E-Newsletter of the Green Party of Maricopa County, AZ, USA
 
   Issue # 7.       2006 July 1.
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
   A.  Events.
   B.  Letters to the editor.
   C.  Articles--news and features:
      1.  Go this month to the national Green meeting in Tucson!  Campus Greens convention cancelled.
      2.  Questions on the ballot this year.
      3.  Mesa Greens hold first meetings.
      4.  Mixed Greens.  (short news items)
   D.  Humor, comedy, and humour:
      5.  Al Gore's Global Warming Movie.
      6.  Women could stop global warming.
      7.  Chris Bliss's first Bill of Rights monument.
      8.  Favorite bumpers stickers.
      9.  The philosophy of ambiguity.
      10.  Ban flag burning.
   E.  Articles--opinion:
      11.  Number game shows why the Democrats will always be like the Republicans.
      12.  Liberty Tree journal launched.
      13.  Candidates answer media questions.
      14.  Ekcheiria!  Return peace to the Olympics!
      15.  Blood and Oil:  the warplane connection.  Claudia Ellquist.
   F.  Green Party notices.
   G.  Other notices.
   H.  Articles sought for future issues.
   I.  Masthead:  publication identity, address, owners, etc.
End of TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A. Events.
2006 July
 
   July 1, Saturday.  Last day for less expensive advance registration for the Greens' national meeting in Tucson, AZ:  100 $.  See July 21 and 27 below and Article #1.
 
   July 1, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.  Boyce Thompson Arboretum's Dragonfly Walk.  Ayer Lake and the Queen Creek Riparian corridor are great places to see Red Rock Skimmers, Blue-eyed Darners and various other species of these insect predators.  One-hour walk. 37615 U.S. Highway 60, Superior, AZ.  (One hour drive east of Phoenix.)  Telephone 520-689-2811 (recorded), 520-689-2723.
http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/events.html
http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/about_us.html
 
   July 2, Sunday, 3 p.m.  Documentary movie The Big Buy about Tom Delay buying Congress and about redistricting in Texas.  Sponsored by Common Cause and ACER (see July 12 below).  At Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, 8034 North 19th Avenue (n.w. corner of West Northern Avenue), Phoenix, AZ.  Map.  Free, RVSP: http://bigbuy.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/5455 
(www.commoncause.org  www.aceronline.org.)
 
   July 6, Thursday.  Last day to sign and submit initiative petitions for state-wide elections.  See Article # 2 below.

   July 7, Friday, 6 - 11 p.m.  In central Phoenix, AZ.  First Friday Art Walk (first Friday of each month).  The Green Party usually has a table in the parking lot just west of Modified Arts, 407 East Roosevelt Street, from about 6 to 10 p.m.
   Free shuttle bus all around central Phoenix among the participating art galleries, etc., such as the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Avenue.  Free admission to most galleries.  www.cenpho.com/journal/2005/11/5/first-fridays-art-walk.html  and  www.maricopagreens.org.
 
   July 11, Tuesday, 7 p.m.  Barbara Robles discusses her book The Color of Wealth, about the division of wealth in America--how people of color have been prevented from participating in government wealth-building programs that most often benefit white Americans.  Free.  At Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 South McClintock Drive, Tempe, AZ; telephone 480-730-0205.  www.changinghands.com.
 
   July 12, Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m.  Arizona Citizens for Election Reform (ACER) meeting.  Free.  At Bookmans E.E., meeting room, 8034 North 19th Avenue (n.w. corner of West Northern Avenue), Phoenix, AZ.  Map. www.aceronline.org.  (See also Article # 9.a. in 2006 June issue.)
 
   July 13, Thursday, 7 p.m.  Jim Derych turned away from the lies and distortions of Rush Limbaugh and the Republican Party to become a liberal Democrat.  He discusses his book, Confessions of a Former Dittohead.  Free.  At Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 South McClintock Drive, Tempe, AZ; telephone 480-730-0205.  www.changinghands.com.
 
   July 14, Friday, 5 p.m.  Statements from the public for election publicity pamphlets are due.  See Article # 2 below.
 
   July 15, Saturday.  Submissions due for the next issue of this Green e-newsletter.  Later ones are welcome–we'll try to squeeze them in.  See procedure in Masthead at the end of this e-newsletter.
 
   July 18, Tuesday, 8 p.m.  Mesa Greens meet at Bookmans E.E., 1056 South Country Club Drive (at Southern Avenue), Mesa.  Free.  See also Article # 3 below.  ww.mesagreens.org.  
 
   July 21, Friday.  Last day for late registration for the Greens' national meeting in Tucson, AZ:  115 $.  Later registrations at the door.  See July 1 (above) and July 27 (below).
 
   July 25, Tuesday, 6 p.m.  Film documentary The Future of Food with local activist Jason Williams.  About the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.  Concerned Citizens Movie Night.  Free.  At Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 South McClintock Drive, Tempe, AZ; www.changinghands.com.  Telephone Jason 480-730-0205. 
 
   July 26, Wednesday, 7 p.m.  Political Bookgroup discusses Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia by Gore Vidal.  Free.  At Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 South McClintock Drive, Tempe, AZ; telephone 480-730-0205.  www.changinghands.com.  Telephone John 480-755-1704 or jandj11@cox.net. 
 
   July 27 to 30, Thursday to Sunday.  Tucson, AZ.  Annual National Meeting of the Green Party of the US, hosted by the Pima County Green Party.  See Article # 1 below.
 
   THE CAMPUS GREENS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN TUCSON IS CANCELLED.  Instead, they will be welcomed by the National Meeting (the above event), which is the same days.  For more about the Campus Greens, see Section F. Green Party notices, below.
 
   July 9, Sunday, 1 to 2 p.m.  Steering Committee Meeting precedes the meeting below.  Any Green may observe.
 
   July 9, Sunday, 2 to 4:30 p.m.  General meeting of Maricopa County Greens and visitors.  Free.  Bring used printer cartridges and cell phones to recycle.  At a.k.a. Green, 8100 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ.  For car pool, call (602) 417-0213.  See also Steering Committee meeting (above) and Article # 2 (below).  www.maricopagreens.org  includes a map.
 
Recurring events
 
   Mondays, 5 - 6 p.m.  Tempe, AZ.  Peace Vigil outside 740 South Mill Avenue (n.w. corner of West University Drive).  Free.
 
   Every second Saturday:  July 1, 15, 29, August 12, etc., 10 a.m. to noon.  Phoenix, AZ.  Grandma's for Peace protest.  Free.  West Bell Road and 99th Avenue.  www.codepinkphx.org/local_groups.html
and www.grandmothersforpeace.org/directory/
 
   Sundays, 6 - 7 p.m. Cold Turkey re-runs, television Channel 51, i Network.  Unwitting volunteers try to quit smoking.  www.ionline.tv/shows/coldturkey/.

2006 August and later
   August 1, Tuesday (or earlier).  Next issue of this Green e-newsletter.
 
   August 1, Tuesday, 8 p.m.  Mesa Greens meet at Bookmans E.E., 1056 South Country Club Drive (at Southern Avenue), Mesa.  Free.  See also Article # 3 below.  ww.mesagreens.org. 
 
   August 3, Thursday.  Last day to register as a write-in candidate for public office.  A small number of write-ins in the September primary could put you on the November ballot.  To learn more, go to the "Campaign school" at the national Conference (July 27 above).
 
   August 4, Friday.  Who Killed the Electric Car?  documentary movie opens on big screens in Phoenix (AMC Desert Ridge 18) and Tucson (Century Elcon 20).  www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com 
www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/
 
   August 9, Wednesday, 7 p.m.  Arizona Citizens for Election Reform meeting.  Bookmans, 8034 North 19th Avenue.  (Details:  July 12 above.)
 
   August 15, Tuesday, 8 p.m.  Mesa Greens meet at Bookmans E.E., 1056 South Country Club Drive (at Southern Avenue), Mesa.  Free.  See also Article # 3 below.  ww.mesagreens.org.
 
   August 29, Tuesday, 8 p.m.  Mesa Greens meet at Bookmans E.E., 1056 South Country Club Drive (at Southern Avenue), Mesa.  Free.  See also Article # 3 below.  ww.mesagreens.org. 
 
   September 3, Sunday, 7:30 p.m.  Dixie Chicks concert--award-winning country and bluegrass music.  Glendale, AZ.  Ads tout "They said their piece.  They held their ground!" after criticizing Bush II in 2003 and being dissed by some country music fans.  Their political affiliation is unknown, but it couldn't be Republican.  Tickets 45 $ and up.  Glendale Arena, Westgate City Center, 9400 West Maryland Avenue.  www.dixiechicks.com  www.glendalearenaaz.com/events/calendar_details.php?ID=762
 
   September 9, Saturday.  Arizona state meeting of the Green Party.  Free.  Prescott, AZ.
 
   September 12, Tuesday.  Arizona.  Primary election for AZ state and federal offices.*
 
    November 7, Tuesday.  Arizona.  General election for AZ state and federal offices and others.  See candidate in Green Notices, below, and Article # 1, 2006 April issue.*
 
   *See also the Maricopa County Recorder http://recorder.maricopa.gov/electioncalendar.aspx and
http://recorder.maricopa.gov/candcamp.aspx, and the Arizona Secretary of State's website at www.sosaz.gov or www.sosaz.com.
 
End of Section A.  Events.

 
B.  Letters to the editor.
 
   To submit yours, see Section I.  Masthead below.
 
C.  ARTICLES--news and features
Article # 1:  Go this month to the national Green meeting in Tucson!
 
Dinner and concert news!
 
Campus Greens convention merged into national meeting
 
Theme:  El Futuro es Verde
        = The Future Is Green
 
   Excitement is building for the Annual National Meeting of the Green Party July 27 to 30, Thursday to Sunday, in Tucson, AZ.  Don't miss this rare chance to attend such a confab in our state!
   Pima Greens host the world!  (Pima County, AZ.)
   The separate Campus Greens convention was cancelled due to low response.  They will be welcome to this general meeting instead, with some CG caucussing, etc.
   Volunteers are still needed.
   The meeting will include plenary sessions of the National Committee, election of new Steering Committee members, meeting of Identity Caucuses and working committees, campaign school for candidates, workshops, fundraisers, news conferences, and lots of fun.
 
   Special parts of the event:
   July 28, Friday, 5-5:45 p.m.  We stand with Women In Black at their regular weekly public vigil in protest of War and Occupations.  North Euclid Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson.  (Near the northwest corner of the University of Arizona campus.)  Free.
   Same day, 6 p.m.  Mexican food dinner in the church on the same corner, 740 East Speedway Boulevard.  Simultaneously, we will consider Immigration Issues and eat a catered Mexican meal (carnivore or vegetarian).  An elected Green Party (Partido Verde) official from Mexico, and others are our honored guests.  13.50 $ with reservation (telephone 520-798-6169); 15 $ without reservation. 
   July 29, Saturday, 7 p.m.  Breaking news!  Dave Lippman and Anne Feeney in Concert.  To benefit the Green Party of the United States.  Location and prices to be announced.
 
   The meeting will be in the Historic YWCA Building, 738 North 5th Avenue (north of East 4th Street).  Enter on the north side on East University Boulevard.  One kilometre west of the University of Arizona and of our dorms, one kilometre north of the Greyhound bus depot, 2 South 4th Avenue (at East Broadway Boulevard).