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From OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA on Tuesday, March 27
 ”It’s unions vs. business in heavyweight election bout”   

Mailing address:  Box 22
Lake Oswego, Oregon
97034-0003
Phone:  503-697-1670

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No president should ever be given the unilateral power to designate 
people enemy combatants and then have them locked away indefinitely 
with no prospect of being charged or tried. 
The prison at Guantanamo is damaging American values, and our 
reputation in the eyes of our enemies and our allies alike. It’s time 
to end indefinite detention without charges and shut down Guantanamo.

Email your Members of Congress: Tell them to close the Guantanamo prison.

Write a letter to the editor, get active!    Critical Issues, Daily News, Essential Ideas

Last week, The New York Times reported that President Bush’s new 
Defense Secretary Robert Gates favors closing Guantanamo and 
transferring the prisoners there to the United States. 

And Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said, if elected president, he “would 
immediately close Guantanamo Bay, move all prisoners to Fort 
Leavenworth and truly expedite the judicial proceedings in their cases.”

The Constitution makes the president subject to the rule of law. Its 
drafters rejected dungeons and monarchies and chose a system of due 
process and checks and balances.

Take action: Tell Congress to close Guantanamo

   Contact Elected Officials

We’re asking you to consider throwing a get-together with a few of your family,
friends, and neighbors for Barack Obama on March 31.

This is the easiest way you can help our grassroots campaign reach out to people
across the country with our message of hope and change.

This is all you have to do:

• Bring a few of your friends together on March 31 in your living room
  to talk about the challenges we are facing as a community; as a country.
• Use your computer or phone to listen to Barack live in Iowa.
• Watch the DVD we’ll send you with a special message from Barack to help
  your friends learn more about him and what our grassroots campaign is all about.
• Talk about what you can do as a community to be a part of this campaign.

We want you to bring people together to learn more about this campaign and, ultimately,
to go out and share Barack’s message with others in your community.

We’ve set up several resources to help you along the way.

Click here and register your get-together now

Today, CREW released a new report, “Criminals and Scoundrels: The 25 Most Corrupt Members of the Bush Administration.” The full report with exhibits can be found here.

CREW found and documented more than more than 160 cases of misconduct over the last six years and then narrowed the list based on type of offense, the official’s level of responsibility and the impact on the public trust. The majority of the officials in the report have been convicted of crimes, are currently under criminal investigation, or are being investigated by the inspector generals of their respective agencies.

The 25 Most Corrupt Members of the Bush Administration are:

Claude Allen, White House

Eric Andell, U.S. Department of Education

Margaret Burnette, Food and Drug Administration

Lester Crawford, Food and Drug Administration

Lurita Doan, General Services Administration

Brian Doyle, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Darleen Druyun, U.S. Air Force

Frank Figueroa, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, Central Intelligence Agency

J. Steven Griles, U.S. Department of the Interior

Andrea Grimsley, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Donald Keyser, U.S. Department of State

John Korsmo, Federal Housing Finance Board

Kevin Marlowe, U.S. Department of Defense

Jose Miranda, Broadcasting Board of Governors

William Myers, U.S. Department of Interior

Janet Rehnquist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

David Safavian, White House and General Services Administration

Robert Schofield, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Thomas Scully, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

David Smith, Department of Interior

Jeffrey Stayton, U.S. Department of the Army

Robert Stein, Coalition Provisional Authority

Roger Stillwell, U.S. Department of the Interior

Kenneth Tomlinson, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Rally in Salem for Healthcare

Join John Kitzhaber on the steps of the Oregon Capitol in Salem on Wednesday, March 14th at 12:30 PM. We’ll be supporting the Oregon Better Health Act, which will build a health system for everyone that is affordable, accessible, efficient, and makes sense. Come early and get a free t-shirt. For more details (there’s a free bus from Portland) and to sign-up, visit www.WeCanDoBetter.org. The U.S. health care system is broken and Oregonians have the power to fix it!

 ”Barack Obama has what it takes. “  He provides a bridge between conservative ideas and liberal traditions.  He inspires America with his intelligence, charisma, and plain-spoken honesty.  He has the wisdom and humility to build a cabinet which includes the best and brightest in our nation.  He intends to reconnect America with traditions of civic-engagement and hope.  His calls for equity, economic justice, and fair play…   will revitalize the American dream.
       Barack stands with the vast majority of Americans who oppose the graft and corruption we have suffered for too long.  The war of choice in Iraq has precipitated deficits, death, and dishonor for America.  Mr. Obama’s leadership can restore credibility, repair our reputation, and allow us to rejoin the community of nations.  His populist campaign can win this election and turn our nation around.  He is a contender.  He has integrity.  And he may well be our best shot at victory.”