Newsletter Index

 


 


0801 133

0725 132 Framing

0718 131 Populism and Obama

              Perfection or Progress

0711 130 Global Warming

               Lies About Liberals

               Obama Attacks, McCain Defends

0704 129 Obama Campaign

              Financial Bubble

0627 128 Obama Campaign

              Puget Sound Future

              Peak Oil, Peak Food

0620 127 Progressive Oil

              Black Belts for Liberals

0613 126 Lake Hills Canvassing

              Sound Alliance

              Eastside Transit

              Merging Obama/Clinton

              Clinton Post Mortems

0606 125 Democratic Unity

              PS Vision 2040

              House Parties, Salons

              Bye Bye Technology

              Stagflation

              Reclaiming American Dream

              Reducing Military Spending

0530 124 Obama Campaign

              Obama Moves Ahead

              Libertarians

              Conservative Misconceptions

              Are Corporations People

0523 123 100 Prominent Liberals

              2009 Congressional Action

0516 122 Superdelegates No Problem

              Obama Campaign

              What Should a Liberal Do?

              Overruling Electoral College

              Oil and Stagflation

0509 121 Obama Colleagues – Al Gore

              Lessons from Lakoff

              U.S. - Foreign Relations

0502 120 To Fish or Train Fishermen

              Stimulus Payments & Oil

              Finance replaces manufacturing

              2009 Priorities

0425 119 Old and New Politics

0418 118 Obama Campaign

0411 117 Controlling Medicare Costs

0404 116 Prolonged Primary Race

              Barack Obama

              Preventing Presidential Abuse

              Deregulation

0328 115 Major Washington Challenges

              Report on 2008 Legislature

0321 114 Sound Transit’s Bad Proposal

              Stagflation

0314 113 Pundits Wrong

              Running With the Party

              Report on 2008 Legislature

              Boeing Greed

              Stagflation

              Restoring U.S. Reputation

0307 112 Democratic Primaries

              Pundits Wrong

              Obama vs. Clinton

              New Liberal Political Strategies

              Grassroots Organizations

              Foreign Countries

0229 111 It’s Values, Stupid

              Target Base, Playing Offense

              Obama’s Volunteer Opportunities

              3 Grassroots Strategies

0222 110 Democratic Caucuses

              Earmarks

              Barack Obama Will Win

              Obama’s Cabinet

              Obama’s Priorities

0215 109 Precinct Caucuses

              Third Liberal Renewal

              Al Gore

              Democratic Special Interest Groups

0208 108 Don’t Bad Mouth Democrats

              McCain Selected, Obama vs. Clinton

              Governor Gregoire is Outstanding

              Stagflation

0201 107 Bully Pulpit or Legislative Action

              Obama Wins NC, Edwards Quits

              Local Option PCF passes

              Stagflation

              Economic Stimulus

              Our National Nightmare

0125 106 Issues Ignored by Democrats

              Universal Health Care Needed

              New Approach to State Healthcare

              Needed Jobs Stimulus Programs

0118 105 Useful Liberal Activities

              Fighting Terrorism

              Keeping National Guard Home

0111 104 Liberal Political Infrastructure

              Wrong Primary Prediction

              Obama’s Populist Campaign Message

              2008 Legislative Session

              Some Countries Develop, Others Don’t

0104 103 Reid-Pelosi Congressional Strategy

              Global Warming is Exponential

2007

1228 102 Predicting the Democratic Nominee

                Issues Ignored by Democrats

              Domestic Terrorists

              Needed Global Governance

1221 101 Democratic Congress.  So What?

              Ten Big Ideas for Washington State

              Republican Legislators

              Conservative Hypocrisy

              Restoring Innovation

1214 100 Empower Minor Parties

              Conservative Washington Parties

              Progressive Flat Income Tax

              Early Childhood Education

              Worker Protections

              Agro-Business Subsidies

              Liberal Foreign Policy

1207 99  Increasing Hispanic Vote

             Need WA Tax Reform

             Making Political Sausage

             American Torture

             Comparing Present & Past Immigrants

             Who Can Spend Your Money Best?

             Leapfrogging the Electoral College

1130 98  Canvassing

             50 State Experiments

1123 97  Meet Fuse

              Meet Conservatives

              Support Our Newest Immigrants

              Affordable Housing Near Jobs

              Housing Foreclosures

              Nuclear Power is Fatal

1116 96  Our Liberal Values & Agenda

1109 95  Washington Voting Results

              Market Fundamentalism

1102 94  Washington’s Global Relations

              International Treaties

1026 93  A Liberal Awakening

             Group Memberships

             Labor Activism

             Stagflation

1019 92 No on Proposition 1

             Corrupt Washington Earmarks

             Supporters of Insurance Abuse

               Watch Clinton

             History Rates Presidents

1012 91  Play offense Against Conservatives

             Public Interest Lobbies

1005 90  Frustrated Conservatives

             Affordable Housing

             Tidbits

0518 70 Watch Obama

 

 

 

Below dates are major topics and in italics, attachments

 

#1 – January 20, 2006

 

#2 – January 27

Lake Hills Liberals Walking Group

Lake Hills Liberals Lending Library

Tentative Lake Hills Liberals Website Structure

Participatory Action Planning Guide

 

#3 – February 3

Bush’s State of the Union speech, implications for our campaigning

Website Construction

Lake Hills Crime

Lake Hills Lending Library

 

#4 – February 10

Lake Hills Crime and Prevention

Teachers and Social Service Providers are Liberals

Publicity: at present, more Dangers than Benefits

Lake Hills Lending Library

 

#5 – February 17

*Began numbering newsletters

Children’s Needs and Services

Lake Hills Crime Prevention

Lake Hills Block Parties

Legislative Action Day

 

#6 – February 24

*Began newsletter with neighborhood reports

Lake Hills Liberals Successes

2004 Election Results for Lake Hills

Block Party Guide

Replicating Lake Hills Liberals Guide

 

#7 – March 3

Democratic Caucuses

Responsibility for Raising Our Children

Legislative Priorities

Raising successful children

Need for Healthy Start volunteers

Public Campaign Financing

 

# 8 - March 10

Head Start Funding

Electoral Reform

Public Campaign Financing

Our Work and Our Politics

Our Democratic Caucuses – commentary and

     responses

Legislative Accomplishments

 

#9 – March 17

Two communities

Living with Conviction

 

#10 – March 24

 

#11 – March 31

Liberal Values

Politics of Resentment

 

#12 – April 7

Comparing Liberals and Conservatives

527s Aren’t Part of Campaign Financing

    Corruption

 

#13 – April 14

House & Apartment Dwellers Meet

Liberals Support Immigrants

So-Called ‘War on Terrorism’ Isn’t

 

#14 – April 21

China

Medicare for All

 

#15 – April 28

Neighborhood Responsibilities

Political Action

How Much Spending to fight Terrorism?

 

#16 – May 5

Political Commentaries: Getting Ready to Rule,

   Galbraith

#S1 – Our Humanness and our Responses to being

    Human

 

#17 – May 12

Block Parties, King Co. Convention, Our

    Canvassing Role, The DaVinci Code

Campaign Strategy & Liberal Policies

#S2 – Secular Interpretation of Christian

    Concepts

Some Parables


 

#18 – May 19

First Block Parties Held

Social Services Notebooks for Apartments

Clarifying Our Canvassing Strategy & Timetable

Deciding Our Policies

Responding to Conservative Attacks

#T2 - Miscellaneous

#S3 – Spiritual Tactics & Preparation

 

#19 – May 26

Our Successes

How Liberals & Conservatives Differ

#T3 – Miscellaneous

#S4 – DaVinci Code Commentaries

 

#20 – June 2

Liberal Groups in Every Neighborhood

#T4 Our Culture of Corruption

#S5 – Early Childhood Spiritual Education

 

#21 – June 9

Our Membership

#T5 Some Liberal Ideas

#S6 Reflecting on our Experiences and our Life

Lots of Websites for Liberals

 

#22 – June 16

Stimulating Liberals to Vote

Public Campaign Finance

 #T6 Liberals & Conservatives

Reconciling Secular & Religious Liberals

#T7 Spiritual Covenant with America

 

#23 – June 23

Training for Canvassers

#T7 A Liberal Manifesto

 

# 24 – June 30

Lake Hills Liberals & Democrats

Maximizing our Liberal Vote

Blogging & Liberal Strategy Books

#T8 A Liberal Platform

#S8 Barak Obama

 

#25 – July 7

 

#T9 = Reclaiming Liberal Concepts

#S9 – Network of Spiritual Progressives –

   Member Manual

 

#26 – July 14

#27 – July 21

 

#28 – July 28

#29 – August 4

#30 – August 11

#31 – August 18

#32 – August 25

Canvassing to Identify Democratic Voters

Our Canvassing Interview Script

Endorsing Cantwell?

Consistent Liberals and Conservatives

Corporate Influence in Olympia

T18 What Democrats Should Stand For

Get Out the Vote flyer

 

#33 – September 1

Stop Christian Conservatives Sex Education

Buying Supreme Court Justices

Help Peter Goldmark

T19 Our Culture of Corruption

S8 Avoiding Cynicism

 

#34 – September 8

Primary Election – GOTV

More Sex Education

More Supreme Court Justices

T20 Misunderstanding Social Security

T21 Bush’s Failed Foreign Policy

 

#35 – September 15

Lake Hills Polling Places

Lake Hills GOTV

Important Primary Races

Lake Hills Liberals Donations Requested

Recruit Lake Hills Liberals Members

Iran and Iraq

T22 Could U.S. Become Fascist?

T23 Winner of War in Iraq is Iran?

S10 Progressive Christians

 

#36 – September 22

Primary Election Results

Fiscal Conservatives?

Lake Hills Liberals Salon

Walking Our Talk

Separation of Church and State

T24 Doing Globalism Right

Campaign Finance Reform

 

#37 – September 29

Sex Education Forum

Democrats Create More Jobs

It’s Time to Cut and Run

T25 Privatizing Risk

 

#38 – October 6

Cascadia Liberals Website

Reality Framing

T26 Restoring Our American Dream

S11 Embracing Spiritual Doubt

 

#39 – October 13

Lake Hills Liberals Precinct voting Results

T27 Democratic Congressional Governance

Promoting Broadband Access

Private Campaign Funding Harms Democracy

 

#40 – October 20

Cascadia Liberals Website

King County Legislative Action Committee

Conservative’s War on Compassion

Conservative’s War on Liberty

T28 Help New Conservatives Crash and Burn

Legislative Bill Summaries

Initiative 937 – Alternative Energy

 

#41 – October 27

Washington Community Action Network

Welfare States Compatible with Prosperty

Should Wal-Mart Get Nobel Peace Prize?

 

#42 – November 3

Deceptive Campaign Mailers

First Lake Hills Liberals Anniversary

First Lake Hills Liberals Salon Report

Wal-Mart Conversation

T29 Democratic Victory

 

#43 – November 10

General Election Results

Identifying Lake Hills Political Sign Locations

T30 Using Our Power Wisely

T31 Reactions to Our Democratic Victories

California Public Campaign Financing Defeat

Ethanol Production Will Create Grain Deficit

 

#44 – November 17

Defeating Dave Reichert in 2008

What Will Our State Legislature Do?

Meeting Our Education Needs

Legislators Deal with Many Proposals

Cascadia Liberals Website

T32 Gary Hart - Back to Our Roots

Ivan Weiss - Washington’s Democratic Victories

Progressive Majority – US Democratic Victories

We Need Clean Elections

 


#45 – November 24

T33 Toward Our 2008Elections

 

#46 – December 1

What Our Canvassing Accomplished?

Precinct Vote Counts

Barack Obama, John Edwards & Bobby

   Kennedy

T34 Grass Roots Organizing

 

#47 – December 8

Name Change - Puget Sound Liberals

Obtaining Precinct Voting Data

Withdrawing from Iraq

T35 New Conservatives Rise and Fall

 

#48 – December 15

Washington Public Campaign Financing

King Co. Legislative Action Committee

Hurtles a Bill Must Clear

T36 Unfunded Washington State Wish List

 

#49 – December 22

The Soul of the Democratic Party

Trade Policy

Sightline for a Sustainable Healthy Prosperous

   Pacific Northwest

T37 Electing More Democratic State Legislators

S12 Computer-Based Mid-Life Crises

 

#50 – December 29

T38 New Year’s Resolutions

   Puget Sound Liberals

  State Executive & legislative Action

  National Congressional Action

S13 Out with the Old, In with the New

 

#51 – January 5, 2007

Washington State Legislators

House Committee Assignments

Governor Gregoire’s Budget

King Co. Democratic LAC Recommentations

Useful Legislative Session Information

Advocacy Groups

Dave Thomas’ Recommendations

 

#52 – January 12

Our State Legislative and National Congress

Are Blue Dogs Really Conservative

Strengthening Our Democratic Party

Local Grassroots Groups

 

#53 – January 19

Bring Our Troops Home Alive

Ideological Administrations

Bipartisan Republicans

T39 Advocacy and Caring Organizations

#54 – January 26

Bush’s Presidential Address

Bipartisan Republicans

T40 Confronting Our National Elephants

Our 2008 Presidential Race

No More King County Jouurnal

 

#55 – February 2

Tracking Legislation

Public Campaign Financing

Sex Education

Education

Environment

Iran and Iraq

 

#56 – February 9

Electing More Washington State Democratic

     Legislators in 2008

Congressional Oversight Hearing

Sensible Priorities and True Majority

Restoring Financial Security

Washington State Lobbyists

Public Campaign Financing Lobby Day

Civil Liberties Legislation

Sueing to Obtain Full Education Funding

Gun Regulation

 

#57 – February 16

Picketing to Bring Our Troops Home

Resolution to Impeach Bush

48th District Legislators Town Meeting

NARAL Pro-Choice Lobby Day

Healthy Youth Act Legislative Hearing

Washington’s Children

 

 

#58 – February 23

Opposing Iraq Escalation, Impeaching Bush

Neglecting our Iraq Wounded

Unions Oppose Conservative Democrats

Money Wins Elections

Democrats’ 2008 National Election Strategy

Democrats’ 2008 Washington Election Strategy

Legislative Races Priorities

Sources of Information for Liberals

Some Interesting Maps

 

#59 – March 2

Grass Roots Mobilization to Win Elections

A Plan for Iraqi Reconciliation

Conversation on Impeaching Bush and Cheney

 

#60 – March 9

Bush Repeatedly Snookered Democrats

Divided Republicans.  Are Democrats United?

Washington Legislative Action

Impeachment

Employee Free Choice Act

Our Freedom to Travel

 

#61 – March16

Private Campaign Financing

Some Democrats Vote for Bankruptcy Bill

European and American Dreams

Private Entrepreneurs Key to Economic Growth

 

#62 – March 23

Quality Health Care for All Washington People

Affordable Transportation

Private Campaign Financing Feeds Cynicism

Behind the Scenes Lobbying

Fifth Legislative District Failed Darcy Burner

Fifth LD Discusses Family Values

Bill Clinton’s Autobiography

 

#63 – March 30

Democratic Candidates Debate Health Care

Inadequate Washington State School Funding

Washington State’s Share of Iraq War Costs

Liberal, Democratic and Unitarian Values

Labor Union History and Free Choice Act

 

#64 – April 6

Creating a Network of Informed Liberals

Creating Precinct Cluster Canvassing Teams

Democrats Raise More Money than Republicans

Democratic, Republican Administrations Differ

Sub-Prime Mortgage Criminality

Adopting Our Washington Education Budget

Maryland Leads Majority Wins Election System

How Does Washington Compare?

 

#65 – April 13

What Our Congress is Doing

15 New Center for American Progress Proposals

What Our Legislature is Doing

Support for Impeachment

 

#66 – April 20

Puget Sound Liberals Will Train Your Members

Puget Sound Liberals Support Democratic Party

2-Way Communication for Grass Roots Groups

Liberals Frown on Undeserved Insults

Talking about Liberal Values

Criteria for Evaluating our Legislative Session

Democratic Legislative Control for What?

New Bellevue Crime Map

 

#67 – April 27

Support our Democratic Presidential Candidates

How Many Democrats Are in Washington?

How Many Are in 8th Congressional District

Organizing 41st LD Precinct Cluster Teams

Unjust Drug Sentences

Industrial Change, Capitalism and Globalization

Legislative Accomplishments

 

#68 – May 4

Investment for Productivity

Poverty

Criminals

 

#69 – May 11

Conservatives Oppose Our Political Priorities

Can We Prevent Gun Murders?

Are There Too Many People in Our Jails

Mother’s Day Beginnings

 

#70 – May 18

Howard Dean’s 50 State Strategy

They Don’t Know How to Mobilize Grassroots

Liberal-Conservative Ratings of WA Congresspersons

The Global Class War

Who Would You Hire to Harm the United States

Did My Past Bring Me Here

 

#71 – May 25

Comparing Blogs and Newsletters

Who Are Those Conservatives?

Give Peace a Chance

Stock Market Up, But Economy Down.  Why?

New Souls

 

#72 – June 1

Forgotten Liberal Victories

Internet Activists and Democratic Candidates

Rewriting History

Helping Black Americans

Living in an Hour Glass

 

#73 – June 8

Our 20 Month History

A Liberal Manifesto

Time to Stand Up for Liberal Values

Conservatives Oppose Our Priorities

Our Politically Strategic Roles

Two Parables

#74 – June 15

Liberal Rights and Duties

Competence and Compassion

Global Warming Initiatives

Two More Parables

#75 – June 22

Bench Marks for Democrats

Best Practices for Democrats

Ending Our National Nightmare

When Was Our World Created

 

#76 – June 29

Comparing Priorities

Improving Our Websites & Newsletters

What Will Happen After We Are Gone?

 

#77 – July 6

Democratic Values and Platforms

Michael Bloomberg for Vice President?

A Larger Military?  Why?  For More Wars?

Republican Will Suffer for Attacking Immigrant

On Learning

 

#78 – July 13

Campaign for Clean Candidates

Better Voter Databases Needed

What about Republican Obstructionism?

Labor Unions Seek Global Alliances

Social and Democratic Party Pioneers

Life-Changing Movements

Values vs. Habits

 

#79 – July 20

Bill Sherman: Justice for Most Vulnerable

Precinct Organizing

Communication for Democrats

Rehearsing Our Lives

 

#80 – July 27

Liberal Organizations Should Cooperate

Welcome New Members

LD Skill Banks and Farm Teams

Leaving Iraq: When and How?

2 Washingtons Differ in Political Structure

Freedom and Authority

 

#81 – August 3

Legislative District Almanacs

Gregoire vs. Rossi

Our Upcoming Huge Transportation Initiative

Vision 2040

Treating Women Better

 

 

#82 – August 10

LD Grassroots Mobilizing

Join Washington Public Campaigns

Washington Health Security Coalition Formed

Keep Church and State Separate

The Next World

 

#83 – August 17

Our New Website

How Many Precincts in Washington?

My Commentaries on Everything Political

Competence is Sometimes Over-Rated

 

#84 – August 24

Commercial Media Don’t Reflect Mainstream

Jack Greenlaw: What is the Gay Agenda?

LD Planning and Accountability

Neighborhood House Parties

Liberal Agenda for 2009-2012

Fear, a Major Enemy of Freedom

 

#85 – August 31

J Greenlaw: Homosexuality, Given or Chosen?

3 Types of Liberals Should Cooperate

Grocery Workers Reach Out to Liberals

Picketing Against Bush and Reichert

Tax Reform for Fairness, Jobs and Simplicity

Experiences, Reality and Dreams

Victims, Enablers and Compassion

 

#86 – September 7

Democrats Must Stand Up to Bush

Organizing LDs for Performance

Melding Liberal Principles

 

#87 – September 14

An Ideal LD

Helping Darcy Burner Win

Identifying Likely Democratic Voters

General Petraeus Reports

Are People Good or Bad?

 

#88 – September 21

It’s Time to Attack Republicans

Transportation Bond Vote

Winning Big in 2008

Do You Believe in God?

 

#89 – September 28