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Karl Rove Calling

I just got this email alert from democrats.com:

Karl Rove has been bragging for weeks about his “72-hour program” to swing the elections, which predict a Democratic takeover of Congress.

Now we know what it is: a dirty trick campaign using robocalls.

The calls are made to Democrats and swing voters at all times of day or night to make them angry. And they pretend to be from the Democrat (“Hello, I’m calling with information about Lois Murphy”). If you hang up, they call back 7-8 times, and each time you hear the Democrat’s name, to get you angry at him or her. If you stay on, you get to hear a scathing attack on the Democrat.

Karl Rove’s whole career has been devoted to dirty tricks. In 2002, his dirty trick was to force Congress to vote shortly before Election Day for the Iraq War based on two months of White House lies about WMD’s and Al Qaeda ties. That dirty trick has cost the lives of 2,834 brave young Americans (16 so far in November), $2 trillion in debt to our children and grandchildren, and unleashed massive bloodshed in Iraq.

It’s too late for legal action or even newspaper stories. If you receive one of these calls, write down the time and candidate and call every radio and TV show you can and urge everyone listening to vote against the disgusting Republican dirty tricksters. And forward this email to everyone you know so they aren’t fooled by Karl Rove’s dirty trick.

Let’s make this Karl Rove’s LAST campaign by voting ALL Republicans out of office.

More details:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
http://dailykos.com

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Why Vote

Unless you’re living under a rock, there’s a wind of change blowing this year’s Election Day, and with any luck (money, persistence, & volunteers), either the House or the Senate or both will change from being Republican-dominated to not sucking quite so much. Nutty of us, but I think Americans have learned too well what the whole ‘checks and balances’ thing was intended to prohibit.

Maybe there will be enough change, perhaps, to the degree that these ‘stay the course’ boneheads will get the message that Americans are sick of seeing Americans die, and tired too of the complete acknowledgement of how bad things have gotten under Dubya and his boys.

Good luck to the good folks in Ohio, and don’t take no (or “I need more ID”) for an answer when you go to vote. There are lawyers on your side.

GO VOTE.

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Transgender Legal Rights @ NYC Bar Association

Our lovely and talented friend Donna is moderating a panel on Transgender Legal Rights this coming Tuesday, October 17th. Here’s the info:

A panel dicussion about current judicial, legislative, and political developments on the local, state, and federal levels, affecting the legal and civil rights of transgendered persons.
Where & When:
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
42 W. 44 Street
New York, New York 10036
October 17, 2006, 7-9 pm
Moderator: Donna M. Levinsohn, Counsel, Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP
Speakers:

  • Pooja Gehi, Staff Attorney, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
  • Sharon M. McGowan, Staff Attorney, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project
  • Pauline Park, Chair, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA)
  • Franklin Romeo, Kirkland & Ellis Fellow, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • Michael Silverman, Executive Director & General Counsel, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
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The 5th Annual Blogger BoobieThon

They’ve raised over $26,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness, so for this year’s Breast Cancer Month, I’m in!
My mother survived breast cancer, & I bet she can think of about a gazillion other ways she’d prefer to have me help raise money. I can hear her already, “You could have just walked or something.”
But no. I think using breasts to raise money for the health of breasts makes way too much sense – so go! Make a donation! Guess which ones are mine!!