Drinking Liberally with Brigadier General John Adams
This Thursday at 6pm at the Shanty on 4th Avenue, Drinking Liberally's special guest will be Brigadier General John Adams.
The General recently retired from a distinguished career in the Army. His most recent duties included Deputy United States Military Representative to NATO's military committee and Asst. Dept. Chief of Staff for Intelligence on the U.S. Army Staff. Gen. Adams holds masters degrees in International Relations and Strategic Studies and speaks French, Dutch, German, and Croatian.
The General laid out what he would like to speak to us about in some detail:
"During the past seven years, the Bush Administration has led the United States into two tragically conceived wars: the War in Iraq, and the War on our Constitution. Although the Administration falsely portrays itself as the guardian of America’s national security, the Administration's current path will ensure strategic defeat for our nation in the war on terrorism, and the destruction of our liberties in their war on our Constitution.
Strategically, we must end our military occupation of Iraq in order to conclude this tragic adventure, and make any progress in the war on terrorism. The Bush Administration takes our military for granted, wastes our blood and treasure on misguided adventures, and uses armed force as a first rather than last resort, preferring confrontation rather than diplomacy. Furthermore, as a democratic nation and a protector of democracy, we cannot win a war that depends on military occupation as its very purpose. Democracy cannot be promoted at the point of a bayonet. We must end our military occupation of Iraq, bring our troops home, and work together with other countries throughout the region to restore stability and security to the Middle East.
Moreover, in the guise of defending us against the terrorist threat, this Administration wages a destructive war against our Constitution. As Benjamin Franklin said, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Yet the Bush Administration demands we submit to such depredations as warrantless wiretapping and internet monitoring, denies the right of habeas corpus, and promotes torture and secret renditions of "persons under control." As Americans, we absolutely deserve our liberties -- they have already been bought with the blood of countless who defended it for more than two hundred years. We must neither mortgage their sacrifices, nor our liberties. We must not be the generation that allows crass opportunists to destroy our core Constitutional values.
We will discuss how both these wars -- the War in Iraq and the War on Our Constitution – damage our national security. We must protect our national security by ending both of these wrongheaded wars."
Please join us to discuss with General Adams the Bush Administration's two wars.
UPDATE 8/27 @ 11PM: Thank you! We have met our goal and the PA system has been ordered. Thanks to the astute online shopping savvy of one of our members, we were actually able to obtain the system we wanted for a bit less than estimated: just over $140. The excess funds will be applied toward batteries for the mic, a new batch of Drinking Liberally buttons, and postage for Tasha's thank you notes to our guests. Here's the 
I gotta say I was somewhat surprised when Gabbi's office contacted us for a date at Drinking Liberally. I had just tore into her over her vote on the Iraq supplementals that kept the troops in Iraq until at least September. 
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Drinking Liberally will be happening again this Thursday, as it does every Thursday, starting at 6pm (you can drop in later, we're generally there for at least 2-3 hours) at the Shanty on 4th Ave. (401 E. 9th Street).
This week, our special guest is 
It's time for Drinking Liberally once again. Like every Thursday liberals will gather to gab at the Shanty on 4th Avenue and 9th Street (401 E. 9th Street) starting at 6pm.
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Happy New Year! (Well, almost...)
It's time once again for liberals to wander down to the old watering hole. You can see these wonders of nature this Thursday at the Shanty on 4th Avenue starting at 6pm. This once wary and skittish species have begun to throw off their camouflage and socialize openly with their own kind once again. They have even been spotted mixing unabashedly with elephants and (what would the mascot for independents be -- house cats?) other critters. 
Drinking Liberally will be happening this Thursday starting at 6pm at the Shanty on 4th Avenue at the underpass. This week we will either be on the patio or inside the bar, depending on whether it's just cold out or damn cold out. Dress warmly, but wear layers, is my advice.
UPDATE: Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll will be joining us this evening for a liberal dose of conversation.
Liberals will be found drinking and talking at the Shanty on 4th Ave. again this Thursday evening, beginning at 6pm.
You are invited to the Post-Mid-Term Edition of Drinking Liberally!
It's that time once again. Liberals will be drinking at 
Drinking Liberally will be meeting as usual at The Shanty on 4th Ave and 9th St, beginning at 6pm, this Thursday Oct. 26th.
It's time for Liberals to gather, share a beer or two and talk as citizens about the world and its follies. We will be meeting at the Shanty on 4th Ave and 9th St this Thursday evening starting at 6pm.
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Drinking Liberally will be held at the regular moonbat time and the regular moonbat station. For the unititiated, that is this Thursday at The Shanty on 4th Ave. and the underpass, begining at 6pm.