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| CLINTONCOUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEWSLETTER RETURN to the home page | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ?It's high time for a cease-fire. It's time for all Democrats to work together." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| http://www.clintoncountydemocrats.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August 22, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMING EVENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CLINTON?S IOWA GREAT PLACES VISION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PUBLIC PRESENTATION AND FORUM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday, August 25, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:00 P.M. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ClintonCommunity College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Graphic Arts and TechnologyCenter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LABOR DAY PICNIC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, September 4 12:00 ? 4:00 P.M. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Free beverages! Free food! Free prizes! Fun for the entire family! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EaglePointPark Lodge. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sponsored by the Clinton Labor Congress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SENATOR TOM HARKIN?S STEAK FRY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| with special guest Senator John Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WarrenCounty Fair Grounds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indianola, Iowa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase tickets at www.tomharkin.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, August 16, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIAL GUESTS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Peterson, candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, spoke about his three top priorities: 1. Economic development. 2. Soil and water conservation. 3. An animal identification system. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Peterson said that we ship bulk commodities to other States when we should be doing the processing, manufacturing and marketing in Iowa. We are building biodiesel plants and promoting its use. IowaState is doing research on starch based plastics from corn. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Peterson has a degree in animal science from IowaStateUniversity. He has farmed since 1976 raising corn, soybeans and livestock. He has been a Webster County Supervisor for eight years and a commissioner on the soil conservation board for six years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Peterson left campaign brochures at Democratic Headquarters. He?s looking for a coordinator for his ClintonCounty campaign. His website is: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.IowaSecof Ag.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator Roger Stewart: 1.He will be part of an Iowa good-will trade mission going to Taiwan. Taiwan is a large customer for Iowa pork. 2. The Republicans in the Legislature were responsible for blocking an ethanol bill for the State. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connie Heath, candidate for a seat on the Clinton School Board, spoke about her interests in education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ITEMS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kathy Burke was appointed to serve as comptroller for the budget to serve with Marcia Lass who will continue as Treasurer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sharon Reed was nominated to replace Patsy Nichols as precinct committee person from Clinton?s 2nd ward 1st precinct. Patsy has moved to Waterloo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We may plan to share a charter bus with the Dubuque Democrats for the trip to Senator Harkin?s steak fry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We?re planning a work day after Labor Day to spruce up the headquarters both inside and outside. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We will be forming a committee to sell club memberships. This is an important source of revenue for the CountyParty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dick Kissack was named to represent the Democrats at the community brunch buffet sponsored by the BethelA.M.E.Church to meet Carl E. Officer, mayor of East Saint Louis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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We will be forming committees to carry out the work of the party with the chair of each committee serving on the executive committee. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Larry Kness serves as our technology expert. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connor Anderson described the Iowa Great Places Initiative which is a project of the Vilsack-Pederson Administration? to promote bold thought, innovation and entrepreneurship to cultivate the unique and authentic qualities that make places in Iowa special?. There will be a presentation at the Graphic Arts Center Thursday for the committee to share with the community their vision and proposal for our ?Great Place?. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saturday Dr. Pat Lennon, a Clinton County Democrat, was the facilitator of a workshop in Waverly (BremerCounty) on ?How Democrats and Progressives Can Win? ? based on George Lakoff?s philosophy. We appreciate Pat?s efforts to strengthen the Democratic Party in the First Congressional District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OUR UNFEELING PRESIDENT Bush cannot grieve because he doesn't know what death is. |
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| LINK to the full article | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The condensed article below was written by novelist E.L. Doctorow for The East Hampton Star, and was originally published on September 9, 2004. Since that time the number of American war dead in Iraq has risen to more than 1,800. ?I fault this president for not knowing what death is. He does not suffer the death of our 21-year-olds who wanted to be what they could be. On the eve of D-Day in 1944 General Eisenhower prayed to God for the lives of the young soldiers he knew were going to die. He knew what death was. Even in a justifiable war, a war not of choice but of necessity, a war of survival, the cost was almost more than Eisenhower could bear. |
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| ?But this president does not know what death is. He hasn't the mind for it. You see him joking with the press, peering under the table for the weapons of mass destruction he can't seem to find, you see him at rallies strutting up to the stage in shirt sleeves to the roar of the carefully screened crowd, smiling and waving, triumphal, a he-man.? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Doctorow is an award-winning author whose most recent novel, The March, will be published next month by Random House. This article was printed in the Houston Chronicle. If you would like to read the entire article, we have a link on our website or let me know and I?ll email you a copy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||