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Please get involved with some of the great Progressive St. Pat's Day event. Help recycle trash from the Greenville Ave parade and buy a beer from the table that is collecting money to help the employees and their families suddenly unemployed after last week's fire.
Check out Neil Durrance's website and sign up as volunteer . You can thank him for being a newsletter sponsor or just send his campaign a few bucks! You know he's trying to be the Democrat that unseats Michael Burgess ( remember this was Dick Armey's old seat too!)
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Drinking Liberally Addison
Special meeting date for March for St Patrick's Day! Plan on being at The Quarter with all your green on March 17th at 6pm.
Frisco Democrats
Happy Hour at the Irish Rover March 13
When Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:00 PM
Where Irish Rover /8250 Gaylord Pkwy /Frisco TX 75034 /(214) 618-6222
St. Patrick's Day block party to benefit employees of business lost to last week's fire
A portion of the $8 admission to the March 13 St. Patrick's Day block party on Lower Greenville will benefit the burned restaurants, which will sell food and drink at the party in a tent on the parking lot behind Blue Goose. Since that parking lot was used for employees in previous years, the block party organizers have decided to start the Mockingbird Station shuttle at 7 a.m. so that employees can get to work. The shuttle is free for party-goers.
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Dallas Sierra Club : Join Us for the Annual Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade
The annual Greenville Ave. St. Patrick's Day Parade is one of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in the country (~100K people, 100+ floats). Such a large event creates many tons of unnecessary waste, so we're SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to help make the parade greener. Join the Dallas Sierra Club Recycling Team and help divert as many recyclables as possible from the landfill!
Last year, total recycling collection efforts yielded about 1200 lbs of material. In order to top that number this year, we need YOUR help! Volunteers can collect recycling from parade viewers or simply stroll along with our entry to promote the Sierra Club and conservation. In addition to the satisfaction and fun volunteers will receive from helping at the parade, they will also be given nifty green t-shirts and post-parade concert tickets.
Come out and join us on Saturday, March 13th, from 9:30am-1:30pm.
Please email stpaddysvolunteer@gmail.com (subject: Recycling Team) with questions or to participate. For more info, including photos from 2009's Recycling Team efforts, click here.
| | McClatchy survey finds huge support - 2 to 1 - for health care reform | | 
An opinion poll double take: On first blush, a McClatchy/Ipsos poll shows only a minority in favor of health care reform - but that's because many in the survey want stronger measures than ...
| | Democracy Now | |  Ralph Nader on the GOP Filibuster of Unemployment Benefits Bill, the Collapse of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Proposal, and the Latest Auto Recalls
Senate Republican Jim Bunning is continuing to filibuster a key spending bill to extend unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of American workers. The blocked bill also affects several governmental agencies, rural television customers and doctors receiving Medicare payments. At the same time, Senate Banking Committee Chair Christopher Dodd has abandoned an idea proposed by President Obama and favored by consumer groups to create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency to protect consumers against abuses in mortgages, credit cards and other forms of lending. Meanwhile, General Motors announced today it is recalling 1.3 million compact cars in North America because of a power steering problem that has been linked to fourteen crashes. GM blamed the fault on a supplier partially owned by Toyota. We speak to longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader.
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Leading Education Scholar Diane Ravitch: No Child Left Behind Has Left US Schools with Legacy of "Institutionalized Fraud"
As the Obama administration touts No Child Left Behind and the "Race to the Top" competition for school grants, we speak to leading education scholar and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch. She's long been known as an advocate of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, standardized testing, and using the free market to improve schools. But she's had a radical change of heart, as chronicled in her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Ravitch says, "The evidence says No Child Left Behind was a failure, and charter schools aren't going to be any better."
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From New York to Liberia, Investigative Journalist Greg Palast Tracks Vulture Funds Preying on African Debt
Over the last five years, Britain, the United States and other countries have written off billions of dollars in loans to the world's poorest countries. But a small group of vulture funds have been trying to divert that money into their own pockets. Investigative journalist Greg Palast traveled to the West African country of Liberia to investigate how vulture funds have been operating there and why Liberia lost a $20 million case against two vulture funds in a British court.
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| | Al Franken breaks down the halthcare bill passage | | 
This week President Obama asked Congress to stand strong and finish the job of fixing our busted health insurance system. I couldn't agree more, and now we've got a plan to get this done.
I'm calling this strategy "Pledge & Pass," and it's a simple, two-step plan for passing meaningful health insurance reform. I believe it's our job as public servants to actually serve the public, and ending the suffering of millions of Americans under our current system is exactly what our constituents expect and deserve.
Here's the plan.
Step 1. United States Senators pledge to fix elements of the bill that are not acceptable to many House members, and the House pass the Senate bill as is.
Step 2. We in the Senate fulfill our pledge to the House, fix the elements that need fixing, and pass this critical legislation through a filibuster-proof budget process known as reconciliation.
As I've said for years, letting perfect reform be the enemy of a good bill would be a tragic outcome for our constituents. Make no mistake about it; people are hurting as a result of decades of dithering on this issue, and it's past time we deliver real change.
Every day, middle class families go bankrupt and lose their homes. Sick folks don't get the health care they need, and as a result they're sicker, they experience pain, and they watch their children experience pain.
Every year, 45,000 people die because they lack health insurance, and it's long past time we put an end to it. It's time get a bill to the President's desk.
Remember the story about activists that went to talk to FDR about wanting to see him enact Social Security? At the time, the President didn't have the votes in Congress to get it done. He said, "I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it."
Make us do this.
This is not about House vs. Senate, it's about Now vs. Never. If they pass it, we'll fix it. I didn't run for the Senate to walk away from the health care debate empty-handed, and with your support, we won't. | Snow Can't Stop Freedom to Marry Day in Dallas | | 
Dallas - Against the backdrop of a rare amount of newly fallen snow, the city was a scene fit for a wedding. A group of about 20 people from the Texas regional activist group Queer Liberaction gathered early on February 12 to participate in the second annual Freedom to Marry Day. The event focused on gaining marriage equality for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) community through civil disobedience and public exposure.
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read on | | SNL 'Presidents' Reunite For Video Pushing Wall Street Reform | | 
Will Ferrell, Fred Armisen, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey and Darrell Hammond, the Saturday Night Live actors who have played every American president since Gerald Ford -- save Ronald ...
| | North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | | 
New Meetup for Frisco Democrats!
What: Happy Hour at the Irish Rover March 13
When: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:00 PM
Where: Irish Rover
8250 Gaylord Pkwy /Frisco, TX 75034 /(214) 618-6222
You don't have to be lonely any more, come and join together with those of like mind.Please come and join us for an informal gathering of the Frisco Democrats. You can't miss us, look for the Frisco Democrats t shirts
Oh, and please bring a friend, or 3 or 4.
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Tarrant County Young Democrats.
Start Time: Tuesday, March 9 at 7:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, March 9 at 8:30pm
Where: Blue Mesa Grill
The next meeting of the Tarrant County Young Democrats will be on Tuesday, March 9th, at 7 p.m. Please note that the Tarrant County Young Democrats will now meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month. This month the meeting will be held at the Blue Mesa Grill, located at 1600 South University Drive in Fort Worth.
Tarrant County Democratic Party
* 6:00-10:00 pm, March 19, 2010 * Historic Hilton Hotel * Downtown Fort Worth 815 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas, United States 76102
2010 Senate District Convention Gala Featuring live music and dancing.
Friday, March 19th 2010
Come and Help Support Our Senate District Conventions and Our 2010 Campaign Efforts
RSVP by ordering your tickets below.
Questions? Please email Jace@tcdp.net or call 817-335-8683
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Greater Arlington/Mansfield Democratic Women
When Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 PM
Where Buck n' Loon's
3517 S Cooper St
Arlington TX 76015
817-466-2825
CGS Democrats March Meeting
We will meet Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 pm at Joe's Crab Shack, Hwy. 114 @ Main Street in Grapevine. Area elected officials and candidates will be in attendance to discuss their campaigns and ways our members can get involved.
Everyone is welcome to arrive at 6:30 pm to order dinner and socialize. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm. See www.cgsdemocrats.com for more details or call Susie Stonecipher at 817-481-6707. | | The Nation's annual seminar cruise | |  A floating think tank? We can't think of a better way to describe The Nation's annual seminar cruise, this year from September 26 to October 3, 2010. Destination: Bermuda. Book before April 1st and we'll even give you a $100 discount!
Some of the special guests who've signed on for the 2010 sail (with many more to come):
Jeremy Scahill, Nation Investigative Reporter and Author of BlackwaterChristopher Hayes, The Nation's Washington Editor and Regular MSNBC CommentatorJudy Collins, Special Musical Guest and AuthorJim Hightower, Radio Host, Writer and AuthorJessica Valenti, Blogger with Feministing.com and BushvChoice.com | | Gambit in Texan's Battle to Unseat the Governor | | 
HOUSTON - The confetti had barely settled at the victory parties after the Texas primaries on Tuesday when the Democratic nominee for governor, Bill White, took off the gloves and went after Gov. Rick Perry.
As he accepted his party's nomination, Mr. White, the former mayor of Houston, called Mr. Perry a "career politician" who had cynically distracted voters from the problems Texas faced by complaining about Washington.
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Cenk Uygur | Michael Moore: There's Going to be a Second Crash (And Glenn Beck Can F#$k Off)
We interviewed Michael Moore on The Young Turks today and he was not shy about sharing his opinions. Anyone surprised? He had very strong words for the Democratic Party, the state of our political system and Glenn Beck. What he thinks of Democrats and Republicans: "You know, I tell you, these Democrats are disgusting. Wimps and wusses and weasels...
Read/Watch here Franken's Goal: I'm Serious Enough Senator Strives to Be Policy Wonk By Shira Toeplitz and Emily Pierce
After a scant eight months in office, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is breaking out of his shell and positioning himself as an aggressive liberal presence in the Senate - particularly when it comes to one of the most controversial topics in Washington, D.C.: health care reform. "The first thing I wanted people to know was that I was there to be serious, that I would keep my head down and do my work," Franken said in his first extended national interview since he was seated in July. "Part of keeping my head down and doing my work was, as a Senator from a state that does this pretty well ... to study that and report back."
Read on | | Dallas Peace Center - Catch the bus for Immigration Reform Demonstration | | 
Saturday, March 20, 10:00 a.m.
Catch the Bus to the Washington D.C. Immigration Reform Demonstration
Make the trip to be a part of a massive demonstration on Washington D.C. calling for effective and fair immigration reform. We need to leave Saturday, 3/20 by 10:00 a.m. in order to arrive in time for the demonstrations on Capitol Hill which begin at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, 3/21. Lodging in DC churches will be provided Sunday night. Meetings with Congressional representatives will begin the following morning, Monday, 3/22. We will return to Dallas early that afternoon and will be home by early afternoon, Tuesday, 3/23. The bus ticket is only $50! We need your reservation by Friday, March 12. If you can't go, please make a special donation to this project. Make your check to the Dallas Peace Center, and write in the memo line "Immigration Reform Demonstration." | | The Next New Dealers | |  E.J. Dionne Jr.: "Young Americans are the linchpin of a new progressive era in American politics. So why aren't Democrats paying more attention to them? The relative strength of conservatives in American politics since the 1980's was built on generational change: Voters whose views had been shaped by the New Deal were gradually replaced with the more cautious souls who came of age after FDR."
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| | | | | The Up-or-Down Vote on Obama's Presidency by Frank Rich NYT | | 
| | WEDNESDAY'S health care rally was one of President Obama's finest hours. It was so fine it couldn't be blighted even by his preposterous backdrop, a cohort of white-jacketed medical workers large enough to staff a hospital in one of the daytime soaps that refused to be pre-empted by the White House show.
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| | Talking Civil Liberties | | 
You may recall a few weeks ago we told you about a great speech given by Executive Director Terri Burke at the Public Affairs Forum in Austin. Hundreds of you were there, and some traveled several hours to hear Terri.
We'd like to remind you that we can also come to you as part of the ACLU of Texas Speakers' Bureau.
If you would like an ACLU of Texas speaker at your event, or would like to arrange for a Know Your Rights presentation, please let us know. We do our best to honor as many requests as we can. All we ask is that you give us advance notice.
In case you missed it, here's Terri's speech on YouTube.
In liberty, ACLU of Texas
| | 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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| | Dallas Democratic Forum presents Martin Frost | | 
Friday, March 12:
Dallas Democratic Forum presents Martin Frost former U.S. Representative from Dallas County on How Democrats Can Win in 2010. Forum regular members $25; Guests $35. RSVP needed by email to wdgriggs AT yahoo.com. Forum voicemail 214-855-7151. (11:30 Registration/Buffet, 12:00 Noon Program; Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Avenue, Dallas)
| | CodePink Ft. Worth " Join me on the bridge " | | 
CodePink invites you to "Join Me On The Bridge!" on Monday, March 8 at 5:30pm.
Event: Join Me On The Bridge!
What: Rally
Start Time: Monday, March 8 at 5:30pm
End Time: Monday, March 8 at 7:30pm
Where: 4501 W. Freeway Fort Worth, Texas
| | Coffee Party: Cooperation in Government Movement - debut March 13 | | 
MISSION: The Coffee Party Movement
gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government. We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the
expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges that we face as Americans. As voters and grassroots volunteers, we will support leaders who work toward positive solutions, and hold accountable those who obstruct them.
We debut on March 13!
Details for events HERE
Coffee Party Join us to help launch the Coffee Party Movement.2071 North Central Expressway Richardson, TX 3 attendees 40 max Mar 13 2010 12:00 PM
Coffee Party Join us to help launch the Coffee Party Movement. 107 N. 6th Street
Garland, TX 2 attendees 33 max
Mar 13 2010 12:00 PM
Coffee Party Join us to help launch the Coffee Party Movement.
Starbucks Coffee on Centerville & NW Highway 909 Northwest Highway Garland, TX 75041 Garland, TX 5 attendees
Mar 13 2010 05:00 PM
Coffee Party Join us to help launch the Coffee Party Movement. Cafe Malaga 107 South Church Street McKinney, Texas 75069 http://www.cafemalaga.com/ <
McKinney, TX 3 attendees 80 max
We are diverse ethnically, geographically, politically, in age and in experience.
We are 100% grassroots. No lobbyists here. No pundits. And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement. We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to
forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.
We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices; NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions.
We want a society in which democracy is treated as sacrosanct and ordinary citizens participate out of a sense of civic duty, civic pride, and a desire to contribute to society. The Coffee Party
is a call to action. Our Founding Fathers and Mothers gave us an enduring gift Democracy and we must use it meet the challenges that we face as a nation.
Thousands Looking for an Alternative to Frothing Teabagging Crowd Find Refuge in Newly Formed 'Coffee Party' Tapping into widespread thirst for a potential alternative to the Tea Party movement, the Coffee Party is launching real life, off-line, on-the-ground activity across the country
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