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ROCK YOUR RIGHTS 3 DVD IS OUT!
JTMP announces the release of “Rock Your Rights 3” DVD! This DVD contains artists and musicians talking about politics and issues, and will even contain a few full-length performance videos! We have artists such as O.A.R. And Eisley talking about voting, going green, and rocking out! This DVD urges young people to register, vote, and get involved!
For every DVD we sell, we can donate 10 FREE to voter registration and “Get Out The Vote” organizations to help mobilize young people to get out and VOTE! To order yours today, please CLICK HERE!
WATCH THE PREVIEW BELOW
JTM Launches New Online Voter Registration Form
JTM now has a new online voter registration form that you can fill
in right from your computer. It tells you exactly where to send the form to
ensure that you are properly registered. Please feel free to put
this linkable voter registration button on your site to help us register a
record number of voters this election. We will be partnering with several
youth voter organizations this election that will be using this form and we
will add those names here as they join with us.
JTMP ARE GUESTS OF SABERTEC,MAKERS OF "THE BLADE" AT
NPC NEWSMAKER DISCUSSION ON AMERICA'S AIR QUALITY
The Nationonal Press Club Newsmaker Committee held a Discussion on America's Air Quality, and the report was disturbing. The EPA has released a report that 158 million Americans still live in areas that contain pollution that is harmful to our health, and much of that pollution is particulate matter coming from the tailpipes of our cars.
JTMP was at the press conference as a guest of William O'Brien, CEO of Sabertec, who was on the panel. JTMP discovered Sabertec at Earthday 2008 here in Washington, DC. They have developed a product called "The Blade", which attaches to the tailpipe of your car, and filters out much of the CO2 and particulate matter using a replaceable filter. JTMP had this product installed on our vehicles, and not only are we polluting less, we have also seen a 15% increase in gas mileage. We stake our reputation on this product, it really works!
This event announced the completed second round of testing at ATDS this Fall, using the EPA 511 Protocol and Society of Automotive engineers (SAE) J 1321 road test. The results prove without a doubt that the Blade effect is real and repeatable across foreign and domestic, 4 cylinder, 6 cylinder, 8 cylinder and Hybrid vehicles. These results make Blade the first and ONLY automotive aftermarket product to EVER show significant CO2 reductions and fuel economy increases by the EPA 511 Protocol. Please visit Sabertec.org.
Below is a video of highlights from that press conference.
The 2008 Election and the Youth Vote
CIRCLE has just released the figures of the youth voter turnout from the 2008 election, and JTMP is happy to announce that they are up. It is estimated that 23 million Americans under the age of 30 voted in the 2008 Presidential election. That is up by 3.4 million compared with the 2004 election.
Youth voter turnout rose to 53 percent, the highest turnout rate since 1972 (55.4%). These young people represented 18 percent of the voters in the 2008 election, one point higher than the last 3 Presidential elections.
JTMP has been on the forefront of youth voter participation, and strong dividends are now paying off, and we will continue to work hard to make sure this trend continues.
OBAMA WINS!
Senator Barack Obama wins the Presidency with a landslide victory of 364 Electoral votes. JTMP congratulates him, and hopes that he brings about progressive values that we support; such as green energy policies, and progressive social justice. JTMP also is pleased to see the large voter turnout, and hopes this trend continues and grows.
The Uptake: Keeping Elections Honest
JTMP is working with the Uptake to help keep the 2008 election honest. Their campaign, Chasing The Vote, is placing observers at polling places in battleground states. They are armed with camera phones provided by Nokia to document cases of voter fraud, suppression and intimidation being conducted by partisan election officials in the current election:
Is ACORN Really Committing Voter Fraud?
Recent weeks have seen numerous accusations by the GOP of voter fraud being committed by the voter registration group ACORN. So are these accusations well founded or just election season rhetoric? Check out the videos below and judge for yourself:
MTV News: Election Could Be Fraught With SNAFUs
Faulty electronic voting machines, accusations of voter fraud, potential voter suppression, even misprinted ballots all could add up to a very ugly Election Day.
JTMP and ACORN have teamed up for a college "Get Out The Vote" campaign using our "Rock Your Rights 3" DVDs. We have shipped out hundreds of our RYR3 DVDs to various ACORN offices around the country, and they will distribute the DVDs free to any college student, and urge them to vote in this important upcoming election.
ACORN and Project Vote announced the conclusion of the most successful nonpartisan voter registration drive in history, assisting more than 1.3 million Americans complete applications to register to vote in 21 states. We applaud and support the efforts by ACORN to get citizens registered to vote.
Please help us and ACORN out by donating to JTMP by ordering a RYR3 DVD, registering to vote, and urging any college student you know to "Get Out and VOTE!"
LARRY SABATO URGES COLLEGE STUDENTS TO VOTE
Larry Sabato, political science Professor at the University of Virginia, has created a video urging college students to take part in this important 2008 Presidential election. He states this election is, "one of the great American Presidential elections in all of our history". He goes on to say this election is a "turning point", and "there are more opportunities then there has ever been for young people to get involved." We couldn't agree more! So, watch the video below, and tell as many college students as you can about his video, and urge them to get involved and VOTE!
EARLY VOTING BEGINS!
JTMP wants to remind everyone that in 34 states early voting has begun! If you live in one of those states, we urge you to get out early and vote. To find out if you live in one of the states that allows early voting, CLICK HERE!
CHANGE ROCKS!
GRATEFUL DEAD REUNITES FOR OBAMA FUNDRAISER
Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzman, and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead are reuniting for a concert at State College in Pennsylvannia on October 13. This show will be the first show they have performed together since 2004. The Allman Brothers Band will play with them, and Warren Haynes their guitarist will fill in for Jerry Garcia. Also playing will be Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti.
The concert will take place at Bryce Jordan Center at Pennsylvannia State University, and of course tickets sold out instantly. They will be urging everyone to vote. For more information visit: www.barackobama.com/psu
MUSICIANS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT SEN. BARACK OBAMA
AND MANY ASK SEN. JOHN MCCAIN TO STOP USING THEIR MUSIC
Many musicians have either vocally supported or even played at rallies or benefit concerts for Sen. Barack Obama. Here is a partial list:
Bruce Springsteen - Billy Joel - Jackson Browne - Grateful Dead - Joan Baez - Roger Waters - Patti Smith - Cool Kids - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - Michael Stipe (REM) - The Goo Goo Dolls - Merle Haggard - Kris Kiristofferson - Faith Hill - Tim McGraw - Ralph Stanley - Pink - Cyndi Lauper - Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) - Bright Eyes - Slash - Joanna Newsom - Win Butler (Arcade Fire) - Jim Ward (Sparta) - Sectret Life of Sparrows - Will.I.Am - Stevie Wonder - Ne-Yo - Usher - Baby Face - John Legend - Macy Gray - Dave Matthews - Bob Dylan - Moby - Herbie Hancock - Common - John Mellencamp - Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) - P Diddy - Q-Tip - Jay-Z - Talib Kweli - Morissey - Ludacris - Mos Def - Nas - Rhymefest - Young Jeezy - The Decemberists - Masive Attack - The Game - Daedelus - Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)
MUSICIANS ASK MCCAIN CAMPAIGN TO STOP USING THEIR MUSIC
Many musicians, who are against the policies of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin, have insisted that their music stop being used at McCain and Palin rallies.
John Mellencamp asked the McCain campaign in February 2008 to stop using his songs, "Our Country" and "Pink Houses" at his rallies. John Mellencamp was a supporter of John Edwards at the time. He has been a lifelong supporter of the Democratic Party.
Jackson Browne, who was upset that McCain was using his song, "Running on Empty" in a campaign attack ad, asked the MCain campaign to stop using his song. He even went so far as to sue McCain, claiming he does not want people to assume he is endorsing Sen. McCain.
Van Halen bristled at the McCain campaign using their song "Right Now" saying, "Permission was not sought or granted, nor would it have been given." Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have sent a cease and desist order to the McCain campaign to stop using their song "Barracuda" at their rallies. Their website says, "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted permission to use the song." Also, the band Foo Fighters have asked the McCain campaign to stop using their song, "My Hero". In a statement the band said, "The saddest thing about this is that "My Hero" was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropiated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."
The McCain camp also tried to use ABBA's "Take a Chance On Me" for campaign rally music, but ABBA rejected strongly. They settled on "Johnny B. Goode" from Chuck Berry, who isn't too thrilled about it but has allowed them to use it. However, Chuck Berry has endorsed and supports Sen. Barack Obama. The only endorsements from musicians that JTMP could find for Sen. McCain were Burt Bacharach, Pat Boone, Heidi Montag, Daddy Yankee, Gretchen Wilson, Rachel Lampa, and one half of the duo Big & Rich, John Rich.
It seems that musicians overwhelmingly support progressive policies!
Rock Your Rights 3 DVDS HAVE ARRIVED!
Hot off the press! The brand new "Rock Your Rights 3" DVDs have arrived from the duplication plant, and we are excited! We will be distributing them to "Get Out The Vote" groups all week. If you would like to help out, please donate $7.00 and we will send you a RYR3 DVD! Please click on the ORDER button above, or click here. For every $7.00 donation, we can donate 10 DVDs to GOTV and voter registration groups. If you are a GOTV, Voter Registration, or a non-profit organization, please contact us at jtmpinfo@comcast.net.
Musicians Make Anti-War Video and Website
Musicians Jack Young and Richard Del Maestro have written an anti-war song and made a video, along with a website. Below is their video and website, check them out!
JTMP wants to remind everyone that the deadline to register in some states is closing fast! Watch this video, register to vote if you haven't yet, and then send this video to 5 of your friends!
More Internet Repression in Egypt
More stories are coming out of Egypt about the Mubarak regime's efforts to silence its internet critics. In one story, a group of young activists -whose group, The April 6th Youth Movement- was organized through Facebook, were arrested while singing patriotic songs and flying a kite bearing the colors of the Egyptian flag.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian government has been drafting legislation that will tighten it's control over internet access and usage.
Homeless advocacy groups have stepped up efforts to register the 3.5 million American homeless, and the indications are that many more of them will vote this year than in previous elections.
The homeless are an often neglected segment of the population, but volunteers are urging them to use the address of the shelters or soup kitchens they frequent to obtain absentee ballots.
"Just because we're homeless or low income doesn't mean we don't have an opinion," said Estelle Bearcub, who plans to vote for Barack Obama. "It's our right to vote. And it's our right to have our opinion count, too."
Bearcub has an absentee ballot delivered to the soup kitchen where she eats lunch most every day.
"It works pretty well," she said, standing outside Bremerton's Salvation Army post, where a banner announcing a voter registration drive flapped in the breeze. "They keep it real safe. We've never had any problems."
In West Palm Beach, Fla., advocates registered more than 100 people in a week. Now they're scrambling to train volunteers to continue the work through September.
"Our main goal is to dispel the myth that because they don't have a roof over their head, they're not entitled to the vote," said Rita Clark, the county's homeless coalition director.
Rock The Vote Launches New Voter Registration Drive
Rock The Vote wants you to register- And Sheryl Crow wants you to get your friends registered. Check it out and download her new single Gasoline for free, and the first 50,000 people to register three friends will get her new album Detours FREE!
JTMP interviewed bands about "going green", and we put together a video of what they said. Check out all of our videos on our YouTube Channel!
Blog: 5 Ways To Increase The Youth Vote
Much has been made about the increased level of interest this election season has generated among young voters- Nevertheless the 18-25 demographic is still lagging behind others:
1) Give the office of school guidance counselor in public secondary schools legal status as a designated voter registration agency.
2) Allow 16 and 17-year-olds to pre-register
3) Allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the General Election to also vote in the Spring Primary Election.
4) Allow all voters, including high school and college students, to register to vote up until the close of polls on Election Day.
5) Allow high school juniors and seniors to work at the polls.
Registration deadlines vary from state to state, but they are all getting close. Remember, if you are under 18, you can still register as long as you will be 18 by November 4th.
It's quick! it's easy! You can do it online by clicking the link at the top of this page! Do it today!
Video: Jackson Browne Performs at Obama Fundraiser
Jackson Browne performing at the Obama fundraiser in San Francisco on August 17th, 2008.
BLADE YOUR RIDE! JTMP DISCOVERS A PRODUCT THAT LOWERS YOUR CO2 EMISSIONS AND RAISES YOUR GAS MILEAGE! When JTMP was at Earth Day 2008 here in Washington, DC, we came upon a great new product we think you should know about. It is called, "The Blade", from Sabertec. It is a particulate trap that attaches to the exhaust pipe of your automobile that filters out CO2 emissions and other pollutants. This helps prevent global warming and helps prevent health problems.
The other great thing it does is increases performance and increases gas mileage. Yes, it really does! In a partnership with Sabertec, we had The Blade installed on our JTMP vehicles, and tested it. Our gas mileage went up by 6 miles per gallon! We also experienced better engine performance, and quieter exhaust.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
By making the catalytic converter reach light-off sooner, and compressing the profile of the air flow pulses, it fine tunes the exhaust flow resulting in improved gas mileage. It does NOT create any back pressure, and has been fully tested safe and effective. An independent testing laboratory, Automotive Testing and Development Services Inc. (ATDS), tested the fuel economy and durability. Tests have shown up to a 34% increase in fuel economy, while causing no adverse effects after 35,000 miles.
The particulate material filter prevents many pollutants from being released in the atmosphere. Particulate Material (soot) is an air pollutant known to cause grave environmental and human health consequences. Environmental consequences of PM include: air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, crop degradation, acid rain, acidification of waterways and smog. Health consequences of PM include: cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, fibrosis, asthma, reduced pulmonary function and increased mortality.
Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Reductions up to:
HELP THE EARTH, HELP JTMP!
Check out our 60 second PSA below, and then go to www.BladeYourRide.com and order yours today! Enter JTM as a promo code, and receive 10% off! Plus, Sabertec will donate back to JTMP for sustainability efforts for each Blade sold! If you have 2 cars, and you install the Blade on both, it is like taking one car off the road!
Although JTMP recommends having a licensed car mechanic install the Blade onto your car, if you are mechanically inclined you may be able to install it yourself. For a more thorough demonstration on the process of the install and a more detailed explanation of the product, see our full 10 minute Blade install video below.
ROCK THE VOTE has learned that the Department of Vetrans Affairs has forbidden voter registration drives in its hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
The idea that someone who has been severely injured fighting for his country should be hindered from registering to vote seems scandalous to us at JTMP.
The Senate has introduced a bill to overturn this ban, and ROCK THE VOTE is asking for your help to get it passed! Click the link below and tell your elected official that you support the Veterans Voting Support Act!
1- Before the election: Register people to vote, Confirm their registrations, Help them get photo ID's.
There are millions of eligible American citizens who have never voted. They are young and old, black and white, men and women, ethnic and native, Republican and Democrat, green and otherwise.
2- On Election Day: Be a poll worker.
Ultimately, there is no better way to monitor the conduct of an election than to help do it.
The need for poll workers increases every election year. Poll workers have historically tended to be elderly, and their numbers are diminishing.
3- After the polls close: Be a vote count observer.
Poll workers have the right -- even the obligation -- to help with the vote count. If you are a poll worker, you can observe and record how the ballots are treated after the polls close. Both major parties are by law allowed to send observers to watch the counting of votes. So is the media. If you are not already established as a poll worker, you can file with one of the parties to join their vote count monitoring team.
Ron Paul, this year's maverick candidate, has booked an arena in Minneapolis to hold his own 'mini-convention' on September 2nd. Campaign spokesman Jesse Benton says he hopes to "send a message to the Republican Party. There is a growing surge of people out there just craving" for a return "to traditional American government, limited government that places personal liberty first and places an emphasis on personal responsibility and essentially gets out of the way after that," Benton said. "The buzz we get from supporters is that they are very eager to come to St. Paul and very eager to send a strong message."
Paul's convention coincides with the second day of the Republican National Convention. The Paul campaign is hoping 11,000 will attend.
In Florida's Treasure Coast the number of registered voters under the age of 29 has increased from 6,659 in 2000 to over 41,000 today.
This is dramatic evidence that young voters are much more interested in political affairs than in years past. A recent poll conduceted by American University found that the most pressing concerns among young voters are the economy, health care, and the war in Iraq.
Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzman, and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead are reuniting for a concert at State College in Pennsylvannia on October 13. This show will be the first show they have performed together since 2004. The Allman Brothers Band will play with them, and Warren Haynes their guitarist will fill in for Jerry Garcia. Also playing will be Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti. 
Jackson Browne, who was upset that McCain was using his song, "Running on Empty" in a campaign attack ad, asked the MCain campaign to stop using his song. He even went so far as to sue McCain, claiming he does not want people to assume he is endorsing Sen. McCain.
Van Halen bristled at the McCain campaign using their song "Right Now" saying, "Permission was not sought or granted, nor would it have been given."
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have sent a cease and desist order to the McCain campaign to stop using their song "Barracuda" at their rallies. Their website says, "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted permission to use the song."
Also, the band Foo Fighters have asked the McCain campaign to stop using their song, "My Hero". In a statement the band said, "The saddest thing about this is that "My Hero" was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropiated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."
Homeless advocacy groups have stepped up efforts to register the 3.5 million American homeless, and the indications are that many more of them will vote this year than in previous elections. 
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Video: Jackson Browne Performs at Obama Fundraiser
In Florida's Treasure Coast the number of registered voters under the age of 29 has increased from 6,659 in 2000 to over 41,000 today.
