BROWARD COUNTY DEMOCRATS

Ft. Lauderdale, Wilton Manors & Oakland Park

 

 

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Tell Democrats To Grow A Pair

After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat and everything we've fought for together hangs in the balance.

  They have signaled they are open to dramatically scaling back health care reform. The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans. And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics!

Retreat is exactly the wrong message for Democrats to take from recent election losses. The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters want more change -- not less. It's time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing healthcare reform and taking on Wall Street.

So Democracy for America members are joining with our friends at MoveOn in organizing emergency rallies nationwide on Tuesday to demand Democrats show backbone and leadership -- starting with passage of real healthcare reform.

FIND AN EMERGENCY RALLY NEAR YOU

We need a big turnout to show Democrats we're still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted for on healthcare and everything else.

Make no mistake; Democrats still have the ability to pass healthcare reform and other progressive legislation. Even after last Tuesday's election loss, Democrats still have larger majorities in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bush.

All Democrats in Washington need is to show some backbone. It's up to us to demand they use it, because progressives don't retreat -- we lead.

ATTEND AN EMERGENCY RALLY ON TUESDAY


Saturday, January 16, 2010

DO NOT collect Items to send to Haiti

The recent earthquake in Haiti has caused a level of devastation that we hope most us will never have to suffer
through in our lifetimes. .

This site s called "Charity Navigator" will
provide an overview of a dozen or so charities that are currently
active in the Haitian relief efforts.

In their own words:

" Here are a few of our 3 and 4-star charities
responding to the crisis along with a synopsis of their plans. Each of
these charities has a history of working on massive disasters and/or of  working in Haiti"


Do Not Send Supplies – Knowing that millions of people
are desperately in need of food and water, it is hard not to want to
pack up a box of supplies and send it to Haiti.
But this type of philanthropy is simply not practical or efficient.
Even if mail could get to Haiti, no one is set up to receive these
goods, much less organize and distribute them to the victims.
Furthermore, charities are often able to partner with companies to
acquire large amounts of in-kind donations such as bottled water and new clothing. Instead of boxing up and sending your old clothing, have a  garage sale and turn your used goods
into cash and donate that to a worthy charity.

Go To Charity Navigator
or type in the url to your browser address
http://www.charitynavigator.org/


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