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Tuesday, December 5

Americans United for Separation of Church and State features the Rev. Barry Lynn
Stages Repertory Theatre, D'Amico near Allen Parkway and Waugh Drive
6PM -- Refreshments and Registration
7PM -- Rev. Barry Lynn, author of Piety and Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom

Books will be available for sale; Rev. Lynn will be available to sign books after program.
Bring $3 cash for parking.
Event is Free -- RSVP to HoustonAU@flash.net

Wednesday, December 6

Harris County Democratic Party Holiday Celebration

6PM to 8PM, at the Communications Workers of America Local 6222 union hall
1730 Jefferson Street (at the corner of Jackson St., downtown)
Hosted by Senator Rodney Ellis, County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia, Councilmember Ronald Green, and State Reps. Jessica Farrar and Garnet Coleman.

Please bring non-perishable food items for donation to a local charity, SEACH. We will also be collecting items suitable for sending to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for the holidays. We have received requests from them for decorations, party stuff, letters, holiday cards to the soldiers, cookies, candies, and toiletries of any kind.

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I won't be holding my breath for the Houston Chronicle to print a story about Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin's Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, or FCC hearings on media ownership.

Published on Friday, December 1, 2006 by the Nieman Watchdog
On Calling Bull#$%t
by Dan Froomkin

Mainstream-media political journalism is in danger of becoming increasingly irrelevant, but not because of the Internet, or even Comedy Central. The threat comes from inside. It comes from journalists being afraid to do what journalists were put on this green earth to do.

What is it about Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert that makes them so refreshing and attractive to a wide variety of viewers (including those so-important younger ones)? I would argue that, more than anything else, it is that they enthusiastically call bull#$%t.

Calling bull#$%t, of course, used to be central to journalism as well as to comedy. And we happen to be in a period in our history in which the substance in question is running particularly deep. The relentless spinning is enough to make anyone dizzy, and some of our most important political battles are about competing views of reality more than they are about policy choices. Calling bull#$%t has never been more vital to our democracy.

Read more here if you have trouble with the Neiman Watchdog.

OnlinePhoneBanking the most efficient and effective way for folks anywhere in the state (or country) to help Democrat Ciro Rodriguez defeat Republican Henry Bonilla. The netroots worked hard for Ciro last time, and with this new tool, we can turn netroots passion into grassroots action!

Learn more about TX-23: Democrat Ciro Rodriguez v Republican Henry Bonilla

Make simple calls to voters in any precinct in TX-23 to identify Democrats for GOTV, from the comfort of your home, right now, using OnlinePhoneBanking's tools. Choose any precinct, and if you want, choose any demographic in that precinct - women, men, seniors, youth, anyone, and more. TrueBlueAction provides tools, scripts and data, you provide the volunteer effort and the data that helps Democrats!

Click here to make calls at Ciro.OnlinePhoneBanking.com

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ROADWomen (River Oaks Area Democratic Women) will host Liz Carpenter, former Press Secretary to First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, as featured speaker next Tuesday, November 21, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Parish Hall, West Alabama @ Woodhead.

Liz will tell us all about her new book, PRESIDENTIAL HUMOR. We invite all Democratic club members to be our guests.

Refreshments at 5:3O p.m.; program begins at 6:00 p.m. RSVP to roadie@roadwomen.com.

Start teaching your kids now folks, hunger is not the proper word to use when describing the uneasy or painful sensation caused by lack of food because the USDA doesn't measure hunger.

How about these fancy schmancy charts? America looks very food secure, don't you think? Would someone please point out to me where it shows that 12% of Americans — 35 million people — could not put food on the table at least part of last year?

Keep scrolling, keep scrolling......

When you reach the bottom of the page you'll see that Texas is above average - WOO HOO! Dig in to the report and you'll find that 1.3 million residents have low or very low food security.

Doesn't sound so bad when you leave out the word hunger, don't you think?

Join us Thursday, November 16th, at 7:00 PM at Landmark Theatre, 5 Greenway Plaza in Houston for the screening of this new documentary film. Afterwards, members can join us for a special reception with ACLU leaders and the filmmaker at Mykonos Restaurant at 9:30 PM at 2181 Richmond in Houston.

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Invites you to

a fundraising reception

Honoring

Ciro D. Rodriguez

2006 Democratic Nominee for US Congress 23rd Congressional District

With Special Guest

Congressman Nick Lampson

&

Honorary Hosts

Chris Bell, Maria Luisa Alvarado, David Van Os, Fred Head, Hank Gilbert,

William Moody, and Richard Morrison

Monday, November 20, 2006

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

303 Timber Terrace

Houston, TX 77024

Contribution Levels:

Sponsor $2,100 – Host $1,500

Co-Host $1,000 - Guest $500- Ticket $200

Please respond to Katie Floyd at katie.floyd@radnofsky.com

Contributions or gifts to Ciro D. Rodriguez for Congress Committee are not tax deductible.

Checks may be made payable to “Ciro D. Rodriguez for Congress Committee” P.O. Box14528, San Antonio , TX 78214. You may contribute online at www.cirodrodriguez.com. No corporate checks please.]]> Congressman Ciro Rodriguez needs our help in his runoff against incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla. Democratic voters on November 7th in the 23rd Congressional District comprised more than 50% of the vote. Please help Barbara Ann raise needed funds for Ciro’s December runoff and convey this invitation to your list.

Even if you cannot attend, send your donation to www.cirodrodriguez.com or to P.O. Box 14528 San Antonio, Texas 78214. Or, come to Barbara Ann’s house Monday and hand it to him in person while you shake Congressman Lampson’s hand.