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cascadiance

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:51 PM Jul 2015

Which Sunday event in Portland will you attend? Bernie or Move to Amend? [View all]

We have Bernie Sanders scheduled to hold a rally in Veteran's Memorial Colliseum on Sunday August 9th between 6-8 PM...

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2015/07/bernie_sanders_plans_large_aug.html

We have David Cobb speaking right across the river at First Unitarian Church on SW 12th and Salmon St on Move to Amend issues on Sunday August 9th between 7-9 PM...

http://www.afd-pdx.org/alliance-for-democracy-sponsored-events.html

Darn, I'd really like to go to both of those!

I'd like to suggest something! Maybe we could have a rally at 9 or so after both events where people from both events could gather some place and make news here in Portland showing how people that care about Bernie also care about getting Citizen's United and corporate personhood, money as 'free speech' overturned as well, and that these movements can work together elsewhere too. It is an opportunity in my eye.

Maybe, given that Thom Hartmann used to live and broadcast from here in Portland and his daughter still lives here amongst other things, we could get him to come back for that evening and emcee such a rally there (and perhaps get David Cobb to hang around afterward to speak there too. Not sure about Bernie given he's probably really busy now, but who knows). We could have Thom Hartmann speaking along with Carl Wolfson who used to be on the air together to those at such a rally. Could be huge!

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