Rock’n'Register

If you’re in Harford and surrounding counties, be on the lookout for information about Rock’n'Register, an upcoming day-long event with lots of bands and the chance to register to vote.  The official date has not been determined, but it will likely be in mid-September.  If you have a band that is interested in playing, click here for more information.  Check out the MySpace and Facebook pages for more information and updates. 

May meeting coming up!

The May meeting of the Young Democrats of Harford County is quickly approaching…it is Wednesday, May 21st.  7:00 p.m. upstairs at Sean Bolan’s in Bel Air.  Click here for directions.

March meeting

Just wanted to post a reminder that our next meeting will be at 6:30 on March 19th at Sean Bolan’s, the best restaurant in Bel Air.  We had a lively meeting in February with some new faces (who brought great ideas and energy), so come join us!  I’m sure we’ll have an interesting discussion about the yet-to-be-determined Democratic candidate…

Don’t forget to vote!

Tomorrow is Maryland’s primary and for those of us who thought our votes wouldn’t matter after Iowa, New Hampshire, and Super Tuesday, how wrong we were.  Click here for a list of polling places in Harford County or here to the Maryland State Board of Elections to verify that you are registered and determine your polling place by entering your name, zip code, and date of birth.  With apologies to independents who are disenfranchised from this process, please get out and vote tomorrow if you can! 

“Yes We Can” Obama video

Harford for Hillary

I haven’t heard any specifics about events for Hillary Clinton in Harford County, but I wanted to pass along a way to get involved in her campaign.  At Maryland Headquarters of Hillary Clnton’s website you can volunteer at the Baltimore phone bank or ”Become a local volunteer for Hillary” by filling out a short online form with your contact information and what you are interested in doing.  I would hope that if you do this it would connect you with others involved in the Harford for Hillary movement, as I know that one exists! 

Harford for Obama

There will be an Obama rally this Sunday, February 10th at 1:15 at the Holiday Inn in Aberdeen.  There is a volunteer coordinator for the campaign in the county, as well as an office at 16 N. Philadelphia Road which can be reached at 410-297-8530.  They are also looking for people to do some honking and waving, make phone calls,  door knock, and work at the polls on primary day.

 Also, the L.A. Times has endorsed their first presidential candidate since 1972 by endorsing Obama.  Click here to read the article.   

Seeking Information!

As the presidential race has narrowed to two main candidates (sorry Mike), I would like to post information on this blog about groups that I know already exist in Harford County and/or Maryland.  If you are involved in a local group working for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, please comment here and let us know when your next meeting is.  We can also add it to the calendar.  Thanks!

Meeting on Wednesday!

Our next meeting is at 6:30 on Wednesday, January 16th at Sean Bolan’s in Bel Air.  We will be having a mock debate of sorts involving the Democratic presidential candidates.  If you haven’t made up your mind yet or if you have and want to fight for a candidate, go to Sean Bolan’s on Wedndesday.  Click here for directions.  It should be interesting!

Ready for war?

I just read an article on msnbc entitled “Bush: Iran threatens global security…President says Arab allies must confront danger ‘before it’s too late.’”  You can read the full text of the article here.  If you haven’t noticed the build-up to war that’s been going on for months now, you haven’t been reading the news.  It sounds terrifyingly familiar to what happened before we invaded Iraq (remember the weapons of mass destruction?).  Not that I think Iran is a bed of roses but one would think that the Bush administration would have learned a lesson about unilaterally invading a country that hasn’t done anything aggressive to us or any other country.  I just hope that President Bush doesn’t get us into a situation where we have troops actively engaged on the group in three different countries as his adminstration’s last hurrah.  This is particularly upsetting after he knowingly misled the American people about the Iranian nuclear capabilities.  Recent U.S. intelligence states that Iran stopped its nuclear arms program in 2003, a fact that Bush chose to ignore when speaking about the topic.  How can our president blatantly lie about this to foment Americans’ fear and not be criticized for it?