Oconee County, GA Politics

Please consider purchasing and reading these books - no matter what your political leanings or geographic location. From: Pat Priest ; ppriest@charter.net Date: August 28, 2011 10:14:04 AM EDT To: Oconee County Democrats t; oconee@yahoogroups.com Subject: [oconee] Community book group Aug-Nov Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com   We're reading the New York Times best-seller "The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash " for our August book. Charles Morris, attorney and former investment banker, is the writer of this award-winning book, which is a favorite of the NPR show "Planet Money" for understanding what happened. We had Morris on our AM radio show, "True South," yesterday. Here's the link in case you'd like to hear it; his portion is in the first half: http://www.1340wgau.com/Player/101055521/ We're meeting at the Oconee library at 7 PM -- the last Wednesday of the month. The ...

  __,_._,___ The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats is reading  James Hansen's "Storms of My Grandchildren " for June. It's an important  book about the evidence for global climate change and scientists' dogged  efforts to get the word out about this looming catastrophe. The author, Dr. James Hansen, is going to be a call-in guest for the  local progressive radio show "True South" on June 18th (Saturdays from  10-11 AM on News/Talk 1340 WGAU). We're excited about that! (I produce  that show with hosts Russell Edwards and my husband, Neal.) "True South" is partnering with the Oconee Democrats' book group to get  people together to talk about global climate change. The show has issued  a challenge to people who are global climate skeptics, offering a free  book to the first two who contact us at the show. We hope new people  will join us (though, truth be told, it's sometimes a challenging book  because of all...

Tune in this new radio show premiere next Saturday on NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM on your dial From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Date: May 5, 2011 8:31:25 PM EDT To: dan matthews danjmatt@bellsouth.net Subject: New radio show in Athens Finally we have the press together for the new radio show on WGAU. Here's the press release below. Neal had this to say for your blog if you'd like to use it: "This show is an extension, I think, of the neat things the Oconee Democrats have been doing to inform people about issues and help them develop a sense of place." See you Saturday! Pat ------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "True South" A new weekly, hour-long show debuts May 14th on radio station WGAU Saturdays from 10 – 11 AM on 1340 AM For more information, contact Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net 706/353-8310 A new local radio program showcasing timely stories in state and national politics and culture with a southern sensibility ...