Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #132

Enhancing Freedom, Opportunity and Cooperation in Puget Sound and Beyond

Through informing and networking Liberals and Liberal Organizations.

 

Our vision is hundreds of thousands of well-informed Puget Sound Liberals working together.

 

   2300 members                                                               July 25, 2008                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

                                                     

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                        Table of Contents  *Featured Articles

 

About Puget Sound Liberals

Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback

 

Commentaries from Our Members

Lisa Dekker: Transit Initiative Should Be on Ballot

Dave Thomas on Flawed Sound Transit Initiative

Marilyn Watkins: Tax on High Incomes Is More Fair

 

Liberals and Democrats Links to the Beef

Watch the Republican Platform Fight

Be Careful What You Wish For.

Our Best Political Weapon Is Our Values. *

Obama Offers New Deal for American Manufacturing*

 

State and Local  Links to the Beef

See what our Washington Democratic Team Has Done*

PI Editor Mark Trahunt on State Spending

Our Washington State Estate Tax

Marilyn Watkins: Tax on High Incomes Is More Fair

Seattle Times Editorial: Light Rail Can Wait

Bel-Red Plan Scarcely Mentions Affordable Housing

 

Nation and World  Links to the Beef

Others Pass U.S. in Commercializing Space

Vietnam Replaces China as Low Cost Manufacturer

 

Our Liberal Spirit

Vision*

 

Recommended Books

 

 

 

 

Our Political Values

 

Our Political Priorities

 

·       Fair Clean Elections and Open Government

·       Fair Taxes and Competent Spending

·       Investment for Productivity

·       Quality Health, Education, Jobs, Income and Retirement

·       Environmental Protection and Energy Independence

·       Security and Equal Rights

·       Justice and Peace Everywhere

·       International Cooperation and Leadership

 

Conservatives oppose all of these

 

     Let’s End Our National Nightmare

 

         Let’s Restore Our American Dream

 

More on Conservative opposition to our American Dream

 

 

Washington State’s 4 Major Needs

·       Federal Funding for Health and Education

·       A Progressive Income Tax

·       Public Campaign Financing

·       Replacing Republican Legislators

 

Quote of the Week

Without a vision, the people perish. 

Proverbs 29:18

 

Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets.  For still the vision awaits its Time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie.  If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Habakkuk 2:2-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calendar of Events

 

King County Democrats - LD Meetings            Some 2008 Legislature Lobby Days

 

Thurston County Progressive Net                  Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation

 

Alliance for Democracy                                Democratic Underground.Com                          

 

Town Hall Seattle Calendar                            Sierra Club Cascade Chapter Calendar           

       

Washington Public Campaigns Calendar          Conversation Cafe      Drinking Liberally                             

 

Washington State Labor Council                     Whatcom County Peace and Justice Calendar 

 

Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice – Friday Night Movies      Liberal films on PBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Calendar of Events

Friday, July 25 at 7 PM at Gibson Hall (105 Newport Way, Issaquah) – American Democracy Movie Night.  This timely feature examines how corporate globalization of food threatens small farmers in developing countries and the U.S. and contributes to worldwide hunger despite an overabundance of food..  Hosted by 5th Legislative District Democrats.

Friday, July 25 at 6:30 PM at Rick Hegdahl’s home (104 - 165th Avenue NE) – Lake Hills Liberals Salon, including Light Buffet and playing the WashingtonCAN board game.  The game is about health care disparities, with a discussion of using values to enable discussion among people with different viewpoints.  Bring beverage, fruit, cheese, crackers, etc

Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 PM at 1st Presbyterian Church (318 South Cedars Street, Spokane) – Washington Health Care Caucus, presented by The Healthy Washington Coalition.

Wednesday, July 30 at 6 PM at Gibson Hall in the Kiwanis Building (105 Newport Way, Issaquah) – Salad Potluck and Meeting of East King County Democratic Women.  See their website.

Thursday, July  31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sammamish Public Library (825 - 228th Avenue NE, Sammamish) – Dinner and ISSUES IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY" Discussion Group with presentation by Darcy Burner Campaign representative.  Hosted by 5th District Democrats and Democrats of Inglewood Neighborhood.

Sunday, August 3 at 1 PM at Green Lake Park (look for earth flag near 4th & East Green Lake Drive, ) – Potluck Picnic and Dialogue with E.P. Menon on the State of the World.

Monday, August 4 at 1 PM at home of Beth Brunton (dead end at 29th and Holgate) - Potluck Picnic and Dialogue with E.P. Menon on the State of the World, sponsored by Rainier Valley Neighbors for Peace and Justice.

Tuesday, August 12 at 6:30 PM at Temple B’nai Torah (15727 NE 4th Street, Bellevue) – Washington Health Care Caucus, presented by The Healthy Washington Coalition.

 

Barbara Rader of Black Widow Web Development created our Puget Sound Liberals Website, to which I can easily add, modify and remove files.  Learn more about this unique company, which offers a 50% discount for organizations that promote social justice and environmental stewardship.  Dave Thomas

 

Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback

 

Feedback

 

Our Website has been improved.  Our Basic Training menu now offers more commentaries.  Our Commentary menu offers three new pages formed by combining commentaries which have appeared in our newsletter:

 

Three Crises: Peak Oil, Financial Bubble and Global Warming

Reforming Our Washington State Tax System

Affordable Housing and Urban Transportation

 

These will be updated as more relevant commentaries are published.  Dave Thomas

 

Opportunities

See What the Iraq Occupation has cost us to this minute.

How Would You Spend $3 Trillion instead of Iraq?

Try MoveOn’s new game: What’s the difference between President Bush and Senator John McCain?

Wellstone Action provides organizing tools online.

Get Wellstone Action’s Winning Elections the Wellstone Way

See Paul Loeb’s organizing tools:  one,  two,   three.

Wellstone Action canvassing instructions

Take a quiz concerning how green is your vacation.

See the Story of Stuff (video).

Barack Obama invites you to join in writing our Democratic Party’s platform.  

Do you want a job with Russ Feingold’s 2008 Patriot Corps?

Sign up for Democracy for America Night School featuring George Lakoff.

See Barack Obama’s speech on national security and the war in Iraq (video).

See Vote Vets’ ad asking McCain to set timeline for exiting Iraq (video).

 

Petitions and Donations

Endorse the Global Marshall Plan proposed by the Network of Spiritual Progressives.