Progressive Democrat Newsletter 278

A reader sent this to me: President Eisenhower, a very well respected Republican, had this to say about social programs like Social Security in the United States:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are...a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54

Seems like the modern Republican Party and their Texas oil millionaires have forgotten the words of one of their best. Pity that the Eisenhower Republicans have lost out to the George Bush/Newt Gingrich extremists.

Obama has been busy since the elections, basically bringing jobs back to America...and the Republicans are criticizing him for it. On the very first day of Obama's trip to India he delivered this for America:

* SpiceJet an Indian airline will purchase 33 737s from Boeing

* The Indian military is confirming a deal to purchase Aircraft engines from General
Electric

* The Indian Air Force is looking to buy 10 C17s from Boeing.

53,670 people will be in work in the US as a result of this.

Republicans have been criticizing Obama for going to India. I guess they don't want Americans to have jobs! Here is Rachel Maddow slamming the Republicans for their lies:



I think this all explains why Democrats are better at creating jobs than Republicans. Remember, the bottom line is Job Growth is ALWAYS better under Democrats than Republicans:



I continue to expand my local sections based on where my readers are. Surges in places like Minneapolis and Philadelphia, for example, have inspired me to start pages for those locations, though it remains to be seen if traffic is high enough to justify weekly updates for those locations. Texas and Washington State remain major areas of readership though interestingly both seem partly driven by a robot program linked to Amazon.com. Not sure what's up with that, but I think it means my Washington State and Texas readership isn't quite as high as they seem, but the robot isn't the only source of hits from those states. New York and California continue to be high up in readership levels as well.

As the dust clears from the election I am finding myself as eager as ever to fight for what I know is right. The Republican/Tea Party surge was too much driven by racism against a black President and money from interests in China and Saudi Arabia as well as donations from the wealthiest 10% of America's rich for me to take it too seriously. I refuse to kowtow to racists or Saudis or Chinese communists or the wealthiest 10% of America, all of whom wound up being the main players in Republican victories. So I remain committed to working and middle class Americans who believe in a fairer, greener and more successful America. I believe in the end we will win. It will just take time...and effort.

I have been adding to my local focus sections as much as I can. Progressive Talk Radio stations, NAACP chapters, Jewish organizations, LGBT organizations, Native American organizations, etc. I will continue to update the local focus pages and adding to them. I think they are valuable. Some get a huge number of hits. Some get only a handful. But each hit means someone is interested in the information I am providing and so I feel each hit helps someone find a connection with a progressive group or event or activity or candidate that they can work with. THAT has always been my number one goal for this newsletter: helping people make connections with the groups or individuals they can work with.

Here is this week's newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Veterans Day Message: Michelle Obama and VoteVets.org

Post-Election Jewish Energy Renewal

Keith Olbermann and MSNBC

California Focus: Green Power Switch

Los Angeles, CA Focus

Orange County, CA Focus

Silicon Valley Area, CA Focus

San Diego, CA Focus

Southern California Grassroots Alliance

TAKE BACK RED CALIFORNIA

California 11th District Focus: San Joaquin, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Stonewall Democrats, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Washington State Focus: Green Power Switch

Seattle/King County, WA Focus

Spokane County, WA Focus

Thurston County, WA Focus

WASHINGTON STATE FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Native Vote, Groups and Events

Florida Focus: Green Power Switch

Tampa/Hillsborough County, FL Focus

Orange County, FL Focus

Broward County, FL Focus

Pinellas County, FL Focus

FLORIDA FOCUS: Blogs, Equality, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

New York Focus: Green Power Switch

Manhattan, NY Focus

Brooklyn, NY Focus

Queens, NY Focus

Bronx, NY Focus

Suffolk County, NY Focus

Rochester, NY Focus

New York 19th District Focus: Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties

NEW YORK STATE FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Michigan Focus: Green Power Switch

Detroit, MI Focus

MICHIGAN FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-op, Native Vote, NAACP, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Austin/Travis County, TX Focus

Houston/Harris County, TX Focus

Dallas County, TX Focus

Texas 10th District Focus: Bastrop, Lee, Burleson, Washington, Austin, Harris, Waller Counties

Texas 15th Congressional District Focus: Hidalgo, Brooks, Duval, Live Oak, Bee, Jim Wells, Karnes, DeWitt, Goliad, San Patricio, Refugio Counties

Texas 21st District Focus: Travis, Kerr, Real, Bandera, Kendall, Comal and Blanco Counties

TEXAS FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Nevada Focus: Green Power Switch

Las Vegas, NV Focus

NEVADA FOCUS: Blogs, Progressive Majority, Food Co-op, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Colorado Focus: Count EVERY Ballot!

Colorado Focus: Green Power Switch

Boulder County, CO Focus

Larimer County, CO Focus

Douglas County, CO Focus

COLORADO FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-ops, Veterans for Peace, Native Vote, NJDC, Immigrant Rights, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Pennsylvania Focus: Green Power Switch

Philadelphia, PA Focus

Lancaster Co. PA Focus

PENNSYLVANIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, NAACP, Groups and Events

Illinois Focus: Green Power Switch

Chicago/Cook County, IL Focus

ILLINOIS FOCUS: Blogs, Reform Illinois, Food Co-ops, Alternative Energy, NAACP, Groups and Events

Wisconsin Focus: Rally to Save Wisconsin Jobs

Wisconsin Focus: Green Power Switch

WISCONSIN FOCUS: Blogs, Biodiesel, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

Virginia Focus: Green Power Switch

Charlottesville/Albemarle County, VA Foucus

Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania County, VA Focus

Stafford County, VA Focus

Hanover County, VA Focus

VIRGINIA FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-ops, Energy and Agriculture, NAACP, Groups and Events

Arizona Focus: Green Power Switch

Phoenix/Maricopa County, AZ Focus

ARIZONA FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-ops, Alternative Energy, Native Vote, NAACP, NJDC, Groups and Events

Georgia Focus: Green Power Switch

Atlanta, GA Focus

Coweta County, GA Focus

Fayette County, GA Focus

GEORGIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, NAACP, Groups and Events

Minnesota Focus: Green Power Switch

Minneapolis, MN Focus

MINNESOTA FOCUS: Blogs, The Minnesota Project, NAACP, Drinking Liberally

New Jersey Focus: Green Power Switch

Passaic County, NJ Focus

Sussex County, NJ Focus

Warren County, NJ Focus

NEW JERSEY FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-ops, NAACP, NJDC, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

North Carolina Focus: Green Power Switch

North Carolina Focus: NC-5 District Focus (Stokes County, Statesville, Surrey County, Iredell County, Watauga County, Yadkin County)

NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS: Blogs, Biodiesel, Alternative Energy, NAACP, Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events

Tennessee Focus: Green Power Switch

TENNESSEE FOCUS: Blogs, Groups and Organizations, NAACP, Biodiesel, Food Co-ops

Kansas Focus: Kansas behind in wind power...WHY???

An exception to this embarrassing trend: Kansas Focus: Helping Greensberg achieve its dream

KANSAS FOCUS: Blogs, Biodiesel, NNACP, Food Co-ops, Groups and Events

Iowa Focus: Green Power Switch

Iowa Focus: Save the Iowa Power Fund

IOWA FOCUS: Blogs, Food Co-ops, NAACP, Alternative Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, Groups and Events

Oklahoma County, OK Focus

South Carolina Progressive Network

South Dakota Focus: Republicans Cost South Dakota 5000-10,000 Jobs