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Saturday, September 10
Jon Stewart Lets Bush Have It
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 10 Sep 2005 07:16 PM CDT
 Jon Stewart Lets Bush Have ItYeah, Jon Stewart thinks judging Arabian horses is excellent preparation for running the Federal Emergency Management Agency. What? Me, I wonder just how many emergencies Arabian horses can have? See the four-and-a-half minute clip from The Daily Show here. You'll probably have to use Internet Explorer to get this clip to play.
Your Second Priority
by
Trish Nelson
on Sat 10 Sep 2005 11:00 AM CDT
 Your Second PriorityNicholasJohnson.org Nick Johnson (pictured above) was formerly an FCC Commissioner and Iowa City School Board member and now teaches at the University of Iowa College of Law. These are his remarks to the "Whatever is your first priority, your second priority has to be media reform." I've been saying that to gatherings of labor, and other progressive organizations, for 40 years now. Your first priority may be a fairer shake for labor. Healthcare for Iowans. Rights for women and minorities. Improvements in local schools, or the environment. Electing your candidates to public office. Whatever is your first priority, you have little hope of making any progress with it if you can't get media coverage - fair and favorable media coverage. For no group is this more true than for labor. "Yeah, so what else is new?" I hear you say. For the first time in the history of The national organization Free Press is seeing to it that Wednesday, October 5th, a month from today, probably at the IMU, hundreds of Iowans will be coming forward to tell the FCC what they think about our local media. There are petitions that give you a chance to participate. The petitions ask the FCC to at least hold hearings before automatically granting license renewals to All those Meanwhile, a local group called Iowans for Better Local Television, and anyone else in the state, has from now until the end of December to get comments and petitions to the Commission. IBLTV's Web site actually lets you sign the petition online. So why should labor care? You can probably answer that better than I. - When did you last see a documentary favorable to organized labor on local television? more »
Al Gore Quietly Aids Katrina Victims
by
Molly Regan
on Sat 10 Sep 2005 04:00 AM CDT
 Al Gore Quietly Aids Katrina Victimsby Molly Regan and Caroline Vernon Here is a story you will not hear on the endless media reports about Louisiana because the man involved will do no interviews and has only told the press that he wants no mention of his action, lest it be "politicized." According to a Tennessee newspaper, AL GORE, private citizen with a certain clout, began an initiative on Thursday, September 1st. He personally and privately rented an American Airlines jet and crew, got a doctor friend of his and several nurses, and on Saturday morning, he flew to LOUIS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS, GATHERED UP 140 ELDERLY AND ILL PEOPLE FROM THE TRIAGE CENTER THERE AND FLEW THEM TO THE KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, AIRPORT. They were met by relief workers who unloaded the plane and took the people to area hospitals which were on alert and ready to welcome the people. After being checked out, those who were able were taken to a Red Cross shelter set up at a local church. Mr. Gore and his doctor had intended to make a second trip on Saturday, but the undertaking - the loading on and the loading off - took several hours each, and by the time he could go back to New Orleans, it was getting dark and, of course, there were no landing lights at the airport there. SO, SUNDAY, THEY FLEW TO DALLAS AND COLLECTED ANOTHER PLANELOAD OF REFUGEES AND BROUGHT THEM TO CHATTANOOGA. Mr. Gore's doctor spoke briefly to the local press saying, "Al called and asked for help. So here I am." "THIS IS THE MAN WE ELECTED PRESIDENT." |
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