Progressive Democrat Issue 144: THOUGHTS

From what I have heard about the most recent Republican Presidential Primary debate, it amazes me how abyssmal that the Republican candidates are. Of course, the current Republican resident of the White House is even worse than any of the current batch of candidates. So abyssmal candidates CAN lie, steal and cheat their way to the White House. But I can't help but feel that the Republican candidates are SO BAD, and the Democrats are so good that it is hard to imagine we will have a Republican president after Bush leaves office.

Giuliani, arguably the most reasonable and intelligent of the Republican candidates, has a slew of new scandals hitting him. Nothing unexpected to ANY New Yorker who was paying attention to when he was mayor of NYC, but still likely to sour people on him.

This week I start focusing a bit on the holidays and the shopping we all must be part of. I make some suggestions about where to be shopping for the holidays. Hope some of you go with those suggestions.

This coming week is another anniversary of the Bhopal disaster. This man-made disaster, which killed more than 20,000 people, has yet to be cleaned up and justice has yet to be achieved. This kind of disgusting behavior makes American capitalism unacceptable to large parts of the world. We can't let these disgusting events be the dominant view people around the world have of America and democracy.

Here is this week's newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

BUSH SCREWS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS...AGAIN!

HOLIDAY SHOPPING FOR LIBERALS

REPUBLICAN PARTY TO MUSLIM-AMERICANS: Screw You!

THANKING THE OREGON DEMOCRATIC PARTY

BHOPAL: 23 Years Later

NY STATE FOCUS: Winning the State Senate

BROOKLYN FOCUS: Shopping to Support Our Community


PENNSYLVANIA FOCUS: Groups and Events

TEXAS FOCUS: Solar Energy for Texas

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Groups and Events

NEW JERSEY FOCUS: Groups and Events

VIRGINIA FOCUS: Groups and Events