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A Moment Of Silence For A Legend

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A very sad morning indeed. I went from tearing up over the beginning of last night’s Nightline (sept 11 remembered), to crying over the afghan locals working for a Danish peace organization that were shot it the head in Afghanistan on Monday (more nightline), to momentarily freaking out about Ben being in Afghanistan (yes — he’s fine — entry included below), to outright bawling at the news of Johnny Cash’s death.
Anything else? Come on! Let it at me.
I’ll pull it together because I have a lot of good stuff to bring you today…

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Remembering Another September 11

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This just in from
Bobby Lilly:

A friend of mine sent this message to me today 9/11/03. It a poignant reminder of a history too many of us would rather forget or at least refuse to accept the lessons that it should teach us. His message is something we NEED to think about and hopefully remember the in years to come. I asked him if it was ok to post it for everyone on Lisa’s Blog and if he wanted it attributed to him
He wrote back saying, “you have my full permission to make whatever use you deem appropriate. the e-mail address should work well then people would not only know who to blame but how to respond.” — Neil.
So, here’s how to reach him, if you want: choiceno2@aol.com
Remembering September 11
One minute a beautiful building was there and the next it was destroyed by terrorists. The building was the symbol of an entire nation and the act of terrorism led to the death of more than 3,000 people. It all started on September 11th.
I’m talking, of course, about the bombing of Chile’s White House (La Moneda) on 9/11/73 which marked the start of a bloody coup led by General Pinochet and backed by Nixon’s CIA. Eager to get rid of a popularly elected socialist (Allende) our government assisted in the planning of the coup and looked the other way while a military dictatorship killed many of its own people.
While we bask in the righteous indignation that allows us to invade and conquer other countries based on suspicion that they might have helped terrorists strike at us let’s not forget our own place in the history of this date.
And each time some politician repeats the words ‘may we never forget’ with reference to this date let’s hope that there are a few people who manage to remember 9/11/73 as well.
neil (choiceno2@aol.com)

Daily Show On Last Week’s Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate

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I do have this debate in the kitty, by the way. It’s all captured and everything, I just have to generate the quicktime movies from it.
This is from the September 9, 2003 program.
Jon shows no mercy, but, of course, Howard Dean comes out ahead of the pack.

Daily Show On The Democrat Debate (Small – 13 MB)



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RIAA Shamnesty Program Challenged In The Courts: Clean Slate Is Just Plain False Advertising

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By Stefanie Olsen (with contributions from John Borland) for CNET.

Under the RIAA’s “Clean Slate” program, file swappers must destroy any copies of copyrighted works they have downloaded from services such as Kazaa and sign a notarized affidavit pledging never to trade copyrighted works online again.
But Ira Rothken, legal counsel for Parke, said after reviewing the RIAA’s legal documents that the trade group provides no real amnesty for such file swappers. With the legalese, the trade group does not agree to destroy data or promise to protect users from further suits, Rothken said.
“The legal documents only give one thing to people in return: that the RIAA won’t cooperate,” Rothken said. “The RIAA’s legal document does not even prevent RIAA members from suing.”
The suit asks the court to enjoin the RIAA from falsely advertising its program.

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Howard Dean At SEIU 250’s 2003 Leadership Conference In San Francisco

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Here’s Howard’s speech from last weekend’s SEIU 250 Leadership Conference in San Francisco on Saturday, September 6, 2003.


It was really an incredible event. The crowd was really into it and Howard gave a great informal speech.
I was lucky enough to run into him as I was coming down the escalators while he and his posse were on their way into the holding room. I called his name and waved — I wasn’t really expecting him to stop — but he did stop and wait for me to come the rest of the way down so I could shake hands and say hi! What a sweetie!
(I resisted my hippy urge to give him a big old hug, although it is getting harder and harder to do that, because I really do feel like giving him a big old hug these days.)
Anyway, here’s the speech. I’ve made it available in one large video file, two smaller video files, and in a single, and two smaller MP3s for those of you who might want to play the audio or use it on your radio show.
I’m also uploading the AIFF files of the audio for you DJs and professional folks to do with as you wish. (As of 11:15 am PST – these have about two hours to go until they are uploaded.)
Enjoy!
Video:

Howard Dean At the SEIU 250 Conference – All (Small – 53 MB)

Howard Dean At the SEIU 250 Conference – Part 1 of 2 (Small – 21 MB)

Howard Dean At the SEIU 250 Conference – Part 2 of 2 (Small – 32 MB)
Audio:

Audio – Howard Dean At the SEIU 250 Conference – All (MP3 – 30 MB)

Audio – Howard Dean At the SEIU 250 Conference – Part 1 of 2 (MP3 – 14 MB)

Audio – Howard Dean At the SEIU 250 Conference – Part 2 of 2 (MP3 – 16 MB)







More On MoveOn’s Anti-Recall Campaign

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Dear Reader,
I was pleased to hear from Moveon.org that there were a lot of people who read Lisa’s blog who oppose the recall the way I do. Thanks to all of you who took the time to sign their petition against it.
If you haven’t already done so, why not take one minute to go to the following link and sign up NOW.
click here
http://Moveon.org is also involved in some very creative organizing around this issue as well as others.
Click on the link below to go to their website and print out a request for an absentee ballot form for YOUR county. Fill it out and send it in to your county registrar – they will provide the address to send it to right on the form.

http://moveon.org/pac/recall/register/
They had the brilliant idea of using the idea of Flash Mobs for organizing activities like handing out these registrations. If you want to spend a couple of hours this Saturday working on this issue, check out the link below.
click here
Well, that’s all I have time for today but, I promise I’ll be back with things YOU can do to make change happen.
Regards,
Bobby Lilly

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File Sharers Save The Day – Pay Fine For 12 Year-old Target Of RIAA Suit

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Yesterday, a 12 year-old girl became the first to settle with the RIAA in one of its witch hunt lawsuits. She lives with her mother in public housing, and they were going to end up on the street as a result of settling the suit. This was apparently OK with the RIAA.
File sharers to the rescue! P2P United has now stepped in to pay the fine. How nice. Way to stick together!

File sharers pay 12-year-old’s music piracy fine
From AFP.

But “P2P United” has stepped in, offering to pay Brianna’s fine.
“We don’t condone copyright infringement but it’s time for the RIAA’s winged monkeys to fly back to the castle and leave the Munchkins alone,” the group’s executive director, Adam Eisgrau, said.
He says “they’re using 150,000 dollar-per-song lawsuits and a squad of high-paid lawyers to strong-arm $2,000 from single mothers in public housing”.
Mr Eisgrau says others charged include a 71-year-old grandfather and a Columbia University senior, whose father recently died of cancer.
His group, formed in July to protect the rights of people who file share and the industry, represents Streamcast Networks, Grokster, LimeWire, BearShare, Blubster and EDonkey.

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