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Senator Chafee to lead "Republicans for Obama" roundtable in UA

Join Republicans for Obama and come hear what former Senator Lincoln Chafee (Republican from Rhode Island) has to say and why he's supporting Senator Barack Obama over his Republican Senate colleague, John McCain. Senator Chafee will be in Upper Arlington this Wednesday, October 8, at the Rusty Bucket at 2:00 p.m. for a roundtable discussion. Bring your undecided and persuadable Democratic and Republican friends!

BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN for CHANGE

Invites you to attend a Roundtable Discussion

with Former Republican Senator

LINCOLN CHAFEE

this Wednesday, October 8, at 2:00 p.m.

RUSTY BUCKET

1635 West Lane Avenue (in the Lane Avenue Shopping Center)

Upper Arlington, Ohio

For more information, please contact Greg Fess, Ohio Republicans for Obama, at 614/746-1109.

Senator Obama headlines downtown rally on Friday

Senator Barack Obama is paying a visit to Central Ohio on Friday, and he needs your help. The Ohio Campaign for Change needs volunteers to make the downtown Columbus rally a success! The "fierce urgency of now" is upon us with Election Day less than four weeks away, and this Friday, October 10th, kicks off the final 25 days of this historic campaign!

All the details have not been determined yet, however, volunteers are needed to help run the event from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Friday. So, if you can help, email tmanor@ohioforchange.com with your name and cell phone number. If you have any questions, call Tal at 436-0936 office or 783-8147 cell.

Please pass this message on to any friends who might be interested in getting involved.

Together we will win this election and change the country, because we all know that the road to the White House goes through Central Ohio!

Keating Economics

Voters deserve to know that the failed philosophy and culture of corruption that created the savings and loan crisis then are alive in the current crisis -- and in John McCain's plans for our economic future.

Here's a superb 13-minute documentary about John McCain's role in that financial crisis.

It is documentary quality, sobering, narrated by one of the original Keating-5 investigators, and absolutely devastating to John McCain's claims to be a born-again reformer.

It should be seen by every American, and everyone who is going to vote in the presidential election.

Watch it now and share it with your friends.

Here are some other links where you can learn more.

• CNN - Oct. 6, 2008: CNN Truth squad declares Keating Economics “True”
• Seattle Times - Sept. 4, 2008: Revisiting McCain’s Keating 5 history
• Los Angeles Times - Sept 25, 2008: Keating 5 ring a bell?

It's Not Too Late to Attend!

A Luncheon Fundraiser on the Patio for Maryellen O'Shaughnessy

Please join Maryellen O’Shaughnessy

Candidate for Franklin County Clerk of Courts

for a Luncheon Fundraiser on the Patio

with special guest Franklin County Commissioner, Marilyn Brown.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Barbara Sokol's home, 2346 Fishinger Road.

Suggested Contribution $100 • Host Committee Sponsorship $250

Please make checks payable to: The Maryellen O’Shaughnessy Committee

No corporate checks, please.

Please RSVP to (614) 487-3526 ASAP.

Plan to Attend the 3rd Annual Ted Celeste Barbeque!

Sunday, August 3

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Governor Ted Strickland will be there. Former Governor Dick Celeste will be there, too. Senator John Glenn is hoping to make it as well.

Don't you be left out of the fun at the 3rd Annual Ted Celeste Barbeque this Sunday, August 3, from 5-8 p.m. at the home of Herb and Melissa Hedden, 2491 Lane Road, in Upper Arlington. Minimum donation is $100. RSVP to 487-8400 or info@tedceleste.com. View the entire invitation here.

May We Suggest

• How Obama Became Acting President
• Study finds media tougher on Barack Obama
• Lot's of laughs in this Daily Show segment called Obama Quest
• Lee Iaccoca nails it in these excerpts from his upcoming book 'Where Have All the Leaders Gone?'.
• Interesting video by T. Boone Pickens, the legendary wildcatter, corporate raider and Bush ally, whose decided that we can't drill our way to energy independence.
• Excellent NYTimes story showing the responsibility on both sides for America's debt problems. Incredibly, Ohio's payday lenders are asking voters to reinstate their 391% interest rates --- eliminating the new 28% interest rate cap just passed in HB 545.

Funnies

July 11, 2008 • Action Alert • www.uaprogressiveaction.com

Description	Image	Suggested Donation
Bumper Sticker		$2.00
T-Shirts		$20.00
Yard Sign		$5.00

If you didn't see us at the 4th of July parade to get your UA for Obama gear, your umbrella must have been obscuring your view. Don't fret. Because we want everyone to have an opportunity to show their UA for Obama pride, we're trying something new . . .

Every Saturday morning in July, from 9 to 11 a.m., UA for Obama gear will be available at 2485 Edington Road. [map]

We'll have bumper stickers, yard signs, t-shirts (including women's and kids') and an assortment of buttons.

• WHO? All Upper Arlington Obama supporters
• WHAT? UA for Obama Gear availability
• WHEN? Saturday, July 12, 19 and 26 from 9 to 11 a.m.
• WHERE? 2485 Edington Road [map] Please come around to the back porch.  Do not ring front door bell as it will not be heard.
• WHY? To unify our community in support of Barack Obama's election
• HOW? Cash or checks only, please

So, mark your calendars, and we'll see you Saturday morning, bright and early!

You can also order signs and bumper stickers on line and have them delivered for a nominal fee. Go to the order form by clicking here.

July 10, 2008 • Vol. 5, No.15 • www.uaprogressiveaction.com

Join the UAPA Book Club!

Please join us tonight Thursday, July 10, at 7:00 p.m. for the UAPA Book Club. We're reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope, and will be discussing the prologue and Chapters One through Three. Registered web site users can get audio of these chapters:

• Prologue
• Chapter 1 (Republicans and Democrats)
• Chapter 2 (Values)
• Chapter 3 (Our Constitution)

If you don't already have a userid and password, It's easy to register --- just click here and follow the instructions.

The book club meeting will be held at the home of Barb Falkenberg, 2501 Onandaga Road, Upper Arlington, 43221.

(Please RSVP so we know how much coffee to put on!)

Sign up for Audacity of Hope Book Club Meeting, 1st meeting

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In surveys conducted in 2005, people in the United States and 32 European countries were asked whether to respond “true,” “false” or “not sure” to this statement: “Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals.” Click for a larger version.

UA Library Board member sponsoring creationist talk at UAHS

A young earth creationist, intelligent design (ID) advocate and philosophy professor Paul Nelson, will be speaking at Upper Arlington High School on Feb 11th. A UA Library Board of Trustees member, Bryce Kurfees, is listed as the contact on the event's invitiation.

UAPA is concerned about this presentation because:

• Nelson and the ID advocates explicitly aim to change school science curriculum to include the pseudo-science of intelligent design. Ohio religious fundamentatlists groups have a history of trying to inject creationism into the science classroom, using high-ranking elected Republicans to support them.
• the Discovery Institute to which Nelson belongs, is primarily a political lobbying organization, not a scientific research organization
• intelligent design is a disguised form of creationism and legislating it into the science classroom is a direct attack on the scientific method. If ID wants to be in the science classroom, it should follow the path of any scientifically verifiable, testable theory by engaging in the scientific peer journal review process. Non-scientific theories about our origins belong in philosophy or comparative religion classes, not the science classroom.
• pitting evolution vs. intelligent design implicitly tells students wishing to accept the overwhelming evidence for evolution, they must abandon God. This sets up a false dichotomy that undermines both science and religion.
• the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest association of scientists is clear:
  • "... that the lack of scientific warrant for so-called 'intelligent design theory' makes it improper to include as a part of science education;"
  • "... AAAS urges citizens across the nation to oppose the establishment of policies that would permit the teaching of "intelligent design theory" as a part of the science curricula of the public schools;"

Read the full story.

May we suggest....

1. YouTube Video: How to Interview a Global Warming Denier
2. YouTube Video: Political Reporters Fail To Ask About Climate Change
3. ProgressOhio's investigative story of betrayal about how Republican Matt Damschroder was able to pit progressive against progressive to sidetrack Jennifer Brunner's election reform proposal.