Make the TPP Public and DON'T Fast-Track it!

Sign the Letter to the Congress members and the President which FREE PRESS Action Fund is co-sponsoring with RootsAction.

 

These are MY comments:

 

As a constituent, I urge you to make the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership public and to block any proposal for fast-track authorization. If they Fast-Track it, please commit to voting NO, no matter how the corporate toadies whip you.

 

We need protections for our US citizens, for our internet and online activities AND we need to have our US jobs protected AND our environment protected AND our FOOD protected: NO GMOs.

 

Sounds like you should be SAY NO to the TPP and stick up for We the People and NOT just corporations.

 

BOTTOM LINE: We need FAIR trade, NOT "free" trade AND we NEED an economy that works for ALL of us. 

 

THANK YOU for keeping me apprised of your position on the TPP.

 

 

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End of my comments: ACT, too, NOW. PLEASE. THANKS

PUMPKIN PIE CAKE

I've had this recipe for a long time and it needs to be accessible and not lost. Try it once and you will bake it again.

Take one yellow cake mix, reserving one cup for the topping, mix the rest with 1/2 cup of melted butter and one beaten egg. Line the bottom and sides of a 13x9 inch pan with this mixture.

Mix together:
1 large can pumpkin (28 oz. size, approx.)
3 beaten eggs
3/4 cup of sugar
2/3 cup of evaporated milk
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ginger
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of salt

Pour into crust-lined pan.

Cut 1/2 cup of butter into the 1 cup reserved cake mix and 1/4 cup of sugar. Sprinkle this on top of pumpkin mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for one hour and enjoy!! Reddi Whip or whipped cream is a nice addition.

Happy Halloween and/or Thanksgiving or TREAT Day to you and yours!

Tweet Congress

Thanks to #Uppers Lindy Rose a/k/a @LindyRose1 for passing along this link of twitter handles for 113th Congress members, blogged by Adi at the StuffThought blog. This is an awesome tool for activists.

Tweeting re the EVIL GOP

The Republicans PROVE they are evil by gutting Food Stamps and starving people. Outrageous! NO compassion!! #p2 #inners @SpeakerBoehner

— Kate Anne (@PeaceHugs) September 19, 2013

NOT a peace-full tweet, but how can Republicans starve people and claim (most of them) to be Christians. NOT my idea of Christianity, or spirituality. God forgive them -- I do not know if I can. Speaker John Boehner has a LOT to answer for.

Peace Please

The spirit and these challenging times have moved me into resurrecting PeaceHugs.org -- Do check out my other blog for a #NoWarWithSyria action and join me in contacting YOUR congressmember. Please and thank you for following suit. Blessings and Peace Hugs.

Peace Please
Originally uploaded by Kate Anne

Barney in Connecticut

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Originally uploaded by Kate Anne

Barney Bear, my god-dog, welcomed my company over my Connecticut vacation.

I am blessed.

Think the Internet Is Setting Us Free? Better Watch This Interview

Julianna Forlano of www.AbsurdityToday.com interviews author/professor Bob McChensey, co-founder of FreePress.net and one of my faves. This is well worth the 12:20 of your time. (I also thank Nicole Sandler of RadioOrNot.com for awakening me to Julianna's work. Juliana appears on Nicole's 10 - noon ET weekday show most Thursdays. I watch or listen to Nicole most days via her YouTube live stream and/or Stitcher podcast or via iTunes podcast+ and suggest you subscribe to both Nicole and Julianna.)

God in the 21st Century: Bishop John Shelby Spong at UO

When you have 53 minutes, this is well worth hearing. [I wonder what else the UOregon / University of Oregon has in its YouTube files.]

 

Pete Seeger - "Forever Young"

Legendary Pete Seeger recites Forever Young with a chorus of kids and great music backing him up. Such spirit and love emanating from him to the children and by extension to us. His banjo's quotation reads, "This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender": more peaceful than Woody Guthrie's guitar. This video is thanks to Amnesty International. From "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International". http://amnestyusa.org/chimes

Aaron's Last Wish 43 - Bank 253 and Hillbilly Days in Pikeville

Great how the blue grass music/dancing begins this episode of Aaron's Last Wish then the closeup on the stressed out server and the remarkable change wrought, thanks to the spirit of the late Aaron Collins and his brother Seth Collins, closing with the music/dancing: very uplifting for anyone with a real heart. Watch and smile and spread Aaron's legacy. You don't need $500 for your generous tip or gesture, just do what you can to spread good will. For more information, see the Facebook Page and/or read Tina Rae Collin's Aaron Collins Did That and/or AaronCollins.org.