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José F. Colón
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Love Animals? Sarah Palin = Wolf Killing for Money
Started Aug 29
I think we should share more ideas...
Started Jul 21
It is my duty in defense of democracy
Started Jul 19
MY PAGE OF THE FUTURE / MI PÁGINA DEL FUTURO / UNITED WE CAN HAVE A FUTURE / UNIDOS PODREMOS TENER FUTURO
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- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- Gender
- Male
- Birthday:
- November 5, 1952
- Location:
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- How I am BEING THE CHANGE:
- Now that there is a candidate to the Presidency of the United States, Barack Obama, we have to look forward and continue organizing ourselves so we can alert people everywhere of the problems which hit us the most, such as unemployment, housing, health, education, international policies, the road to peace and everything that it takes for each and everyone of us to be happy.
Thank you.
In Spanish: Ahora que tenemos un candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos llamado Barack Obama tenemos que seguir adelante y continuar organizándonos para alertar a otras personas en todas partes sobre los problemas que más nos aquejan como el desempleo, la vivienda, la salud, la educación, las políticas internacionales, el camino a la paz y todo lo que sea necesario para que todos podamos ser felices.
Gracias.
José F. Colón
- I've been inspired by:
- Doctor Martin Luther King
- Things that matter most to me:
- Our kids need a better future, a solid stone where they can stand fearless so they can get the best education and grow as people with integrity, ethics and strong moral values. We also have to take the best care of our elderly men and women. It takes a lot of work to have an integrated, (in every aspect in our civilization), solid lifetime. This is our goal...
In Spanish: Nuestros niños necesitan un futuro mejor, una roca sólida donde puedan pararse sin miedo y consigan la mejor educación y crezcan como personas con ética, y valores morales sólidos y fuertes. Necesitamos también cuidar a nuestros hombres y mujeres envejecientes. Conlleva mucho trabajo el tener integridad, (en todos los aspectos de nuestra civilización) una vida sólida. Ésta es nuestra meta.
- My passions:
- Activism in favor of HIV/AIDS patients' rights. Health in general. Justice. Peace and solidarity.
In Spanish: El activismo a favor de los derechos dde los pacientes con VIH/SIDA. La salud en general. La justicia, La paz y la solidaridad.
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Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen
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Padre Nuestro que estás en los cielos,
santificado sea tú nombre,
hágase tu voluntad, así en el cielo como en la tierra
danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día,
y perdonas nuestras ofensas como nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden,
no nos dejes caer en tentación
y líbranos del mal...
Amén
Dead wolfDear fellow Americans:
On 8/27/2008 I received the letter included below. After knowing today that John McCain had chosen Sarah Pallin for his VP candidate I hadd to find out her position on the killing of wolves. I had to find ADAP what is her position on preserving our wildlife. This is what I found:
Love Animals? Sarah Palin = Wolf Killing for Money
by michele2
Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 10:01:56 AM PDT
This is a fast diary in response to a comment from a republican colleague who loves animals. The comment was "I hate her." Why? Governor Palin sponsors and supports killing wolves for sport. more on the jump
michele2's diary :
From a link provided by kossack, Blue Waters Run Deep:
Hoping to boost the number of wolves killed this year by permitees, Palin announced the state would pay $150 for each kill. According to an Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) news release, the bounty was instituted to "motivate permittees to redouble their efforts and to help offset the high cost of aviation fuel, ADF&G will offer cash payments to those who return biological specimens to the department." The state's press release, issued last Wednesday, indicates that "Permittees will be paid $150 when they bring in the left forelegs of wolves taken from any of several designated control areas."
Defenders.org link
So it's not only about drilling in ANWR, it's also about killing wildlife for fun.
This woman, whether credible or not, is dangerous. We need to get the word out hard, fast and repeatedly to every animal loving republican we know that Ms. Palin offers $150 for left forelegs of wolves.
As a dog lover, I can tell you this more than disgusts me. Her beauty queen exterior belies her cruel interior.
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Link: defenders@mail.defenders.org
http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/press_releases_folder/2004/11_29_2004_alaska_fish_and_game_issues_aerial_wolf_gunning_permits.php
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8/27/08
Act now to urge your Representative to support the PAW Act.
Dear Jose,
I have some very sad news. Unfortunately, Alaska voters defeated a ballot initiative yesterday that would have ended the state’s brutal aerial hunting program.
I want to thank you for your support to end the slaughter from the skies over these past years -- it was critical in this hard-fought campaign. But in the end, deep-pocketed special interests carried the day.
This morning, I spoke with Nick Jans, co-chair of Alaskans for Wildlife, our grassroots partners in The Last Frontier who spearheaded the state ballot initiative to end Alaska’s brutal aerial hunting program. He wanted me to pass on this message to you:
“I want to thank Defenders of Wildlife supporters for their support for Alaska's wolves over the years.
"We faced an approximately $750,000 campaign from our opponents -- including Safari Club International and a $400,000 state-funded campaign approved by Governor Sarah Palin and the Alaska legislature. They used deceptive propaganda and the authority of the Alaska government to defeat the ballot initiative.
"But thanks to the help of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund supporters, we were able to reach thousands of voters. Yesterday, over 75,000 Alaskans voted to end this barbaric practice.
“Despite this loss, we’re not giving up -- Alaskans for Wildlife will continue to hold the state Board of Game’s feet to the fire and redouble our efforts to end this brutal program.”
Defenders of Wildlife will continue to partner with groups like Alaskans for Wildlife and our sister organization Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund to end Alaska’s slaughter from the skies.
As we prepare for another bloody season of aerial hunting in Alaska, we are redoubling our efforts to pass the Protect America’s Wildlife (PAW) Act in Washington, DC to bring an end to Alaska’s aerial hunting program -- and prevent programs like it from spreading to places like the Greater Yellowstone region.
This bill already has strong bipartisan support in the House of Representatives -- now we must ensure that this important bill gets passed.
Please take a moment to write to your Representative in Washington, DC and urge him or her to support this important wildlife-saving legislation today.
Once again, thank you for your support in this important campaign. Together, we’ll continue to fight for sensible wildlife management -- and end the senseless slaughter of wolves by airborne hunters.
Sarah Palin's Biography
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1082416/Sarah-Palin-Biography
Biografía de Sarah Palin
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=1082443
Op-Ed Contributor
Bearing Up
By SARAH PALIN
Published: January 5, 2008
Juneau, Alaska
ABOUT the closest most Americans will ever get to a polar bear are those cute, cuddly animated images that smiled at us while dancing around, pitching soft drinks on TV and movie screens this holiday season.
This is unfortunate, because polar bears are magnificent animals, not cartoon characters. They are worthy of our utmost efforts to protect them and their Arctic habitat. But adding polar bears to the nation’s list of endangered species, as some are now proposing, should not be part of those efforts.
To help ensure that polar bears are around for centuries to come, Alaska (about a fifth of the world’s 25,000 polar bears roam in and around the state) has conducted research and worked closely with the federal government to protect them. We have a ban on most hunting — only Alaska Native subsistence families can hunt polar bears — and measures to protect denning areas and prevent harassment of the bears. We are also participating in international efforts aimed at preserving polar bear populations worldwide.
This month, the secretary of the interior is expected to rule on whether polar bears should be listed under the Endangered Species Act. I strongly believe that adding them to the list is the wrong move at this time. My decision is based on a comprehensive review by state wildlife officials of scientific information from a broad range of climate, ice and polar bear experts.
The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, has argued that global warming and the reduction of polar ice severely threatens the bears’ habitat and their existence. In fact, there is insufficient evidence that polar bears are in danger of becoming extinct within the foreseeable future — the trigger for protection under the Endangered Species Act. And there is no evidence that polar bears are being mismanaged through existing international agreements and the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The state takes very seriously its job of protecting polar bears and their habitat and is well aware of the problems caused by climate change. But we know our efforts will take more than protecting what we have — we must also learn what we don’t know. That’s why state biologists are studying the health of polar bear populations and their habitat.
As a result of these efforts, polar bears are more numerous now than they were 40 years ago. The polar bear population in the southern Beaufort Sea off Alaska’s North Slope has been relatively stable for 20 years, according to a federal analysis.
We’re not against protecting plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act. Alaska has supported listings of other species, like the Aleutian Canada goose. The law worked as it should — under its protection the population of the geese rebounded so much that they were taken off the list of endangered and threatened species in 2001.
Listing the goose — then taking it off — was based on science. The possible listing of a healthy species like the polar bear would be based on uncertain modeling of possible effects. This is simply not justified.
What is justified is worldwide concern over the proven effects of climate change.
The Center for Biological Diversity, which petitioned for the polar bear to be protected, wants the listing to force the government to either stop or severely limit any public or private action that produces, or even allows, the production of greenhouse gases. But the Endangered Species Act is not the correct tool to address climate change — the act itself actually prohibits any consideration of broader issues.
Such limits should be adopted through an open process in which environmental issues are weighed against economic and social needs, and where scientists debate and present information that policy makers need to make the best decisions.
Americans should become involved in the issue of climate change by offering suggestions for constructive action to their state governments. But listing the polar bear as threatened is the wrong way to get to the right answer.
Sarah Palin, a Republican, is the governor of Alaska. Delete Comment
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/opinion/05palin.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Sarah Palin, the current governor of Alaska, was just selected by John McCain to be his vice presidential running mate. Unlike Obama’s VP running mate (Joe Biden), Sarah Palin is a strong supporter of the right to keep and bear arms: Sarah Palin’s statement in 2006 nicely sums up her gun rights stance: “I am a lifetime member of the NRA, I support our Constitutional right to bear arms and am a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska’s youth.” Palin’s hobbies include hunting and fishing.
This should help put gun rights supporters at somewhat greater ease at the prospect of a McCain presidency. Given the extremely anti gun stance taken by Obama and Biden, the McCain/Palin ticket is certainly best option insofar as the issue of gun rights is concerned.
The times may be difficult, but we have Him who gave us Faith, Hope and Charity. Let us work together so we can offer Him a new World of Peace and Justice for All.
God Bless You.
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