Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Act Blue: A Fundraising Group
Disclaimer:
I can honestly say that I have given money to various Democratic candidates via this organization. I am not endorsing, nor am I not endorsing
Act Blue.
Today's Message from Act Blue:
James,
The California Supreme Court has ruled. For Democrats across America, May 26th will be remembered as the day that seven men and women presided over the love of millions. Today, someone's son was was told that he can't benefit from his husband's healthcare. Today, someone's daughter was turned away from her wife's hospital bed. Today, we learned that we cannot rely on the courts to protect us.
But giving up is not an option.
We have to organize change ourselves. In 2008, five hundred ActBlue fundraisers took responsibility for protecting marriage equality in California and raised over a million dollars. Now the stakes are even higher. This is a devastating day for all fair-minded Americans, but the fight is not over.
This is a national struggle.
At ActBlue, we've created the only platform that allows grassroots fundraisers to support organizing efforts across all 50 states. Today all eyes are on California. Tomorrow they may focus on New Hampshire or New York. With ActBlue, you can be a step ahead of the news. You can lay the foundations of tomorrow's successes today. So look to the future.
Support ActBlue.
From all of us at ActBlue, thanks.
Erin Hill
Executive Director, ActBlue
ActBlue is the nation's largest source of funds for Democrats. Launched in 2004, ActBlue created and deployed the next generation of online fundraising tools, enabling individuals and groups to raise money for the Democratic candidates of their choice at www.actblue.com.
Wondering how you can make the most of ActBlue? We're always happy to help. Email us at info@actblue.com.
If this email has reached you in error, we apologize. Click here to unsubscribe.
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...And that was the message.
As always, choose your charities with caution. Actblue isn't a charity, of course. They raise campaign money. Also, choose your candidates with caution. Just because they are Democrats, doesn't mean they are GLBT friendly.
I can honestly say that I have given money to various Democratic candidates via this organization. I am not endorsing, nor am I not endorsing
Act Blue.
Today's Message from Act Blue:
James,
The California Supreme Court has ruled. For Democrats across America, May 26th will be remembered as the day that seven men and women presided over the love of millions. Today, someone's son was was told that he can't benefit from his husband's healthcare. Today, someone's daughter was turned away from her wife's hospital bed. Today, we learned that we cannot rely on the courts to protect us.
But giving up is not an option.
We have to organize change ourselves. In 2008, five hundred ActBlue fundraisers took responsibility for protecting marriage equality in California and raised over a million dollars. Now the stakes are even higher. This is a devastating day for all fair-minded Americans, but the fight is not over.
This is a national struggle.
At ActBlue, we've created the only platform that allows grassroots fundraisers to support organizing efforts across all 50 states. Today all eyes are on California. Tomorrow they may focus on New Hampshire or New York. With ActBlue, you can be a step ahead of the news. You can lay the foundations of tomorrow's successes today. So look to the future.
Support ActBlue.
From all of us at ActBlue, thanks.
Erin Hill
Executive Director, ActBlue
ActBlue is the nation's largest source of funds for Democrats. Launched in 2004, ActBlue created and deployed the next generation of online fundraising tools, enabling individuals and groups to raise money for the Democratic candidates of their choice at www.actblue.com.
Wondering how you can make the most of ActBlue? We're always happy to help. Email us at info@actblue.com.
If this email has reached you in error, we apologize. Click here to unsubscribe.
FECfooter
...And that was the message.
As always, choose your charities with caution. Actblue isn't a charity, of course. They raise campaign money. Also, choose your candidates with caution. Just because they are Democrats, doesn't mean they are GLBT friendly.
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Tea Party
"Indeed, the rightward tilt of the state's GOP electorate permitted another Tea Party insurgent to mount a respectable run without serving as a spoiler to Perry's similarly themed campaign. Debra Medina, a darling of the far right, recently made headlines for questioning the government's involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but came in with about the same 16 percent showing that polls registered prior to her gaffe. -http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100304/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1213
The rightward slant of the Republican party in Texas portends ill for its citizens and residents alike. A state already gerrymandered to the Republican's advantage, allowing a comfortable margin for incompetence, is being pulled toward a radical part of the political spectrum.
The Tea Party rejects any workable form of federalism where the Federal government plays a necessarily central role in funding large projects, such as roads and dams, and provides funding for necessary functions, such as public education.
"But by the time Republican voters went to the polls here in a primary on Tuesday, the political ground had shifted under Senator Hutchison, who lost in a three-way race to Mr. Perry." -link to NY Times Article.
The Tea Party candidates posit themselves as outsiders. But, Rick Perry has been governor for over 10 years.
http://www.billwhitefortexas.com/
If you really want change, elect someone who hasn't been governor for 10 years. Bill White handily beat several other Democratic challengers, and, Bill White doesn't have to hide under a false agenda.
The Tea Party is a mis-informed tax revolt married to a wild-eyed dream of secession. All States require federal money to complete big projects because this is the tax money not hijacked by regional petty thievery, and, back-stabbing. It provides the wealth to the communities too poor to educate their own children or pave their own streets. And it provides a necessary counterweight to local lapses in judgment.
Don't leave the future of Texas in the hands of a movement that would send us back into the Dark Ages; where a decent education is a luxury, and a decent life is a far-off dream. This is the movement that would deny you your unemployment benefits. In fact, Governor Perry already has.
The rightward slant of the Republican party in Texas portends ill for its citizens and residents alike. A state already gerrymandered to the Republican's advantage, allowing a comfortable margin for incompetence, is being pulled toward a radical part of the political spectrum.
The Tea Party rejects any workable form of federalism where the Federal government plays a necessarily central role in funding large projects, such as roads and dams, and provides funding for necessary functions, such as public education.
"But by the time Republican voters went to the polls here in a primary on Tuesday, the political ground had shifted under Senator Hutchison, who lost in a three-way race to Mr. Perry." -link to NY Times Article.
The Tea Party candidates posit themselves as outsiders. But, Rick Perry has been governor for over 10 years.
http://www.billwhitefortexas.com/
If you really want change, elect someone who hasn't been governor for 10 years. Bill White handily beat several other Democratic challengers, and, Bill White doesn't have to hide under a false agenda.
The Tea Party is a mis-informed tax revolt married to a wild-eyed dream of secession. All States require federal money to complete big projects because this is the tax money not hijacked by regional petty thievery, and, back-stabbing. It provides the wealth to the communities too poor to educate their own children or pave their own streets. And it provides a necessary counterweight to local lapses in judgment.
Don't leave the future of Texas in the hands of a movement that would send us back into the Dark Ages; where a decent education is a luxury, and a decent life is a far-off dream. This is the movement that would deny you your unemployment benefits. In fact, Governor Perry already has.
Capitol Building -Austin
State Capitol Complex:
11th and Congress.
Parking at the intersection's southeast Corner, and 1500 block of Congress.
Larger than any other state capitol.
11th and Congress.
Parking at the intersection's southeast Corner, and 1500 block of Congress.
Larger than any other state capitol.
Texas Employment Law
"Texas employment law does NOT prohibit workplace discrimination and/or termination based upon sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status." -Equality Texas
"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), federal legislation that would add sexual orientation as a protected class against discrimination, has been proposed but failed in the past few years. But it is expected that President Obama and the a stronger Democratic majority in Congress will pass and enact the law in 2009." -HRHero.com
http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html
"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), federal legislation that would add sexual orientation as a protected class against discrimination, has been proposed but failed in the past few years. But it is expected that President Obama and the a stronger Democratic majority in Congress will pass and enact the law in 2009." -HRHero.com
http://www.hrhero.com/topics/sex_discrimination.html
Texas Travel and Leisure Blog
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It has articles on travel and leisure in Texas. Also, information pertaining to equality.
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Texas Travel and Leisure Blog
It has articles on travel and leisure in Texas. Also, information pertaining to equality.
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