It’s not all about “repairing roads and bridges”
Dear Friends, One week from today, I set-out on a 400-mile walk along the proposed path of the Bakken Oil Pipeline – perhaps walking across fields and streams, but more Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Weekly Updates
What do Joe Biden, sports betting and vaccines have in common?
Dear Friends, Before I tell you why Joe Biden should run for President, here’s an event all pipeline fighters need to know about: The Midwest Tar Sands/Bakken Petroleum Summit. With Continue Reading →
Walk with me, Gov. Perry
Dear Friends, Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has joined the board of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company that wants to slice an oil pipeline through the heart of Iowa. Continue Reading →
Calls to Action
Dear Friends, Before I tell you about last week’s meetings with White House officials and Iowa’s congressional delegation, I’ve gotta remind you about next Saturday’s “Democracy for the Common Good” Continue Reading →
The price of cheap oil
Dear Friends, I love my audience. You’re always putting me in touch with brilliant people that I’ve never heard of. Take David Cay Johnston, for example. Okay, so he’s a Continue Reading →
Marchers return to White House to meet with President’s staff
Hi Friends, Here’s a press release that just went out that I’d invite you to help circulate: On Wednesday, January 28th at 10:00 a.m., twelve participants of the Great March Continue Reading →
U.S. Constitution “Malled” in America
Dear Friends, Bloomington City Attorney Sandra Johnson is coming after some of Minnesota’s most troublesome criminals. No, not drug dealers and murderers. Protesters – peaceful ones, in fact. Johnson is Continue Reading →
Could cheap gas kill the pipeline?
Dear Friends,
Dr. Charles Goldman makes his inaugural appearance on KDLF 1260 AM this week. I always enjoy co-hosting with Charles – especially when he’s wrong, i.e., when we disagree, as we do on at least one of this week’s topics.
Here’s the line-up:
Frank Cordaro talks about why the World Food Prize remains a target for activists opposed to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and why some members of Occupy the World Food Prize got arrested again this year.
– Gas for $1.99 per gallon looks good to most Americans. But what are the broader political consequences? Does it mean increased carbon pollution as Americans drive more? Does it also mean Big Oil won’t be able to justify the cost of building new pipelines and extracting oil from tar sands?
– Has the insurance industry rigged the Affordable Care Act so that state cooperatives, such as Iowa’s CoOportunity Health, are guaranteed to fail? Bonus question: Has unlimited spending by health-care corporations on elections and lobbyists rendered Congress a wholly-owned or merely partially-owned subsidiary of the Drug-Insurance-Medical (DIM) Complex? Continue Reading →
Walking the (pipe)line
Dear Friends, I have one request of you this week: Please forward this message to at least one media contact and your personal and/or professional network. Help get the word Continue Reading →
Kill the Koch Brothers
I met Danny Lyon while on the Great March for Climate Action in New Mexico. Danny’s got a long history of brilliant writing, photography and activism. During our short time Continue Reading →