One Down Nine To Go

This post has nothing to do with local issues. This blog is supposed to be about issues related to my campaign for a city council seat, so look at this an interlude along the campaign trail.

I offer these quotes from various learned individuals and ask that you consider them in conjunction with the linked piece from William Rivers Pitt.

In light of the craven action in the U.S. Senate last week to grandstand against MoveOn.org several senators were asked if they supported MoveOn's "Betray Us" ad. I think the simple and correct response should have been, "I support the First Amendment". In the climate of this nation, as outlined by Pitt and also shown by the recent "taser incident", is it any wonder free speech is on the endagered species list?

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth is revolutionary"
--George Orwell

"The media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a manner supportive of established privilege and limiting debate and discussion accordingly."
--Noam Chomsky

"Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from the citizenry. It is about responsible government. We have to get our fellow Americans to trust their leaders less and themselves more...".
--Michael Parenti

"Real information, subversive information, remains the most potent power of all...we must not fall into the trap of believing that the media speaks for the public. That wasn't true in Stalinist Czechoslovakia and it isn't true of the United States."
--Harold Pinter

"The people will believe what the media tells them to believe."
--George Orwell






http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092607A.shtml