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Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:54 PM<br>Subject: News on the commons: April Fools 2011<br>To: Jay Walljasper <<a href="mailto:jay@jaywalljasper.com">jay@jaywalljasper.com</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
<div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear Friends:</blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite">Because we all need a good laugh these days, plus snickers and guffaws, I am forwarding you the April Fools Edition of the On The Commons newsletter. �</blockquote>
<div><br></div><blockquote type="cite">The rest of the year we do more serious reporting about the key issues and opportunities of our time. �You can sign up for the newsletter at <a href="http://www.OnTheCommons.org/" target="_blank">www.OnTheCommons.org</a>.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite">Happy April Fools, �Jay Walljasper</blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><table style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" width="660" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<h1 style="font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 34px; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; font-weight: normal;">Obama Creates Cabinet Post for Commons</h1><p>In a policy shift, Adminstration highlights importance of equity, environment and public spaces <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Fsc54LShetszMPSYdCEhHkYGiz%2BdPFJC" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;">READ MORE �</a></p>
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<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">Key Voting Bloc Targeted by Both Parties in 2012</h3><p>Common Security Club members are the new soccer moms � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SMasoEat8tsQcKMH4Z4Ny0gT%2Fh7MPxq4" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Koch Brothers</h3><p>In a shocking expos�, energy moguls and privatization gurus are found to use the commons almost every day � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1XW1Qb%2BuR%2F0qncYooyIlC0gT%2Fh7MPxq4" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;">READ MORE</a></p>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: georgia,times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; clear: left;">Elinor Ostrom on New Postage Stamp</h3><p>Nobel-winning commons economist honored alongside Eleanor Roosevelt and Rachel Carson � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EuNgj2W1Bv6EcE8JJEZ0o0gT%2Fh7MPxq4" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;">GE Logo Now Tops Washington Monument</h2><p>National Park Service complaints overruled by Supreme Court decision � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6tRIFrT1MILKKp%2Fnc3I%2FoUgT%2Fh7MPxq4" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: arial;">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;">Bill Gates Funds $10 Billion Open Source Software Initiative</h2><p>Not to be outdone, Mark Zuckerberg throws in $12 billion � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=olaJM6Mqnk%2By162r4RZTVkYGiz%2BdPFJC" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: arial;">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;">T. Boone Pickens Drops Bid to Buy Ogallala Aquifer</h2><p>Legendary raider stopped in his tracks by coalition of farmers, greens, and native people � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fl9a105%2FnY5GiTiVnww%2FuUgT%2Fh7MPxq4" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: arial;">READ MORE</a></p>
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<h2 style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal;">Wal-Mart Hounds Richer than Most U.S. Families</h2><p>Net worth of Walton family dogs ten times higher than average American household � <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=clPAuCf2ztSX%2FUxzUFGJ4kgT%2Fh7MPxq4" target="_blank"></b><b style="color: rgb(7, 46, 85); white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; font-family: arial;">READ MORE</a></p>
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