News from the North Texas Progressive Nov 26th 2012

 

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November 26,  2012

Dear nancy,

Good Afternoon!

I love doing the holiday newsletters ! I love posting the wonderful parties and charity events of local progressive and Dem groups ! Check out these below - consider yourself invited!

Wonderful local rallies at WalMart over Black Friday and TARA rally this week !

Spend your holiday $$ carefully maybe have a " no gift holiday" or make something homemade!

Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham

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In This Issue

Very successful local Wal-Mart employee rallies on Black Friday..

We the People rally : Texas Alliance for Retired Americans event.

Democracy Now

Progressive Holiday Gift Giving.

Local Progressive Holiday events...

Texas Student's ID Protest Goes to Court

Benifits of fracking touted at new Perot Museum.

Mid-Cities Democrats meeting...

Fighting Fiscal Phantoms...By PAUL KRUGMAN NYTimes

 

Very successful Wal-Mart employee rallies on Black Friday

* Dont think this didn't happen or that it didn't happen in Dallas (NTX) because your didn't see it on local news .

Wal-Mart employees and supporters rally at Dallas-area stores

More than an hour before protesters arrived Friday at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Lancaster, a handful of security and sheriff's officers as well as several managers stood watch outside.

read on

Wal-Mart Worker Uprising: Protests Held At 1,000 Stores on Black Friday

Wal-Mart Worker Uprising: Protests Held At 1,000 Stores on Black Friday

 

Texas Alliance for Retired Americans event

Next Saturday, December 1 from 1:30-4 pm, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans will join with a number of other groups for the Move-On sponsored rally, "We The People Have Spoken". We feel that the election was a referendum on a number of issues facing decisions in the Lame Duck Congress and we must make our views clear to our representatives. Seniors could be severely impacted by these votes. Cong. Pete Sessions has been named Chair of the powerful House Rules Committee and we are set to rally at his office to make our voices heard! Please join us!

                Meet at the old Dart Parking Lot at Coit Road and Churchill Way to march to Sessions' office at 12750 Merit Way.

                Hobie Hukill will speak on "The Fiscal Cliff" and our President Gene Lantz will speak on "Hands off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid!"

Please mark your calendars for Monday, December 10 from 4-6 pm when we will rally in front of Sen. John Cornyn's office on Spring Valley. An email with complete details and a map will be sent out next week.

 

 

Democracy Now

Woody Guthrie at 100: Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Will Kaufman Honor the "Dust Bowl Troubadour"

Commemorations are being held across the country this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the country's greatest songwriters, Woody Guthrie. Born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma, Guthrie wrote hundreds of folk songs, including, "This Land Is Your Land," "Pastures of Plenty," "Pretty Boy Floyd," "Do Re Mi" and "The Ranger's Command." While Guthrie is best remembered as a musician, he also had a deeply political side. At the height of McCarthyism, Guthrie spoke out for labor and civil rights and against fascism. In this one-hour special, you will hear interviews and music from folk singer Pete Seeger, the British musician Billy Bragg, and the historian Will Kaufman, author of the new book, Woody Guthrie, American Radical. Watch/Listen/Read 

 

Progressive Holiday Gift Giving

Buy Nothing Christmas from Adbusters

 . . . for generations, Christmas has been hijacked by commercial forces . . . this year, why not take the season back? Have a heart to heart with your family and decide to celebrate Christmas differently this year.

Take the plunge: grab posters and Buy Nothing Xmas gift exemption vouchers here. 

Buy Nothing Xmas /  wonderful Voucher

Tarrant County Urban Homesteading Community Wreath Workshop

Thursday, November 29, 2012 7:00 PM 1616 West Abram Street, Arlington, TX  

Leigh Cain will be our craft leader in this workshop. We will be making wreaths from natural and other materials. I have plenty of rosemary I'll be bringing! Leigh is putting together a list of materials we need, so bring a set of materials and something to snack on and we'll have a fun craft evening!

For those bringing their own plant material, you'll want to cut i t in 6 to 12 inch branches. Cut it not too long before the event so it can remain green and bendy. A day or two before should be fine.

Optional extras: Fabric for bows, small branches with berries, pine cones, etc.

Any questions? Just let me know!" RSVP here 

 

  

 

Local Progressive Holiday events

 Friday, November 30th

 

Democratic Party of Collin County-"Final Friday" Social Event 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

The Pub in McKinney /204 W. Virginia St /McKinney, TX 75069 The Pub Has a Full Menu & Bar  

Come Hang Out With Us!

 

Saturday, December 1:

 

North Dallas Texas Democratic Women Holiday Party NDTDW will provide the meat and vegetarian main course and beverages, and we ask that your guests bring a dish based upon the first letter of their middle name: A-F = Salad, G-L = Appetizers, M-R = Dessert, S-Z = Vegetable or Starch Side Dish. We already have plenty of salsa, various types of chips and crackers, so please do not bring any of those! We will be gathering Unwrapped Toys for Donation to the North Dallas Shared Ministries. We are also repeating our Silent Auction. If you have items you wish to donate to the auction, please contact Lenna Webb. Items added will display at www.nddw.org. Even if you cannot attend the party, you will be able to submit your "opening and closing" bids and one of our board members will keep track of the bidding for you. All Democrats are welcome. RSVP is required by November 28th to Lenna Webb 972-732-7712 or by email to msnilknarf22 AT att.net. (6 PM, 17201 Hidden Glen Drive, Dallas)

 

Sunday, December 2 :

 

The Snowball Express is hosting a visit to Fort Worth for over 1,700 family members who have lost a loved one in military service.  The Northeast Tarrant County Democrats are participating by welcoming the bus convoy with banners and signs of support and cheering.  We'll meet at  El Asadero, one of the best Mexican food restaurants in Fort Worth.  It will be fun and it is a nice way to start the holiday season.

  what:  Welcome the Snowball Express

when:   Sunday, Dec 2,  10:00 am for the convoy

where:  El Asadero Restaurant, 1535 N Main St, Fort Worth, TX

website:    http://fortworthtexas.gov/citynews/default.aspx?id=104322 

contact:   Mark Bauer   mbauer@coltsoft.com   (817)939-5671 

Texas Student's ID Protest Goes to Court

Andrea Hernandez probably didn't think her Christian beliefs would cause a problem at her San Antonio, Texas, high school. But when she refused to wear a school ID badge implanted with an RFID tracking chip on grounds that it signified the Mark of the Beast (from the biblical Book of Revelation), she sparked a court battle and prompted discussions about how far schools should go in keeping track of their students. Hernandez, who was initially told she would be expelled from her magnet school on Monday if she continued her refusal, was granted a temporary restraining order allowing her to attend classes pending further hearings next week.

Read it at BBC

 

Benifits of fracking touted at new Perot Museum

Fracking at front and center in Perot Museum's energy hall

A giant drill bit is on display in the Tom Hunt Energy Hall at The Perot Museum of Nature and Science. 

Visitors to Dallas' new Perot Museum of Nature and Science can study a video display about geological history before they enter the Tom Hunt Energy Hall.

That's appropriate. Once they enter the hall, they'll be dunked, figuratively, in the products of that geology, oil and gas - especially the natural. read on DMN here  

 

Sierra Club readies for public comments  

Live near by fracking/gas/well operations? Having issues? Report them to Sierra Club

The Sierra Club and others are working with national organizations who are preparing to give comments and info to EPA regarding those who are affected/or live near by fracking/gas/well operations.

For those who live near these operations, we need your input.

In your comments to John, I think it would be important to mention where you live in proximity to a well (or several), if you know who the operator is, approximately when these operations started, and what your experience/or possible health affects and quality of life have been. Describe where the well/or wells are in relation to your house. He would also need your contact info.

John Rath of the Sierra Club has agreed to be the point person on this project. Contact  John  jrfree49@yahoo.com as soon as you can for details as he needs to collect this info within the week or no later than Sunday.

http://www.nctca.net/home.html

 

 

Mid-Cities Democrats meeting 

Our November meeting will be held Thursday, November 29, 2012 due to Thanksgiving this week!  

It is VERY important that you attend this meeting as we will be voting on new officers.  We do not have a guest speaker this month.

 The meeting will begin at 7pm - please come at 630pm if you plan on eating!  Thanks! 

 

We will meet at Los Jimadores Tequila Factory, 3314 Harwood Road, Bedford 76021 (map)

 

Fighting Fiscal Phantoms

By PAUL KRUGMAN NYTimes 

 

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These are difficult times for the deficit scolds who have dominated policy discussion for almost three years. One could almost feel sorry for them, if it weren't for their role in diverting attention from the ongoing problem of inadequate recovery, and thereby helping to perpetuate catastrophically high unemployment.

 

What has changed? For one thing, the crisis they predicted keeps not happening. Far from fleeing U.S. debt, investors have continued to pile in, driving interest rates to historical lows. Beyond that, suddenly the clear and present danger to the American economy isn't that we'll fail to reduce the deficit enough; it is, instead, that we'll reduce the deficit too much. For that's what the "fiscal cliff" - better described as the austerity bomb - is all about: the tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to kick in at the end of this year are precisely not what we want to see happen in a still-depressed economy.

 

read on

 

 

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Inauguration Events tickets on sale now !

2013 Presidential Inauguration Bus Trip

 

The bus leaves Austin at 3 AM, Saturday, January 19, gets to Dallas at 6 AM, then heads to Washington, D.C. It will return Tuesday, January 22, 2013 about 12 AM. The bus fare and one night's hotel stay are $300. Get more details and contact information at this page.

 

2013 Inauguration Chicken & Waffle Swearing in Brunch

 

For those not attending the inauguration in Washington. If you remember, over 450 attended in 2009. This year, 2013, all attendees must be prepaid at $20.00 each (no refunds). Only 350 tickets are available. There will be singing, fellow-shipping and fun for all. We are waiting for the final time of the inauguration. For more information please contact Edna Pemberton by email to ednapemberton AT yahoo.com.


 

Moonlady news and more for
 North Texas 


A little piece of Austin or Portland in North Texas, Moonlady.com is a community web portal for caring and creative people who are inclusive in spirituality... holistic in health... natural in lifestyle... progressive in social issues... and expansive in personal growth.

These seekers believe that humans are inherently good and that our planet is full of beauty and wisdom to be protected. Incredibly diverse and eclectic

Check out our http://moonlady.com/   

 

World's Aids Day - Dallas events

World's Aids Day   

Main Street Garden-Downtown Dallas

 

Saturday, December 1, 2012

3:00pm - 6:00pm Get Involved

 

For more information about becoming a sponsor or partner, please contact Travis Gasper, 214.943.4444, tgasper@aidsinterfaithnetwork.org

more info here 

    2nd Annual Red Dress Party! for World AIDS Day - benefiting AIDS Interfaith Network      

 Saturday, December 1, 201

8:00pm until 12:00am

TMC

3903 Cedar Springs, Dallas, Texas 75219  

Join us on World AIDS Day for our 2nd Annual Red Dress Party! After the World AIDS Day events in Main St Park, come down and join us for some drink specials, silent auction, dancing, and more!

Spinning all night will be guest DJ Sister Spinna DeVinyl (aka DJ Harmonix) from Portland, OR!!

Cocktail Pre-Party to be announced.

Admission at the door (no presale tickets this year):$20 per person

$10 per person IF WEARING A RED DRESS Yes, it doesn't matter who you are or how you identify, our goal is to have as many people in a RED DRESS as possible! Why? To show our solidarity in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Besides, it's a fun way to raise a few bucks and have some fun! (And yes, kilts count!)

Remember, if you wear a RED DRESS you get in the door for half off regular admission. If you don't wear a RED DRESS, then please make an effort to wear something RED!

Beneficiaries for 2012 are:

AIDS Interfaith Network (AIN) and

Resource Center Dallas (RCD)

We hope to see everyone there!!!

 

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News from the North Texas Progressive Nov 5 2012

North Texas Progressive Newsletter
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November 5 ,  2012

Dear nancy,

Good Afternoon!

This is a simple but very important newsletter :

  • Vote
  • Volunteer
  • Protect
  • Victory Party
  • Donate

This is the last 24 hours to donate to this great newsletter - emails go out tomorrow night to winners! Do it now !! You can use your Amazon account to send me a digital e-gift card for $20 ( or multiples) and I will make sure to get your donation is registered in the raffle for the drawing for these great prizes ! More info below.

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In This Issue

Last minute voting information !...

Trouble at the polls ? Work to protect the vote!...D

Victory Parties !.

Volunteer .. right up to Tuesday night not too late to help !...

North Texas Democrats : Notes and News

Last Chance to donate to the raffle -

Upholding Democracy, Ballot by Ballot...NY Times...

 

Last minute voting information !

Dallas County Election Department

Denton County Elections

Any information you need call the county election office for your county or go to web page.

 

Trouble at the polls ? Work to protect the vote!

Dallas County Dems : If you experience a problem on Tuesday at the election, tell your polling place's election judge, then promptly call the DCDP Headquarters. We will write up an incident report and follow up with the polling site. If your problem involves someone you think is an election worker, please check for a name tag and write down their name. Do NOT wait until days after the incident occurred. Call the DCDP at (214) 821-8331.

Protect the Vote !

*             Spread the word - On Tuesday (or tomorrow if you are able to vote early in your state), keep 1-866-OUR-VOTE saved in your phone and make sure the Election Protection Smartphone App (for Android or listed as "ElectProtect" in iTunes) is installed and working properly on your phone. Make sure your 10 friends whom you've shared the app with are all set too, and have the hotline number ready on speed dial. Have questions or problems voting? Call the hotline.

*             Organize - We'll be updating our website and social media platforms with news throughout Election Day. Be sure to follow @866OurVote on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and check the Latest News section of our site to stay up to date on the most crucial information affecting voters. Put your online organizing skills to work by retweeting, "liking", and sharing our posts on social media-we'll be sure to do the same.

If you need to report any issues on Election Day or need information about voting, please call us at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.You can also report issues to us via twitter using the hashtag "#OVLReport

 

Victory Parties !

Dallas Victory 2012 - The Watch Party
Doors open 7pm and stay open until we win
President Obama will be reelected and Dallas County will stay BLUE: a DCDP repeat, a three-peat, and in 2012, a four-peat!  Free and Open to the Public Complimentary Appetizers Cash Bar - Garage Parking
Hyatt Regency Downtown Dallas Landmark Ballrooms C & D 300 Reunion Blvd., Dallas, Texas


Tarrant County Democrats -Election Night Watch Party!

 We hope that you will join us at Historic Downtown Fort Worth Hilton located at

815 Main Street Fort Worth, TX 76102. The event will begin at 7 PM and run until midnight.  


Denton Election Watch Parties

7 - 11 p.m. Sweetwater Grill & Tavern /115 S. Elm St. /Denton

6:30 - 11 p.m. Tierney's Cafe & Tavern /208 E. Main Street /Lewisville

 

 

Volunteer .. right up to Tuesday night not too late to help !

Collin County Democrats  

Presidential Campaign Calls  -Presidential Re-Election Campaign Phone Calls by Organizing for America Phone Bank Location:Democratic Party of Collin County Headquarters /2504 K Ave, Ste 200 /Plano, TX 75074

9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday - Monday

9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Tuesday (Election Day)

RSVP at www.barackobama.com or email Kendra Watts  kendraw.ofa@gmail.comInclude

 

Denton County Democrats

Phone Bank for Democratic Candidates & President Obama!

Monday, November 5,  and on Election Day,  November 6, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

1421 N. Elm, Suite 101 /Denton

 

Give rides to the polls
TOP volunteers gave rides to hundreds of people during early vote and hundreds more will need rides to the polls tomorrow--Election Day. If you would like to volunteer to give rides to the polls (click here). Thank you

 

Video the Vote

While it is easier than ever to #VideoTheVote this year, we encourage you to hop on the phone for a short, but very useful training call. Days, times and dial-in numbers are listed below. All of our training materials - such as what you can and cannot film, what the work flow will be, recording tips, best practices and more - are available on our "How To" page. Spend a few minutes reading up, so that you when you go vote, you are ready to #VideoTheVote.

You can also follow early voting stories that are breaking on our website right now, and on twitter @videothevote When you follow us, we'll follow you and we will feature your tweets in our Election Day live coverage.! 

 

North Texas Progressive Calendar

calendar

Thursday, November 8:

*             Preston Hollow Democrats (5:30 Mix and Mingle, 6:30 - Program, Natalie's Restaurant, 5940 Royal Lane -close to Preston intersection, S/W quadrant, Dallas)

*             Garland Area Democratic Club (7 PM, Garland Women's Activities Building, 713 Austin St in downtown Garland at the corner of Austin and Glenbrook, Garland)

  • Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake Democrats Meeting 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Mimi's Café 1449 State Highway 114 Grapevine TX 76051

Saturday, November 10:

*             Grand Prairie Democrats (10:00 a.m., Avion Village Clubhouse, 800 Skyline Rd., Grand Prairie)

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 Autographed Books

1 autographed Drift by Rachel Maddow ( I'm not kidding !)

1 autographed The Price of Inequality by Joseph Stiglitz (I'm also not kidding -he is a Nobel prize winner !) 

1 autographed Twilight of the Elites : America after Meritocracy by Chris Hayes 

1 autographed As Goes Texas .. How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda by Gail Collins 

1 autographed The Obama Hate Machine by Bill Press

1 autographed Air America: The Playbook: What a Bunch of Left Wing Media Types have to Teach you about a World Gone Right by hosts of AAR (chapter written and signed by Sam Seder)

 

Unsigned books

1 non-autographed Failed states : The abuse of power and the assault on Democracy by Noam Chomsky

1 non-autographed The Family by Jeff Sharlett  

1 non-autographed Give me Liberty : A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf  

1 non-autographed A New Deal " how regional activism with reshape the American Labor Movement by Amy Dean and David Reynolds 

 

Misc

1 autographed Marc Maron comedy CD This has to be funny  

1 year free membership to the Majority Report podcast http://majority.fm/ (Thanks to Sam Seder for donation)

1 Obama- Biden white lanyard 
1 Majority Report mouse pad ( signed by Sam Seder )     

   

  

Upholding Democracy, Ballot by Ballot
NY Times

    

 

This year, voting is more than just the core responsibility of citizenship; it is an act of defiance against malicious political forces determined to reduce access to democracy. Millions of ballots on Tuesday - along with those already turned in - will be cast despite the best efforts of Republican officials around the country to prevent them from playing a role in the 2012 election

 

Read on

 

 

North Texas Progressive Newsletter

Nancy Cunningham  

Editor Contact: Nancy

 

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

 

Visit the North Texas Progressive  web page to get more information.

Newsletter archive

Sponsor the newsletter here !

  

 

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Mr. Burns Endorses Romney

Mr. Burns Endorses Romney | The Simpsons | Animation on FOX

Mr. Burns Endorses Romney | The Simpsons | Animation on FOX




 

Why Obama Now

Why Obama Now

Why Obama Now




 

Give to help victims of Hurricane Sandy !

Hurricane Sandy's devastation has left many people and cities in need of help. Some are still left with no electricity and not enough gas. Staten Island and Queens are still faced with demolished homes and buildings leaving many stranded while neighborhoods in places like Long Island are still completely washed-out. Even though the worst is behind the East Coast, the aftermath continues to loom. 

Here is a small list of established charities and organizations that are involved in the recovery and cleanup of these devastated areas:

 

American Red Cross

Salvation Army

Occupy Sandy Relief

The Humane Society of the United States
   


 

Joss Whedon 'Endorses' Romney

Joss Whedon 'Endorses' Romney

Joss Whedon 'Endorses' Romney




 

Mitt Romney Tells NYC to "Occupy This!"

 

Mitt Romney Tells NYC to

Mitt Romney Tells NYC to "Occupy This!"



 

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