[Dialogue] Alternet: Alone In America

[george]

Alternet has been around for a while and there are others and certainly 
a brave one.  With the mainline media being co-opted by the 
corporations, right-wing "Chrisitianity", the god-nation or nation-god 
(the heart of the Roman Empire), I'm wondering if we can provide a list 
of those alter-news sites.  A good number are linked by Alternet.  I've 
not seen a list anywhere, perhaps I've missed it.

Also, is there anyone out there that can educate us on Pod-Casts.  I 
understand this is becoming an area for counter-news and items excluded 
from our ears and eyes.

With Pat Robertson ("Christian" Broadcaster) now calling for 
assisanation of another country's leader, and mixing the old communist 
threat with muslim terrorism, one can see the right, religious and 
otherwise, strenghtening their voice for fear and violence as control 
agents for the "Empire's agenda."  There are also beginning to be local 
subtle calls for violence against those who oppose or are for peace, 
while at the same time saying they are for "free speech."  Currently 
I'm hearing strong messages that people for peace can not honor the 
soldiers; they aide the enemy if they oppose the president's policy; 
blood sacrifice is necessary for freedom to exist; freedom is not free, 
control and violence is necessary for peace; you cannot talk with your 
enemies.

The Vietnam protestors were inhibited by FBI and other arms of the 
government, but I don't believe that those for the war were as strongly 
organized or being stirred up as now.  Neither did the communist scare 
tactics of the 50's have the base of radicalized citizens as seem to be 
now.

A little of what is going on in Crawford is trickling to Austin.  We've 
had a number of peace prayer vigils, many more than the news has 
covered, but it has not acquired a voice, and I do not see the youth.  
Right now they seem to be old Vietnam protestors.

All the best

George Holcombe
14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
Austin TX 78728
512/252-2756
512/294-5952

On Aug 23, 2005, at 5:27 AM, h-wainwright at charter.net wrote:

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> This story has been forwarded to you from
> http://www.alternet.org by h-wainwright at charter.net
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> Colleagues, this is a something and I totally did  not know about!  
> Peace, Harry
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> Alone In America
> http://www.alternet.org/story/24309
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> Thousands of unaccompanied children head to the United States each 
> year seeking the American Dream, but they're increasingly at the mercy 
> of an uncaring immigration system.
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