Drinking Liberally Lincoln Chapter Blog

The holidays being a time where people spend more time with family and at home, the Lincoln chapter is going on Hiatus until February.

We will get a fresh start in the spring and I hope to see many more of you at our gatherings then...

Until then have a nice winter and take care!

Paul

Howdy everyone,

Your hosts / leaders have decided to change locations and the meeting day to try and be more accessable to more members.

Mondays seemed to conflict with many peoples plans or work schedules, and the downtown location while lovely
and treating us astoundingly well (At Zens) doesn't always have a lot of available parking nearby.

For now we are moving to a new place - The Watering Hole
West, located to the East of the intersection of West A st and South Coddington Ave.

The good news is:

Plenty of parking.

They have a beer garden out front.

They serve good food.

They have a wide selection of drinks and beers,
at relatively good prices!

Hope to see you there on this next TUESDAY at 7 pm.

Also come out and meet your new host / Leader
Tom McFarland who is replacing Troy Johnson.

CHEERS!!!

Hello Fellow Liberals,

This is Paul one of the Hosts for Lincoln DL.

Summer is upon us and our next gathering is June 15th
starting at 7:30 pm.

The start time was moved back because that seemed to suit when everyone shows up usually.

We are still using Zen's Lounge to gather, since they treat us well and the place is quiet enough to talk, but still has good ambiance.

By the way Zen's gives us a discount...

Additional things going on there in our favorite venue, is new art appearing on the walls the first Friday of every month, if you are on Facebook, Andy, (The Manager)
usually sends out info on happenings going on at Zen's.

Lincoln Drinking Liberally is also on Facebook..

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63553273984

I hope to see you all at Zen's on the 15th.

Until then, take care and enjoy the great weather!

CHEERS!!

Paul

http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=34084575804&view=all#/group...

Mission Accompished Party

7 pm till whenever

Zen's Lounge

Monday the 19th.

Stay warm!

Cheers.

Paul

HI again...

The next gathering of Drinking Liberally Lincoln was scheduled for the 20th of Jan, which is the same night as all the events celbrating the inauguration of the new
President, and many folks had a conflict with which party
to attend that night so I am changing it up a little and
hopefully adding to the joy we all feel with the Bush
era coming to a close.

A "Mission Accomplished" Party will be held on MONDAY the 19TH of JANUARY at Zens starting at 7 pm, Hosted by the Lincoln Chapter of DRINKING LIBERALLY!

Celebrating the inglorious end of the terrible reign of King Georgie the Lesser... :)

Come raise a glass and toast George as he spends his last night in Washington DC as nightmare in Chief, and wish him well (or Not) with a toast.

The Person that shares the best toast to Bush wins a
$25 gift certificate to The Watering Hole.
(As judged by two guest Judges to be announced).

Other reasons to show up....

Snacks will be provided....

Zens is just an awesome place to hang out, make sure to check out the cool art lining the walls all from Local Lincoln Artists.

And finally The Lincoln DL Chapter is asking for free will cash donations for the Lincoln Food Bank, you don't have to donate to come. But it would be nice for everyone to throw in a dollar or two to help support local people in need of food assistance in these troubled times if you spare it.

Also I personally will match every dollar given with a dollar of my own money so your gift goes that much farther.

Please RSVP me in reply to this message so I can plan the snacks properly so everyone will have plenty of muchies.

Thank you all for your efforts this year to make this community and country a better place.

I hope to see you on the 19th.

Cheers!

Paul

Hello,

I hope this finds everyone warm and indoors safe from the extreme cold we are having.

I didn't send out a reminder for the December gathering
because I figured everyone would be involved in holiday things, and also just burned out from all the efforts of
supporting other causes and candidates thruout the earlier part of the year.

This e-mail it let everyone know about the January gathering which will be held on TUESDAY Jan 20th, a day
when George Bush will finally leave Washington and this country can begin to heal itself of the wounds it suffered
under his incompetence.

This will be a larger than normal gathering, as other
Liberal / Progressive Organizations are going to be invited to come as well.

I have no name for the party yet, but would really like suggestions from everyone.

The Party will be at Zen's for a couple of reasons;

one, it is a big enough place, and quiet enough to chat.

Two, Zen's has gratiously given us a 5 percent discount
- for all DL members.

Reasons to show up...

1. Celebrate the last gasp of the Bush Years with some
of Lincolns finest people.

2. Peruse the new Art exhibition hanging on the walls, I guarantee you will find some interesting things there.

3. I promise to NOT serve any holiday leftovers, but will have some free tasty treats there to go with your favorite adult or non alcoholic Beverage.

4. As per our usual Winter DL Lincoln policy, I will be asking for a small free will donation of money for the Lincoln Food bank, since the months AFTER the holidays are the leanest times for that wonderful charity.
SO please come and drop a dollar into the collection tin
and give a small measure back to our community please.

5. Spend Pauls money...!!! For ALL donations given by Lincoln Drinking Liberally members, I will match what ever you give with my own money, doubling the funds to the food bank.

More to follow as things develope, please e-mail me with any suggestions or comments.

Until Then, everyone take care, stay warm, and enjoy the
season.

CHeers!!!

Paul

For our next gathering, Lincoln Drinking Liberally is
hosting a Party Celebrating the coming end of the
Bush years. And the resurgance of Democracy in
this country.

For all of you that helped it happen by volunteering
your time, voices and money, this party is to
celebrate the sucess of your efforts.

Just think: No more Bush Dotrine, Rendition,
trickle down economics, Warantless wiretapping,
and most of all -

A new President that can actually speak
in coherant sentences.

This event is at Zen's Lounge on N 11th St. Starts at 7 pm.

There will be Pizza brought in, and a raffle of
2 Liberal cards to lucky members!

http://www.theliberalcard.org/

Please RSVP at this site to sign up for the Party
So I can make sure to have enough Food for everyone.

http://act.credoaction.com/event/events/event.html?event_id=1058

Thank you, and I hope to see you all this
coming Monday.

Have a great week, stay warm!

Sincerely,

Paul

Howdy everone,

This is your friendly remind from your host Paul.

This next monday we will be at Zen's once again,
gathering to raise a glasss and celebrate Democracy.

For those of you who are not yet card carrying Liberals,
please check out the Liberal card here
http://www.theliberalcard.org/

It is not only cool, it makes you able to get discounts from other Left leaning business nationwide and in many local cities.

The other great thing about this card is the money from it
goes to support Living Liberally.

AND at our next meeting , this coming Monday Lincoln, DL
will be raffling off 5 FREE cards to our members.

So some of you lucky folks will get to be a card carrying Liberal for free!!!

I already purchased my own, and will be happy to show it off to anyone intersted.

One last thing, for those of you able to join us on Monday, plese remmeber to tip the staff at Zen's well,
they have taken great care of us thru out this Election year hosting Return watch and Debate watch parties
all of which were very well recieved by your fellow
local Liberals.

I hope to see you Monday...

P.S. Did I mention you have a chance to get a FREE liberal card that night?

Cheers!!

Paul

Drinkning Liberally Lincoln will be gathering at Zen's
(our usual place) on THIS Friday to watch the first
Debate between McCain and Obama. Starting at 7:30 pm

The debate starts at 8 pm Local.

We will be doing a mutual group gathering with the Lnacaster County Democratic Party amd The Nebraska for Obama organization volunteers.

Lots of your Liberally friends will be there, so come drop by if you can... this is a FREE event - there is no charge or any donation needed or asked for... Just come hang out with some of your fellow Liberals and watch the fireworks from the Debate on big screen TV's and enjoy the atmosphere.

The Debate schedule is listed below for anyone that cares to check it out!

The debates are all scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Eastern and will last 90 minutes:

First debate
Sept. 26 at University of Mississippi
Topic: Foreign policy and national security
Moderator: Jim Lehrer of PBS
Staging: Podiums
Format: Broken into nine 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate 2 minutes to comment, then facilitate a discussion for the remaining 5 minutes.

Second debate
Oct. 7 at Belmont University in Nashville.
Moderator: Tom Brokaw of NBC
Staging: Town hall
Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the Internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute.

Third debate
Oct. 15 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
Topic: Domestic and economic policy
Moderator:Bob Schieffer of CBS
Staging: Seated at a table
Format: Same as first presidential debate, plus each candidate will get a 90-second closing statement.