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Don't forget the Doctors without Borders event tonight and the Peace Center author dinner later in the week. Just a reminder- there will be a newsletter next week, December 21st but there will not be on the 28th.
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northtexasprogressive@gmail.com | | Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders - LIVE with Elizabeth Vargas TONIGHT ! | | 
Find a theatre for tonight HERE
NCM Fathom is partnering with the independent medical humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), for a special One Night Event featuring the critically acclaimed "Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders" documentary and a live panel discussion with frontline doctors and journalists.
For the first time ever, Doctors Without Borders gave a documentary crew uncensored access to its field operations. "Living in Emergency," gives a rare 'inside look' into Doctors Without Borders through the eyes of four doctors pushed to the edge and forced to confront the limits of their idealism in the face of overwhelming medical needs.
This Live Event will be hosted and moderated by Elizabeth Vargas, Anchor of ABC News 20/20 at the NYU, Skirball Center, in New York City and broadcast to over 440 theatres nationwide.
| | An Evening with Antonia Juhasz | | 
Wednesday, December 16, 6:00 p.m.
Come dine and converse with Antonia Juhasz, the dynamic author of the new book The Tyranny of Oil, which has been heralded as a "timely, blistering critique... white-hot... Explosive fuel for the raging debate on oil prices" by Kirkus Reviews, The Christian Science Monitor calls the book "...a brave, groundbreaking case study.... A good first step toward true energy independence is to read this insightful book." Juhasz is an associate fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies and a senior analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus. She is on the National Advisory Committee of Iraq Veterans Against the War and on the Board of Directors of Coffee Strong, a resource center fro GIs and veterans around Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington. Join us for dinner (separate tickets) at Romano's Macaroni Grill, 4535 Beltline Road (north side of Beltline, between Midway & Dallas Parkway) at 6:00 p.m. Those who don't wish to have dinner but would like to hear Juhasz speak are welcome to join us at 7:00 p.m.
Please RSVP to zara@dallaspeacecenter.org so we can get a count. Write "RSVP Juhasz" in the Subject line. | | Annise wins! Texas Wins! | |  I think the email from Stonewall Democrats said everything that needed to be said :
Annise wins! Texas Wins!
Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats is proud to celebrate the VICTORY of Annise Parker, our next mayor of Houston. Annise won tonight's run-off election and will become the first openly lesbian mayor of the United States of America's fourth largest city!
DSYD members are proud to have supported Annise throughout the general and run-off elections. We gave our money and our time - making thousands of phone calls last weekend to supporters to help get out the vote.
Despite some setbacks for the LGBT community, tonight, as we close to 2009 with an ANNISE PARKER victory, we can truly say...
YES WE CAN!/SI SE PUEDE!
| | Book Drive for USO Reading Room | | 
It's NOT TOO LATE and Mary wants to bring as many books as possible to the USO from Dallas Democrats ! "Book Drive for USO Reading Room"
Event: Book Drive for USO Reading Room
What: Fundraiser
Start Time: Today, December 12 at 9:00pm End Time: Friday, December 18 at 10:00pm
Where: 4312 McKinney Avenue #16 75205
Call Mary today if you can help marye27@sbcglobal.net | | Democracy Now | |  Author & Journalist Naomi Klein: Fate of Planet Rests on Mass Movement for Climate Justice
Hundreds of activists from across the globe are gathering every day in downtown Copenhagen for the people's climate summit, the Klimaforum. On Thursday night, Shock Doctrine author and journalist Naomi Klein addressed a packed hall at a panel on ecological debt and climate justice.
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| | Texas Observer Holiday Deal | | 
| | Organizing for America: Internships | | 
INTERNSHIP REMINDER: Organizing for America is empowering students across the country to build on the movement that elected President Obama and help bring about the next wave of his vision for change.
OFA is offering a National Organizing Internship, connecting students all over the country with our organization on the ground, and working to make the change we fought so hard for in 2008 come to fruition.
General Information
Internship Dates: January 11-May 7 (dates are flexible depending on your school's schedule).
The Internship requires a commitment of at least 12 hours per week.
If you would like to receive college credit for this program, please make arrangements with your school ahead of time.
Applications must be submitted by Friday, December 18.Apply online here | | North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | |  Lords of Finance The Bankers Who Broke the World
by Liaquat Ahamed
It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond the control of any one person or government. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of the economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades.
In Lords of Finance, Ahamed-a veteran investment manager who has worked at the World Bank-offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century. They are:
· The neurotic and enigmatic Montagu Norman of the Bank of England
· The xenophobic and suspicious Émile Moreau of the Banque de France
· The arrogant yet brilliant Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbank
· Benjamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, whose facade of energy and drive masked a deeply wounded and overburdened man
BUY HERE | | Air America and Progressive Talk Radio News | | 
Air America Digital Chief Departs After around a year, Air America's first chief digital officer is leaving the liberal media firm. Michael Bassik's last day with the company is today. He joined Air America last October, and was tasked with helping the beleaguered company become a global media brand with a focus on digital multimedia -- in addition to its original terrestrial radio business.
Perhaps the most significant undertaking during Bassik's relatively brief tenure has been a redesign of the Air America Web site, which the firm launched in beta in October. The redesigned site takes on a look reminiscent of HuffingtonPost, one of its key rivals in the arena of left-leaning digital media; an oversized news image greets the user at the top of both sites, for instance.
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Beyond Radio: Air America Selects Irdeto to Power New Digital Initiative and Expand Multimedia Offering
MORE HERE
David Sirota Radio every morning on 760 am Boulder Progressive Talk
Many of you know I've been filling in as a radio host for the last 9 months, and so I wanted to share some big personal/professional news with you: Today, Clear Channel made it official by announcing the launch of The David Sirota Show - a daily drive-time radio show each weekday from 7am-10am MST (9am-12pm ET).
The show is anchored at KKZN-AM760, Clear Channel's statewide progressive talk station here in Colorado. You can listen in at AM760 locally here in Colorado, or online from anywhere at http://www.am760.net/pages/DavidSirota.html | | A Holiday Wish and Offer from The Dallas Democratic Forum | | 
We hope you enjoyed our 2009 program year as much as we did producing it. Do you have have a friend, relative or colleague who would enjoy the Forum's upcoming programs for 2010? If so, you may want to give a 2010 membership for a holiday gift.
All you have to do is click on the button below and we will send an e-card to your recipient and add him or her to our mailing list for our next program. Our yearly membership levels are: Regular: $50 /Sustaining: $250 /Patron: $500 /Benefactor: $1,000 -four members- free admission to all programs/Corporate: $1,500 -six members- free admission to all programs
*includes price of luncheon or evening reception
Paypal HERE or by sending a check to: Dallas Democratic Forum /PO Box 634 /Dallas, TX 75221 /214-855-7151 Jan: Crisis in the Middle East: How Will President Obama Respond? with UNT Professor Dr. Emile Saliyeh
Feb: "The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes" with Vanity Fair writer/author Bryan Burrough
Feb: The Texas and US Economy: What Happened and When Will We Recover" with panelists from academia and the Federal Reserve
Apr: A Dallas Convention Hotel: How Will You Vote? Mayor Tom Leppert vs. former Dallas Mayor Pro-tem John Loza
May: Change in Latin America: What it Means for the U.S. with Ambassador James Cason, former Ambassador to Paraguay and Chief of Mission to Cuba
June: A Review of the 2009 Legislative Session with State Representatives Carol Kent and Robert Miklos
July: Trade Challenges of the 21st Century with US Trade Representative and former Mayor Ron Kirk
Sept: The Path to Meaningful Health Care Reform with distinguished experts from business, medicine and public policy think tanks
Oct: Our Response to H1N1- Will It Be Enough? with medical and security experts
Nov: The Audacity to Win with David Plouffe, campaign manager for the Obama Presidential campaign
Happy Holidays,The Dallas Democratic Forum | | The People Speak/Voices of a People's History | |  Sunday, December 13, The History Channel
This Sunday, Howard Zinn's "The People Speak"-the documentary inspired by his legendary book A People's History of the United States will be broadcast on the History Channel at 8:00pm EST. The History Channel is best-known for WWII documentaries, which has earned it the nickname "the Hitler channel." "The People Speak" made it onto this unlikely site apparently because of the irresistible actors who appear in the documentary, including Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Danny Glover, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman, and Sandra Oh, along with music by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Eddie Vedder, among many others.
If you missed it watch for repeats here
"We wanted to choose words that had some meaning today,"said Zinn ; "Not from Supreme Court decisions or presidential speeches, but from some people you've never heard of." There's also a soundtrack on CD, and a big "People Speak" website with video and a classroom study guide. A two-disk DVD will be out in January. The "People's History" book, meanwhile, has now sold two million copies. | | North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | | 
Black Eyed Peas & Ballot Applications
Description: The Tarrant County Demcoratic Party's New Year's Day tradition continues. Join us as we kick off a New Year!
Bring your best black eyed peas and corn bread, We will give out a prize for the best recipe!
Suggested Donation $20.10 or your best black eyed peas.
Location: 3004 West Lancaster Ave, 76107
URL: www.tcdp.net
Date: Friday, January 1, 2010
Time: 1:30pm-4:30pm CST
Duration: 3 hours
Priority: 5-Medium
Access: Public
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Updated: Friday, December 4, 2009 5:48pm GMT | | Support : Fort Hood's Under the Hood Cafe | | 
But we need your continued support to keep our doors open. The Fort Hood Support Network (FHSN) operates Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, Texas. FHSN is a Texas non-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Donations may be treated as tax-deductible.
We are especially grateful to our donors who make monthly contributions: Sam, Alix, Phil, Tom, Victor, Heidi, Jim, Larry, Alice and Carlos. Knowing we can count on this regular income makes budgeting much easier. We are also extremely grateful for the fundraisers that have been held in Austin, Dallas, Boston, and San Francisco. We want to acknowledge the help we have received from Veterans for Peace chapters, the Houston Peace and Justice Center, the Dallas Peace and Justice Center and CodePink.
Here are just a few 2009 highlights: This Spring, two University of Texas film students produced a short documentary on the  coffeehouse. On Memorial Day, active duty GIs led the first peace march in Killeen since the Vietnam era. In July, Christians for Peace and other area peace activists held a silent march and vigil to the gates of Fort Hood. In August, Victor Agosto and Travis Bishop, faced courts martial for resisting deployment to Afghanistan. Under the Hood provided a critical support system for these soldiers. Victor is now out of the Army and has joined the Fort Hood Support Network Board that operates Under the Hood. The other soldier, Travis Bishop, was sentenced to a year and is serving that time in Fort Lewis. On July 29, 2009, the day of Victor Agosto's release from the Bell County Jail, Under the Hood hosted Col. Ann Wright (retired).A GI and veterans writing workshop was held at Under the Hood on Veteran's Day, followed by a candlelight vigil at the gates of Fort Hood. underthehoodcafe@gmail.com |
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| | Remarks of President Barack Obama -- As Prepared for Delivery
A Just and Lasting Peace
Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize | | 
| | Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations -- that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.
And yet I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage. Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize -- Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela -- my accomplishments are slight. And then there are the men and women around the world who have been jailed and beaten in the pursuit of justice; those who toil in humanitarian organizations to relieve suffering; the unrecognized millions whose quiet acts of courage and compassion inspire even the most hardened of cynics. I cannot argue with those who find these men and women - some known, some obscure to all but those they help - to be far more deserving of this honor than I. | | Al Franken's "The Gospel Of Supply Side Jesus" | | 
Al Franken's "The Gospel Of Supply Side Jesus" (VIDEO) In the spirit of the holiday shopping season we bring you the seldom told "Gospel of Supply Side Jesus." Air America veteran Sen. Al Franken brings the tale to life in this stunning graphic novella excerpted from his classic book, Lies And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
watch the video here
| | North Dallas Texas Democratic Women | | 
| please get involved!
Lenna Webb, President North Dallas Texas Democratic Women www.nddw.org
You can buy great t-shirts and more from the NDTDW cafe press shop with the cool new 'donkeys with attitude' design.
| | Rockwall County Democrats | | 
Get involved with one of the best Democratic groups in North Texas !
website
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Rockwall County Dems Book Club
Dr. Stephen Taylor's blog at
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| | Funniest Protest Signs of 2009 | | 
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| | Paranormal Flexibility
By CHARLES M. BLOW NYT | | 
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released a report on Wednesday that is bound to stir conversation about the increasingly complicated cacophony of spirituality in America - a mash-up of traditional faiths, fantasy and mythology.
Entitled "Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths," the report points out that many Americans are now choosing to "blend Christianity with Eastern or New Age beliefs" and that "sizable minorities of all major U.S. religious groups" said that they have had supernatural experiences, like encountering ghosts.
For the first time in 47 years of polling, the number of Americans who said that they have had a religious or mystical experience, which the question defined as a "moment of sudden religious insight or awakening," was greater than those who said that they had not.
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REPORT IS HERE
| | Texas Populist Jim Hightower Makes Progressive 'Hall of Fame | | 
Texas Populist Jim Hightower Makes Progressive 'Hall of Fame,' as Nation Magazine Gathering Grapples with Conflicted Feelings about President Obama
The annual Nation Institute dinner in New York City on Monday, where the $100,000 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship was awarded, turned into a revealing Rorschach test of how progressives feel about President Obama nearly a year after the inauguration that made many of them downright giddy. Needless to say, the giddiness has dissipated.
Obama's escalation of the war effort in Afghanistan was a prime preoccupation of many of the attendees; a mix of leaders, advocates and wealthy donors who support the great investigative work of the Nation Institute and many other progressive causes.
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