"To speak about God, and remain silent on Vietnam, is blasphemous."
And it is these words, and this man, that have inspired rabbi Dennis Shulman (D) to challenge conservative extremist Scott Garrett (R) in NJ-5 this 2008.
Like his spiritual forefather, Shulman has concluded that he can no longer speak about God and remain silent on Iraq, as well as many of the other pressing and important issues of our times.
To learn more about Dr. Shulman, who is also a practicing psychologist, check out this recent New York Sun profile: Shulman Aims To Be First Blind Rabbi in Congress
Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 138
This week I highlight a couple of primaries progressive Democrats need to focus on for 2008, I revisit the Katrina 11 (the 11 Republicans who voted against helping Katrina victims), I highlight MoveOn.org's efforts for our children's healthcare, I discuss how serious global warming is becoming and how we REALLY need to all act now, and I highlight some local stuff going on in Virginia, New York State, New York City and Colorado.
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Draft Gore 2008 Suggested Action Steps: July 23, 2007
Recently, DraftGore.Com submitted their petition with 100 thousand signatures to Al Gore. Al Gore could have the told them not to continue their efforts if he wanted to rule out a run or rule out being drafted. There are no signs that he did. Recently, DraftGore.Com started airing radio ads in Iowa and apparently will air national radio ads as well.
Cross-posted at Daily Kos
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These are Days You'll Remember -- Open Letter to VP Gore
Fifteen years ago "10,000 Maniacs" blessed the world with their classic, "These are Days". The song began:
These are days you'll remember. Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this.And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky...
The song continues, counting the wonders and miracles of life -- of this precious time we have on Earth.
As you might have noticed, we live in pivotal times. As Americans, we've been hornswaggled into believing that our votes are counted, our wars are just, our science is fuzzy, our leaders are moral, and our media is capable. Now most all of us know better so the bliss of ignorance is lost.
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Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 120
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What will you demand of the next president?
If we survive the next two plus years, I've started to think about what I consider to be non-negotiable demands I will make of the next president.
Here are some things that I've come up with, what about you?
A clearly defined strategy for dealing with Iraq. This does not mean a bunch of double talk, triple speak and hemming and hawing. It means a precise description of what will happen, how it will happen, and when it will happen. This must be articulated in clear and crisp sentences which contain a beginning, a middle and an end.
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