First of all, I want to thank the people who created and maintain this website for a job well done. It is an invaluable tool in the Indefinite Life Extension Movement that must not be allowed to whither away.

I know how hard it is to build an organization. I have started The Coalition to Extend Life (CoalitionToExtendLife.org), the first overtly political organization that is lobbying on Capitol Hill to create federal support and draw national attention to our cause.

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http://coalitiontoextendlife.org/

We advocate a “War on Aging” that hopefully will focus attention and federal funding for immortality research. It is appalling that our elected officials know nothing about this issue. Life Extension is not even a blip on the political radar screen.

This is a situation that must change! If we are to succeed we must be politically organized. This issue, in many ways, can be perceived as a threat to religion, raises many fiscal and environmental concerns, and will alter the way we perceive life, so opposition to it will be strong. It will make the brouhaha over stem cell research appear as a friendly conversation.

C.E.L. supported and worked for the passage of H.R.3, the stem cell bill that recently passed in The House of Representatives. We are a presence in the halls of Congress and will continue to expand our activities.

It is important for our supporters to become involved politically. Registering to vote, signing a petition, or sending e-mails to your congressman are easy things to do and their impact will be felt.

There is much more that can be done as well. The 2008 Presidential Elections are just around the corner and now is the time to get started!

If you have any comments, evaluations, thoughts, or questions, please contact me anytime.

Tom Mooney
Exec. Dir. C.E.L.

Welcome Tom. You forgot to post the website, although it was an easy Google find. I am glad to see some political presence as it will be necessary for funding.

http://www.coalitiontoextendlife.org/index.php

A fantastic initiative!
Can you tell more about this group (number of members at present? recent actions?) Or is it just a starter?
Welcome!

We are a very new organization. But because of our unique initiatives and growing political force, initial response has been excellent. Many people, from as far away as France and England have inquired how they can be involved, and countless others have joined C.E.L., aware that a massive movement will be necessary to generate the social, political, and financial support needed to achieve significant life extension in our life time.

We have recently created an online petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/CEL/petition.html

We greatly appreciate all the support we receive and are excited to start making some major changes on Capitol Hill!

Thanks,
Tom

Petition signed... thanks Tom.

If not already, you'll want to contact Dan Perry (located in DC)
http://www.agingresearch.org/about/dan_perry.cfm
DPerry -at- agingresearch.org

kick some political ass Tom [thumb]

just when I thought my sunday couldn't get any better, there is yet another reason to be optimistic.

petition=signed. :)

[:o] just 3 sigs? c'mon guys, let's all sign this thing :)

Thanks for the enthusiasm and support! It is difficult to gain support since so many people are still in the dark about this issue. Luckily the followers we do have are committed and excited, so I'm confident that once we get the ball rolling, we will pick up speed quickly and be able to sustain it with ease.

Keep up the good work and tell all your friends!

Hi Tom,
I have started a similar push for support. I think you will appreciate what the community here at ImmInst is capable of, particularly as we start to push the recruitment and the commitment to our goals.

I think the petition is a good idea, and incidently enough I have recently suggested a similar idea as part of another campaign I am driving: http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&...80&#entry156749

I think having concurrent signature gathering could be beneficial.

I hope to see you around ImmInst more.

Shane

Incredible... You just made my day!

Petition signed.

Ok, this is disappointing... there are 281 views of this thread as of (Feb 25, 3:56pm) and only 16 people have signed?

I think we need to make mirror thread titled "SIGN SIGN SIGN" in a few of the more popular posting areas... what do you guys say?

I think part of the reason for that joseph is because, and I don't mean to offend live4ever here or say anything bad about what he is trying to do, but why I think people are not signing is simply because there is nothing on the site but a petition and adsense. It could be seen as a sneaky attempt to make money from a worthwhile cause without really offering anything beneficial to that cause.

Having an ImmInst petition would hold a lot more power, and would attract a lot more signatures. The power of a 'not-for-profit' organisation is undersestimated.

I have been torn by this myself. Since I have started 'internet marketing' as a way of making some extra money, I have wondered how I could make money from my desire to promote immortality. I mean, I am going to spend a lot of my time doing this anyway, telling people about it and trying to have people involve themselves in it, if I could make money while doing that, then maybe I could do it full time! But the second I put adsense or an affiliate link on the page, I feel like I am selling out, and people will just assume that I only made the page to make money.

Thats why I have chosen to push all of my longevity promotion through ImmInst, because everyone knows that it is all for the promotion of longevity research alone, and nothing for me. I'll just have to make money through other means.

I was thinking along similar lines, but only because his initiative is in its infintile stages. Nevertheless, if we do not see considerable growth in the number of signitures on his petition in the next couple of weeks, we should start one here, maybe at: www.imminst.org/petition

I think that it is something that would both serve as a content boost, and a confirmation of our presence.

Well, i think we will be starting a petition of sorts anyway. But there is no reason why they can't run parallel and both be taken into consideration individually.

Excellent, thank you Tom.

yes it's a great iniative. though I suppose it is only for people in the US to sign, no?

Hi opales,

Tom provided an answer to a similar question for me, so I will pass it on as sort of a paraphrased version:

This petition is for everyone to sign regardless of their place of origin. It is important to develop a movement that is worldwide. Certainly many of the signatories will be from the United States. Opinionmakers, politicians, media people etc. generally require that a substantial constituency exists before such a movement as this will be acted upon.

So opales, I support this effort.

For those interested in Tom Mooney's background:

He provided this:

"I would be more than willing to answer any questions that people have about me. Briefly, I have been involved in politics and law for a long time. I served in the Maryland General Assembly for eight years, was a nominee for Governor in 1978, practiced law, and I was a columnist for over ten years. That is merely a perfunctory biography and I would be glad to elaborate at your convenience."

I hope that all ImmInst readers seriously consider this effort.

If anyone has a problem with this, please make the problem known.

Tom is reaching out in a most important area, he deserves my support.

Thanks for that dnamechanic,
That is really good to know. I think there is an important point here: political support is definitely an incredibly important thing, and having someone with experience in politics on our side should definitely be supported. However I do think that more would be achieved by working as a single organisation with a single goal rather than having every person who wants to do something starting their own indepenedent movement.

Thank You! This rocks! Way to go.. and may it grow!

I'll pass around this link too....

I seem to recall this mentioned late last year:

http://www.fightaging.org/archives/000958.php
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?act...&t=12267&hl=&s=

Signed. :)
I implore everyone, including non-member visitors to Imminst, to sign the petiton.