Sept 26, 2008 -- Fight the Right-Wing Wackos Links of the Day.

** National Parks Conservation Association **
Endangered species beware. The current administration has decided to use its final 6 months to try and weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law that was designed to protect some of our most threatened wildlife from extinction.

Tell Secretary Kempthorne to stop the attack on wildlife.

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** Earthworks **
Conglomerate Mesa -- un-roaded, un-mined and un-grazed -- lies between California's Inyo Mountains and Malpais Mesa Wilderness areas.

Timberline Resources wants to explore for gold there. They have claimed over ten square miles of the area, and talk about a multi- million ounce deposit of 'Carlin-type' gold bearing rock.
The project could lead to a massive open-pit cyanide heap-leach mine. All this on the western slope of the Inyo Mountains, across Owens Valley from the Sierra Nevada and Mt. Whitney.

TAKE ACTION! Tell the BLM an Environmental Impact Statement is needed before ANY exploration can occur.

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** Food and Water Watch **
Contaminated milk products from China have sickened over 50,000 infants and caused the death of four. This is the latest in a string of problems with China's food safety system. Currently, the U.S. does not import dairy products from China, but there are other food products, like chicken, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering allowing in.

Will you ask congress to keep the current ban on Chinese poultry?

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** Working America **
George Bush, Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke came to Congress last weekend with a request for a $700 billion blank check to bail out Wall Street. Thankfully, our allies in Congress are pushing back against this dangerous and ill-conceived bill.

To ensure that the bill Congress passes is a balanced one, our congressional leadership needs to hear from you.

Contact your member of Congress and their leaders today and tell them "no blank checks" for Wall Street.