| Greetings! Good Morning,
There are some great events coming this week, make sure you have them on your calendar. If you don't have plans for Thanksgiving it's not too late to spend it with the Dallas Sierra Club in Big Bend.
Please help get the word out about this newsletter, send a copy to your friends, MeetUp, Dem club or other progressive group and encourage them to subscribe!
Thanks so much,
Nancy Cunningham
*Speaking of Garrison Keillor ( ha -you'll see below his essay on the health care bill)
You can hear him for free in North Texas. An Evening with Garrison Keillor. Prairie Home Companion creator Garrison Keillor at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, at Texas Hall. UTA
Keillor is the popular National Public Broadcasting radio program host and the author of a new novella, A Christmas Blizzard. His appearance is part of the Evening with an Author Series,
sponsored by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram with the Katrine Deakins and Helen Littauer Trusts and UT Arlington.
To request two tickets, send a self-addressed and stamped envelope to Garrison Keillor at UTA, P.O. Box 1870, Fort Worth, TX 76102, Attn: Melinda Mason.
| | Award-Winning Investigative Journalist Russ Baker in Dallas and Denton |  Thursday, November 19, 8:00 pmLocation , BIG MIKE'S COFFEE Shop /1306 W Hickory /Denton, TX How did the Bush family come to be so powerful, and what challenges does the Obama administration face as a result of their decades of influence?
Award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker discusses his explosive, groundbreaking new book, *Family of Secrets: the Bush Dynasty, the Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years. * Russ' book, which is praised by Bill Moyers, Dan Rather, and Gore Vidal, who calls it, "one of the most important books of the past ten years," is a major deep-dig into a half a century of hidden US history and gives a fresh explanation of how and why the Bushes came to power and how the national security establishment behind their rise continues to maintain a grip on the current White House administration.
Friday,November 20, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Borders Books & Music /Lovers & Greenville /Dallas, TX | | Annual Bus Trip to Big Bend National Park, November 25-30 |  Annual Bus Trip to Big Bend National Park, November 25-30 The Dallas Sierra Club Thanksgiving Holiday tradition continues with our annual bus trip to Big Bend. There will be a variety of hikes that will visit different parts of this very scenic National Park. If you've never been to Big Bend National Park, you owe it to yourself to discover this unique part of Texas. If you've been before, come on back and explore another area! Our chartered sleeper bus leaves Dallas around dinner time Wednesday and returns early morning on Monday. Some backpacking experience is required. Complete trip details, cost and reservation forms are at www.dallassierraclub.org/outings. Contact: Arthur Kuehne 214-608-3210(C) | | A Death in Tehran, FRONTLINE |  For a moment this summer, it was the most-watched piece of video in the world: A young Iranian woman's tragic last moments were captured on a cameraphone as she lay dying on a Tehran street, then uploaded to the Web at the height of the protests that followed Iran's disputed presidential election. The video shocked and saddened people around the world, including President Obama, who called it "heartbreaking." This Tuesday night, in A Death in Tehran, FRONTLINE examines the life and death of the woman at the center of it all--Neda Agha Soltan--the twenty-six year-old Tehrani tour guide whose death became an international outrage, and a potent symbol for the protest movement that threatened Iran's hardline government during those few chaotic weeks in June. Read on | Democracy Now
|  When the War Comes Home: Iraq Veteran at Fort Hood Speaks Out About Last Week's Mass Shooting
As families and friends mourn the thirteen individuals who were shot dead at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, questions continue to be raised about what might have motivated Thursday's rampage. The suspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was an Army psychiatrist who had spent most of his career at Walter Reed Hospital before being transferred to Fort Hood earlier this year. He had also recently received orders to deploy to Afghanistan. We speak to Private Michael Kern from Fort Hood and independent journalist and author Dahr Jamail.
Listen/Watch/Read
Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man John Perkins Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded -- and How to Remake Them
John Perkins calls himself a former economic hit man. He has seen the signs of today's financial meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiasco, the collapse of the banking industry, the rising unemployment rate-these are all familiar to him. Perkins was on the front lines of monitoring and helping create these very events that were once just confined to the Third World. From 1971 to 1981, he worked for the international consulting firm of Chas T. Main, where he was a self-described "economic hit man." He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Confessions of An Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire.
Listen/Watch/Read
| | Don't You Think It's Time to Reinstate the Laws That Would Have Prevented the Financial Crash? |  This week marks the tenth year anniversary of the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley or Financial Services Modernization Act, marking the moment when we were royally screwed by the banking system. Thank you to all those involved.
It's amazing how downright ebullient, President Bill Clinton was at that signing ceremony on November 12, 1999. an event introduced by then Treasury Secretary (now Obama advisor) Larry Summers, successor to Robert Rubin. Those restricting, anti-competitive Depression era, laws were finally behind us. Awesome.
| It's the end of the world as we know it ...
|  | | Reminder: Domestic Violence Conference Saturday, November 21 |  Domestic Violence Conference Keynote speaker State Representative Carol Kent. Representatives from the beneficiaries of the conference, Genesis Women's Shelter in Dallas, Denton County Friends of the Family, and Hope's Door in Collin County, will speak.
Topics include signs of abuse, legal issues, and how to help. Sponsored by Democratic Women of Denton County, Texas Democratic Women of Collin County, and North Dallas Texas Democratic Women. Registration fee $10 which includes a Continental Breakfast.
Register online at this page. (8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Spring Creek Campus of Collin College Conference Rooms A & B, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano) | | Air America and Progressive Talk Radio News |  Forceful Franni Franken embraces new life on the HillWASHINGTON - Franni Franken pauses during her lunch at a Mexican restaurant on Capitol Hill to extract a green flash drive from her purse. Read onWords We Can Believe In: The Hope-ful Power of LOFTby Richard GreenePolitical Communication Strategist Host, "Hollywood CLOUT!" on Air America Radio Just over one year after we worked our butts off for "Change We Can Believe In" and "Hope" we have found ourselves drowning in "Public Option", "Single Payer" and "Cap and Trade". And Barack Obama's approval ratings plummet. Feels like politics as usual. More importantly, Barack Obama's "Magic" seems to be disappearing. read onThom Hartmann | Major Hasan and The Legacy of George W. BushIf Bill Clinton - or, presumably, Al Gore (or even Ralph Nader) - had been President in 2001, the Ft. Hood massacre almost certainly wouldn't have happened. Because George W. Bush was president, it did. Here's why it's Bush's fault: One of the first lessons aspiring novelists and screenwriters learn is that the goodness of a hero is defined by a single ... Read moreGrayson And Pap On How To Break The GOP (VIDEO) For years on Ring of Fire, Mike Papantonio has stressed how important it is for the Democratic party to get tough and act like they have a spine when confronting the Republican Party. Lo and behold, one congressman has emerged of late that gives Pap hope. WATCH Papantonio talk to Rep. Alan Grayson Al Franken Loves Puppies, War Veterans (VIDEO) We have some heartwarming news for you today that involves two of our very favorite things: Al Franken and puppiies! Franken was inspired by a veteran he met in Washington, DC during President Obama's inauguration who wouldn't have been able to attend the ceremony if not for his service dog. One thing led to another, and... watch the video | | A Conversation with Angela Hunt |  The Dallas Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society presents:
A Conversation with Angela Hunt
Featuring: Angela Hunt-Dallas City Councilmember, District 14, Dallas, Texas
Monday, November 16, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The Belo Mansion
2101 Ross Avenue
Haynes and Boone Ballroom
Dallas, TX
This event is free of charge. RSVP here. | | Hutchison won't resign Senate seat before gubernatorial primary |  Hutchison won't resign Senate seat before gubernatorial primary
By Aaron Blake and Michael O'Brien
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) will announce this weekend that she will not be resigning her Senate seat to run for governor until after the primary, according to sources with knowledge of her intentions. Read more | | North Texas Democrats : Notes and News |  You're invited to the Mid-Cities Democrats' Birthday Bash
Featuring: John Sharp for U.S. Senate, Barbara Ann Radnofsky for Attorney General, State Representative Christ Turner (HD-96), and many other honored guests.
Cake and punch will be served. No charge to attend The Mid-Cities Democrats began turning our corner of Tarrant County BLUE in 2005. Since that time the size of our PAC and our political influence has grown. Come celebrate with elected officials, past candidates and our PAC's founders. What: Mid-Cities Democrats Birthday Bash When: Friday, November 20 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm Where: Sheet Metal Worker's Union Hall, 1020 S. Industrial Blvd., Euless.Birthday presents (postage stamps, copy paper, pens, office supply gift cards, etc.) are greatly appreciated! Garland Area Democratic Club
Join us: Officer John Capers, Garland Police Department, will speak on the Neighborhood Crime Watch Program. Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7 P.M.
Wear FALL COLORS - it's Thanksgiving month!
Garland Women's Activities Building,
713 Austin St. (at Glenbrook) downtown Garland
The meetings are held every 2nd Thursday of the month at the Garland Women's Activities Building, 713 Austin Street at Glenbrook in Downtown Garland. Meetings begin at 7PM. At the December meeting, we'll have LU MITCHELL AND HER BAND, CATCH 23...along with Holiday refreshments.I may not know you yet, but I sure would like to get to know you. Come on by this Thursday.
Mark Edwards President, Garland Area Democratic Club.
Dallas Young Democrats
Events Committee Meeting
November 16, 2009 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Starbucks - West Village (Cole & Lemmon)
3699 Mickinney Ave
Dallas, TX 75204
Events Committee Monthly meeting.
We will be discussing our upcoming events and Holiday Party.
Breakfast at the Cathedral of Hope
November 21, 2009 6:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Cathedral of Hope
5910 Cedar Springs Road
Dallas, TX 75235
Come join DCYD as we serve a free, hot-cooked breakfast to the homeless and the hungry. Breakfast at the Cathedral of Hope (BACH) is a community outreach program where the only requirement for someone to eat breakfast is that they are hungry. As BACH Volunteers, we will greet people as they arrive, wait on tables, wash dishes, and assist with cleaning the fellowship hall and kitchen.
To RSVP, please contact Jeriva D. Traylor at communityservice@dallasyoungdemocrats.org.
| | How to pass healthcare reform |  The way to fight Republicans is to make them think you like them. It'll scare them into passing the thing By Garrison Keillor
There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, "He went into the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died. I don't get it." She didn't seem grief-stricken, just uncomprehending. (Why did it have to happen now?) The paranoia that has seized the Republican Party is beyond my understanding. So is the physics of cord entanglement: how two power cords set separately in a briefcase become so complexly intertwined in only a few hours. And why do you find the rudest people in first class? Passengers in steerage accept their misery with stoical grace, while the privileged sit in luxury in a cold rage. read on | | | | A Recovery for Some by Bob Herbert NYT
|  | President Obama's strongest supporters during the presidential campaign were the young, the black and the poor - and they are among those who are being hammered unmercifully in this long and cruel economic downturn that the financial elites are telling us is over. If the elites are correct, if the Great Recession really is over, then these core supporters of the president are being left far, far behind - as are blue-collar workers of every ethnic and political persuasion. Nobody wants to talk seriously about class in America, but the elites are smiling and perusing their stock portfolios while the checklist of Americans locked in depressionlike circumstances just grows and grows: construction and manufacturing workers, young men without college degrees (especially young black and Hispanic men), teenagers, and those who were already poor when the recession began. read on | Resounding Harmony Concert
November 22 benefiting the North Texas Food Bank
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The second annual Resounding Harmony fall concert will benefit the North Texas Food Bank the week before Thanksgiving. The
175-voice chorus, under the direction of Dr. Timothy Seelig, will perform a wide range of repertoire in a concert titled "Songs
of Harvest" at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Sunday night, November 22, at 7:30pm. Last year, Resounding Harmony helped Close The Gap on hunger and raised $11,421 and 2,332 pounds of food, which provided 58,930 meals for those in need! CDs of last year's concert are available online, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Food Bank.
For more information about Resounding Harmony or to purchase tickets or CDs, please visit resoundingharmony.org
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| | Google: Finding flu vaccine information in one easy place | 
"This year, it's especially important to have clear information on what you can do to prepare for the flu season. With this in mind, we are happy to share a new feature for the U.S. which allows you to more easily find locations near you for getting both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine. After expanding Google Flu Trends to a total of 20 countries and 38 languages, allowing more people to see near real-time estimates of flu activity, we began brainstorming with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association on the flu shot finder and other ways Google can be helpful to people this flu season.
You can check out the flu shot finder at www.google.com/flushot. The same tool will also be available shortly on www.flu.gov and the American Lung Association websites. It's important to note that this project is just beginning and we have not yet received information about flu shot clinics for many locations. In addition, many locations that are shown are currently out of stock. We launched this service now in order to help disseminate information about locations where vaccines are available, and also to make more vaccine providers aware of the project so that they can contribute."
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