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Subject: [Activists] 4,000 Deaths, 435 Town Halls
Date: Mar 25, 2008 9:55 AM
4,000 Deaths, 435 Town Halls
We just passed another tragic milestone with the 4,000th death of U.S.
soldiers in Iraq, while the uncounted death toll of innocent Iraqis
climbs beyond 1 million.
Yet in April, Congress will vote to give George Bush another $102
billion blank check for Iraq on top of past blank checks for $562
billion - unless we finally persuade our Representatives to Just Say No.
One great way to persuade a Representative is to hold a Town Hall
Meeting and fill the hall with people who care and are willing to speak
passionately. That gets their attention!
Democrats.com has 500,000 members, roughly 1,000 in each district.
That's more than enough to fill 435 Iraq Town Halls, if just two
committed activists in each district will take the lead in organizing
one. We've created web tools and assembled useful links to make this
easier.
Will you help us organize an Iraq Town Hall?
http://www.democrats.com/iraq-town-halls
Thanks for all you do!
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Our Iraq Town Halls dovetail with several important new Iraq
organizing efforts:
Progressive Democrats of America just launched its Healthcare NOT
Warfare campaign to bring our troops home from Iraq and use the savings
to pass H.R. 676, Rep. John Conyers' bill which guarantees
comprehensive publicly-funded, privately-delivered health care for
everyone in the U.S. Please sign their petition:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personal2.asp?formid=healthpet
Win Without War wants Rep. John Murtha, Chairman of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, to provide funding only for the
safe and timely redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq. Please sign
their letter:
http://tinyurl.com/3aaoxw
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Thing You Can Do:
1. Take the graphic link at the bottom of this page (or design your
own) and link it to this page from your site:
http://www.democrats.com/iraq-town-halls-top
2. Forward this Email to everyone you know.
3. Start working on planning an Iraq Town Hall where you live:
http://www.democrats.com/iraq-town-halls-top
4. Ask other organizations to join this effort. Those involved
thus
far include:
Co-sponsors and speakers:
Progressive
Democrats of
America
Gold
Star Families for Peace
Win Without War
AfterDowningStreet
FireDogLake
Hip Hop Caucus
Cities for Peace
Velvet
Revolution
Speakers:
Iraq
Veterans Against the War