Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #133

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                                                               August 1, 2008                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

                                                     

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                        Table of Contents  *Featured Articles

 

About Puget Sound Liberals

Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback

 

Commentaries from Our Members

Noemie Maxwell Interviews Corrections Chief

Todd Boyle on Hosting a KC Neighborhood Meeting

 

Liberals and Democrats Links to the Beef

How Much Is Racism Helping John McCain?*

As Expected, the McCain Campaign is whining.*

Bush, the Decider-in-Chief

 

State and Local  Links to the Beef

Sound Transit’s Proposal is Short-Sighted and Costly.

Only 1/3 of Trips are work related.

Our State Tax System Is Becoming Less Productive.*

Dino Rossi Hides His Conservative Social Views.

 

Nation and World  Links to the Beef

Naomi Klein: Shock Crony Capitalism**

To Revive our Economy, Investment or Consumption*

Free Choice Act -> Unionization -> Social Benefits

 

Our Liberal Spirit

Fear as a Political Economic Strategy*

 

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

 

Quotes of the Week

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.  Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), "A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful", 1756

 

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.  Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Saturday, August 2 at Noon at the Seattle Federal Courthouse (700 Stewart Street, Seattle) – Anti-War Rally.

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.

Saturday, September 6 at 6 PM at Mainstage Comedy Club (315 – 1st Avenue North, Seattle) – Second annual “Pro-Choice Pop Star,” a karaoke contest, comedy show and cocktail mixer in support of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington.

 

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

 

Communication with Our Members and Feedback

 

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

 

·       2008 Elections

·       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.

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