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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (241423)	3/24/2002 11:19:34 AM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes! Go, Michael Moore! He made so many great, relevant points during his appearance yesterday at the Austin kick-off of Hightower's 'RollingThunder Down Home Democracy Tour.' I caught part of a TV interview after his speech in which he responded to the reporter's question concerning journalists' fear of losing their jobs over reporting 'non-PC' -- i.e. 'treasonous,' in the Administration's spin -- he said, "You know, that's just tough." So what. He pointed out that journalism is based on objective coverage in a professional ethical sense. Was a very interesting answer. Go for the bucks (job security) or integrity. Another was that he is seeing, on his national book tour, that liberals universally feel 'all alone' and powerless since the Bush selection and particularly now, post 9/11 horrors of the W agenda ... he thinks that, for the first time since the 60s, many are going to become actively involved, beginning with grass-roots local politics ... He mentioned that the book's publisher backpedalled on his manuscript after 9/11 ... it was finished, basically, before then. They wanted him to change the title; the organization; and the material itself. Scrap the whole thing and start over, because of an 'unpatriotic' theme, etc. They eventually changed their tune as they started to realize the money the book would make ... although he said they're still 'uncomfortable' and they are not financing the book tour. He emphasized the incredible power of the Internet that can be harnessed to organize. He noted that the Bush approval ratings in various polls are, at minimum, suspect, because people are fundamentally afraid not to say they approve ... big brother could be watching ... I came away with literally dozens of web sites to organizations right here in Austin representing great opportunities for people to become involved. I'll post links here and on 'The Donkey's Inn' threads ...beginning with "National Planning Partners" listed in the RollingThunder program: Genetic Engineering Action Network www.geaction.org Public Citizen www.citizen.org The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN Registered trademark) www.acorn.org The National Organization of the Churches of Christ www.ncccusa.org Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm Organic Valley Family of Farms www.organicvalley.com Ben & Jerry's (Ben Cohen was one of the RollingThunder speakers) www.benjerry.com Working Assets www.workingassets.com Essential Information www.essential.org The Tides Foundation www.tides.org Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org Global Exchange www.globalexchange.org Mother Jones www.motherjones.com Patch Adams and The Gesundheit Institute: www.patchadams.org The Nation www.thenation.com UTNE READER www.utne.com AlterNet.org www.alternet.org CTSG www.ctsg.com Campaign for America's Future www.ourfuture.org Progressive Majority www.progressivemajority.org Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org ------continued next post----------- bia