My impressions of the 2007 California Democratic Party convention
Mon Apr 30, 2007 at 01:28:21 PM PDT
This year I have committed to spending more time volunteering for my favorite causes since donating money is out of the question. My first real foray into volunteerism started out with this past weekend’s California Democratic Party convention that was held here in San Diego. It was actually my first time getting involved in a political event. Oh sure, I attended Yearly Kos in Las Vegas last year, but that felt more like a meet up of blogging buddies which just happened to have a political theme. The CDP event was my first exposure to the real, formal workings of a major political party. So, here are my amateur observations.
CA Prop 85: Parental Notification. Who is behind it and what it means to every state.
Wed Aug 30, 2006 at 02:32:59 PM PDT
This week I attended a wine and cheese mixer sponsored by the Lawyers Club of San Diego's Reproductive Choice committee. The guest speaker was the Planned Parenthood Director of Communications for San Diego and Riverside counties, Vince Hall. Vince helped defeat last year's parental notification measure in California, Proposition 73. At the mixer, he told us about this year's version of parental notification,
Prop 85. Again you ask? Oh yes! Read more below and learn how important this issue in California is to the entire nation
Take Action. Help a Kossack and perhaps even yourself.
Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 02:58:29 PM PDT
The recent veto of the Stem Cell funding bill reinforces our knowledge that this administration is not about to do anything to improve our overall health in this country. Access to basic healthcare will continue to drop and the funding of scientific research into ways to treat and cure disease will not happen. Fine, the government is currently failing us. So, what do we do? I guess I am going to quote my more libertarian friend who believes that the government should never be relied upon for those things - we need to take care of each other. While I do not support that view completely of course, I do support the idea that we need to take action ourselves until we can turn things around politically. So, when we feel as if we are just banging our heads against a Rovian wall, when we feel helpless and depressed over the state of things, how about picking a non-political cause to support? I promise you it will improve your mental state tremendously. Pick a cause!
How about cancer?
