News from the North Texas Progressive aug 23 2010

 

North Texas Progressive Newsletter
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August 23, 2010

Dear nancy,

Good Morning!

Democratic clubs and groups are firing up for the November elections with great events , meetings and voter/campaign projects. Find a group and get involved now!
 
Thanks to the John Lingenfelder campaign for sponsoring this week's newsletter and you are all invited to have some birthday cake with him and find out how you can help his campaign !

Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham

I still has passes ! Email me to get free passes to the August 27th opening of the movie 'Countdown to Zero' at the Angelika Dallas. Watch the trailer at http://www.takepart.com/countdowntozero

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In This Issue

Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote!

Democracy Now

The Obama Effect- Texas Observer

North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion

Article Headline

North Dallas Texas Democratic Women meeting: "Human Trafficking in North Texas"..

The Bush Tax Cut Club

How Fox Betrayed Petraeus...Frank Rich

 

Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote!

Join the Texas Democratic Women of Collin County & the North Dallas Democratic Women in Welcoming Andrea White as We All Commemorate the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Saturday, August 28th, 10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
Haggard Park, 901 E. 15th Street, Downtown Plano

Remarks by Andrea White, Wife of Bill White, Democratic Nominee for Texas Governor

Free Frozen Snacks & Drinks /Music & Face Painting/Voter Registration


Join local Democrats as we gather to celebrate the 90th Anniversary week of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women's right to vote!
Democratic Party of Collin County
2504 K Avenue, Suite 200 /Plano, TX 75074
www.collindems.us

 

Democracy Now

Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name
 
The Obama administration says the last combat brigades have left Iraq. Is this the end of the Iraq war or just a rebranding of the US occupation? More than 50,000 troops remain in Iraq as well as 4,500 special operations forces and tens of thousands of private contractors. The US embassy in Baghdad is the largest in the world-the size of eighty football fields. We get a perspective on the so-called withdrawal rarely heard in the US media: that of two Iraqis, Raed Jarrar of Peace Action and Yanar Mohammed of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq.
Listen/Watch/Read

As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing NY Islamic Community Center, a Roundtable Discussion with Mother of 9/11 Victim, Rabbi, Muslim Lawmaker and Islamic Scholar
 
We spend the hour on the controversy around the proposed construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, which has turned into a national issue. Opposition to the center first started among fringe, right-wing blogs but has swept into the mainstream, with some Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, coming out against it. Republicans have vowed to make the controversy a campaign issue in the fall. We host a roundtable with four guests: Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress; Rabbi Irwin Kula of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership; Islamic scholar John Esposito of Georgetown University; and Talat Hamdani, whose son Salman died on 9/11 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Listen/Watch/Read

  
Filmmakers, Activists Try to Save Dolphins from Slaughter in Oscar-Winning Doc The Cove
 
The Academy Award-winning film The Cove opened last month in Japan after months of protests by right-wing activists who had pressured some cinemas into canceling screenings. The film documents how a group of activists and filmmakers used hidden cameras to expose the annual slaughter of over 20,000 dolphins in the small Japanese fishing village of Taiji, 200 miles southeast of Tokyo. We speak with the film's director, Louie Psihoyos, and dolphin activist Ric O'Barry.
Listen/Watch/Read

 

The Obama Effect- Texas Observer

For weeks Texas' political class has been abuzz about President Barack Obama's planned visit to the Lone Star State. How would a visit from an unpopular president in a conservative stronghold impact statewide races? Could Republicans take advantage of it? Should Democrats avoid Obama? Was Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White's plan to avoid the president a wise one?

But after Obama swept through Austin and Dallas yesterday-having raised more than $600,000 for the Democratic Party-it seems his visit didn't have quite the political reverberations many pundits expected. Plenty of people came out to cheer or protest Obama (and/or the federal government, tyranny and socialism). But the day's events probably will have little impact on state politics.

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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion


Hopes and Prospects
By Noam Chomsky

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In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky surveys the dangers and prospects of our early twenty-first century. Exploring challenges such as the growing gap between North and South, American exceptionalism (including under President Barack Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S.-Israeli assault on Gaza, and the recent financial bailouts, he also sees hope for the future and a way to move forward-in the democratic wave in Latin America and in the global solidarity movements that suggest "real progress toward freedom and justice."
 
Hopes and Prospects is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the primary challenges still facing the human race.

 

North Texas Democrats : Notes and News


MID-CITIES DEMOCRATS Happy Hour at Rio Mambo
on Monday, August 23rd
 
Please come enjoy this social occasion with fellow Democrats from
5:30PM-7:30PM at the popular Rio Mambo Restaurant on Hwy 121, just north of Glade Road map
 
We will be in the section on the north side of the restaurant.
 Suggested donation at the door: $20.00 to benefit the Mid-Cities Democrats. 
 CASH BAR with Happy Hour prices and a selection of appetizers.
 We hope you will come join us for an enjoyable time.
   
Mid-Cities Democrats Meeting Thursday, August 26th
We are pleased to announce that Andrea White will be the Guest Speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Mid-Cities Democrats  this month.   Andrea will give us a good overview on how her husband's campaign for Governor is going.  
Please note:  We are meeting in Grapevine this month.
When: Thursday, August 26th 7PM-8:30PM
Where: Spring Creek Barbeque, /    315 West Hwy 114 /    Grapevine TX 

Texas Democratic Women of Collin County Paint the State Blue at our 4th annual dinner and silent auction.
"Let's Go Blue for White"
Saturday, September 4, 2010
6:30 p.m. Southfork Ranch
Keynote Speaker: Bill White, Candidate for Governor
Purchase tickets at www.tdwcc.org

 
Arlington Area Progressive Liberal Meetup Group Monthly Meetup
When Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:00 PM
Where Starbucks
4340 Little Rd /Arlington TX 76016

Dallas County Young Democrats-Discussion Group/Book Club
August 23, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Crooked Tree Coffeehouse
2414 Routh St
Dallas, TX 75201
Please join the Campaign & Party Relations Committee for our Discussion Group/Book Club Meeting. We will be discussing Homage to Catalonia.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Katie Haley

Dallas County East Democrats
Wednesday, August 25
Cristina Hahsler, Founder of Dallas Can Do Better, will be speaking on the death penalty. (Networking 6 PM, meeting 7 PM, Martinez Restaurant, 901 Gross Rd., Mesquite)

 

North Dallas Texas Democratic Women meeting: "Human Trafficking in North Texas".


August 26, 2010 -6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
2nd Floor, Northaven United Methodist Church
11211 Preston Road (between Royal and Forest Lanes)
 
North Dallas Texas Democratic Women meeting: "Human Trafficking in North Texas".  The Executive Director of Ft. Worth based "Traffick911", Deena Graves, and Bill Bernstein, Deputy Director of Mosaic Family Services    (and 2004 Democratic candidate for US House of Representatives) will address the increase in human trafficking and what we can do to stop this scourge on our communities.
Call (972) 732-7712 for further information. 
  http://www.traffick911.com
Lenna Webb, Communications
North Dallas Texas Democratic Women
www.nddw.org

 

The Bush Tax Cut Club and Three Good Reasons to Let the High-End Bush Tax Cuts Disappear This Year

 

 The Bush Tax Cut Club
Michael Linden and Michael Ettlinger offer three good reasons why we should let the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent expire this year.

More: Three Good Reasons to Let the High-End Bush Tax Cuts Disappear This Year

How Fox Betrayed Petraeus
Frank Rich, The New York Times


The 'ground zero mosque,' as you may well know by now, is not at ground zero. It's not a mosque but an Islamic cultural center containing a prayer room. It's not going to determine President Obama's political future or the elections of 2010 or 2012. Still, the battle that has broken out over this project in Lower Manhattan - on the 'hallowed ground' of a shuttered Burlington Coat Factory store one block from the New York Dolls Gentlemen's Club - will prove eventful all the same. And the consequences will be far more profound than any midterm election results or any of the grand debates now raging 24/7 over the parameters of tolerance, religious freedom, and the real estate gospel of location, location, location."

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You're Invited to a Birthday Party! to honor President LBJ  & John Lingenfelder  our next U.S. Congressman



You're Invited to a Birthday Party!!!
              
To honor President Lyndon Baines Johnson
   &
John Lingenfelder  our next U.S. Congressman

 
   August 24, 2010
     5:30-8:30pm
 
A Party for All ages!
 
Come Celebrate with John and give him your best wishes as our Next  US Congressman in Washington working for you and your family issues!
 
Festivities will be held at the campaign headquarters:
1108 W. Parker, Ste. 108
Plano, Tx 75075
(Southwest corner of Parker and Alma) 
Phone Number: (972) 468-112


get involved

 

The Errington Thompson Show



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Nancy Cunningham
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Neil Durrance for Congress


Return Government to the People

26the Congressional District of Texas
-Keep American  jobs in America
-Make health care affordable for all U.S. citizens
-Increase Pell Grants and decrease tuition
940.239.0380

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Top 11 Reasons to Follow Hal Sparks

 

So here are the Top 11 Reasons You Should Be Following @HalSparks on Twitter:
(why 11? because it *goes* to 11)

11. He's hilarious. As a touring comedian for decades, he headlines venues all across the country. His new Showtime special, which was taped in front of a standing room only crowd, is now available on Amazon and Netflix.

5. He's involved. Hal doesn't shy away from hot topics. An outspoken progressive, he can be heard weekly on The Stephanie Miller Show on a segment affectionately dubbed "Hump Days with Hal", and now he has his very own weekly radio show on Chicago's Progressive Talk radio, which he Ustreams every Saturday between 9am and 11am PST for all his fans each week no matter where he's at in the country.

read all 11 here

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News from the North Texas Progressive aug 16 2010

 

North Texas Progressive Newsletter
...bringing North Texas news and discussion since 2004

August 16, 2010

Dear nancy,

Good Morning!
Make sure you buy your Texas Democratic Women of Collin County Annual Dinner and Auction tickets this week!! Also if you have any questions or would like to make a donation for the Silent Auction, please contact Robin Smith at robinsclee@yahoo.com.

Thanks to them for sponsoring this week's newsletter. If you are a member of a Democratic Club or other progressive group and you regularly see announcements of you groups events, meeting etc in this newsletter every week DO NOT assume that you group is sponsoring this newsletter!

Ask at your next meeting if they have ever sponsored a week of this newsletter ($25) and suggest that they do it! This newsletter reaching thousands folks who may not be on your mailing list and you also help get out all the other great info out to the North Texas Progressive /Democratic community.

Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham

Remember ...Texas Tax Free Clothing Shopping Weekend - August 20-22
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In This Issue

Texas Democratic Women of Collin County Paint the State Blue "Let's Go Blue for White" Annual Dinner

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO -Premier free passes

Democracy Now

North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion

Hear the Wit and Wisdom of Jim Hightower..

Dallas Alternative Energy Meetup Group..

Michael Moore | Profits Up at GM! And You're Still Unemployed and more .

North Texas Democrats : Notes and News

Preogressive Talk Radio News

Confessions of a Class Worrier...By Robert Reich

 

Texas Democratic Women of Collin County Paint the State Blue "Let's Go Blue for White" Annual Dinner and Silent Auction September 4th !















Texas Democratic Women of Collin County (TDWCC) and Host Committee: Lisa Blue, Debbie and John Hyatt,Ashley and Jack Ternan, Jr. cordially invite you to help us Paint the State Blue at our 4th Annual Dinner and Silent Auction

Saturday, September 4, 2010  6:30pm
Southfork Ranch 3700 Hogge Road Parker, Texas

Ticket information at www.tdwcc.org Host Individual or Host Couple - $500
Priority reserved seating with special guests, host gift and bar service
Sponsor Individual - $150 Sponsor Couple - $200 Reserved seating Guest Individual - $50
Featuring Keynote Speaker Bill White, Former Mayor of Houston Candidate for Governor of Texas
Contributions are not tax-deductible. TDWCC is a registered Political Action Committee (PAC).Pol. Adv. Paid for and authorized by the Texas Democratic Women of Collin County.

**If you have any questions or would like to make a donation for the Silent Auction, please contact Robin Smith at robinsclee@yahoo.com

 

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO -Premier free passes

COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil's Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. It makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today.

The film was produced by Academy Award® winner and recent nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth) and developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media, together with World Security Institute. Participant collaborated with Magnolia on last year's Food, Inc., recently nominated for an Academy Award®, and the upcoming CASINO JACK and the United States of Money. Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Bruce Blair and Matt Brown are the film's executive producers.

I have free passes email me -northtexasprogressive@gmail.com

 

Democracy Now

Nagasaki 65 Years Later: A Look Back at the Censored Dispatches of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist George Weller
 
Today, we remember the US bombing of Nagasaki through the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Weller, the first reporter to enter Nagasaki, defying General MacArthur's ban on the press in southern Japan. Weller worked for the Chicago Daily News and hired a rowboat to get himself to Nagasaki. He wrote a 25,000-word report on the horrors that he encountered. When he submitted his story to the military censors, MacArthur personally ordered that the story be killed, and the manuscript was never returned. Weller later summarized his experience with the government censors, saying, "They won."
 
Listen/Watch/Read

"I Fear for My Country": Muslim Leader Daisy Khan on Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque and Others Nationwide
 
Debate is intensifying over the planned construction of an Islamic center and mosque two blocks from New York's Ground Zero. But it is not just a local issue. Across the country, Muslim groups are facing attacks over plans to build new mosques. We speak to Daisy Khan of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, one of the main organizations behind the mosque project, and the wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf; and Stephan Salisbury, cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and author of Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland.
 
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North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion

The Lacuna: A Novel
By Barbara Kingsolver

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Starred Review. Kingsolver's ambitious new novel, her first in nine years (after the The Poisonwood Bible), focuses on Harrison William Shepherd, the product of a divorced American father and a Mexican mother. After getting kicked out of his American military academy, Harrison spends his formative years in Mexico in the 1930s in the household of Diego Rivera; his wife, Frida Kahlo; and their houseguest, Leon Trotsky, who is hiding from Soviet assassins. After Trotsky is assassinated, Harrison returns to the U.S., settling down in Asheville, N.C., where he becomes an author of historical potboilers (e.g., Vassals of Majesty) and is later investigated as a possible subversive. Narrated in the form of letters, diary entries and newspaper clippings, the novel takes a while to get going, but once it does, it achieves a rare dramatic power that reaches its emotional peak when Harrison wittily and eloquently defends himself before the House Un-American Activities Committee (on the panel is a young Dick Nixon). Employed by the American imagination, is how one character describes Harrison, a term that could apply equally to Kingsolver as she masterfully resurrects a dark period in American history with the assured hand of a true literary artist.

 

Hear the Wit and Wisdom of Jim Hightower

Hear the Wit and Wisdom of Jim Hightower
Just ONE WEEK left to organize your friends to see a national treasure!

Thursday, August 19 America's most popular populist. Author of Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish can Go with the Flow.
Irving Arts Center
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving
Reception at 6:00 p.m. /Program at 7:00 p.m. /Tickets are $35 each or $325 for 10
To Purchase Tickets, send a check to the Dallas Peace Center ( see address at bottom) or go to Purchase tickets More Information

 

 

The Dallas Alternative Energy Meetup Group

Just a heads up our next meeting with be on rain harvesting, in particular, rain barrels. We are preparing the presentation as we speak but I wanted to get the word out so you could mark your calendar to attend.
Place: REI, see June meeting
Time: August 21 at 1:00PM
Plan on attending and stay after the presentation for a discussion on a book club and solar ovens.
http://www.meetup.com/alternativeenergy-153/

 

Michael Moore Profits Up at GM! And You're Still Unemployed and more

So General Motors is back to making billions in profit. And if the past is any guide, we know what that means: time for some layoffs!
Or maybe not. Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan. Right now it looks like the only person being canned is CEO Edward Whitacre. (Only last week Whitacre was saying he wasn't planning to leave anytime soon-kind of ironic that the former president of the Boy Scouts of America failed to Be Prepared.)
But if they're not laying people off yet, they're also not hiring.
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VIDEO: Michael Moore With Olbermann Blasts Gibbs -Keith Olbermann, MSNBC
Michael Moore visited with Keith Olbermann, they talked about Robert Gibbs' attack on the 'left,' about the new film, 'Tillman,' the Pat Tillman story, and how the White House can help us help them.
video here

 

North Texas Democrats : Notes and News

Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake Democrats
CGS August Social, Thurs. Aug. 19, 2010
'In lieu of our regular meeting this month, let's just get together for an August Social with the Drinking Liberally group on the THIRD Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm at Rio Mambo Restaurant, 5150 Highway 121 (west side between Hall Johnson and Glade Road).   Time for some fun and to recharge our batteries for the fall campaigns.   Please join CGS Democrats or renew your membership for 2010; your dues help fund our activities:
CGS Democrats membership form

MID-CITIES DEMOCRATS
Happy Hour at Rio Mambo -on Monday, August 23rd
Please come enjoy this social occasion with fellow Democrats from
5:30PM-7:30PM at the popular Rio Mambo Restaurant on Hwy 121, just north of Glade Road
We will be in the section on the north side of the restaurant.
Suggested donation at the door: $20.00 to benefit the Mid-Cities Democrats.  
CASH BAR with Happy Hour prices and a selection of appetizers.
We hope you will come join us for an enjoyable time.

Texas Democratic Women Collin County
The next TDWCC general meeting is Monday, August 16, 2010, <note meeting is a week early this month due to school starting> 6:45pm. at the Preston Ridge Campus of Collin College 9700 Wade Blvd Frisco, Texas, Founders Hall, Shawnee Room F148.
Patty Janthro, President of League of Women Voters Plano/Collin County, will speak on the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the League and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gained women the right to vote-both in 1920.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government.  Members study issues ranging from education, healthcare, and climate change to openness in government.   The League influences public policy through education and advocacy. Join TDWCC to learn more about this important institution and to celebrate the anniversary of our right to vote!
Texas Democratic Women of Collin County (TDWCC) is a dedicated group of Democratic Women, working to EDUCATE Collin County citizens, ACTIVATE voters, and ELECT Democrats to local, state, and federal offices.  We meet the fourth Monday of each month at Collin College Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco.   www.tdwcc.org

Dallas County Young Democrats
Candidate Meet & Greet - Take Back the Commissioners' Court Edition
August 19, 2010 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
La Calle Doce Oak Cliff /415 W 12th St /Dallas, TX 75208
Come enjoy a cocktail with Clay Jenkins, candidate for Dallas County Judge, and Dr Elba Garcia, candidate for County Commissioner, District 4 as we discuss the urgent need to turn the Commissioners' Court blue!
For more information and to RSVP, please contact John Cooke politicaldirector@dallasyoungdemocrats.org

Irving Democrats
Fall Campaign Kick-off Meet and talk to our Democratic candidates for House District 105 and 106 and several countywide candidates. (7 PM, Senter Park East Bldg. 228 Chamberlain, Irving)

 

Preogressive Talk Radio News

Interview: Marc Maron
There aren't many comedians who've had as colourful a past as Marc Maron, but lucky for him he's able to turn those downs into a career. The 45-year-old usually bases his shows on his personal experiences. So has anything dramatic happened to Maron recently? "Well there was a divorce not so long ago, some aggressiveness, dating, new relationships, career changes, the pod-cast..." Anything else, I wonder? "Trying to get out of my head seems to be an everyday occurrence, so that's formed part of my comedy lately".

The American comic and radio show host has been doing a new show at the Soho Theatre, which he says is "filled with the normal themes of a Marc Maron show". What does that include? "Obsession, love, politics, technology. Just a buffet of my recent stand-up work." You wouldn't be wrong in thinking that it doesn't sound like the most cheerful show, but there are many people who appreciate Maron's stories. He reveals that he sometimes has stalkers visit him backstage to express how much they liked his show: "the best thing to do with a stalker is to take them for lunch or a cup of coffee." Yes, that does seem like the most logical and sure-fire way to get rid of a stalker...
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Stephanie Miller, Progressive Talk Show Host and Former Comedienne, Comes Out
NEW YORK (CBS) Progressive radio personality Stephanie Miller has revealed she is a lesbian.
Miller, 48, publicly came out of the closet on her nationally syndicated show, "The Stephanie Miller Show," on Friday.An hour before she made the announcement, Miller wrote on her Twitter page, "There may be a lot of crying next hour," and "Stick around for the next hour. Mama's got something to tell you."
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By Robert Reich,




The decline of America's middle class can be charted directly. In the three decades after World War II, the median wage (smack in the middle) grew rapidly, right along with productivity gains. Even as late as 1980, the richest 1 percent of Americans received only about 9 percent of the nation's total income.
But starting in the 1980s - and increasingly since then - the economy has made the rich far richer without doing squat for the vast middle. The median hourly wage has barely grown, if you take inflation into account. Indeed, it dropped in the last so-called "recovery" between 2001 and 2007. And health-care and pension benefits have declined; we've gone from defined-benefit pensions to do-it-yourself pensions, while health insurance premiums, deductibles, and co-payments have skyrocketed.

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The Errington Thompson Show



Do you want to hear a great Progressive Talk Radio show ?

Listen to Dallas native Dr. Errington Thompson on Revolution 880 from Asheville, NC live Saturdays  3-4pm  cst

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North Texas Progressive Newsletter

Nancy Cunningham
Editor
Contact: Nancy

 

This newsletter is a project of the North Texas Progressive , which is an umbrella organization for the Dallas Air America group, which was founded in 2004 to promote and support progressive talk radio and independent media in North Texas.

 

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Neil Durrance for Congress


Return Government to the People

26the Congressional District of Texas
-Keep American  jobs in America
-Make health care affordable for all U.S. citizens
-Increase Pell Grants and decrease tuition
940.239.0380

www.durranceforcongress.com




 

Neil Durrance, candidate for U.S. Congress in Texas District 26, issued this statement

Neil Durrance, candidate for U.S. Congress in Texas District 26, issued this statement today regarding yesterday's stimulus vote from his opponent, Congressman Michael Burgess:

"It is unconsionable, at a time of teacher shortages and educators leaving the profession en masse, that Congressman Burgess    would vote against funding to pay teachers.

This awful vote against the interests of North Texas students is symptomatic of the Tea Party of No culture in which Congressman Burgess wallows in the misguided hope that he can use theatrics and rhetoric to hide from voters his pro-toll road, anti-working families voting record.

There aren't enough Lipton boxes in all of Texas to shield Burgess from the will of voters once he is exposed for what he is: a tool of big pharma, big oil, and corporate fat cats who has voted against North Texans at every opportunity."


If you would like any further information, pictures, or time with our candidate, please reply to this email or contact me at 940.239.0380.

Thanks,

Michael Durrance
Director of Communications

Neil Durrance for Congress, District 26
940.239.0380
www.durranceforcongress.com


 

Texas Gov. Perry asks Obama for more troops, drones along border

Texas Gov. Perry asks Obama for more troops, drones along border
Defying harsh criticism from Texas Republicans, President Barack Obama said Monday that his 19-month-old presidency has put America "on the right track" and warned against returning to GOP policies that he blamed for the country's economic "mess." Texas Gov. Rick Perry, one of the president's biggest critics in the Lone Star State, met Obama on his arrival at Austin-Bergstrom Airport and presented the president with a four-page letter calling for tougher federal enforcement along the state's violence-ridden border with Mexico.

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