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Jan 13-

"Vencerán, pero no convencerán. Vencerán porque tienen la fuerza bruta. Pero no convencerán, porque para convencer hay que persuadir. Y para persuadir, necesitan Ustedes algo que les falta: la razón."

Basque author Miguel de Unamuno, addressing the future Fascist conquerors of Spain.

"You will conquer, but you will not convince. You will conquer because you have brute force. But you will not convince because to convince, you have to persuade. And to persuade, you need something you lack: reason/being right"

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Dec 26-

                                     

DFA Academy

March 28-29 all day

Come join us as we learn the skills to take back our country.

To RSVP for this weekend training please visit the DFA site here

Want to know more about the DFA, then click here.

                                                       

                              

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Dec-18

Almost all of the cabinet positions have been filled for the new administration and not since the Kennedy administration has there been this many educated people running the show.  When I say educated people I mean graduate degrees and they are from some very distinguished univesities.

The noncabinet economic team all have graduate degrees:
Melody Barnes: J.D. Michigan,
Ben Bernanke: Ph.D. M.I.T.,
Christina Romer: Ph.D. M.I.T., 
Larry Summers: Ph.D. Harvard.

SEC commissioner Mary Schapiro.
U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk
 
Attorney General  Eric Holder   J.D. Columbia Law School 
Secretary of Agriculture  former Gov. Tom Vilsack   J.D. Albany Law School 
Secretary of Commerce  
Secretary of Defense  Robert Gates  Ph.D. Georgetown 
Secretary of Education  Arne Duncan  Harvard Univ.  
Secretary of Energy  Steven Chu  Ph.D. Univ. of California at Berkeley 
Secretary of Health and Human Services Gov. Kathleen Sebelius   
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development  Shaun Donovan   M.A. Harvard Univ. 
Secretary of Homeland Security  Gov. Janet Napolitano   J.D. Univ. of Virginia Law School 
Secretary of the Interior  Sen. Ken Salazar  J.D. Univ. of Michigan Law School       
Secretary of State Sen.  Hillary Clinton  J.D. Yale Univ. Law School 
Secretary of Transportation  Rep. Ray LaHood  Bradley Univ.   
Secretary of the Treasury  Timothy Geithner  M.A. Johns Hopkins Univ. 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs  Gen. Eric Shinseki  USMA West Point  M.A. Duke Univ. 
Secretary of Labor Rep. Hilda Solis
Ambassador to the United Nations  Susan Rice 

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jane Lubchenco
President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology Chair John Holdren,
Co-chairs will be Harold Varmus Nobel Prize-winning scientist and former director of the National Institutes of Health , and Eric Lander professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CIA chief Leon Panetta
OMB Peter Orzag

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Dec 17-
                                                                              




Cogratulations to the newly elected officers for 2009

President: James Williams

Vice President: Robert Williams

Treasurer: Denise Morris

Secretary: Steve Smith

Communications: Michael Evans

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Dec 17-

So who is the most mis-information spewing person, read as liar or spreader of partisan talking points, for 2008?  Media Matters has come up with the person and the supporting evidence.  A few hints, they have radio and TV shows.  They spread Republican talking points.  They work at FOX cable news, did you expect anything else?  Click here to find out who this toadie of Satan is.  No, it is not Karl Rove.

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Dec 17-
                                                                              







Here are our local AD meetings and the process to becoming a delegate for the California Democratic Party.  Go to these, get involved and determine the direction of the state party.


29 AD - Sunday January 11.  12 noon registration, 2pm meeting.  

UFCW 1288 Guildine,  3485 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno.
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30 AD - Saturday January 10.  12 noon registration, 2pm meeting.

Five Star Pizza, 210 Central Ave., Shafter.
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31 AD - Sunday January 11.  1pm registration, 3pm meeting.

IHOP, 3020 Tulare St., Fresno.
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Assembly District FAQs

CDP Bylaws for the process of becoming a delgate

Online registration form.  Deadline for online is Dec. 31

More information on the process

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Dec 7-



Mark your calendars, March 28-29 the training academy is coming to Fresno!!

Want to know more about the DFA, then click here.

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Nov 29-

Are you curious what the lame duck is up to these days?  Well President Bush has been passing rules and regulations that help the wealthy and screw the poor, how christian of him.  His last one is to make it harder for workers to do anything about exposure to toxic or carcinogenic chemicals at work.  This was applauded by businesses.  Here is a link to all of his last minute misdeeds that the Obama administration will spend months to years undoing.  They have been posted at Propublica, a site that is dedicated to tracking all of George Bush's midnight legislation.

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Nov 24-

Senator Boxer has proposed a plan for the next congress.  You can see the press conference and transcript here. 


She is not waiting till sometime next spring to actually have a plan, she is doing it now and that is what we like about Sen. Boxer.  Please read the proposed text of the press conference or watch the video clip. 

"Instead of denial, we will have resolve. Instead of procrastination, we will have action. Instead of listening to the voices of the stagnant status quo, our committee hears our President-elect"
Sen Barbara Boxer

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Nov 21-

Save the date!

On the weekend of January 10-11, 2009 an Assembly District Election Meeting [Caucus election] will be convened in each California Assembly District by the California Democratic Party.

This is YOUR TIME to continue what was started by the election of what we started when we elected Barack Obama President.

Every Democrat registered in the district is eligible to vote. [There is also same day registration allowed for voters only, not delegate candidates.]

The Meeting/Caucus in each District elects 12 delegates (6 male and 6 female) to the Democratic State Central Committee. These delegates comprise 1/3 of the California Democratic Party. The other [2] thirds are nominees [electeds or ex-officios] plus their appointments and County Central Committee delegates. [County Central Committees are allowed to elect only a few CDP delegates to the State Central Committee.]

A list of locations, exact date/time and conveners will appear on www.cadem.org in mid-December.

If you are interested in becoming a delegate to the California Democratic Party [State Central Committee] committee, contact your local Democratic Party Central Committee now.

More information when it becomes available.

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