CDC INVESTIGATING DEADLY RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA **

TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED **

FIVE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED **

ALL WERE ADMITTED IN RECENT WKS WITH FEVER, COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH **

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT'S CAUSING THE ILLNESS BUT SOME OF THE SEVEN PATIENTS ALSO **

AN EMERGENCY OFFICIAL SAYS OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS HIT HARD BY TORNADO HAD NO SAFE **

SEVEN CHILDREN DIED WHILE TAKING COVER IN ABOVE-GROUND CLASSROOMS **

MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE REPORTEDLY HAVE TORNADO SHELTERS **

THE STATE'S DIR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS IT'S UP TO EACH JURISDICTION **

FMR CONGRESSMAN ANTHONY WEINER LAUNCHES RUN TO BECOME NYC MAYOR **

THE DEM ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY ON YOUTUBE ALMOST TWO YRS AFTER RESIGNING **

WEINER SAYS HE'S LEARNED SOME "TOUGH LESSONS" AND HOPES HE GETS "A SECOND **

HIS CAMPAIGN PROPOSALS INCLUDE GIVING EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT A KINDLE **

CT TRAIN SERVICE RETURNS TO NORMAL FOLLOWING FRIDAY'S CRASH THAT INJURED **

A STRETCH OF TRACK NEAR BRIDGEPORT HAD TO BE REBUILT **

STATE LAWMAKERS PLAN TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE COLLISION **

THEY SAY THE RAIL NETWORK IS IN NEED OF EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS **

STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND CAUSING U.S. AUTO MAKERS TO CUT BACK ON SUMMER **

THE TRADITIONAL TWO-WK BREAK IS BEING REDUCED OR COMPLETELY BYPASSED AT **

U.S. DEMAND FOR NEW CARS AND TRUCKS IS UP 7% THROUGH APRIL **

LAWMAKERS SEEK TO CURB MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT EPIDEMIC **


 

Is this an effective way to protest?

Below is part of an article from THE HILL. I am posting it to ask you whether you think it effective to protest the President when he is not at the White House but in Martha’s Vineyard.

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Arrests continue at White House oil pipeline protest
By Ben Geman – 08/21/11
U.S. Park Police arrested another 45 environmentalists near the White House Sunday, the second day of a two-week demonstration urging President Obama to block a proposed pipeline that would greatly expand imports from Canada’s oil sands projects.

Police say 110 people over two days have been peacefully arrested after engaging in civil disobedience in front of the fence north of the White House.

The activists want President Obama to reject TransCanada’s proposed $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline to bring up to 900,000 barrels per day from Alberta to refineries in Texas.
The project is currently under State Department review and the administration plans to make a final decision by the end of the year….”









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