Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #135

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.

 

   2500 members                                                               August 15, 2008                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

                                                     

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                        Table of Contents  *Featured Articles

 

About Puget Sound Liberals

Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback

 

Commentaries from Our Members

Mike Barer: Review of Movie, ‘Swing Vote’

Andrew Villeneuve Strongly Supports Proposition 1

Dave Miller on America United, Eastside Chapter

Michael Spencer on Dino Rossi’s Duplicity

 

Liberals and Democrats Links to the Beef

Racism, The Elephant in the Closet*

 

State and Local  Links to the Beef

Endorsements for Primary Candidates*

Washington State Public School Expenditures*

 

Nation and World  Links to the Beef

Economics Without Money*

Protecting U.S. Farmers Wrecks Trade Negotiations

 

Our Liberal Spirit

Show Me the Evidence

 

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

By Will Rogers  (1879 - 1935)

·       It’s not what we don’t know that hurts: it’s what we know that ain’t so. 

·       You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

·       An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.  For more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Tuesday, August 19 at 6:30 PM at Issaquah Brewhouse (35 W. Sunset Way #C, Issaquah) – 5th Legislative District Primary Election Results Party. RSVP.

Thursday, August 21 at 7:30 PM at Fellowship Hall of the United Church of Christ (Rockefeller at Everett Avenue, Everett) – Health Care Forum sponsored by Snohomish County Chapter of Health Care for All - Washington

Thursday, August 28 at 7:30 PM at Mukilteo Coffee Roasters, Inc. (5331 Crawford Road, Langley) – Health Care Forum sponsored by Island County Chapter of Health Care for All - Washington

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

Sign up to receive an email as soon as Obama announces his vice-presidential partner.

Thanks to Ray McBain, some great pictures of the Olympics opening ceremony in China.

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).

 

Petitions and Donations

Sign Healthy Washington Coalition Petition to Washington Elected Officials

Tell your senators to support the Broadband Data Improvement Act.

Tell our Environmental Protection Agency to stop mercury pollution.

Tell EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to quit and inform congress.

Tell your congress member to support renewable energy instead of drilling for oil.

Tell President Bush to protect our endangered species.

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