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.

Hello Everyone!

Drinking Liberally Lincoln is meeting at Zen's
on the 22nd, 7 Pm to whenever you want to show up or leave.

Barbara Baier will be there to answer questions about her
campaign for County Commissioner, and share a drink with everyone.

Thanks to everyone that came out to Meet Josh, Justin and Matt from New York and welcome them to Nebraska a few weeks ago.

They had a good time meeting everyone, and spending time at the State fair and walking around Lincoln on game day.

A lot has happened over the last few weeks, after the end of the Campaign Conventions, there should be some very good conversations at our next meeting, I hope to see you all there!

Thanks and have a great day!

Paul

Hi Everyone,

Justin Krebs and Josh Bolosky from the National Living Liberally chapter Headquarters in New York are currently
at the Dem Convention in Denver, this firday they are arriving in Lincoln allong with some traveling companions
THIS FRIDAY!!!!

- Justin Krebs is a national director of Living Liberally and creative director of Laughing Liberally. He is a political organizer in New York City, and a founder and Artistic Director of The Tank, a non-profit venue for performance and public affairs. Past projects include managing a parks advocacy campaign and serving as Intern Coordinator for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Justin is a New Jersey native and graduate of Harvard University.

- Josh Bolotsky is National Programs Associate for Living Liberally, as well as a Leadership Academy Fellow with Young People For. Josh took a leadership role in progressive youth politics throughout his college years, serving as President of College Democrats of New York State, Public Affairs Director of Columbia University College Democrats and co-founder of Boston University For Dean. He just received his BA in Political Science, History and Creative Writing from Columbia University, and is a native of Toms River, NJ.

- OpenLeft Blogger Matt Stoller
http://www.mattstoller.com/

- Katie Halper
Laughing Liberally Founder / Blogger and Comedian.
Blogger for the Huffington Post
http://katiehalper.com/bio

- Lee Camp Blogger / Laughing Liberally Member
Comedian and Blogger for the Huffington post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-camp

They are planning to stay the night in Lincoln and your hosts here are planning an informal get together with them so everyone can meet them and say hello at Zen's Bar on 11th street at 7:30 pm till whenever...

Also they are staying over Friday night, and are asking if anyone has a place they could stay at for the night,
splitting them up is ok... so if you have room for a visiting fellow Liberal Blogger / Comedian from New York, please show them some Nebraska Hospitality and give them a place to crash at for the night.

They should get into town at about 6 pm.

If you can help out please call me at 402-429-6775 and I will pass info along to Justin.

Hope to see everyone at Zen's.... 7:30 pm THIS Friday.

THANKS!!!

Paul

Hello Everyone,

The next meeting of Drinking Liberally in Lincoln is the 18th of August.

We are meeting at Zen's Lounge 112 N 11th St...

Some members asked ifwe could have it in a different
locale, so for this month we are trying Zen's.

I might be late to the meeting as I will just be returning from a trip that night, so Craig Schuster
is going to Host in my place to get it started.

I will be there, just not perhaps at the start.

I hope to see everyone there!!

Have a great week!

Paul

Hey guys,
I hope this finds you all well - I'm sending this note to let you know that your awesome hosts, Paul and Troy, will not be available for the upcoming DL meeting this Monday, July 21st.

Why won't they be available? Because, as Seth wrote in our DL blog (http://livingliberally.org/Living-Liberally/blog/Saving-People-Liberally), they left for California, to serve as Helicopter Flight Engineers fighting the California wild fires. They're going as part of a group of trained Nebraskan aircrews eager to assist the Californian firefighters who are unfortunately running out of resources dealing with all the fires out there.

Paul and Troy wanted us to relate to you guys that it'd be great if you could meet without them, and continue on the Great Liberal tradition until they get back.

And be sure to buy them a pint or two once they return - they've more than earned it.

Best,
Josh Bolotsky
National Program Coordinator, Drinking Liberally