Okay, folks, we're heavy. GET OVER IT. There isn't that much light stuff to talk about. But we do throw in a couple of jokes at the end, we promise. Keep 'em coming!
Amongst our topics:
President Clinton's Appearance on Meet the Press: There's lots of fawning over Hillary, which, of course, is to be expected. However, ole Bill is pursuing worthy causes in addition to his assignment as first cheerleader. He also enlightened us as to his limitations by law in the event his wife is elected Prez #44. Join us to find out more.
Immigration: We're outraged. And you will/should be as well, when you learn the story of Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, who toiled as a dishwasher for 11 years for the princely sum of $5.50/hour, only to have more than $59,000 of his savings confiscated by the feds. His sin? You'll simply have to tune in. It's ugly. Really ugly. Thanks to John Zarrella and Patrick Oppmann for this story, published on CNN Friday.
First Amendment Clashes with Relatives of Deceased U.S. Troops: No doubt a hot-button topic, as reported by Nicholas Riccardi last week in the L.A. Times, we explore Dan Frazier's path into publishing the names of the U.S. troops killed in the war in Iraq, first on bumper stickers and later, as the numbers grew, on t shirts. Some families are upset, leading to five state's enacting legislation requiring permission from the military or next of kin before their names can be used commercially. Frazier's position?
Join us to find out!
Limbaugh: We again say, MOVE OVER RUSH! We say he is becoming increasingly irrelevant, as he sets about insulting the very group he pretends to support- the miltary- with his disgusting comment last week that soldiers who disagree with the current direction of the Iraq war are "phony soldiers". Join us for our discussion of Jon Soltz's Thursday's post on
www.alternet.org , "Iraq War Vet to Limbaugh: You're the Phony". Fun!
Coup and Examples: Another repeated theme, this time with reference to two articles: Daniel Ellsberg's speech "A Coup Has Occurred", published on
informationclearinghouse.com September 26, and Paul Craig Roberts' "A Pandemic of Police Brutality", published last week in
www.counterpunch.org. We urge you to listen, then go to the sources for a full education. It's vital that we educate ourselves on the events of the past six years in order to understand what it is we must demand be done, and soon.
We'll be back, short of some disaster, Thursday October 4. Keep the faith and stay involved!
