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SG Friends --

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.

American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.

Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape...
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Subject: Speak up to save the Internet.

Dear SG Friends,

Who do you want to decide which websites you can visit or what Internet content you can access -- you or a big telecom company?

That's what the fight about network neutrality is all about. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet users, not internet service provider, should be in control.

The Federal Communications...
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A note from our President of Peace:

Dear SG friends:

This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.

To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this...
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compassion
it means we care
about the sick
and those that fear.

the death still looms
to take them down
when doctor's care
cannot be found...

the money's gone,
though insured they were,
when excess costs
made bankruptcy near...

the senators are bought
and paid for with dollars,
that taxpayers spent
with no one to holler:

"you steal our health,
you stop our care,
'cause...
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compassion
it means we care
about the sick
and those that fear.

the death still looms
to take them down
when doctor's care
cannot be found...

the money's gone,
though insured they were,
when excess costs
made bankruptcy near...

the senators are bought
and paid for with dollars,
that taxpayers spent
with no one to holler:

"you steal our health,
you stop our care,
'cause...
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People just want courage and hopefulness...
People are tired of fear and condemnation.

People want to offer each other compassion.
People want to love and be loved.

People are tired of dishonesty and greed.
People are literally dying for better health care...

People are IN THE MAJORITY supporting our new
President and wanting him to lead us to a better tomorrow.

"...People get ready, there's...
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Subject: Tell Reid: No vacation for the Senate before health care reform passes.

Dear SG Friends,

Seriously? The Senate is going on vacation without passing health care reform?

President Obama has made it very clear that passing meaningful health care reform is his top priority this summer - but on July 23, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the full Senate wouldn't vote on a...
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Subject: Tell Holder: Don't exempt Cheney from torture probe.


Dear SG Friends,

Newsweek reported Saturday that Attorney General Eric Holder is considering appointing a prosecutor to investigate whether the Bush administration illegally tortured terrorism suspects.

You can find a link to that article here:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/206300

A decision is expected in the next few weeks. Holder should investigate torture, and he should start with former Vice...
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Subject: Remove the Trojan Horse from Global Warming Legislation

Dear SG Friends,

Your representative is about to vote on legislation designed to stop global warming. Unfortunately, members of the House who answer to the worst polluters have succeeded in including a Trojan Horse at the heart of the legislation - a prohibition on Obama's EPA being able to use the Clean Air Act to take...
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Subject: Tell Obama and Holder: Stop defending DOMA.

Dear SG Friends,

They compared same-sex marriage to a marriage between an uncle and a niece. Or between two children. No, we're not talking about Rick Santorum. We're talking about the Obama administration's Justice Department. The brief the DOJ presented defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in federal court was not just wrong. It was offensive....
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