Archive for September, 2009
Health Care Petition
Author: NikHey, Cal Dems! Next week, we’re turning in our health care petition to Senator Feinstein. So far, we have 450 signatures. Help us get 500 by the end of this week! Download the petition, sign up your friends, and bring your completed sheets to the general meeting on Thursday. Remember, time is of the essence [...]
Read moreVideo: Expectations in Care
Author: NikOur PR Team made this fantastic video, titled “Expectations in Care”. It explains the facts of health reform and what’s at stake for young people. Check it out! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FO2AMxbrvI&feature=player_embedded
Read moreWashington Post Worries About World’s Wealthiest People So You Don’t Have To
Author: RobbieAside from the indispensable Ezra Klein, I don’t usually read the Washington Post because it seems to have adopted a policy of deliberately misleading its readers on its editorial page while its news section…well, the less said, the better. But the other day as I was walking into Moffitt Library, a WaPo headline caught my [...]
Read moreSeriously?
Author: MaximAs entertaining as talking about how crazy the right has gotten recently can be, I usually try not to spend too much of my time on that because that’s playing right into their hand: it’s stirring up attention about something that’s not even worthy of a offhand remark at the diner table, let alone of a daily [...]
Read moreCoal and Oil Companies Should Clean Up Their Own Mess
Author: RobbieEarlier this year, President Obama asked Congress to send him legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. Democratic leaders in Congress have been quick to respond. The House of Representatives has already passed a major climate and energy bill that will transform our [...]
Read moreNightly News Scan, 9/26/09
Author: NikLots of foreign policy news today: U.S. and Allies Warn Iran Over Nuclear ‘Deception’ — NYT U.S. to Demand Inspection of New Iran Plant ‘Within Weeks’ — NYT Leaders of G-20 Vow to Reshape Global Economy — NYT Afghanistan Troop Request Splits Advisers to Obama — NYT National news: Gitmo Closing Goal of Jan. May [...]
Read moreGood Days in California
Author: NikThursday was a great day in California. Love Honor Cherish submitted ballot language to repeal Prop 8, George Lakoff filed an initiative to end the 2/3rd rule, and 5,000 students rallied in Berkeley to defend the UC. Wednesday, too, was phenomenal. In the lead up to the walkout, a panel of professors, including Peter Glazer, [...]
Read moreNightly News Scan, 9/20/09
Author: NikLots of foreign policy news today: Obama ‘skeptical’ about more troops — Politico Gates: A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe — NYT ‘A Very Pragmatic Proposal’ – The Obama Administration’s New Approach to Missile Defense — Daily Kos Europeans Say U.S. Lacks Will on Climate — NYT Paterson Says He Will Run Despite [...]
Read moreExpectations in Health Care
Author: NikCheck out this fantastic production from Cal Dems’ PR Team! It’s called “Expectations in Health Care”, and it’s about why young people should care about health reform. Here are some related posts: The Need for Health Reform Why We Need a Public Option Health Reform and Young People Again, congrats to the PR Team for [...]
Read moreCalifornia: Democrats and Taxes
Author: NikNote: These views don’t reflect those of Cal Dems. Cal Dems is neutral in the primary. At a candidate’s forum last Wednesday, [unofficial] gubenatorial hopeful Jerry Brown said: “We are not in the revenue-raising business…I think there are some other candidates who will do that. … Talk to the people. I don’t see their appetite [...]
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