<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><base href="x-msg://298/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear OMers, I wish you wouldn't forward petitions like the one below. We're ALL on the same mailing lists. Sometimes your email is directly above or below one from the same organization. I get 40-50 emails a day from causes. It's getting to the point where I want a new email address!</div><div>Regards, Mark </div><br><div><div>On May 20, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Ann Rennacker <<a href="mailto:annxpress@live.com">annxpress@live.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div dir="ltr"><br> <br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 11:46:01 -0400<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@rootsaction.org">info@rootsaction.org</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:annxpress@live.com">annxpress@live.com</a><br>Subject: De-Fund the CIA<br><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="padding: 2px 10px 25px; background-color: rgb(128, 164, 164); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; "><tbody><tr><td align="middle"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); "><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" alt="GRAPHIC: Roots Action logo header" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/RA_Header.jpg"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="middle"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="580"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="3" align="left"><table cellpadding="8" width="228" align="right" style="border: 1px solid rgb(5, 125, 203); background-color: rgb(234, 236, 236); "><tbody><tr><td align="middle"><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dySHqVXcczLw4UWN7ssRvj4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/defundthecia2200.jpg"></a><br><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hn1gW9O6F1uMV6HundnqwD4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="GRAPHIC: Sign here button" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/RA_SignHere_button.jpg"></a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nn/zyVnK%2Bp0qmQDfjVEHzD4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="" align="absMiddle" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/btn_facebook_icon_sm.jpg" width="25" height="25"><span style="font-size: smaller; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Share this action on Facebook</span></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Gd3nu2IxT53z%2BfFp2sKFRD4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="" align="absMiddle" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/btn_twitter_icon_sm.jpg" width="25" height="25"><span style="font-size: smaller; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Share this action on Twitter</span></a><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qqE%2BWm3gxw5AgsW02b07pz4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: smaller; "><br></span></a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; "><b>A message to RootsAction members from Douglas Valentine, author of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Phoenix Program</i>:</b><br><br>Lies about Iraq. Cash to corrupt Afghanistan. Drone wars waged in secret. Blowback endangering us all.<sup>1</sup><br><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F4MphD92n7Rt705yXtrtgJFtMfuBBce0" target="_blank"><b>If you've had enough of funding the CIA, click here.</b></a><br><br>We've now learned that Benghazi was a CIA disaster. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Washington Post</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>reported days ago:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"Although the ambassador was killed, the Benghazi 'consulate' was not a consulate at all but basically a secret CIA operation which included an effort to round up shoulder-launched missiles. In fact, only seven of the 30 Americans evacuated from Benghazi had any connection to the State Department; the rest were affiliated with the CIA."</i><sup>2</sup><br><br>The CIA does not exist to defend our freedoms. Wrapped in government secrecy, it exists to assure the political security of rich political elites.<sup>3</sup><br><br>CIA operations -- engaging in secret, legally protected wars, sabotage, subversion, murders and tortures -- create enemies that Americans fear. And the agency is an instrument of psychological warfare aimed at you and me.<sup>4</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LKJfT195a50r49bxQXXxE5FtMfuBBce0" target="_blank"><b><br>It's time we stop funding this out-of-control agency.</b></a><br><br>Through its bottomless black bag of unaccounted-for money, much of it generated by off-the-books proprietary companies and illegal activities like drug smuggling, the CIA spreads corruption around the world. This corruption undermines our own government and public officials. And the drone killings of innocent men, women, and children generate fierce resentment.<br><i><br>"Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it's an act of terror,"</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>said President Obama recently, unintentionally joining RootsAction in opposition to the CIA's continued existence.<br><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ErLCGZkzDcgybXjuk%2B/qnpFtMfuBBce0" target="_blank"><b>Tell your representative and senators right now that the CIA is the antithesis of democracy and needs to be abolished.</b></a><br><br><b>Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends.</b><br><br>--Douglas Valentine for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://RootsAction.org">RootsAction.org</a><br><br>P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, and many others.<br><br>Footnotes:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k2wE6RvJ27lg2THDlqPdqD4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><i>The Atlantic:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Drone War Has More Victims Than the Bush-Era CIA Scandals</a><br>2.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2pDb%2BCbbMZSPVQIz/YHffT4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><i>Washington Post:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>An Alternative Explanation for Benghazi</a><br>3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wwgz4Qv6NsPL9mbO6K/37D4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><i>CNN:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Karzai: CIA Promises to Continue Cash Payments</a><br>4.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cJeH2fDXKjMSoIV3E5cYJpFtMfuBBce0" target="_blank"><i>Douglas Valentine:</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Phoenix Program</a><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5aVSr0Dvz2J1N0ELipJJdD4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; "><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PXCBgC4aRqqpp4thSgZ%2B%2BT4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><b>www.RootsAction.org</b></a></div></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="middle"><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xg8m8vyPAsGlqSPVCjex9j4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Donate button" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/btn_rootsactiondonatebutton.png" width="52" height="52"></a></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="middle"><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0oo8oOkWUn2hsBgQysXSMpFtMfuBBce0" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Facebook button" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/btn_facebook_icon_med.jpg" width="52" height="52"></a></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="middle"><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=alooozpXQf3epWwS3lPs6z4czw6xAR00" target="_blank"><img alt="Twitter button" src="https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/btn_twitter_icon_med.jpg" width="52" height="52"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); "><tbody><tr><td align="middle"><br><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aOjZKkI1nclT6tPOPCYJ9D4czw6xAR00" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">Click here</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to unsubscribe and stop ALL email from RootsAction.</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0pt; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; ">To modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile, visit your subscription management page at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QUhSwvVj6nfAGcXpC7/mqT4czw6xAR00" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">http://hq-salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/profile/</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.salsalabs.com/?email" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="empowered by Salsa" src="https://hq.salsalabs.com/salsa/images/Salsa-empowered-bug_RGB45px.png"></a></div><img src="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/TrackImage?key=1469402051" width="1" height="1"></div></div><br>TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send an email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject.<br><br>For listserv technical problems please contact:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:listmanager@mcn.org">listmanager@mcn.org</a><br></div></div><br></body></html>