1. In an email they (MACA-chemical companies that produce pesticides) forwarded to their supporters, a MACA spokesman wrote, "While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made [us] shudder." MACA went on to publish a letter it had sent to the First Lady asking her to consider using chemicals -- or what they call "crop protection products" -- in her garden. Tell the Pesticide Peddlers: We support Michelle Obama's organic garden.
2. Join Senators Shumer and Dodd in asking the Federal Reserve Bank to immediately stop the banks from throwing millions of consumers into deeper debt by freezing interest rates on existing balances.
3. Chevron has a lot of work to do to clean up its act on human rights. But the first thing it should do is fire William Haynes. (The lawyer behind Bush torture.)
4. Sign this petition today to ask President Obama to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Karl Rove.--Americans deserve to know whether Karl Rove broke the law while serving in the Bush White House. And if he did break the law, Karl Rove deserves to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
