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Santa Fe: Greg Palast Benefit for Election Reform

I already posted information about Greg Palast's Albuquerque fundraising event on May 20th. Here's the info on his Santa Fe event on May 21st:

"The State of Democracy"
A special evening with Greg Palast and Friends in Santa Fe

To benefit the critical research and legal work of Voter Action & Voter Action New Mexico.

Come hear Greg Palast and attorneys Lowell Finley and John Boyd speak about the state of voting and democracy in New Mexico, the U.S. & around the globe and find out what you can do to help fix it.

Saturday, May 21st, 2005
5:00 - 7:00 PM
at
Cloud Cliff Cafe and Art Space
1805 Second Street
Santa Fe, NM

Limited seating
Refreshments
$15.00 -Tickets at the door

Greg Palast, award winning BBC investigative journalist and NY Times best selling author of "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" & his investigative team are joining forces with Voter Action and Voter Action New Mexico to help find the missing votes from 2004.

Learn how New Mexico can help our country move towards more fair and accurate elections.

www.voteraction.org

For more information,
info@voteraction.org  (505)760-6794
Contributions to Voter Action New Mexico are tax deductible.

You're Invited to Social Change Committee Meeting 5/16

Empowering People Social Change Committee Meeting of the Coalition To Take Back our Government:

Next meeting will be Monday, May 16, from 6:30 to 7:45 PM at P & J, 202 Harvard SE.

                  Join us and invite friends!

The meeting discussion will be on The NM Human Needs Council and their efforts for a Housing Trust Fund for New Mexico. And a report on The Southwestern Housing Trust Fund Conference held in Albuquerque on April 10, by the Center for Community Change.

The purpose of the empowering people is to work on social changes to help people help themselves to meet their physical needs and to serve as a catalyst to build strong communities. The long term objective is to have people take an interest in public issues that affect them and all of us. Join us!

Contacts:
Maria Santelli, P & J, 268-9557, mjs1126@hotmail.com
Martha Dominguez, 275-0597, marthacd@earthlink.net
Eric Elison, 271-0271, selison22@comcast.net

Sunday Birdbath Blogging

Bosco our peach-faced lovebird loves to take a bath. As soon as he sees the tupperware lid filled with warm water coming his way, he gets all excited and jumps onto the edge of his private pool:

Then he wades right in:

He loves to dive in head first and swish himself through the water, belly-flopping along the bottom to get as many feathers wet as possible:

Voila! Aquatic lovebird:

Who knew that tupperware would provide the perfect bird bath? Afterwards, Bosco emerges from the water all wet and skinny looking and likes to rub his head along your neck and hairline to dry it off. He is one spoiled lovebird!

RSVP NOW for ABQ Greg Palast Benefit for Election Reform

 

"The State of Democracy"

A Special Evening with Greg Palast and Friends

To benefit the critical research and legal work of Voter Action & Voter Action New Mexico.

Cosponsored by Democracy for New Mexico and New Mexico Democratic Friends.

Come hear Greg Palast and attorneys Lowell Finley and John Boyd speak about the state of voting and democracy in New Mexico, the U.S. & around the globe and, most importantly, what you can do to help fix it.

Friday, May 20st, 2005
5:00 - 7:00 PM
at
IBEW Hall
4921 Alexander Blvd. NE
(Click for map: https://tinyurl.com/7bp7u)

Limited seating
With refreshments, music and fun!
$15.00 or two for $25

Email dfnm_albq@comcast.net or selison22@comcast.net to RSVP.

Greg Palast, award winning BBC investigative journalist and NY Times best selling author of "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" & his investigative team are joining forces with Voter Action and Voter action New Mexico to help find the missing votes from 2004.

Learn how New Mexico can help the rest of the country towards more fair and accurate elections.

For additional information,
info@voteraction.org  (505)760 6794
www.voteraction.org

Contributions to Voter Action are tax deductible.

MOBILIZE AGAINST CAFTA TUESDAY

ACTION ALERT!!

MOBILIZE

To Oppose CAFTA

Tuesday, May 10

7:00 AM

National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St SW (corner of 4th St & Bridge)

The President of El Salvador will be the guest of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce promoting Free Trade and what it offers to New Mexico.

OPPOSE free trade and the damage it does to labor, the environment, and democracy in the US, Central America and the Dominican Republic.

Show Up!  Bring Signs!  Shout Out!

NO TO CAFTA!

For more information, contact 232-3100 or michael@econjustice.net

Click to download a flyer on this event in English or in Spanish:

Download MOBILIZE.doc

Click for more information on CAFTA.

TODAY, CHENEY THE CHESHIRE FAT CAT IN REP. WILSON’S WONDERLAND

From the Democratic Party of NM:
[Albuquerque, NM] – Vice President Dick Cheney is in town today to reward Rep. Heather Wilson’s flip-flopping with some big fat checks from his fat cat friends.  At a $1,000 per plate luncheon, Cheney is playing the Cheshire cat* in Wilson’s Wonderland – a place where the real world’s worries are whisked away with nary a whisper.

“In Wilson’s Wonderland, her policies are as vexing to her constituents as the tendencies of Cheney the Cheshire Fat Cat.  But we are the ones caught in a bad dream.  I can only presume that Wilson is serving up her trademark waffles at today’s luncheon,” said John Wertheim, Chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico.

In Wilson’s Wonderland gas prices are cheap, Social Security urgently requires benefit cuts and privatization, the ethical scandals of House Republican Leader Tom Delay do not demean the entire Congress as an institution, and Medicaid cuts will benefit the 400,000 people in New Mexico who depend on them.

But if Wilson’s constituents want to wake up from this nightmare that Rep. Wilson helped the Republican leadership to created, they must  do more than wake up; they must speak up and vote her out of office next November.

In Wilson’s Worriless Wonderland, her waffles come in many, many varieties.

Medicaid: Wilson voted in favor of an extra $20 million in cuts to the Medicaid program in Bush’s budget.  Wilson made a big deal of a letter she wrote opposing the cuts (after she voted for them).  The House then voted overwhelmingly to instruct budget conferees not to include Medicaid budget cuts in the final resolution.  But the budget resolution Wilson supported commands cuts of $10 billion or more from Medicaid.

Social Security: Wilson has supported privatization, and opposed privatization, and now she just pretends privatization isn’t a problem.  However, Wilson supported the Bush Budget, which raids the Social Security Trust Fund of more than $1.1 trillion over the next five years. 

Ethics: After voting in favor of Tom Delay's bid to deadlock the House Ethics Committee in January, Wilson caved under public pressure and switched her vote - but only after Delay gave her permission to do so.  [H. Res. 240, Roll Call 145, 4/27/05]

*The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. It appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_cat] 

Progressive Dems Tout Involvement in Party

Check out an article in the 5/5/05 edition of the Taos News that focuses on a report from Charlotte Roybal about the recent Democratic Party State Central Committee meeting. It discusses how progressives are joining together in New Mexico and working with like-minded folks within the Democratic Party to have a voice, a vote on resolutions and the Party platform and, eventually, the candidates who run for office.

Preliminary discussions about forming a Progressive Caucus took place after the Democratic Party State Central Committee meeting in Socorro last month with representatives from many communities around the state. Next up will be a steering committee meeting where those interested in creating a caucus can take the project one step further. To get on the progressive caucus mailing list, contact Charlotte Roybal at croybal@aol.com.

DemocracyFest 2005: Register Now

From Democracy for America:
Come spring, minds turn to all sorts of great things to come. Like warmer weather, longer days, and DemocracyFest 2005.

Preparations for this year's festival, scheduled for Austin, Texas -- one of America's great cities -- from June 17 through 19, have hit fever pitch. Planners have lined up a star-studded agenda -- including our very own DNC chairman Governor Howard Dean.

But what they need more than anything are participants ready to get energized about building our democracy from the ground up. In short, they need you.

So sign up today. You can do it right here:

https://www.democracyforamerica.com/democracyfest

DemocracyFest 2005 promises to feature some of the best that Austin and the progressive grassroots movement have to offer.

You can learn the truth about Tom DeLay from two of his most formidable foes: Richard Morrison, who almost knocked him out of office in the 2004 elections, and former Congressman Chris Bell, who helped expose DeLay's ethics problems to the American people.

You can learn how to frame issues from Dr. Jeffrey Feldman of Frameshop, and get the scoop on alternative media from Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos. You can hear Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. explain how you can help work for election reform, and collect tall tales of Texas politics from the one and only Molly Ivins.

And it wouldn't be Texas without good food and music -- they've got them both, from bands like the Asylum Street Spankers and barbecue from the world-famous Stubbs.

Governor Dean is coming. Hundreds of your friends and colleagues in the trenches across the country are coming. You should too. Sign up now:

https://www.democracyforamerica.com/democracyfest

DemocracyFest has a fabulous program coming up for you -- a weekend where you can trade ideas, learn new strategies, and get energized for the hard political work ahead. It'll be a great celebration in Austin -- I look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,
Tom Hughes
Executive Director
Democracy for America

Also participating: Jerome Armstrong (mydd.com), Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (dailykos.com), Jim Hightower and more.

Vigil-Giron on We the People Tonight

WE THE PEOPLE
May 5, 2005 -  Channel 27 - 7 PM

HOST:     Mickey Bock
GUEST:   Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Secretary of State

WE THE PEOPLE is an innovative call-in television show looking for TRUTH and TRANSPARENCY in local, state and federal governments. We hope to remind viewers of their legacy and heritage coming from the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution--with the Bill of Rights that gives us our FREEDOMS.

Watch us every Thursday 7-8 PM
Community Cable Channel 27
Albuquerque, NM

Call-in (the number will be flashed on the TV Screen).
Or
E-mail us and we will try to answer your questions and concerns.

Please, forward to Albuquerque area friends and tape the program if you can't be present.
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www.1776wethepeople.com

mickbo@earthlink.net

THANKS FOR WATCHING
Mickey Bock/Judith Binder