Council for a Livable World

Recently two astute political columnists have urged Senator John McCain to return to the John McCain of 2000 and his earlier Senate service. David Broder and Mark Shields rightfully respect politicians who lead by putting national and societal interest…

Please mark your calendars on October 7th for the Fifth Annual Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award being held in Washington DC.

The 2010 honorees are Bob King, president, United Automobile, Workers (UAW) and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, Massachusetts 3rd district.

The Drinan Award was established in 2006 in recognition of longtime member of Council for a Livable World’s Board of Directors, Father Robert F. Drinan.  The award is annually presented to individuals who exemplify the late Father’s commitment to peace and human justice.

Fifth Annual Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award
Chairman, David Bonior
Thursday, October 7, 2010
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Washington, DC

Host and ticket prices
$5,000 – Host
$2,500 – Sponsor
$1,000 – Patron
$500 – Friend
$100 – Individual ticket

Click here to order your tickets now

Bob King has led delegations to Mexico and El Salvador to stand in solidarity with the oppressed. In 1990 he led delegations to El Salvador to support trade unionists and church members who were victims of a long campaign of deadly bombings, death-squad murders and disappearances carried out by Salvadoran military officers trained by the U.S. military’s School of the Americas in Ft. Benning, Ga. King has long been involved in efforts to close the school because its graduates use the training received there to terrorize religious activists, community activists, trade unionists and political opponents in Latin America.

Jim McGovern voted against the initial authorization of force in Iraq in 2002, and has been among the most prominent Congressional voices on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. McGovern introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill calling for a flexible timetable for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a matter of national security and fiscal responsibility.

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Please mark your calendars for Thursday, October 7, 2010.  We hope you can join us in honoring these advocates for peace and human justice.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in the closest race of his political career this fall – and it is very important to us to help him win.

He is up against Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, who has very strange views on national security issues. Despite this, Angle has come from behind with support from the far right to defeat more mainstream Republican opponents.

If Angle wins, it will be major victory for the extreme wing of the Republican Party.

Support Harry Reid today; don’t let us lose this important seat to the Tea Party.

In addition to Republican nominee Sharron Angle, Nevada’s ballot currently includes four independents and a certified Tea Party candidate. Voters also have the option to choose “none of these candidates.”

Angle’s views are on the far, far-right. Before her new DC handlers changed it, Angle’s website included this statement about the United Nations: “The U.N. has been captured by the far left and has become ineffective and costly. The U.N. continually threatens U.S. sovereignty, with endless rhetoric and treaties and it has now become the “umpire” on fraudulent science, such as global warming. The United State needs to withdraw from the United Nations and work solely with America’s willing allies.”

Angle has also floated the possibility of armed rebellion on multiple occasions. In January, Angle told conservative talk show host Lars Larson that, “Thomas Jefferson said it’s good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years. I hope that’s not where we’re going, but, you know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around?”

Angle’s solution: “I’ll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.”

We can’t let this happen. Show your support for Harry Reid today!

Reid supports the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and voted for its ratification in 1999. He has said that it is “imperative that we develop technologies to help halt the spread of nuclear weapons to countries that do not already have them, and to counter nuclear threats from terrorist groups or rogue nations.”

We are counting on Majority Leader Reid to schedule a Senate vote on the New START nuclear reductions treaty in September before Congress recesses for the election.

Angle would deny abortions to 13-year-old girls raped by their fathers; calls the BP victims’ compensation fund a “slush fund,” wants to abolish the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the EPA, and the IRS; and even disagrees with the legal status of alcohol.

Council for a Livable World urges the strongest support for Harry Reid in this difficult race. We need this progressive voice in the U.S. Senate for his strength and leadership rather than Sharron Angle.

Please keep Sharron Angle and her extreme views out of the United States Senate.

Republicans released a list of 41 House races where they will reserve television time for campaign commercials.  House Minority Leader John Boehner (OH) subsequently promised that the NRCC will spend $50 million on the effort.  REaders of my last post will quickly point out that this is far more the the $22 million the NRCC has in the bank.  However, if the NRCC keeps fundraising at its current pace ($8.5 million in July) and takes out a line of credit, as it has in past elections, this figure may be within its grasp.

Complete list of targeted races after the jump.

Alabama’s 2nd District,     Bobby Bright
Arkansas’s 1st District,     Marion Berry
California’s 11th District,     Jerry McNerney
Colorado’s 4th District,     Betsy Markey
Florida’s 2nd District,     Allen Boyd
Florida’s 8th District,     Alan Grayson
Florida’s 24th District,     Suzanne Kosmas
Georgia’s 8th District,     Jim Marshall
Illinois’s 10th District,     Mark Kirk (Open)
Illinois’s 11th District,     Debbie Halvorson
Indiana’s 2nd District,     Joe Donnelly
Indiana’s 8th District,     Brad Ellsworth (Open)
Indiana’s 9th District,     Baron Hill
Kansas’s 3rd District,     Dennis Moore
Kentucky’s 6th District,     Ben Chandler
Maryland’s 1st District,     Frank Kratovil
Michigan’s 1st District,     Bart Stupak
Michigan’s 7th District,     Mark Schauer
Mississippi’s 1st District,     Travis Childers
New Hampshire’s 1st District,     Carol Shea-Porter
Nevada’s 3rd District,     Dina Titus
New Jersey’s 3rd District,     John Adler
New Mexico’s 2nd District,     Harry Teague
New York’s 20th District,     Chris Murphy
New York’s 24th District,     Michael Arcuri
North Dakota At-Large,     Earl Pomeroy
Ohio’s 1st District,     Steve Driehaus
Ohio’s 15th District,     Mary Jo Kilroy
Ohio’s 16th District,     John Boccieri
Pennsylvania’s 3rd District,     Kathy Dahlkemper
Pennsylvania’s 7th District,     Bryan Lentz
Pennsylvania’s 11th District,     Paul Kanjorski
South Carolina’s 5th District,     John Spratt
South Dakota At-Large,     Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Tennessee’s 8th District,     John Tanner
Texas’s 17th District,     Chet Edwards
Texas’s 23rd District,     Ciro Rodriguez
Virginia’s 2nd District,     Glenn Nye
Virginia’s 5th District,     Tom Perriello
West Virginia’s 1st District and     Alan Mollohan
Wisconsin’s 7th District.    David Obey (Open)