Dear nancy, Good Morning!
Please note that the Big Buy movie screening as been rescheduled this week becasue of last week's Snowmageddon.
I've posted a few more articles than usual this week, but they are ones you just don't want to miss.
**Note - late breaking event below!
Thanks, Nancy Cunningham
**Late breaking: You are invited to attend a Champagne Celebration for ratification of New START treaty tonight Monday, February 7, 4:30-6:00 p.m at Dallas Peace Center.  Where: Dallas Peace Center. 5910 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas Contact: Mavis at 806-340-9358 The Committee for a Nuclear Free World invites everyone to a champagne reception to celebrate a victory in nuclear nonproliferation -- the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) which will take effect when the United States and Russia exchange instruments of ratification on Saturday, Feb. 5. Successes like this are few and far between, so come and toast the people (including yourself!) whose efforts helped bring about the passage of this very important treaty.
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Wallflowers at the Revolution by By FRANK RICH NYT | 
A month ago most Americans could not have picked Hosni Mubarak out of a police lineup. American foreign policy, even in Afghanistan, was all but invisible throughout the 2010 election season. Foreign aid is the only federal budget line that a clear-cut majority of Americans says should be cut. And so now - as the world's most unstable neighborhood explodes before our eyes - does anyone seriously believe that most Americans are up to speed? Our government may be scrambling, but that's nothing compared to its constituents. After a near-decade of fighting wars in the Arab world, we can still barely distinguish Sunni from Shia.
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Democracy Now | 
In recent weeks, popular uprisings in the Arab world have led to the ouster of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the imminent end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime, a new Jordanian government, and a pledge by Yemen's longtime dictator to leave office at the end of his term. We speak to MIT Professor Noam Chomsky about what this means for the future of the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in the region. Watch/Listen/Read |
The most recent reports out of Cairo show that seven demonstrators have been killed and more than a thousand injured. Many of the pro-Mubarak agitators have been shown to be undercover security forces. In Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the uprising, thousands of Egyptians remain peaceful and defiant. We get a live report from Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who is on a rooftop near the 6th October Bridge, and from Mona El Seif, an activist who has remained in Tahrir Square since yesterday. Watch/Listen/Read The United States has given billion dollars of military aid to Egypt over the last decades. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Electric have provided tanks, missiles, engines and more to the Hosni Mubarak regime. Following the massive popular uprising, U.S. foreign aid continues to flow to Egypt, although the Obama administration has placed the program under review. Watch/Listen/Read |
orth Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
My Father at 100 By Ron Reagan List Price: $25.95 Price: $15.57 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. BUY HERE A moving memoir of the beloved fortieth president of the United States, by his son. February 6, 2011, is the one hundredth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth. To mark the occasion, Ron Reagan has written My Father at 100, an intimate look at the life of his father-one of the most popular presidents in American history-told from the perspective of someone who knew Ronald Reagan better than any adviser, friend, or colleague. As he grew up under his father's watchful gaze, he observed the very qualities that made the future president a powerful leader. Yet for all of their shared experiences of horseback rides and touch football games, there was much that Ron never knew about his father's past, and in My Father at 100, he sets out to understand this beloved, if often enigmatic, figure who turned his early tribulations into a stunning political career. Since his death in 2004, President Reagan has been a galvanizing force that personifies the values of an older America and represents an important era in national history. Ron Reagan traces the sources of these values in his father's early years and offers a heartfelt portrait of a man and his country-and his personal memories of the president he knew as "Dad."
** this book was written by Ron Reagan, former host of Air America
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress screening With redistricting hot on the burners again, and the principal perpetrator now sentenced to prison, here's a timely chance to see or see again this documentary from the power grab, The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress. When: Tuesday, February 8- 7:30 PM Where: The Texas Theater, 231 W. Jefferson Blvd., Dallas, TX 75208 Pol. Adv. Paid for by the Democratic Party of Collin County Larry Lassiter, Treasurer Not Authorized by Any Candidate or Candidate's Committee |
| Texas' finances not as rosy as they seemed | 
The state prides itself as a model of conservative spending and responsible budgeting. But a new $27-billion budget gap undercuts its image as a business-seducing, fiscally adaptive state. Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes to talk about his California "hunting trips" -- visits in which he sets his sights on businesses that might be persuaded to relocate to the Lone Star State. (Eric Gay, Associated Press / January 10, 2011) The lecturing from Texas leaders about how California wouldn't be in such a budget mess if its politicians did business the way it is done in Austin has been relentless for years.Texas Gov. Rick Perry delights in telling tales of his California "hunting trips" - hunting for businesses ready to flee the Golden State read on. Texas Dems accuse Perry of 'California dreamin'' during ice storm Gov. Rick Perry took heat from Texas Democrats on Thursday for being in California while Texans back home were dealing with icy streets, rolling power blackouts and the lowest temperatures in years. Perry is in California to participate in the 100th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's birth. read on |
Faith Voices on Justice Thursday, February 10, 7-8:45 pm | 
Rabbi Asher Knight Associate Rabbi, Temple Emanu-El "If Not Now, When? Judaism's Social Justice Imperative" Rabbi Knight will speak on the justice imperative from the Jewish tradition. As the social justice rabbi at Temple Emanu-El, he is increasingly seen as a major voice for justice in the Dallas community.What Is "Faith Voices on Justice?" Weary of striving for justice alone? In need of ecumenical and interfaith support? Join us for a new monthly ecumenical and interfaith series addressing the foundations of social justice and the issues that test our commitment to justice in the here and now.The purpose of the series: To educate, advocate, and activate around justice to strengthen our efforts together as well as the justice vocation of each person and participating faith community. The series is co-sponsored by the Church in Society and Education Commissions of Northaven United Methodist Church and the Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance. All events are free. RSVP for this event (RSVP is not required, but will help with planning) The Faith Voices on Justice speaker series takes place at Northaven United Methodist Church, 112ll Preston Road, Dallas 75230, 7-8:45 p.m. Each evening includes the presentation, Q & A, and small group networking with action in mind. For more information, call 214/333-7577 or email Matthew-25 @earthlink.net |
History Lesson from the Tea Party | 
A history lesson from the Tea PartyIn days of yore, giants strode the earth. We know and worship them them today as the Founding Fathers!see it from Tom Tomorrow it here |
Labor Dallas meeting 7 PM Wednesday 2/9/11 Union Hall, 2218 E Main Grand Prairie | Email sent by Labor Dallas: "Texas working people are in a heck of a lot of trouble, and action is the only way out! We'll meet as usual at 7 PM on the 2nd Wednesday, 2/9/11 at the union hall, 2218 E Main in Grand Prairie. Everybody invited. A bunch of info is on our web site http://www.labordallas.org. " Right now Monday, the Transport workers and other American Airlines employees are picketing at DFW terminals A, C, and D. They'll go until 6 PM on 2/7/11. Teachers really need help with their lobby day March 14. Contact Judy Bryant at (214) 349-4295 if able to go on one of the Dallas buses. Join or donate to Jobs with Justice at http://www.labordallas.org/join.htm  |
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| Righting Reagan's Wrongs? By BOB HERBERT NY Times | * Note this was published Nov. 2007 
Let's set the record straight on Ronald Reagan's campaign kickoff in 1980. Early one morning in the late spring of 1964, Dr. Carolyn Goodman, her husband, Robert, and their 17-year-old son, David, said goodbye to David's brother, Andrew, who was 20. They hugged in the family's apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and Andrew left. He was on his way to the racial hell of Mississippi to join in the effort to encourage local blacks to register and vote. It was a dangerous mission, and Andrew's parents were reluctant to let him go. But the family had always believed strongly in equal rights and the benefits of social activism. "I didn't have the right," Dr. Goodman would tell me many years later, "to tell him not to go." read on | |
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Denton County Chili Supper | 
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Democratic Party of Collin County Citizen Alert We Will Not Let Them Repeal Our Progress! Phone Calls to "Protect the Change" | 
Thursday, February 10th 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. DPCC Headquarters 2504 K Avenue, Suite 200 Plano, TX 75074 (Party HQ located behind the Shell Food Mart at the northeast corner of Park & K Avenue, 3 traffic lights east of 75) Be a Part of the Grassroots Effort to Protect theHistoric Advances in Congress During the First Two Years of President Obama's Administration! The Democratic Party of Collin County, in cooperation with Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee, will be hosting a "Protect the Change" phone bank to protect the historic change we fought so hard for over the last two years. Republicans in Washington are determined to do one thing: roll back all of it. And they're starting with health reform. We're fighting back with the same grassroots movement that beat back the special interests the first time around -- with phone calls and letters and good, old-fashioned organizing. Please join other folks like yourself, along with Tammy Tijerina, North Texas Field Organizer for OFA, this Thursday evening at the Party Headquarters to participate in the Collin County effort! We have individual phone bank stations available for your use, complete with phones and computers. Refreshments will be provided. D. Shawn Stevens County Chair countychair@collindems.us DPCC HQ Phone: 972.578.1483 Chairman's Line: 214.257.8179 Democratic Party of Collin County 2504 K Avenue, Suite 200 Plano, TX 75074 www.collindems.us
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