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TRUFFULAUT #23 -- October 13, 2004
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13 October 2004

 

PERSONAL NOTE:

Betty Strong, the mother of David Strong, had open-heart surgery in June and is currently in a hospital here in Austin.

http://www3.caringbridge.org/tx/mybetty/

 

PEOPLE

YUSAF ISLAM

Now would be a good time to buy all the Cat Stevens and Yusaf Islam CDs and books you can get your hands on -- complete your collection!  Because he re-released "Peace Train" to protest the illegal invasion of Iraq, he might have said something that might have had an influence on the upcoming general election; therefore the powers that be denied him entrance to the USA, where he has been many times -- as recently as a few months ago.  By diverting him to Maine, the authorities showed their contempt for the citizens of Maine.  A terrorist in Maine is as dangerous as a terrorist in NYC, if you are the one being terrorized.  Word has it that the next target of the regime is Joni Mitchell, who is well known as being both a Canadian and a woman.

http://www.yusufislam.org.uk/

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040922/D858E8780.html

 

SPEAKING OF RELIGION

An Entrails Readers Guide to the November Election by Maureen Farrell [of Buzzflash.com]

http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/04/10/far04034.html

 

SINCLAIR BROADCASTING RAPES AIR WAVES

The president of Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which owns the local Fox television affiliate, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with committing a perverted sex act in a company-owned Mercedes, city police said.

http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=76506

In an unprecedented move, the Republican-friendly Sinclair Broadcasting company has ordered its 62 television stations to preempt regular prime-time broadcasting to air the anti-John Kerry documentary "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" just two weeks before the election.

http://baltimorechronicle.com/101304FAIR.shtml

Tell Sinclair Broadcast Group not to air right-wing propaganda.

http://www.stopsinclair.org/index.php

Remember: Many of these people are ON OUR SIDE -- don't be a jerk when you call or email them.  Invite them to join in us in defending our democracy.  If you don't know how to express yourself strongly without making threats then we do not need you help.  Remember that there are real human beings on the receiving end of your letter, often a secretary -- so don't take your anger with a right-wing CEO out on some poor soul who makes $9/ hour answering phones -- it just isn't right.

http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/default.aspx

 

CONGRESSMAN PETER DEFAZIO

His website includes an estimate of the current national debt as well as the portion of it owed by each American citizen.  True enough, it is the peoples' money, but it is also the peoples' debt.

http://www.house.gov/defazio/

 

 

CLASS WARFARE, CLASS SUICIDE, OR SOLIDARITY?

Apparently, the American middle class is under attack and is rapidly disappearing.  Unbridled corporatism threatens our values and our lives.  Do we still believe that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ?  Or do we believe that the best use of government is to ensure greater profits for favored companies?  History, experience, and reason tell us that we cannot have it both ways.

http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html

http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/c/co/corporatism.html

 

WORKING AMERICA

...uses professional research, communication, education, canvassing, lobbying, and community organizing to demand that politicians address the priorities that matter most to working people not just wealthy special interests.

http://www.workingamerica.org/

 

WEALTH INEQUALITY IN 21ST CENTURY THREATENS ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY

...the top 1% of the U.S. population now owns about a third of the wealth in the country.

http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/1.html

 

LIFESPAN CRISIS HITS SUPERSIZE AMERICA

Twenty years ago, the USA, the richest nation on the planet, led the world's longevity league.  Today, American women rank only 19th, while males can manage only 28th place, alongside men from Brunei.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1307825,00.html

 

 

 

 

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