[SfN] letter to the editor

[Kay Connelly]

Does anyone have Nader's interview on Charlie Rose?  I would
love to have it... but PBS charges $30 or $40.

Kay

Jim Buell wrote:
> 
> 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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