Events

Our November book is Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class -- and What We Can Do About It, by Thom Hartmann.

Air America Radio host Thom Hartmann is heard locally on KTLK AM 1150, broadcast live Mon-Fri 9:00am-12:00pm. Thom is a four-time Project Censored Award-winning, bestselling author and former psychotherapist. He is a lay scholar of the history and textual analysis of the United States Constitution, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), electronic voting fraud, corporatism/globalization and environmental issues such as global warming.

Note the new meeting location: El Torito Grill Patio, 818-907-7172, 15301 Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks at the Galleria Mall (Ventura & Sepulveda). Please plan to arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 to order your meal and be prepared for a lively discussion. Everyone is invited to join us and participate in the discussion whether or not you have read the book.

You can order the book at http://www.valleygrassrootsfordemocracy.com/bookclub. VGFD will make a commission for each book purchased through this link.

What would it be like to live in a country where everyone read and understood the U.S. Constitution? That's the question that Dave Kluge of L.A., a former corporate VP and employee trainer, asked himself—and thus began the project that ended up 212 pages later as "“The People’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution.”

Kluige is the November guest of the Burbank Dems, and afterward will have books to sign and sell (check out www.dkluge.com). Praised by reviewers, the in-depth but easy-to-read book from Action Publishing covers the Constitution, Bill of Rights and all other amendments, the debates about its adoption, and the Declaration of Independence.

For more, call 818-288-2649 or check the club’s website at www.burbankdemocraticclub.com.

After Kluge, members will also get a look at club and election plans for 2008, hear about the ongoing voter registration project around town, and catch up on the recent censure move re: U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein.