Law By Executive Order??? Since when!?

Okay
This goes to another letter writing campaign.
Call or write your representatives. This executive order opens up a vast amount of possible abuse of power. The terms are too vague and obviously meant to punish the dissenting voice.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...20070717-3.html

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:

Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(B)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(B)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,

(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:

(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or

(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.

(B) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(B) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:

(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;

(B) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and

© the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States

Michael Vicks - Send a strong message to those that support dogfighting

This infuriates and sickens me. Vicks needs to be stripped of all he's gained. LIKE IT OR NOT these players are role models for our youth. I want to see Michael Vicks in jail! Please copy and spread this information around.

Indictment of Michael Vick

From the Humane Society of the United States:



This dog was one of 52 pit bulls seized from Michael Vick's property. ©The HSUS



Late yesterday, a federal grand jury indicted NFL star quarterback Michael Vick and three cohorts on felony dogfighting charges. It’s the latest disturbing news in a case that The Humane Society of the United States has assisted with since the alleged cruelties came to light in Virginia last April.

I hope you will take action today to urge the NFL to suspend Michael Vick indefinitely.

The abuses described in the 19-page indictment are almost beyond belief:

IIn or about March of 2003, PEACE [one of Vick’s co-defendants], after consulting with VICK about the losing female pit bull's condition, executed the losing dog by wetting the dog down with water and electrocuting the animal.

In or about April 2007, PEACE, PHILLIPS, and VICK executed approximately 8 dogs that did not perform well in "testing" sessions...by various methods, including hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground."

The NFL expressed “disappointment” and said yesterday that “we believe that all concerned should allow the legal process to determine the facts.”

Well, that’s just not good enough. These acts were not petty or harmless; they were nothing short of gruesome and barbaric. And there is precedent for a suspension: Other NFL players, such as Pacman Jones and Chris Henry, have been suspended while they awaited trial and before they were convicted. Please contact the NFL today and urge the league to suspend Michael Vick.

For details about the case and The HSUS’s role in assisting federal prosecutors with the investigation and the care of 52 pit bulls taken from Vick’s property, click here. And if you are able, please make a special donation today to help us care for those animals while the case is being pursued by federal authorities.

Thank you for all you do for animals.


Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States


Edited to add:
For those attempting to access the humane Society page, it's evidently being overloaded.
But there are two other options available to you and SPREAD THESE AROUND.
Use the NFL and the Atlanta Falcons websites to tell them what you think:

The NFL:
http://www.nfl.com/help/emailtech

And the Atlanta Falcons who say they want to hear YOUR voice:
http://www.atlantafalcons.com/About/Contact_Us.aspx

What do you contribute?

Have you noticed something about our political debates? They're less and less about the positives of a chosen candidate and more bent on bashing or discouraging any support of the people we *don't* like.

Maybe this is the first step in de-polarizing the political impass.

Perhaps if we became resolute that we would argue for the strengths of our chosen candidates rather than harping on the points of those we dislike, the climate for politics in American would drastically change.

Give me a reason, folks, to support your candidate other than s/he's NOT someone else.

Toxic

If you want to make a point to the powers that make or break the decisions in this country, then pick up the phone, a pen or take to the keyboard and let them know how you feel.

I have come to the conclusion that arguing among the lower levels of the political parties, namely us, does nothing but divide the nation further. Doesn't matter how we debate an issue back and forth, Washington is where our voice needs to be heard.

Taking a break me thinks from most boards. The anger and toxicity is deadly as well as being futile.