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General Info + Info re Next Meeting - WEDNESday, February 8th
CALL TO ACTION -- "SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION" E-MAIL CAMPAIGN = TRillions Being Printed To Bail Out Foreign Banks and Governments -- (ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE)
Possible Topics – March 14th Meeting
Possible Topic Beginning Fall 2011 - Inner-City Holocaust and America's Apartheid "Justice" System (In Honor of Jonathan Kozol and In Memory of John Howard Griffin)
Addendum - Inner-City Holocaust and America's Apartheid "Justice" System
Discussion Outline – Real Politik (aka National Interest) and America’s Looming Attack On Iran -- Feb 8th
Original Proposal -- Real Politik (aka National Interest) and America’s Looming Attack On Iran -- Feb 8th
Participant Comments -- Real Politik (aka National Interest) and America’s Looming Attack On Iran -- Feb 8th
Reference Materials -- Real Politik (aka National Interest) and America’s Looming Attack On Iran -- Feb 8th
Discussion Outline - All The Devils Are Here: The Hidden History Of The Financial Crisis - Jan 11th
Original Proposal - All The Devils Are Here: The Hidden History Of The Financial Crisis - Jan11
Participant Comments - All The Devils Are Here: The Hidden History Of The Financial Crisis - Jan 11
Reference Materials - All The Devils Are Here: The Hidden History Of The Financial Crisis - Jan 11
Discussion Outline - Balanced-Budget Amendments & Redeeming National Debt With “Wallpaper” In Both Europe and the U.S. - December 14th
Original Proposal - Balanced-Budget Amendments & Redeeming National Debt With “Wallpaper” In Both Europe and the U.S. - December 14th
Participant Comments - Balanced-Budget Amendments & Redeeming National Debt With “Wallpaper” In Both Europe and the U.S. - December 14th
Reference Materials - Balanced-Budget Amendments & Redeeming National Debt With “Wallpaper” In Both Europe and the U.S. - December 14th
CALL TO ACTION -- "SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION" E-MAIL CAMPAIGN = Benefiting American Taxpayers For The Scientific Discoveries Of Basic Research They Have Financed -- (ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE)
Discussion Outline - That Used To Be Us By Thomas Friedman - Nov 9th
Original Proposal - That Used To Be Us By Thomas Friedman - Nov 9th
Participant Comments - That Used To Be Us By Thomas Friedman - Nov 9th
Reference Materials - That Used To Be Us By Thomas Friedman - Nov 9th
Discussion Outline - Can The Middle Class Be Saved - Oct 12th
Original Proposal - Can The Middle Class Be Saved? - Oct 12th
Participant Comments - Can The Middle Class Be Saved - Oct 12th
Reference Materials - Can The Middle Class Be Saved? - Oct 12th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betencourt - Sep 14th
Original Proposal - Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betencourt - Sep 14th
Participant Comments - Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betancourt - Sep 14th
Reference Materials - Even Silence Has An End by Ingrid Betancourt - Sep 14th
Discussion Outline - Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour - August 10th
Original Proposal – Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour – August 10th
Participant Comments - Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour - August 10th
Reference Materials - Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour - August 10th
Discussion Outline - America's Climate Problem, The Way Forward - July 13th
Original Proposal - America's Climate Problem, The Way Forward - July 13th
Participant Comments - America's Climate Problem, The Way Forward - July 13th
Reference Materials - America's Climate Problem, The Way Forward - July 13th
DO-IT-YOURSELF SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION-E-MAIL-CAMPAIGN = Insuring The Survival Of The Democratic Party Following A Nuclear Attack On The U.S. By Terrorists - ONLY-5-MINUTES-REQUIRED-TO-PARTICIPATE
Post-Meeting Discussion - Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power - June 15th
Discussion Outline - Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power - June 15th
Original Proposal - Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power - June 15th
Participant Comments - Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power - June 15th
Reference Materials - Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power - June 15th
SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION-E-MAIL-CAMPAIGNS = Taxing-Corporate-Profits-From-Exporting-American-Jobs + Benefitting-American-Taxpayers-For-The-Scientific-Discoveries-Of-Basic-Research-They-Have-Financed - ONLY-5-MINUTES-REQUIRED-TO-PARTICIPATE
Discussion Outline - Debtor Nation: The History Of America In Red Ink - May 11th
Original Proposal - Debtor Nation: The History Of America In Red Ink - for May 11th
Participant Comments - Debtor Nation: The History Of America In Red Ink - for May 11th
Reference Materials - Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink - for May 11th
DO-IT-YOURSELF SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION E-MAIL CAMPAIGN – Apr.13th
Original Proposal - President Obama’s Nuclear Stand Post-Japan - April 13th
Discussion Outline - President Obama’s Nuclear Stand Post-Japan - April 13th
Participant Comments - President Obama’s Nuclear Stand Post-Japan - April 13th
Reference Materials - President Obama’s Nuclear Stand Post-Japan - April 13th
Discussion Outline - Religious Freedom And National Security - Mar 16th
Original Proposal - Religious Freedom And National Security - Mar 16th
Participant Comments - Religious Freedom And National Security - Mar 16th
Reference Materials - Religious Freedom And National Security - Mar 16th
DO-IT-YOURSELF SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION E-MAIL CAMPAIGN – Feb 9th
Discussion Outline - Reports By Two Deficit-Reduction Commissions - Feb 9
Original Proposal - Reports By Two Deficit-Reduction Commissions - Feb 9
Participant Comments - Reports By Two Deficit-Reduction Commissions - Feb 9
Reference Materials - Reports By Two Deficit-Reduction Commissions - Feb 9
Discussion Outline - Making Our Democracy Work by US Supreme Ct Justice Stephen Breyer - Jan 12th
Original Proposal - Making Our Democracy Work by US Supreme Ct Justice Stephen Breyer - Jan 12th
Post-Meeting Participant Comments - Making Our Democracy Work by US Supreme Ct Justice Stephen Breyer - Jan 12th
Participant Comments - Making Our Democracy Work by US Supreme Ct Justice Stephen Breyer - Jan 12th
Reference Materials - Making Our Democracy Work by US Supreme Ct Justice Stephen Breyer - Jan 12th
Discussion Outline - The US Gov's "Kill List" To Assassinate US Citizens in Yemen - Dec 15th
Original Proposal - The US Gov's "Kill List" To Assassinate US Citizens in Yemen - Dec 15th
Participant Comments - The US Gov's "Kill List" To Assassinate US Citizens in Yemen - Dec 15th
Reference Materials - The US Gov's "Kill List" To Assassinate US Citizens in Yemen - Dec 15th
Unofficial Six-Degrees-Of-Separation E-mail Campaign - Obama's Wars - Nov. 10th
Original Proposal - Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward - Nov 10th
Participant Comments - Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward - Nov 10th
Reference Materials - Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward - Nov. 10th
Discussion Outline -- Murder City – What Does Juarez say about our future? -- Oct 13th
Original Proposal - MurderCity - What does Juarez say about our future? - Oct 13th
Participant Comments - MurderCity: What does Juarez say about our future? - Oct 13th
CALL TO ACTION - "American Policy Toward Palestinians = The Key to Middle-East Peace" - ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE
Reference Materials - MurderCity: What does Juarez say about our future? - Oct 13th
Discussion Outline - - The Big Sort: Why The Clustering Of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart - Sep. 15th
Original Proposal - The Big Sort: Why The Clustering Of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart - Sep. 15th
Participant Comments - The Big Sort: Why The Clustering Of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart - Sep. 15th
Reference Materials - The Big Sort: Why The Clustering Of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart - Sep. 15th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Greg Mortenson's Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan and Pakistan - August 11th
Original Proposal - Greg Mortenson's Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan and Pakistan - August 11th
Participant Comments - Greg Mortenson's Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan and Pakistan - August 11th
Reference Materials - Greg Mortenson's Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan and Pakistan - August 11th
Suggested Discussion Outline - The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America And How To Get It Back - July 14th
Original Proposal - The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America And How To Get It Back - July 14th
Participant Comments - "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America And How To Get It Back" - July 14th
Reference Materials - The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back - July 14th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Arizona's New Immigration Law - June 9th
Original Proposal - Arizona's New Immigration Law - June 9th
Participant Comments - Arizona's New Immigration Law - June 9th
Reference Materials - Arizona's New Immigration Law - June 9th
Meeting Cancellation - After Iran Gets The Bomb (Foreign Affairs Magazine Lead Article) - May 12th
Original Proposal - After Iran Gets The Bomb (Foreign Affairs Magazine Lead Article) - May 12th
Participant Comments - After Iran Gets The Bomb (Foreign Affairs Magazine Lead Article) - May 12th
Reference Materials - After Iran Gets The Bomb (Foreign Affairs Magazine Lead Article) - May 12th
Suggested Discussion Outline - "The Shock Doctrine: Rise of Disaster Capitalism" - April 14
Original Proposal - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - April 14
Participant Comments - "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" - April 14
Reference Materials - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - April 14
“SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION” CALL TO ACTION = The Supreme Court’s Recent Corporate-Campaign-Contribution Decision - (ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE)
Suggested Discussion Outline - US Supreme Court 1/21/2010 Decision on Campaign Contributions by Corporations - March 10
Original Proposal - U.S. Supreme Court 1/21/2010 Decision on Campaign Contributions by Corporations - March 10
Participant Comments - U.S. Supreme Court 1/21/2010 Decision on Campaign Contributions by Corporations - March 10
Reference Materials - U.S. Supreme Court 1/21/2010 Decision on Campaign Contributions by Corporations - March 10
Suggested Discussion Outline - When China Rules The World - Feb 10th
Original Proposal - Martin Jacques' "When China Rules The World" - Feb. 10th
Reference Mats + Participant Comments - When China Rules the World - Feb 10th -- including Suggested Answers to the Short Quiz and the NY Times Book Review on "When China Rules The World"
“SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION” CALL TO ACTION = The ONLY Way To Transform The Prevailing SINGLE-DIGIT Inner-City High School Graduation Rates to 65%-70% And Beyond - (ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE)
Suggested Discussion Outline - Oprah Winfrey's "Precious" - Jan. 13th
Original Proposal - Continuing Our Oprah Tradition With "Precious" – Jan 13th
Participant Comments and Reference Materials - Continuing Our Oprah Tradition With “Precious” – Jan 13th
“SIX-DEGREES-OF-SEPARATION” CALL TO ACTION = Eliminating Unemployment With A “National Security Work Force” (ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE)
Original Proposal - Dorothy Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer-Prize Winning "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II" - Dec. 9
Participant Comments and Reference Materials - Dorothy Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer-Prize Winning "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II" - Dec. 9
"SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION" CALL TO ACTION - General Motors & the EPA Perpetrating Fraud Re the Chevrolet Volt (ONLY 5 MINUTES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE)
Original Proposal - General Motors + the EPA Perpetrating Fraud Re the Chevrolet Volt - Nov 18
Participant Comments - General Motors and the EPA Perpetrating Fraud Re the Chevrolet Volt - Nov 18
Reference Materials – General Motors and the EPA Perpetrating Fraud Re the Chevrolet Volt – Nov 18
Original Proposal - American Policy Toward Israel - Oct 14th
Participant Comments - American Policy Toward Israel - Oct 14th
Reference Materials - American Policy Toward Israel - Oct 14th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Health Care/Insurance Reform - Sep. 9th
Bill Lee's Original Proposal - Health-Care (or Health-Insurance) Reform - Sep 9th
Participant Comments - Health-Care (Health-Insurance) Reform - Sep 9th
Reference Materials - Health-Care (Health-Insurance) Reform - Sep 9th
Original Proposal - Three Cups of Tea - August 12th
Participant Comments - "Three Cups of Tea" - Aug. 12th
Suggested Discussion Outline - How to Change The World - July 8th
Original Proposal - How To Change The World - July 8th
Participant Comments - How To Change The World - July 8th
Reference Materials - How To Change The World - July 8th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Come Home America - June 10
Original Proposal - Come Home America - June 10
The Banking Imbroglio - Come Home America - June 10
Participant Comments - Come Home America - June 10
Reference Materials - Come Home America - June 10
CALL TO ACTION - The ONLY Way To Transform SINGLE-DIGIT Inner-City High School Graduation Rates to 65%-70% - Only 5 Minutes Needed to Answer the Call to Action
Suggested Discussion Outline - A Report Card for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan - May 13
Original Proposal - A Report Card for US Education Secretary Arne Duncan - May 13
Participant Comments - A Report Card for US Education Secretary Arne Duncan - May 13
Reference Materials - A Report Card for US Education Secretary Arne Duncan - May 13
CALL TO ACTION – Human Intelligence vs. Surging in Afghanistan From 17,000 U.S. Troops to 70,000 and Beyond
Suggested Discussion Outline - Afghanistan, President Obama's Vietnam and Pakistan, His Cambodia - April 8
Original Proposal - Afghanistan, Pres. Obama's Vietnam and Pakistan, His Cambodia - April 8
Participant Comments - Afghanistan, Pres. Obama's Vietnam and Pakistan, His Cambodia - April 8
Reference Materials - Afghanistan, Pres. Obama's Vietnam and Pakistan, His Cambodia - April 8
Suggested Discussion Outline - How Should Pres. Obama Reform Health Care - March 11
Original Proposal - How Should Pres. Obama Reform Health Care - March 11
Participant Comments - How Should Pres. Obama Reform Health Care - March 11
Suggested Discussion Outline - Saving the Democratic Party from Extinction: Foreign Policy - Feb. 11
Feb. 11 Topic = Saving the Democratic Party from Extinction - Foreign Policy
Participant Comments - Saving the Democratic Party from Extinction/Foreign Policy - Feb. 11
Report of the 2007 Democratic Congress' Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism - Feb. 11
Other Background Mats - Saving the Democratic Party from Extinction/Foreign Policy - Feb. 11
CALL TO ACTION - Separate BUT UNEQUAL Public Schools
Suggested Discussion Outline - Leaving Children Behind - Jan. 14
January 14th Topic = Leaving Children Behind
Background Mats + Participant Comments - Leaving Children Behind - Jan. 14
Text - 2007 Supreme Court Reversal of School Integration - Leaving Children Behind - Jan. 14
Suggested Discussion Outline - "It's The Economy, Stupid" - Dec. 10th
December 10th Meeting = "It's The Economy, Stupid"
Participant Comments - "It's The Economy, Stupid" - Dec. 10th
Reference Materials - "It's The Economy, Stupid" - Dec. 10th
CALL TO ACTION - Al Gore's 10-Year Challenge to America
Suggested Discussion Outline - Al Gore's Challenge to America - Nov. 12
Text of Al Gore's July 17th Challenge To Re-Power America's Electricity Grid Within 10 Years - For Nov. 12
To Go "Beyond The Call of Duty" - Info About Three Background Books - For Nov. 12
Additional Ref Materials - Al Gore's Challenge to America - for Nov. 12
Participant Comments - Al Gore's Challenge to America - for Nov. 12
Suggested Discussion Outline - Team of Rivals - Oct. 8
Participant Comments - "Team of Rivals - Oct 8
Suggested Discussion Outline - Barack Obama's Bible - Sep 10
Participant Comments - "Barack Obama's Bible = Rules for Radicals" - Sep 10
Ref Mats - "Barack Obama's Bible = Rules for Radicals" - Sep 10
Suggested Discussion Outline - Aug 13
Comments of Participants - Obama From Promise to Power - Aug 13
Reference Mats - Obama From Promise to Power - Aug 13
Suggested Discussion Outline - Everything About Oil - July 9th
Comments of Participants - Everything About Oil - July 9th
Reference Materials - Everything About Oil - July 9th
Tim Russert Eulogies
July Meeting - Possible Topics (historical)
Suggested Discussion Outline - "Infidel" - June 11
“Infidel” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali – for June 11
Comments of Participants - "Infidel" - June 11th
Reference Materials - "Infidel" - June 11th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Bush's Law - May 14
Eric Lichtblau's “Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice” – May 14
Participant Comments - "Bush's Law" - May 14
Reference Materials - "Bush's Law" - May 14
Suggested Discussion Outline - Apr 9th
Clone Rights: Involuntary Soldiers, Sex Slaves, Human "Lab Rats" Etc. - Apr 9
Participant Comments/Ref Mats - Clone Rights for Apr 9
Suggested Discussion Outline - Mar 13
Benazir Bhutto's "Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West" - for Mar. 13
Critiques of Benezir Bhutto’s “Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West” - Mar 13th
Background Materials - Mar. 13
Comments of Participants - Mar. 13
DRINKing Liberally Presentation - Fri Eve Feb 29
Suggested Discussion Outline - Feb 14th
"The Best Gov Money Can Buy: Bribery and Extortion" - Text of Original Proposal for Feb 14
Proposed Solution to The Cesspool that is Washington DC - for Feb 14
Background Mats - The Best Gov Money Can Buy: Bribery & Extortion - Feb 14th
Illegal “Bribe” vs. “Legal” Campaign Contribution - Feb 14th
Participant Comments - The Best Gov Money Can Buy: Bribery & Extortion - Feb 14th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Jan 10th
Illegal Immigration = Topic for Jan 10th
Participant Comments on Immigration - Jan 10th
Reference Materials - Immigration - Jan 10
Leading Dem Candidates on Immigration - Jan 10
Leading Rep Candidates on Immigration - Jan 10
Suggested Discussion Outline - Dec 13th
Call to Action - Meeting Report for Dec 13th
Is War With Iran Inevitable??? - Topic for Dec 13
Hillary's Bashing Bush as "Soft on Iran" - for Dec 13
Action v. Deterrance (+ Detente) - for Dec 13
Bombing Syria 9/6/2007 Re Iran & N Korea - for Dec 13
Participant Comments Re War With Iran - for Dec 13
Ref Mats - Osama's Fatwa To Nuke 10 Million Americans - Dec 13
Suggested Discussion Outline - Nov 8th
The Controversy That Is Bill Cosby for Nov 8th
Participant Comments - School Integration & The Jena Six - for Nov 8th
The KKK - "All The Best People In Society Belonged" - for Nov. 8th
Background Mats - School Integration & The Jena Six - for Nov 8th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Oct 11th
Participant Comments Re Global Warming for Oct 11th
Suggested Background Materials Re Global Warming for Oct 11th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Sep 6th
Suggested Discussion Outline - Aug 2d
Comments of Participants - Universal Health Care for Aug 2nd
Suggested Background Materials on Universal Health Care for Aug. 2d