News & Action Alerts
October 31, 2007
Fall Fundraising
Our activity depends on you so please keep your membership checks coming. September was a great month and we are reaching our goal of raising $10,000.00 before the snow flies. Just click here to Contribute and charge your $25.00 membership today. If you are not comfortable contributing online, please send your check to the P.O. Box listed in our logo above.
Well Said And Not
You always say it better than I possibly can and your emails this week are no different. We've had videos, news articles and jokes coming in that I just have to share with you. So spend some time because many of these are moving, inspiring and just downright funny.
Why I'm a Democrat
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The She Should Run campaign is a comprehensive effort by Women's Campaign Forum (WCF) to gather nominations of 1,000 pro-choice women who should run for public office. WCF is committed to ensuring these women get the essential encouragement they need and to providing them access to key campaign education and resources. Do you know a woman who should run? Research shows women are much more likely to run if someone asks them to. Tell a woman she should run for office, share her story, and send her on her way toward becoming the civic leader she was always meant to be.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erin Cutraro at erin@wcfonline.org, or (202) 393-8164. We really appreciate your help in trying to meet our goal of 1000 nominations.
WCF is a non-partisan organization dedicated to ensuring pro-choice women become leaders in politics. We recruit, train and endorse pro-choice women – we're focused on getting women started.
Song In the Key of C
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The Film That Has the White House Spooked
Democrats are trying to find a way to end the occupation of Iraq , but George Bush wants to keep the occupation going... forever. That's why it's essential for all of us to see No End in Sight , a remarkable and powerful film that will give you the facts you need to demolish Bush's latest lies. Buy the DVD Today!
Check out the latest from the Backporch!
www.backporchpolitics.com
Moving Onward & Forward
From MoveOn
"Any climate legislation that gives 'pollution credits' away for free means windfall profits for big polluters. Congress should ensure that corporations pay taxpayers for these credits. The money raised should help develop clean energy sources and support the workers and consumers affected by the shift to clean energy."
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From NARAL
On October 31 Congress will hold a hearing to decide whether to put an end to George Bush's devastating global gag rule. For seven years, this immoral policy has forced family-planning groups to cut staff, close health centers, raise fees, and stop supplying birth control to some of the world's poorest women.
My staff and I will work for the next twelve days to ask that Congress abolishes this dangerous rule, and here's how you can help:
Make your contribution right now, and we'll send a moral compass to key members of the committee -- Senator Coleman (MN), Senator Sununu (NH), Representative Walberg (MI), Representative Knollenberg (MI), and Representative Doolittle (CA) -- symbolizing your hope that they find their way back on this moral choice.
Songwriter Anne Feeney
Coffeehouse Concert
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
520 Kanawha Boulevard West
Charleston, WV
Saturday, November 3rd
7:30 pm - Admission by donation: suggested $7-12 (no one turned away)
Anne Feeney, from Pittsburgh, is always on the go. Whether it's appearing in a play in San Diego about the Sago Miners, with her son in Guatemala, skydiving or playing any of the 51 Sates. She is an activist, organizer, songwriter, folksinger, troublemaker and hellraiser from Pittsburgh, PA.
Upcoming Fundraisers for State Dems
November 1: Fundraiser for Delegate Carrie Webster. Please click here to view your personal invitation.
November 1: Fundraiser for Joann Tabit for Kanawha Circuit Judge. Please click here to view your personal invitation.
November 6: Fundraiser for Senator Dan Foster, West Virginia State Senate, District 17 on Tuesday, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at The Rotunda of The University of Charleston, 2300 MacCorkle Avenue SE , Charleston .
November 10: Fundraiser for Agricultural Commissioner Gus Douglass from 5-7 p.m. at the Jackson County Fairgrounds near Cottageville.
For more information on these events, contact the West Virginia Democratic Legislative Council at 800 319-5716.
Celebrating Success!!!
Friend Raiser for Good News Mountaineer Garage
| When: | November 10, 2007 • 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Where: | Paul Perfater Law Office Building (formerly Smith Motors) 1311 Virginia St E. • Charleston, WV |
| What: | Music by The Carpenter Ants with Special Guests, Heavy hors d'oeuvres, Bar, Brake Dancing & Other Fuelishness |
| Live Auction: | Includes Sport Cars, Luxury Cars, Art by Charlie Jupiter Hamilton, Gift Certificate to Summit Point High Performance Driving School and more to Trick Your Ride. |
| Suggested Donation: $30.00 per ticket | |
| Attire: Garage Elegant (overalls optional) | |
For information, tickets & to preview cars: 1-866-GIVE-CAR or 304-344-8445 www.goodnewsmountaineergarage.com |
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The Good News Mountaineer Garage is a non profit organization that accepts donated vehicles, reconditions them, and sells them for one dollar to families who need them to get to work or school so they can get off public assistance.
Barbara Bayes
552-2350
In The News
Chinese Chemicals Flow Unchecked to Market
By WALT BOGDANICH
Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug regulators.
U.S. Military Will Oversee Contractors
By JOHN M. BRODER and DAVID JOHNSTON
All State Department security convoys in Iraq will now fall under military control, in a move to bring armed contractors under tighter supervision.
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