Here is a song I wrote in 2005 to summarize progressive values, and make the case that these are American Values.

We will be having our annual membership meeting June 6th, in Emporia Kansas at the Emporia public library (110 E 6th Ave, Emporia, KS) starting at 11:00am.

Guest speakers will include potential Gubernatorial candidate Chris Steineger and potential Senate candidate Charles Schollenberger.

The agenda will include:

The 105 County Strategy, a new standing committee of the KDP formed at Washington Days whose goal is to form a healthy, active and vibrant democratic party structure in all the 105 counties of Kansas.

Planning the legislative goals of the Kansas Progressive Caucus for the next session. Do you have something you'd like us to focus on? Come tell us about it!

How to raise more funds and attract more new members.

Governor Parkinson's recent approval of a new Coal Plant and what we should do about it.

This is going to be an exciting year coming up with a real opportunity for the progressive caucus to make an impact, come have your voice heard. We hope to see everyone there!

A Hibbard post I enjoyed:

I had the unique experience of growing up the oldest of nine children, sired by a dad who was an atheist, and a mother who was a Roman Catholic.

My dad didn't make a big deal of his atheism. He simply would have nothing to do with attending church.

He allowed our mother to try and bring us up in the Church by sending the first four of us to parochial school. She gave up trying to send the last five to parochial schools, probably more from financial insecurity and inability to support the parish in any way.

At our Saturday breakfast, one of our group, the retired math professor, often defiantly proclaims his absolute conviction that he is an atheist. He cannot understand how his professional son will contribute a large amount to his church while the old man math professor struggles with medical bills for him and his wife. Their son never offers them any help.

Just when we thought we had helped at least SOME children . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/washington/21health.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5070&en=24f9b09de32da946&ex=1188360000&emc=eta1

Rules May Limit Health Program Aiding Children

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By ROBERT PEAR
Published: August 21, 2007
in the New York Times

The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families.

I would like to give anyone associated with this website BlueVoter HOPE bracelets so that they can spread HOPE from the Heartland to their friends all around the nation. Contact me at info@hopebracelet.com

Thanks, Laura Adams

This is my first time to post anything to my blog, so I'm not going to say much. I will say, however, that I believe in providing health care to all Americans, public financed elections, voter-verified paper ballots to accompany electronic tabulation, reproductive choice, and freedom of religion. I'm still feeling my way to determine what I really mean when I say I am a progressive, but I have yet to see the Caucus take a stand I didn't agree with.

History of bill

Text of bill

Here is the Virginia apology for "human carnage, and the dehumanizing atrocities committed during colonization and slavery."

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 728
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Joint Conference Committee
on February 24, 2007)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate McEachin)
Acknowledging with profound regret the involuntary servitude of Africans and the exploitation of Native Americans, and calling for reconciliation among all Virginians.

Kucinich says it Video

All warmongers should step down, and let those with real vision lead, those who saw this mess ahead of time and voted "No".
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~retta

Gore More Years

I am a progressive at heart... but being weaned on Howard Dean I can't "sacrifice the good for the perfect."

Kucinich is great for getting the issues out on the table and I applaud him......Loudly. But I believe he can not win..... not anywhere near winning.

Many progressives shun me for not backing Kucinich.

I am holding my breath till Al Gore announces his candidacy. Gore is not as progressive as I'd wish but way more then most candidates.

I've been remembering the USPS discussions of the early/mid 1980s. That was a time when everyone was terribly impressed with the successful efficiency of Federal Express and UPS. And there was talk that we could disband the USPS and let the Free Market handle all postal service.

Of course the problem with that idea was that Federal Express and UPS don't deliver everywhere. While the USPS delivers a first class letter everywhere in the country for the same price, Federal Express & UPS wouldn't. It wouldn't make Free-Market-Sense to price a letter to Alaska at the same rate as a letter across New York City. Rural customers, those in Hawaii or Alaska -- they'd be charged the full market cost of transporting their mail. If they could get it delivered at all.
And gradually talk of dismantling the USPS quietly faded away.

How does the Postal Service compare to Health Care?