Letter to the Editor From Past WCDP Chair

Senatorial right-wing politicians have done their best to kill extension of unemployment benefits. This group, with their 'ultra-conservative tagalong' cohorts, are bent on crippling the middle class citizens, keeping people from paying mortgages and supporting their kids. These Senators don't understand that unemployment benefits are immediately spent right back into the economy and will help keep the economy rolling. They will buy kids clothes, pay mortgages, buy food putting their benefits right back into the economy.

The Party of NO and their “fringe followers” should remember just who got us into this mess in the first place. THEY DID - removing regulations on Wall Street which contributed to this economic mess. “Obstructionism” has DIRE consequences. The great American middle class is feeling those consequences.

“Tea-baggers” claim Congress does not read bills before they vote. This is not true. Congress not only reads the bills, they write the bills and offer amendments to the bills before they vote on them. In the Senate bills are read twice before the bills are sent to the appropriate Senatorial committees for review.

Tell the 'nay-saying' Senators to get back to work; to provide investment in non-fossil fuels power; to concentrate on progressing instead hanging onto the past failures. The former president allowed too many jobs to be sent overseas, too much deregulation of Big Oil, Big Banks, Wall Street and too much pandering to the Huge Insurance Industry.

Investments in solar power, wind power, natural gas power will certainly bring more new jobs to America. Cutting out the perks now being given to Big Oil will help pay for tax benefits for new environmental jobs. Investment in the environment will provide thousands of new jobs for the American middle class to move the economy forward.

Demand that the 'nay-saying' Senators get back to work and start working for progress instead of hanging onto the unworkable past. We have seen what Big Oil can do to our environment.

B. Jean Mohr

John Boccieri to Appear on CNN's State of the Union Sunday

Update: Here is the video from the State of the Union tv segment:



This Sunday, July 4th, Congressman John Boccieri (D-Alliance) will be participating in CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning roundtable with Candy Crowley. Boccieri will be joined by Republican Representatives Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Mike Coffman (R-CO).

All three members of Congress are military members, recently elected. Their conversation will focus on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – discussing the strategies there, the sacrifices and the recent resignation of General Stanley McChrystal.

They will be speaking from experience as military members and will highlight how that experience has shaped their views on military issues as freshmen members of Congress.

CNN’s State of the Union airs at 9:00am and again at NOON on Sunday, July 4th.

We hope you can tune in for this special program.

Yes We Can Still Blame Bush

You know the so-called mainstream media is letting our democracy down when Comedy Central is constantly reporting stories and distributing facts that they will not. The latest example comes from the Daily Show's Jon Stewart, who makes the obvious case that we can still blame President Bush, because his failures were so immense, it will takes years, even decades to recover:

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Why Do Republicans Hate Americans?

Ed Schultz from MSNBC has a great take on the Republicans, and their seeming disdain for every American outside of those from big corporations. If you needed any more proof, their blockage of unemployment benefits, including to those for veterans, should be all you need:

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Fundraiser for Christmas Run Pool July 9 Features John Boccieri

There will be a fundraiser for the benefit of Friends of Christmas Run Pool, which are the folks raising the funds that are keeping the Christmas Run Pool open this summer. The event will take place on Friday, July 9, from 5 to 9 p.m. on the street in the 100 block of West Liberty Street (between the square and Walnut). Several of the W. Liberty St. businesses are participating. At the El Rancho Grande, our congressman John Boccieri will be a guest server from 5 to 6 p.m. This is not a political event and John will be there to help raise $$$ for the FCRP only.

Since there will be many folks needed to help with this event, we are sending out the call for volunteers. People will be needed to help set up from 4 to 5 p.m. and to tear down and clean the area from 9 to 10 p.m. A few folks are needed to man the beer and wine garden that the FCRP will be setting up. It would be nice if there were a good representation of Dems there to show support for John in this re-election year.
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Local Democrats Part of 2010 Statewide Election Kick-off

Wooster Weekly News - There were two things that Jim Bird feared, as he got ready for the local 2010 Democratic kick-off efforts, June 5. His first fear was that nobody would show up and his second fear was that the keynote speaker wouldn’t make it.

It turned out he had nothing to worry about on the first account, as more than 30 volunteers showed up at the local headquarters eager to get to work. On the second account, he wasn’t as lucky. House Majority Whip Jay Goyal was sick and couldn’t make it after all.

Appearing unfazed after getting the phone call minutes before the 10 a.m. meeting was to begin, Bird took center stage and filled in for Goyal. He began by addressing what he considered the accomplishments of the Democratic Party and Governor Ted Strickland, including education and healthcare reform, a balanced budget, new energy laws, the GI Bill, NATO, Peace Corps, unemployment compensation, women’s suffrage amendment, Civil Rights, Social Security, and a jobs stimulus bill.

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