Drinking Liberally of Salt Lake City

Help a blogger out - send some Utahns to the DNC

Jeremiah — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:45:05 +0000

Some great local bloggers have the opportunity to attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and you can help them get there by donating liberally to the cause. This is a rare opportunity, and I’m happy to see these guys going. The paypal link is in the body of the message below, but also here.

Also, the Utah Amicus is holding a kickoff party on Wednesday, so if you’ve got ideas of what they should focus on while at the DNC, show up and let them know - and throw a little moola their way to boot.
What: The Utah Amicus DNC Bloggers Kick Off Party
When: August 20 at 7 p.m. (MDT).
Where: 7119 West 8050 South, West Jordan
Press Release: JMBell.org

Help Send Utah Bloggers to Denver:

Utah Democratic Party Vice-Chair Rob Miller, owner of The Utah Amicus blog, has been granted press credentials for the National Convention (Aug 23rd to 29th) as part of the DNC’s “State Blogger Press Corps.” program, and has invited several Utah bloggers to join him - including one Cache Valley/Weber County blog (The SideTrack) - in providing unique grassroots coverage of the event.

Being bloggers, we are not equipped with the fundraising network that we are often able to create for candidates and the party. And quite simply, this trip is going to be costly (but worth it!). Hence, we are doing a bit of fundraising through PayPal to help cover housing, event access, equipment, and transportation costs in order to bring Utah live, daily coverage from the ground as citizen journalists.

Bloggers in attendance will include:

From Cache and Weber Counties
Jason Williams (Hyrum, UT) and Craig Blanch (Ogden, UT) of The SideTrack

From Davis and Salt Lake City:
Jeff Bell of JMBell.org
and Rob Miller, Bob Aagard, Aaron Thompson, and Ben McAdams of The Utah Amicus
(Misty Fowler of the blog Saintless and Utah for Obama is credentialed, but as of this release unable to attend)

I will also, through my temporary (?) guest hosting “gig” with Tyler Riggs at KVNU’s For The People, be providing live on-air coverage during broadcast hours (4pm to 6pm, 610am, and live webcam stream at www.kvnuforthepeople.com) throughout the week of the convention.

This is really a unique opportunity, not only for those of us Rob has invited to attend, but for the entire state, as our press credentials will allow us access equal to that of CNN, ABC, NBC, and all other major news corporations. Please help us make the most out of this first time opportunity with even a modest contribution, and allow us to bring a very Utah perspective and new life to traditional press coverage.

UWABC Presents: The Game of Politics

hculligan — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:46:55 +0000

Utah Womena’s Alliance for Building Community Flyer
The Utah Women’s Alliance for Building Community (UWABC)
Presents… The Game of Politics

Do legislative decisions make you feel like you are out in left field?
Do you go to county council meetings with your bases loaded only to strike out at bat?
Have you gone to a political meeting having studied the opposing team’s playbook, but never made it off the bench?

Get in the game!

Join us for our World Series Panel of State Representative David Litvack, County Mayor Peter Corroon, and Midvale City Mayor JoAnn Seghini as they answer questions on the power plays, fouls, errors, and interactions of varying government entities. Jenny Brundin, News Director of KUER, will moderate.

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Time: 5:30-6:00 p.m. Networking, 6:00-7:15 p.m. Panel Discussion
Place: Mountain America Credit Union, 7181 South Campus View Drive
(Northwest of Jordan Landing), West Jordan, Utah
Cost: Free

Food and drink provided
Sponsored by Mountain America Credit Union

Just sayin’

Jeremiah — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:05:46 +0000

see famous look-a-like faces

Blood and Oil

Carla — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:17:22 +0000

The Wasatch Coalition for Peace and Justice and the Healthy Planet
Mobilization Committee are sponsoring a public forum and community speak-out
against escalation of U.S. war in the Middle East on Saturday afternoon August 2
starting at 3pm in the auditorium of the Salt Lake City public library, 210 East
400 South. The event is partially inspired by the calls for local protests
against an attack on Iran put out by several national antiwar
coalitions.

Our event will start with the screening of the new
documentary film “Blood and Oil” (52 minutes) www.bloodandoilmovie.com followed by brief remarks from a
panel of community activists including Iraq war veterans Gary Barkley and Andy
Figorski, Carla Hitz of Military Families Speak Out, Barbara Szweda of the Peace
and Justice Commission of the Utah Catholic Diocese, Louis Borgenicht MD,
pediatrician and member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, environmental
activist Jean Arnold of Post-Carbon Salt Lake, Kyle Wulle of the Steelworkers
Union and Utah Jobs with Justice, and Fahd Ali, Economics graduate student
from Pakistan.

We’ve assembled a fairly large panel to show the broad
opposition to escalation of U.S. war in the Middle East. On the other hand
we’ve asked the panelists to make brief initial comments so that there will be
plenty of time for Q&A discussion. Salt Lake Quaker and long-time Utah
peace activist Diana Lee Hirschi will moderate the program.

Spread the
word!

WCPJ www.wasatchpeaceandjustice.org
HPMC www.agenda08.org

Drinking Liberally on The Daily Show (last year)

Jeremiah — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:33:31 +0000

This is pretty old, but I hadn’t seen it before. While they don’t mention Drinking Liberally by name, it’s very clearly Katrina and Justin (wearing the bottle logo shirts), a couple of our national Living Liberally leaders.

Drinking Liberally tonight (July 25th)!

Jeremiah — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:31:17 +0000

We’re having problems sending out our weekly e-mail, so I figured I should at least post it here. Here it is:

Happy Pioneer Day Utah Liberals!

Yesterday Utah celebrated the migration of the Mormon Pioneers to this great state. Leaving Nauvoo, Illinois behind, the Mormon Pioneers set west in order to find a place to live free from persecution of their lifestyle. Here they worked hard to turn the barren desert into a garden. They formed a government that today would be considered socialist - the focus was on their fellow “brothers and sisters” rather than every man, woman and child for him or her self. Beer and liquor sales paid for the infrastructure of Salt Lake City, and their Valley Tan whisky was praised all across the country. Of course that last part never gets talked about, which leads to people who get offended by our logo.

Fast forward to today, where drinking alcohol is taboo and highly regulated, “brother and sister” is used only because it’s tradition, and where we as a state have elected some of the most persecutory bigots in the United States.

If you have ever felt persecuted - whether it be for race, religion, sexual orientation, political leanings, or for any other reason - then join us this Friday at Drinking Liberally where everybody is welcome! We’ll be raising our glass to some of the founding ideals of Utah. Same meeting time and place: 6:30 onward at the Piper Down (1492 So State St). See you there!

Happy 3rd Birthday Salt Lake City liberal drinkers!!! August 3rd marks the third anniversary of our Drinking Liberally Chapter. Oh, how we have grown! Our group now has 600 members. If we get too many more we may have to start a second Utah chapter (Utah county, anybody?) Celebrate with us at a BBQ on Sunday, August 3rd from 4:00pm onward at Jeremiah and Heather’s house (214 W 600 N). We will bring the side dishes, buns, condiments, ice, etc - you bring something to grill, something to drink, and some friends. Tickets are very limited, but you can still join us prior to the BBQ for the 2:00 showing of Saturday’s Voyeur. Salt Lake Acting Company is conveniently one very walkable block from our house.

See you Friday,
Heather, Jeremiah and Laura

Drinking Liberally SLC meets from 6:30-9:30 on the second and fourth Friday of each month through the summer in the back room of the Piper Down (1492 S. State Street).
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Hurricane Bush

Jeremiah — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:23 +0000

So horribly, horribly destructive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjFJLEaRp6I

A Soldier’s Peace

Jeremiah — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:39:58 +0000

Former soldier (and former Drinking Liberally guest speaker) Marshall Thompson walked across the state of Utah to protest the war in Iraq. There were talks about a documentary being made about his journey, and now this Tuesday at 7pm it finally premieres in Salt Lake (for free at the SL Main Library). You can visit the SLC Film Center website for more info.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q247wpxbpzM

A Soldier’s Peace Website

And The Banned Played On

Jeremiah — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:00:29 +0000

Heather and I have attended Plan-B’s fundraiser for the last couple years now, and we have always had a good time. This is highly recommended by us:

Plan-B Theatre Company’s annual fundraiser
AND THE BANNED PLAYED ON
is nearly sold out - get your tix now while you still can!

Monday, July 21 at 7pm
Jeanne Wagner Theatre | Rose Wagner

Featuring a whole lotta local actors and luminaries
(including the past five mayors of SLC)
presenting selections from banned plays and musicals.

Food by Cali’s Natural Foods | Cash Bar

For more information and tickets call 355-ARTS
or visit http://planbtheatre.org/banned

Be sure to allow plenty of time for parking!

Obama Fundraising event next friday

Jeremiah — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:00:26 +0000

Obama Flyer.pdf