Dear nancy,
Good
Morning
Big Day
tomorrow! - I bet many of you have
already voted but if not you should
expect the polls to be busy. Thanks to
all of you that are serving as election
judges and clerks and who are
volunteering to help at the candidate
offices.
Thanks to
our newsletter sponsors. Please make
sure you get involved and donate to Thom
Hartmann's "Sack of Hope "effort and
tune in for his historic broadcast from
Darfur and thanks to Don Dureau and
Texas LGBT for Obama. We have some open
weeks in March and we need your help!
Thanks,
Nancy Cunninghamdallasairamerica@gmail.com
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VOTE !!! tomorrow !! |
The polls open at 7 am - close at 7 pm
and then the caucus starts! ( see info
below )
We have all the election and voting
information you need in all the states
in North Texas posted on our
web site
Here is where you go to check raw data
for
election returns
from Dallas County
Remember to refresh your screen every
few minutes to watch the live results.
Every county still need election clerks
- if you can work tomorrow at a precinct
polling place ( pay is $7 per hour ) ,
contact your local will need help all
day and they will also be fielding
requests for folks who need rides to the
polls ! Thanks to everyone !
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Thom Hartman delivering "Sacks of Hope" to
Darfur
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 Thom
Hartmann - Air America Radio - is traveling
to Darfur in
the Sudan with other talk show hosts to
bring "Sacks of Hope" and to provide
awareness of the Sudanese Refugees March
10-18 2008
Thom will be doing his radio show
from Darfur by Satellite Phone on March
14th
Donate $50 for each "Sack of Hope" to
help out -
click here
Each "Sack of Hope" contains
Tarpaulin to offer shelter from
rain and sun which can also be used as a
groundsheet
Blanket
to keep the whole family warm on cold
nights in the bush
Mosquito
net for protection against
insects, snakes, and scorpions
Cooking
pan for boiling water and
preparing millet gruel
Plastic
canister to carry 5 liters of
water
Hand-held sickle for cultivating
food and building a home
Fishing
hooks
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Terrorists Wanted the
World Over - a little on Noam |
The Most
Wanted List by Noam Chomsky
One of Noam Chomsky's latest books -- a
conversation with David Barsamian -- is
entitled
What We Say Goes.
It
catches a powerful theme of Chomsky's:
that we have long been living on a
one-way planet and that the language we
regularly wield to describe the
realities of our world is tailored to
Washington's interests.
Juan Cole, at hisInformed
Comment website,
had a
good example of the strangeness of this
targeted language recently. When Serbs
stormed the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, he
offered the following comment (with so
many years of the term "Islamofascism"
in mind): "given that the Serbs are
Eastern Orthodox Christians, will the
RepublicanParty and Fox Cable News now
start fulminating against 'Christofascism?'
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Noam Chomsky:
Why is Iraq Missing from 2008
Presidential Race?
In a major address, Noam Chomsky
says there has been little change in
the conventional debate over a US
invasion abroad: from Vietnam to
Iraq, the two main political parties
and political pundits differ only on
the tactics of US goals, which are
assumed to be legitimate. On the
other hand, public opposition to war
has also remained consistent,
Chomsky says, but, whether Iraqi or
American, ignored.
Listen/Watch/Read on
Democracy Now
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Peace Sign turns 50! |
 The
Peace Sign,
one of the
most widely known symbols in the world, was
first designed and drawn on home-made
banners and badges in London, England on
February 21, 1958, when CND (Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament ) was launched at a
public meeting but has since been
appropriated by scores of different protest
movements, from hippies in 1960s America and
to the rest of the world, it is known more
broadly as the peace symbol.
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Resolutions and your
precinct convention
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** Remember this year
you must go back up to your precinct
to sign in for your candidate (
therefore casting your final 1/3 of
your vote ) and if you want you can
stay for the precinct convention AND
you can submit a resolution. The
blog Burnt Orange has been
collecting some of the resolutions
that will be submitted across the
state - if you are looking for an
idea for your own resolution -take a
look !
More about the "two-step" or the
"primacaucus" on the right.
by
MarkCamann and thanks to Burnt Orange
The primary election in Texas is only
weeks away, and on the same night of
March 4 the convention process begins
with precinct conventions held at every
polling place at 7:15 p.m. (7:30 p.m.
for Republicans) . A lot of attention
will be placed on these precinct
conventions as a way for Hillary Clinton
and Barack Obama to pick up additional
delegates. (For Phillip Martin's
explanation of the process, click here:
Part 1 and
Part 2.)
But there's more to the precinct
convention than just choosing a
presidential candidate. Those who
attend the precinct convention also have
a chance to influence the party platform
and to advocate specific legislative
agenda through the resolutions process.
(For my guide to resolutions in the
Texas Democratic Party convention
process,
click here. The
Republican Party of Texas follows a
similar process.) Once every two years,
the grassroots of the party have the
opportunity to express their views
collectively rather than individually,
and this collective voice should be
taken seriously by Democratic lawmakers.
If you want to introduce a resolution on
an issue that is important to you, you
don't necessarily need to write the
resolution from scratch. You might find
something on the internet. For example,
if you want a resolution on global
warming, try a Google search for "global
warming" and "whereas," because
resolutions invariably include the word
"whereas." You can edit the resolution
as you see fit, and close it with
"Submitted to and Adopted by Precinct __
in __________ County, Texas, Senatorial
District ___ on March 4, 2008" and add a
signature line for the precinct
convention secretary. If your
resolution will call for specific
legislation to be enacted, include a
"resolved" clause with wording similar
to this: "BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that
the Texas Democratic Party urges the
Congressional delegation from Texas to
draft and support legislation"
establishing whatever provisions you
seek.
** Image above is the Freedom of
Speech from the series called the
Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell NR
Museum here
http://www.nrm.org
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Great election websites |
PolitiFact.com
This website was created "to help voters
separate fact from falsehood in the 2008
presidential campaign. Journalists and
researchers from the [St. Petersburg]
Times and CQ [Congressional Quarterly]
will fact-check the accuracy of
speeches, TV ads, interviews and other
campaign communications." Searchable; or
browse the site's "Truth-O-Meter" by
candidate, subject, political party, and
other factors. Includes related articles
and in-depth features.
Election 2008: Vote by Issue Quiz
This quiz helps you "[l]earn about the
[2008 presidential] candidates through
their platforms, not their
personalities. [It] features some of the
issues that have gained traction this
campaign season." Also includes an
"Election Issues" section (top menu,
once you enter the quiz) with
candidates' statements about health
care, immigration, energy, Iraq,
abortion, and other issues. From WBUR
and the Online NewsHour.
DocuTicker: Archive for Election 2008
Annotated
links to government and policy documents
concerning the 2008 U.S. presidential
election. From DocuTicker, a resource
edited by librarians Gary Price and
Shirl Kennedy, offering "a hand-picked
selection of resources, reports and
publications from government agencies,
NGOs, think tanks and other public
interest organizations."
U.S. Census Bureau: 2008 Elections
Collection of
pre-primary and pre-caucus snapshots of
specific states, for the 2008 U.S.
presidential election. Provides selected
population characteristics (such as
median age, household income, and
persons below poverty) and the
percentage of voting age citizens from
each state who voted in the 2004 general
election. Includes links to related
resources. From the U.S. Census Bureau.
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How Does the
Texas Primary Work? |
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Texas will send a total of 228 delegates to
the Democratic National Convention.
126 delegates will be assigned based on
primary results in 31 State Senate Districts
(instead of allocating delegates by its 32
Congressional Districts like many states).
The number of delegates in each Senate
district varies based on previous Democratic
turnout in the last two general elections.
The delegates from each Senate District are
assigned to candidates proportionally based
on the percentages they receive on primary
day.
Of the remaining 102 delegates, 67 are
determined through a convention process that
begins at precinct conventions (caucuses) on
the night of March 4 and culminates with
delegate allocation based on each
candidate's delegate strength at the State
Convention on June 6-8.
Of those 67 delegates, 42 are "at large"
rank and file delegates and 25 are pledged
party leaders, legislators, and local
elected officials.
The remaining 35 delegates are "unpledged"
delegates, including 32 so-called "superdelegates"
who are DNC Members, Members of Congress, a
former House Speaker and a former DNC Chair.
Three other delegate slots are reserved for
highly-honored state Democrats, such as
respected former officeholders.
126 Senatorial District Level Delegates
allocated by primary results.
42 At-Large Delegates and 25 Pledged Party
Leaders, Democratic Mayors and Legislators,
all allocated by the presidential preference
of delegates attending the State convention
(with a 15 percent threshold).
32 Super Delegates made up of Members of
Congress, Members of the DNC, past House
Speakers and former DNC Chairs.
3 Unpledged Delegates (Add-Ons) elected
through a three-tier, post-primary
convention process.
Still don't understand ?
Our friend Jacob Soboroff at Brave
New films runs through the rules of the
super-complicated Texas presidential primary
election process.
Why
Primacaucus
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MALLOY
IS BACK!
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"Rational Radio"
KMNY (1360AM)
Mike Malloy
Malloy's
syndicated
NovaM show airs
weeknights from 8-11 PM.
Also don't miss
Jack Bishop
7-8 PM
and
Empowerment
Radio
11 PM-12 AM
5 hours
of progressive radio every weeknight on
Rational Radio 1360 AM
Also steaming here
rationalradio.org
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Listen to the
Errington Thompson Show
9am EST
Air America -
Asheville, NC
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