Tricounty DFA Update: Meetup reminder, more!
Hello Everyone!

In this update:

1. DFA Meeting Wednesday
2. DFA Nightschool Tuesday
3. Gillibrand Town Meeting Saturday
4. Ann Coulter Advertisers?
5. Bush At 29% Approval Rating-- 23% on War
6. March For Peace On War Anniversary
7. War Tapes Video Showing At UU
8. Friday Night Film Fest


1. DFA Meeting Wednesday

On Wednesday, March 7th, we'll be holding our monthly Democracy For The Greater Glens Falls Area "meetup" or Link-up. We will be meeting as usual at 7pm at the Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe on the corners of Elm and Exchange Streets and Hudson Ave. in Downtown Glens Falls.

On the agenda this month is the final draft of the Circular Letter on Global Warming/Global Climate change, Marches on the 18th and a possible encore showing of The War Tapes at the end of the meeting, time allowing.

2. DFA Nightschool Tuesday

The acclaimed DFA Night School starts again on Tuesday. The first session is something very pertinent at the moment: "Holding Elected Leaders Accountable." The time and date: March 6th – 8:30pm Eastern
You will need to RSVP to get the number and passcode. Go to: http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=18353

3. Gillibrand Town Meeting Saturday

From Lisa Manzi at the Glens Falls Gillibrand office:

"There will be a Health Care Town Hall Forum with Rep. GIllibrand on Sat. March 10th starting at 1:30 PM in the Hyde Collection Auditorium, at 161 Warren St. in Glens Falls. "

4. Ann Coulter Advertisers?

We've all probably heard about right wing nut case Ann Coutler calling presidential candidate John Edwards by a slur that we've all heard but probably shouldn't repeat. There's an effort tonight to contact the advertisers on her website and complain: there are some significant companies-- Verizon, for instance. She is making money off her website, from advertisers we all patronize-- and why should we help pay for hate language? Check out the list:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/4/105236/4618 Just pick one and send an email-- for instance, if you own a Toyota, tell them that.

5. Bush At 29% Approval Rating-- 23% on War

This didn't seem to make the headlines it deserved: According to the NY Times/CBSnews poll, Bush has now dropped to a 29% approval rating. The Times says, "Over all, Mr. Bush’s job approval remains at one of its lowest points, with 29 percent of all Americans saying they approve of the way he is doing his job, compared with 34 percent at the end of October. Sixty-one percent disapproved, compared with 58 percent in October, within the margin of sampling error."

"Twenty-three percent of those polled approved of the way Mr. Bush is dealing with the situation in Iraq. Twenty-five percent approved of his handling of foreign policy."

"Even the president’s campaign against terrorism, long his signature issue, is seen positively by only 40 percent of those polled, while 53 percent disapprove."

Only 23% approve of Bush's handling of the most important issue of the moment, the war in Iraq. That's below the number that forced Nixon from office during Watergate. And that includes bright spots like Texas and Alabama. It's no wonder Republican politicians' knees are knocking. As anyone around here knows, almost all the "W" stickers have vanished from cars and it's getting hard to find anyone who will admit to still supporting Bush.

But the real question is, why aren't there more calls to end the war, along with calls to impeach the perpetrators of this monstrous crime?

6. March For Peace On War Anniversary

If you want to raise your voice, the moment is coming. Sunday March 18th is the 4th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. There will be marches, vigils and services in both Glens Falls and Albany.

In Glens Falls:

An interfaith group is starting a peace vigil for Sunday, March 18th, at 3:00 p.m. There will be march together from City Park to the First Baptist Church for a worship service beginning at 4:00 p.m. ALL are welcome to attend and participate.

For more info, contact Regina Haag, pastor
Adirondack Friends Meeting
793-3755

In Albany:

There will be a march on Sunday, March 18 at 2 PM from the Capital Plaza Museum stairs to the Federal Building. People will carry the name of
one US GI who was killed in the Iraq war.

for more information call Joe Lombardo at 518-439-1968, jlombard@nycap.rr.com, www.nepajac.org "

7. War Tapes Video Showing At UU

The War Tapes video we showed on February 15 will be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Association Church on Weeks Road in Queensbury on Sunday, March 25th at 4pm.

This is a powerful video and a must see to grasp the folly and insanity of the war in Iraq. The story of American soldiers of the New Hampshire National Guard cuts through the fog of obfuscation and rationalization that for some reason still seems to be surrounding the war in Iraq. Thanks to Linda Thompson for setting this up!

8. Friday Night Film Fest

Finally, the Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe's Friday Night Progressive Film Festival contines at 7:30 with:

Mar 9 TYING THE KNOT (2004) Jim De Seve 83 min.
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of police officer Lois Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, is honored as her surviving spouse but denied all pension benefits. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher, loses his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriages mean nothing. From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, "Tying the Knot" digs deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil marriage in America today.

Thanks Everyone!

See you all Wednesday,

Larry Dudley
- posted by Larry Dudley @ 11:49 PM