The Pickens Plan: For those who would like to become an active participant in a solution for our nations energy needs I urge you to join with T.Boone Pickens in his quest for a cleaner planet through alternative energy.
Also see Green Wave Energy: Green Wave was founded by Mark Holmes and was formulated for viable alternative energy solutions. Green Wave Energy is promoting state-of-the-art energy-saving products and services throughout the country.
Green Wave Energy understands alternative energy technology will become “main stream” when
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Alternative EnergySource: David Apperson
url: http://veterans.barackobama.com/page/community/tag/alternative-energy
There has been a lot of talk lately of Barack Obama shifting his views on key issues like guns, Iraq and the death penalty. So what of it? The mark of an intelligent, caring, sharing human being is the ability to learn and, above all, to be flexible and willing to listen. The only person who takes the same unmoving stance throughout their life is a know-all, one who is stuck inside their own head, entrenched only in what they believe while hanging on to the past and using it to dictate the present.
Real leaders and thinkers have to do three important things to be effective in their leadership. They have to be flexible, they have to be prepared to compromise and they certainly have to make room for the unexpected.Leaders who become entrenched in their own beliefs, who do not listen to their people, who form unchanging opinions which remain stuck, despite evidence to the contrary, usually end up making the wrong decisions, being out of touch with reality and unable to deal with crises. They might have the 'experience' and unchanging beliefs, but they tend to be crap leaders, stuck in the same mode as change swirls around them.
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Bipartisan Bill to Expand Children's Health Coverage Passes Congress
Over the last few months, CDF activists have been contacting their Members of Congress to let them know that they support comprehensive health coverage for all children in America sending over 180,000 emails and making over 1,000 calls. Because of your hard work, we wanted to let you know that last week, the House and Senate passed a negotiated, bipartisan bill to reauthorize and expand funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Although the bill will only provide health coverage to 1/3 of America's uninsured children, it's a step in the right direction. Find out how your Members of Congress voted on this important children’s health legislation.
The bill now goes to President Bush to sign — but he has threatened to veto it, potentially denying health coverage to millions of uninsured children. Stay tuned — we'll continue to keep you updated on the status of this bill and actions you can take. In the meantime, learn more about CDF's campaign to ensure comprehensive health coverage for all of America's children.
CDF Issues Report and Holds Summit on America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis
CDF recently issued a report, America's Cradle to Prison PipelineSM, to spotlight an urgent national crisis at the intersection of poverty and race that means that Black boys have a one in three chance of going to jail during their lifetime, and Latino boys a one in six chance of the same fate. Tens of thousands of children and teens are sucked into the Pipeline each year. The report includes:
The report was released earlier this week at CDF's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Summit held at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The Summit provided the environment for a highly interactive dialogue to explore the underlying causes of the Pipeline, share promising approaches and develop a plan of action to dismantle it. Learn more about the Summit and view a video of Dr. Bill Cosby, one of the Summit's speakers.
CDF Celebrates Five Extraordinary Individuals
On October 25, CDF President Marian Wright Edelman and others will celebrate five extraordinary young people at the 2007 Beat the Odds® Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. The Beat the Odds program (initiated by CDF in 1990 to celebrate the positive potential of young people) works with local education advocates to select and honor students who have overcome tremendous obstacles in their lives, demonstrated academic excellence and have given back to their communities. Learn more about this moving event and the Beat the Odds program.
Worship Resources to Celebrate Children
Regardless of how the U.S. Congress and the President end their current debate over what level of funding to provide for children's health insurance, we know it is not going to be enough to guarantee a "Safe Harbor of Hope and Health Care for All Children," the theme for this year's National Observance of Children's Sabbaths® Celebration.
To do all we can to ensure all children the opportunity to live up to their God-given potential, CDF developed the interfaith National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Manual. This 16th edition is a valuable resource for any faith community working for peace and justice. It contains worship and educational materials, direct service activities, and social justice initiatives to be used not only for your congregation's Children's Sabbaths celebration on October 19-21 but year-round.
Order your manual today online or by phone at (865) 457-6466.
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman in Your Inbox
Each Friday, CDF President Marian Wright Edelman pens a Child Watch® column reflecting on a timely children's issue — she's recently written about the Jena Six case, children's health legislation, and gun violence.
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