Lots of action alerts to tell you about today. First, I would like to mention Drinking Liberally, which meets in Philadelphia tonight (6-9 at the Ten Stone, 21st and South). I plan on attending. There are usually a few other bloggers there as well, including Atrios, Jim from Rittenhouse Review, and Richard from All Spin Zone.

In the diaries, MurshedZ offers an action alert about election reform in Connecticut.

Also in the diaries, Kevin22262 has an action alert about the Downing Street Memo.

Also, Renee in Ohio offers information about DemFest.

Finally, if you live in Texas, visit Come and Take It, a new Texas blog ring formed to document and fight the extremism of the Texas Republican Party.

Pick something and take action. As we say at BlogPac:

"Writing a blog post is not enough. Reading a blog post is not enough. Commenting on a blog is not enough. The next step requires doing something. Take the next step.

Update: If the MSM picks up on this, and I see no reason why they shouldn't since it is right down their alley, Bush's approval will drop below 40 in the time it takes for a nut to flap its wings:

I want you to imagine the squeals of outrage we would have heard if, back in the 1990s, President Clinton spoke to a Democratic congressional fund-raising dinner attended by a porn star and a pornographer.

But the "family values" Republicans are mute about just such an event scheduled for next week – involving not Clinton, but President Bush.

Last week, Carl Forti, communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee, explained to WND that self-described pornographer Mark Kulkis and his date, porn star Mary Carey, will be attending the two-day event, "The 2005 President's Dinner and Salute to Freedom," next Monday and Tuesday because their money is just as good as anyone else's.

Americablog has links to the family values porn sites in question, which I will not post here. You also might want to consider emailing this story to everyone on your personal list despending on their ability to handle this sort of thing. If you are feeling really active, email everyone on this list.