Democracy For the Heart of America

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December 16 - Northland Democratic Club
DECEMBER PARTY!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 7 - 9 PM at the Staley Farms Clubhouse - RSVP and bring a friend: Jean at jeaglesfield@kc.rr.com or Cindy at goddess5360@yahoo.com

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December 3 - Democrats in Action
Holiday Celebration
Platte County Democrats are invited to the DIA Holiday Party - RSVP and bring a friend. RSVP to Mike Brazil kcmbrazil@yahoo.com . Location to be announced depending on the number of RSVPs. Watch for current information at our website www.plattedems.org .

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November 19 - Platte County Democratic Central Committee. Platte County Administration Building, 2nd floor. 7:00 pm

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November 18 - Northland Democratic Club, Staley Farms Clubhouse, 10210 North Olive, Kansas City. Social 6:45 pm, business 7:00 pm. This meeting will feature election of officers for 2010.

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VOLUNTEER FOR THE KC HEALTH CLINIC (one of Keith Olbermann's projects)

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The Fourth Annual John and Robert Kennedy Memorial Dinner will be at 6:30 pm, Sunday, November 29 at Jalisco's Mexican Restaurant, 5000 State Avenue. This year we will honor the many achievements of the late Edward Kennedy. The event is informal and attendees are responsible for the cost of their dinner.

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Also, this Saturday night the KCK NAACP sponsors the 91st annual Freedom Fund banquet at Jack Reardon Convention Center, Fifth Street and Minnesota Avenue. The banquet's theme this year is NAACP: Bold Dreams, Big Victories and the speaker is Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. Tickets are $50 and are available at the office- 281-7900. The banquet begins at 6 pm.

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The Wyandotte County Third Saturday Democratic Breakfast will meet this Saturday, November 21st at Granny's Chicken Ranch, 1340 Village West Parkway. Granny's is located behind Famous Dave's Barbeque, in the former W.J. McBride's Irish Pub location in Village West.
Congressman Dennis Moore will be our speaker.
An extended breakfast buffet is available at 8:15 am and the program begins at 9:00. Cost for the buffet is ten dollars, which includes tax, service and tip; seven dollars for students and those with limited income.

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We have a Mel Carnahan Meeting scheduled for the 3rd Saturday
of the month, November 21st at 11:00a.m. at Simon B's in Bolivar.
We are wondering how many members are planning to attend.
We will be discussing the possibility of a fund raising event with
some of the Democratic committees sometime in 2010 and will
be collecting monies and food for the food bank at Prairie Chapel
which serves Dallas and Hickory counties. Please let us know
as soon as possible.
Rich and Pam
richnpam@windstream.net

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BELTON LICENSE FEE OFFICE OPEN HOUSE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Karen Meador, the new administrator of the Belton Driver License Bureau, would like to invite everyone to her official opening on Thursday, November 19, from 8:00-10:00 am, with a ribbon cutting at 9:00. The license fee office is located at 325 Main Street, Belton, Missouri.

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CASS CO. WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETING, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
The monthly meeting for the Cass Co. Women's Democratic Club will be held at noon on Thursday, November 12, at the Butcher Block Grill in the Mill-Walk Mall, Harrisonville. Lunch is available. Everyone welcome.
THERE WILL BE NO MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER.
HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY! SEE YOU IN JANUARY.

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Don't forget to Save the Date
Missouri ProVote
14th Annual Progressive Awards Dinner
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
at
America's Center Ballroom
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101

5:30 VIP and General Reception
7:00 Dinner and Presentations

Come and Celebrate with this Year's Awardees:
Outstanding Legislator
Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford
Outstanding Community Organization
The Missouri Women's
Leadership Coalition
Outstanding Labor Organization
The Missouri AFL-CIO
Lifetime Achievement Award
Leila Medley of the Missouri NEA
Keynote Speaker
Celinda Lake

Democracy For America Nightschool
DFA Night School (www.democracyforamerica.com/nightschool) is an on-line training program that allows anyone to learn the skills to build the party and win elections.
Each session is an interactive conference call and web presentation where trainees participate and ask questions. Featuring expert trainers, topics range from Volunteer Recruitment to Framing a Message to Fundraising to Online Media. Each session lasts just an hour, is packed with important skills and is completely free. You can view past presentations to watch at your convenience.

CASS COUNTY RECYCLING PROJECT Volunteers are still needed for the Cass County Sustainability Recycling Program, especially for Peculiar. Call Doris at 816-779-6708 if you have four hours on a Saturday or Sunday to help out. It's a lot of fun meeting and talking with avid recyclers in these communities while helping to keep recyclables out of our landfills. Join an enthusiastic bunch and help spread the word. You can find the schedule at their website: www.casscountysustainability.com. Recycling: Make it second nature.

Heres a 60 second commercial for DFHA that you might hear on KKFI, 90.1 FM on occasion.

Here are recordings of the What Would Woody Do (WWWD) events which DFHA sponsors. Attached to this page are "m3u" files that allow you to stream each set, starting with the January 20th event.

Please try out the stream provided and give some feedback on how it might be improved. You can make comments on this page.

January 2007 Set 1

Play Entire Set 1

• David Haken - WWWD Jan 20 2007 Set1 Song 1
• Holly Taylor - WWWD Jan 20 2007 Set1 Song 2

10 Characteristics of A True US Patriot

We, the People of the United States of America, finding ourselves repeatedly misled by those charged with the care and governance of our nation, know that partisan politics have resulted in a serious breach of the public trust.

We have suffered attacks against our Constitutional rights and the founding tenets of this Democratic Republic.

We have suffered the infringement of our freedoms.

We have suffered insult to our honor and integrity as proud citizens.

We will no longer suffer in silence this continued assault that has now passed beyond intolerable.

Democracy for America flexes muscle

By JASON ROSENBAUM
Columbia Daily Tribune
Sunday, August 13, 2006

Buoyed by prospects of gaining political traction in the Show Me State, Democracy for Missouri held its statewide organizing conference yesterday to stoke the fires for the upcoming general election.

Local organizers from around the state converged at Carpenter’s Local 1925 hall to discuss ways to drive Democratic voters to the polls. The Missouri group is a branch of Democracy for America, an offshoot of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s presidential candidacy that seeks to organize support for local and national candidates who champion a progressive agenda.

Thanks to IndyOP on DU for this entry!

Howard Dean:

One: American jobs that will stay in America, using energy independence to generate those jobs.

Two: A strong national defense based on telling the truth to our citizens, our soldiers and our allies.

Three: Honesty and integrity to be restored to government.

Four: A health care system that works for everybody just like they have in 36 other countries.

Five: A strong public education system so we can bring optimism and opportunity back to America."

I have created a Google Groups dicscussion list for DFHA. To signup for it, see the link at the bottom left of the page, right below the DFA Link Sign up. You can simply enter your address, and click subscribe. Easy deal.

My expectation is that the DFHA will become whatever it becomes. My hope is that it becomes more than just a place of announcements, but rather a place where people discuss and have civil debate about issues of the day. I'm hoping for more original content, member's thoughts, than simply forwarding the latest news article. I want to hear YOUR voice, and not some professional journalist. I get enough of that already. :-)