Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Real News

Forget about lipstick on pigs, hockey moms, newspapers, tv news. For anyone with a progressive view, check out these two sources of up-to-the-minute reports on what really matters....

http://www.democracynow.org/

http://garynull.progressiveradionetwork.org/

Several Democracy Now staff (along with many others) were recently arrested in Minnesota during the Republican National Convention for doing nothing. By the way, there were about 10,000 people in attendance at a peace rally there during the days of the convention. DN reported extensively on the aggressive brutal treatment by police directed at the ralliers and those just doing their reporting jobs.

Gary Null has the most articulate voice going and great guests. On September 9th he interviewed author, John Whitehead. His Change Manifesto book addresses how americans are losing their consitutional rights...

http://www.amazon.com/Change-Manifesto-Movement-Remake-America/dp/1402213077/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221134860&sr=1-6

They discussed something else nobody is reading on frontpage news. Haliburton has been awarded another huge contract (some $385 million, billion, zillion) to construct "camps" within the borders of this country. For whom? I guess we can ponder that.

Also of note...I plan on renting the film Jesus Camp to better understand the rapturist view that Sarah Palin is speaking to. These people believe "an eye for an eye," an attitude that will get us nowhere.

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