Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #146

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.

 

   2800 members                                                               October 31, 2008                                                                                                                       

 

 

 

 

                                                     

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                        Table of Contents  *Featured Articles

 

About Puget Sound Liberals

Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback

 

Commentaries from Our Members

Chad Lupkes: On Our Changing Times

Rich Austin: On Some of Our Liberal History*

Dick Burkhart: More Information about Light Rail

Dick Burkhart: Light Rail and Buses

Cyril Bouanna: Getting Out Our Lake Hills Vote

Dave Gamrath: Save King Co. Family Planning Clinics*

Rose Schwartz: If Red and Blue States Separate

 

Liberals and Democrats Links to the Beef

Should our Grassroots Campaign Effort Continue? *

What Should We Call the Movement Obama Created?

 

State and Local  Links to the Beef

Declining State Revenues: What Should We Do?*

Using Yard Sign Locations to Identify Voter Preferences

 

Nation and World  Links to the Beef

What Happened to Oil Prices?

Bailout Money Is Being Misused

Will Our Congress Subdue Lobbyists?

Do We Need Micro-Credit in Our United States?

Don’t Forget Our Need for Global Governance*

 

Our Liberal Spirit

Honesty*

 

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

·       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

 

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.  Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)  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                          

 

Sierra Club Cascade Chapter Calendar           Cool State Washington

       

Washington Public Campaigns Calendar          Town Hall Seattle Calendar

 

Washington State Labor Council                    Whatcom County Peace and Justice Calendar 

 

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

Conversation Cafe      Drinking Liberally          Seattle NOW          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Calendar of Events

Thursday, November 6 at 6 PM at Antioch University (2326 Sixth Avenue, Room 100, Seattle) – Post-Election Celebration with an informal reception/mixer and Panel Discussion, featuring Jennifer Pozner (Women in Media and News), Naomi Ishisaka (One America), Lorena Gonzalez (Latino Pac of Washington), B.J. Bullert (Center for Creative Change), Cory Fisher-Hoffman (Prometheus Radio Project, and Jan Strout (Reclaim the Media/Seattle NOW Women Voters Project)

Friday, November 7 at 10:30 AM at Bellevue City Hall (450 – 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue) – Free Training about Immigrant Rights by Eastside Refugee and Immigrant Coalition (ERIC).  You may bring your lunch.  RSVP.

Saturday, November 8 at 6:30PM at Bill Bradburd’s home (1640 S Lane Street, Seattle) inSpire Potluck, Presentation and DiscussionPalestine for Beginners, led by Edward Mast.

 

Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback

 

Communication with Our Members and Feedback

 

I have compiled all of my commentaries on our economy into one document which is posted on our website.  I believe one hour spent reading them will make you better informed than the vast majority of Americans, including many of our congress members.  Without understanding our economic crises, their causes and needed solutions, you are unable to act responsibly to correct the situation which affects all of us.  Dave Thomas

Take a crash course (2˝ hours) about our American economy (video).

 

Opportunities

Useful Websites: contacts, maps, community organizing tools, and more.

Access to jillions of political cartoons.

Download Michael Moore’s latest movie ‘Slacker Uprising’ for free.

Sign up for a free Brave New Films subscription to inform more people about the Real John McCain.

Download Sightline Institute’s climate policy primer ‘Cap and Trade 101’.  About Sightline.

Wellstone Actions tools of election protection.

Seven YouTube Videos:  Be sure to Watch #7.

1. Brave New PAC's new video: McCain's Mavericks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRImWNXzSHk

3. McCain's Medical Records Must Be Released:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvJPGnkQxE

5. Former POW Says McCain "Not Cut Out to Be President":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70

7. And from our friends at MoveOn, Obama's Loss Traced to [Your Friend's Name Here]:
http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/taf.html?hp=1

 

2. John McCain's Rage is a National Security Concern:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyK-enrF1g

4. McCain's Ads Are Lies. Here's the Video Proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0xzsogzAk

6. McCain's Women's Clinic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7acdvJegOY

 

Petitions and Donations

Tell our Attorney General to not use the Department of Justice to suppress Ohio voters.

Tell your congressmembers to oppose construction of coal-fired power plants that don’t capture emissions.

Tell our Secretary of Interior to protect Bristol Bay.

Tell our Environmental Defense Action Fund that you support their green energy agenda.

 

Commentaries From Our Members

 

 

Chad Lupkes: On Our Changing Times

Excerpt from a post on Washblog

 

I understand that we are in the middle of a financial crunch, but we are also in the middle of a cultural transformation period the likes of which civilization has not seen since the end of the Roman Empire.  No, I'm not kidding.  The "localization movement" is just getting started.  Our energy infrastructure needs to change from centralized to distributed.  The job market is changing to "Green Jobs".  The next decade will see the greatest transformation of our economy that we have seen since the first Industrial Revolution.  Chad Lupkes

 

Rich Austin: On Some of Our Liberal History

 

Just a general comment on the use of the word “liberal”  in the newsletter’s title.  Right on!  Hurrah!  Kudos!  It is refreshing to see there are those who refuse to run away from the wor