[SfN] letter to the editor

[Jim Buell]

Way to go, Arun. Dare 'em to print it!

By the way, I have a master VHS copy of Jeff St. Clair's talk (2 hours) at 
Channing-Murray last weekend. It's in the Prairie Greens office. I also 
have most of the Chicago Rally on video - again, filled a 2 hour tape. 
Anyone who'd like a copy can call the Greens office (355-5001) and get 
their name on a request list to get a copy made. We'll look for a nominal 
donation ($5 or so) for each copy we make. Better still, anyone who's got 2 
VCRs can arrange to borrow a master copy in exchange for making a copy or 2 
from it for us.

Jim

At 09:31 PM 10/12/00 -0500, Arun Bhalla wrote:

>I wrote up this letter tonight and sent it off to the DI and News-Gazette
>(perhaps also the Tribune).  I agree with Jim that we need to write letters
>demanding coverage of Nader in our local media, given the bland debates
>and popular demand to see Nader in the debates.  I didn't have room to
>fit it in my letter, and I figured the News-Gazette editors would edit
>it out of my letter "for space."  They've done it before.
>
>cheers,
>Arun
>
>
>To the editor:
>
>After the recent visit of Jeffrey St. Clair in support of his book _Al
>Gore: A User's Manual_ written with Alexander Cockburn, my distrust of
>Al Gore has deepened.  Gore has shown himself to be a man of
>half-truths and false promises.
>
>Although he claims to have seen combat in Vietnam, he was actually an
>army reporter with a security escort and spent most of his time
>drinking beer, smoking dope, and playing basketball.
>
>Some wrongly consider him the nation's foremost voice of
>environmentalism.  The League of Conservation Voters rated Gore's
>voting record at under 66% in agreement with their environmental
>positions, far less than even some Republicans.  More than once, Gore
>sought exemption from the Endangered Species Act, such as with the
>utterly useless Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River.  During the
>Clinton-Gore administration, loggers got the green light on the
>Pacific Northwest, bringing the spotted owl closer to extinction.  In
>addition, environmental regulations of the Environmental Protection
>Agency began to be peeled away.
>
>A supposed proponent of civil rights, Gore entered Congress with a
>campaign against gun control, abortion, and homosexuality (which he
>considered "abnormal sexual behavior").  We are supposed to believe
>that he is a defender of abortion, yet his voting record has been 84%
>against abortion.  He opposes Supreme Court justices like Antonin
>Scalia and Clarence Thomas, yet Gore as a Senator voted for Scalia,
>and Lieberman strongly endorsed Thomas.
>
>I refuse to vote for the Lesser of Two Evils (or second worst) and
>instead choose to vote for the best ticket: Ralph Nader & Winona
>LaDuke, individuals reflecting honesty, progress, and justice.  In a
>state such as Illinois which is not a battleground state, if you don't
>desire the status quo, a vote for Bush or Gore is a wasted vote.
>
>
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