2003-04-21 - Gutenberg Radio
Alright, now if I can get it in MP3 and listen to it in the car I might just finally buy that iPod. I've been looking for something new to do with my commute time. More.
2003-04-21 - "Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights"
Good for TimRobbins. People being scared to speak their mind is bullshit, and deserves to be treated as such by those who aren't afraid. (From commondreams.org)
... I imagined our leaders going on television telling the citizens that although we all want to be at Ground Zero, we can't, but there is work that is needed to be done all over America. Our help is needed at community centers to tutor children, to teach them to read. Our work is needed at old-age homes to visit the lonely and infirmed; in gutted neighborhoods to rebuild housing and clean up parks, and convert abandoned lots to baseball fields.
... In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when an administration official releases an attack ad questioning the patriotism of a legless Vietnam veteran running for Congress, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce. And it doesn't take much to shift the tide. My 11-year-old nephew, mentioned earlier, a shy kid who never talks in class, stood up to his history teacher who was questioning Susan's patriotism. "That's my aunt you're talking about. Stop it." And the stunned teacher backtracks and began stammering compliments in embarrassment.
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