Re: [DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-18 Thread David P. Dillard
This is a post that I cannot resist commenting about. Needing to confess being political would seem to imply that somebody or some people were criticizing this post for being political. Assuming this to be the case, a couple of observations are needed here. First of al, a television program is

Re: [DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-18 Thread Peter S. Lopez
Hola All~~ The whole world and those of us who live in it to any real degree is by nature political. Politics springs up our of economics. Any quest to bridge the digital divide is inherently political. We either impact life in the realm of politics or we are impacted by those who do, like vot

Re: [DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-18 Thread Bob Hirshon
Hi: My concern about my being overly political didn't pertain to the inclusion of the speech in the list-- which was clearly on-topic-- but my more personal, political statement about Moyers being subjected to relentless bashing from certain circles. I thought that might be over the line. It didn

Re: [DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-17 Thread Bob Hirshon
Yes, I'm getting political here, but the idea that someone as moderate, intelligent and reasonable as Bill Moyers can be branded a radical leftist extremist is profoundly depressing to me. As is also the low ratings of his PBS show, NOW. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 5/17/05 10:10 AM >>> I HIGHLY recomm

Re: [DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-17 Thread Brian Russell
I HIGHLY recommend that you listen, read, and watch Bill Moyers speech. I think it's a serious historic milestone. A turning point in the mainstream understanding and action behind the cause of media reform. I hope the whole world gets a chance to hear it. -Brian R. audioactivism.org > I recommen

[DDN] FW: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-17 Thread Michael Maranda
I recommend subscribing to this list by going to the freepress.net website (not .org) I also recommend joining this organization. -mm -Original Message- From: Robert W. McChesney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Listen to