REMEMBER THE DREAM THIS WEEKEND:
For those too young to remember it, or those who just need a reminder or some inspiration to start off the year right, you can read and watch a YouTube video of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s great "I Have A Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, on line at this page.
The City of Dallas will also be celebrating this Nobel Peace Prize winner's life and birthday with a candle lighting ceremony (Friday, January 12, at 6:30 PM, at the MLK Center, 2901 Pennsylvania Ave.), then a parade on Saturday (starting at Dallas City Hall at 10 AM and going to Fair Park), then with the 26th Annual MLK Awards Banquet, featuring newly elected Democratic District Attorney Craig Watkins as keynote speaker ($60, Saturday at 7:30 PM, Adam's Mark Hotel, 400 N. Olive St. Dallas).
Because of the MLK holiday next Monday, our DCDP email newsletter won't be out before Tuesday next week. If you have news for the next Roundup, please email it in no later than next Monday. Thanks!
OUR NEW CONGRESS BEGINS:
There's more to watch and read on the new Speaker's swearing-in and how much this matters to Democrats and how the far right resent it.
MORE REASON TO BE PROUD OF OUR NEW D.A.:
"On Wednesday, DNA testing exonerated Andrew Gossett of Garland, who had been serving a 50-year sentence for a 1999 sexual assault he didn't commit. Within 24 hours, Gossett was in a courtroom shaking hands with new Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, who apologized and told Gossett his office would work on his application for a pardon and monetary compensation. Gossett, 46, walked out a free man.
"The new D.A.'s office gets credit for that," says attorney Bruce Anton, who handled Gossett's appeal. He was amazed at how fast his client was released. "Craig Watkins was there to speed up the process. I think the change in command makes all the difference in the world."
The office under former District Attorney Bill Hill repeatedly fought against post-conviction requests for DNA tests, even if inmates were willing to pay for the tests out of their own pockets." Read it all at New D.A. Rising?.
GOOD NEWS FOR TEXAS DEMOCRATS:
Texas Democratic Party back in the black and improving
New poll detects a change in the political climate in the Capitol
TONIGHT'S SPEECH AND THE SURGE:
Watching the President's Iraq Speech: A Diagnostic Guide
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Troops oppose “Escalation”
Olbermann: Special Comment on “Sacrifice”
Wesley Clark: Bush's 'surge' will backfire
Surge is a sham
The Surge to Nowhere
Future of Iraq: The spoils of war
Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006
Diversionary Delusional Dishonesty
Surging in Afghanistan
While You Were at War ...
Molly Ivins: It's up to us to stop this war
Surge Protection For Our Men And Women In Uniform
Stopping the surge
It's Time for an American Surge To Stop the Bush War in Iraq
Petition: No Escalation in Iraq
Nancy Pelosi will not fund the McCain doctrine without justification
Spelling it out
RIGHT-WING MEDIA FOLLIES:
The threat to journalism (a Tom Tomorrow cartoon)
Media myths and falsehoods to look out for as Dems launch "100 Hours" plan
Most outrageous comments of 2006
2006: The Year in Wingnuttery
Misinformer of the Year: ABC
Selective Amnesia
Eating crow (or not)
The "credibility" of the right-wing blogosphere
And the most hilarious reactionary syllogism about the terrorists, found in This Week in Conservative Organs:
1. They hate us for our freedoms
2. Liberals are the ones who use freedoms
Ergo,
3. They hate us for our liberals.
For those too young to remember it, or those who just need a reminder or some inspiration to start off the year right, you can read and watch a YouTube video of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s great "I Have A Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, on line at this page.
The City of Dallas will also be celebrating this Nobel Peace Prize winner's life and birthday with a candle lighting ceremony (Friday, January 12, at 6:30 PM, at the MLK Center, 2901 Pennsylvania Ave.), then a parade on Saturday (starting at Dallas City Hall at 10 AM and going to Fair Park), then with the 26th Annual MLK Awards Banquet, featuring newly elected Democratic District Attorney Craig Watkins as keynote speaker ($60, Saturday at 7:30 PM, Adam's Mark Hotel, 400 N. Olive St. Dallas).
Because of the MLK holiday next Monday, our DCDP email newsletter won't be out before Tuesday next week. If you have news for the next Roundup, please email it in no later than next Monday. Thanks!
OUR NEW CONGRESS BEGINS:
There's more to watch and read on the new Speaker's swearing-in and how much this matters to Democrats and how the far right resent it.
MORE REASON TO BE PROUD OF OUR NEW D.A.:
"On Wednesday, DNA testing exonerated Andrew Gossett of Garland, who had been serving a 50-year sentence for a 1999 sexual assault he didn't commit. Within 24 hours, Gossett was in a courtroom shaking hands with new Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, who apologized and told Gossett his office would work on his application for a pardon and monetary compensation. Gossett, 46, walked out a free man.
"The new D.A.'s office gets credit for that," says attorney Bruce Anton, who handled Gossett's appeal. He was amazed at how fast his client was released. "Craig Watkins was there to speed up the process. I think the change in command makes all the difference in the world."
The office under former District Attorney Bill Hill repeatedly fought against post-conviction requests for DNA tests, even if inmates were willing to pay for the tests out of their own pockets." Read it all at New D.A. Rising?.
GOOD NEWS FOR TEXAS DEMOCRATS:
Texas Democratic Party back in the black and improving
New poll detects a change in the political climate in the Capitol
TONIGHT'S SPEECH AND THE SURGE:
Watching the President's Iraq Speech: A Diagnostic Guide
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Troops oppose “Escalation”
Olbermann: Special Comment on “Sacrifice”
Wesley Clark: Bush's 'surge' will backfire
Surge is a sham
The Surge to Nowhere
Future of Iraq: The spoils of war
Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006
Diversionary Delusional Dishonesty
Surging in Afghanistan
While You Were at War ...
Molly Ivins: It's up to us to stop this war
Surge Protection For Our Men And Women In Uniform
Stopping the surge
It's Time for an American Surge To Stop the Bush War in Iraq
Petition: No Escalation in Iraq
Nancy Pelosi will not fund the McCain doctrine without justification
Spelling it out
RIGHT-WING MEDIA FOLLIES:
The threat to journalism (a Tom Tomorrow cartoon)
Media myths and falsehoods to look out for as Dems launch "100 Hours" plan
Most outrageous comments of 2006
2006: The Year in Wingnuttery
Misinformer of the Year: ABC
Selective Amnesia
Eating crow (or not)
The "credibility" of the right-wing blogosphere
And the most hilarious reactionary syllogism about the terrorists, found in This Week in Conservative Organs:
1. They hate us for our freedoms
2. Liberals are the ones who use freedoms
Ergo,
3. They hate us for our liberals.
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