Event Reminders:  Carlsbad Dem Office now open!
Thursday, 09/23/2010
The Carlsbad Democratic Campaign Office is now open in Plaza Camino Real Mall. Come visit us! Progressive Post Movie Night - Silent Running
Wednesday, 10/06/2010
Join us for a night of fun with local progressives and see a great film for our time. The pro-environment message in this movie is clear: We are on a course to screw up our planet and someday soon, all the beauty will be gone unless mankind changes its ways. Top CA Dem leader to speak to Fallbrook Dems
Thursday, 10/07/2010
Alexandra Rooker, Vice Chair of the CA Democratic Party will speak at the Fallbrook Democratic Club meeting on Oct. 7. Rooker, a Latina-American with a strong history in labor, green energy promotion and Latino issues provides valuable planning strategy to the state party. She will address the up-coming November election. Gay Pride at the Beach in Oceanside
Saturday, 10/09/2010
Gay Pride at the Beach is returning, on Sat. Oct. 9. This is the biggest gay event in North County, with entertainment, food, vendors, fun and the beautiful beach. San Diego County Children and Nature Workshop
Thursday, 09/23/2010
The San Diego Children and Nature (SDCaN) is a regional
collaborative of organizations, individuals and companies whose
mission is to inspire communities to nurture, empower and engage youth
in cultivating their relationship with nature. One way this is achieved is through a highly intriguing workshop for adults. Workshop admission is free. List of Democratic events in San Diego County
Friday, 09/24/2010
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Free Film Nights at Leo Carrillo Ranch
Friday, 09/24/2010
2010 Film Nights at Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park in Carlsbad. Free admission! Film on Sep. 24 is Honolulu Lu, 1941. All films begin at sunset and star Leo Carrillo, an actor most famous for his role as Pancho in the TV show "Cisco Kid" during the 1960s. Carillo was also politically active and an environmentalist way ahead of his time. Invitation for volunteers for Pride@the Beach
Friday, 09/24/2010
Pride@the beach! is approaching in less than 3 weeks and we are very excited for the growth that we have already experienced this year. This coming up Friday September 24th, our public meeting will be a general call for all of you that have already signed up, but also for everyone that is willing to volunteer and help us on making this Pride another unforgettable experience. Buena Vista Creek and Coastal Clean-up Day
Saturday, 09/25/2010
Join Coastkeeper, I Love a Clean San Diego and City of Oceanside in this special 10th annual clean-up event. We can't keep our coastal waters clean unless we clean up the creeks leading to them. Here's your chance to make a difference at this annual event that now includes Buena Vista Creek. Demcco Meeting
Saturday, 09/25/2010
All regular meetings start at 10 a.m. at the Carlsbad Woman’s Club, 3320 Monroe St., Carlsbad. Movie: The massive revolution in South America
Saturday, 09/25/2010
MOVIE: "South of the Border" by Oliver Stone. There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it. In this film, Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. Sat., Sep. 25 in SD at Joyce Beers Center in Hillcrest. Camp OFA on Sep. 26
Sunday, 09/26/2010
On Sunday, September 26, you are invited to attend Camp OFA on Organize for America strategy, tactics, outreach techniques and extensive training. We will carpool from Oceanside and Fallbrook to our local OFA headquarters in Moreno Valley. Sign up for carpools from Oceanside and Fallbrook to Camp OFA. Carlsbad Music Festival
Sunday, 09/26/2010
Mark your calendars! The Carlsbad Music Festival will take place on September 24 - 26, 2010. Information regarding artist line-up, times and ticket prices will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
Sunset Poets Reading Celebrates Recovery Month
Sunday, 09/26/2010
Sunset Poets and the Addictions Ministry at Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hold a poetry reading to celebrate Recovery Month at Palomar UU Fellowship in Vista. Everyone whose life has been touched by addiction should attend. Bring your non-poet friends (if you have any). There will be a featured segment focusing on addiction and recovery, and an open mike. In coming months we'll ask for your help in distributing flyers and spreading the word. By Dick Eiden.
Katz for Congress Golf Tournament
Friday, 10/01/2010
Drive Katz into Congress-join your friends for a 4-person best ball golf tournament to benefit the Howard Katz For Congress campaign! He is running against Darrell Issa in California’s 49th Congressional District.
Environmental Health Coalition's 30th Anniversary!
Saturday, 10/02/2010
30th Anniversary Celebration For Environmental Health Coalition! Special performance by Teatro Izcalli. Fundraiser for Richard Barron, Esc. City Council
Wednesday, 10/06/2010
You're invited to a fundraiser for Richard Barron's campaign for Escondido City Council. List of Democratic events in San Diego County
Thursday, 10/07/2010
This is a list of Democratic and progressive events in San Diego County:
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Escondido Democratic Club Meets
Saturday, 10/09/2010
Location change to new campaign office at 128 E. Grand Ave, Escondido!
The main topic for discussion is Pro & Con on the ballpark. Global Work Party Sponsored by 350.org
Sunday, 10/10/2010
Your efforts are building a powerful movement for climate solutions--a movement strong enough to last us through these tough times.
We've still got a steep mountain to climb, and with politicians trying to back away from strong climate action your work is needed now, more than ever before. If you're not yet involved, please join thousands of people across the planet by Finding or Starting an event for 10/10/10-Jamie Henn for the 350.org Team
NC Film Club Shows The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Sunday, 10/10/2010
North County Film Club Presents The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Amnesty's 22nd Candlelight Walk for Human Rights
Sunday, 10/17/2010
Amnesty International's theme this year, "Human Trafficking is Modern-Day Slavery" will give the 800+ participants an opportunity to learn about this horrific issue that affects 27 million people around the world with about 15,000 mostly young women and children being kidnapped and exploited in the USA every year for slave labor and/or commercial sex.
Volunteers sought for Escondido tree planting
Saturday, 10/23/2010
Volunteers are needed to help plant 315 trees in Escondido as part of a statewide tree planting effort. You don't need to have a green thumb to volunteer...just a desire to make Escondido a healthier community. Demcco Meeting
Saturday, 10/23/2010
All regular meetings start at 10 a.m. at the Carlsbad Woman’s Club, 3320 Monroe St., Carlsbad. NC Film Club Screens The Secret in Their Eyes
Sunday, 10/24/2010
The North County Film Club presents The Secret in Their Eyes, the last of six terrific creative movies for the Summer & Fall season. It will make you cry, shout "BRAVO!" -- but most of all it will make you think and understand our world. Carlsbad Music Festival
Friday, 09/24/2010
Mark your calendars! The Carlsbad Music Festival will take place on September 24 - 26, 2010. Information regarding artist line-up, times and ticket prices will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
Carlsbad Music Festival
Saturday, 09/25/2010
Mark your calendars! The Carlsbad Music Festival will take place on September 24 - 26, 2010. Information regarding artist line-up, times and ticket prices will be forthcoming. Stay tuned!
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Articles & News: Facts on the new Oceanside Fire Contract
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From City Councilman, Chuck Lowery: I've received many emails from people about the pension deal and have written this summary of what's been happening. If you have any unanswered questions about what I'm saying below, please contact me. It's important to me that you know the truth about Oceanside's labor negotiations. Taxpayers need the facts so they can decide for themselves.
Wikileaks and Pvt. Manning - unstoppable activism
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Pvt Bradley Manning follows closely the profile of the altruistic whistle-blowers and Hactivists: We explore…and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge…and you" call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias…and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals. Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all." Bill Horn Takes the Cake -- Again and Again
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"I write not of his notable girth, but rather of his carnivorous proclivity for overindulging in the largess of his public office -- for his own benefit. Put another way,[Supervisor] Bill Horn is one greedy cuss. And, perhaps, a desperate one, as his excesses are nibbling at his seat in an unsure election year." -- By Kit-Bacon Gressitt of Fallbrook. Amer Protection: Elizabeth Warren exceeds Petraeus
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Finally, Obama has taken his boldest and most courageous move so far to rein in the big Wall Street banks. This is HUGE news. Selection of Elizabeth Warren is more important in protecting the safety of Americans than anything General Petraeus can do. Whitman sports Pinocchio nose for a reason
Jerry Brown on Tuesday released his first attack ads against rival Meg Whitman, portraying the Republican candidate as the notoriously lying Disney character Pinocchio (Pinocchia ??) with her attacks against him in the close race for California governor. [The NOSE looks natural.] Escondido Democratic Club Endorsements
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EDC endorses Jason Everitt, rates Richard Barron, D'Agosta, and Carmen Miranda acceptable.
A truck wreck waiting to happen in North County
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This type of "accident" is inevitable when county authorities bring a giant mining operation into a rural community, such as that being authorized for a new quarry and aggregate industrial complex just north of Fallbrook, adjacent to a rare, pristine nature preserve. By Lauren Barker - of Deluz /Fallbrook Health care: CA so close to leading the nation
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California is leading the country in implementing and improving the new Federal health care law. Thanks to your efforts, we passed several critical health reform implementation bills earlier this month that are now sitting on the Governor's desk and awaiting his signature! Call the governor at 916 445-2841 and ask for his signature. The unvarnished evil of the American war machine
Alex Jones simply asks you to look at this video with an objective mind and judge for yourself the evils of the American War Machine. Corp. tax cuts not most effective way for jobs
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By Tracy Emblem - "More than 14.9 million American workers remain unemployed while America's employed are being squeezed for more productivity as wages continue to fall and Corporate America continues to profit at the expense of Americans. We must reverse the cycle." Corporate tax cuts will only add to this horde. What America needs is circulation of some of this cash into jobs and more hiring. Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana
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Shocking photos of a massive fish kill that Plaquemines Parish Billy Nungesser has been distributing to the media. "What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel." To view the unbelievably massive fish kill PHOTOS: CLICK HERE Whitman Spending BREAKS RECORD: $119 M
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Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor, has surpassed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the highest personal contribution in American campaign history. Whitman's campaign reported another $15 million contribution late Tuesday, bringing her personal donation to $119 million. John Boehner stars in "I'm Against It"
John Boehner and his GOP Choir have stood in the way of every sort of reform that might have done some good since Obama took office, obstructing all the way on every issue. He is only in favor of one thing: becomming Speaker John Boehner. Don't let it happen. Spread this video far and wide! Campaign for Nov. election accelerates
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Organize for America has bold campaign for Steve Pougnet, Mayor of Palm Springs, for US Congress. Also Camp OFA training camp, phone banks in Vista, Oceanside, Fallbrook.
Here is a general schedule of what is coming in our area. Volunteer. Ted Olson: Why Prop 8 is a loser's position
Constitutional lawyer, Ted Olson, in his victory over Prop 8 speech, calls this a great victory for individual and civil rights under the U.S. Constitution. A short, but great speech. The Glenn Beck 'Hysteria Show' in DC
Eight minute video of the insanity, irrationality and ignorance seen by one videographer at the Glenn Beck televangelist rally in Washington DC. "Repent! Go back to God! 9-11 was God's warning!" and more insanity that blames terrorism on God and Muslims. "Boycott Hollywood and all the commies!" "Obama is the anti-Christ." "Glenn Beck is such a logical thinker."This 'N ThatYou can no more win a war than win an earthquake.
- Jeanette RankinOnly when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will war disappear.
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