Border agents plead for 'Christmas pardon'

Mr. President,

Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos, were sentenced to 12 years and 11 years, respectively, in October by U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso, Texas.

These are two brave Border Patrol agents who were trying to enforce border policy and ended up being sent to prison, while an illegal alien drug smuggler is given immunity and walks free.

We ask that a full investigation of this case be ordered immediately. We are confident that during such an investigation you will find that these Border Patrol agents were acting within the scope of their duty and were unjustly prosecuted.

Also, we ask that you use your power of presidential pardon, as granted by the United States Constitution in Article II, Section 2, to pardon these two Border Patrol agents. We understand these requests usually are for those that have already completed their sentences; however, we feel in this case it would be a miscarriage of justice to send these two Border Patrol agents to prison for protecting our nation's borders from an illegal drug smuggler.

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53448

CBS: Stop mocking Christ, Christmas and Christians.

RE: CBS and actor Charlie Sheen have used the Christmas season to ridicule and mock Christ, Christmas and Christians.

I deeply resent your network mocking Christ and Christmas. I ask you that offer a public apology for this insult. Failing to do so shows that you continue to approve Mr. Sheen's comments even after their coming to your attention.

Without an apology from CBS, my viewing of CBS in the future will be extremely limited.


https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/TakeAction.asp?id=228

Cable Choice to go up for FCC vote 20 Dec

Dear FCC,

On December 20, please vote yes on Chairman Martin's cable franchise reform proposal. Competition is good for consumers, and it's the only thing that will control cable TV prices. We can't afford the status quo. Please help us by encouraging competition.

Sears Supports Homosexual TV Network With Advertising

Dear Mr. Lewis,

I am both shocked and disappointed that Sears would help the homosexual network LOGO with its advertising.

I ask that you immediately cease advertising on LOGO.

Your decision will definitely help me in making a decision on whether or not I should continue to support Sears with my purchases. If Wal-Mart can stay neutral in the culture war, surely Sears can do the same.

I await your decision.


http://www.afa.net/Petitions/Issuedetail.asp?id=226

Victoria's Secret Porn Show

Sent to McDonald's, Circuit City, Dell, Unilever, Dyson, Mucinex, 20th Cent Fox, Colombia, Paramount, Netflix, Universal, Visa, Warner Bros, and Zales

I am very disappointed at your company's decision to sponsor and show advertising during the Victoria's Secret "Fashion" Show on CBS.

I find it deplorable that your company on the one hand attempts to market to families while on the other supports such immoral programming.

Last night (Dec 5th) CBS aired the Victoria's Secret "Fashion" Show. Once again pornography has been mainstreamed across our airwaves and family living rooms were turned into strip clubs. Victoria's Secret television specials and advertisements are images with the purpose of eliciting a sexual response - the very definition of pornography.

Victoria's Secret certainly understands that. An hour of nearly naked women strutting
across the stage, degrading themselves for the pleasure of men. Every erotic movement and gyration was what you would expect to see in a strip club. The women used their bodies to lure and entice while the camera focused in on barely covered crotches and breasts, mostly bare bottoms, and cleavage. And while the women seductively paraded across stage, men's reactions were shown from the audience.

Your company needs to be aware of the content of the programming it supports and associates
itself with when it chooses to spend advertising dollars. Please support family values by not advertising and sponsoring such programming in the future.

more info: http://americandecency.org/email_updates/email12.05a.06.htm

Gap, Old Navy censor 'Christmas,' replaces it with 'Holiday'

To: Don Fisher, Chairman Gap, Inc. (don_fisher@gap.com)

Dear Chairman Fisher:

I am disappointed that Gap censors the word Christmas in your in-store, online and printed advertising. Since we observe Christmas and you censor it, your actions make it difficult to purchase Christmas gifts in your stores.

I will evaluate your response to this issue. If you continue to censor Christmas, I will take your decision into consideration when I shop for products sold by Gap, Inc. stores in the future.

FX: Sponsors of 'Rescue Me'

Sent to Coca-Cola and Toyota

I am writing today to express my concern about your recent sponsorship of an extremely graphic episode of Rescue Me on the FX cable network.

I know that you have been contacted before about your sponsorship of graphic content on other programs and I am extremely disappointed that a well-respected corporation like yours would choose to pretend it has done nothing wrong in placing its ads on such a graphic, sexually explicit program. Although you may want to take the position that your company is not involved in network programming decisions, that simply isn’t true. Without the advertising dollars of companies like yours, programs like Rescue Me could not exist. As long as companies are willing to underwrite this kind of content, it will continue to be produced.

The advertising industry is premised on the assumption that viewers will be influenced by what they see on television. That influence does not end once the commercial break is over.

It is my sincere hope that you will not further jeopardize your hard-earned corporate image and brand name by further association with the sort of content that appeared on the June 20 episode of Rescue Me.

On the June 20 episode of "Rescue Me" there were over 42 profanities, as well as vivid portrayal and normalization of homosexuality, rape, and extramarital sex.

H.R. 6099: Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act

Please vote YES for H.R. 6099: Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act

The act recognizes that unborn children are subjected to trauma through abortion that causes them excruciating pain, which would be illegal if inflicted on animals in commerce or research.
Several studies have shown that preborn babies as early as 20 weeks after fertilization experience severe pain during the abortion procedure.

Federal laws regulating animal welfare require that animals destined for slaughter experience a pain-free death, but that law does not protect preborn children from the remarkable pain they undergo in an abortion.

Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, a researcher at the University of Arkansas Medical Center and a leading expert on fetal pain, said he has no doubt that babies have the capacity to feel intense pain by the second trimester. In the third trimester of pregnancy, he said, the internal systems for feeling pain are completely developed.

"This is based on multiple lines of evidence," Anand said. "Not just the lack of descending inhibitory fibers, but also the number of receptors in the skin, the level of expression of various chemicals, neurotransmitters, receptors, and things like that."

The act would require abortion providers to tell women who are aborting 20 weeks or more after fertlilization about the severe pain their preborn children will feel during the procedure. It would also require that the woman be allowed to decide whether her preborn could receive anesthesia, if it is more than 20-weeks-old.

RE: Domino's Response to advertising on FoxTV AntiFamily Programming

We regret your displeasure at seeing a Domino's Pizza commercial on Family Guy , American Dad, and The War at Home. Advertising on the program is not meant to convey any company position or endorsement of views expressed on the program.


MY RESPONSE:

Again like Toyota, Domino's Pizza takes no responsibility for the fact that their advertising dollars are going towards sponsoring filth and indecency.

RE: Toyota's Response to advertising on FoxTV Anti-Family shows

Thank you for contacting Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

We apologize if our recent advertisement during the airing of American Dad, Family Guy, The War At Home, has offended you in any way, it certainly was not our intention do so.

Toyota's decision to advertise on any radio or television show is based on the level of interest generated by the American public. Toyota does not influence the subject matter of any radio or television show, nor do we endorse the viewpoints presented in their programming.


MY RESPONSE:

This is no excuse or valid reason to support filth. Basing Toyota's decisions only on numbers is not an excuse, it just demonstrates the company has no moral character.

By pouring advertising dollars into and sponsoring programs, you are promoting and endorsing the programming.

FoxTV: Anti-Family animated shows and sitcoms

Sent to advertisers for these shows (Wendy's, Taco Bell, Toyota, AllTel, Dominos, etc)

I am writing to you today to request that your company stop supportinI am writing to you today to request that your company stop supporting vulgar, indecent, and immoral television content. Specifically, stop advertising on Fox Television network on the shows “American Dad” and “Family Guy”, and the sitcom “The War at Home”. Each goes from bad to worse in their attack upon decency and their erosion of morality. Just a few short years ago, it would have been truly unthinkable that the content aired by Fox on these Sunday night shows would air on network television, let alone become tolerated and commonplace.

[NOTE: I excluded examples from the shows that are too graphic for me to repeat here.]

Your company advertised on one or more of the pornographic shows listed above.

I am outraged at the degrading themes your company is supporting with your advertising dollars. My family and friends will not patron a business that sponsors such depravity. It is my hope that you were merely unaware of the content of these shows, and that your company will reposition your advertisements in support of more family-oriented programming.

“The War at Home” advertisers: http://www.americandecency.org/email_updates/email11.12d.06.htm

“Family Guy” advertisers: http://www.americandecency.org/email_updates/email11.12c.06.htm

“American Dad” advertisers: http://www.americandecency.org/email_updates/email11.12b.06.htm

ABC: Rosie’s hate-filled rant against Christians

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to ABC television executives demanding an immediate clarification of whether or not ABC supports Rosie O’Donnell’s hate-filled rant against Christians during an episode of “The View”.

In case you have forgotten, Rosie declared “Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America.”

Following her comments, the Media Research Center presented nearly 60,000 petitions to Alex Wallau, President of Operations at ABC, demanding a written response from ABC clarifying their official position on Ms. O’Donnell’s outrageous error in judgment and for that letter to be sent to Brent Bozell, Founder of the Media Research Center.

In the week days since that petition presentation, no such letter has arrived.

I am deeply offended that ABC-TV can so easily ignore hundreds of thousands of emails, phone calls and personally delivered petitions asking for an apology for Rosie O’Donnell’s inflammatory comments. This lack of accountability and disrespect leads me to only one conclusion—that ABC television both condones and endorses an anti-Christian agenda.

Again, I urge you to take this matter seriously, and apologize to those of us who were deeply offended by Rosie O’Donnell’s comments.

Thank you for your prompt attention.

Telecom bill

We need a “Multicast/Equal Access” Amendment to the Telecom bill.

Please support "Net Neutrality" in the Telecom bill.

"Multicast/Equal Access" (formerly called "Multicast/Must-carry") will go a long way to preventing discrimination against broadcasters. Without a "Multicast/Equal Access" law, the cable and satellite companies would be able to deny access to independent broadcasters.

If "Net Neutrality" legislation does not pass, consumers will have to pay an additional fee to have a website. The cable/telephone monopoly will divide the Internet into a "fast track" and "slow track".

Planned Parenthood's brutal use of our tax dollars

Planned Parenthood's Annual Report (according to the most recent available reporting statistics) shows that almost a third of the organization's $810 million in total revenue ($265.2 million) came from Government Grants and Contracts.

Our hard-earned tax dollars are flowing straight into the coffers of the largest abortion promoter and provider in the United States.

Please help STOP Planned Parenthood's brutal use of our tax dollars.

Stand in support of legislation by Senator David Vitter that calls for an end to government funding of Planned Parenthood.

HR 4411: Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act

Please Support the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act -- HR 4411

The Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act, H.R. 4411, sponsored by Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Jim Leach, R-Iowa, would cut off credit-card payments to illegal Internet-gambling sites -- most of which are offshore -- and give the Justice Department increased ability to prosecute illegal wagering.The House passed it July 11 on a 317-93 vote. It's now in the Senate.Chad Hills, analyst for gambling research and policy for Focus on the Family Action, called it a "fantastic development."

"The bill, in essence, says we will not allow this 'bullet train' to crash into millions of American homes with Internet access," Hills told CitizenLink. "Basically, without it, we could have a casino in every house in America, if Internet casinos can legally operate online."

In recent years, Hills said, gambling on the Internet has exploded. "It's the fastest-growing segment of the worldwide gambling industry," he explained. "Today it's a $12 billion industry -- with half of that estimated to come from the U.S. We're talking about tremendous growth."
Indeed, the growth in online betting has reached such levels that five major sports leagues -- Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the National Collegiate Athletic Association -- sent a letter to Congress lending their support to the bill. "It just goes to show that this piece of legislation has broad support, not just (among) pro-family groups, but also among major-league professional sports," Brian Newell, government affairs assistant with the Family Research Council, told Family News in Focus.

Hills said it's important that supporters speak up. "I encourage people to contact their senators to get behind this legislation," Hills said. "We need to do something about online gambling, and this bill will be a major step forward."

S. 3696: Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act

Please support the Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act - S. 3696

The Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006 would prevent groups such as the ACLU from collecting attorneys' fees in cases involving religious expression.

S. 403 The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Please support S. 403 The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.

The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act would make it illegal for someone to transport an underage pregnant girl out of state for an abortion in order to circumvent parental-consent or notification laws in her home state.

Please vote to pass S. 403, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, as amended by the House.

-- S. 403 supports parents rights

-- S. 403 would involve parents in the daughter's pregnancy decisions

-- S. 403 would thwart men who are sexually abusing underage girls and who then seek to take them out of state for an abortion to cover up their crimes

HR235: Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration

Please support H.R. 235, the "Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act."

Churches and houses of worship should be free to take strong positions on moral issues for the sake of our nation's spiritual and moral health. Any issue can be made political. Houses of worship should not be censored just because a moral issue becomes of political consequence.

The Internal Revenue Service should not have effective censorship power over religious speech by wielding the power to deny tax-exempt status to a church.

We urge you to strongly support H.R. 235, the "Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act."

FX: Letter to sponsors of 'Always Sunny...'

Email sent to Autotrader, Big Lots, Wagner Spray Tech, and Coin Star

Bluntly put, the FX Network airs the filthiest and most offensive content on cable television...and AutoTrader.com has been identified as the primary advertising sponsor of their program "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

Are you aware that included in the episodes your company advertised on, the "GD" and the "s" words were used 52 times in a single hour? If this wasn't enough, it contained another 45 offensive profanities.

Always Sunny averaged a hard profanity every 38 seconds! For example, in the one-hour, the show used God's name in vain 23 times, the "s" word 29 times, and 45 other profanities.

Other companies have already put the FX Network on their "blackout" list due to the graphic and offensive content of its programs like "Nip/Tuck," "The Shield," "Rescue Me," and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

I strongly encourage your company to join them in a show of support for our children by refusing to advertise on FX Network.

I look forward to hearing from you very soon regarding my request.

HI-SB3101Early Learning Task Force

Please vote against Senate Bill 3101. Creating the Early Learning Task Force would only waste taxpayermoney.

Most studies have shown that any educational gains arelost by the 3rd grade. Additionally, recent studiesfound attendance at preschool programs, even for shortperiods of time, hindered young children's socialskills.

The 2005 Stanford University/University of Californiaresearch study reported, “We find that attendance inpreschool centers, even for short periods of time eachweek, hinders the rate at which young children developsocial skills and display the motivation to engageclassroom tasks, as reported by their kindergartenteachers.” This lack of development of social skillsinvolved three specific areas: “children’sexternalizing behaviors (such as, aggression,bullying,acting up), interpersonal skills (such as, sharing andcooperation), and self control in engaging classroomtasks.”

Please find attached a document listing 32 referencesto reports that lead to the conclusion that young fare better when cared for by parents instead of being"institutionalized".

HI-HB3237 Office of Early Learning

Please vote against House Bill 3237. Creating the Office of Early Learning would only waste taxpayermoney.

Most studies have shown that any educational gains arelost by the 3rd grade. Additionally, recent studies found attendance at preschool programs, even for shortperiods of time, hindered young children's social skills.

The 2005 Stanford University/University of Californiaresearch study reported, “We find that attendance inpreschool centers, even for short periods of time eachweek, hinders the rate at which young children developsocial skills and display the motivation to engageclassroom tasks, as reported by their kindergartenteachers.” This lack of development of social skillsinvolved three specific areas: “children’sexternalizing behaviors (such as, aggression,bullying,acting up), interpersonal skills (such as, sharing andcooperation), and self control in engaging classroomtasks.”

Please find attached a document listing 32 referencesto reports that lead to the conclusion that young farebetter when cared for by parents instead of being"institutionalized".

Thank you.
A concerned voter and taxpayer