Progressive Democrats of Illinois

Red Alert!

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:52:02 PST

2011 State Of The Union Address on Youtube

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:26:22 PST

Video: Ron Paul on the Thom Hartmann Show

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Video: December 17th "Peace Surge" in Washington DC

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The Adventures Of A Progressive In Redland - Chapter 1: Flushed

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:52:52 PST

I always knew that the Greedy Red Trolls would try to drown us in sorrow and financial misery, I could see it in their beady little glowing red eyes, and don't ask me about the foul smoke they continually blow out their posterior extruders!

I've heard it said that Red trolls have no heartbeat - if you put a stethoscope near their chest, it will freeze so badly your hand will turn to ice and fall off. There's a money-sucking black hole in there, powered by corporatite! (There's another black hole between their ears, powered by fauxnuzeite, too.)

Now they're trying to poison this small community's well with a big batch of corporatite, and suck it into Redland so they can be made desperate enough to eat the fauxnuzeit and drink cruelade until they have no brains and no heart.

The Greedy Red Trolls want to spread their nasty creed of Social Insecurity again, the vile red darkness of destitution and desperation and fear gilded with Orwellite.

Help us, Oh Be One Liberal! Bring your Light Savers of Green and Blue and vote the Greedy Red Trolls down, help us save this poor little hamlet before it, too falls to the true Red Menace!

------ PLEASE help a small community in our area approve an issue that will bring them a safe & secure source of water ------

VOTE AT THE YORK TOWN HALL MEETING

MONDAY DEC. 20 @ 6:50pm

(due to town hall rules, the doors to the building will locked at 7:00pm –

you may not be able to get in if you arrive after 7:00)

York Township is an area which is bordered by:

North = North Ave.

South = 39th street in Downers Grove

East = Interstate 294

West = Route 53

This area includes the cities of: Elmhurst, Lombard, Villa Park, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, and sections of Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn, Hinsdale, and Westmont

The former York Center Community Co-op (79 homes) has a water system that was put into place 60+ years ago and which is now needing to be replaced. That replacement cost will be completely borne by the residents of the community plus those other properties that have asked to be included in the water system such as the local volunteer fire department. To assist in bringing down the cost, the community will be sharing a water storage facility with some new buildings being built east of Meyers Rd. The York Township board has decided that the matter of having a water storage facility built on township property - behind the Knollcrest Funeral Home - should be decided by an open town hall vote. Anyone who is a registered voter residing in York Township may vote on this issue.

That town hall vote will be held at the York Township building - 1502 S. Meyers Rd. on Monday Dec. 20th @ 6:50 pm. People who are planning to vote simply need to bring a photo id to establish their York Township residency.

At this meeting any registered voters residing in York Township will have the opportunity to vote on this single issue. So, ANY registered voter who lives in York Township can assist us in passing this crucial vote. No other business will be conducted at this meeting, and comments are limited to 3 minutes per person, so the meeting should not be lengthy.

The reason that the water tower should be built on township property is that it is on high ground, it is close to the water system, and it is common to have water storage facilities in or near park districts.

This York Center group overwhelmingly voted (90+%) for the new water system. If this issue does not pass at the Dec. 20th town hall meeting with a simple majority, the community remaining unincorporated is virtually impossible. Our understanding is that the solution to their water issue would then be in jeopardy, more costly, and potentially passed on to Lombard.

Please plan to contact your friends and/or family in the area who are registered voters and let them know the need for all to attend the meeting so that this community can move forward with their project.

For more information about this historic community, see:

http://directory.ic.org/2587/York_Center_Community_Co_op

Medicare “Part E”- for Everybody - Thom Hartmann

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:32:22 PST

Medicare “Part E”- for Everybody

http://www.truth-out.org/medicare-part-e-everybody65901

Monday 13 December 2010

by: Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers | Serialized Book

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.”
- Lyndon Baines Johnson

There are two important reasons for having a strong social safety net, one based in sound economic policy and the other in our common humanity. So it’s no surprise that the countries that have strong social safety nets tend to have resilient economies and a higher quality of life.

Untellable Truths - The Dearth Of Messaging Savvy On The Left

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:22:58 PST

Untellable Truths

by: George Lakoff, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

http://www.truth-out.org/

Democrats of all stripes have been so focused on details of policy that they have surrendered public political discourse to conservatives, and with it the key to the nation's future. The differences between Democratic progressives and the president over the tax deal the president has made with Republicans is being argued from a materialist perspective. That perspective is real. It matters who gets how much money and how our money is spent. But what is being ignored is that the answer to material policy questions depends on how Americans understand the issues, that is, on how the issues are realized in the brains of our citizens. Such understanding is what determines political support or lack of it in all its forms, from voting to donations to political pressure to what is said in the media. »

Memo: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck to Plot 2010 Election

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:05:37 PDT

Memo: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck to Plot 2010 Election
by: Lee Fang, ThinkProgress | Report

» Koch Brothers to Sponsor Secret Gathering of GOP Plutocrat Strategists After Election - New York Times

In 2006, Koch Industries owner Charles Koch revealed to the Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore that he coordinates the funding of the conservative infrastructure of front groups, political campaigns, think tanks, media outlets and other anti-government efforts through a twice annual meeting of wealthy right-wing donors. »

[PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:12:28 PDT

ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
by: Ellen Brown, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287

Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281

Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
Monday 18 October 2010 – By Karen Weise
http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331

Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
Tuesday 19 October 2010
by: Lindsay Beyerstein
http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337

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Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:14:22 PDT

I received a contribution and a card through Gary & Nayana - Thank you all.
This has been about the hardest time in my life and it's been wonderful
having my Progressive friends be the MOST responsive and caring. It says a
lot about the kind of people Progressives are . . .
The ex's family are all Republican'ts and performing accordingly. They use
twisted language and such.
Back to politics - Do we want to test the waters to see if Progressive Dems
need an alternative to what the DuPage Dems are doing about Pollwatching?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Stafford" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
To: <Bob.Babcock.now@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding
Organized Banking Crime In America

I'm open to suggestions.
Right now, those of us who are active in the Dem party are doing
poll-watching under its auspices.
Bob, I'm sorry things are so rough in the face of your son's passing. I
respect you greatly and wish that it wasn't so.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Babcock <bob.babcock.now@gmail.com>
Sent: October 20, 2010 12:58 PM
To: Dan Stafford <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding
Organized Banking Crime In America
Sorry I didn't make it last night. I got a call as I was getting ready with
the bad news that my ex was NOT going to share my son's ashes and had
already disposed of them . . .
PDI these days is languishing - they have only a small handful of people
attending meetings where the current political topics are discussed. The
mailing list is extensive and I'd encourage you to have a conversation with
Dan, unless you'd like me to get the ball rolling . . .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melisa Urda" <urdafamily@gmail.com>
To: <Bob.Babcock.now@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding
Organized Banking Crime In America

What is pdi doing for pollwatching?
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Dan Stafford <aquarianm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
> by: Ellen Brown, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287>
>
> Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
> by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281>
>
> Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
> Monday 18 October 2010 - By Karen Weise
> http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331<https://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331>
>
> Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
> Tuesday 19 October 2010
> by: Lindsay Beyerstein
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
> http://illinoisprogres

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Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:13:55 PDT

I'm open to suggestions.
Right now, those of us who are active in the Dem party are doing poll-watching under its auspices.
Bob, I'm sorry things are so rough in the face of your son's passing. I respect you greatly and wish that it wasn't so.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Babcock <bob.babcock.now@gmail.com>
Sent: October 20, 2010 12:58 PM
To: Dan Stafford <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America
Sorry I didn't make it last night. I got a call as I was getting ready with
the bad news that my ex was NOT going to share my son's ashes and had
already disposed of them . . .
PDI these days is languishing - they have only a small handful of people
attending meetings where the current political topics are discussed. The
mailing list is extensive and I'd encourage you to have a conversation with
Dan, unless you'd like me to get the ball rolling . . .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melisa Urda" <urdafamily@gmail.com>
To: <Bob.Babcock.now@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding
Organized Banking Crime In America

What is pdi doing for pollwatching?
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Dan Stafford <aquarianm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
> by: Ellen Brown, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287>
>
> Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
> by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281>
>
> Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
> Monday 18 October 2010 – By Karen Weise
> http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331<https://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331>
>
> Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
> Tuesday 19 October 2010
> by: Lindsay Beyerstein
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> PDI@illinoisprogressives.org
>
> http://illinoisprogres

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Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:13:39 PDT

Sorry I didn't make it last night. I got a call as I was getting ready with
the bad news that my ex was NOT going to share my son's ashes and had
already disposed of them . . .
PDI these days is languishing - they have only a small handful of people
attending meetings where the current political topics are discussed. The
mailing list is extensive and I'd encourage you to have a conversation with
Dan, unless you'd like me to get the ball rolling . . .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melisa Urda" <urdafamily@gmail.com>
To: <Bob.Babcock.now@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding
Organized Banking Crime In America

What is pdi doing for pollwatching?
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Dan Stafford <aquarianm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
> by: Ellen Brown, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287>
>
> Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
> by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281>
>
> Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
> Monday 18 October 2010 – By Karen Weise
> http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331<https://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331>
>
> Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
> Tuesday 19 October 2010
> by: Lindsay Beyerstein
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337>
>
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Re: [PDI] Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:13:23 PDT

What is pdi doing for pollwatching?
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Dan Stafford <aquarianm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
> by: Ellen Brown, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287>
>
> Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
> by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
>
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281>
>
> Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
> Monday 18 October 2010 – By Karen Weise
> http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331<https://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331>
>
> Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
> Tuesday 19 October 2010
> by: Lindsay Beyerstein
> http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337<https://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337>
>
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Forclosuregate: A Four-Course Primer To Understanding Organized Banking Crime In America

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:10:15 PDT

ForeclosureGate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
by: Ellen Brown, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate-time-break-up-too-big-fail-banks64287

Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-moratorium-cracking-down-liar-liens64281

Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
Monday 18 October 2010 – By Karen Weise
http://www.truth-out.org/mortgage-investors-join-outcry-against-banks64331

Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
Tuesday 19 October 2010
by: Lindsay Beyerstein
http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosure-crisis-hits-home64337

[PDI] Voter Registration results, Pollwatching, DAWN on the radio

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:11:15 PDT

Thank You !
Thanks to all of our voter registrars for all of their efforts this election cycle.
It's been fast, fun and good practice for the next time around!
We registered almost 300 people around and about in DuPage starting from the end of September and continuing until the very last day of open registration, Oct 5th.
We still need some pollwatchers, please email if you are interested. I can get your pollwatching supplies to you PDQ. Early voting has started already, and we have some credentials to monitor that process. Early voting is a good time to tell whether the touch screen machines have any glitches since they are used exclusively for early voting.
Thanks again, and I am supposed to be in the radio Wednesday on WDCB talking about pollwatching. Tune in, I give DAWN a nice plug.

Wednesday on WDCB
It'll air tomorrow during Daylight Edition 5 am and Final Edition 6 pm .
90.9 FM or www.wdcb.org<http://www.wdcb.org/>
Marsha and Pete register two friends at COD

We registered members of the COD Baseball team on Monday

No, they're not getting married, they're goofing around while they register to vote!
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[PDI] Blow-Your-Mind Foreclosure Fraud On A Systemic Scale

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:11:36 PDT

http://www.truth-out.org/foreclosuregate63953

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[PDI] PDI monthly meeting this Thursday, 10/08/2010 7-9pm

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:12:43 PDT

Meeting reminder
PDI will meet this Thursday beginning at 7pm at:
40 N. Tower Road
Oak Brook, IL
60523
In the building lobby.
The meeting will move to an available hospitality room at 7:30pm.
Regards,
Dan Stafford

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[PDI] Torture lecture Tuesday Oct 5th, DAWN Meeting w ICIRR Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:13:08 PDT

Tuesday is the LAST DAY to register to vote!!
Check registration, Download a registration form here: click on FOR VOTERS
www.dupageelections.com<http://www.dupageelections.com/>
Lecture:
Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power<http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=518488>
Lecture Tuesday,
October 5, 2010
7:00 PM
IIT Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, IL
(Oct 5) Joseph Margulies, author of Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power, is the featured speaker at a public event sponsored by the Democratic Party of Milton Township on Tuesday, 7:00 pm, at the IIT Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL. Suggested donation, $10 adults, $5 students. Mr. Margulies was lead counsel in Rasul v. Bush, the case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp are entitled to judicial review and the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether non-U.S. citizens held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned. Mr. Margulies is an attorney with the MacArthur Justice Center and a Clinical Professor at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. For more info contact Marian Tomlinson at 630-771-5553.
Joseph Margulies<http://writerinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/06/joseph-margulies.html>
DAWN MEETING
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Wed, Oct 6th 2010
Meeting Room A / main floor
Glen Ellyn Public Library
400 Duane St. Glen Ellyn
Speaker: A representative from ICIRR Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights ( http://icirr.org/<about:blank> ) will discuss pollwatching and why it is extra important for this election.
Pollwatching credentials will be distributed.
I can collect any unused voter registration signs and materials.
Open discussion.
Shannons!
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[PDI] Fwd: Special presentation on this Tues 10/5 and action day on Sunday 10/10

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:14:00 PDT

____________________________________
From: trailstrees@gmail.com
Sent: 10/3/2010 6:49:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: Special presentation on this Tues 10/5 and action day on Sunday 10/10

This Tuesday on 10/5 there will be a presentation about...
How Can Politics Rise to the Environmental Challenges Before Us?
Featuring: Dr. Fred Van Dyke
Followed by Q&A with local environmental leaders
Do you care about the health of our planet? Frustrated at the political
gridlock that keeps good clean energy legislation from passing year after
year? Interested in exploring solutions to move us forward?
Then bring your friends and join us and other local environmental leaders
for an evening of discussion and action in collaboration with _350.org_
(http://350.org/) 's Global Work Party. Congressional Candidate Ben Lowe will
be present and there will be information on local environmental efforts,
along with light refreshments.
When: Tuesday, October 5, 7-8:30pm
Where: 26 N Park Ave, Lombard, IL
1 block west of Main St and 1 block north of St Charles Rd

and only 1 block north of Lombard's Metra station
Who: It is free to attend and ALL are WELCOME.
_____________________________________________________
And in honor of _350.org_ (http://350.org/) 's Global Work Party there will
be an Environmental Work Day on Sunday 10/10/10 at 2PM at the Great
Western Trail in Carol Stream, IL.
Volunteers are needed for the trail cleanup.
Garbage bags will be provided. Please bring work gloves because some
litter has sharp edges. Wagons or carts to help move the filled bags would be
appreciated.
The Great Western Trail at Schmale Rd in Carol Stream, IL parallels North
Ave to the south by approximately 1/2 mile.
Parking is available east of Schmale on Burns Street in Carol Stream, IL.
For more information on the Great Western Trails and ongoing efforts to
protect them go to _www.friendsofthegreatwesterntrails.com_
(http://www.friendsofthegreatwesterntrails.com/)

For more information about Ben Lowe and his campaign
for Congress go to _www.loweforcongress.com_
(http://www.loweforcongress.com/)
All are welcome to join us!
For more info about the Environmental Action Day please contact Don
Kirchenberg,
Voluntary Chairman Friends of the Great Western Trails email
_frndsgrtwstntrl@aol.com_ (mailto:frndsgrtwstntrl@aol.com) mobile 630-853-7650
Please feel free to pass along this email and the one page attachment.
Get more information on efforts to protect our trees, trails and trail
users including the wildlife at these sites on the web:
* _http://ilgreenways.wordpress.com/_
(http://ilgreenways.wordpress.com/)
* _www.friendsofthegreatwesterntrails.com_
(http://www.friendsofthegreatwesterntrails.com/)
* _http://illinois-trails.blogspot.com/_
(http://illinois-trails.blogspot.com/)

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[PDI] INVITATION: DAWN Meeting Oct 6th, speaker: ICIRR, Pollwatching creds, Voter Registration, Are YOU registered to vote? VOTE VOTE VOTE

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:14:17 PDT

League of Women VotersHope you'll be there!!
DAWN MEETING
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Wed, Oct 6th 2010
Meeting Room A / main floor
Glen Ellyn Public Library
400 Duane St. Glen Ellyn
Speaker: A representative from ICIRR ( http://icirr.org/<http://icirr.org/> ) will discuss pollwatching and why it is extra important for this election.
Pollwatching credentials will be distributed.
Open discussion.
Shannons!
POLLWATCHING
We have credentials for both early voting and election day, so hours are very flexible. Some of you have already told me, but if anyone is interested in pollwatching please let me know.
We are just winding down voter registration around DuPage
Here are some of our newly registered voters
We registered members of the COD Baseball team

Two friends register together at COD

Dear Kathy,
The countdown to Election Day has begun!
Send this Postcard to your friends and family to remind them to Register to Vote!<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2pIxcKEtecqGm%2FIeiwinHfKcYcyraMsJ>

There are less than two months left until the upcoming midterm elections and here at the League, we are committed to making sure that every eligible American is registered to vote.
With the outcome of these elections playing a large role in next year's congressional redistricting process and shaping the political landscape for the next decade, the stakes could not be higher.
That's why we need your help today in making sure that every eligible American is registered to vote. Join the League's VOTE411.org Registration Challenge by sending this e-card<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=00dfIs5k3KVvl9ZfpegN%2FvKcYcyraMsJ> to FIVE co-workers, friends, and loved ones, and encouraging them to register to vote by visiting VOTE411.org - our "one-stop-shop" for election-related information. And don't stop there, post this information on your Facebook profile and Tweet it to all your friends to make sure they get the word out too!
From its national polling place locator to general and state-specific information on voter registration, VOTE411.org<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x%2Be4EO9VI1MiS0Hcy%2B2m1vKcYcyraMsJ> has all the details you need to get registered today. And with our online registration tool, absentee ballot and overseas voting information, registering to vote has never been easier.
The outcome for our elections and our country is in your hands.
Register to vote today<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F%2BaW%2FiXJQbTYPPFpVzY0cvKcYcyraMsJ> and remember to head to the polls on November 2!
Sincerely,
Elisabeth MacNamara
President, LWVUS
P.S. The League has been busy working to encourage every eligible American to get registered, get informed, and get ready to head to the polls. You can do your part by passing this information on to family and friends so they, too, can ensure they're registered to vote and make an informed decision on Election Day.

League of Women Voters
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VOTE VOTE VOTE
Absentee ballot applications will be accepted as of September 23rd and through Oct 28th,
Vote Naked! Spread the Word!:
Illinois Votes Naked: Nude Campaign Spreads News About Changes To Absentee Voting Law (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/21/illinois-votes-naked-nude_n_733277.html<about:blank>
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Workers All Over Globe Demonstrate; America Sits Back In Front Of Their TV's

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:18:11 PDT

Why is it we're not kicking butt and taking names when our jobs and security are under attack?

http://www.truth-out.org/world-revolt-the-global-backlash-against-budget-cuts63465

[PDI] October 6: US Boat to Gaza benefit, Unblockade the Aid! Stop FBI raids!

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:14:53 PDT

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A Very Different View Of China - Superpower Hoax?

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:43:48 PDT

http://www.alternet.org/world/148284/the_china_superpower_hoax/

This has a lot to do with the environmental outcome of China's rise on the global scene. In the 'big picture', China has a lot to look forward to - and many pitfalls to avoid.

Dan

[PDI] Fwd: Fw: [MCM] O'Donnell LOST in Delaware

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:15:23 PDT

Finally and explanation that makes sense, from a friend:
-------- Original Message --------
FYI . . . .
On *Tue, 9/21/10, Mark Crispin Miller /<markcrispinmiller@gmail.com>/*
wrote:
Apparently, Christine O'Donnell's "stunning upset victory" in Delaware
was yet
another stroke of electronic magic--just like Scott Brown's "stunning upset
victory" in Massachusetts in February.
There, as the Election Defense Alliance has reported, it turns out that
Martha Coakley
/won/ the hand-counted paper ballot vote by 2.8%, while Brown "won" his
5-point
"victory"/ only/ where the "votes" were "counted" electronically (with
no spot-checks
of that "count," no systematic audit and no exit polls).
[The EDA's report, and my summary, are at
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2010/09/did-scott-brown-really-win-in-massachusetts-must-read/.]
And now it turns out that Christine O'Donnell's "win" in Delaware was
just as iffy; or
even iffier, since she "beat" Mike Castle--/electronically/, which is to
say,/ unverifiably/
/--/by 6+ points, while Mike Castle actually beat/ her/, according to
the/ paper-based/
/absentee ballots,/ by over 10 points. (Brad Friedman goes into the
details below.)
It's all quite weird, of course. But what's far weirder is the total
silence on such matters
by both parties and the media. Somehow the doubtfulness of Brown's
"win," and now
O'Donnell's, hasn't raised the faintest question as to whether the
Tea-Baggers/ really/
represent electoral majorities. And so the Standard Narrative we all
keep hearing now
--the Tea-Party's booming, the GOP is badly split, the Democrats are in big
trouble, blah blah blah--is just about as useful as the horoscope in
this morning's
/New York Post./
/
/
I'd like to know what it would take to get the press to pay attention to
these wild
anomalies--not just the two I've noted here, but also Alvin Greene's
preposterous
"win" in South Carolina, and all the many others of this campaign
season/ and/ the
last ten years.
It's starting to appear as if there's/ nothing/ that will make the penny
drop inside the
heads of all those jounalists and pundits, who couldn't any longer
blather on about
the game of "politics" (as they imagine it) if they allowed themselves
to look into the
by-now-overwhelming evidence that this whole game is rigged--and will/ stay/
rigged until we, as a nation, finally stop ignoring all the signs of
fraud, and start
discussing what to do about it.
MCM
p.s. Publicly, Karl Rove's been lobbing many spitballs at O'Donnell,
thereby creating
yet another tasty "story" for the press, about the "rift" between the
GOP's "insiders"
and the "insurgent" Tea-Baggers, etc., etc.
I'd say we all should be a wee bit skeptical about Rove's noisy putdowns
of his party's
nominee. For one thing, we can generally tell that Karl Rove's lying
when his lips are
moving; and, secondly, it's not so easy to believe that Rove would have
much problem
with a candidate who, however "nutty" he may claim to find her, has the
same good
shot at "victory" on Election Day that she enjoyed last week., since
Team Rove will
no doubt themselves be running the election apparatus.
Perhaps I'm being too cynical. So let's just say that, if Rove is/
genuinely/ put off by
O'Donnell's victory over Mike Castle, he should stand up, right now, and
demand
a thorough probe of her election. (Certainly no Democrat will do it.)
*CASTLE DEFEATS O'DONNELL IN DELAWARE*
by Brad Friedman
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8073
Last Tuesday's hotly contested race for the GOP's U.S. Senate nomination
in Delaware ended in victory for
the state's moderate, much-beloved former Governor and nine-term U.S.
Congressman Mike Castle --- at least according to the tabulation of
ballots cast in the race which can actually be verified by anybody as having
been recorded accurately as per the voters' intent.
From the State of Delaware's Elections website with 100% reporting:
/Verifiable Paper-Based Absentee Results/:
*CASTLE: 54.7%* - O'DONNELL: 45.3%
_/Unverifiable Election Day E-Voting Machine Results/_:
CASTLE: 46.7% -* O'DONNELL: 53.3%*
Nonetheless, the Tea-Party/Palin/DeMint-endorsed Christine O'Donnell,
who was getting trounced by the popular Castle in pre-election polls
until only recently after losing twice before in her quest for a U.S.
Senate seat, was declared the "winner" of yesterday's race and --- as
The BRAD BLOG detailed yesterday
--- nobody can prove whether the voters of Delaware actually selected
her or not.
Appropriately enough for the far Rightwinger, the "victory" was 100%
faith-based, since it's strictly impossible to know if/ even one/
citizen's vote cast yesterday on the 100% unverifiable e-voting machines
Delware forces voters to use on Election Day was recorded accurately...
That said, while we've seen examples of similar disparities between
paper-based absentee results and electronically cast results before (the
unknown Alvin Greene's "victory" over Judge Vic Rawl in South Carolina's
recent Democratic U.S. Senate primary comes to mind) there are
logical-ish reasons --- as there always are, in every election --- to
justify O'Donnell's computer-reported "victory" yesterday.
As we noted in response to a reader in comments on yesterday's Delaware
item, O'Donnell received a late endorsement from Sarah Palin on
September 9th, just 5 days before the election. That brought with it a
surge of last-minute support from the "Tea Party" and others.
Moreover, the number of absentee ballots cast as a percentage of the
total votes was quite small (1,499 absentee ballots, versus 56,083 cast
on Election Day), so one should be careful of reading too much into
those numbers as the bulk of absentee ballots were likely cast prior to
O'Donnell's endorsements surge.
Those factors, and certainly others,/ could/ certainly explain the
nearly-reversed percentages as reportedly cast on Election Day on the
e-voting systems, versus those seen on the paper-based, human-countable,
absentee ballots.
But the point here is: Who knows? Absolutely nobody does. I don't. You
don't. O'Donnell doesn't. Castle doesn't. The State of Delaware doesn't.
Even the manufacturer of the e-voting system, Danaher/Guardian, would be
unable to prove who/ actually/ won or lost the race one way or another.
As we've spent years detailing, this continues to be no way to run a
representative democracy based on/ self-governance/. But we continue to
do it anyway despite years of documented, scientific evidence proving
beyond a shadow of a doubt that it's both insane and antithetical to the
representative democracy and self-governance we pretend to have. It's
also a disgrace and a horrible example for the rest of the world, which
used to look to this nation as a beacon of democracy.
While the Republican establishment is beside itself after last night's
reported results (Castle, whom they'd supported, was thought to be an
easy win over Democratic nominee Chris Coons, while polls currently show
O'Donnell getting trounced by him), the same 100% unverifiable e-voting
systems will be used again in Delaware (and 20% of the rest of the
nation) on Election Day on November 2nd this year. If O'Donnell loses
the general election --- or wins --- there will be no way to prove that
she did --- or didn't.
"Tea Partiers" who support O'Donnell, and who claim to give a damn about
representative democracy and self-governance, would be wise to finally
start taking notice of the/ real/ threats to our supposedly inalienable
right of self-rule. HINT: The threat ain't ACORN.
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Major insurers to drop child policies ahead of coverage mandate

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:40:15 PDT

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/major-insurers-drop-child-policies-coverage-mandate/

And WHY is it we need private insurance companies instead of universal single-payer health care? Hmmm???