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Dear President Bush: On June 28, 2005 you addressed the nation in prime time about the situation in Iraq. You called the casualties, destruction and suffering in that country “horrifying and real.” Then you declared: “I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it,” you asserted and went on…

TO: Members of the United States SenateFR: Ralph NaderDT: March 31, 2005RE: AMTRAK The debate over how we spend tax dollars has been made increasingly more difficult because of President Bush’s costly invasion of Iraq and his insistence on providing tax benefits to the wealthy and massive subsidies to other private industries. Now President Bush…

“This is a sad day for the Schindler family and a blot on the history of American jurisprudence,” said Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, “we extend our deepest sympathies to the entire Schindler family and thank them for their devotion to Terri and their noble defense of her life”. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/31/05 Consumer…

“This is a sad day for the Schindler family and a blot on the history of American jurisprudence,” said Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith, “we extend our deepest sympathies to the entire Schindler family and thank them for their devotion to Terri and their noble defense of her life”. “As we mourn Terri, we…

Dear Editor, Publisher, Producer, Reporter: We are writing to convey a level of heightened expectation in your forthcoming coverage of the U.S.-Iraq situation. War coverage, and coverage of the period preceding war, test the reliability of our news media. Access to truly independent sources of information is essential, given the government’s control of knowledge, data,…

“This bill is another license for corporations to lie, cheat and steal with impunity” A majority of the United States Senate today dealt a blow to the freedom of all Americans to seek justice in a court of law. At President Bush”s behest, limitations on class action lawsuits were approved in the erroneously named, “Class…

Feb. 6, 2005 President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, D.C. Dear President Bush: With the transmission of your federal budget tomorrow, you will extend your record of massive deficits, privileges and tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, and sharp reductions in the budgets for health care and protection of the poor, the children and…

Washington, D.C. — Senate bill S. 5 is anything but fair to the many individuals harmed each year by corporate wrongdoers. This bill would block significant access to the civil justice system. To do so in the middle of a corporate crime wave is simply irresponsible. Those damaged by pollution and environmental harms would have…

The “Compromise” Class Action Legislation is Nothing More Than a Chamber of Commerce wish list. Senators Dodd, Schumer and Landrieu Cave to Business Interests, Ignore State Judges, and Defy Judicial Council Suggestions with Legislation That Will Wrestle Power Away From State Judiciaries. This Legislation Would Greatly Diminish the Prescribed Checks and Balances of American Government.…

December 9, 2004President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, DC 20500Dear President Bush:Reading the news accounts of the recurring destruction of many mosques in Iraq, I recall the words of your own former counterterrorism chief, Richard Clarke, who wrote earlier this year: “Far from addressing the popular appeal of the enemy that attacked us, Bush handed…