National Call In Day for HR 676 Health Care Bill

Today, Single-payer health care reform advocacy groups across America are encouraging everyone to participate in today's National Call-in Day for HR 676.
This house resolution is not Universal Health Care, which is similar to California's Auto Insurance Program in which people are forced to buy health insurance from private companies.
It is also different from Socialized Medicine which is what the V.A. is.
This would create a single payer system to manage payments, run like Medi Care and without the overhead that private insurance companies have, (corporate jets, advertising, million dollar bonuses, etc.). Hospitals and doctors would would still be private.

Contact your Congressional Representative:
Congressional switchboard 202-224-3121

Locally call Congressman Mike Thompson at 707-269-9595

You may also contact:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Washington office 202-224-3542
Reno office 775-686-5750
Carson City office 775-882-7434
Las Vegas office 702-388-5020

Nancy Pelosi
Washington office 202-225-4965
San Francisco office 415-556-4862

Barbara Boxer
Washington office 202-224-3553

Dianne Feinstein 202-224-3841

Snow coming to Kneeland, Willow Creek and maybe Eureka.

Bring a jacket to work day or is that snow?

The National Weather Service is expecting snow at low levels tonight and Monday.

Tonight: Rain showers before 10pm, then snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 33. South southwest wind 6 to 14 mph becoming northwest. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday: Snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Monday Night: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Re-Investigate 9-11

9/11 Truth Humboldt Chapter
Investigate 9/11

More money has been spent on an on going marijuana grow investigation here in Humboldt County than was spent investigating 9/11.

Trinidad to Clam Beach Run This Saturday

The 8 and 3/4 mile race starts at noon this Saturday 2-7-09. The run is sponsored by the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce. Participants can register at the Trinidad Town Hall Thursday Feb. 5th., between 5 and 7pm. The cost is $22.00 unless you wait till the day of the race when it goes up to $28.00. The entry fee includes a T-shirt and chili feed at the Trinidad School after the run.

Be on the lookout for the blue Chevy TrailBlazer Bicoastal Media vehicle with espn, kred, and kkhb plastered all over it. You might get a free station t-shirt. The vehicle doesn't currently have the KGOE logo on it, but they tell me that it is going to be added soon.

The race takes runners through Little River, literally right through the water and then up onto Clam Beach.

Bring dry socks for afterward.

Just up the beach from the end of the race is an eradication effort. ( see picture)

A joint effort between the County of Humboldt and the California Department of Parks and Recreation, seeks to eradicate European beach grass. The non native species has been crowding out native dune grasses to the detriment of the Western Snowy Plover, a bird that nests on the dunes.

Dozens of secret Bush surveillance, executive power memos found; Could be made public

This is from the RawStory.com


Details about more than three dozen secret memoranda written by Bush Administration officials now sit atop a chart created by a public interest reporting group. The memos track new details about dozens of secret Bush Administration legal positions on torture, detention and warrantless wiretapping.

Meanwhile, Obama's freshly-confirmed Attorney General Eric Holder told senators that he was open to declassifying White House legal memos if no support for their original classification could be found, signaling a likely showdown with former President George W. Bush over executive privilege.

See e-mail chart

Some of these are still classified as secret but some can be read at the link.

Alex Jones on KGOE?

I am currently looking at putting Alex Jones on KGOE 1480 from 9 to 10pm. This slot is currently held by Jeff Rense. Rense is live and Alex Jones would be in a delay from earlier in the day. This would make KGOE only live 21 out of 24 hours weekdays. I am considering this move in light of the show Rense ran the day Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. Jeff Rense had racist David Duke on the show that night. While I am open to many points of view, I do not and will not tolerate racism.

Alex Jones is a compelling, in your face investigative reporter, movie maker and radio show host.

Subjects include the new world order, investigate 9/11, the U.S. Constitution, terrorism, IMF and the World Bank, and the erosion of our freedoms.

Stay tuned for confirmation and a launch date.

Food Not Lawns

Thanks to local Blogger HighBoltage for this one.

Welcome to the new Internet hub site for the International movement to grow Food, not Lawns! Started and moderated by Heather C. Flores, co-founder of the FNL movement and author of the book, Food not Lawns, How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community, this blog site will keep you up to date on upcoming events and exciting projects, and will help you find people in your community who are returning the concrete jungle into fruitful organic gardens.

Go To Food Not Lawns

I used to live in Anaheim and a neighbor two doors down, replaced his front lawn with drought tolerant plants and a garden. The house between us was up for sale and they were nice people so he and I did our best to make our yards look good for the prospective buyers. My neighbor's garden needed some weeding and he said he didn't have time. He bought some pumpkins and cantaloupe and put them amongst the weeds in his front yard.

The next day the realtor came to the house for sale with some folks looking at the house and my neighbor saw them pull up, he went outside and as they were coming up the front walk, he said howdy as he reached down into the weeds and pulled up a nice cantaloupe snapping off a weed and brushing off the dirt as he lifted the store bought fruit into his arms. The house hunters thought, what a nice garden and eventually bought the house.

I laughed my ass off as he retold the story to me. I just thought I'd pass that along for any of you that want a garden but are afraid of what the neighbors might say.

Lawns were made popular by rich people centurys ago to show that they were so well off that they could waste all that land and water on something other than food.