I have been thinking a lot recently about the nature of wealth and what is fair taxation, etc.
I heard Bill O’Reilly talking the other night and accusing Obama of wanting to do wealth redistribution. This got me thinking: “this is something people think of as negative because it means taking something hard-earned from those who [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Pete
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I am doing Cropwalk this year again for anyone interested in supporting that cause you can write a check to Cropwalk and send it to us at 2028 8th Street, Eau Claire, WI. I have been sick twice this semester already, once with the stomach flu and once with the traditional flu. It’s made it [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by Ned
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I recieved this email from a dear freind of mine and rather than forward it I’ve decided to post it.
Everyone needs some odd little cause to support, and this one’s mine.
The National Marrow Donor Program, maintains a database of a whole slew of volunteer marrow donors. As you probably know, finding [...]
Posted on May 8th, 2007 by J.E.
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I’ve found this site about a year ago, which most people here probably already know about: www.carbonfund.org
It allows you to calculate the amount of carbon you create in a year, advises on carbon reduction, and allows you to choose what projects you want to put your donation toward when you offset through CarbonFund. It also [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2007 by Amanda
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I don’t know how many of you have seen this already, but I think it lines up with previous conversations we’ve seen on the blog since it’s inception: http://www.ushmm.org/googleearth/
Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Tobias
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Posted on March 6th, 2007 by Ned
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Posted on March 5th, 2007 by Ned
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I thought this was an interesting story and wanted to share. Click on the photo above to read the article.
Posted on January 23rd, 2007 by Tobias
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Perhaps some of you heard this segment on NPR yesterday morning. I’ve been following the story of the bushmen’s fight for land rights in the Kalahari since early this fall when I read The Healing Land by Rupert Isaacson. I met Rupert, who happens to be an Elgin resident, a few months ago when he [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2006 by J.E.
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Seems legit. Might help someone besides Bristol-Myers Squib.
Cynical but hopeful,
J. E.
Posted on December 8th, 2006 by J.E.
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For those of you who want an update, I received my first response to my letters to my two Congressman and my eight reps. from Ron Kind (democrat in house). It was a form letter, emphasizing that Kind voted for both intitiatives that the White House has passed regarding Sudan and Chad conflicts. The second [...]
Posted on November 20th, 2006 by Ned
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I am sending this letter to both of my senators and all eight of my representatives. Feel free to use my letter for your own purposes, or make your own. Both of my senators are Jewish; so I am assuming the word genocide means somehting to them. I am also sending it to my very [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2006 by Ned
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Here are some websites. One allows you to send an email to Bush and Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the U.N. (for just a bit longer before that South Korean guy, I forget his name takes over). Who knows what good it will do, but it can’t harm. You can edit the message if you [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2006 by Ned
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I recently saw an interview on Sixty Minutes in which an American doctor (working in Darfur, Sudan) accused the Bush administration of refusing to send in intervention forces because they were receiving information on Osama Bin Laden from the men in power. Osama apparently visited the current president to recruit men. When a German [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2006 by Ned
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JE — Your card arrived today. Thanks. I have that Nature Conservancy card set too. They are one of the very best charities. The one that I support no matter what, even when I’m down on my luck.
Posted on September 30th, 2006 by Ned
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