deliberated," Daschle said, adding that he was exploring how Congress could respond to the withdrawal from the 1972 treaty that prevents the United States and Russia from developing and deploying anti-ballistic missile systems. Daschle said there are limits to what Congress can do legislatively, but it still has the "power of the purse," suggesting it can hold up funds for missile defense or other White House programs. Thank you, Senator Levin: "Ensuring the security and safety of the American people, especially from weapons of mass destruction, must remain our first defense priority. If I believed that withdrawing unilaterally from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty would enhance our national security, I would support doing so. However, the President's announcement that the United States will unilaterally withdraw from the ABM Treaty is a serious mistake for our national security. It is not necessary and it is not wise... The Armed Services Committee will hold hearings on the administration's decision in the weeks and months ahead. ( for full text, go to =20 http://levin.senate.gov/rele= ases /121301pr1.htm ) Thank you, Senator Biden: "Mr. President, I rise this morning to speak to a decision that I am told and have read is about to be made by the President--a very significant decision and, I think, an incredibly dangerous one--to serve notice that the United States of America is going to withdraw from the ABM Treaty .... Today the doors to international cooperation and American leadership are wide open. But if we slam them shut too often, we will lose our chance to restructure the world and we will be condemned to repeat the experience of the last century, rather than move beyond it. " Woolsey(D-CA) Resolution,H.RES.313 HOUSE RESOLUTION 313 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the continued importance of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Whereas nuclear weapons remain a threat to humankind; Whereas the ABM Treaty has been the cornerstone of international arms control efforts since its inception in 1972; Whereas the ABM Treaty has helped maintain trusting, lasting relationships with traditional allies of the United States and has been the foundation for positive relationships with Russia and other nuclear states; Whereas the ABM Treaty remains an important means of limiting the threat of nuclear war and the proliferation of nuclear weapons; Whereas the ABM Treaty is an important symbol of the United States' commitment to global peace and cooperation in order to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons and remains an important and viable method for safeguarding international peace; Whereas the American people have made it overwhelmingly clear that they support a reasoned approach toward arms control policy-which the ABM Treaty represents-and not a buildup of weapons system and programs; Whereas the ABM Treaty helps ensure that no country questions the validity of the established and proven principles of deterrence, which remains an important and viable method for safeguarding international peace; Whereas President Bush's November 2001 agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by both countries is a welcome and useful step toward global peace and security; Whereas we are troubled by the Bush Administration's desire to withdraw from the ABM Treaty in order to develop and build a National Missile Defense System; Whereas no National Missile Defense system has proven to be reliable, despite numerous trial tests; Whereas withdrawing from, or abrogating, the ABM Treaty in order to continue development of a National Missile Defense System could weaken ties with traditional allies of the United States and alienate friendly, non-nuclear countries; Whereas withdrawing from, or abrogating, the ABM Treaty would destabilize the international relations and could spur nuclear states to pursue a new arms race with the United States; Whereas deployment of a National Missile Defense system presently outlawed by the ABM Treaty would undermine deterrence, thereby increasing tension between nuclear powers and increasing worldwide instability; Whereas a National Missile Defense system would also be perceived by other states as a threat and could hinder attempts to further reduce nuclear arsenals; Whereas increased tension between nuclear powers threatens the stability that makes economic and social cooperation between such powers possible; Whereas the events of September 11, 2001-and the worldwide response to them-underscore the fact that interstate cooperation is extraordinarily important for protecting the security of United States citizens; Whereas a National Missile Defense system would not have prevented the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; Whereas terrorist groups or rogue nations are far more likely to use simple means to threaten or harm the United States as opposed to the types of weapons a National Missile Defense system would defend against; Whereas withdrawing from the ABM Treaty and developing a NMD system would divert scarce taxpayer dollars and attention away from more pressing threats to our national security; Whereas these scarce resources should be earmarked for homeland security priorities, such as increased airline security, public health measures, and rebuilding those communities affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that in the interests of United States citizens, and all of humankind, that the United States should-- (1) remain a signatory to the ABM Treaty; (2) not encourage Russia to withdraw in order to validate United States efforts to build a National Missile Defense system; (3) continue to work cooperatively with Russia and other nuclear powers to prevent nuclear proliferation, reduce the number of weapons in current arsenals, and facilitate nuclear disarmament. COSPONSORS(28), ALPHABETICAL Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 12/12/2001 Rep Barrett, Thomas M. - 12/12/2001 Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 12/12/2001 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 12/12/2001 Rep Doggett, Lloyd - 12/12/2001 Rep Evans, Lane - 12/12/2001 Rep =46arr, Sam - 12/12/2001 Rep Fattah, Chaka - 12/12/2001 Rep Filner, Bob - 12/12/2001 Rep Frank, Barney - 12/12/2001 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 12/12/2001 Rep Holt, Rush D. - 12/12/2001 Rep Hooley, Darlene - 2/12/2001 Rep Lee, Barbara - 12/12/2001 Rep Lewis, John - 12/12/2001 Rep Markey, Edward J. - 12/12/2001 Rep McDermott, Jim - 12/12/2001 Rep McGovern, James P. - 12/12/2001 Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 12/12/2001 Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 12/12/2001 Rep Olver, John W. - 12/12/2001 Rep Payne, Donald M. - 12/12/2001 Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 12/12/2001 Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 12/12/2001 Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 12/12/2001 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 12/12/2001 Rep Tierney, John F. - 12/12/2001 Rep Watson, Diane E. - 12/12/2001 US SENATE EMAIL LIST email@murkowski.senate.gov, Senator_Stevens@stevens.senate.gov, senator@sessions.senate.gov, senator@shelby.senate.gov, senator.hutchinson@hutchinson.senate.gov, blanche_lincoln@lincoln.senate.gov, info@kyl.senate.gov, senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov, senator@boxer.senate.gov, senator@feinstein.senate.gov, administrator@campbell.senate.gov, sen_dodd@dodd.senate.gov, senator_lieberman@lieberman.senate.gov, senator@biden.senate.gov, bob_graham@graham.senate.gov, Senator_Max_Cleland@Cleland.senate.gov, senator@akaka.senate.gov, senator@inouye.senate.gov, chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.gov, tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov, larry_craig@craig.senate.gov, dick@durbin.senate.gov, senator_fitzgerald@fitzgerald.senate.gov, senator@bayh.senate.gov, senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov, sam_brownback@brownback.senate.gov, pat_roberts@roberts.senate.gov, jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov, senator@mcconnell.senate.gov, senator@breaux.senate.gov, senator@landrieu.senate.gov, senator@kennedy.senate.gov, john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov, senator@mikulski.senate.gov, senator@sarbanes.senate.gov, senator@collins.senate.gov, olympia@snowe.senate.gov, senator@levin.senate.gov, senator@stabenow.senate.gov, senator@wellstone.senate.gov, kit_bond@bond.senate.gov, senator_carnahan@carnahan.senate.gov, senator@cochran.senate.gov, senatorlott@lott.senate.gov, max@baucus.senate.gov, conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov, Senator@Edwards.senate.gov, jesse_helms@helms.senate.gov, senator@conrad.senate.gov, senator@dorgan.senate.gov, chuck_hagel@hagel.senate.gov, mailbox@gregg.senate.gov, opinion@smith.senate.gov, senator@torricelli.senate.gov, senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov, senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov, senator@ensign.senate.gov, senator_reid@reid.senate.gov, senator@clinton.senate.gov, senator@schumer.senate.gov, senator_dewine@dewine.senate.gov, senator_voinovich@voinovich.senate.gov, jim_inhofe@inhofe.senate.gov, senator@nickles.senate.gov, oregon@gsmith.senate.gov, senator@wyden.senate.gov, senator_specter@specter.senate.gov, senator_chafee@chafee.senate.gov, jack@reed.senate.gov, qmail@hollings-cms.senate.gov, administrator@thurmond.senate.gov, tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov, tim@johnson.senate.gov, senator_frist@frist.senate.gov, senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov, phil_gramm@gramm.senate.gov, senator@hutchison.senate.gov, senator@bennett.senate.gov, senator_hatch@hatch.senate.gov, senator_allen@allen.senate.gov, senator@warner.senate.gov, vermont@jeffords.senate.gov, senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov, maria@cantwell.senate.gov, senator_murray@murray.senate.gov, russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov, senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov, senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov, senator@rockefeller.senate.gov, senator@enzi.senate.gov, craig@thomas.senate.gov - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:18:20 -0600 From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER Subject: (abolition-usa) New IEER postings: water contamination, cleanup standards, energy policy, de-alerting nuclear weapons - --=====================_4357179==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I thought you might be interested in these items. They are the four latest postings to IEER's web site. (Apologies for multiple postings.) Science for Democratic Action vol. 10 no. 1 (November 2001) http://www.ieer.org/sdafiles/vol_10/10-1/index.html Includes an article on threats to the Snake River Plain aquifer from migrating nuclear waste, an interview with a former Idaho trout farmer, and more. Setting Cleanup Standards to Protect Future Generations: The Scientific Basis of Subsistence Farmer Scenario and Its Application to the Estimation of Radionuclide Soil Action Levels (RSALs) for Rocky Flats (December 2001) http://www.ieer.org/reports/rocky/toc.html IEER report, also press release and statements Securing the Energy Future of the United States: Oil, Nuclear, and Electricity Vulnerabilities and a post-September 11, 2001 Roadmap for Action (November 2001) http://www.ieer.org/reports/energy/bushtoc.html IEER report, also press release De-alerting Russian and US nuclear weapons: A path to reducing nuclear dangers (Moscow, 2001) http://www.ieer.org/russian/pubs/dlrtbk-e.html Briefing book published under the auspices of the Institute of International Economy and Foreign Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lisa Ledwidge Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) 2104 Stevens Ave. South | Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA phone: (612) 879-7517 | fax: (612) 879-7518 ieer@ieer.org | http://www.ieer.org Lisa Ledwidge Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) 2104 Stevens Ave. South | Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA phone: (612) 879-7517 | fax: (612) 879-7518 ieer@ieer.org | http://www.ieer.org - --=====================_4357179==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I thought you might be interested in these items.  They are the four latest postings to IEER's web site.  (Apologies for multiple postings.)

Science for Democratic Action vol. 10 no. 1 (November 2001)
http://www.ieer.org/sdafiles/vol_10/10-1/index.html
Includes an article on threats to the Snake River Plain aquifer from migrating nuclear waste, an interview with a former Idaho trout farmer, and more.

Setting Cleanup Standards to Protect Future Generations: The Scientific Basis of Subsistence Farmer Scenario and Its Application to the Estimation of Radionuclide Soil Action Levels (RSALs) for Rocky Flats  (December 2001)
http://www.ieer.org/reports/rocky/toc.html
IEER report, also press release and statements
                                                                                    
Securing the Energy Future of the United States: Oil, Nuclear, and Electricity Vulnerabilities and a post-September 11, 2001 Roadmap for Action (November 2001)
http://www.ieer.org/reports/energy/bushtoc.html
IEER report, also press release
                                                                              
De-alerting Russian and US nuclear weapons: A path to reducing nuclear dangers (Moscow, 2001)
http://www.ieer.org/russian/pubs/dlrtbk-e.html
Briefing book published under the auspices of the Institute of International Economy and Foreign Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Lisa Ledwidge
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA
phone:  (612) 879-7517  |  fax:  (612) 879-7518
ieer@ieer.org  |  http://www.ieer.org
Lisa Ledwidge
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA
phone:  (612) 879-7517  |  fax:  (612) 879-7518
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