Montgomery Bell Park in Dickson, Tennessee will be hosting a major annual conference of white supremacists for the third year in a row from April 25-27, 2014. This is the 12th conference of the white supremacist group American Renaissance (AmRen). AmRen is designated a hate group by a number of human rights organizations. The presence of a hate group composed of nazis and other fascists in Montgomery Bell Park is unacceptable and presents a clear and present danger to public health and safety. What is AmRen? Amren is a newsletter that publishes pseudo-scientific research which argues that people of color are intellectually and morally inferior to white people. The organization is led by a white supremacist named Jared Taylor. Previous attendees at the conference include Ku Klux Klan members (including former KKK “Grand Wizard” David Duke), neo-Nazis (such as Don Black who runs the neo-Nazi website “stormfront“), holocaust deniers, anti-immigration thugs, and other racist and fascist groups and people who promote racial hatred. Who is Supposed to be at the Conference This Year? Some speakers at this conference include: John Derbyshire an ex-writer for the National Review who was recently fired for a racist rant he published advising white parents to teach their children to “avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally”, “before voting for a black politician scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white”, “do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress”, etc. He currently writes for a white supremacist and anti-immigration website called vdare where he wrote recently that, “White supremacy, in the sense of a society in which key decisions are made by white Europeans, is one of the better arrangements history has come up with.” Jack Donovan, a homophobe and “Men’s Rights Activist” who openly calls for violent attacks on LGBTQ people and is an advocate for fascism. Sam Dickson an anti-Semite who is a former lawyer for the Ku Klux Klan and holocaust denier. He is a white nationalist who attacks affirmative action, interracial marriage, gays and lesbians, and immigration. Andrew Brons who is a British nazi who leads a far-right organization called the “British Democratic Party” that is composed of other fascists and nazis. Jared Taylor who believes that black people are genetically predisposed to having lower IQs than whites and has stated in an article published on his website that, “Blacks and whites are different. When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, western civilization, any kind of civilization, disappears.” What Can We Do? Join us Saturday, April 26 at 4pm outside the Montgomery Bell Park Inn and Convention Center to protest these nazis and white supremacists! You can contact Governor Bill Haslam at 615-741-2001. You could also call Commissioner Bob Martineau of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) at 615-532-0106 or you could call Montgomery Bell Park and voice your concerns at 615-797-9051. If you would like to contact us for further information about the protest on April 26 or to let us know how your conversation went with the Governor's office or other representative please email us at [email protected] Here is an example of what you could say: "Hello my name is _____. I am concerned about the American Renaissance (AmRen) white supremacist conference that Montgomery Bell Park is planning to host from April 25th through the 27th. I see the decision to host this conference as an irresponsible promotion of racist ideology and if you do not cancel the conference I will no longer be able to patronize the Montgomery Bell Park Inn and will be advising my family and friends to do the same. American Renaissance is a hate group composed of nazis and other fascists and its presence in the park is a clear and present danger to public health and safety. This is unacceptable and I urge you to take immediate action on this issue."

All of us know how the corporations are pushing their GMO products and damaging world-wide food/farmers/families. It's time to have more responsible people pushing back. Please sign my petition.

Anne Hoskins, Senior Vice President for Public Service Energy Group (a publicly traded New Jersey -based energy company), was a utility executive for six years and served in all three of its subsidiaries before becoming Governor O'Malley's newest appointee to the Public Service Commission of Maryland. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified PSEG as the 48th-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with roughly five million pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air. Major pollutants indicated by the study include manganese, chromium and nickel compounds; sulfuric and hydrochloric acid. (Political Economy Research Institute Toxic 100 (Study released May 11, 2006)). The nuclear division of the Public Service Enterprise Group, operates two nuclear reactors and a building on a small farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., in rural Salem County at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant. (Wikipedia) One of the highest known radioactive tritium readings ever, was discovered in 2002 at the Salem facility. Tritium leaks from the reactors spent fuel pool contaminated groundwater under the facility (located on an island in Delaware Bay) at a concentration of 15 million picocuries per liter. That's 750 times the EPA drinking water limit. According to NRC records, the tritium readings in 2003 still exceeded EPA drinking-water standards. Highly elevated tritium levels have continued for years. Tritium found separately in an onsite storm drain system measured 1 million picocuries per liter in April 2010. (Yahoo.com. AP IMPACT: Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites By Jeff Donn - AP National Writer | AP – Tue, Jun 21, 2011.) Also during 2010, PSEG Nuclear, discovered 680 feet of corroded, buried pipe that is supposed to carry cooling water to Salem Unit 1 in an accident, according to an NRC report. Portions of the corroded pipe had worn down to a quarter of its minimum required thickness, though no leaks were found. The piping was dug up and replaced. The operator had not visually inspected the piping - the surest way to find corrosion - since the reactor went on line in 1977, according to the NRC. PSEG Nuclear was found to be in violation of NRC rules because it hadn't even tested the piping since 1988. (Tritium leaks found at many nuclear sites, The Associated Press , Published: 6/21/2011 7:28 AM | Last update: 6/22/2011 7:29 AM). According to the "Maryland Manual On-Line" it is the function of the Public Service Commission of Maryland to inspect facilities and check them for safety and efficiency. Anne Hoskins' company violated NRC regulations by failing to perform the basic task of testing a pipe. How can we rely on her to oversee the all of the electric and gas utilities operating in the state of Maryland? Do NOT confirm Ms. Hoskins to the Maryland Public Service Commission.

We can't force private insurers to put people over profit, but we can make them compete with a public option that does. A public option would provide better care for less money, because policyholders wouldn't have to subsidize shareholder profits, big CEO bonuses, or expensive marketing campaigns.

We can't force private insurers to put people over profit, but we can make them compete with a public option that does. A public option would provide better care for less money, because policyholders wouldn't have to subsidize shareholder profits, big CEO bonuses, or expensive marketing campaigns.

Private insurers will always put profit and executive compensation above the well being of their their customers. With Wall Street downgrading any insurance company that does otherwise, we'll never be able to overcome that attitude, but we can make insurance companies compete with a public option that takes a very different, much more customer-centered approach. Such a true public option would provide better care for less money, because policyholders wouldn't have to subsidize shareholder profits, big CEO bonuses, or expensive marketing campaigns. Let's create that public option, the sooner the better!

We can't force private insurers to put people over profit, but we can make them compete with a public option that does. A public option would provide better care for less money, because policyholders wouldn't have to subsidize shareholder profits, big CEO bonuses, or expensive marketing campaigns.

To many young black men are being murdered and their perpetrators are walking away. This is Trayvon Martin all over again! Only afterward did the world see that Zimmerman should have been convicted. Don't let another child murderer walk away. Michael Dunn provoked the incident by getting out of his car and approaching the teens. His court testimony has been inconsistent, he never called 911 instead he drove 2 hours away. While the teenager Jordan Davis lay dying from 3 bullet wounds including one in his back. While sitting in his Dodge Durango.

This is my second child that has been hit by a teacher in Central Islip School, the teachers are not made accountable for their verbal abuse or physical abuse and it has to stop. Our Children's Education and Safety should be our top priority. We need to hire and Elect officials that want to do their jobs. Give our children a quality education and safe environment.

The toxic results of using hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas have led to the widespread contamination of drinking water, cattle being quarantined in Pennsylvania, earthquakes in Arkansas, and dangerous explosions in states across the country, among other issues. In order to protect our essential water resources, we need a national ban on fracking.

On Sunday February 16, a Duke Energy-owned pipe underneath an unlined coal ash dump in Eden, North Carolina shattered, releasing 82,000 tons of highly toxic coal ash into the Dan River, a source of drinking water, fishing and recreation. And what's worse? This disaster wasn't reported by Duke until Monday night, more than 26 hours after they learned that the pipe had burst. Duke Energy has repeatedly claimed its coal ash dump sites are safe, but they were wrong. Let’s prevent this disaster from ever happening again. Send a message to Duke CEO Lynn Good urging her to store toxic coal ash in safer dry, lined landfills away from our water sources.

Ronald Reagan was a disaster for Nevada. In 1980, 19,000 were without work. Just three years later, 59,000 were unemployed. In the same period, median household income dropped by $1,200 nationally. This bill does nothing to bring good jobs back or repair the aging infrastructure. It's time to stop pandering to special interests and start working on solutions. Working people in Nevada are still dealing with the consequences of deregulation and trickle down economics. Instead of pandering, he should be working to undo the damage. Only 14 presidents have had mountains named after them. This is about carving a political ideology into the landscape. It's just not appropriate. Joe Heck needs to stop taking his orders from Grover Norquist and start listening to his constituents.