Democrats of Dawson County, Nebraska http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog Blogging for Change Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:38:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bob Kerrey in North Platte http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=740 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=740#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:12:33 +0000 PrairieFire http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=740 Senatorial Candidate Bob Kerrey was in North Platte, Saturday, March 31, 2012, at the Depot Restaurant, 520 North Jeffers, at 11:30AM.  He met and talked with average people about the issues facing Nebraskans and the entire country.

The following photos were snapped by photographer Don Kurre of North Platte; used by permission:

Mark Sullivan who is running against Adrian Smith was also there:

Marks’ Web-Page
Mark on FaceBook

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Our mothers and grandmothers worked very hard to obtain suffrage and other rights.  Let’s not go back to the dark ages ! Voting rights, birthcontrol and health care, fair wages, and equal responsibility have all made our lives better.  Our gains were hard-won; don’t lose them.

Get Informed • Get Involved • VOTE !
]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=730 0 OWS Supports Family Farming http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=725 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=725#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:58 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=725 [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=725 0 Great Guy Fawkes Day March http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=698 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=698#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:22:11 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=698 Central Nebraska Peace Workers, a chapter of Nebraskans for Peace, with MoveOn.org organized a march in Grand Island on Guy Fawkes day, November 5, 2011. Veteran’s for Peace, Green Party members, and Democrats from Hall and Dawson Counties made an appearance at the event too. We met about 10:30 a.m. at Pioneer Park in Grand Island, NE. Got ready, made a few X-tra signs, and began our “march” to Wells Fargo Bank and last to Adrian Smith’s office in that city. We were greeted with honks and thumbs-up signals by many, even a man in a Sherriff’s vehicle.. After many met for coffee, lunch and debriefing. Unfortunately, I got myself lost and missed that part of a good day. However; it was GREAT to support Occupy WallStreet and to be active for change.

For MORE Information About the Issues:

Central Nebraska Peace Workers
Nebraskans for Peace
Veterans for Peace
Occupy WallStreet
Occupy Together
MoveOn.org

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=698 0 Support Occupy WallStreet Nov. 5 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=690 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=690#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:36:01 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=690
Message from Marion: Move.On.org is organizing support for Occupy WallStreet
on Saturday November 5, 2011. Central Nebraska Peace Workers, a chapter of Nebraskans for Peace, AND OTHERS will be gathering at Pioneer Park, in the 600 block between 2nd and 3d Streets (across from Kentucky Fried Chicken) in Grand Island at 10:30 a.m. Then we will walk west to Wells Fargo Bank and stay there about 15 minutes. We would then walk west to Adrian Smith’s office and again stay for a short time. Confirmed with GIPD. Make or bring signs. See you there! (at least in spirit if you live more than 100 miles away) Marion

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=690 0 A Bigger Picture on the PipeLine http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=686 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=686#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:21:54 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=686 Naomi Kein speaks about the Keystone XL PipeLine:

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More Information:

350.org
Union of Concerned Scientists
League of Conservation Voters

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=686 0 Keystone XL Pipeline: No Benefit? http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=674 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=674#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:27:43 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=674 We all know about the environmental impact that the Keystone XL Pipeline will have, but too many Mid-Westerners don’t realize that there will be little or no benefit from it.

•Keystone XL is an export pipeline. According to presentations to investors, Gulf Coast refiners plan to refine the cheap Canadian crude supplied by the pipeline into diesel and other products for export to Europe and Latin America. Proceeds from these exports are earned tax-free. Most of the fuel refined from the pipeline’s heavy crude oil will never reach U.S. drivers’ tanks.

http://www.tarsandsaction.org/spread-the-word/key-facts-keystone-xl/

More on Export:
http://dirtyoilsands.org/files/OCIKeystoneXLExport-Fin.pdf

Don’t just sit there. DO SOMETHING!
Call and write your representatives and the president.
Keep writing and keep calling
until they listen and act in your benefit.

Get ACIVE!
Join a Group. Paint a sign and get in front of pertinent offices with it.
If you can’t go to Lincoln or Atkinson, go to your local county courthouse.
Keep the pressure on!

More info or action:

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/aswift/the_first_keystone_tar_sands_p.html

http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/u-s-oil-giants-poised-to-gain-on-keystone-pipeline-20110804

http://www.tarsandsaction.org/spread-the-word/key-facts-keystone-xl/

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/keystone_xl_obama/index.html?rc=tw1

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=674 0 Can’t Eat Money http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=669 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=669#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:43:58 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=669 Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will you realize that you cannot eat money.  . Cree Speaker

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=669 0 SPEECHLESS http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=664 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=664#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:01:21 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=664 [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

]]> http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=664 0 LIGHT IT UP BLUE !! http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=659 http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=659#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:51:48 +0000 admin http://www.dawsonnebdemocrats.org/blog/?p=659 [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

For More information:  http://www.lightitupblue.org/

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