This footage is from the “Democratic National Candidates Forum” organized by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition that took place on June 22, 2003 at
the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers in Chicago, IL.
Here’s the
original question that was presented to the candidates (courtesy of Jesse Jackson).
Carol
Moseley Braun On Media Ownership (Small – 3 MB)
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Law Banning Sodomy
By The Associated Press for the NY Times.
The 6-3 ruling reverses course from a ruling 17 years ago that states could punish homosexuals for what such laws historically called deviant sex.
Laws forbidding homosexual sex, once universal, now are rare. Those on the books are rarely enforced but underpin other kinds of discrimination, lawyers for two Texas men had argued to the court.
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The men “are entitled to respect for their private lives,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote.
“The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime,” he said.
Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer agreed with Kennedy in full. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor agreed with the outcome of the case but not all of Kennedy’s rationale.
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Yippie Kai-yay! Consenting adults are allowed to have sex however they want in the privacy of their own homes!
It almost seems like we’re living in a democracy in the 21st Century!
And Howard Dean steps up to the plate to make a statement on the subject:
Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on Lawrence vs. Texas
WASHINGTON, DC
This footage is from the “Democratic National Candidates Forum” organized by the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition that took place on June 22, 2003 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers in Chicago, IL.
Here’s the original question that was presented to the candidates (courtesy of Jesse Jackson).
Al Sharpton On Media Ownership (Small – 3 MB)
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“I think that it is imperative that we protect the public’s right to know, and if we have monopolies controlling the airwaves, we cannot have a democratic debate in this country. It is, in my judgement, the most glaring contradiction to “free the airwaves” in Baghdad and then sell all the airwaves in America to private interest one, two or three.” — Al Sharpton. |
Uh oh. Looks like I’m going to have to start keeping a better eye on the Letterman Show.
Tuesday, June 24, Letterman did a “Top Ten Signs You’re In Love With Democratic Presidential Candidate Howard Dean.”
If anyone got a recording of this, please email me with your demands for a copy!
10. You’ve actually heard of him.
9. Whenever he discusses plans to revitalize economy, you get goosebumps.
8. Named your cats “Howard,” “Dean” and “Six-Term Governor Howard Dean.”
7. You’ll only watch movies featuring Ron Howard or Harry Dean Stanton.
6. When you hear a report on the radio about a highway accident, you murmur, “Please, god, don’t let Howard Dean be involved.”
5. Constantly complain rival candidate Dennis Kucinich isn’t “Howardly” enough.
4. Changed outfit four times before watching Dean’s appearance on “Meet the Press.”
3. You stand by him despite the fact his infidelities embarrassed you in front of the entire…oh wait, wrong Democrat.
2. When he announced his candidacy, you didn’t laugh your ass off.
1. You’re actually considering wasting a vote on him.
Good news and more good news from Larry about his trip to Washington D.C.
I have just arrived in DC, where I was planning on meeting with staffers on the Hill tomorrow to drum up support for the Public Domain Enhancement Act. We
Here’s a great interview with Jerry Goldman, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern on the Creative Commons site.
Jerry Goldman is determined to archive every recorded oral argument and bench statement in the Supreme Court since 1955, when the Court began to tape-record its public proceedings. Goldman, a professor of political science at Northwestern, founded the OYEZ Project in 1989 “to create and share a complete and authoritative archive of Supreme Court audio.” This month the OYEZ mission takes a new step forward with the release of hundreds of hours of MP3 versions of their archived audio under a Creative Commons license.
Note: this case has been decided since this oral argument was heard.
Oyez Project Releases Affirmative Action Arguments in MP3 Format
It’s being released under a Creative Commons license.
There’s also a great interview with Jerry Goldman, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern on the Creative Commons site.
This came in today (no pictures yet):
Hello all! So I’m here with 3 filmmakers in Alexandria Egypt. This place is really incredible. We were given the VIP tour of the Library of Alexandria (BibAlex), which is one of the most beautiful contemporary structures I’ve seen.
I’m working with BibAlex’s IT Team to build these Bookmobile units. They’ve dedicated almost an entire hall to this unit, which is at the entrance of ISIS– the International School for Information Science.
Things are going great. I’m in the middle of a meeting with the IT Team, so I’ve got to go for now. Will write soon.
Although I have already made my endorsement for Howard Dean for President, you’ll notice that I’ll be posting video from all of the candidates over the days and weeks to come.
That’s because I didn’t want to be a party to the typical Media Monopoly practice of not giving the other candidates any time. In the TV and Cable “airwaves,” you can bet that we’re going to be seeing a lot of the Shrub and no one but the Shrub because he’s the only one who can pay for all the time he wants.
I also didn’t want to be the “all Dean and only Dean all the time” channel or anything — I’m already worried about alienating those of you haven’t made up your mind yet — and you’re the people I most want to reach!
So I won’t say I’m going to be giving them all “equal time,” because that means I’ll have to get my calculator out to keep things even. I also plan on collecting all the great things Howard Dean has said and done in one category — and he’s done a lot of great things in the past and he keeps saying great things about what he’d do in the future — so I’m pretty sure there will still be more Dean here than anything else.
However, a friend of mine reminded me earlier this week (as she was checking “none of the above” on her MoveOn Primary Ballot) that it’s important to keep the debate going on these issues in order to make the public aware of them — and to not just get behind one candidate early and let the issues take a backseat to the campaign.
So, although I still feel that Dean is the obvious choice at this point, and so much more than the other candidates I just had to say something, I do agree with her point about keeping up the debate on these so very important issues.
That means I’ll be covering all of the candidates to a certain extent — should one (or all) of them say something worthy (or damning) that I feel the public needs to hear.
That means that on my little media monopoly, we’ll be hearing from all of the Democratic candidates.
I just felt compelled to explain my strategy a bit here.
Peace y’all.