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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (19114)	5/14/2003 8:45:51 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

MEDIA MADNESS! T.L., Re: So...Whats New..? The utter madness of Mike Powell's FCC scheme to totally destroy competition and free speech on the airways. ******* MEDIA CHALLENGE! "Stop the FCC" - an urgent message from Peace Coalitions The FCC's latest media deregulation scheme must be stopped. With this call Media Challenge! focuses on Senator John McCain. And we join forces with MoveOn's new online emergency petition drive to Congress and the FCC, "Stop the FCC." The FCC's radical plan - expected to be enacted by June 2 - would allow a handful of media giants to gobble up each other and many independent media outlets. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps has said this is the most important FCC vote in a generation and can dramatically undermine our democracy. As difficult as it is to get the media to cover social justice issues, imagine how much harder it will be if Fox, GE and Clear Channel radio gain even more power locally and nationally. MEDIA CHALLENGE! ACTIONS: 1. Call or write Senator John McCain, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee which is preparing to hold crucial hearings on the proposed FCC deregulation.. As as an iconclastic Republican, McCain has at times taken on the party's power brokers and corporate financers. Ask that he intervene to stop the FCC. Phone: (202) 224-2235; Fax: (202) 228-2862; john_mccain@mccain.senate.gov or at 241 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC.20510. (SAMPLE LETTER BELOW) 2. Go to www.moveon.org/stopthefcc. Sign the petition. 3. Write a letter to your local paper pointing out what is going on - a story the media is ignoring. For the rest of the story: voice4change.org *********** Powell expects a big payday on June 2. We ought to do our best to make sure this scheming slimebucket fails.

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (19114)	5/14/2003 8:52:06 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

SMEDLEY BUTLER, AN AMERICAN HERO Some may be interested in reading more about Lt. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC-retired. beachonline.com Quote: Retired Marine General Smedley Butler, an immensely popular figure among veterans and who had become a vocal opponent of the Hoover Administration, participated in Bonus Army demonstrations and made inflammatory speeches. He would be approached in 1933 by Fascist sympathizers in the American Legion, who would try to involve him in an actual plot to seize power in a coup d'etat."* ******* "WAR IS A RACKET" lexrex.com ******* FAS: Smedley Butler on Interventionism -- fas.org Excerpt: "War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism."