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Michael Moore supports Conyers-Kucinich Healthcare Plan, HR 676
“Thank you, Dennis Kucinich for running for President,” said award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore as he endorsed the Conyers-Kucinich universal healthcare bill, HR 676. “And thank you,” Moore continued, “for at each of the debates, bringing up this very important issue and requesting that our fellow Democrats state their specific positions of how we’re going to bring healthcare to all Americans and remove the profit incentive from healthcare. It has to be removed, and thank you for saying that over and over again.”

"Insurance companies are holding our healthcare system hostage and forcing millions of Americans into poverty with unconscionable premiums, co-pays, and deductibles. We've got to have NOT-FOR-PROFIT healthcare; get the insurance companies out of the picture. Healthcare is not a privilege, it is a right, and it is a human right."
~Dennis Kucinich at the SEIU Conference on Health Care, Las Vegas, NV, March, 2007
Call or write to your Congressperson and ask that he or she support HR 676, the Conyers - Kucinich universal, single-payer, NOT-FOR-PROFIT healthcare plan.

I'd like to invite you to join me in taking a minute of silence each hour on the hour – a transformational experience. It's a great way to reduce stress, find peace, release creativity, and to tap into intuitive insight.
PeacePulse provides an hourly reminder by sounding a chime on your computer – on the hour and one minute after. Why not give it a try? To experience the global pulse of silence, reflection, and peace click here.
Wishing you peace always, PeaceLoveVegan

Can you feed your dog or cat companion a cruelty-free diet? Yes, you can! Click here to find out more.
Cicily's favorite cruelty-free and allergen-free kibble.
Cicily's favorite cruelty-free and allergen-free treats:
Bone Vivant Gourmet Vegan Dog Treats
They come in Blueberry, Peanut Butter, Carob Mint, Veggie, Garlic, and Spiced Apple flavors, and they're so good, you'll be tempted to eat them yourself! But please don't. Let your doggie enjoy them. Cicily also recommends:
Mr. Pugsley's
Belly Rubs
Wet Noses Pumpkin Treats
Darford Brand VegiHearts
Newman's Own Organics Vegetable Dog Treats
While cats are true carnivores, they can thrive on a nutrionally balanced, vegan diet that contains taurine and all the essential fatty acids they need. (There's nothing cruelty-free about feeding your cat pet food that contains slaughterhouse waste, roadkill, and euthanized cats and dogs, as most commercial pet foods do!) Here are some of the options available:
Vegecat supplement
Evolution cat food
Wysong Anergen Vegan Canine/Feline kibble
(Contains taurine, but requires an additional protein source, like tofu, for a nutritionally complete feline diet.)
And please, please, please do not use regular "clumping" kitty litter in your cat's litter box! Clumping cat litters may be convenient for you, but they can be deadly for your cat. Two ingredients found in most clumping cat litters have been implicated in diseases and deaths of many animals and humans. The first, sodium bentonite, (which is stripmined from the Earth), is added as a clumping agent to traditional cat litters to make them “scoopable.” Sodium bentonite acts like an expandable cement: it swells to up to eighteen times its dry size and can be used as a grouting, sealing, and plugging material. When cats lick themselves after using the litter box, they ingest pieces of the litter. When the litter gets inside them, it expands just as it does in the plumbing. I watched my poor cat slowly starve to death from the mass of litter that grew inside him, unbeknownst for years to either me or my veteriniarian!
Also, the dust from these litters can coat our cats’ lungs, leading to respiratory problems. There have been reported instances of poisoning in humans from chronic ingestion of sodium bentonite, so just imagine what effect it can have on our cats! Quartz silica (sand), the other ingredient in most clumping litters, is a known carcinogen for both humans and household pets when inhaled.
So switch your cat litter to one made from a plant-based material—it's so much better for you, your cat, and the environment. There are litters made from natural ingredients such as compacted pine shavings, cedar, wheat, and corn, all of which make healthier alternatives. Here are a few options—the first one is my favorite:
World's Best Cat Litter made from corn
Feline Pine
Swheat Scoop Natural Wheat Litter
One Earth Cat Litter made from corn cob granules, yucca, and pine
Natures Miracle made from corn cob granules with natural enzyme odor control