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From: "Debbi" <http://www.topical_net.com/~debbi>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 09:38:30 -0400

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; Bohn, Germany; Portland, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; New York, NY;
Bristol, CT; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; St.
Petersburg, FL; Miami, FL; Washington, DC :

Pro-Democracy and Environmental Groups Announce: "Roll Your Own
Black-Out!"

Contact: Michael Rectenwald ( http://www.legitgov.org/~mike
,http://www.legitgov.org/~mike, )

June 17, 2001--The Ca "energy crisis" is a myth perpetrated by
the Bush administration as a payback for his political backers and his
other partners in a high-energy swindle. While there is no immediate
energy crisis, however, the energy "plan" laid out by the Bush
administration (shaped almost entirely by Enron and other major
political backers) is a "plan" for a real energy disaster. Bush's "plan"
lacks emphasis on efficiency, conservation and alternative fuels, and
calls for the building of one nuclear power plant per week, even in such
earthquake-prone regions as Ca. Bush's fabricated energy
"crisis" thus constitutes a self-fulfulling prophecy of immense
proportions, gouging consumers in the short-term, and endangering the
long-term well-being of the residents of the Earth.

In response to the current fabricated crisis that gouges Can
consumers, and as a protest against the myopic and deleterious energy
"plan" laid out by Cheney and the energy barons, pro-democracy and
environmental groups are calling for a voluntary rolling blackout on the
first day of Summer, June 21-- from 7 p.m. and 10 p.m (in all time
zones)--in celebration of the Summer Soltice. The groups are hoping that
this rollout rolls across the entire planet, from East to West. Early
indications from Asian and European countries suggest that it will.

The purpose of this protest is to let the administration know that its
energy and environmental policies are not acceptable. Further, this
action is meant to alert the adminstration, the media and the world at
large to the fact that Americans want to participate in conservation
efforts, and demand the allocation of the funds needed to develop
alternative energy sources.

The manufactured energy "crisis" will continue to worsen under the
current administration, likewise frustrating any hopes for the U.S.'s
endorsement of the Kyoto Treaty. A false crisis makes energy
alternatives more difficult to develop, as the public is driven to fear
sudden shortfalls. This fear allows the adminstration to rationalize the
need for more oil drilling and nuclear power plants. The rolling
blackout is thus a protest by the global community against the
anti-environmental consequences of the Bush energy "plan," and a way for
the Earth's citizenry to reclaim its own power by refusing to be driven
by the plans of a few wealthy U.S. power brokers, at least for a few
hours.

All groups promoting and participating in the Voluntary Summer Solstice
Rolling Blackout are members of an international movement created by
concerned citizens in opposition to George W. Bush's energy, economic,
and environmental policies.

For more information on planned activities, visit CLG's website,
http://www.legitgov.org/action.html
,http://www.legitgov.org/action.html, Citizens For Legitimate Government
http://www.legitgov.org ,http://www.legitgov.org/index.html, in
conjunction with:

Roll Your Own Black Out. Com http://rollyourownblackout.com
,http://rollyourownblackout.com/,

VoterMarch.org http://www.votermarch.org ,http://www.VoterMarch.org,

Moveon.Org http://www.moveon.org ,http://www.moveon.org,

Clean North: http://www.cleannorth.org ,http://www.cleannorth.org,

CounterCoup.org: http://www.geocities.com/countercoup
,http://www.geocities.com/countercoup,

Straight Goods: http://goods.perfectvision.ca/ViewActNote.cfm?REF=135
,http://goods.perfectvision.ca/ViewActNote.cfm?REF=135,

Stop Global Warming! www.globalwarming.isbad.net
,http://www.globalwarming.isbad.net,

Democrats.com http://www.democrats.com ,http://democrats.com,

Fringefolk http://www.fringefolk.com ,http://www.fringefolk.com,

MakeThemAccountable.com: http:/www.makethemaccountable.com
,http://www.makethemaccountable.com/,

USDN National Coordinator
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USDemocrat
,http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USDemocrat%20,

"Restore Democracy"
www.geocities.com/forjustice.geo
,http://www.geocities.com/forjustice.geo,

Pray for Peace Foundation http://surrealist.org/prayforpeace/2001.html
,http://surrealist.org/prayforpeace/2001.html,

Bush Brothers Banana Republic (BBBR)
http://www.geocities.com/dearkandb/index.html
,http://www.geocities.com/dearkandb/index.html,


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