Posted by Mary Mancini on April 29, 2006 under Uncategorized | 
Democratizing the Media panel from 1:15-2:30
Democratizing the Media and the Message: Ginny Welsch, Radio Free Nashville, Hollie Ainbinder, Institute for Public Accuracy, Mary Mancini, Liberadio (!), Dean Schoenewald, The Truth on WVOL, Chris Lugo, Tennessee Indy Media (moderator).
Jim Hightower Keynote Speaker at Compass III at 2:30 pm:
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They’ve Stolen Our Country And It’s Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.
Many other great Compass Conference forums and sessions as well.
Posted by Mary Mancini on April 28, 2006 under Uncategorized |
Rush Limbaugh has been arrested on drug charges. Hypocrite.
Guests scheduled to be on Liberadio(!) on Monday, May 1, 2006: Jim Derych, Author of Confessions of a Former Dittohead and John Flansburgh, of They Might Be Giants.
Posted by Mary Mancini on April 26, 2006 under Uncategorized |
Amie from DrinkingLiberally Nashville has a quick question for you:
“If you could speak to a gathering of a million people tomorrow, what would you say?
Would you lay out a case for a clean energy source by 2020? Would you argue for universal healthcare? Would it be civil rights for everyone in this country, period?
If we were to go back to Constitution Hall and the Liberty Bell, as we have time after time in this country to liberate one group of people afer another, what would you have us do? What’s YOUR dream for our future?
Nothing has astounded me more in the past nine months than the voices of the people here in Nashville, and how willingly all of you have offered up your ideas and hopes and dreams for our country along with your condemnation of the things being done in our names.
Your enthusiasm in bringing our voices together, and the spirit of joy in which you’ve done it, is an inspiration and gathers steam every single day. Tomorrow we have the opportunity to join our voices with those of people all around the country in a growing chorus demanding accountability, justice, and above all, a return to the basic values of democracy on which this country was founded. We’re not having a party for a couple of authors, we’re joining forces with people who provide megaphones used to speak to millions of people all over the country.
We believe in our country, we hope for our people, and we celebrate the excitement of making positive change.
Come speak out.”
She is, of course, talking about the book signing party for Jerome Armstrong (MydDD.com) and Markos Moulitsas (DailyKos.com), authors of Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics at Mafioza’s Tomorrow TODAY!, Thursday, April 27, at 6pm. Hope to see you there.
In the meantime, you can listen to the interview we did with Jerome this past Monday.
PS: You know those Crashing the Gate fellows are on to something when Drudge starts saying they’re not.
PS UPDATE: DailyKos comments on Drudge: “…top ranking on Amazon, over 10,000 copies sold in three weeks the book has been out.”
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The countdown has begun on the life of Andrea Clark, a patient at St. Luke’s Hospital, in Houston, TX.
“The central issue in the Andrea Clark case is the same as that in the Terri Schindler Schiavo case, whether the state should be able to sanction the removal of a human being from life support.
What’s even more significant in the Clark case is that the Texas bill that allows health care providers to end a human life despite the wishes of the patient and the patient’s family was signed into law in 1999 by President George W. Bush as Texas Governor.”
Paging, Dr. Frist. Hello?…Dr. Frist?
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Tony Snow in 2003: “Racism Isn’t That Big a Deal Anymore.” In October 2003, Snow defended Rush Limbaugh’s controversial comments that Donovan McNabb was overrated and that reporters are disposed towards black quarterbacks. “The comment wasn’t racist,” Snow said, “but that did not stop political opportunists from accusing Rush of bias.” Snow added, “Here’s the unmentionable secret. Racism isn’t that big a deal anymore. No sensible person supports it. Nobody of importance preaches it. It’s rapidly and thankfully becoming an ugly memory.” ["Fox News Sunday," 10/5/03]
Posted by Mary Mancini on April 25, 2006 under Uncategorized |
Nell Levin of Tennessee of Alliance for Progress, Jen Cartwright of Nashville Peace & Justice Center and Mark Naccarato of Democracy for Tennessee will appear on Morning Line on Channel 5+ (cable channel 50) this Wednesday morning 8 to 9 AM, rebroadcast from 3 to 4 PM. It is a call in show so please call in at 737-PLUS or send an email to plus@newschannel5.com.
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“…Get Yer Free Cone!”
Sometimes you just have to put politics aside. And so we did. Luckily we made it in line in front of Ben and Jerry’s before the gaggle of kinders from University School.
Posted by Mary Mancini on April 24, 2006 under Uncategorized |
“Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the rise of People-Powered Politics” is a must read for any Democrat, activist, and/or progressive. Authors Jerome Armstrong from MyDD and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga from The Daily Kos will be signing the book this Thursday, April 27, 6pm, at Mafiaoza’s and the Nashville chapter of Drinking Liberally will be selling copies at a significant discount.
Listen to this morning’s Jim Hightower interview.
Please take a moment and sign MoveOn’s petition to preserve Network Neutrality. There is also a list of all the ways you might be affected by Net Neutrality.
“A Child of the Revolution Takes Over. Ahmadinejad’s Demons” by Matthias Küntzel (The New Republic)
“Howard Dean’s Messiah Complex. Scream II” by by Noam Scheiber (The New Republic)
Compass III Conference: A Statewide Gathering of Progressives, Friday and Saturday, April 28-29, 2006 9 am to 4 p.m. at the Cohn Adult Learning Center. Friday’s Strategy Session: Building a Movement for Social Change in Tennessee with facilitator David Hunt of the Midwest Academy. Saturday is People’s Day at Compass $25 fee includes all the issues forums, a screening of Kilowatt Ours with filmmaker Jeff Barrie, networking with like-minded folks, Jim Hightower keynote speech, music by Tom Kimmel and lunch. (Hightower Keynote ONLY is just $10.00)
Jackson Day Tickets On Sale: Ticket sales begin Monday, April 24 for this year’s Jackson Day celebration, which will be held on Saturday, June 24 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Tickets may be purchased by visiting the Tennessee Democratic Party web site or by contacting your county party chairperson. Guest speakers are Governor Phil Bredesen and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate General Wesley Clark. “The theme of this year’s Jackson Day is Tennessee Democrats: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Bob Tuke said. “We will focus on Tennessee values, including Americana and patriotism.”
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Posted by Mary Mancini on April 21, 2006 under Uncategorized |
It’s an Earth Day celebration on Liberadio(!) with guest host Lonnie and guest guest Donnie Safer, Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Environmental Council. It ain’t easy being green. (Part 1, 52:54 12.2MB and Part 2, 56:59 13.1MB)
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Much like this country’s imagined flag burning epidemic, there appears to be an inordinate amount of traffic accidents caused by non-english speakers.
Tennessee’s xenophobic legislators are at it again as support swells in both parties to require English-only driver’s exams.
Republicans in the Senate and some Dems in the House argue that it’s about driver safety. That’s a beautiful red-herring but this particular piece or legislation is about fear, isolationism and politics. Non-English speakers, or a persons with limited knowledge of the English language, navigate the streets the same way that you and I do if we’re traveling in France, Spain, Germany or Italy. We use the universal signs that make it kindergarten-easy: “green” means go, “red” means stop, “yellow” means caution. These are also signs that pedestrians need to know, so what’s next? Require an English-only exam for non-English speakers to walk our streets?
If the issue really is safety, then the solution is obvious and easy. Let’s keep providing multi-language instructions for taking the test but add questions that assess a drivers knowledge of traffic signs/signals. This will demonstrate, to those in doubt, that a driver has enough of a command of the English language to navigate the streets and highways safely.
