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Ted Turner Murders Trees and
Funds Radicals
January 31, 2001 Volume 4, Issue 1
Avowed leftist and media mogul, Ted Turner, has
been pumping money into the coffers of the radical environmental group,
Rainforest Action Network (RAN). RAN was one of the organizing groups
behind the WTO protests that turned into riots. While their name implies
they are dedicated solely to issues revolving
around rainforests, RAN is active in anti-logging campaigns in the
U.S.
and is dedicated to promoting an anti-capitalist “sustainable” agenda.
Ted Turner’s funding of RAN is highly hypocritical considering Turner
himself actively logs his own forestland at Vermejo Park in northern
Mexico. The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise has set up a website
to expose RAN’s activities and beliefs. Says the Center’s Vice
President, Ron Arnold,
“RAN calls timber company, Boise Cascade, and paper seller, Staples, ‘tree
murderers.’ But RAN doesn’t call Ted Turner anything except ‘Sir.’”
**ACTION TO TAKE**
1. Go to the website www.ranamuck.org/sendform1.htm
to send an email message to Ted Turner. Bury him under a pile of protest!
Demand that Ted
Turner: Stop funding the radical Rainforest Action Network!
Rep. Ron Paul Takes Aim at
Privacy Protection
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) wasted no time in setting his
pro-liberty agenda for the 107th Congress. Rep. Paul has introduced H.R.
220, the “Identity Theft Prevention Act,” which would outlaw the use
of the Social Security number as an identifier and forbid the federal
government from using any standard identifiers. Under Rep. Paul’s bill,
American citizens would be issued new, randomly generated, Social Security
numbers. These numbers would only be used for the redemption of Social
Security benefits. Said Dr. Paul:
“Congress has a moral responsibility to address this problem as it
was Congress which transformed the Social Security number into a national
identifier. Thanks to Congress, today no American can get a job, open a
bank account, get a professional license, or even get a drivers’ license
without presenting their Social Security number…
“I call on all of my colleagues to join me in putting an end to the
federal government’s unconstitutional use of national identifiers to
monitor the actions of private citizens.”
Liberty’s strongest voice in Congress has spoken. Now it’s our turn
to help Rep. Paul garner support for the Identity Theft Protection Act.
**ACTION TO TAKE **
1. Call your Representative and urge him to support the Identity Theft
Prevention Act. Your Congressman should be dedicated to protecting your
constitutional right to privacy. If he or she is, then they should have no
problem cosponsoring H.R. 220. Make no doubt about it,
failure to sign on with H.R. 220 is a direct slap in the face of our
Constitution. Call the Capitol Hill House Switchboard at: (202) 225-3121.
Simply ask for your Representative by name.
Rep.
Bob Barr Hits the Ground Running
Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA) introduced several key bills on the first the day
of the 107th Congress. Among the bills was H.R. 23, the “Presidential
Order Limitation Act.” This piece of legislation calls for a review of
presidential executive orders in order to halt the abuse of executive
orders that was so prevalent during the Clinton reign. Special attention
needs to be paid to executive orders, as Clinton was able to use them as a
means of circumventing our legislative process to unilaterally create and
implement his own legislation. Rep. Barr’s bill is the first step in
protecting our legislative process under the Constitution.
Congressman Barr also introduced legislation aimed at protecting Second
Amendment rights. He has introduced H.R. 123, the “Firearms Heritage
Protection Act,” which would protect gun manufacturers and sellers from
frivolous lawsuits when guns are used to commit crimes. Many firearms
manufacturers have been facing the threat of extinction at the hands of
bloodsucking trial lawyers, who ride the anti-gun lobby’s PR train all
the way to their next payday. In fact, the costly litigation, mostly
brought by
state and local governments, has driven the price of firearms so high that
many Americans can no longer afford to exercise their Second Amendment
rights.
**ACTION TO TAKE**
1. Call your Representative and urge him or her to cosponsor and
support Rep. Bob Barr’s “Presidential Order Limitation Act” and “Firearms
Heritage Protection Act.” Capitol Hill House Switchboard: (202)
225-3121. Simply ask for your Representative by name.
***NOTE TO APC ACTION ALERT
SUBSCRIBERS***
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us to
include the email addresses and fax numbers of the Congressmen we single
out for action. While we will begin including the fax numbers, we will not
include the email addresses—let us tell you why. It is our experience
that email is not nearly as effective as phone calls, faxes and letters.
Just as email can be sent and stored in mass quantities—it can also be
deleted in mass quantities in a matter of seconds. Therefore, little
attention is paid to it. So while it may be easier and cheaper for you to
voice your opinion
through email, it is also easier and cheaper for the person at the other
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