Subject: Nice try, Big Oil
From: "Alan Franklin, ProgressNow Colorado" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:53:51 -0500 (CDT)

ProgressNow Colorado

Dear Friend of ProgressNow,

"Running on Empty" counter-protest Longmont

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Progressives significantly outnumber "Running on Empty" conservatives
this week in Longmont.
Photo by ProgressNow Colorado

Kjersten Forseth, executive director of ProgressNow Colorado, said the
notion that oil and companies are suffering is ridiculous. "A
recent study indicates that despite the false political claims made by
the right wing, oil and gas drilling in the United States is at a
20-year high," she said in a news release. "And oil
companies are reaping billions of dollars in profits - and
massive tax breaks." --Greeley Tribune

http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=oC7LTgohkH84iWrkRbZaqA

This week, ProgressNow Colorado led protests around the state against
the billions of dollars in tax breaks the oil industry receives every
year-and the right-wing politicians and front groups who defend
them. Thanks to the dedication and hard work of our staff and members
from across the state of Colorado, we forced the conversation back to
the priorities of the middle class and working families. And we
disrupted the right's absurd and deceptive apologetics for Big
Oil.

Aspen Times Tipton Boehner ad
We're not done.

http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=jmUEXaxM_SEiYdKUfNDU9g

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Today, our ad calling on Speaker of the House John Boehner and Rep.
Scott Tipton to stop voting for oil industry tax breaks while cutting
Medicare (see right) appears in The Aspen Times as Boehner arrives
there for a Tipton fundraiser. Soon, the politicians and lobbyists
we've been holding accountable in Colorado will head back to
Washington, DC. 2012 looms on the horizon as a make-or-break year for
our shared progressive values.

Keep us fighting against the big oil front groups with your generous
donation to ProgressNow Colorado. The oil industry's $67 billion in
profits so far this year allows them to pay for endless propaganda.
What we do--actually, what we

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empower concerned progressives across Colorado to do--costs much less,
and this week we proved once again that authentic grassroots
organization beats big-money "astroturf" every time. But every week
brings a new challenge from the right as the next election season gets
closer, and we need your support right now more than ever.

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Back to work, thanks again,

Alan Franklin

PS. See photos and read our press release about this week's action on
our website.
http://progressnowcolorado.pnstate.org/site/R?i=wa_6AisaUM_ownofMp2bFg

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