Resources

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Sep 3, 2009 1:01 AM EDT

Linked to groups: Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA Tallahassee

Links you can use...

Democratic Gain Political Career Advice Resources

120 days in, SGA reviews the stimulus spending on transportation

Right-Wing Recovery Myths

Conservative Viral E-mail Checker

Sourcewatch's Astroturf Page

Republican Translation Computer

Comparing U.S. and Canadian Health Care

This winnable fight

Written by: Mike Stagg on Aug 13, 2009 3:20 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Acadiana DFA, Democracy for Louisiana, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007

Despite the fact that, up to now, the public space in this debate has been abandoned by our side in Louisiana, the fight for healthcare reform is still winnable and, in fact, must be waged because the future of our party depends on it.

I attended the Rural Listening Tour event in Reserve, LA, last month. While the protesters got the media attention, the vast majority of the people there were hungry for information that the four cabinet secretaries offered them. I believe most of the people at that event could be won over to support healthcare reform if someone would speak to them about it common sense terms.

That view was reinforced recently when the Ouachita Chamber of Commerce took a neutral stance on healthcare reform. The easy vote for them would have been to get in line behind the national chamber, behind their local legislators, behind their congressman and behind their governor to oppose this legislation. That they did not indicates that there must be some significant portion of their membership who is at least open to suasion on the issue.

More after the break.

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Action Alerts

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jul 23, 2009 11:01 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for Florida, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, DFA Tallahassee, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni

Donate money: Help Support Redistricting Reform (FDF)

Send an e-mail: Tell Obama to Protect the Gulf Coast (Oceana)

Send an e-mail: Tell NMFS to Protect Sea Turtles (Oceana)

Send an e-mail: Protect Your Drinking Water From Toxic Chemicals (EJ)

Send an e-mail: The USDA Must Stop Invasive Plants (UCS)

Action Alerts

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jul 9, 2009 1:00 PM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, DFA Tallahassee, Florida DFA

Sign the petition: Download and Sign the Petitions for Fair Districts Florida (EF)

Send an e-mail: Urge Your Member of Congress to Support Clean Energy Economy Job Growth (PEW)

Send an e-mail: Protect Our Communities from Coal Ash (SC)

Send an e-mail: Tell Congress: Protect Whistleblowers and Taxpayers! (PC)

Send a fax: Save America's Dairy Farmers (Credo)

Ammunition

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:41 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Florida DFA, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, DFA Tallahassee, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM)

The latest links to the information you need to counter right-wing spin...

Obama is not going to tell every company in America how much they can pay people

Bush Mirandized suspects in Afghanistan, too

Obama does not favor single-payer health care

Obama didn't take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bush did

A NASA report did not prove that humans didn't cause global warming

Bush's Guantanamo policies did not keep us safe

Obama did not say that he wants the courts to do more redistribution

Obama did not say that the U.S. is a Muslim country

Sheldon Whitehouse, who has seen the information Cheney says should be seen, says the Bush administration claims about waterboarding are completely false

The difference between Republican/Tom DeLay-style small government and Democratic/Obama-style big government is 2%

Resources

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:39 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Democracy for Florida, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni

Links you can use...

Learning from Obama’s Financial Steamroller: How to Raise Money Online

The Advocate's Top 15 Gay(ish) Blogs

How To Tell People They Sound Racist

Blend workshop: how to engage on the topic of race and LGBT civil rights

Media myths and falsehoods about the Supreme Court

Fact-Checking Karl Rove’s Attacks Against The Public Option

Myths and falsehoods surrounding the Sotomayor nomination

Important Reading

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:37 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, Florida DFA, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, DFA Tallahassee, Democracy for Florida

Good stuff you all should read from bloggers around the country... (Sorry this one is Open Left heavy, I accidentally left out my Open Left RSS feed the last time I did this round-up)

Open Left: A New Path To Progressive Power

Open Left: Please Play Hardball with Blue Dogs, Too

Progressive Historians: Obama, John Rawls, And A Defense Of The Unreasonable

Open Left: Healthcare Crisis Stifling Rural Independence

Open Left: Bogus Process Arguments

Open Left: The Fear Factor

Open Left: Obama and the Left, Part 432 (and counting)

Open Left: Pew Analysis Mostly Shows Obama Has Been A Successful President So Far

Open Left: Why Not A Progressive Foreign Policy? Part 2: The Whole Enchilada

Open Left: Why Not A Progressive Foreign Policy? Part 1: The Military

Action Alerts

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 16, 2009 9:35 PM EDT

Linked to groups: Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007, Florida DFA, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA Tallahassee

Send an e-mail: Ask your senators to support upcoming legislation to guarantee federal workers four weeks of paid parental leave for a new child, as a first step toward universal paid leave. (NOW)

Send an e-mail: Strengthen the clean energy bill (MO)

Send an e-mail: Tell President Obama to urge the Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea (NRDC)

Send an e-mail: Urge Your Representative to Support the American Clean Energy and Security Act (UCS)

Sign the petition: Will Dell & HP help China censor the Dalai Lama? (Credo)

What's Going On: The Future of the Republican Party

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 13, 2009 1:19 AM EDT

Linked to groups: Democracy for America Miami-Dade (DFAM), DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, Democracy for Florida, DFA Tallahassee, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni

South Florida Daily Blog: Republicans: Let's Play Grown-Up

The Spencerian: Plotting the Course of Republicans in the Wilderness: They're Far Out

Natch Greyes: Democrats Maintain Lead As Republican Succumb To Infighting

BlueHerald 2.0: The Persistence of Ideology

Morning Martini: Republican’s Plans

Daily Kos: Who Speaks For The Republican Party?

Down With Tyranny: The struggle for the soul of the Republican Party (and the conservative movement): It's the age-old war between crazy and stupid

Democratic Strategist: Conservatives Should Disown Hate Speech

Democratic Strategist: Honkey Chateau

Pam's House Blend: If the GOP wants to resurrect itself, it needs to cure its addiction to hate and bigotry

Ammunition

Written by: Kenneth Quinnell on Jun 13, 2009 1:16 AM EDT

Linked to groups: DFA Tallahassee, DFA Campaign Academy Alumni, Democracy for Florida, Florida DFA, Training Academy Alumni, Class of 2007

The latest links to the information you need to counter right-wing spin...

Health care reform will not kill more people than it helps

Conservative judges are the actual judicial activists

Americans prefer federally-run health care

The public supports an activist government

The Justice Department is fighting voter supression for legitimate, not political, reasons

Terrorists have been frequently prosecuted in the past through the normal criminal justice system

Obama's still not a Muslim

Fox News is still not fair and balanced

Tobacco Lollipops are being marketed to kids

Cap-and-trade won't hurt farmers

No, Judge Sotomayor doesn't want to take your land

Judge Sotomayor has consistently followed precedent on the Second Amendment

Judge Sotomayor is not a racist

Employers have increased use of coercion and punitive tactics to discourage unionization

The DHS report on right-wing extremism was backed by solid evidence