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Celebrate President Obama's Birthday August 4 -Honor Our Democratic Precinct Chairs | 
The Dallas County Democratic Party is celebrating President Obama's 50th birthday. A great deal of the party's success can be attributed to our Precinct Chairs. Please join us as we also honor them at this event. WHEN: Thursday, August 4, 2011 /Happy Hour 6 - 7 PM Party 7 - 9 PM WHERE: The Atrium at The Infomart /1950 North Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75207 TICKETS: $50 /Purchase Tickets Online Here PARTNERSHIPS: $750 and $500 Send a Happy Birthday Message to the President For only $20 you can come by the Party office from now until July 22, 2011 and create your own personal birthday message to Obama (15 word limit). Your message will be included in our Historic Souvenir Booklet that will be displayed at the Obama Birthday Celebration on August 4, 2011. The Souvenir booklet will be mailed directly to the President. Our office is at 4209 Parry at Fletcher, between Haskell and Peak and two blocks south of Interstate 30 just east of Fair Park. Call 214-821-8331. |
OPERATION RECOVERY A national campaign to stop redeployment of traumatized troops | 
Instead of receiving the healthcare they deserve, many of our service members suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and military sexual trauma (MST) are being redeployed.
Join us for an evening of music & education for a great cause: helping veterans heal! Please RSVP and find more information at Facebook.
Following a presentation and Q&A with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War about Operation Recovery, Nicky Bee, a Chicago-based singer-songwriter and member of Civilian Soldier Alliance, will perform.Presented by: Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Sponsored by: Dallas Peace Center, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Code Pink Greater Dallas, and North Texas Veterans for Peace
Suggested donation, $10 (no one will be turned away). Light refreshments provided.
Where: First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX 75205
When: Friday, July 22 /Time: 7:00 p.m. /Contact: Leslie Harris, jharris866@aol.com /
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Democracy Now | 
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to hold an emergency session of Parliament on Wednesday to discuss the growing phone-hacking scandal that has threatened Rupert Murdoch's media empire and rocked the British government. On Sunday, British detectives arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Murdoch's British newspaper arm, on suspicion of intercepting communications and corruption. Hours later, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson resigned following criticism of the handling by police of the phone hacking scandal. We speak to Ian Katz, deputy editor of The Guardian, the British newspaper that has broken many of the Murdoch stories, and Sarah Smith, correspondent for Channel 4 News U.K., based in Washington, D.C. Watch/Listen/Read This week the Center for Media and Democracy released 800 model bills, legislation that is straight out of the corporate playbook and drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council. The group's membership includes both state lawmakers and corporate executives who gather behind closed doors to discuss and vote on draft legislation. We are joined by Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media Democracy. Watch/Listen/Read In a new investigative report published by The Nation magazine, independent journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reveals the CIA is using a secret facility in Somalia for counterterrorism as well as an underground prison in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Scahill says the CIA is training a new Somali force to conduct operations in the areas controlled by the militant group, Al Shabab, and in Mogadishu. Watch/Listen/Read |
Glen Beck moves to North Texas - ack! | 
Glenn Beck is putting away the polo and pulling out the cowboy hat. After numerous reports - including this one which includes pictures of the home Beck is reportedly renting - Beck confirmed he is moving to Dallas where he will open new radio and television studios.
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" "I'm moving to Dallas, Texas, and my family is there now, and I will be there shortly. We're keeping our business, Mercury, in New York. Nobody is surprised by this, I'm sure. We have been planning for a long time."
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Labor Dallas - Labor Song Revival and Jobs for Justice | Join in on the Labor Song Revival Our own fund-raiser for the DC trip will be the food sales at our Labor Song Revival · 1 PM - · Sunday, July 24 · UAW 848 Union Hall · 2218 E Main, Grand Prairie, TX · Admission Free Join professionals like Kenny Winfree and Lisa Markley and amateurs like us as we bring union songs, poetry, and art back into the North Texas culture! Know any more good performers who would help out? Let me know. http://www.labordallas.org/join.htm 
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News |  Texas Democratic Women of Collin County
Monday July 25, 2011 is the next General Meeting of Texas Democratic Women of Collin County. Join us at 6:45pm at the Preston Ridge Campus of Collin College, 9700 Wade Blvd Frisco, Texas, Founders Hall, Shawnee Room F148. As always there will be refreshments and time to socialize. Thomas Ratliff, R-Mt. Pleasant, won the State Board of Education seat for District 9 in 2010. He will be the speaker at our general meeting. Mr. Ratliff will speak about how the SBOE works, what issues he has faced, the upcoming Science curriculum discussion, and will be open to our questions. Stonewall Democrats of Dallas General Meeting Tuesday, July 19 · 6:00pm - 7:30pm Location Ojedas /4617 Maple Ave. /Dallas, TX Chalisa Warren with City of Dallas Fair Housing will be our guest. Meet & Greet begins at 6; General Meeting to follow at 6:30. Come early to ensure seating, and bring a friend! Dallas Democrats Meetup When: Saturday, July 23, 2011 9:00 AM /Where: La Madeleine 3072 Mockingbird Ln /Dallas, TX 75205 /214-696-0800 This group has been dormant for some time, but it's time to get energized! I am testing out this time period and hope it will work for you. We'll talk about our Democratic values and what has happened nationally and in the state + Wisconsin, Michigan, debt ceiling, sonogram bills, and then, "Where are the jobs?!" Garland Democratic Woman's Club 11:30 AM, Siciliano's Taste of Italy, 2210 W. Buckingham, Garland Wednesday, July 20 Northwest Dallas Democrats 7:30 PM, Taco Cabana, 11824 Webb Chapel Road, Farmers Branch Wednesday, July 20 Drinking Liberally Addison We will go on the road this month, and help celebrate the 4th birthday of our sister chapter Mid Cities. Thursday July 21 at 6:30pm join the birthday fun at Los Jimadores Tex-Mex Tequila Factory, 3314 Harwood in Bedford (just west of 121/Sam Rayburn, north of 183). See you all there for some margaritas and cake! Drinking Liberally Mid Cities Is Moving to a New Location on July 21st Are you toasting to Glenn Beck's final show on Fox? Now that's finally over, he may be bringing his act to N. Texas! Read about it here. We will be sure to invite him to DL -- everyone is welcome! Please help us welcome Doug Weathers as an official co-host. Doug's been a regular for years, and Brad and Kathleen are thrilled to have him on their host team. We are changing venues and going back home to Los Jimadores Tex-Mex Tequila Factory, 3314 Harwood Road, Bedford, the old Esparza's location where DL Mid-Cities began four summers ago. map So mark your calendars for our 4th Birthday Bash. Yes, there will be cake. See you Thursday, July 21st and please bring a friend. Drinking Liberally Plano When? Second Friday of each month, 6:30 pm · First gathering is May 13, 2011 |
| Texas Oil Gas Accountability Project | 
Leslie says ...I just joined the Texas Oil Gas Accountability Project's mailing list. I hope you will too.Once you do, you'll receive about 4 emails a month letting you know when and how you can make your voice heard with the state and local government, and industry officials, that decide how responsibly the drilling industry will operate in Texas.Texas OGAP is comprised of local citizens like you whose goal is to bring about needed oil and gas policy reforms in Texas on the state and local level.
With the new boom in shale gas drilling, Texas has a great opportunity to learn from the mistakes of past development. Unfortunately, without organized citizen action, the oil and gas industry is now running roughshod over the rights of landowners, our communities, natural resources and wildlife, and public health.
Cick the link below to join the Texas OGAP mailing list. Together our voices will speak louder.
Sign up to get their important news updates and action alerts: http://bit.ly1stTSW
Visit their website to learn more about their issues: http://www.earthworksaction.org/Texas_OGAP.cfm ___,____ |
Dallas Area Christian Progressive : An Open Letter to Gov. Rick Perry | 
An Open Letter to Gov. Rick Perry: August 6, "Go A New Way" Dear Governor Rick Perry: You have called for August 6 to be a day of gathering "in humility and repentance." The Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance joins this call for repentance, a word which means to "go a new way." We call for repentance when we consider the condition of our state, the mandate from God to love our neighbors, and the vision of the future that is the answer to our prayers. We embrace government as one way to follow God's will on earth as it is in heaven. Jesus called the NATIONS to judgment. The prophets he came to fulfill-Amos, Jeremiah, Isaiah in particular-condemned the governments of their day, the kings, for not serving the poor and the oppressed. Jesus says that the nations who care for the sick are "blessed," while those who do not he says are "accursed" (Matthew 25:31-45) Texas is first among all states in the percentage of citizens who are uninsured, and ranks number 41 in health services. Let us go a new way toward health care and health security and turn from the road that leads to the fate of the accursed. read on Join the Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance here http://www.dallaschristians.org/ |
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| Greed, Excess and America's Gaping Class Divide by Matt Taibbi | 
Courtesy of good friend and Supreme Court of Assholedom justice David Sirota comes this revolting list of Marie Antoinettoid moments from recent years, in an article called " The New 'Let Them Eat Cake! Some of the moments on the list are easily recalled - Berkshire Hathaway gazillionaire Charlie Munger's famous "suck it up and cope" quote, coming from a guy whose company was heavily invested in bailed-out banks, was an obvious inclusion - but others are quite shocking.
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Rupert Murdoch Calls In To Sam Seder show to Clear Up This Whole Phone Hacking Scandal | 
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DFA Campaign Academy | 
DFA Campaign Academy Jul 23 & 24, 9:00 AM Tarrant County College- Trinity River Campus 300 Trinity Campus Circle Ft. Worth TX 76102 Planning on running for elected office or working on a 2012 campaign? Then please check out the DFA campaign training, which is offered at a fraction of the cost of similar training. $70 per person or $35 for students or low income attendees. Register on-line at DFA Campaign Academy. flyer m ore info |
Help bring back Progressive Talk to North Texas | "Looking for persons interested in investing in Progressive Radio Station in North Central/Dallas area". If interested contact 940/484-7611 or 940-453-1505 (cell). Thank you. Alfredo Sanchez |
Texas spending keeps rising under Perry | 
Texas spending kept rising for years with Perry as governor Gov. Rick Perry's political stock has soared in recent months as he has traveled the country touting a decade of fiscal restraint in Texas under his leadership. Yet before the budget he signed last month, the Texas budget had consistently grown during Perry's time as governor, with total spending rising faster than inflation and population growth, state data show. read on Texas' debt growing at faster rate than federal government's For all the controversy over the national debt ceiling, here's a surprise: Since 2001, the debt load in conservative Texas has grown faster than the federal debt.
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Critics savage Palin film as audiences stay away in droves except in Grapevine ! | 
By David Ferguson Sunday, July 17th, 2011 -- 1:22 pm "The Undefeated", a documentary about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin opened in some theaters across the country this weekend and, if critics are to be believed, it is truly awful. Politico has a round-up of reviews, many of which feature the word "bombast" and include sentiments like this one, expressed by Time magazine's Richard Corliss, "The movie may tempt even the most ardent conservatives to emulate their idol's tenure as governor and walk out halfway through." The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf caught the Steve Bannon-directed biopic in a deserted theater in solidly Republican Orange County, California. A pair of young women from out of town wandered into the viewing but didn't know that the film was about Sarah Palin when Friedersdorf asked. An usher demanded to know why he wasn't seeing the new "Harry Potter" movie.
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Sarah Palin documentary sells out Grapevine, Texasread on
"ARC Entertainment Announces Strong Opening for 'The Undefeated,' with multiple sold-out runs and vocal audience support -- Approximately $5,000 per screen through Saturday night ... [T]he film about Gov. Sarah Palin's rise from obscurity to national prominence ... was marketed almost entirely through social media and grass roots efforts, with virtually no traditional media spend. With the strong initial showing, the film is going to a wider release footprint later this month, with details being announced soon.
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