Dear Friends:

Although I’ve been asked by several people how I’m voting and have responded to them personally, I’ve been reluctant to send out a blast email to my entire list. … [Keep reading >>]

Dear Friends,

Hurricane season has arrived — and two fresh studies point to a link between global warming and an increase in the number and power of storms like Hurricane Katrina.

What … [Keep reading >>]

From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, An Inconvenient Truth, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man’s fervent crusade to halt global warming’s deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it.

this is a kink to a video of a former iraq vet - telling what he did, under orders. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13140.htm

he stakes are huge in the upcoming 6th Assembly District election, and we must come together to make our votes count and ensure the election of an effective and passionate progressive candidate. We believe that candidate is Jared Huffma

The Action Coalition for People of Color is having a candidate’s forum on April 10th at Olney Hall at College of Marin from 6 to 9. This is a non-partisan event so ALL candidates will be there. There are 9 Assembly candidates and 5 Congressional candidates running.

As the representative from Redondo Beach, Senator Bowen has been a strong and courageous voice for the people of California for over 14 years. She has chaired the Senate Committee on Elections where she has led the fight for transparent, un-hackable voting machines, and has been an outspoken advocate for honest and open government. She is an unstinting champion of consumer protection and privacy rights, as well as a strong proponent of environmental conservation. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to meet Debra Bowen, hear about her vision for California, and help support her vitally important campaign.

6TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT CANDIDATE’S FORUM

Four of the Democratic candidates running for the 6th Assembly District seat will be appearing at a DFA-Marin sponsored public Candidates Forum on Wednesday, April 5th … [Keep reading >>]

The New Orleans Public Library is seeking hard-cover and paperback books
for people of all ages to restock their shelves.

Debra Bowen came up and joined the Ruth Group and Friends in meeting Bernie Sanders. A lot of us think of her as a straight shooter and a tough … [Keep reading >>]

The International Association of Sufism and Dominican University of California
Present a Building Bridges Conference Series

Understanding Islam
Saturday, March 11, 2006
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Creekside Room, Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Avenue, … [Keep reading >>]

Kerry is filibustering Alito! Call Senators Immediately!
Call the Senators listed below, as well as your own, and tell them:

* a “No” vote is meaningless without a filibuster

* … [Keep reading >>]

Dear Garry -
This is persuasive analysis, wonderful rhetoric, but rings a bit hollow to those of us in the Sixth A

California’s First Citizen Congressional Hearing On Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006

Health Care for All-Marin is sponsoring California’s first Citizen Congressional Hearing, to be held on Feb. 18, 2006, 10 AM to … [Keep reading >>]

Is Abramoff channeling Scarface, or something? Doesn’t he know that “Black Hat” means Bad Guy? Memo to self: When pleading guilty to fraud, bribery and tax evasion, leave the black hat and trenchcoat at home.

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2006, 7-9 p.m
Person Theatre, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
The forum is free; however there may be a parking charge of $2.50.

I came across this alert and thought it might interest you.

The comment period ends January 9, 2006.

From the Organic Consumers Association:

“The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has … [Keep reading >>]

MEET THE CANDIDATES
Sixth Assembly District Candidates Forum

The forum is sponsored and organized by Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee. Other Sponsors are: Sonoma County Democracy for America, Progressives Sonoma County, … [Keep reading >>]

Dear Friends

It looks like Secretary of State Bruce McPherson must have already left for his holiday vacation. Either that or he’s just not willing to step up and make a … [Keep reading >>]

The Archbishop: You came clothed with the virtue of humility; and because God blessed your enterprises accordingly, you have stained yourself with the sin of pride. The old Greek tragedy is rising among us. It is the chastisement of hubris.

Charles: Yes: she thinks she knows better than everyone else.

Joan: But I do know better than any of you seem to. And I am not proud: I never speak unless I know I am right.

St. Joan, George Bernard Shaw, 1924

Dear Friends,

Tomorrow, Time Magazine will announce its Person of the Year, and while I have no special insight on who they have selected, it should be “The Forces of Nature,” whose wrath reminds us that we ignore them at our peril, that we serve at their pleasure, and that they can wreak more death and destruction in seconds than mankind working overtime for years.