| Dear nancy, Good Morning
There are many events going on this week. Please remember to buy your tickets to the Rational Radio Forum for September 19th at Lakewood theatre. (info below)
We need sponsors for September - you will see paypal link right column or you can send a check.
Thanks, Nancy Cunningham
northtexasprogressive@gmail.com
*Also don't miss Frank Rich's wonderful NYT column "The Guns of August "
Rational radio Forum: Saturday, September 19
· Rally with Cindy Sheehan.
· The Rational Radio Progressive Forum with nationally syndicated radio personality Thom Hartmann, activist Cindy Sheehan, bio-fuel pioneer Jes Sprouse, and film makers Nicole Torre and Melissa Roddy at the Lakewood Theater.
· An after-party with author David Swanson and musician David Rovics will take place at Cathedral of Hope
Purchase your $10.00 ticket now on ticketmaster / more info http://www.rationalradio.org/ | | The Progressive Center of Texas | | 
Ongoing Honduras Crisis Meeting
Tuesday, August 24th, check-in 6:30pm, 7:00 to 8:30pm meeting
The Progressive Center is hosting weekly meetings on Tuesdays to discuss the details of the crisis in Honduras and what actions we may take to help influence and end to the coup and constitutional crisis there. Gene Lantz of North Texas Jobs For Justice (www.labordallas.org) is the moderator.
Forum on the Upcoming DISD Board Elections
Saturday, August 29th, 9:30am check-in, 10:00am to 11:30am event
To become a world-class city, Dallas needs a world-class education system. Unfortunately, this past year, the Dallas Independent School District has been beset by problems. For example, there was the funding issue and the resultant RIF (reduction in force), the magnet schools debacle, and the Board of Trustees' vote to postpone their elections - thankfully overturned by the State Attorney General.
Come to this forum to learn more about the upcoming DISD Board of Trustees election in November and what you can do to ensure that Dallas has the school system it needs in the 21st century.
| | Peace House Dallas invites you to "We Have a Dream," a time of celebration | | 
It is with great excitement that Peace House Dallas invites you to "We Have a Dream," a time of celebration, community and sharing a new dream for NorthTexas on Friday, August 28. "We Have a Dream," and the date, were chosen tocommemorate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.´s legendary "I Have a Dream"speech.
We hope you will join us for a brief time of refreshments and information about Peace House Dallas, an incredible new consortium of organizations. Currently, six resident organizations call Peace House Dallas home: Dallas Peace Center; Hope for Peace & Justice; Peace Project; United Nations Association Dallas Chapter; Maryknoll Mission Education; and Art for Peace & Justice. As an organization invested in peace and justice in our world, we want you to join us as we work toward our shared goals. "We Have a Dream" is planned as a time to get to know each other and for us to invite you to share in the future of Peace House Dallas.
The event will begin with refreshments at 5:30 p.m. at Peace House Dallas, located on the campus of Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs; Dallas, TX 75235.
At 6:15, we will have a brief informational meeting to share our future plans, followed by more refreshments, networking, and the opening of a photography exhibit by the incredible Bob Munro of Sacred Pause. We also will share information about "Paths to Peace," September 19-21, an amazing weekend of peace events sponsored by Peace House Dallas; Peacemakers, Inc.; and Rational Radio, which will culminate with the International Day of Peace.
We would love to know that you are coming, so please RSVP via e-mail to Roger Stanley at rstanley@cathedralofhope.com or by phone at 214-351-1432. | | Put Down That Coors: Why We Should Be Boycoting Big Beer | |  One reason to boycott large breweries is the union busting, right wing culture that dominates some of the biggest breweries in America
When Obama sat down for a beer in the White House Rose Garden with Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, they all turned their backs on the smaller, craft brewers of the country. Obama chose Bud Light, Gates asked for Red Stripe, and Crowley drank Blue Moon.\
One of the major craft brewers based where I live in Vermont is Magic Hat, a brewery with a delicious array of brews. That brewery issued a press release following the "Beer Summit" explaining, "Craft Brewers the country over are chagrined by the President's choice to consume a beer owned by a company based outside of America's borders. Bud Light, owned by Belgium-based AB InBev, and Blue Moon, owned by London-based SAB MillerCoors, together control 94% of the beer market in the United States. However, the United States boasts over 1,500 craft brewers, the majority being made up of small Main Street Businesses that employ less than 50 people."
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| | Democracy Now | |  Texas Judge on Trial for Refusing to Hear Appeal Hours Before Death Row Prisoner's Execution
The presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is on trial for misconduct for refusing to hear a last-minute appeal from a death row prisoner scheduled to be executed that night. Judge Sharon Keller, dubbed "Sharon Killer" by her critics, reportedly denied an appeal from the lawyers for Michael Wayne Richard at 5:20 pm on September 25th, 2007, saying, "We close at five." Richard was killed later that night by lethal injection. Keller faces five charges of judicial misconduct and could be removed from the bench.
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CIA Hired Private Military Firm Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program
The New York Times is reporting the CIA hired contractors from Blackwater in 2004 as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of al-Qaeda. The CIA spent several million dollars on the program, which the Times claims did not successfully capture or kill any terrorist suspects. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
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| | Air America and Progressive Talk News | | 
Cenk Uygur | The Last Gasp of the Angry White Man
What we're seeing in these angry town halls these days is the last gasp of the angry white man. He's not quite sure what he's angry about, but he knows he's angry. It's not the world he used to know. He gets the disquieting feeling that he doesn't rule the roost anymore. And it's driving him crazy. HERE
Thom Hartmann | Dear President Obama: A Modest Medicare Proposal
Dear President Obama, I understand you're thinking of dumping your "public option" because of all the demagoguery by Sarah Palin and Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich and their crowd on right-wing radio and Fox. Fine. Good idea, in fact. Instead, let's make it simple. Please let us buy into Medicare. It would be so easy. You don't have to reinvent the ...
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Bill Press 5am - 8am
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* Randi can be heard 2-5 pm on ch 165 | | The National Conference on LGBT Equality Now Accepting Session
Proposals! | |  The 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change wants you. Yes, you. We want you to teach your colleagues how to build LGBT power from the ground up. Come to Creating Change, the national gathering of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and strut your stuff!
Creating Change touches down in friendly Dallas Texas at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel, Feb. 3 - 7, 2010, gathering together over 2000 movement stalwarts who are hungry and thirsty for new ideas, best practices, stronger skills and inspiration.
Creating Change Conference session proposals are due on September 30, 2009.
Online proposal submission and complete information can be found at
http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.creatingchange.org.
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| | Dem Notes and News | | 
DCDP Annual Labor Day Picnic
Monday, September 7: The DCDP will provide fried chicken and hot dogs as long as they last.
Picnic attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite side dish or dessert. Free!
Noon - 4 PM,
Catholic Czech Club, 4930 Military Parkway, Dallas Dallas County Young Democrats
Community Service Committee Meeting-
August 25 (Tuesday) 6:30 p.m. /Elbow Room /3010 Gaston Avenue /Dallas, Texas 75226
For more information, please contaact Jeriva D. Traylor at jerivatraylor@aol.com or Marcy Floyd at marcyfloyd@yahoo.com.
Campaign and Party Relations Committee Meeting
August 27 (Thursday) 7 p.m.
Cafe Brazil (Deep Ellum) /2815 Elm Street /Dallas, Texas 75226 | | Hightower: Starbucks' Bizarre Branding Strategy -- Hide Its Name, Pretend to Be 'Authentic' Local Coffee Shop | |  by Jim Hightower
Starbucks is now striving to be the anti-Starbucks, dressing up as funky neighborhood coffeehouses with a cool vibe.
There's a joke going around that Starbucks has so saturated the coffee market that it is now opening new Starbucks stores inside its old stores.
Well, not quite -- not yet -- but the corporate coffee colossus is presently trying to expand through an equally bizarre marketing strategy: By disowning its globally ubiquitous brand name.
With Starbucks' sales declining as more and more caffeine consumers reject the cookie-cutter corporate climate that the chain epitomizes, it is launching a new line of stores that disappears its name. There's no corporate signage on the new buildings, no logo stamped on every product inside and none of the generically bland ambience that makes one Starbucks just like the other 16,000 in the chain.
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| | Dallas County Democratic Party says 'Thank You' to the Pro-healthcare activists at last week's Town Hall at Cityplace | | 
Thank you to everyone who helped make the rally for health care reform at Cityplace this morning such a huge success. We vastly outnumbered the opponents of reform and helped show the world that ordinary Texans understand the moral and practical urgency for real reform. Too many middle-class and working Texans have no insurance because of pre-existing conditions or because they simply have the misfortune of being laid off. Too many others cannot afford coverage despite working full time. 1.5 million children in Texas are uninsured (the most in the nation). This is immoral and must change.
Today was a great coming together of volunteers from groups across the Metroplex, including the Progressive Center of Texas, Dallas County Democratic Party, Doctors for America, Far North Dallas Democrats, North Dallas Texas Democratic Women, Dallas County East Democrats, Park Cities/Central Dallas Democrats, Preston Hollow Democrats, Stonewall Democrats of Dallas, MoveOn, and various church and faith organizations. If we continue working together, we will get this done.
Thanks to Mary Warren from Park Cities/Central Dallas Democrats for the photos!
 New website for healthcare
In an effort to combat these rumors, the White House has developed a "Reality Check" website. Visit the site http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
Local events healthcare events
Sunday, August 30: Democratic Women of Denton County Angela Scheuerle MD will speak about "Healthcare & Health Insurance Reform: The Facts." Joe Duffy, Organizing for N. TX, will help answer questions. (2 PM, UNT Gateway Center [801 N. TX Blvd, one block off I-35], Denton)
Health Care Forum Dr. Winfred Parnell, member of Doctors for America and was an advisor to the Obama Campaign on health care issues. Dr. Jeff Kreisberg, retired professor from SW Medical School, now works with AARP on health care issues. They will explain what is REALLY in the bills currently in Congress. There will be time for questions. RSVP by email to marsha4obama AT yahoo.com. (2 - 4 PM, Farmers Branch Library, 13613 Webb Chapel, Farmers Branch)
| | August 25th ACLU of Texas Dallas Chapter Meeting | | 
Highland Park Cafeteria - Casa Linda location 1200 N. Buckner Blvd (at Garland Road)
Dallas, TX 75218 How to find us "We will be in the Shakespeare room."
Our next meetup is Tuesday, August 25, at 6:30 pm at the Highland Park Cafeteria in east Dallas (at Buckner and Garland).
In recognition of the commencement of the 2009-2010 school year, the topic is student rights. We will be featuring a speaker from the SMU Center for Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, Sol Villasana, who will address some current issues affecting students' rights, and we expect to discuss issues relating to the recent Dallas ordinance on daytime student curfews. We also plan to show an episode of the Freedom Files on the subject. These half-hour documentaries feature firsthand accounts of real people who have taken on the powers that be, often at great risk to themselves, in order to preserve their precious constitutional rights.
Please plan to arrive early -- between 6 and 6:30 -- and to pick up something to eat at the Highland Park Cafeteria (you can bring your tray into our meeting room) so that we compensate our hosts for the space they are providing to us. We will visit and socialize for a few minutes before starting our program at around 6:30 pm.
Hope to see you there! | | Sam Seder and David Cross read anti-KOS and Obama hate mail at Netroots | | 
*language but funny!
One of the highlights for me of the Netroots Nation conference was going to be watching Sam Seder and one of my favorite comedians - David Cross - do standup at the Kos party at Altar Bar on Saturday night.
Due to a scheduling snafu, Cross was unable to appear. But he did participate, reading some anti-Kos hate mail.
watch here
| | White Man's Burden- Irving : A Dallas suburb struggles with its sudden diversity. | | 
From Texas Observer
The city of Irving, Texas, has long been known as a genteel white suburb-fed first by white flight from nearby Dallas and later by the arrival of headquarters for international corporations such as Exxon Mobil Corp. It's also known as the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Driving into Irving from the east, you're greeted by the town's most recognizable building: white-domed Texas Stadium, with its iconic hole in the roof under which the Cowboys played home games for 37 years. But Irving is changing fast. The Cowboys have decamped to Arlington-30 minutes to the southwest-where they'll play in a new stadium this fall. Texas Stadium will be demolished.
More significantly, Irving-like many suburbs, and most of Texas for that matter-is becoming much less white. According to the latest Census Bureau figures, in 2007 Latinos made up about 41 percent of Irving's population.
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| | The Gooberhead Sessions
by Jim Hightower | |
Time for another Gooberhead Award, presented periodically to those in the news who've got their tongues going 100 miles per hour, but forgot to put their brains in gear.
Today's Goober is Pete Sessions, a run-of-the-mill Republican Congress critter from Dallas. Like many of his GOP colleagues, Pete has been on his ethical high horse this year, pointing a finger of shame at the new Democratic majority for letting special-interest earmarks slip into appropriations bills. On his Web site, Sessions piously posits that these backroom tax-dollar giveaways are "a symbol of a broken Washington."
Pete should know, because he's an earmarker himself. Last year, he quietly moved $1.6 million out of our public treasury into the hands of Jim Ferguson & Associates for research on-get this-dirigibles.
The Ferguson firm is a father-son duo that admits to having no background whatsoever in dirigibles, aviation, engineering, or government contracting. They're just "business people," they say. Is Congressman Pete involved because this is a Dallas project? No, the Fergusons are based in Chicago. Sessions did use a Dallas address for his earmark, but that turned out to be the home address of a Ferguson friend.
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| | Interactive Map: Title I Education Grants State by State Education Funding Statistics | | 
Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act-the largest elementary and secondary education program administered by the U.S. Department of Education-distributes federal funds to school districts to enhance educational opportunities for children living in concentrated poverty.
Yet the four formulas driving these allocations, which amounted to $14.5 billion for the fiscal year ending in 2009, are out of sync with the program's goal.
This map provides state by state statistics on:
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| | TED is coming to Dallas in Oct. | | 
TEDxSMU: What Will Change Everything?
Do you know the people leading world thinking and generating ideas that are changing everything? TED does, and those people come to the TED stage to spread the word. Be a part of the conversation.
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDxSMU, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxSMU event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
http://www.tedxsmu.org/
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"Since April 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have been working together to provide consumers and partners with social media tools that provide information about the ongoing 2009 novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak. Widgets, mobile information, online videos and other tools reinforce and personalize messages, reach new audiences, and build a communication infrastructure based on open information exchange. Visit the CDC.gov 2009 H1N1 Flu and Flu.gov Web sites for information on novel H1N1 flu.do"
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| | IndyTexans says 'Adios Mofo' to Rick Perry | | Independent Texans
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