1st off, the dixie chick's new cd comes out tomorrow so either order online or take a trip to where ever you purchase cds (if you have the money). there's a lot of reasons to buy it. 1) the music sounds strong. 2) they stood up when others were staying silent. 3) a woman who speaks her mind threatens a lot of people - if you're coming to this site, you either respect strong women or you read to roll your eyes. if you respect strong women, get the cd. if you're a sexist pig who enjoys rolling his (or, in some cases, her) eyes, grab the cd so you can roll your eyes while you listen.
on music, let me note 2 things. 1st, elaine's 'KPFA's Radio Chronicles' "John Ono Lennon" special' covers a special you may have missed so check it out. 2nd, "Kat's Korner: Springsteen's Seeger Sessions."
kpfa's flashpoints tonight had a number of items including the use of eminent domain to take property away from people the city doesn't want in the neighborhoods. janis karpinski was also on via a speech she gave to uc berkeley.
karpinski: in april of 2004 when the world saw the pictures from abu ghr for the 1st time, i was shocked, once again, and i was futher shocked because the only name they were linking to them was mine.
want more? listen to the show!
did you read c.i. this morning? if so, did you see this in 'other items:'
Keesha notes an e-mail sent out to people who sign up for alerts at Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches:
Jessie Macbeth, a Former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran Tells All
This 20 minute interview will change how you view the U.S. occupation of Iraq forever.
I cannot possibly recommend this more highly. An Iraq war veteran tells of atrocities he and other fellow-soldiers committed reguarly while in Iraq. I have never seen this level of honesty from a U.S. soldier who directly participated in the slaughtering of Iraqis.
Excerpts:
"When we were doing the night raids in the houses, we would pull peopleout and have them all on their knees and zip-tied. We would ask the man of the house questions. If he didn't answer the way we liked, we would shoot his youngest kid in the head. We would keep going, this was our interrogation. He could be innocent. He could be just an average Joe trying to support his family. If he didn't give us a satisfactory answer, we'd start killing off his family until he told us something. If he didn't know anything, I guess he was SOL."
and
"For not speaking out, I feel like I'm betraying my battle-buddies that died."
Watch the video here.
Produced by Pepperspray Productions.
dennis bernstein played some of the clip tonight on flashpoints.
in england, the bbc is being attacked by radio station owners screaming 'not fair' and wanting the bbc to privatize (sell) radio 1 and radio 2. by the way, it's a cute strategy. in this country, the argument for privatizing (people are aware that some pbs stations have been sold in the last few years, right?) is that there's no need for them because they're are so many stations. in england, a former wireless man is arguing that bbc needs to sell radio 1 and radio 2 (both of which focus on music - in public affairs programming and in tunes) because they're hurting commercial stations. they always have something to justify the need to privatize what belongs to the public, don't the?
in florida, there's a new god-talks-to-me-pat-robertson type. his name is o'neal dozier. and 2 years ago, god spoke to him and told that charlie crist would be the next governor of florida. (natch, crist is a republican.) which brings up the old question: is it god? or is it diebold?
are you there wally o'dell, it's me rev. dozier?
a wonderful tale of growing up right-wing and fundy. best part is when a 12 y.o. dozier wakes in the middle of the night and discovers he's had a wet dream. unsure of what's happened, he's sure that the clear substance is blood and he must be very sick or it would be red. hilarity ensues as he learns to adjust to puberty and walks through the halls with his books carried over his lap to cover his pup tent.
of course when they grow up, the jokes are fewer which is why lifey deals with the fate of tom delay - serving hard time in prison.
that's it for tonight. cedric called and asked, 'you want to do short entries tonight?' if so, he said he could probably map out a few minutes to post. be sure to check out cedric's big mix.
