“Harmonize your expectations with your aspirations!” is what I wrote Monday morning, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the day of President Obama’s second Inaugural Address as our giant Backbone marched through DC streets with a primarily anti-drone, Inauguration day demonstration. We participated on the principle that the sympathetic President Obama should be held no less…
California Assemblyman Phil Ting has proposed AB 19, a bill to require the California Secretary of State to implement an Internet voting pilot project. And if you don’t live in California: There are efforts to provide federal cash incentives to any state that “expedites” its voting process. And that will likely be used to shoehorn…
The Issue: GMO foods are not currently required to be identified on food labels. The Question: Should Washington residents support Initiative 522? History: On January 3, 2013, over 350,000 signatures were submitted to the Secretary of State to get an initiative placed on the ballot that would require the Washington State legislature to establish mandatory…
Whereas, More than 100,000 people have signed the right wing Petition For a Free and Independent Texas ; Whereas, At least half a dozen groups in Texas have been promoting the secession effort; Whereas, Texas politicians such as George W. Bush and Rick Perry have done great damage to our nation; Whereas, Texas has 38…
Sen. Kline wants a state response to Citizens United “..Kline said his bill simply asks Congress to draft the language and put it out to the states for ratification. He indicated there are some Republicans who share his concern about the role of money in politics – particularly if the same limits were to apply…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Backbone Rises Again & We The People March Onward! Backbone’s 1st ever CSO and New Staff Join Team Backbone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Actions & Workshops: Monday January 21st in Washington, DC Backbone Campaign in Washington, DC with Giant Backbone Puppet, first appearance since 2007. Evan Simmons and Doug Skove are supporting the Arch of…
A friend of mine ordered a sandwich two weeks ago and by the following Saturday was down with the flu. How did that happen? The worker at the cash register was feeling lousy, sneezing and coughing. And contagious. So my friend was down with the flu for a week. Thanks to the flu shot she…
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As our legislators start their 105 day work year Climate and Sustainable jobs was the theme for this years rally. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a 105 day work year?