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David Swanson calls for the impeachment of Torture Judge Bybee in this Seattle Times editorial

Started by Donald A. Smith Jan 2, 2010.

Notes from "The True Patriot" forum committee meeting

Started by Carol Friends Oct 1, 2009.

Health Reform Fliers for your use

Started by Dorene Robinson Aug 21, 2009.

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David Swanson calls for the impeachment of Torture Judge Bybee in this Seattle Times editorial

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010656129_guest02swanson.html

Discussion posted by Donald A. Smith Jan 2, 2010

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OfA/asecondbreath potluck at Mercer Island Community Center

January 9, 2010 from 6:15pm to 9pm

Time to talk politics with friendsRelaxHave fun.Join us for some RADICAL CIVILITY and food.Bring a salad or side dishDonation: $5 to cover cost of roomSee More

Becky Lewis is attending Carol Friends's event Jan 1, 2010

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Democracy is Messy

A friend sent me the following article from the LA Times about getting the final health care bill passed in the Senate.Thought you might enjoy it also.http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-health-ticktock24-2009dec24,0,2438755.storyCarolSee More

Blog post by Carol Friends Dec 29, 2009

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OfA/asecondbreath potluck at Mercer Island Community Center

January 9, 2010 from 6:15pm to 9pm

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Event posted by Carol Friends Dec 29, 2009

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Democracy is Messy

A friend sent me the following article from the LA Times about getting the final health care bill passed in the Senate.

Thought you might enjoy it also.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-health-ticktock24-2009dec24,0,2438755.story

Carol

Posted by Carol Friends on December 29, 2009 at 4:00pm

Glenn Greenwald's analysis of corporatist Obama and progressive politics

"If progressives always announce that they are willing to accept whatever minuscule benefits are tossed at them (on the ground that it's better than nothing) and unfailingly support Democratic initiatives (on the ground that the GOP is worse), then they will (and should) always be ignored when it comes time to negotiate; nobody takes seriously the demands of those who announce they'll go along with whatever the final outcome is." -- Glenn Greenwald in his salon article about corporatism of… Continue

Posted by Donald A. Smith on December 19, 2009 at 12:03pm

Report on Republican health care town hall

Last week I attended the Republican health care town hall at Bellevue High School. Here's a report on the event: Report on Republican health care town hall.

Posted by Donald A. Smith on October 4, 2009 at 7:00pm

Editorial by Alex Alben in the Seattle Times

You may recall the name ALEX ALBEN. He ran in the primary many years ago for 8th CD representative. He's a thoughtful guy and has written an editorial in the Seattle Times titles "Respect for the game: Politicians' ourtageous behavior a threat to civil society."

I thought his editoral was appropriate to our discussion of our reaching out to the reasonable middle. He might be a really good person to invite to the discussion.

Here is the link to the article. Sorry, you will… Continue

Posted by Carol Friends on September 29, 2009 at 8:57am

Summary of T.R. Reid's four models for health care systems (by Elizabeth Walter)

In Dave Thomas's Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter (best viewed with Internet Explorer), I found this useful article by Elizabeth Walter summarizing the four models of healthcare discussed by T.R. Reid.

Elizabeth Walter: Different Health Care Systems

The other night I attended a presentation by T. R. Reid, author of a new book entitled “The Healing… Continue

Posted by Donald A. Smith on September 18, 2009 at 10:28am

Ideas and resources about tax reform

We should work to oppose Tim Eynman's I1033 initiative, which would further starve government of needed funds. We should work with The Vote No on 1033 Initiative and < a href="http://wataxfairness.org/">Washington Tax Fairness Coalition and Fuse Washington.

I'd like to hold a town hall forum on the topic of progressive taxation. We could hold it at Bellevue city council chambers, where last year we held an Out of Iraq Town Hall..